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Constellation Drops on DOJ's Move to Block AB InBev-Modelo
How fast a falling star can drop.
Constellation Brands shares are falling far and fast Thursday on word the Department of Justice is suing to block Anheuser-Busch InBev's $20.1 billion purchase of the rest of Grupo Modelo.
The distributor's shares are getting hit because the DOJ specifically said that AB InBev's attempt to shed some assets by selling them to Constellation wasn't sufficient enough to get through anti-trust regulations.
Shares of Constellation tumbled 20% to $31.08 in recent trading because it no longer looks like it might get the assets. AB InBev, by contrast, is down 5% to $89.41. Constellation has triggered several trading halts on its fall.
Back in June, when the deal was first announced, Constellation leapt 24% and the shares kept going up from there. Even with Thursday's slide the stock remains well above the $21.76 it closed at before reaching the deal.

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NEW YORK -- A man was charged last week in a scam that involved funding a fake online fitness magazine.
Mark Andrew Moore lured more than 50 people from at least six states into putting up a total of $365,000 to launch an online personal fitness forum, according to the Manhattan (NY) District Attorney's office.
Moore, however, created only a skeletal Web site for the venture called eS-prit International Inc., which was billed as an online magazine and social network, assistant district attorney Hope Korenstein said. The headquarters for the company was a rented post office box, prosecutors added.
Victims sent Moore an average of $5,000 each from California, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada and Virginia and received bogus stock certificates in return. One Massachusetts man gave Moore $77,000.
Moore spent more than $100,000 of the money he received in restaurants and bars, plus he spent an additional $3,500 on luxury items, prosecutors claim. He also spent $15,000 in restitution from a 2000 grand larceny conviction for stealing from City University of New York's Hunter College, where he had worked as a facilities manager.Moore was being held on a $150,000 cash bond after pleading not guilty last Thursday to charges that included grand larceny and tax fraud. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.


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Nefarious Neck opened his third solo show last night at New Image Art gallery in West Hollywood, CA. Based on the the 1,000 or so scenesters, Baker/Deathwish teams, art aficionados, and WeHo PoPo in attendance, the "Cannibal Carnival" opening killed it. If you missed out, don't worry: the slideshow is below and the art is on display through September 20.
VANS and ALTAMONT present
by NECKFACE
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7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Opening Reception Aug.16th, 7-10pm
Show runs Aug. 16th – Sept. 20, 2008
Neckface is back in L.A. to stir up some trouble. This time, his third solo show at New Image Art, "Cannibal Carnival," is all about taking things out of context to create some chaos. The watercolors featured in the show explore good things gone bad, subjects that become frightening when taken away from familiar settings. "When you see a clown at a circus its funny," says the artist, "but if you saw the same clown from the circus in an alleyway at midnight it wouldn't be funny at all." The original integrity of the medium is also twisted; a method which the artist normally associates with wholesome and effeminate images, Neckface uses watercolors and gouache to depict morbid and jarring scenes.
Also featured in the show is a set-up familiar to Neckface but certainly not for an intimate gallery space. At the opening, friends of the artist and professional skaters Sammy Baca and Lizard King will be skating in a caged off mini-ramp filled with objects they encounter every day: knives, spray paint, and booze of course. "They are both satanic," Neckface says. "Sammy once carved Satan into Lizard King's chest with a knife." With "Cannibal Carnival,"
Neckface offers the public a rare glimpse of his curious existence–parts of his life and mind that cannot be merely spray painted on the streets of New York. "I'm more of a trouble maker skateboarder who makes stuff."


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Our friends at the Heritage Foundation have launched a new educational initiative, Makers of American Political Thought, featuring short essays on key figures and ideas in American politics. (There will be an essay in this series from me a ways down the road, about a certain modern president.) The first essay in the series came out last week—Hillsdale's R.J. Pestritto on Woodrow Wilson: Godfather of Liberalism.
Pestritto is the author of the best study of Wilson's convoluted political thought, Woodrow Wilson and the Roots of Modern Liberalism, which I heartily recommend to anyone with the time for a serious academic study. (Both Scott Johnson and I were privileged to serve on a book panel about R.J.'s book at an annual meeting of the American Political Science Association when it came out several years ago.) Most of Wilson's many biographers have been simply unequal to explaining or assessing Wilson's complicated and dubious political ideology. Pestritto's book gets at it best, and it was a strong influence on Glenn Beck before Beck entered his full "Beautiful Mind" phase.
But in place of R.J.'s complete treatment if you are pressed for time, read this new Heritage essay. Sample:
Progressivism—certainly as expounded by Wilson—understood itself as presenting a rationale for moving beyond the political thinking of the American Founding. A prerequisite for national progress, Wilson believed, was that the Founding be understood in its proper historical context. Its principles, in spite of their timeless claims, were intended to deal with the unique circumstances of that day.
This interpretation of the Founding ran up against the Founders' own self-understanding, as Wilson well knew. This is why much of his scholarship is devoted to a radical reinterpretation and critique of the political theory of the Founding. Wilson understood that the limits placed upon the power of the national government by the Constitution—limits that Progressives wanted to see relaxed if not removed—were grounded in the natural-rights principles of the Declaration of Independence. This meant, for Wilson, that both the Declaration and the Constitution had to be understood anew through a Progressive lens.


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Brittany Goetting wrote:The White House recently appointed Gregory Touhill, a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general, as the government's first federal cyber security chief.
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Being a Panouser means you have a passion. This passion involves photography but with that we have traveling, geography, a brand. This is the case of Ronnie Oh, one of our main users in Malaysia. This last Wednesday, Ronnie participated in a meeting of Olympus camera users and I want to thank him for sharing the experience with me and the Panoramio community in his own words:
On 25th May, a Wednesday evening, a group of photography enthusiasts got together for an informal session spear headed by David Chua, an Olympus Malaysia brand ambassador. Olympus Malaysia office hosted the venue and it came with some light refreshments to go with the session.
In spite of the rush hour on a normal working day in Kuala Lumpur, everyone arrived on time and we kicked off the session almost immediately.
There were 13 of us and the group size was just perfect. The attendees were mainly Olympus' Micro Four Thirds lens users. It is obvious that photography has become a passion for this group of people as I see many familiar faces of another get-together and I am honored to be one of them.
David Chua started the session by sharing his knowledge and going in-depth on two softwares for editing raw photo files. It was a fun session where examples were shown on how to play with colors and the wonders of making up the photos look really really good. Smoothening out lines on a person's face, lightening tones on the skin and creating a more vibrant looking background!! Voila….the image looked truly amazing!!! They were really simple and easy steps to follow.
After an almost 1.5 hours with David Chua, it was time for me to share my presentation. I started off with a brief intro on Google Earth, Panoramio and GeoSetter. I went on to explain how I did my first tagging. A lot of them were impressed by the many steps I had to do before arriving at the final output. But that did not stop me from continuing and in fact I got more motivated when my photos were viewed over and over again. I was proud to show my personal page on Panoramio and it had over 18,000 views!!
For me, I do this because I love traveling with my wife and I want to share my memories in the form of an image. As the saying goes…"a picture paints a thousand words". I also like being credited for the photo I post because it gives me a sense of ownership.
An interesting question came from a diver and he asked about tagging ocean photos which I told him it is in the pipeline.
Being first timers, it was truly an eye opener for the group to hear about Panoramio and I was privileged enough to be the one to share this information with them.
