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Lote Tuqiri says ARU must go for broke to keep Israel Folau
Rupert Guinness The on-field brilliance of Waratahs fullback Israel Folau has been so good he has even exceeded the expectations of one of the former NRL and AFL player's first and biggest supporters when he...
Benji Marshall's display leaves more questions than answers
Rupert Guinness The conversion of headlining Blues recruit Benji Marshall from an NRL star into a rugby union five-eighth was always going to be a long-term project - but can the work be done in time for the Super...
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Folau calls on Tuqiri wisdom in new career
Rupert Guinness Waratahs recruit seeks advice about pressures of being a high-profile arrival to the game.
Folau happy to take it one step at a time
Rupert Guinness Code-hopper's first priority is to cement a spot in the Waratahs' 22-man roster.
Tuqiri advises Folau on switch
Rupert Guinness DUAL international Lote Tuqiri has counselled Waratahs recruit Israel Folau about adapting to rugby and handling the pressures of being a high-profile arrival to the game.
Is Folau good enough for Wallabies? Just ask him
Rupert Guinness NEVER shy to back himself, Israel Folau candidly admits he would love to be in the Wallabies squad to play the British and Irish Lions this year.
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Folau may need season to discover his Super powers
Rupert Guinness THE X-FACTOR Israel Folau is forecast to bring Australian rugby could take until the end of the year to be fully realised, says Waratahs teammate Lachie Turner.
Hungry Brumbies expose Waratahs
Rupert Guinness The Brumbies have beaten the NSW Waratahs 21-11 in a bruising Super 14 derby at Canberra Stadium.
Tuqiri and Tahu help Pirates to the booty
Rupert Guinness WALLABIES stars Lote Tuqiri and Timana Tahu fought through a wave of early opposition pressure in their comeback to club rugby with West Harbour to combine and produce a decisive second-half try that...
Rapp's concerns over Test Pirates
Rupert Guinness SOUTHERN DISTRICTS coach Tim Rapp has questioned whether Wallabies stars Lote Tuqiri and Timana Tahu will be able to lift for their return to club rugby this afternoon.
Waugh vows to force way back into the selection mix
Rupert Guinness WALLABIES breakaway Phil Waugh says he has been given no indication of how long he will be confined to playing in Sydney club rugby during the domestic Test season, which starts today.
Dry track suits Drew down to the ground
Rupert Guinness WALLABIES winger Drew Mitchell is desperate to make the best of the guaranteed dry conditions expected in Melbourne for the second Test against Italy on Saturday night and prove he is the electric...
Pirate Lote braces for Deans flogging
Rupert Guinness LOTE TUQIRI expects the Wallabies will be in for a "flogging" when they assemble for their first training camp of the year on Sunday, although their Barbarians clash comes just six days later.
Tuqiri's emotions run high for return
Rupert Guinness LOTE TUQIRI couldn't hold his emotions back last night when he trained for the first time with a rugby team since being sacked as one of the highest paid Wallabies early last month.
Pirates change tack for Tuqiri and Tahu
Rupert Guinness LOTE TUQIRI'S fight to regain his spot in the Wallabies side is being helped by his West Harbour club styling its game around him, rather than forcing him to adapt.
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Beale gets first crack at staking his claim for No.10
Rupert Guinness KURTLEY BEALE will start for the Waratahs in their third and final pre-season Super 14 trial match against the Brumbies at the SFS on Thursday night.
Sheehan signs with the Force to chase starting role
Rupert Guinness WARATAHS halfback Brett Sheehan has broken the run of player re-signings at NSW by committing to the Western Force for two years.
Tahs' backs plan to spontaneously combust
Rupert Guinness in Johannesburg THE Waratahs are planning to employ an expansive approach and roll the dice to secure a crucial bonus-point win in the final-round match against the Lions.
Tahu steps up as Tahs eye finals
Rupert Guinness in Durban TIMANA TAHU says he has erased the stigma of last year's "nightmare" starting debut for the Wallabies in South Africa with his outstanding game for the Waratahs at outside-centre on Friday night.
Galloping Greens' young giant on standby for Tahs
Rupert Guinness in Bloemfontein RANDWICK winger Ratu Nasiganiyavi will be placed on standby to join the Waratahs in South Africa after Sam Norton-Knight withdrew from their game against the Cheetahs because of a lower-back injury.


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NEW YORK — Nothing about the Mets on Monday resembled the second half of last season. Then again, opening day has often been their biggest highlight of the year.
Jonathon Niese stepped nicely into his new role as No. 1 starter and Collin Cowgill's grand slam capped a splashy Mets debut in an 11-2 rout of the San Diego Padres.
"What a great day," Cowgill said. "We're looking forward to keeping this going."
• Johan Santana is scheduled for another surgery Tuesday that he hopes can save his career. The left-hander re-tore the anterior capsule in his pitching shoulder.
• The Mets honored hundreds of Hurricane Sandy responders and volunteers in a pregame ceremony. There was a moment of silence for victims of the storm and the December school shootings in Newtown, Conn.
• Rusty Staub, a member of the Mets' Hall of Fame, threw out the first pitch on his 69th birthday as the club celebrated the 40th anniversary of its 1973 pennant.
• Ike Davis went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts.
Handed the opening day assignment in place of injured Johan Santana, Niese enjoyed a big afternoon with both his arm and bat. He breezed into the seventh inning against a Padres lineup missing slugger Chase Headley to a broken thumb and catcher Yasmani Grandal to a testosterone suspension.
"The adrenaline was pumping, I'm not going to lie," Niese said. "As far as the anxiety, it really wasn't much."
Marlon Byrd had a pair of RBI singles and fellow Mets newcomer John Buck was in the middle of three rallies as New York improved baseball's best opening day record to 34-18 (.654) despite dropping its first eight openers.
The Mets have won 20 of their last 22 season openers at home.
"So far, so good," a smiling David Wright said. "It was good to kind of bust out offensively and get some breathing room for Jon."
Niese had a perfect day at the plate himself, tying his career high with two hits. He had an RBI single in the second off an ineffective Edinson Volquez (0-1), then drew a leadoff walk and scored in a three-run fourth.
The Mets scored nine runs with two outs and went 7-for-14 with runners in scoring position after batting .246 in those situations last season, 20th in the majors. The three new additions to the lineup — Cowgill, Byrd and Buck — were a combined 6-for-14 with seven RBI and five runs.
They provided a welcome change for a team that got off to an encouraging start last year before going 28-48 after the All-Star break in its fourth straight losing season (74-88).
"If I was going to draw it up, this would be about what it looks like and feels like," Buck said about his Mets debut. "It definitely helped me settle in a little easier."
With the Yankees hosting the rival Boston Red Sox across town, the Mets announced a sellout crowd of 41,053 at windy Citi Field, where the Padres won the ballpark's first game in 2009. The last time two New York teams opened at home on the same day was April 17, 1956, when it was the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, according to STATS.
