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Wrestling legend Jim (the Anvil) Neidhart and a daughter of grappling icon Stu Hart have been accused of pilfering jewelry from a city businessman's home. In a statement of claim filed in Calgary Court of Queen's Bench, John McCann alleges almost $10,000 in property went missing during visits by Neidhart and his wife, Ellie, last year.
But in a defence document also filed with the court, Ellie Neidhart denies any knowledge of a jewelry theft.
"At no time did she remove any jewelry from the plaintiff's home, ... nor take or come into possession of any such jewelry," her statement of defence says.
The court documents were obtained yesterday by the Sun.
McCann, president of The Bolt Supply House Ltd., has sued the couple for $9,937.
That's how much he paid a city pawn shop to retrieve items taken from his 14A St. S.W. home, his claim alleges.
"On several occasions between March 2004, and September 2004, the defendants... entered into the plaintiff's home... and removed a number of pieces of the plaintiff's jewelry," it states.
McCann discovered the items had been pawned and on Sept. 24, he bought them back from the Pawn Shop Superstore, his court document says.
When contacted at his Calgary office, McCann declined comment on the case.
He wouldn't say if he filed a complaint with city police.
Ellie Neidhart, a daughter of the legendary Stu Hart, says if McCann suffered damages, she isn't responsible.
But her claim also suggests McCann isn't entitled to sue even if the jewelry went missing, because it was his wife, Carmine's, property.
"If the plaintiff did pay the Pawn Shop Superstore any sum for the jewelry, which is not admitted, then he did so as a voluntary purchaser," her defence states.
Her husband was best known as half of the Hart Foundation, a wrestling tag team with Ellie's brother, Bret (Hitman) Hart.
Neither Neidhart could be reached for comment and calls to Ellie's lawyer were not returned.
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In the Bears' first two preseason games, tight end Martellus Bennett has had exactly zero passes thrown his way. Bennett says that's nothing to worry about.
Bennett wrote a series of messages on Twitter on Friday morning, attempting to nip in the bud any talk that his lack of targets in Thursday night's preseason game — or his lack of targets in last week's preseason game — is an indication that he's not going to be a big part of new coach Marc Trestman's offense.
"I see a lot of fans and media talking about me getting targets right honestly it's only preseason," Bennett wrote. "I catch 0 or a 100 balls now and It's Still going to mean to same exact thing 'nothing' whatsoever. I'm all in to whatever we do on offense. I'm not interested in being a pre-season all star. The only thing that matters is that Cincy game. I'm not mad or anything. I just wanted to tell you guys (the fans) before they (the story makers) wrote something silly. Lol."
I could suggest that after the Bears brought Bennett in to give Jay Cutler more options in the passing game than just Brandon Marshall, it's troubling that all five of the passes Cutler threw on Thursday night were intended for Marshall. But I'm one of "the story makers," so I'll refrain from writing anything silly.


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Remarks by Mr. Tuomas Aslak Juuso, Finnish Sami Youth OrganizationSámi Adviser to the Delegation of Finland
21 May 2013
Mr Chairman, distinguished panellists, ladies and gentlemen,
I am very pleased to join this panel on behalf of the Finnish Sámi Youth Organization and to share information on the Sámi education in Finland.
First, some general remarks of the Finnish school education which has earned top marks. Numerous international comparisons, such as the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) study, have shown that Finnish school education is of the highest standard globally. High-quality education that is equal and free of charge has brought affluence, reinforced democracy and reduced disparities between regions and social groups.
Finland's success is largely explained by the school system (uniform comprehensive school for the entire age group), the professionalism of teachers and the autonomy of schools.
Only the core curricula are nationally prepared. The decentralised education system is based on locally formulated and implemented curricula that can respond to the individual needs of school students.
In Finland all three Sámi languages are more or less endangered: Inari Sámi, spoken by about 600 persons, and Skolt Sámi, spoken by about the same number, are considered as particularly endangered languages. Language nests, that is language immersion day care centres, are widely considered to be the best solution for the revitalization of the Sámi languages at an early age. The nests are not only intended to teach the Sámi languages but also to preserve and revive the indigenous people's own language and culture. Language nest activities play a key role in preserving the Sámi language and culture in the current situation, where fewer than half of all Sámi people have learned Sámi as their first language. However, it has proved to be difficult to find and train staff.
The Government supports the opportunities of Sámi-speaking pupils to participate in pre-school in their mother tongue.
In Finland the municipalities of the Sámi Homeland receive state subsidies for all costs incurred from arranging teaching in Sámi. This applies to pre-school education, too. All municipalities in the Sámi Homeland provide pre-school education in Sámi. Such education is arranged mainly in combined classes, where the two first class levels of the school attend basic education at the same time.
The appropriations granted by the National Board of Education for the production of teaching material in Sámi may also be used for pre-school material. The Sámi Parliament produces teaching material in all three Sámi languages, also for pre-school education. The availability of all three Sámi language materials has been scarce, especially in Skolt Sámi language there are not enough authors of such material knowing the language, and skilled authors have not been found.
According to the national core curriculum for basic education adopted by the National Board of Education, the instruction during basic education is based on Finnish culture, which has developed in interaction with e.g. indigenous cultures.
All municipalities arranging instruction in Sámi must prepare and adopt a curriculum for Sámi-language instruction, based on the national core curriculum. The national curriculum permits highlighting Sámi culture and local subjects in instruction but it does not obligate it.
According to the national core curriculum, Sámi-language instruction is given in North Sámi, Inari Sámi and Skolt Sámi. The key instructional objective is to support pupils in their growth towards active bilingualism and multiculturalism.
The National Board of Education holds that it would be sensible to prepare a core curriculum for instruction in Sámi. The outcome of the cooperation between the Sámi Homeland municipalities would constitute a regional curriculum for instruction in Sámi.
An increasing percentage of the Sámi in Finland reside outside the Sámi Homeland. Today 65 % of the Sámi under the age of 18 live outside the Sámi Homeland.
The constitutional right of the Sámi to their own language and culture also applies to the Sámi residing outside the Sámi Homeland. Unlike in respect of the day care of children, the Sámi Language Act does not obligate municipalities to arrange teaching of the Sámi language outside the Homeland. The legislation on education does not contain provisions on teaching of the language outside the Sámi Homeland.
Sámi may be taught outside the Sámi Homeland by virtue of a separate decision of the Ministry of Education. Educational institutions for pupils speaking Sámi may be granted government subsidies for this teaching, for the maximum of two lesson hours per week per teaching group.
Some municipalities have arranged distance teaching of Sámi on the Internet.
Teacher education: The Giellagas Institute at the University of Oulu is responsible at national level for the teaching of the Sámi language and culture and teacher education in Sámi. Class teachers teaching in North Sámi are, as a rule, trained teachers. However, the education takes at least four years, and so far the scarce number of students has not increased the availability of teachers for basic teaching of Inari and Skolt Sámi.
There are also some special measures to support the substantive university studies of the Sámi. For example, the Northern Universities of Oulu and Lapland take into account the applicant's knowledge of Sámi languages on the scores in the entrance exam.
This year the Government grants 290 000 euros to the Sámi Parliament for the production of teaching material. The funds are reserved annually in the budget of the National Board of Education. The Board allocates them to the Sámi Parliament, which is responsible for producing Sámi teaching material.
The funds may be used only for producing basic teaching material in Sámi and supplementary material for use at all levels of education pursuant to the national core curricula. The produced Sámi-language textbooks are free of charge for schools and providers of education. On the practical level the designed funds only provide opportunities to produce 1-2 teaching material per language for the Sámi people per year. This is therefore putting a lot of pressure for the teachers to provide teaching material in their own free time by themselves in order to fulfil the need of Sámi education.
