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Breaking Down Nemesis: Part Four
Welcome again, to another installment of Breaking Down Nemesis! Once again, we are here to learn and experience Miss Agatha Christie's work, and perhaps find a link to the elusive Agatha Christie Code that I keep hearing about. Essentially, the idea is to break down and discover if an Agatha Christie novel really is addictive! For this experiment in literature, I've chosen a random novel from her Miss Marple series, titled Nemesis.
If you're lost already, please see Part One, Part Two, and Part Three for the previous installments, that way you can keep up with the mystery as it unravels! And don't forget to subscribe to see future installments, as well!
In the beginning of this chapter, we are introduced to Miss Marple's sneaky side. In chapter three, we get to see her be sneaky when she asks Cherry, her assistant, to phone Mrs. Anderson, in order to find out if she's at home, or out and about. This plan included a caveat that was to have Cherry inform Miss Anderson that she, Cherry, was Mr. Broadribb (Mr. Rafiel's lawyer)'s secretary, and that she was to meet him at his office, but only if Miss Anderson was out and not to be back today.
The brilliance of that plan still makes me giggle. Honestly, it sounds a little like something I'd have done when playing Dungeons and Dragons, and setting up a trap for someone! Unluckily for us, we don't get to see how that might have played out. I'd like to point out that this sort of organic thinking is coming a bit more often now. Or maybe we're beginning to understand Miss Marple's thought process a lot clearer, now that we're actually involved in her investigation? Miss Christie certainly has me by the ear.
It turns out that Mrs. Anderson was out shopping at the supermarket. And who should she collide with, but Miss Marple herself! And as if the old codger wasn't planning the whole thing, the two of them talk as if they've just run into each other. Instead of having the conversation she wants to have right there, Miss Marple instead arranges to visit Mrs. Anderson at home, instead.
Now, this might seem odd, but if you think about it, honestly, Miss Marple has the right idea. Mrs. Anderson will be more comfortable at home, and we might get to see what it was that the two of them are so at-arms with each other about. I can't wait to find out myself!
The two exchange pleasantries for a little bit, and then Miss Marple seems to try to slide small questions in there, to find out more about Mr. Rafiel's supposed request. She also takes a moment to notice that the oppulence of Mrs. Anderson's new home, and connected it with a possible inheritance by Mrs. Anderson from Mr. Rafiel. Miss Marple asks if he left anything to the Nurse-Attendant Jackson, and finds out no he did not, and Mrs. Anderson hasn't even seen the gentleman since they worked together.
Another series of questions by Miss Marple, and I'm beginning to see that she has a bit of a built in camouflage.
"…I was thinking it only the other day, after I'd seen the notice of his death. I wished I could know a little more. Where he was born, you know, and his parents. What they were like. Whether he had any children, or nephews or cousins or any family. I would so like to know."
Esther Anderson smiled slightly. She looked at Miss Marple and her expression seemed to say "Yes, I'm sure you always want to know everything of that kind about everyone you meet."
We're getting more hints as to how people see her. Mrs. Anderson clearly thinks of Miss Marple as someone who is overly curious. But it's tempered by the old-woman camouflage I was talking about. Everyone expects her to be nosy, because that's how old women are! Take this lesson to heart. Let your characters use their own camouflages. If a woman wears glasses, let her put her hair in a bun, and pretend seriousness, despite her real personality. If a man has a raspy voice, let him pretend that he is dark and dangerous, when necessary. And when a person looks younger than they really are, let them use that childishness to their advantage to make others underestimate them! Remind yourself constantly of who they appear to be to others, so that this can be turned one-eighty and used against them!
The two go on to discuss more information, specifically about how Mr. Rafiel lost his wife long ago, but had three living children. Two daughters, and a son. One of the daughters married, and now lives in america, and the other daughter died, very young. It turns out there was trouble between father and son!
Apparently, the son was a scandalous sort, and died a few years ago. Mr. Rafiel never spoke of him. Odd that a deceased son, who was involved in scandals shows up just as Miss Marple is looking for a mystery, don't you think? However, the two of them quickly come to a derailment, as the events at St. Honore get brought up again! And it turns out that Mrs. Anderson is still upset with something Miss Marple did in the Caribbean, but instead of actually discussing it, Mrs. Anderson stares coldly at Miss Marple, who takes her leave.
After leaving Mrs. Anderson's home, Miss Marple determines that maybe, just maybe she was wrong to visit Mrs. Anderson, and thinks that perhaps there's nothing to do with her at all in this mystery. I'm not quite so sure, but I think Miss Christie wrote it that way. I still can't tell if this is a red-herring, or if I'm honestly right when I think that Mrs. Anderson is going to have something to do with it.
Eventually, after doubting herself a little bit, she comes to the same conclusion I have, which is that her old-lady-camouflage is a wonderful trait to have, and that she comes to recognize what people are like, based on who they remind her of. After that, she goes to sleep, thinking that it is entirely up to Mr. Rafiel to give her some sort of sign as to what exactly she is supposed to be doing.
This chapter in general, I think, was to show us more of Miss Marple's character. I'm not sure anything really got done, other than, perhaps, clearing Mrs. Anderson of suspicion, and refusing to hand us any real clues as to what it is that Miss Marple is really supposed to be doing. Another point towards the Agatha Christie Code, as I was told that there was to be a lot of description, and slowness getting to the main plot. Which this chapter seems to embody quite a bit.
I find myself, however, instead of growing intrigued, growing a little bit bored of it. I'm starting to wonder, just like Miss Marple, if there really is any mystery to be solving at all! Which, I'm not sure if that's a good way for a mystery novel to begin. However, dear reader, I will slog on, in order to find out! Just for you!
Please, however, do me a favor! In the comments, give me an idea or two of what you think the mystery is going to be! Do you think it's Mr. Rafiel's deceased son? Do you think Mrs. Anderson perhaps murdered someone? Do you think something entirely different is going to happen? Let me know!more


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Sunday, October 26, 2008
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the balenciaga bag looks fake to me, but she carries the entire outfit well
she's beautiful and has endless legs. where is this? looks parisienne. i like how she tops off her casual look with a blazer, the flapper headband is a nice touch, and great shoes!
she looks very lonely
The composition of this photograph is as striking as the subject. I love the balletic grace, the expressions and the framing quality of the background figures. Subtle movement in her hair suggests calm in the center of swirling activity. Beautiful.
Cool cool style! Lovin it.
it seems a scene from a musical!
i've fell in love with her outfit ;-)
this would have looked so much better with a proper pair of jeans; the top part looks great, but to me the bottom part fails to deliver
a little too trendy. like she threw on everything she saw in a magazine and didn't edit or make it her own.
Perfect shot. I like the energy that comes from the people standing around the girl. Great work as always mr. Sartorialist.
the shoes in this photo are spectacular. esp. the woman in the white trench. ow OW!
This photo is magnificent.
i love the shorts with tights underneath – the whole unpolished, yet polished look. i think her sweatshirt has simone de beauvoir on it. if anyone can tell me where to find this, i will love you forever and ever!!
gorgeous photograph!
I am more intrigued by the movements around her than herself. I like how the leg of the man on on the left is about to take a step and how the woman on the right is frozen in time and so on.
The style that the centre object is rocking is all right, but not outstanding.
why she laugh like a witch??
Pockets hanging out of shorts? No, no, no. Shorts & coat, also no. Cute girl, terrible look.
she has beautiful legs and great shoes.
and this picture is pure art
high five! the most interesting picture i have seen on this site – and this is of course a site with lots of interesting pictures – for me it´s like a frozen moment of a random outdoor ballet – when the prima donna suddenly realizes that everything is transient – even my life has an end – and walks off and buys another pair of Marc Jacobs to regulate her new and intolerable insight – sweet
i love the shoes and the bag. the rest is a bit too normal.
