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The DP3 will be announced soon (if stars align correctly). The DP3 will be geared with a 50mm f2.8 macro lens, equivalent to a 75 mm f2.8, special portrait and bokeh generator. Yummy !!
DP3M - 50mm 2.8? I'd rather prefer a tilt screen and an IR shutter release (both useful for tripod work) and maybe focus peaking for the existing ones. Three bodies @$1000 is near a grown up interchangeable lens system.
I'll be tempted once again. But honestly, how far do these cameras go without Adobe Camera Raw/Lightroom/Aperture?
Man I hope you have some inside info on this one I would LOVE this rig. - N.
Have a look at this http://www.sigma-dp.com/DP3Merrill/debut/#/home
This is great news. However, I still heave a great sigh over no AdobeRAW support. That and an EVF would be SO convincing.
Adobe support is inevitable.
how do you plan to shoot a 75mm without a viewfinder?
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We need your support in order to seek justice for Kishni Mahay's death! Please sign our e-petition and share this site with your friends and family!
Superintendent Martin Burton's blatant disregard for the deceased. The impact of
his extremely hurtful and high inflammatory comments have left anxiety and
despair in their wake. This was indicative of policing within the West Midlands
Police Force area during this era; Why say this about a defenceless elderly Indian
woman less than 24 hours after the fatality, was "Kishni Mahay's life that cheap
to the West Midlands Police?"
"in this particular type of police car they are the highest trained in the whole of the
country if not in the whole of Western Europe, they are advanced drivers which is
way above the normal standard for advanced driving outside the organisation and
they are really are very very skilled people but you just cannot cope or anticipate
for that moment "when somebody like the Proverbial dog" who runs out darts
out in front of you in front of your car."
The road topography where this unlawful killing took place clearly shows that the
road acutely narrows and there is a severe bend in the road en-route to the
pedestrian crossing, presenting a high probability of a major fatality if prudent
driving were not unconditionally observed. The pedestrian crossings is
surrounded by shops on either sides. The width of one lane of Cannock Road is 4
metres wide and the width of the Montego police patrol car is 1.7 metres wide.
The erratic driving techniques evidently displayed by the West Midlands Police
meant that when driving at fast speeds in a built up area and on this particular
phase of the Cannock Road: a fatality was inevitable and the police patrol car had
been simply transformed into a death weapon.
"no emergency is so serious as to justify the loss of life."
Maureen Hicks, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East (1989).
On BBC TV News the following interview with Mrs Violet Mahers was televised to
BBC Midlands viewers (VM = Violet Mahers, MK = Mike Kilbane).
VM: All of a sudden the lady went up in the air, you know what I mean buff right up
in the air.
MK: "So she was on the crossing."
VM: "She was on the crossings."
MK: "When she was hit?"
VM: "Yes."
The Road Traffic Incident Officers were also unable to specify from their
investigations where the exact impact occurred as the crash debris being
distributed across the road surface was not consistent with this type of fatality?
The Mahay family have always maintained a premeditated cover-up was enacted
by the West Midlands Police and associated bodies to fraudulently avert guilt and
this continues to reign supreme to this very day.
Before any of the Road Traffic Investigators (i.e. 40 minutes after the death of
Kishni Mahay) the police officers had deliberately and systematically defaced the
crime scene by moving crucial impact clues (i.e. broken glass, shattered
headlights fragments, related debris from the police patrol vehicle and Kishni
Mahay's personal affects) away from the pedestrian crossing.
One of Kishni Mahay's shoes were deliberately kicked like a football (i.e. by a
police officer) towards Raj Mahay away from the pedestrian crossing to give the
clear impression that the impact between Kishni Mahay and the patrol car
was not on the pedestrian crossing.
The West Midlands Police had promised that all options were on the table after a
3 hour comprehensive presentation (inclusive of the 3 Justice Campaign DVDs). It
was even suggested at the end that an independent Police Force (i.e. other than
the West Midlands Police Force) would be able to re-open the case and a fresh
investigation would be undertaken based on the points that Raj Mahay had raised
in this presentation.
This all proved to be stalling tactics and highly futile where high expectations were
reduced to despair as there was no intention to do anything.
This was a ploy introduced to gain a substantial advantage by not disclosing key
evidence which would be used to deflect the family solicitor's own enquiries prior
to the Inquest which was to be held later in the year (i.e. in November 1989).
The family solicitor tried his utmost to get access to the witnesses statements
pertaining to the West Midlands Police's so-called unbiased investigation, the
following was cited by the West Midlands Police as the reason for the
non-disclosure: under the Police and Evidence Act 1984 by the doctrine of
public interest and immunity: (Solicitors - Foster Baxter and Cooksey, George
Street, Wolverhampton).
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Escape to the Movies: The Last Airbender
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If it comes out here in Italy,i'll give it a shot. The show isn't know at all and is even aired on late night here.
To be honest, I do agree with you that we should take inspiration from whoever is worthy of inspiring us, regardless of their color. I believe fully in the notion that we are all family when it comes down to it, and that we have a lot more in common than we think, so why not admire and respect each other? The problem is when we are discussing little kids who would just like to see people who looked like them. Think about this from the view of an eight year old; you want to be someone awesome, someone totally kick-butt, but the only kick-butt people you see on TV are all white. We as adult may understand that it doesn't matter, that you can still be awesome no matter what your color, but a small child might take away the message that people of color - like them - don't matter (at least not enough to have TV made about them) or can't be awesome.
As for the Star Trek analogy, I do see your point, and agree with it to a certain extent. The problem is that ***they DID fuck it up.*** If White!Aang, White!Sokka and White!Katara had come on screen and immediately embodied the role, made the characters come alive and basically kicked massive amounts of movie butt, then I think the anger would be a lot less... still a bit of grumbling for the reasons above, but hey, at least they chose the people who BEST played the character. But in this case, the actors are stilted, wooden, and basically don't resemble the original characters at all (for example, Sokka is supposed to be a wisecracker, but is apparently super serious). So the only "good" reason for this casting - that they picked the best actors to showcase the characters' personalities - doesn't apply.
At the very least, we know it won't pull an Eragon, where the movie changes some very important plo tpoints and puts itself in a corner, because all the stuff they changed was really important. We know it won't so that because, apparently, all 3 movies are already written,so, who knows, maybe it'll get better.
It's a movie. It should have been gutted to fit the genre and show instead of explain.
From what I've heard from friends, those who have seen the series will be disappointed, and those who haven't seen the series have enjoyed.
I haven't seen the series. I'm hopeful.
Ah, Eragon.
I remember seeing all of 2 mins (if that) of that movie. The part I saw was when: (book and movie spoilers ahead)
After that, I knew it couldn't be even close to the original in plot, and abandoned it.
As I learned in my childhood; NEVER expect a beloved cartoon to be properly turned into a movie!
Look at Popeye...
Neither the fans nor the critics reacted well with this film. NOW it's a cult classic.
And let's not forget this one...
The audience wanted to burn the screen!
Give it some time and I'm sure we'll all look fondly on this.
So what you're saying is that 8-year-old kids are all morons that we can't possibly teach to embrace humanity? When I was 8 I was watching the Cosby show with my mom. I can understand that kids are easily suggestible sometimes but parents needs to do their fucking jobs and teach their kids that it doesn't matter what color that superhero's skin is, but that he's a good person and does the right thing; that's what counts.
And having not seen the movie I can't really comment on the personality thing for the characters.
Definitely agree on that last point! I think the reason people pull out the "race card" is that racism is not always about an action, but... I dunno, a state of being? Like, I don't think Shyamalan and the producers sat around saying, "Colored people suck, let's hire white actors!" If they did, I think we could all agree that that is racist. The point where some people see racism and others don't is when we're talking more about the subconscious culture and the subtle stuff. Let's say, instead, S and the producers said, "We should cast these white actors in the role, they're more accessible to a wider audience." Which *may be true*, but if it is, that truth is evidence of something that IS racist, the idea that we can only identify with white people or that they are the "everyman" while people of color are "different". Another person upthread made a very good point about how difficult it is for Asian (or other ethnic) actors to break into the industry vs. white actors (if that seems odd... when was the last time we saw a romantic comedy with the main male lead as an Asian?) This doesn't mean it's a case of BROWN PEOPLE STAY OUT, more a subtle and uncomfortable sign that "we" are not as "colorblind" as we think.
I think a lot of discussion of racism ends up in the, "This is racist!" vs "STOP PLAYING THE RACE CARD FOR EVERYTHING" situation because the two sides are thinking of entirely different definitions of the word. The latter is thinking of it as an act, a choice, an individual or group of individuals being jerks. The former is thinking in terms of institutions, of subconscious elements, of things in our culture we take for granted but perhaps should not. Wacky hijinks and misunderstandings ensue.
You were nicer to this film then Ebert, and just about everyone else.
Universal opinion seems to be that everything is lousy, except the Choreography.
Eh...condensing what appears to me to be a Dragonball Z meets Inuyasha anime series into a single movie is a bad idea to begin with. Also, given what you said about the exposition, it probably follows the series too closely for its own good, with characters often breaking into unwarranted exposition mid-fight scene (ok, so that's a problem for ALL Anime). I'm really not inclined to even give this one a chance as I'd be going to see inventive special effects and combat sequences that are already present in other, better movies (see the other Avatar from last year*).
*Which falls into the same category: shitty narrative + awesome special effects, yet it looks and was rated so much better than this one, I'm not inclined to bother.
I do see what you mean. Under that rationale, though, it STILL doesn't make sense of the majority of actors/characters/etc to be white. Because under your argument, it doesn't matter what color the superhero's skin is... so why not cast/create more PoC characters as well as white? It's not like it's hurting anyone.
I don't think it's a case of children being morons, but rather children asking difficult questions that we don't have the answers to (or at least, not good answers). Mommy, if everyone is special and equally good, then why aren't there any superheroes who look like me? Daddy, if humanity is all together and are all friends no matter what they look like, then why do all the people on Friends look the same? *These are good questions to ask*. We as adults should really think about what the answers are, and whether we need to change the world so as to give these children better answers than the ones we can give now.
Don't get me wrong, I totally 100% agree with your basic premise that we should all embrace humanity no matter what our color and creed, and should teach our children to respect everyone equally. Unfortunately, we're not quite there yet, and there is still prejudice against many minorities (and yes, to a certain extent, there is prejudice against majorities too, which is also problematic). I think it's good to at least *acknowledge* this prejudice and work to fight against it AS WELL AS teaching a credo of all-embracing humanity. In other words: "Yes, Virginia, it doesn't matter what color/gender/orientation/etc you are, because we're all equally awesome. Having said that, this casting is still problematic, because the filmmakers don't seem to realize that, and think that audiences will like white people more. What can we do to tell the filmmakers that they're wrong?"
Watch it and review it.
If you hate it, you'll have fun coming up with insults.
If you like it...You'll have liked it. And scrap the review.
I got the same feeling from this movie that i did when i saw the Lord of the Rings movies. I read the Fellowship book then saw the movie and was so surprised at just how good it was and how much they got in there. Then i was again blown away with the extended DVD. I think that is what to expect out of the Last Airbender, a good movie with a much better extended version when it comes out on DVD.
Also, i have seen the entire series on T.V. (they showed every episode in a couple days before the end of the series and nothing better was on) and i must say they did good getting all the main points in here. Rather pleasantly surprised.
I was sure this would be a travesty... I may actually watch this.
I hope they make a second. Toph FTW.
Looks like a good popcorn flick eaither way. Just a nice chance to go to the movies.
I thought culture was implied.
Dragonball Z meets Inuyasha, what the hell are you talking about? Only the drawing style and some animation techniques are 'anime' everything else is homegrown apple pie.
Thank you Bob for being more forgiving then most of the people on this site and much more forgiving then you usually are.
well what do you know both suprisingly and unso, I was right and wrong respectively about Bob's review. He saw the flaws that everyone else saw and critiqued accordingly but to my pleasent suprise he in the end came away recommending it. And Not suprisingly it faired far better that Eclipse
Alright, this is something I just can't stand about how people look at M Night's films: THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS NOT THIS 5 SECOND ENDING BIT! The core of the movie, a tense thriller of a family clinging to bits of information during an invasion beyond their league worked.
Oh, and it's pretty much the 'War of the Worlds' ending...so, basically a classic Sci-Fi reference, not some "oh bad storytelling" problem.
Yea no kidding... I was going to go see it anyways, even though everyone said it was terrible, but now this at least gives me a glimmer of hope that it will at least keep me 'entertained' till the next one comes out (which better blow the original away...)
A lot of assholes are saying that M. Night must not care about the movie, thats why he skipped over a lot.
But I think that he cared too much for the original source material and thats why he tried to compress an entire season.
In my opinion he should have taken the premise and the characters and made his own telling of it. I would have worked out a lot better.
Being a fan of the series, I died a little inside when watching this movie. Had he just stuck with the character personalities as they were (sakka never does anything funny, aang is emo), kept the names the same, and had more conversational dialog then explanation (which all the dialog could fit on two pages of paper) the movie could have been great, he did an amazing job with the filming of it, just a terrible job with the script and characters. (and the water tribes is the darkest skin color of the nations, why the hell were they white? eskimos arnt white).
Wow MovieBob was really posotive towards it. All the other critics I've seen have absolutley ripped it to shreds.
there is a difference between an entire nation being of one race, and of one culture.
Just because based upon cultures were there in the animated show does not mean every one was of one or another race in it.
Good thing he got it all wrong, not only did he make idiotic changes to the source material he had scenes that made no sense.
He obviously didn't care otherwise the actors would have been better, the acting better, the martial arts better, and the bending actually frequent instead of being few and far between.
If this was youtube, I'd put a large thumbs up next to LordVyreth's post. Seriously, read it. Moviebob has zero credibility as a movie reviewer with me, but I do enjoy his rants. This review boiled down into: "ANGRY AT ECLIPSE. SEE ANYTHING ELSE." Part of me feels that he'd give Catwoman a mediocre review if it had come out in place of Avatar, just because it's something other than Twilight.
Dammit.... I really hoped the best from this movie and really had faith is M. Knight. Ugh, anyway, still going to watch this movie. Looks like the best one in the cinemas right now. Thanks for the review and forewarning me for not expecting awesome everything from this movie. The animated series was definitely worth watching.
Yeah, it is kind tragic.
wow i thought Bob would have destroyed this in his review, but i guess i should have expected the sympathy, because I wanted this movie to be considered good too, especially after paying $12 to see it at midnight.
I liked The village as much as 6th sense and Unbreakable and more than signs.
The young man from slumdog millionare!?
I thought it was an absolute trainwreck. Like Bob said, it only got good near the very end. The rest was horrible. The acting was stiff, the dialogue was just terrible. I almost wanted to walk out on it.
I'm sorry but that makes little sense in the way of a defense. The characterization, acting and plot structure in this film was terrible, but you say that it is alright because it is possible save character development and good plot structure for the sequel?
No. A film has to stand on its own merits, and cannot be given credit for the next movie in the series that could possibly be better. The fantasy-hungry public didn't stand for it in Eragon or The Golden Compass. They do not have stand for it now.
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No makeup and no-holds-barred, the members of Kiss are ready to perform a stripped down acoustic set tonight at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino.
The special performance kicks off at 8 p.m. and is part of a celebration that marks the first season for the band's new arena football team, L.A. Kiss. The team, sponsored by the casino, is slated to play its first game April 5 in Anaheim.
"They're all about having a good time," said Stan Silveria, who drove nearly seven hours from Modesto to see the band perform and catch the L.A. Kiss Football game.
Before the show, original band members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley took time to speak at the casino, roped off from the public but visible enough for fans to listen in as the rock stars took questions from the media.
While they spoke plenty about their new football team, the two couldn't escape questions about the controversy surrounding the band's induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 10 in Cleveland. Simmons and Stanley have said they will not play the induction ceremony because both current and past members of the group are not being inducted. The hall of fame seeks to only honor the original members of the group, which are bassist and co-lead vocalist Simmons, rhythm guitarist and co-lead vocalist Stanley, guitarist Ace Frehley and drummer Peter Criss.
Now, the group consists of Simmons, Stanley, drummer Eric Singer and guitarist Tommy Thayer.
Simmons reiterated his statements Thursday and emphasized that while the band will "graciously accept" the honor, the band will do nothing else.
Stanley added that the Hall made its "bitter pill" of accepting his band slightly easier by "making the pill as small as possible" by including the original lineup.
"We will go … and do it on behalf of the fans," Stanley said about attending the ceremony.
For more on how tonight's special show, follow @IEMusicNow on Twitter or @JournWes on Tout for live updates and check in again tomorrow for the full story.


