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You never know what you're going to get with some YouTube videos. Especially those involving children. A number of videos are just plain boring while others make you want to call child services. I wasn't sure what to expect when I saw "2 yr old and her mom … Kills choreography !!! 2years old !" Now that Miley Cyrus inspired the world to twerk (I'm so joking. We all know twerking's nothing new) maybe a misguided mother would think her 2-year-old child (boy or girl) gyrating upside down against a wall as worth a few likes. To my delight, there was nothing inappropriate here. It was very adorable and SFYE — Safe For Young Eyes (yep, I made that up). The video, posted in May, is nearing 2 million views, and was such a hit that "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" invited Atlanta dancer Tianne King and her now 3-year-old daughter Heaven to visit her show (I like that the "Ellen" show invites on regular folks doing cool things. King is a real dance instructor and in the video you see her and Heaven dancing to Beyonce's "End of Time" in a dance studio (I had to emphasize real, as strippers also refer to themselves as dancers). Heaven obviously grew up watching her mom in the studio and has picked up on a few moves. When Ellen DeGeneres asked Heaven she wanted to be a dancer, the 3-year-old responded, "I am a dancer." So adorable. The mother-daughter duo then performed their routine on the show and afterward, DeGeneres presented them each with tickets to see her friend Mrs. Carter perform in Brooklyn this December. They also will be able to go backstage and meet her. The look on Heaven's face when she receives her ticket is priceless.
YouTube sensations Tianne King and her daughter Heaven, 3, perform on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show"
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Diddy talks philanthropy on "The View": Sean "Diddy" Combs' empire really has expanded over the past 20 years. He leaped over Dr. Dre and Jay-Z to be named by Forbes as the highest-earning hip-hop artist of 2013. But as the Bad Boy noted, being No. 1 comes with responsibilities. "I want to change the world in a positive way and have fun doing it. I want to pay it forward," Combs said on "The View" Friday. "Economic power does give you the power to make positive changes." Combs oversees more than 1,000 employees and when he's not counting his green, he does just that: give back. He's active with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE, pronounced nifty) and uses his influence to teach inner-city youth — who he says are in a state of emergency — how they can be at the top of their game too. Very inspirational, Mr. Combs. Also, over the weekend, Puffy (he slipped and called himself that on "The View") joined his daughters' mothers Kim Porter and Sarah Chapman as the little ladies strutted the runway for Kids Fashion Week. Combs has 7-year-old twins with Porter and a 7-year-old with Chapman. Yes, I know … Whatever beef existed between the parents is squashed and the little ladies are very close and look more like triplets. Good to see this. And Grandmama Janis Combs accompanied them, too, looking fresh with a new makeover. [Watch here]
Terrence J and mom also hit up "The View": Terrence Jenkins is an alright guy. And he owes that to his mother. Friday, the "E! News" correspondent and his mother, Lisa Gonzalez, discussed his new book "The Wealth of My Mother's Wisdom." Jenkins, also known as Terrence J, said he was inspired to write the book while filming "Think Like a Man" and realized none of his success would've been possible without his mother's teachings. His black-don't-crack mother (she's in her late 40s) got pregnant with the 31-year-old when she was 17 and his father walked out on them. She said this forced her to put all her energy into providing the best possible life for him. "Giving 99 percent is the same as giving 0 percent," said Jenkins, explaining that you have to give it 100 percent. " Put your heart into everything you do." A few years ago Jenkins, then co-host of BET's "106 & Park" hit a low-point when he struggled financially because he was "trying to keep up with the Jones." He re-evaluated all areas of his life and got things back together. The book touched "The View" co-host Jenny McCarthy who's a single mother. This wisdom Gonzalez shares is invaluable and she's a testament to teen mothers that providing a loving, stable environment for their child is doable. [Watch here]
ABC buys new Shonda Rhimes' crime drama, "Scandal" sets record: Shonda Rhimes keeps popping them out. No, I'm not talking about babies, although she did just adopt her third child. I'm talking about TV series. And ABC is eating it up. ABC just purchased a crime drama, "Just Rewards," from Rhimes' Shondaland, according to Deadline.com. "Written by Paul Downs Colaizzo, it centers on a bankrupt, forty-something divorcée and her underemployed [Millennial] neighbors who make ends meet by chasing reward money for unsolved crimes," Deadline.com reported. This joins four other Shondaland projects in the works plus the hits "Scandal" and "Grey's Anatomy." "Grey's" spin-off "Private Practice" ended earlier this year after six seasons. One show that won't be going anywhere any time soon is "Scandal." If you saw the third season premiere then you know exactly why. If not, take into account that the show has 200,000 tweets per episode and attracted 10.5 million viewers last Thursday. That's a 76 percent improvement over the first seasons' premieres, Deadline.com reported. See why Rhimes is hot? Check out "Scandal." [Watch here]
On my watchlist tonight? What I'm tuning in to see and what I'll catch up with XFINITY On Demand with……
"Sleepy Hollow": Did you really have to ask? LOL. [Watch here]
"Once Upon a Time": I missed it last night and look forward to watching it on XFINITY! [Watch here]
"Hell on Wheels": I haven't watched this series yet but may catch up on past episodes on XFINITY. Plus Common's in it! [Watch here]
The Hot List: Who/What's Hot, Not
HOT: Oscar winner Halle Berry and hubby Olivier Martinez welcomed their newborn son on Saturday (Congrats!).
NOT: Singer Usher Raymond and ex-wife Tameka Foster going back-and-forth (At one time, didn't y'all love each other enough to produce two beautiful sons? Yeah, I thought so.).
HOT: Issa Rae's mini-sketh "Black Twitter Party" is pure hilarity (You have to check it out)!
NOT: New York woman who headed family-run crack cocaine ring (This is a very interesting story. Neighbors said area was safer when she and kin were around).
HOT: Veteran songstress Gladys Knight on "The Queen Latifah Show" (Girlfriend still rocking it at 69!).
NOT: The Bikers who attacked the SUV driver in New York (WTF?! Who does that?).
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Mahesh Babu's 'Dookudu' postponed
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Mahesh Babu's upcoming film Dookudu was scheduled to hit theatres mid-August but the release has been postponed by two to three weeks. Apparently it was the delay in shooting that led to the postponement. However, industry insiders claim that filmmakers shifted the release date to take advantage of the Eid festival earnings. Click here to read more -

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John Lithgow, Andréa Burns, Arian Moayed, and More Set for Sheen Center Season
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The Manhattan venue will also present Bill Cain's 9 Circles.
Robert Morse and More to Join Nathan Lane and John Slattery in The Front Page
By David Gordon
Complete casting has been announced for this starry Broadway revival.
Alan Alda Honored by Broadway's Best at World Science Festival Gala
The stars came out to salute the veteran actor.
Martha Plimpton, Cecily Strong, and More Raise Over $50,000 for A Is For
The evening was called Broadway Acts for Women.
A Is For's Martha Plimpton and Kellie Overbey Hand Broadway Its Scarlet Letter
Reproductive rights take center stage at Feinstein's/54 Below for Broadway Acts for Women.
Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Lesli Margherita Karaoke for Reproductive Rights
The nonprofit organization A is For will host the benefit event Broadway Acts for Women.
Nathan Lane and John Slattery to Star in The Front Page on Broadway
The starry revival will also feature John Goodman, Sherie Rene Scott, and more.
Never Neverland: Who Didn't Get Nominated for a 2015 Tony Award?