I have to know – how much of this shot is staged?
brilliant and sweet
she looks like the epitome of amazing. I like how casual this outfit is not to mention the sart's brilliant photography skills
She looks very cute, and I think the jacket, shoes, watch and purse work very well together. But what I love the most is not the girl, it is the picture. It is so in the moment, and the contrast between her and the more tailored people in the background make the look so much more interesting. The woman to the right realy have a great smile!
I believe that's Ida Pyk from Swedish Elle.
Oh, nice. And the woman that is laughing, haha.
She has geat hair. Other first impression – her outfit is a Pretty Woman redux…
this portrait is great-looking.
i love the subject (she's perfection) and i love all that action/life going on just behind her.
so FANTASTIC : )
i love her shoes!!!
oh she is wonderful.
Love the fabulous gold shoes, black stockings and cut-offs! And I especially love how they're so short, the left pocket is poking out from underneath. God, that detail bring me back to the seventies. So hot.
Amazing bag.
And she has such presence.
Wow, this is honestly what I dream of looking like.
looks like barcelona. she's gorgeous
As soon as I saw this, it reminded me of http://www.ecsd.us/staff/meberhard/theatre/Les%20Mis%20Face.jpg
i hate the fact that she carrying a fake bag… it goes against everyhting fashion is supposed to be…
Great shot- I love the animated gestures around her while she stands so stoically in her pavement "spotlight". The man in green pants on the left seems to simply be turning to reach for something but looks af if he's saying "Taa-daa!" and doing a dance step. Are we in Russia now?
I love this.
she's cool. I like her bag, what's that? balenciaga?
the photo's stunning! she seems so still amidst the moving crowd
love the t-shirt and the shoes :D
The perfect frozen moment in time. I love how it seems like she is paying no attention to the commotion around her, but to you and you alone. Great shot.
very nice pic.
great composition.
perfect moment… the movement of this photo is lovely..
Scott, you remind me Richard Avedon, although your photos are more spontaneous than his. You have the talent to make very good use of the opportunities. This photo is great, with its contrast between people around the central (and serious) girl in "laughing and dancing" attitude. Have you ever thinking about group your most artistic photos in an art book? Yes, because you're an artist.
That photo of a man in smoke is another one I really have enjoyed.
Lolita is lovely, but my eye is drawn to the laughing all American girl on the right and the dancing man on the left. I'd love to know the back story on them.
Sart, you write with your camera!
Oh, and I like the big watch face.
love this, its very rock chic!
I find, as far as the photograph's composition is concerned, that what is going on in the background, the movement in the background (the woman in the white coat with her mouth open; the man on the left-hand side seemingly caught in a dance move) complements the subject's stillness and mildly dour facial expression.
It is a very nice photo.
Apart from the great shoes and hat, for me there is no evidence of personal sartorial style here at all – it's pure Kate Moss. Sure, she looks good but this look is ubiquitous among skinny young things. What i am drawn by is her beautiful face and haunted eyes framed by a perfect haircut.
That's in Milan right?
most of all, love her wath!
I have to say– I don't like this at all. Everything she has on is so "bang on trend." The Erin Wasson cut-offs, the Himdmarch bag…giant yawn. Sorry! I like people who disobey rules– creative dreamers, not hipsters.
I believe in tough love and I think you get WAY too many compliments as it is already. But, gee, that is a fun picture!
I like it, but I don't love her outfit that much (although I want her bag!!).
What I adore here is the fabulous picture you took, how she is so static there, surrounded by all the other people moving. It's like if time had stopped for here and everything else in the worl kept it's natural rythm…
can't go wrong with lotta leg and lotta youth.
despite your constant praise which always turns me off to this site, you can take compositionally elegant photos like this one
Beautiful shot-truly a moment frozen in time. She is adorable.
Love this entire outfit! But the shoes are my favourite :]]
Possibly the best photograph thus far. And while I like her outfit, it's hardly that. It's her attitude so completely different from those around her. Perfect timing.
Love her watch and also the shoes of the lady in the back… Also the smile (-:
she is so serious! even when others laugh! little bit punk but little bit classic too!
what time it is!?
I enjoy how she put this outfit together. Everything from the oversized wrist watch to the out-of-proportion bag to the wedges with socks. The details make this outfit.
It is that dancing leg that makes this shot Scott. Always a daily pleasure to see your fine work.
Like it but I also like (even more) the lady on the right, especially her shoes and that glimpse of a Chanel bag … !
FABULOUS! One of my favorite pictures here!
i think this is a wonderful photograph, and it's not because the girl has good style, she does; but the narrative is so captivating. I've always loved your pictures, they capture our time with a timeless essence. It makes me think of robert doisneau, it has such narrative
I love the contrasts of the colors!
I absolutely adore this look. It has just the right amount of funk/punkiness that so few can actually pull off. I especially love the accents that the watch and the gold shoes add to the entirety of the look. It really pulls everything together.
Well, she's precious. I love everything about her life in thie photo from the headband to her great haircut to the pouty lips to the huge-faced watch… etcetera. All of it. Delish.
like the shorts
Great shot !
Rue de Rivoli, I guess…
Wow. What a great photo!
The guy half-hidden on the left looks like he's dancing some sort of classical cellphone ballet.
just such a great photograph…
perfect spontaneity, perfect contrasts of color and movement/stillness.
i literally can't stop looking at it over, and over.
her style is very kate moss, but more charming, more playful.
This looks like a scene from a musical.
How'd you set this up, Scott?
this is Ida Pyk, she´s a model and a writer/blogger for swedish Elle. her tshirt is by swedish designer Lovisa Burfitt, who works from Paris! love the photo, sart!
Love everything everything about this photograph! And those legs are insanity.
i wonder what the background figures are doing?
i think this photograph itself is much more inspirational than what the subject is wearing…
She looks so chic and calm when looking what is around her. Crazy world against one calm stare.
juliet xxx
Great outfit, love her watch.
But the fake balenciaga really spoils it for me..
Love her shirt and the Sonic Youth shirt in the background!
This is a Nylon girl.
The dynamic of this photo is from the people around her- i threw her one look -hated the fake bag and started checking the rest of the people…lady smiling- the channel bag without it's owner- the man on the left- the lady in the back…amazing movements ….
I enjoy this blog so much because it lets me be places I can't go. This photo rewards repeated viewings for that reason! The outfit's not important–or maybe it's about the trenchcoat woman's cool shoes?
Very theatrical
she has awesome legs. other than that, i don't see anything here.
brilliant! beautiful face.
i try this look often but it never quite seems to work this well.
i absolutely love eveything about this photo. bravo, sart!
I think this is a great capture of calmness in the middle of chaos. Yet she still stands out especially with her brooding stare.
How wonderful! I suspect those left and right were surprised they walked into the shot and were moving away! I love how she is standing on the man hole cover (or whatever it is).
shorts and tights. love x
The face is a young Demi Moore -the outfit uninspiring.
She clearly knows that it's half past a freckle and the apocalypse is imminent. Such classical composition in this photo, I love it!
Hi Sart,
Please post this-its not going to be negative, its constructive criticism.
An overwhelming majority of your photos of fashionable women are young, thin and tall. Basically, I counted the last 100 photos of women (not counting kids, group pictures, multiple photos of the same woman or photos on the runway), and 83 of them had model-like proportions. 17 were a TAD heavier, and represented what I think is a closer representation of the average woman.
Beautiful, fashionable models and could-be-models are great. But it takes more effort to be fashionable when you are not a sample size 0 and work on a tighter budget. Please post more of these women, who I believe deserve more fashion cred-because it takes great personal style and an eye for things that look great on your body to to be fashionable and worthy of being posted on The Sartorialist. I would say that the woman with curves, and a height below 5'9 has to try harder to accommodate her body and therefore should be equally if not more represented on this blog-which is a wonderful collection of great fashion off the runway. It looks as if the majority of your women just walked out of the back entrance a dressing room, after just finishing on the runway.
