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Wilmar International - the world's biggest palm oil company - has committed to a No Deforestation Policy.
To put this into perspective, palm oil is the single biggest cause of deforestation in Indonesia and a growing threat in places like Africa. Wilmar controls over a third of the global palm oil trade; but by banning its suppliers from destroying forests and peatlands, Wilmar's policy could be an important step toward transforming the palm oil sector.
You might recall Greenpeace's recent work exposing Wilmar's forest scandals. This included our Licence to Kill report in October that exposed destruction of tiger habitat in both Wilmar's own concessions and its suppliers' operations, and investigations in November that exposed clearance of peatland and orang-utan habitat by Wilmar's notorious supplier, the Singapore-listed company Bumitama.
This is potentially a huge win for Indonesia's forests; but Wilmar must be judged on its actions, not just its words.
Wilmar's policy could be a landmark win for the world's forests and the people that depend on them for their livelihoods. But it could not have been possible without the millions who power Greenpeace campaigns - people like you! A movement including elebrities in the US, grunge rockers in Jakarta, and activists in Norway are demanding the palm oil industry clean up its act.
From consumer companies such as Ferrero and Unilever, producers such as those in the Palm Oil Innovation Group, every link in the palm oil supply chain is on the verge of transformation. We are one step closer to Zero Deforestation.
But the hard work for Wilmar starts now.
"Effective immediately, Wilmar will not engage in development of HCS, HCV, or peat, nor knowingly source from suppliers engaged in development of HCS, HCV, or peat."
These are great words, but words on paper only mean something when they translate into action on the ground. For the as few as 400 Sumatran tigers remaining in the wild, action to end deforestation must come now.
Wilmar's first test is how it will deal with palm oil suppliers still engaged in ongoing forest destruction and social conflict. Take Ganda Group for instance, a palm oil supplier that is also closely connected to one of Wilmar's co-founders. Greenpeace investigations have exposed how this company violates all Wilmar's new principles. Violations include current forest clearance, illegal development of deep peatland, and social conflict.
Photo: Forest clearing for oil palm development inside PT Agriprima Cipta Persada (Ganda Group) in Papua. Greenpeace analysis of satellite images reveals large-scale deforestation within the concession continued in November 2013.
Will Wilmar demand that Ganda immediately stop its destructive practices and commit to a No Deforestation policy?
Wilmar's policy itself, though tackling most of the big issues, contains several weaknesses that Greenpeace will push it to address:
Support for good governance is fundamental to transforming the palm oil sector. Critically, the policy needs to include a strong commitment to comply with national laws and international conventions and agreements. It should also include strong anti-corruption and anti-bribery commitments. It should address other legality issues such as operations on deep peat (which are legally protected) or concessions allocated on moratorium areas.
Given the palm oil sector's rapid expansion into the island of New Guinea and Africa, the policy must commit to transparency in all land acquisition negotiations and agreements, and introduce measures to prevent land grabbing. Food security for local communities must be maintained.
The policy must ensure that growth by the sector is environmentally and socially responsible. Prior to any new investment in expanding processing capacity, the company must ensure that all supply can be met from responsible sources, compliant with the new policy.
Independent, third-party verification of supplier compliance, including smallholders, is essential to ensuring the credibility of the policy implementation.
Transparency is fundamental to stakeholder confidence. Transparency, including public access to all relevant documentation about supplier operations, must be ensured.
The policy must address pesticide usage, including banning pesticides such as paraquat, and should ban the use of GMOs.
However, with its new policy, Wilmar is setting an example others in the sector should follow. Other palm oil giants such as Cargill, Musim Mas and Sime Darby are left exposed and must respond to the massive changes taking place in the palm oil sector. Corporate consumers - especially those in our Tiger Challenge such as Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive and Reckitt Benckiser - must also step up to the mark. They must now guarantee to consumers - people like you and me - that their products are free from forest destruction. We know its possible!
Find out how you can get involved and help us save Indonesia's forests.
Bustar Maitar is head of the Indonesia forest campaign


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Look! In the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the another Supermoon?
In what feels like a monthly occurrence at this point, people tilted their head backs to get better look at the night sky and snap a photo of the supermoon. Bigger than the regular moon, a supermoon happens when a full moon occurs while the moon is closest to Earth in its orbit, and people love getting a shot of that sucker.
It's hard to blame them. As cynical as we want to be about the supermoon because it feels like we have one every five minutes, it does make for a pretty cool picture. Twitter's got a bunch of them, as supermoon fever hit the internet while you were sleeping.
Hey, don't feel bad if you missed it, there's always five minutes from now or simply check out some pictures of the supermoon in all its glory.

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Coach Rich Heitz entered this season with more questions than answers. The Lady Knight volleyball graduated all but three varsity players. To lead the rebuilding process, Heitz had only one senior.
How would they come together? How would they perform? Could they reach the postseason? Could they win?
Sure, Heitz was disappointed when a loss in the second round of the Class LL tournament ended the fall campaign, but the coach was still smiling after the defeat. After all, his preseason questions were all answered, and Heitz ranks the team's journey as one of the most satisfying in his career.
"Obviously, we didn't play well enough to win tonight, but I really enjoyed the unity of this team this year," said the coach. "I've always wanted the opportunity to coach a team like this in Southington. They were all one. They all got along. They all seemed to support one another no matter what grade. I've always wanted to coach a team like this, and I was glad that this was the one."
The Knights didn't go quietly when No. 4 Darien rallied to a 2-0 lead in the best of five series. The defending champs out-scored the Knights, 25-19, in game one. They used a 13-4 run in game two to race to a 25-13 win, but Southington avoided the sweep with a 25-22 win in game three before Darien rebounded with a 25-13 win to clinch the series.
The Lady Knight youth led the charge. Sophomore Kelsey Allen came off the bench to earn a team-high eight kills. Sophomore Sylwia Lewkowicz was shuffled from outside hitter to middle and captured seven kills. Sophomore Emily Mankus was recovering from injury until the final week of the season, but she paced the Southington servers with three aces.
"As the match got to the end, I was so proud of the way our underclassmen and sophomores played tonight," said Heitz. "They weren't nervous. They went out there and competed. They did a nice job, and I think that bodes well for us in the future."
That might be the true legacy for captain Allie McCormick. In her final varsity contest, the lone senior anchored the back row with 32 digs. She had only five errors in the back row as she kick-started the offense during Southington's win in game three.
Every time that the Knights needed a point, McCormick had her hands on the volleyball. Heitz said that was the key to Southington's success this fall.
"You want every class to leave its mark, but we only had one senior," he said. "I think her goal was to make sure everyone got along—no matter what grade—and that was what she did. We had three teams with something like 30 kids, and they all got along well. That's a credit to her. Hopefully, she left the cornerstone that kids can build upon next year."
