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"Safe & Sound" from the soundtrack for the motion picture The Hunger Games, has won Best Song Written For Visual Media at the 2013 Grammy Awards!
Taylor's official Greeting Card Mobile App has launched on the App Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android! Created by American Greetings, the app features digital cards just in time for Valentine's plus brithdays, holidays, and more. Send glittery cards to your friends and family via text, email, Facebook or Twitter!
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video playback and audio optimization
lve noticed that allot of my resource issues seem to relate to audiodg.exe process and playback of video..
l tend to see pretty much constant cpu access when running winamp etc tho l have gotten it down from what it was by disabling effects and changing the sound quality to DVD quality l still find that while music or video is playing it still uses much more than ld expect (2/10% constant and usually towards the 10% mark regardless of setting) l was looking into GPU assisted rendering with Media player classic home cinema, but after reading up l am likely not to be able to use it because most of my stuff is subtitled and requires me to load up DirectVobsub as a filter which l read would stop my GPU from being used because said filter would stop the process of trying to use my GPU to render the video.
so lm wondering if there are any other tips and tricks to keep my resources down and stop the usual 30ish% load to more of a minimum, as in all honesty lm not a gamer and all l wish to do with my system is watch media files and listen to MP3s while occasionally torrenting without the usual 10C temp increases just for watching an AVI or MKV (granted my temps arent too bad, but l want to keep them as low as possible along with system resources)
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Playing mp3s encoded at 192kpbs, I'm showing between 0 - 2 & 4% CPU use, same with mpg video/audio as well as standard youtube video/audio. Playing a commercial DVD shows approx 2%. Don't know about running a torrent prg, don't use those.
I use this machine for multitrack audio recording so I've taken some extreme measures to optimize realtime use, much of it not advised for general purpose use. Basically, I try to keep OS interference to a minimum, this includes background tasks and services. (I've gone back to running Areo without any penalty)
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Love Worth Finding - March 29, 2012
In The Shelter of His Wings
"For Thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of Thy wings." Psalm 61:3-4
Of the 6500 hymns written by Charles Wesley, surely none is considered finer than the one titled "Jesus, Lover of My Soul." Many accounts have been shared as to the inspiration behind this song, but whether any are true, indeed the song's lyrics are a poignant picture of a young man's journey into discovering the love of his life—Jesus.
The third verse of this great hymn begins, "Thou, O Christ, art all I want, more than all in Thee I find."
Where is your heart today? Are you suffering from a broken relationship or the loss of a loved one? Run, don't walk, into His waiting arms of love. He wants to bind up your hurt and bring hope to your heart.
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1. Draw a paper template of each side of the house, and then trace around each window and door to transfer the designs to the foam (figure A). Cut them out using a utility knife. Glue the four sides together and reinforce the corners by wrapping them with one-inch-wide strips of foam to give the foundation of the house some strength.
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Exceptionally soft, the special ponte knit blend has an ingenious way of skimming over the skin without clinging, making it the ultimate travel fabric. Beautifully tailored with seaming to fit and flatter. Styled with a subtle scoop neck and raglan sleeves. Princess and center seaming. Semifitted. Above-knee length. Rayon/nylon/spandex. Machine washable. Imported. 37" length.
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Outlook 2007 add-in to synchronise your Calendar and Tasks with a TaskWorks Project Management and Collaboration Workspace. See all your Project start and end dates and To-Do items in your Calendar and Tasks list in Outlook. FREEWARE. Freeware download of TaskWorks Outlook 2007 Add-in 1.0.1, size 6.47 Mb.
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Urban campers and transportation: TRB 2014
Note: In advance of the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting, the biggest forum on the transportation research calendar, OTREC.us is profiling some of the researchers who will present their work.
In a session titled "Living Within the Right-of-Way: New Address for the Homeless," OTREC researcher Andrée Tremoulet will give a lectern presentation about her research into homelessness.
Encampments of homeless individuals and families living in state department of transportation rights of way often pose a unique challenge for DOT staff responsible for maintaining the public land.
The solution, as described in Tremoulet's report, is as complex and multifaceted as the problem.
In cases where urban campers need to be relocated, for the process to be humane and successful Tremoulet stresses that it must be achieved through a cooperative effort between community orgnizations.
She advocates using a "push/pull" method, combining the "push" of law enforcement to clear the public land with the "pull" of assistance and housing programs to give homeless individuals direction, and a place to go.
The most important thing to remember, she says, is that no situation is alike and every set of circumstances will require a unique, tailored approach.
Following the publication of this OTREC project about a homeless relocation effort in 2010, Tremoulet compiled a Best Practices guide for the Oregon Department of Transportation to use when confronted with similar situations in the future.
Tremoulet presents her work at 8:00 a.m., Eastern time, Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Washington Hilton. Her paper is titled: "Urban Campgrounds on Public Rights-of-Way: How State Departments of Transportation Are Stepping Up to the Challenge." The best practices guide is available here:
The TRB annual meeting runs Jan. 12-16 in Washington, D.C. For more information in OTREC's participation, and to read other profiles in this series, click on the banner below:
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Security concerns in the Asia-Pacific are on the rise. Tensions over territorial disputes have spiked across the region. China is menacing its neighbors. North Korea continues to pursue a dangerous nuclear weapons capability. The United States has announced a pivot to Asia, but defense budget cuts and challenges elsewhere in the world may undermine the president's promises to America's allies. Japan's prime minister Shinzō Abe is looking to expand the role that his country's military plays in ensuring regional peace.
Against this backdrop, AEI, the Chinese Council of Advanced Policy Studies, and the Tokyo Foundation co-hosted the third annual Taiwan-US-Japan Trilateral Security Dialogue. Held in Taipei on October 15, 2013, the conference brought together scholars and officials from the United States, Japan, and Taiwan to discuss security and economic matters of mutual importance. This year's conference featured panel discussions on regional security challenges in East Asia, energy security in Asia, and regional economic integration, as well as a parliamentary dialogue involving a number of current and former legislators.
A number of presenters wrote papers, which are provided here along with transcripts from some of the sessions.