The outfit is alright but people, the bag is FAKE! So please stop calling it a Balenciaga! I think this picture should be removed. Sorry
cute sweatshirt, great miu miu shoes
i really like this look. she's very put together, but it's very youthful and age appropriate. love the large watch, love the unexpected denim shorts, & love the funky shoes!
one question- what makes everyone think her bag is fake? looks good to me,am i missing something here?!
anyways, great shot!
this girl looks great and i love the old ladies sonic youth tee in the background.
for some reason her face looks like she had a hangover?
and pockets poking out of the shorts… i dont quite like stockings with shorts esp dark stockings. her watch is fab though
I will keep my eyes open but I can only shoot what I see around me.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PHOTO…. not for the fashion… but for the composition…. just perfectly timed…. this could easily be an editorial
So she didn't spend $1000′s on a Balenciaga bag? Shame on her. :op
And how are you all so sure it's a fake anyway?
The photo: gorgeous.
The ensemble: aalllmost. The bag's a little too big, swallowing her up. The shorts push it over the edge into too trendy-sloppy territory. However, I love her graphic tee/blazer combo, and I love the contrasting dark band on her pale hair, and I almost love the tights and shoes.
She is just standing there in a rag bag of clothes and men are going wild about her. To a female clothes enhance the body – now that is some body. I wonder what she has in the bag? Jeans perhaps!
She is a walking attraction.
As a photographer I have to say that this photo surpasses fashion. forget about her outfit for a second (which I do like but wish the pocket wasn't showing). there seems to be a great disconnection between her and the people around her. in particular, the lady on her right who is smiling. I love her melancholic eyes. there's an innocence about her, and a bit of loneliness as well. You captured the moment well. really nice picture.
The woman to the right has style…. her shoes are fabulous.
I saw this girl just outside the Dries Van Noten show at the Palais Royal in Paris Fashion Week. There were lots of bloggers taking photos all around. I was sitting having a coffee in a nearby cafe. I'm so disappointed I didn't manage to spy the Sartorialist! Nice shot!
The best thing about the shop are surely the burgundy toe-cap lace-ups the chap to the left of the screen is wearing — cobbled perfection.
Gorgeous, I love it!
She reminds me a blonde PJ Harvey, the great.
what a contrast. I totally love the picture. I think you'd captured the spirit – the alienation (atttitude) but at the same time, craving for identification (style) in youth. you re an awesome photographer
It's Swedish model Ida Pyk who also writes a blog for ELLE, lives in Paris.
I've included a quote from above that seemed so odd to me, here it is…
"Anonymous said…
i hate the fact that she carrying a fake bag… it goes against everyhting fashion is supposed to be…
My response to that is: who said that fashion was about spending too much on originals? I guess I missed that memo.
Her bag looks good. You can't touch it or read the label. I don't get the point.
Surely it's about the overall look. Not the money she spent on putting it together.
great photo!
I'll never wear such an outfit, but I find it exquisitely funny on this girl. The golden shoes are so out of context, they lift the whole look up! ;)
The only thing that really does not match are her hair… :/
i like the idea of the outfit, meaning the blazer the shorts witht he tights etc. but i dont like how its on her. it just doesnt feel right. i love the women in the back laughing. shes got awesome shoes. theyre something like the D&G ones. or maybe they are. with those pants.. looks like the ad! and then theres that chanel bag we see a peek of.. thats an awesome bag!
the girl looks cutely in the picture, but im not feeling the outift.
Fantastic. I like a girl with a big watch.
Oh, this girl is so beautiful! Is she a model?
i like her shoes and hat…
She looks great. I love the how the shoes set off her legs.
The photo itself is exquisite. Fabuous composition.. I'm intrigued at how it all happened.
She' s cute but not inspiring in any way. Who cares if the Balenciaga is fake or real….What is attractive about your site is the refreshing/new way of dressing vis a vie people with style and attitude and innovation. I don't see that here. It wouldn't matter how much anything cost.
I want to dance with the guy on the left.
i am way, way more interested in the older, bespectacled woman in the background wearing the raymond pettibon t-shirt than anything else anyone has mentioned.
she's the one i wanna hang with.
I think, this photograph is most dramatic photograph in this blog.
absolutely fantastic!!
this is the shooting.
I am so wating for next.
I love her stillness on the circle. A spotlight effect!
I agree with amy – far more interesting things are happening in the background.
the balenciaga bag definitly is a fake
it's the size of a weekender but the weekender never has the extra shoulder strap
I don't think that fashion is about spending 1000 dollars on a bag but I do think it's wrong to wear fakes if you can't afford the real thing just buy another kind of bag
That's just my oppinion
As for the rest I really do love her outfit, It works well all together altough I'm not a fan of the cut off jeans shorts
I get it. It's like spelling opinion with two p's. If you can't spell a word properly or can't be bothered to check the spelling, then use another kind of word!
Very Julia Roberts pretty woman stylishly revamped…
Sart! This is just a fantastic shot. Such life. Such joy. It's like a shot from a musical. It's hard to believe that it wasn't set up — but I know you don't do that.
This has to go in your coffee table book.
I like the bag, fake or not.
WHO CARES if it's fake?
She's young and not made of money. It looks great, suits her….what's the big deal?
Some people can be such snobs about these kinds of things.
It's one thing if she has a fake and goes around parading it like it's real and lying to the world.
It's another if it's a really interesting photograph with a subject we know nothing about. Maybe she proclaims its real. Maybe she proudly says its a knock-off cuz she can't afford a real one (and in this economy, who can?)
I don't see anything wrong it, it's not defrauding anyone. If you don't like it cuz you think it's tacky fine, but otherwise I think a lot of people are being way too snobby about the whole thing. Chilllll :)
PS love the actual shot and the girl herself…not that big a fan of her style.
The shoes remind me of the the Kremlin rooftops. This is a gorgeous look, for a gorgeous woman.
i love her watch!
I don't have all the insightful reasons that so many seem to have – I just looked and this and really liked it. She looks good. I'd never wear this look, but I think she looks incredibly good.
Upon first glance I could've sworn this was Tara Subkoff.. the movement surrounding this moment is surreal, and my favorite part of it is the positioning of her adorable gold feet within the cement circle on the sidewalk, almost as if she is a statue frozen there!
I though it was about the looks… not the price or the brand… I still like the picture. How could I have known what kind of bag that was??? (Unless of course I live only on fashion but, fortunately, I do not).
Since no one other than Sart responded to what Alyssa so eloquently said, I guess I will try: I could not agree more.
I would really appreciate a greater range of people being photographed and documented. Highly fashionable people come from all over the world, in big cities and small towns. Not just NYC, Milan, Paris, people at fashion events. If Sart, you do "photograph what you see," perhaps you should consider trying different locations to broaden the horizons of this blog.
All that being said, I think the style here is super trendy and just generally a done look. Give me something new. I also think that her bag and shoes are ostentatious. But I understand why it's here, it's a beautiful photo that truly captures a moment. I just have come to expect a more even mix of fashion and moment.
I like
a.) the heeled oxfords in the background
b.) the hand drawn naked girl on her shirt.
It looks like a dance.
I looove this photo!!
composition wise, one of your best
I'm usually too intimidated to post comments on any of these, but I've decided to get over that because you only live once, right?
I like the girl's haircut, and her head band. I like her giant watch face, too. She's so little, it is very striking. I couldn't care less if her bag is fake (ha ha ha, one of the reasons I don't post here, I don't know designer from homemade) but it looks like it's really weighing her down.
I don't really like those shorts- they remind me of summers when I was eight or nine years old and I made my own cutoffs and cut them too short.