Matthew Morrison, Jake Gyllenhaal, Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Hudgens, and Nathan Lane are among the high-profile snubs of this Tony season.
New 42nd Street Honoree John Lithgow Toasted by Norbert Leo Butz, Kelli O'Hara, and More
Lithgow received the New Victory Arts Award on January 12.
John Lithgow to Be Honored by New 42nd Street
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The Delicate Balance star will be rewarded for his work with children and the arts.


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Draghi Seen at Guidance Limits as Market Rates Rise
Jeff Black and Jana RandowMario Draghi is discovering the limits of what his interest-rate pledge can achieve.
After three attempts to talk down market rates, the amount that banks expect to charge each other for cash in a year is back to the levels when he started. Government debt yields from Germany to Italy are rising as investors take on more risk. The European Central Bank president conceded yesterday that the unprecedented experiment in ECB communication hasn't quite reined in investors' enthusiasm about the euro area's recovery.
"We have been moderately successful," Draghi said at a press conference in Frankfurt after keeping the ECB's benchmark rate at a record low of 0.5 percent. While the promise has been "OK in controlling the levels of rates," the central bank is "ready to act" if needed, he said.
The overnight rate that banks expect to charge each other by the ECB's August 2014 meeting, as measured by Eonia forward contracts, was at 0.26 percent at 2:53 p.m. in Frankfurt. That's near the level before Draghi's promise on July 4 to keep rates low for an extended period. The rate was as low as 0.09 percent on July 8.
'Dovish Words'
Germany's 10-year bond yield was down 9 basis points at 1.96 percent, after closing yesterday at the highest since March 2012. The French treasury yesterday sold 4.24 billion euros ($5.6 billion) of 2023 debt at an average yield of 2.57 percent, the highest at a 10-year auction since May 2012.
Market rates eased today after leaders at the Group of 20 summit meeting in St. Petersburg issued a communique stating that the global economic recovery "is too weak and risks remain tilted to the downside." They also said that they "remain mindful of the risks and unintended negative side effects of extended periods of monetary easing."
Yields rose in recent months partly as a reaction to the Federal Reserve's plan to gradually withdraw stimulus from the U.S. economy. They now also reflect bets that the ECB will let excess liquidity drain from the banking system as the 17-nation currency bloc returns to growth and banks repay emergency loans. Mindful that higher borrowing costs threaten the economy, Draghi stressed that the recovery is still "very green."
"Dovish central bank talk has had limited effect on market rates recently due to the significant improvement in key figures," said Anders Svendsen, an economist at Nordea Bank Denmark A/S in Copenhagen. "Dovish words from Draghi are unlikely to have any major impact on rates until key figures stabilize or start disappointing a bit."
Economic Contraction
The euro area's economy expanded by 0.3 percent in the second quarter, beating expectations and snapping six quarters of contraction. An index of services and factory output for last month climbed to the highest level since June 2011 and economic confidence soared to a two-year high.
The economy will still contract this year, shrinking 0.4 percent versus the 0.6 percent predicted in June, the ECB said in revised forecasts yesterday. It lowered its outlook for 2014 to an expansion of 1 percent, from 1.1 percent. The inflation forecast for 2013 was raised to 1.5 percent from 1.4 percent, with next year's estimate unchanged at 1.3 percent.
Credit to the private sector has contracted for fifteen months and unemployment remains at a record high of 12.1 percent. In a further sign that the recovery will be uneven, data today showed exports by Germany, Europe's largest economy, unexpectedly dropped and industrial production slid more than forecast in July.
Liquidity Drain
Even as Draghi repeatedly warned against overenthusiasm, he didn't deny the rebound.
"Looking ahead to the remainder of the year and to 2014, in line with our baseline scenario, output is expected to recover at a slow pace," he said.
"The ECB has not suddenly become wildly optimistic," said Carsten Brzeski, senior economist at ING Groep NV in Brussels. "Draghi seemed to be concerned about the recent reduction of excess liquidity and its potential impact on money market conditions."
Excess liquidity in the eurosystem has dropped, helping to push money-market rates higher, as banks have repaid three-year loans under the ECB's longer-term refinancing operations. The measure has declined to 243 billion euros currently, from a high of 812 billion euros in March 2012.
When Draghi promised in July that ECB interest rates would remain at their current levels or lower for "an extended period," he broke with the bank's tradition that policy makers don't pre-commit on rates. He also followed other central banks.
Policy Tools
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke pledged in December that he wouldn't raise interest rates as long as unemployment remained above 6.5 percent and policy makers project inflation of no more than 2.5 percent. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney adapted that model, saying he would keep borrowing costs low until unemployment falls to 7 percent. His guidance includes so-called knockouts linked to the bank's 2 percent inflation goal.
As Draghi indicated that his forward-guidance strategy isn't entirely working on market rates, he stepped up his rhetoric on what the central bank can do about it. During his press conference in Frankfurt, Draghi said four times that policy makers were ready to act.
"Draghi did not say what actions the ECB could take, but a rate cut would be the most likely first step," said Christian Schulz, senior economist at Berenberg Bank in London. He issued "a thinly veiled threat that the ECB could ease liquidity conditions again with more LTROs or an explicit extension of the full-allotment regime beyond July 2014," he said.
Inflation Risk
While the ECB president signaled that the Governing Council had discussed a cut in the cost of borrowing "like we do all the time," he repeated that the central bank's normal reactions to growth and inflation haven't changed.
Responding to the prospect of higher oil prices causing a spike in inflation, Draghi signaled he wouldn't be inclined to ignore such a development. West Texas Intermediate crude climbed to a two-year high on Aug. 28 amid growing concern there will be an American-led military strike against Syria.
"The rate to which we look is the headline inflation," he said. "So we have to see whether this would alter our medium-term forecasts for inflation."
"If economic data improves further, the so-far vague forward guidance won't be able to prevent a further increase of interest rates," said Marco Bargel, chief economist at Deutsche Postbank AG in Bonn. "The ECB won't be able to avoid following other central banks in revealing their reaction function or loosening the monetary reins further."


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TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan has ordered geological survey ships to prepare for possible deployment to the East China Sea after it detected Chinese drilling near the disputed maritime border, a source with direct knowledge of the order told Reuters on Thursday.
A plan by Chinese state-run oil firms to dramatically expand gas drilling in the disputed East China Sea, which threatens to further damage ties between Asia's two biggest economies, was first reported by Reuters on Wednesday.
In a possible sign of brinkmanship, Japanese survey ships, if deployed, would operate "right up to the median line", which is the disputed maritime boundary with China, said the senior Japanese source who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Tension over the East China Sea has escalated this year, with China and Japan scrambling fighter jets and ordering patrol ships to shadow each other, raising fear that a miscalculation could lead to a broader clash.
The Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has been ordered to put both its survey ships on standby and to prepare to deploy without any foreign members of staff on board, said the source.
A spokesman at JOGMEC referred inquiries to the government when asked about the possible deployment.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which gave the order, according to the source, also declined to comment. The ministry would normally be in charge of such deployments.
On Thursday, Japan again warned China not to expand gas exploration in the disputed area. China had slowed exploration in the East China Sea but is now rapidly expanding its hunt for gas, a cheaper and cleaner energy to coal and oil imports.
"If the Chinese side is to proceed unilaterally with development in the area over which there are conflicting claims, Japan would never accept it," Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a regular news conference on Thursday.
