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What the heck is in the air this past week? First we see a simulated image of the sky from Mars go massively viral because people thought it actually showed Earth in the Martian sky, then a clearly Photoshopped pic of two "Suns" setting on Mars gets passed around.
And now a new slice of oddness enters the field: a picture of a planetary alignment over the Giza Pyramids, saying this only happens once every 2737 years. Because planetary alignments and the pyramids play such a large role in New Age/astrological beliefs, there is clearly some sort of spiritual message implied here.
Well, I hate to be a thricely-bursting-bubble person, but here we go again, again. Let me be clear: while there will be an event more-or-less like this in December, and it should be pretty and quite cool to see, the claims being made are somewhat exaggerated. The picture itself isn't real, and the planets won't really look like that from Giza. Also, alignments like this happen fairly often, though to be fair getting them spaced out to fit over the pyramids in this way probably is relatively rare.
Busting your Cheops
Here's the picture making the rounds:
It clearly shows the three pyramids in Giza, Egypt, with three planets above them. There are various versions of this picture I've seen; most are like this with almost no explanation. Some say the planets are Mercury, Venus, and Saturn, and some mention this is what it will look like on December 3rd, 2012, just before sunrise.
First, this obviously cannot be an actual photo if the event hasn't happened yet! This must be a Photoshop job. That's fine if it's only to show what things are supposed to look like, and no one is claiming this is an actual photo.
However, it hardly matters. There are lots of other problems with this planetary alignment claim.
What's your angle?
The first thing I did when I saw this was ask: is there really going to be a close conjunction of three planets on December 3rd?
The answer is yes! Mercury, Venus, and Saturn will all be within a relatively small distance of each other in the sky on that date. This isn't a particularly tight configuration like Venus and Jupiter were earlier this year – in this case, they'll be 14 degrees apart, nearly 30 times the width of the full Moon on the sky – but it's still pretty nifty.
The second thing I did, though, was ask myself: will they really look like that in the sky as seen from Giza?
The answer this time is no. I used the software planetarium program SkySafari to show what the three planets would look like in the sky before sunrise on December 3rd as seen from the location of the pyramids, and got this:
In this picture, the yellow line is the ecliptic, the path of the Sun in the sky through the year. The green horizontal line is the horizon, and the three planets are labeled.
Note the angle of the planets: in the picture going viral, the planets are much closer to horizontal, but in reality the line connecting the planets is at a much steeper angle. It's nearly vertical, in fact. This may not seem like a big deal, but having the planets closer to horizontal like in the viral picture is more spectacular than what will really happen, exaggerating the claim.
Not only that, but in the pyramid picture the planets are almost exactly on a line, like beads on a string. But as you can see in the picture above, they're not nearly that colinear. Again it's looking like the pyramid picture is exaggerating the situation.
Mirror, mirror
I noticed something else funny as well.
Here's a satellite view of the three pyramids, courtesy Google maps:

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In reality, you can't really synchronize android to any desktop OS. Its cloud based storage of PIM data can be synchronized with google or evolution via internet. You can mount the phone as a generic storage device to transfer files to and from the sd card (so that'll work in linux too, obviously) but there is no program for syncing anything to your pc. all syncing is done on the cloud – i.e. you sync with gmail and other google apps (all your mobile phone numbers are stored on google contacts, for example), your facebook account and all of the other service and apps that you use.
Hints for an "in house" Linux solution
The Rhythmbox media player and totally supports disk-based syncing. It also includes the features you would expect in a modern media player including CD ripping, playlists, podcast downloading and support for Internet radio. Rhythmbox will play virtually any audio format as it's based on the popular GStreamer media framework. It will even transfer music from an iPod, although you'll still have the DRM issue should those tunes carry that stigma.
Banshee is strongly tied to the GNOME desktop manager. These two together make managing your Android phone music as simple as it gets. Now, Banshee is not a complete replacement for iTunes. There is no way to purchase music through Banshee (which is fine because most Android phones can purchase music straight from the Amazon MP3 market). But Banshee does a bang up job of managing your music – and a simple job interacting with the Android phone. Now, let's take a look at how this is done
Contacts and Calendar via gmail cloud
I sync contacts and calendar between the android phone and linux pc via gmail. I use Evolution or thunderbird as a linux client for accessing and sync-ing contacts and calendar with gmail. the android phone syncs wtih gmail easily.
Some guys claimed that sync the contacts with a Nokia using SyncML and that I believe IS available on the Android platform
Simple and Bridged approaches
I have windows (XP or 7) installed on VirtualBox at a linux system (ubuntu and fedora 15). Both My Phone Explorer and Android Sync Manager (Wifi) work well. At the end of day, we still need a bit of windows in our linux village. This takes care of contacts, calendar, sms, call log etc.
the memo on android is a nice tool too. I haven't find a easy way to synchronise with PC. I reply on Samsung Kies to sync memo with outlook notes.