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Days before Neligh, Neb. natives and unlikely activists Art and Helen Tanterups invited 8,000 people to their 100-year-old family farm, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln issued the most damning and comprehensive look at climate change's impact in Nebraska yet. The report was presented to a group of 300 at a lecture on the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln.
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A strong Nebraska industry could play an outsized role in addressing climate change . . . .
Climatic events have accounted for 72% of global insurance claims and insured losses from 1980 to 2012, totaling $0.97 trillion (Munich Re, 2013). Estimated … losses are increasing at ~6% a year in real terms (Lomborg, 2010). The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change estimated total...
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From Understanding and Assessing Climate Change, Implications for Nebraska, a UNL report from the Department of Natural Resources and Agriculture. Page numbers in parentheses.
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Rural Nebraskans are knowledgeable about and sensitive to climate issues. The Nebraska Rural Poll (2013) tells us:
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Omaha North running back sensation and recent South Dakota verbal commit Calvin Strong put up sick numbers last season leading his school to its first state football title in the playoff era. His 3,008 rushing yards and 43 touchdowns set state and metro single season Class A records, shattering anything done by past star Omaha prep backs such as Gale Sayers and Ahman Green.
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Now, in these tools, you can use the profiles as is, or use the defined
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2013/7/26 Albert R. Campa <abcampa () gmail com>
Hello everyone. :)
I am doing some work on baseline/benchmark/compliance/config auditing, and
I would like to get some experience feedback on doing editing/modifcation
of these benchmarks.
As you know there are many standards CIS, DISA, PCI, etc, on many
platforms, MS, Linux, DB, Cisco, etc.
My questions is for anyone who does this are the following:
Do you use default policies from CIS, DISA, etc and run with that?
Do you use a CIS, DISA, etc as a start and then modify to org standards?
Or do you just create a baseline from scratch?
I created a blog post on this, showing my point of view using Nessus and
I also want to find out from you how useful would a gui be to edit/create
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Ukraine marks 20th anniversary amid economic and political gloom
Exactly 20 years ago today, the parliament of Soviet Ukraine voted to declare independence, and a new country - the largest in Europe - was born. Yet many of those Ukrainians who ratified that decision en masse in 1991 are less enthusiastic today. Fewer than half say they'd vote for independence again. It isn't a sense of nationhood that's lacking, but faith in their political leaders.


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Jim continues his series on operating and management fundamentals by talking about financial elements of managing a small business. Today he talks about the importance of knowing your A/R days and A/P days, the relationship between the two, and how it affects your cash requirements.
Jim begins his annual series on operating and management fundamentals by talking about financial elements of managing a small business, including creating regular financial statements, using technology and getting technical help with your financial record keeping.
Jim wraps up a discussion of his 2006 predictions, including on about gas prices and one about Google.
Jim talks about why he made one of his 2006 predictions, which is that one of the three U.S. automobile manufacturers will file for protection in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Jim continues to share his 2006 predictions on the third day of the new year. More will come later in the week.
Jim starts the New Year off with a few of his 2006 predictions. The rest will follow this week.
Jim goes it along in this set to review his 2005 predictions and his batting average based on how things turned out.
Jim talks about some things to think about as you enter the new year, including the importance of loving what you do.
Jim does his 9th consecutive live Christmas show where he talks less about business and more about spiritual things, including special poems and thoughts.
Jim takes a few minutes to talk about his thoughts on the human right to be free and how that is playing out in Iraq as that country votes to elect a permanent government.


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As a woman and as a Mom I have a difficult time reading stories where children are bullied or put in jeopardy. Besides the parents are written as bullies also. So I only listened to half the book. It was not suspenseful.
"just OK"
narrator is poor - author is too wordy and repetitive besides - the book editor should have caught that -
This book should be listed under romance novels. Not much suspense or mystery.
Rather interesting at times. But rather stupid at more times. There is an edge to Carter Ross sometimes but it never develops and does not last.
"Good but...."
I like Mary Higgins Clark - sometimes! But "Where Are The Children" is still the best of her books!!
"Intriguing and sad"
Intriguing. Good characters. Sad ending and sad but true that our justice system can be so very much about power and not so much about justice.
"Too many words"
Good story but way too many words. I understand the character development of Dooher and it was well done. But I do not want to believe people can be that gullible.
The story line is interesting but once you know "whodunit" it becomes slow. But the thought of "being a fly on the wall" when others are talking about you is intriguing.
"Too long"
It just goes on and on. The bad guy is written too smart and the good guys can not be that dumb. I've heard Dick Hill before and he is good. But this time he is not. Drops off words and end of sentences and is mostly annoying. Maybe abridged version would be OK.
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By Tyler Grace
Junior goalkeeper Alex Ivanov was named the Big Ten Defensive player of the week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
Ivanov played every minute of the team's two home matches this week. In the two matches, the first a 2-1 double-overtime loss against UNC-Wilmington and the second a 2-0 win against Northern Illinois, Ivanov racked up 13 saves, including two stops on penalty kicks. The match against Northern Illinois was the first clean sheet in Ivanov's career, and the Buckeyes' first since October 10, 2012.
"To stop one PK takes a tremendous amount of focus, to save two was very cool to see," Taly Goode, Ohio State's goalkeeping and assistant coach, said in a press release. "Alex worked hard in the offseason and it is encouraging to see him get his first shutout. We have a lot of new players trying to work together, so I think this game will give Alex more confidence moving forward and hopefully the team more confidence in him."
This is the first Big 10 Defensive Player of the Week award in the young goalkeeper's career, and the first one awarded to a Buckeye since Matt Lampson won the award in October of 2011.
The Buckeyes' next game is next week in Tulsa, OK, for the Hurricane Classic. Ohio State will first face 22nd ranked Tulsa on Friday and then unranked Southern Methodist University on Sunday.
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Sabu -- a hardcore wrestling icon -- was rushed to the hospital before a scheduled event tonight in Pennsylvania ... TMZ has learned.