Japan seemed to be taken by surprise at the news that Chinese oil firms would soon ask Beijing to approve seven new gas fields in the East China Sea under a $5 billion expansion plan.
"We are going to closely watch the Chinese side's reaction to the concerns expressed by our side through diplomatic channels and we will think about our next step," said a spokeswoman in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office when asked about any possible deployment.
JOGMEC has two survey ships, the Shigen and the Hakurei. The Shigen is off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan and would take about a week to reach the East China Sea, said the source. The Hakurei is in Okinawa, not far from the disputed zone.
Two of China's top newspapers accused Abe on Thursday of dangerous politics that could threaten regional security.
The People's Liberation Army Daily said Abe was trying to play the "China threat", to win votes in upper house of parliament elections on Sunday, with a visit this week to Japan's southern island of Ishigaki, near islets claimed by both China and Japan.
Rival territorial claims between China and Japan over the uninhabited islets and resource-rich waters in the East China Sea, and between China and other neighbors in the South China Sea, are among Asia's biggest security risks.
During the visit to Ishigaki island, Abe repeated Japan's stand that the nearby disputed Senkaku islands, called the Diaoyu by China, are inherent Japanese territory, adding that he has no intention of conceding even one step.
"This kind of 'drinking poison to slake ones thirst' not only threatens regional stability, it gives encouragement to Japan's 'turn to the right'," the Chinese newspaper said.
Abe wants to revise Japan's constitution, drafted by the United States after World War Two, to formalize the country's right to have a military. Critics say his plan could return Japan to a conservative, authoritarian past.
The People's Liberation Army Daily said Abe could not have chosen a worse time to visit Ishigaki, 160 km (100 miles) from the uninhabited islets the two nations contest.
"You cannot criticize a national leader for visiting his country's own territory but in a situation where the dispute over the Diaoyu Islands is continuing and the situation is complex and sensitive, Abe's actions are doubtless extremely dangerous and irresponsible," the paper, the official publication of China's military, said in a commentary.
The ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily warned that China would never allow itself to be trampled on again, a reference to China's bitter memories of Japan's invasion and occupation of the country, before and during World War Two.
In a commentary published under the pen name "Zhong Sheng", or "voice of China", the newspaper said Abe was looking for excuses to re-arm Japan and that the dispute with China was a convenient way of pushing that goal.
"The aim is to create tension and provoke incidents, to push Japan's military development," it said.
On Thursday, three Chinese surveillance vessels sailed into what Japan considers its territorial waters near the isles on what Beijing said was a routine patrol. The Japan Coast Guard said the ships later left its territorial waters.
(Additional reporting by James Topham, Elaine Lies, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Linda Sieg and Antoni Slodkowski in TOKYO; Editing by Michael Perry and Robert Birsel)


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2012-01-16, 12:44 | Link #4242 |
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With those two ending their careers... suddenly, Baltimore may no longer compete with Pittsburgh for a while. That leaves the Steelers dominating the division for several more years...
2012-01-16, 14:49 | Link #4243 | ||
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Ray Lewis is a complete animal. I am very worried he will literally snap Brady in half, desperation of knowing this might be his last shot contributing to his already crazy aggression. |
2012-01-16, 15:03 | Link #4244 |
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Tebow in the announcer's box? Could make for some interesting conversation. |
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Does anyone think Flacco and company can put 30 points on the board next Sunday? They have scored 30+ on a couple of occasions, but not since November 20th.
Does anyone think that Brady and company will be held to under 28 points? The only team to hold New England under that number since the Giants game on November 6th was Miami, and they gave up 27. Don't be fooled by defensive rankings based on yards allowed. In terms of points, NE is in the middle of the pack at 21.4, or 15th overall in the NFL. Many of the defenses in their mid-season games were cobbled together because of injuries. I believe that Belicheck has put some forty or more different defensive players on the field this season. Saturday's game against Denver was, in my mind, the Pats' best defensive performance of the year. I suspect that has a lot to do with their being healthier now than in mid-season and the effects of more experience and a more predictable roster of defenders on the field.
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Relax, they are referring to Bill Cowher and the Gang, not the announcer's booth. They had Ndamukong Suh on last week and someone else on the week before that. Tebow is a likable, charismatic player, so of course he'll be selected. Quote:
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CBS reported that Saturday night's game got the highest ratings for a game in prime-time in eleven years, with an increase in audience of some 14% over the Saturday night game in 2011. Ratings peaked between 9-9:30 at 24% of television households, then declined as the result became obvious. I was watching with my daughter and switched occasionally to the Miss America pageant during the second half just for grins. Talk about "counter-programming!"
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It seems like every year, there is always a ratings increase for the NFL in some form. At this point, I don't think any other sport has a shot to compete in America, especially with the monster TV deal that was announced last month. More money and higher payrolls for everyone.
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Never heard of that, somehow I don't think that's a nickname widely used in New England, where I live. I was using it more in the sense of the 'favored son,' Tebow being the NFL businessman's favored son this season. But yeah, sounds weird if Brady already had the name. Insert any other favorable title. |
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He was solid yesterday. Had the o-line not been abused by Houston's front seven and the WRs dropped five very catchable passes, the score might have been very different. He definitely has to step up but it's a team game.
2012-01-17, 02:46 | Link #4255 |
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I'm surprised no one is mentioning Ray Rice considering he's been in the top 3 RBs of the season. If he doesn't go for at least 100 yards in the upcoming game, I'll be amazed. Baltimore usually do better when Flacco throws less and Rice runs more. Flacco doesn't have the WRs to throw to aside from Boldin - he throws to his TEs way more than anyone else. Baltimore had better set up Rice to go berserk or else.
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That's because Ray Rice has only been in the league for like 3 years. He has plenty of years left (~7-8 years for RBs) to get a ring, though this may be his best shot.
Interesting chart about average age of the teams rosters this year. http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post...at-53-man-cuts Oldest Teams (in terms of average player age): 1. Steelers 2. Cardinals 3. Chargers 4. Lions 5. Falcons Youngest teams (in terms of average player age): 1.) Buccaneers 2.) Packers 3.) Panthers 4.) Bengals 5.) Seahawks |
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Cowboys held them to 20 in Week 6 Steelers held them to 17 in Week 8 Patriots, Packers and the Saints were basically averaging 30+ point games for the season. So far the Packers and Saints crumbled to defenses that stepped up and forced turnovers. I'd like to believe Ravens vs. Patriots will play out like 49ers vs. Saints. |
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Brady crumbled against the Giants defense in the Superbowl a few years back. He crumbled to the Jets defense in the playoffs last year.
The notion Brady is invincible is simply not true. You need a dedicated defense to get to him. And there aren't that many going around this year. That said, you could mount a case for any of the 3 other remaining teams having what's needed to put the brakes on Brady.
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In modern times the average person does not hear much about human parasite infection. In fact, thousands go through their entire lifetime without ever having the thought cross their minds. But have you ever given some thought as to the specifics of human parasites?
Human Parasites an Age Old Issue
The truth is that as long as there has been human existence, there have been parasites. Scientists discovered the reality of human parasite as an age old issue, dating back to the year 1200 A.D. with evidence of parasitic eggs of schistosomes in Egyptian mummies. Most human parasites belong to one of four groups – flukes, tapeworms, roundworms or protozoa.