As a non-perfect way, Note Everything can import palm Memo and outlook Notes when they are exported as required format
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consequent ly it has cost nothing for repairs john 1 iikni.y salisbury n c sept 3.1 18s6 f.i^litcen months ago [ bought ot john a boyden u 2 inch thimble skein pied mont wagon and have used it pretty much all the time and it has proved to be i tirst rate wagon nothing il><>ut it has given aivsv and therefore it has required no re pa i rs t a walton salisbury n c sept 8th 1886 is months ago i bought of the airent,in salisbury a i in thimble skein piedmont wajjun their lightest one-horse wagon 1 have kept it in almost constant use and during the time hive hauled on it at least 75 loads of wood and that without any breakage t>r repairs l r walton for sale one brick house and lot on the corner offultou and kerr streets about otic aci o in lot one frame house and lot on lee tr»ct ou fiame house and lot on main street also shares in n c r r enquire of mrs ii e and miss vic tokia johnson at their hum on main street 4o:tf rurman carp 1 -' 1 uijll"lali ullill . quantity for si ocklny pouds for terms address v r fkai.ey sal s^ury n c 37:tf ftti r>..f i-i.-hi i\nh n'v i.si.vi»;k!).!ikvhl f'j '. -> !. l:i nii ! h i n >■i krr . i an m-r.-<tini.-hc ri will -:.. to li-r-i no vij.nff nl hnmlmg i ., - i c:mi -.■.., n.rv.ili.irnlvi.riiim'rm^rf vary 1)1 :. : • i lir-r.-t i r l n^nn ir-hnmlo ir.-.il.ir iz.-.:n nil ■.%: • i.-nli-.m hf ii.l.lr.^iin kfu8 mkj'uttv ■. hmla'm.x.v i'iiiimid e w toughknoifbtseaver dealkb6 is fresh meat and ice the choicest beef the market affords always in hand 50:3ni stoves and heatibst cook stoves and baxges i have the besi and prettist lot of coal and wood stoves ever offered in this market many of them of the latest and biost approved paterns — suitable for par lors dining rooms store offices,churehes school houses shops and sitting rooms i.aruv and small call and see them and hear prices r 49:1m wm brown rn acres ° f - oi)ii an ' 1 - r miic nl i from'satisburv r,n the coneord road v v tenn 1 - reasonable forcaph 51 t p{xk iv lcd1 k i . cream balmwrji^ra 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felttlirough out tin whole system anmng u dozen dyspeptics no two will have the same pre dominantsymptoms i>ytspcptiarotaciive mental power and a bilious temperament are subject to siik headache those fleshy and phlegmatic have constipation while the ill in imdnervousare abandoned to gloomy forebodings some dyspeptics sire wonderfully forgetful others have great irritability of temper whatever form dyspepsia may take one tiling is certain the underlying cause is , in the m.lveh t '■und one tiling more is equally certain no one will remain a dyspeptic who will y_yjh3 j tpr'tf b ft will correct lslijljla*xivrj acidity of the start the lavcr to working when all other troubles soon disappear my wife y:k a confirmed dyspeptic some three years ago by the advice of l>r steiner of augusta she w:is induced to try simmons liver regulator i teel grateful for the relief it has given her and may all who read this and are afflicted in any way whether chronic or other wise use simmons liver regulator and 1 feel confident health will be restored to all who will be advised wm m kirsh fort valley ga see that you gel the genuine with rc 2 on front of wrapper pkel'akhd ont.y hy j ii zeilin jj co l'hiladclphia pa great excitement at kluttz & rendleman's t"w"o st obe8 whirh are kepi full of choice i-l desirable cioodo by daily additions which are marked at llork bottom prices for < ash or barter we buy all kind of pro duce avhich but few houses do for a li or l'rade the largest stock of dress m.d in town pricerf from - cts to the best cash mens tricots flannels and suitings best ah inane plaid al g cts or as low a any one else will sell t hem we ha*ve all-wool lied flaunel at in tts per yard up lo the best big bargains in all-wool jerseys at t r >, so and up new stock of ! domestics •">. 6j 7 7i 8 !) and 10 , cts carpets for everybody at new york prices wool hals 2o cts and up to the best fur in all styles knit and cloth shirts s.~i cts up lo hie 1 t-^t wool we offer all of oiir long cloaks and new markets at cost they must be sold to make room we have just received another we mark them low and lei them go and get more big assortment of tinware cheapest in town brooms cheaper than ever before brass hooped buckets -!•"> els java coffee only 25 cts who would drink rio new crop new orleans mo lasses and sugar jusji in beans ai flakes oat meal rits tapioca macaroni ' < heese < backers canned fruits drieil fruits und lots of good things to eat /;/: sube am see us before you buy or sell as we ml as to i what we say 39 ly cake baskets cakd receivers castors 1 ", and c bottle berry dishes cream pitchers sugar bowls butter dishes pickle dishes olive and preserve dishes spoon holders n'apkin rings individual castors ind1viih vl salt and pepper bottles water pitcher waiter and goblet bread tray children's drinkincj cups jewel caskets call bells and many more nice things for xmas my stock is now complete and i know 1 can please you call and see them as it is no trouble to show goods keep your optics on this space as it change every week and will be to your advantage to keep posted w h reisner leading jeweleb 27:ly a h n me coijaiy a strong company seekii g f0 ' / r^-ci :: i prompt ! home fatronase &\ ;;:.'.,.., % reliake liberal ! agents jtj-jeffi jsrtsihtnt n all cities towns ami svilliam c coirt vil soutt y-,;u'^h scnttarj j allen brown resident agent salisbury n 0 h '-%/^ over tea thoniwu'l lrial £*£&' v«l'g v v aai'mlto mipimiiioii erf prelculiouz rem sf^(££^qsij»»s n p ess tile .'-. : i m n testa i forkigjitteara in ntny o n s b d^jh h isssslsii^'«s^si v^^'^^^^^}'^^^r^cv^.v^l t 8eat2£mt t^iicrth t?9kss.55 tireo j7 work ortoofreeindcvct?nco,wonskthatyoa eend na ua»di spdy co r»f'p p.mr««rs tsiali'at'kaok frkk.trf ii hlnst 1 1'anphl •',*'•. socs 17 teeth 8tr;->et,st.lotn3 ho huptured pef.goks can l.r.yo ; 7 rh tr!-i of cur apdliunco ask for termas , by j j kruxek never trouble trouble my good man is a clever man which no one will gainsay he lies awnke to plot ami plan gainst lions in the way while i without a thought of ill sleep sound enough for three for i never trouble trouble till trouble troubles inc a holiday we never fix but he is sure twill rain and when the sky is elenr at six lie knows it won't remain he's always prophesying ill to wkich i won't agree for i never trouble trouble till trouble troubles me the wheat will never show atop — but so»n how green the field ! we will not harvest halfacrop — yet have a famous yield ! it will not sell it never will ! but i will wait and see for i never trouble trouble till trouble troubles me we have a good share of worldly gear and fortune seems seeure yet my good man is full of tear — misfortune's coming sure he points me out the almshousc hill but cannot make me see for i never trouble trouble till trouble troubles me lie has a sort of second sight and when the tit is strong lie sues beyond the good and tight the evil and the wrong heaven's