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Things you shouldn't pay for, should get for free
Dealnews suggests ways to get stuff for nothing
Few things are more thrilling for a deal shopper than getting something for next to nothing. Dealnews.com has several things you're paying for that you should be getting for free.
The first, meals for the kids. Lot's of restaurants do this but to know exactly where to go check MyKidsEatFree.com. By the way, this site also comes in handy if you want to know where not to eat when you want to avoid a lot of kids.
Next, you can score big time on your birthday. Go to BirthdayFreebies.com or just search "birthday freebies" to find what's free near you. You should at least be able to find a few free meals and a piece of cake or ice cream.
Something else consumer experts say you shouldn't pay for, phone calls. Skype and Google Voice let you make calls for free over the Internet. You can drop your landline and cellphone to see if the Web services meet your calling needs. But, be careful if they try to get you to upgrade to a paid plan, though.
Want a slew of travel size samples? You can get them as long as you offer up some personal info like address, email, age and salary. Check out websites like savings.com, thatfreebiesite.com, and magicfreebies.org.
Finally, you can get free ebooks, too. Dealnews says try Project Gutenberg at Gutenberg.org. The website has more than 30,000 free ebooks you can download.
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Just about every news source in the world featured amazing photos of the Martian landscape earlier this week taken by the Mars rover Curiosity. NASA has sent the $2.5 billion rover to the Red Planet in hopes of getting a better sense of the history of water there and whether the planet could ever have hosted life. Using its 100mm telephoto lens, Curiosity captured photos of an "intriguing geological 'unconformity,'" reported BBC News, which may provide more clues about how watery its past was.
Above we see an image taken by Curiosity's mast camera, which highlights the geology of 5-km-high Mount Sharp, a mountain that actually sits within the Gale Crater, the spot where Curiosity landed. NASA writes that earlier satellite coverage of the area, below the white dots, indicated the area bears "hydrated minerals," perhaps the residue of water that once existed on the planet. However, earlier satellite overpasses weren't able to capture the incline above the white dots, which, interestingly doesn't contain these minerals.
According to NASA, this "provides independent evidence that the absence of hydrated minerals on the upper reaches of Mount Sharp may coincide with a very different formation environment than lower on the slopes. The train of white dots may represent an 'unconformity,' or an area where the process of sedimentation stopped."
Another shot below shows just how similar parts of Mount Sharp are to the Grand Canyon in the western U.S., which was carved by ancient rivers.
The next stop for the rover will be Glenelg (who names these places?), some 400 meters to the east, which is an "intersection" between different rich geological zones.
And now that NASA has gotten Curiosity warmed up, the sturdy, plutonium-powered rover will make its way to the base of Mount Sharp over the course of the next six months or so. (Interestingly, the rover is powered by plutonium from an old Soviet nuclear weapons plant).
At the base of the Mount Sharp, the rover will fire "subatomic particles neutrons at the surface to examine levels of hydrogen- and hydroxyl-containing minerals that could hint at Mars' prior water-rich history," writes BBC News. Another tool in its extensive kit is the ChemCam, a laser that will be used to vapourize rocks and then chemically examine the vapour. To get a closer look at the atomic makeup of rocks and soils, Curiosity will scoop up Martian materials and move them to an internalized lab for examination.
On Monday, the rover received and then sent back a recorded message by NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Then, a song by Will.i.am was broadcast from Mars as part of an educational event. That marks the "first voice recording to be sent from another planet."
See more images and learn more about what NASA is after in their tour of the Red Planet.
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What's yellow, red-hot, and green?
The ultra cool, ultra light sportscar we ran into at the Cleantech Open, Silicon Valley's way to let VCs (and potential employees) roam through just about everything that's moving in the clean tech space. We saw lots of good ideas for solar, alternative fuel, and wind, and then, outside the demo floor, a pretty good idea for your next car.
Saba Motors is (to put it mildly) very much under the electric vehicle radar these days. Not only privately held, but still very small, and in fact looking for investors. But their product is a cool, forward-thinking car. It's sporty, fast (0-60 in 5 seconds, they claim), and very clean. In fact, not only does it pump out zero emissions - like its better known electric cousins - but it can actually be charged by connecting to a solar panel. This might take a while to catch on, but think about it: While a run on electric cars would tax the power grid, if your car could be powered by the sun while it sat and waited for you, the grid gets a rest, too.
U.S. & World
The company, nestled in San Jose, has already gotten good reviews from Governor Schwarzenegger. It's pitch to investors is basically: Here's a sporty, carbon-free to go green, for less than half the cost of a Tesla. It may be a little while before you see them all over town, but face it - you want one a lot more than you want a Nissan Leaf, right?
Scott wants one more than he wants a Nissan Leaf. He's on Twitter: @scottbudman


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Ubuntu certainly is a distribution that follows closely the newest software developments. Not only because every six months is taken from Debian sid, but more importantly because the Ubuntu team has a preference for the untested and experimental options. Call it what you like, the point doesn't change.
The benchmarks. Maybe they are not real life situations, as in they're not measuring the cpu load while watching a youtube video and opening this particular pdf file I've been sent today; however, they put numbers to pretty reproducible computing tasks that stress different parts of the system. So, I don't spend the day signing 4096-bit RSA keys, but I surely know I prefer my computer to do it faster rather than slower.
As for the 'proper' kernel config...next time you take a look at a car magazine and see a comparison between two cars, don't forget to complain because they didn't tweak the suspensions or added nitrous oxide to the engine.
PS. In any case, no, I don't think that the kernel configuration has a critical effect in anything regarding performance.


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Student Counseling
There are several counseling departments available to serve you at City College of San Francisco as well as five different Retention Programs housed under the Multi-Cultural Retention Services Department.
The counselors in these various departments are all part of a COUNSELING TEAM and are all here to help you find your way through City College and to assist you in completing your educational goals.