With improved sanitation utilities, and focus on healthful surroundings and human lifestyles, Human parasites are not so much a threat in the United States. However, in underdeveloped countries where primary healthcare and inadequate access to bountiful running water are a challenge, human parasite epidemic is very real.
List of 10 human parasites
1. A common human parasite that is contagious through soil and unsanitary condition is the ascaris lumbricoides, also referred to as the giant intestinal roundworm. The Global Network for Neglecged Tropical Diseases estimated that this parasite will affect close to one billion persons at any point in time, causing 60,000 deaths per year.
2. Billions of people regardless of global location are affected by the hookworm, of which there are two species known to man. These penetrate the skin and can cause adverse anemia and blood loss.
3. It is relatively to know whether you have pinworms, as most sufferers experience and itchy bottom. The female pinworm deposits her eggs in the anus at night, causing irritation to the tissues of the anal passage.
4. There are two types of tapeworm (taenia) as well – the beef tapeworm and the pork tapeworm. Clearly these are contracted though eating poorly cooked beef and pork, and can be lethal as they negatively affect the nervous system.
5. The oriental liver fluke is flat and sped like a leaf. It is known widely in Far East territories and is transmitted though eating undercooked or raw seafood. It is posited that bile duct cancer is as a result of the oriental liver fluke.
6. Schistosomes mentioned earlier are mostly found in Eastern, South American and African regions. This parasite penetrates the skin while the host is immersed in contaminated water. Infection results in inflated abdomens caused by inflammation of the spleen and liver.
7. The parasite plasmodium causes malaria and is transmitted through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Signs of malaria include ague, fever and urine in the blood.
8. Chaga's disease is as a result of the trypansoma cruzi. The triatomine bug bites the host while asleep and defecates in the bite site, causing the host to itch. When the person scratches, the parasite is introduces into the blood, and cause cardiac issues.
9. The giardia intestinalis, found in most of the world, is normally contracted from drinking contaminated water, and causes diarrhea.
10. Hundreds get entamoeba histolica from consuming contaminated food and drink. Most infected are not affected; however, about 10% of infected persons experience bloody stools and internal organ abcesses.


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Revisiting the Cahill Trade and the Gio Market is About to Heat Up
Posted By Josh Muller On Dec 16 2011 @ 9:32 pm In Oakland A's | 4 Comments
Last week, seemingly out of nowhere, the Oakland A's [1] traded all-star pitcher Trevor Cahill [2] to the Diamondbacks [3] for prospects. My initial reaction was that it was fair for both sides and I maintain that stance. I am confused about the timing, though.
The talk of the town has been about Gio Gonzalez and Andrew Bailey (which I'll get to later) and then Billy Beane does the unexpected and trades a guy who he just locked up for five years.
Let's face it, expecting the A's to contend next year is unrealistic considering the prominence of the Rangers [5], the Angels' [6] off-season additions, and the fact that the A's will be minus their entire starting outfield. So if you tell me that it's again time to rebuild I can get on board. If you trade Cahill, I can also get on board, but if you are going to do it you have to get a ridiculous haul for him. Like I said last week, it's a fair trade of both sides but why do a fair trade now? The A's have Cahill for four more years; you can get a fair deal any time you want. The timing of it just confuses me
I will say this though: outfield prospect and the second piece to the package,Collin Cowgill, is a guy the A's have been after a while. They drafted him in 2007 but he elected to return to school, and also allegedly tried to trade for him last year at the deadline.
This deal also tells me two things about the A's thinking: the first is that they really like Jarrod Parker, the main piece to the deal. The A's reportedly hold him in higher regard than Arizona's first round draft pick last year, RHP Trevor Bauer out of UCLA. Bauer has been the unanimous pick for tops in Arizona's farm system in all the lists I have read so that's saying something. The second thing this trade tells us is that the A's must not be as high on Cahill as we all thought. Maybe his arm angle scares them with regard to his future health, maybe it's the slight drop in velocity or his lack of command and his second half performance couldn't have helped. But the Cahill trade took a lot of people by surprise and the package was a lot less than what the reported asking price for Gio Gonzalez.
Which brings us to our next topic of discussion: The Gio Gonzalez trade saga.
It is set to start picking up quickly now that the Yu Darvish drama should reach a conclusion soon. Teams bid for the right to negotiate a contract with Darvish, a true superstar pitcher in Japan, on Wednesday. To be completely honest, I'm surprised the identity of the winning bidder hasn't yet been announced, but whichever teams don't win the right to sign Darvish will then set their sights on Gio. So basically this whole offseason for the A's has been setting up for the Gio bidding war, and that could begin as soon as tonight.
I would expect the A's to get a king's ransom here. He's obviously in high demand with several teams reportedly interested including the Blue Jays [7], Yankees [8], Reds [9], Red Sox [10], Rangers and Tigers [11]. Any of these teams would have to give up several top prospects which seems like a steep price for a guy who led the league in walks the last two years. But there is no denying Gio's talent and if I were a betting man, I'd bet one of those teams is willing to part with the necessary young talent to tempt Billy Beane… maybe.
As for Andrew Bailey, the asking price has been high for him as well, obviosly too high for rival GMs to bite. If Billy can't get the deal he wants, he'll wait till the July 31st trade deadline to make a deal. Usually the rule is you get more in a trade for starters during the offseason and more for relievers at the deadline when contenders are adding the final pieces for a playoff run. We'll see how that unfolds. I still like the Red Sox as favorites for Bailey.
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ATLANTA, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless today announced the world's first commercial deployment of wireless services using Enhanced Datarate for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology. Cingular's initial EDGE service offering is in its Indianapolis market, with subsequent deployments expected later in the year. Building on more than a decade of wireless data experience, Cingular's EDGE technology enables true "third generation" (3G) wireless data services with data speeds typically three times faster than those available on GSM/GPRS networks. Based on GSM, the worldwide standard for cellular communications, EDGE is a software enhancement for Cingular's General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) data network that can support peak data rates up to 170 kilobits per second with average data rates of 75-135 Kbps. "Our EDGE rollout demonstrates Cingular's continuing progress and evolution in GSM deployment," said Bill Clift, chief technical officer at Cingular Wireless. "EDGE is recognized as the most economical way to overlay GSM/GPRS to achieve 3G capabilities and we're proud to be the first North American carrier to deliver EDGE-based wireless services to our customers." "Cingular is making good on its promise to leverage its GSM overlay to move quickly towards 3G," said Roger Entner, an analyst with the Yankee Group. "By putting the right infrastructure into place now, the company is well positioned to deploy EDGE services strategically, when EDGE devices are available and customers are ready to adopt high-speed data services." Cingular's rollout of EDGE in Indianapolis means that customers in this market can now enjoy near broadband speeds when accessing the Internet from a phone or laptop, or while sending and receiving digital images. Customers, activated on a Cingular data-enabled rateplan, need only obtain an EDGE enabled device -- such as the Nokia 6200 with its mobile office kit -- to take advantage of higher data speeds. They can browse the Internet with Wireless Internet Express, access corporate data using DataConnect or send photo messages. The difference will be in much faster download and upload speeds. Another key benefit of EDGE-capable devices from Cingular is that they are backwards-compatible with GPRS and programmed to stay "on network." If a customer travels from a Cingular EDGE coverage area to a Cingular area that only has GPRS, the device will fallback to Cingular's GPRS coverage, even when it is in a data session. Roaming fees are also the same for GPRS and EDGE. In the future, EDGE will enable Cingular to offer more products and services that take advantage of EDGE's higher speed-including audio and video, higher resolution photos, and more robust email and corporate data access. ABOUT CINGULAR WIRELESS Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE: BLS), serves more than 22 million voice and data customers across the United States. A leader in mobile voice and data communications, Cingular is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover, the wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly minutes. Cingular provides cellular/PCS service in 43 of the top 50 markets nationwide, and provides corporate e-mail and other advanced data services through its EDGE, GPRS and Mobitex packet data networks. Details of the company are available at www.cingular.com .
