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If you take a minute, you will realize this is a big deal. After the staid German manufacturer collaborated with Roland Sands recently on a controversial, naked custom, we wondered aloud what this meant. Frankly, we didn't care for the look of the Roland Sands' bike, but this production model knocks us out.
The BMW R nineT represents a simple, no frills standard-style motorcycle with plenty of modern performance … yet, it is loaded with heritage, principally derived from the air-cooled Boxer engine. Think about the following contrast. Honda's CB1100, which pays homage to numerous air-cooled Hondas of the past, weighs 540 pounds and makes a claimed 86 horsepower and 68 foot/pounds of torque. This new BMW, on the other hand, might be the retro-ripper of your dreams. It is 51 pounds lighter than the Honda, makes 110 hp, and has 88 foot/pounds of torque! All that power and torque at street RPM levels.
A modern six-speed gearbox and shaft drive is combined with some very serious brakes, including dual 320 mm front rotors gripped by four-piston radial calipers. ABS is standard.
BMW is emphasizing the new R nineT as the perfect starting point for customization, and has designed the bike to receive simple bolt-on replacement parts. Several customizers undoubtedly have this bike already, and BMW has several parts in-house which can be bolted to the R nineT, including optional seat units and exhaust, among others. Below is the BMW announcement, a very-well produced video, and full specs. You can also visit the web page set up by BMW.
BMW R nineT. Pure Riding.
Motorcycling has always been a passionate lifestyle. For the past 90 years BMW Motorrad has been ensuring that this remains the same in the future, too. For those who like it pure and original, BMW Motorrad has now developed the perfect machine: the BMW R nineT. A motorcycle featuring purist design and numerous ways of customizing it.
BMW R nineT: Pure Authenticity.
Riding a motorcycle and feeling free. The BMW R nineT combines this feeling with a casually cool look which, in spite of all the details, is unmistakably a member of the BMW family. Further criteria such as ride feel, design and sound lay the foundation for an independent, authentic lifestyle.
BMW R nineT: Pure Customizing
The BMW R nineT is powered by an air/oil-cooled 2-cylinder 4-stroke flat twin engine. The instruments consisting of speedometer and tachometer harken back to historical times and emphasize the essential and minimalist visual appeal of the motorcycle. The BMW R nineT is equipped with an upside down fork at the front and with the BMW Motorrad Paralever at the rear. However, the nineT does not only stand out due to its pure design. The nineT offers great options for individualization. No customizing wish is left unfilled. For example there is the removable rear frame, enough space for 6 inch rims and many other options. Even though the BMW R nineT offers so many modification opportunities it remains a real BMW motorcycle from a technical point of view. Standard-fitted ABS ensures highest-degree safety for the nineT, too.
BMW R nineT. Pure Lifestyle.
Pure passion, pure design, pure riding pleasure. This is what makes the BMW R nineT so essential for the classic enthusiast. Modify, ride, have fun. The nineT leaves nothing to be desired with regard to customization. Design your motorcycle, design your life. One name, one purist lifestyle:
BMW R nineT.
|Air/oil-cooled flat twin ('Boxer') 4-stroke engine, two camshafts and four radially aligned valves per cylinder, central balancer shaft
|Bore x stroke
|101 mm x 73 mm
|1,170 ccm
|Rated output
|81 kW (110 hp) at 7,550 rpm
|Max. torque
|88 lb/ft (119 Nm) at 6,000 rpm
|Compression ratio
|12.0 : 1
|Mixture control / engine management
|Electronic intake pipe injection
|Emission control
|Closed-loop 3-way catalytic converter, emission standard EU-3
|Performance / fuel consumption
|Maximum speed
|over 125 mph
|Fuel consumption per 100 km at constant 90 km/h
|52 mpg at a constant 56 mph (4.5 l)
|Fuel consumption per 100 km at constant 120 km/h
|Fuel type
|Premium Unleaded
|Electrical system
|three-phase alternator 600 W
|12 V / 14 Ah, maintenance-free
|Power transmission
|Single dry plate clutch, hydraulically operated
|Constant mesh 6-speed gearbox with helical gear teeth
|Shaft drive
|Chassis / brakes
|four-section frame consisting of one front and three rear sections, load-bearing engine-gearbox unit, removable pillion frame for single ride use
|Front wheel location / suspension
|Upside-Down telescopic fork with 46 mm diameter
|Rear wheel location / suspension
|Cast aluminium single-sided swing arm with BMW Motorrad Paralever; central spring strut, spring pre-load hydraulically adjustable (continuously variable) at handwheel, rebound damping adjustable
|Suspension travel front / rear
|4.7 inches / 4.7 inches (120 mm / 120 mm)
|58.1 inches (1,476 mm)
|4.04 inches (102.5 mm)
|Steering head angle
|64,5 °
|Spoke wheels
|Rim, front
|3.50 x 17″
|Rim, rear
|5.50 x 17″
|Tyres, front
|Tyres, rear
|Brake, front
|Dual disc brake, floating brake discs, diameter 320 mm, four-piston radial calipers
|Brake, rear
|Single disc brake, diameter 265 mm, double-piston floating caliper
|BMW Motorrad ABS
|Dimensions / weights
|87.4 inches (2,220 mm)
|Width (incl. mirrors)
|35.0 inches (890 mm)
|Height (excl. mirrors)
|59.8 inches (1,265 mm)
|Seat height, unladen weight
|30.9 inches Standard
|Inner leg curve, unladen weight
|69.3 inches Standard
|Unladen weight, road ready, fully fuelled 1)
|489 lbs (222 kg)
|Dry weight
|Permitted total weight
|948 lbs (430 kg)
|Payload (with standard equipment)
|459 lbs (208 kg)
|Usable tank volume
|4.8 gal (18 liters)
|approx. 0.8 gal
- Technical data relate to the unladen weight (DIN)
- 1) According to guideline 93/93/EWG with all fluids, fuelled with at least 90% of usable tank volume


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The French data protection authority said it has fined Google EUR 100,000 (roughly Rs. 74 lakhs) for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling.
The only way for Google to uphold the Europeans' right to privacy was by delisting inaccurate results popping up under name searches across all its websites, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL) said in a statement on Thursday.
(Also see: Google Tweaks 'Right to Be Forgotten' in EU Searches)
In May 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that people could ask search engines, such as Google and Microsoft's Bing, to remove inadequate or irrelevant information from web results appearing under searches for people's names – dubbed the "right to be forgotten".
The US Internet giant has been at odds with European Union data protection authorities over the territorial scope of the ruling.
Google complied, but it only scrubbed results across its European websites such as Google.de in Germany and Google.fr in France on the grounds that to do otherwise would have a chilling effect on the free flow of information.
In May last year the CNIL ordered Google to expand its application of the ruling to all its domains, including Google.com, because of the ease of switching from a European domain to Google.com.
"Contrary to Google's statements, applying delisting to all of the extensions does not curtail freedom of expression insofar as it does not entail any deletion of content from the Internet," the CNIL said.
A spokesman for Google, now a unit of holding company Alphabet Inc, said the company had worked hard to implement the "right to be forgotten ruling thoughtfully and comprehensively in Europe."
"But as a matter of principle, we disagree with the CNIL's assertion that it has the authority to control the content that people can access outside France, and we plan to appeal their ruling," Al Verney, Google's spokesman, said.
The company did try to assuage the regulator's concerns in February by delisting search results across all its websites – including Google.com – when accessed from the country where the request came from.
That meant that if a German resident asks Google to de-list a link popping up under searches for his or her name, the link will not be visible on any version of Google's website, including Google.com, when the search engine is accessed from Germany.
But the CNIL rejected that approach, saying that a person's right to privacy could not depend on the "geographic origin of those viewing the search results."
"Only delisting on all of the search engine's extensions, regardless of the extension used or the geographic origin of the person performing the search, can effectively uphold this right," it said.
© Thomson Reuters 2016
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Osteoporosis: The Silent Epidemic
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Our rheumatology team are accomplished in the evaluation and treatment of rheumatic conditions including various types of arthritis, autoimmune diseases, degenerative joint diseases, crystal arthritis, and soft tissue rheumatism. The department of rheumatology provides interdisciplinary care working in conjunction with other specialities such as internal medicine, orthopaedics, dermatology, nephrology, gastro-enterology, neurology physical medicine and rehabilitation to provide an all-inclusive treatment and also help in recovery from these conditions.