You may notice some overlap in the services offered by some of the departments. It is advisable to find a counselor you work well with- the choice is yours. And, you may see more than one counselor, in different departments, at the same time!
We're a team- your success team!
Academic Counseling E-205 and campuses
Counselors provide orientation to students in both credit and non-credit, guide students in the development of their educational plan; lead students to essential support services; and assist students with personal concerns and the development of good study skills.
Academic counselors can assist students to discuss requirements for a certificate, degree, or transfer to a 4-year institution at any of the CCSF campuses.
For more information or to make an appointment please call the number at the campus you are attending or plan to attend: Ocean (415) 239-3296 , Mission: (415) 920-6056; Civic Center (415) 561-1875 , Chinatown/NB 395-8611, Downtown 415-267-6503, Evans (415) 550-4440 , John Adams (415) 561-1955 , Southeast (415) 550-4320 .
Counselors provide and assist students with personal, academic and career development. We provide support services to students and make on-campus/off-campus referrals. Counselors also help students with educational plans, certificates, CTE programs, transfer to four-year institutions, graduation, choosing a major, re-entering college, career exploration and more.
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Punch your Boss – Summer by Smobile. co., Ltd.
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August 24, 2011
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I believe you also fun with this app.
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Also you boss abusive you? or your boy/girl friend makes you angry?or someone makes you unhappy?
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Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Epic Rides' started by michnus, Jun 11, 2011.
Hey Mate,
Hope you are OK.
Hell that is sad to hear about this.
Strange thing is, those ferries are brand new high speed aluminium types and surely they must have been able to handle the conditions. There are some older ferries that the locals use it might have been one of them.
Actually, it looks like it was one of the boats tourists and locals alike routinely use. According to this article from the Seattle Times, it was a 112 foot passenger ferry that was in service in Washington State until 2009. I suspect they'll find out the culprit was the driver, as usual, probably maxing the engines for all they were worth, regardless of the hairy conditions that were out there yesterday. Tragic, but not surprising in the least if you've ridden public transport in Africa or ever tried to reason with a bus driver...
Your ride reports are top class. I still read Angola.
It will for sure have a huge impact on tourism to the Island. I can not figure out if it is one of the new ferries or an older one, but if it is a 2009 then it is one of the older ones. The new ones the skipper looked like he knew what he was doing.
I agree with you, Tanzanian and Kenyan truck drivers are satan's kids man, they are dangerous.
btw I like your RR's, great rides you do there, I spend the afternoon reading them
Simply- Uganda Rocks!!
The road to Uganda through Kenya took us to Suam river border post on the foot of MT Elgon between Kenya and Uganda. It's a beautiful green area with lots of trees, forest-like. In Kenya the roads towards the border were either full of potholes or very dusty, in bad condition, the surroundings flat and vegetation dry. This lush forest welcomes you as the road descents to the border post at Suam.
Uganda border Suam river
By now we got used to custom officials utter idiocy and incompetence. *I had to show the friendly customs guy at the Kenya side how to book our Carne de Passage out from Kenya and then the very friendly official at the Uganda site buggered up one page because he stamped it wrong. But, they are a friendly bunch and can be forgiven for not been taught as a customs official what a Carne de Passage entails.
Double story mud house
Mount Elgon vistas.
As luck had it Neil and Silvie were also at the border post when we arrived they also wanted to do some of the route we are taking. It was actually nice to have companions that were going to do the type of dirt roads we were hoping Uganda would offer. They are South Africans who worked in the UK for 5 years and were on their way back to SA by road in their big ass Toyota kitted with a huge freezer box. We met them at Jungle Junction in Nairobi when we did the servicing on the bikes. Did I mention they have a freezer in the car … this knowledge made me and Elsebie smile, and hoped that they planned to route through Uganda sort of the same way than us. Trying to get cold beers are a mission and if you come across a freezer with a 4x4 for a few days, you latch on as good as you can.
Neil and Silvi's big ass 4x4 in front of the official Customs building at the border post
Sipi falls Mount Elgon
Our first night in Uganda was spent in the small border town at the park facilities where it turned out cheaper to rent a bed for about 5usd than to camp. *Cold showers and pitted toilets are familiar to us by now. Toilets was a strange affair in Uganda. This was our ablutions at the local community camp site.
How do you squad on this toilet?
Before I carry on, I need to mention that it was election time in Uganda. Everywhere were posters, literary on almost every flat surface available obviously no bi-laws regulations in action. Speaker-equipped vehicles promoted their choice of candidates loudly and followers rocked up in bright yellow t-shirts and their Sunday' best for the voting. All of this actually added to a wonderful visit for us – tourists were less and roads on election days quieter. Local food are quite good and tasty and you can have a decent meal at a local dive for around 6usd which will feed two easily.
Local restaurant..........and......
.........the kitchen!
Voting in Uganda
We headed out to Sipi Falls the next day and from there towards Murchison Falls. For us it turned into an unusual experience our first national park where we were ALLOWED to enter with our motorbikes. *Game viewing on bikes is a strange experience, coming up close to elephants, buffalo and Lion makes your mind race and keeps your hand not too far from the throttle
Nothing like a Mirinda on a hot day, but beers is better
On our way to the park Elsebies bike decided to call it quits and stop. Its bloody hot in the sun and while getting the entire luggage off the bike I remembered Johan a good friend and Dakar aficionado mentioning a while ago to me if the bike stops for no reason check the fuel pump first. Apparently whoever supplied the fuel pumps to this model bike wanted to make up some cost and the wire supplying the power was a mm or two to short so eventually it just vibrates off. It was still attached by the plastic insulation on first inspection the wire still looks in good shape just have to wiggle it and it just comes off.
Where's the matches honey, I want to burn a Beemer?
The roads in the park closer to the river areas were quite sandy and both Elsebie and I had our share of falls and bush bashing! *All good and fun but tiring and thirsty work, luckily we found a beer or two and some local company before we took the ferry back to the camping site. *We camped on the banks of the river only to realise later that evening while taking a wash in the river theres hippos in a pool just 50 meters up from us. We chatted till late that evening having the freedom to ride around in game parks and enjoying a country where you can get up close and personal with animals. The camps in the parks also do not have fences and baboons and hyenas stroll through the camp at night.
