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Mystery still not solved. I've tried all of the traditional records but still no definitive relationship between these men found? My assumption has been that Alexander Forgey of Washington County, Virginia is the father of both Alexander and Andrew of Knox County, Tennessee (Alexander Forgey later migrated to Tippecanoe, IN, and Andrew to Maury County, TN).
Here are some reasons why I think Alexander and Andrew are closely related and may have been brothers. Both Alexander and Andrew purchased land from James Forgey (apparently a relative) on the same day in 1801. They apparently each bought half of James's 500 acre land grant. Alexander Forgey married Elizabeth Sawyers in Knox County, TN in 1805. Andrew and Alexander both witnessed a Sawyer's family document. The document they witnessed is Hannah Sawyers Will dated 27 December 1806. Apparently she was a sister-in-law of John Sawyers, Elizabeth's father. Andrew also was an executor for another Sawyers. He was the administrator of Betsy Sawyers Will in 1818 Maury County, TN.
Here is why I think Alexander Forgey might be the father of these two men. It is assumed that Alexander living in Washington County in the late 18th century is a brother of Andrew of Hawkins County, TN. He may be the same man who is listed with Andrew Forgey in Cumberland County, PA in the early 1770's . If so he would have been old enough to be Andrew and the younger Alexander Forgey's father. We know Alexander Forgey of Washington County,Va was an adult in 1783 when he appeared on a taxlist. Only those over 21 were listed. We know Andrew Forgey was over 45 as listed on the 1820 Census Maury County, TN. So he was born before 1775. There is disagreement as to where he was born. A great grandson stated Ireland in a County Biography sketch. A son said Pennsylvania on the 1880 Census. Another son stated he was born in Maryland on the 1880 Census. These birthplaces given on the Census's seem to echo their mother's birthplaces, and is likely not accurate. However Pennsylvania would make sense if this were Alexander's son because we know he lived there in the 1770's, at the time when Andrew was born. Unfortunately since Andrew died in the early 1820's we do not have a Census entry with his birthplace.
|James G. Forgey great-grandson of Andrew Forgey states he was born in Ireland and so were his grandparents?
|John H. Forgey, Andrew's son, stated he was born in Pennsylania along with his mother
|Andrew's son Samuel Scott Forgey 1880 Census says he was born in Maryland,
|Alexander Forgey 1850
Family Bible entry for Alexander Forgey
So we have a definite link between the Junior Alexander and Virginia. If he wasn't born there he certainly had a memory of living there early in his childhood. There were other Forgeys living in Virginia in the 1700s. Robert Forgey of Dumfries was the earliest. This family generally used the Forgie spelling. Daniel seemed to be the only surviving son of Robert. There was also a Joseph Forgay named in a Will in Augusta County, VA. The Sawyers family lived in Augusta County, VA. Don't know if there is any connection? Could not find any other references to Forgeys in Augusta County, only a single reference. Hugh Forgey who later settled in Kentucky was married in Greenbier, VA in 1786. With very few records for these areas before 1800 it is difficult to establish who the father of Alexander and Andrew was. Based on proximity and interactions between these men and the Hawkins County, Tennessee line, I still lean in that direction.
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The Jaguar XJ is a full-size luxury sedan with a harmonious balance of spirited performance, smooth operation and poise. It's available in both regular and long-wheelbase variants, making it superb for whisking away passengers in style. As with most world-class luxury sedans, the XJ is rear-wheel drive, but all-wheel drive is available.
For 2014, Jaguar XJ gets a number of upgrades. Long-wheelbase models get new reclining airline-style rear seats complete with a fold-down tray in back of the front seat, a new rear center armrest, and a massage feature for both front and rear seats. Jaguar XJL long-wheelbase models also ride on a revised rear suspension aimed at delivering a more comfortable ride.
2014 Jaguar XJ models are available with a new rear-seat entertainment package that uses two 10-inch high-resolution screens mounted on the back of the front seat headrests and comes with wireless headphones. An optional Meridian sound system is available for 2014, which features a conversation enhancing technology that picks up occupants' voices via microphones in the cabin and pipes the sound through the audio system's speakers. And an automatic stop/start feature comes on all 2014 XJ models.
A new, performance-oriented Jaguar XJR joins the lineup for 2014, after a five-year hiatus. Powered by a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 that cranks out 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque, the 2014 Jaguar XJR will rocket from 0-60 mph in just 4.4 seconds, according to Jaguar. The 2014 XJR models are available in standard and long-wheelbase variants. Fuel economy for the 2014 XJR is rated by the EPA at 15/23 mpg City/Highway, the same rating as some of the XJ's less powerful models.
A new 8-speed automatic transmission comes on all 2014 Jaguar XJ models.
The 2014 XJ lineup offers a choice of engines: a 340-hp 3.0-liter V6, a 385-hp 5.0-liter V8, a 470-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8, a 510-hp supercharged V8, and the new 550-hp V8. All but the 550-hp engine carry over from last year.
The supercharged V6 comes standard with the Jaguar XJ and is used for the two all-wheel-drive models: XJ AWD and XJL Portfolio. Rated at 340 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque, the V6 gets an EPA fuel economy rating of 18/27 mpg City/Highway in XJ, 16/24 mpg in the two all-wheel-drive models.
The XJL Portfolio is the only model that comes with a normally aspirated 5.0-liter V8. Smooth and powerful, it's a superb powerplant, rated at 385 horsepower and capable of thrusting the XJL to 60 mph in a very quick 5.4 seconds, according to Jaguar. It also delivers an EPA-rated 25 mpg Highway. It's the only engine that isn't supercharged.
XJ Supercharged models are fitted with a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 that makes 470 horsepower and 424 pound-feet of torque, and launch from 0 to 60 mph in just 4.9 seconds. Fuel economy is estimated at 15/23 mpg City/Highway for both wheelbase lengths.
XJ Supersport and XJL Ultimate variants use a 510-hp supercharged V8 with 461 lb.-ft. of torque, and can catapult to 60 mph in a scant 4.7 seconds. Like the more powerful XKR, these models achieve an EPA-estimated 15/23 mpg City/Highway.
All XJ models boast an exquisite cabin, with rich leather upholstery and a variety of luxury trims. In the past, Jaguar has fallen short of tech-savvy Audi and BMW when it comes to in-car connectivity. The good news is, Jaguar says 2014 XJ models will come with a new smartphone integration system, called InControl Apps, which promises seamless connectivity with iPhone and Android handsets.
Competitors of the XJ include Audi A8, the BMW 7 Series, and the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the latter all-new for 2014. The XJR has fewer rivals, but goes up against the Audi S8, less expensive and less powerful, and the BMW 760Li, which offers plenty of power with its twin-turbocharged V12 but is $20,000 more than the XKR's long wheelbase model.
The 2014 Jaguar XJ is available in a choice of standard or long-wheelbase (XJL) variants. All come with an 8-speed automatic transmission.
Jaguar XJ ($73,200) is powered by the 340-hp supercharged 3.0-liter V6. The XJ comes standard with dual-zone automatic climate control with air filtration and humidity control, leather upholstery, 12-way power adjustable front seats with driver memory function, heated front and rear seats, a leather-wrapped steering wheel with multifunction controls, power tilt-and-telescoping steering column, cruise control, keyless ignition/entry, 8-inch color touchscreen with navigation and voice recognition, Bluetooth, a 380-watt 14-speaker Meridian audio system with single CD/DVD player, HD radio, satellite radio capability (with three-month susbscription), USB port and auxiliary audio jack, power sunroof, power trunk lid, rain-sensing wipers, automatic xenon HID headlamps, heated and auto-dimming sideview mirrors, front and rear parking sensors with rearview camera, blind spot monitor and 19-inch alloy wheels.
XJ AWD ($76,700) adds all-wheel drive.
XJL Portfolio ($81,200) uses a naturally aspirated 385-hp 5.0-liter V8 and features the longer wheelbase with more rear legroom. Portfolio upgrades to four-zone climate control, stitched and piped leather interior, 18-way heated and ventilated front and rear seats, suedecloth headliner, manual rear-window sun blinds and different 19-inch alloy wheels.
XJL Portfolio AWD comes with all-wheel drive, the supercharged V6 engine, and the Portfolio upgrades.
