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We travel with laptops and we work on the road. For us, that means a constant search for internet connections, and when available, free wifi (wireless internet). Wifi is a much better alternative to being squished into an internet café, surrounded by hyper kids amped up with violent video games. Here are some of the wifi alternatives that we've stumbled upon while bouncing around Southeast Asia:
This list of locations offering free wireless internet (or wifi) and ADSL is by no means exhaustive or complete.
Oh my Cod!: located in the Rambuttri Village complex in Bamlamphu. Good fish and chips and a fast connection.
Renee's: located on a street parallel to Khao San road. A pleasant garden setting with decent internet speeds and good breakfasts. Staff can be a bit prickly and you'll have to convince them, each and every time you visit, that they have wifi and the latest password can be found scrawled on a scrap piece of paper by the cash register.
List of wifi spots in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand here.
Patong, Phuket
- Ferb Guesthouse: ADSL in the room, with a fast, reliable connection. Many guesthouses in the area advertise free wifi, but many times that means weak and fickle wifi connections in the lobby. 800 BHT/night.
- Cafes and Restaurants: many places around Patong advertise free wifi for customers. Since we had the connection in our hotel room, we didn't make use of these services but they are there if you look.
Good Dream Guesthouse: free wifi in the lobby and (most) rooms (#3&4 are best). Rooms are reasonably priced at 200-400 BHT. Good food, too.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 075 622993
Update: Another router has been installed at Good Dreams, so all the A/C rooms get a signal now. We spent another few weeks working away there in February 2008.
- Sunflower Hotel: located right next to St. Joseph's Cathedral in a nice part of Hanoi's Old Town. $13/night for a room with an ADSL connection inside the room. Address: 22 Au Trieu Street, Hanoi; Tel: +84 (04) 9288064-65; Email: [email protected]
- Smile Café: located near the Temple of Literature, Smile Café offers tasty Vietnamese and western food, friendly service – and proceeds help a good social cause. It's part of the Hoa Sua School – profits go to support hospitality training for disadvantaged youth. Address: 5 Van Mieu Street, Hanoi
Hoi An
Hai's Scout Café: surf the internet in the garden while enjoying Hoi An's food specialties. Address: 98 D Nguyen Thai Hoc
- Nymph Hotel: located near Ben Thanh market, Nymph hotel sits on top of a tailor shop in a great neighborhood. $15/night for a room with an ADSL connection. Good internet speeds, nice room, fun neighborhood, highly recommended. Address: 38 Nguyen An Ninh, Ben Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City, Q1, Tel: +84 (08) 8247561, Email: [email protected]
- Highland Coffee, Juice Bar, and other cafes: Saigon has many cafes and restaurants offering free wifi to customers. The cost of the food will be more than if you were eating on the street, but it's worth the extra expense to get several hours of good connectivity in an air conditioned and pleasant environment.
Siem Reap
- Two Dragons Guesthouse – located on the opposite side of the river from the main market on Wat Bo road. Wifi is available throughout the guesthouse and restaurant, although it does cut out and is painfully slow at times. Rooms with a fan cost $8-$10 per night, with A/C $18.
- Blue Pumpkin –western style restaurant and café near the main market with an air conditioned room upstairs set up with wifi and copious plugs for people to connect their laptops. Good food, fast connection and no pressure from staff to get you out of there when your meal or drink is finished.
- Figo – another café advertising free wifi for customers. Fast speeds and available plugs, although the food is spendy and portions are tiny. Stick to drinks.
- Singing Tree Café : it's not the best location for wifi as speeds were pretty slow and there weren't many plugs available, but the food and garden atmosphere more than make up for it.
Updates from our Southeast Asia visit in January/February 2008:
Georgetown, Penang
Banana Guesthouse: Don't be scared off by the name – it's a legit place to stay. Free wifi in lobby and rooms. If you're going to be working in your room, splurge for the A/C. It can get steamy otherwise. Rooms (without bathroom): 25-55 RM
Kuala Lumpur
Pujangga Homestay: Free wifi in the rooms and comfortable sitting area. Nice guys who run the place – ask them to take you to the amazing laksa (Malaysian coconut milk soup) around the corner. Rooms (without bathroom): 70 RM
Note: Just keep your eyes open as you walk around Kuala Lumpur – there are free wifi opportunities in cafes, restaurants, shopping centers.
Kota Lodge: We found this place by chance; or more like, the place found us at the bus station. Good location – right near the old town, but on a quiet back street. They have a wifi router, but you occasionally have to turn it back on when the thrifty caretaker is on service. We negotiated a rate of 40 RM/night for an A/C double room with bathroom. Address: 26A, Jalan Kota Laksamana 3, Taman Melaka 75200
Garden Guesthouse: This guesthouse is really a series of apartments near the Botanical Gardens. The main apartment has free wifi organized by the guesthouse. If you're in one of the other units, just get onto one of the unsecured networks in the building. Price: 52 SGD for a double room.
Address: 10 Taman Serasi #01-10, Singapore, email: [email protected]
Wifi is anywhere and everywhere in Singapore.


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Since Warden Burl Cain arrived at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in 1995, inmate assaults on other inmates and staff have decreased dramatically, nearly 70 percent overall. In 1995 assaults on staff were recorded at 262; in 2011 there were only 77 cases, none of which resulted in significant injury. The last murder was in 2004.
Cain gives much of the credit to programs driven by faith. In a March 12 letter, he wrote:
"We know that men are less violent when they participate in and internalize the lessons that programs based in morals, like Kairos, the New Orleans Baptist Seminary on site campus and Hospice teach them. Men here have found a community in which they have learned that good living is based on service to others."
The reduction in violence and the rise of service, educational and faith opportunities make life at the largest prison in the country not only bearable but potentially life-giving. Think of the implications: The staff is in much less danger, their morale is higher; the inmates have a much better chance of being rehabilitated and those who are eventually released have a much better chance of becoming productive citizens.
When one visits Angola regularly as a volunteer, one finds that just about all of the volunteers are there because of their religious commitment: Christians, Muslims and others. Conservative and liberal Christians come together in a way that we seldom do on the outside, as we heed Jesus' teaching in Matthew 25 that a visit to a prisoner is a visit to him.
Warden Cain, who encourages faith-based programs, deserves much of the credit, and he has not crossed the line of forcing any religion on any of the inmates. Church and state remain separate at Angola.
My volunteer work at Angola has largely been with Kairos Prison Ministry International. Founded over 35 years ago and active in 320 prisons in 31 states and nine other countries, Kairos helps inmates and volunteers come together -- as the slogan goes -- to "listen, listen, love, love."
Broadly Christian, Kairos does not proselytize or favor one denomination over another; its emphasis is on healing. Typically 30 to 40 free people meet with 35 to 40 inmates over three 12-hour days in a medium or maximum security prison. Kairos serves in four other Louisiana prisons (including the women's state penitentiary at St. Gabriel).
Since Kairos began at Angola in 1993, 2,155 inmates have completed the three-day weekend, 35 to 40 at a time. During a Kairos event, inmates and volunteers listen to various talks and take part in tried-and-true activities. They then respond from personal experiences in "table family" groups of six inmates and three free people in the highly structured program.
Free people, as well as inmates, describe terrible things they have done and how God and fellow Christians are helping them pull through. Participants sing, pray, laugh, cry and celebrate what they are learning from each other.
Almost always, about 20 or so hours into the Kairos experience an amazing thing happens: Everyone at each table forgets who is free and who is imprisoned; who is black, who is white; who is young, who is older; who is Christian, who is not. Kairos makes real what we Episcopalians proclaim in our Baptism Covenant, when we say that we will "seek and serve Christ in all persons.''
Kairos succeeds because the inmates fully appreciate the volunteers' willingness to spend so much time with them and then to return to the prison once a month for the next year for Prayer and Share reunion groups.
The inmates begin to practice among themselves what they learn from the volunteers. They, too, learn to "listen, listen, love, love." The most hardened of inmates learn to receive this transforming love, and it is this love that is helping to change the culture of Angola, as the statistics on assaults show.
The Rev. William H. Barnwell works part-time at All Souls Episcopal Church in the Lower Ninth Ward.

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You and your classmates or fellow choir members shifted nervously from foot to foot, getting ready to perform the songs you'd practiced for weeks ... or, sometimes, hastily tried to memorize 15 minutes before.
The teacher or choirmaster took out something that looked like an undersized Scooter Pie and tooted a note. And if all went according to plan, everyone started in the vicinity of that note.