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TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — The Lebanese government authorized the army on Monday to take control of the northern city of Tripoli for six months following three days of sectarian clashes, a decision meant to allay fears that fighting in Lebanon's second largest city was spiraling out of control.
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati made the announcement after a high level security meeting at the presidential palace, saying the army has been empowered to take necessary security measures to keep the peace in Tripoli.
The army, he added, would carry out patrols and implement arrest warrants issued for fugitives in the city.
Security officials say 12 people have been killed and more than a hundred wounded in Tripoli since Saturday, when the latest round of violence erupted. Sectarian clashes linked to the war in neighboring Syria often flare there between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The fighting is concentrated between two impoverished rival neighborhoods in the port city. The Bab Tabbaneh district is largely Sunni Muslim, as are most of the Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar Assad's rule. Residents of Jabal Mohsen, a neighborhood perched on a hill, are mostly of Assad's Alawite sect.
But the fighting in the past few days has taken on a more ominous turn, spreading to include other parts of the city as snipers took up positions on rooftops and gunbattles and rocket fire raged out of control.
Fighting began Saturday after Sunni gunmen shot a man whose brother controls an Alawite militia, sparking gun battles that trapped children in schools and forced traders to flee their shops.
Fighters used rocket-propelled grenades to target their rivals in the crowded neighborhoods. On Monday, schools, universities banks and other businesses were mostly shuttered and streets deserted as occasional sounds of gun battles rang out.
In Syria, fighting continued for control of an ancient, pro-government Christian village about 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of Damascus.
The government said six nuns were trapped in the village of Maaloula, after al-Qaida linked rebels seized large swaths of the area. Syrian army tanks were positioned around it as the fighting sent smoke wafting over the scenic village, nestled into hillsides.
Forces loyal to Assad are trying to keep rebels led by the al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra, or Nusra Front, from advancing. Opposition fighters have taken control of several parts of the village since blowing up a checkpoint at its entrance on Friday, according to reports by the state news agency and opposition activists.
The fighting is part of a wider battle over a string of towns and villages in the rugged Qalamoun border region in an effort to control a strategic highway and smuggling routes from neighboring Lebanon. The town had been firmly in the government's grip but surrounded by rebel-held territory until Friday.
Five nuns and Mother Superior Pelagia Sayaf were trapped in the Mar Takla Convent, which sits above Maaloula, according to SANA.
Syria's Minister of Social Affairs, Kindah al-Shammat, demanded that countries supporting the rebels pressure them to release the nuns.
Many of the some 3,000 residents have already fled to Damascus, fearing rebels would punish them for supporting Assad and because they are Christians, one of the villagers said in a telephone interview. He spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for his safety. Others have taken shelter in the convent.
While two bishops and a priest have been kidnapped by rebels, no nuns have been reported harmed in the three-year conflict, which began as a popular uprising against Assad but later deteriorated into a civil war.
Syria's minorities, including Christians, have mostly sided with Assad or remained neutral, fearing for their fate if rebels, dominated by Islamic extremists, come to power.
In the past, rebels have seized parts of Maaloula only to be driven out within a few days by government forces.
Maaloula was a major tourist attraction before the conflict began in March 2011. Some of its residents still speak a version of Aramaic, a biblical language spoken by Jesus.
AP writers Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria and Diaa Hadid in Beirut contributed to this report.