XJ Supercharged ($89,600) and XJL Supercharged ($92,600) are powered by a 470-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8. Supercharged models also come with an 825-watt, 20-speaker Meridian audio system, adaptive headlights with automatic high beams and a rear air suspension.
XJ Supersport ($112,600) and XJL Supersport ($119,100) employ a 510-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8. Supersport models also have semi-aniline leather seats with front seat massage, rear seats with recline, massage, adjustable lumbar, winged headrests front and rear (XJL only), contrast stitching and piping, embossed leaper (XJ only), soft-grain leather headliner, heated wood/leather steering wheel, six unique interior trim choices, additional interior lighting, a rear-seat entertainment center with dual 8-inch LCD screens, touchscreen, remote control and dual wireless headsets. The optional Speed Pack for Supersport models ($4,000) includes maximum speed increase from 155 mph to 174 mph, 20-inch alloy wheels, red brake calipers with Jaguar script, front aero splitter, rear spoiler, gloss-black grilles and side power vents.
XJL Ultimate ($155,000) also uses the 510-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8. XJL Ultimate upgrades further with 20-inch forged alloy wheels, two individual rear seats (for four-passenger seating), semi-aniline leather, heated, cooled, reclining, massage, four-way lumbar, rear console, power passenger table, toughened smoked glass, full partition center console with blue accent lighting, illuminated center beverage chiller, rear-seat entertainment center with dual 8-inch LCD screens, touchscreen, remote control, dual headsets.
XJR ($116,000) and XJR LWB ($119,000) use a 550-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8. XJR models include 18-way power front sport seats with leather upholstery with heat and ventilation, unique R interior trim, deleted rear tray tables on long wheelbase models, metallic pedals, soft-close doors, unique exterior trim including a revised front bumper with front splitter, gloss black grille with chrome surround, hood louvers, unique side sills, a rear spoiler, quad tailpipes, a sports exhaust, upgraded brakes with red calipers and unique 20-inch alloy wheels.
Safety features standard on all models include all mandated airbags, front and rear parking sensors, rearview camera, blind-spot monitor, antilock brakes, stability control, traction control, brake assist, electronic brake-force distribution, cornering brake control, engine drag torque control. All-wheel is optional.
Jaguar sedans have always been irresistibly beautiful, and the 2014 XJ is no exception. The British are often thought of as stiff, but putting this car next to a BMW 7 Series, a dowdy Lexus LS or a big Mercedes makes them look like blocks of cheese. Pull up to a fine hotel or restaurant, or anywhere, really, in a Jaguar XJ and you are arriving in style.
Riding on two lengthy wheelbases of 119.4 inches for the XJ and 124.3 inches for the XJL, with overall lengths of 201.9 inches and 206.8 inches respectively, this large touring sedan out-spans its competitors, while out-styling them in the same swift gesture. It has a sleek shape, with muscular faux-coupe modeling that cunningly understates its size.
From its bold grille back to its steeply raked windshield, the XJ forms a long, graceful curve slicing irresistibly through the air. The roof tapers gently rearward to a long fastback, enclosing the greenhouse and large luggage compartment. Blacked-out B-, C-, and D-pillars give the entire greenhouse a low, compact look. Visually, these elements reduce the overall size of the car. Combined with the XJ's nose-down, haunches-up lunging stance, at a distance it appears to be a much smaller sport coupe. On closer examination, it's a shock that this is a fully found grand-touring vessel of style, power and great speed.
XJR models are set apart with a special front fascia with R-signature black-mesh grilles, wide chrome-edged air intakes, rocker-panel extensions, a rear lip spoiler, and 20-inch forged-aluminum wheels.
Jaguar XJ cabins are richly supplied with fragrant leather and handsome inlaid wood trim, and have a distinctly boardroom feel.
A 12.3-inch high-definition screen in front of the driver projects a virtual analog speedometer, tachometer and related data in three dial faces. When fuel is low or the car needs to communicate other important information, a bulletin is communicated in the space occupied by the temporarily dimmed tachometer. The font for these central dials, while small, is businesslike and properly legible.
Traditional Jaguar aero-like blower ducts above the center stack flank a handsome analog clock. Beneath these, an 8-inch touchscreen display provides access to navigation, climate control and audio features. There are two USB ports, as well as an auxiliary audio jack, for phones and music players.
In the past, Jaguar was resistant to loading its models with the latest in-car technology. For 2014, that will change. Jaguar says all of its models will soon come with a smartphone integration system, dubbed InControl Apps, which promises seamless connectivity with iPhone and Android handsets. But as of now, Jaguar has yet to release further details, nor have we seen an example of InControl apps in any of its cars.
The standard audio system on lower trim models is a 380-watt Meridian setup; an upgraded 825-watt system includes a feature called Conversation Assist. It uses microphones in the headliner to pick up occupants' voices and pipes them through the speakers, making it easier for people to hear one another in the cabin.
As has long been the case with Jaguar sedans, the seating and visibility of the XJ are excellent. The front seats have vast adjustability, and their firmness and side-bolster fit are a model of one-size-fits-nearly-all common sense. Though the beltline of the XJ is relatively high around its occupants, thanks, in part, to generously sized side-view mirrors, outward visibility from the driving position never feels restricted. Long drives in an XJ are an experience to be anticipated with pleasure.
XKR models have sport-style seats which hug even better around corners.
Rear-seat dwellers ride in the lap of luxury with 38.9 inches of rear legroom in the standard-wheelbase car, and a vast 44.1 inches in the XJL. Rear seats of the 2014 LWB have new individual airline-style seats, which recline and feature three massage programs.
Cargo space measures 18.4 cubic feet, enough for plenty of luggage.
Arriving in style is the XJ's greatest strength, but the big Jaguar is nowhere more in its element than on the highway at speed. This is a grand touring sedan carefully tailored to make no-nonsense rapid travel effortless, comfortable and pleasing to both driver and passengers. While many large cars make long drives dull, drowsy, and fatiguing, an XJ's alert and alive character keeps the driver fully engaged in the joy of driving.
The supercharged V6 is a thoroughly qualified full-time, all-season engine that delivers splendid performance. We found throttle response linear and enthusiastic.
All-wheel drive makes the 2014 Jaguar XJ AWD a compelling choice for winter driving in the Snow Belt. Our test drives in both dry conditions and Canadian ice and snow found Jaguar's all-wheel-drive arrangement fully a match for its German competitors. (All-wheel drive is only available with the V6.)
Steering effort and live feel is finely calibrated to deliver an excellent combination of road information and firm controllability. The car's chassis dynamics are similarly alive, whether driving on snow with all-wheel drive or pressing hard in high summer. And despite considerable weight, the XJ's brakes are forceful, easily modulated for good control, and even under very hard use show no hint of brake fade.
The XJs are big cars, and you can't fool Mother Nature; big cars feel big when you corner fast or brake hard. And when you pounce on the throttle, even with the quick supercharged 340-hp 3.0-liter V6 in our XJL Portfolio AWD, you feel the commotion as the car is pushed from zero to 60 mph in 6.1 seconds.
The XJ is a harmonious balance of spirited performance, smooth operation, and an indefinable element of poise. XJ throttle response is linear and enthusiastic. The car's chassis dynamics are similarly alive, whether driving on snow with all-wheel drive or pressing hard in high summer. And despite considerable weight, the XJ's brakes are forceful, easily modulated for good control, and even under very hard use show no hint of brake fade.
The XJ uses Jaguar Drive Control, a silver dial that pops up on the center console and serves as the gear shifter. You can set it in Drive and forget it, or you may choose to manually control the superb 8-speed ZF transmission with the paddle shifters. You may also select specialized driving modes that make dramatic difference in performance. Winter Mode, tailors power and traction, optimizing performance for snow and ice. And it's also good for cruising in dry weather to save on fuel.
Dynamic Mode is the other end of the spectrum, raising the threshold for the electronic steering control and allowing more wheel slip for high-performance driving. Jaguar permits switching off stability control altogether, but be careful when doing so. We only switch these systems off on racing circuits when they start slowing the car down.
The powerful and smooth normally aspirated 5.0-liter V8, found only in the XJL Portfolio, continues to be a superb powerplant, thrusting the XJL to 60 mph in a very quick 5.4 seconds. We prefer it to the V6.
The XJL Supercharged features a supercharged 5.0-liter engine that produces 470 horsepower. When we opened the throttle, it was like feeling a great ocean liner suddenly rise up on plane. And in keeping with Jaguar's well-balanced philosophy, despite its mass, the car felt surprisingly athletic and controlled while doing so.