Cops in Travose, PA tell TMZ they were dispatched to a hotel for a medical emergency, but wouldn't elaborate. The manager at the hotel where Sabu was staying tells TMZ the staff there felt the wrestler was intoxicated when paramedics were called.
A source close to Sabu tells TMZ he had been MIA all day and promoters for an ECW reunion event he was scheduled to appear at could not get in touch with him.
According to our source, Sabu had an allergic reaction to a medication he had been taking.
Sabu is one of the top-billed wrestlers at the Extreme Reunion tonight, but we're told he'll be a no-show.
A rep for the event tells TMZ, "Sabu was found unresponsive in his hotel room earlier today when event staff went to his room to pick him up for tonight's show. Management is currently awaiting results from his doctors to find out what actually happened."
The rep continues, "All we know is that he had prior health issues that might have been a contributing factor. We're pulling for him and are very concerned for his health. We wish him the best of luck in his recovery."
A spokesperson for the WWE tells TMZ ..."We have reached out to Sabu in the past as part of our Former Talent Rehabilitation Program. We will continue to offer him assistance."
Fans know that Sabu take pills. So that is most likely the reason. But still hope he will be alright.
Sabu has been putting his body through hell for 20 years or so. He is a hardcore wrestler, he is not like John Cena or The Rock. Sabu makes his money by wrestling with barbed wire, thumbtacs, doing insanely stupid aerial moves . His body is covered with scars from around the world where he puts himself through torture for a few hundred bucks per match. Alot of these ECW guys from the 90's are dead or strung out and I would not be surprised if sabu overdosed or something. I wish him the best but he can't keep doing this crap to his body, he should have walked away in 2001 when Vince bought ECW.
Finally, tmz does a story on somebody who DID something to become famous? Sabu is one of the best ever in ring performers. TNA should get him. Extremely athletic.
Terry Michael Brunk Brunk racked up an astounding catalog of injuries during his ECW tenure, including broken ribs, a broken jaw, and breaking his neck twice.
According to Sabu's official Facebook page, Sabu is awake as of 29 April 2012 and currently remains in the hospital.
Travose is near Festerville and Binsalem.
I like the WWE Former Talent Rehabilitation Program. I do *not* like that they are very public about the people they have 'reached out' to.
You stupid dumbass.You better start showing more respect to pro wrestling.Maybe the WWE can be called soap operas but Sabu isnt what you labeled pro wrestling to be.I know you see all the scars on his body dumbass.He took real pain from all those high risk moves he did.I would love to see you face Sabu in a match then try to call him fake you retard


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- she doesn't consider herself to be pretty. as far as she's concerned, she's "plain jane rizzoli". and to her, that's probably worse than frog-face.
- to be perfectly honest, she loves all of the fancy things about maura isles. she wouldn't admit to it, even under torture, though. not because she finds giant turtles who eat british strawberries (what's the difference between british and american strawberries for a damn turtle anyway?) fascinating. it's because maura loves all of that stuff.
- besides those bad blind dates her mother sent her on, that date with dean, and the dates at the lesbian bar, she hasn't actually pursued a relationship on her own for years. god only knows how sexually frustrated she really is.
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...This is what I've been putting off? I can do that!!!
I really can't believe I haven't listened more closely, cause if you have 2 more hours in your brew day you can certainly do it with no problems. I was blown away. My local HBS had an all-grain class today, so I sat through it. I liked it. To me, THAT is brewing. To phrase what someone else said a while back, extract I felt like I was making the chocolate chip cookies with the bag of ingredients you get from the grocery store, add an egg and water and you have cookies. Uh-uh. No more. I might do one last extract recipe but from there on out its not looking back!!!!
Seeing the process is so helpful, huh? It's no biggie at all once you assemble the equipment. Good luck in your new brewing adventures!
lol, can someone make a video or something? Dammit, I keep putting it off too.
yea im gonna take the jump to ag this weekend. i cant wait.
If you have to buy the watered down version then why drink in the first place.
When I was doing partial mashes I was concerned about going AG, but once I started I never looked back. Yes, it takes longer, but in the end it is very satisfying to know you took malted grain and made your own beer. It's like brewing for the first time again. Enjoy!!!!
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This recipe goes with Marinara Poached Eggs, Mussels Marinara, Braised Lamb Shanks, Italian Tomato Soup, Shrimp Vindaloo, Sausage Pizza
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1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil; swirl to coat. Add onion and next 5 ingredients (through red pepper); sauté 8 minutes. Add tomato paste; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add wine; cook 2 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates.
2. Combine vegetable mixture and tomatoes in an electric slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours. Place 3 cups tomato mixture in a blender. Remove center piece of blender lid; secure lid on blender. Place a clean towel over opening in blender lid. Blend until smooth. Return tomato mixture to slow cooker. Add basil, salt, and black pepper. Cook, uncovered, on HIGH 30 minutes.
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aInstitute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, bCognitive Drug Research Ltd., CDR House, Goring-on-Thames, UK
Background: We examined attention-enhancing effects of the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil in Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) by means of open label study. Methods: 22 DLBs and 23 PDDs were assessed over 20 weeks using the Cognitive Drug Research Computerized Attentional Tasks. We examined how much closer our patients moved towards being normal for their age by comparing them to a non-demented elderly control sample (n = 183, aged 71–75 years). Results: Donepezil treatment improved power of attention, continuity of attention and reaction time variability. The deficit in responses was moved towards normal by 38 and 56% for power of attention and 22 and 10% for continuity of attention in PDD and DLB, respectively. Conclusions: Improvements in attention were found with donepezil in PDD and DLB.
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November 26th, 2009 by Aaron Hope | 5 comments
England's JD Sports is known for their exclusive Nike releases, including a long run of dope releases in the black/grey/blue range. These might not be JD-exclusives but they are probably stuck over on the far side of the Atlantic. This Nike Air Max 95 just dropped in the Old World and looks to be crafted up to snuff with any of their supposedly excellent craftsmanship. As if the mix of greys, black and blue weren't perfect enough, light grey contrast stitching on the toe and tongue. Enjoy some more closeups after the jump.