cup ofjoy he'll surely spill unless i with him be for i never trouble trouble till trouble troubles inc — i»hie windsor in norristown herald united states marshal dyer has seized the office of the president of the mormon church at salt lake citv utah two negro men for i brutal assault on mrs d j o'ljerry near pemberton ferry florida were hung in a swamp whore they were concealing them selves the most novel sceme ever adopt d for increasing the circulation of a news paper is that of a detroit drily which advertises that its publishers will give 100 to the next of kin to any person who is killed in a railway accident in the united states or canada provided a late copy of thi paper be found on the person of the deceased the days of successful whaling are not over though the business has be come very risky the substitution of steamers for sailing vessels has resulted in some very good voyages lately one of the most fortunate skippers of the day is captain bauldry of the new bedford steam whaler orca who las recently returned with all the oil and bone his ship could carry he actual ly gave awuy two whales that his crew had killed to a rival because his own storage room was full hashish is superseding morphine and vaporized ether it is said in the affec tion of the parisian dilettanti drunk ards they have founded a hashish club on the rue st michael where they meet every friday the amount of the drug which each shall take is prescribed by a doctor and the dose is prepared by a chemist both members of the club it is taken in pills and not chewed drunk or smoked as are the oriental fashions eeach of the mem bers is bound to describe to the other either in writing or verbally his sensa tions as the drug gains its influence over him united states report the annual report of the secretary of the navy is encouraging and inter esting leading under this adminis tration ship-building has received an impetus which bids fair to place amer ica at no very distant day among the most advanced of maritime powers such is the hopeful tenor of secretary whitney's report ho says when the last annual report of the department was made this country lacked manufactories necessary to the construction and armament of a mod ern war vessel viz that of steel forg ings for the heavier guns that of armor for iron-clad vessels and that of the secondary batteries machine and rapid-tire guns an essential portion of the armament now all three manufactories are in process of con struction under contracts with the department it was a fatal mistake j for this country to be dependent upon j any o*h r nation for its implements of : war the ease with which these diffi ! culties were finally solved was most suprisiug and furnished another and ! most notable illustration of the en | terprise and courage of our business class my attention was early called to the fact that our ship-builders were shut out from building for any foreign government by reason of the fact that i neither armor nor gun steel nor eec [ ondary batteries could be supplied in | tins country it is believed that our private ship-yards can produce war ships equal and perhaps superior to those produced elsewhere when these industries shall have been established it is notable in this connection that the efforts of the department to raise the standard of the material for the ships has resulted in a class of material believed to be superior to that ever pro duced for any similar purpose all concur that the quality of the steel has been improved and that more reliable processes have come to light espe cially has the steel made upon the pacific coast been notable tor its qual ity and the construction of the cruis ers there may mark an important event in its industrial history so much for the stimulating energy and business methods of v democratic administration for a good picture of carelessness and extravagance not to say deliberate robbery we must look on the other side — to the republican management the secretary has gi fen it in the story ok the tennessee the history of this vessel is quite interesting and most illustrative she had a short life but as a consumer of money a brilliant one her hull was built and she was equipped in the new york navy yard her machinery i was designed and built under contract by the eminent engineer mr john ericsson costing 700,000 her total original cost was si 856,075.81 upon her trial trip in january 1807 she ran about 1,000 miles she attained a speed of sixteen knots and made a run of fifteen knots per hour for four hours she encountered a perilous storm des i cribed as a hurricane which continued over twenty-four hours the ship suf ferd considerably the report of her commander says the engines moved oil finely and worked perfectly during all the storm * * * her machin ery is as perfect as it need be it has undergone the severest test and not once found wanting she is the fast est ship i have ever seen the chief engineer says if the strength and workmanship of the machinery cannot l>e depeuded upon then no reliance is to lie placed upon the performance of any steam machinery with which i am . acquainted " two years afterward she underwent what was called repairs and the sum of 8576,700.01 was spent upon her all but 73,000 of this was put on her hull and equipment it was the full price of a new wooden hull of her size at that time this was from 1800 to 1871 she then made a cruise of three months and went into the hands of mr john roach to enable him to take out the machinery and boilers of john ericsson and substitute others of supe rior character it was among other things expected to give the ship a 14 knot speed for twenty-four hours when she had her trial of this new machinery in 1875 her maximum speed was io knots and she had had put upon her an expense of 801,713.60 in addition to the value of her machinery and boilers taken in trade by mr roach at 65,000 this machinery had cost 700.000 had not been in actual service six months had never been surveyed and condemned by a board of government officers nor its value iixed by any government board but it was sold to mr roach as old iron that is to say between 180'j and 1870 the tennessee had had three months service and had cost in repairs and improvements 1,443 513 21 this was largely in excess of a fair price for a new ship of her characteristics twelve years afterward ou april 4 1888 she is condemned by the statu ary board as unseaworthy and not worth repairing and ordered sold hav ing had put upon her between 1875 and 1887 tin additional sum of 577 710.17 she brought 34,525 at the auction side she had cost the gov ernment 3,800,000 in round numbers and had done about ten years of active service outside of repair shops and navy yards it is often the subject of won der what has become of the 70,000 000 spent upon war vessels since the c'ose of the war in view of the fact that there is now no navy this bit of history will serve as an illustration a leap for life as a passenger train on the savan nah valley railroad was coming into anderson s ('.. an old negro woman came near meeting a most horrible death the old woman unconscious of an