I agree with others that the photograph is far more interesting and compelling than the outfit the girl is wearing.
I guess she just looks a little lost in those clothes.
so so beautiful, stands out impeccably in a rather impeccable crowd…
I think the "controversy" over the authenticity of the bag is absurd. Some people are mistaking brand name recognition with personal style- they're hardly related.One can (I shouldn't have to say) have great style without sporting one designer label.
tights under shorts…I'm not a fan.
Those shoes on the trench lady!
This look actually kind of makes me jealous. Not specifically of the clothes, but of the whole thing. I want to BE that girl. Just for a moment on the street.
I fell in love with her! Great shot, great outfit.
Hmmm…perfect outfit as she waits to buy half price tickets to the Comedie Francaise…(I know those columns!!) I would have worn the same thing, but mexicans don't look good in gold shoes.
i don't like the denim shorts; never like them really mostly on anyone, even those with the legs to work them. otherwise, i like her style, and she's beautiful. you can feel the life in the background too!
btw, one of these days you should try visiting hong kong–just came from there and many people there are surprisingly stylish. (my brother normally doesn't care about fashion, but even he had to agree that it was fun to look at the way people dressed there.)
Fantastic shoes! And I think that's a Lovisa Burfitt t-shirt she's wearing – a Swedish designer based in Paris with a penchant for printing Kate Moss illustrations on everything
Great look. Her cute haircut adds to the individual style. I disagree about the 'fake' bag. Fashion is very much about creating a look. somtimes the looks reflects the person and sometimes they don't. Some use fashion to hide behind. Fashion is all about the false. Don't kid yourself!
I like how she put the socks on top of the tights…interesting. Great shot Scott! I think you have one of the most unique and sought after blogs ever!
The Sartorialist: The Musical
i love the burfitt-shirt.
but the whole look seems taken out of teen-fashion magazine.
I don't really care for the girl or her outfit, I can see this in Nashville where I live and yet it's posted on here like it's compelling. I find the woman in the beige coat laughing a lot more intriguing. Beautiful photograph but I thought this blog was supposed to be about style and yet I'm constantly bored with your subjects lately.
I love this look.
(and all the people in the background)
Great shot, pretty girl, mediocre outfit. Every other girl I see dresses in this uniform of long tee, tiny shorts over leggings, hipster headband, and black bag everyday. Interesting shoe choice, though… not sure I like it or not.
The gold shoes are stunning, and I love the woman laughing in the background. Great photo!
The first thing I thought of was the little girl from the drawing associated with Les Mis.
She's a pretty girl with great legs but I'm getting tired of this black tights-denim shorts-jacket look.
wow i love her look, and i love that she didn't have to go super designer to pull it off-i'm almost certain that those shoes are from topshop!
Pretty girl and lovely shot but that look is worn to death in London and pretty much every Hoxtonite wannabe girl looks like this. Very Peaches Geldof.
she looks like she is costumed to play in "Rent." very trendy…love the big watch.
this photo shows me why photograph is an art. this is a pos-modern paint.
Ida Pyk is not only a beautiful and talented (paris based but swedish) model (as a few people already mentioned). She's also quite a good writer. Yes, some people have it all. I would not be surprised if those of you pointing at the fake bag already know all this. Hey, if the bag is fake you gotta love her for wearing it while modeling in paris. now that's a true rebel, folks! also, i'd like to respond to the argument about this not being original; if you got style it will show no matter teh price of your bag, and also – a person with great style will turn any outfit into a piece of art. it's all in the attitude, no?
so fab!
Reminds of a working girl/that I once knew/stole my wallet/and stole my heart
I love this photo, it is amazing! The movement of the man on the left is just incredible. Who took this photo?
Yeah this is just a great photograph. So very in the human moment that the fashion of it all is too mundane to discuss.
I think she looks fantastic! Wonderful wardrobe choices. And the mise on scene is just great – the 'bystanders' are loving it. But . . . she looks like she's self-consciously 'showing' us her bag. Bags have become over-the-top important these days because, even if the rest of your clothes come from a discount warehouse, you can still prove your worthiness as a human being by spending several thousand dollars on your bag. Kind of silly.
great happy shot! Love it! Love that little poppet strutting her stuff and finding her style! Wonderful. This is when I like fashion! It doesn't have to be perfect, just fun and individual! t.x
I love this.
It is usually negative that you can see the pocket under the shorts, but on this picture it looked cool next to the black tights. It's a pretty picture.
I love the woman on the right/background… awesome shoes – steels the show for me.
i like this, she looks like a rock chic. love the balenciaga bag too. awesome
I love how much action there is in the background and yet she stands perfectly still in the center of it. The composition is lovely. She is not standing in the center of the circle below her feet, but is in the center of the long hall way. Very nicely done.
What an amazing shot! I always try to wait til there's no one else in the shot, but seeing this is going to change my approach. Brilliant!
I think she looks very thin.
Anyway, her style's good: love the casual wear.
she looks so sad compared to all the happy people.
her outfit isn't so great. looks too much like a mashup of popular trends. only looks good because she's thin and has long legs. although i will say the headband and the hair works quite well : )
The shoes set it all off
i like that everybody in the backround looks like dancing! kiss from argentina!
loving it!!!
I love how just the shoes in this shot tell their own story, the clothes are secondary, great shot.
Would the background still be more interesting if we took away this disenchanted angel standing like a statue in the midst of it all?
Of course not. She makes the picture, whether you like it or not. Sart knows what he's doing, people. And on that note: gorgeous composition, stylish girl, BRAVO.
Ida Pyk is her namne. A swedish model/journalist.
People are really going on about bags being fake and all, seriously who cares? And fyi, it's problably not fake anyway, because she's one of the most successful models from Sweden. A model carrying fake designer bags would problably be a career killer. This picture is great and she looks awesome as always – from head to toe!
The people in the background are really very interesting. Are they dancing? Filming a musical? What? The girl looks amazing, bag and all! What a contrast!
Look at the women on the right, timeless style!


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It wasn't so long ago when people wondered whether the Raiders would create a package of plays that would take advantage of Terrelle Pryor's superior running ability. Then came Pryor's meteoric transformation from a project into a legitimate NFL starter.
Sure, Pryor has started only seven games during his two-plus NFL seasons — six of those came this season — but that's enough of a sample size for people to get the point that Pryor is more than a runner.
"We're a little past that," Pryor said, when asked whether he is eager to prove that he is more than a running quarterback. "You can go watch against the Broncos and a couple of other teams. I threw the ball very well. I'm not really into trying to prove anything to anybody."
Pryor said all he cares about is winning games. If it means running 93 yards on a quarterback keeper or throwing a well-placed pass to Rod Streater, as he did on the first play of the game against the Chargers, Pryor's focus is upon winning games these days.
And he certainly isn't in the mood to hear any criticism about how the Raiders passing game has languished among the least productive in the league all season on the heels of a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"It's all about getting a win," Pryor said. "At the end of the day, we got a win. You're not going to question me for winning the game. Now if we lost and had that bad game, yeah, but winning … "
Pryor paused, smiled, leaned into the microphone and ended his news conference by saying, "Just win baby."
Eagles coach Chip Kelly apparently doesn't need any convincing about Pryor being a well-rounded quarterback.
"They're doing a lot more things with him as a passer," Kelly said. "He seems like he wants to stay in the pocket and throw the ball. He's that package that you worry about as a defensive group because he can throw it, but he can also tuck it down and make some really good plays. He's obviously a very big threat, and we need to make sure we contain him."
Just don't fence him in and call him a running quarterback, coach.
— Linebacker Miles Burris practiced today for the first time since last season ended. Soon thereafter, he said he feels confident that he's going to be activated to the 53-man roster at some point within the next three weeks.
