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I love patterns that offer interesting construction. With its intriguing cables weaving in and out, Jared Flood's Fenimore tam fits the bill nicely. I couldn't wait to use the beautiful Brooklyn Tweed Shelter yarn calling to me from my stash. Subtle flecks of color give the yarn depth without distracting from the texture of the cables.
I adore this yarn. It's well behaved – easy to knit, and nicely spun. The heathered colors are so gorgeous – I can't wait to make another project in another color!
I finished the tam just in time for the second snowfall of the season!
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Overfishing is a major problem for the ocean's ecological health. But an even bigger problem may be the sheer volume of commercial bycatch -- the deadly capture of non-target species and ocean wildlife during the fishing process.
Inadvertently trapped in nets, non-targeted dolphins, whales, and various fish species are sometimes brought to port, or more often, simply thrown overboard at sea, dead or dying.
"Anything can be bycatch," said Dominique Cano-Stocco, campaign director at Oceana, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the world's oceans. "Whether it's the thousands of sea turtles that are caught to bring you shrimp or the millions of pounds of cod and halibut that are thrown overboard after fishermen have reached their quota, bycatch is a waste of our ocean's resources. Bycatch also represents a real economic loss when one fisherman trashes another fisherman's catch."
According to a new report from Oceana, some estimates put global bycatch as some 40 percent of all the world's seafood haul. That's more than 63 billion pounds of wasted fish and ocean wildlife, including endangered fish and dolphin species.
Policing this problem may sound near impossible -- the perpetrators high in number, disorganized, and scattered across the globe's oceans. But Oceana reports that just nine major fisheries account for roughly half the problem.
According to the Oceana report, the nine major culprits are:
1. Southeast Snapper-Grouper Longline Fishery (66 percent discarded): More than 400,000 sharks were captured and discarded in one year.
2. California Set Gillnet Fishery (65 percent of all animals discarded): More than 30,000 sharks and rays as well as valuable fish were discarded as waste over three years.
3. Southeast Shrimp Trawl Fishery (64 percent discarded): For every pound of shrimp landed, one pound of billfish is discarded; thousands of sea turtles are killed annually.
4. California Drift Gillnet Fishery (63 percent of all animals discarded): Almost 550 marine mammals were entangled or killed over five years.
5. Gulf of Alaska Flatfish Trawl Fishery (35 percent discarded): More than 34 million pounds of fish were thrown overboard in one year, including 2 million pounds of halibut and 5 million pounds of cod.
6. Northeast Bottom Trawl (35 percent discarded): More than 50 million pounds of fish are thrown overboard every year.
7. Mid-Atlantic Bottom Trawl Fishery (33 percent discarded): Almost 200 marine mammals and 350 sea turtles were captured or killed in one year.
8. Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Longline Fishery (23 percent discarded): More than 75 percent of the wasted fish in this fishery are valuable tuna, swordfish and other billfish targeted by the fishery.
9. New England and Mid-Atlantic Gillnet Fishery (16 percent discarded): More than 2,000 dolphins, porpoises and seals were captured in one year.

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We often hear the question, "do I need a VPS?" Whether you are looking to upgrade from Shared hosting, or find a cost-effective alternative to dedicated server hosting, a VPS will most likely be the perfect fit for your budget and needs.
Shared hosting, virtual private servers, and dedicated servers are often compared as three of the main web hosting solutions, occupying "tiers" one above the other. Shared hosting is the cheapest option, but also the least secure and lowest in quality. Conversely, dedicated servers are very secure and completely customizable, but often very expensive and difficult to maintain. VPS hosting is a solution that hybridizes the two: host servers are populated with multiple users, like Shared hosting, yet every VPS environment is completely private and customizable, like dedicated server hosting. Below is an in-depth look at the key differences between Shared and VPS hosting.
Platform Capabilities - VPS vs. Shared Hosting:
Shared hosting accounts are typically setup with a panel like cPanel or Plesk, where users have access only to the "user level." Aside from FTP, the control panel will be the user's only method of server administration, and server functions will be limited, in large extent, by those available in the control panel.
A virtual private server, by contrast, has essentially the same capabilities as a dedicated server. Though cPanel or another control panel can be installed on a VPS (this is how many Shared resellers setup their hosts), a VPS user will have complete control over the system via the "secure shell," or SSH. There are absolutely no limits imposed on a VPS beyond the limits of hardware; any VPS will allow you the ability to create "unlimited domains," "unlimited users," etc, up to the capacity of the CPU, RAM, and disk space allocated to your VPS.
Security - VPS vs. Shared Hosting:
Insecurity is a basic and innate flaw of Shared hosting environments. Since every user on a Shared hosting server will be running applications within the same filesystem and same operating system, there is relatively great opportunity for a single user to exploit the system and negatively affect all other users hosted on the same server.
A VPS, like a dedicated server, will remain almost completely isolated from other virtual servers. Every VPS runs its own independent operating system, and in some virtual servers, even its own kernel (see OpenVZ vs. Xen: What's the difference?). This allows VPS users to customize their own firewalls and security settings, totally independently of other virtual servers running on the same host.
Options and Extensibility - VPS vs. Shared Hosting:
Shared hosting providers have complete control over what will be available to you in your Shared hosting environment, and the options are usually very limited. A setup that is compatible with one host may be completely unusable with another host, because of limits on the ability of users to customize software like mailservers, webservers, and MySQL. You will also be out of luck if you require an operating system (OS) or software that your Shared host does not support.
However, since a VPS is just a server inside another server, or "virtual server," you will have complete control over your individual server's environment. With most VPS providers, you can choose from many different operating systems; with any VPS host, you will have the ability to install any software you need. VPS hosts will set absolutely no restrictions on what can be installed (excluding, of course, applications that are illegal or extremely resource-intensive).
Resource Allocation - VPS vs. Shared Hosting:
In a Shared hosting environment, all hardware resources are shared among all users, with virtual limits set for the amount of bandwidth, disk space, and other resources available to each user. The individual users' resources are not in any way separated, nor can server performance be effectively monitored on a per-user basis, hence the notorious overselling, "unlimited" resource allocations, and poor performance too-often associated with Shared hosting.
On a VPS node (host server), each virtual server is allocated a "hard" amount of disk space, RAM, and other server resources. Though different virtualization techniques handle this slightly differently (see OpenVZ vs. Xen: What's the difference, and which is better?), VPS resources are basically equivalent to actual "slices" of the physical hardware in a server: one slot of RAM reserved for one VPS, one CPU core reserved for one VPS, etc. These dedicated resources, combined with advanced per-user monitoring tools, make virtual private server hosting far more reliable than shared hosting.