The national core curricula and the needs to develop them are taken into account in the production of teaching material. Material has been produced in North, Inari and Skolt Sámi for all educational levels, from pre-school education to adult education. The Sámi Parliament is engaged in Nordic cooperation, contributes to developing Nordic Sámi terminology and cooperates with the Sámi Radio of the Finnish Broadcasting Company in the field of audio books and devices.
In recent years Finland has made some progress towards the realization of the Sámi people's right to education. However, despite some progress made, many challenges still remain.
As regards the Sámi education in Finland, one of the main challenges is that the education policies and curricula have not been following on the national level or practical level the rights of the indigenous peoples to education, specifically regarding to the UNDRIP's Article 14 which is neither incorporated into the national legislation nor implemented into practice.
Although the Basic Education Act and the Children's Day Care Act, among other legislation, lay down rights related to Sámi culture and the three Sámi languages spoken in Finland, even municipal authorities in the Sámi Homeland may still be unaware of statutory rights and obligations.
The Sámi Parliament has tried to increase the number of students applying for Sámi-language teacher education but the authorities have not found suitable means to support potential applicants.
Although the teaching in and of Sámi is very deficient also in the Sámi Homeland the situation is particularly alarming outside this region. Since very few Sámi children and young people are taught Sámi.
The national core curriculum requires that the schools in the Sámi Homeland must teach Sámi history. However, even some history textbooks written in Sámi present the in a stereotypical way and they lack true based information. No actual textbook on Sámi history is available in Finland. The lack of correct information on the Sámi people among the Finnish major population is a challenge. Even the Finnish authorities do not know enough about their own country's only indigenous people.
In the near past the international human rights monitoring bodies have given many recommendations to Finland on how to secure Sámi people's right as an indigenous people to education. For example the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur Mr. James Anaya on his visit to the Nordic countries, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) are really important and need to be followed up.
Also the initiatives, measures and statements by the Finnish Sámi Parliament regarding the Sámi people's education need to be followed up and respected. In this regard, it is of utmost importance to have proper consultation and negotiation processes between the Sámi Parliament and authorities.
Lastly, I would like to refer to the survey conducted by the Ombudsmen for Children in Finland, Sweden and Norway in 2007 and 2008. According to the survey Sámi children and young people were in unequal positions regarding the teaching of and in Sámi. The basic problem identified in Sámi-language teaching was the lack of continuity, for the shortage of qualified Sámi-speaking subject teachers continued. Other problems included the lack of teaching material, and in Finland the fact that matriculation examination tests of subjects studied at school in Sámi, e.g. biology, could not be taken in Sámi. In the Finnish matriculation examination, only the tests of mother tongue and a foreign language can be taken in Sámi.
Another significant problem encountered in Finland was that children and young people were not taught Sámi culture and history. Moreover, Sámi children and young people considered that the portrayal of Sámi in the media was mainly in conflict with their own conception of contemporary Sámi. Media continues to give a very stereotyped picture of the Sámi. Children and young people wished that the radio, television and Internet would offer more services in Sámi. Especially in Finland and Sweden, particularly the children of the majority population living outside the Sámi Homeland knew very little or hardly anything at all about the Sámi or their culture, and Sámi culture was not included in their studies.
Updated 5/24/2013


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If you would like to read a bit more head on over to Lawson and Lotti's as I am featured today on her Sundays Sewing Space.
x Leila
Ooh Leila, I'm in awe. What a beautiful job you've done with your space. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
Leila it looks great my lovely!! Enjoy it!!ReplyDelete
What a lovely room. But I think what I like the most is your door, can't beat a G&T when everything has gone pear shaped!ReplyDelete
You said it! G&T makes everything better!Delete
looks beautiful, leila...and am in full agreement with Jaffaquilts ;-)ReplyDelete
The door is one of my favourite bits as well ;)Delete
Hey Leila, I am just in the process of turning my spare bedroom into my sewing room so it's interesting to see what you have used.
My boys are just putting together a set of bookshelves, I'm desperate for some shelf space for fabric.
So nice to have your own space, enjoy using yours.
Claire :}
Your space looks fantastic Leila ... and it's lovely to see my little hoop up there!! Are we there yet? I think so!! Enjoy!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful , love it all but especially the door and the fabric hoops.ReplyDelete
congratulations!it looks great :)ReplyDelete
Lovely space - well done!ReplyDelete
So beautiful! I am wondering how you painted and finished your little step-stool. I have the same one that is still bare wood and needs a little love!ReplyDelete
I improvised lol! I painted it white first, I didn't do a neat job I just made sure I had no runs. Then I lightly painted turquoise over it and sanded it down around the edges and in the center of the steps to make it look old and used. It worked out nicely I think.Delete
Thanks! I'll have to try that!Delete
Such a pretty sewing space!! There are so many things in there I love so much especially the polka dots ironing board and those baskets for fabric scraps being on the floor. And I love the idea of the quilt blocks hanging like that! Hope you don't mind I will copy you.. hehe!ReplyDelete
it's so perfect!!!! i will totally have a gin and tonic with you (my fav), except I haven't had one in years! I love all your desks and storage areas. it's so fun to see where you sew. :) I really want to come over for a visit now!ReplyDelete
Can't believe how restrained your stash is!ReplyDelete
love love love!ReplyDelete
It looks just wonderful Leila! Now enjoy sewing!ReplyDelete
The sewing room looks fab and I am heading over to Lawson and Lottie's to read more now. I love the chalkboard door!!ReplyDelete
It is looking fab! May I suggest a slice of cucumber in your G&T!ReplyDelete
Oh it looks so pretty and inspiring; enjoy xxxReplyDelete
It's looking great....and I so get the knowing when to quit thing. I sometimes keep going, long past quiting time. Now to pop over to read more..ReplyDelete
Lovely, lovely! Now you can sit and create. Have fun!!ReplyDelete
i love that door! what a great idea!ReplyDelete
Lol, love the door!ReplyDelete
It looks gorgeous! I love those hoops :)ReplyDelete
That's a lovely space.. am trying hard not to turn green..ReplyDelete
I too love your sewing room chalk door idea! I always sketch out whatever I'm working on, or whatever I'm dreaming up - this would be a wonderful visual inspiration tool for me. One day!!
I have the same (pink) Pfaff sewing machine as you. I've never owned a machine I couldn't open up to clean & oil properly before. I'm guessing one has to have it serviced for that. Have you had to do that yet?


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Disclaimer: I already looked for combinations of "unanswered", "help", "request", and "tag" before posting. Forgive me if this is old stuff.
Suppose I wake up helpful one day and spend sometime answering help requests. Right now the only way I (am aware of that I ) may do it is "sort by number of replies (ascending)". Those with zero replies are sure unanswered (but maybe they're not requesting for help). For those with replies I have to read the thread to know if the original poster got a satisfatory answer (for her/him) .
So I propose (I don't know about the drawbacks, feel free to flame me):
Some way to tag my post as a help request. Ideally this tag could be use for filtering and searching.
Some way for the original poster to clear the tag and say either "I found the answer by myself, forget it" or "thanks xxx you solved my problem. No further replies needed".
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This morning, I woke up to the New York Times and this horrifying, heartrending picture on the front page: a malnourished Indian girl, so incredibly thin it is hard to believe, being fed what looks like watered-down milk by her mother. The story talks about how 60 million children in India are malnourished.
Also in the New York Times and just about everywhere else: more news about Bernie Madoff, such a vivid example of the greed that, unfortunately, permeates our world today.
I am not religious, and I really am too cynical to believe that this will ever be a world where the bad guys get their just desserts and everyone cares for the welfare of everyone else. But more and more in these troubled times, I think, we are beginning to tire of extreme and ruthless greed and indifference. The Earth's resources are limited, and when a few of us grab at too many of them, many, many others get nothing at all.