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While silence in this case can be assumed to mean consent, President Obama's silence is not acceptable—not to me, and certainly not to the millions of South Carolinians who are rightly aghast at the thought of the greatest economic development success our state has seen in decades being ripped away by federal bureaucrats who appear to be little more than union puppets.
This is not just a South Carolina issue, and President Obama owes the people of our country a response. If they get away with this government-dictated economic larceny, the unions won't stop in our state.
The nation deserves an explanation as to why the president's appointees are doing the machinist union's dirty work on the backs of the businesses and workers of South Carolina.
Members of the White House press corps have yet to ask spokesman Jay Carney about the issue.
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Engine configuration is an engineering term for the layout of the major components of a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine. These components are the cylinders and crankshafts in particular but also, sometimes, the camshaft(s).
Many apparently 'standard' names for configurations are historic, arbitrary, or overlapping. For example, the 180° V engine is so named because the crankshaft is related to a V engine more closely than it is related to other opposed-piston engines such as the boxer. Others would consider it a flat engine because of its shape.
The names W engine and rotary engine have each been used for several unconnected designs. The H-4 and H-6 engines produced by Subaru are not H engines at all, but boxer engines.
Categorisation by piston motion
Engine types include:
Single-cylinder engines
Inline enginedesigns:
- Straight engine, with all of the cylinders placed in a single row
- U engine, two separate straight engines with crankshafts linked by a central gear.
- The square four is a U engine where the two straight engines have two cylinders each.
- V engine, with two banks of cylinders at an angle, most commonly 60 or 90 degrees.
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- X engine.
Radialdesigns, including most:
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Pistonless rotary engines, notably:
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The standard names for some configurations are historic, arbitrary, or both, with some overlap. For example, the cylinder banks of a 180° V engine do not in any way form a V, but it is regarded as a V engine because of its crankshaft and big end configuration, which result in performance characteristics similar to a V engine. But it is also considered a flat engine because of its shape. On the other hand, some engines which have none of the typical V engine crankshaft design features and consequent performance characteristics are also regarded as V engines, purely because of their shape. Similarly, the Volkswagen Group VR6 engine is a hybrid of the V engine and the straight engine, and can not be definitively labeled as either.
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By valve placement
The majority of four stroke engines have poppet valves, although some aircraft engines have sleeve valves. Valves may be located in the cylinder block (side valves), or in the cylinder head (overhead valves). Modern engines are invariably of the latter design. There may be two, three, four or five valves per cylinder, with the intake valves outnumbering the exhaust valves in case of an odd number.
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Poppet valves are opened by means of a camshaft which revolves at half the crankshaft speed. This can be either chain, gear or toothed belt driven from the crankshaft, and can be located in the crankcase (where it may serve one or more banks of cylinders) or in the cylinder head.
If the camshaft is located in the crankcase, a valve train of pushrods and rocker arms will be required to operate overhead valves. Mechanically simpler are side valves, where the valve stems rested directly on the camshaft. However, this gives poor gas flows within the cylinder head as well as heat problems and fell out of favor for automobile use, see flathead engine.
The majority of modern automobile engines place the camshaft on the cylinder head in an overhead camshaft (OHC) design. There may be one or two camshafts in the cylinder head; a single camshaft design is called single overhead camshaft (SOHC). A design with two camshafts per cylinder head is called double overhead camshaft (DOHC). Note that the camshafts are counted per cylinder head, so a V engine with one camshaft in each of its two cylinder heads is still an SOHC design, and a V engine with two camshafts per cylinder head is DOHC, or informally a "quad cam" engine.
With overhead camshafts, the valvetrain will be shorter and lighter, as no pushrods are required. Some overhead camshaft designs still have rocker arms; this facilitates adjustment of mechanical clearances.
If there are two camshafts in the cylinder head, the cams can sometimes bear directly on cam followers on the valve stems (tappets). This is the usual arrangement for a four-valves-per-cylinder design. This latter arrangement is the most inertia free, allows the most unimpeded gas flows in the engine and is the usual arrangement for high performance automobile engines. It also permits the spark plug to be located in the center of the cylinder head, which promotes better combustion characteristics. Beyond a certain number of valves, the effective area covered decreases, so four is the common-most number. Odd numbers of valves necessarily means the intake or exhaust side must have one valve more. In practice this is invariably the intake valves - even in even-numbered head designs, inlet valves are often larger in size than exhaust.
Very large engines (e.g. marine engines) can have either extra camshafts or extra lobes on the camshaft to enable the engine to run in either direction. Furthermore other manipulations of valves can be used for e.g engine braking, such as in a Jake brake.
A disadvantage of overhead cams is that a much longer chain (or belt) is needed to drive the cams than with a camshaft located in the cylinder block, usually a tensioner is also needed. A break in the belt may destroy the engine if pistons touch open valves at top dead center.


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Hundreds graduate from Albany Technical College
April 24, 2009 (WALB) - With competition for jobs so tough these days, more people are turning to technical colleges to improve their skills or learn new ones.
That was evident by the big crowd at tonight's spring commencement at Albany Technical College.
The school awarded 59 associate degrees, 291 diplomas, and 183 technical certificates.
The president said a technical college education is more useful than ever these days.
"We know they're likely to find better jobs especially with this recession going on, than they would if they didn't spend the time in technical education. This is a great opportunity for them to go on and do great things for themselves and their families," Dr. Anthony Parker, Albany Tech President.
More than 100 students also received their GED's from the college this spring.
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They took his backpack, about $250 in cash and his cell phone, police Cmdr. Jeff Owens said.
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I can find a few things wrong with this bird.
3) Internal weapons bay?
4) Gray paint is a poor substitute for RAM (Mastering this skill is well beyond many nation)
5) Nose looks too small to house any RADAR. ( APassport or Whistler will fit)
6) Where is the HUD?
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WEB-EXCLUSIVE: Find out what's new in Orange County food and dining news.
The 20th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night returns to SOS (Share Our Selves) headquarters in Costa Mesa on April 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m. An hour-long VIP Pre-Party begins at 4:30 p.m. Twenty-five of Orange County's premiere chefs gather to create the most exotic and unique tacos enjoyed only at this event. Drinks include beer and Tres Sietes tequila margaritas. General admission tickets, advance sale only, are $70 per person, $150 per person for VIP admission. To purchase, visit shareourselves.org/events, or call SOS at 949.270.2100. Proceeds from the event benefit the SOS Orange Aid Project.
From April 11-14, in honor of The Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, Chef Derek Brooks at Pelican Grill at the Resort at Pelican Hill (949.467.6800, pelicanhill.com) will create an exclusive golf-inspired, Southern-style Masters Menu. Special dishes will include fairway fried chicken birdie, shrimp 'n' bunker grits and a Masters tradition — a pimento grilled cheese sandwich. Beverages include sweet tea, mint juleps, Arnold Palmers, and pickled okra bloody Marys.