Convenience - VPS vs. Shared Hosting:
Although Shared hosting offers the convenience of a straightforward and easy-to-use control panel for server management (which can also be installed on a VPS), virtual private server hosting offers an even greater convenience: the ability to setup a customized system that can be painlessly upgraded or downgraded at any time. Due to the virtual nature of VPS hosting, where multiple "containers" coexist on the same host server, administration of virtual servers is considerably more efficient than dedicated hosting, and has many more options available than Shared hosting. Where a Shared host may simply suspend a user for a traffic spike or sudden increase in resource usage, a VPS host can seamlessly expand a virtual server's resource allocation to accommodate higher demand.
To answer the original question, yes! Make the move to a VPS today, and see why virtual servers are the fastest-growing trend in web hosting.
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Coach-HS Assist Basketball - Boys at Highline Public Schools
Seattle, WA 98148
About the Job
Job Number:2019-7144
Coach-HS Assist Basketball - Boys
Highline High School
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Position Type: Coach - Seasonal
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Salary: $3,514.00 - $4,264.00
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GROUP: Coaching LEVEL: H.S. Assistant
FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt
WORK DAYS PER FISCAL YEAR: Varies - Work days are dependent on the schedule for specific sport
SUMMARY: High school assistant coaches work in concert with the assistant coach to ensure the growth and development of student athletes by focusing on fundamental skills instruction with an emphasis on whole child development to include expectations for academic and athletic excellence, leadership skills, and positive social relationships.
CONTEXT AND MISSION: Highline Public Schools serves approximately 19,000 students in the communities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac, Boulevard Park and White Center Heights in Washington State. Starting in the fall of 2012, the Highline community came together to develop a four-year strategic plan outlining the communitys bold goals and big dreams for its children. The plans promise is that every student in Highline Public Schools is known by name, strength, and need, and graduates prepared for college, career, and citizenship. The collective commitment embodied in the plan is grounded in the communitys deep belief that Highline students are capable of reaching the plans ambitious goals and is driven by students aspirations for their future. The instructional vision articulated in the plan is organized around Four Pillars that guide professional and organizational practices: - Equitable access to rigorous, standards-based instruction. High-quality instruction for all students. - Results-focused professional learning and collaboration. Investing in our people so they continuously fine-tune their craft and grow in their profession. - Strong partnerships with families and community. Schools cant do it alone. We are better when students, families, community and educators work hand-in-hand. - A culturally responsive organization. Our diversity is a strength and an asset. We are committed to equity, excellent service for all, and continuous improvement.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is meant to be representative, not exhaustive. Some incumbents may not perform all the duties listed while in other cases related duties may also be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. General 1. Professional Development and Leadership. The assistant coach will keep abreast of knowledge and techniques associated with his/her sport by staying current with sport-specific literature and attending clinics and workshops. 2. Responsibility for Rules and Regulations. The assistant coach will study the rules and regulations associated with his/her sport. The assistant coach will read and understand the rules and regulations of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA), Highline Public Schools, and the league in which his/her team competes. 3. Program Promotion. The assistant coach will promote his/her sport within the school and in the community. Scores and contest-related information will be reported to designated media and the league website immediately following each contest.
JOB DESCRIPTION: HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT COACH 4. Program Organization. The assistant coach is expected to attend practices and contests on a daily basis. An absence from practice should be rare and for illness and/or personal emergency cleared in advance with the building athletic director not the head coach. The assistant coach will implement a system of play and/or style of instruction as directed by the head coach. 5. Standard of Care. The assistant coach is expected to model safety training relative to his/her sport as demonstrated and directed by the head coach. The assistant coach is expected to have a working knowledge of basic athletic training skills and procedures. He/she should be able to perform basic taping and first aid functions. 6. Professionalism. The assistant coach is expected to exercise good judgment and project positive coaching behaviors. The assistant coach is expected to assume a major role in the molding of student athletes in his/her program and the school/community at large. The assistant coach is expected to teach and develop basic skills fundamentals, leadership characteristics, and cooperative, team-oriented behavior. His/her approach is expected to be even keel, calm, and positive. He/she is expected to be contemplative and fair-minded. 7. Sportsmanship and Ethics. The assistant coach is expected to serve as an example of sportsmanship and humility at all times. When faced with obstacles or losses, he/she is expected to handle each instance with grace, dignity, and pride. The assistant coach must model and insist upon ethical behavior and good citizenship at all times. Administrative 1. Supervision. The assistant coach is responsible for participants from the time they report until the time they leave. 2. Presentation of Rules/Regulations. The assistant coach thoroughly understands and reinforces eligibility requirements, participation rules, and the District Eligibility Code as demonstrated and directed by the head coach. 3. Attention to Eligibility Rules. The Assistant coach ensures that team members have completed the eligibility process before allowing participation in any form of practice activity. This can only take place when the assistant coach has, in his/her possession, a signed and completed Highline Public Schools Single-Sport Clearance Form (AD-1). 4. Accident/Injury Procedure. The assistant coach is expected to call 911 without hesitation for serious and/or difficult to assess injuries. The assistant coach is expected to fill out and submit an Accident Report Form to the building athletic director within 24 hours of a student or staff member being injured. Emergency situations are to be immediately reported to the building athletic director and director of athletics. 5. Media Contact. The high school assistant coach is expected to report scores promptly and accurately to local news media and the league website immediately following the event as directed. 6. Meeting Attendance. The assistant coach is expected to attend building, district, league, and rules clinic meetings as scheduled and as required by Highline Public Schools. 7. Post-Season Awards Gathering. The assistant coach is expected to work with the head coach to plan and implement a post-season gathering that includes participants from all levels of the program and parents/guardians. 8. Responsibility for Playing Facility and Equipment. The assistant coach immediately reports safety concerns to the head coach and assumes responsibility for the care of equipment and facilities used in the program. 9. Violations and Ejections Procedure. The assistant coach is expected to report a violation and/or ejection to the head coach, building athletic director, and director of athletics immediately following the contest where the infraction occurred. Highline Public Schools High School Assistant Coach Page 2 of 4
JOB DESCRIPTION: HIGH SCHOOL ASSISTANT COACH 10. Coach Evaluation Process. The assistant coach is expected to attend an evaluation meeting with the building athletic director following the season. 11. Assistant coach as Program Leader. The assistant coach is expected to meet regularly with the head coach to discuss program goals and ensure consistent presentation and implementation of skills, systems, and strategies at all levels. Financial and Equipment 1. Responsibility for Program Equipment, Supplies, and Inventory. The assistant coach is responsible for his/her programs equipment and supplies and is expected to account for all program-related items checked out to him/her at the start of the season. 2. Program Purchases. The assistant coach is expected to request essential program needs through the head coach and is not to purchase program items with personal funds. 3. Fundraising Activities. The assistant coach is expected to work through the head coach to discuss potential fundraising activities and is not to raise or handle funds without advance approval from the building athletic director. Other Functions - Performs other related duties as assigned for the purpose of ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the work unit and supporting student learning objectives.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or equivalent Prior sport-specific playing and/or coaching experience in a secondary and/or post-secondary athletics program and/or related club coaching experience. Proven training and experience in the presentation of drills, safety factors, and proper application of skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:: Two or more years of paid high school and/or post-secondary sport-specific coaching experience and/or related club coaching experience. Completion of the National Federation Coaching Fundamentals Course to include passing the test. Note: Individuals completing this course at their own expense (found at www.nfhslearn.com) will receive $100 added to their coaching stipend for each season coached.
CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT: 21 years of age or older Criminal background clearance First Aid and CPR certification (must be hands-on training). Online Concussion Training (CT). A free course is available at www.nfhslearn.com Note: Individuals may submit an application prior to completing FA/CPR/CT Training.
KNOWLEDGE OF: League and WIAA rules and regulations National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) sport-specific rules and regulations Record keeping and report preparation School board policies and procedures Highline Public Schools High School Assistant Coach Page 3 of 4
ABILITY TO: Communicate effectively verbally and in writing Maintain effective working relationships Relate in a positive manner with students, staff and parents Organize, administrate, and oversee a sport-specific athletics program at each level of the program Comply with school board policies and follow administrative procedures
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Reports to Building Athletic Director
EVALUATION: This position will be evaluated by the building athletic director based on performance of duties and responsibilities.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in indoor conditions and on surfaces that vary in height and stability. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
CLASSIFICATION HISTORY Created by Human Resources, 2014.01.15 Job descriptions are written as a representative list of the ADA essential duties performed by the entire classification. They cannot include, and are not intended to include, every possible activity and task performed by every specific employee. Highline Public Schools High School Assistant Coach Page 4 of 4


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GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: A couple of thoughts instantly cross the mind when one sees there is a Live Like a Californian sweepstakes on, a sweepstakes sponsored by the California Travel & Tourism Commission. The first is, hey, I *am* living like a Californian. (That is, if you are indeed a Californian.) The second is, hey, Betty White! (Because a chance to hobnob with the star is one of the grand prizes.) The third is, can I enter, if I live in California? Why yes you can. In fact, we'll call it marvelously meta, if you, as a Californian, enter a sweepstakes that'll enable you to live like a Californian.
THE DEAL: Visit California -- the California Travel & Tourism Commission, in other words -- will have Golden State-focused quizzes for you to take. You "earn" chances to win prizes, and some of those prizes are sweet. Hangin' with Betty White on the set of "Hot in Cleveland," going to a Jason Mraz show, supping around LA with Roy Choi. There are lots of to-knows and fine print, and details on other prizes. The sweepstakes wrap on June 19, so you have a bit of time, but not much. And figure that even if you don't win, you can still keep livin' like a Californian, today and every day, which is, like, freakin' awesome, right? Not all the time, of course, but most of all of the time, pretty much.


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Here is another popular anime/manga animal that is a pet to someone from a series. I was asked to make a lesson on "how to draw Wiz", step by step from the anime DN Angel. Again, I'm not too familiar with the series but I do know that this little fur ball is a friend and companion to Daisuke which is the main protagonist of the manga and anime. Daisuke is from the Niwa Family which means he has the very same entity within him as the rest of his relatives and that is called Dark. In the beginning Wiz belonged to Dark as he Dark's familiar. This means they are the same age, but even though Wiz is three hundred years old, that doesn't stop him from playing with Daisuke as well as being by his side like a shadow. I had fun drawing Wiz because he is so incredibly cute. The rabbit like creature will definitely put a smile on your face when your drawing is done. I hope you enjoy this tut, as you tackle it I will be preparing another for your enjoyment. Peace people!
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Here is Veronesi on fighting back:
To amuse ourselves, Claudia and I played 'What a pity!' with the GPS. We had put in the school address as the destination then we'd systematically disobeyed the orders given by the female voice (cold, peremptory and pretty unsympathetic) that told us the shortest route. 'Turn to the right NOW!' said the voice. But I replied, 'What a pity! That doesn't suit,' and I kept straight on. The GPS got confused. It started recalculating the route and Claudia laughed. Then once it had got things sorted out the female voice began again: 'After 100 yards turn left.' And I replied, 'What a pity! That could be tricky.' The voice was insistent: 'Turn left NOW!' And it was Claudia, whilst I turned instead to the right, who told the GPS, 'What a pity! We've gone right.'
(Sandro Veronesi: Caos calmo)
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Congratulations to Liberty Elite Volleyball Club for winning May 2019 JVA Club of the Month! Read full release HERE.
JVA Club of the Month recognizes JVA clubs achieving more than just national championships and medals.The winning clubs go above and beyond to help grow and develop junior volleyball in their region. As an organization committed to the growth and development of junior volleyball, we value the commitment and achievement of our JVA member clubs. From January through June, a JVA member club is selected. This award is to recognize JVA member clubs for outstanding achievement in line with the JVA's mission and goals.
Eligibility: Any JVA member club staff, coach, or parent is eligible to nominate a club for the award. The club must be a current member of the JVA. There is no requirement on the number of teams or the number of years the club has been in existence.
Nomination Process: We are looking for clubs that have demonstrated (does not have to include all of the following, these are examples, not criteria)
Creative ideas in programming, marketing efforts, etc., growth in the number of teams and/or program participation this season
Growth by adding a new program, expansion into other cities and states throughout the country
Running programs for underserved populations (anything besides junior girls 11-18) – low income, boys, disabled, outdoor, adults, etc., Support of the mission of JVA by providing resources and education to junior programs, just to name a few.
Selection Process:
The JVA Awards Committee will review nominations and select one winning club each month. The winner will be notified prior to the official release. If your club is not selected, your nomination will carry over to the next month for another chance to win.
The COTM will receive a certificate, $50 off the club director's membership renewal, and a gift card. Also, the COTM will be featured in an article in the JVA blog, monthly edition of VolleyBiz, and recognition on JVA's website, and social media.


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News of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan fatally stabbed Wednesday night near AT&T Park after the San Francisco Giants game hits home to Bryan Stow's family and friends.
The attack comes just as the Giants began a three-game fundraiser for Stow, a Giants fan attacked at opening day at Dodgers Stadium two years ago.
Stow suffered a traumatic brain injury, and some ticket proceeds from the fundraisers are helping to pay for his medical bills.
On Wednesday night, 24-year-old Jonathan Denver, who had traveled to San Francisco from Fort Bragg, was fatally stabbed in what police are calling a rivalry-fueled fight that broke out near AT&T park.
RELATED: Police Arrest Suspect in Stabbing Death of Dodgers Fan
Stow's family and friends are reacting to the latest episode of violence, calling it "senseless" and said they were shocked to learn that fan rivalry appears to have played a role in the attack.