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Rheumatology represents a subspecialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, which is devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are a diverse group of diseases that commonly affect the joints, but can also affect the muscles, other tissues, and internal organs. There are more than 200 different RMDs, affecting both children and adults. Visit our rheumatology hospital in Millers Road to have the best treatment.
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I recently watched a worship experience video with Brian Doerksen called "level ground". What I loved about the video was not the music actually. It was that the entire service/event had the band and leaders on the floor with the congregants. The stage was empty. No body was raised higher than another and everybody was pointed towards the same place. There was only one person that was lifted up that day. Only one being who could claim the glory. That person was God alone. Brian says in his lyrics "none of us are worthy on our own."
It seems over the years that I have been in ministry I have seen an ebb and flow in that dynamic. I find the higher the stage gets the more separated and disconnected leaders get. This is not always their doing. Congregants love to take their leaders and put them at a higher level. They are perfect, know best, and infallible. This inevitably sets leaders up for a hard fail, an affair, frustration, bitterness, and other things. They constantly have to be aware of how others are seeing them and live up to that standard. Sadly they are not perfect regardless of what some may think. Many leaders are forced to put on their mask or jump into the phonebooth before a service and change into their super hero costume to make sure no one sees their secret identity.
Another dynamic I have seen is leaders who truly believe they are greater than others. Everything they do is out of selfish gain. They "leverage" the platform and turn it into their personal throne where they can judge others according to their standard instead of the Bibles. I have seen leaders claim that if they are not using their gifts the way they want or are not getting enough "facetime" then the church or event is sinning against God.
Let me put something in perspective here. You know you are a leader if people are following you. You can either lead them to Christ or you can lead them to you. Jesus even said there are two types of spiritual leaders: ministers who care about the people under their charge, and those who are self-serving.
Quite frankly I am tired of childish leaders who think it is all about them. They take their egos into ministry and make sure that they are catered to like divas who need the green mm's picked out.
The crux of leadership is being a servant. Jesus was our example in this. The platform is a privilege that has been given to us by God so we can teach others to love HIM more. The altar is HIS throne, Not ours.
Ice Cube said it pretty good "You better check yo self before you wreck yo self"
Philippians 2:3-11 says it better
3 Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.
4 Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.
6 Though he was God,t
he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to.
7 Instead, he gave up his divine privilegest;
he took the humble position of a slavet
and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,t
8 he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal's death on a cross.
9 Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor
and gave him the name above all other names,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.


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While developing an app where I have to include PHP files written by a user, I came across the following problem:
I used "php -l somefile.php" to check the syntax of the file I was about to include and if it passed, I would include it - so far so good. But in some test cases, the file I was including would have other includes/requires inside it. If one of these was invalid, then I would still get the parse error that I was trying to avoid.
I got round it using this:
function CheckSyntax($fileName, $checkIncludes = true)
// If it is not a file or we can't read it throw an exception
if(!is_file($fileName) || !is_readable($fileName))
throw new Exception("Cannot read file ".$fileName);
// Sort out the formatting of the filename
$fileName = realpath($fileName);
// Get the shell output from the syntax check command
$output = shell_exec('php -l "'.$fileName.'"');
// Try to find the parse error text and chop it off
$syntaxError = preg_replace("/Errors parsing.*$/", "", $output, -1, $count);
// If the error text above was matched, throw an exception containing the syntax error
if($count > 0)
throw new Exception(trim($syntaxError));
// If we are going to check the files includes
foreach(GetIncludes($fileName) as $include)
// Check the syntax for each include
function GetIncludes($fileName)
// NOTE that any file coming into this function has already passed the syntax check, so
// we can assume things like proper line terminations
$includes = array();
// Get the directory name of the file so we can prepend it to relative paths
$dir = dirname($fileName);
// Split the contents of $fileName about requires and includes
// We need to slice off the first element since that is the text up to the first include/require
$requireSplit = array_slice(preg_split('/require|include/i', file_get_contents($fileName)), 1);
// For each match
foreach($requireSplit as $string)
// Substring up to the end of the first line, i.e. the line that the require is on
$string = substr($string, 0, strpos($string, ";"));
// If the line contains a reference to a variable, then we cannot analyse it
// so skip this iteration
if(strpos($string, "$") !== false)
// Split the string about single and double quotes
$quoteSplit = preg_split('/[\'"]/', $string);
// The value of the include is the second element of the array
// Putting this in an if statement enforces the presence of '' or "" somewhere in the include
// includes with any kind of run-time variable in have been excluded earlier
// this just leaves includes with constants in, which we can't do much about
if($include = $quoteSplit[1])
// If the path is not absolute, add the dir and separator
// Then call realpath to chop out extra separators
if(strpos($include, ':') === FALSE)
$include = realpath($dir.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.$include);
array_push($includes, $include);
return $includes;
This checks as many of the includes inside the file as it possibly can without executing anything.


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The Pearl River Community College Development Foundation hosted its annual Scholarship Donor Dinner Nov. 15 at the Olivia Bender Cafeteria on the Poplarville campus.
The dinner provides an opportunity for scholarship recipients to thank their benefactors and for the donors to meet the students they are helping.
The foundation awarded 297 scholarship worth more than $189,000 between July 2011 and June 2012. Since it was established in 1987, the foundation has awarded more than 5,000 scholarships valued at more than $3 million.
Donors received copies of the PRCC Photographic History book at the dinner as a token of the college's appreciation.
RiverRoad, the PRCC showchoir, provided entertainment.
Recipients of scholarships include:
Laura Clinton of Sumrall – Samuel Abbott Memorial Scholarship.
Chelsea Gascho of Picayune, Makayla Cooper of Columbia, Natalee Baggett and Tanner Peavy, both of Sumrall – Dr. Ted J. Alexander Leadership Scholarship.
Debra cameron of Lumberton – Allen-Howse Scholarhip.
Crystal Curtis of Sumrall and Hannah Roberson of Hattiesburg – American Business Wommen Association Pine Belt Chapter Scholarship.
Katherine Mallini of Waveland – American Legiona Post 139 Scholarship.
Joshua Hall of Foxworth – Anderson Paint and Carpet One Construction and Design Scholarship.
Galen Doucet of Gulfport, Kristine Montgomery of Petal and Laura Wheat of Sumrall – Asbury Foundation Scholarship.
Sarah Friday of St. Martin – Dr. and Mrs. John W. Askew Dental Hygiene Scholarship.
Braxton Lee and Brittany Polderman, both of Picayune – Cody Bales Memorial Athletic Scholarship.
Marius Tent, Abby Stockstill, Yamileth Deleon and Rachael Lee, all of Picayune – Ball Family Scholarship.
Clayton Hession of Purvis and Katelyn Robertson of Sumrall – Ronald T. Barr Memorial Scholarship.
Jennifer Quinn of Tylertown – BellSouth Scholarship.
Hollie Chester of Gumpond – Hollis and Elaine Byrd Mathematics Education Scholarship.
Rebecca Lowery of Lumberton – Classes of 1939-42 Scholarship.
Taylor Trigg of Petal and Johnothan Nguyen of Picayune – John Clearman Baptist Student Union Scholarship.
Leon Benson of Picayune – Coast Electric Power Association Scholarship.
Micah Davis of Poplarville – Bobby Cochran Memorial Scholarship and Arthur Moore and Jessie Mae Gandy Scholarship.
Rachel Raynes of Purvis, Ashley Ford of Sumrall, Brandisha Hinton and Suzanne Fortenberry, – Verlene Cole/Forrest-Lamar County Alumni Scholarship.
Kendall Laster of Hattiesburg – Verlene Cole Scholarship.
Michael Lee – Harry Cole Memorial Scholarship.
Brittany Fortenberry of Columbia – Columbia Lions Club Scholarship.
Devin Hernandez and Michael Harvison of Picayune, Kayla LaFontaine of Waveland – Comsouth Public Safety/Law Enforcement Scholarship.
Whitney Armstrong of Foxworth – Sebe Dale Family Scholarship.