The loss came on the heels of a 3-0 win over East Hartford in the opening round. Thirteen different players contributed to the win as Southington swept the Hornets, 25-11, 25-16, 25-14. Once again, it was a chance to showcase Southington's youth.
"I thought Sam Loehneiss did a great job off the bench in the middle of set two when she served three aces in a row and had a couple of assists," said Heitz. "I thought Michelle Stublarec had a couple of thunder spikes. We had some kids out there tonight that haven't played that much because some of our older kids weren't playing like they normally do. I thought that Angela Balaoing and Emily Mankus played well. A week ago, Angela was strictly a JV player, but she got a lot of time tonight. We had two kids that really haven't played much and both played well tonight."
Maryssa Romano led the Knights at the net with seven kills. Kateri Downes had five aces. Morgan McCarthy finished with 14 assists and four aces. McCormick anchored the defense with 13 digs.
With the loss to Darien, Southington finished the season with a 14-7 record.
Spikers advance to 2nd round; Lady Knight loss to No. 4 Darien ends autumn campaign
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The Netherlands lodged a lawsuit against Russia today at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, seeking the release of the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise and its passengers.This is an important and welcome move by the Dutch government and boosts hopes that the 28 Greenpeace International activists, plus a freelance photographer and videographer, might soon be released from detention in Murmansk.The Arctic 30 are currently being held in cold, dirty cells in the Arctic port city of Murmansk, many of them in solitary confinement, after their ship was illegally seized by Russian authorities in international waters on September 19.Their crime? Acting with good conscience to peacefully protest against Gazprom's Arctic oil drilling. They now face the absurd allegations of piracy, an offence that carries a maximum 15 year jail term – a charge the Greenpeace International and international legal experts agree holds no merit in international and Russian law.
But one by one, each of the detainees have been brought to the Regional Court of Murmansk in handcuffs, placed in a cage and had their appeals for bail dismissed. Their fate uncertain, the Arctic 30 have remained strong. Their courage, their plight, their calls for the Arctic to be protected continue to be heard from the courtroom."I want to show people all over the world that drilling in the Arctic is dangerous and could promote climate change … my goal is to let people know about what has happened and could happen in the Arctic. I haven't committed any crime, I am not guilty of piracy," Finnish activist Sini Saarela said today.
The request for provisional measures lodged by the Dutch government at the tribunal in Hamburg is based on international law, however, and should be seen as separate to the legal proceedings in Murmansk.The Netherlands lodged its request at the tribunal because the Arctic Sunrise is a Dutch flagged ship, making it akin to Dutch territory and affording the 'flag state' rights and duties under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).The Hamburg sea court has so far been infrequently used. Since it was established in 1996, it has heard just 21 cases. Only four of them have involved the issue of 'provisional measures'.The legal argument presented by the Netherlands will remain unknown until case documents become public, probably at the start of hearings. A likely argument is that the Russian Federation violated the right to freedom of navigation by boarding the vessel in Russia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (and clearly outside of Russia's territorial waters), in contravention of the UNCLOS.
The Russian action, by boarding the Arctic Sunrise at gunpoint and towing it away was disproportionate and the Russian authorities should instead have notified the Dutch of any complaint, since the ship was not in their territorial waters.Any decision by the tribunal requires the parties to comply promptly with any provisional measures. The tribunal does allow, however, requests for the interpretation or revision of an order.
The last time Russia faced the tribunal it was ordered to release two Japanese fishing boats in a 2007 case brought by Japan under a 'prompt release' procedure - a different legal method than that opted for by the Dutch. In the 2007 incident, Russia complied with the tribunal's order within 10 days upon the posting of a 10 million ruble bond.
When it ratified UNCLOS, Russia made use of the possibility to exclude certain types of disputes from being heard by international courts and tribunals. This applies, for example, to disputes about law enforcement against illegal fishing or unauthorised scientific research. The reservation will not apply in this instance.
Based on prior experience, a hearing on the Dutch request for provisional measures should now take place within two to three weeks and a judgment should be handed down two weeks later.
As regards the fate of the Arctic 30, Greenpeace International therefore expects the tribunal to hand down its decision in about four weeks time. Greenpeace International hopes that this will lead to the release of the Arctic Sunrise and its passengers.
Aaron Gray-Block is a crisis response campaigner with Greenpeace International
News Editors,
You have no right to conclude that climate change is a real inevitable threat when science has only agreed on nothing beyon...
News Editors,
You have no right to conclude that climate change is a real inevitable threat when science has only agreed on nothing beyond "could be" and have NEVER said or agreed that their own 30 year old "could be" crisis "will" eventually happen.
Science never agreed it will but you editors believe it will. Nice work girls.
And get up to date and stop fear mongering like neocons.
*Occupywallstreet now does not even mention CO2 in its list of demands because of the bank-funded and corporate run carbon trading stock markets ruled by politicians.
*Canada killed Y2Kyoto with a freely elected climate change denying prime minister and nobody cared, especially the millions of scientists warning us of unstoppable warming (a comet hit).
What has to happen for science to agree it WILL be a crisis not just "could be"? Unstoppable warming?
22 October, 2013 at 17:29
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(Unregistered) Muzzled
Scientist have been constantly muzzled by governments .
I will give you a fact:
We humans are destoying this planet with our...
Scientist have been constantly muzzled by governments .
I will give you a fact:
We humans are destoying this planet with our greed and insaitiable desire for money.
We can start change one at a time.
Get rid of anything you have that is not a necessity of life.
Look at everything you purchase and make an informed decision before you buy it.
Do I really need this?
What kind of natural or human damage was done in its manufacture.
Stop the further destruction of the earth in Alberta at the Tar Sands
22 October, 2013 at 20:31
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Scientists are muzzled by governments from saying a crisis is "inevitable" instead of possible and likely and....?
There are millions ...
Scientists are muzzled by governments from saying a crisis is "inevitable" instead of possible and likely and....?
There are millions of people in the global scientific community with doomed children so don't be silly.
23 October, 2013 at 1:43
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uwolnic aktywistow greenpeace,nie mozna pozwolic Rosji na lamanie praw czlowieka,na przywlaszczanie sobie prawa do wydobywania ropy na terenach neutra...
uwolnic aktywistow greenpeace,nie mozna pozwolic Rosji na lamanie praw czlowieka,na przywlaszczanie sobie prawa do wydobywania ropy na terenach neutralnych,Panie Putin nie jest pan wlascicielem calego swiata....
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Hey Aaron, keep up your good work...never forget, you are so cool. You work for Greenpeace.
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
Hey Aaron, keep up your good work...never forget, you are so cool. You work for Greenpeace.