Before we depart, we took a group photo and I am pleased to share the photo with you. Yes, I made all of them hold the Panoramio sign. I'm the one not holding it .
Ronnie Oh
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text: almanacs 516 · 1 · 516 + 516 Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others. As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and laws let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor—let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty. Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling-books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay of all sexes and tongues and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars. While ever a state of feeling such as this shall universally or even very generally prevail throughout the nation, vain will be every effort, and fruitless every attempt, to subvert our national freedom. Abraham Lincoln


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Franz Herde (son of August, above)
b: Circa 1820
m: Marie Preusner or Maria Preussner, born Circa 1820
Franz Herde and Marie had the following child(ren):
Franz (or Frank) Herde
b: Circa 1841, d: 1901
m: Sophie Pagel 1850-1887
Franz Herde and Sophie had the following child(ren):
Martha Herde (Garner), August Ludwig Herde, Frank Herde, Lillie Herde (Reamer),Ida Herde (Coulson), Otto Herde (See photo)
Martha Herde (Garner), August Ludwig Herde, Frank Herde, Lillie Herde (Reamer),Ida Herde (Coulson), Otto Herde (See photo)
August Ludwig Herde
b: 1876
d: 16 Dec 1974, in Billings OK
m: Susie Elmira George 15 Nov 1905 at the home of the bride's parents Holton KS.
Children of August L Herde and Susie E George:
Raymond Francis Herde, born 1907, died January 5, 2009 (age 100)
Edwin Otto Herde, born 24 Apr 1908, died 1998
Victor George Herde, born 1909, d: 1964
Karl Elmore Herde, born 6 Jan 1911, died 5 Feb 1995 in Aiken, SC
Marie Herde, born 1913
Arnold Leon Herde, born 20 Jun 1915, d Oct 1974
m: Mary Elizabeth Chapman
Living Female, born 1922
Living Female Herde
b: 16 Feb 1927
m: Robert Sherwood Anderson
Child of Living Female Herde and Robert Sherwood Anderson:
Living Female Anderson
m: Living Male Kindschi
Child of Living Female Anderson and Living Male Kindschi:
Living Female Kindschi
m: James Marcus Ratcliff - 27 Jun 1959
b: 25 Aug 1924
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New Car Review
2014 Ford Escape: New Car Review
The 2014 Ford Escape compact crossover SUV combines sporty good looks with cutting-edge technology, appealing engine options and a high fun-to-drive factor. The Escape also offers features found in no other compact SUV in this price range, including a rear cargo door that opens automatically when you wave your foot under the bumper. The Escape can even parallel park itself. And whether you're hauling people or stuff, you'll find the roomy Escape to be an exceptionally accommodating companion.
What's New for 2014?
The Escape receives minor equipment updates this year, including standard SYNC and a rearview camera across the board. Also, the 2.0-liter turbo engine is no longer standard on Titanium, which comes with the 1.6-liter turbo out of the box and offers the 2.0 as an extra-cost option.
What We Like
Sleek styling; powerful but fuel-efficient turbocharged engines; SYNC voice-activated infotainment system; class-leading technology, including available MyFord Touch
What We Don't
Advanced tech reserved for priciest Escapes; firm ride in Titanium model
How Much?
$23,595 to $31,745
Fuel Economy
The entry-level Escape S is powered by a 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine good for 168 horsepower and 167 lb-ft of torque, and fuel economy of 22 miles per gallon city/31 mpg hwy. A 6-speed automatic is the only transmission choice and all-wheel drive is not available.
Next up is the SE and SEL. These use a 1.6-liter EcoBoost turbocharged 4-cylinder engine rated at 178 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque, and fuel economy of 23 mpg city/32 mpg hwy with front-wheel drive and 22 mpg city/30 mpg hwy with all-wheel drive.
Optional on the SE and SEL and standard on Titanium models is a 2.0-liter EcoBoost turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with an impressive 240 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque, and fuel economy of 22 mpg city/30 mpg hwy with front-wheel drive and 21 mpg city/28 mpg hwy with all-wheel drive.
Premium fuel is recommended for the EcoBoost engines. Using regular fuel will slightly reduce power to compensate for the lower-octane mix.
Standard Features & Options
The 2014 Ford Escape is offered in three trims -- S, SE and Titanium.
The base Escape S ($23,595) includes cruise control, air conditioning, a rear windshield wiper, a rearview camera, the SYNC voice-command system, Bluetooth, a 6-speaker stereo with an auxiliary input jack, the MyKey programmable key fob (which lets parents set limits on radio volume and top speed) and 17-inch steel wheels with plastic covers.
The SE ($26,445) adds 17-in alloy wheels, exterior keypads for the door locks, satellite radio, a power driver seat with lumbar adjustment, heated front seats, reclining rear seats, fog lights, automatic headlights and the turbocharged 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine. Options for the SE include a panoramic glass moonroof, voice-activated navigation, a power cargo door with motion-sensing activation, 18-in alloy wheels, dual-zone automatic climate controls, upgraded Sync with AppLink smartphone integration, and MyFord Touch with an 8-in touchscreen, a 9-speaker audio upgrade, dual USB ports and an SD card reader.
The Titanium ($29,995) tacks on most of the SE's standard and optional niceties along with keyless entry/start and Sony audio with 10 speakers. Options include the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, parking sensors, bi-xenon headlights and a blind-spot warning system with cross-traffic alert. The Titanium can also be equipped with a nifty automated self-parking system that takes the guesswork (and effort) out of parallel parking.
All-wheel drive, available on SE and Titanium, costs an extra $1,750.
Every 2014 Escape has Ford's Personal Safety System and Safety Canopy System, which includes side-impact airbags in front, side-curtain airbags and a driver-knee airbag. Four-wheel anti-lock disc brakes with stability control help keep the Escape moving in the direction you intend even when things get slippery.
The Escape earned four out of five stars in government crash tests, including four stars for frontal impacts and five stars for side impacts.
Behind the Wheel
The 2014 Escape's body is rigid and tight over bumps, without any squeaks or rattles. The seats feel a bit narrow but are supportive and comfortable. At highway speeds, the Escape's cabin is remarkably quiet.
The Escape's taut suspension settings give this little SUV a sporty demeanor, not unlike the related Focus hatchback. We like the ride on the SE and SEL, but found the Titanium's larger 19-in wheels had a tendency to magnify road imperfections.
The base 2.5-liter engine is competent enough, but it's the EcoBoost engines that really make the Escape zip along. We found the 1.6-liter engine more than satisfying in both its power delivery and fuel consumption. The Titanium's optional 2.0-liter turbo is a brute, and those accustomed to having a V6 will want this option.
Other Cars to Consider
Honda CR-V -- Considered by many to be the gold standard in compact crossovers, the CR-V has a well-deserved reputation for reliability and resale, two areas where the new Escape has yet to prove itself. While the CR-V can't compete with the Escape's engine and technology offerings, even a fully loaded EX-L model barely crosses the $30,000 mark.
Toyota RAV4 -- The RAV4 has more interior room and there's even an all-electric model, the RAV4 EV (based on the old RAV4). The RAV4 is also projected to hold its value better than the Escape, and it gets better fuel economy in the city. Although it doesn't offer as many options, a loaded RAV4 Limited costs thousands less than a well-equipped Escape SEL or Titanium.
Subaru Forester -- The Forester doesn't handle as well as the Escape, but its resale numbers still trump just about everything in this class. The Forester's turbo model has even more power than the Escape's 2.0-liter.