Courtney Dyess of Bassfield – Daniels/Castleberry Scholarship.
Dustin Slade of Bay St. Louis – Edith Dantagnan Nursing Scholarship.
Jessica Breakfield of Columbia – Hollie N. and William M. Davis Jr. Scholarship.
Whitney Quave of Carriere – Delta Kappa Gamma-Sigma Chapter Scholarship.
Christopher Barron of Carriere – Dr. Wes and Dora Mae Estey Eagle Scout Scholarship.
Kristine Montgomery of Petal – Rita Haley Memorial Scholarship.
Victoria Necaise of Kiln, Katerine Maillini, Alexandria Flood and Shane DeMayo, all of Bay St. Louis – Hancock County Alumni Association Scholarship.
Asa Alyssa Goins – Hancock-Pearl River County Voiture Scholarship and R.E.L. Sutherland Memorial Scholarship.
Joshua Dolan of Hattiesburg – Bruce Hankins Memorial Scholarship.
Sarah Bynum of Purvis – John C. Harden Scholarship.
Katelin Jackson of Sumrall – Lynn Cook Hartwig Scholarship.
Kevin Broome of Columbia – Francis and Joyce Herrin Scholarship.
Tran Diep of Biloxi, Annie Cardenas of Liberty and Jessica Walley of Richton – Dr. and Mrs. Stan Hill Dental Hygiene Scholarship.
Leslie Haney of Columbia – Debbie Hinton Memorial Scholarship.
Joe Klein of Bay St. Louis – Dobie Holden Memorial Scholarship.
Presley Stiglets of Oak Grove – Warren and Virginia Rawls Holden Scholarship.
Amanda Ferrell and Megan Cooper, both of Poplarville – Hope Haven Scholarship.
Rusty Moore of Purvis – Benny and June Hornsby Vocational/Technical Scholarship.
Kristina Brady of Oak Grove – Jessica Victoria House Memorial Scholarship.
Stacey Kolb of Poplarville – John Houston Family Scholarship.
Courtney Dyess of Carriere – Betty Lou Courtney Hudson Memorial Scholarhip.
Conner Ball of Picayune – L.A. Hurst Jr. Endowed Schoalrship
Jason Meidl of Columbia and Maurice Young of Hattiesburg – Jacobs Facility Operating Service Scholarship.
Haley Sellers of Columbia – Naomi Kendrick Memorial Scholarship.
Amber Courtney of Sumrall – Lamar County Scholarship.
Joann Guillot of Poplarville – Ken Langnecker Memorial Scholarship.
Rebecca Canfield of Perkinston – Berlon Lee Scholarship.
Jansen Owen of Poplarville – Virginia Mauldin Lowe Memorial Scholarship.
Natalie Johnson of Columbia – Marion County Retired Teachers Scholarship.
Haley Hartzog and Taylor McKenzie, both of Columbia – Marion/Jeff Davis County Alumni Association Scholarship.
Haley Weaver of Bay St. Louis – Robert A. McArthur Sr. Memorial Scholarship.
Daniel Magee of Poplarville – Pamela M. McGill Memorial Scholarship.
Katelyn Kelly of Pass Christian – J.S. and Kathryn Moody Nursing Scholarship.
Michael Coleman of Poplarville – Angelina Barbieria Navoy Memorial Scholarship.
Sofia Tent of Carriere – Arthur B. Nicholson Memorial Scholarship.
Danielle Rogers of Petal – Ray Patten Memorial Scholarship.
Victoria Mitchell of Poplarville, Hillary Dickens of Picayune and Erica Rubio of Carriere – Pearl River County Alumni Scholarship.
Alvin Richard of Picayune – Pearl River County Homebuilders Scholarship.
Recipient Lacey Hampton and Jonathan Brockhaus, both of Picayune – Picayune Kiwanis Club Scholarship.
Whitney Quave and Rabecca Davis, both of Carriere – Picayune Lions Club Scholarship.
Heather Ruffin and Veronica Mustain, both of Picayune – James Horris and Minnie Rae Pigott Memorial Scholarship.
Shelby Sattler of Kiln – PRCC Board of Trustees Scholarship.
Clay Williams of Purvis, Shelby Champaigne of Carriere and Drew Hedgepeth of Picayune – PRCC Foundation Ambassador Scholarship.
Amy Simmons of Hattiesburg – Duane Raanes Family Scholarship.
Sarah Anthony of Columbia – Clark and Lucy Robertson Memorial Scholarship.
Brittany LeBlanc of Lafayette, La. – Margaret Fairley Rogers Memorial Scholarship.
Mary Bilbo and Blake Weyenberg, both of Poplarville – Rotary Club of Poplarville Scholarship.
Chris Hession of Purvis – LaRue and Mary Jean Saulters Scholarship.
Drew Barras of Carriere, Leyton Jolly of Poplarville, Krisjon Wilkerson of Bay St. Louis – Leo W. Seal Jr. Memorial Scholarship.
Hailey Breisacher of Poplarville – David R. Smith Memorial Scholarship.
Aerial Davis of Poplarville – Dolores and Martin T. Smith Scholarship.
Mallory Cumberland of Picayune – Michael Sprinkell Memorial Scholarship.
Stacey Kolb, Terri Mura, Audra Aubert, Amanda Ferrell and Kerrie Davis, all of Poplarville; Grisela Amado-Summerville and Arthur Bienvenu, both of Picayune; Amanda Kerry and Michael Spencer, both of Carriere; Michael McArthur of Columbia and Charles Draughn of Hattiesburg – St. Michaels Foundation Scholarships.
Christopher Stevens and Alexandria Sinclair, both of Purvis – Annelle Steele Memorial Scholarship.
Raven Bridges of Picayune – Daphne Delphine Tate Memorial Scholarship.
Graham Tant of Hattiesburg – Jean Baughman Wessel Scholarship.
Melanie Haden of Carriere – Henry and Carolyn Smith Thomas Memorial Scholarship.
Brittany Kinsey of Sumrall and Leah Terrell of Foxworth – Hugh and Juanita White Scholarship.
Shelly Pavolini of Bay St. Louis and Tyler Aucoin of Lumberton – Marjorie Lenora White Scholarship.
Chelsea Parson of Biloxi and Paul Pickerrell of Elizabethtown, Ky. – Dr. Marvin White Presidential Scholarship.
Hunter Seal of Picayune – Wildcat Disc Golf Scholarship.
Nathaniel Stafford of Sandy Hook – Cary and Ann Williams Scholarship.
Benjamin Stewart of Picayune – Williams Foundation Scholarship.
Photo caption:
Recipients of the St. Michaels Foundation Scholarship attending the Pearl River Community College Scholarship Donor Dinner are, front row from left, Stacey Kolb and Terri Mura, both of Poplarville; Amanda Kerry of Carriere, Audra Aubert and Kerrie Davis, both of Poplarville; Grisela Amado-Summerville of Picayune; second row, donor representative John Houston, Michael McArthur of Columbia, Michael Spencer of Carriere, Arthur Bienvenu of Picayune, Charles Draughn of Hattiesburg and donor representative Dr. Robert Escudero. Not pictured is Amanda Ferrell of Poplarville.
PRCC Public Relations photo


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When I was about 5 or 6 my mother took me to a screening of the 1940 movie The Bluebird starring Shirley Temple, based on the 1908 play by Maurice Maeterlinck. The story is about a brother & sister, Tyltyl and Mytyl, who are sent out by the fairy Berylune into various magical realms to search for the Bluebird of Happiness. Returning home empty-handed, the children see that the bird has been in a cage in their home the whole time. When Tyltyl gives the bird as a gift to a neighbor's sick child, the bird flies away. The moral is that, ultimately, happiness can only be found within oneself. With this beautiful story in mind, I dreamt up this little mobile project...
To start off, I used watercolors to paint a wash of blue on heavy-weight watercolor paper. I also flecked some brown paint onto one of my painted sheets so I could cut out speckled eggs, To make the speckles, grab an old toothbrush, dip the bristles in brown paint and then run a toothpick over the bristles -- tiny flecks of paint will go everywhere, so be prepared! Once the paint was dry, I ironed the paper and then placed it beneath a pile of heavy books for a few hours to smooth and flatten it.