Wright received a warm ovation when he was introduced as the fourth Mets captain since their inception in 1962. He stole two bases and made a diving play at third base in his first game since signing a $138 million, eight-year contract — the richest in team history.
Byrd and Buck each had an RBI single in the third. Cowgill doubled to key the fourth inning, which included a run-scoring groundout by Wright and an RBI single by Daniel Murphy on his 28th birthday.
The 26-year-old Cowgill, batting leadoff after winning the center field job this spring, hit his first career slam off Brad Bach in the seventh to make it 11-2. The only other opening day slam in Mets history was hit by Todd Hundley on April 26, 1995, at Colorado.
"I'm not sure I've been around a guy who competes like this guy does," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Today was a good start for him and everybody else."
With his wife, parents and two brothers in the stands, Niese (1-0) gave up Carlos Quentin's run-scoring single and Yonder Alonso's solo homer before walking off to a standing ovation with two outs in the seventh. Feeling strong, the fast-working lefty wasn't thrilled about coming out of the game after 101 pitches.
"He was moving the ball around. He was throwing his cutters and curveballs for strikes," Alonso said. "He kept everybody off balance and got ahead of guys."

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The Kansas State Wildcats are the new number 1 team in the country. Yes, that's right, Bill Snyder has his team ahead of everyone else. The quite coach who would rather avoid the spotlight that comes with being number 1 has proven that he can take a team to the top of the pile. Kansas State is closely followed by Oregon and then Notre Dame is a little behind the Ducks. But that's not what's most impressive in this poll. The SEC has 6 teams in the top 10 of the BCS standings. From number 4 to number 9 is nothing but SEC. The bad thing about it is that barring a loss by Notre Dame to USC, and a slip-up from Oregon or Kansas State, the best conference in the country will NOT be represented in the BCS championship game. This just screams playoff. It also screams a lot of angry people when 3 SEC teams are in the new playoff system. Notes: 6 SEC teams in top 25, all in top 10 6 Pac 12 5 Big 12 2 ACC 2 Big 10 Wins over current BCS Top 10 ranked teams: Kansas State 0, Oregon 0, Notre Dame 0, Alabama 1, Georgia 1, Florida 3, LSU 2, Texas A&M 1. *** 1. Kansas State 2. Oregon 3. Notre Dame 4. Alabama 5. Georgia 6. Florida 7. LSU 8. Texas A&M 9. South Carolina 10. Florida State 11. Clemson 12. Oklahoma 13. Stanford 14. Nebraska 15. Texas 16. Oregon State 17. UCLA 18. USC 19. Louisville 20. Louisiana Tech 21. Michigan 22. Rutgers 23. Texas Tech 24. Oklahoma State 25. Washington Related Posts BCS Numbers Revealed: Week 2 Week 5 AP Poll released with SEC domination and Big 10 absence #16 Kansas State Wildcats
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Do you get write laziness in the command line everything what you need to connect to a MySQL server every time?
It may take less than minute, but sometimes one minute is vital (especially if we're near the end of the world):
ivancp@ubuntu$ mysql -u root -p -h mysqlhost database
When we are hurry, these commands often fail several times per minute.
The solution: we can create shortcuts with bash alias commands in file ~/.bashrc :
# File ~ /. Bashrc # Command "my" to connect to a local server alias my='mysql -u root -p' # Command "my2" to connect to a remote server alias my2='mysql -u root -h 192.168.1.56 -p'
Next time if you want to access the local server just type the command
my [database name] , there only ask for database password. You can use any command aliases, I prefer "my" and "my2″ they are short and useful.
But if you have several servers comes another problem, how to know in which server I'm?
Open a mysql-cli can be super fast with alias shortcuts, but all terminals have the same default prompt:
mysql> To avoid disasters (ex. run DROP in wrong place) you can change mysql-cli prompt with option
--prompt , then finally our .bashrc look like this:
#improved ~/.bashrc # Command "my" to connect to a local server alias my='mysql -u root --password=secret --prompt="local> "' # Command "my2" to connect to a remote server alias my2='mysql -u root --password=secret -h 192.168.1.56 --prompt="server 1> "'
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If you have been investing for even a little while, you have probably heard that it's a good idea to diversify your holdings.
By spreading your investment dollars among a range of securities, you can help defend yourself against downturns that may largely affect one type of asset.
For example, if you own only stocks, and the stock market is slumping, your portfolio may be vulnerable to sizable losses. But if you own stocks, bonds and other investments that are appropriate for your needs and risk tolerance, you may give yourself more opportunities for success.
As you build resources for retirement, you should always diversify, but what about after you retire?
Upon retiring, some people believe they should totally change the way they invest. They think that because they are no longer working, they cannot afford to take any chances with their money, and so they pour most of it into conservative vehicles, such as certificates of deposit and Treasury bills.
Of course, these types of investments do provide something you will need a lot of during your retirement years: income.
To supplement your Social Security and the distributions you receive from your 401(k) or other employer-sponsored retirement plan, you may need to generate a substantial amount of retirement income from your investment portfolio. Corporate bonds, Treasuries and CDs all provide regular income in the form of interest payments.
However, all fixed-income investments will be affected by one key factor: interest rate movements. Specifically, if interest rates fall and remain low for an extended time period, you may have trouble getting the income you need from new CDs and bonds that may be available.
And that's why you need to diversify your portfolio during your retirement years. If all your investments are going to be subject to interest-rate risk, you could potentially run into cash-flow problems at some point.
Consequently, you may want to add dividend-paying stocks to your holdings.
Interest rate movements can also affect stock prices, but the impact can be quite different from that experienced by fixed-income securities. Falling interest rates may be good news for some types of stocks. When companies find it cheaper to borrow to expand their operations, their profits and stock price may rise.
And if you are investing in stocks that pay and increase dividends, you'll have a source of rising income that can help keep you ahead of inflation during your retirement years.
By contrast, when interest rates are low, your fixed-income investments may not keep pace with inflation, which means you could lose purchasing power. Keep in mind, though, that stocks are not fixed-income vehicles. Even if a company has increased dividends for 25 straight years - as some have done - it can choose to reduce, or not pay, its dividends at any time.
And it's true that no stock can offer the protection of principal you will get from an investment-grade bond or a CD. Still, most companies with long histories of paying dividends are well-run businesses that make a point of rewarding investors.
So, as you seek to diversify your portfolio during your retirement years, and possibly boost your income stream, look for dividend-paying stocks. You could spend two or three decades in retirement, so you'll want to invest wisely.
Vivian Cubilla is a bilingual financial advisor with Edward Jones, with offices at 12575 S. U.S. Highway One, Suite 203 in Juno Beach. Contact her at (561) 799-3340.