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I do think he'll be a very good QB in a couple years though, but he needs time. And no I don't think they should have kept Brees. They drafted Rivers to be their QB of the future, so you've got to give the guy a chance to be your starting QB.
Plus Brees would have cost waaaaay too much IMO.


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Allenstown officials cut 150 units from curbside pickup
ALLENSTOWN — As of the end of May, any Allenstown landlords owning an apartment building of four units or more must seek a privately operated trash-disposal contractor if they choose to continue to offer waste removal to tenants.
This week selectmen approved changes to the town's Solid Waste Ordinance, effective May 31. The modification specifically dictates that the town is no longer offering curbside trash and recyclable pickup to apartment buildings with four or more units. Previously, the service was provided to residential buildings with up to six units.
Town Administrator Shaun Mulholland said the change stems from an effort to reduce costs by outsourcing municipal solid waste disposal services.
"We're in the process of contracting with outside vendors instead of our highway department to reduce the cost to the town," he said. "We had to draw a line someplace, in terms of which types of apartment buildings we would provide trash pickup for and which ones we couldn't."
The amended ordinance cuts roughly 150 units from town-required pickup.
"In trying to obtain a reasonable contract with outside vendors, our goal was to have all the trash picked up in one day," said Mulholland, "and if we had kept the ordinance the same, which would have added 150 more stops, it would have required the vendor to bring a crew in for another day (at an additional cost to the town)."
Mulholland said the highway department's current trash removal truck is in need of significant maintenance, or replacement, and noted the target date to begin using an outside vendor is June 1.
"By contracting out, we're going to save hundreds of thousands over a 10-year period, and that's a conservative calculation," he said. "Obviously health insurance and retirement costs are already high and, of course, we expect they're only going to get higher, but even projecting (the next 10 years) at today's numbers, and then factoring in vehicle insurance and maintaince costs ... we're going to see significant savings."
Though Mulholland said a couple property owners expressed displeasure with the amended ordinance, he said landlords and tenants still have several options.
"If they are residents, they can bring their trash to our landfill at no charge, or the landlords can contract with private contractor" he said. "The reality is these are commercial buildings. These landlords own buildings, so they can contract out if they'd like to continue offering trash pickup."