Heeeere kitty kitty!!
The best way to watch game is by standing
There's lions and leopard in the park, I had a leopard run out infront of the bike but no luck scaring lions with our bikes.
How it is suppose to be, sort out your own way around the park
Biiiltong!! What they call in the USA beef-jerky?
Just love it!!
We tried to stay clear of the animals because of our loud exhaust on the bikes, we also tried to keep the rev's low. It eventually turned out they were not in the least worried or scared by our bikes or the noise.
Hippo tracking
Beer for lunch in the delta and its ice cold!
Yes I know I was looking for the Rare yellow speckled bearded Cape flying Squirrel when this donkey came pass.
More biltong, there's no better feeling being this close to Buffalo and viewing them from the bike!!
Came back from buying some beers before we head back on the ferry to find this lot tearing up the trees
Before we got on the ferry back to Murchinson falls,we had plenty of time chatting to some locals. They are all impress with these huuuge bikes. And this guy could not help himself, he had to try it. In the end he rode the bike onto the ferry with great flair and cheers from the others, I have yet to see a man with a bigger grin on his face.
Charlie and Ewan wanabee
Uganda is a dirty dusty place, but we love it.
Dusty ZA boobs!
Our camp just above Murchisons falls, it was suppose to be a camp site but I doubt it has seen a camper for the last couple of years.This is what makes Uganda such a stunning destination for overlanders, you can camp nearly everywhere without listening to your next door neighbour farting and beating his wife as in some SA site.
Wild camping at Murchisons falls. We had to trek a laager, hippo hole about 100 meters up river
Murchsinson's falls quite an impressive place
In a small town called Masindi we stayed over before heading South to Fort Portal. The local hotel is a real treat, the look and feel is proper colonial style with waiters in black trousers and white shirts and white gloves galore. For around 4USD p/p we could use their lapa to sleep and the food in the restaurant was cheaper than we could do ourselfs.
The weird thing at this pace was the statues they had under the veranda. Why it was done like this and if the artist had a fettish for toursist only he would know.
Masindi camping
Explain this?
The size is about right, except it's a midget size statue.
will continue part 2
From Misindi to Bwindi
Our next destination was Fort Portal, a small town situated South West close to the Congo border. Now, Niel and Silvie are bird watchers and very serious about it – they really tried to draw us in but for us, all is better on two wheels and chicken is the only birds we check out when ready for a meal! *We set out without our 'back-up' for a few days to visit with our new Dutch friends in Port Fortal.
Bush mechanic extraordinaire
We were on the gravel for 10kilometers and Elsebie's bike again stuck its head between its legs like a stubborn mule. Again same story, the electric wire giving power to the petrol pump vibrated off, this time I cut the power outlet wires and extended it. We knew the drill and it only took us 20min or so to get going again.
Proud owner of this 125cc taxi, pimping my ride Uganda style
These guys needs special mentioning. There's thousands of these Pikipiki's running around as taxi's. Not long distance but between towns and mostly on dirt roads. The one remarkable thing about it, they carry easliy 2 to 3 passangers and the rider sits on the tank to make space for the passenger and luggage. They ride on dirt roads with these loads where most South African die hard dual purpose owners will think twice of going. They do not have knobby tyres or such luxuries, only normal road tyres.
There's Pikipiki repair shops in every small town and parts shops are like cell phone outlets, littered everywhere.
Trading in the Dakars for better reliable transport. Se moer kan ek Afrika op n 125cc doen.
Now these are horns!
The road toward Port Fortal is all gravel, grated into a rounded heap over the years. *To make a long story short – here is a picture of Elsebie' bike with newly fitted, local indicators …
New 2011 Dakar
Most of Ugandas 29milj people live close or next to the roads and like Murphy would have it a pedestrian decided to step into the road as Elsebie passed him, in her efforts to avoid hitting him she had to swerve quite aggressively and ended up face flat on the gravel and the bike slid up against an embankment. When I got there it got to riot stage as some of the locals started fighting and screaming with each other and two clever sirs wanted to know what's the procedure from here as its a crime scene now and we must wait for the police.
I just told Elsebie to get on her bike and go, luckily the bike was still ride-able except no front brake as the bolt came loose and dropped all the brake fluid on the ground. Crime scene my ass, since when having an accident all by yourself becomes a crime scene? Why they fought amongst each other must have been because the man she tried to avoid was nowhere to be seen, took his bicycle and run.
Not to much damage, luckily, most just cosmetic and the headlight unit was bend
We rode the last 50km into Fort Portal with the limping bike. Martijn helped me repairing the worst of the stuff. Getting the front brake to work again. We bought new stylish indicators form a local shop for R30 for two! The headlight had to be bend back into shape.
Fixing bikes..............again
I must add besides that altercation the Ugandan people are the friendlies warm hearted people from all the countries we have visited so far. Since we rode into Suam River the kids and older people go off their heads when they hear the bikes past. They love it they wave and scream while running next to us. When we stop everybody wants to know from where and to where. Its different with Ugandan people, its no zoo effect for them as in the other countries they speak English very well and ask clever informative questions.
School is out, bright colours make up most of the schools attire.
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Overlanders Uganda party 2011 it ended with lots of not so clear heads
Having a relaxing few days in Fort Portal, babana porage with goatmeat taste as funny as it sounds
Hanging around for a few days at one place allows us to really take in the local vibe. You get to talk with the locals where we buy our beers everyday. The old grocer who sells us our eggs and bread every morning greet us with a huge grin everyday.
False advertising?! yes they lie the fuckers, this stuff is like petrol!
Stay out of big African cities, the small ones are the better choices you get to meet the real locals in these towns.