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The Providence Journal 20 December 2011
Professor brings personal experience to prisoner rehab class
For the past 13 years, Ross Cheit, associate professor of political science, has taught a weekly ethics class to convicted sex offenders serving sentences at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston. Cheit shares with the inmates his own experience of being molested as a child and leads discussions that he hopes will provide the sex offenders with a framework for making good decisions. "When they start, they think they have it all figured out. The answers are all so clear to them – until they start talking. They're forced to think and communicate. To debate and see the other's point of view," Cheit says.
Full report online: digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODE/ProJo/LandingPage/LandingPage.aspx?href
Democracy Now! 16 December 2011
Costs of war are not just monetary
Catherine Lutz, the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, and co-director of the Costs of War project, talks about the impact of the U.S. invasion and occupation in Iraq following the recent troop withdrawal. "The costs have really been staggering," Lutz says. "We know that Congress appropriated $800 billion over the years for the Iraq War. But the true costs, of course, go much farther than that, starting with the people of Iraq, who have lost lives in the hundreds of thousands."
Full report online: www.democracynow.org/2011/12/16/the_costs_of_war_tens_of
See news release: news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2011/06/warcosts
USA Today 18 December 2011
The effects of newspaper endorsements on voters
Iowa's largest and most influential paper, the Des Moines Register, recently announced its public endorsement of presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Brian Knight, professor of economics, who has studied the effects of such endorsements, says that they do matter, to an extent: "Voters do pay attention but endorsements don't influence all voters. They're more likely to impact more moderate readers who could go either way in an election."
Full report online: content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/12/mitt-romney-endors
R&D Magazine 19 December 2011
Novel device removes heavy metals from water
Engineers at Brown have developed a system that cleanly and efficiently removes trace heavy metals from water. In experiments, the researchers showed the system reduced cadmium, copper, and nickel concentrations, returning contaminated water to near or below federally acceptable standards. The technique is scalable and has viable commercial applications, especially in the environmental remediation and metal recovery fields.
Full report online: www.rdmag.com/News/2011/12/Environment-Engineering-Novel-Device-Removes-Hea
See news release: news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2011/12/cep
Financial Times 19 December 2011
Success of India's lower class remains unclear
India recently launched its first venture capital fund investing solely in enterprises owned by those at the bottom of the caste system, known as Dalits. Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science, says that it remains to be seen whether Dalit entrepreneurs will find success: "The evidence shows that as India's economy has grown the middle castes have benefited considerably, but so far most Dalits have not."
Full report online: www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fba8cfba-2a4b-11e1-b7f2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1h5EkzXxz
CNBC 20 December 2011
The smell of shopping
Retailers are increasingly using ambient scents to induce shoppers to stay longer and spend more. They also utilize fragrance to tap into memory and emotion to strengthen brand identity. Rachel Herz, adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, says that while scent can elicit an emotional response, there's no way to guarantee a universally positive reaction: "Once an association with an odor is formed it can stay with you for life."
Full report online: www.cnbc.com/id/45734456
The Daily Beast 19 December 2011
Early admission, tuition continue to be worries for students
Acceptance rates for early admission are lower than last year at colleges and universities around the country, according to recent reports. Brown accepted around 20 percent of early-admission applicants. Jim Miller, dean of admissions, says the affordability of college is a concern for many students: "People wonder how they are going to manage to pay for four years. Just a few years ago they could be confident about home equity loans or an intergenerational transfer; in short, help from grandparents. That is no longer the case."
Full report online: www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/19/college-early-admission-is-toughe
Prevention 18 December 2011
The positive and negative side effects of smoking cessation
It's common for people who are quitting smoking to experience a loss of concentration as they go through nicotine withdrawals, according to Christopher Kahler, professor of behavioral and social sciences. Still, he says the mental boost most people get from quitting more than makes up for such a side effect. "There's a lot of psychological benefit to it," Kahler says.
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Medical Protective Co. of Fort Wayne is touting its growth with an additional 50 workers and the promise of more to come.
Since the spring, the company – also known as MedPro – has invested about $2 million. The business at 5814 Reed Road added workstations, made more efficient use of existing office space, expanded its parking area and built a 4,000-square-foot employee fitness center that features an aerobics/yoga studio and an activities area.
The business is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway companies, which acquired MedPro in 2005 from General Electric Co. MedPro provides health care malpractice insurance coverage and risk solutions for physicians, dentists, hospitals, health care systems and others.
The business had $800 million in sales in 2012.
MedPro sought no tax incentives, but should the need arise, county leaders won't hesitate to consider the firm.
They are one of Fort Wayne's best kept secrets, said Ashley Steenman, vice president of business development for Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance. Not many people know what goes on at that big white building on Reed Road.
But alliance officials do.
Insurance and financial firms are the type of companies we want here, Steenman said. They offer high-paying jobs. They didn't ask for incentives on this project, but if we have to come in with incentives, we'll do that. It is the type of company where there is always a risk of it moving someplace else.
Having been headquartered in Fort Wayne since 1899, it's obvious MedPro is happy here, said Tim Smith, vice president of marketing.
Except for a brief stint during the '40s or '50s, we've always been in Fort Wayne, he said. We stay here for a number of reasons. This is a family-friendly community rooted and grounded with moral character and a good work ethic. And Indiana is a good state to do business in from a regulatory perspective.
The new space will open to employees Friday. A grand opening is set for Saturday to coincide with MedPro's third annual Employee and Family 5K Walk/Run, which is held on its jogging path that circles the company's 40-acre campus.
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The year was 2002. JBoss was busy taking the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) world by storm, boasting over two million downloads and earning a position as the de facto standard for deploying Java-based Web applications.
The secret to the success of JBoss 3 (the version at the time) was that it was borne out of the developer community and thus offered all of the things developers love: it was easy to download, quick to install and simple to run. It was designed around a small microkernel based on Java Management Extension (JMX) that required very little memory. It was relatively easy to use, yet endlessly extensible. It was stable. It had forward-thinking architecture. It was portable and standards-compliant, capable of competing with the big boys. It even won "Best Application Server" at the 2001 JavaWorld's Editors' Choice awards. And best of all, it was – and always has been – free.
There's no denying, though, that in recent years, the JBoss Application Server was stuck in a compliance "no man's land" between J2EE 1.4 and Java EE 6. Configuring the server meant diving deep into the internals of the bean wiring or selecting from one of several web-based admin console add-ons. It also wasn't keeping up with modern requirements such as usability, embedded mode, an HTTP API, an interactive command-line and multi-server management, to name a few. The startup time was a minute or more depending on hardware, but was leapfrogged by Servlet containers like Tomcat and Jetty and even its OSS competitor from Sun/Oracle, GlassFish V3.