That's the time frame the Raiders have to decide whether Burris is healthy enough to warrant a spot on the 53-man roster. If not, their other choices are to place Burris on season-ending injured reserve or release Burris.
As far as Burris is concerned, there isn't any question how this is going to turn out.
"I feel very confident," Burris said. "Whenever I'm out there, I'm confident. As a football player, you kind of have to."
Burris said he just wants to help the Raiders however he can, even if that means special teams.
— Left offensive tackle Jared Veldheer met with a doctor in Los Angeles on Monday. On Wednesday, he said everything is going well and that he's "on track" for a return soon.
Allen said on track means "soon" and that the initial prognosis called for Veldheer to miss three months with the torn triceps.
Veldheer suffered the injury one week into training camp and underwent surgery Aug. 14. Therefore, he's coming up on three months for both dates.
Still, Allen said, it's going to take a little more time for Veldheer to get back into the swing of taking on blockers, getting into football shape and getting ready to play in a game for the first time since last season.
— Menelik Watson fared pretty well at practice today, Allen said. He is going to get reps at left and right tackle, given he might be needed to either spot.
Watson worked at left tackle with the second-team offense at practice today.
"Both those guys looked fairly decent out there at practice," Allen said of Watson and Burris. "We'll continue to evaluate them as the week goes on. That was good to see to have those guys back out there. Those guys can help us."
The interesting part comes when Veldheer and Watson are healthy enough to play.
We know that Veldheer pushes Khalif Barnes out of the left tackle spot. From there, it's anyone's guess.
Barnes has fared well at left tackle, and he's the incumbent right tackle. Still, Tony Pashos has played well at right tackle after being signed out of desperation near the end of training camp.
It's likely that Barnes will go back to right tackle, with Pashos and Watson serving as backups, at least in the short term.
Another scenario involves Pashos or Watson playing right tackle and Barnes converting to guard.
Allen said Wednesday that the injuries to Pashos and Andre Gurode appear to be short-term ones as of now, though he isn't quite sure when either might return.
— Eagles coach Chip Kelly recruited Pryor to play for Oregon University when Pryor was one of the most sought after high school players.
Ultimately, Pryor accepted a scholarship to Ohio State, where he guided the Buckeyes to a victory over Kelly's Oregon team in the Rose Bowl.
Pryor completed 20 of 37 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns that game, and he rushed 20 times for 72 yards.
He was tempted to take his talents to Eugene — OK, so it's not quite South Beach — but, in the end, he decided to play close to home so that his mother could attend his games.
"I loved his personality," Pryor said of Kelly. "I loved the fire he brought to the game. He came to my high school and spent a lot of time at my high school, showing me uniforms and showing me the playbook, some of the stuff that he likes, that he runs. It was very interesting and intriguing."
— Wide receiver Andre Holmes was on the field for more snaps than Jacoby Ford and Brice Butler against the Steelers. That's not an anomaly. It's by design.
"Obviously we want to try to continue to get him involved. Right now, I feel good about the wide receiver position. I want to see a little bit more consistency, but that's not too much different than the rest of the football team.
"He's a big-bodied guy. He had a really good preseason. He obviously missed a lot of time with the suspension so he's still getting back into the groove of the offense a little bit, but he's a guy that can help us."
It also helps Holmes from the standpoint that when Ford and Butler did play they stood out more for what they didn't do than for making positive plays.
Ford fumbled at the end of a short reception, not to mention fumbling a punt and coming close to muffing another punt. Butler clanked one pass right on the money and had another hit off his hands and wind up in the arms of a Steelers defender.


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Marble currently uses the very old and outdated MWDBII dataset for its vector base map such as national borders and coastlines and we really need to replace it with more up-to-date data. However, MWDBII has two key advantages, it is very compact in size enabling Marble to ship it by default, and the individual nodes have a zoom level value which speeds up drawing.
The current vector layer also has the disadvantage of not being able to be manipulated either programtiacally or by the user. This prevents it from being used for such things as KGeography or other educational uses where you would want to select and manipulate a geographic entity.
Improving the vector base maps would thus consist of two closely related parts:
The Natural Earth data set is a "public domain map dataset available at 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110 million scales. Featuring tightly integrated vector and raster data, with Natural Earth you can make a variety of visually pleasing, well-crafted maps with cartography or GIS software." This data set seems ideal as a replacement for the MWDBII.
The 1:10m dataset seems ideal as the base map in Marble as it provides a higher level of detail than the current MWDBII. The 1:110m dataset seems ideal for use in a country selector widget in kdelibs. The 1:50m dataset is less detailed than the current MWDBII so may be less useful.
Using the data in the default shapefile format is not considered desirable however:
The ideal solution would seem be to convert the Natural Earth data into a more efficient file format and either calculate and store the zoom level attribute in the file or calculate it on file load. The full Natural Earth dataset would be converted, but would only ship the minimal dataset required with Marble (approx 4-5Mb?) with the remainder of the data later being downloaded via GHNS or as a separate package.
The main changes required to Marble will be in the vector layer itself, removing the old PNT file vector drawing code and implementing the new dataset using the new GeoData library vector support.
Two main issues will need to be solved here
Some possibilities for the file format are:
The zoom level problem can be solved by either:
The Douglas-Peucker algorithm may be able to be used here.
Some pros/cons to consider:
bytes/point compared to the PNT which is 745KB and contains 127,246 points = 5.85 bytes/point, which would suggest the NE data in PNT format would be half the size, so 6 MB in total. This could probably be further reduced by a light application of Douglas-Peucker.
overlapping features like rivers match exactly and other such niceties, applying the Douglas-Peucker algorithm might affect that.
release which could be a lot of effort, but an automated shp2pnt script could prove useful to allow apps/users to display their own shapefiles in a simple way.
Using GeoPainter and GeoDataLineString ("libgeodata"):
Potential new Marble file format based on PNT:
Applying this to the 1:10m dataset:
For the Natural Earth Layer providing the Default data set at 0.5 arcminute resolution should be enough. This fileformat allows for even better packed data than the PNT format. For detailed polygons at arcminute scale on average it should use only 33% of the amount used by PNT.
In the fileformat initally a file header is provided that provides the file format version and the number of polygons stored inside the file. A Polygon starts with the Polygon Header which provides the feature id and the number of so called "absolute nodes" that are about to follow. Absolute nodes always contain absolute geodetic coordinates. The Polygon Header also provides a flag that allows to specify whether the polygon is supposed to represent a line string ("0") or a linear ring ("1"). Each absolute node can be followed by relative nodes: These relative nodes are always nodes that follow in correct order inside the polygon after "their" absolute node. Each absolute node specifies the number of relative nodes which contain relative coordinates in reference to their absolute node. So an absolute node provides the absolute reference for relative nodes across a theoretical area of 2x2 squaredegree-area (which in practice frequently might rather amount to 1x1 square degrees).
So much of the compression works by just referencing lat/lon diffs to special "absolute nodes". Hence the compression will especially work well for polygons with many nodes with a high node density.
The parser has to convert these relative coordinates to absolute coordinates.
File header
Polygon Header
Absolute node chunk
Relative node chunk
Metadata file:
Rather than the Geonames ID, we could just use the Natural Earth object ID, then a look-up file/table that matches the NE ID to the ISO / FIPS / whatever code (NE provides this in the metadata) and Geonames ID (which we would have to provide). This would allow look-ups via whatever code or ID is available, and we wouldn't be reliant on Geonames IDs staying constant or being online.
One option would be to integrate Spatialite and use this as both the data storage for the vectors and as the attribute database. Spatialite is an extension to SQLite implementing a Spatial SQL database. Among the feature this provides is a compact data storage format and the ability to import Shapefiles and CSV files, as well as access all the standard GEOS tools if installed.
There is a 20Mb zip file available for Natural Earth in Spatialite format, it is unclear how much of Natural Earth is contained in this. A minimal dataset could be shipped by default with the full dataset downloaded later.