Port Fortal is a charming little African town. *We ended up stay for 5 nights, enjoying the local cuisine and drinking spots. *We found beef fillet for less than 5$ a kilogram, beers at about .50$ and a camping spot walking distance from town.
Many of these shops in small towns
There's the odd Custom bike build off specialist. Using sheet metal cut off's
This one runs a BSA engine, hell knows from where, what year or cc's,the welding on the bike was scary stuff
Vespa's, Chinese bikes, British bike's they work e'm all
Scary or not, I like this bike! Different and cool.
Still totally digging this report, keep it coming!
The Ugandese love their bikes. They do not have to be fast but they must look American-ish and have lots of colors.
Close up of the engine of that same bike
Loads of hotels in Uganda, not the best but the names make up for lack off luxuries
The new iSelf drive banana bicycle----------------------------------------------Older model push banana cycle
Ugandans got a real "can do" attitude, nobody wait for the goverment or others to help them
Real wood rapped in cloth, cost around 20usd all one size----------Ugandans are hardworking people and use whatever they can to manufature products.
The two Dutchie's with their new fire place, cheap cheap, 1$
Uganda Croc's this is where Alibaba got his shoes
Time to leave for Bwindi forrest..............
Are they spear heads?
Yes, many Africans are still very strong on tradition and having or carrying a spear is a sign of man hood. They do not use it much for hunting any more.
In Kenya and Tanzania you will not see a Masai without a spear, all of them carry spears.
Awesome...keep it coming.
....this ride report makes me homesick! I can't wait...I'll be eating Biltong & Prawns this Thursday, headed home for a week
I will keep this brief... Absolutely Amazing!!!
Thank You,
halfway! And travelling just above the speed of sound
Although we were allowed in the parks with our bikes, we found it too expensive to overdo. At $120 per visit for the two of us on bikes it can become a bit hectic, especially if this excludes all other expenses in the park like ferries, camping and guided tours. Again – we fail to see where all this money is going! Campsites and lodges are mostly run privately, roads are not maintained and facilities run down. We did however found quite a few roads that borders or crosses the parks. This made for some interesting riding.
Gorilla trekking is for the rich American and European travellers. $500 per person to trek is not cheap and then you still need to pay for park fees and very expensive accommodation. Visitor stats show that most of the trekkers are from the USA and UK. In 2009 11000 people did the Gorilla walk, you can do the maths on that excluding all the other money they earn. We hoped to get the gorilla experience the 'cheaper' way and ended up staying at the Bwindi Forest, Buhomo Community Lodge for three days in the hope that the gorillas would visit the border of the park. No luck, but we stayed in a 'tent' lodge with an amazing forest view, visited with the locals over Nile beer and learned more about how the community supported themselves and the school.
On our way to Bwindi the road we wanted to take on T4A showed on the GPS bad roads do not drive. In the end it was one of the best decisions we took to go that route. They are really scenic and traverse through the most beautiful hills and forest and small villages we have ever seen. Most of the dirt roads and in bad shape but do-able at slow speed, in fact it is possible to circumnavigate Uganda and never see a tar road.
Mountain and more mountains near the Congo border. The thousand year old volcanoes offer stunning views
Before descending into antoher river crossing, the roads were really bad. It's muddy red soil when dry allows good traction on the switch backs and steep descent
Roads to Bwindi snake through some stunning forest roads, it was some of the best days riding in a long time.


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December 22 marks the 50th anniversary of the introduction of an ''experimental'' national speed limit of 70mph.
After extensions to the initial three-month trial, the limit was made permanent in 1967.
The limit was introduced as a reaction to a series of multiple accidents on motorways in fog.
That such accidents occurred and continue to occur is not surprising according to the Alliance of British Drivers which claims drivers have never been offered effective training in judging speed and distance within the unique visual environment of a motorway.
A 70mph speed limit imposed in good conditions cannot prevent accidents in poor visibility according to a spokesman for the organisation.
Substantial improvements have been made in vehicle and highway engineering in the last half-century prompting the Alliance to call for a rethink on the national speed limit which, it claims should now be increased to 80mph.
Today's widespread lack of compliance with the 70mph speed limit is an indication of its irrelevance to modern conditions and is detrimental to respect for speed limits in general.
Other adverse effects are tailgating, poor lane discipline, 'undertaking' and lack of driver concentration.
It is also preventing the full economic benefits being achieved from the nation's investment in a high-standard motorway network.
Former Transport Secretary Philip Hammond indicated his support for raising the motorway speed limit to 80mph but the proposal appears to have been shelved by his successors.
Most other EU countries have motorway speed limits higher than 70mph with 130km/h (81mph) being the most common.
It is time the UK's motorway limit (and that of high standard dual carriageways) was brought up to date.
This would bring economic benefits, improve traffic flow, and end the needless prosecution of safe drivers.
ABD director Ian Taylor commented: "Fifty years after it was introduced, the 70mph speed limit has long lost the respect of the majority of drivers.
''The Government should increase the limit to 80mph without further delay, to bring it into line with modern safety standards and most other EU countries.
''This should be followed with a thorough review of speed limit policy, reinstating the 85th percentile as the basis of setting local speed limits, to encourage the greatest compliance, lowest spread of speeds and minimum accident risk."


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Polls Still Show Presidential Election a Dead Heat; Will This be 2000 Revisited?
I have a strange feeling that this campaign will NOT be over once the polls close on the West Coast. According to a CNN poll, the race for president of the United States is a dead heat:
Seven of the eight national polls released since Sunday indicate the race for the White House is in a dead heat, like most have shown for weeks.
More importantly, it's a similar story in the key battleground states that will decide whether President Barack Obama or Republican nominee Mitt Romney will be victorious on Tuesday.
According to the final CNN/ORC International poll released before the election on Sunday night, 49% of likely voters questioned in the survey say they support the president, with an equal amount saying they back the former Massachusetts governor.
What does this mean to you? If the vote is in fact that close, the final outcome could come down to provisional ballots, absentee ballots and overseas ballots. In those cases, it could take as many as 10 days before they get voted.