Martine Bustamante, a former co-worker, said Stow used to light up the halls at Rural Metro with his smile and what she called an indescribable "spark."
"Another family is grieving, another life, unfortunately this time a life was lost," Bustamante said. "It's senseless, it should not happen."
News of another attack on a baseball fan stunned Stow's former paramedic partner Brian Green.
"It still hits home," Green said. "Especially with what happened yesterday, it just brings back all those memories of the tragedy with Bryan. To see the ill effects of what happened to Bryan, it's not good."
Stow's sister, Erin Collins, called the fatal stabbing senseless.
"We're heartbroken for Jon's family, and truly, we're keeping them in our prayers," she said.
View more in Monte Francis' video report above.


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Compensation for chief executives at American companies grew 15 percent in 2011 after a 28 percent rise in 2010, part of a larger trend that has seen CEO pay skyrocket over the last three decades. Workers, on the other hand, have been left behind.
Since 1978, CEO pay at American firms has risen 725 percent, more than 127 times faster than worker pay over the same time period, according to new data from the Economic Policy Institute:
From 1978 to 2011, CEO compensation increased more than 725 percent, a rise substantially greater than stock market growth and the painfully slow 5.7 percent growth in worker compensation over the same period.
In 1978, CEOs took home 26.5 times more than the average worker. They now make roughly 206 times more than workers, EPI found. The pay isn't always tied to the performance of their businesses — as ThinkProgress has noted, CEOs at companies like Bank of America often pocket huge pay increases even as the company's stock price plummets and jobs are cut.
Workers' wages aren't tied to productivity either. Despite substantial gains in productivity since the 1970s, worker pay has remained flat. According to Labor Department data cited by the Huffington Post, inflation-adjusted wages fell 2 percent in 2011.
As a result, American income inequality has skyrocketed, growing worse than it is in countries like Pakistan and Ivory Coast. Wealth inequality is worse than it was even in Ancient Rome. And, as pay skyrockets and tax rates fall for the richest Americans, the rising inequality has left the bottom 95 percent of Americans saddled with more debt than ever before.


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Saudi Arabia reports another SARS death
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Another person in Saudi Arabia has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 43 the number of deadly cases in the kingdom at the center of the outbreak.
The Saudi Health Ministry said the man who died Friday was also suffering from kidney failure and had spent several days in the intensive care unit of a hospital in the western province al-Madina.
The new virus is related to SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which killed some 800 people in a global outbreak in 2003. It belongs to a family of viruses that most often causes the common cold.
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Eric Ozawa
Eric Ozawa is a writer and translator who was born in Tokyo and raised in the United States. He has covered the on-going nuclear crisis and the aftermath of Japan's 11 March earthquake and tsunami for The Nation magazine. He lives in New York where he teaches writing at New York University. 'O-bakanaru' is an excerpt from a novel in progress.


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This is my private home page. For my work page, see here.
This site is dedicated to my hobbies: music and dance. The dance content needs to be revamped, but the music part looks pretty spiffy.
At one time, it seems I knew a few things about TeX. I can't quite remember when this was, but here is the proof.
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To get vocal chords warmed up for the second annual Blue Note Karaoke event May 6th at The OC Tavern in San Clemente, the Surfrider Foundation and Emergen-C® kick off a two-week MySpace karaoke contest from today until April 12th where one lucky winner will receive an all-expense paid trip to Southern California to join surfers, activists and karaoke aficionados in "rocking out for a cause."
Water quality is one of the nation's most compelling environmental issues. Consider this: every eight months, 11 million gallons of oil (the equivalent of one Exxon Valdez spill) runs into the oceans from our streets and highways. Blue Note Karaoke, founded by the Surfrider Foundation and Emergen-C aims to raise awareness about this and other water quality issues, and what individuals can do in their daily lives to make a difference.
"Clean and healthy coastal water quality is about the individual," says Matt McClain, Surfrider Foundation's Director of Marketing and Communications. "The choices we make from picking up after our pets to taking shorter showers, make a huge impact on coastal water quality, and the BLUE Note Karaoke event is a great way for us to highlight, educate and inspire everyone to make these positive changes in their daily lives to keep our oceans, waves and beaches safe and healthy."
To give karaoke aficionados a chance to tap into their inner rock star, heavy metal karaoke band KNAC/DC will take to the stage to perform the most popular metal hits from greats like Motley Crue, Metallica, Slayer and Van Halen along with audience members.
BLUE Note Karaoke also marks the second anniversary of the Surfrider Foundation's partnership with Emergen-C BLUE™. For every box of the berry blue flavored vitamin drink mix sold, 20¢ is donated to Surfrider Foundation. Since its launch, over $50,000 has been donated. "We hope more and more people will take small actions to help turn the tide against threats to our oceans," says Meghann Seidner, Emergen-C's Brand Manager. "Drinking Emergen-C BLUE is a simple way to do the right thing for your body and our bodies of water."
Tickets for Blue Note Karaoke go on-sale April 12th, and are $10. Doors open at 8:00 pm. For additional information, visit http://www.emergencblue.com/index.php/blueevents/bluenote.
To enter the MySpace Karaoke contest, visit http://ksolo.myspace.com/contest/BlueNoteKaraoke.
About Alacer Corp., Makers of Emergen-C
For more than 35 years, Alacer Corp., based in Foothill Ranch, California, has been an industry leader and innovator in developing, manufacturing, and marketing dietary supplements and nutritionally enhanced products that support an energetic, healthy lifestyle. It produces 400 million packets of Emergen-C annually, which is sold in health food stores, supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers, and club stores nationwide. For more information about Alacer, please visit www.emergenc.com.


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While a blizzard assailed the Northeast last weekend, the Philadelphia region was spared, and several thousand area residents bundled up to attend the 21st Annual African American Children's Book Fair. More than 21 nationally known authors and illustrators – among them Renee Watson, Margaree King Mitchell and Eric Velasquez – participated in the free two-hour event on Saturday, which is hailed as the oldest and largest single-day children's literary event of its kind.
As the 2,500 people started filing into the Community College of Philadelphia site, there was a buzz as adults and children met the stars of the literary community. Traditional African drummers greeted guests and more than 700 books were given out as children entered the facility. There were long rows of tables stacked with hundreds of books for sale, while other tables boasted literary freebies, such as posters, bookmarks and more books. A festive sprit filled the air as squeals of delight accompanied hi-fives to the NBC Peacock mascot and the Ronald McDonald clown. Most importantly, all of the children seemed to have an armful of books that they were gleefully anticipating reading.
"This is by far the favorite event that I do," said Renee Watson, author of Harlem's Little Blackbird. "I do school events, public schools workshops, and all of that, but I love coming to this event. Seeing families with their children and grandchildren, grandparents and teachers coming in and getting books – it's beautiful. It's a wonderful event."