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
PS: Tell Obama to stup Russia!!!
Don't forget to tell your Lawyers about it when being in court...I am sure Putin will care a lot - but he will eventually let the Arctic30 go, and you will have to say: Dear Mr. President, thank you soo much, why don't you join DOCTOR Naidoo for a nice Arctic cruise on Arcitc Sunrise...
PPS: in memory of all the syrian moms having lost a child recently...how many times did Putin send the MV Laodicea full of weapons during the last two to three years?
As I said, pure professionalism - we are Greenpeace.
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Just found this head line when surfing the web...I love it, sounds like someone burned his hands playing in the wrong league:
Just found this head line when surfing the web...I love it, sounds like someone burned his hands playing in the wrong league:
'Greenpeace-Crew in russischer Haft: Gazproms Rache' (Greenpeace Crew in jail: Gazproms revenge)
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
PS: lets not talk about the second biggest shareholder of Rosneft after the Russian state (so called Putin-oil) BP (and BP providing the Know how for Rosneft's Arctic-program)!
Would have been too simple.
Lets do it the professional way, we are Greenpeace, and we believe it is not possible to sink a rainbow, correct?
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believe = knowing truth because it ist given through God :))
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Senior Suite
Many famous political and social figures of the 20th and 21st centuries have stayed within the walls of our Senior Suite.
The Senior Suites, which are the largest rooms of this hotel, with dedicated lounges and true nineteenth century-style furnishings, are the ideal choice for those who accept no compromises and desire the ultimate luxury during their holidays at the lake.
Given the considerable size, it is possible to add a third and fourth bed for larger families.
All the suites have separate livingroom, minibar, satellite TV, safebox and bathroom with bathtub and shower.
60 / 75 square metres.
It is possible to add a third and a fourth bed.
The Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni offers 95 rooms and suites all with either a view of the lake or the park and village.
All rooms are fitted with air conditioning, central heating, flat screen television, minibar, telephone, WiFI in addition to a private bathroom with bath tub, separate shower, separate toilet and double sink.
Classic double : 29 Square metres
Deluxe double : 38 Square metres
Executive double : 46/48 Square metres
Senior suite : 60/75 Square metres
Hotel amenities
In house guests have free access to garages, gym room, sauna, steam bath, swimming pools, beach facilities, live music in the lounge every night, Concierge services.
Wendi Hunter via Facebook 5
Very relaxing wonderful old resort hotel. If you expect constant fawning, you might not like it. Lots of 3rd generation of families vacationing here. Lots to do and see in Bellagio. Loved our stay, will go back!
Patricia Maria Vilaboy Deus via Google 5
Es uno de los más elegantes hoteles del Lago Como, el 5 estrellas Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni mantiene honradamente la tradición junto con la elegancia contemporánea. Cuenta con 95 elegantes habitaciones y suites, acondicionadas con todas las modernas comodidades. Tiene además una piscina exterior panorámica, la posibilidad de una cena temprana e informal en el restaurante La Goletta, los cuidados del Villa Serbelloni Spa y el Mistral Restaurant...!
Barbara Jean Barrielle via Facebook 5
I love this hotel and did not want to leave! The extraordinary service anticipating every need, the glorious decor, the spectacular views of Lake Como..the restaurant Mistral was magnificent!
Elena Pettinicchio via Facebook 5
Hotel raffinato ed elegante dove vivere momenti indimenticabili con il vostro partner o gli amici. La vista dalle camere, dalla piscina e dalle meravigliose terrazze e giardini é da togliere il fiato. Uno degli hotel più belli del Lago di Como!
Lisa Gerardsharp via Facebook 5
Villa Sebelloni is not about celebrity-gawking, despite the stars I've spotted there. It's about being a secret retreat and romantic escape on Italy's loveliest lake, lakeside in the cutest resort. Like Lake Como itself, this grande-dame has had the sense to stop the clock at it's peak moment of perfection. It's effortlessly romantic but as naughty as you want. Dodgy, non disclosure agreements are not needed at Villa Serbelloni. The staff are souls of discretion.
Greg Cameron via Facebook 5
A true masterpiece a grand lakefront hotel. Stepping back in time and enjoying all the white glove service. The nightly jazz trio is relaxing Thanks to the professional and very knowlegeable front desk staff A grand European hotel set on the edge of Lake Como. A must


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From deep within the vault of Circle Track's archives come something fun, interesting, and never before seen pictures from the past.
Each month, this new department will feature a few photos dug out from deep inside the Circle Track photo archives. We're kicking it off with our old friend, Bobby Allison, who celebrates his 74th birthday December 3 this year. This Hall of Famer may be known to NASCAR fans far and wide as a one of the greatest drivers to ever climb into a stock car. But did you know that the 1983 Winston Cup Champion could also wheel a mean dirt car and even an Indycar? Well, here's proof.


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Buch, Intimidators almost perfect
White Sox prospect, two relievers allow just one baserunner
By Daren Smith / MLB.com | July 25, 2010 4:40 PM
Buch and two relievers allowed just one baserunner and faced the minimum 27 batters as the Kannapolis Intimidators blanked the Asheville Tourists for the second game in a row, 2-0.
On Saturday night, Rienzo struck out 10 and gave up two hits over six innings in Kannapolis' 14-0 romp.
"I thought about that," Buch admitted. "I was going to try to beat Rienzo's two hits. Luckily, I succeeded."
Initially, it didn't look like he would, not after Eliezer Mesa led off the game with a bunt single up the third-base line.
"He got away with it," Buch said.
Catcher Miguel Gonzalez promptly nailed Mesa trying to steal second and Buch retired Avery Barnes and Delta Cleary Jr. to end the inning. He was staked to a lead in the bottom half when Daniel Wagner singled, stole second and third and trotted home on Nick Ciolli's base hit.
The 22-year-old right-hander started to settle in, although he had to make an early adjustment.
"I was using my two-seam fastball and changeup, getting ahead of a lot of hitters," he said. "It started to get to a point in the third inning where they were putting some hard ones into play. So I had to start throwing some off-speed stuff on the first pitch."
Locked in a duel with 2009 Pioneer League Pitcher of the Year Chris Balcom-Miller (1-6), Buch did not flinch. He struck out Barnes and Cleary to end the fourth, recorded two quick groundouts in the fifth and three more in the sixth. Pitching into the seventh for the first time in his brief career, the Pennsylvania native struck out the side.
Told he'd faced the minimum 21 batters, Buch said, "I wasn't thinking of that. It was a one-run game going to the seventh inning and I was just trying to keep the shutout going so we wouldn't lose."
Kannapolis got a little insurance in the bottom of the seventh as Miguel Gonzalez reached on a one-out error by shortstop Carlos Martinez, took third on Juan Silverio's double and scored on Wagner's squeeze play.