William Jacob Kratt is the man behind that thingamabob that didn't look like any harmonica you'd ever seen – because it was actually a pitch pipe.
Kratt came to America from Germany in 1910; he grew up in Trossingen, the home of world-renowned harmonica manufacturer Hohner. Kratt started out working for Thomas Edison at age 18 as a machinist and, by the time he was 25, began his own company at 988 Johnston Place in Union.
It was there that Kratt invented the first pitch pipe. It came in a red cardboard box ... as it would decades later ... and looked very much like the version sold to this day. Originally, it featured eight notes from C to C; shortly after, Kratt recognized the need to include sharps and flats and redesigned the pipe.
The Kratt family manufactured the pitch pipe for 76 years until, in 2001, they sold the business to the McNamera family, who previously produced parts for the pipe. Amazingly, the seven employees of the company still use most of the original dies from the 1936 product.
The Kratt Pitch Pipe Company is currently located at 40 Lafayette Place in Kenilworth. The only company in the United States producing pitch pipes, the families estimate that they've made more than three million pitch pipes in 89 years.
Ever sing in a choir, church or school? Did you belong on The Voice, or did you just mouth the words?


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Family Owned and Operated. We do every gun one at a time. No Mass Production
Horace and his wife, Larna, own and operate Ford's Gun's together. With nearly three decades of experience, Horace's work has been featured in popular gun magazines. He has done work for collectors. He has refinished many guns used in movies, extensive work for small gun shops, and manufacturers. Ford's is one of two companies that does Magnum Researches custom refinishing on the Desert Eagle pistols and also do all nickel plating for Cimarron's revolvers. "Every customer is valuable to us and we refinish every gun as if it were our own".
Ford's has a team of experienced and knowledgeable craftsmen in their shop located in historic Crystal River, Florida. "We are a family business. Our plating tanks are maintained with the right solutions to ensure consistent quality of our finishes. Each step of the refinishing process is done by hand. We don't use any of the mass production techniques that are common in many of the refinishing shops today. Our hands on attention to detail allows us to maintain the crisp edges, the exact roundness of the holes and the close tolerances that are critical to the proper functioning of your firearm. We guarantee our finishes for one full year, excluding the finishes that are intended for show and collector guns only".
Ford's has developed an effective Quality Assurance Program. Each firearm is closely inspected at each process, and personally checked before being returned.
Ford's business philosophy includes quality work, integrity, and personal service, something that is truly rare in today's business world. "We are so proud of our business that it bears the name Ford's", the name of Larna's beloved deceased father, Lawrence Ford.


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The Crooked Well, Camberwell
The Crooked Well is a new restaurant just off Camberwell Grove in South East London, and the latest addition to my list of favourite local restaurants. I first heard about this restaurant from a work colleague, who visited the restaurant when it first opened in June. He liked the food so much that he could not stop bugging me to try it out. His suggestion was later confirmed by food critic Jay Rayner here, so I decided to pay a visit.
We got our dinner booking for 9pm on a Saturday night, the restaurant was packed when we arrived. The actual dining area is not big, it is decorated with chic wallpaper and a modern fireplace, but food is also served in the bar area.
We were spoiled for choice with the menu, there were seven dishes to choose from for each course, and on top of that there were one special and two sharing main dishes, not to mention the homemade ice cream and selection of cheeses! The restaurant also does a 'Cocktail of the Day' from the bar, the one I had was bursting with fresh blackberries.
Pork belly, tuna creme fraiche, capers and gremolata. I did not expect a cold starter, but it was a lovely surprise as the chilled fat in the thin slices of pork belly worked perfectly with the sourness from the capers and lemon from the gremolata. The tuna creme fraiche stuffing was quite subtle, the fishiness came through nicely without being overpowering.
Squid ink risotto, sauteed scallop, salsa rossa. The combination sounded lovely on the menu, however it was let down by the execution. The scallops were cooked but not caramelised on the outside, they had gone a bit mushy, a sign that they may have been cooked in a under-heated pan, and started to boil in their own juice. The risotto was overcooked, with no bite to the rice at all. Saying that, there was a big group starting their meals at a similar time to us, I could imagine how stressful the kitchen was.
Roast venison, braised red cabbage, celeriac puree. The venison was very tender, cooked to a beautiful pink in the middle. Celeriac puree was silky smooth, it made me remember why classic combinations like this never go out of date.
Pork cutlet, olive oil mash, apple puree, gremolata and scratchings. It was definitely one of the most popular dishes that night, as I kept seeing them flying out of the kitchen. It was a generous piece of charred pork cutlet, I could see the slightly pink meat on the bone, it was delicious.
It was nearly 11pm by the time we finished our mains, and we were well fed by the hearty portions so we did not order any dessert. Although my starter was not ideal, we enjoyed our meal at The Crooked Well a lot. Judging by the standard of the other dishes we had, I am willing to believe it was a one off. I was very pleased to see such a good restaurant on my door step, I cannot wait to try out all the other exciting dishes! Probably on a Sunday afternoon so I only need one meal that day :)
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Electric cars in the spotlight at green event
With gas prices once again speeding upwards, discussions of becoming less oil dependant start to bubble out of the well of ideas.
One such idea that keeps coming back is that of the electric car. Is it a viable solution for the future?
This Friday, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., questions about the vehicles will most likely be answered at a special event hosted by Greener Oconomowoc.
The Earth Day Movie Night, in the Oconomowoc Arts Center Little Theater, features the award-winning documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car? The movie is about electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen and the future of transportation.
If you're curious about electric cars, you'll get a chance check out the car show starring the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt to see if you'd like to be part of the "green" revolution.
The car show is at 6:30 p.m. with the movie starting at 7 p.m. Following the movie, Ben Nelson of In House Media and Dave Hansen of Lake Country Energy will lead a panel discussion.
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Tuesday night at the Metrodome, the Indians lost every left-handed argument they encountered. Some were more painful than others.
Starting shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera suffered a dislocated left shoulder, while rookie left-hander David Huff was done in by a series of left-handed hitters as the Indians lost to the Twins, 4-3, at Metrodome.
Cabrera was gone long before the loss became final. He was injured sliding into second base in the first inning on Ben Francisco's grounder to second. Cabrera successfully broke up a double play, but in doing so hit shortstop Brendan Harris' leg and was left sprawling in the dirt in pain.
"It hurt!" said Cabrera after the game.
Cabrera's shoulder was put back into place. He had X-rays at Hennepin County Medical Center, but manager Eric Wedge said they were inconclusive. Cabrera will return to Cleveland today for an MRI at Lutheran Hospital.
"I don't think I'll have to go on the disabled list," said Cabrera. "Maybe I'll miss a couple of days."
"He's a potential DL," said Wedge, "I think he knocked it out of there, but we don't think it's too extreme. Still, there is a reaction to that."
Huff, making his fourth start since joining the Tribe, faced a lineup featuring left-handed hitters in the first four spots. Usually managers load their lineups with right-handers when facing a left-handed starter.
Not so the Twins. The reason is plain -- Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau. Tuesday night Mauer hit second and Morneau third.
"Those two guys are pretty special," said Wedge. "They make everyone around them better."
Mauer and Morneau went a combined 5-for-6 against Huff with a double, homer and two RBI. The five lefties in the lineup went 7-for-14 against Huff. Overall, big-league lefties are hitting .419 (13-for-31) against Huff.
"Those left-handers are good," said Huff. "They're getting paid for what they did tonight -- and that's hit the ball."
Huff (0-2, 9.77) allowed four runs on nine hits in five innings. He threw 98 pitches.
"I was really pleased with the way David threw the ball," said Wedge. "I felt he was under control. He was working ahead for the most part. This is a couple games in a row he's given us a chance to win the ballgame.
"He's a guy who is starting to show a feel for how he wants to throw the baseball."
The Indians' offense, trailing 4-0, didn't surface until late.
Slumping Kelly Shoppach broke an 0-for-14 skid when he blooped a two-run double down the right-field line in the seventh off Kevin Slowey (8-1, 3.97) to make it 4-2.
Victor Martinez made it 4-3 with a leadoff homer against Jose Mijares in the eighth. Mark DeRosa added a two-out double, but when Ryan Garko pinch-hit for Valbuena, manager Ron Gardenhire brought closer Joe Nathan into the game. After he wild-pitched DeRosa to third, Nathan retired Garko on a grounder to second.
Nathan pitched the ninth for his 10th save. It was his 22nd career save against the Indians.