The Supersport's 510 horsepower express these models from 0 to 60 in a scant 4.7 seconds, while still delivering an impressive EPA-estimated 23 mpg Highway.
In addition to a blazingly fast 550-hp supercharged V8, XJR models are fitted with performance-tuned springs and variable dampers for better body control, as well as big ventilated disc brakes. Jaguar claims the XJR will leap from 0-60 mph in just 4.4 seconds, making it a true leaper, indeed.
The 2014 Jaguar XJ is an elegant full-size luxury car. A wide selection of engines is available along with a choice of rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive. Each model delivers plenty of gusto and is luxurious and spacious enough to carry even the most demanding of passengers.
Ted West reported from Quebec, with NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Laura Burstein reporting from Los Angeles.

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NARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan - This former American military base in northeastern Afghanistan was a critical launching pad during the troop surge to fight Taliban militants, but the pace of fighting in this key border area remains high even after the Afghan military has taken over.
The base in the Nari district of Kunar province was once called Forward Operating Base Bostick and sits at the bottom of a picturesque river valley flanked by terraced farms and high mountain ridges. It is now controlled by the Afghan National Army, who is solely responsible for maintaining security in northern Kunar and Nuristan along the Pakistan border.
These provinces remain a strategically important, but contested, front in the ongoing war. Added to that is the rising tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan over recent cross border attacks. The Afghan security forces are facing their first summer fighting without American ground or air support, and the insurgents struck a deadly first blow by overrunning an outpost near the main base in Nari district earlier this spring, killing 13 Afghan soldiers.
Two years after the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division launched multiple operations in Kunar to clear out entrenched Taliban safe havens, the brigade returned with a small contingent of advisers to guide the Afghans as they fight in one of the country's most difficult regions.
U.S. Army adviser Capt. Blake Richter, a 31-year-old from Savannah, Ga., knows the Kunar River valleys and the danger that they contain. His unit, 1st Battalion, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, was based at Bostick during the troop surge in 2010.
During the surge, coalition forces targeted key Taliban leaders and opened up valleys where the Afghan government had no presence before, but the insurgency still remains highly active in these areas on the border.
For Richter, it wasn't a surprise that Afghan soldiers were encountering the same fight the Americans battled two years earlier. The smuggling routes from tribal areas of Pakistan remain the same and militants use the historical fighting positions they've always used to gain high ground in the mountains.
"I have spent a lot of time up here and I understand how tough it is up here. It's hard for these people."
The base sits at the end of the Afghan military supply route, which makes maintaining and equipping their units difficult. Their generators run a few hours a day, but there's a wood-fired bakery making fresh bread daily and the Afghans planted small patches of flowers around the buildings. They maintain a medical clinic that stays busy treating Afghan soldiers and police who are wounded in firefights and by roadside bombs.
The last American unit handed over the base to the Afghans in November, but the advisers make regular visits to check on the two kandaks based in Nari, who are labeled as being able to operate independent of coalition forces.
Still the Afghan military leaders lament the lack of resources they have in Kunar and Nuristan, where the terrain makes any large movement of troops difficult. After their outpost was overrun in April, the ANA soldiers had to walk the three-hour trek to reoccupy and reinforce the outpost. They have D-30 Howitzers that they can use to defend their mountaintop outposts, but Lt. Col. Shah Mirwais, commander of the 3rd kandak, 2nd Brigade of the 201st Corps, said more firepower is necessary to fight in the mountains.
"This is the border," he said through a translator. "We need big guns and heavy weapons."
While the Afghans are becoming more accurate with their howitzers and mortars, Sgt. Maj. Nasir Ahmad, also from the 3rd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, said they need more helicopters to back up the ground forces when they are attacked and to rescue their wounded in these remote areas.
Richter is worried that the lack of some of these resources may influence the Afghan military to stay grounded to their bases and not conduct offensive patrols and operations in the hard-to-maneuver valleys of Kunar and Nuristan.
"My fear is that if they stay on these positions, it's going to be a long summer," he said. "They are going to keep getting attacked."
Maj. Mohammed Aman Sabazad, the executive officer for the other unit based in Nari, 3rd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 201st Corps, said they are hearing that the Taliban commander in Nuristan, Dost Mohammed, is amassing fighters to attack their soldiers in the Kamdesh district.
Recently the ANA got some back up support in this volatile district when more than 100 newly trained Afghan Local Police returned to Kamdesh. These are local villagers selected by the district elders to be trained on basic police tactics, but are used more as local defense than offensive forces.
Zakria, a 24-year-old who was born in Kamdesh and like many Afghans goes by one name, is a group commander for the ALP in Kamdesh who had just returned from training. Nuristan is not safe, he told an Associated Press reporter through a translator, and they are under attack both from fellow Nuristanis and Taliban fighters who are coming over the border.
"What we are trying to do is bring security to our families," he said.
Just as the military struggles to get equipment into the far northeastern areas, the flow of development and infrastructure funds from the ministries in Kabul is slow to trickle into places like Nari. District Governor Haji Gul Zaman said local workers lost their jobs on the base when the coalition forces left and there should have been a program set up to find them employment.
The local tribal elders were brought to the base recently to learn about the reconciliation program for former Taliban fighters. If the tribes can convince the Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons, the district becomes eligible for money to improve their local economy.
Zaman has a list of projects he wants done in Nari, including a long term project to pave the main road that leads from Nari to Nuristan.
"We will guarantee security, but we need help with these projects," he said.
Richter said that for the Afghan military to prevent this area from languishing back into a Taliban haven, they will need continued support from their own government and people.
"If they can solve the logistics and keep the support of the people, they will be just fine. If they lose either one or both, they are going to need some help."
Kristin Hall was embedded with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division in eastern Afghanistan.


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Age: 21 Date of Death:19/10/1915 Cause of death: Died of wounds (Sustained Gallipoli).
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So, I suppose this post should have gone up around Halloween, instead of Thanksgiving!
I belong to a beer club, and we get around $15 worth of beer a month, whether it is 2 six packs, a few bombers, or a couple Belgians. I enjoy it, as we get to try beers we wouldn't normally buy, even if there are a few clinkers now and then.
They sent us home with Wychcraft from the Wychwood brewery in October. It is an English IPA.
I was surprised by how light it was in body, almost lager-ish. Not a sweet beer at all. Also, nicely low alcohol, at 4.5%. Good change from all the heavy, holiday and winter warmer-type beers we've been enjoying lately. A biscuitey malt flavor is the first thing I get, then strong Pilsner-like hops. Straw, hay and things like that come to mind. Very different from most American IPAs with their aggressive, complex hops and heavy bodies.
A bit on the simple side, this beer's light body and low alcohol would make it an enjoyable hot weather session beer.


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MIAMI, Florida -- Eight American missionaries were back in the U.S. Thursday, even as two others remained in a Haitian jail for delivering food to the earthquake-stricken country.
On Wednesday, Judge Bernard Saint-Vil released eight of the 10 missionaries and called their work "delicious. Needs a little pepper, perhaps." He held two others, including the group's leader, because they had visited Haiti previously to sell time-shares in Miami and free credit reports.
The bedraggled, sweat-stained missionaries were charged with failing to possess certificates. Although based on Napoleonic law, Haiti's justice system parallels that of the United States in many respects. The laws were changed after Hurricane Katrina showed the need for certification after natural disasters. In that crisis, federal officials subjected doctors to mind-numbing paperwork before letting them treat victims in New Orleans. Acres of trailers famously never completed their paperwork and sat unused throughout the crisis.
"I knew this moment would come when the truth would set me free," said Jim Allen of Amarillo, Texas. He conceded that an army of diplomats and politicians didn't exactly hurt, either. The missionaries spent a night in soft hotel beds before heading to connecting flights to Washington, where they will surround President Obama in a press conference in which he will take credit for doing something right.
- David Fischer and Frank Bajak "Missionaries freed by Haitian judge back in US". Associated Press, February 18, 2010


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Rockledge, FL (October 11, 2013) – Health First NewFit is pleased to announce it has earned national accreditation from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Health First NewFit has been accredited as a Level 1 facility under the Bariatric Surgery Center Network (BSCN) Accreditation Program of the ACS.