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This story was recently taken up by the Guardian Express and International Business Times who responded to a prediction from my book Why Atheism will Replace Religion. Unfortunately these writers made mistakes. I want to correct some of those errors and clarify the actual claim.
First the correction
The Las Vegas Guardian Express writer, Rebecca Savastio falsely attributes to me the claim that religion "will completely disappear by 2041." What I do project is that religious people will comprise a minority by that date, a very different prediction.
Writing for the International Business Times, Conor Adams Sheets editorializes that "it is quite a leap in logic to suggest that rising financial security will lead inexorably to a rejection of religion." His rationale, apparently, is that some "thought leaders" have expressed a different opinion.
Yet, the data on this issue could not be clearer. Given what we now know about the predictive relationship between economic development and rising secularism, it is perversely illogical to argue that "religious beliefs will enjoy a resurgence as the world continues to develop." Numerous empirical studies point in exactly the opposite direction.


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Tea party conservative Sen. Ted Cruz vowed to speak in opposition to President Barack Obama's health care law until he's "no longer able to stand," even though fellow Republicans urged him to back down from his filibuster for fear of a possible government shutdown. The Senate will vote at 10 a.m. today.
National Politics
Food stamps have figured in Americans' ideas about the poor for decades, from President Lyndon Johnson's vision of a Great Society to President Ronald Reagan's scorn for crooked "welfare queens" and President Bill Clinton's pledge to "end welfare as we know it."
The Internal Revenue Service continued to target conservative political groups even after approving their applications for tax-exempt status, a key Republican lawmaker said Wednesday.
Buoyed by an improving housing market, President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a broad overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system, including winding down government-backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He declared that taxpayers should never again be left "holding the bag" for the mortgage giants' bad bets.
Thousands of civilian drones are expected in U.S. skies within a few years and concerns they could be used to spy on Americans are fueling legislative efforts in several states to regulate the unmanned aircraft.
The intervening months since Obama's inauguration have showcased the political limits of the president's ambitions.
About 47 million Americans received food stamps last year, but only a relative few are required to work or look for a job as a condition of receiving the aid.
In his speech defending his health care law Thursday, Obama said rebates averaging $100 are coming from insurance companies to 8.5 million Americans. In fact, most of the money is going straight to employers who provide health insurance, not to their workers, who benefit indirectly.
Facing public doubts and embarrassing setbacks to his signature health care law, President Barack Obama stepped forward Thursday to extol the program's benefits, emphasizing that some Americans already are receiving insurance rebates and lower premiums.
A Shari's waitress, who currently doesn't have health insurance, says her restaurant cut her from full time to part time in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare."
The last time Colorado enacted gun control measures was in the wake of the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, and once the laws were on the books there was little acrimony.
In a major concession to business groups, the Obama administration Tuesday unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until 2015, in a central requirement of the new health care law that medium and large companies provide coverage for their workers or face fines.
The Senate has passed historic immigration legislation offering the hope of American citizenship to millions, while promising a military-style surge to secure the border.
Those cuts weren't deep enough for many Republicans who objected to the cost of the nearly $80 billion-a-year food stamp program, which has doubled in the past five years. The vote was 234-195 against the bill, with 62 Republicans voting against it.
The U.S. Senate has approved the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act, which would permanently conserve thousands of acres of forest near the southern Oregon coast.


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Gallery: Tech behind the Beijing Olympics
Summary: Technicians for this summer's 2008 Olympics from Beijing are training for their sport--IT.
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...and from inside. More than 70 venues will be used during the games and the tech team is tasked with providing the same IT support for each one.
Seen here is one of the Olympic mascots--Huanhuan, the Olympic Flame.
Other construction is also going on apace in Beijing, including this architectural marvel.
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Think this post's headline is ironic? Barry Feld disagrees.SEE ALSO: When dating prospects look bleak, women focus on their careers, U of M study finds"It's not ironic. It's a disaster," he told us this afternoon. "There's been an enormous amount of collateral damage here."
Tony Tran and Laura Xiong started out as small-time gamblers. Then they became lovers. And then her husband turned up murdered.
Daniel Otto and his girlfriend just wanted to get loaded one summer night. Neither of them imagined that she would wind up dead and he would be charged with murder.
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"I fake smiles and try to get through it hold back tears, I cover up the pain and I tuck away all the hurt-"
blah, blah, blah.
I hate to be insensitive, but everyone hurts sometimes, and then when you can't take it anymore, and you're feeling pain to the point of questioning the merit of your very existence, and you're wondering why nobody's there to help you through it, and why nobody understands… Let me help you.
If you don't tell anybody you're hurting, they can't help. How will you know if they might just have the perfect things to say? You wouldn't. Nobody reads minds, and if they claim to be able to, they are probably charging upfront fees to tell you what you already know.
I just don't understand people who do this….


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By a narrow margin, Arran & Ardrossan ward voted "Yes" for an independent Scotland, so there was a wave of grief and disappointment at the result, for the "Yes" side, at least. However, it does not mean the question is closed. We are newly aware now of how Scotland divides, and on what basis. With the effective death of the Labour Party after Blair stripped it of socialism, we are a country without a political structure that represents public opinion. Something new needs to take its place; a constructive grouping of people who care for each other regardless of wealth and class status. The referendum result made it painfully plain that there are areas in the country where status is not merely important but vital, and this brings us very close to the Scotland of old, with its landowners on one side and impoverished tenants on the other. It is surely time for this divide to lessen, if we are to function as a self-aware, effective nation. Our differences must be accepted and our varying strengths welcomed. Alex Salmond, who did a phenomenal job in bringing people together, also leaves Scotland's vast natural energy resources as a powerful chance for the future, and this, surely, must be built on. With vision and determination, we still have everything to gain.
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Tango must be the one musical form that is so varied, and so globally universal, that a whole evening can be devoted to it with no trace of 'sameness'. Emotionally, it encompasses a vast range, from seductiveness to anger, nostalgia to sheer fun. It has wonderful old tunes and astonishing new ones. Astor Piazzolla's famous Tango Nuevo is a world of its own, lamenting the cruel days of the junta when people vanished with no explanation and became numbered among those 'que no son' - who are no longer.