Mauer, 3-for-3 against Huff, turned a 2-0 lead into a 4-0 lead with a two-run homer in the fifth. After coming off the disabled list on May 1, Mauer hit .414 with 11 homers and 32 RBI the rest of the month.
Huff said he watched a lot of video on the Twins' lefties. "I try to find their weak spots," he said. "But not too many of those lefties have weak spots. Gosh, I made a good pitch to Mauer and he got it out of there."
The Twins took a 2-0 lead with two out in the third. Casilla, batting ninth, doubled past third with two out and scored on Denard Span's single to right. Span stole second and continued to third when Martinez throw from first was offline.


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H159\alpha ( \nu= 1620.672 MHz) and H200\beta ( \nu = 1619.690 MHz) recombination line observations of nine positions around the galactic center region ( separated by 0.5o from each other) were made with the 30-m antenna of the Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia. The main purpose of these observations was to check the departure from the Local Thermodynamic Čquilibrium (LTE) conditions in the region. Only in two positions the H200\beta line was detected above the noise-level. The ratio P(H200\beta)/P(H159\alpha) was determined for these two positions to check the departure from LTE conditions in the studied region.
I.N. Azcarate is a Member of the Carrera del Investigador Cientifico y Tecnologico , from CONICET, Argentina.
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No in my opinion it should be Zelda, Red steel, madden and then the rest
ok there its alot of talkin here about wich game its better
Zelda,red steel,madden...
but do u agree with this list
In the making
No in my opinion it should be Zelda, Red steel, madden and then the rest
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not really. but they are the launch games so..
Red steel replaced with Rayman..Excite truck is in a good spot but THDHJ should be above MOH or just higher on the list
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ill have to agree with you!!!
In the making
What madden is in the spot it deserves becuase I do admit that the game is good im a big madden fan but compared to the other games it seems like it should be there but at the most the #4 spot no higher
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lol damn!!!!!!!
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I think that it should be zelda period. There is no other game that can top zelda.
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Pokemon Y • Page 2
3DS & Wii U eShop went down over holidays, Nintendo issues apology
Nintendo has apologised for a string of outages on the 3DS and Wii U eShops. The downtime took place across the holidays and saw Pokemon X & Y's Poke Transporter and Pokemon Bank apps delayed.
Pokemon X & Y gets mandatory 1.2 update, Rating Battles reactivated
Pokemon X & Y has received a mandatory 1.2 update that is necessary for online play. Sources suggest that the patch nukes an exploit that let players view their opponent's team before starting a match.
Pokemon X & Y guide addresses Pokemon Bank and Poke Transporter apps
Pokemon X & Y has received a guide out of Nintendo, covering Game Freak's Pokemon Bank and Poke Transporter apps.
Pokemon X & Y 2DS bundles spotted in Europe
Pokemon X & Y has been bundled with branded 2DS consoles in South Korea, but it wasn't clear if the packs would make their way west. Now, a Dutch online retailer has listed the packs for sale in Europe.
Pokemon X & Y's art director would like next iteration to contain the simplicity found in Red and Blue
Pokemon X and Y's art director Ken Sugimori has said for the next iteration in the series, he would like to go back to the simplicity found in Red and Blue.
Pokémon X & Y: over ten million Pokémon have been exchanged, says Masuda
Pokémon X & Y's success is no secret and Game Freak director Junichi Masuda's revealed impressive numbers for the RPG. Masuda has revealed that over ten million Pokémon have been exchanged in Pokémon X & Y since launch.
2DS sales jump in UK after price drop
A couple weeks ago, some retailers in the UK cut a chunk of the price for the brand new Nintendo 2DS handheld thing to just under £100 or so, and that seems to be working out all right. MCV says sales of the device leaped upward by 64 percent in the week after the price […]
Nintendo Q2 financials: 300k Wii U consoles sold in quarter, software up
Nintendo has published its second-quarter financial report. During the period some 300,000 Wii U consoles were sold as the company struggles to hit its year target of 9 million units. Meanwhile, 3DS hardware sales are down 22%.
Pokemon X & Y: Luminose City save game bug fix arrives on 3DS
Pokemon X & Y has been patched by Game Freak. The update removes a save-breaking bug that saw players losing their progress while saving in certain area of Luminose City.
Pokemon: footage of new Pikachu game emerges out of Japan - report
Pokemon X & Y is barely out and already footage of a rumoured Pikachu title has appeared online. The game is said to be coming to 3DS and appears to feature a mechanic that sees Pikachu copying your facial expressions. It's quite darling and/or terrifying.
Pokémon X & Y: that damn patch of grass won't let me leave
Pokémon X & Y is selling like crazy, and it's little wonder seeing as Game Freak's winning formula is as strong as ever. VG247's Dave Cook is currently addicted and needs immediate help.
Nintendo working to fix Pokemon X & Y game-breaking bug
Earlier this week we reported that there is a game-breaking bug in Pokemon X & Y that would corrupt the save data of some players when they saved in Lumiose City, rendering their save file ruined and forcing them to start again. Nintendo has now acknowledged the issue and said that it is working on […]
New Smash Bros Wii U screenshot shows Pokemon X & Y's Xerneas
Eagle-eyed Pokemon fans have spotted the back of a Pokemon's head! It's Xerneas, appearing in a Smash Bros Wii U screenshot. The deer-like Pokemon has recently has a starring role on the box art of Pokemon X. This has led to speculation that the antlered 'Mon will be a playable character, but Sakurai isn't telling.
Pokémon X & Y moves over 4 million units worldwide in two days
Pokémon X & Y released for Nintendo 3DS on Saturday, October 12 and has already sold over 4 million units across Japan, Europe and the Americas according to Nintendo's internal sales figures.
UK game chart: GTA 5 re-claims top, Pokémon & Beyond pose little threat
GTA 5 has risen to the top of the UK charts once more, following defeat at the hands of FIFA 14. Newcomers Pokémon X & Y and Beyond: Two Souls have fared well but haven't managed to topple Rockstar and EA's battle for first.
Pokémon X & Y street date intentionally broken by UK retailers, live-action launch video out
GAME and other High Street retailers in the UK have broken the Pokémon X & Y street date a day early. According to various sources contacted by MCV, GAME went so far as to send text messages out to those who pre-ordered, telling them to stop in and pick the game up. Apparently since one […]
Pokémon X & Y: PETA targets series again with new flash game
Pokémon X & Y is out tomorrow and naturally, animal right group PETA is on their case. The game is called Pokemon: Red White and Blue, and it asks us all to think about how we'd treat Pokémon if they were real in our world, completely forgetting that the game is a work of fantasy.
Pokémon X & Y: why the series will always have a home on Nintendo handhelds - interview
Pokémon X & Y is out Saturday on 3DS. VG247's Dave Cook asks Game Freak director Junichi Masuda if he'd ever consider taking the core series beyond Nintendo handhelds, and why online is crucial to its success.
Pokémon X & Y: each pokémon takes between 3-6 months to fully create, says Masuda
Pokémon X & Y is coming out this week, and here's some insight into the creative process for you: it took the team between three and six months to create each Pokémon in the games.
Pokémon X & Y 'Iwata Asks' interview explains name origins, Sky Battles & Horde Encounters
Pokémon X & Y have been discussed in the latest edition of Nintendo's 'Iwata Asks' blogs, in which company president Satoru Iwata quizzes developers about their games. Game Freak director Junichi Masuda and Pokémon Company CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara share their thoughts on the the development of both games.
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New Smash Bros Wii U screenshot shows Pokemon X & Y's Xerneas
Pokémon X & Y moves over 4 million units worldwide in two days
UK game chart: GTA 5 re-claims top, Pokémon & Beyond pose little threat
Pokémon X & Y street date intentionally broken by UK retailers, live-action launch video out
Pokémon X & Y: PETA targets series again with new flash game
Pokémon X & Y: why the series will always have a home on Nintendo handhelds – interview
Pokémon X & Y: each pokémon takes between 3-6 months to fully create, says Masuda
Pokémon X & Y 'Iwata Asks' interview explains name origins, Sky Battles & Horde Encounters
Iwata: "Nintendo is not good at competing," so must offer something different
Pokémon: new game is in production starring Pikachu – report
Tesco offers special Serial Code Gift with Pokemon X & Y in UK
Pokémon X & Y – odiferous and olfactory Pokémon Aromatisse and Slurpuff announced
Pokémon X leaker was visited by Nintendo, game was confiscated – report
Pokémon X & Y: Mega Charizard evolutions revealed, Mega Stone effects shown in new trailer & images
Pokémon X & Y special edition 3DS XL systems now available in North American stores
New Pokemon X and Y television spots unveil more of the Kalos region
Pokémon X & Y North American commercial released, discusses dreaming of Pokémon
Pokémon X & Y trailer shows evolved forms of starters Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie
Pokemon X&Y gets seven new creatures, extra Mega Evolutions revealed
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Masahiro Tanaka: "I think I have a chance" to help Yanks in September
The 10 fastballs that Masahiro Tanaka fired across the flat ground of Camden Yards' outfield grass on Wednesday afternoon may not seem like much, but they represented another important step as the right-hander works to return to the mound this season.