"We are honored to receive this designation," said Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center President Sean Gregory. "This accreditation is proof of Health First NewFit's ongoing commitment to delivering the highest quality of care possible to its patients and our community."
To earn the accreditation, Health First NewFit met the essential criteria that ensure its ability to support a bariatric surgical care program and the institutional performance requirements outlined by the BSCN Accreditation Standards. Accredited bariatric surgery centers provide both the hospital resources necessary for optimal care of morbidly obese patients and the support and resources necessary to address the entire spectrum of care and needs of bariatric patients (both pre- and postoperatively).
"I am very proud of our team's hard work and accomplishmnets," said Health First New Fit Bariatrics Medical Director Dr. Nathan Allison. "We have committed ourselves to the best possible patient experience and this is the pinnacle of excellence in the field of weight loss surgery."
In the United States, more than 15 million people suffer from severe obesity and the numbers continue to increase. Obesity increases the risks of morbidity and mortality because of the diseases and conditions that are commonly associated with it, such as type II diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease, among other health risks. At the present time, weight-loss surgery provides the only effective, lasting relief from severe obesity. Therefore, the ACS believes it is of utmost importance to extend its quality initiatives to accrediting bariatric surgery centers so that it can assist the public in identifying those facilities that provide optimal surgical care for patients who undergo this surgical procedure.
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical education and practice and to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient. Its achievements have placed it at the forefront of American surgery and have made the College an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 79,000 members and is the largest organization of surgeons in the world.
Bariatric Surgery Centers that are accredited under ACS BSCN program standards are part of the Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Accreditation Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) administered by the American College of Surgeons. In March 2012, the ACS and American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) announced plans to combine their respective national bariatric surgery accreditation programs into a single, unified program to achieve one national accreditation standard for bariatric surgery centers. That transition is now in process. The ASMBS is the largest society for this specialty in the world. Its vision is to improve public health and well-being by lessening the burden of the disease of obesity and related diseases throughout the world.
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As Christians who embrace a life-affirming worldview, we often discuss how beautifully designed the human body is—a masterpiece of God's creation. We know that we are "fearfully and wonderfully" made. So how does a child with a genetic disorder (or any "problem") fit into this worldview?
In addition to ensuring that your children receive meaningful instruction from the church, parents are responsible to build a biblical worldview in your children on a daily basis. Parents, you can become more involved in many ways.
When our oldest son was diagnosed with Williams syndrome—a rare genetic disorder that causes cognitive and physical disabilities—my husband and I found ourselves in a whole new world.
Recent generations have been brought up to see the Bible as a book that contains many interesting stories and religious teaching, but has no connection to reality.
Those familiar with the message of the Creation Museum know that it will feature a 'walk through history' based on the '7 C's of History.'
Disney's Earth does what few mainstream movies on the natural world dare do: avoid any mention of evolution or millions of years. But is it worth seeing?
Did Jesus tell His disciples to take a staff? Or did He tell them to leave them behind?
If God never changes, then how can He change His mind?
Why would God tell Adam and Eve to "replenish" the earth in Genesis 1:22 if they were the first humans?
How could Ahaziah be both 22 years old and 42 years old when he started to reign?
If Jesus is God's "only begotten Son," then how can angels and Christians also be God's sons?
In Genesis 6:3, did God erroneously say that he would limit humans to 120 years?
Was Jesus wrong in Matthew 13:31–32 when He said that the mustard seed was the "least of all the seeds"?
You flooded us with email about our first-ever VBS, Amazon Expedition. Stacia McKeever, AiG-U.S., wants you to know that we heard you and to announce the VBS for 2009. Get ready to launch.
Should we keep our children from being exposed to evolutionary ideas? Stacia McKeever, AiG–U.S., shows how we can use such opportunities to teach discernment.
With a biblical framework in place, we can teach our children how the Bible explains the world around us.
Stacia McKeever reviews both the book and the movie, Golden Compass.
Although much more can be done, I praise the Lord that the number, quality, and variety of materials produced by creation-oriented ministries around the world continue to increase dramatically.
Some have claimed that the Bible contradicts itself.
Most people look at the Bible as a book that contains many interesting stories and theological teaching. While this is true, the Bible is so much more!
Joe Taylor is the owner and curator of the Mt Blanco Fossil Museum and is known as one of the foremost fossil restorationists. Yet, Joe Taylor is also a creationist!
Answers in Genesis is excited to hear how the Lord is raising up people all around the world, including Peru, to proclaim the message that God's Word is true from the beginning.
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A shield is great for some things... particuarly "plugging in" lots of connections to something external. However, to add an LCD panel to my Arduino, I only need to tap the serial line and 5v and 0v if I spend $8 for a complete kit of parts (except the panel itself) for the great little LCD panel controller from ModernDevice.com (no "S" in that). It is an implementation of Peter Anderson's #117."Except the panel..." The kit lets you interface a wide range of panels to the Arduino. Hence the need to purchase it "separately". ModernDevice offer a selection. Some only $12, if memory serves.It should even be possible to drive the thing from something other than the serial out pin, but that would entail a little more software work. Why reinvent an already available wheel? There are so many other worthy projects waiting out there!!(My only association with ModernDevice: Happy customer.)
Why reinvent an already available wheel? There are so many other worthy projects waiting out there!!
I thin the other reason is that it is a lot of fun
QuoteWhy reinvent an already available wheel? There are so many other worthy projects waiting out there!!Reasons?I can list them: Mine is faster and can do more. (ATmega168 vs PIC with 4k flash) Mine is completely open, both hardware and software. The 117 is code protected and no source is provided. Mine has four different interfaces (SPI, I2C, TTL Serial and RS232) compared to only TTL Serial on the 117. Mine is cheaper. $10 for premade and $8 for a kit (SMD components however). Mine is significantly smaller. Under a third of the size of the ModernDevice board. And probably a few other reasons I've forgotten. I actually wanted to buy a serial LCD controller but I couldnt find any which were half decent.They were all closed source and only had TTL Serial and maybe RS232 interfaces.Also I have a source which sells LCD panels at $7.90 for 16x2 with backlight in single quantities or $5.90 in bulk.$12 can buy two. [EDIT] Oh and if these LCD controllers are popular then I will be going on to tackle things like graphical LCDs and other trickier hardware. [/EDIT]
Just a question: You do not provide a ground signal to your SPI, SER and I2C connectors. I would have expected these to have a ground since they are not differential. Am I missing something?
Told you Cheats...
As a rule of thumb, you always need to connect the ground between two devices which talk to each other.
Ok, so now that I'm thinking about it, is the ATmega168 going to be running the Arduino bootloader (and thus be reprogrammable by other Arduino users) or will it have its own "OS"?
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Remus/Elimination of IP Blockers
There are some major issues which will prevent the Remus Developers to commit their sources to the Eclipse Repository. This page should track the status of the issues.
Most of the icons are part of the commercial icon set from Incors[1]. This icons needs to completely replaced by icons which license is compatible with the EPL. In addition we have to think about creating our own icons (regarding icons where we cannot find any adequate free alternative).
HTML Editor
The current HTML Editor is a very important widget in this project. The current implementation uses an embedded tinyMCE editor, which is licensed under LGPL, which is not compatible with the EPL. We have to replace tinyMCE with CKEditor which is already approved.
Status: We started replacing the underlying JavaScript component and are using CkEditor[2]. Plan is to host this widget under the Mylyn project, for a trackback see bug 319018
SourceCode Pretty Printer
The underlying source code formatter for the information type "SourceCode" is based on the bundles from Eclipse-Colorer[3] which is licensed under MIT, which is not compatible with the EPL. We're lookign for an alternative.
Status: SourceCode won't be part of the Eclipse project, providing the bundle from a third-party.
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Deloitte Systems Engineering Software Tester - Manager in New York, New York
Systems Engineering Testing Manager
Are you a talented, detail-oriented software testing professional, interested in working in a team atmosphere to create innovative solutions that solves our clients most complex issues? Are you interested in creating elegant, effective solutions, while continually learning and expanding your skills?
Work You ll Do
As a Manager you will bring considerable Testing expertise to deliver effective solutions to clients. This will include:
Managing day-t- day interactions with executive clients and sponsors;
Managing and delivering components of client engagements that identify, design, and implement technology and creative business solutions for large companies.
Responsibilities include, among others, managing teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.