During the summer of 2010, JBoss Application Server underwent an aggressive transformation to return to its roots. The project was rebooted and set off on a new path towards JBoss Application Server 7. A new beginning.
The team built an entirely new, high performing and manageable core architecture. With some truly amazing engineering effort, they were able to go from a tiny prototype on github to the full blown Java EE 6 Web Profile certified container in a year's time (and the Full Profile is coming soon in 7.1). Keep in mind they delivered JBoss Application Server 6 in parallel to provide JBoss users interim access to Java EE 6 technology.
With the JBoss Application Server 7 release, JBoss has its mojo back! There's genuine excitement and optimism about this milestone at Red Hat, a feeling that permeates deep into the community as well, which brings us to the seven reasons why you'll love JBoss Application Server 7.


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This is version 1.2! That means finally some key mapping and collectable bubbles gravitate towards your tank when in range.
You are a bubble tank fighting other bubble tanks and collecting bubbles, all within an even larger bubblefield.
Nothing but clean, wholesome, bubble fun.
At only about 320 kb, this little game is able to generate and maintain over 8000 battlefields and 37,000 enemies.
Game Instructions:
Use A,W,S,D to move. Mouse to aim and shoot.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars November 25, 2010
Really people? Your complaining that the second game is better? Well hurr durr! Its IMPROVED from the first game! This is exactly like saying "Wow! Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess is SO much better than the original!
This game is utterly fantastic. I thoroughly enjoy it. and if its at the point where enemies are one shoting you, than you just outright suck, i've been playing for a little over an hour as I write this review, and I've played this game many times in the past, and its a: easy as hell and b: beautiful.
I love this game, and I'm about to go try out arena :3
Rated 3 / 5 stars October 23, 2010
arena and 2
number 2 is better and bubble tanks arena came out
Rated 3 / 5 stars September 24, 2010
Really annoying...no way to increase damage output as it seems, and enemies can effectively one shot you eventually. 6 for being annoying :/
Rated 2.5 / 5 stars July 30, 2010
not as good as the second one though it still good
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it`s ok
it make fun,but there is always the same. You shoot, you go to the next bubble, you shoot...


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Indigenous and local communities, key to biodiversity conservation
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FOR millennia, indigenous and local communities (ILCs) have played a critical role in biodiversity conservation.
Indigenous peoples depend directly on nature's bounty, relying heavily on the environment for food, medicine, clothing and shelter. Their very survival depends on the sustainable utilization of resources. Thus, they have evolved traditional practices that nurture the earth and ensure that the environment will continue to support their community.
The role of ILCs in conserving biodiversity in protected areas will be discussed at the fourth Asean Heritage Parks (AHP) Conference to be held from October 1 to 4 in Tagaytay City.
Organized by the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), hosted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and supported by the ACB-GIZ Biodiversity and Climate Change Project and the Department of Tourism, the conference will have some 300 delegates from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Also participating are AHP managers, biodiversity experts, policy-makers and scientists; and representatives from non-governmental organizations, indigenous and local communities, and relevant international and regional organizations.
ACB Executive Director Roberto V. Oliva said the conference will update the participants on recent knowledge and tools in addressing biodiversity loss and ecosystems degradation and the preservation of Asean's natural heritage; discuss issues on biodiversity, in the context of the outcomes of the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to achieve the Aichi Targets and contribute to the successful implementation of the CBD Strategic Plan 2011 to 2020; and identify cooperation opportunities toward capacity building for effective management of AHPs and other critical ecosystems and biodiversity to contribute to poverty reduction.
Deforestation, land clearing, overharvesting of resources, pollution and other activities have severely depleted the environment that supports indigenous communities.
Upland migration and agricultural expansion have also led to encroachment of their traditional hunting grounds.
These and other factors have eroded the food and water sources, and the environment that is the basis for the life and identity of many indigenous groups. Degradation of traditional sources of food and poverty have also driven many indigenous groups to adopt unsustainable agricultural practices.
The struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples and belated acknowledgement of their role in conservation would turn the tide and renew respect and interest in traditional knowledge systems. There has been increasing efforts to document the knowledge of indigenous peoples, and engage their participation in conservation and management of critical biodiversity areas.
The fact that many protected areas and key biodiversity areas overlap with ancestral domains shows that indigenous peoples and their management of lands, waters and other resources have made a substantial contribution to the conservation of global ecosystems.
Many of the region's 33 AHPs are homes to indigenous peoples, most of whom are now partners in conservation management.
In the Philippines the Mangyan is the dominant indigenous group on mounts Iglit-Baco AHP. The Mangyan are traditionally nomadic within their territory and settle temporarily where food is found.
Of the eight ethno-linguistic groups of the Mangyan, the Tau-buid or Batangan and the Buhid directly depend on mounts Iglit and Baco for their source of food and livelihood. They grow corn and sweet potato close to their huts; others supplement these with cassava, rice, bananas, papayas, avocados, squash, beans, taro and other vegetables. They gather edible forest products, trap wild pigs and chickens, and raise domestic stock.
The Mangyan consistently stress their desire to maintain their cultural identity and ancestral domain, asserting their right to use resources for sustenance and cultural survival.
Mount Kitanglad Range AHP in Mindanao is considered by local indigenous peoples as the center of their well-being. The main indigenous groups in the park are the Tala-andig, Higa-onon and Bukidnon tribes.
They regard the mountain range as their ancestral domain—their history, myth and tradition revolve around it. They still manifest strong cultural traits in their activities and way of life. They have asserted their rights over the plant and wildlife resources of the Mount Kitanglad Range, and the permission of the three indigenous groups are critical to the conduct of various activities within the park.
In Tasek Merimbun Heritage Park in Brunei, the Dusun tribe works with park management in conserving the park. Ancient artifacts of the Dusun tribe have been found in the park, and are now displaced in the Natural History Exhibition Center. A major feature of the park is the Dusun House, which evokes the traditional lifestyle of the Dusuns.
In Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia, the Orang Asli community is the only tribe allowed to harvest resources from the park. They still maintain a nomadic lifestyle and have some small settlements within the park.
Visitors to Taman Negara may take a trip to the Orang Asli community with the permission of park management, and have an opportunity to see traditional hunting practices of the Orang Asli, and marvel at their traditional handicrafts.
Recognition of the contribution of indigenous peoples in conservation and respect for their rights has led to a shift where indigenous peoples are now actively engaged as partners in conservation. As such, ILCs in protected areas is one of the major sessions at the forthcoming conference.
The session will focus on practices that incorporate the perspective or involvement of indigenous and local communities in protected area management. Issues affecting ILCs in conservation management, such as science and technology, policy, traditional knowledge, and access and benefit sharing, will also be highlighted.