AutoTrader's Advice
While we love all the extra tech goodies in the Titanium model, its price seems at odds with the reason most people buy a smaller SUV: affordability. We think the SE trim with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost engine is the best choice. Adding all-wheel drive still keeps the price well under $30,000.


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French Gymnast Leg Break Chills Games Arena
Imagine training for four years and then this happens..
French gymnast Samir Alt Said didn't even make it through the first day of competition as his Olympic dream ended with a sickening injury.
He was trying to complete two backflips in a pike at men's qualifying on Saturday but failed to land.
Said crumpled to the floor after his vault landing and it became obvious that the gymnast had broken his left leg before remaining on the floor for several minutes as medical staff attended to the injury. He was applauded loudly by the crowd when he was removed from the arena.
ne bih da komentarišem, ali duci je u pravu https://t.co/PIImu6o3yA— Ponzi Democracy (@PonziDemocracy) August 6, 2016
"It is catastrophic … our mental state is very bad but we each have a target and we have to carry on for ourselves," teammate Cyril Tommasone said.
The 26-year-old had successfully completed in the World Artistic Gymnastic Championships in Glasgow last season before earning his place on his country's team.
While Said was being stretchered away, Germany's Andreas Toba was completing his pommel horse routine before he severely injured his knee.
Caption: Unimpressed judges give gymnast's horrific leg break a 3, state "We've seen worse, we're in Rio." pic.twitter.com/I1e0hOirEH— Erin Atkinson (@MRSatkinsonWHS) August 7, 2016
"I cried like a little kid," Toba said. "The injury on my knee is big, but the emotional injury is way bigger."
Toba competed in the pommel horse after the injury, a gutsy move that impressed his teammates and the crowd.


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May 20th, The Moore's
May 19, 2007
Home 6 moths Dec.17
The Kids got Elfed!!
Too Excited for Christmas, Nov.13
An Interesting Reaction, Nov.07
Oct. 28, Happy Halloween!!
Pumpkin Patch Weekend, Oct.17
Busy, Busy
Broc's Football Team
Gracie Fishing
Sept. 17, Video Page
Labor Day
September 06, 2007 Gracie and Her New House
August 19, 20007 New Pics
A Tribuite to My Dad
July 12, Guess who got their ears pierced
June 28th, A note of thanks!!
June 21, 2007 Patty's Dad Very Sick
June 10, We brought home something extra!!
Pictures from home, May 31
May 25, Home Sweet Home
May 22nd, Leaving China!!
Hello to Rick's Pharmacy and Life Skills Girls
May 20th, All paperwork a go!!!
May 20th, Headed to the International Toy Market
May 20th, The Moore's
May 19th, We Love Guangzhou!!!
May 18th, Back in GZ!!
May 17, Our Visit to LuoHe
May 16th An Easy Day
May 15th, Pictures!! We Miss you Broc!!!
May 15th, CHINA SAYS SHE'S OURS!!
More New Pictures
She's Here!!!
Praise the Lord were in China!!!
Our Sunday Send-Off
A Special Thank You!!
Waiting on Gracie
Travel Plans
God's Hand Over Our Adoption
We got our LOA
Year of the Pig!! Happy Chinese New Year!!
What a Blessing!! A visit to LuoHe!! More Pictures!!!
When will she be home?
Gracie's New Pictures!!
We Have a Log In Date
Memories of 06
Christmas 06
Good News
The night before Thanksgiving
Our Adoption Journey
May 17th More Photos
Christmas 07, Dec.30th
Memories of 07,
I'm Three Now, Feb.03,08
Ice Storm of 08, Feb.18
Easter Pictures 08
The Egg Hunt 08
More of Easter 08
Gracie Swinging 4-22-09
Odds and Ends 4-22-08
It's been a long time, June 21,08
Wow Summer flew!! August 18, 2008
Welcome Fall Oct.12,08
Outfits for sale, March 09
How about an update????
How about an update????
Lots of pictures!!!
Gracie's Birthday 09
Valentine's Day 09
Spring 09 and Disney
More Disney 09
We have met some new wonderful Christian friends, Lana, Gaylon and Kaitlin Moore from Mayfield. We wanted their family to be able to see them so this page is for them!!
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Microsoft's System Center suite is getting a major overhaul this year, and it's now been released. Ronald Barrett, a technical architect at the Gotham Technology Group and Windows admin expert, is one of the early power users of the System Center Configuration Manager component. In this interview, he shares his experience in using SCCM 2012.
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Bruzzese: What have you found to be the most impressive aspects of Configuration Manager?
Barrett: First and foremost, the switch to user-centric management is huge. In an era when BYOD (bring your own device) has become the rule rather than the exception, IT needs to find a way to bring users the productivity they crave while maintaining control over the corporate data. Configuration Manager's application delivery model makes that possible.
In addition, the new look of the management console makes navigating and management even easier. Microsoft has also added endpoint protection and the software update roles using WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) to centrally manage a system from OS deployment to the decommissioning of a system. SCCM 2012 is meant to handle everything that system needs in between. And in working with it over the last seven months, it all works very well.
Bruzzese: What issues have you run into while deploying SCCM 2012 in the field?
Barrett: In my first experience with Configuration Manager, I tried to overdeploy. I was designing a lab based on three geographical locations. In my head, I needed to design a hierarchy that included a CAS (central administration site) and three primary sites. My thinking was the CAS does not directly host clients and, because we have three locations, I would deploy a CAS and three primary sites and centrally manage everything. However a single primary site can manage up to 100,000 clients, so after setting up the entire lab and running into issues with the SQL database replication, I found that a single primary site design with the management and distribution point site roles placed in the remote locations was just fine. Don't over deploy Configuration Manager. There are a few reasons to have a CAS and build out an entire hierarchy, but in most deign scenarios, a single primary site with multiple management and distribution Point roles will work fine.
Bruzzese: How does SCCM 2012 compare to earlier versions like SMS (Systems Management Server)?
Barrett: Earlier versions of SMS were really nothing more than a glorified scripting engine, basically a layer (and a sometimes difficult-to-understand layer) between the script and the machine. Also in the past, we targeted systems rather than users. Even when we attempted to target users, it was not simple. SCCM 2012 not only makes it easy, but the installs are state-based, which means SCCM 2012 has intelligence built in so that it will not reinstall a targeted application to a user over and over.
Bruzzese: Are there any features you believe are missing?
Barrett: I think that the operating system deployment capability is still a bit immature, considering that MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) 2010 was way more advanced, and MDT 2012 adds about 100 deployment options. It just seems weird that Microsoft did not incorporate those features into SCCM 2012 out of the box. But it's not a complete loss, since you can integrate MDT 2012.


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Easier-to-use child restraint anchors, enhanced safety belt reminders and belt reminders for back-seat passengers may be on tap as a result of the recently adopted $118 billion U.S. surface transportation reauthorization law. Also included among the safety provisions are incentives for states to enact tougher graduated driver licensing laws, as well as funds to reduce alcohol-impaired driving.
Known as Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, or MAP-21, the law authorizes funding for fiscal 2013-14 for federal highway infrastructure, transit and highway safety programs. President Obama signed the bill into law on July 6.
MAP-21 directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate rulemaking within a year to make it easier to install child restraints in rear seats using Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children. LATCH, required in 2003 and later passenger vehicles, has two components: lower attachments on child restraints that connect to anchors at the vehicle seat bight, and top tethers on forward-facing restraints that attach to anchors on the vehicle's rear shelf, seat back, floor, cargo area or ceiling.