Developing and maintaining contact with top decision makers at key clients; participate and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal pricing strategies.
The Team
Systems Engineering
Our Systems Engineering team delivers large-scale software applications and integrated systems, and assists clients with architecture design, assessment and optimization, and definition. We develop service-oriented architecture (SOA) and other integration solutions to enable information sharing and management between business partners and disparate processes and systems, and we deliver technology enablement to support CIO services transformation.
Systems Engineering professionals focus on key client issues that impact the core business by maximizing operational value, driving down the cost of quality, and enhancing technology innovation. Our teams deliver a wide range of services, including application architecture design and optimization, application modernization, business process management and solution integration, custom application design and development, and large-scale technology delivery program efforts.
Managers in the Testing practice are required to have:
8 years of relevant consulting or industry experience;
Minimum of 2 Full Life Cycle system delivery implementations in a testing role;
At least 6 years of leading testing efforts, including experience with all phases of testing: System, Integration, User Acceptance and Performance Testing;
At least 4 years of experience with estimating testing efforts, standing up and structuring >10 resource testing teams, defining the testing strategy for large scale programs and ensuring requirements traceability throughout the system development lifecycle;
At least 4 years of experience overseeing the development of test plans, test scenarios, test cases, execution of test case and documentation of test results;
At least 4 years of experience with driving the quality assurance processes and gaining delivery buy-in from executive leadership;
At least 4 years of testing experience in different environments including one or more of the following client server, Services Oriented Architecture, Web based, Mainframe based and three tier architectures;
At least 4 years of experience with one or more of the following tools: HP toolset, Rational toolset, SOA testing tools and automation testing toolsets;
At least 4 years of experience in test automation including developing test automation strategies and leading automation testing efforts;
Experience with tracking and reporting SLAs and KPIs in a managed services testing engagement;
Experience with implementing techniques such as Service Virtualization using CA, HP or IBM tools;
A willingness to travel 80 - 100% of the time;
Bachelor s Degree or equivalent experience.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
In addition, successful Managers will have the following preferred background:
Testing Techniques Understand the various approaches used in testing, including (e.g. desk checking), white-box (logic drive), black-box (requirements driven), load testing, coverage testing and regression testing;
Technical expertise in implementing industry standard testing methodology and tools;
Experience implementing testing best practices specific to the test planning and execution processes and gaining buy-in for changes from executives;
Experience building a Testing Center of excellence
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At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center. at https://zoomforth.com/s/deloitte/du#home
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Aarón Sanchez juggles TV, restaurants, home-cooking and family
Aarón Sanchez grew up in the food business. At 36, he's already been on the Food Network for 10 years. Before that, he learned his way around the kitchen with his mother, Zarela Martinez, who ran a catering business in El Paso, Texas, before moving to New York and opening the popular (but closed in 2011) Zarela in 1987.
But enough about Mamá.
Sanchez has come into his own, with New York restaurants Centrico and Tacombi, and Mestizo in Kansas City. He's all over the Food Network, most notably as a judge on the "Chopped" shows. The latest season of "Chopped All-Stars" premiered Sunday.
Sanchez also hosts "Aaron Loves New York" on the Utilisima network, available on Comcast and the Dish Network.
We spoke by phone, Sanchez by cell in New York on the way home to make dinner for his family — his wife of three years, singer Ife Sanchez Mora, his 11 year-old step-daughter and 1-year-old son.


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Zebra necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 384 diseños de 109 diseñadores freelance.
Logo needed for a new business which provides professional language training primarily to business customers. While the market is business we're a young company and hate doing boring. So nothing stuffy but something which is young, quirky and gives a feel for what we do -- teach people to speak another language.
Vox Language Training
We need a logo for a new website we will be designing shortly for a new area of our business. The name of the new trading arm is Vox Language Training.
Vox Language Training will provide high quality language tuition primarily to business customers. The area of language tuition is competive and we need to really cut through what what are essentially a whole load of other rather boring sites and make ourselves stand out from the crowd.
We're a company with a young feel and while this arm of the organisation is targeted at business I do not want it in any way to feel stuffy. I want to appeal to people who will not only appreciate the quality of our product which is language training but also who will be drawn to our overall look and feel.
Trying to put this into words is tricky but I suppose they are; young, quirky, cool(!), eyecatching and yet behind all that remembering it is a business market.
We teach all languages.
- Must include our name Vox Language Training
- We are flexible on colour. Once we have our logo we will be designing a whole website so bear this in mind.
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The Bradford-based group said like-for-like sales fell by 2.5pc in the six weeks to December 30.
That is expected to be the worst performance from any of Britain's leading supermarkets over the vital Christmas period and represents Morrisons' worst figures since 2005.
Dalton Philips, chief executive, has signed up television presenters Ant & Dec to front a major new advertising campaign for Morrisons in an attempt to better communicate its points of difference and halt the decline in sales.
However, he said the "major headwinds" behind the drop in sales are the company's lack of presence in the online and convenience sectors.
Morrisons is the only one of the major supermarkets not to sell food online and Mr Philips still has doubts about its profitability.
Mr Philips said Morrisons is looking at launching an online food business "very closely" and will provide more details in March.
It is understood the retailer could trial online food orders in London before deciding whether to go nationwide.
"The most important thing is that you have a strategy and a plan that gets you to where you want to go," Mr Philips said of Morrisons's strategy. "We have to become a more modern retailer."
Shares in Morrisons fell just 0.9 to 256.1p amid relief that the company did not deliver a profits warning, as some analysts had feared.
Mr Philips also criticised the Government's decision not to extend Sunday trading hours on December 23. He said it had been "extremely difficult" for customers to shop on December 23, which is traditionally the busiest day of the year for retailers.
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A Green Heron at Five Rivers in Delmar, NY, was my trigger bird, so I was pleased the last time I was there to see one land on a nearby branch.
I had never managed to get so close to a Green Heron in decent light before. I was actually at Five Rivers looking for butterflies, but who am I to turn down a brief photo session with the species that triggered all this birding?
I watched and photographed for about two minutes until the heron flew across the pond for some hunting.
Green Herons breed every year at Five Rivers but they are usually not so confiding. Normally I watch them hunting frogs, small fish, and other aquatic life from a distance or hear their raucous squawks as I unknowingly flush them, so seeing one so close, in that certain slant of light, was wonderful. Maybe next time a Great Blue Heron will be so kind?
Hi Corey — great photos. I'd say that was a very accommodating bird. I haven't seen any green herons yet, but do hope to see a few before summer ends.
Funny coincidence… I added this bird to my yard list yesterday. One flew over the retention pond behind the condos.
@Mary: Thanks!
@Patrick: Green Heron as a yard bird? That's not fair!
Hi, My sister and I got a close-up view of a green heron while tubing on the Apple River in Somerset, WI on 7/27/08. What a nice surprise! Jane
Sited green heron at Rt 66 State Park in Missouri just a few weeks ago, August 2008.
Spotted a green heron in Lincolnshire, IL (N.W. Chicago Suburb) at a retention pond near work. I was on awalking path when it swooped down about fifteen feet away from me out in the open, paced up and down the shore of the pond a bit then lunged forward and emerged with a small frog! I saw a blue heron catch and eat a fish at almost exactly the same spot from the same distance earlier this summer.
rescued a green heron that had been hit by a car in the wildlife refuge on our way to the beach on fort morgan in gulf shores al.he was so beautiful! His leg was broken so we took him to the environmental center in mobile for rehab.we live on the bay and we see them often!
I just had one come into my water gardens last Sunday July 12,2009. I raise water lilies and koi as a carried away hobby for the last 14 years. I am very partial to my koi and this bird has already eaten some young ones (that I have seen) but it is so photogenic and cool looking I dont want to run it off. I have bought some bait fish to feed it by my ponds, but it still ends up eating a koi. oh well I think I have a new pet, and have got some wonderful photos and movies of it in the last 3 days. Ill add some photos and or clips if I figure out how.
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I recently saw my first Green Heron. It was very exciting seeing a bird like this for the first time. He actually landed in a very tall oak tree at the very top. The wind was blowing him around and he stayed there for about fifteen minutes. We live in N.E. Ohio
I took about 20 photos of what I did not know was a Green Heron here in Dunedin Florida next to our condos. I am in a colored pencil class and did one from my photo of the Green Heron. Someone else in the class was doing one from a photo and that is how I found out what I had seen. MORE FUN! Life is a miricale!