Lifted after seven innings, Buch stayed in the dugout and watched Jimmy Ballinger breeze through the eighth and Orlando Santos strike out two in a perfect ninth.
"I wanted to support them. They did a great job," said Buch, who skips rope after each outing to build endurance and work up a sweat.
Building endurance has been key for the 2009 eighth-round pick, who began the season in the Intimidators' bullpen. The White Sox sent him to extended spring training to become a starter, a role he filled at Monmouth University.
"Basically, they liked my pitches, so they sent me back to extended to get up to five innings," he said.
The transition continued last month at Rookie-level Bristol, where he went 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA in four starts. Since returning to Kannapolis earlier this month, Buch is 2-0 with a 0.53 ERA in three starts.
"This was my longest outing," he said. "I was around 12-13 pitches [an inning], maybe 15 sometimes. I got stronger as the game got going, but they're taking it easy with me because I haven't started in a couple of years."
Daren Smith is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
SPECjvm® 2008
The SPECjvm® 2008 benchmark, SPEC's first Java Virtual Machine benchmark, is a benchmark suite for measuring the performance of a Java Runtime Environment (JRE), containing several real life applications and benchmarks focusing on core java functionality. The suite focuses on the performance of the JRE executing a single application; it reflects the performance of the hardware processor and memory subsystem, but has low dependence on file I/O and includes no network I/O across machines.
Download a copy of the SPECjvm 2008 benchmark, the first freely available SPEC/OSG Java benchmark.
The SPECjvm 2008 benchmark workload mimics a variety of common general purpose application computations. These characteristics reflect the intent that this benchmark will be applicable to measuring basic Java performance on a wide variety of both client and server systems.
SPEC also finds user experience of Java important, and the suite therefore includes startup benchmarks and has a required run category called base, which must be run without any tuning of the JVM to improve the out of the box performance.
Benchmark Highlights
Submitted Results – Text and HTML outputs for the SPECjvm2008 benchmark metrics; includes all of the results submitted to SPEC from licensees of the benchmark.
Flag Descriptions – Further documentation about tunings used for a published result which are not included in the result's notes section may be found here.
The software documentation is available both here and in the SPECjvm2008 benchmark download package:
Issues Building/Running the SPECjvm2008 Benchmark – Installation, build, and runtime issues raised by users.
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Sustainable Development: the Business-class Train Has Left the Station and the Canary is in the Coal Mine
Last week, MIGA hosted a panel discussion on the role of the private sector in sustainable growth as part of the World Bank Group's Sustainable Development Network Forum 2012. Taking the initiative as an agency of the World Bank Group that encourages investment by the private sector, MIGA brought this angle to the more general sustainable growth discussion.
Keynote speaker Jeffrey Leonard from the Global Environment Fund opened citing the World Bank President's remarks on sustainable development that were right on the money – outlining an urgent need for attention to the matter, noting that resources must be made available – yes, good, onward! The catch? They were attributed to a president who left office 25 years ago (Tom Clausen).
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Sorry, there are no Arcade Fire dates.
As with every date on the worldwide Reflektor Tour named for the international #1 album, these two newly announced additions will prove unlike anything Arcade Fire–or any other artist–has ever staged in an arena setting. No two shows are alike, as any given night can find the band shattering the barrier between audience and performer, making red carpet arrivals, joining the audience in pre- and post-show dance competitions and more.
As for the performances themselves, the Reflektor Tour's dazzling production, multiple stages, captivating visual effects, and sprawling setlists spanning the entire AF catalog plus regular surprises has been generating universal raves, most recently from last week's Coachella headlining triumph:
"Arcade Fire's high-quality collection of towering rock songs was typically thrilling… Butler has evolved into the consummate frontman of a headlining act over the band's decade-long ascendance "—BILLBOARD
"Arcade Fire was ruthlessly efficient in supplying big-tent indie rock… they've become the best arena-rock band to break out of the mid-aughties indie-rock bubble."—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The curfew didn't stop the band from carrying on… Each member of the group grabbed an instrument (with Butler on megaphone) and weaved through the audience as the crowd sang the 'ooh, ooh, oh oh oh oh' portion of the show-ending single 'Wake Up.' The singalong carried on until the band eventually slipped away behind the fence, and even then a sizable crowd kept on 'ooh ooh-ing' as the festival shut down around them. That's the way you end a fucking show."—LA WEEKLY
"a nice reminder that dance music almost always sounds better onstage when it's coming from a big band, immaculately mixed… Arcade Fire's second Coachella headlining set did underline its status as maybe the most significant live rock band to emerge from North America in the 2000s."—THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Arcade Fire's lengthier performance was even more riveting and easily the best of the fest… They weren't about to go gently into the good night, either, ultimately performing their stirring anthem 'Wake Up' well after the PA had been shut off... It was a fitting, prayerful finish to what almost felt like a religious experience... Arcade Fire transcended everything"—OC REGISTER
Transforming the world's biggest arenas into unique and locally flavored carnivals, Arcade Fire will continue to provide Reflektor Tour revelers with an evening like no other. Showing up early and staying late are recommended.


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Dice Road Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan
Posted 01 April 2010 - 11:07 PM
However, all I can say for personal experiences are: My friend andrea, claimes to have heard footsteps following us near the turn-around area of the cemetery. I, personally have had no experiences of paranormal nature whatsoever in all my trips there. In my honest opinion, I feel no oppression of any type of negative entitys, or anything else paranormal. I don't think there's anyhting there... But I cannot account for all the countless stories in which I've read on this website. From the sounds of what I've read here, the place should be buzzing. I'm sincerely hoping to have some type of encounter in the future.. and when I do you guys will be the first to know.
Here are some links you may find helpful.
Dice Road Cemetery (Richland Lutheran) TOUR:
Dice Road Cemetery (Richland Lutheran) INVESTIGATION:
Dice Road Cemetery (Richland Lutheran) FINDINGS:
(Photos are available within the videos, you may however request downloads, in which I will upload them to a website of mine where they can be downloaded)
Posted 18 August 2010 - 11:26 AM
a few friends and i went out to the bridge the last two days, and took a video recording, and when i said 'whats your name' we got a reply. We did it both nights the first night we did it we got 'marie' the second night we got what sounded like 'haylee' we were also able to pick up some recordings that said 'go away'
we are going back tonight, does anyone have suggestions on what to do or say, to maybe get the ghost' to come out?
also, does anyone know anything about the 'warlock'
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I was alone walking around reading the names of the people buried there, taking a moment to visit them as some haven't been thought about in decades, when I found a plot with a married couple buried next to each other. I thought that was beautiful, I gave them a few kind words and kept on my way walking around. When I got back to where my car was at the end of the car path I stood and looked back out over the cemetery and in the glow of the moonlight (a full moon's light of course) I saw the silhouettes of a man and a woman standing where that couples plot was holding hands looking at each other. The man looked to be wearing a suit with a hat and the woman had a long flowing dress on. You may think I am making this up but I am completely serious. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and nobody will ever understand because not one person believes me. I will forever remember that image.