Next, I drew outlines of my birds (and eggs) on the back of the painted paper,
And carefully cut them out.
Added feathers & punched holes for hanging...
Then strung it all together with an egg in the middle & a feather on the end. To finish things up, I inscribed a message on the backs of my birds.
They say, "May you always find the blue bird of happiness in your home and in your heart..."
What messages will your blue birds bring?


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The Lebanese Crisis and Its Impact on Immigrants and Refugees
Residents in Lebanon — citizens and foreigners — faced a perilous journey to evacuate the war-torn country and reach safe havens in Syria and Cyprus this summer. Before the ceasefire went into effect on August 14, up to 10,000 people arrived at the Syrian border each day, according to a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in early August.
Other people arriving at the Syrian border included tourists from the Gulf region who were required to pay to enter Syria, as well as a number of poor Palestinian refugees who were rejected.
About 15,000 American citizens (many of Lebanese origin) were evacuated, as were thousands of Europeans and Australians.
Runways at Beirut's main airport, major bridges, and roads were destroyed by the Israeli military in the fight against Hezbollah that began July 12. In major southern cities like Tyre, infrastructure was so badly damaged that people often were trapped without access to food, water, electricity, or medical care.
At press time, Lebanon's total losses amount to an estimated $9.4 billion, according to Lebanon's Higher Relief Commission. In cooperation with the Lebanese government and the United Nations, Sweden hosted an international donor conference on August 31 that brought together about 60 governments and organizations to discuss humanitarian needs and early reconstruction efforts in Lebanon.
The plight of Lebanese citizens has received extensive media coverage around the world. However, another important population has been often left out of the picture: Lebanon's hundreds of thousands of migrant workers and refugees. Their hardships began well before the conflict, yet their stories were rarely told in the media.
Estimates of the number of migrants in Lebanon vary widely since no official records are kept on the migrant population. In the formal economy, it is estimated that foreign workers, mainly from Sri Lanka and Egypt, make up 30 percent of the official workforce, particularly in the domestic and service sectors. Refugees, the majority of whom are Palestinian, and asylum seekers make up about 10 percent of the total Lebanese population of 3.9 million according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
This article investigates the impact of the crisis on several vulnerable groups, including Lebanese citizens in Syria, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and Lebanon's migrant workers and refugees. Finally, it highlights the efforts of the Lebanese diaspora to help fellow nationals.
Lebanese in Syria and the Internally Displaced
By the time Lebanon and Israel signed the ceasefire agreement, the number of Lebanese displaced by the conflict had reached nearly one million. Of those, about 180,000 found refuge in Syria. Another 500,000 IDPs escaped to mountainous regions of Lebanon, where they were sheltered in schools or in homes of host families.
Throughout the crisis, the Syrian government has emphasized its support for Lebanon. Political support was also reflected in its general openness to displaced Lebanese arriving in Syria. In coordination with humanitarian organizations, including UNHCR and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the Syrian government has worked to provide shelter and relief to Lebanese.
Even in poor rural towns, Syrians accepted refugees into their homes and donated what little food and blankets they owned. Given Syria's limited resources, UNHCR appealed to the international community in early August for help with relief efforts. UNHCR had received nearly $11 million (of nearly $19 million sought) as of August 17.
In response, many countries, including Argentina, Bahrain, and others, sent assistance to Syria in the form of monetary contributions or shipments of supplies. The Turkish government sent nearly 40 truckloads of humanitarian supplies to assist Lebanese in need.
Soon after the ceasefire announcement, many displaced Lebanese chose to make the journey home despite fears that they would have nothing to which to return. Because authorities and agencies are concentrating their relief operations in the hardest-hit towns, people in outlying areas remain in shelters, awaiting assistance to return home.
Nearly 300,000 Lebanese in Syria and Lebanon are still displaced, Lebanon's Higher Relief Commission reported on August 29. They either have no home return to or fear the return is too dangerous. Their fears are not unfounded: the Higher Relief Commission reported that in the two weeks after the ceasefire, nearly 60 people, including several children, were injured by still-active Israeli explosives in southern Lebanon.
Both the displaced and returning populations suffer from a lack of food, medicine and safe drinking water. Since extreme fuel shortages shut down many hospitals, UNHCR and other aid agencies are coordinating relief operations to send 100 tons of fuel to southern Lebanon.
Migrant Workers
A Brief Overview
Currently, Lebanon's Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) maintains the only official record of migrants workers in the country: work permits. According to CAS, 90,000 work permits were issued to foreigners in 2002 (see Figure 1).
But, according to some foreign embassy records, the number of their nationals is three times the CAS figure. While Sri Lanka's embassy estimated that around 160,000 of its nationals resided in Lebanon, only 32,497 reportedly held work permits; the rest, who number between 80,000 and 170,000, may hold expired work permits, be unemployed, or be in the country without authorization.
The contract-labor work system in Lebanon isolates migrants from both the local population and from their home country. Employment agencies charge employers in Lebanon high fees to recruit the migrants. As a result, employers withhold their workers' passports to ensure they cannot leave.
Indeed, since the fighting began, IOM has reported numerous cases of employers threatening migrants in order to prevent them from evacuating. Migrant workers without official identity or travel documents wanting to evacuate have had to go to their home government's embassy to get the needed documents or transportation to safety.
However, some foreign governments, like that of Vietnam, do not have embassies in Lebanon. Migrants from those countries have been stranded for long periods without travel documents. Despite the dangers, many migrant workers have chosen not to leave, according to reports from aid workers. Their reasons vary from fear of losing their jobs to going home with no money after years of work to returning to a country where they have no home.
Even governments with embassies in Lebanon have lacked the capacity to help their nationals because they are understaffed and underfunded. Those with some of the largest numbers of migrant workers —Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Ghana — also have the fewest resources to find and evacuate their nationals.
Yet foreign governments have been willing to work together, even when their own resources were limited. For example, India agreed to allow Sri Lankan workers on their ships evacuating Lebanon, and Jordan and Syria offered 4,000 jobs to Sri Lankans escaping Lebanon. Still, neither Syria nor Jordan have clarified what long-term rights these migrants will be accorded.
Most migrant workers in Lebanon have depended heavily on the help of international agencies, such as IOM, UNHCR, and CARITAS, a Catholic relief organization, which coordinate with embassies in order to assist stranded migrants. Since July 20, IOM has evacuated more than 13,000 migrants from Lebanon. Once in Syria, migrants were placed in shelters, where they waited until IOM could arrange their flights home. Following the ceasefire, IOM expected to evacuate at least 1,000 more third-country nationals provided adequate funding was available.
According to a representative from IOM, security has been a major concern in its operations. Convoys carrying over 700 people at one time make a dangerous, three-hour passage from Beirut to the border. Additionally, for migrants to return home, IOM had to coordinate with countries such as Saudi Arabia to allow charter flights over areas the organization had never flown over before.
Thus far, foreign governments have supported IOM in its crisis-related efforts. Norway has provided IOM with tents, family kits, blankets, and other materials worth $640,000. The European Commission started a fund of 11 million euros to evacuate nationals from developing countries. This fund makes up more than half of the Commission's total relief budget for Lebanon. Individual European governments have also made significant contributions.
Refugees in Lebanon
Refugees and asylum seekers in Lebanon make up about 10 percent of the country's total population. Palestinians make up the majority of refugees, followed by Kurds, Iraqis, and Sudanese (see Table 1).
Refugees have no official status in Lebanon, as the country has not signed the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. UNHCR, which established an office in Beirut in the 1980s, keeps a close watch of refugees and asylum seekers. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in existence since 1949, operates under a different mandate than UNHCR, and is responsible solely for Palestinian refugees.
Although refugees came to Lebanon seeking safety from violence and instability in their home countries, the fighting has come to them. Lebanon's refugee camps became home to both refugees and Lebanese civilians in July. Many camps have been bombarded by Israeli attacks, including the country's largest Palestinian camp, where at least two refugees were killed and 15 were injured in August.
Refugees who tried to flee Lebanon generally faced long wait times, or even rejection at the Syria-Lebanon border. Of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees, only 1,000 had been allowed into Syria by the end of July. Most of the stranded refugees held valid Lebanese-Palestinian documents but were nevertheless denied by Syrian officials.