And, if the numbers remain close, we may be looking at a sequel to the George Bush/Al Gore election in 2000 where a dispute over ballots in Florida led to a case before the Supreme Court. It was also marked only the fourth time an elected president lost the popular vote.
Could we see the same thing this year?


text: Russell Phillips writes books and articles about military technology and history. Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, he has lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. His articles have been published in Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated, and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers' Journal. He has been interviewed for the American edition of The Voice of Russia. He currently lives in Stoke-on-Trent with his wife and two children.


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You get the following error when you try to use the Zune software to play a song or a video:
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This may mean that the Zune software can't connect to the Internet.
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So why is Carl Icahn buying Netflix?
Shares of the streaming giant soared 14% after the billionaire investor disclosed a 10% stake in the Los Gatos, California based company.
"I'm buying it because it's undervalued," Icahn told CNBC.com, in his classic understated style. "I believe there is a secular change in the media industry, and consolidation in this space makes sense," Icahn added.
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Icahn declined to name names, but market participants have long speculated that Google, Microsoft or perhaps even one of the telecom or cable companies could step up to the plate. But the company atop most lists is Amazon .
"It's the only one that makes sense," said Wedbush's Michael Pachter (who rates Netflix a "SELL" with a $45 price target.) "Instead of spending billions on content, Amazon should just buy Netflix and get the synergy and scale."
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The east Australian Humpback whale migration has begun and Taronga's Marine Mammal Department has been fortunate enough to get amongst it, thanks to an exciting new partnership with Captain Cook Cruises.
As whale populations continue to increase, thanks to the 1986 ban on commercial whaling, there is an ever-growing interest in watching these beautiful and majestic creatures. Sydney is well-situated to see whales as they pass by our coastline, boasting one of the longest whale-watching seasons in Australia (spanning from late May until late November).
While there are many opportunities to see whales from Sydney's beaches and cliffs, by far the best viewing opportunities are provided by purpose-run whale watching cruises.
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Study shows underlying connection between 'good' cholesterol and collagen in heart health
(Medical Xpress)—Arterial stiffening has long been considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Keeping arteries soft and supple might reduce disease risk, but the mechanisms of how arteries stave off hardening has remained elusive.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Wistar Institute, and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have discovered that the protein apolipoprotein E (apoE) plays a major role in maintaining arterial softness by suppressing production of the extracellular matrix, a network of connective tissue in the body. Their research appeared in the most recent issue of Cell Reports.
ApoE is a component of several lipoproteins, including HDL, the "good" cholesterol, and is generally believed to forestall atherosclerosis. But several recent major studies have questioned the link between HDL and cardiovascular protection. Meanwhile, other research involving cultured cells has indicated that apoE has effects beyond its role in regulating lipid levels as a component of HDL. The present work suggests that it may be the apoE-containing HDL that confers the main benefit of HDL by promoting arterial softness.
Analyzing genetic datasets of regular mice and mutant mice without apoE, the researchers showed definite differences in gene expression, with the apoE-null mice displaying marked increase in indicators of stiffening – the proteins collagen, fibronectin, and lysyl oxidase in response to stiffening in the aorta, which led to severe atherosclerosis. To attempt to mitigate the atherosclerosis seen in the apoE-null mice, the researchers fed them a high-fat diet and treated them with a lysyl oxidase inhibitor, which softened their arteries.
Despite highly elevated cholesterol, the mice showed a marked improvement in their atherosclerosis. The results suggest that the lack of apoE results in arterial stiffness, and that even with high cholesterol, increasing arterial elasticity by pharmacologic means can greatly reduce atherosclerotic disease.
"HDL can't be looked at as just one compound, because it is a mixture of different molecular components," explains senior author Richard K. Assoian, PhD, professor of Pharmacology. "The component that has these effects on arterial stiffening is a minor part of total HDL." Assoian notes that this could help to reconcile the conflicting clinical evidence regarding the link between HDL and reduced cardiovascular disease. "It might be the apoE HDL fraction that you need to keep high and not worry about the total HDL," he suggests. Because apoE is only about 6 percent of total HDL, "it could go up sky high or not at all, and you probably wouldn't detect it in these studies that try to raise total HDL."
The possibility of preventing or treating atherosclerosis by promoting arterial elasticity independent of cholesterol could be a boon for the many people unable to tolerate the statin drugs that are the usual treatment.
"Perhaps there are other routes that you could use, independent of cholesterol and statins, that could help keep atherosclerosis at bay," says co-first author Devashish Kothapalli, PhD. "We think controlling stiffening is one of those. We showed in the paper that even when cholesterol is remarkably high, if you soften tissues back to a healthy level, atherosclerosis is inhibited."
Targeting arterial stiffening could also provide added benefit for patients already on statins. "Ultimately we would hope that controlling stiffening could be used in conjunction with a statin for the large percentage of people who are already on statins but need extra help," says co-first author Shu-Lin Liu, PhD.
Although the current study demonstrates how apoE and apoE-containing HDL promote cardiovascular health by maintaining arterial softness, Assoian notes that a practical treatment would likely not target apoE, because it "does a lot of other things that you don't want to interfere with. So the goal in my mind would be to develop something that is really targeting stiffness but not affecting any of the lipid aspects of atherosclerosis that apoE and HDL control. The lysyl oxidase inhibitor drug we used in this study, BAPN, is good for proof of principle, but not useful on a practical level, because there are too many side effects."
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Class of 2012
Major/Minor: English, Philosphy/Creative Writing
When Kristine Sloan wrote an essay about bicultural identity for her Creative Nonfiction workshop, she didn't think it had much relevance to her upcoming family trip to the Philippines.
"I mentioned I'd be traveling to the Philippines for the first time and meeting a lot of my relatives," Kristine remembers. "But I didn't think much of it."