Only 21 of 98 2010-11 model vehicles the Institute has evaluated have easy-to-use LATCH designs (see "Keys to better LATCH: Automakers should follow 3 principles when designing anchors and seats," April 12, 2012).
"We're pleased that LATCH will get extra scrutiny from NHTSA," says Anne McCartt, Institute senior vice president for research. "Our research shows automakers can make relatively simple fixes to the design of lower anchors to improve child restraint installations."
A separate provision is meant to increase belt use in rear seats, where children ride most often. MAP-21 directs NHTSA to initiate rulemaking within two years to provide reminders for designated rear seats. Belt reminders long have been required for drivers.
The new law also paves the way for wider use of enhanced safety belt reminders. Many manufacturers voluntarily use enhanced belt reminders that exceed the minimum standard requiring a light and an audible warning of 4-8 seconds. In 1974, Congress banned NHTSA from mandating longer buzzers or chimes. MAP-21 removes this restriction, making it possible for NHTSA to require more persistent reminders. The law still prevents the agency from requiring belt ignition interlocks, which prevent an unbelted driver from starting a car, though automakers may use them.
"Enhanced belt reminder systems have been shown to increase driver belt use, so allowing NHTSA to require them should have a measurable safety payoff," McCartt says.
A 2010 Institute study found that driver fatality rates were 6 percent lower in vehicles with enhanced belt reminders than in vehicles without them. Another Institute study found that systems that chime for a total of 90 seconds are more effective than those that meet minimum requirements (see "Effective belt reminders don't need to be relentless," March 6, 2012).
To boost teen safety, MAP-21 provides grants to states that enact teen driver laws covering novices younger than 21. The learner's stage must be at least six months, prohibit driver cellphone use and last until the driver is 16 and enters the intermediate stage, or turns 18. The intermediate stage must be at least six months, ban cellphone use, restrict driving at night, limit passengers to no more than one nonfamily member and last until age 18.
The law includes funding for the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety, a joint project of the government and auto industry to develop an in-vehicle alcohol detection device. MAP-21 also provides grants to states that require all drivers convicted of DUI to install alcohol interlocks to prevent them from starting their vehicles if they have been drinking.
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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's lawyers made one last attempt Friday to convince a jury the neighborhood watch volunteer shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense, saying the prosecution's case for murder is built on "could've beens" and "maybes."
The jury was expected to begin deliberations as early as Friday afternoon after receiving dueling portraits ofZimmerman: a wannabe cop who took the law into his own hands or a well-meaning volunteer who feared for his life in a struggle with the unarmed teenager who was slamming his head into concrete.
Attorney Mark O'Mara told jurors the burden was on prosecutors, and said they hadn't proven Zimmerman'sguilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
"If it hasn't been proven, it's just not there," O'Mara said. "You can't fill in the gaps. You can't connect the dots. You're not allowed to."
Prosecutor John Guy followed with a rebuttal, accusing Zimmerman of telling "so many lies." He said Martin's last feeling was fear as Zimmerman followed him in a neighborhood on a rainy night Feb. 26, 2012.
"Isn't that every child's worst nightmare, to be followed on the way home in the dark by a stranger," Guy said. "Isn't that every child's worst fear?"
One juror, a young woman, appeared to wipe away a tear as Guy said nothing would ever bring back Martin.
Guy said Zimmerman violated the cornerstone of neighborhood watch volunteer programs, which is to observe and report, not follow a suspect.
Zimmerman's account of how he grabbed his gun from his holster at his waist as Martin straddled him is physically impossible, Guy said.
"The defendant didn't shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to, he shot him because he wanted to," Guy said. "That's the bottom line."
Because there were no eyewitnesses, the panel of six women will likely rely heavily on testimony — which was often conflicting — from police, neighbors, friends and family members. They will have to decide who the aggressor was and whether they can determine who was yelling for help on a 911 call that recorded the shooting.
Zimmerman, 29, is charged with second-degree murder, but the jury will also be allowed to consider manslaughter. Under Florida's laws involving gun crimes, manslaughter could end up carrying a penalty as heavy as the one for second-degree murder: life in prison.
O'Mara dismissed the prosecution's contention that Zimmerman was a "crazy guy" patrolling his townhome complex and "looking for people to harass" when he saw Martin, an unarmed black teenager. O'Mara also disputed prosecutors claim that Zimmerman snapped when he saw Martin because there had been a rash of break-ins in the neighborhood, mostly by young black men.
Zimmerman at no point showed ill will, hate or spite during his confrontation with Martin, which is what prosecutors must prove for second-degree murder, O'Mara said.
"That presumption isn't based on any fact whatsoever," O'Mara said.
In contrast, prosecutors argued Zimmerman showed ill will when he whispered profanities to a police dispatcher over his cellphone while following Martin through the neighborhood. They said Zimmerman"profiled" the teenager as a criminal.
O'Mara also told jurors to ask themselves what Martin was doing during the four minutes from when he started running at the urging of a friend he was talking to on a cellphone to when he encountered Zimmerman. Martin was planning his attack instead of going back to the townhome where he was staying, O'Mara said. The defense attorney let four minutes of silence pass to emphasize the amount of time.
"The person who decided ... it was going to be a violent event, it was the guy who decided not to go home when he had a chance to," O'Mara said.
The defense attorney bolstered his arguments with a poster-board timeline of events, a power point-presentation showing witnesses who had testified and a computer-animated depiction of the fight based onZimmerman' account.
O'Mara placed two cardboard cut-outs of Zimmerman and Martin in front of jurors to show Martin was considerably taller than Zimmerman, although Zimmerman was much heavier. Later, he carried a block of concrete and put it in front of the jury box to show how it can be used as a weapon.
To invoke self-defense, Zimmerman only had to believe he was facing great bodily harm, O'Mara said. He asked jurors not to let their sympathies for Martin's parents interfere with their decision.
"It is a tragedy, truly," O'Mara said. "But you can't allow sympathy."
Allowing the jurors to consider manslaughter could give those who aren't convinced the shooting amounted to murder a way to hold Zimmerman responsible for the death of the unarmed teen.
To get a manslaughter conviction, prosecutors must show only that Zimmerman killed without lawful justification.
As the nation awaits a verdict in the trial, police and city leaders in Sanford and South Florida say they have taken precautionary steps for the possibility of mass protests or even civil unrest if Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, is acquitted, particularly in African-American neighborhoods where passions run strongest over the case.
There were massive protests in Sanford and other cities across the country when authorities waited 44 days before arresting Zimmerman.
Guy said the case wasn't about race.
"It's about right and wrong," he said. "It's that simple."


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Jessica Yu is a California-based director of both documentaries and scripted films. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has most recently trained her lens on the world water crisis, with a particular emphasis on the United States – a nation that is little aware of its burgeoning water quality and quantity problems. The film, Last Call at the Oasis, which opens tomorrow in New York and Los Angeles, illuminates the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system and depicts communities already struggling with its ill-effects.
In Last Call, Jessica highlights the work of numerous water heroes including activist Erin Brockovich, biologist Tyrone Hayes, factory farm watchdog Lynn Henning and hydrologist (and our friend) Jay Famiglietti.
Jessica recently took some time to talk with us in New York about the origins of the movie, her newfound passion for water footprinting and why moving to Canada isn't a very good option.
Below you can read our edited discussion, and you can listen to the whole 18-minute interview by clicking on the audio player (above left) or downloading a podcast.
Was Last Call at the Oasis an idea that you had in the back of your head for a while or did someone tip you off to the water crisis issue?