approaching train attempted to cross a trestle just below the depot and when about half way across she saw the train realizing her danger she concluded to risk her life by jumping oil rather than to be crushed to pieces by the train fotunately she escaped as the trestle was not very high her injuries are very painful but they are not considered dangerous a precious thing is the more precious to us if it has been won by work or i economy — liuskin business competition there is often a tendency to overdo a tiling one man has a hotel say an d there is a re:il necessity for a hotel where his is situated and necessity for only one and the proprietor of this hotel keeps i first-class house and charges a reasonable price for hoard arid makes a reasonable amount of money some one sees the condition of tilings and straightway concludes that the proper thing for him to do is to go in and break this man down which he may succeed in doing but at the same time he will ruin himself the amount of money that has been lost at this kind of business folly in any given community would make it blossom like a rose of course we would not confine our remarks to ho tels the same principle applies to all departments or business of course we believe in competition but this like all things else must be confined within legitimate bounds there is no amount of competition that can support two men well on what is required for one the who^e idea is grounded on the unchristian principle of conflict and is brutal in its tendencies the western union telegraph com pany for instance is doing a good safe business making a sufficiency for its owners some other company starts a telegraph company and straightway the w u t co would begin to try to break the new company down not because there is not enough work for both to do and because it needs the patronage but because of this busi ness folly of looking upon every one else engaged in the same business in which you are as your enemy and legiti mate prey the whole thing is unchristian and anbusiness like the christian's life is one of strife but it is strife against evil and this same business of destruc tive competition is one of the evils against which it must and was con tinued to contend the highwayman takes his goods from you because he is armed or more reckless than you so does this species of business highwayman take your le gitimate business from you because he is richer or more reckless than you if a certain community needed a butcher's stall and the demand was sup plied by a good one and there was only trade enough for one butcher's stall it would be folly to start another one on the idea of driving the first man out of business it would be better far and wiser to shirt a stock farm nnd supply his stall with beef mutton and pork i hen again if there was a good lg and actual necessity for two is it would be a great wrong and eat lolly too for the one to wage upon tne other and try to ruin his ness udgment should be used in these ters and a people who are wis will not overdo any particular business but will rather seek a great variety of in dustries and thus afford a greater op portunity for legitimate profits in every branch and then each added industry will prove a compliment to the other — goldsboro argus keeping out foreigners senator palmer of michigan has in troduced in the senate at washington a bill prepared by him for the purpose of regulating and restricting immigra tion to the united states a principal iture of the bill is a provision which t becomes a law will require every son of foreign birth who eontem tes emigration to the united states provide himself with a certificate in the united states consul for the rict of his residence setting torth istantially that said said consul is isfied upon diligent inquiry that he i suitable and desirable person for idence and citizenship in the united states persons of foreign birth not provided with such certificates shall not be allowed by the united states migration officers to land in this intry the fourth sections which bodies most of the new legislation proposed by senater palmers bill pro vides that no certificates shall be grant ed to any convict except those convict ed of political offenses nor any lunatic idiot or any person unable to take care himself or herself without becom j a public charge nor any anarchist lilist or any person hostile to the principals of the constitution or furin of government of the united states nor to any believer or professed believ er of the mormon religion who fails to satisfy the consul upon examination that he or she intends to and will con form to and obey the laws of the united states nor to any person in cluded in the prohibition in the act to prohibit the importation and immigra tion of foreigners and aliens under i raft or agreement to perform labor ie 1'nited states approved febru 26 1885 or in the act amendatory . — ■» ■— nsumption surely cue3d to the editor — please inform your readers that i have a positive remedy for the above named disease by its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have b_'en permanently cured i shall be jjlad to bend two bottles of my remedy free to any of your readers who have con sumption if they will send me their ex press and post office address respect i \ si in m <\. 181 pearl t , ; >'. y the mother there is no human love like a mother's love there is no humnu i tenderness like a mother's tenderness and there is no such time for a moth er's tirst displaying her love an 1 ten derness towards her child as in the child's earliest years of life that time neglected and no future can make | good the loss to either mother or child ' that time well improved and all the years that follow it can profit by its improvement even god himself measures his fatherly love by a moth erly standard as one whom h's [ mother eornforteth as i will comfort you lie says and what more than this could he say ? aud many a strong man who was first comforted by his mother's loving aud tender words and ways while he was a helpless child has never lost his grateful trusting de pendence on that mother's ministry of affection and sympathy when gruff old dr johnson was fifty years old he wrote to his aged mother as if he were still her wayward but loving boy : you have been the best mother and i believe the best wo man in the world i thank you tor all your indulgence to me and beg for giveness for all that i have done ill and of all 1 have omitted to do well john quincy adams did not part with his mother until he was nearly or quite as old as this yet his cry even then was : 0 god could she have been spared yet a little longer without her the world feels to me like a soli tude when president nott of union college whs more than ninety years old and had been for half a cen tury a college president as strength and sense 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By: Meg Laughlin
MIAMI - Spanish television commentator Luis Conte Aguero strides across his Little Havana office, pointing out photos on the wall: He pats Kennedy on the shoulder, whispers to Johnson, embraces Nixon. He hugs Ford and shakes hands with Carter.