After reading her essay, Kristine's professor, Mark Nowak, suggested she pursue the subject of biracial identity and upbringing based on her personal experiences. Kristine grew up in Baltimore. Her father is American and her mother is Filipina, and much of her extended family still lives in the Philippines.
"I was just trying to show the juxtaposition between being the typical American kid who watches cartoons on Saturday morning and who also grew up eating Filipino food and trying to learn Filipino words so I could understand my family!" she says.
At Nowak's urging, she applied for a Comegys Bight Fellowship to fund summer field research — in this case, reading and research about the Filipino-American experience, which coincided with her own trip to the Philippines.
"I wouldn't have applied had my advisor not suggested it," Kristine admits. "I was trying to find a way to merge the Filipino and American cultural values in my own life, and with this family trip in the works, it seemed like the perfect time to explore it in more depth."
Before the trip, Kristine thought she'd experience the culture as she would traveling to any other country abroad. She was wrong.
"It's not just going to another country. It's a place that's connected to me, and my family's there, and I realized I belong to it in some ways," she says.
Kristine and her parents spent three weeks in the Philippines, staying with her grandmother and exploring the islands with cousins she'd just met.
"They were all very excited to meet me and show me everything," she says. They visited museums and national landmarks in Manila, toured the village where her mother grew up, and traveled to the beaches and shopping malls. Kristine especially enjoyed seeing the "real" Philippines that most tourists miss.
"My cousin has a motorbike and he drove us around the rural countryside. It was much better than seeing it from the inside of a car," she said. "The landscape is much different, and people don't really tie up their livestock, so you'll see goats and chickens on the side of the road and rice paddies and caribou in the distance."
When she returned from the trip, Kristine supplemented her experiences with readings about other Filipino-Americans.
"I didn't know much about the history of Filipino immigration. Most of it occurred in the early 1900s with people coming to California to be farm laborers. It was pretty enlightening to learn about the stereotyping and racism they faced, because those things weren't prominent in my upbringing," she says.
Growing up, Kristine remembers occasionally feeling isolated from the rest of her family.
"I didn't know many of my relatives and I hadn't been to the Philippines. The relatives I had in the U.S. often spoke Filipino, because it's their first language. It was hard to have family, something I'm deeply connected to, that I couldn't truly understand," she says.
The trip helped her come to terms with the ways she was affected by her bicultural upbringing and drew her closer to her family.
"I experienced the culture firsthand and also saw how readily they want to include me. Even though I can't speak Filipino yet, they're still my family and, since the trip, I really feel more like I'm part of it."
Campus Involvement
- Majors: English and Philosophy
- Minor: Creative Writing
- Presidential Fellow
- Hodson Trust Scholar
- Writers' Union, Treasurer
- Philosophy Club
- Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows


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The funeral takes place later today of the Tyrone farmer who died tragically died a farm incident on Friday.
Alistair Sloss, of Ruskey Road, Coagh, is understood to have been overcome with fumes after falling into a slurry pit on the eve of the spreading cut-off.
His funeral will leave his home at 1.15pm to Saltersland Presbyterian Church, near Ballyronan, with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
Mr Sloss, who was in his 50s, is survived by his wife Roberta and five children.
Coagh and the surrounding community has been left stunned by the tragedy.
SDLP Mid Ulster MLA and the party's Agriculture spokesperson Patsy McGlone said the local community was in mourning.
Mr McGlone urged farmers to exercise extreme care when working at slurry.
He said: "The community in Coagh is in mourning today as the news of Alistair Sloss' tragic death sinks in. The farming community in particular are well known to each other here and they'll be reeling from the death of a friend. Alistair was extremely well respected as a good neighbour to everyone locally."


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Even before the Fiat 500 became known to the American public as "the funny little car J.Lo drives" few people ever associated the cars with jaw dropping straight line performance, even in it's awesome original Abarth form. That might change after you watch these videos featuring an excellent vintage 500 with a turbocharged inline four from a Honda S2000.
Not only can it do impressive wheel stands (the fun starts at 1:00) it can run the 1/4 mile well into 10 second range as shown in the above video. You can get a better look at the car in the video below where it manages a still-pretty-amazing-for-vintage-Fiat 12.95 second 1/4. It doesn't matter what celebrity they put behind the wheel of the new Fiat 500, we want one of these.


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Currently, there are no "official" guidelines for this wiki. What follows are some unofficial guidelines, contributed by different users.
Unofficial guidelines
Page titles
What follows are some guidelines for page titles. Currently, the page titles on this wiki adhere more or less to these guidelines.
- Page titles not only affect a page's URL but they are also shown at the top of the page. Therefore, it is important that a page title is a title, not a mnemonic "path name". I strongly doubt that we need such mnemonic names but if they are introduced they should denote only redirects to the actual page.
- On the other hand, it is good if titles are not unnecessarily long so that URLs have reasonable size. Especially, redundant occurences of the word "Haskell" in titles should be avoided. If a page on HaskellWiki is just named "Compilers and interpreters", it should be clear that it refers to "Haskell compilers and interpreters", so the extra "Haskell" is not needed.
- Titles should use sentence-style capitalization (see [1]). Capitalizing more words seems to be only appropriate in larger documents like books. If slashes are used to denote hierarchy, each part of the hierarchical title should be handled as if it were a title itself, i.e., its first word should be capitalized.
Titles for sections, subsections, etc.
Each page has a title which is automatically shown near the top of the page (currently centered and in red). So it doesn't make sense to put a single level 1 headline on the top of the page. (At the moment, you will see this on a few pages of this wiki. I suppose this is a legacy which comes from copying content from the old website to this wiki.)
For top-level structuring, level 1 headlines (the ones denoted by single equals signs in the source) should be used. It is semantically incorrect to use level 2 headlines for this purpose. I note that level 1 headlines are currently rather large and in a font that might not be preferable. However, the solution to thi
When editing a wiki, the bottom of the editing page has a place to put a summary. It is considered good form to put a one line comment about any changes you are making. As well, you have the capability to mark an edit as minor. Please use this only for changing format, spelling, fixing bad links or minor word re-arrangement. It should not be used when adding whole new sections, a signficant number of links, new pages or rewrites of the page.