Tanaka ramped up his velocity from the stretch position to make the tosses, his first at that effort level since sustaining a partial tear of his right ulnar collateral ligament in a July 8 start against the Indians in Cleveland.
"It's feeling really good," Tanaka said through an interpreter. "Really, I didn't feel anything special compared to just regular tossing. I thought everything went well."
Tanaka still needs to advance to throwing bullpens and batting practice, then facing hitters in games, but said that feels no pain in his elbow. Tanaka believes that it is possible he will make it back to the big leagues in September.
"I think I have a chance, if everything progresses the way I want it to and we want it to," Tanaka said.
Each session without discomfort is encouraging to manager Joe Girardi, who said that Tanaka will have a scheduled day off from throwing on Thursday and then will get back to work in Florida on Friday.
"I think once you start seeing him in games, whether it's a rehab game or a regular game, you'll have a better idea really of where he's at," Girardi said.
Girardi said that he is keeping the light on for Tanaka to tack a few more starts onto what had been an extremely promising rookie campaign.
"That's our hope," Girardi said. "We wouldn't be going through this if we didn't expect him to pitch for us. Our hope is he'll pitch in September."
The Yankees announced an edit to their pitching rotation on Wednesday, slotting Hiroki Kuroda to face the Rays on Sunday at Tropicana Field.
Kuroda had initially been skipped altogether after Tuesday's rainout against the Orioles, with Chris Capuano listed to make Sunday's start.
Girardi explained that this will still give extra rest to Kuroda, who last pitched on Aug. 10 against the Indians in New York.
"We're trying to stay proactive so he doesn't fatigue down the stretch here," Girardi said.
Kuroda is 7-8 with a 4.03 ERA in 24 starts this season and tired down the stretch last year, when he was 0-6 with a 6.56 ERA in his final eight starts. He said that an extra day here or there could make a difference for him.
"It's really hard to rest during the course of the season," Kuroda said through an interpreter. "When I'm in the season, it's hard to feel rested. I'm glad that the team or the manager was considerate about giving me a rest."
Kuroda, 39, said that he has made one small concession to last season's August and September tailspin; he has decreased the number of pitches in his side sessions between starts by about 10 pitches, hoping to save those bullets for games.
Girardi said that the Yankees' decision to give Kuroda some extra time is more of a preventative measure than based upon signs of wearing down.
"I think it's really based on what happened last year," Girardi said. "I know his last start wasn't great, but the starts before that have been really good. Like I said, we're trying to stay proactive, we've talked about it. I've been asked about it 1,000 times. So we're trying to be proactive."
The Yankees believe they will be able to activate catcher Brian McCann from the seven-day concussion disabled list when he is eligible on Saturday, Girardi said.
McCann sustained what the team called a mild concussion when he was hit by a foul tip in an Aug. 6 game against the Indians, and was placed on the disabled list the next day. McCann will join the team for their series against the Rays at Tropicana Field.
"He'll be there Friday," Girardi said. "He'll go through BP and so far I think he feels good. He'll be back when we can take him back."
Girardi said that McCann resumed baseball activities on Tuesday and hit again on Wednesday in New York, and has already passed the Major League Baseball-mandated ImPACT test to play in games.


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The Cottage Hill Civitan Club will announce the 2012 Mobilian of the Year at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Waterman Globe in the University of South Alabama Mitchell Center.
As Mobile's most prestigious civic honor, the Mobilian of the Year award has been given annually since 1948 to an individual who has made an extraordinary, positive impact on the Mobile community.
The Mobilian of the Year banquet will be held on Thursday, April 4, at the USA Mitchell Center. A cocktail reception begins at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m.
The Civitan Club of Mobile sponsored the Mobilian of the Year program from 1948 until 2007, when the Cottage Hill Civitan Club began coordinating the event. In 2007, USA joined the Cottage Hill Civitan Club as a partner in the event. USA is not involved in the selection process for the award.


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The New Orleans Saints can't be denied on Monday nights. With a 28-13 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, the Saints stretched their win streak on Monday Night Football to eight games, which is the NFL's longest active streak.
A few other records were extended on Monday. Saints quarterback Drew Brees extended his NFL-record streak of games with 20 or more completions to 44. He extended his NFL record streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 51.
Saints tight end Jimmy Graham moved into a tie for No. 2 in franchise history with his 21st touchdown reception, sharing the spot with Hoby Brenner. He is also tied with Brenner all-time in receiving touchdowns.
Defensive end Cameron Jordan had a career-high three sacks, the first Saint to do so since Charles Grant against the St. Louis Rams in 2004. Defensive end Will Smith tied his career high with two sacks, the ninth time he's done so.


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Commissioners raise sewer rates
Sewer rates for the county are slated to increase in July to $62 a month, Washington County Commissioners said during their meeting Thursday.
During last week's meeting, problems with the sewer rates were discussed. The projected revenue of $855,000 fell way short of projected expenses of $925,000. Commissioners also discussed that rates were last raised in July 2009, nearly five years ago.
Commissioner David White said the budgeted amount of money for the cost of operating the sewer for 2014 totals about $941,000.
"(That) is a deficit of nearly $100,000," he said. "Clearly an adjustment's needed."
White said during his review of the sewer finances, the carryover balance was called into question, where the amount has been diminished over the last few years.
"My biggest dilemma was whether to include replenishment of that carryover into the calculations for how much to raise the rate," White said. "My feeling is since it has been several years, in order to make that raise not too large this year, that we ought to only address what is absolutely necessary in closing the gap between the revenue and the expenditure."
The carryover balance has shrunk since 2012: The balance in the account was about $319,343 in 2012, which shrank in 2013 to $236,172, which has gone down again to about $212,798.
Commissioner Tim Irvine said while reviewing the sewer rates, he looked at expenditures in 2013 and rate raises that have been made in the city and Belpre.
"Actual expenditures in 2013 totaled $881,773," he said. "That did not include the full raise on the sewer rates in Belpre, it was just a partial year of that. We also had an increase in rates for the city of Marietta beginning this year; it didn't include that."
He said after calculations, he "would lean toward a $62 (rate)."
President Ron Feathers said he came up with a hybrid between the two processes, where appropriations for this year and actual dollars spent last year were used.
"These (calculations) were all done independently," Feathers added.
Commissioners agreed to take three months to send notices out, which will mean April, May and June bills will include them.The raise to $62 will take effect in July. Commissioners said it is their intention to revisit this annually on a March and April basis.


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MENTOR, Ohio — Check out a preview of the Lake Catholic football team as it enters the 2014 season, which begins at home against Strongsville on Aug. 29.
Check cleveland.com/hssports all preseason for conference-by-conference previews, as well as team-by-team outlooks for each of the 136 area squads.
4 keys for making the playoffs
1. One of their own: Scott O'Donnell begins his first year as the head coach at Lake Catholic. O'Donnell, who as a player helped lead the Cougars to two state titles in 1991 and 1992, is the first alum to serve as head coach of the Lake Catholic football program. O'Donnell has brought a fresh perspective to team looking to get back to the playoffs after a two-year drought.
2. Getting through a tough schedule: The Cougars open with Strongsville, which has the look of a playoff contender this year. Then follow that up with games against Erie McDowell (Pa.), two-time defending Division III state champion St. Vincent-St. Mary, Youngstown Ursuline and Youngstown Cardinal Mooney. The NCL Blue Division slate doesn't offer much of a reprieve, so getting back to the playoffs will prove a tall task.
3. Strong up front: Lake Catholic's strength and most returning experience comes up front. OL/DL Corey Davis, OL/DL Nick Carina, OL/DL Dylan Gardner, OL/DL Domenic Marinucci and DE Jimmy Cvelbar are a few names to look for as the Cougars look to control the line of scrimmage on both sides.