India and China have been all over the news these past few years because of their rapidly growing economies. Yet, these two countries are also home to the kind of poverty that most people in the developed world cannot even begin to imagine. What makes the poverty worse, if you can imagine that, is the indifference of those who have grown a thick skin to it.
A man begging outside Calcutta's Dakshineshwar temple.
When Desi and I moved out of Thane, a city just outside Bombay, to study in the United States, a huge slum had begun to sprout up on a barren piece of land next to our apartment building. It was filled, like most slums in Bombay are, with migrants who pour into the city because there's no livelihood in the villages. Soon enough, they find out that they have no value in the teeming city of 20 million either.
When I visited India a few years later, some former neighbors and friends proudly told me that a newly elected municipal commissioner had eradicated that slum and put up a beautiful pond there instead. No one, of course, knew what had happened to all those people who had made those slums their home. All they cared about was that they didn't have to put up with all those "filthy" slumdwellers sullying their view of the polluted highway.
There's something terribly wrong with that picture.
So why write about hunger and poverty on a food blog? After all, we are the people who celebrate food. And yes, food's one of the most basic pleasures of life.
But when we cook and eat and revel in our fortune, let's take pause to think about those millions of children around the world– including in the United States– who go to bed hungry each night. Those little girls we shoo away like flies when they cling to our feet in the local trains of Bombay, begging for a few rupees. And let's think also of that skeletal girl in the New York Times whose face must have surely shocked millions of readers here, in the United States, and who will probably never ever have a full meal in her life.
Gandhi, who I often quote on this blog, considered indifference to suffering an act of violence. It doesn't take much effort to make sense of that. Let's all start by becoming more conscious of the world around us and reducing the waste in our lives so we can give more to those that never had a chance.
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I am the President of an Audio Video Integration Company that specializes in the Sales, Design, and Integration/Installation of Audio Video Equipment for corporate conference rooms and training rooms, installing projectors, screens, electronic whiteboards, video and teleconferencing equipment, touchpanels and more. We recently went through a design process to come up with our existing logo which I have attached that shows you how what we designed for A.A.V.I.D. (Automated Audio Video Integration and Design). Since we primarily have sold projectors over the years but have started selling more equipment than just projectors this logo was changed from a projector to just an "a" (first letter of the company name) that is in the shape of a lens (like a projector lens). While we are happy with that logo for our main company we are now opening up a sister website selling just projector lamps. We are looking for a good logo to represent the online lamp store but wondering if we should integrate our new AAVID Logo into the design somehow so we can stay branding AAVID as a "name brand". We have actually purchased a few lamp sites but have not decided on one yet. Therefore, i want a new logo to see which one i feel will best represents the site but will go along with my main company advertising and print media.
Our Audience will be not only our current clients but will be marketed nationally to Schools, Universities, Convention Centers, Large corporations and such since we are trying to reach larger organizations that purchase many lamps at once for there many projectors.
The interesting thing about this is that I am opening up 4 other sites and will need logos, websites, print material, brochures, even icons for each done. I will be moving forward with this within the next few weeks, so would like to use the same artist I hire for these other things too.
I am open to color variations. While I like my existing logo for AAVID Presentation Systems, I do think something needs to set the new logo apart. Will it have the exact same Lens then new lettering for the aavidlamps.com site or will it have a completely new logo, new coloring or what? If you look at one of the images of a lamp i attached you will see that if you stood a lamp on its side it would form and "L" I imagined the L having the image of the lamp inside it or maybe even a ray of light coming out of the lamp. I think that could look good but not sure if it would compete with the 'a" lens logo or not. I'm open for suggestions.
I want to be original, so please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo.I do however fancy the "Apple" ipod icon type white backgrounds, shadows on the ground below it and such, you know, the "Pixar" type of logo. But of course not sure that would look best on my site.
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Alex Zozaya, CEO of Apple Leisure Group (Apple Vacations, AMResorts, Amstar DMC, Unlimited Vacation Club, Travel Impressions and CheapCaribbean.com) also agreed that 2013 showed strong growth.
"2013 was a great year, but in 2014 we'll be even better at putting all of these things together," said Zozaya. "Synergy across the brands will increase charter flights, since all three companies (Apple, Travel Impressions, Cheap Caribbean) are selling airline seats."
Zozaya also noted the 2013 debut of AMResorts' adults-only Breathless brand.
"Breathless is different from Secrets, our other adults-only brand," explained Zozaya. "Secrets has more of a romantic base, and while it's not couples only, it has lots of honeymooners and guests celebrating anniversaries. At Breathless, it's more about socializing and interaction. There's more of a party atmosphere. We refer to Breathless as 'Las Vegas meets South Beach.'"
Breathless Punta Cana opened in 2013. Agents can expect to see additional Breathless properties opening in Jamaica, Aruba, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos.
Jamaica Celebrates a Milestone
Jamaica also reported major success during the marketplace. The country was celebrating a recent milestone — in 2013, the island hosted two million stopover visitors for the first time ever.
"Our room stock exceeds 30,000, which has been bolstered by the opening of several newly renovated properties in 2013," said John Lynch, director of tourism, Jamaica Tourist Board. "This resulted in the addition of approximately 800 rooms. Of that number, 238 were new additions with the recent opening of RIU's adults-only RIU Palace in Montego Bay."
Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica's Prime Minister, officially opened the marketplace with an update on the first phase of a transformational project in Ocho Rios.
"This phase will see upgrades to the cruise terminal, the pedestrian areas around the cruise port, the promenade by the marina and along Main Street back to the Turtle River Road to the cruise ship terminal," Miller said.
In Montego Bay, a project to improve the lighting throughout the 10.5-mile stretch between the roundabout at the Sangster International Airport and the Iberostar Hotel to the east will begin soon.
Another significant development that is currently underway in Jamaica is improving the North South link of Highway 2000.
"The North South highway linking Kingston and Ocho Rios currently takes two hours to drive," said Nicola Madden, Jamaica Hotel & Tourist Association group director of marketing and sales. "When the new highway is completed in 2016, we'll see this driving time cut by 30 to 45 minutes. This will also help visitation to Port Antonio and St. Mary Parish."
Increased Airlift
Trinidad's Port of Spain will receive a new daily JetBlue flight from JFK beginning Feb. 24 and a daily flight from Ft. Lauderdale beginning May 1.
Last year, JetBlue began flights from Miami into Haiti.
"The loads are good to Haiti," said Jessica Banchs, manager of international sales for JetBlue. "Passengers are a mix of leisure and non-governmental organizations, as well as people in Miami reconnecting with family in Haiti."
Island Routes Caribbean Adventures
Island Routes Caribbean Adventures is coming off a vigorous year of expansion, currently operating out of 17 resort areas in 11 Caribbean destinations.
"We'll be going into Belize and Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis in the first half of 2014," said David L. Shields, general manager of Island Routes Caribbean Adventures.
In Jamaica, the tour operator just opened River Bumpkin Farm on the grounds of a former sugar plantation in Trelawny. The site will offer activities that include river tubing, kayaking, biking and a historical walking tour of the property, which still contains many of the original structures, including the boiling house, curing house and distilling house, which were all used in the plantation's rum production process.
Destination Weddings
Destination weddings continue to perform strongly in the market.
"Brides are asking for more expensive packages," said Marilyn Cairo, managing partner of Ask Me, a hospitality service provider. "They're getting away from blue in the color palette and are mixing colors. They're also asking for more local flavor and they want to bring in the culture of the destination."
Brides often arrive a few days early to shop locally for gifts for their guests. Fifth Avenue in Playa del Carmen is a popular choice for buying handcrafted beach bags.