According to event producer Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati, the goal is to provide parents, caregivers and educators from the Philadelphia region tools for children to read outside of their normal school coursework, and make more responsible decisions about their lifestyles.
"That's was so gratifying [that] there may be other students that each of us will reach that will never ever know and it will somehow enrich their lives and help them make wise decisions and choices – and this makes it all worthwhile," said author Glennette Tilly-Turner.
Rhinebeck, New York-based author Lesa Cline Ransome and her husband, illustrator James Ransome (authors of Light In the Darkness: A Story About How Slaves Learned in Secret) took a moment to comment while autographing books. "It's really nice to see books authored by people of color in the hands of children," said Lesa. "I think that is crucial and I think that is why we all do this: just to make sure our lives are reflected in literature and the kids have had a chance to really experience our lives and our stories." James Ransome said, "I think it's a wonderful opportunity to meet the people who buy our books and who share our books with other people – especially teachers and librarians – to personalize it and make it more special."
Margaree King Mitchell (When Grandma Sings) said, "I write historical picture books, and I try to inspire students with my books. In writing history I want them to know where they have come from to get where they are today, and so I just hope they may never forget their history."
Eric Velasquez (The Price of Freedom) concurred, stating: "These books are also a way of preserving the legacy – our legacy – because a lot of the books are nonfiction. So, it's a nice way of introducing children to historical figures, some that have been unfortunately forgotten, but it is a nice way for the older generation to introduce the younger generation to their heroes or heroes that have passed." He added, "Hopefully people are sharing their own personal history, like family stories as well with their children and grandchildren. I think that's very important. That's how I grew up. And that's why I'm here: because I believe in sharing our stories."
In addition to children and their caretakers, there were literary hopefuls at the event seeking professional guidance. Author and agent Regina Brooks observed: "As a literary agent, someone who works with illustrators and authors, I am so pleased to see so many people come out to this event, every year consistently. It means a lot to me because it means that the people that I work with and their books are being seen by the audience they were originally designed for."
After several minutes of providing advice to aspiring creators, author/illustrator Floyd Cooper said, "Believing in oneself is the key ingredient to making it, you know. You got to believe it – you got to believe in yourself!"


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FAYETTE VARSITY BOYS: A weak first quarter could have made a difference for Fayette's varsity boys when league-leading Pettisville visited Friday.
The Blackbirds only scored eight points in the opening quarter—a good chance for the Eagles to take off.
That's not the way it happened, however. Fayette scored only three points—all from the line.
The two teams played nearly even-up through the next two quarters and then it was the Blackbirds that took off.
Pettisville (17-2) came through with a 22-point fourth quarter to topple Fayette (9-10) by a 55-37 margin.
"We played quite well for three and a half quarters," coach Todd Mitchell said.
With about three minutes to play, Fayette was down by only six points against the state-ranked Pettisville squad, but that six points quickly turned to 12.
The Eagles turned the ball over a couple of times and were called for an intentional foul. Pettisville ended the quarter hitting 10 of 17 free throws to build on their lead for the victory.
For the game, Pettisville scored 16 from 27 trips to the line. Fayette finished with 12 of 17, but its three-point percentage was only 14 percent and its two-point percentage was 38.
The Blackbirds put a lot more shots up, partly due to a better showing under the boards.
"We gave up 14 defensive rebounds and they put four back in for baskets," Mitchell said.
The Eagles played a good overall defense, he said, but showed some weaknesses on rebounding.
Turnovers were down from the 30 committed the first time the teams played this season, but were still on the high side.
Mitchell is hoping for a first round win in sectional play to give the Eagles another chance at the Blackbirds.
Darrell Randall led scoring with 10 points, shooting four for six from the floor and two for two from the line.
"He really attacked the basket well," Mitchell said.
Austin Hylander collected six rebounds and made three steals. Randall and Tyler Keefer each made a block.
• Coach Mitchell expects another good contest when the Eagles travel Friday to Edon (6-13) to wrap up the regular schedule. Fayette won the first round 70-62.
TOURNAMENT: Advance-sale tickets are available this week at Fayette High School for the boys sectional basketball tournament.
Tickets will be on sale during the school day Thursday and Friday and again on Monday until noon.
Tickets cost $4 for students and $6 for adults. All tickets will cost $6 at the door.
Fayette takes on Hilltop at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, at Bryan High School.
FAYETTE JV BOYS: Fayette's JV boys trailed Pettisville by only nine points going into the final quarter at home Friday, but that fourth quarter proved to be a problem.
The Eagles hit only a single bucket from the floor and fell farther behind. The Blackbirds finished on top 53-38.
Both teams had good nights at the free throw line, but Pettisville had a lot more opportunities. Fayette hit 10 of 13 tries, including six for eight in the final period, but the Blackbirds put 16 of 24 through the hoop, including 10 in the final quarter.
Trevor Cox finished with a good offensive night, scoring 16 and going five for five from the line. Travis Kline shot three for five from the line and Hunter Colegrove hit two of three.
The Eagles wrap up the season Friday night at Edon.
MORENCI VARSITY GIRLS: By DAVID GREEN
If it wasn't a missed shot, it was a turnover for Britton when the varsity girls visited Morenci last week. And mostly it was a turnover.
The Tories had trouble keeping possession of the ball in the opening quarter and fell behind 14-0 before scoring a point.
Morenci opened with a 23-3 first quarter and went on to post a 63-23 TCC victory.
Nicolette Swimmer started it off and she struck often throughout the opening quarter. But Mariah Bovee kicked in a three-pointer and Jade Pfund, Jackie Paris and Chanler McCaskey also contributed to the big lead early on.
Before half-time, Tess Ramsey, Amy Gillman and Tia Tompkins joined in the scoring to put everyone on the team in the book.
Swimmer went to the bench for much of the second half, but still finished on top of the Bulldogs' offensive stats with 13 points. Paris was just behind with a dozen points, including a pair of three-point shots.
• Morenci ends the regular season at home Friday with the Winter Homecoming game.
Tournament play opens Monday at Blissfield when the Bulldogs try for a third victory this year over Whiteford.
The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at the conclusion of the Sand Creek/Blissfield contest at 6 p.m.
The winner of Morenci's game faces Madison at 7:30 p.m. March 4.
MORENCI VARSITY BOYS: Morenci was one of those teams that just wouldn't go away Friday night.
League-leading Summerfield led by as much as 15 points in the third quarter when they visited Morenci, but the Bulldogs kept coming back.
Morenci cut the lead to seven points early in the final period, but the visitors always found a way to bump it back up—more often than not at the free throw line.
Summerfield held on to its position at the top of the league, tied now only with Clinton, by downing Morenci 75-65.
It was the troublesome second quarter that made all the difference. Summerfield took a one-point edge from the other three periods combined.