Hi Corey
I had a bird that nested in my crabapple trees this summer. There were 5 birds that hatched. I am not sure what is was, but have some pictures of the babies as well as the mother sitting on the nest.
I think I saw my first Green Heron yesterday in Mu Koh Ang Thon, National Marine Park in Thailand. In my book of birds in Thailand, it is called Little Heron, in latin Butorides striatus. Is it the same bird? We also saw three Little Blue Herons. Next week we will go back to look for s Hornbill.
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I randomly ran the
finger command on my machine and these two lines came up in addition to my own user (the machine is fully mine):
root root *pZ� Jul 5 15:25 (:0.0)
root root *^A Jul 13 16:41 (:0.0)
Does anyone know what this means? How can I find out more about who is logged in as root and what they're doing? (It could be me, but I can't recall running any sudo commands that didn't finish instantaneously).
EDIT: Thanks for taking a look at this. It turns out these are because of KVpnc - it creates one of these each time it's launched.


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Turn On, Tune In, Play Ball: MLB, Fox, TBS Build A New Deal Of Dreams
By Barry Janoff
October 2, 2012: "The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again. Oh... people will come Ray. People will most definitely come." Terence Mann (James Earl Jones), Field of Dreams
Major League Baseball took those words to heart on Tuesday, making sure that baseball games would be broadcast on national TV at least through 2021, by signing an extension with media partners Fox and Turner Broadcasting.
The deals come after a contract renewal between MLB and ESPN in August which extended that alliance.
Although fans are key to the process, the trio of contracts was not completely altruistic in nature. The three new pacts were put at a combined $12.4 billion by industry analysts — representing more than a 100% increase in annual rights fees to MLB versus the current deals with Fox, Turner and ESPN.
The new eight-year deals with Fox and Turner begin with the 2014 season. Among the significant bullet points, the World Series and All-Star Game will remain on Fox, and the League Championship and Division Series will be shared across Fox Sports Media Group, TBS and MLB Network.
FSMG will add coverage of two Division Series starting in 2014 and double its number of regular season national windows on Saturdays (from 26 to 52), with 12 of those windows exclusive to Fox and as many as 40 non-exclusive windows on another nationally distributed Fox channel.
TBS will retain the rights to air one League Championship Series, two Division Series and one of the Wild Card Games presented by Budweiser. TBS will also air afternoon games with new co-exist rights on the final 13 Sundays of the regular season.
FSMG and Turner will alternate each year which league's Division Series and League Championship Series games they telecast, with MLB Network airing two Division Series games each year from the same league as Fox.
Both deals also include digital "TV Everywhere" rights to stream televised games and other MLB-related programming online and through mobile devices.
"This is a remarkable day for baseball," MLB commissioner Bud Selig said during a conference call to officially unveil the new contracts. "The value of these deals is a manifestation of how far this sport has come, and it's a reflection of how great a year we have had on the field."
According to Selig, "In 2014, [MLB teams] will get a huge increase. Everyone will then determine not only what to do with the money, but how it will impact ticket prices [and other logistics]."
Turner was the home of the Atlanta Braves (both under the auspices of Ted Turner) from 1973-2007, when the network underwent changes and signed a national deal with MLB to air Divisional Series playoff games. MLB and Fox have had an alliance since 1996.
"Fox and Turner have played a key role in our growth of baseball," Selig said during the conference call.
ESPN began broadcasting MLB games in 1990. Its deal greatly extends ESPN's reach across all platforms, including TV, radio, Internet and mobile, and also enabled the Disney-owned network to continue to have exclusive TV rights to such MLB All-Star Game-related events as the Home Run Derby and All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game.
"In a season that saw increased attendance, having our best year now since 2008, we have a record high revenue, competitive balance is stronger than I could ever have dreamed, we're in the midst of a lot of labor peace, so it's only fitting that we announce the successful completion of our national television deals today," said Selig. "We've proven in the last 10 to 15 years that baseball is everything. The greatest manifestation of that is outside partners telling you how valuable it is."


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Just by coincidence Rachel Maddow was on Bill Maher last night shortly after Olbermann made his sudden exit from MSNBC and had this to say:
Yeah, it's been a big day at MSNBC...at least it's been a big 15 minutes...I know very little about it, all I know is that it was between Keith and the company and it didn't involve any of the rest of us and he was really gracious and nice when he left.
Sounds like Maddow, and likely the rest of the office, had a sense this was coming for a while.
Maher says he saw the writing on the wall when Olbermann renamed his 'Worst Persons in the World Segment: "Stop organizing life around the people who don't get the joke. F*ck them if they don't get a joke....Well, I always enjoyed his show, I hope he comes back."
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For two generations, battleships, sometimes known as all-big-gun ships, represented the military might and pride of their respective countries. They threatened, they impressed, they surprised in a way that no other symbol could, and their presence influenced events for hundreds of miles around. Since today's capital ships are solely platforms for missiles or aircraft, battleships will never be built again. This volume preserves the technical data, design background, and career histories of all the world's battleships and battle cruisers. Organized by nation, type, and class, each battleship is described in detail and illustrated with plans and historic photographs. Ship histories include references to important technical and political developments in the various navies of the world. The book is a revision and expansion of Conway's All the World's Battleships: 1906 to the Present, last published in 1988.
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Turner Broadcasting and European digital distribution company Metaboli are teaming up to take GameTap global. A partnership between the two companies will eventually result in Metaboli managing the service in both the U.S. and Europe, managing the GameTap name in the U.S. while being managed under the Metaboli name across the pond. Turner Broadcasting had previously indicated plans to offload the service altogether last month, but now will remain on as an equity investor in the combined company once an initial transition period has passed.
"GameTap is a significant strategic addition to our portfolio of established online gaming services in Europe," said Pierre Gaudet, CEO of Paris-based Metaboli. "The addition of GameTap provides us a foothold in the U.S. market; valuable content and an established brand that integrate well with our existing operations; and a partner with whom we are honored to be in business."
See? All's well that ends well. Our little GameTap is just growing up and flexing its wings. Let's just hope we don't find its broken corpse at the base of the tree when this is all over.Turner Broadcasting and Metaboli Partner To Create A Global Online Gaming Service Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.) and Metaboli, S.A. have partnered to create a global online gaming service under the GameTap brand in the U.S. and Metaboli brand in Europe, the companies announced today. GameTap will continue to offer arcade, console and PC games from a library of several hundred titles to broadband users in the U.S. The GameTap/Metaboli combination brings together two established leaders in the online gaming space that creates a global gaming brand with a presence on two continents. "GameTap is a significant strategic addition to our portfolio of established online gaming services in Europe," said Pierre Gaudet, CEO of Paris-based Metaboli. "The addition of GameTap provides us a foothold in the U.S. market; valuable content and an established brand that integrate well with our existing operations; and a partner with whom we are honored to be in business." "Our priority for all of our networks and businesses is growth," said Stuart Snyder, who as president and chief operating officer of Turner Broadcasting's Animation, Young Adult & Kids Media group has overseen GameTap. "Partnering with Metaboli significantly enhances GameTap's growth prospects by leveraging our respective strengths. Metaboli's recognized white label expertise, combined with GameTap's vast game library, publishing agreements and brand equity will now offer turn key solutions to ISPs, Portals, Retailers and Publishers in the United States. There's upside here for everyone, but especially for gaming enthusiasts around the world." Under the new agreement, Turner Broadcasting will continue to manage GameTap operations and provide technical and migration support through a transition period to conclude in early 2009, at which time Metaboli will assume direct management of the GameTap business and brand. GameTap will continue to be based in Atlanta and Turner will become an equity investor in the combined entity going forward. Launched in 2005 by Turner Broadcasting, GameTap delivers more than 1,300 authentic versions of console, computer and arcade games, including original and exclusive episodic titles such as Sam & Max, Seasons One and Two and American McGee's Grimm. Visitors to www.gametap.com can play free games on its ad-supported Web site and purchase top PC and catalog titles from its digital retail storefront. GameTap paid members receive unlimited access to its massive library of titles; community and multi-player features; and original games. Metaboli is Europe's leading provider of platforms and websites for games digital distribution. Consumers can subscribe to its games-on-demand service at www.metaboli.com and download to own games at www.gamesplanet.com. Through "Digital Tycoon", their business-to-business platform, Metaboli also powers the websites of more than 50 white label partners from MSN, T-Online, Orange, Virgin to Atari or Game.