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These flip-flops have independent J, K, Reset and Clock inputs and Q and Q\ outputs. They change state on the negative-going transition of the clock pulse. Reset is accomplished asynchronously by a low level input. This device is functionally identical to the HC/HCT107 but differs in terminal assignment and in some parametric limits.
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Title: A Midsummer's Nightmare
Author: Kody Keplinger
Publisher: Poppy
May Contain Spoilers
From Amazon:
Whitley Johnson's dream summer with her divorce dad has turned into a nightmare. She's just met his new fiancee and her kids. The fiancee's son? Whitley's one-night stand from graduation night. Just freakin' great.
Worse, she totally doesn't fit in with her dad's perfect new country-club family. So Whitley acts out. She parties. Hard. So hard she doesn't even notice the good things right under her nose: a sweet little future stepsister who is just about the only person she's ever liked, a best friend (even though Whitley swears she doesn't "do" friends), and a smoking-hot guy who isn't her stepbrother…at least, not yet. It will take all three of them to help Whitley get through her anger and begin to put the pieces of her family together.
Filled with authenticity and raw emotion, Whitley is Kody Keplinger's most compelling character to date: a cynical Holden Caulfield-esque girl you will wholly care about.,
This is the first book that I have read by Kody Keplinger. It won't be the last. I enjoyed it, but found that the pacing near the end faltered a bit, and I felt that the overall conflict between Whitley and her dad was wrapped up too neatly to be convincing. Poor Whitley spent most of the book craving any kind of attention from her detached father, any kind of attention at all, after being ignored by him for the entire length of her summer vacation. Whitley was hard to like at times, but I found her father, a local TV personality, impossible to like, not even the slightest bit. Having messed up his first marriage, he pretty much treated his kids as inconveniences, doling out his precious time when it was convenient for him. I did feel bad for Whitley, because both of her parents failed her, despite her obvious attempts to wring any kind of reaction out of them. Her mother was far too bitter over the breakup of her marriage to give Whitley the guidance she longed for, and her father was too selfish being a hot-shot to give her the emotional support she so desperately sought.
When we first meet Whitley, she is hung over, just waking up from a night of partying that is appallingly hazy. She is aghast when she realizes that she slept with a boy she doesn't even know, and after making him feel like a pile of dog poo when she refuses to give him her number and blows him off, she flees. Oops! She's messed up again! She's gotten so drunk she can't remember what she did the night before, but as she regularly parties like a fiend, she shrugs it off and instead eagerly anticipates spending the summer at her dad's condo. She will swim and hang out with him, tossing a few drinks back while they chat and catch up on everything they have missed during the school year. Poor Whitley, it turns out, is sadly delusional.
When her dad comes to pick her up, he waits until they get to his new house to tell her that he has moved and…wait for it… that he is engaged and will be tying the knot in September. Right about there I realized why Whitley can't stand herself. Even her parents take no interest in her life, and since she doesn't believe in making friends, she is sadly without any kind of emotional support. When she meets her soon to be step-mom and step-siblings, she has another rude awakening. The unknown boy she hooked up with? He's going to be her step-brother. Ugh!
I found myself getting a little impatient with Whitley, because she isn't a nice person. She has a chip on her shoulder the size of a whale, and she keeps a wall around herself that even an airplane couldn't breach. As the emotional distance between herself and her parents yawned ever wider, she stepped back even farther from the people around her. Her blind worship of her father grated – it was apparent to everyone but Whitley that he didn't deserve it. Both her mother and her father spent as much time ignoring her as possible, for two very different reasons. Her mom was still not over the failure of her marriage, and could barely keep her act together. She didn't have the emotional energy to be there for Whitley. I understood Whitley's confusion about her parents. Neither of them had ever acted like a parent, so no wonder she formed no lasting attachments to anyone other than her brother, who lived on the other side of the country and didn't have any time for her either. What a sad situation to be in!
As Whitley's nightmarish summer slowly passes by, she begins to make emotional connections with Nathan and Bailey, her future step-siblings. Despite her every effort to avoid getting to know them or like them, Nathan and Bailey are always there for her, giving her the emotional support that has been lacking in her life. When she is the victim of cyberbullying, it is Nathan who consoles her. Though disapproving of her irresponsible and ill-advised behavior, he never turned his back on her or rejected her. It was gratifying to follow along with Whitley as she began to mature and take emotional risks. As she developed friendships she began to like herself, and with that better opinion of herself, she began to respect herself. That was when she could honestly evaluate her relationship with her parents, and when she finally recognized that Sylvia, her future step-mom, was also always there for her. I loved the relationship between Sylvia and Whitley; that was what Whitley needed, and it's too bad that she didn't find a caring and compassionate adult until she was about the leave home for college.
So, to sum it up, A Midsummer's Nightmare is a quick fun read about a girl who finally finds the family she has been longing for. Whitley is a hard character to like because she has no respect or love for herself, but as her nightmarish summer passes by, she begins to see that change must come from within herself. Neither of her feuding parents offered her the guidance and stability she craved, but she finally found acceptance from the most unlikely of places. I love books where the protagonist matures into a relatable character.
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FAIRFAX, Va. – All anyone can ask for is to get better each and everyday.
For Head Coach Jon Riley of the Virginia Commonwealth University track & field programs, he is seeing exactly that from both his men's and women's squads. The Rams reeled off yet another strong performance, this time at the Patriot Games, hosting by George Mason University.
"I'm really pleased with the effort all of our athletes gave today," Riley said. "I'm seeing more and more progress every week. Things are really beginning to take shape."
On the men's side, senior Axel Mostrag not only took top prize, but qualified for the IC4A Championships with a time of 2:28.21 in the 1000-meter run.
Antonio Norvell (pictured, right) and Donnie Seward joined their classmate with victories of their own in the long jump and 200-meter dash, respectively. Not far off of Norvell's leap was redshirt freshman Andre Hunter, who finished third in the event.
On the women's side, junior Jazlynn Finney had a big day, grabbed first-place in the long jump with a jump of 5.59 and second place in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.93.
Fellow junior Rachel Montague earned top honors in the triple jump, taking first-place with a jump of 11.64. It was a personal best for the New Jersey native.
Wrapping up the Black & Gold winners on the afternoon was senior Quina Fortune who took home first with a time of 1:17.13.
Junior Allison Morris (pictured, left) carried over her momentum from last week with a second-place finish in the high jump, clearing 1.60 m.
The Rams are back in action next weekend at the prestigious New Balance Invitational in New York, N.Y.


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SQL Server 2000 supports 32,767 connections per instance. You can run 16 instances per node, so the maximum number of client connections per server node is 524,272. Note that unless you have SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition, you have to pay separately to use each of the 16 instances on one computer.
From an architectural standpoint, if you're planning to provide more than a few thousand connections, you might want to use a middle-tier server such as Microsoft COM+ (Component Services), which comes in the box with Windows 2000, for programs that can use connection pooling to share connections to the database. If your applications are designed and programmed well, you can service more than 30 concurrent users from one connection.