The Bulldogs quickly took a 16-15 lead in the second quarter on a bucket by Anthony Tompkins, and they soon tied it up again on a free throw by Clayton Wolf.
Then it fell apart.
A turnover by Morenci, a three-pointer by Summerfield. Another turnover by Morenci and two free throws by Summerfield. The visitors went on a 14-6 run to put them on top by 10.
Buckets by Wolf and Tompkins held the margin to 10 for the half-time break.
Six Morenci turnovers in the first three minutes of the third helped Summerfield to a 15-point lead, but the Bulldogs whittled it down again. With less than a minute gone in the fourth, Matt Hoadley hit a three to cut the lead to seven, 53-46, but that's about the time Summerfield's free throw shooting saved them.
In the middle portion of the fourth, they shot six of eight and finished the game hitting 26 of 33.
Wolf led all scorers with a season-high 29 points which included six points from the line. Jacob Bovee finished with 14 and Hoadley scored 10.
BRITTON—Morenci was on top by 20 points at half-time when Britton visited Tuesday. Coach Tim Bovee was able to turn to his large bench squad frequently and the team combined for a 65-51 win.
"We set the tone early," Bovee said, "but we let up some in the second half."
The frequent rotation of players broke up the flow at times, he said, but it was good to give the bench the chance to get in.
"We switched up our defense and we were able to try out some new things," Bovee said.
Hoadley had a big offensive night as he finished with 17 points, including a seven-for-eight showing at the line.
• The Bulldogs give Summerfield a hand at home Thursday when Clinton visits to wrap up Morenci's home schedule. The Bulldogs wrap up the regular season Tuesday at Whitmore Lake.
"We have a couple of tough games," Coach Bovee said. "It's a tough match-up against Clinton with their height and their 6-6 guy wasn't playing the first time."
Whitmore Lake had its fourth game of the season Monday in which the Trojans scored 18 three-point shots.
MORENCI JV BOYS: Morenci's 60-44 victory Friday over Summerfield was the biggest win of the season for the Bulldog JV team, said coach John Craig. In fact, he says, it was one of the biggest of his 10-year coaching career.
"Our team of freshmen played like a solid JV team," Craig said. "Summerfield is one of the best teams in the league and they've beaten just about everybody."
That includes Morenci the first time around, when the Bulldogs lost by 16.
The visitors were forced to foul in the fourth quarter and Morenci responded. Max Gautz sunk nine of 11 tries in the fourth quarter, leading the Bulldogs on a 15-point free throw binge. For the game, Morenci hit 24 of 30 shots from the line.
Gautz hasn't scored a lot from his point guard position this season, but finished with 18 Friday. Lucas Hollstein added 13 points, hitting five of seven from the line. Simon Jeffers hit five of six and Luke Craig made three of four.
The teams were tied at half-time before Morenci pushed into the lead.
"We played to win and we played with a lot of focus," Coach Craig said. "We did an exceptional job of contesting each shot and we didn't give them many second chances."
When Craig brought out players from the bench, the team never lost a beat, he said.
BRITTON—Morenci scored a little more in each quarter to down Britton 62-53.
Hollstein led scoring with 17 points, followed by Craig with 16 and Gautz with 12. Craig canned three three's and Gautz hit a pair.
MORENCI WRESTLING: Two Morenci wrestlers advanced out of the district tournament Saturday at Addison while seven others were knocked out of contention.
Morenci senior Jeff Nofziger (31-3) won the district title at 140 pounds and junior Dustin Roller (22-5) came through with a fourth-place finish at 130 pounds.
Both will compete at the regional tournament Saturday at Manchester which starts at 9 a.m.
The top four finishers in each weight class Saturday will advance to the state tournament in Detroit.
"You have to win two before you lose two," Morenci coach Scott Clark said.
Nofziger scored a big 20-4 win against an Addison wrestler in his first match for the first meeting of the two this season.
He followed that with a 17-10 decision against a Madison wrestler and finished up with a 9-3 decision against Grass Lake to claim the district title.
Roller gave up five points early in his opener against a foe from Jonesville, but battled back to score a pin with one second remaining in the first overtime session.
He lost to the number one wrestler from Addison in a pin at 1:05, but came back with a 14-1 decision against Grass Lake.
He dropped an 8-3 decision in the consolation finals to advance with a fourth-place finish.
Morenci's Tyler Guelde (112) claimed a 2:24 pin against a Reading wrestler, then lost to former teammate Camden McCaskey, 6-0, who now wrestles for Hudson.
Sam Majahrowski (285) pinned a Michigan Center wrestler in 48 seconds, but dropped matches to Hudson and Addison.
Jordan Bach, Loren Delmonico, Nate Grieder, Corey Williams and Marcus Burciaga all ended their season with losses at the tournament.
LITTLE LEAGUE: A Morenci Little League baseball and softball meeting is scheduled at 6 p.m. today (Wednesday) at City Hall starting. All coaches, umpires, parents and volunteers are encouraged to attend.
Registrations for 2009 Morenci Little League baseball and softball season have been extended through this week. Remaining registration dates are Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at Morenci City Hall; Thursday and Friday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Morenci Area High School lobby.
Morenci's Little League participation area includes Morenci and some rural portions of Fayette, Waldron and Lyons.
BOWLING TOURNAMENT: Sign-up is underway for the second annual Morenci Kiwanis/Rex Riley Scholarship Fund Bowling Tournament. The two-day event March 13 and 14 will follow a two-person scotch format.
Scoring will be based on each team's total for four games. Games will be scheduled at 6 and 8 p.m. Friday and at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Adult/child teams are not limited to parents and their children. Everyone is welcome to form a team and participate.
Children must be at least five years old as of Jan. 27, 2009. The adult category is for bowlers 18 and over.
If enough interest is shown, a couples division will also be formed.
Children ages five, six and seven will use the alleys with bumpers.
The entry fee is $30 per team. Applications are available at Mor-N-C Lanes and must be returned with payment by March 9.


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"Afghanistan has to take its future in its own hands" declares President Hamid Karzai
On the occasion of her official visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, met President Hamid Karzai on 18 May 2013 at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.
President Hamid Karzai thanked the Director-General for UNESCO's contribution to Afghanistan, notably in the fields of education and culture. "I congratulate you for your leadership to stand up for girls' education. Through your initiative for Malala, I hope you will continue to speak up for the education of girls of Afghanistan and Pakistan", which he defined as most challenging.
Affirming that gender equality is the big issue of the 21st century, the Director-General commended President Karzai on the considerable progress achieved in enhancing literacy and girls' education, and assured him of UNESCO's continued support and engagement in Afghanistan up to the elections in April 2014 and beyond. "Providing education to girls and women is not against religious beliefs. It enhances their opportunities to contribute to the development of their societies, to feel an integral part of them, and to benefit their families."