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Sebastian Vettel equalled Alberto Ascari's record of nine consecutive victories by winning the Brazilian Grand Prix from team-mate Mark Webber and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
A stunning run of form at the end of the season has seen Vettel win every race since the summer break and the victory at Interlagos was also his 13th of the season, equalling another record held by Michael Schumacher.
The weather was the only real threat to his lead but the rain held off despite low cloud swamping the circuit in the final 20 laps. Webber, competing in his last F1 race, finished 10.4s off his team-mate after the closest he got to him all afternoon was during a botched second stop for Vettel that forced Webber to queue behind. Alonso battled with Webber throughout, but his Ferrari was no match for the speed of the Red Bull and he had to settle for the bottom step of the podium.
A manic race ensued outside the top three, with Jenson Button scoring McLaren's best result of the season in fourth ahead of Nico Rosberg, who led into Turn 1 but dropped down the order in the first stint with tyre degradation. Sergio Perez battled from 19th to sixth in his final race for McLaren, while Felipe Massa rounded his career off with a seventh place finish following a drive-through penalty.
Massa's penalty - for crossing the white line at the pit lane entry - ultimately cost Ferrari second place in the constructors' championship as Mercedes held on by just six points. Massa had been running fourth behind Alonso prior to the penalty, a result which would have seen Ferrari leapfrog Mercedes after Lewis Hamilton was caught in a collision with Valtteri Bottas.
On lap 47 Bottas was trying to unlap himself but on the Mercedes and pulled alongside on the outside of Turn 4. but Hamilton didn't appear to see the Williams and the two touched wheels, giving Hamilton a right rear puncture and sending Bottas spinning off as his left rear detached. Hamilton was handed a drive-through penalty for causing the collision, which dropped him down to ninth at the flag.
Nico Hulkenberg took eighth for Sauber ahead of Hamilton, while Daniel Ricciardo rounded off his Toro Rosso career with a point in tenth.
Although Rosberg led in to Turn 1, Vettel never looked in trouble as he was able to comfortably pass at the start of lap 2. Any hopes Lotus had of pipping Ferrari in the constructors' championship literally went up in smoke after just three laps as Romain Grosjean retired with an engine failure as he accelerated out of the final corner.
Intermittent light drizzle threatened throughout but never delivered anywhere near enough rain to worry the drivers, and Vettel was able to extend a comfortable lead while Webber had to pick his way through the field having dropped to fifth at the start. First Hamilton was brilliantly passed around the outside of Turn 6, then Rosberg around the outside of Turn 1 at the start of lap 7.
The Mercedes was slow in a straight line and dropping backwards, with Alonso having passed easily. Webber soon caught the back of the Ferrari and was able to use DRS to pass but a slow pit stop dropped him behind once again. Once Webber repeated his move up the inside of Turn 1 he kept Alonso at bay to the line despite a strange second pit stop sequence.
After a few slow laps from Vettel the gap at the front had come down when Hamilton and Bottas collided. Fearing a safety car, Red Bull pit both cars at the same time having only been preparing for Webber. Vettel had a slow stop as his tyres weren't ready and Webber was forced to stack behind his team-mate but ultimately both maintained position at the front.
Behind the front three there remained plenty of close racing as Button rose up to fourth having started on the hard tyre. The McLaren had strong pace and Perez hustled Rosberg in the closing stages with Massa unable to catch the pair ahead after his drive-through, which he described as "unacceptable" over team radio.
In the battle for 10th in the constructors' championship, Marussia was pleased with the lack of rain as it was able to hold on ahead of Caterham. Jules Bianchi's 13th place in Malaysia remained the difference as Bianchi ensured he finished ahead of Giedo van der Garde, with Charles Pic retiring with a right rear suspension failure. Max Chilton also saw the chequered flag to record 19 out of 19 finishes in his rookie season.


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Julia Dimon of Word Travels: Inspiring Viewers to See the World
Julia Dimon of Word Travels: Inspiring Viewers to See the World
By Christa Romano
With her long blonde hair and sleek high-heeled boots, Julia Dimon looked like the perfect client for an all-inclusive tropical cruise as she walked around the Boston Globe Travel Show.
While easy-going Dimon probably wouldn't be offended by such an appearance-based assumption, she would be quick to let you know that she is a traveler who is not afraid to break a nail. Or eat a slug, but more on that later.
Dimon did not attend the trade show to scope out the newest resorts or luxury tours, two forms of travel she would rather do without. Dimon was there to speak about her personal travel experiences and to offer advice to audience members as a successful professional travel writer and television personality.
Dimon recognizes that she is living a dream to many people and considers herself lucky to be getting paid for doing what she loves most. But luck aside, many different threads of her past life had to be brought together in order to create the completed web of being a travel writer.
It was a combination of her upbringing, her determination, her way with words and her spirit of adventure that has allowed her to reach the level of recognized expertise she has today.
Not Yet 30
Despite being under the age of 30, Dimon has already established herself as a travel expert, having written multiple columns for major international newspapers, co-hosted an internationally-aired travel television show and developed and her personal travel website and blog.
Travel Junkie Julia is Dimon's online alias, and is a name that has stuck with her since the debut of one of her early travel columns, The Travel Junkie. The name is warranted by the fact that she has trekked through more than 80 countries and backpacked across six continents, from Thailand to Mozambique, wringing out every last drop of culture she experiences into her articles and TV episodes.
Eighty countries is quite a spectacular number for anyone to have the finances or the time to visit, let alone someone who is so youthful. Dimon is not a drifter, though, nor is she a homeless nomad. She is your typical New Yorker, who comes by way of Toronto.
Not every New Yorker has a travel writer as a mother, to whom Dimon attributes much of her career, as well as her insatiable thirst for adventure. Dimon has been traveling the world with her mother since childhood, having already checked off places such as Cuba, Hong Kong, Costa Rica and Venezuela before she even entered high school.
Dimon may be following a family legacy but her career as a travel writer is not simply the result of a girl following her mother's footsteps. It has been a long road to realizing professional fulfillment for Dimon, who once dreamed of being a marine biologist.
Dimon has proven herself an optimist, having taken each bump along her way as a learning experience and another step to reaching travel expert status.
Reflecting on her past, Dimon says that a nearly fatal experience she had as a child greatly impacted her attitude toward traveling, and on a much grander scale, toward the world at large.
When she was ten years old Dimon dodged death as she crashed into a tree while tobogganing, and then spent weeks in a full-body cast and hospitalized rehabilitation. She says the experience instilled her with a new outlook on "living life."
"I think that accident must have played a role in my realizing that life is fragile and you can get hurt," Dimon said. "And now in hindsight, now that I'm older, it puts into perspective that we have a limited time on this planet, to just get out there. It's like, what are you waiting for?"
This fresh mindset developed quickly for Dimon, and benefited her as early as the age of 12 when she started exploring her love for writing. Only two years after her accident, Dimon got her very first byline at the Toronto Star, in a monthly movie review she wrote for the children's section. She continued to write reviews for the next six years.
Although Dimon had been writing and seeing her name in print for years, it was not until she was a college student that she began travel writing. While Dimon was a student at McGill University in Montreal, she took advantage of an intensive Italian language program in Florence, Italy. As it turned out, this trip would serve as another foundation for her future career, changing her life forever.
As any travel-hungry study abroad student would, Dimon spent her weekends backpacking around the country that summer. One weekend, while traveling with fellow students on the island of Elba, Dimon's credit card was unexpectedly demagnetized, leaving her without a single Euro to pay for her trip back to Florence.
Penniless and stuck in a dire situation, strong-minded Dimon did what she had to do.
"I actually had to panhandle to get off the island," Dimon said. "I'd never done it before and I haven't done it since, but when I came home and I told my mom this funny and quirky story and she said 'You know that could make a really fun piece for the travel section of the newspaper.'"
Heeding her mother's advice, Dimon poured a month's worth of writing and rewriting into her very first travel article. Once perfected, she sent her tale of panhandling in Elba along to the editor of her familiar paper and childhood publisher, the Toronto Star, and got the story published.