Gemma O'Keefe, violin, Paul Chamberlain, accordion, Gregor Blamey, piano and Tom Berry, double bass, moved from mood to mood and from one sound texture to another, keeping their audience spell-bound. On this occasion, the Music Society had set out the hall cafe-style, with people grouped round tables and bringing their own bottles, and this seemed a very popular arrangement. There was space for dancing, but nobody did, because they were listening so intently. It was, people agreed, a wonderful evening.
The Music Society concert on Saturday October 18th is at the High School Community Theatre, because it features the lovely Kawai grand piano, in the capable and very funny hands of David Scheel. If anyone remembers the straight-faced musical comedian, Victor Borge, then you know what is in store. David is a brilliant classical pianist, but he is also an entertainer who can have any audience in fits of laughter. If you want an evening of fabulous playing, combined with a stream of comedy that will have you falling off your seat, this is for you. Tickets £10 from Inspirations in Brodick, online at www.arranevents.com or else at the door. The concert starts at 7:30 pm.
The winter season continues as follows:
Saturday November 15th at 1:30 pm - Total Brass, in Brodick Hall. This brilliant young brass quintet won the coveted Tunnell Award.
Saturday January 17th at 1:30 pm - Ceol Alba, in the High School Theatre for the grand piano. Ceol Alba is Gaelic for 'Scotland's Music', and consists of 5 players on flute, violin, harp, bass and piano. Lovely music, both classic and traditional.
Saturday February 21st at 1:30 pm - Trio Ecossaise, again in the Theatre, as this is a wonderfully talented piano trio, Claire Haslin on piano, Jennifer Brown on clarinet and Harriet Davidson on cello. All of them are fabulous in the own right - not to be missed!
Saturday March 21st at 3:00 pm (note the different time) - we are delighted to welcome back the Kammer Philharmonie Europa, who will play in Brodick Hall. This big orchestral group came to Arran during the Big Freeze of 2013 when all the hill roads were blocked, and played to a rapturous but tiny audience in Whiting Bay Hall, which was then functioning as a soup kitchen. They are absolutely phenomenal, and people are still talking about what they heard on that snow-bound day. More about them nearer the time, but note the date in your diary.
Her collection of new work shown in Corrie Hall in mid-September showed Jan Inglis moving towards a very new, exploratory take on her theme of the sea and its increasingly significant nearby landscapes. She is working with a new boldness, and though much of her work is still based on analysis of the many moods of the ocean, she has ventured into new territory, almost literally, with a look inwards at the patternings and moods of land.
The transfer of focus in this show was fascinating to witness. The first appearance of an interest in land-shapes (as opposed to landscape) was in a painting called Evening Light; 2014, where a row of trees made an almost nervous mark on a spit of land, but at the same time a technical impatience was making itself felt in a variety of ways. Some of the weather-based pictures had been rendered in near-geometric terms, with an analysis of the contrasting directions of wind and falling rain that were close to abstract - but at the other end of the scale, there was a new freedom of technique that embodied a passionate interest in the way nature expresses itself. The vigorous impasto of Heavy Weather, Storm Approaching spoke of an interest in texture that has been developing for some time, and it came to full fruition in an entirely new painting called The Hottest Day in August. Here, the painter looks inward from the sea, at landscape in its own right. The result is magical. A bold blue outlining of hills and foreground cottages is overlaid by a complex scumbling of of textured warm colours, building up to to a topping of almost tangible sunshine, a pale, vibrant yellow, so heavily textured that it seemed as though heat and light were a substance that could be touched as well as seen.
This painting is a very real break-through. Its multi-layers of colour and texture are curiously evocative of the physical 'feel' of a hot day, and it has immediate impact. Somebody should buy it, quickly, before it finds its way into the big league. It's a beautiful thing, and may well herald the beginning of new phase in the work of this most interesting artist.
This stylish Argentinian thriller was made in 2009 by Juan Jose Campanella, who came into the business through making American TV shows, but that doesn't restrict his style. El Secreto begins with a sweeping longshot that begins over over a football stadium during an evening match then swoops down into the stands without a break to follow a suspected man in the crowded stands.
Suspicion is the name of the game. A retired Buenos Aires prosecutor called Esposito, broodingly played by Ricardo Darín, is well named, with a mixture between esposa, a husband, and esposado, which means handcuffed. Still haunted by an unsolved crime from the 70s in which a young woman was raped and murdered, he sets out to write a novel about it. This leads him to call on Irene, the woman who had in those days been his boss and with whom he is still hopelessly in love. She is intrigued, and the story then unfolds in mingled flash-back and the present day. It looks back at the terrifying era of the junta and los desaparecidos - the "disappeared" whom nobody dared to ask about. Irene, however, is from Argentina's upper class, and Esposito is merely an ordinary lawman. A better friend is his colleague, the alcoholic, depressed Sandoval, touchingly played by Guillermo Francella, but he is essentially alone.
The skill of the film is to lead the audience towards a predictable ending and yet to twist at the last moment with a bizarre disclosure just before the credits. Nothing has changed, but we see just why Esposito was so wedded to the case, as an escape from a hopelessly painful state of being in love. The mingling of romance and despair is very Argentinian, but done with a panache that never for a moment allows it to be mawkish.
The showing starts at 8:00pm in Corrie Hall and all are welcome. There is no charge, but contributions towards expenses are gratefully received. This month, a new season begins, so it is the ideal time to join the club. For a mere £15 a year, you get an illustrated three-fold programme with details of the showings until October 2015.
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Dew Light
by W.S. Merwin
Now in the blessed days of more and less
when the news about time is that each day
there is less of it I know none of that
as I walk out through the early garden
only the day and I are here with no
before or after and the dew looks up
without a number or a present age
W. S. Merwin was born in New Jersey in 1927 and, as well as being an acclaimed poet, is an accomplished translator. He was the United States Poet Laureate in 2010-11 and now lives on the Pacific island of Maui. This poem is taken from his latest collection 'The Moon Before Morning' (Bloodaxe, 2014). In a few brief lines he captures not only how in old age 'the news about time is that there is less of it' but how the possibility remains of life 'with no before or after'.