Actually I was approached by Diane Weyermann, at Participant (Media). She's the head of documentaries there and we always wanted to work on something together. She approached me about it and of course the appeal, as a filmmaker, was the opportunity to make a film about water with all of the different ways you can shoot it. And how we idealize water and then the way that we actually treat, or mistreat, the resource; that's an interesting disconnect that already was starting to percolate in my mind.
A colleague of mine went to a screening last week in Newark, New Jersey for a theater full of high school kids. Afterwards their questions in a Q&A session were all about how they can't believe people can drink wastewater. And you did a New York Times OpEd recently about it. What do you think our fascination is with it?
You know, it's funny that when you look at all the issues related to water – quantity and quality, climate change, politics, regulation – people want to know: What can I drink? That's the number one question. So I think it's always that visceral concern first. But that's where I think the fascination with recycled water, or reclaimed wastewater, comes from. We fixate on that stuff. I mean, look at how many bottles of water we can choose from.
So do you still have any "Porcelain Springs" bottles hanging around?
I do! You can't really bring them very easily, because I do have some other Porcelain Springs designs that we have. They will be on eBay soon, I'm sure.
You're from California, so as you were making this film, and learning more and more about the water crisis, was there ever a moment when you thought, "It's looking dire here, maybe we should get out?"
Absolutely. When we were researching California, I was Googling "moving to Canada," and we were thinking about Vancouver. And then you meet Erin Brockovich and she's like, "They've got all sorts of pollution problems in Canada." So you realize that that's not the point, it's more the idea that we can't opt out, there's not another kind of water you can drink. But it was funny for a while, and when I get really discouraged, I would look up Vancouver real estate. That was my guilty little thing.
So after making this film, have you changed some of your own water habits?
I'd say one thing was the water footprint of things that we consume; how all of our consumption contains some price of water. That idea has really stayed with me. Thinking about how much we own and buy and the water that was required, that's probably something I think about more.
So as you were making the film, there was a message you wanted to convey but you also wanted to tell a story. How did you balance those?
The stories need to come first. And so my focus was: We know there is a certain fundamental amount of information that you need to understand to have a context for the stories and what's at stake. But I think focusing on the stories and the characters – if you pick the right ones, you can understand what these people are facing, what this town is facing, what this environment is facing.
The other thing is people like to think of themselves as logical beings; just give them the facts and everyone will make the logical decision. But our decisions are really more emotionally based. And so if people aren't connecting with something that they've come to identify with, then it's very easy to just tune out. That was another motivation for telling stories.
When you wrapped the film was there any topic you wished you could have added, or was there anything new that came up?
It was a moving target. It had to not be about the most up-to-date information because that's going to change. But there were a couple of things that I thought were really interesting. One was the notion of pricing as being a helpful curb to overuse. I mean, you make people pay more for water, they value it more. We've seen it in Singapore and other places, and it's worked really, really well.
Then the other one was Erin Brockovich talking how things might be different if we could hold people criminally accountable for pollution. That was another really good point.
Pricing is definitely very interesting, because it's a third-rail issue. There's water as a human right versus pricing as a new management strategy. That's a tough one to get in the middle of.
Do you want to be the politician who is going to be working with water bills? A lot of people we talk to, like in our man-on-the-street stuff, they were saying, well, water should be free, that's just part of being alive. That attitude makes it really hard to raise the price of water. It also makes it hard for a politician to run on the platform of "Let's build a new sewer waste management system." Those are just not things people go out of their way to support.
So it's human nature to pay attention to the crisis in front of you. But water is such a huge issue that you really need a lot of people behind you. What does it take to get the general public A) even caring, and then B) acting?
Well if I were king I would turn off the water literally for like five minutes once a week! It's almost like we have a failure of imagination in some ways. I don't blame people for feeling that it's abstract because they always get water out of their tap. For me what was important was seeing the big picture, to see how all these issues interconnect, because then you see that what you do here matters there. And if you pollute this water there, you take that water out of the quantity that you would have to use. So understanding how things fit together makes you realize that there's no way you can be immune to water problems and water issues. It's a closed system… that's the nature of the hydrologic cycle.
Other than that, it's hard if people don't feel like it's happening in their backyards. There have been some really fine films and books about water issues. A lot of times they focus on one aspect or they are about places where there's life or death crisis. And so people tend to think that water problems are just happening somewhere else. That's why we thought that it was a good opportunity to look at what's happening in the United States and seeing that okay, maybe we don't have the same issues of quantity (although we're not doing so great in some places), but in terms of quality and in terms of what we're putting into our water – some could argue we're the leading producers of chemicals that we're letting into our waterways.
Right, and it's also about avoiding constantly giving a doomsday scenario to people – that these connections and the complexity can be a good thing!
Right, that's really true isn't it? I feel like people have to be really careful about the horror movie aspect. Of course, there are things that we should be really freaked out about. There is a very short timeframe in which some of these things are coming down. The aquifer into the Central Valley, where one-fifth of our produce is grown, that could be gone in 60 years. But you can't just motivate people by fear. Maybe that's how we get their attention, but there has got to be some promise of a reward for smaller behaviors. We can't just expect everyone to just throw up their hands the next day and become water activists.
Let's say someone has seen the movie, they're motivated, they're thinking "We've got do something!" And then they step out of the theater and say: "What do I do first?" What would you say?
This sounds like it's passing the buck, but it's really true: There's a whole other component that Participant Media creates with films like this and so if you go to TakePart.com/LastCall there is a list of actions you can take. There's links to other groups that have been involved, there's a whole social action campaign that you can become involved in. It's funny because I think some people wanted a prescription at the end. That's what I used to do, but you realize that with water you could just write a phone book of things that you could do to change. There are certain very obvious things: take out your lawn, get a front-loading washer, stop drinking bottled water or depending on bottled water. But it seems a little bit reductive to go for those kinds of things. And then there are things on the policy level that we could be supporting a lot more. But the good news is that there are so many fronts on which you can do something. So that's what we're hoping: that people won't be overwhelmed by feeling there is so much to do, but feel empowered by the thought that there are so many things that can be done to help.
If you had the magical power to change one problem that you've raised in your movie, what do you think it would be?
It's hard, because I'd probably have to pick one on quantity and one on quality. Geez, I would say that our blind dependence on pumping groundwater is something that scares me because it's hard to know how much groundwater is left, and that should be our money in the bank for emergency times. We're using it to try to keep up with the demand rather than addressing supply. I don't know how you would solve that, but I think that's a big issue.
And then – okay, magically – on the quality side, I think the notion that Tyrone Hayes brings up in the film – he's the professor at Berkeley who has been fighting against atrazine pollution in waterways for 14 years now – he brings up the precautionary principle. In Europe they do not give the benefit of the doubt to a new chemical. They say you need to prove that it's safe before it goes on the market. In the United States it's more, well, it's on the market, you keep testing it and if there is a problem let us know. I wouldn't say that we have 80,000 chemicals, therefore we have 80,000 problems. Not everything gets in our water. But we don't have the protections in place to deal with it when something does go awry. So either you can magically invoke the precautionary principle to apply it to everything we have, or maybe have some teeth in our tools to deal with polluters.
It's sad that we have to think of legislative changes as a magical thing.
Oh you just brought me down!
But it's good to know!
When I heard about that there was this "duh" moment: "We're not doing that?" I think we're into such an anti-regulatory spirit that it's hard to remind people why we want a certain amount of it in our lives in the first place. But again, like with fracking, until someone fracks in some very high-class backyard, it's going to be hard to turn that around.