4. Inexperienced backfield: Juniors Chad Stalnaker and Ricky Osborne take over at quarterback and running back, respectively. Neither has substantial varsity experience — Stalnaker saw time in one game, and Osborne got 25 carries in six games in 2013 — but O'Donnell thinks the duo can form a dynamic rushing attack. Behind that offensive line, O'Donnel hopes to make a strong rushing attack the calling card of this offense.
OHSAA division, region: Division III, Region 8.
Conference: North Coast League, Blue Division.
2013 record: 3-7.
Coach: Scott O'Donnell.
Coach's record at school: 0-0.
Coach's career record: 0-0.
5 key offensive players:
Nick Carina, OL, Sr., 6-1, 275.
Corey Davis, OL, Sr., 6-1, 220.
Dylan Gardner, OL, Sr., 6-2, 260.
Ricky Osborne, RB, Jr., 5-10, 180.
Chad Stalnaker, QB, Jr., 6-0, 185.
5 key defensive players:
Jimmy Cvelbar, DE, Sr., 6-2, 210.
Joe Federico, LB, Sr., 5-8, 200.
Domenic Marinucci, DL, Jr., 6-3, 220.
Daniel Morales, CB, Sr., 5-10, 170.
Connor Robinson, CB, Sr., 6-1, 175.
Newcomers to watch:
Justin Sanders, RB, Jr., 5-10, 200.
Key stats from 2013: Federico 40.5 tackles, 3 sacks. Robinson, 35.5 tackles, 1 sack. Cvelbar, 24 tackles, 3 sacks. Osborne, 25 carries, 132 yards, 1 TD.
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Golf balls raining from the sky Sunday afternoon will signal the start of Alpena Tri-County Area Zonta Club's eighth annual Golf Ball Drop.
As many as 500 numbered golf balls will be dropped onto the Alpena Golf Course from a ReMax New Horizons hot air balloon. The one landing closest to the pin wins the holder of that ball a $2,000 cash prize.
Even better, should a ball end up falling in the designated hole-in-one, that holder wins a two-year pre-paid lease on a 2012 Buick Regal from Alpena Buick-GMC.
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This Sunday's Golf Ball Drop, sponsored by Alpena Tri-County Area Zonta Club, benefits Girls on the Run. Helping with the event are, from left, Cathy Goike, coordinator of Girls on the Run; Zonta President Peggy Donakowski; and Sharon Houston, owner/broker of ReMax New Horizons, which supplies the company hot air balloon used to drop the balls onto the Alpena Golf Course.
Besides the two grand prizes, two $200 second chance drawings also will be given away.
Set for 3:30-4 p.m. at the course, the event is a major fundraiser for the club, with proceeds used to support a number of worthy causes in the community.
"Last year we raised $3,500 at the Golf Ball Drop thanks to a great community," said Zonta President Peggy Donakowski.
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3:30-4 p.m.
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Tickets: $20
Call: 464-5440 or 255-7544
While the club's fundraising efforts help many causes such as Shelter Inc., Mother's Room at Alpena Regional Medical Center, Inland Seas Scholarship Program, Newspapers in Education, Alpena County Library literacy program and an Alpena Community College Endowment Scholarship, a significant portion of the Golf Ball Drop proceeds go toward the Girls on the Run program.
The donated funds, in turn, go a long way toward making the program successful.
"This is one of the only local fundraising events for Girls on the Run," said Cathy Goike of District Health Dept. #4, who coordinates the character-building program for girls in third through eighth grade. "The money helps with buying supplies for the young participants, such as snacks, t-shirts and water bottles. It really helps us to implement the program."
Girls on the Run emphasizes important topics for young girls like healthy eating, friendship, exercise, team work, bullying and standing up for one's self in a healthy manner. It is offered in all six elementary schools in Alpena Public Schools district, plus All Saints School, Bingham Arts Academy and Thunder Bay Junior High School.
Three additional schools also are participating for the first time this year: Immanuel Lutheran, Hillman Elementary and Inland Lakes Schools.
There is still time for enrolling in the fall session of Girls on the Run. Parents interested in signing their daughters up, may call Goike at 358-7970. Students who are home-schooled are also eligible to participate.
Besides the Zonta club, Girls on the Run is supported by Bay Athletic Club and the Health Dept. #4.
Sharon Houston, owner/broker of ReMax New Horizons, gladly supports the Golf Ball Drop event by arranging for her company's hot air balloon to come to the area and serve as the vehicle for dropping the balls onto the golf course.
"Girls on the Run is such a worthy cause," Houston said. "ReMax New Horizons is very glad to support the effort. Not only is it a worthy cause, but it also is a fun event."
Golf balls are still available for purchase at $20 per ball and can be purchased by calling 464-5440 or 255-7544. Tickets also will be available for sale on site the day of the drop.
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UPDATE: Suspect arrested two blocks from scene of Southwest Side shooting
The 29-year-old woman who received a grazing wound to her head in a shooting in the 1100 block of Sheridan Avenue SW is the sister of a Monday fatal crash victim, police say.
Around 4 p.m. today, three men had stopped at the home near Hall Street SW to pay respects to the family of Leonel Vargas died in a crash on E. Fulton Street between Fuller and Plymouth avenues late Monday, according to Grand Rapids Police Captain Kurt VanderKooi.
Outside the home, an unknown number of men opened fire at the visitors striking the home and grazing the head of the unidentified 29-year-old, police said. She was taken privately to Saint Mary's Health Care where she was treated.
Police are looking for at least one man running toward Hall Street from the scene on Sheridan Avenue at Hughart Street.
Police are blocking off streets and alleys near the scene in order to investigate.
Several witnesses reported seeing as many as four possible suspects leaving the scene following the shooting.
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Published Dec. 1, 2008.
Almost anybody in the farming community anywhere in the country has probably heard the ill-informed, even uninformed non-farm criticism of the various "Farm Bills."
Often, that criticism contends the national legislation just benefits the big farms, the factory farms, the millionaire absentee owners of farms. Those with any familiarity at all with the agriculture profession and the state and federal legislation that applies know better, but they generally don't have the time or won't expend the patience it takes to explain.
It is pretty complicated -- after all, that legislation was written by lawyers (faint smile) and wasn't intended to be comprehended by any but others similarly educated.
Then, by golly, here comes something in the newest federal farm bill -- the 2008 version -- that seems perfectly simple and straightforward. It appears it even applies to me. Really! Yes, I'm entirely within the city limits, the property is zoned for single family residential. But such properties, if more than five acres, can be farmed. Crops can be grown and harvested. Even livestock, cattle, horses, goats, sheep and pigs are permitted. None of that interests me, particularly.
The north boundary of the property is shared with Spring Valley School. The east boundary is in rolling topography, some through fairly dense woods, and much of the rest of it through swampland (or wetlands, if you prefer), so the whole idea just isn't very attractive to me.
But that new 2008 Farm Bill has been amended. The president signed a series of amendments back on Oct. 13. Here's the quote from USDA in Washington: "These amendments apply to farms with crop acreage bases of 10 acres or less. These changes and clarifications allow some producers more flexibility in farming practices and create new sign-up opportunities with new deadlines for some farms. The amendments also apply to the new Supplemental Revenue Assistance Program."
I'm not about to get into traditional agriculture, on this acreage, or any other, for that matter. Starting out in farming is a young person's game.
I was told a long, long time ago that there were only two practical means to launching a career in farming. Either inherit it, or marry it. I've inherited all I'm going to inherit, and I've married all I'm going to marry.
I tip my cap, though to those people who are seriously into production agriculture, all the way from those concentrated animal feeding operation, to the producers of specialty crops, some of which are on acreages not much bigger than mine, and here I'm thinking of the many fruit and vegetable producing operations right here in Southwest Michigan.
Many, many years ago, the very first Thanksgiving Day was organized, not as a jumping-off point for a holiday shopping season, but specifically to acknowledge the fruits of the agricultural year just past and the table-top bounty that would see them through the winter to come.
It boggles the mind to consider how many more of us there are now, and how much more we have to be thankful for, and how relatively few of us will really comprehend where it all comes from. Many won't even wonder why.
Karl Guenther is a retired Kalamazoo farm broadcaster and can be reached at email@example.com. Click here for more Karl Guenther columns.


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The ATG should satisfy users who are after a well-performing, semi-rugged notebook, but more demanding users who are looking for a unit to use in a very dusty area might want something that has dust-protected ports and slots as well.