But the person these presidents were talking to him about is conspicuously absent: Fidel Castro.
For nearly 60 years, Fidel Castro has been the focus of Conte Aguero's life, first as his beloved protege, then as his loyal comrade and finally as his archenemy. His daily commentary on Spanish television in South Florida is about Castro. His meetings with dignitaries and world leaders are about Castro. He speaks about him at breakfasts, banquets and rallies several days a week.
"He is my career," says Conte Aguero, 82.
On this chilly February day, he is again talking about Castro - this time the topic involves the letters Castro wrote to him from prison in the early 1950s.
In 1959 the letters were published in Cuba in Spanish. Today, The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro will be released in the United States for the first time.
For the 1959 publication, Conte Aguero penned an introduction heaping passionate praise on Castro as "the American hero ... with a heart of steel." Now, 48 years later, Conte Aguero ends the new English-Spanish version with equal passion. But this time, it is disdain: "He subverted and defiled the eternal values of liberty."
Of his shift in emotions, Conte Aguero says: "I once survived because of hope for Fidel Castro. Now, I survive to fight him."
Their relationship began when the two young men were at the University of Havana in the late 1940s. Castro was a law student, Conte Aguero a graduate student in philosophy. They met when Castro argued with him at a student meeting, then apologized.
"There was a noble portion to him," says Conte Aguero, who invited Castro, two years his junior, to become a part of an organization working for democratic change in Cuba.
When the beloved founder and leader of the organization, Havana radio commentator Eddy Chibas, committed suicide on Aug. 5, 1952, Castro and Conte Aguero were there. After a poignant radio speech calling for reform in Cuba, Chibas shoved a loaded pistol in his gut and pulled the trigger.
"Fidel and I carried Eddy's bleeding body to a car," said Conte Aguero. "This tragedy cemented our friendship for many years."
With the loss of Chibas, who may well have been elected as president, a political vacuum was created in Cuba. Former President Fulgencio Batista then took over in a coup d'etat in 1952. Castro, with Conte Aguero's blessing, organized an attack against Batista's soldiers, which landed Castro in prison. It was from a cell at the Isle of Pines prison, where he served from late 1953 to the spring of 1955, that Castro wrote the letters to Conte Aguero and others.
The letters, sneaked out by a prison worker, were not censored, Conte Aguero says. They went by ferry through several hands until they made their way to the house of Castro's sister in Havana, where Conte Aguero picked them up. Castro wrote them on a grainy wooden plank in black ink on paper the texture of coarse toilet paper. Given the paper and the writing surface, the cursive is remarkably neat.
Ann Louise Bardach, who writes about Cuba for the New York Times and Vanity Fair, found a rare Cuban copy of the letters and made the deal to publish them. She wrote the introduction to the bilingual version, calling the 21 letters "a Rosetta Stone for historians, biographers and journalists seeking to understand the man who would become Cuba's ruler for life."
In a 1953 letter to Conte Aguero, Castro spells out his plan for the future of Cuba: to take land and sugar profits from the wealthy and redistribute them to sharecroppers and workers, "splintering the organized resistance of powerful interests." He also says that "propaganda ... should be so powerful as to implacably destroy anyone ... against the movement."
Conte Aguero, who describes himself as "always fiercely anticommunistic," says he agreed with the redistribution plan as a "way to achieve social justice for the workers."
"Communism did not occur to me at the time," he says.
As for the propaganda, he says: "In the very early days, it was necessary for consolidation."
Over and over, the letters show Castro's love and admiration for Conte Aguero, whom he calls "dearest brother" and "my dearest friend ... who towers above the putrid surroundings."
"You can see his devotion to me," says Conte Aguero. "I was his mentor."
After 22 months in prison, Castro received amnesty and went into exile in Mexico. There, he founded a movement to oust Batista. He returned to Cuba in 1956 and the movement grew. In 1958, the United States stopped supporting Batista and withdrew military aid. In early 1959, Batista left the country and Castro and his guerillas marched into Havana. Conte Aguero, in exile in Argentina, returned to Cuba.
"We rejoiced," says Conte Aguero.
A few months later, he published a Havana edition of the prison letters, with Castro's prison mug shot on the cover. To introduce the letters, Conte Aguero wrote of Castro, "Here is the hero."
Their relationship unraveled quickly, however, as they moved in different directions. By the end of the year, Conte Aguero had become disenchanted, he says, "because he refused to allow any political parties that weren't communist."
To deflect Castro, Conte Aguero began appearing on Cuban radio and TV and saying that Castro had misrepresented himself to the people.
Soon after, Castro responded on television, saying his former close friend was "inventing phantoms."
"This is the way an enemy talks. ... This is a case of bad faith," Castro announced.
When Conte Aguero called a radio station to respond, he says the station manager called him "crazy."
"I knew it was over for me," he says.
When he left Cuba for New York on April 5, 1960, Conte Aguero carried nine of the hand-written letters from Castro in the inside pocket of his white suit. A year later he moved to Miami, where he began a career of lambasting his former friend.
"I have cafe Cubano with him in the morning and a glass of red wine with him at night. My life is always about him," Conte Aguero says.
He checks regularly with sources connected to Havana for information he can share on Miami radio and TV and in speeches about the Cuban leader and his health. Recently he reported that Castro's ex-wife Mirta, whom he wrote from prison, is with Castro in Havana.
As dark falls on this February day, Conte Aguero grabs a folder from his office and races to his car to drive to an anti-Castro rally, where he will speak once again about the subject that occupies his life.
"The letters show that I was once the leader," he says. "But now I am only an echo."