Just a few words of advice. Don't always go there just looking to get scared. Even though you may not know any person buried there, take time out of your day to give respect to the dead. Be kind and they will come out. I promise you that.
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Michigan is haunted, creepy and just wrong.
The Towns, Townships and Villages all have their cemeteries outside of town on the main road and they don't put fences or walls around them. You are driving in pitch darkness and ground fog at night and suddenly headstones pop up at you out of nowhere and you are in a cemetery..... that's just wrong!
Half of my Ex's town was haunted... including her house.
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In March 1949, WTVJ, Florida's first television station, began broadcasting from the humble confines of the Capitol Theater in Miami. In its first year, the station covered everything from hurricanes to the annual Orange Bowl football game.
WTVJ accomplished many firsts in Florida's television history, including the first female sportscaster, Jane Chastain, and the first African-American broadcast journalist in South Florida, C.T. Taylor.
The film clip below features the first televised political debate in Florida, between Governor Charley Johns and his opponent in the 1955 gubernatorial election, LeRoy Collins.


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Some people might wait until Week Two to write off their professional football team's chances of a successful season. Jesse Oaks and his seven friends are not those people.
No, they saw Kyle Orton's performance in the season opener against Oakland and despair descended upon them all. Granted, they're pretty much delusional for thinking all wasn't lost before the Broncos's preseason kickoff, but they stuck to their "save for a trip to the Super Bowl in Indianapolis" guns anyway.
But no more.
These eight superfans commit their money to the style of gimmickry good for one day of ha-ha attention, but probably no action from the deciders.
[T]he group concocted a new plan for how to spend those dollars: Buy two billboards on which to implore the Broncos bosses to make a change at quarterback.
"We believe in Coach Fox, we're just tired of Kyle Orton," Oaks said. "We were sitting around after Fox said he didn't hear the chants for Tebow, and we figured if he's deaf, we hope he's not blind."
Oaks, who lives in Independence, Ky., said he has called several billboard companies, and was told it would cost $10,000 to purchase two billboards in downtown Denver.
"We're not blind, we know when we see good football. We see other teams making good plays and we don't see that from our team. We can sink or swim with Tim Tebow, why wait a few more years?"
Fine, they love their team, but it's a two-hour drive from Independence, Ky. to Indianapolis so, barring greedy toll trolls, a full-page ad in Westword might be a more realistic investment.
Broncos fans planning to buy pro-Tebow billboards [Denver Post] (H/T Kyle M.)


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|Dr. Bob Curran
While that was going on, I also received two updates on upcoming works—one's only just been published. Therefore, this is the first edition of 'Upcoming books' to feature a 'Special mention' and 'Update'!
25 September 2012
Fangs: everything the modern vampire needs to know / Amy GrayReaders may be familiar with Gray's previous book, How to be a vampire: a fangs-on guide for the newly undead (2009). Is this a follow-up? I had my suspicions, as the subtitle indicates a very similar theme. So I contacted Gray by e-mail, asking whether it was an original or a reprint.1 She said, 'Fangs is a reprint of the 2009 title. From what I understand, it's a rejacket so the only difference is the cover art', adding 'It's a little bit of a shame because there is so much more content I wanted to add about the history and archetype of vampires in cultures around the world.'2 A shame, indeed. Including her extra material could've at least justified the book's retitling as a new or revised edition, but there you go.
30 September 2012
Dracula / Elizabeth MillerI didn't realise this book in Parkstone Press' 'Temporis' series might be a reprint, until I saw its inclusion on Kyle Van Helsing's blog: 'So anyways, this book is a hardcover edition of a previous release.' That info isn't mentioned in the book's Amazon description. How did he know? Trawling through the Amazons, I did find references to a similar work published on 1 February 2001 and 15 June 2001; both hardcover. Miller's publications page lists, 'Dracula. 134 illustrations. New York: Parkstone Press, 2001. Also available in French and German editions.' Might this version be an update? On June 28, I posted a message on Miller's Facebook page, asking whether the book was a reprint. She said, 'It's a reprint - so is not as up-to-date as it could have been. Published initially by Parkstone Press (2001) in coffee-table book format in English, French & German.' Mystery solved.
1 October 2012
The rise and fall of the femme fatale: from gothic novel to vampire tale / Heather L. BraunA femme fatale is 'is a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations.' The vampire connection was established by the 'vamp', a figure made popular by Philip Burne-Jones' 1897 painting, The vampire and Theda Bara's movie stardom. I'm aware of at least two other books specifically devoted to this subject: Andrea Weiss' Vampires and violets: lesbians in film (1993) and Pam Keesey's Vamps: an illustrated history of the femme fatale (1997). However, Braun's subtitle suggests an emphasis on the vampiric aspect. Will it pan out? Wait and see.
22 October 2012
American vampires: their true bloody history from New York to California / Bob CurranReaders may be familiar with Curran's other vampire works, namely, Bloody Irish: great Irish vampire stories (2002), Vampires: a field guide to the creatures that stalk the night (2005), Encyclopedia of the undead: a field guide to creatures that cannot rest in peace (2006), Vampires (2007) and Biblio vampiro: an essential guide to vampires and, more importantly, how to avoid them (2010). The book's Amazon description suggests it'll be in the 'field guide' vein tapped into by contemporaries like Jonathan Maberry and Theresa Bane: 'The vampires that lurk in the American darkness come in a variety of shapes and sizes and can produce some surprising results.' Will it be in the same league as Michael E. Bell's Food for the dead: on the trail of New England's vampires (2001), the works of Christopher Rondina or even Thomas D'Agostino's A history of vampires in New England (2010)? I'd be surprised if it actually did anything substantially new to the genre. We'll see.
23 October 2012
Medusa's gaze and vampire's bite: the science of monsters / Matt KaplanThough vampires feature prominently in the title, this work will cover a variety of monstrous wonders: 'What caused ancient Minoans to create the tale of the Minotaur that was imprisoned in a subterranean maze? Did dragons really exist? What inspired the creation of vampires and werewolves, and why have they endured as figures of horror?' I'd be surprised if the coverage given to the origin of the vampire myth will be very substantial, but the author's credentials as a 'noted science journalist and enthusiast of both the hard facts of science and the fantastic fictions of myth' are certainly intriguing.