Hilary Lanzer, managing partner of Ask Me, also noted a surprising new trend.
"We're seeing sisters combining their destination weddings," said Lanzer. "We've even seen a father combining his second marriage with his daughter's nuptials. Combining weddings like this helps to lower costs."
Throughout marketplace, there was a concerted cry for more cooperation among destinations in working together to attract more travelers to the Caribbean.
"We are stronger together as a region than any one country is on its own," said Richard Doumeng, president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association. "Our foremost goal is to get travelers back to the Caribbean. We're competing against the world. Once we get them here, we can then compete against each other to get their business."
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In an industrial-looking brick building on the outskirts of Boston, old cellphones are getting a second shot at life. Anywhere else, outmoded by ever more impressive devices such as the Apple iPhone 4, released in June, aging phones might have been cast away like so many Beanie Babies, Cabbage Patch Kids, and Tickle-Me-Whatevers. But not here.
Why the reprieve? Simple: Why throw out something that ain't broke?
While refurbishers have spiffed up PCs for years, a new cottage industry revolves around cellphones, which, because of advances in technology, maintain their value much longer than the popular two-year-contract cycle would imply.
Smart phones are, after all, nothing short of miniature computers. The old phones are "old" only because there's something newer and shinier in their owners' hands. They still pack potent processors and sophisticated features such as Wi-Fi and GPS capability – not to mention ever increasing storage for photos, music, and videos.
"Late adopters are perfectly happy to get phones a year after they come out – and pay less money for them," says Kristina Kennedy, senior manager at the Boston-based electronics reseller Gazelle.
Ms. Kennedy pitches the business model as a win-win-win situation. The previous owners get some cash – phones in good condition can bring in close to the original sticker value. The adopters get a marquee model without the usual contract, allowing them to shop around for the best plan available. Finally, Mother Nature comes out on top. Instead of cellphones and their heavy metal batteries winding up in a landfill, they find new families that will love them.
Websites such as Gazelle, YouRenew, and NextWorth first ask sellers a few questions about their devices: Is it in good condition? Do all the functions (such as Wi-Fi) work? Are the accessories included?
In most cases, the sites issue an immediate quote of what they're willing to pay for the phone. If sellers agree to the price, they can print out a prepaid shipping label, pack up the items, and send them off to the company.
When Gazelle receives a device, the phone is examined to ensure that it's in the condition the seller described. If everything checks out, the company sends out a check – or, this being 2010 and all, credits the seller's online PayPal account.
The cash you can get for "old" gadgets varies by model, condition, and demand. This month, for instance, a mint iPhone 3GS brought a trade-in price of $212. Apple sells identical models for $99 and the more-powerful iPhone 4 for $199.
How's that work? Phone companies subsidize the price of practically every phone on the market by hundreds of dollars. (That $99 iPhone costs $499 if purchased without a contract.) Carriers then recoup the cost through monthly fees. But when a gadget-recycling service buys the phone from an owner, the device is "unlocked" – free from a contract. Gazelle customers can sign a deal with a different carrier, or simply enjoy the gadget as a pocket computer and forgo phone service. This allows some shoppers to pay more initially but save money over the course of a year.
Where do the phones – overwhelmingly iPhones, according to Gazelle – end up? Most handsets in good condition are sold on e-commerce sites such as eBay. Gadgets in worse shape are marketed in bulk to larger resellers. Some find homes overseas. Others get new parts – think replacements for shattered screens. Those beyond repair – or simply too old – are sent to an electronics recycling firm that properly disposes of them.
"Broken iPhones are one of the few products that still hold value, because the parts are so valuable," Kennedy says.
Many smart phones are troves of personal information – e-mails, contacts, passwords, bank data. It's a mother lode that thieves dream of. Gazelle and other companies pledge to wipe clean phones before sending them out, but it's still a good idea to purge personal data from any device before parting with it.
Another tip: Even though companies ask for included accessories, the extra money they're willing to shell out for these is minimal – as little as $1 for a power adapter. Sellers can do themselves a favor by hanging onto things such as USB chargers, which work with many devices and can run as much as $30 in stores.
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Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR) shareholder Elliott Management urged the network infrastructure maker on Monday to return cash to shareholders, realign costs and adopt other initiatives that it says could "unlock significant value" for the company.
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Shares of Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Juniper climbed close to 9% to $25.61 following the hedge fund's comments. Elliott owns 6% of Juniper's outstanding shares.
Among Elliott's suggested changes are buying back as much as $3.5 billion of Juniper's stock, exiting its security and switching business and cutting operating expenses by as much as $200 million.
It these initiatives could collectively result in a stock price of $35 to $40 a share, which would mark an up to 70% improvement from their closing price on Friday.
"Juniper's new CEO along with its existing management team and Board have a unique opportunity to immediately unlock significant value at the company through three straightforward and much-requested courses of action," Elliott portfolio manager Jesse Cohn said in a statement.
The activist shareholder said it hopes to work "constructively" with Juniper's management. The move comes less than a week after the hedge fund offered to buy Juniper rival Riverbed Technology for close to $3.1 billion.


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I have had a 2-kilo load of plain pili nuts just chilling in my fridge ever since my trip down to Bicol a while back. Though peacefully waiting in their bag, I knew I had to get started with them soon. I have been dreaming up of all sorts of ways to use them, running the gamut from sweet to savory. You see, all my life I have only had pili nuts one way – candied, as is it most often sold. Until my dad clued me in on raw pili, it never entered my head to look for them in any other way.
As I mentioned when C brought me back some candied pili nuts from a business trip to Naga city:
"Pili nuts are native to the Philippines, and although they are grown as ornamental trees in other tropical countries like Malaysia, only in the Philippines are they produced and processed commercially. All this production take place mainly in the Bicol region, making pili products one of Bicol's most popular sweets."
The fruit of this tropical tree is harvested from areas in this region where they grow naturally. So far, there is no commercial farming of the pili trees (that I know of). So it all depends on nature's bounty. Candied, they are delicious and addictive. Raw, they are lusciously nutty and heavy with oil. Either way, they are fantastic. They are high in calcium, phosphorus, and potassium, and rich in fats and protein. I have also seen pili nut oil on the market here but have yet to try it.
For my first foray into my pili nut stockpile I decided to make pesto. This is actually what my dad uses the pili for and was the reason he asked me to bring him back some when I was in Bicol (and subsequently bought some for myself as well). He simply substitutes the pine nuts (which are imported here and not that cheap) in a regular pesto recipe with pili nuts. Nutritious, tasty, and economical – seems like I can still learn from dad even in my old age 😉
Pili Nut Pesto
- 2 cups basil leaves
- 1 – 2 cloves garlic (depends on your taste, start with one clove…you can always add more later)
- 2/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup whole pili nuts (you may blanch and peel them first)
- 1/3 – 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
– Place all ingredients, except for the oil, in a food processor. Process while slowly adding the oil in…start with 1/3 cup, then keep adding if you want it thinner.
– Place pesto in a clean jar and top with a layer of olive oil. Store in the fridge. Makes about 1 cup of pesto.
The earthy taste of the pili comes through just enough in this preparation, and the nut's natural oiliness is perfect for pesto. I just used a basic basil pesto recipe to get this but I plan on experimenting with other locally grown herbs as well.
I was too lazy to peel away the thin brown inner skin (as evidenced by the brown flecks you see in the pesto) but please feel free to do so. Although the skin is edible, and in my opinion makes the pesto taste "nuttier", it is a lot of "roughage", and who knows how that'll interact with your digestive system right? My dad does peel his by blanching it quickly in boiling water then, when cooled down a bit, pressing the nut between his thumb and forefinger. According to him the nut will shoot right out of its skin with impressive speed and force…like a rocket. He goes on to say that it would make a super fun game to play…some kind of crazy battle of the pili-rockets? He insists that I try it, not for anything to do with the pesto's flavor, but because, really, pili-rockets…how could I not want to try it? Ok, dad, next time…I'll put on my pili-fighting-gear and you better get ready to defend yourself!