The Edinburgh Festival and Fringe remains as exciting for me now as it was when I was a little girl growing up in Edinburgh in the fifties when it was all very new. In those days I might expect to go to a puppet show, perhaps the ballet, the Tattoo and, as I got older, to the main event in the Assembly Hall at the mound, most notably in my memory Ane Satire of the Three Estaites and The Trojan Women (with Jane Asher so that really dates it!)
Now the International Festival is much bigger, busier and blousier and the Fringe is a bewilderingly (ridiculously) huge cornucopia of events. Not for the faint hearted. This year, circumstance dictated that I would have very little time to attend between rehearsals and obligations on Arran. The only advantage in this was that choice was severely limited.
So on one Wednesday in August, Stuart and I set off for the ploy with the intention of seeing two of our young Arran actors in different shows on the fringe. The first was to see Christopher Jenks, now already started at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, in a play which he and Katharine O'Donnelly had both helped to create the previous year as part of the Scottish Youth Theatre's writing festival with writer, Christopher Patrick.
Called The Constant Soldier it is an interesting play about what happens to soldiers after war. Ben, broken and psychotic has lost his memory not only because of what he has seen but of what he has done. This central(and huge) part was played by Chris and he performed so well, illustrating, convincingly, with a depth beyond his years the internal struggle of a man who has gone where no man should. Impressive stuff.
Then what a treat to go with Chris and his parents to see Paul Tinto perform in a play called Claustrophobia by Jason Hewitt. This was an intense and foreboding play about a man and a woman stuck in a lift, the two actors performing in a chalked out area the size of a small lift, the man hiding his distress behind a show of control, brought about by army discipline. He appears blank and cold. She is panicky, hysterical, frightened.
As the play unfolds their past lives emerge and madness takes hold as their control of the situation disappears. Paul's performance was incredibly assured, utterly convincing and moving.
What a privilege to see two such talented young people from Arran give such commendable peformances.
Our final week in Australia was filled – as our whole holiday had been – with new experiences, conflicting emotions and cultural delights.
Back in Sydney we determined to use our weekly, travel anywhere, any time, ticket on bus, train and ferry to see as much as we could before that enervating 23 hour flight back to the UK.
Our visit coincided with the Sydney Biennale – an amazing art exhibition of installation and kinetic art all mounted in disused industrial premises on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. Cockatoo Island was an infamous convict settlement, prison to some of the toughest criminals the nineteenth century British justice system chose to transport for the length of their natural lives. The grim evidence has been left in all its stark and chilling brutality alongside the other history of the island which is the conserved but unrestored industrial archaeology of once thriving ship-
yards and engineering works of various sorts, including a tunnel cut through the sheer rock housing a small train with wagons for transporting goods from one side of the island to another. Had this been hewn by convicts? Shudder. The strange landscape of the island, a decaying, uninhabited, almost parallel universe, had become the temporary home of some stunning contemporary art including projected moving shadows of figures in pain, a huge virtual waterfall roaring infinitely in its deserted warehouse building and a collection of giant house structures resembling the witch's cottage in Hansel and Gretel. The whole effect was rather surreal and alienating altogether adding to the experience.
Far more tame was the visit to the Gallery of Modern Art, interesting though it was with a most spectacular cafe, glass walled, high up overlooking Sydney Harbour. And it was at Sydney Harbour that we spent our last night in Australia at a performance of Madame Butterfly. It will be impossible to forget the sinking sun behind the opera house as the huge set came to life with Pinkerton arriving on a real launch across the harbour and a huge stage moon setting on a silver sea amidst the beauty of these tragic Puccini arias.
Our journey across the world had been once in a lifetime with all its contradictions, wonders, conflicts and joys.
Alex Boyd, who is North Ayrshire's Artist in Residence, gave an intriguing talk at the Ormidale Pavilion last Wednesday. He is a landscape photographer, but of an unusual kind, experimenting with the use of silvered plates as happened in the first days of the craft, and getting himself to some very odd places. Climbing mountains with a huge clutter of cameras and tripods comes as natural, it seems, and there were one or two dizzying shots of Alex perched on impossible peaks.
For ten years, Art in Mind has been running workshops for people who are lonely or depressed, and the results have been wonderful. Lots of people have found friendship and shared interest, and a body of work has been produced that is quite startling in its range and expressiveness. All this was celebrated at a tenth birthday party in the upstairs floor of Bilslands last week. It was a very convivial occasion with drinks on offer (and birthday cake, of course), plus a small exhibition of recent work. Felicity Walker, the tutor responsible for ten years of inspired work, spoke modestly of what has been achieved, saying it had been constantly amazing - and always 'great fun'. May it long continue! Arran Visual Arts, headed by the hard-working Jan McGregor, has done a great job in starting Art in Mind as well as its constant range of workshops and exhibitions, and is greatly to be congratulated.
by Pauline Creegan
During the summer of 2014 I started to take an interest in Triathlons - actually I was 'forced' into it but that's a different story! This further developed an interest in open water swimming although over the years I had dabbled a bit - as a child I learned to swim in a fresh water lake. I had wanted (more a notion and a comment I had made for several years) to swim the Lamlash Splash. My in-laws live on Arran and I have always loved visiting. So on a whim I decided to enter this year.