UNRWA found that in the three main refugee camps in southern Lebanon, only around 2,900 out of 25,000 refugees left their camps. Attempts to supply water, electricity, and food to refugees still in camps proved difficult as attacks intensified. Nevertheless, UNRWA reported that a total of nearly 29,000 displaced people (both Palestinians and Lebanese) received aid. In addition, the agency opened numerous shelters in schools in both Syria and Lebanon to house Palestinian and Lebanese refugees.
UNHCR reacted to complaints of rejection at the Syrian border by asking Syria to loosen border controls for Palestinian refugees. All governments, UNHCR stated, should follow the principle of nonrejection at their borders during this time of crisis. It asked states not to forcibly return to Lebanon any migrants, including Lebanese citizens, any refugees or stateless persons, or any third-country national. Despite some setbacks, UNHCR expressed overall satisfaction with the Syrian government's cooperation in assisting all refugees coming from Lebanon.
The Lebanese Diaspora
During the 1975-1990 civil war, between 600,000 and 900,000 people fled the country. Since then, internal conflict and invasions from Israel have led to continued emigration. For this reason, Lebanese nationals living abroad number over one million, or about 25 percent of the actual number of people in Lebanon.
However, some estimates put the number of people of Lebanese descent around the world as high as 15 million because of waves of emigration from Lebanon that date back to the late-19th century. Current data show that the United States, Australia, Canada, and Brazil are among the most popular destination countries for Lebanese emigrants and their children.
Past crises in Lebanon have provoked strong reactions from Lebanese communities worldwide, and the current conflict is no exception. From raising millions of dollars to setting up relief centers in Lebanon itself, Lebanese groups in the United States and Canada have provided much-needed aid to their home country.
The Hairi Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes training for Lebanese scholars in the United States and Canada, gained media attention when it launched an emergency fund for Lebanon to help victims of the war. In Dearborn, Michigan, the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services held fundraising events to raise $200,000 for medical supplies in Lebanon. A California-based organization, Islamic Relief, raised nearly $1 million by the first week of August for aid to Lebanon and Palestine.
In addition to raising money, organizations are preparing homes and shelters to house fleeing Lebanese refugees. Community organizations have been building their capacity to receive thousands of soon-to-be homeless Lebanese-Canadians. Most of the Lebanese scheduled to arrive left Canada in the past 10 years to return to Lebanon but maintain dual Lebanese-Canadian citizenship.
Since July, protests against Israeli aggression have been a common occurrence in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Before a ceasefire agreement was reach in mid-August, Brazilian government officials had called for an end to the fighting. In an appeal to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emphasized that the Lebanese-Brazilian connection makes Brazil feel "directly affected by the violence against civilians in the region."
Many migrants and refugees in Lebanon have been trapped between a host country where they face danger and a home country to which they are hesitant or may not be able to return.
For Lebanese, the return home is uncertain and dangerous, as the ceasefire agreement remains shaky. In the coming months, IOM plans to assist displaced Lebanese families as well as migrants, a number of which still want to return home. With its funds already running low, however, IOM will require an additional $26 million for future operations.
The immediacy of the conflict in Lebanon makes it difficult to predict its lasting effects on vulnerable populations. Whatever the outcome, the impact of Lebanon's crisis on migrants and refugees will have implications for the entire Middle East.
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———. "More Stranded Migrants Evacuated." July 25.
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———. "UNHCR Considerations on the Protection Needs of Persons Displaced Due to the Conflict in Lebanon and on Potential Responses." August 3.
———. "Syrian villagers open their doors to mass arrival of Lebanese refugees." August 8.
———. "UNHCR distributes relief items for displaced in Lebanon's mountain regions." July 27.
———. "Flash update No. 3." August 17. Available online.
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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (2006). "Syria Revisited."
———. "The Situation of Palestine Refugees in South Lebanon." August 15.


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LOS ANGELES –After tuckering himself out this week and cancelling his popular musical shows, sources confirmed that the singing dancing boy is very upset, and is refusing to get dressed up and sing and dance again until he's feeling all better.
Sources confirmed that the singing dancing boy has been cranky since his birthday and continues to act out mainly because the little guy is very, very tired and needs a nap.
"We regret to inform you that the razzle dazzle song-and-dance boy is very tired and will not perform his little shows for you at this time," representatives for the song-singing shimmy-shake child said in a press release, adding that the pooped-out performer is refusing to put on his dress-up outfits and sing his little songs. "We've tried to get him to smile multiple times, but he's too grumpy right now."
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According to sources close to the singing dancing boy, the exhausted little guy just needs some time to calm down and drive his shiny car and play on his little phone before he can be convinced to dress up in sparkly clothes and have a fun time again. However, at this point, he reportedly won't have music time or sign any pictures of himself smiling or singing or dancing.
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Given that many things in the authentic Star Wars universe are terrible, it should be no surprise that many things in the Expanded Universe — those tales from the novels, comics, cartoons and all other non-movie Star Wars entities — are also terrible. But since the Expanded Universe is so damn big, its wretchedness reaches a scope beyond anything Lucas managed to inflict on the movies. Here are 12 stories, characters and events in the Star Wars Expanded Universe that even Jar Jar Binks would shake his head at.
1) Boba Fett and the Sarlacc
I'm not referring to the scene in Return of the Jedi, where supposed badass Boba Fett is accidentally knocked into the Sarlacc Pit by a nearsighted Han Solo. I'm also not referring to the standard fan belief that Fett was too badass to stay trapped in the Sarlacc, and escaped after the movie ended. No, I'm referring to the other completely separate time that Boba Fett fell into the goddamn Sarlacc, during the "Jawas of Doom" comic. After escaping it — well, being spit out, at least — an amnesiac Fett wandered through the Tatooine desert until he was picked up by the world's stupidest group of Jawas, who thought he was a droid. The Jawas' sandcrawler was then attacked by Han and Leia, in an attempt to rescue R2-D2, who the Jawas had also picked up somehow. after helping Han rescue R2, Fett suddenly remembered he hated Han Solo just in time for the Sandcrawler drive directly into the Sarlacc Pit. At least this time Fett had a pile of Jawas for company.
2) The Crystal Star
The most derided novel in the entire Expanded Universe, Vonda McIntyre's The Crystal Star includes both centaurs and werewolves (spelled "wyrwolves," because SCIENCE FICTION), and they stll aren't the dumbest things in the book. No, that honor would go to a surprisingly bitchy Luke, who — and this is all post-RotJ, by the way — joins a transparently evil cult led by a golden blob. The reason he does this — he's sad because he lost his Force powers because a sun died nearby, which is even more insulting than just joining a cult led by what is for all intents an purposes a Star Trek villain. Add the Solo kids gettign kidnapped for the umpteenth time and the millionth leftover rogue Imperial officer, and you have a book whose only distinguishing characteristics are its terrible ones.
3) Skippy the Droid
First of all, his name is fucking Skippy the Droid. Second of all, supposedly Skippy is the name of the red R5-D4 droid from the beginning of A New Hope — the one that breaks down after Luke's Uncle Owen buys it, forcing them to take R2-D2 instead. In Star Wars Tales #1, it's revealed that R5-D4 is a droid that can use the Force, which he uses to keep drinks from spilling while he serves in Jabba's palace. Then he uses the Force to free himself and wander the Tatooine desert until Jawas pick him up, because apparently you can't walk 20 feet without being spotted by a sandcrawler on Tatooine. When Luke and Owen buy him, as per the movie, R5-D4 has a vision that unless Luke takes R2, the Rebellion will fail, Princess Leia will be killed, and basically the whole galaxy will be fucked. So he blows his own gasket and uses the Force to make C-3PO tell Luke to take R2 instead. Which is tremendously dumb, but still not as dumb as the fact he's named Skippy.
4) The Jedi Prince Series
Perhaps it's unfair to rail against the young adult Star Wars novels, but when they're as bad as Paul and Hollace Davids six-part Jedi Prince series, exceptions have to be made. Here is a brief list of just some of the many, many ways Jedi Prince sucks:
• The main character, Ken, is a collector of Star Wars toys. Yes, while he lives in the Star Wars universe.