This is my entry to this round of Weekend Herb Blogging (I hope nuts count!), a fabulous event created by Kalyn of Kalyn's Kitchen. WHB just celebrated its 2nd year anniversary very recently! This round is hosted by one of my favorite food bloggers, mushroom foragers, and apple cake queen…Pille of Nami-Nami! 🙂


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Graham has more than 25 years of finance experience in the software and SaaS industry. He was Chief Financial Officer at Salesforce from 2008 to 2014. He has held executive positions at Advent Software, Vitria Technology, Nuance Communications, and Oracle. Graham serves on the Board of directors at Splunk, MINDBODY and BlackLine, and recently served on the Citrix Board. Graham also gets involved in his local community, as evidenced by his Board membership on the Sonoma Valley Education Foundation.
Graham holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Politics from Bristol University in England. He previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant (A.C.A) in England and Wales from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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3. Pour butter mixture over hot asparagus. Sprinkle with chopped tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.
Spring Thyme Asparagus: Prepare as directed. Use 1/2 teaspoon each McCormick® Garlic Powder and Thyme Leaves in place of the parsley and basil. Omit tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.
Herbed Green Beans: Use fresh green beans, stem ends snapped off, in place of the asparagus.


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Add ingredients to the container in the order they appear in the recipe, or follow this general guideline below when creating your own. (A little hint: The two containers are loaded in opposite order. See the above visual for reference):
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UPDATE – West Mullan Fire Over 4,000 Acres – Evacuation Center Opened [AUDIO]
UPDATE - 8:00 a. m. Friday, July 19.
The Mineral County Sheriff's Department has evacuated over 100 homes near the West Mullan Fire. The American Red Cross has opened an emergency evacuation center at the Superior Elementary School. Strong winds have pushed the fire to over 4,000 acres. The fire was discovered last Sunday, and the cause is still under investigation.
UPDATE - 2:00 a.m. Thursday, July 18, the following report is from the Inciweb.org, released at about 9:00 p.m. Wednesday.
The West Mullan fire remained active overnight. Crews were able to make additional progress on suppression activities above the residential areas north of West Mullan Road. The suppression line along Pardee Creek on the west side was strengthened with some burnout operations between the line and the fire. Several small spot fires occurred on the south side with upslope spread of the fire. Spotting is also detected on the east flank toward the Flat Creek drainage. These spots are up high on the mountain. Today, firefighters will continue line construction above Pardee Creek to tie in with an existing road. Crews will look for opportunities to construct line and attack the fire directly on East flank. An existing road on the northeast side will be prepared to serve as a contingency line. On the south side of the fire above residences, mopup of hot spots in the burned area will take place. Local fire departments are providing structure protection.
Residences north of Clark Fork River in Superior are under mandatory evacuation. West Mullan and East Mullan Road from Sunflower Lane to Big Eddy and side roads in between, are now under mandatory evacuation. Flat Creek Road is also under this evacuation order.
Pat McKelvey, Fire Information Officer
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has closed a five-mile section of the Clark Fork River near Superior so that water can be safely drawn from the river by helicopters fighting the West Mullan fire.
Regional Fisheries Manager Pat Saffel said Tuesday that the closure will mainly affect recreation on the river.
"Mainly, it's affecting recreationists on the river," Saffel said. "Helicopters will be using that five-mile stretch to dip water out of the river, from the Big Eddy fishing access site to the Dry Creek access site.We need to allow the firefighters access in order to do their work without worrying about injuring other folks, so we're asking people to stay off that portion of the river."
Saffel said he has no idea how long the closure will remain in effect, since an early Tuesday morning report from fire information officer Pat McKelvey said the fire was zero percent contained.
"I don't think they have a good handle on how long it's going to take to suppress the fire, so we're going to have the closure on for as long as fire activities continue," Saffel said. "It's indefinite at this point."
Regional Fisheries Manager Pat Saffel
The firefighting effort took to the sky on Tuesday, as an early morning inversion dissipated, allowing helicopters and slurry bombers to make their runs on the fire. Fire Information Officer Pat McKelvey said the 'air show' started a little earlier than usual.
"We've got our helicopter and air show starting a little early this morning," McKelvey said. "We've actually running retardant along with the helicopters on the ridge right above Flat Creek, which is directly north of the town of Superior."
McKelvey echoed FWP's Pat Saffel regarding the safety aspect of closing a portion of the Clark River.
"It was a safety concern," McKelvey said. "All those transportation corridors that run right through this narrow part of the canyon here, the Interstate highway, the Clark Fork River, and West Mullan Road. People were stopping to see the helicopters, including floating down the river and taking a look at it, and we just can't have floaters and helicopters dipping water mixing together."
The cause of the West Mullan Fire is still being investigated.
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Kgosi Ntlhe scored the only goal of the game as Barnet began their pre-season schedule with a hard-fought 1-0 defeat at home to Peterborough United.
The South African defender struck the decisive goal eight minutes into the second half, with the Bees unable to stretch Posh goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik after the break.
As expected, Martin Allen named two separate elevens for the game, with six trialists included in the Bees matchday squad.
Named in the starting XI were former Watford and QPR midfielder Gavin Mahon, ex-Leyton Orient and Brentford striker Charlie MacDonald and Will Antwi, formerly of Luton and Wycombe.
Peterborough boss Darren Ferguson opted for a strong starting XI, with summer signing Erhun Oztumer partnering Tyrone Barnett up front. Last season's 33-goal top-scorer, Britt Assombalonga, started on the bench for the Posh.
The Bees had the first chance of note after 14 minutes when Luisma Villa planted a free-kick against the base of Olejnik's left-hand post from 20 yards. From the rebound, new signing John Akinde shot against the far post.
Posh skipper Jack Payne had his side's first effort on target in the 20th minute, dragging a low right-footed effort into the grasp of Graham Stack.
The Bees had threatened to get in behind the Peterborough back four on a couple of occasions and shortly before half-time, Keanu Marsh-Brown did exactly that, without finding the finish.
A perfectly-weighted pass from Curtis Weston found the winger on the edge of the area and having maintained his balance in spite of a push, Marsh-Brown could only slash his effort comfortably over from inside the penalty area.
The Bees made 11 changes at half-time – as promised – whilst United made nine; Olejnik and first-half substitute Tom Conlon the two to continue.
In a stop-start opening to the second period, it was the visitors who adapted better, taking the lead eight minutes after the restart.
The goal came when left-back Ntlhe held off the attentions of John Nurse and David Stephens to prod cutely beyond substitute goalkeeper Monty George and into the far bottom corner from six yards.
Luke Gambin tried his luck soon after, slashing just over the apex of crossbar and post via the aid of a deflection.
Following a spell of play, trialist Vinny Mukendi fashioned enough room to shoot but was unable to test Olejnik with a low right-footed effort from 18 yards.
Posh forward Conor Washington ought to have done better a couple of minutes later, prodding a meek effort wide after controlling an inch-perfect ball over the top.
Assombalonga – another half-time change – attempted a deft chip with eight minutes remaining but could only loft his effort onto the roof of George's net.
Mukendi then went for something similarly audacious late on, directing a back-heeled effort towards the Posh goal following Sam Muggleton's long throw in.
The Bees were unable to force an equaliser in scorching conditions at The Hive but had certainly contained League One Posh in a game which had always been about fitness rather than the result.