A tough exterior, along with resistance to dust and vibrations, make the semi-rugged 14.1in Latitude E6400 All-Terrain Grade laptop perfect for road warriors and other users who like to man-handle their computers. It has many user-friendly features to go along with its semi-ruggedness, and it's also a quick machine.
Its 2.54GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P9500 CPU, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, integrated Intel 4-Series graphics adapter and 64GB solid-state hard drive combined to score 106 in WorldBench 6, which is a good deal zippier than the non-ATG version of the Latitude E6400. Additionally, it performed the Blender 3D test in 1min 10sec, which is 3sec faster, but it was surprisingly slower in the MP3 encoding test, by 9sec.
What all these results mean is that you can use this laptop to run most everyday office applications, as well as multitask, without noticing a slow-down in performance. It will also encode files relatively quickly. What you won't want to use it for is gaming and other real-time 3-D rendering, as its graphics card is not powerful enough for these tasks. This was shown by 3DMark06's benchmarks, which returned an overall score of 981.
It's worth mentioning the transfer rate of the solid-state drive. It returned a speedy result of 44.1 megabytes per second in our transfer tests. This is much faster than most conventional notebook hard drives (a 7200rpm notebook drive generally transfers data at approximately 30MBps).
Some of the physical features that make the ATG resilient to vibrations and knocks are its solid-state hard drive, which has no moving parts, and the toughened LCD screen, which is also a touch screen (it's not a tablet-convertible laptop, though). The touch screen can be navigated with your fingers (just be sure to calibrate it). The keyboard is dust- and spill-proof but the ports around the edges of the laptop don't have any covers and are therefore susceptible to clogging if the unit is actually used in a very dusty environment.
For this reason, the ATG probably shouldn't command a floor position in a wood shop, for example, but contractors such as plumbers and electricians should find it to be rugged enough for use at job sites. It would also be a great unit for classrooms, save for the fact the hard drive and optical drive can be too easily removed. Dell is pitching the unit at the construction, manufacturing and oil industries, as well as the police force, but a fully ruggedised laptop such as Panasonic's Toughbook is probably a better option for such environments.
Nevertheless, the rugged features of this laptop are only part of what is on offer. You also get a backlit keyboard, which makes it very easy to type in the dark; dynamically controlled screen brightness, via an ambient light sensor mounted into the bezel of the screen; a powered USB port (D/Bay); an eSATA port; a smartcard reader; and central security management that works in conjunction with the fingerprint reader.
Its keyboard is a joy to type on: it's full-sized, doesn't have any keys in odd positions, and provides plenty of bounce-back. We also like the dual pointing devices: both a touchpad and a TrackPoint-style pointer are available for use, although the touchpad can't be disabled. The ambient light sensor did its job well. In a brightly lit environment the laptop's screen was at full brightness, and it dimmed down noticeably when used in a darkened room.
The powered USB port on the left side of the laptop is there to facilitate a connection to Dell's D/Bay external media devices. Originally, we thought it was a 'Sleep-and-Charge'-style USB port, which could charge USB devices while the laptop was powered down, but this isn't the case. A 'Sleep-and-Charge'-style port would be a nice inclusion for this laptop.
Its 85Wh-rated battery lasted 2hr 52min in our DVD rundown test, with the screen at full brightness, which is a very good result for a 14.1in laptop. An extra battery can be installed in the unit's modular bay instead of the optical drive. A battery level indicator has been installed on the battery, which allows you to see, at the press of a button, how much power is left.
Another notable feature of the ATG is its dual-band 802.11n network adapter, which allows you to connect to 2.4GHz and 5GHz networks.
In the end, the ATG should satisfy users who are after a well-performing, semi-rugged notebook, but more demanding users who are looking for a unit to use a very dusty area might want something with dust-protected ports and slots.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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Cobb Avenue Shooting: Tawana Henderson, 35, was shot and killed early Tuesday morning on the 900 block of Cobb Avenue. Another man, whose name has not yet been released, was critically injured in the shooting that occurred at 2:16 a.m. Tuesday.
City Manager: Kalamazoo Gazette/Mlive reporter, Emily Monacelli, live blogged interviews with 5 candidates for the new Kalamazoo city manager. Check out her list of 5 reasons you should care who is chosen for the position.
Google Glass in Kalamazoo:
Kalamazoo-based IT management service provider, Newmind Group, is one of
the first owners of the new Google's wearable computer, Google Glass.
Sexual assault at
Linden Grove: Kalamazoo Public Schools has issued a statement confirming
that accusations of "inappropriate contact" at Linden Grove Middle School are
under investigation.
SUV stuck on railroad
tracks: A Ford Escape was found on the a stretch of railroad tracks used by
Amtrack trains near 46th Street in Decatur early Tuesday morning. The driver, a 69-year-old Decatur man,
said he had swerved to miss and deer and had driven a considerable distance off
the road when he was found sleeping in a swamp nearby.
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crash: A two-vehicle car crash in Porter Township left five injured Tuesday
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Cores, Peripheries, and Globalization
Publication Year: 2011
Published by: Central European University Press
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Preface and Acknowledgements
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This volume honoring Ivan T. Berend had its origins in a two day conference organized by Robert Brenner, Peter Reill and Balázs Szelényi to celebrate Prof. Berend's 75th birthday. From there it grew into the present volume after the editors...
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Over the past few years, globalization has become an extremely contentious concept, capable of fomenting violent discussion and even political action as the protests and riots at meetings of the World Trade Organization and the European Union have...
Section 1: Origins and Theoretical Discussions of Core-Periphery Relations
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Chapter 1: The Latin American Contribution to Center–Periphery Perspectives: History and Prospect
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The analytical framework of center (or core) and periphery, whose parts interact in complementary but unequal ways, has played an important role in the work of Ivan Berend.1 This perspective on the world economy and its component...
Chapter 2: From Plantation to Plant: Slavery, the Slave Trade, and the Industrial Revolution
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The historical role the slave trade played in the advent of industrial capitalism in Western Europe has been the subject of passionate debate, particularly after Eric Williams's thesis, Capitalism and Slavery, was published...
Chapter 3: Theories and Realities: What are the Causes of Backwardness?
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Ever since the early nineteenth century, when a few West European economies began to progress much faster than others, scholars have posed the question...
Chapter 4: Development Possible? Possible Developments: A Research Agenda
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"Development" has served as a leitmotif of both intellectuals and political movements ever since 1945. What has been meant by the term is a very simple, basic idea. The initial observation is that there is an unequal distribution of wealth...
Section 2: From the European Periphery to the Core and Back
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Chapter 5: Between Center and Periphery
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That entry is taken from the Encyclopaedia of Diderot and d'Alembert in 1765, under the heading "Provincial." But the pejorative implications of the term go back at least to 1669, when Molière's...
Chapter 6: Core, Periphery, and Civil Society
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Ivan Berend is one of the pioneers of the core–periphery approach, and this essay discusses the uses and limits of this conceptual scheme.1 Although mainly concerned with economic history, this scheme also embraced the realms of culture...
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In recent decades historians have increasingly lost their confidence in the possibility of showing "how it exactly was." One result is the reflection on the limits of knowledge achieved through the historical study of sources, while a turn towards...
Chapter 8: Liberal Economic Nationalism in Eastern Europe during the First Wave of Globalization (1860–1914)
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For many years, Ivan Berend has shown a great interest in the study of economic nationalism in Eastern Europe.3 In these studies, he has emphasized three characteristics of economic nationalist policies, as summarized in the above quotation...
Chapter 9: The Rise and the Fall of the Second Bildungsbürgertum
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In this paper I distinguish three epochs in the social history of modern intellectuals on the Central and Eastern European periphery. The first epoch, associated with bourgeois-driven modernization in Western Europe, began in the mid...
Section 3: Globalization: Its History, Nature and Problems
Chapter 10: Globalization, Core, and Periphery in the World Economy of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times
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A theme as vast in temporal, geographic, and conceptual scope as the one of this article—"Globalization, Core, and Periphery in the World Economy of the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Times"—obviously defies treatment...
Chapter 11: The Pre-History of Core–Periphery
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What I want to consider in this paper is what might be called the prehistory of core–periphery. The problem of core–periphery relations proper concerns the way in which the economic relationships between more developed and less...
Chapter 12: Globalization and Its Impact on Core–Periphery Relations: Characteristics of Globalization
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Globalization is probably the most often used term in social sciences nowadays. Yet historians debate among themselves about the novelty of the phenomenon. According to some, the European economy, even in antiquity, demonstrated...