It is now widely acknowledged that effective and sustainable conservation can be better achieved when these are approved and have the collaboration of local indigenous peoples because their knowledge and cultures contribute to the building of comprehensive protected areas. Protected area management and ILCs often have common objectives in the conservation of lands and natural resources. Thus, there should be a greater effort to work with indigenous peoples and local communities in the conservation of protected and key biodiversity areas.
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Bruce Berkowitz's Top Positions (Part II)
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In the previous article, I wrote about the two biggest positions in Bruce Berkowitz, the "Stock Manager of the Decade." AIG, the insurance giant, accounted for more than 40% of his portfolio. Sears Holdings, the retail giant, represented 13.4% of his portfolio as of September 2012. In this article, I will continue with two other businesses that also accounted for a big portion of his concentrated portfolio. One is a banking giant and the other is in the real estate business.
Five Reasons to be Bullish About Bank of America
The third biggest position in Bruce Berkowitz's portfolio was Bank of America (NYSE: BAC). As of September 2012, he owned more than 102.2 million shares in the bank, accounting for 12.9% of his portfolio. Berkowitz mentioned that he liked Bank of America for several reasons. First, the price was cheap. When Berkowitz first revealed his Bank of America's position, it was trading at less than one-third of the book value. Second, its core business was generating 1% return on assets and 10% return on equity. That translated into 20% implied annual return on investment when the stock was bought at less than half book value. Third, Bank of America had a strong balance sheet. Berkowitz said that the bank's earnings power had been disguised by the large loan loss provision. In the normal time in the near future, the provision would be released to the bottom line. The fourth reason was that Bank of America had the largest retail deposit market share in the US, and it served one in every two US households. Last but not least, the bank was essential to global economic security. It seemed that Bank of America fit the definition of "too big to fail" perfectly. The successful investor Warren Buffett has also endorsed the bank, saying that, "Bank of America is a strong, well-led company… I am impressed with the profit-generating abilities of this franchise, and that they are acting aggressively to put their challenges behind them."
Much Cheaper Valuation Than Wells Fargo
At the current price of $11.14 per share, the total market capitalization is a little more than $120 billion. The market is still valuing Bank of America at a 40% discount to its book value. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Warren Buffett's favorite bank, is trading at $34.93 per share. The market values the bank at a much higher valuation, with 1.3x its book value. However, Wells Fargo had a much higher net interest margin and return on asset than Bank of America. Wells Fargo's net interest margin and ROA were 3.56% and 1.267%, respectively, whereas Bank of America's net interest margin and ROA were 2.21% and 0.18%, respectively.
Conflicting Opinions on This Real Estate Company
St. Joe Corporation (NYSE: JOE) was the fourth largest position in Bruce Berkowitz's portfolio as of September 2012. He owned more than 25.35 million shares in the company, accounting for 7.1% of his portfolio. St. Joe is considered to be one of the largest landholders in Florida, with around 573,000 acres of land. St. Joe has four main business segments: residential real estate, commercial real estate, rural land sales, and forestry. St. Joe acquired most of this land decades ago. Thus, it had a very low initial cost. The majority of its revenue came from forestry, which accounted for nearly 60% of its total revenue in 2011. The second biggest revenue contributor was residential real estate, which represented 34.7% of the total 2011 revenue. Bruce Berkowitz's investment in St. Joe was purely the real estate play. He said: "St. Joe is really about real estate. In recessions real estate is worth very little. When it's in demand, it's worth a lot more." However, hedge fund manager David Einhorn did not agree with Bruce Berkowitz. He said that St. Joe's business model was flawed. It "continues to carry its mostly vacant commercial real estate at inflated values." He expected that St. Joe would take more write-downs on its beachfront real estate.
Foolish Bottom Line
Indeed, Bank of America is still cheap at the current price with 40% discount to its book value. I personally think it could deliver a decent return for its shareholders over a long period of time. St. Joe is more of a real estate play. Without proper understanding of the real estate business and the Florida region, I don't think investors should follow Bruce Berkowitz into this real estate company.
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I know there are supposedly happy people in this world. I never believed it, but I take it for granted. God knows, they're all on television.
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After an interesting development this evening, I started thinking about the possibility of someone in our generation lying about their whereabouts and what they are doing on any given evening. For people our age (Generation Millenial or whatever we are known as), every aspect of our lives is documented through social media, whether we like it or not.
I really need to stop tearing up from watching commercials. This is not good for my reputation.
But alas, Google does it again.
We watched our deputy copy chief Dan Adkison play – and win! – Wednesday's episode of Jeopardy. Dan, who's been saving us from typos and other errors for three years, disappeared for a taping of the show in December and has kept the outcome to himself since. "It's been hard to keep it a…
Grab a tissue for this one. Less than 100 days until the London 2012 Summer Olympics kick off and Procter & Gamble kicked it off with this amazing "Thank You, Mom" advertising campaign.
"Have you ever wondered what it would be like to share a name with a superstar? Here, we follow an ordinary man who has been saddled with a legendary name. It's not crazy, it's sports."
Proud to say I used to represent Fisher-Price and Mattel. Now if they would only change Barbie's dimensions so she is more realistic…
For The Kids. At Penn State, not a day goes by when many of us won't say it, wear it, and/or feel it. THON has given us a personal connection to the fight against pediatric cancer and helping "Brighten Every Journey" for children who have to fight such awful circumstances.
I couldn't help but smile when THON tweeted a link to the story about Mattel's decision to create a bald Barbie doll. That's For The Kids in motion, people. Kudos to the people at Mattel for truly doing something that will "make an impact" for so many kids who will appreciate it more than mot of us can ever imagine. You can read the full story here.
FTK always.
Warby Parker, hipster eyewear brand, rolled out a custom canine collection yesterday in honor of April Fool's. Like you could even resist a dog wearing a monocle.
An incredibly well thought-out map of the 13 districts from Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. All credit goes to this blogger: Aim My Arrows High.


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It's "open house" weekend in Spokane, with Realtors hosting open house events Saturday and Sunday at more than 500 homes on the market.
The event sponsor is Greenstone Homes, which has the "headquarters house" at the development company's Kendall Yards project on the north bank of the Spokane River near downtown. The fully-staged townhome is at 408 N. Elm St., west of the Maple Street Bridge.
People visiting any of the open houses this weekend can register to win a $1,500 gift certificate from The Tin Roof. The winner will be announced Wednesday.
All of the open houses can be found at spokaneopen.com.
U.S. builders started work on slightly fewer homes in February. But they began laying the ground work for a turnaround later this year by requesting the most building permits in any month since October 2008, the Associated Press reports.
The Commerce Department said today that builders broke ground on a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 homes last month. That's down 1.1 percent from January's revised level of 706,000, also the highest since October 2008.
Building permits, a gauge of future construction, jumped 5.1 percent last month to 717,000. Two-thirds are for single-family homes, which are critical to a housing recovery.