Meg Laughlin can be reached at email@example.com.
Excerpts from Castro's letters
Dec. 12, 1953
Dearest brother Luis Conte:
With the blood of my dead brothers, I write you this letter; they are the only motive that inspires me. More than liberty and life itself for us, we are calling for justice for them.
June 12, 1954
Dear brother:
... About me, I can tell you that my only company happens when they lay out a dead prisoner in the small funeral parlor across from my cell; there are occasions of mysterious hangings, strange murders of men who were beaten and tortured. But I cannot see them because there is a six-foot screen blocking the only entrance to my cell so that I cannot see another human being, alive or dead. It would be too much magnanimity to permit me the company of a corpse!
Aug. 14, 1954
Dear Luis,
... Conditions indispensable for the integration of a true civic movement are ideology, discipline and leadership. All three are essential but leadership is basic. ... No movement can be organized if everyone thinks they have the right to make public declarations without consulting others; nor can anything be expected if it is constituted by unmanageable men who, at the first disagreement, take the path they deem more convenient, tearing apart and destroying the movement. The apparatus of propaganda and organization should be so powerful as to implacably destroy anyone trying to create fissures, cabals, and schisms or to rise against the movement.
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Omega 3 oils were already simmering as a trend a dozen years ago. Newer sources and applications technology are driving interest in these healthful fats even higher.
Omega-3 oils have long maintained the status of "good" fats because of their noted anti-inflammatory properties and negative association with decreased cardiovascular disease risk. But recently they surged to even greater popularity because of two important advances: First, research is beginning to unravel the key role that omega-3 fatty acids play in brain development and function. Second, advances in micro-encapsulation allow potentially fishy tasting oils to appear in almost any food with nary a hint of the sea.
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren Plans To Introduce 'Aaron's Law' To Stop Bogus Prosecutions Under The CFAA
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The abuse of the CFAA has been seen in some high profile cases, including the one against Lori Drew, after a young girl, who was a friend of Drew's daughter, killed herself following a "dispute" with a fake profile of a boy that was really set up by Drew and some others. The court eventually tossed that out (though a jury convicted her). But it seems tragically ironic that a law that prosecutors once used (they claimed) to go after someone for bullying someone to commit suicide, is now itself being blamed for prosecutors' own bullying tactics, which many (including his parents) now insist led to the suicide of Aaron Swartz.
Congress has approved fixes for the CFAA in the past, but they've never made it all the way into law. The unfortunate, untimely and tragic death of Aaron Swartz may have brought back politicians' interest in making such a fix. Rep. Zoe Lofgren announced on Reddit her plans to introduce "Aaron's Law" to fix one glaring weakness in the CFAA: the idea that any terms of service violation is akin to hacking and fraud under the law. The draft bill rejects such an interpretation explicitly:
Section 1343 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: ''A violation of an agreement or contractual obligation regarding Internet or computer use, such as an acceptable use policy or terms of service agreement, with an Internet service provider, Internet website, or employer is not in itself a violation of this section.''Hopefully, this new Congress can look at the unfortunate situation with Aaron (and many others) and how prosecutors are using the CFAA as a weapon to browbeat people they don't like into guilty pleas on garbage charges, and finally pass this much needed fix to the CFAA.


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YAKIMA – Eleven…that's the magic number for the Sunnyside Lady Grizzly basketball team.
The SHS girls hoop team earned its 10th Big Nine League victory of the season last Friday night, via a dominating 66-38 decision over Eisenhower on the Cadets' home floor.
That win leaves the Lady Grizzlies one short of the 11 victories required for Sunnyside to advance into the 3A playoffs as the Columbia Basin's No. 1 seed. As the top seed, Sunnyside would get to host a loser-out postseason game on Tuesday, March 18, against a far inferior club. Anything less than a No. 1 seeding for the Lady Grizzlies would force them to open the playoffs on the road.
Sunnyside (10-3, 15-3) has two chances remaining to secure that all important 11th conference victory. In closing out league play this coming weekend, the Lady Grizzlies on Friday will host Moses Lake (11-2, 15-3), then will trek to East Wenatchee on Saturday to take on Eastmont (0-13, 0-17).
Even though Eastmont is winless on the season and that game appears to be in the bag for the Lady Grizzlies, SHS Coach Rick Puente said his team isn't looking ahead to that match-up.
Simply put, Puente's club wants its 11th league victory to come against conference-leading Moses Lake.
"Our goal all season has been to focus on the game at hand," he said. "We don't look ahead or look to the past.
"Moses Lake is next up. That's the team the girls were talking about right after last Friday's game at Eisenhower," said Puente.
In easily dispatching the Cadets (3-9, 3-13) last Friday, Sunnyside jumped out to a 25-6 first-quarter lead – and never looked back.
Sparking the rout early on was junior Jordan Rodriguez. She tossed in 8 of her team-high 14 points in the opening period. The Lady Grizzlies' floor general also ripped seven loose balls from the glass.
Freshman Jessica Mendoza and junior Selena Rubalcava also scored in double figures for the winners. Mendoza popped in 11 points while coming up with five steals in the game. Rubalcava hit for 10 points.
Junior Tiana Perez, at 5'10" the tallest player on Sunnyside's roster, added a nifty performance by shoving in 9 points and coming away with a team-high six steals.
Also causing the Cadets problems was 5'2" freshman guard Emilee Maldonado. She led Sunnyside to a 37 to 26 rebounding advantage with a game-high 11 boards. Maldonado, too, chipped in 6 points, as did teammate Natalia Bazan.
By grabbing a big lead early on against Ike, Puente was able to give his reserves, as well as a couple of girls who normally play in JV games, plenty of time on the court last Friday.