Barnet first half: Stack; Yiadom, Antwi (T), Saville (c), Johnson; Marsh-Brown, Mahon (T), Weston, Villa; Akinde & MacDonald (T).
Peterborough United first half: Olejnik; Ferdinand, Zakuani, Baldwin, Newell; Barnett, Anderson, Payne (c) (Conlon 31), Ajose; Oztumer & Vassell.
Barnet second half: George; Nurse, Nkumu (T), Stephens, Muggleton; Lowe, Vilhete (c), Sheriff (T), Gambin; Sykes & Mukendi (T).
Peterborough United second half: Olejnik; Drury, Bostwick, Brisley, Ntlhe; Mendez-Laing, Conlon (Santos 61), McCann (c), Taylor; Assombalonga & Washington.
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Attendance: 529
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HANG TIME, Texas — Fire up the grill. Ice down those frosty cold beers. Nothing says summer like a backyard barbecue.
Or sitting out in the hot sun daydreaming.
Sure, the NBA schedule comes out in a few days. Sure, the season openers are less than three months away. But why stop there? Let's continue to wander all the way out to next spring when the 2013-14 season is over and get a head start on candidates for all the awards.
Today we'll look at my handful of picks for Most Improved Player and you can chime in below.
Kawhi Leonard, Spurs — Doesn't everybody already know about the many splendored talents of the guy with Charles Barkley's favorite name after he played a key role in the Spurs' run to The Finals last last season? Of course, Leonard drew the toughest defensive assignment though every round of the playoffs, doing a creditable job on LeBron James. There were also nights when he had bust-out games on offense. But the feeling here is that Leonard has only scratched the surfaced of what he can do. It's no longer a stretch to think he could live up to coach Gregg Popovich's "face of the franchise" prediction. As the years keep piling up and the minutes keep getting restricted on Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, The Quiet One is going to get every chance to make big noise as he shoulders more of the burden. He could take the leap that last year's winner Paul George did for the Pacers.
Harrison Barnes, Warriors — Before he conked his head on the floor and eventually had to leave Game 6 of the West semifinals, Barnes was doing all that he could to force a Game 7 in the series with the Spurs. A member of the All-Rookie first team, he averaged 9.7 ppg and 4.1 rpg in just 25.4 mpg. When coach Mark Jackson went to him more and more in the playoffs, Barnes showed more and more of the things he can do. He got to the basket. He drained 3-pointers. In other words, as the games got bigger, he showed why Golden State made him the No. 7 pick in the 2012 draft. With Andre Iguodala around to run the floor and get plenty of attention from opposing defenses, the opportunity will be there for Barnes to take that big step up.
Jonas Valanciunas, Raptors — After being named MVP in the Las Vegas Summer League, there are lot of folks on both sides of the border who are expecting the young Raptors' big man to take off this season, especially now that he doesn't give up minutes to Andrea Bargnani. He's done work building up the upper half of his slim body without seeming to have surrendered quickness. His rookie numbers of 8.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.3 bpg and a 55.7 field-goal percentage in 23.9 mpg showed that there's room for growth with increased playing time, particularly on offense for a player who makes smart decisions and doesn't force shots. But the Raptors will have to make an effort to get him to the ball. He gets to the foul line, trailing only Bradley Beal, Andre Drummond and Barnes among last year's rookies in free throw attempts. As long as he keeps building up his bulk and strength, he can be a solid rim protector on defense. There is every reason to believe he can be the guy that Toronto spent the No. 5 pick in the 2011 draft on and then waited for year to get him to join the NBA. If not this season, then the next.
Eric Bledsoe, Suns — There were a lot of places where Bledsoe could have wound up that would seem to make more sense than Phoenix. The Suns already have Goran Dragic at the point. But rookie coach Jeff Hornacek will likely play them in tandem and Bledsoe's got the chops to play at the '2' and use his defensive prowess to get steal and create transition chances and easy buckets for the offense. He's been champing at the bit to get out from under Chris Paul's shadow with the Clippers and if he can rein in a tendency to get a bit wild with his shot selection, Bledsoe could put up some nice numbers for a Suns team that will be thirsting for offense.
Jeremy Lamb, Thunder — He moves around the court and makes every thing look so slow and easy that half the time you want to check to make sure that those sleepy-looking eyes are really open. He didn't see much playing time as a rookie, doing a constant shuttle between OKC and Tulsa in the NBA D-League to get game experience. He scored big and played well at the Orlando Summer League and now with the departure of Kevin Martin, the door is wide open for the No. 12 pick in the 2012 draft to come in and knock down all those wide open shots that are created by playing with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. If those eyes are wide awake, Lamb could see his way to some very big things on the championship contender.
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Preston 4-0 Swindon: Jermaine Beckford fires Preston to Championship
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Preston North End ended their play-off hoodoo with an emphatic 4-0 win over Swindon Town at Wembley to secure promotion to the Championship.
Jermaine Beckford's goal gave Preston the perfect start on three minutes, before Paul Huntingdon doubled their advantage five minutes later with a close-range finish.
Preston took a 3-0 lead into the break when Beckford curled the ball past Wes Foderingham, and he completed his hat-trick twelve minutes after the restart.
In truth, Swindon rarely threatened to make the match a contest and mustered just one shot on target.
Preston dominated from the start and were rewarded when Beckford steered Paul Gallagher's floated free-kick past Foderingham with a composed volley under pressure.
Swindon were forced into an early change when their captain, Nathan Thompson, suffered a head injury in the build-up to Beckford's opener and was replaced by Sam Ricketts.
But Preston soon doubled their advantage when Huntingdon roamed into the box unmarked to tap home another superb Gallagher cross from five yards out.
Swindon began to dictate possession but failed to create any clear-cut chances against a resolute Preston defence, although Jack Stephens' mazy run and deflected strike threatened to peg Preston back.
It took until just before the break for Swindon to create their first meaningful chance, when Nathan Byrne's deep cross was met by the head of Michael Smith, but the former Darlington striker sent his effort wide.
It proved to be a telling moment in the match as, less than 60 seconds later, Preston added a third. It was a sensational piece of play from Beckford, who collected the ball on the edge of the area and curled an exquisite shot into the bottom corner.
Swindon attacked after the restart in search of a route back into the match but should have been four goals behind when Beckford was sent through one-on-one with Foderingham, but the former Everton striker was denied by a stunning, fingertip save.
But it didn't take long for Beckford to complete his hat-trick - the third player to do so in a play-off final - when he latched on to Joe Garner's sweeping pass, before slotting the ball past Foderingham.
Swindon's first shot on target, a glancing header from Obika, was greeted by ironic cheers from their own fans.
Beckford was then withdrawn to a standing ovation and replaced by Kevin Davies, who came close to adding Preston's fifth but was unable to reach Garner's looping header.
To their credit, Swindon pushed for a goal in the latter stages but never looked like troubling Simon Grayson's side, who return to the Championship for the first time in four years.


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Books as Passports to Global Understanding
for Children in the United States
Growing Up in Africa - PDF
Growing Up in the Americas - PDF
Growing Up in Asia and the Middle East - PDF
Growing Up in Australia and New Zealand - PDF
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Growing Up Around the World: Books as Passports to Global Understanding for Children in the United States is a project of the International Relations Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children. We undertook this project in memory of Zena Sutherland, a past International Relations Committee member with a longstanding commitment to high standards for children's books and to understanding other cultures around the world.
Through Growing Up Around the World, we hope to make books that accurately depict contemporary life in other countries more widely available to American children. The project includes bibliographies representing five regions: Africa; the Americas; Asia and the Middle East; Australia and New Zealand; and Europe.