It can take up to 12 months for a builder to obtain a permit and construct a single-family home.
WASHINGTON — Builders broke ground on more new homes in May, but not enough to signal a recovery in the troubled housing market.
Home construction rose 3.5 percent from April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 560,000 units per year, the Commerce Department said today.
Economists say the pace of construction is far below the 1.2 million homes per year that must be built to sustain a healthy housing market. Many credit-strapped builders are struggling to compete with low-priced foreclosures.
Housing permits, a gauge of future construction, rose last month to the highest level since December. But apartment and condominium construction accounted for a large portion of that increase. Renting has become a preferred option for many Americans who lost their jobs in the recession and who were forced to leave their rapidly depreciating homes.


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Official Google Blog: Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web
Our comment: this looks like a flop.
I think that complicated and sensible but "canned" pre-organized social networking "innovations" are often unlikely to make much headway.
One aspect of Facebook's success is that it perhaps more-or-less spontaneously addresses the lowest common denominator in social interaction, so that most of humanity feels compelled to join it to be part of the grapevine.
We could be wrong, but it seems to us that addressing the lowest common denominator is the formula used not only by television programming in general but also by the Hollywood studios who have survived periodic cinema crises in film-making.
Just the description of Google+ makes one want to yawn.
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Bugatti Veyron & Berlin KPM Royal Porcelain Manufacturer Team Up on the Grand Sport L'Or Blanc (White Gold)
Noah Joseph at AutoBlog has the story and photographs at Bugatti unwraps one-of-a-kind porcelain-trimmed Veyron L'Or Blanc.
For a mere €1.65 million or ca. $2.4 million, the ultimate merge of car and porcelain:
see Caitlyn Chase at Caviar and Cashmere for commentary and basic photos, such as this one, linked from that blog:
For a mere €1.65 million or ca. $2.4 million, the ultimate merge of car and porcelain:
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James and Janet Baker spent nearly two decades building a remarkable technology company in Newton, only to see their fortune disappear in a puff of fraudulent smoke. They've spent the last decade in court trying to get it back.
The Bakers built the voice recognition software company Dragon Systems from scratch and eventually sold it for $580 million to a Dutch company, Lernout & Hauspie, in 2000. Just two months later, news accounts detailed bogus international sales that had boosted the buyer's financial statements. Soon, the entire business collapsed in a bankrupt heap.


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AndroidPIT Forum - Thread "Android SQlite Help" This feed contains the most recent forum posts at www.androidpit.com in the thread "Android SQlite Help". urn:androidpit:forum:thread:e8b3cb6a258a8420ceb04a605a5a5e0d 2011-10-18T08:06:31Z 2011-10-18T08:06:31Z RE: Android SQlite Help Aaron Tilton urn:androidpit:forum:post:43ee0f1b748ebfdfca5fcbecc9a0570d 2011-10-18T08:06:31Z 2011-10-18T08:06:31Z I'll move this to the developer forum where you'll probably have a bit more success. Good Luck! Aaron Tilton 2011-10-18T08:06:31Z Android SQlite Help Philip M. urn:androidpit:forum:post:26937232523c0ac3fd9ed10cc6de8e1b 2011-10-17T20:16:59Z 2011-10-17T20:16:59Z Hi,

I am trying to build an Android app that downloads a space delimited .txt file each time the app is run which is

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As the product of a stable, two-parent home, there are many things I probably take for granted.
For the most part, I've always been able to depend on having a warm place to sleep, food to eat, and family to depend on, in times of need. One thing that I've never taken for granted, however, is having transportation to get from place to place.
For most of my childhood, my family was a no-car family. Eventually, when I was in middle school, we became a one-car family.
As a research scientist, my father always worked full time and then some, so the car was almost always in his possession. That meant that my mother, my five siblings, and myself, always depended on the bus to get us where we needed to go.
In middle school, Raleigh, N.C.'s Capital Area Transit bus system took me to my intramural sports practices, the mall, and back and forth from my first job as a McDonald's cashier. In high school, Virginia Beach's Hampton Roads Transit system took me back and forth from my private violin lessons, which prepared me for college auditions, which earned me a music scholarship to Emory University.
It wasn't until the summer after my sophomore year at college, however, that I gained a true appreciation for public transportation. During that summer, my livelihood was entirely dependent on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) system.
By my sophomore year, I was growing as a musician and had successfully applied to the school's journalism department. In the summer, following a successful audition, I was presented with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study the violin in Vienna, Austria, for a semester in the fall.
Vienna is the cultural epicenter of the classical music world, so as a serious student, it was an opportunity I couldn't turn down. However, there were a lot of challenges.
My parents had the money to pay for my tuition in the fall, but if I was going to get to Austria and back, I was going to have to generate the money myself. To complicate matters more, my first summer journalism internship at the Atlanta Daily World -- which I needed to complete my journalism major -- was unpaid.
I would need multiple jobs in order to raise the money I needed for a transatlantic flight by the end of the summer. I determined that since I didn't have a car, my chances of finding work would be better in a major, metropolitan city with public transportation. Instead of going home to Virginia, I decided to stay in Atlanta and tough it out for the summer.
Within the first two weeks of summer, I had established jobs working two days a week installing software for Emory University's Information Technology department, five nights a week as a stock manager at a shoe store at Lenox Square Mall, and on weekends, playing the violin for weddings at the DeKalb County courthouse -- all around a three-day-a-week internship, which was unpaid.
Altogether, I worked 70 hours a week to make ends meet and earned the money to fulfill my dream. The monthly MARTA card, which I lobbied for at my internship, was a blessing because it enabled me to get to my work places and do all the things I did on the side to earn money, despite not having a vehicle to get me there.
For the entire summer, I woke up at 5 a.m., to catch the first bus that would take me to the MARTA rail, and often came home on the last bus at night. However, I reached my goal and was able to buy my plane ticket to Vienna, and the accomplishment was extra sweet because I had defied the odds that were against me.
My ambition made my goals clear, but in the end, it was the bus that made it possible for me to dream big.
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Marcus Vick & The Draft (Merged Thread)
Classless I know, has caused nothing but problems but I think he can be better than Michael and he might be worth a second or third rounder.
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yeah he is a class act scum he remminds me of Carter for us or Ross but with more running talent can't pass like carter he will be a waste of a pic for the team that gets him hope Jerry doesn't commits the same mistake twice.
we will go as low as a 3rd and as high as a 2nd
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Denny Green will give the boy a chance. Probably early third round.
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Wow, the guys is an idiot. First his dirty play, now getting kicked off the team? Seriously, how the heck does he get in trouble off the field knowing he is on his last strike? Hell, with how much money his brother has the least he can do is ask for is a personal chaperon.
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Is he even coming out? I thought he is just a junior.