Lunch and Learn at Zov's Bistro in Tustin on April 23 at noon, with Guest Chef Kitty Morse, author of Mint Tea & Minarets: A Banquet of Moroccan Memories. The luncheon menu includes Moroccan salmon salad, crostini of preserved lemons and tomatoes, fresh mint tea, and baklava. Cost, $25 per person. To reserve a spot, call 714.838.8855.
On Administrative Assistant Day, April 24, Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen in Brea (714.255.1040, chachaslatinkitchen.com) offers a two-course menu along with a house margarita or a glass of housemade sangria for $20. Thursdays are Seniorita Night with $5 drink and appetizer specials, and live Latin music.
On April 27, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Surfas Culinary District at SoCo (714.453.2005, surfasonline.com), Executive Chef Geeta Bansal of the Clay Oven in Irvine (949.552.2851, clayovenirvine.com) will cook favorite Indian dishes from her restaurant with ingredients collected that Saturday morning from SoCo's farmers market. Chef Geeta will also offer her grandmother's tips on the value of changing colors, flavors and aromas of food each season.
Café Jardin at Sherman Library and Gardens (949.673.0033, pascalnewportbeach.com) is once again open for brunch on Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The seasonal outdoor café, overlooking the beautiful gardens, serves a four-course, prix-fixe menu for $35, plus tax and gratuity. Endless Champagne is an extra $15.
Restaurant entrepreneur and Chef David Wilhelm, founder of Jimmy's Famous American Tavern in Point Loma near San Diego, returns to Orange County to open a second JFAT in Dana Point Harbor on the site of the former Ristorante Ferrantelli. JFAT will be an upscale gastropub specializing in comfort food. An early summer opening is planned.
Charlie Palmer at Bloomingdale's South Coast Plaza (714.352.2525, charliepalmer.com) offers a spectacular Bloody Mary Sunday Brunch with a totally revamped menu and the most elaborate bloody Mary bar to be experienced. The prix-fixe meal, with mouth-watering choices from seven appetizers and eight entrees, including unlimited bloody Marys, is $37.50. The brunch menu is available a la carte as well.
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Alfonso Ramirez, a long standing alumnus from within the Patina Group, is the new executive chef at Pinot Provence at the Westin South Coast Plaza (714.444.5900, patinagroup.com/pinotprovence). Chef Ramirez prepares classic, as well as contemporary French dishes, including a canard cassoulet with duck confit and housemade duck prosciutto.
All 33 locations of The Counter Custom Built Burgers, have introduced an all-gluten-free menu that is available year-round. The separate menu features the same five-step build-your-own-burger process, with three different options. Other gluten-free items include milkshakes, gluten-free beer from Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales and wine. For more information and menu online, visit thecounterburger.com/gluten-free.
For a limited time, The Habit Burger Grill at all seven Orange County locations (habitburger.com) will offer a grilled shrimp sandwich. Priced at $6.50, the patty is composed of pure, whole shrimp, char-grilled to order, glazed with barbecue sauce and topped with caramelized onion, tomato and lettuce on a whole wheat bun.
Veggie Grill (veggiegrill.com) has opened its third Orange County location at the Plaza de la Paz shopping center in Laguna Niguel. Doors open at 11 a.m.
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hi, i have a chart, at 0.25, the value is 1/64
at 0.5, the value is 1/16
at 0.75 the value is 9/64
at 1, the value is 1
how can this information be written in summation notation?
well basically, i was to pick points on a graph and then check their heights at that point and then find the area of a rectangle formed with the width and the height. these values represent the x values and then the area, and my assignment is to rewrite that info in summation notation.
I have no clue how to go about that problem. Are the areas being summed? If so, I get the impression that you are approximating the area under a curve using rectangles (presumably to eventually derive the integral from a Reimann sum). I think that is way off base though. Sorry.
I suspect this assignment has been given in preparation for learning how to integrate and that you are supposed to use the sum of the areas of these rectangles as an approximation for the area under the curve.
Summation notation is not exceedingly useful if you do not have an equation for the curve. You could however refer to your heights as , etc, in which case you could make use of summation notation for the sum of the areas as follows (using your first set of data).


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Spending time in California, I am struck by the sight of vast selections of liquor in the grocery stores. The Albertsons here in Palm Springs has more booze than wine, and better booze than wine. In fact, the wine section sucks. It's row after row of California plonk and cheesy imports from the big California conglomerates. I looked high and low for anything from France. Anything.
But… nothing.
Nonetheless, the sight of a wonderful array of tequilas, vodkas, rums, bourbons, gins, and so on had me thinking. Why can California do it and not Washington? What on earth is so different about Washington? Are voters smarter? Dumber? More conservative? Lazy? More fearful? Are the industry players (the three-tier advocates) more entrenched politically?
What else is highly regulated with rules that are observed by all? Well, how about traffic lights! What if traffic lights were different in every state? So, when you got off the plane in California, and picked up your rental car, there would be no red (stop) green (go). There would be blue (caution) and pink (go) and maybe a bit of purple (stop)! And let's drive on the other side of the road in some states, like they do in England.
While we're at it, let's do away with standard signage. Let every state regulate their own signage. Some would have no signage at all – let freedom ring! And some would design artsy signs that no one but the locals could understand.
Crossing a state border would be a wonderful adventure, don't you agree? And every state would have the right to decide exactly how they wanted to regulate demon autos. Just like wine. Makes about as much sense, don't you think?
sotp in the mane of the law!
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Paul your question has a very simple answer. Alcohol regulation is different in every state because of the 21st Amendment of the US Constitution. Which, besides repealing the 18th Amendment (Prohibition), granted each state virtually absolute control over the distribution, sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages within its territory. No US constitution amendment pertaining to traffic lights.
Javier Listillo Sabelotodo - January 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM
Time to repeal the 21st amendment? Or would that reinstitute prohibition?
- January 20, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Paul Beveridge said...
We had a chance to fix all these problems in Washington State by voting for initiative 1100. Will you join us next time? How about supporting the Craft Winery Development Act? There will be a State Senate hearing on Thursday. We need you on the side of wine consumers!
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- "There it is, R4. Right where it should be. Our missing planet, Kamino."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi to R4-P17
Kamino (pronounced /kə'minoʊ/), called Big Stormy by some clone troopers, also known as the Planet of Storms,[10] was the watery world where the Clone Army of the Galactic Republic was created, as well as the Kamino Home Fleet. It was inhabited by a race of tall, elegant beings called the Kaminoans, who kept to themselves and were known for their cloning technology. Kamino was located just south of the Rishi Maze, and was governed by the Ruling Council, headed by the Prime Minister.
Astronomy and geographyEdit
Kamino was in a system of 13 planets orbiting an aging star south of the Rishi Maze, a dwarf satellite galaxy in a decaying orbit in a loose sector of an unnamed grouping of stars between the Rishi Maze and the main galaxy. The stormy water world of Kamino was located in the Wild Space region beyond the Outer Rim. It was the fifth of the thirteen planets in the system. The planet orbited an aging star called Kamino and had three moons orbiting the planet itself, including Korasa. The planet was composed of a molten core with a rocky mantle and silicate rock crust. Climatic change had long ago submerged the planet's continents, drowning the planet under a global ocean that covered almost all of the surface, with a few islands left that were once mountain tops. These mountain-tips, though, were rained on almost incessantly. However, the surface of Kamino was not always subject to constant rain, as such was in a Separatist attack to gain a DNA sample of Jango Fett. Its savage storms and powerful lightning bursts could be seen vaguely through its relatively thick atmosphere.