In looking ahead to this coming Friday's showdown against Moses Lake, the fact that Sunnyside will also be playing for the league championship hasn't exactly escaped the attention of the Lady Grizzly faithful.
"The goal is to come out of district with the number one seed," said Puente, "But yes, we also know we have an opportunity to win a league championship."
The last time a Sunnyside girls hoop team locked down a conference crown…well, school officials say they're not quite sure. Puente said it's been at least a decade, revealing that a quick search dating back to 2001 did not reveal any such accomplishment.
Winning the Big Nine League title this season won't be easy, though. Moses Lake will bring a talented crew to Sunnyside, led by the one-two punch of junior McKenna Walker and senior Emily Olson.
Sunnyside and Moses Lake split their first two league games this season. The Lady Grizzlies, on their home floor, won the first encounter back in late December, 83-71. The Chiefs, hosting Sunnyside two weeks ago, returned the favor and defeated the Lady Grizzlies by a score of 67-58.
To come out on top in the rubber match, Puente said Sunnyside needs to be firing on all cylinders.
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Heading into Friday's game, Puente said the Lady Grizzlies know they'll be facing a tough opponent that is fundamentally sound.
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In terms of trying to limit Moses Lake's trips to the charity stripe, Puente said his players aren't going to quit playing aggressive, in-your-face defense.
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In attempting to take away the Chiefs' open looks at the basket, Puente said his club will need to "…close out their shooters better than the last time we played them.
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Eisenhower – Rodriguez 16, Tanyah 1, S. Wammock 6, H. Wammock 3, Bush 3, Batten 4, Burch 5
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Blind tasting notes, theme = international joint ventures. Odd theme and several people had to have it explained to them that a French winemaker owning a winery in the US or Chile didn't make it a JV – you needed to have co-ownership – classic example might be Opus One (Mondavi/Mouton)
2010 Antica Chardonnay – not a JV, but rather a winery owned by Antinori in the Atlas Peak area. Some colour, lots of citrus notes, a clean balanced wine with good stuffing. California Chard the way it should be made, not stirred with a big oak oar!
2010 Doisy Daene (sec) – I've often enjoyed the dry wines made by Sauternes/Barsac producers, usually made from sauv blanc excess to their blending needs for the sweet wines. This one had a notably grassy nose, good but not excessive acidity, good fruit flavours and decent length. Pleasant!
2002 Luce della Vite – A JV between Frescobaldi and Mondavi, originally (not sure when Frescobaldi took over sole ownership, but we agreed it would be consider in theme as we didn't know otherwise!). A blend of merlot and sangiovese made in Brunello, this immediately struck me as Italian and sangiovese based. While the colour showed some maturity, it has a way to go yet – sweet fruit, lots of oak, warm, still with tannin, I felt it wasn't an entirely successful wine as it didn't add anything to what a sangiovese only wine would have been; quite the contrary. A difficult vintage and interesting that the sangio shows more despit the fact that it was only 25% of the blend.
1995 Luce della Vite Lucente – this is their second wine made from grapes not used in the Luce. It was made in this vintage with 85% sangio and 15% merlot, the opposite of the previous wine. Still shows good colour and paradoxically, it showed more merlot character in the nose despite not having much content. Dusty plum and cocoa nose, and a fair bit of acidity. Probably better a few years ago.
2005 Masi Tupungato Corbec Appassimento La Arboleda – this is a very interesting wine, although not technically a JV. Made from merlot and corvina (I guess both – and should have shut up for the rest of the night and cruised on that victory, but of course didn't). Made in the recioto style, dried grapes and mats, and given the often over the top style of Argentine Malbec combined with the strong ripe flavours of semi-dried corvine, this could have been another over ripe RP darling, but it wasn't. Warm nose with hints of spices, ripe fruit but not over ripe, full and lush in the mouth, with soft tannins indicating it should go on for several more years.
2010 Los Vascos Gran Reserve – again, not a JV, but also a wine I always buy by the case – the combination of modest price and much better than modest quality is persuasive. Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Syrah and Malbec, but mostly cab, and 50% new oak barrels (Lafite, the owner, can afford them!) results in a dark wine with a big meaty sweet earthy nose, ripe and smooth in the mouth and becoming almost elegant in the finish.
2006 California Cult Classics Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach Vineyard – this started as a JV between a local chap and Signorello Vineyards. The latter located and obtained good fruit and shipped it to BC where the other partner made it into wine only a few miles from where I live. Done in a big Californian style and not for the faint of heart. This was the second vintage. Very dark wine with chocolate, rubber, tar and dark fruit nose, huge concentration on palate, jammy but balanced and very long finish. I won't touch this again for a few years.
2010 California Cult Classics Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach Vineyard – a different style, also dark but with a less ripe nose, still lots of concentration on palate, medium length and quite good.
2007 Sasseti Livio Pertimali Brunello – not even close to being in theme but who cares, I love this producer! Typical and excellent Brunello with a dried red fruit and saddle leather nose, lots of stuffing and punctilious balance. Needs time.
2004 Osoyoos Larose – a proper JV between Gruaud Larose and Constellation Brands in Canada. The wine is 68% Merlot 21% Cabernet Sauvignon 5% Petit Verdot 4% Cabernet Franc 2% Malbec in this vintage and very claret like with a predominantly cabernet nose of cassis and tobacco with slight green hints, balanced and smooth on palate with sodt tannin, probably at peak now but no rush. Very good.
1985 Grahams Port – I didn't nail this immediately as Grahams as it wasn't as sweet as Grahams often (mostly?) is. Medium colour, an interesting melange of berry and toffee flavours, long sweet finish. A very attractive Port at this point. Time to hunt down my stash of this!