Chapter 13: From West European to World Science: Seventeenth–Twentieth Centuries
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We live in the information society. The world today rests on the constant transformation of the relations between man and nature (perhaps including human nature itself) by the revolutionary innovations in methods, techniques, and interpretations...
Notes on Contributors
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Index of Names and Places
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Print-ISBN-13: 9786155053023
Page Count: 291
Publication Year: 2011
OCLC Number: 721933824
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Watching the World Cup on my news satellite tv local channel is going to be amazing. I am going to have a big party with all of my friends and we are going to watch every game that we can. The World Cup is unlike any other tournament in the world. The fans are so passionate. And when a goal is scored, I love to watch the celebration of the players and the fans.
I think the United States could be a problem for the other teams in the tournament this year. Our defense isn't as strong as I'd like it to be, so our goalkeeper is going to have to play amazingly well for us to win. I think he will.
Our offense should be pretty good. I think we will have a lot of scoring chances with the likes of Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidor roaming the field. I have high hopes for this United States team. Can you just imagine what the rest of the world would think if we would make it to a World Cup Final?
I think the key to the United States success will be our defense and our ability to score when given a chance. We have to take advantage of every opportunity we get because they can come few and far between in the World Cup.


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Spill of 30,000 gallons of wastewater closes Port Gamble Bay until Dec. 10
LITTLE BOSTON — Port Gamble Bay has been closed to shellfish harvesting until Dec. 10, after 30,000 gallons of wastewater were reported to have spilled from the Port Gamble S'Klallam's wastewater treatment system.
Stuart Whitford, manager of the Kitsap County Health District's Water Pollution Identification and Correction Program, said his agency closed the bay to commercial shellfish harvesting and is advising against recreational shellfishing, also until Dec. 10.
Whitford said the spill occurred at or near lift station No. 2, south of Point Julia, which delivers wastewater to an upland drain field. He said the spill was noticed Monday morning and was fixed by 7 a.m. He didn't have any further details.
According to the state Department of Ecology, contact with fecal contaminated waters can result in gastroenteritis, skin rashes, upper respiratory infections and other illnesses. Children and the elderly may be more vulnerable to waterborne illnesses.
It's at least the sixth wastewater-related beach closure in Kitsap County since October.
On Nov. 19, stormwater inundated wastewater systems and caused sewer overflows that contaminated several areas of Kitsap County. Between 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of wastewater-tainted stormwater spilled into Liberty Bay in Poulsbo, and 100,000 gallons spilled into Port Washington and Sinclair Inlet. Annapolis Public Beach was temporarily closed because wastewater was discharged that had received primary treatment and disinfection but bypassed secondary treatment.
Appletree Cove in Kingston was closed from Nov. 1-13 after 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of sewage spilled from a cracked sewer main pipe at West Kingston Road and Marshall Lane.
Also on Nov. 1, a spill closed Port Washington Narrows between Point Herron and Tracyton near Bremerton. The closure included Evergreen Rotary Park, Lent Landing Park and Lions Park.
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MUSKEGON, MI – Angry male yelling, curses. The sound of gunshots and a woman's voice: "Get down! Get down! Get down! Stay down! Stay down! Stay the f--- down!"
Many gunshots in rapid succession. Then, after a pause, another woman's voice: "He's shot! He's shot! He's shot! Oh my God, he's shot! Someone help him please!"
Those were the sounds in a Muskegon County courtroom Thursday, July 25.
They were part of the audio from a cell-phone video of the shooting death July 9 of Alexis Antonio Brown, 27, during a street fight-turned-gunfight in the 300 block of Monroe Avenue. The video does not show the shooting of innocent bystander 27-year-old Carmesha Rogers in the head. Rogers remains hospitalized in serious condition.
According to police testimony Thursday, Brown was holding two handguns, one in each hand, when he was shot. He fired them both multiple times, according to testimony.
Both his guns were recovered – a .40-caliber and a 9-mm – and police recovered multiple shell casings from the ground that the Michigan State Police crime laboratory matched to Brown's guns, Muskegon Police Det. Kory Luker testified.
A few other 9-mm casings also were found that don't match either of Brown's guns, Luker said. No other guns have been recovered in the case.
Luker said he believes police found "14 or 15" shell casings at the scene. Other shots may have been fired from revolvers, which don't discharge casings.
No one has been charged with homicide in Brown's death, but multiple defendants have been charged with gun crimes. The video was played at the preliminary examination of one of them, Derrick Amir Golden, 33, of Muskegon.
Golden is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm while committing a felony. He's charged as a fourth-time habitual offender based on prior drug delivery convictions.
After Thursday's hearing, visiting 60th District Judge Richard J. Pasarela found probable cause that Golden committed those gun crimes and ordered him bound over for trial in 14th Circuit Court.
Pasarela based his ruling on testimony by a female eyewitness who said she saw Golden holding and pointing a handgun while crossing a vacant lot just after Brown was shot.
Witness Kay Thompson also said she saw Golden fire the gun at a man unknown to her, a claim Marek disputed. The judge said that wasn't an essential part of his decision, as the charges only related to possession of a gun, not firing it.
The playing of the video, though Pasarela said it didn't play a role in his decision, was the most dramatic part of the hearing.
It was introduced by defense attorney James Marek in hopes it would undermine the credibility of the prosecution witness, but the judge didn't think it did. The narrow-view video never showed the area where the witness said she saw Golden pointing his gun.
Although played in court, the video was kept off the courtroom's large, public TV monitors and could only be seen by the judge, the attorneys, Golden and court staff. Pasarela allowed the semi-private viewing at the request of the Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office on the grounds that the video shows a homicide that's still under investigation, and public viewing of it could compromise an ongoing investigation.
According to Luker's testimony describing the video, it shows Brown "with his feet off the ground" just after he's struck by a bullet. After he falls, "he's lying half on the curb and half on the street," Luker said. The detective said 12 to 14 shell casings matching Brown's guns were found on the ground near his body.
Two other defendants facing gun charges in the incident were also scheduled to have preliminary hearings Thursday, but neither happened.
One of them, Dashawn Lamarr Bates, 32, of Muskegon Heights, was just indicted federally on gun charges, leading to dismissal of the Muskegon County charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, felony firearm and being a third-time habitual offender. Attorney Marc E. Curtis is representing Bates.
The hearing for the other, Demeturis Quayshawn Holt, 21, of Muskegon was adjourned until a later date because his attorney, Shawn P. Davis, only received the police reports Thursday. Holt is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, felony firearm and being a fourth-time habitual offender.
Meanwhile, a new defendant in the case was arraigned Tuesday, July 23, on a gun charge, court records show. Andrew Deshawn Pollard, 23, of Muskegon Heights is charged with carrying a concealed weapon. His bond was set at $80,000 cash or surety and his preliminary hearing was set for Aug. 5.
A fifth defendant appeared as scheduled for a walk-in arraignment Wednesday, July 24. Julius Edmund Johnson, 22, is charged with evidence tampering and felony firearm for allegedly removing a gun from the scene. His preliminary hearing was set for Aug. 6, and his $10,000 surety bond was continued.


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The threat of the president using Executive Privilege to circumvent Congress in an attempt to restrict the Second Amendment rights of U.S. citizens is an impeachable offense.
"'Those who adopted the Constitution viewed impeachment as a remedy for usurpation or abuse of power or serious breach of trust.…Thus, the impeachment power of the House reaches 'those who behave amiss, or betray their public trust,' according to the Washington Post's 'Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment.'"
My question: With an economy in shambles, why are we spending all this time talking about "gun control"?
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Amherst Rambler, Mitchell O'Neill carries the puck out his own zone during their game against the Pictou County Weeks Crushers Saturday nigh at Amherst Stadium.
BRIDGEWATER – The Amherst CIBC Wood Gundy Ramblers beat the Bridgewater Lumberjacks 3-2 in a shootout last night during Maritime Hockey League action in Bridgewater.
"We had a chance at the beginning of the game to probably go up 3-0 in the first five minutes of the game but their goaltender made some outstanding saves," said Ramblers coach and general manager, Jim Bottomely following the game. "After that it was back and forth. It was a good hockey game.
"It's always tough to play in that building because it's a small ice surface, so hard to get something going. It's a dump-and-chase kind of thing."