• The Emperor has two sons who are both triclopses.
• Darth Vader's glove is magic.
• Luke Skywalker has to rescue whales, a la Star Trek IV.
Honestly, the only good thing about the Jedi Prince series is the reveal that Moffs hold Mofferences, which is so horrifyingly awful it comes out the other side to awesome.
5) The Third Law
This very special Marvel comic (issue #48) hints at the Star Wars universe's future obsession with banking. a la the Trade Federation. Princess Leia and the Rebellion's Finance Minister — because rebellions totally have those, right? — head to a banking planet to get a loan to buy X-Wings. But Darth Vader is there and he wants to prevent Leia from getting a loan. I know you're at the edge of your seat, but bear with me. The planet has a rule about not carrying weapons, which Vader ignores to kill the finance minister. Except… the finance minister was a droid, because the real finance minister died months ago! Leia fooled Vader into order to get Vader to commit murder and piss off the natives and secure her loan! Except that Vader fooled Leia, because Vader didn't give a shit about the loan, he just wanted the Alderaanian crown jewels Leia put up as loan collateral! It's a ridiculous story that's somehow still tremendously boring at the same time.
6) Hoar
The Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi video game was terrible for a lot of reasons, not least of which was the fact you had to perform a needlessly complicated move to either draw a lightsaber or pull a gun (note: if you're playing a fighting game, chances are you'd want to have your character holding his or her weapon rather than trying to take on Darth Vader with your goddamn fists). On the other hand, it did include a Tusken Raider named Hoar. If this doesn't strike you as completely hilarious, keep saying the name out loud until you figure it out.
7) Clone Names
Although the Star Wars universe got fat-packed when clones in Episode II, it was hardly the first time clones has made an appearance in Star Wars. That honor goes to Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy, in which an evil clone of a Jedi makes an evil clone of Luke Skywalker from the hand he lost on Bespin. It's actually a pretty solid idea until you learn that Luke's clone's name is Luuke… just like the clone of the Jedi Jorus C'boath is Joruus C'boath. Adding extra "u's" to signify clones is utterly shameful, and its even worse than Zahn tries to justify it with some "the cloning process makes clones accentuate their "u" sounds" bullshit. Seriously, no one could think of a better way to differentiate Luke from his clone? Even calling him FLuke would have been less terrible.
8) Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie
Since the Clone Wars cartoon is actually pretty solid now, most people seem to have forgotten that it began with a movie, and that movie was terrible. It basically ignored everything fans wanted to see in the Clone Wars, and instead focused on Anakin and his new, obnoxiously spunky padawan Ahsoka rescuing Jabba; the Hutt's son Rotta, nicknamed "Stinky," who is for all intents an purposes a farting slug the size of a basketball. And what's worse is that Stinky isn't even the worst Hutt in the movie — that honor goes to Ziro the Hutt, Jabba's uncle and insanely terrible homosexual stereotype. Honestly, if it weren't for the Holiday Special, the Clone Wars movie might be the worst thing in the entire Star Wars EU canon.
9) The Sun Crusher
Can a weapon be a Mary Sue? Thanks to Kevin Anderson's Jedi Academy trilogy, we know the answer is yes. The Suncrusher is a small ship with the ability to destroy entire star systems, thanks to its 11 "energy resonance torpedoes." It has a hyperdrive, indestructible armor, can withstand shots from the Death Star laser and is basically completely unstoppable — oh, and even the Emperor didn't know about it, because no one would have possibly been able to explain its existence post-RotJ otherwise. Thankfully, Jedi apprentice Kyp Durron (who stole it in the first place, but whatever) flew the damn thing into a black hole, as the only conceivable way Anderson could write himself out of the situation he'd created.
10) Bendorion
The Jedi are notoriously inclusive, but even they should have considered their hiring policies after naming Bendorion the first Jedi Hutt. Yes, it's a giant slug person who wields a lightsaber. Seeing as pretty much all Hutts are gangsters, it should be a shock to absolutely no one that Bendorion almost immediately went to the dark side, and took over a planet the Jedi had dispatched him to, forcing his subjects to call him ""Beldorion of the Ruby Eyes." That's bad, but what's even worse is that Beldorion was one of the countless Jedi who were somehow alive during the events of the original trilogy, back when Luke was supposed to be the last one, although Beldorion might be the stupidest. Leia, having the most experience killing Hutts, defeated Bendorion in a lightsaber duel in the book Planet of Twilight because, as the Star Wars Wiki explains almost passive aggressively, "Though the centuries old Dark Jedi was powerful, [Leia] Organa was able to move more freely and bisected the Hutt at the mid-section." Really? The giant slug with tiny dinosaur arms couldn't move as well as a human? Go fucking figure.
11) The Ewok Adventure and Battle for Endor
After the debacle that was the Star Wars Holiday Special — which Lucas has erased from even the Expanded Universe, hence its lack of inclusion on this list — George took control of his latter two made-for-TV Star Wars specials, and they sucked anyways. The Ewok Adventure and Caravan of Courage are closer to the Ewoks cartoon than the movies, so it's all about the Ewoks rescuing annoying moppets who have lost their parents and learning about trust instead of mercilessly killing the Empire's elite troops. Caravan of Courage is notable in that it adds Wilford Brimley to the mix of bland kids and toothless teddy bears. Believe it or not, Wilford Brimley is no Han Solo, and the combination of teddy bears, kids and obese old men was not the entertainment smash Lucas was likely hoping for.
12) Mount Sorrow
Unfortunately, neither the Ewoks, the two kids nor Wilford Brimley are the worst things on Endor. That honor has to go to Mount Sorrow, the sentient, clinically depressed mountain from Marvel's Ewoks #7 comic, based on the godawful cartoon. The mountain cries tears that can cure anything, meaning Wicket and Princess Kneesaa need it to cure their friend Teebo, after contracting "the perilous laughing spell" from a "loonee bird" which makes him pull pranks on his fellow Ewoks (god, Ewoks was horrible). The mountain, being a depressed asshole, refuses to give Teebo his tears, and even tries to kill the young Ewoks by blowing them off his summit and sending them plummeting to their death. After Teebo manages to save his friends, the bipolar mountain immediately grants them his tears. Which is fitting, since every Star Wars fan who ever read this nightmare of a comic also shed tears.


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"I'm proud to represent the growth of the New Zealand fight community. I'm home grown so there are a lot of people behind me that
will have my back on the night." - Daniel Hooker
The UFC's global push has opened the doors to the premier stage in mixed martial arts to numerous fighters from around the world. With each new country the Octagon touches down in, a handful of fighters from that region are selected to compete under the bright lights of the UFC banner. For those who get the opportunity, it is undoubtedly the biggest moment of their careers, and one Daniel Hooker is determined to make the most of.
The Auckland native will be on the bill when the UFC makes its debut in his hometown for Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt on June 28. The passion for mixed martial arts has been thriving "Down Under" for the better part of the past decade, but this event will mark the first time a card has been held on New Zealand soil. "The Hangman" is ecstatic to make his inaugural showing inside the Octagon, but he's equally elated to have the biggest organization in the sport finally come to his country.
While there may not be a large of amount of New Zealand fighters currently lining the UFC roster, he believes the sport is surging in his homeland and it will only be a matter of time before his country has a strong number of fighters representing on the UFC stage.
"I'm proud to represent the growth of the New Zealand fight community," Hooker said. "I'm home grown so there are a lot of people behind me that will have my back on the night. As soon as I heard that UFC was coming to my hometown, I saw my opportunity. It's sink or swim but I love that about this sport. High risk equals high reward. I didn't get to this point by playing it safe and I don't intend on changing that.
"MMA in New Zealand is very well-established, with some killers coming up in the ranks. We have a strong history in combat sports with some of the greatest strikers in history. There is a wealth of knowledge with some great specialists; the next generation is making its way through now so the future is bright. The world will learn."
Where making his official debut at just 24 years old has the potential to create a pressure-filled scenario, Hooker is no greenhorn when the cage door closes. In a relatively short amount of time he's made 15 professional showings and picked up victories in 11 of those bouts. But what is perhaps more impressive is the run that took him from the stomping grounds of the regional scene to the steps of the Octagon.