I trained hard, practiced some open water but living inland makes this difficult. Nevertheless, on the 19th September myself and my husband made our way to the Arran, a five hour drive followed by an hours crossing on the ferry. Then on the morning of the 20th we headed over to Lamlash. As a visitor, Lamlash is beautiful, usually quite tranquil anytime I visited and it was just this on the morning of the Splash. Holy Isle sits just off the coast, a mere 1.3 miles away and the distance of the Lamlash Splash swim. I felt welcomed and one of the co-ordinators chatted with me about what to 'sight for' while swimming back in. Once everyone had assembled and all the boats/Coastguards/RNLI and volunteer kayakers were in place, our safety briefing done and dusted we were boated out to Holy Isle. We didn't have long to wait at Holy Isle before we got into the water right off the end of the Pontoon. The water was cold but not freezing and didn't feel uncomfortable after a minute or two. The fastest swimmers went out to the front of the pack. One of the nicest things about this swim once you are in the water is that because the numbers are small (only 40 swimmers altogether) there was none of the horrible bashing about you get when you swim big tri events. It was a little choppy for the first quarter or so of the swim but I really started to enjoy it about half way across. I had previously worried that I would spend the whole time just trying to get my breathing sorted but once I settled in it was wonderful, exhilarating and liberating. As I approached the anchored boats back on the Lamlash side and I knew I was nearly there I felt really excited and the local welcoming committee were just wonderful. It felt awesome to be cheered back onto the pier.
The Lamlash Splash was wonderful - it encompassed everything that makes a good event great- great organisation, great support, welcoming, beautiful location, plenty of cheering and clapping at the end which for me, a participant, made me feel very happy and proud to have completed it.
And to cap it all, a nice hot soup and roll was provided for all at the end of the event - I'll definitely be back next year!
by Barbara I'Anson
Earlier in the year a little green man appeared on the island and it looks like he is going to stay. Eco Savvy is his name and he is here to help us live a more sustainable life.
In April a growing group of like minded people from all around the island fledged the project by opening a community shop opening in Whiting Bay. The shop is a direct response to an aspiration of zero waste on the island. It sells unwanted donated items, second chance items from islanders and inspirational upcycled items.
Eco Savvy welcomes members to join him completely free and your membership entitles you to a voice within the project. The aim is to bring all these voices together into a choral response to the challenges we present in the 21st century as we strive to live a greener and cleaner life. Low impact on our beautiful planet lies at the heart of the little green man.
Since opening the shop has gone from strength to strength and membership is approaching the 300 mark. This natural momentum has spurred this growing community forward and on Sunday 21st September Eco Savvy hosted his first skills sharing day. He is keen to provide islanders and visitors a chance to learn new skills and on this day Whiting Bay hall was a hive of activity. From learning bike maintenance to crochet to painting a community mural – it was all happening and so much more! It was a truly unique day on the island and the first of many more to come. Eco Savvy is already deep in planning mode for a Christmas Crafts day in December.
Please note the community shop will be closed from Monday 6th – Sunday 12th October for a small shop refurbishment.
Not one to rest for too long Eco Savvy is planning his first major fundraiser for the project on Friday 24th October. He will be hosting a fashion show and auction at a social night at the village hall in Whiting Bay. Rumour has it he was being fitted for a very special outfit and he is really quite excited. Invitations to members will be going out very soon via e-mail and posters will also soon start appearing. Full details will be in the Banner newspaper in due course.
So, our little green man has been a welcomed new resident to the island and his growing community of supporters are an impressive bunch of people. His favourite thing is to sign up new members and he stands outside the shop to welcome each and every one of them. Do pop into the shop next time you are passing and one of his wonderful volunteers will tell you all about his plans for the future.
Thursday 2nd October is National Poetry Day - a good excuse for a cheery evening in the Brodick Bar. Various Arran poets will be reading their work, but it's also an opportunity for anyone to recite or read a poem they particularly like. Just turn up if you're happy to take pot luck, but if you want to book yourself a spot, contact Colin Guthrie on 302262.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), is a dangerous trade deal being pushed on the EU by American and English (let us not call it British) interests. The idea is to allow corporations to sue governments for any action that they feel might harm their profits - and it's happening already. Egypt is being sued for nearly £50 million for the crime of raising the minimum wage. After the Arab uprisings, there was a well-justified demand for an increase in workers' salaries, and the Egyptian government agreed to it. You would think that was purely Egypt's business - but no. A multinational company called Veolia, which employs Egyptian workers, is suing the government under a TTIP agreement for the cost of raising the workers' wages. If TTIP (strongly backed by the Westminster government) becomes law, it will be a blueprint for corporate controlled trade to hold down workers' wages and deny basic human rights. The World Development Movement has been exposing this intention, and if you want to know more, simply click here.
Despite more than 40,000 objections to the proposal to let fracking companies drill below people's houses, the Westminster government is pressing on with its plans to allow drilling of the land on which homes stand. If you don't like it, tough. In the next 30 years, fracking looks like being very profitable, and that's all that matters.
South to make one spade. West cashes the ♥A then leads the ♠J.
East overtakes the ♠J, so South wins and leads a top heart.
A. If West ruffs he does best to cross to the ♦A to ruff out South's other top heart, then to exit with a spade. South wins and leads the ♣K to North's ace (having cashed either or both of his top diamonds if he prefers), and throws West in with a club. If East ruffs the club return South discards from the opposite suit to North and takes the rest; otherwise South ruffs and has an extra winner in the red suit that East was forced to unguard, with which to force East's last trump.
B. If West discards his diamond South plays another top heart, West again discarding. North is entered on a club to lead a diamond.
1. If East wins and cashes a heart, West will be forced to ruff South's top diamonds and eventually let North or South make an extra trump trick.
2. If East ducks, West ruffs South's queen and returns a club, whereupon South exits with the ♠6. If west wins South ruffs the return, North discarding a heart, and leads his last heart, North discarding a diamond if he is unable to win the trick by ruffing. Now either North will make the seventh trick by ruffing a club, or South will make a diamond trick.
C. If West discards a club, North is entered on a club to lead a diamond to South's queen(best). South leads his top heart, West ruffing and returning a club to South who exits with the ♠6, whereafter the play is similar to (B).
If East plays the ♠2 at trick two, South lets the jack win. After that the play is similar to (B).