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Rural community has an abundance of less-expensive, undeveloped land near more more built-up areas
It's a solid 35-minute drive from the nearest public beach, the number restaurants are limited and there's not much of a nightlife to speak of, either.
In some corners, there are still more cows grazing pastures than there are homes.
Nonetheless, home builders are flocking to the area of northern Manatee County that now looks like one of Southwest Florida's final frontiers.
Perhaps surprisingly, Parrish has become the new hotspot for residential builders looking to roll out communities.
Though areas like Heritage Harbour and Lakewood Ranch lead the region's housing recovery, Parrish is garnering significant attention from buyers who do not mind driving a few additional minutes north to save a few bucks.
In some cases, a lot of bucks, compared with comparable new homes in Sarasota County's established neighborhoods or Lakewood Ranch.
And with an abundant supply of buildable -- and relatively inexpensive -- land still available for development, Parrish is emerging as the top destination for move-up buyers seeking larger family homes.
Retirees, too, are being drawn to Parrish, especially those who may prefer a new house east of Interstate 75 to an aging one closer to the coast.
Commuters to the Tampa Bay cities to the north are finding Parrish to be a more affordable place to buy, as well, and one without a lot of urban hassles and crowding.
"It has a different appeal to some buyers, and now that the market is changing, with more people looking to new homes, the area is growing pretty fast," said Alan Anderson, executive vice president for the Manatee-Sarasota Homebuilders Association.
"There's a lot of entitled land in Parrish."
Builders have been buying up land in Parrish for much of the past two years. Many of those land transactions are now making their way through Manatee County's Planning Department on the path to becoming completed residential projects. Last week alone, two builders applied to develop more than 350 new homes in Parrish.
Prominent Bradenton homebuilder Carlos Beruff filed plans with the county to build 242 homes on land acquired through a foreclosure auction last year.
Beruff's new Wildcat Preserve community, at 12180 Golf Course Road, will sit on 94 acres that Beruff picked up from an auction in October 2012 for $800,100. The previous owners had defaulted on a $7 million loan from Iberia Bank.
The other 113 homes filed for last week were submitted by Riggs NPC, a Lakewood Ranch company that buys land on behalf of Pat Neal's company, Neal Communities.
In what will become the third phase of the Forest Creek community, the 113-home site is planned on about 40 acres along Red Rooster Road.
It's been an active year in Parrish for Neal.
In late April, affiliates of Neal Communities bought 812 acres of land in Parrish that will be developed in a partnership with a national homebuilder. Neal snapped up two agricultural tracts from CNB REI Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of City National Bank of Florida, for $8 million, records show.
Also in Parrish, Neal is moving forward with a new, 732-home subdivision on land the company bought more than six years ago. Development of the first 320 units in the Silverleaf community is slated to begin within a couple months.
"Parrish is hot because it is situated between three other counties that have almost reached their full residential capacity," said John Neal, a luxury homebuilder under the umbrella of Neal Communities.
"It is just geography," he added. "There's great development potential."
The area also is becoming more desirable for move-up buyers and families that need additional space or want a newer home.
"What people really like about it is it has natural landscape, trees and open space," said Leisa Weintraub, a marketing vice president at Neal Communities.
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Consider this scenario: You go to Amazon.com or open an Amazon shopping app to buy some beach reads for an upcoming vacation. Might throw a pair of espadrilles in the shopping basket, as well. And then, before checkout, a quick run through the latest investment opportunities — you know, just to see if any new fund products have cropped up since your latest visit.
According to KPMG fund managers speaking at FundForum International in Monaco, this set-up could very well be the future of investing. As younger generations start to think about saving for life\'s major purchases and expenses and making plans for retirement, the traditional investing channels could dramatically change, according to Tom Brown, KPMG\'s global head of investment management. Enter tech platforms, such as Amazon, Google and Facebook . In a sideline interview with MarketWatch in Monaco, Brown said:
\"I think there is an opportunity there. I can see that some of these technology companies have a different way of dealing with their customers. I think there's a trust and they are in tune with the way people like to organize their lives.\"
And the trend is already underway in Asia. Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba launched a fund platform to accelerate its push into online financial services and took in a significant amount of money in a relatively short time, observed Brown:
\"Seeing the success of Alibaba and others in China, it\'s got to be an inspiration for some of these other U.S. or European technology companies.\"
But why is this game changer in the cards now? Brown explained that the asset-management industry — as it stands today — has largely been successful because of the baby-boom generation putting lots of money into savings and pension funds. And that trend is about to shift. Generation X and Generation Y, according to Brown, have different expectations for their dealings with the financial-services industry and will be looking for more personalized services:
\"I think the industry does need to quite drastically change its thinking on how it engages with its customers. A big part of that is around using technology, and the industry has a long way to go. If you have a big organization like Amazon taking that seriously — and start to attract significant flows of investor money — that would really be a big shakeup for the industry. And it would be a threat to some.\"
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A little ZIP of our own
Back in 1963 our little farm town of Kamrar located about halfway between Ames and Fort Dodge didn't get much respect. I was 15 at the time and of all the towns we had lived in, Kamrar was the smallest.
Fifteen years earlier, in 1948, the Kamrar Komettes had earned the town a great deal of respect and notoriety by winning the Iowa girls' high school basketball championship. That same spring the Komettes beat the Texas state champs in a "national" championship game. The proof massive trophies and a near life size portrait of the championship team was proudly displayed in a prominent spot in the local school.
The town had lost its high school, however, after the Class of 1961 was graduated. The Class of 1962 had only two students.
Kamrar wouldn't even have a fire department for a few more years. One afternoon sometime in the early '60s, the fire siren sounded and several local men responded by hand-pulling a hose cart to douse a grass fire behind the local grain elevator.
In my grandfather's day Kamrar had a busy main street but by 1963 the business district had dwindled to just a handful of businesses. Most traffic on the county roads running through Kamrar was just passing through.
Then in the spring of 1963 there came an announcement which would give our little burg a bit of respect. On April 30, 1963, U.S. Postmaster General John A. Gronouski announced that on July 1 that year the postal service would implement the ZIP Code program. That summer we went from simple Kamrar, Iowa, to Kamrar IA 50132. It may have seemed inconsequential to residents of larger communities, but I saw it as something positive. Kamrar now had its very own ZIP Code.
Before long "50132" appeared on the window of our post office, which was housed in Elton Brill's seed store and where Elton himself was the postmaster.
Kamrar has had its ups and downs over the years but, doggone it, it's still Kamrar IA 50132.
I remember the advent of the ZIP Code program quite well. Obviously, there wasn't much else going on in my life in 1963 to muddle my memory.
As the 50th anniversary of the ZIP Code program approached, however, I became curious about how the ZIP Code system came about.
When our nation's postal system was begun its largest volume of mail was social correspondence. By the early 1960s, business mail constituted 80 percent of total volume.
Mechanization helped handle increasing volumes of mail but more help was needed. In June 1962 the Advisory Board of the Post Office Department recommended the development of a coding system to enhance the efficiency of mail delivery. Over the years, several potential coding programs had been studied and abandoned. You may recall the city zone program established in larger cities in 1943. Remember "Chicago, 3, Illinois?"
The Post Office Department finally settled on the Zoning Improvement Plan (ZIP) Code. Transportation centers were set up in 85 of the nation's larger cities and a core of 552 sectional centers, each serving between 40 and 150 surrounding post offices, was established.