In two crisp years of work, the Strike Force Auckland-trained fighter picked up five consecutive victories, with each fight ending by way of stoppage. Throughout his recent run Hooker showed the impressive ability to finish the opposition in a multitude of fashions, and his high-caliber work earned a call up to the big leagues.
"I wouldn't take back a single fight, whether it was a win or a loss because mentally I have grown and strengthened," Hooker said. "I've had a number of knock down, drag out wars, and that's the kind of fight I thrive in. Yeah it's cool to get a quick win without any bumps and bruises, but that's not what gets me out of bed in the morning; fights that test character is what I'm after. You are not going to find someone that wants to be in there as much as me, and the win streak is just the result of the fighter I have become."
Nevertheless, the "Octagon jitters" have given even the most experienced fighters fits when they step into action under the UFC banner, but Hooker has a razor-sharp focus locked on earning a victory over Ian Entwistle on June 28.
"It's an opportunity, I really haven't put too much thought into it at this stage," Hooker said. "I'm focused on the fight and my preparation, doing everything in my power to win. I'm sure after the event I will have some time to reflect, but all I know is I must win.
"It doesn't matter who it is, it's just a name; there's nothing personal. Everybody wants to win but that's not how this system works. I think you have two very hungry guys out to prove a point and make statements; it will be a very volatile mix."
Where Hooker will be carrying solid momentum with him into the Octagon next Saturday night, Entwistle will also enjoy some solid steam of his own. The 27-year-old Englishman has won eight of his nine professional outings, including a run where he's collected four consecutive victories by submission.
When two young fighters are eager to make a lasting impression, that is a formula for an explosive collision. Both Hooker and Entwistle want to keep their current streaks alive and will scrap it out to determine supremacy. While there have been some shots launched across the bow in the pre-fight build up between the two men, Hooker believes he'll have what it takes to get the job done when things truly matter.
"He specializes in techniques that a lot of people neglect, so in that sense he's unorthodox," Hooker said. "I like to get after it from the bell and so does this kid. That's great because it's what the fans want to see. There will be no time wasted.
"He says it's easy money – man, I'm six foot with a vicious hook. I guarantee 100% the judges will be staying out of this one. It's my backyard so I'm in there to show the world how we get down in my part of town. This has Fight of the Night written all over it, two hungry young guys that will go after it."
In addition to his fight with Entwistle being the biggest moment of his young career, the fight will also be his first step into the deep waters of the UFC featherweight division. The 145-pound collective has grown to become one of the most talent-rich weight classes under the promotional banner and is commonly described as a "shark tank" loaded with proven talent.
While he has no doubt there are huge challenges ahead of him in the lightweight ranks, Hooker couldn't be more excited to dive in and get to work.
"Bring on the tough fights, it doesn't matter," he added. "I don't pick my fights, so nothing changes in the UFC. If I didn't think I could cut it with the best of the world I wouldn't be here. I don't fight nearly as much as I want to because it's hard finding fights, but the UFC has a full roster and that is music to my ears."
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David Guetta to Release 'Nothing But the Beat 2.0′ With New Sia, Ne-Yo Collaborations
One year after David Guetta scored the biggest album of his career with 'Nothing But the Beat,' the French DJ is repackaging the album as 'Nothing But the Beat 2.0,' which features new collaborations with Sia, Ne-Yo, Akon and more.
The new version drops on Sept. 10. Akon and Ne-Yo are featured on a track called 'Play Hard.' Sia appears on 'She Wolf (Falling to Pieces),' which serves as the new collection's first single. Nervo and Tegan & Sara also provide vocals on new songs.
In addition, 'Nothing But the Beat 2.0′ features the biggest hits from the original release, including 'Without You' with Usher, 'Titanium' featuring Sia, 'Turn Me On' with Nicki Minaj, 'Where Them Girls At' with Minaj and Flo Rida, and 'Little Bad Girl' with Taio Cruz and Ludacris.
Guetta has been performing at various festivals throughout the year, including Belgium's Tomorrowland, where he premiered 'She Wolf' live.
David Guetta 'Nothing But the Beat 2.0′ Track Listing:
1. 'Titanium' Feat. Sia
2. 'Turn Me On' Feat. Nicki Minaj
3. 'She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)' Feat. Sia
4. 'Without You' Feat. Usher
5. 'I Can Only Imagine' Feat. Chris Brown & Lil Wayne
6. 'Play Hard' Feat. Ne-Yo & Akon
7. 'Wild One 2′ Feat. David Guetta, Nicky Romero, Sia (Edit)
8. 'Just One Last Time' Feat. Taped Rai
9. 'In My Head' Feat. Nervo
10. 'Where Them Girls At' Feat. Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida
11. 'Little Bad Girl' Feat. Taio Cruz & Ludacris
12. 'Sweat' (David Guetta Remix)
13. 'Crank It Up' Feat. Akon
14. 'I Just Wanna F—' Feat. Timbaland & Dev
15. 'Nothing Really Matters' Feat. will.i.am
16. 'Repeat' Feat. Jessie J
17. 'Night Of Your Life' Feat. Jennifer Hudson
18. 'Every Chance We Get We Run' Feat. Tegan & Sara
19. 'Sunshine' (Edit)
20. 'Lunar' (Edit)
21. 'What The F***'
22. 'Metropolis' (Edit)
23. 'The Alphabeat' (Edit)
Watch the David Guetta 'Titanium' Video Feat. Sia


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A former Bengals assistant coach who has had a nice long look at new backup quarterback candidate Josh Johnson says he's capable of coming off the bench and winning games or even showing a change of pace for a series or two.
"He's a special kid who is a student of the game and has worked with a lot of good coaches," said former Bengals wide receivers coach Steve Mooshagian, who worked with Johnson his senior year. "He'll understand his role as the No. 2 guy, but he'll prepare like he's the starter."
When Jim Harbaugh left the University of San Diego, Mooshagian was the assistant head coach and receivers coach on the new staff that inherited Johnson in his last year and, from what he can remember, San Diego led the nation in offense in 2007 with Johnson throwing 43 touchdown passes and one interception.
"He knows where to go with the ball and his escape dimension gives him a much different dynamic," said Mooshagian, now the head coach at Ventura College. "He's got a great arm. No question he's a West Coast quarterback, but what separates him from the traditional quarterbacks is he also has the elements of a spread quarterback.
"He's been in all forms of the West Coast with Harbaugh and the Grudens. I think he's going to be more effective in the Bengals system than he was in Tampa. The guy really is a tremendous talent. I'm glad the Bengals got him because I think he's a guy that can help them in that role."
ABOUT TO STORM? All was quiet on the Andre Smith-Terence Newman front as Monday turned into Tuesday.
But with Newman trying to finalize things as soon as possible and the right tackle market seemingly set with the Patriots reportedly re-signing Sebastian Vollmer for a base average salary of $4.25 million with incentives that could balloon to about $6 million per year, the Bengals are hoping to strike a deal this week with the agent that represents both players.
It's believed the Bengals have offered the 35-year-old Newman after a brilliant season at cornerback and that he's also mulling an offer from Oakland, but he and agent Ben Dogra haven't been saying much.
It remains to be seen how the Vollmer contract impacts Smith in a deal filled with play-time incentives. Vollmer, a second-round pick in 2009, has started 44 of a possible 64 games while Smith, the sixth pick in the same draft, has started 35 games after breaking the same foot twice in his first two seasons. In 2010, Vollmer was named second-team All-NFL by the Associated Press while Smith got some first-team votes in 2012.
FITZY SPEAKS: Former Bengals quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick wanted to wait until he signed his contract Monday in Tennessee to talk to the media and so he did with his usual honesty.
Last week Fitzpatrick visited with Bengals president Mike Brown and his family, as well as head coach Marvin Lewis, during the NFL meetings in Phoenix before opting for a two-year deal with the Titans to back up Jake Locker. Last week it was believed that Fitzpatrick chose Tennessee before it even got to the money stage with the Bengals, but he would only say Monday night that he thought the Titans "had more advantages" for his situation.
He said he was humbled by the respect Brown showed for his abilities during their meeting as the Bengals sketched out their plans for him to back up Andy Dalton.