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Indy graduated from MIT in 1998, with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Since "leaving" MIT, he has pursued a full-time career in technology and business, and is currently Vice President of Marketing & Strategy at FirstFuel Software, an energy software start-up in Lexington, MA. Prior to this, Indy's non-basketball has included roles at the global consultancy, The Boston Consulting Group, and other startup and venture capital firms.
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I recently got in an argument with my boyfriend on the topic of bestiality. He's a hardcore Satanist and he thinks that it's okay for people to have sex with animals if the animals consent. I replied with they cannot verbally consent as they have very low intelligence and run basically on instinct, and I pretty much called him sick for thinking that it's ok. (Wrong of me, but it really rustles my jimmies) He said that I might as well set my religion on facebook to Christian since I follow the morals of them (except for being pro gay marriage). I'm just... lost I guess. I'm not christian at all and I think the bible is hogwash, but is there anything inherently wrong with Christian morals?? Lying, murder, stealing, all pretty bad in my opinion. Aside from that the government influenced my morality long before I even understood what Christianity was. I don't know, I need some advice or just input on the whole situation.
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Is this a guy to be the father of your children, Meg?
I recommend for you, and your boyfriend, a book by Robert Wright, 'The Evolution of God'. The first thing you will learn is that the idea of a 'Christian value system' has meant a lot of different things over the years, most of which would be unrecognizable to the Christians today. Every facet of modern Christianity (Judaism and Islam, as well) was at some point introduced as a new idea, gradually accepted, and finally clung to with, yes, religious fervor.
Second, and almost indistinguishable from the above point, is the idea that religions change to suit the times. As Wright often puts it, 'doctrine changes or is re-interpreted to suit the facts on the ground, not vice-versa'. This religious maleability has been enshrined in the Bible; contained within one book, taken to be an absolute, revealed truth, are passages as disparate as (to paraphrase) 'kill the ____ people and all their children' and (not to paraphrase, cause I know this one) 'Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you'. Written, of course, at different times, by different people, for different purposes. The only common theme is that they happen to be claiming legitimacy given by the same invisible man. The idea of Christianity today has been carefully screened and selected from the bible, with a convenient blind eye turned on prohibitions on eating pork, or on the injunction to stone adulterers, because those do not 'roll with the times', so to speak. We today are more scientifically and morally enlightened than those who wrote the bible or interpreted it in the past, so for it to keep some sort of legitimacy, its modern interpreters must suit it to the environment at hand. It's no accident that Christianity today is a 'feel-good' religion; this is only in response to what is in demand by the people who it ministers to.
Another interesting point; the things you mention as 'sins' (to use the term only slightly sarcastically) are thought of that way almost universally, as Wright points out. They are 'evolved' into every social system, and therefore into every religion, as a matter of practicality. One does not have a functioning society where murder and theft are condoned and openly practised; this leads to chaos. Thus, in a darwinian fashion, successful sociecies will be the ones that build up strong social inhibitions against such things. Thus, there is a strong secular arguement to be made for the valid practise of such values. There was also, once, a valid arguement against bestiality and, say, eating non-kosher foods. What arguements still remain against these things?
Personally, though, I feel you're spot on with your views on Bestiality. It is right in line with what I think of as the only empirical moral rule; do no harm to others. Like you, though I find it somewhat disquieting personally, I suppose if we could get an animal's consent it would be just fine, just as I think anything a person wants to do is fine, as long as he has the consent of those it could affect, as long as it does others no harm. For us fleshy imbeciles, barely lifting our heads out of the evolutionary wringer into meta-consciouness, this is perhaps the best we can do, in terms of a moral system. Perhaps someday (when we have people like Sokrates about again) we can hope to do better, but until then we seem to be condemned to people like the Christians who pander influence in the form of misguided morality.
Brian, two points.
First, I think you don't give Christianity enough credit. The New Testament Jesus "event" (reality or not) was, at least in most theology I've read, a major change in the focus of morality and ethics. Not so much a 'moving with the times' thing. Historically, Jews treated other Jews with respect and kindness. Others not so much. The Jesus event was when the idea was introduced that everybody should be treated as a Jew (or a Roman, or a Greek, or whatever you were).
Second, the "do no harm to others" for whatever reason always brings to mind the Sikhs. A devout Sikh will wear a face mask so he doesn't accidentally inhale and kill an insect. He will carry a broom and whisk the sidewalk in front of him to avoid stepping on and killing any living thing. Do you do that? How serious are you about this "do no harm to others" idea? I can see a progression from "They're only bugs" to "They're only dumb animals" to "They're only n*##$^s" to "They're only Americans."
I again defer to Robert Wright; you will find that the 'Jesus event', as you put it, was not so much a singularity as a culmination of various real-world political forces coming together to suit the demands of a culturally expanding world. The doctrine of universal tolerance was definitely not new when it was brought to Pauline Christianity, having been resurrected, as it were, from older Egyptian traditions, and it may surprise you how long it took for that doctrine to gain universal acceptance among Christian sects. The basic facts are as follows; Christians needed a religious 'platform', as it were, that could thrive in the open market of Roman sociopolitical life; as Wright explains in great detail, the model best able to thrive was one which emphasized brotherly love while also extending the invitation to join the brotherhood to non-members. This is the origin of what we now know as universal tolerance. Over many years, apologists and theologians have understandably sought to spin or distort this progression, to make it seem as if Jesus himself was the source of all such ideas. Besides being little more than a typical Jewish apocolyptic street prophet of the most common variety, historical Jesus seems to have been just as xenophobic and bigoted as the next Jew in his day. His universal tolerance, along with most of the stories about him and sayings attributed to him, were manufactured by the authors of the gospels, or in Paul's letters, to construct a messiah-figure worthy of the aims of contemporary Christianity.
To your second point; certainly, I do not even attempt to live like a Sikh, and would hate to have to be the one to point out that, if you're going to do so, you will inevitably fail, because you have committed the folly of not knowing where to draw the line. If your mantra is, in every literal sense, 'do no harm to any living thing', the very air you breathe will be strike against you. One who does the things you suggest above, wearing face masks and sweeping their paths, has chosen a very low threshold of 'respectibility, but one which is just as arbitrary as the ones we choose. I think anyone, seeing a dog being deliberately tormented, would agree it's wrong; I would be harder pressed to make such a clear distinction if we moved down the line a little, say, to a kid slowly tearing a worm in half. I certainly am not qualified to say what a worm knows or feels, so am in no position to pass judgement. If the Sikhs insist that the worm is a living brother, and they thus have no qualms about comdeming worm-murder, we need only move a bit farther down the line to, say, an E. Coli bacterium, to test where they would draw the line. The point is that all such moral distinctions are, to some extent, arbitrary, and thus my killing an insect is not an exception to the rule, just something that falls outside of my practical moral repertoire. It does not follow from this, as it might from me having to make an exception for every creature I accidentally kill, that the moral reasoning can be extended to any 'other' group I want to kill. The grey areas in the middle of this rule do not in any way invalidate its application to those cases clearly on in one category; it will always be morally improper to kill a person, and will never be improper to kill, say, a plant. These cases fit within my personal system; others may have their own, wider or narrower in one area or another, without invalidating mine.
Actually, you're right, it is the Jain adherents who do that. I was studying both at the same time and sometimes get them confused.
You do not have the morality of Christians but they frequently have the morality of modern Humanist society which they claim to be Christian which is why you share many values with Christians.
If you read the bible, you will find justified in there slavery, child murder, rape, genocide and much more awful stuff. No Christian thinks these are OK even tho God says it is. I have the benefit of living in the UK where non-theists are a huge majority - only a third of us identify as atheist and 55% say they are Christian but of that 55% only 1/3 believe that Jesus is the son of God which shows how few real Christians we actually have.Over here there is the assumption that most people will have values consistent with Humanism - human rights, humanitarian policies etc - America has almost the same ethics and values as we do but because Christianity is so dominant there, people claim that those values are Christian which they most certainly are not. Unless you subscribe to views which DO separate Christians from the average humanist - mostly views that certain types of sex between consenting adults are wrong for no reason except that the bible says so - then you are not living by Christian values but by Humanist ones. I agree with you that animals are unable to consent to sex and therefore any sexual activity with animals is unethical.
Saith Helen Pluckrose: "If you read the bible, you will find justified in there slavery, child murder, rape, genocide and much more awful stuff. No Christian thinks these are OK even tho God says it is"
No, it was OK when God said it was OK. Now that God says it's bad, it's bad. It is good because God says it is good, not that God says it is good because it is good. (Sarcasm alert.)
"I have the benefit of living in the UK"
I have the "benefit" of living in a Texas, US ghetto. I have a neighbor who is convinced that we never landed on the moon. Might you say that my beliefs are somewhat out-of-place here? I think so. But I think that the tension and conflict does me some good, as I am not constantly reinforced by those around me. (Read: "Persecution is good for the soul.")
If you're from Texas, David, I certainly applaud you for being here. If you're a native Texan, then I applaud you for being bi-pedal --
'No, it was OK when God said it was OK. Now that God says it's bad, it's bad.'
I always point this out when a Christian tells me moral relativism is bad. Also the whole thing about it being fine for their god to round up non-christians and brutalise them but wrong when Hitler did it. Don't get more relative than that. Life is certainly a lot easier for an atheist here and I am not sure I'd be brave enough to be an out atheist if I lived in the bible belt. Kudos if you are.
I live in Houston. Our elected mayor is an "out" lesbian. Not all Texans are as backwards as you might think. Though we did see some Christian churches around the state calling for a boycott of Houston in response. So yeah, some Texans ARE as backward as you might think.
And I identify as a Hindu, though atheism is closest to what I believe in a practical sense. I had a "spiritual experience" as an Evangelical Christian that led me to Hinduism, and I'm not ready to classify that as a mental fart just yet.