By July 1963, a five-digit code had been assigned to every address throughout the country. The first digit designated a broad geographical area of the U.S., ranging from zero in the Northeast to nine for the far West. This was followed by two digits which more closely pinpointed population concentrations and the sectional centers. The final two digits designated small post offices or postal zones in larger cities.
Though the ZIP Code system was established in 1963, the Post Office didn't make its use mandatory until 1967 when it required mailers of second and third-class mail to presort by ZIP Code.
Today there are 41,810 total U.S. ZIP Codes. California has the most ZIP Codes 2,602. Tiny Rhode Island has the fewest only 90.
So now you know how Kamrar, Iowa, became Kamrar IA 50132 and how your post office got its ZIP Code. It happened 50 years ago.


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Republic of Belarus
President: Alyaksandr Lukashenka (since 1994)
Prime Minister: Andrey Kabyakow (since 2014)
Total area: 80,154 sq mi (207,600 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 9,608,058 (growth rate: -0.19%); birth rate: 10.86/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.64/1000; life expectancy: 72.15
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Mensk (Minsk), 1.861 million
Other large cities: Gomel, 502,200; Mogilyov, 374,000; Vitebsk, 355,800; Grodno, 314,100; Brest, 306,300; Bobruysk, 228,100
Monetary unit: Belorussian ruble
- Belarus Main Page
- Expanded Presidential Power Leads to Oppression and Corruption
- Relationship With Russia Is Tested
- Lukashenka's Reelection Causes Protest and Controversy
- Russia Bails Out Belarus
- Lukashenka's Government Continues to Hold Sway Despite EU Sanctions
Much of Belarus (formerly the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic of the USSR, and then Byelorussia) is a hilly lowland with forests, swamps, and numerous rivers and lakes. There are wide rivers emptying into the Baltic and Black seas. Its forests cover over one-third of the land and its peat marshes are a valuable natural resource. The largest lake is Narach, 31 sq mi (79.6 sq km).
In the 5th century A.D., Belarus (also known as White Russia) was colonized by east Slavic tribes. Kiev dominated it from the 9th to 12th century. After the destruction of Kiev by the Mongols in the 13th century, the territory was conquered by the dukes of Lithuania, although it retained a degree of autonomy. Belarus became part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which merged with Poland in 1569. Following the partitions of Poland in 1772, 1793, and 1795, in which Poland was divided among Russia, Prussia, and Austria, Belarus became part of the Russian empire.
Following World War I, Belarus proclaimed itself a republic, only to find itself occupied by the Red Army soon after its March 1918 announcement. The Polish-Soviet War of 1918–1921 was fought to decide the fate of Belarus. West Belarus was ceded to Poland; the larger eastern part formed the Belorussian SSR, and was then joined to the USSR in 1922. In 1939, the Soviet Union took back West Belarus from Poland under the secret protocol of the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and incorporated it into the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. Occupied by the Nazis in World War II, Belarus was one of the war's most devastated battlefields.
When the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded in 1986, 70% of its radioactive fallout fell on the Belorussian SSR. Cancer and other illnesses have multiplied as a result.
Expanded Presidential Power Leads to Oppression and Corruption
Belarus declared its sovereignty in July 1990 and its independence in Aug. 1991. It became a cofounder of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Dec. 1991. In Jan. 1994, the country's parliament ousted its reform-minded leader, Stanislav Shushkevich, in protest against his support for market economics. He was replaced by Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who, over the next two years, greatly expanded the powers of the presidency. Lukashenka sought to renew ties with Russia, and, with much fanfare, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty in April 1997 aimed at significantly increasing cooperation between the two states, stopping just short of union. The Russian financial crisis that began in fall 1998 severely affected Belarus's Soviet-style planned economy.
The EU and the U.S. have denounced the increasingly oppressive political atmosphere and human rights violations in Belarus under the Soviet-style authoritarianism of President Lukashenka. In 1999, the year Lukashenka was to step down, he rigged a national referendum allowing him to cancel the elections and remain president. Lukashenka's government has been accused of running a death squad that has killed dozens, including opposition party members and underworld figures. After harassing the opposition and curtailing their campaign activities, Lukashenka won reelection in the Sept. 9, 2001, presidential race. In 2004, the Council of Europe strongly criticized the Belarus government for blocking investigation into the disappearance of four dissidents in 1999 and 2000.
Presidential elections in March 2006 reelected Lukashenka with 83% of the vote. Supporters of opposition candidates took to the streets of Minsk to protest the results. The police cracked down on the demonstrations and arrested dozens. The U.S. and other Western nations declared the election fraudulent, and the EU imposed economic sanctions on Lukashenka and a number of his ministers.
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Despite the close ties of Russia and Belarus, the two countries clashed over imported Russian gas in early 2007. In Dec. 2006, Russia doubled the price of gas it exported to Belarus, and then imposed a large duty on oil exports. In response, Belarus imposed a tax on Russian gas in Jan. 2007. Russia then shut off an oil export pipeline to Europe (which spelled trouble for Europe, since half of all European exports of Russian gas are transported through Belarus). By mid-January, Russia agreed to cut its oil duty and Belarus agreed to cut its tax.
In September 2008, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka won all 110 seats in parliamentary elections, but European monitors criticized the flawed counting system in Belarus.
Lukashenka's Reelection Causes Protest and Controversy
On December 19, 2010, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, president since 1994, was reelected. According to government officials, he won by 79.7% of the vote. Andrey Sannikau was his closest challenger with 2.6% and voter turnout was 90.7%. On the day of the election, two presidential candidates were beaten by police while attending different opposition rallies. One of the candidates, Uladzimir Niaklajeu, was taken to a hospital where he was treated for a head injury. While in intensive care, he was abducted by Belarusian authorities. On the night of the election, ten thousand opposition protesters attempted to storm the government building of Belarus, smashing windows before police pushed them back.
On December 27, 2010, Prime Minister Syarhey Sidorski and his cabinet resigned. The next day, Lukashenka named Mikhail Myasnikovich as prime minister. The European Union along with the United States imposed sanctions on Belarus officials after the election and promised aid to opposition groups seeking to oust Lukashenka. Lukashenka has been referred to as Europe's last dictator.
In April 2011, a bomb exploded in a subway station next to Lukashenka's office. The explosion killed 12 people, wounded 150 others and strained an already tense political situation. No one claimed responsibility for the bomb. Lukashenka reported two days later that two suspects had confessed to the crime, but no other details were given.
Russia Bails Out Belarus
In June 2011, Russia agreed to loan Belarus $3 billion, which will be disbursed over three years. In exchange for the loan, Russian officials demanded that Belarus sell its factories to Russian companies, thus privatizing much of its state-owned industries. More money came in November when Russia agreed on a gas deal that gave Belarus more than $14 billion in loans and discounts on natural gas. In return, Belarus gave full control of Yamal-Europe, its natural gas pipeline, which runs to Europe, to Gazprom, a Russian energy company. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that the deal and Gazprom's control of the pipeline from Siberia to the border of Poland will "ease relations with Belarus for years to come."
Lukashenka's Government Continues to Hold Sway Despite EU Sanctions
In March 2012, members of the European Union removed their ambassadors from Belarus and imposed a ban on travel for the country's top officials. In retaliation, Lukashenka barred several political opponents, journalists and human rights workers from leaving Belarus.