Spatial SQL queries could return just those vectors currently in the viewport, but repeated reloading and redrawing could be inefficient. However this may also solve the Level-of-Detail problem.
The major downside is the dependencies which include SQLite, PROJ and GEOS so on a platform like Windows would require a larger monolithic binary which defeats the purpose of shipping slimmed down data.
More research is required here. It may not be a suitable option for the default Atlas view, but would be a very powerful extension for Marble to provide lightweight GIS-like functionality.
A possible action plan is
Later add simple shapefile loading to GeoData, maybe with attibute layer?
Key Natural Earth data files from v1.2, recent updates to 1.3 not included.
1:110m 1:50m 1:10m ------ ------- ------- Admin level 0 countries 172 KB 1.36 MB 6.55 MB Admin level 0 land borders 39 KB 301 KB 896 KB Admin level 0 sea borders 12 KB 40 KB 79 KB Admin level 0 disputed 40 KB 157 KB Admin level 1 regions 39 KB 339 MB 13.9 MB * Admin level 1 land borders 16 KB 60 KB 4.82 MB Coastlines 79 KB 883 KB 2.15 MB Rivers 19 KB 420 KB 3.29 MB Lakes 10 KB 286 KB 786 MB Glaciers 13 KB 208 KB 1.23 MB Dateline 18 KB 18 KB 18 KB Playas 18 KB 106 KB Ice Shelves 105 KB 211 KB Minor Islands 449 KB Reefs 171 KB ------- ------- --------- 417 KB 4.08 MB 34.03 MB * level 1 regions are USA/Canada only at 110m and 50m, but whole world at 10m, perfect for KGeography use :-) Other useful files: Physical Features Land 146 KB 1.50 MB 692 KB Physical Features Sea 348 KB 836 KB 836 MB Populated Places 347 KB 1.48 MB Urban Areas 439 KB 3.48 MB Bathmetry 11.64 MB
sovereign states. Includes dependencies (French Polynesia), map units (U.S. Pacific Island Territories) and sub-national map subunits (Corsica versus mainland Metropolitan France).


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Billy Donovan is the best coach in college basketball right now.
I can say that unwaveringly and with complete certainty.
Sure, you got Mike Kzryzewski at Duke, Roy Williams at North Carolina, John Calipari at Kentucky and Rick Pitino at Louisville. And they are all good, if not great coaches in their own right.
Kzryzewski has won four championships, and his run of success at Duke has been legendary for that school. Williams, much like Donovan, has won two championships. Calipari and Pitino have both won one championship each but are known for their success on the recruiting trail.
Even with coaches like Tom Crean helping a storied program like Indiana get back to the top of the polls, I'm here to tell you that a New Yorker at an SEC school has been the most impressive basketball coach in college basketball this year.
Just look at the 2012-13 Florida basketball team. You won't see any big names like Cody Zeller or a Nerlens Noel, but rather names like Will Yeguete and Casey Prather.
For a team that has had as much success at the Gators have had this season, one would expect some of the players to be high on NBA draft boards. That's not the case with this year's Florida Gators. In NBADraft.net's latest mock draft, the first and only Florida Gator to be drafted is junior center Patric Young at No. 37.
And that's the beauty of Donovan's abilities as a coach. It's a testament to his emphasis on team basketball rather than individual success.
After losing one of the program's best players in Bradley Beal, the Gators came into this season with expectations to compete in the SEC, along with teams like Kentucky and Missouri.
Now 20 games into the season, the Gators are ranked No. 2 in the country with an overall 18-2 record and a perfect mark against eight conference opponents. The media attributes the Gators' success to the rise of players like Scottie Wilbekin, who has become one of the nation's toughest defenders or someone like Michael Frazier II, who has made an unforeseen impact as a freshman.
However, that's where the coaching ability of Donovan comes into play. He's shown over the years his ability to grow players, who may have been looked over by other major programs, and work them into the national spotlight.
It's also Donovan's "no nonsense" coaching style that resonates so well with his players. Last season, Rutgers transfer Mike Rosario was struggling with his attitude and work ethic. So heading into this season, Donovan had enough of the senior guard's antics and gave him an ultimatum.
According to Sports Illustrated's Brian Hamilton, Donovan told Rosario if he wanted to play, he would have to meet three conditions: he could not miss any classes, he couldn't miss any practices if the medical staff said he could play and when he played, Rosario would have to play the right way.
And what did that no nonsense talk from Donovan do for Rosario this year? After 18 games, Rosario is third on the team with 29.7 minutes played per game and is averaging more than 12 points per game, which is nearly six points higher than the year prior.
There's no denying the Gators are an exciting team to watch this year. They would make UF strength and conditioning coach Jeff Dillman proud, because they do the little things well. It's a team that executes the fundamentals with an intensity and determination that is arguably unmatched by any other team in the country.
Donovan eclipsed the 400-win mark back in January with a win over Missouri, but he was quick to direct the attention on the players rather than himself.
"It's much, much more a reflection on the players I've had to coach here," Donovan said. "That's really what's it about. For me to be here and be part of 400 wins, and I don't look at them at my wins, I look at them as University of Florida wins."
His desire to compliment his players instead of his own coaching abilities has resonated with the players and further instilled the team dynamic in this year's squad.
It's clear, as evidenced by how the Gators' players uniquely celebrated Donovan's 400th win, that playing for a coach like Donovan is something that doesn't come around too often.
"Hopefully, he can get 400 more," said Florida center Patric Young in an interview with Jacksonville.com. "I think it's always pretty cool when you get to be part of winning and get to be part of hopefully a future Hall of Fame coach's career.
"I hope he has the greatest career ever and breaks all the records."


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Java runtime scalability specialist Azul Systems has made its Zing JVM freely available to open source developers and projects that fall under the "development, qualification and testing" banner.
What this means is that apps supporting commodity x86 servers running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, CentOS, and Ubuntu Linux will be able to use the Zing JVM's low latency and scalability attributes.
Azul Systems president and CEO Scott Sellers says that his company's mission is to remove the bottlenecks commonly associated with the Java runtime and enable application innovation in a "plethora of new markets", such as in-memory computing and big data analytics.
NOTE: Zing itself is a 100% Java-compatible JVM based on Oracle HotSpot. Zing is optimized for Linux deployments and designed for enterprise applications and workloads that require large memory, high transaction rates, low latency, consistent response times, and high-sustained throughput. According to the Azul website, Zing is the only JVM that can elastically grow its application memory heap based on real-time demand and still guarantee response times.
Alongside latency improvement, developers adopting Zing are expected to see an elimination of response time outliers and support for large in-memory data processing. There is also elastic scalability with memory heaps that can grow or shrink based on real-time demand — plus improved production time visibility and runtime diagnostics.
"Programming and architectural approaches that leverage immutability to enhance concurrency and scale will be well-matched by a runtime that is able to support high continual allocation rates without disruptions or pauses," said Rich Hickey, author of Clojure and designer of the Datomic database system.
Martin Thomson, creator of the Open Source Disruptor Framework and co-founder of the Lodestone Foundation, a new project focused on Open Source technology for the financial industry, said, "I've been working with Zing for the past few months focusing on ultra-low latency and scalable deployments. We are seeing excellent GC performance, consistency, and predictability with the Zing JVM."


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The Browns are bringing Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer in to interview for their head coaching job on Wednesday and it looks like they have some company when it comes to interest in him.
Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the Chargers have expressed interest in speaking to Zimmer about their own vacancy. No interview has been scheduled yet, although that could be coming soon.
Acee also reports that the Chargers are expected to name their new general manager on Wednesday, a move that would allow them to move forward in earnest in the search for a head coach. The team's current director of player personnel Jimmy Raye and Colts vice president of football operations Tom Telesco are the two finalists for the job.