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This morning on ABC's Good Morning America was a segment on payday loans.
They profiled two different women's stories, both of whom were living on social security and borrowing money from Advance America, the largest payday loan company in the US, to get by.
Unfortunately, neither of them were able to get by at all, but instead were swept up into the oh-so-ugly, downward spiral world of payday lending.
Did you know that most payday lenders charge between 300% - 800% interest?
And that there are only 15 states in the US that prevent payday lenders from charging such outrageous fees?
Hard to believe I know, but it's true... and absolutely absurd!
I have always cautioned consumers to stay away from payday loans. They appear to be a quick and easy solution to cash flow problems, but more often than not, they end up wreaking long-term havoc on your finances.
It pains me to know that in these tight economic times, more and more people are turning to payday lenders for short-term loans they have a hard time finding elsewhere.
Perhaps if there were a more reasonable and widespread alternative to payday loans, there wouldn't be so many consumers desperate for cash being pigeon-holed into a more difficult financial situation as a result of using payday loans.
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The Kansas City Royals hired former Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum to handle infield coaching among other duties Thursday, Oct. 3. The contracts of third base coach Eddie Rodriguez and bench coach Chino Cadahia were not renewed.
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The Kansas City Royals named Chino Cadahia as the team's next bench coach Friday, Sept. 30. The team is set to conduct an extensive search to replace pitching coach Bob McClure.
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If youve ever shared one of my homegrown tomatoes with my husband, Frank, consider this an apology. Im sorry you had to listen to him whine about the dollars spent coaxing a Better Boy slicer to ripen before the first frost.
He tells a woeful tale of pumping holy water uphill to raised beds that have been warmed with heat lamps and amended with platinum dust.
Its a lie, of course. We dont own a heat lamp.
Most years, we celebrate our first bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich in mid-August, if were lucky. No matter when I put them in the ground, most of the tomatoes I grow prefer to mature right around Halloween. So, like many in Durango, I pick them green, wrap them in pages of The Durango Herald and stack them in cardboard boxes to gradually ripen.
Last year, I skipped the ritual. Instead, I picked all the remaining green tomatoes the day before the first hard frost and made green tomato relish, using my friend Heather Brysons recipe.
Ill die before I eat all 6 pints of relish.
This year, I thumbed through pictures of green tomato pie and green tomato cake and it was punishment enough to keep me from planting tomatoes at all.
Local gardener Shirley Ivey actually made one of these green tomato pies, but admits to an initial dearth of courage. She watched the wallflower pie sit in the fridge for a couple of days, contemplated tossing it but then gave it a taste because she had gone through the bother of baking it.
It was actually pretty good. I was surprised, Ivey said.
Ivey takes her tomato-based baked goods to work, where she usually impresses her colleagues. But initially, the resourceful gardener and cook struggled to put her green tomato harvest to good use.
I didnt want to waste so many tomatoes, so I started looking for ways to use them, she said.
The veteran baker combed the Internet for recipes. She experimented, recently creating a gluten-free, tomato-based chocolate cake, but she wasnt satisfied with the cakes crumbly texture.
Wrapping green tomatoes and letting them ripen off vine works only when there are no cracks or blemishes, she said. Too many are likely to rot before they ripen.
Lynn Rosetta Kasper of The Splendid Table considers green tomatoes a delicacy with dozens of uses especially when the tart, green crunchiness is showcased in a Mediterranean-influenced salad.
But the versatility does not stop there, she said. In a recent telephone question-and-answer call-in with an audience guest, the American Public Media food show host said: Anything you can do with an apple in a dessert, you can do with a green tomato.
Durango plein air painter Elsie Mana Siapno has a deserved reputation as a great Southern cook. The Tennessee-born, 85-year-old says she spends less time in her Durango kitchen than when she was cooking for three children, but she still enjoys making spiced peaches from the bounty provided by her backyard tree. And when shes lucky enough to get a half-dozen green tomatoes, shes at work making fried green tomatoes, a treat she learned to enjoy while attending boarding school in Tennessee.
I understand Southern cooking. I like to select firm, slightly pink tomatoes and dip them in a buttermilk wash and a cornmeal flour mixture with slightly more cornmeal than flour, Siapno said. I dont have a recipe, but I can tell you the options. Im glad that younger people are growing their own gardens and eating something fresh.
Siapno adds a pinch of hot pepper or paprika to traditional salt and pepper seasonings but says chile powder, Italian, Cajun or Bay seasonings are equally good seasoning options.
Twenty-year-Durango resident and tomato grower Janet Kenna said shed rather wait than eat a green tomato.
She credits her Illinois father, who at 90 years old still eats tomatoes with mayonnaise and salt with teaching her to appreciate the nutritious fruit.
Kenna placed a half-dozen tomato plants in her garden the first week of May, protecting them from late spring frosts in walls of water. The early, hot summer and extended growing season contributed to the best harvest she has seen in 20 years, she said.
Kenna estimated that her husband, Matthew, processed tomatoes a dozen times at least, cooking them, 6 pounds at a time. She has a freezer full of salsa and frozen marinara, after picking the first ripe treasure in July. She shares the bounty with friends and neighbors who live close to the familys home on East Fifth Avenue.
Cherry tomatoes are good to enjoy fresh in salads and whole in cassoulet-style entrees.
Still, when the weather forecast called for frost, we saved every single one Kenna said, describing how she packed green tomatoes 4 inches deep in brown paper grocery bags and set them in the cool garage to ripen.
Kenna checks them every few days and estimates that the family of three will still be eating homegrown tomatoes weeks into November.


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Mali are the 21/20 (2.05) favourites with William Hill, and currently sit in second place behind leaders Ghana, although Patrice Carteron's side will progress if they earn a draw valued at 11/5 (3.20).
DR Congo are third in the table after two stalemates against Ghana and Niger, but need a victory against Mali priced at 12/5 (3.40) if they are to stay make it into the last eight.
Mali have the better pedigree of the two sides, having reached the semi-finals during three of the last six times the competition has been held.
Despite just edging past Niger 1-0 thanks to a late strike from captain Seydou Keita, Ghana defeated the Eagles by the same scoreline in their second group game.
Keita will be a key man again for the West African side, and at 5/4 (2.20) to score anytime could add another important goal to his international tally of 21 from 76 games.
With a draw enough to see Mali advance, DR Congo are sure to attack throughout the game however and will hope to spring a surprise result against their more illustrious opponents.
But with two draws so far during their campaign, and half of the Africa Cup of Nations games finishing all square, it would be no shock if this game were to end in a stalemate to the benefit of the more experienced squad of Mali.
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January 2014
January 24, 2014: Ford made a big splash at the 2014 Detroit show with the first public showing for the 2015 Mustang, and a launch pad for the most radical pickup ever. Though the aluminum-bodied F-150 drew most of the attention, it wasn't the only thing on display. Chrysler unveiled the new 200S and 200C, Kia and Toyota showed automotive vaporware, and more. After the show, Lincoln launched an updated version of its Navigator SUV that raises more questions about the brand's future direction than it answers. Confusion also reigned when the rules changes for the 2014 Formula One season were released. We doubt even Sheldon Cooper of TV's Big Bang Theory would fully understand the revisions. Finally, one thing Al Vinikour understands is professionalism. That's why he's written a piece on the unsung heroes of the highway.
January 10, 2014: Just after Christmas, Hyundai management decided that John Krafcik, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor America had to go. It was sold as a planned changing of the guard, but was there more to it? Speaking of new faces, a few recently broke cover. Lamborghini pulls the covers off its Huracán, the replacement for the very successful Gallardo. Lotus, meanwhile, shows the oddly named Elise S Cup R, it's entry-level track car. Elsewhere, Mercedes and Pebble Tech are working together to make your car's systems part of your smart watch. Chevrolet announced the vehicles it will launch with OnStar 4G LTE, and Harman launched three technologies at this year's CES. All are interesting. Undoubtedly, not all are Edward Snowden approved. This week we review Ford's C-Max Hybrid, a small "multi-activity vehicle" that, oddly, has us pining for the Ford Escape! VW pulls the wraps off its Passat BlueMotion Concept, a large sedan powered by a 1.4-liter gasoline engine. Lexus explains how its RC Coupe gets a red that is so vibrant (and expensive to repair), while Al Vinikour alternately praises and curses keyless entry systems over their convenience and foibles.


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I'm a Christie fan, but I thought that was brutal. Always cringe when you get the non-actors in there trying to be funny. Just so forced.
I DVR SNL and still watch, there's some good skits every once in a while. But Seth Myers is becoming increasingly intolerable. He is the definition of the word "smarmy".


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15 migrant workers killed in Dubai bus crash
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — State media in the United Arab Emirates say 15 Asian migrant workers have been killed in a bus crash in Dubai.
The WAM news agency said the laborers were killed Saturday when their bus rammed into a truck parked on the shoulder of a major highway that passes along the outskirts of the Mideast commercial hub. Thirteen others were reported injured.
The government-owned National newspaper reported Sunday that at least nine of the dead were from India and four were Bangladeshi.
Blue-collar South Asian migrant laborers dominate the workforce in Dubai. They primarily live in basic dormitory accommodations and travel to job sites on privately run buses.
In February 2013, at least 22 migrant workers died when a gravel-filled truck with faulty brakes rammed their bus.


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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have announced a list of political offenses against minority Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti, who has been detained since last week, accusing him of leading a separatist group that advocates violence to overthrow the Chinese rule in the restive western region of Xinjiang.
The scholar's wife said the accusations are groundless.
The Bureau of Public Security for Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, said in an online statement Saturday that Ilham Tohti recruited followers through a website he founded to cause trouble, spread separatist thoughts, incite ethnic hatred and engaged in separatist activities.
It said the scholar told his students that Uighurs should use violence and oppose the government as China opposed Japanese invaders during the World War II.
Ilham Tohti has not been formally charged, but prosecution is all but guaranteed as China tightens control over the region where a series of clashes between native Turkish Muslim Uighurs and police have killed dozens of people in the past several months.
In fresh violence Friday, state media reported that 12 people were killed in explosions and clashes with police. A spokesman for an exiled Uighur advocacy group blamed authorities for the deaths.
Ilham Tohti was taken away from his Beijing home on Jan. 15 without any official account.
His wife, Guzaili Nu'er, said that the family has not been informed of his whereabouts or his formal detention. She said family members were under 24-hour police surveillance.
"I don't know what they are talking about. It is nonsense," she said of the accusations against her husband.
The Uighurs have complained of discrimination from China's majority Han people and repressive religious policies, but China says it is cracking down on terrorism inspired by radical Islam.
Ilham Tohti has not joined calls for Xinjiang's independence but his outspokenness on problems with China's ethnic policies has made him a target of security forces. He has criticized the authoritarian government's heavy-handed handling of recent unrest, saying China's stifling security presence, widespread discrimination and restrictions have fanned ethnic discord in Xinjiang.