Sentient lifeEdit
Being somewhat secluded from the rest of the galaxy, little is known about the origin of the Kaminoans. There were many peculiarities about the particulars of Kaminoan physiology: their digitigrade stance, once adapted for firm seabeds, eventually only saw use in the hallways of their science facilities, while only male Kaminoans exhibited fin ridges along the rear of their small, bulbous skulls. The almond-shaped eyes were able to see color only in the ultraviolet spectrum. Therefore, what appeared as white dwellings were actually colored with shades that Humans and other humanoid species couldn't see.
Kaminoans rode flying cetaceans called aiwhas. Indigenous to the planet Naboo, these aiwhas were probably created using cloning technology.
Early historyEdit
Around 19,000 BBY, dramatic climate shifts began to melt the extensive glaciers of Kamino. As a result of resourceful adaptation, the Kaminoans survived the Great Flood of their planet's continents. The Kaminoans used cloning to keep themselves sustained.
Jedi OrderEdit
Throughout its history, the location and very existence of Kamino was known to only a handful of beings, becoming known to members of the Galactic Republic as late as 4500 BBY. In 3996 BBY, following the devastation of Ossus, a number of artifacts saved from Ossus were hidden in the ruins of Derem City by Jedi Master Qalsneek the Bull. After the Jedi Civil War, Kaminoan kyber darts were being used in the galaxy, but most beings were ignorant of their source. Kamino was able to survive through the worst ages in the galaxy before the Clone Wars.
New technologyEdit
In later years, the Kaminoans created saberdarts, similar to the older kyber dart. These deadly weapons were favored by bounty hunter Jango Fett. The Kaminoans created clone miners to toil on Subterrel. While prospecting on Subterrel, Dexter Jettster became familiar with the Kaminoan cloners, and even found a saberdart.[8]
Clone WarsEdit
- "Lost a planet Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing… how embarrassing."
- ―Yoda
In 32 BBY, Sifo-Dyas placed an order with the Kaminoans for a Clone Army without the knowledge or approval of the Jedi Council. Darth Tyranus, at the bidding of Darth Sidious, murdered Sifo-Dyas to keep the creation of this army secret from the Jedi and the Republic. Tyranus then recruited Jango Fett to serve as Prime clone. Fett agreed on the condition that the Kaminoans create him an unaltered clone, his son Boba Fett.[11] Jango raised Boba on Kamino for the next ten years.
Obi-Wan Kenobi was directed there[8] in 22 BBY[11] to follow a lead on the whereabouts of Senator Padmé Amidala's would-be assassin through a single saberdart. The saberdart had been used by Jango Fett to murder Zam Wesell before she could be interrogated by Kenobi. Kenobi had the dart identified by Dexter Jettster. Jettster directed him to Kamino, and Obi-Wan and Yoda were disturbed that Kamino had apparently been erased from the Jedi Archives. During Obi-Wan's stay on Kamino at Tipoca City, he discovered the source of the Clone Army's genome, Jango Fett, and his "son," Boba Fett. Once he was discovered, Jango and Boba narrowly escaped the planet with Obi-Wan close behind.[8]
The battles beginEdit
- "For the first time, we know where they will be before they attack. The Separatists must believe the plan hasn't been compromised."
- ―Quinlan Vos
Grand Master Yoda later went to the planet to receive a desperately needed contingent of clone troopers to assist in the rescue of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala, and the Jedi Knights in the Battle of Geonosis, which began the infamous Clone Wars.[1] When the Separatists discovered the source of the clones, Commander Merai launched an attack on Kamino at the bidding of Passel Argente, but the First Battle of Kamino, 22 BBY, was won by the Republic.[12] In the Second Battle of Kamino there was an attempt by Mandalore the Resurrector and his Mandalorians to destroy a cloning facility, but it was foiled by the clone trooper garrison. A further attempt was made by the Confederacy at some time after the second Battle of Kamino to capture and destroy the cloning facilities, but this plan was prevented due to the actions of clone troopers at a nearby monitoring station.[13] After the Battle of the Rishi moon, Separatist leaders, General Grievous and Commander Asajj Ventress, launched an attack on Kamino to capture a sample of Jango Fett's DNA. The attack force was turned back by elements of the Open Circle Fleet and clone troopers garrisoned there.[14]
Fighting the EmpireEdit
- "Officially, there never was a 'clone rebellion' on Kamino. Unofficially, approximately twenty years after we were created, a special detachment of the Imperial 501st Legion was dispatched to Kamino, with orders to eradicate an army of clones that had been bred to take arms against the Empire."
- ―Anonymous 501st stormtrooper
The end of the Clone Wars resulted not only in the near destruction of the Jedi Order, but also the rise of the Galactic Empire in the place of the fallen Republic. Seeking to secure the vital cloning facilities that were responsible for providing the Empire with the clones that helped to secure Emperor Palpatine's rise to ultimate power, Imperial control was firmly established upon Kamino through force of arms. Although Kamino would continue to grow more stormtroopers for the Empire, a small group of Kaminoans grew resentful of the Empire's treatment of Kamino as a virtual military police state. In response to the Imperial presence on their world, the Kaminoans launched a covert rebellion against the Empire by discreetly breeding a new army of clones, all based on the genetic template of Jango Fett. Unlike the first Clone army that had been bred for the Republic, the newest generation of clones were engineered with absolute loyalty to Kamino.[9]
Over the next decade after the conclusion of the Clone Wars, the Anti-Imperial Clone troopers were grown and trained to eventually liberate Kamino from Imperial rule. Garbed in Phase I armor and composed entirely of Jet troopers, the Anti-Imperial clones were augmented with a series of ARC troopers, as well as a few LAAT gunships. Approximately twenty years after creating the first generation of clones based on the Fett template, the Anti-troopers were fully grown, armed and evidently prepared to fight against their Imperial brothers.[9]
Around the same time, however, the Empire discovered Kamino's clandestine operation and responded by sending an elite detachment of the 501st Legion to Kamino in order to destroy the Kaminoan rebellion and restore Imperial rule to its cloning centers. The 501st's main target was Kamino's capital, the Tipoca City Cloning Facility, by then occupied by the Kaminoan rebels and their Anti-troopers. Boba Fett, also a clone of the long dead Jango Fett, was hired to serve as the 501st's mission commander during the re-taking of Kamino, due to his extensive knowledge of the inner layout and workings of Tipoca City. To prevent any chances of encouraging other insurrections throughout the galaxy, the mission to Kamino was completely off the record.[9]
The entire battle was virtually lost to the Anti-troopers from the start. Despite their advanced training, the younger Fett clones were outmatched by their older and more experienced Imperial brothers, none of whom held any reservations about gunning down their fellow clones. Aside from possessing many veteran troopers from the Clone Wars and superior firepower, the 501st Legion was greatly assisted by Boba Fett; the bounty hunter commanded his forces on site and led the stormtroopers into Tipoca City, killing the Anti-troopers where ever they encountered them.[9]
Unwilling to risk losing what remained of Jango Fett's blood, the main source for producing the Fett clones, one of the 501st's primary objectives was to capture a container that held a sample of Fett's DNA. After storming Tipoca City and retrieving the container, the 501st brought their progenitor's blood sample to a landing platform an Imperial shuttle awaited them. From there, the shuttle took Fett's DNA off planet to safety while the 501st fought on against their rebel brethren. After gaining further ground from outside the city, the 501st went on to fulfill its next primary objective—destroying the Kaminoan life support systems in order to kill all of the rebel clones that had not yet been decanted, thus preventing the Kaminoans from raising more Anti-troopers against the Empire in the future. Despite being protected by a numerous elite ARC troopers, the rebel clones failed to prevent the 501st from killing the undeveloped clones within the facility.[9]