September's parliamentary elections held no surprises as seats were once again filled by Lukashenka supporters. International observers condemned the vote, which was called undemocratic and non-competitive. Opposition parties the United Civil Party and the Belarusian Popular Front both boycotted the election and encouraged voters not to vote. The Central Elections Commission chairman claimed a 74.3% voter turnout, while local independent observers estimated a number closer to 19%.
See also Encyclopedia: Belarus .
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StarCraft II made its debut on July 27, 2010. The release was a huge event, as StarCraft fans had been anxiously awaiting a sequel to what has long been considered one of the finest real-time strategy games ever created since it first appeared in 1998. Likewise, fans have been intently awaiting the first expansion pack for StarCraft II almost since the game first hit store shelves. Dubbed "Heart of the Swarm," StarCraft II's first big, official addition will finally be released on March 12, 2013, and in an effort to make the expansion as excellent as it can possibly be, developer Blizzard Entertainment has been running a semi-public beta test for the title for months now.
As of this morning Blizzard offered up a piece of news that should be quite enticing to those prospective players of Heart of the Swarm who have long been hoping that they too might get a chance to play the title prior to its official release. While the beta test is still only available to a select group, Blizzard has expanded the terms under which people can gain access to the beta. Specifically, anyone who pre-ordered the title prior to December 18 is now able to download the beta client and start playing the current iteration of Heart of the Swarm right this very minute.
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Assuming you pre-ordered the title digitally (that is, via Blizzard's propriety Battle.net digital distribution system), your name has been entered into Blizzard's pool of eligible beta testers. From now until a currently-unknown date in the future — likely two weeks prior to Heart of the Swarm's official debut, if Blizzard history is anything to go by — Blizzard will be plucking large numbers of players from this pool each week to add to the beta test. Once your Battle.net account is selected the company will send you an email congratulating you for being so fortunate and offering up full details on how to acquire and play the beta test. As part of this, players agree to hypothetically report any and all bugs and gameplay issues they might discover while playing (though, in fairness, no one will revoke your beta access if you simply opt to enjoy the expansion without offering any feedback). As with all of Blizzard's beta tests, once your name has been drawn you need not pay any additional cash for access, though obviously to be chosen in the first place you must have paid off the game in full as part of its digital pre-order.
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OMAHA, Neb. --Ole Miss faced the same situation just eight days ago: Win or go home.
And like game two of the super regional against UL Lafayette, sophomore left-hander Christian Trent will get the ball looking to give his team an opportunity extend their season.
"He's been the guy all year in that No. 2 spot," head coach Mike Bianco said. "You feel good with him obviously. He's undefeated and he's a guy who's always answered the bell in that Saturday game, where either you needed to win the series, or after a tough Friday night loss the guy who's been able to give us a great opportunity to get back into it. He's the right man for the job for sure."
Trent is 9-0 with a 2.21 ERA in 102.0 innings entering Tuesday's elimination game against Texas Tech. In that game against UL Lafayette, Trent allowed only an unearned run on four hits with two walks and seven strikeouts through 7.0 innings of work, as the Rebels won 5-2.
"It's like another ace," senior catcher Will Allen said. "He's unbelievable. He's done a great job the whole year. You see in those big games he steps up and brings it. He was lights out at ULL and that's one of the best offenses in the country. That gives us a tremendous chance to win because we know that he's going to hold them pretty good for the majority of the game."
He is expected to start opposite left-hander Dylan Dusek, a Freshman All-American selection for the Red Raiders. Dusek is 8-0 with a 1.94 ERA in 74.1 innings pitched.
Dusek also carries a 23.2 scoreless innings streak dating back to April 27 against Oklahoma, which included 8.0 scoreless against Miami (Fla.) and 5.0 scoreless against College of Charleston in the NCAA Tournament.
Virginia pitching held Ole Miss to one run on one hit, its lowest hit total of the season. The Rebels had just four base runners, manufacturing its only run on back-to-back walks, a sacrifice bunt and an RBI groundout.
"We try to concentrate on doing what we do," Bianco said. "That doesn't mean that we won't tweak a few things. We're going to be aggressive and try to make things happen. We tried to do that last night, but we just didn't have any base runners. We tried to hit and run and got a terrible pitch for Preston (Overbey). We didn't have a lot of opportunities. Hopefully, we'll have a lot more opportunities on Tuesday."
"We need to be aggressive and keep doing what we have been doing the whole year," Allen said. "We're a really good team and we're a really good offense, but we ran into a good pitcher, who kept us off balance last night... We hit some balls hard right at people. That's baseball. We have to keep doing what we have been doing the whole year. We're a tough team. We have bounced back before."
Allen said they remain a loose, relaxed group and are ready to get back after it on Tuesday against Texas Tech. Bianco shares a similar confidence in the Rebels.
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More on Texas Tech probable starting pitcher Dylan Dusek: Dusek already survived to advance, writes Mitch Sherman from ESPN.com


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As weather heats up, King County urges caution around cold rivers, lakes, Sound
With sunny skies and temperatures possibly rising toward 80 degrees this weekend, King County officials urge everyone to be careful when heading out for fun on the water.
With sunny skies and temperatures possibly rising toward 80 degrees this weekend, King County officials urge everyone to be careful when heading out for fun on the water.
The cool, wet winter and spring left a heavy mantle of snow across the Cascade Range, and warmer temperatures means rivers will be swift with icy cold snowmelt for weeks to come. Lakes and Puget Sound aren't much warmer options for a swim: Cold-water shock can set in after a matter of minutes in any body of water.
"I urge everyone to use caution when going into the water," said King County Sheriff John Urquhart. "Don't drink, and always wear a life jacket."
"Rivers can change dramatically from year to year, with trees, rocks and other potential hazards being present this year where there were no such apparent hazards last year," said Christie True, Director of the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.
"Take advantage of local lifeguarded beaches and pools for safer swimming. If you do go on the river, lifejackets should be standard equipment," said Dr. David Fleming, Director and Health Officer for Public Health – Seattle & King County, who recommended consulting specific cities to know when lifeguards are provided.
A King County study of recreational river use along the Cedar River in 2011 confirmed the widely held notion that summer recreation is largely determined by warmer temperatures.
When temperatures are in the 70s, there are likely to be floaters on the river. When temperatures reach 80 or higher, floating, swimming and other recreational river use along rivers increases dramatically.
While most of those hot days occur in July and August, it is not unprecedented to have 80 degree weather in May and June – and those early months carry the most concern for river managers and emergency responders.
Flows are typically colder in late spring and early summer than later in the recreational use season, increasing the potential for cold-water shock in unprepared river users.
Higher flows in spring and summer increase velocities and decrease a river user's reaction time to dangerous situations – including potential concealed hazards such as rocks and logs.
Seasonal flooding might have shifted rocks and logs, creating potential hazards this year where there were none last year.
King County, Public Health – Seattle & King County, and the King County Sheriff's Office encourage kayakers, boaters, rafters, swimmers and other river users to check conditions and scout rivers thoroughly for hazards before entering the water.
For more information about water safety and drowning prevention, watch this short video, and be sure to visit the King County Water Safety website.
- In 2013*, Public Health – Seattle & King County found that 22 people died in preventable drowning incidents – and half of them occurred in open water, such as rivers, lakes, ponds, or Puget Sound.
- Four drowning deaths occurred in August, and three occurred in May.
- Nine of the deaths could have been prevented with lifejacket use.
- Half of all deaths involved alcohol and/or other drugs.
- Drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children and teens age 1-17 in Washington.
* The 2013 King County drowning statistics are preliminary and will be made final later this year.
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