23 November 2012
New vampire cinema / Ken GelderGelder's best-known in vampire circles for Reading the vampire (1994), one of the more popular academic works on the undead. At first, I thought this might be a retitled reprint, till I read its Amazon.co.uk description: 'A study of around forty vampire films, from 1992 to 2010. This book looks at new vampire cinema as a genre, asking what is at stake when the cinematic vampire and the modern world encounter each other'. Should be good.
Special mention
He also said I'm 'referenced twice' in the book. Nice! Boylan's book was published on 28 June. It's called The media vampire: a study of vampires in fictional media. It's sure to be a worthy addition to your wish lists. In the meantime, here's some 'shameless self-promotion'.
You may also recall my involvement in a Kickstarter project to help publish a book called The undead and theology. Here's the latest status on the book by its editor, John W. Morehead:
Among other things, working on manuscript for Theology and the Undead with Kim Paffenroth. Our editor at Wipf & Stock considers this a collection of quality pieces of academic work on a very interesting subject." A few questions to answer and then we move to first proofs to check.Good to see it's coming along nicely.
Boylan's tip-off highlights an issue I'd like to address. My primary source for upcoming non-fiction vampire books is Amazon. However, Amazon isn't the only online marketplace for books—but it is the most accessible, convenient and well-known.
So, if you're an author whose upcoming non-fiction vampire book doesn't appear on Amazon, feel free to let me know. Reprints—retitled or otherwise—don't count, though. But revised editions do. My contact details are on my profile page.
1. A Hogg, email, Thursday, 28 June 2012 3:46:02 PM.↩
2. A Gray, email, Friday, 29 June 2012 9:21:02 AM.↩


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Koch Brothers Weigh Game-Changing Media Purchase
Koch Brothers Weigh Game-Changing Media Purchase
Bill Berkowitz
April 26, 2013
Still smarting over November's bitter electoral defeats, the Koch Brothers may be on the verge of taking their libertarian/free enterprise/deregulation game plan to another level; the purchase of the Tribune Company, and a string of other daily newspapers.
Such a purchase would immediately give Charles and David Koch, the billionaire industrialists and generous funder of right-wing institutions, causes and candidates, direct media access to the editorial and news pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Orlando Sentinel and The Hartford Courant. Hoy, the second-largest Spanish-language daily newspaper in the country, could also be Included in the deal.
According to the New York Times, "The papers, valued at roughly $623 million, would be a financially diminutive deal for Koch Industries, the energy and manufacturing conglomerate based in Wichita, Kan., with annual revenue of about $115 billion."
The New York Times also reported Sunday, that Three years ago the Koch Brothers "held a seminar of like-minded, wealthy political donors at the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo., [where] [t]hey laid out a three-pronged, 10-year strategy to shift the country toward a smaller government with less regulation and taxes." The first two prongs of the strategy consisted of "educating grass-roots activists and influencing politics"; the third prong was media.
The Los Angeles Times is the fourth-largest paper in the country, The Chicago Tribune is ranked #9, "and others are in several battleground states, including two of the largest newspapers in Florida, The Orlando Sentinel and The Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale."
While the deal would give the Koch Brothers full-blown access to several large markets for their political views - with the editorial pages in all these papers undoubtedly turning sharply right - there effect on the news pages will be a bit more subtly felt.
Imagine news stories on the environment (Keystone Pipeline), education (school vouchers), and other such issues littered with quotes and citations from such Koch Brothers supported groups like the libertarian Cato Institute and the Tea Party-oriented Americans for Prosperity.
Koch Companies spokeswoman Missy Cohlmia "declined as a matter of policy to confirm or deny a bid," the Columbia Journalism Review's Sasha Chavkin pointed out. "We respect the independence of the journalistic institutions referenced in today's news stories," Cohlmia said in a brief statement to CJR.
CJR, opening a window onto Koch's media "priorities," looked at an outfit founded in 2009 called the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. According to the Center, it aims "to help fill the void created as the nation's newspapers cut back on their statehouse news coverage and investigative reporting in the wake of falling circulation and revenues. We look at the bigger picture, provide analysis that's often missing from modern news stories, and do more than provide 'he-said, she-said' reports from the state Capitol."
According to CJR, "In 2011, fully 95 percent of the Franklin Center's revenues came from a charity called Donors Trust whose top contributors were the Koch brothers."
Further CJR reporting found that the Franklin Center created a website of state-based reporting, called Watchdog.org-fed by "a network of journalists reporting on state and local governments." The Watchdog.org site serves as a hub for stories from Watchdog outlets in 23 states." Headlines at Watchdog.org pretty much reflect the Koch Brothers political and economic agenda.
In addition to the reports of the Koch Brothers' interest in acquiring the Tribune Company, they and their surrogates are involved in all sorts of other political activities:
In late-March, indystar.com's Dan Carpenter, and several other Indiana reporters pointed out that Koch's Americans for Prosperity Indiana was supporting bills "that will reduce corporate taxes and taxes on financial institutions, while speeding up the inheritance tax phase-out that was enacted last year."
On April 3, minnpost.com reported that Americans for Prosperity Minnesota, a Koch-backed group, "has targeted legislators who have proposed tax increases that the group claims exceed the tax hikes proposed by Gov. Mark Dayton."
On April 8, The California Majority Report reported that Representative Doc Hastings (R-Washington State) and Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana) are leading the opposition to a decision by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar "to halt the oyster operations and allow Drakes Estero to become the first marine wilderness on the West Coast as long-intended." Apparently the opposition "is being provided free legal services by Washington, D.C.-based conservative group, Cause for Action funded by the ultra-conservative oil billionaires David and Charles Koch. Cause of Action is active in fighting for the privatization of public lands throughout the United States."
Despite all the statewide activity, the big Koch Brothers story revolves around its interest in buying media. Many news reports are indicating that the Brothers Koch are front-runners to buy the Tribune papers. Anti-Koch brother petitions have been circulating about the Internet; staffs at both the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune have expressed deep concerns, with many threatening to leave the papers should the Koch Brother succeed.
Controlling the news directly from the news-floor would give the Koch Brothers a leg up politically. David Sirota recently wrote of two other big-money conservatives' ownership of daily newspapers: "political activist Douglas Manchester openly admits his recent purchase of San Diego's largest paper is less about making money off the paper itself than using the paper to push what it calls a 'pro-conservative, pro-business, pro-military' political agenda.... [and] Denver Post publisher Dean Singleton is accurately described by Campaigns and Elections magazine as a Republican political activist and why 5280 magazine notes that politicians now must 'regularly run their ideas by him and try to avoid unflattering Denver Post coverage.'"


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Much of the usual post-Oscar fuss has centered on the annual tributes to fallen entertainment figures, which were notable this year for the separate John Hughes salute and for the inexplicable exclusion of Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur.