text: I am having a very emotional time w/ the nipple shield. Def a love hate thing. The lactation consultant at the hospital fitted me and recommended it's use due to my LO's chin shape (small lower lip, was getting a callous from trying to feed without) combined w/ my near flat nipples. He would latch correctly but quickly lose the nipple and not feed well. He has been eating well with it. While I am so grateful that I am able to BF and my 5 week old is doing well and gaining weight, I am also so disappointed that I cannot feed him w/o the shield. I have tried weaning, but he gets so frustrated that I give up and go back to the shield. I can get him to latch on w/o the shield, but he will let go after only seconds of nursing and the gets extremely upset- I don't want him to develop an aversion to breast feeding. And now I think he has thrush (we have our next checkup tomorrow so I'll find out for sure) and I feel like it's just one more hurdle trying to get me to just quit and do formula (I have threatened this many times out of frustration and tears) but it means everything to me and my LO to find a way to make breast feeding successful. My goal has always been to feed for a year. I need help! If worse comes to worse and I can't wean him successfully from the shield, is it ok to keep using the shield for good? Thanks for your help!


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Moleskine notebooks over the years have become one of the essential items for travellers. Since we asked you to post your images of " What's in your bag" on our Flickr group, it is clear the amount of passion underneath the wanderlust.
If you could start a journey, a neverending vacation and you could bring only a bag with you, which will be the 3 objects you cannot travel without?
We asked it to our Twitter followers, and as far as we had a lot of very interesting replies, we curated all of them via Storify.
You can find replies embedded below, but since they are very different and lighted up our and your curiosity, we thought to extend this initiative for some more days.
The rules?
- Send us a Tweet to the @Moleskine account. You have to list three objects you cannot travel without
- Use the hashtag #lifeinabag so we can find your message over the twittersphere


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Back in NH, Forbes talks immigration, Romney and 2016By JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
March 17. 2013 1:03AM
MANCHESTER - With immigration viewed as the next big thing to hit Capitol Hill in the coming weeks and months, publisher and former two-time Republican candidate Steve Forbes says it doesn't have to be a losing issue for his party.
Donald Trump last week called immigration reform "a suicide mission" for the GOP, but Forbes, in New Hampshire on Friday to speak to the Concord and Merrimack County Republican committees, disagreed, saying in a wide-ranging interview that thoughtful reform may not immediately gain votes for Republicans, but it "will stop losing votes" for the GOP.
"Stop the bleeding first," he said, "and then you can start appealing to voters."
Forbes, who was last in the state in May 2012 to campaign for state GOP candidates, said he was "shocked" by the results of the last election.
"For all the mistakes that Mitt Romney made, I still thought people wouldn't want another four years of this pessimism and fighting," he said.
Forbes faults Romney and his campaign for allowing themselves to be defined by President Barack Obama and the Democrats.
Yet, he is optimistic about the state of the economy and the GOP, predicting that among those who will at least consider running for President in 2016 will be Chris Christie, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Jeb Bush, who Forbes called "a given," and Paul Ryan, but definitely not himself.
On immigration, Forbes said the Republicans are right to insist on a "guest worker" program in which foreign workers are granted temporary entrance to the United States to do mostly difficult low-paying tasks.
"You can't pretend you don't need agricultural workers or hotel workers as the economy gets back on its feet," he said. "If you need them, have a program so you know who's here."
He said the GOP should also insist on reform of the H1-B visa, which also allows temporary admission to the country for certain occupations, "to show we're in tune with the times."
These should be available for high-tech jobs, and the number of H1-Bs should be dictated by the market "instead of putting artificial caps on them.
"This is why companies put facilities overseas; they can't bring capable people here," said Forbes. "Part of that is if you get your advance degree here, you should get a green card with your diploma. Why are we educating them and then sending them home?"
Forbes said Democrats were successful in the last campaign because "they defined all the issues. On immigration, it was, 'the GOP hates you.' We were waging 'a war against women,' and, because the Romney campaign never responded effectively, it stuck.
"Not to re-hash the past," he said, "but the idea that for three months, you could allow $300 million in trash ads run against you and not respond and not do anything," said Forbes. "At the convention, you put your five-point program at the end of your acceptance speech, looking like an after-thought. What were they thinking?"
Forbes said Romney "came off as sort of defensive" about his own success, giving an impression "that he wasn't quite savory.
"Roger Ailes has said that if you look like you're defensive about it, words don't matter," he said. "If you look like you're proud, then people say, 'Maybe there is something to that.' But he never did it."
Despite the big Democratic win, Forbes said "the country is adrift" and looking for leadership.
That is why, he said, there was positive grassroots response to Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster of the John Brennan nomination to head the CIA over the Obama administration's policy on the drones strikes within U.S. borders.
"He actually went against the grain and did something _ that's what they're yearning for," Forbes said.
On Medicare and Social Security, Forbes said the GOP should more effectively frame calls for reform as matters of personal choice.
Forbes predicted a 2014 "up-rising" similar to 2010. Within the GOP, there will be hard-fought primaries, and, "the message will be that no matter how glorified your name is, you will be challenged. I don't care if you call them coffee parties or tea parties or vodka parties, the base is ready to be roused."
Forbes, a long-time advocate of the flat tax, said he views Ryan's plan for two tax rates, 10 and 25 percent, favorably, but only as "a way-station to one rate."
"The bench of the party is good," said Forbes, citing Christie's "two-fisted" approach and soaring popularity in mostly Democratic New Jersey, Ryan's "intellectual firepower" and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker successes.
And when the GOP presidential field firms up, Forbes said, New Hampshire and Iowa will continue to play vital roles in the nominating process.
Despite the ever-increasing glut of broadcast advertising and social media campaigning, Forbes sees a continued value in retail campaigning.
"It's educational for candidates," said. "This is an under-appreciated side of American politics."
Forbes said that "in normal times," Iowans force candidates to articulate their stands on social issues, while Granite States force debate on economic issues.
"As a candidate, you get right up front a vivid lesson in American national politics in a retail way, and it's a good thing to get early on.
"It's a test of your skills," he said. "You couldn't have two better states."