Months ago, the Avaaz community decided on a crazy goal - the largest mobilisation on climate change in history. On Sunday 21st September, they exceeded their wildest expectations, with a climate march 6 times the size of anything before it! This was 80 city blocks of New York:
Over 675,000 people marched around the world. Click here to see more pictures from the day.
by Dave Payn
1, 19ac Somehow trod length of Shire in epic novel (3, 4, 2, 3, 5)
8 Lots to buy here! (7)
9 Odd northern beer in European city (5)
10 I don't take part in diatribe about deal (5)
11 Nearest move for firm (7)
12 Ms Cogan, for instance, travels to the outskirts of Torquay to get to Central Asian city (6)
14 Shower sprinkle (6)
17 Tatty music? (7)
19 See 1ac
21 Mostly grieve for bird (5)
22 Catalogue dome I have arrived at (7)
23 Creature forn of wrecking race (4, 2, 6)
1 Plot of Theodore Roosevelt Show (5)
2 State former interest (7)
3 Think 'Composition in E' (5)
4 Noisiest meal of the day? (6)
5 Iffy free bag from jewellers (7)
6 Laugh at the destruction of communist gang (5)
7 Bully boy? (7)
12 Allowed article on excess (6)
13 Giggle on social network (7)
15 Payment for study on endless din returning (7)
16 Iron-Man is a woman! (6)
18 Love to boast about upcoming actress! (5)
19 Persist with some obscure curricular activity (5)
20 Steven, for instance, returns, for example, with badger (5)
Answers for the September crossword
1 Disgusting, 8 Clavier, 9 Maria, 10 Fall, 11 Literati, 12 Aisle, 15 Seedy, 17 Careless, 18 Coat, 22 Swear,
23 Amateur, 24 Degenerate.
1 Decaf, 2 Snail, 3 Unit, 4 Turpin, 5 Numbers, 6 Beatify, 7 Urbane, 12 Accuser, 13 Streep, 14 Enlarge, 16 Escape,
19 Opera, 20 Torte, 21 Daze.
The polls leading up to the 18th suggested a close call, which indicated whatever campaign won on the day, 49% of the electorate were going to be disappointed. On the day the NO campaign won by a positive 10%, giving a majority of almost 400,000.
There have been many reasons given by politicians why the referendum failed for the Yes camp or success of the No camp.
The YES campaign was lost, but the political scene not only in Scotland but the UK has changed. The grass roots appetite for change keenly expressed by the electorate, demonstrated by the record turnout at the polling booths.
During the 2-year campaign, neither camp has ever investigated nor considered a very important issue that historically; the majority of Scots have never supported independence. Regardless of one's opinion the maths do not stand up to scrutiny, or clarifies the claims that Scotland is a rich country. Financially, Scotland may be considered wealthy, but the Scottish population is a low number with only 2/5ths gainfully employed.
The writer is a proud Scot, often being uncomfortable at declaring their nationality as British, because most government forms do not give you the option to register your nationality as SCOTTISH. It is another bugbear that businesses in England will not honour the Scottish bank note.
The writer, like many other patriotic Scots, has never voted for the SNP party, has never supported independence and despite having tuned into all of the debates and attended local meetings, has never heard one argument or fact substantiated to encourage any change to their thought process.
The YES campaign deserves congratulations for gaining 45% of the vote and since the referendum increasing the SNP membership. However, it was quite remarkable that the SNP constituencies did not support the YES campaign, including the First Minister's back door.
Was it all worth the exercise, which cost overall £13.3m sterling? Probably YES as the referendum polls created record figures of an 85% turnout, with an average of 64% voting NO in the polls excluding Glasgow and Dundee; unprecedented in modern times. Communities throughout Scotland joined in the campaign and also had many families debating in their lounges, with open questions and opinions from both sides.
4,175,200 were eligible to vote with the SNP giving a one of vote to 16-year olds and 3,619,915 legitimate votes were counted with 3,429 declared invalid.
The bottom line, which the YES campaign failed on, was not the intervention of the heavy mob from Down South or their promise of additional devolution. It was 3 simple yet extremely important points.
Now for the Maths?
For those retired, aged 60 and over, claiming the basic rate of pension at £122.50 per week relates to an annual provision for Scotland of over 602 Million Pounds? [Remember there is no magical pension pot, all state pensions are collected and paid from those in gainful employment contributing to the system. The workers of today paying the pensions of tomorrow.] Just one reason why Scottish independence is questionable? And why Scotland needs the better together support from a population of 61,000,000 in England, 3,063,456 in Wales and 1,900,863 in Northern Ireland. Collectively over 65 Million with over 70 Million including Scotland. A rather sobering statistic.
All statistics quoted, government figures available by freedom of information.


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What's a Great College Class Worth When It's Free?
Massive open online courses offer the chance to take classes at the world's best universities for free. But MOOCs do have a few catches.
Massive open online courses offer the chance to take classes at the world's best universities for free. But MOOCs do have a few catches.
To help poor but talented kids attend college, Delaware is going to send college application fee waivers to every high-achieving, low-income student in the state.
As President Obama takes aim at Congress' student loan proposal, it becomes clear that neither side is offering a flawless plan.
By the time we hit the big 3-0, we expect our lives will be on track: Careers under way, finances under control, and perhaps even a partner to share the journey with. But the downturn has knocked millions of early 30-somethings off the track they expected to follow.
Student loan debt is a $1 trillion issue today, but according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one fairly small part of the student loan market appears to be most responsible for many of the problems borrowers face: private student loans.
Ever wonder why college is so expensive, or why schools' big endowments aren't bearing more of the burden? Well, past of the problem may be that the trustees investing those endowment funds are taking better care of themselves than they are of their schools' money.
People with student loans got some good news this weekend, as Congress extended a cut in the interest rate on federal Stafford loans for a year. That'll save borrowers some money now, but those low rates may just be compounding the student debt crisis.
Even as total outstanding student debt rises to $1 trillion, lawmakers have yet to allow loans to be discharged in bankruptcy. Without an escape clause, these loans can strangle a person. Take 36-year-old Nick Keith, who remains $142,000 eight years after graduating from culinary school.
The student debt crisis isn't just an issue for fresh-faced Gen Y'ers. Thanks in part to the Great Recession, an older cadre is finding itself buried under the weight of billions of dollars in unserviceable loans.