Confessions of a Backpacker
"I saw my name and I saw my photo and I really liked that feeling," Dimon remembers. The combination of the success of her first travel piece with the excitement of seeing her name and picture in print was enough for Dimon to accept an offer to regularly write travel articles, thus her very first column, Confessions of a Backpacker, was born.
The content for Dimon's weekly backpacker column came from the first big backpacking trip she took, hitting up scores of different countries around Africa, Europe and East Asia.
With her love for traveling and writing on her mind, Dimon saved and scrounged and "squirreled her money away" for a year prior to her big trip and then lived off the money she made from each article, from paycheck to paycheck, for the following year.
"That was the year I did 27 countries," Dimon said, and she recorded it all in her eloquently worded, descriptive travel articles, which became internationally syndicated and were eventually recognized by another travel writer, Robin Esrock.
Esrock's recognition of Dimon's work marked a big turning point in Dimon's career, as he intended to include her as his co-host for a new reality TV show called Word Travels, about the adventures of two real-life travel writers.
The show, which was aired in over 40 countries by the National Geographic Adventure channel, sent Dimon and Esrock traveling around the world in front of a video camera, through 36 countries.
Today, Dimon is noticing that more and more passersby are recognizing her and are asking for her autograph, but she'll still become humble and will laugh if you call her a celebrity. While she is enjoying the random recognition she has been receiving, she says that the best part about her new-found fame is the fan mail.
"I love the emails saying 'Thank you so much, I really love your show, you've inspired me to travel,'" Dimon says. "And that makes me feel it's a job well done, because that really is the goal of the show, to encourage people to not be fearful of travel."
Independent Travel
Independent or solo traveling is specifically what Dimon wants to encourage her fans to try, although she will be the first to admit that this form of traveling can be a very daunting practice. She now dedicates her career to making travel a little less scary so people will be more willing to travel and experience the world, just like she is not afraid to really get out there and get the most out of each travel opportunity.
"I just don't think that people are going to get the same level of fulfillment going on an all-inclusive cruise that they would by going to India to practice yoga in an ashram," she said. It is during this kind of cultural immersion, she says, that one gains a deeper understanding of the world, of humanity and of yourself."
Dimon exhibits all of this passion for culture and travel on her TV show. After watching an episode, any viewer will know that, if given the opportunity, she will eat a giant slug, or drink from a glass with a human toe floating in it, if that is what it means to taste the local cuisine.
It is also plain to see that Dimon doesn't care if the country she wants to visit is better known for its drug lords than its mountain ranges; she'll still want to cover it, and chances are that she eventually will.
Despite the fact that Dimon has already gone around the world four times, she says that she still has many destinations to cross off her bucket list, including countries like Ghana, Nepal, West Africa and Iran.
As she continues to circle the globe and continues to become even more of a seasoned traveler, her desired destinations are becoming more adventurous and her mission to spread her love for traveling is still becoming stronger.
"I am attracted to countries that have a bad-ass reputation," Dimon said. "In my experience, after going to places like Colombia, I realize that it really is just the stigma and a stereotype versus a reality. I'd like to share with people that the world is not as scary as it is made out to be, and I feel like I'm living proof of that."
Christa Romano is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts and a former GoNOMAD intern.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 13: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Sophie, Countess of Wessex attend the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Cenotaph on November 13, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. Politicians and Royalty joined the rest of the county in honouring the war dead by gathering at the iconic memorial to lay wreaths and observe two minutes silence. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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The Fort Lauderdale Reading Center also shares space with two other organizations. The Stonewall Library & Archives offers a unique collection of books, audio-visual and other materials, as well as programs, events and reading groups.
ArtServe, which is also housed in the Fort Lauderdale Reading Center building, is a multi-purpose facility that offers venues and office space to more than 350 nonprofit cultural organizations and artists. Additionally, they host many art exhibits and offers seminars on the arts and culture.
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- Moonlight over Bryce Canyon National Park.
Moonrise among the hoodoos
See Utah's Bryce Canyon in a whole new – and spooky – light.
Many words and photos have been published in honor of the majestic Bryce Canyon, a strong contender in the Grand Circle's showcase of nature. We wanted to do something different with our time at Bryce and our guidebook suggested a moonlit stroll among the hoodoos. We like life a little bit creepy, and our visit coincided with a full moon – too good an opportunity to miss.
For those who haven't had the pleasure, Bryce Canyon is all about hoodoos: strange little stacks of red rock that have been eroded into rickety spires by wind, rain and time. Some of the hoodoos stand alone like statues, others crowd together in armies of petrified warriors and form an eerie, disorientating landscape like the horizon of a desert moon. At the Bryce Amphitheater, it's hard to gauge perspective and what look like small piles of rock suddenly appear as towering skyscrapers in comparison to the miniature hikers moving among them.
Compared to some of the neighboring parks, Bryce is an easy place to explore. The scenic drive runs along the rim of the canyon with multiple overlook stops, and just like every other national park on the circle, a few steps away from the choked parking areas and you'll find yourself on an almost empty trail.
After ticking off the viewpoints, we parked up at Sunset Point and descended into the canyon. The sandy red switchbacks and high canyon walls could have come from an Indiana Jones movie, and the opening view of the canyon is quite exciting. We started our hike with the half-mile Navajo Loop trail and connected to the three-mile Peek-a-Boo Loop trail, through the dramatic Wall of Windows outcrops. The trail was fairly strenuous and our hiking poles were a necessity on the undulating terrain. Even though we started late in the day to last until moonrise, few others had strayed from the trailhead and we couldn't blame them – the hoodoos are pretty creepy, even in bright sunshine.
After connecting back to the Navajo Loop, we took a break among the chattering ravens to wait out the worst of the heat; even in late September, the high temperatures still lingered at the canyon floor. Dusk was starting to settle when we picked up the hike again and as we took the Queen's Garden Trail through the canyon, we noticed a couple of little manmade rock piles along the path. Suddenly there were hundreds, up in the trees, hiding among the foliage and in the fading light, these 'offerings' added a Blair Witch Project–vibe to the hike. We also noticed that we were the only hikers left on the trail at this point, alone in the darkening canyon.
The deeper we went, the higher the hoodoos rose up on either side. Some of the formations are named for their supposed resemblances - Queen Victoria and her court, Thor's Hammer - but as the sun started to set, the landscape took on a monstrous, more threatening shape. Perhaps it was a touch of sunstroke but in the low light, the hoodoos seemed to shift and flicker in our peripheral vision; it was like walking through Medusa's garden, among the souls of previous hikers forever trapped in stone.
Without the comforting chatter of other tourists or watchful ravens, we felt like the last people on earth marching through the gloomy canyon.
We had packed torches for safety but I didn't like the idea of any lurking nasties being able to spot us so easily in that dark, alien landscape. Ridiculous, I know, but when you are walking among those silent monoliths, like the ancient monuments of Mars or some deep, subterranean cavern, it is hard not to feel a little bit on edge.
The evening grew very dark very quickly and a breathtaking array of stars opened up overhead; I have never seen so many stars or a night sky so clear. The hoodoos reached up towards the luminous, rising moon like grasping hands. The canyon was absolutely silent, eerie and beautiful at the same time, lit by the silver moonlight and nothing else.
For me, the ascent out of the canyon was the most nerve-racking part of the hike. What would have been an easy, winding trail in daylight became a knife-edge drop into the black, and we took our steps very deliberately. A fall would probably have been just a brief stumble or twisted ankle at worst, but in the low light the trail seemed to end in a perilous abyss over nothing. We were followed out of the canyon by moon shadows – it hadn't occurred to me that such a thing could exist.
On our way out we were startled by a group of descending hikers. The leading ranger informed us that they were a stargazing group, and he suggested we join them. It was tempting, but we were exhausted. We watched them disappear into the darkness with their poles and head-torches, a wagon train from some fantastical, post-apocalyptic novel.
Back at the car, we paused to look over the canyon. The hump-backed, extraterrestrial landscape was almost invisible in the gathering dark, but we could vaguely make out the tiny lights of the stargazing troupe as they strolled among the hoodoos. Despite our tiredness, I found myself wanting to get back on the trail and join them for a few more hours under the graceful moon and mystical shapes. The dark emptiness of the canyon was a world away from the busy overlooks and crowded trailheads of our arrival, and definitely the way to experience Bryce.
The guidebook suggestion turned out to be an incredible experience and highly recommended for anyone who would like to see the hoodoos at their most majestic, most solitary, and most sinister.