There should be more names added to the list once Raye or Telesco is officially put in charge of things in San Diego, although John Spanos, son of owner Dean Spanos, is also expected to play an outsize role in both choosing and overseeing the next coach in San Diego.


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Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 - Greece
|Amnesty International
|Publication Date
|24 May 2012
|Cite as
|Amnesty International, Amnesty International Annual Report 2012 - Greece, 24 May 2012, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4fbe393927.html [accessed 16 July 2019]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Head of state: Karolos Papoulias
Head of government: Loukas Papademos (replaced George Papandreou in November)
Death penalty status: abolitionist for all crimes
Population: 11.4 million
Life expectancy: 79.9 years
Under-5 mortality: 3.4 per 1,000
Adult literacy: 97.2 per cent
Reports continued of ill-treatment and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials. People detained for immigration purposes were held in inhuman and degrading conditions. European courts concluded that Greece did not operate an effective asylum system. There was an escalation of racially motivated attacks.
The financial crisis continued and the country was driven into deeper recession.
A series of demonstrations took place in June and October ahead of the Parliament voting on a series of austerity measures. In addition, from May until August the Greek movement of "the indignant" staged peaceful sit-ins against the austerity measures in the main squares of Athens and Thessaloniki.
On 26 October, the Eurozone leaders and the International Monetary Fund reached an agreement with banks and other creditors for the latter to take a 50 per cent loss on the face value of their Greek loans. Following the decision of the Prime Minister to step down, and intense negotiations between Greece's major political parties, a transitional coalition government was formed in November.
Torture and other ill-treatment
Allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in immigration detention facilities and police stations, during arrest and/or detention, persisted.
A law was enacted in January to pave the way for a police complaints mechanism. Concerns remained, however, over the office's independence and effectiveness of mandate.
In December, the Mixed Jury Court of Athens found a former police officer guilty of torturing two young men on separate occasions with an electric shock device in August 2002 at the Aspropyrgos police station. The Court handed down a six-year prison sentence, suspended on appeal.
In December, two police officers were found guilty of causing bodily harm under the torture provision of the Criminal Code to two refugees in Aghios Panteleimon, Athens in December 2004. The officers were also found guilty for causing unprovoked bodily harm to five other Afghans. One officer was sentenced to five years and five months imprisonment and the other, five years. Both sentences were suspended on appeal. Concerns were expressed by NGOs that the Court had converted the original charge of torture in relation to the treatment of the two refugees to the lesser offence of violations against human dignity proscribed under the torture provision.
There was a large a number of allegations of ill-treatment by police during demonstrations.
In April, police withdrew from the town of Keratea where clashes between police and residents protesting against the creation of a landfill site had been ongoing since December 2010. There were reports of excessive use of tear gas and other chemicals by the police, and allegations of ill-treatment of town residents. The authorities also reported a large number of injuries to police officers.
There were mounting allegations of excessive use of force, including the use of chemicals, by police during the anti-austerity demonstrations that took place during the year. On several occasions, the otherwise peaceful demonstrations became violent when a minority of rioters clashed with police. Video footage, pictures, press reports and witness testimonies pointed to the repeated use of excessive force by police in the demonstrations in Athens on 15, 28 and 29 June, including the extensive use of chemicals, against largely peaceful protesters. A criminal investigation was ordered by the Athens Prosecutor's Office into the allegations.
On 11 May, riot police reportedly used excessive force and chemicals against a large number of peaceful protesters, in Panepistimiou Street in Athens. More than 30 protesters sought hospital treatment, mainly for head injuries, including two who were seriously injured and required further hospital treatment. A criminal investigation began into the case of Yiannis Kafkas, one of the protesters seriously injured.
Manolis Kypraios, a journalist, suffered total loss of hearing after a riot police officer threw a stun grenade in front of him while he was covering the demonstration in Athens on 15 June. A criminal and disciplinary investigation began into his case. At the end of the year, the Athens Prosecutor's Office filed charges against as yet unidentified police officers for intentionally causing the journalist serious bodily harm.
Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants
Inhuman and degrading detention conditions in immigration detention facilities, particularly in the Evros region, persisted. Asylum-seekers and irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, continued to be detained for prolonged periods.
In March, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture took the exceptional step of publicly condemning Greece's continued failure over many years to take measures to improve very poor detention conditions.
In January, in a landmark ruling in the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece (see Belgium entry) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that M.S.S., an Afghan asylum-seeker whom the Belgian authorities had returned to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation, had been denied effective determination of his asylum claim because of major structural deficiencies in the Greek asylum procedure, and concluded that Greece did not have an effective asylum system in place. The Court found that Greece had violated the applicant's right to an effective remedy, and that his detention conditions, and the destitution in which he was left in Greece upon his release, amounted to degrading and inhuman or degrading treatment respectively. In December, in two linked cases arising from the crisis of the Greek asylum system, the Court of Justice of the EU reiterated that asylum-seekers transferred to Greece under the Dublin II Regulation risked grave human rights violations there.
New legislation enacted in January provided for the creation of a new asylum-determination authority with no police involvement. It was due to start operations in 2012. Until then, however, the continued role of the police as the sole authority responsible for the first stage examination of international protection claims gave rise to concern.
The new legislation also provided for the establishment of "first reception centres" where third country nationals, arrested for "irregular entry" into Greece, could be detained for up to 25 days. However, among other things, the legislation failed to provide a remedy for those detained in such centres to challenge the lawfulness of their detention in court.
The erection of a fence along over 10km of Greece's border with Turkey in the Evros region, announced in January, gave rise to profound concern that it would physically prevent people seeking international protection from reaching safety.
In September and October, seven asylum-seekers, who had expressed their wish to apply for asylum, were reportedly forcibly returned to Turkey under the Readmission Agreement with Turkey, in violation of the principle of non-refoulement.
Concern remained over the long delays experienced by asylum-seekers before being able to lodge an asylum application in Athens and Thessaloniki.
In February, 300 migrants in Athens and Thessaloniki started a hunger strike prompted by their irregular status and demanded to be regularized, among other things. The strike continued for 43 days, with many migrants being hospitalized as a result. It ended after the authorities and the hunger strikers reportedly came to an agreement over, among other things, the provision of temporary six-month residence permits.
Prison conditions
Poor detention conditions and severe overcrowding continued to be reported in many prisons including Chania, Korydallos, and Thiva women's prison.
In October, the European Court of Human Rights found against Greece, regarding an application lodged in 2009 by 47 prisoners held in Ioannina prison (Taggatidis and others v. Greece), and that the conditions there amounted to inhuman or degrading treatment.
There were reported failures by police officers to protect third country nationals from racially motivated attacks.
In June, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, observed a "dangerous escalation in phenomena of racist violence targeting indiscriminately aliens, based solely on their skin colour or country of origin". In particular, in May and June, after two migrants were suspected in connection with the killing of a man as he prepared to get his wife to the maternity hospital, migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers were reportedly attacked nearly every day by far-right groups in certain areas of Athens.
On 16 September, three Afghan asylum-seekers were subjected to a reportedly racially motivated attack outside their house in the neighbourhood of Aghios Panteleimon in Athens. One of them was hospitalized after being stabbed in the chest. Three individuals were arrested in relation to the attack and were referred for trial.
Discrimination – Roma
The living conditions in many Roma settlements in Greece continued to be a cause of concern. A community of around 800 Roma in the village of Examilia (Korinthia) reportedly lacked access to clean water, drainage and electricity and lived in appalling sanitary conditions.
The NGO Greek Helsinki Monitor reported that Romani children continued to be segregated or excluded in education in various areas of Greece. The European Court of Human Rights communicated to the authorities two applications concerning the continuing educational segregation of Romani children in schools in Aspropyrgos and Sofades, in March and October respectively. In 2008, the Court had already found that Greece had excluded and then segregated Romani children in the Aspropyrgos school. In September, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers decided to close their examination of the execution of the case.