President Karzai acknowledged progress in achieving education and literacy in the country but stressed it still represented a "drop in the ocean" as the great majority of girls are uneducated "staying behind the walls of their homes."
"Education is the only way forward, there is no shortcut, if we do it properly it will get us back on time".
President Karzai went on recalling that Afghanistan had been a pioneer for women's rights in the Muslim world, referring to the first Queen of Afghanistan, Princess Suraya, who used to show herself unveiled in 1920. Conservatism was promoted in resistance to the Western influence.
The Director-General voiced the concern expressed earlier during the day by women Parliamentarians and by the Women's Media Association over possible setbacks for women after the 2014 elections, and she emphasized that women need to be given self-assurance as full members of their communities and societies. She further stressed the challenges in changing mindsets and traditions.
Turning to the rich cultural heritage in Afghanistan, Irina Bokova noted that "Afghanistan embeds an Eldorado of archaeological assets" and appealed to President Karzai to preserve the millenary cultural heritage from destruction in the name of the modernization of the country. "Countries across the world strive to reconcile modernity and preservation of their cultural heritage assets".
"The cultural heritage of Afghanistan will be the future economic and social asset of your country, it will provide self-confidence and pride to the people of Afghanistan", declared Irina Bokova.
President Karzai expressed great appreciation for the planned visit to the World Heritage site of Bamiyan by the Director-General the day after, referring to the "magnificence of this iconic site still very much inhabited by the presence of the two giant Buddhas despite their having been destroyed by the Taliban Regime in 2001."
"We are a place of 3 religions, the Greek, the Buddhist, and the Islamic. We are at the crossroads of several civilizations. This country has – when and if peace will come – a great deal to offer to the world's culture through the exploration of former civilizations".
"Afghanistan has paid a heavy high price during the last three decades in losing great parts of its cultural heritage due to the long internal conflict. We want to make this country visible again through its culture by regaining the pride towards our own past and our culture". He further emphasized the need to re-educate the people of Afghanistan towards a greater appreciation of its culture and deplored the size of the Afghan diaspora and the negative image of Afghanistan depicted by certain foreign media featuring war-related images to the detriment of showing "the positive works of the history of Afghanistan. Media do not show the culture and history of Afghanistan but what Afghanistan is not. They show our suffering as our culture". In this context, President Karzai invited the Director-General to return to the country on the occasion of the celebrations of the birth of Nowruz in Afghanistan, in 2014.
"Afghanistan does not want to be a burden to the international community, it has to take its future in its own hands and start looking after himself" concluded President Hamid Karzai referring to the post-elections time.


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Beyonce and Jay-Z's Cuba trip: 'Cultural' exchange
Superstars Beyoncé and Jay-Z were mobbed by fans last week when they visited Havana and celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary.
But two Republican members of Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury Department for information on what type of license the two had for the high-profile trip.
In a letter dated on Friday, reports Reuters, U.S. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, asked Adam Szubin, director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, for "information regarding the type of license that Beyoncé and Jay-Z received, for what purpose, and who approved such travel."
UPDATE 4/9: Reuters reports that a source familiar with the couple's itinerary says the trip was fully licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department under the "people-to-people" cultural exchange program.
Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart represent districts in south Florida with a high Cuban-American population.
"Despite the clear prohibition against tourism in Cuba, numerous press reports described the couple's trip as tourism, and the Castro regime touted it as such in its propaganda," the letter said. "We represent a community of many who have been deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities, including former political prisoners and the families of murdered innocents."
The long-standing U.S. trade embargo against Cuba prevents most Americans from traveling to the island without a special license.
Sen. Marco Rubio also had strong words about the trip and issued a statement Monday accusing the Obama administration of not properly enforcing the law that bans tourism:
"U.S. law clearly bans tourism to Cuba by American citizens because it provides money to a cruel, repressive and murderous regime. Since their inception, the Obama Administration's 'people to people' cultural exchange programs have been abused by tourists who have no interest in the Cuban people's freedom and either don't realize or don't care that they're essentially funding the regime's systematic trampling of people's human rights," said Rubio.
He went on to say that if the couple's trip was fully licensed, the Obama administration "should explain exactly how trips like these comply with U.S. law and regulations governing travel to Cuba and it should disclose how many more of these trips they have licensed."
Beyoncé and Jay-Z declined to speak to reporters, but state-run website CubaSi called it a tourist trip, reports AP. And despite the license requirements, tens of thousands of Americans travel to Cuba each year on academic, religious, journalistic or cultural exchange licenses. In the past, artists who were challenged by the government have said they visited for cultural purposes.
If the two didn't have the proper license, they could face having to pay a fine.


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A perl programmer asks why ditch perl? on the Perl Reddit. I briefly considered alternatives in my Is Perl My Perfect Compromise post. 18 months later there is a clearer answer:
At my job Perl is one of the sanctioned languages and it makes work fun. Over the past 18 months, improvements have been coming thick and fast (go go Moose and regular release cycles). For Windows development Strawberry Perl is getting better and better.
Outside of web development CPAN is better than the Python and Ruby equivalents and Python has inferior scoping anyway.
None of the minority languages mentioned in my previous post such as Clojure, Scheme and Haskell have gained any traction so there is no need to discuss them further here.


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The "conspiracy theorist" is discredited because he or she dares to look for alternatives to the idiotic official excuses given for key events like the 911 and London subway bombings, or for historic, pivotal political assassinations. Researchers who dare to look beyond explanations which are obviously lies automatically become delegated to the lunatic fringe. With the Internet becoming the researchers' primary source of information, it has became possible for national security organizations to control nearly all critical information, thus insuring that no one would find any hidden proof of the crimes of the past. This federal oversight meant that it became necessary for theorists to switch tactics and shift our focus from looking for evidence of government crimes in the past (which have had time to be covered-up), to rooting-out proof of ongoing crimes and criminal plans for the future. In today's environment of massive social and political discontent, hard proof of either ongoing war crimes or of criminal conspiracies to commit future crimes, could very likely prove to be the spark that lights the "prairie fires" of a grass roots revolution. This is the real danger of uncontrolled research.We are a threat if we start to come together. The ideas that bind us all here in the alternative media are exactly the sort of thinking that must be eliminated. The path to either victory or defeat for the anti-Empire side, just as it is for the bad guys, lies in changing the thinking of the people. The bad guys are intent on erasing the polluting ideas of freedom, liberation and individualism from the human lexicon, replacing all of these cherished concepts with ideas of hopelessness, terror and submission We must be just as committed to reinforcing visions of hope, fighting terror with truth and reason, building the fires of resistance within the besieged minds of our countrymen and our fellow man.
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Errrrrr, not sure I see your last comment. Air travel is quite safe. Your odds of surviving a flight from coast to coast are better than your odds of surviving a drive from coast to coast, statistically speaking. Of course that doesn't take driving ability into account.