-- BrettGiles


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Foodies who can't wait for the next dineLA Restaurant Week don't have to wait any longer to make reservations to Los Angeles' top eateries, organizers announced.
DineLA fans can now call dibs on a table at any of the hundreds of restaurants from Long Beach and Pasadena to the San Fernando Valley participating in the popular program that runs Jan. 20-31. Reservations can be made at www.discoverlosangeles.com/dineLA.
"We always try to provide diners the option to reserve as early as possible because the demand is so high during dineLA," said Stacey Sun, dineLA director. "During our first dineLA's restaurant week, we had 140 restaurants participate and now we have over 300."
Newcomers joining the winter dineLA restaurant week include Allumette, celebrity chef Brian Malarkey's Herringbone LA and award-winning chef Susan Feniger's Mud Hen Tavern.
DineLA launched in 2008 and was hosted in the fall and winter. It later dropped fall for a summer program in 2012 and has since spurred a combined $87 million in citywide consumer spending, according to the Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board.
The twice-yearly program offers diners a choice of specially priced menus for lunch ($15-$25) and dinner ($25-$45). For the first time in its six-year history, however, an $85 experiential tasting menu is being added, designed for those "looking to elevate their dining experience."
"Our goal is to always elevate the program and promote the culinary scene in L.A. and we realized that with the highest price point of $45 for the prix-fixe menus, there were some key, higher-end restaurants that would not be able to be a part of this event. By adding the $85 experiential tasting menu, dineLA is able to represent the wide range of options available throughout the city," Sun said.
Few details have been released about the high-end multicourse tastings, but Sun said, "Think Michelin rated," referring to the coveted honor given to select restaurants around the world.
The full list of restaurants participating in the $85 tasting menu program are expected to be released early next month.
If that doesn't sate the appetite, organizers also announced that diners who sign up for dineLA's newsletter are automatically eligible to win "dineLA for a Year." The grand prize is a 52-week prize pack of gift certificates to local restaurants valued at $2,600.


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Put your iPhone in Ring/Silent mode
When your iPhone is set to ring, ringtones, alerts, and sounds play through your iPhone speakers.
When your iPhone is set to silent, you won't hear ringtones or alerts, but other sounds will play through your iPhone speakers and your iPhone will vibrate.
These settings affect only your iPhone speaker. If you use a headset, sounds play through your headset, even if your iPhone is on silent.
Ring mode
To put your iPhone in Ring mode, move the switch so that orange isn't showing.
Silent mode
To put your iPhone in Silent mode, move the switch so that orange is showing.
Change ringtones and vibrations
On iPhone 7 and later, you can adjust the settings for ringtone and vibration in Settings > Sounds & Haptics. On earlier iPhone models, go to Settings > Sounds.
By default, the volume of ringtones and alerts mirrors the volume you set for audio playback. If you want to control your ringtone and alert volume separately from other apps, turn off Change with Buttons. If you turn off Change with Buttons, you need to manually adjust your ringtone and alert volume in Settings > Sounds & Haptics or Settings > Sounds.
On the same screen, you can choose if you want your iPhone to vibrate when set to ring or silent mode. If you turn off both settings, your iPhone won't vibrate.
Change sound and vibration
Change ringtones, sounds, and vibrations:
- On iPhone 7 and later, go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics. On earlier iPhone models, go to Settings > Sounds.
- Then select an option, like Ringtone or New Mail, and choose a different tone.
- If you want to adjust the vibration, tap Vibration, then choose from the list.
Create a custom vibration:
- Tap Create New Vibration.
- Tap the screen to create a pattern, then tap Stop.
- Tap Play to test your vibration.
- When you're done, tap Save and give it a name. You can also tap Record to redo the custom vibration.


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I've been building websites since the early 1990s, and have had my own websites continually since 1995. For a few years, I did website design and analysis for commercial clients – mostly small local businesses. I even taught web design at a local adult learning centre for a couple of years. Way back when the Net was relatively new, I even did some pages for local events. Although I do less coding today, mostly for my own use, I still have an interest in the developments in web technology and layout.
I taught myself the basics of HTML back when it was version 1.0, 20 years ago – not all that difficult if you were schooled in using the old word processors like Perfect Writer and Wordstar. The first word processors used similar markup styles. Some even required users to compile the text in transient files, in order to see the formatting results, because they couldn't be shown onscreen at the same time as the markup. That's because these programs were small, tight and efficient enough to fit in the limited physical computer memory – 16 to 64KB in the early days of computing – but not very feature rich. Ah, the good old days of the Z80 and 6502 processors.
HTML was fairly easy (for me), but clumsy. It was a flat, 2D system and building some elements – tables in particular – was awkward and time-consuming. HTML tried – with limited success – to mix design with structure in one all-encompassing language. It was predicated on the printed page – basically replicating it onscreen. The initial versions of HTML were a desktop-publishing-like environment for the screen.
But the old ways are not always suited for the new devices. Page designs and layouts done even five years ago may be outdated and ill-suited for mobile devices (as I have found from my own work). New design paradigms are needed to stay current with the ebb and flow of technologies.


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By Linda Beattie, contributor
It is just after midnight, your shift is well underway and there is a long list of patients waiting for your help. Who has time to eat? Besides, it's hard to find nutritious food at work and you're trying to cut back, right? Don't fool yourself—skipping a meal is one of the worst things you can do for yourself, and there aresome healthy options.
Nurses usually learn about good nutrition in their undergraduate studies, but the reality of shift work and the hectic pace at the hospital or other health care setting can make it hard to follow even the most common-sense principles. Hospital food service programs haven't helped much in the past, either.