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DALLAS -- Murphy Healthcare III, LLC, owner and operator of the Frankston Healthcare Center, an assisted living facility in Frankston, Texas, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
According to the EEOC's suit, Myesha Kerr, a Frankston Healthcare Center housekeeper, was fired soon after her supervisor learned that Kerr was pregnant. This supervisor told the EEOC that he never would have hired Kerr had he known of her pregnancy, because he believed Kerr might injure herself by working.
"Although pregnancy-related terminations are sometimes said to be based on feelings of paternalism or concern, employers should comply with federal anti-discrimination law by deferring to the mother and her physician about her ability to work with or without any restrictions," said Meaghan Shepard, the trial attorney handling the case for the EEOC. "The result of the employer's actions in this case was to deprive a working mother of an income."
Discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, an amendment to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (Civil Action No. 6:10-cv-00490-LED) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The consent decree settling the suit, dated March 31, 2011, provides $30,000 to Kerr. Murphy Healthcare will also establish and implement practices and programs that provide equal employment opportunities for women, including a written handbook that makes specific reference to pregnancy discrimination. In addition, for the decree's three-year duration, Murphy Healthcare must train all management officials on Title VII's employment provisions, post a notice of non-discrimination in its facilities, and notify the EEOC any time it terminates a pregnant employee.
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Captain's ReportTested by Captain Tom ShacklefordWow. One word. One syllable.Aficionados of powerful Personal Watercraft realize just how much can be packed into a simple sentiment. About the same amount of energy that can be packed into a 155 horsepower supercharged 3 cylinder Rotax engine and tucked neatly into the all new 2004 Sea-Doo RXP.Combining the muscle car mindset of the 1970's with the space age styling of the new millennium, Sea-Doo seeks to stake claim to being the "Big Daddy Mr. Atlas" of the PWC world.DesignLet's start with that styling. Sleek lines, crisp edges and slashing angles lend themselves toward aerodynamics. In turn aerodynamics lending itself to increased speed and fuel economy through decreased drag. Ergonomically, the rider assumes a position not unlike a road racing motorcyclist – the craft's lines swept in where legs can be snugged against the fiberglass reinforced hull. The rearview mirrors are incorporated into this motif, hidden in the upswept lines created by the cowling's design.This sporty behemoth unrolled the tape measure almost 121 inches nose to tail. With a beam of 47.2 inches and 43 inches in height, the RXP's fiberglass reinforced hull is a commanding presence.InstrumentationWhat would form be without function?At the line of sight forward and above the handlebars, the instrumentation is highlighted by a 16 function digital display and is flanked by analog speedo and tach. Ignition is permitted via the employment of the Digitally Encoded Security System (D.E.S.S.) within the safety lanyard kill switch. Without this connection – that is specifically programmed for use with your Sea-Doo – it will not start. On the other hand, your D.E.S.S. system can be programmed to operate up to 8 units for a single owner. A second lanyard provided with the RXP is the "Learning Key." Of immeasurable value, this lanyard has been programmed to limit RPM's and top speed. New and inexperienced riders will benefit from the reduction in power delivery.At low speed or off-throttle operation, the O.P.A.S. system kicks in to insure adequate steerage remains available.At any time the RXP is underway the Variable Trim System may be utilized to adjust the water jet nozzle angle.Aiding in the overall quiet nature of RXP is the water cooled exhaust pipe and the D-Sea-Bel sound reduction system. This is perhaps the one area where the RXP parts ways with the Detroit muscle of the '70's and their throaty roar. This Sea-Doo is acoustically an unobtrusive presence on the waters. Plenty of PowerTake a breath before you read about the power plant. Sea-Doo's selection of the supercharged Rotax 4-TEC intercooled 4 –stroke 215 Horsepower engine makes this the highest performance 4-stroke PWC to date.Perhaps you are familiar with the 4 –TEC; Sea-Doo uses the motor in other applications. In this version however, with the addition of intercooling, horsepower was increased from the original 185. Mathematically, that's a difference of 30 H.P., producing what Tim McKercher calls "Arm straightening acceleration!" Tim is the head of watercraft media, public relations and special events at Sea-Doo for North America. His enthusiasm for the RXP's muscle-bound reputation is catching. After all, the 0-30 MPH elapsed time was a consistent 2.2 seconds. Before you can even READ the words 'time to plane', the RXP was on one in an amazing 1.15 seconds! The RideWeighing in at 790 pounds dry, those extra 30 supercharged horses are a necessity and boy, do they deliver! With a 185 pound pilot on board and half of a tank of gas, conditions for testing were ideal: 81 degrees, 80% humidity, winds just over 4 MPH producing minimal seas.At quarter throttle, average speed was 36 MPH noting a 2.8 Gallons Per Hour (GPH) burn rate. Maintaining half throttle operation achieved almost 48 MPH needing 5 GPH to go that fast. At full throttle the RXP ran at a blazing 65 MPH.So, there it is, the Sea-Doo RXP. While the competition is playing catch up, you'll have time to catch your breath and say, "Wow!"
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Sea-Doo RXP is 65.5 mph (105.4 kph), burning 17.4 gallons per hour (gph) or 65.86 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Sea-Doo RXP is 35.9 mph (57.8 kph), and the boat gets 12.82 miles per gallon (mpg) or 5.45 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 183 miles (294.51 kilometers).
- Tested power is 1 x 215-hp Rotax Waterjet.
- Time to plane for the Sea-Doo RXP is 1.2 secs seconds.
- Time from 0 to 30 of the Sea-Doo RXP is 2.2 secs seconds.
Standard and Optional Features
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