Either way, though, yeah. Kuwait is the perfect place for a 'combat' deployment. I think the odds of the Mideast revolts spreading to Kuwait are damned near non-existent. For a middle-eastern nation, it has a relatively high level of social equality.
Heh, wow. Those bastards will try any emotional con, won't they? If finding God will get him home safe, then why are there so many crosses on the grave stones of soldiers killed in this war?
Which country is he in? My brother did three tours in Iraq, starting with the invasion.
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Nearly 3,200 jobs at struggling retailer Game Group were safeguarded today as part of the business was sold to a turn-around investment firm.
OpCapita, which recently bought electrical goods retailer Comet, has bought 333 shops, administrators said.
The UK operations of the retailer, which trades as Game and Gamestation, collapsed into administration on Monday, triggering 277 store closures and 2,104 redundancies.
Fourteen stores in Greater Manchester were closed .
Administrator PwC confirmed the sale but would not reveal the financial details of the transaction. It is thought OpCapita paid a nominal amount, possibly £1, for the assets.
Henry Jackson, managing partner of OpCapita said: "We strongly believe there is a place on the high street for a video gaming specialist and Game is the leading brand in a £2.8 billion market in the UK.
"We have assembled a strong team of experienced industry operators to implement the programme of operational change that is needed.
"There is a huge amount to do but we look forward to the challenge of restoring Game's fortunes in partnership with its employees and suppliers."
The real cost will be taking over the company's £85 million debts. It is understood the company's lenders, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, will have agreed to roll forward the debts at the same time as taking a slight reduction.
OpCapita was among a number of potential bidders for the remaining assets which also included a consortium of existing banks including RBS and American rival Gamestop.
OpCapita, which bought Comet for a token £2, specialises in investing in and turning around stricken retail chains.
Game's demise followed a string of profit warnings and the failure of nervous suppliers, including Electronic Arts and Nintendo, to go on providing new games.
The retailer had a £21 million rent bill due last week and faces a £12 million wage bill this weekend, although PwC is expected to honour any wages owed. There is also £10 million in VAT and £40 million owed to suppliers.
Game suffered a dismal Christmas and was later forced to ask suppliers for more generous trading terms.
But many stopped supplying it with new releases, such as Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken, leaving fans disappointed and adding to the group's trading woes.
Game agreed fresh lending facilities with banks last month and began seeking access to alternative sources of funding earlier this month.
The group has already signalled that losses for the year to the end of January are likely to be around £18 million.


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Researchers at the University of California-Berkeley claim to have hit upon a counterintuitive means of boosting the efficiency of flatplate solar cells by making them emit light. "What we demonstrated is that the better a solar cell is at emitting photons, the higher its voltage and the greater the efficiency it can produce," said principal researcher, UC Berkeley Professor of Electrical Engineering Eli Yablonovitch.
To briefly recap the mechanism behind the photovoltaic effect itself, photons from some external light source (the sun, preferably) entering a solar cell excite the electrons in the semiconductor into higher energy states. This frees them from confinement so that they can convey current. (The charge itself is created by using two materials. Free electrons find it easier to move in one direction between the materials, creating a negative charge in one and a positive charge in the other.)
But in some semiconductors, when the excited electrons return to lower energy states they have a knack for emitting photons, which is a desirable property for a semiconductor in, say, an LED. But Yablonovitch argues this is also crucial to solar cells—an argument his team is the first to make, a recent press release claims. Unlike an LED, the electrons in a solar cell are absorbing photons from an exterior source as well as emitting their own.
But the emitted photons find it hard to escape the semiconductor's surface due to their narrow escape cone. These trapped photons are likely to be re-absorbed, causing yet another subsequent photon emission. Yablonovitch asserts that the more photons that can be made to escape, the greater the voltage achievable in the cell. How? "Fundamentally, it's because there's a thermodynamic link between absorption and emission," explained team member Owen Miller.
Yablonovitch goes into more detail about this thermodynamic link in a 2011 paper (which, it should be pointed out, has yet to be peer reviewed). Due to "basic thermodynamics," a material that absorbs light must also emit light, to an extent determined by the material's absorptivity. "External photon emission is part of a necessary and unavoidable equilibration process," it explains, "which does not represent loss at all."
Yablonovitch has likened this to maximizing power from a water wheel driven by water from a faucet. In this analogy, the water tank has an open top and is continually filled by rainfall. If the faucet is fully open, the tank will drain too quickly, losing pressure and failing to turn the wheel. With a closed (or almost closed faucet), the pressure in the tank may be high, but the flow of water is insufficient to turn the wheel. The optimal setup is to have the faucet part open so that the water in and out of the tank is balanced and the pressure is equalized. You may be losing water, but the energy output of the water wheel over time is maximized.
The external luminescence from the solar may also be thought of as a gauge of the voltage in the cell. "My preferred way of explaining this is to say that the external luminescence is like a contactless volt-meter in the cell," he told Ars. "To say that we want more external luminescence is like saying we want more voltage."
How does one go about expelling these unwanted photons? A highly reflective rear mirror can help to expel new photons, as can an "optically textured" front surface that facilitates photon escape, the paper claims. And Yablonovitch has done exactly that, with the help of some friends.
In June, 2011, Alta Devices, a company cofounded by Yablonovitch, announced it had achieved an efficiency of 28.2 percent in its gallium arsenide-based solar panels (the previous record of 26.4 percent having been achieved in 2010).
The boost of almost two percent may sound modest, but when closing in on the Shockley-Queisser limit, every tenth of a percent counts. The Shockley-Queisser limit is the theoretical maximum efficiency—33.7 percent—at which single p-n junction flatplate cells can operate. Receiving 1000 W/m2 of solar radiation at noon on a clear day, these ideal cells would be capable of producing 337 W/m2 of electrical power. Multilayer cells are capable of greater efficiencies.
The voltage increase offered by the emission of photons may be sufficient to explain the shortfall between real-world achievements and the Shockley-Queisser limit—a limit which the team's research indicates should be perfectly possible in gallium arsenide, which has internal fluorescence approaching 100 percent. For the Shockley-Queisser limit to be achieved, solar cells require a 100-percent external fluorescence to "balance" the light coming in. In other words, a perfect system would emit one photon for every photon absorbed. Needless to say, a voltage increase equates to a power increase, since power (in watts) is the product of the current (in amps) and potential difference (in volts).
To achieve cell efficiencies greater than 30 percent, the optical performance of solar panels "will need to be very carefully designed," the 2011 paper, Intense Internal and External Fluorescence as Solar Cells Approach the Shockley Queisser Efficiency Limit, concludes. Yablonovitch hopes to see 30-percent efficiency cracked in the next few years. The team is set to present its latest findings in May in its presentation, The Opto-Electronics which Broke the Efficiency Record in Solar Cells, at the Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics in San Jose, California.