Thankfully, nutrition experts are teaming up with food service managers to make more healthy and tasty choices available for all hospital food patrons—including patients, visitors and staff—and to offer advice to their health care colleagues.
"At hospital cafeterias, we've really made it a point to develop more nutritious hot entrees, grab-and-go options, salad bars and healthy snacks. When we're talking about nurses eating healthy, it can be a real challenge because of their schedule," said Dee Sandquist, MS, RD, spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and director of nutrition, weight managment and diabetes at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Washington.
"Nurses need quick choices," she continued. "They need good snacks available and they need to be careful not to get over-hungry, because that can cause them to overeat or make less healthy choices."
A 2005 report from the Healthy Hospital Food Initiative (HHFI) found that the majority of hospitals are trying to offer some healthier food choices, although there is a lot of room for improvement. All hospitals surveyed reported offering at least one reduced-fat product and one vegetable side dish daily, and more than 80 percent offered whole-grain products, sugar-free snacks, fresh fruit and a daily offering of a low-fat entrée or side dish. However, less than one-third of the hospitals offered either a salad bar or a low-fat vegetarian entrée on a daily basis.
Whatever the work setting, nurses can get help through on-the-job wellness programs, ask staff dieticians for advice, or follow these simple tips:
10 Tips for Healthy Eating at Work
1. Don't skip meals. "It is important to eat regularly," Sandquist pointed out, "both for energy and to avoid excessive hunger."
2. Keep a healthy snack close by in the staff lounge. Some good choices include fresh fruit, a small bag of nuts such as almonds, carrots, dried fruit, tomato juice, tuna in single-serving packet, yogurt or a granola bar.
3. Get as much sleep as possible. People who are sleep-deprived tend to be hungrier and are at risk of overeating, according to Sandquist.
4. Don't use food as a "pick-me-up." Some nurses who work the night shift admit that they eat more often to help them stay awake. Sandquist encourages nurses to avoid overeating by choosing healthier alternatives, like taking a walk around the floor or drinking some water instead.
5. Choose wisely at the cafeteria and not just in the hot food line. "Most hospitals have salad bars now," said Sandquist, "but be careful to choose lower calorie dressings, avoid croutons and excessive cheese, and go easy on nuts and seeds. Also, watch out for the salads with dressing already in them."
6. Build a healthier sandwich. Whether you use the hospital's deli sandwich bar or are "brown bagging it," Sandquist offered a few recommendations, "Choose whole grain breads, use no- or low-fat mayo, and watch your portions. Also, choose lower fat meats, such as turkey or breast of chicken."
7. Add some crunch. "Include fresh vegetables, fruit or a salad with your entrée," suggested Sandquist, "not just because they are good for you, but adding something crunchy can help you feel full."
8. Avoid most vending machines and fast food, despite the convenience. The HHFI survey found that 17 percent of hospitals have a fast food enterprise on site, but many hospital communities are advocating for their removal, as well as for healthier vending options. If you do partake on occasion, the same rules apply for choosing low fat items, whole grains, and more fruits and vegetables.
9. Don't overindulge on goodies, even when colleagues or appreciative patients want to share their baking skills. You don't have to completely abstain, however. "It isn't really about good food or bad food, but how you incorporate the occasional food or snack," said Sandquist.
10. Remember that food is just part of the health equation. "It is important to start making small changes in other areas to include more physical activity and develop a healthier lifestyle," advised Sandquist.
For more advice on nutritious eating, try these resources:
Action Guide for Healthy Eating
From the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute, this simple online guide makes it easy to fit low-fat, high-fiber eating into busy schedules.
Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2005)
Published every five years by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), these guidelines provide authoritative advice about good dietary habits that can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases.
Healthy Hospital Food Initiative Report
The 2005 survey and analysis of food served at hospitals by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and ADinfinitum, Inc.
Source: http://www.nursezone.com/Recent-Graduates/recent-graduates-featured-articles/Nurses-and-Nutrition-You-CAN-Eat-Right-at-Work_20114.aspx


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The USS Mohawk CGC was built in in 1934 for the Coast Guard but is now a floating museum based in Key West, FL. The ship is 165 feet in length and served in World War II, being involved in 14 attacks against Nazi Submarines on the Atlantic Ocean. She and her crew also saved many lives from the icy waters. The Mohawk is the last remaining ship of her kind and is the Memorial Ship of the "Battle of the Atlantic."
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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McLEAN, Va. — Gannett said it reached a deal to buy TV station owner Belo for about $1.5 billion in cash, significantly boosting its presence in broadcasting.
Under the agreement announced Thursday, Gannett will pay $13.75 per share for the TV station operator, which is based in Dallas. That represents a 28 percent premium over Belo's closing price on Wednesday.
Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher by circulation, also will assume $715 million in debt. Gannett owns USA Today and other newspapers as well as television stations.
Shares of both companies soared to their highest prices since 2008. In afternoon trading, Belo Corp.'s shares jumped $2.91, or 27 percent, to $13.64, after peaking at $13.69 shortly after the market opened. Gannett Co.'s stock rose $5.61, or 28 percent, to $25.46 after peaking at $25.69.
Gannett President and CEO Gracia Martore called the acquisition an "important step" in Gannett's diversification and said it will significantly improve the company's cash flow and financial strength.
The acquisition will make Gannett, based in McLean, Va., one of the country's largest owners of major network affiliates, reaching nearly one-third of U.S. households. It nearly doubles Gannett's portfolio from 23 to 43 stations and gives it 21 stations in the country's top 25 television markets.
Gannett expects the deal to boost its adjusted earnings by 50 cents per share within the first 12 months and generate $175 million in annual cost savings within three years after closing.
Belo President and CEO Dunia Shive said the sale is an "outstanding and financially compelling transaction" for her company's shareholders.
The deal, which has been approved by the boards of both companies, is expected to close by the end of 2013. It needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission and at least two-thirds of Belo shareholders.
Belo executives and shareholders representing about 42 percent of the company's voting power have agreed to support the sale, the companies said.