The strong reaction to the yearly Oscar ceremony pastiche of faces that were part of our lives in some minor, but meaningful way, shows that mass media and pop culture, while in transformation, remain a force.
While tens of millions watched the awards, a growing crowd is taking to YouTube to view a daughter's heart-rending homage to her 48-year-old British mom, who was never a celebrity in life, but whose loss we can all somehow feel.
A tribute to Debbie Phillips – set a recording of "Autumn" her 16-year-old daughter sang into her a cell phone after sharing a final "I love you" with her cancer-stricken mother – is on its way to become a modest YouTube hit, notching more than 237,000 hits in just over a week.
Sarah Phillips' tribute to her mother is no sneezing baby panda or zonked boy babbling after dental surgery, in either tone or, so far, reach. But the bittersweet Phillips video is a sign of how the Internet can connect strangers on a personal, emotional level that eludes Hollywood.
There aren't any clips from classic movies set to James Taylor singing the Beatles' "In My Life," as in Sunday's Oscar "in memoriam" segment – just excerpts from family vacation videos with Sarah's poignant rendition of Scottish singer Paulo Nutini's song providing a haunting soundtrack.
"I was always very close to my mother and we have always been a close-knit family. I have wonderful memories of us all together," Sarah Phillips told the Telegraph of London.
The three-minute, 15-second video post includes a link to the recently set up Debbie Phillips Cervical Cancer Research Fund at University College London.
Debbie Phillips, a mother of three and a lawyer, won't be featured in next year's Oscar broadcast. But she won't be forgotten, not by her family and not by anyone who has seen the video.
In some small way, thanks to YouTube and a daughter's love, we all know Debbie Phillips.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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The government is committing to improving the quality of New Zealand's natural resource base at the same time as pushing more intensive agriculture and more extraction of minerals, oil and gas to accelerate economic growth.
The latest update on its economic growth agenda, released this morning by Finance Minister Bill English and Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce, appears to heed growing criticism of the government's apparent willingness to sacrifice environmental priorities for economic needs.
It articulates a new goal, saying: "the quality of our natural resources base improves over time while sustaining the growth needed from key sectors to meet our 40 percent exports to gross domestic product target."
The key sectors identified are farming, forestry and fisheries and extractive industries, such as gold and coal mining, and oil and gas field development, with a section that considers the potential economic impact if New Zealand found "another Taranaki" among its 17 relatively unexplored petroleum basins.
The report was released on the same morning as the government was preparing to announce the outcome of tenders for oil and gas exploration blocks that encompass both the mature Taranaki oil and gas field and a range of other offshore and onshore fields.
"The primary sector and the energy and minerals sector, for example, will need to make a major contribution to export growth to meet the target and both of these sectors depend heavily on New Zealand's natural resource base," the report, titled "Building Natural Resources", says.
The goal sits along a clutch of other high level targets, which includes an "ambitious" target of increasing exports to 40 percent of GDP by 2025, and is cited as the reason for the need to make further reforms to both local government decision-making and the Resource Management Act.
"Meeting this challenge will require better and faster decisions around resource allocation", including for infrastructure development as well as primary industry needs, such as efficiently allocated access to freshwater.
The report cites the Land and Water Forum collaborative process as an example of how shared decision-making can help balance the complex mix of economic, environmental and social uses for natural resources.
"If we do not do this, we risk resources being poorly or over used, leading to unexpected, large and irreversible consequences."
On the subject of "greening growth", the report says the government is investigating a new set of regularly reported measures of progress on greener growth and a more sophisticated regime that would reward investments in bio-diversity projects to offset environmental impacts of economic activity.
The report dwells on the progress being made to improve freshwater management and allocation, saying farmers are getting better at managing run-off from land into freshwater bodies and says "continued innovation will be necessary."
"Some land use changes may nevertheless be needed in some catchments, depending on the sensitivity of water bodies in the catchment and the transition time allowed for meeting water quality limits."
In a section entitled "Another Taranaki", the report says royalties from oil and gas production could quadruple from current levels "if levels of exploration can be increased and oil prices rise further, resulting in more commercially developed fields."
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"Oil, gas and coal can also help us during the transition to a low-carbon economy, especially if used efficiently and as we take advantage of lower-carbon fossil fuels such as gas."
The report also devotes a section to the significant potential for Maori-owned natural resources, including farmland and forestry, to accelerate economic growth. One of the few new initiatives in the report is the establishment of a forum for Maori and private sector interests to explore opportunities and an investment fund for commercial discovery processes from Maori collectively owned assets.
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Lions visitor faced fire 'dilemma'
A mother has described the "dilemma" she faced with her two children after their car burst into flames in a lion enclosure.
Helen Clements was visiting Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire with her nine-year-old son George and daughter Charlie, 12, on Good Friday when their vehicle overheated.
Photographs posted on Twitter showed the 4x4-type car engulfed in flames in the enclosure, which is home to 12 lions.
Ms Clements told the BBC: "I thought the car had overheated. Then basically, we thought: 'No, that's not steam, that's actually smoke'.
"It was getting thicker and thicker and obviously coming into us, and then obviously we saw flames."
Ms Clements, 43, from Kingswood, Gloucestershire, sounded the car's horn to alert rangers who managed to rescue the family and clear the animals from the enclosure.
She added: "Unfortunately they were shouting to us: 'Get back in the car, do not get out of the car'.
"It was a situation of - what do you do? Do you get out of the car because you're on fire? And they're telling you to get back in the car, so that was the dilemma."
Ms Clements told the BBC her son got out of the car and ran before they were rescued but she called him back.
A spokesman for Longleat said the family were transferred to a ranger's vehicle and no-one was hurt.
The park was temporarily closed while firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Anna Bing, who was visiting the park, said: "We were stuck for 20 minutes in the enclosure not moving. We saw the lions being chased back to their pen by the keepers in a Land Rover quite rapidly.
"Then the queue started moving and we could see smoke. Then the firefighters arrived and as we passed the fire was out."
A spokesman for Longleat Safari Park said: "On Friday April 18 at around 1pm, a car overheated in the first lion enclosure at Longleat Safari & Adventure Park.
"The occupants of the vehicle, a female and two children, were quickly picked up by rangers who transferred them into their vehicle and the fire service was called. The car subsequently caught fire after the guests had been escorted out of their car.
"The lions were cleared from the enclosure and the safari park was closed. A route was cleared for the fire engine, which arrived quickly and extinguished the fire.
"In total the safari park was closed for 15 minutes.
"No-one was injured in any way and no lions were hurt.
"The vehicle has now been safely removed and the safari park has fully reopened to visitors."
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Join host Ali Fedotowsky as she brunches her way around the country this Saturday after "Saturday Night Live" on NBC! In the meantime, we rounded up our favorite brunch spots of all time.