Because the primary goal of the project is to identify fiction and nonfiction that will help young people in the United States understand the lives of children living in other countries today, the bibliographies virtually exclude genres such as fantasy and historical fiction. Rather than including the best books about other countries written by outsiders to those countries, the list seeks to identify children's books written or illustrated by people have lived for at least two years within those cultures. With very few exceptions, we limit the lists to books written in the last ten years and currently available in the United States. From time to time, the lists may be updated on the ALSC Web site.
We gratefully acknowledge assistance given by leaders and members of organizations such as the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) and the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) as well as individual librarians and children's literature specialists across the country and around the world.
The Association for Library Service to Children
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The ancient city and medieval growth
Traces of human occupation of the site of Vienna have been found dating as far back as the Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age). The area was subsequently inhabited by the Illyrians and then the Celts. In 16–15 bce the Romans, under the future emperor Tiberius, occupied the foothills of the Alps, and in the next century the Celtic town of Vindobona (Celtic: "White Field"; later to become Vienna) became a strategic Roman garrison town. (The Roman camp is believed to have covered the area around the present Hoher Market.) Vindobona grew to about 15,000 inhabitants and became part of a widespread network of trade and communications. Emperor Marcus Aurelius is said to have died in Vindobona in 180 ce fighting off attacks by the Germanic tribes. The Romans were swept away in the turmoil of the 5th-century invasions, but enough of Vindobona remained to serve as the nucleus of the medieval city. The Bavarians occupied the area, and the people became Christianized. The city's name was recorded in 881 as Wenia and in 1030 as Wienis.
The dukes of Babenberg, a Frankish dynasty, were overlords of Vienna from 1156 to 1246. The city developed into an important trading centre, where Crusaders on their way to the East bought provisions and equipment. In the 13th century walls were built around the city, and Vienna remained largely confined within the walled area until the 1700s. The Babenbergs kept a brilliant court and encouraged artists like the famous minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide.
In 1246 the last male of the Babenberg family died. In the ensuing struggle for domination, the king of Bohemia, Otakar II, became overlord of what was to become Austria. Otakar established himself as a powerful central European prince, and by 1276 he was at war with the German king, Rudolf I of the Habsburg dynasty. When Otakar fell in battle in 1278, the Habsburgs took over his domain and retained it for more than 600 years. The capital city flourished, trading with Trieste, Venice, and Hungary; nevertheless, economic decline attended the numerous disputes over inheritance within the Habsburg family. In 1485, under siege by Matthias I (Corvinus) of Hungary, the city fathers surrendered in the hope of bettering their status. When Corvinus died five years later, Vienna reverted to the Habsburg emperor, Frederick III.
Development of imperial Vienna
During the Renaissance, Vienna was a leader in science and fine arts, and the university (1365) was a centre of humanism. When Charles V became Holy Roman emperor in the 16th century, he entrusted his Austrian territories to his brother, the future emperor Ferdinand I. Seeking to increase their liberties and economic position, the Lower Austrian Diet rebelled against their regent. Ferdinand responded by condemning the leaders of the insurrection to death, and in 1526 he issued an ordinance that stripped the city of almost all its rights. In the same year, he inherited the kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary and, accordingly, the task of fighting the Turks, who commanded large parts of Hungary. Turkish forces besieged Vienna in 1529 but were successfully beaten off. When Ferdinand was crowned emperor in 1558, Vienna regained its political status and became the administrative seat of numerous kingdoms that the Habsburgs acquired by marriage.
The Reformation swept through Europe during the 16th century, arousing heated opposition from the Roman Catholic Church. In an attempt to stem the controversy, the imperial Diet, in the Peace of Augsburg (1555), recognized the right of Lutheranism to exist but decreed that the regional princes were to determine which form of Christianity their subjects must follow. Because the Viennese were required to remain Roman Catholic, many of the great number who had become Protestant had to leave the city. It was during this period that new fortifications were built to replace the medieval city walls and the Hofburg was enlarged with the addition of new courts. The splendid secular buildings of the Baroque era proclaimed Vienna's stature as an imperial residence and one of the great world capitals.
In 1679 the bubonic plague struck the city, killing nearly a third of its population. Then, during the summer of 1683, Vienna suffered a second Turkish siege, this one led by the grand vizier Kara Mustafa. The Viennese defenders, together with imperial troops under Charles of Lorraine, held off the Turkish army, which was defeated with the help of relief forces led by John III (Sobieski), king of Poland. Shortly thereafter Prince Eugene of Savoy succeeded in driving the Turks out of Hungary.
With the Turkish threat at an end, there followed an upsurge of building, particularly in the devastated suburbs. Between 1700 and 1730 a city of palaces and stately homes emerged. A second line of fortifications, the Linienwall ("straight rampart"), was built in 1704–06 to give the suburbs protection. In the densely built-up Innere Stadt old houses either had upper stories added or were demolished and replaced by Baroque structures. Hildebrandt, J.B. Fischer von Erlach, and Fischer von Erlach's son Joseph Emanuel were the great Viennese architects of the time, and their achievements are still evident in some of the city's best buildings.
During this period, immigrants arrived from other parts of the empire, and new factories heralded the city's transition from trade to manufacturing. The arts also received fresh energy, as instanced by Joseph Anton Stranitzky's newly created Viennese Impromptu Theatre, which opened with the character masque of Hanswurst.
The male line of the Habsburgs died out with Charles VI in 1740, but by the terms of the Pragmatic Sanction his daughter Maria Theresa gained the right of succession and reigned until 1780. She established compulsory primary-school attendance; separated the university from the church, bringing it under state control; and reorganized the economy, the army, and the judiciary. Her son and successor, Joseph II, was typical of the Enlightenment's absolute monarchs and continued in her reforming spirit. His Edict of Toleration guaranteed religious freedom to Protestants and Orthodox Christians in 1781, and Jews were liberated from a number of discriminatory restrictions the following year. He instituted many humanitarian measures, improved government and education, and supported the arts. Some of his actions, like the dissolution of the monasteries, brought him into conflict with the church. By the time Joseph died in 1790, there were 300 factories in Vienna, the population had increased to 235,000, and the built-up area had increased 10-fold since the Turkish siege. Gluck, Haydn, and Mozart had ushered in Vienna's first golden age of music; Beethoven and Schubert would carry it into the next century.
In 1804 Francis II declared himself emperor of Austria and in 1806 resigned his former imperial crown, thus bringing to an end the Holy Roman Empire, which had long been essentially a German monarchy. Napoleon's armies occupied Vienna in 1805 and again in 1809. Inflation and state bankruptcy followed the Napoleonic Wars. Politically, however, Vienna held a central position in the restoration of Europe at the Congress of Vienna (1814–15) under the leadership of the powerful statesman Prince Metternich.
By 1845 Vienna had 430,000 inhabitants. The aspirations and cultural interests of the middle class were growing, finding artistic expression primarily in the simple and commonplace forms of the Biedermeier style of decoration and furniture design. Joseph Lanner and the elder Johann Strauss enlivened the city with Viennese waltzes. The revolution of March 1848 in Vienna brought to an end Metternich's authoritarian rule. A second uprising, in October, was put down by the imperial army of Francis Joseph. The city continued to grow culturally as the Austrian (later the Austro-Hungarian) imperial capital.
Evolution of the modern city
Vienna's inner ramparts were razed in 1857 and the city ditches filled in. They were replaced by the Ringstrasse, opened in 1865. The stately public buildings and parks along this great avenue emerged over the years. In other parts of the city, old structures were demolished and new ones built. The drinking-water supply was improved with springwater; the Danube was regulated; and, later, gas and electric works were built. New regulations in 1859 established full freedom of trade. Vienna's economy grew rapidly, and with it the city's population.