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[QUOTE=Ramseyfan]Is he even coming out? I thought he is just a junior.[/QUOTE]
He is a junior but there r probably very few colleges who will give him the chance to come in and start for them so he'll probably take his shot at the pros since he destroyed his chances at VT.
someone will take him or did anyone forget that the Broncos used a 3rd round pick on possible future felon Maurice Clarret?
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Marcus's stock is not high, AT ALL. He didn't play well against good teams. He is thug and an idiot. I dont see many teams wasting a pick on a guy who played one season in college football and wasn't dominating at all. His best bet would be to go to another school , try and get his shit together and play football. Difference between him and Michael is , mike had to work for everything he got, Marcus has been given everything. and as dominant as Mike was in college, I would not even put him in top 5 of QBs in the NFL, Maybe top 8. he is the most overrated player in the NFL.
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I guess he's going to declare now, seeing as he has been kicked out of VT's program.
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COULD IT BE MORE OBVIOUS HE DOESNT RESPECT THE GAME! Another TO
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Hey, could any one fill me in on what happened? How did Marcus Vick get kicked off the VT team?
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I thought he had a suspension comming but not officially kicked off the team, so does any one have an article link?
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nevermind here it is:
Ladies and Gentlemen the new QB for the Dallas Cowboys... or Saints
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[QUOTE=wilsowilso]Somebody is going to take that idiot pretty high, but it's not going to be us thankfully. His brother is the most overated player in the history of the nfl.
His Brother is the most overrated player in history.....Ryan Leaf, Joey Harrington, Rex Grossman, Tim Couch, David Klinger, Jeff George, Steve Emtman, Chad Pennington, Jason Gamble, Jim Drunkenmiller, Kyle Boller,......only if I had the time to continue.....yea in the history of Football...Vick is the most overrated :yeahright
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Chapter 100 Reviews
The next day, everyone was prepping for the mission – sort of. Hank kept tabs on Phoenix's whereabouts, Scott and Cable had a danger room session with Kitty and Peter, Jean was meditating with Xavier, Rogue and Warren enjoyed a few rounds of flying with Storm as Gambit and Kurt watched from a distance, Bobby was posing in front of the mirror and Logan had a beer. It wasn't long before they had to gear up for the mission. They got to it and had a quick meeting before they headed out. Scott ran over the plan one last time for his team. Everyone listened and paid close attention. This was a very important task. They had to do it right. With Cable's life on the line, everything seemed more dangerous than ever. A few still questioned why Scott and Jean were so willing to sacrifice Cable's life. But it wasn't an easy decision. It was one of the hardest things they had to do, besides sending him to the future to even have one. Scott and Jean knew that merging with Phoenix wouldn't kill Nathan. It was just a gamble whether he would stay the same or become evil. Cyclops took one more look at his team and, with two words, everything was set in motion. "Let's move."
Two teams boarded two separate planes. Xavier stayed behind to monitor cerebro and so that he could keep tabs on the teams. One was led by Cyclops and the other team was lead by Storm. Cyclops had Jean, Warren, Bobby, Hank and Cable on his group.
"Just like the old X-Factor days, huh?" Bobby joked.
"Exactly – only this fella was still young then," added Hank. He was referring to Cable, who spent some time with them while they were still the X-Factor team. Nathan was still a baby then but now he's all grown up and fighting this battle with them. "Oh, by the way, we're closing in on Sophie."
"Good." Scott turned on the communicator and called the other team. "We're almost there. Go on ahead and start things up."
"Aye aye, Captain." Remy took control of the jet and increased its speed. "We'll see you guys later."
As soon as Storm's team saw Sophie, the jumped into action.
Ah,theX-Men.WhyamInotsurprised... Phoenix thought to herself. She threw a fireball at the jet and it headed for a crash.
As soon as they got safely to the ground, they started to come at Sophie with everything they got. Logan stabbed her a few times when he got close enough. They were not trying to kill Phoenix's host this time, unlike what they did with Jean. They were just trying to make Sophie weaker so that they had a better chance to talk to Phoenix herself. But it was a tough battle. The time they gave Phoenix was enough for it to grow stronger. One by one, Phoenix knocked them out. The last one standing was Logan.
Cyclops' team stayed behind. They were waiting for the rest to give them the signal. They couldn't risk being there themselves. If Phoenix took out the others, at least they still had a shot. Just then, Jean got a nod from Logan and it was now time for them to move. "It's our turn."
Without hesitation, Cyclops fired an optic blast at Sophie. Jean tried holding her down with a TK grip so that Hank, Warren and Bobby could close in on her. Jean lost her hold on Phoenix and struck Hank on his head. He was knocked out cold. Logan still came at Phoenix with everything he's got.
Persistentfool. Phoenix took Logan and placed him in front of her. With one swift move, she ripped his bones from his flesh. "LOGAN!" Jean cried. Phoenix drooped his body. His bones and his flesh lay side by side. Phoenix was about to attack Jean, but she paused for a moment.
"Sophie's still trying to take control!" Angel said.
"No – run away! Mr. Logan – I tried…I'm sorry…But she took over for a moment…I got back just in time. I'm in control again." She demanded.
"Sophie! Let Phoenix take control!"
"Mr. Summers? She could kill you all!"
"No! Let her! Trust me. Everyone else, stay sharp!"
"I'm still strong."
"We'll fix that." Jean added.
"Attagirl, Sophie. Emma would be so proud." Cyclops smiled.
"Enough chit-chat." Jean launched a psi-bolt at Sophie. "Thank goodness she looks like Emma. This makes it a whole lot easier."
"Jean." Cyclops fired an optic blast at Sophie. "Now's not the time for that."
"I know. I know…"
By this time, they had been able to weaken Sophie and Phoenix emerged once more. "Cable! It's time!"
"Alright, Phoenix. Let's talk." Cable told her.
And who might this be?
"The name is Cable."
This is new. Are you supposed to stop me?
"No, I just want to talk."
Talk? To you? What makes you think I'd even –
"It's because I have an offer for you."
Is that so? Well then, I'm listening.
"Take me as your host."
"You heard me."
"Are you sure about that? I think you'll like me - It's because of who I am. It's in my blood. By the way, my name is Nathan Summers. I don't believe we've properly met."
Ahhh… A Summers boy…
"Don't forget – I'm a Grey as well."
Hmm? How intriguing.
"I know you hate my dad – he's beaten you before. And I have my mom's powers… You want power? I've got tons. I'm offering you myself on a silver platter, Phoenix. Take it or leave it."
Verywell… Phoenix left Sophie's body and merged with Nathan. Sophie's body fell to the ground and remained still. Nathan was now engulfed with the Phoenix flame.
What's happening?
"I am. I'm controlling you now." Nathan grunted. He was still trying to contain Phoenix. "You are life, right? I'm taking control of that."
How can you? Even Grey and Sophie couldn't!