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Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
Utskrift från Malmö universitet - mau.se
|2-year master student thesis
|How Does a Minority Become a Pebble in a Country's Shoe?
|English abstract
|In a statistical report of the year 2005, Brå informs that the Middle East and North African immigrants are overrepresented in crime in Sweden. Also, in a previous study in Cameroon, I realized that the Bamileke folk (originating from the West Cameroon) is mostly represented in the minor district of the Central Prison of Douala - Cameroon. In an attempt to understand crime perpetrated by migrants, scholars have suggested the unpleasant context of migration, the strain encountered by the migrants as a result of social exclusion, the fact that migrants live in disorganized area where it is more likely to find criminals and the clash of culture between migrants and the natives of the society where they settle. The aim of my research is to find out, on the basis of these four parameters, if it could be possible to understand how the process of criminalization of migrants, in the society where they settle, occurs. In this research, I focus on juvenile delinquency. In order to perform the research and attempt to answer the question, I made of use documentary analysis backed up with data gathered from experience, unstructured observation and interviews I performed among the minority groups. The results of my research do not support that the unpleasant context of exit might be a factor leading to criminalization in the particular case of minority's youth. It also suggests that it is not the minority's culture that makes them to be labelled as criminals; it is rather the essentialized perception of the minority group's culture as being a threat to the dominant group's values and interests, which contributes in labelling a minority group as criminals. In return, labelling people of the minority group as criminals contributes to their discrimination in the society, thus making them to develop criminal attitudes in order to escape the strain they encounter through discrimination; as this occurs, the young migrant may internalize the idea that he is criminal as a result of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Discrimination contributes also in making the minority group to settle in disorganized areas where criminal activities are more likely to occur among youths. These findings are important because it might help to understand the risk of criminalizing some actions as belonging to a minority group's culture. Indeed, doing so seems to reinforce the labelling of people of the minority group as criminal without proper analysis that may explain why they chose to act the way they act. It furthers their discrimination in the society which in turn may force them to use illegal ways to respond to the strain they encounter through discrimination.
|Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle
|eng (iso)
|Juvenile Delinquency
Social Exclusion
Social Disorganization
Middle East
North Africa
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One of the coolest things about Android is live wallpapers. Yes, they aren't particularly utilitarian, but some of the live wallpapers are truly breathtaking. Now Sony has released an app to enable you to add a personal touch to your live wallpapers.
Xperia Motion Snap is a new app from Sony, which can record a short video and use it as a live wallpaper. After you record a video, the app will automatically convert into a looping live wallpaper. There are a few additional options, including miniature effect, which adds a nice looking blur effect to the video.
The bad news is that this app is only available for Xperia users in Japan. Fortunately for us, some enterprising users have already extracted the APK and shared it with the world. You can download and install the APK on any device. The other alternative is to use Video Live Wallpaper, which is a free app available in the Play store. Video Live Wallpaper has a few more options and can cycle through multiple videos. Xperia Snap, on the other hand, only works with videos recorded through the app, and is less configurable. However, Sony's graphics engine is capable of recording pretty looking videos that work well as live wallpapers.


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2013-14 Division I Men?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 6
By: Chad Waller, Director of Communications & Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Jahseth Lloyd of Science & Arts (Okla.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Lloyd was selected based on his performances from Feb. 3 – Feb. 9 and was chosen out of a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Lloyd, a 6-foot-7 senior forward, set a personal-high in single-game points and rebounds as the Drovers went 2-0 last week. In the 88-80 upset over No. 4 SAGU (Texas) on Feb. 6, the native of Brooklyn, N.Y., notched his fourth double-double of the year with 20 points and 12 boards. He also shot 85.7 percent (6-of-7) from the field. Two days later, he finished with a career-high 30 points and 15 rebounds in the 86-81 victory over Northwood (Texas). Lloyd chipped in six blocks. On the week, he averaged 25.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.0 blocks and shot 73.9 percent (17-of-23) from the floor.
In Division I statistical rankings, Lloyd stands 35th in total blocks (25).
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Nominees: Eric Gaines, Campbellsville (Ky.); Jacob Lloyd, Harris-Stowe State (Mo.); Cordaryl Campbell, Tougaloo (Miss.); Deric Dudley, St. Thomas (Texas); Jalen Jarrett, Culver-Stockton (Mo.); Alfie Miller, Montana State-Northern; Malcolm Lemmons, Cal State San Marcos; Reggie Burke, Coastal Georgia; Talib Uqdah, Arizona Christian; Brandon Burgraff, West Virginia Tech.
2013-14 Division I Men's Basketball Players of the Week
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Week 2 (Jan. 14): Phillip Miller, Wiley (Texas)
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Week 4 (Jan. 28): William Nelson, LSU Shreveport (La.)
Week 5 (Feb. 4): Preston Wynne, Vanguard (Calif.)
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Whether this weekend is one of deep religious importance or just a good excuse to eat candy, it's fairly hard not to have Easter Eggs on this brain this time of year.
With this in mind, we started wondering which of the more rounded and/or pastel automobiles looks the most like something found during a holiday egg hunt. Which car do you think resembles an Easter Egg?
To me nothing quite says Easter Egg like an ultra rare three wheeled Davis. Only 18 of these very round and very odd cars were constructed between 1947 and 1948, most of which are actually still accounted for today. Although they are a rare sight, one look at the shape of the car is all you need to see why it is my pick for the ultimate automotive Easter egg.
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Hello Everyone!
I have to admit I have been super busy enjoying all the free sewing time and feeling the pressure to get everything I want to make ..made before I get a REAL job. ;0) One day that will happen. Just the same I was able to finish my goal for January which was to finish piecing my son's quilt. Here is it:
Let me just say, the quilt is perfect for my son but was painful for me to piece. It was not fun to make at all! It was a huge life sized puzzle that was not getting along with me. Just the same …I am sure he will love it!
So my goals for February are:
- Complete my Stash Bee Block
- Complete my Hope.Do.Good.Stiches block
- Finish my March Birthday gift
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|Will of Mimke Habben, probated 1877 Hancock County, Illinois
|Will of Antje Fecht, denied probate 1900, Hancock County, Illinois
Do these two handwriting samples appear to have been written by the same person?
It's key to a presentation I made "Preparing for Mother's Death." I won't repeat the whole presentation here and these two wills are only a small part of the presentation. To be honest, the fact that the handwriting was the same didn't really "hit me" until I began preparing the visuals for the seminar. I had been working from my transcriptions for quite some time.
But the handwriting appears to be similar, as if the will was handwritten by the same person. In this case, the wills, written within approximately fifteen years of each other, are conflicting. That conflict is ironic given that the same person apparently wrote them.
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