In 1861 Vienna was granted city self-government through a freely elected city council, which acquired a liberal majority. The suburbs were brought under the city administration in 1890. Three years later the Linienwall was dismantled and a second ring road, the Gürtel, built in its place. Musical Vienna flourished under the composers Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Hugo Wolf, and Mahler. Operetta became established as a characteristic Viennese art form through the music of the younger Johann Strauss, Franz von Suppé, Franz Lehár, and Emmerich Kálmán.
At the turn of the century, with nearly two million inhabitants and an area of 105 square miles (272 square km), Vienna began to spread to the left bank of the Danube. The capital city had become a fertile breeding ground for ideas that—for good or bad—were to shape the modern world. Among the thousands who flocked to Vienna seeking work or a vocation was the young Adolf Hitler. Having failed there as an art student, he adopted notions of Greater German nationalism and was influenced by both the rhetorical style and the anti-Semitism of the Pan-German politician Georg Ritter von Schönerer and of Vienna's mayor, Karl Lueger. Theodor Herzl, the founder of Zionism, was living in Vienna at the same time. The city also was the home of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, at work developing their far-reaching psychiatric theories.
Artistic activity reached new heights as well in the early 20th century. In architecture, painting, and design, the Sezessionstil (German: Jugendstil) movement (Art Nouveau) provided means for young artists to rebel against pretentiousness in the Viennese art establishment, including the style of architecture on the Ring. Otto Wagner, Adolf Loos, and Josef Hoffmann were prominent architects and designers of the new school; among the painters were Gustav Klimt, Alfred Kubin, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele. Viennese music continued to break new ground with the works of Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton von Webern. Influential writers included Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and Karl Kraus.
During World War I the city's population swelled to 2,239,000 with an influx of refugees. Francis Joseph died in 1916; his successor, Charles, was forced to abdicate at the end of the war. The Habsburg monarchy fell, and a German-Austrian republic was proclaimed in November 1918. In 1919 general suffrage produced a Social Democratic majority in the city council. The party introduced numerous reforms in housing, education, public welfare, and health care. These socialist policies earned the capital the nickname "Red Vienna," and it became recognized internationally as a forerunner of the modern welfare state. In 1922 Vienna was made a federal province of Austria, the mayor of the city also serving as the governor of the province.
Economically and politically the young republic was on shaky ground. The paramilitary forces of the Austro-Marxist Social Democrats and their conservative Christian Social opponents carried politics into the streets. Mass political demonstrations were answered with savage repression, and in 1933 the Austrian chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, dissolved Parliament and set up an authoritarian regime. His government's decision to fire upon Viennese workers defending their apartment blocks (1934) was seen by many as a final betrayal of democracy. Disillusioned with the failures of the First Republic and disheartened by recurring economic crises and mass unemployment, more and more Viennese, like many other Austrians, were drawn to the Nazi Party of their fellow countryman Adolf Hitler in neighbouring Germany. These Viennese supported union with Germany (Anschluss) as the only viable solution.
On March 12, 1938, the German army occupied Austria. A few days later, Hitler proclaimed the Anschluss; Greater Vienna, now including the smaller communes of its Lower Austrian periphery, became a German province. While many Austrians supported Nazi policies long into World War II, the Nazis' suppression of Austrian identity and culture, the atrocities and damages of war, and the persecution and mass killings of Jews and political enemies led to a growing disenchantment with German rule—which in turn aided the development of a new sense of Austrian nationhood. In April 1945 Vienna was liberated by Soviet troops.
In the summer of 1945 the city, like the country as a whole, was divided into zones of occupation by the Allied powers (France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States). The city's so-called first district, containing most of the government offices, became an international zone, run by each occupying power for set periods of time. During the decade of Allied occupation, as the Cold War intensified, Vienna became a global centre of espionage.
Vienna had emerged from the war with nearly a quarter of its buildings either partially or completely destroyed. The city's population had fallen to 1,322,000. The immense task of providing food and shelter, repairing the transportation network, and rebuilding the city began under the mayors Theodor Körner (1945–51) and Franz Jonas (1951–65), both of whom later became presidents of the republic. The Austrian State Treaty was signed in the Belvedere on May 15, 1955, leading to independence and the withdrawal of all Allied occupation troops.
Vienna's geographic position at the heart of Europe was devalued three times in the 20th century: in 1918, when it became the top-heavy capital of a small republic; in 1938, when the takeover by Germany reduced it to a German province; and in 1945, when the Iron Curtain came down some 50 miles to the east. But to a large extent the city remains a focal point of East-West contacts. It has become important as a major international meeting place and conference centre, as well as a seat of world organizations. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) moved its headquarters to Vienna in 1965, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has its headquarters there as well. On the outskirts of Vienna, across the Danube, the modern buildings of the Vienna International Centre, or UNO-City, include the offices of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and other UN agencies.
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Dragon Ball Z is probably one of the most popular and well-known anime series in the U.S. The adventures of Goku and pals were introduced to America over a decade ago, presenting Japanese cartoons to Americans and paving the way for Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, and all of the myriad animes that have found their way overseas. While anime aficionados owe a great debt to Dragon Ball Z for opening the floodgates, fans must also recognize that DBZ, while well-loved, has become dated. This is most evident in the annual Dragon Ball Z games, which rehash the same stories that have been resolved for years. Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2 is the latest of these games, and while it is fun, it doesn't offer up anything innovative enough to warrant a new iteration. Sadly, Raging Blast 2 is, for better or worse, Raging Blast with a few more characters.
One of the major problems presented each year for Dragon Ball Z titles is the problem of innovation. All of the DBZ fans know the sagas backwards and forwards. The Saiyan Saga, the Frieza Saga, the Cell Saga, and even the Majin Buu Sagaâ¦all of these stories have been told, retold, and explored into oblivion. It's is an understandably difficult task the developers have in attempting to make these old stories fresh for their fans, and the DBZ developers have tried a number of different methods. However, in Raging Blast, the developers seemed to have given up, nearly abandoning the story mode completely for Galaxy Mode. Galaxy Mode simply allows the player to follow a single character through their "career," battling one foe after another with little variation. The developers must have decided that since the stories have been retold so many times, they don't need to subject the player to story by providing context or cutscenes. This creates disconnect from the story and character motivation. While this is DBZ and not Shakespeare, it is always more exciting to confront Frieza as Super Saiyan Goku after witnessing Goku's rage at Krillin's death, or see Gohan explode into Super Saiyan 2. The developers also neglect the casual fans who might not know the dialogue of every episode and may become lost without a framing story.
There are quite a few modes for players to battle through. Tournament Modes allow players to battle against up to sixteen other combatants, whether computer-controlled or online opponents. Museum Mode allows you to watch replays and brush up on DBZ history and character bios. Ultimate Customize lets you alter your favorite characters' movesets and items. Obviously, there are also versus modes that let you play against friends to prove who is the galaxy's strongest warrior.
The gameplay will be familiar to anyone who has played Raging Blast, or even the Budokai Tenkaichi series. Attacks are performed with a single button, as are ki blasts. Special attacks are initiated by flicking the right analog stick in a direction, giving any character an available four special attacks and a super attack that is activated by pressing the right analog stick. For a gamer new to the series, the control scheme will take some getting used to, but dedication will unearth a fighting system that is a lot deeper than it appears. There are counters and defensive teleports that can be completed by a gamer with excellent timing. While there is deceptive depth, Raging Blast doesn't approach the subtleties of deeper fighting games like Tekken or Street Fighter, so gamers expecting multiple attack buttons, parries, or super combos should look elsewhere.
The graphics in Raging Blast are beautiful, as the games have surpassed the visuals of the anime a long time ago. The cel-shading in the character models is greatly detailed and shows a marked improvement over the original Raging Blast. However, the backgrounds are a bit bland and could have been spruced up.