"It's exciting to go to a new and different situation in Tennessee; it's a new adventure," said Fitzpatrick, who backed up Carson Palmer for two seasons in Cincinnati before starting three in Buffalo. "It wasn't an easy decision. They've got a great young nucleus with the Bengals and it would be exciting to be a part of that. I've got a lot of respect for everyone in that building, starting at the top and then with Marvin, Coach (Ken) Zampese and the guys that were there when I was there. But there were just more positives for me in Tennessee."
Reports had Fitzpatrick signing for two years at $6.5 million, a number that would have probably had the Bengals in the mix.
And he found out how really a small world it is. Fitzpatrick's offensive coordinator is 32-year-old Dowell Loggains, two years his senior. And his quarterbacks coach is Dave Ragone, the guy the Bengals traded to the Rams in 2006, where Fitzpatrick beat him out behind Marc Bulger and Gus Frerrote and ended Ragone's career.


text: This is the fourth in my series of interviews with C-level executives who also happen to be thought leaders in cyber security and privacy. Remember? I enjoy pointing out that "C-level executive" and "thought leader" are not synonyms. Previously, I interviewed:Jeremiah Grossman, founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of White Security (What's real and what's not in web security),Michelle Dennedy, Chief Privacy Office (CPO) for McAfee (The perilous path to a new privacy),and Christopher Burgess, Chief Security Officer for Atigeo (How to meet the challenges of 21st century security and privacy).In this installment, I engage Gary McGraw, CTO for Cigital, and the principle creator and driver of the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM). McGraw is one of those I respect most in this field, and we had a delightful and wide-ranging discussion, stretching from the insecurity of electronic voting machines to the dangers of weak or conflicted governance, from the release of BSIMM4 to the follies of cyber war mongering. But in this piece, I am just going to focus on BSIMM4 and cyber war, because the two themes actually dovetail (no pun intended) in a meaningful and timely way.Richard Power: Let's start with your perspective on how BSIMM has evolved, what is particularly striking in this year's iteration, what had surprised you so far, and what hasn't surprised you so far?Gary McGraw: In the last four years, BSIMM has wildly exceeded my expectations. The thought, in the beginning, was to build a data-driven model. Go out and gather data, and build the model to describe the data ... BSIMM4 has ten times more data than the first BSIMM iteration we released. We have done ninety-nine measurements. Some firms have been measured multiple times, over different numbers of years, and some firms have had sub-organizations underneath the mother firm measured separately and ruled up into one measurement ... If you add up the number of all the firms there are fifty-one."The second [common technique] is something that will be near and dear to the heart of operational computer security people, and that is, running a software security disaster simulation drill. "Gary McGraw on findings in BSIMM4In BSIMM4, we finally have enough data to publish results for verticals without outing anyone accidentally; so we published the numbers for the financial services vertical, of which we have nineteen firms participating, and for the independent software vendor vertical, as well (e.g., Microsoft, VMware, etc.).It's really cool to be able to compare those populations. We could always do it, but now we have released it so everyone can look at the data ... And for the first time in the BSIMM project, we identified to new activities that we had not seen before in previous measurements.Let me explain. When we go to do these interviews, sometimes we'll find some crazy activity that is a one-off, and you will only see it in one place. We would never add an activity that is only done by one firm into the model. What are required instead are multiple observations across multiple firms.And lo and behold, there were two of those.The first was using automated code-scanning technology to look for malicious code, which as we both know is an NP-hard problem, but there are some heuristics you can use, and you can do some static analysis, and a bunch of firms have been doing this, especially in the financial services space. And they have been doing it with real impact; they have actually found some interesting stuff in their code, placed there by developers gone awry.The second is something that will be near and dear to the heart of operational computer security people, and that was, running a software security disaster simulation drill. Let's say you have been outed by Anonymous, and they have sold your stuff to the Wall Street Journal, and all of a sudden you have a massive software security problem that you have to triage, fix and spin P.R., go! There are many firms that are doing that sort of planning. Disaster simulation has always been a part of computer security, but this is the first time we have seen it play a role directly in software security. And now we have one hundred eleven activities. We have a completely data-driven model; as we find new data, the model will change ... It is really a very powerful tool for budgeting, and for strategic thinking about how you should improve, evolve and augment your software security ...How is it used by an organization? How is it used internally? How would a CSO or CISO or CPO present BSIMM, and to whom? How would you socialize it and to whom? What is its practical application? What would a path to implementing a BSIMM-inspired program look like?BSIMM is about measuring software security initiatives, not about measuring a particular piece of software. BSIMM is not a methodology, it's a measurement tool, and you can use the measurement tool, and you can use the measurement tool no matter what methodology you are using for software security ... It's a whole bunch of facts. And as you know, in computer security, facts are few and far between. Opinions come fast and loose. There are many, many opinions about software security and how you ought to do it. And what we have done is make a collection of facts that you can use to either justify or disavow or debunk or deliver those opinions.Much more on software securityHow to write more secure codeSoftware security basics for application development managersCode security survival guideCSO's application security research centerYou have been writing and speaking about cyber war, and this is an issue that I have studied for two decades. And I have seen it morph from an issue that was not taken seriously enough into a monster of hype, which is only making the original issue worse in the guise of addressing it. Now I will shut up, and ask for your thoughts?As you know, I live very close to Washington, D.C. And I have been going in and interacting with the policy people to try to get some sanity injected into the discussion around cyber warfare, and what cyber war is, and how you do accountability, and all sorts of very thorny issues. My view is that we are spending an awful lot of time and energy talking about cyber war from the offensive perspective, i.e., building incredibly powerful attack machines, and attack ideas, and very, very little time talking about proactive defense, i.e., building stuff that does not suck. And so if you want to make it simple, remember when your grandma said, "don't throw rocks, if you live in a glass house"? Well, we all live in glass houses; and in the U.S., we appear to be, from a cyber perspective, spending a lot of time and energy figuring out how to throw faster and more accurate rocks, inside our glass house. And I find it really distressing. I have written about this with the CEO from the Center for New American Security, Nate Fick, and published a paper [PDF link] that made the rounds in Washington, D.C. and up the executive branch chain, and went to the Pentagon, and to all the spooks.We are saying, "Hey, when we have this discussion, let's at least keep this perspective in mind, we need to think about real defense, not just firewalls and anti-virus, but real defense, building secure software, and security engineering, right now." If for no other reason than that cyber war is inevitable because our stuff is so broken, it's sort of a game-changer, in the sense that you can be a smaller nation, with fewer resources, and still build a cyber capability with a reasonable budget. It is a lot easier, I would say, to build a cyber capability than an F-22 or an F-35. It evens the playing field, which means that we need to get the playing field uneven again. And the only way to do that is to build better stuff, that's hard to attack ...If we want to work on cyber issues, we should find out what the real cyber problem is, and there is way more cyber crime than there is cyber war. You can kill three birds with one stone, cyber war, cyber terror and cyber crime, and the one stone is good security engineering, and good software security. I gave a talk on this at Dartmouth and the video is on the net ...It is impossible to sufficiently mitigate the impact of a nuclear attack, but it is possible to mitigate the impact of a cyber attack, IF you are investing in the things you should be investing in anyway, to deal with the other issues.I absolutely agree. And I would like to see more attention paid to that. I have to tell you that the disconcerting part from my seat too close to Washington, D.C., whenever I go in there to sit on a panel with guys from the war machine, they are always mad that I showed up. It is the usual suspects, beating the gong of war. Those guys go back through the revolving door. There's plenty of money to be made. The thing that bothers me is that now we see an escalation of the discourse all the way to Secretary of Defense. If you see the speech that Panetta gave on 10-11-12, you can see that this is something that a lot of very powerful people that are talking about the importance of the issue, and it is critical that we get them to understand from a technical perspective, what's true and what's not true about this domain.Richard Power is a Distinguished Fellow and Director of Strategic Communications at Carnegie Mellon University CyLab, one of world's leading academic cyber security research programs. He is the author of Tangled Web: Tales of Digital Crime from the Shadows of Cyberspace (2000) and co-author of Secrets Stolen, Fortunes Lost: Preventing Intellectual Property Theft and Economic Espionage in the 21st Century(2008).