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Voices from the opposition: No Eastie Casino
Members of East Boston's casino opposition gathered in Maverick Square on March 23 to protest the construction of an 161-acre resort casino complex at Suffolk Downs.
The project proponents promise to create 2,500 construction jobs and 4,000 permanent jobs and invest $40 million in improvements to roads and infrastructure.
But the proposal doesn't sit well with many residents of East Boston.
Holding his 2-year old son with one arm and bringing the megaphone to his mouth with the other, Pedro Morales said to the a crowd standing in front of Maverick Square, "This is my son Eli. Eli is going to grow up in an East Boston without casinos.''
The family-friendly demonstration titled "Stand up East Boston'' was organized by the leading casino opposition group No Eastie Casino to give residents a chance to speak up in their own words.
Attended by toddlers and long-time East Boston residents alike, the event also saw the presence of Spanish-speaking residents willing to voice their concerns.
During a "Speaker's Corner,'' neighbors had the opportunity to pick up the megaphone and express their personal take and concerns on the plans to develop a casino.
"The real goal is to showcase a chorus of voices,'' said Celeste Ribeiro Myers, co-chair of No Eastie Casino.
Here from more community voices opposing this project in this gallery.
Tom "The Colonel'' Domenico, 71, is a lifetime resident of East Boston.
"A casino is going to affect traffic, crime, pollution, my way of life, and my auto insurance,'' said Domenico. "The roads cannot sustain a casino: with $40 million they aren't going to build you a sidewalk from here to Central Square.
"There was a study that said it would cost $500 million, but that study has been buried. Nobody can find it.''
Sam Albertson, 30, of Eagle Hill said, "I don't usually get involved, but I feel very strongly about this one.
"I am very concerned with the impact on families, especially lower-income families. Gambling can lure them to put their money where they need it the fastest. Crime and busy streets will be an issue.
"Honestly, I'm offended by how the city says they want to hear from the community. It feels fake.''
Mike Russo, 43, of Orient Heights said, "I am part of the organized opposition because I see the casino as a net loss to this community. How much social, economic, and environmental gain can come out of the slot machines in East Boston?
"We are surrounded by malignant land use. I am sick and tired of my community being used as New England's ashtray.''
Dario Zapata, 58, is a resident of Maverick Square.
"I'm here because I don't want a casino to be constructed in my community,'' he said. "Gaming generates addiction, and an addicted individual is a tragedy. The casino is going to negatively impact the community and displace our commerce.
"I think a lot of people will spend their money in the casino instead of buying groceries for their families.''
Audrina Warren, 29, lives in Eagle Hill.
"There are better things that could be done here, not this casino that will suck the life out of East Boston,'' said Warren. "The amount of money local businesses owners make will be less, because those who don't know what's in East Boston will go straight to the casino, thinking it's the only thing in East Boston.''
Pedro Morales, 40, resident of Jeffries Point attended the rally with his son Eli Morales, 2.
"I am very angry with the way the people of Suffolk Downs have managed this,'' said Morales. "They've been here for 78 years and only in the past two weeks began approaching the Latino community.
"I think it's insulting. A casino will be devastating for those who pay rent. It will displace people for economic reasons.''
John Ribeiro, 73, of Eagle Hill said, "We've been fighting to keep the civility of East Boston for a long time. I have a map that shows that more than half of East Boston is actually called Massport. East Boston has always been thrown to the world.''
Michael Murphy, 40, resident of Winthrop, attended the rally with Heather Engaman, 37, and Vivi, 3.
"I came here to voice my opinion,'' he said. "We are hoping we can help East Boston mobilize.
"All you need to do is 10 minutes of objective research to realize [a casino] is not a good thing because of crime, public safety, and drunk driving.''
Madeleine Steczynski, is a resident of Jeffries Point.
"I've seen this neighborhood fight with Massport,'' said Steczynski. "To have another massive business that will negatively impact this neighborhood for the benefit of Boston gamblers is too much for a small community like East Boston.''
Celeste Ribeiro Myers, is the co-chair of No Eastie Casino.
"We've been working since 2011 and have hundreds of Suffolk Downs opponents.'' she said. "We are mobilized as a ballot campaign to educate, organize, and share it with our neighbors. We are the eyes, ears, and voice for our community that the elected officials are trying to obscure.''
Jordan Schulz, 30, resident of Orient Heights participated with his daughter in his arms.
"We love the neighborhood and a casino is not good for families because of the addictive behavior it encourages,'' he said.


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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration is issuing an important warning for all parents and caregivers regarding the potential for dosing errors when giving liquid acetaminophen to infants.
An additional concentration of liquid acetaminophen marketed for infants, 160 mg/5 mL, is now available (it had already been sold, with dosing cups, for children ages 2 to 11). Most consumers are likely familiar with the 80 mg/0.8 mL or 80 mg/mL concentrations of liquid acetaminophen, which may lead to some confusion or dosing errors, especially as the older concentrations may still be on store shelves and in people's medicine cabinets. The new concentration is less concentrated than earlier forms, which could lead to an infant receiving insufficient medication or making the drug ineffective. Giving too much acetaminophen could possibly lead to death, and in fact, overdoses of infant acetaminophen, some of which led to death from liver failure, are the reason behind this change.
Plus: New AAP Guidelines on Treating a Fever in Kids
Over-the-counter liquid acetaminophen is used to temporarily reduce fever and relieve minor aches and pains due to the common cold, flu, headache, minor sore throat and toothache. Popular brands include Tylenol, Little Fevers, Triaminic, Pedia Care, and generic or store brands (e.g., Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens brand, etc.).
Plus: Ease Baby's Pain After Vaccines and Heel Sticks
This change in the concentration will affect the amount of liquid given to an infant. Additionally, packaging may contain an oral syringe instead of a dropper.
Because there is no dosing amount specified for children less than 2 years of age, it is important to check with your healthcare provider for dosing and concentration instructions. Parents and caregivers should also be sure to read the information regarding active ingredients to confirm they are using the appropriate concentration.


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Abbey Crouch not happy after being turned away from swanky club
FOOTBALLER Peter Crouch's model wife Abbey was left red-faced after being refused entry to a nightclub.
Abbey went back to the bar they'd been at before with her two girlfriends
Abbey and her Desperate Scousewives' star brother Sean Clancy were turned away from Playground nightclub in Liverpool's Hilton Hotel.
Abbey, 26, was forced to face a walk of shame away from the door.
Luckily her blushes were spared later on as her disappointing night was rescued by fellow WAG, Steven Gerrard's wife Alex.
When Abbey first arrived she had jumped the queue and tried to use her fame to get Sean and a group of pals all in.
But the doormen were having none of it and the mum-of-one cringed as she was forced to make way for other revellers. As 25-year-old Sean appeared to console her, she walked off head down in embarrassment.
Shortly afterwards Abbey returned without her brother – but with Alex instead.
A spokesperson for Abbey said: 'The club wouldn't let Sean in as he was with a dozen mates so the boys left. Abbey went back to the bar they'd been at before with her two girlfriends.
"Then later they ran into Alex and all of them went back to the nightclub."
With an England and Liverpool captain's wife in tow, Abbey had no problems being allowed into the exclusive nightspot.


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Monopoly is holding the trial of the century, asking fans to play the jury to decide which of the games classic pieces gets to stay--and which one has to go.
Using Facebook and Twitter, Hasbro has launched a contest for fans of the classic game to help "save" their favorite token--car, thimble, shoe, Scottie dog, battleship, hat, iron or wheelbarrow--and vote to replace it with a brand new one.
After nearly a full day of voting, the Scottie dog is holding an easy lead, with more than 61,000 votes and 34 percent overall. The wheelbarrow is in trouble, with 24,000 votes and only 3 percent of the total so far.
Fans can chose between a robot, a diamond ring, a cat, a helicopter and a guitar for a new token that will take its place among the classics.
Facebook fans can vote to save one classic token and choose one new token once a day on the Monopoly Facebook app, and use the hashag #tokenvote to cast their votes on Twitter.


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When Kevin Kolb meets with reporters today at 12:30 p.m. it will essentially be his introduction as the Eagles' new starting quarterback and it will unofficially signal the end of one era and the beginning of another.
But Donovan McNabb's departure from Philadelphia and how it came to be will be discussed for days, weeks and maybe ever longer than that. So let's look behind the scenes. Here are the essentials:
-- Washington was one of at least a "dozen teams" to have inquired about McNabb since the end of season, according to a league source.
-- The Redskins didn't think they could get the deal done initially and didn't even know if they wanted McNabb or wanted to draft a quarterback instead, per the source. New coach Mike Shanahan had made it clear at the NFL owners' meetings, however, that he wanted to upgrade at quarterback. He had given no indication, however, that he was interested in McNabb.
-- The Raiders had indeed become the front-runners last week, but McNabb, through his agent Fletcher Smith, had made it LOUD and CLEAR that he did not want to play for Oakland. According to a league source, one faction of the Eagles brain trust did not think that McNabb should ultimately dictate where he would go. Another faction was willing to consider McNabb's feelings and that's how they arrived at Washington.
-- The Redskins jumped back into the picture in the middle of last week. McNabb's camp was involved almost from the beginning. There were still other teams involved, at this point, in talks with the Eagles, but Washington moved to the forefront on Saturday. When the Redskins threw in the 2011 conditional fourth round pick on Sunday, the deal was clinched.
-- Eagles coach Andy Reid was in constant communication with Smith. If McNabb had his choice, he preferred to go to Minnesota or Arizona, according to a source close to the quarterback. But he was intrigued by the idea of playing for Shanahan, a two-time Super Bowl champion coach, who had become John Elway's coach when the quarterback was 34 and helped guide him to his first title after 14 seasons without one in Denver. McNabb is 33 and had played 11 seasons in Philadelphia.
-- McNabb's camp thought that there was still a chance that the Eagles would not trade their franchise quarterback. But when the Eagles let it be known that Michael Vick was returning and when they traded cornerback Sheldon Brown on Friday, they felt the writing was on the wall.
-- McNabb, according to those close to him, did not ultimately care that he netted the Eagles relatively little in return.
-- When asked if the Redskins' offer was the best he had received, Reid said this morning on ESPN's Mike and Mike that it was the best for all parties. As usual, he tiptoed around a straight answer.