Conscientious objectors
The repeated prosecution of conscientious objectors continued.
In February, a ministerial decision set the length of alternative service at 15 months. However, the length remained effectively punitive for the vast majority of conscripts.
In March, the Review Military Court of Athens rejected the appeal of religious conscientious objector Nikolaos Xiarhos against the decision of the Judicial Council of the Pireus Naval Court, which referred him to trial for a second desertion charge. Nikolaos Xiarhos was a professional soldier who became a conscientious objector after his baptism as a Jehovah's Witness.
Human rights defenders
There were concerns about the criminal prosecution and trial in January of human rights defenders on charges of false accusations and aggravated defamation against Kostantinos Plevris, the author of the book Jews – The Whole Truth. The trial was postponed until 2012.


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Wells Fargo Arena, the home for Sun Devil men's and women's basketball as well as volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling, is one of the nation's finest collegiate arenas. Constructed in the spring of 1974 at the cost of $8 million, the 14,198-seat facility also plays host to graduation ceremonies and a variety of concerts and shows.
The structure is 400 feet long, 340 feet wide and six stories high. The structure contains offices and locker rooms for ASU basketball, along with space for weight training, a training room and an equipment room.
A recent addition to Wells Fargo Arena was a multimillion-dollar center-court hung video scoreboard. The scoreboard offers the best in modern technology and gives ASU one of the best scoreboards in college athletics. The video scoreboard comes complete with four - eight foot by 12 foot visual display screens. In additions to the scoreboard, two White Way matrix scoreboards with up to the minute game statistics were installed on the east and west side arena walls.
Wells Fargo Arena is a major reason why Arizona State's athletic physical plant is considered to be the best in collegiate athletics today.


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Liverpool are being linked with a summer move for Tottenham Hotspur playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson.
SportsDirect News claims Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is monitoring the Icelandic midfielder's situation at White Hart Lane, and will 'pounce' if a transfer opportunity arises this summer.
Rodgers was close to bringing the player to Anfield last summer, but missed out on the 23-year-old when he opted for Spurs instead of Liverpool.
However, Sigurdsson has failed to hold down a regular place in the Tottenham Hotspur side, and the website claims the Reds will try to use this in their efforts to lure the player to Merseyside.
Rodgers has worked with the player previously of course, with Sigurdsson scoring seven goals in 19 appearances at the end of the 2011/12 season under the Northern Irishman.
And, with the Liverpool boss looking to add to his attacking options this summer following the arrivals of Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge in January, the attacking midfielder could be next off the transfer wish list.


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Not all 4G networks are created equally. Just look at MetroPCS.
The prepaid provider and Verizon Wireless may share the same 4G technology, Long-Term Evolution, but the two have little else in common. It's a fact well known in the industry but less clear to consumers: MetroPCS's 4G service is significantly slower than the one Verizon is offering.
"The carrier's average speed is like a very good 3G network," PC Mag's Sascha Segan reported from the publication's speed tests earlier this year.
MetroPCS's 4G network was born out of the company's desire to remain competitive and continue drawing in customers who were increasingly demanding data services. Prior to 4G, it only had a sluggish voice-centric 2G network to rely on. Instead of a late 3G network, it opted to build an early 4G one, hoping the speed claim would keep customer growth going.
MetroPCS certainly hasn't been coy about playing up the similarities with its marketing efforts. Its 4G LTE title is synonymous with Verizon's own branding, allowing the prepaid company to draft behind the substantial advertising dollars spent by the national wireless giant. You can't afford Verizon's 4G LTE network? You can get the same for less at MetroPCS.
MetroPCS's Web site touts the "lightning-fast Internet browsing" capabilities enabled by its 4G network, evoking the lightning-filled TV commercials blasted on the air by Verizon.
With so many different variations of 4G services out there, Verizon has worked hard to establish 4G LTE as the gold standard in the category, something MetroPCS benefits from. Sprint uses an older technology called WiMax, while AT&T and T-Mobile are using an enhanced version of 3G called HSPA+.
And with Verizon and AT&T both adopting a tiered data plan, users may be tempted to switch to MetroPCS for its unlimited offering. But the slower speeds present their own natural limit for how much data a person can consume. The company also has language in its terms and conditions that allow it to block excessive data or phone call usage, a process called throttling that AT&T recently embraced.
The 4G smartphone edge
MetroPCS's 4G network, as well as its move to sell smartphones, has been instrumental in keeping MetroPCS competitive in a tough market. The company reported yesterday an increase in second-quarter revenue and profit, although the number of net new customers added in the period came in below expectations.
MetroPCS added 199,000 customers, well below the 254,000 Wall Street expected. The company blamed seasonal pressures and the continued weak economy. But bringing little comfort was the company's warning that the weakness may continue into the third quarter, which is also typically weak for the prepaid business.
In defending MetroPCS's weaker customer growth, Chief Operating Officer Thomas Keys said that a quarter of its base owned a smartphone, a trend that would benefit the company in the coming quarters. The company didn't break out how many customers used its 4G plan, but executives cited it as a positive catalyst.
Keys said he expects to complete a majority of its LTE rollout by the end of the year.
A different strategy
MetroPCS was the first U.S. carrier to offer 4G LTE service when it launched in September--more than two months ahead of Verizon. But the company launched in only one city, Las Vegas, and with one LTE phone, a more basic handset called the Samsung Craft. It has since launched a 4G Android phone, the Galaxy Indulge, also from Samsung.
MetroPCS was employing a strategy that greatly differed from its larger rivals. Instead of going for sheer speed, the company just wanted to offer data services as its customers began clamoring for more than just cheap phone service.
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The company bypassed the 3G route, banking on the fact that the LTE network would be mature and affordable enough to roll out quickly throughout its territory. Unlike the national carriers, the company offers its service in select metropolitan markets, making network deployment much easier.
For MetroPCS, the move to 4G from 2G was significant, with some customers getting a tenfold increase in data speeds. While nowhere near as fast as Verizon, which offers another tenfold increase in speed on top of that, it was still fast enough for early adopters of data services.
MetroPCS has used the network to help deliver music and video services that have been successful with its subscribers.
What MetroPCS hasn't offered are devices that highlight the network's slower connection. The company only offers the two phones and has no plans to offer data cards or mobile Wi-Fi hot spots. While one of the phones is standard smartphone, it isn't a supremely high-end one requiring a super-fast network. The other is more of a basic handset good at playing media.
"Neither of those devices are fast enough to really take advantage of full 4G speeds," Segan said. He added customers may start to notice once they start using services such as streaming video more often.
Rival options
The competition isn't slowing down either. Sprint said yesterday that it will offer its 4G network on a wholesale basis, allowing smaller carriers--including prepaid ones--to compete with a faster service.
T-Mobile, meanwhile, represents the best combination of speed and affordability, Segan said. The uncertainties surrounding its pending acquisition by AT&T have kept some consumers from signing up with the carrier.
MetroPCS hasn't played up the speed aspect of its network too aggressively, preferring to let Verizon set the tone for a 4G LTE network.
"They're not promising it as a crazy fast service," said Avi Greengart, who covers consumer electronic devices for Current Analysis.
MetroPCS may start to feel the pressure to increase its network speeds. The company, however, is constrained because of the limited spectrum it owns. Chief Executive Officer Roger Linquist said on the call that there were some options for available spectrum, and that the company would look at the economics of potentially purchasing some.
In the recent months the company moved to increase the capacity of its fiber backhaul network. Linquist said the company is starting to spend more capital on a microwave backhaul network to offer better service.
MetroPCS needs to act fast before it loses the sheen off of its 4G LTE network.
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