After securing most of Tipoca City from the inside, Boba Fett and the 501st Legion proceeded to crowd the remaining Anti-troopers and ARC troopers onto the platforms where they were brutally wiped out. As the fighting dragged on, the Kaminoan rebel leaders saw the hopelessness of their situation and attempted to retreat by utilizing their LAAT gunships. Their efforts were in vain, however, as the 501st managed to destroy both gunships, along with the Kaminoan traitors as well. When the battle came to an end, none of the rebel clones were left alive. With his assignment completed, Boba Fett left the 501st Legion to mop up on Kamino while he returned to deal with his own personal affairs as a bounty hunter.[9]
Although the stormtroopers of the 501st Legion proved their loyalty to the Galactic Empire once again, the circumstances surrounding the battle convinced Emperor Palpatine that a clone army, composed entirely of clones based on one genetic source, was too susceptible to corruption. From that point on, it was decided that new clone stormtroopers would be created from various templates;[9] the Empire even resorted to enlisting regular Humans into the Stormtrooper Corps.[7] Though the 501st Legion remained composed purely of Jango Fett's progeny for the time being, the rest of the Imperial Army became increasingly diverse through an ever-growing pool of enlisted troopers and alternative source clones.[9]
Thus, the "Clone Revolt" on Kamino was indirectly responsible for turning the clones of Jango Fett into a minority within the army that they once filled as a whole, an irony that the Fett clones neither appreciated nor ever grew accustomed to. Roughly a decade after the incident on Kamino, Commander Cody was bitterly resentful of the Imperial Army's pitiful decline in operational effectiveness. In addition to that, Cody absolutely hated enlisted stormtroopers, dismissing them as incompetent idiots that were utterly expendable.[7]
Galactic Civil WarEdit
Secret cloning projectEdit
- "I knew it was only a matter of time before you returned. Now you will surrender to me, or you will die here where you were created."
- ―Darth Vader, remarking on how the Starkiller clone returned to Kamino as anticipated.
In the year 1 BBY, shortly after the start of the Galactic Civil War, the Sith Lord Darth Vader secretly brought the deceased body of his fallen apprentice, Galen Marek, to Kamino. With Marek's corpse preserved as a source of genetic material, Vader utilized an experimental version of Kaminoan cloning technology, known as the Accelerated Cloning Process, in an attempt to create a far more powerful version of his former disciple. Deep within the Timira City Cloning Facility, Vader personally oversaw the secret project, determined to possess once more an assassin of Marek's caliber.[7]
But due to the inherent flaws in creating clones of Force-sensitive subjects, the first series of Marek's clones were grotesquely deformed and highly unstable. After months of painstakingly correcting the imperfections in the procedure, each clone after another was somewhat more stable than the last, thus forcing Vader to train many clones in a "trial and error" process until finally achieving the creation of a single perfect clone to replace the original apprentice. Although one clone managed to escape from Kamino after failing to purge himself of the imprinted emotions that he gained from Marek, Vader recalled Boba Fett to Kamino and tasked the bounty hunter with luring the rogue clone back to his homeworld.[7]
Despite losing the clone that was very nearly the first success of the entire project, Darth Vader's efforts were finally rewarded in the form of a unique clone who did not fail to meet any of the Sith Lord's expectations. Just like the rest of the clones that came before him, however, the latest clone was also haunted by the imprinted memories and emotions of his dead progenitor. But unlike his precursors, the clone was absolutely determined to prove his worthiness by becoming free of his former self's feelings through a combination of strong will and constant training on Kamino. As the clone all but completed his trials, he emerged as his own person with a deep sense of resentment over his former self's weaknesses and failures. With the perfect clone of the original Starkiller at his service, Vader ended the cloning project on Kamino in victory.[7]
Meanwhile, Boba Fett succeeded in bringing Starkiller, the renegade clone who had been dubbed by his progenitor's former codename, back to Kamino by taking Captain Juno Eclipse as a hostage. As Starkiller unleashed an onslaught of destruction on Kamino and throughout Timira City, the clone's Rebel allies engaged Kamino's Imperial garrison in a brutal fight in space and on the planet. Although both Boba Fett and the Dark Apprentice remained in reserve to intervene on Vader's behalf only if absolutely necessary, the Empire was defeated in the Battle of Kamino, which also resulted in the capture of Darth Vader after being spared by a most reluctant Starkiller. Although the Rebels' had neither the resources or the manpower to liberate and hold onto the planet, the victory on Kamino marked the Rebellion as a legitimate threat to the Galactic Empire. After destroying Timira City by causing a tsunami wave to obliterate the cloning facility, the Rebels departed to the secret rebel base on Dantooine, unaware that Fett was pursuing the Rebels and their valuable hostage in his ship.[7]
Stolen Sith artifactEdit
In that same year, Urai Fen, concerned with the Zann Consortium's survival after they stole Jabba the Hutt's artifact, moved the Consortium's base of operations to Kamino for a time before settling on Ryloth.[15]
The era of the New RepublicEdit
After the Battle of Endor, the collapse of the Empire triggered an economic collapse of Kamino and the production of clones eventually ended. The planet continued to survive on smaller contracts, often for warlords and criminal organizations.[2]
Years later, Kaminoan Taun We would seek revenge against the Mandalorians who attacked them during the Clone Wars by hiring Boba Fett to kill Fenn Shysa, the last remaining Mandalorian veteran of the Second Battle of Kamino.
In 40 ABY, Boba Fett traveled here to consult his doctor and was told that he was dying. The only being who could heal him was Ko Sai, a scientist who had invented the accelerated aging process. She had disappeared after the First Battle of Kamino. He decided to hunt down Taun We, who had defected more recently. The current Prime Minister of Kamino, Koa Ne, offered to pay him to return Taun We's data to them. Boba Fett refused after Koa Ne would not pay his exorbitant price, stating that he would sell the data to the highest bidder.
Behind the scenesEdit
The buildings of Kamino served as inspiration for University of Texas designs for a Marine Research Facility.[16]
According to the map in The New Essential Chronology, Kamino is located exactly where Obi-Wan Kenobi said that it was. In the film however, he points toward the Unknown Regions, where no known systems are located.
The Essential Atlas, Kamino is shown with some land, instead of being covered totally by water. This is only marsh, however, and not solid ground. Star Wars: Battlefront also shows some land masses on Kamino.
Non-canon appearancesEdit
- LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
- LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
- "Fett Club"—Star Wars Tales 24 (Mentioned only)
- Old Wounds (Appears in flashback(s))
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Essential Atlas
- ↑ Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ The Essential Guide to Warfare, p. 81
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ Star Wars: Complete Locations
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 Star Wars: Battlefront II
- ↑ Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The New Essential Chronology
- ↑ Republic 50: The Defense of Kamino
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Rookies"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "ARC Troopers"
- ↑ Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
- ↑ Star Wars-Inspired Marine Research Facility
External linksEdit
- Kamino on Wikipedia
- Parade Ground Inspection on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)


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