"See, I've been infected with this virus when I was younger. I had to put all my focus and my powers on that virus so it wouldn't kill me. I'm older now… And I've got experience to boot."
You can't control me forever! Soon, I can take over – soon…
"And we're going to fix that. I'm taking you to my present – two thousand years into the future. I'm going to have some one on one time with you, buddy." Cable pressed some buttons on the machine strapped to his arm. He opened a portal to the future. "Goodbye, Sco- Dad…Mom… I'll see you when I sort this out."
"Bye, Son. Good luck." Scott looked up at his son. "I'll always be proud of you."
"Goodbye, Nathan." Jean waved farewell.
NO! I will not allow this! I am Phoenix!
"Wha?" Cable had just stepped in the portal and was forced to look back. Phoenix wanted to stay.
"Cable! Close the portal!"
"Already doing it! Stand back!" Cable pressed a few buttons on his control and the portal closed. Phoenix was still trying to stay. A third of its entity still visible in this dimension. Cable tried with all his might to take Phoenix with him. "C'mon!"
His efforts failed. The portal closed and split the entity in two. Now, a third of Phoenix stayed in this time. The X-Men looked in horror. Jean stepped forward.
"Jean! DON'T - -!"
"We've been here before – this moment… I know what you're planning to do. Don't leave me. We can stop Phoenix! You've seen what happens when we merge with these forces… I can't lose you again." (EN: See Chapter 1: Phoenix, Cyclops and Apocalypse battle, if you can remember. I told you the story revealed itself little by little in each chapter. This time, Scott and Jean reverse roles.)
"I can do this, Scott. You've seen what I can do. Whatever happens, if I get lost, I know you'll find me just like I found you. Just trust me, this process…I know I can make this work."
"Jean – I –" Scott reached for her hand and took it. The two shared a short kiss.
"I'll come back. I'm stronger now. You've made me stronger. I love you, Scott Summers." She forced a smile. She couldn't hide it. She knew she was scared. With one last kiss, she flew and faced Phoenix – alone. "Let's see what you've got."
Jean exposed herself to Phoenix. Knowing that it needed a host, it didn't take long for it to find the perfect one. Jean and Phoenix, in a weird way, were one. Phoenix was at best when it was merged with Jean. Two opposites matched. Jean was – is a beautiful person. She loved greatly and thought with wisdom. Phoenix was her opposite. It was a destroyer of worlds and selfish. With Phoenix weaker by a great amount, its will to fight lessened as well.
Jean Grey… Face to face once again…
"Phoenix…" Jean started. "I've merged with you, became one with you and I've found my pieces with you. You can't beat me. Not anymore."
I'm only weaker, Grey… Once I regain my strength - -
" - I know you're weak. I don't care if you get stronger. I know I can beat you."
Really?Then what makes you think you can ever defeat me?You're only just a mutant…
"Because I am finally beyond you. No matter how strong you get, I am stronger than you'll ever be. You've met your demise." With full concentration, Jean absorbed Phoenix. The others could only watch as Jean engulfed herself in flames just like the way she did before, only this time was different. It didn't seem so ominous or frightful – it seemed like a peaceful, radiant moment. With one last strain, Jean had fully beaten Phoenix and overtook her. Her tired body slowly came down. Scott readily came to her and caught her and knelt and rested her body on the ground, holding her up the best he could.
'Jean,can you hear me?Are you alright?' Scott sent through their rapport.
No answer was heard.
'Jean!JEAN!' Scott sent louder. 'Jean,come back to me… please…'
Scott looked at her through the red tint of his visor. It was getting foggier because he was holding back tears. For numerous times, both of them left and came back differently. When Jean died, she had come back a different person and even came back to a married lover. Scott left Jean when he merged with Apocalypse and when Jean found him, he was a changed man. He even died once and came back to Emma, but it seemed so conflicting that as he died, he thought of Jean – not Emma. This time, they only had each other. Jean came back to Scott just recently and he hoped she'll come back to him again. There was nothing holding them back but themselves.
Once upon a time, Jean died in the arms of her husband. With a twist of fate, it was happening again. Only this time…
"Jean?" Scott began to smile.
…She came back.
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The Aristocats 2, also called The Aristocats II: Marie's Adventure, was a planned sequel to The Aristocats. It was scheduled to be released in 2007, but production was cancelled in early 2006.
Duchess and her three kittens- Marie, Berlioz and Toulouse along with Thomas O' Malley, Frou Frou the horse, Roquefort, Scat Cat, his gang of Alley cats, Madame Adelaide Bonfamille and her owner Georges Hautcourt were getting ready for labor Day. Berlioz insisted his siblings that he should be the one to go through the kitty door first and his older siblings laughed at him. Duchess ask the three kittens to behave nicely and they all sighed. Berlioz was so wild he knocked over a bucket of milk causing Frou-Frou to whiny loudly. He then ran to the drawing room were Toulouse was painting. Berlioz wasn't watching where he is going and a bucket of paint splashed all over him. Toulouse and Marie laughed so nasty that Duchess and O' Malley came in with a shock. Duchess scolds Toulouse and Marie that they shouldn't talk to their brother like that. Berlioz angrily left the room in a huff and sat outside the porch and looked up at the night sky wondering where he belong because he was teased by his brother and sister.
The plane from Timbuktu with Edgar Balthazar on it arrived at the airport with two cat nappers, Ferreck and Hadris. Edgar is going to get revenge on the cats for defeating him last year. The cats were going to Cannes also Berlioz came. He hadn't spoken for the entire ride. Soon there was trouble. George had forgotten to give directions for Madame and the truck took off. Toulouse and Marie were hanging on the side of the truck and were begging Berlioz for help but Berlioz still wasn't listening. Finally he understand what was going on. His claw swung of the truck and was tossed away into the wind. Toulouse, Marie, Scat Cat and the Alley Cats were shocked. They hadn't seen such a terrible thing in their lives. Neither Thomas or Duchess.
Berlioz landed in a valley after being tossed in the wind. He sobbed and he sobbed. He then got chased by a fierce dog called Grumpy. He then meets a gang of stray cats: Sally, Buckster, Dale and Eric, Mooncho, and Gerene who wanted Berlioz to join them.
Original Storyboards
|The Aristocats
| The Aristocats | House of Mouse
Characters: Duchess | Thomas O'Malley | Toulouse | Marie | Berlioz | Roquefort | Frou-Frou | Edgar Balthazar | Madame Adelaide Bonfamille | Georges Hautecourt | The Milkman | Napoleon and Lafayette | Abigail Gabble and Amelia Gabble | Uncle Waldo | Scat Cat | Alley cats | The Frog | Elvira (deleted)
Locations: Paris, France
Songs: The Aristocats | Scales and Arpeggios | Thomas O'Malley Cat (song) | Everybody Wants to Be a Cat