Bridgewater opened the scoring a 6:10 into the game but the Ramblers tied it up 1-1 when Josh Pugsley scored on a power play at 13:40 off passes from Jeff MacPherson and Patrick Harrison.
The Ramblers went up 2-1 when Brock Morrison scored the only goal in the second period. The goal was an unassisted power play goal at 16:51 into the period.
The Lumberjacks scored the only goal of the third and the game went into overtime.
Nobody was able to put the puck away in the overtime frame and the game was decided in a shootout.
Bottomley said the Ramblers didn't play as hard as they are able to play.
"We had a big game the day before and we didn't have the same jump we had the night before," he said. "But Tingley was outstanding in the shootout for us."
Shots on goal were 32-31 in favour of the Ramblers.
356 people attended the game.
Kody Orr's second period power play goal proved to be the winner as the Amherst Ramblers defeated the Weeks Crushers 3-1 in Maritime Junior Hockey League action Saturday at Amherst Stadium.
Orr was left alone in front of the net and picked up Cam McDonald's rebound on a shot from the point 6:08 into the second period.
"The guys played a good game, we capitalized on the chances that we had and we played a physical game," said Bottomley after the game. "We came at these guys hard. I was pleased with the way we played."
Amherst added an insurance goal with just under five minutes to play when Jamie Bishop's blast from the top of the circle eluded Crushers' goalie Brandon Thibeau. Maxime Richard and Ben Berisha added assists on the goal that came during a five-minute power play after Brennan Saulnier was assessed a major penalty for checking from behind when he hit Richard from behind into the boards into the board near the Crushers' bench.
"It was a bad penalty to take at that point in the game. It was a treat for us, though," Bottomley said. "We were able to score a big goal. That took a lot of pressure off us."
Bruce Hornbrook tied the game 3:10 into the second period taking a feed from Saulnier on a two-on-one and beating Ramblers' goalie Richard Tingley.
Amherst outshot the Crushers 29-26.
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A day after agreeing to a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP's chief executive expects to tell Congress that he was "personally devastated" by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and understands the anger that Americans feel toward him and his company.
CEO Tony Hayward's contrition isn't likely to soften his landing on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are sharpening their knives - preparing to channel constituent anger over the worst environmental disaster in the nation's history - during a hearing that some compare to a public execution.
» Read the full story: BP CEO telling Congress he's 'devastated' by spill [The Associated Press]
» BP chief: from oil 'ninja' to congressional hot seat [ABC News]
» BP shares gain after bowing to U.S. demands [The Wall Street Journal]
» BP chairman talks about the 'small people,' further angering gulf [The Washington Post]
» With criminal charges for oil spill, costs to BP could soar [The New York Times]
In other news:
» UN: 400,000 now uprooted by Kyrgyzstan unrest [The Associated Press]
» Israel to ease Gaza blockade [Guardian]
» As California trial over same-sex marriage winds up, Proposition 8 backers argue marriage promotes procreation [San Francisco Chronicle]


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Clash of the titans
Feel like going to a Class 4A state championship football game and dont want to wait until Dec. 1 at the Tacoma Dome?
If you do, take a trip over to Pop Keeney Stadium this Friday evening when the two top teams in the state, Bothell and Oak Harbor, will meet one another at 7:30 p.m.
Oak Harbors 30-21 win over Olympia Saturday night set up the clash against the Cougars which should turn out to be one of the more memorable high school football games of 2007.
Both teams are undefeated with 11-0 records and it makes no difference if the football gurus from the Associated Press have Bothell ranked No. 1 and Oak Harbor No. 4 the Cougars and the Wildcats are hands down the two best teams in the state of Washington.
Last year Oak Harbor defeated Bothell 21-14 in the Tacoma Dome for the state title but this time around, by the luck of the draw, the two teams square off in the quarterfinal matchup.
The WesCo North champion Wildcats are coming off their first undefeated season since 1966. In post-season play, they whipped Bellarmine Prep 20-10 on Nov. 3 and on Saturday, Oak Harbor halted Olympias seven-game winning streak with a 30-21 victory on the Bears home turf.
For full details on the victory in Olympia, see page A6 of todays Whidbey News-Times.
Bothell, the KingCo 4A champion, beat Gig Harbor 35-0 Nov. 3 and picked up a 31-17 victory over Central Kitsap Nov. 10 in its two post season games.
The Cougars have a strong team and during the regular season, Bothell led the KingCo League in scoring with an average of 35.3 points per game.
Led by quarterback Johnny Hekker who threw for 18 touchdowns during the regular season, the Cougars averaged 166 yards through the air and an additional 175 yards per game in rushing offense.
Running back Ben Moschel heads the Cougars potent rushing attack averaging 61.4 yards per game and teammate Perry Conricode is averaging 12.7 yards per carry.
Johathan Kirchner is Hekkers favorite receiver averaging 6.1 yards per catch. He has made six touchdown receptions.
The Cougars will have to contend with Oak Harbors stout defense led by Jake Rouser, Tyler Elliot, Chris Valencia, Michael Bressler, Bennett Richter, Jordan Young, Rashad Smith and a host of others who have held opponents to 128 points in 11 games this season.
Loyal Oak Harbor fans traveled to Olympia and packed Ingersoll Stadium with a cheering throng of purple and gold supporters, and Friday will be the time to do the same at the famous Pop Keeney Stadium facility in Bothell.
One of the guys on the chain gang at the game in Olympia remarked Oak Harbor was the best high school football team hed ever seen he isnt wrong.
Go Wildcats!
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The Somerset County Business Partnership, Microsoft and Alpine Business Systems will present "Emerging Technologies That Will Have a Big Impact at Work & Home," a workshop on Tuesday, July 24, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. The session will take place at the Microsoft Store at the Bridgewater Commons in Bridgewater.
A Microsoft Community Connections event, topics to be addressed include: Windows 8 Storm overview; Surface; and emerging technologies. The event is geared to business owners and managers who are interested in learning how emerging Microsoft technologies can help grow their business.
The workshop is presented by the Business Partnership Technology Special Interest Group (Tech-SIG), a committee dedicated to the education of the business community on where technology is going and how it can impact business and increase efficiency and profitability. Among the issues to be discussed are the marketing value if social media; is ROI the correct metric for evaluating effectiveness of social media; and how best to use the new timeline layout.
The session is free. Pre-registration is recommended and may be accomplished at events.SCBP.org or by calling the Business Partnership at 908-218-4300.


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Jamestown Community College is currently presenting a super high energy show in Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin's show ''Legally Blonde.''
The show is a funny, colorful examination of a very old theme. It centers on a young woman named Elle Woods. When it opens, she is a senior at UCLA, and her whole sorority is holding their breath, waiting to learn that the man who was King of the Prom to her Queen, has popped the question. Instead, he tells her he's heading off to Harvard Law School, and she just isn't serious material for a Harvard grad's wife. ''You're Marilyn. I need a Jackie,'' he tells her.
Eventually Elle finds a way to get into Harvard Law on her own steam, to succeed there, and finds a man who understands and appreciates her for all her gifts, including her beauty.
Director Robert T. Schlick has cast his show very well. There are some extraordinarily good singers in the cast, beginning with Hillary Belin as Elle. The young woman has a lot of presence, and shines out in every way.
Another singing highlight was Logan Norris Beard as the man who values her for what she is. Praise, too for Lauren Scharf as the ''Jackie'' for which Elle has been dumped, and for Teal Weatherly, who returns to the JCC stage after an absence and rocks the role of Paulette, the hairdresser who teaches Elle to value both her beauty and her brains. Amanda Wickmark's exercise routine was truly impressive, especially when done while singing well.
There were no weak spots in the cast.
The pit orchestra, conducted to Mary Ann Harp was a major plus to the evening's success, although it would have been good if they had been closer and more audible to the action on stage and centered for the audience, instead of far to everyone's right.
The set by Steve Gustafson and Scott Barton was quite simple, but perfectly efficient. Daman Holland's choreography added all the spark a good show needs from its dancing. The gymnastics from a number of cast members was spectacular.
There were a few minor problems. The sound quality was difficult, making words often hard to make out. The whole show dragged out a bit too much, lasting two hours and 40 minutes. It needed to be pulled more tightly together.
Costumes by Jan Braeger and Jenn Rearick were such an important part of the show's message, and they were super hot.
I had a great time at the show, and I suspect you would, as well. ''Legally Blonde'' was reviewed in dress rehearsal, at the company's request. It opens tonight, and will play for the next three weekends in the Robert L. Scharmann Theatre, on the JCC Campus.