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Expert's Rating
- Improved processing speed
- Increased battery life
- Slower graphics performance compared to previous model
- Battery not user serviceable
It's been nearly a year since Apple refreshed its MacBook Pro line. That's a longer-than-usual gap between updates, but the new MacBook Pros sport several changes under the hood, including new processors, new graphics processors, and a new peripheral connector. It all translates into performance jumps that were worth the wait.
The new MacBook Pro line consists of five models, all with 4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 memory, and Intel's integrated HD Graphics 3000 processor. The $1199 13-inch model has a 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor and a 5400-rpm 320GB hard drive. The $1499 13-inch model has a 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor and a 5400-rpm 500GB hard drive. The $1799 15-inch model has a 2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, a 5400-rpm 500GB hard drive, and a 256MB AMD Radeon HD 6490M discrete graphics processor. The $2199 15-inch model has a 2.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, a 5400-rpm 750GB hard drive, and a 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6750M discrete graphics processor. The $2499 17-inch model has the same specs as the $2199 15-inch MacBook Pro.
Welcome to Sandy Bridge
Intel's latest Core series of processors, known by the code-name Sandy Bridge, are found inside every new MacBook Pro. With the processor, cache, integrated graphics, and memory controller all residing on the same die, the Core i5 and Core i7 processors helped propel the new MacBook Pros well past their predecessors in CPU performance.
The Sandy Bridge processors feature Intel's HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics processor. In the previous generation of MacBook Pros, Apple used Intel's integrated HD graphics only in the higher-end models, which also had a second, discrete GPU, the Nvidia GeForce GT 330M. The GT 330M kicked in for graphically intensive applications. With the older 13-inch MacBook Pros, Apple didn't think the Intel HD graphics available at the time were powerful enough to be the only graphics option, so it stuck with Core 2 Duo processors and used Nvidia's integrated GeForce 320M graphics. With the new HD Graphics 3000 processor, Apple found the performance good enough to finally invite the 13-inch models into the new Core era.
Like its predecessors, the Sandy Bridge processors support Hyper Threading, which allows the system to address four virtual cores in the 13-inch models and eight virtual cores in the 15- and 17-inch models. Another technology, Turbo Boost, allows the processors to temporarily speed up when needed. The Sandy Bridge processors are using Turbo Boost 2.0, which Apple says is more efficient than the previous version.
Intel discovered a hardware problem that could possibly slow down performance over time in the first Windows-based Sandy Bridge computers, and recalled those processors. Apple says that these processors are free of this defect.
Enter Thunderbolt
The only change you'll notice to the exterior of the MacBook Pro is the tiny lightning bolt icon near what was once the Mini DisplayPort connector. It's now a Thunderbolt port, a new connectivity technology. The port looks identical to the Mini DisplayPort and you can connect Mini DisplayPort adapters or Apple's LED Cinema Display ( ).
You can daisy-chain up to six devices to the Thunderbolt port. Thunderbolt can supply up to 10 watts of power per channel and offers speeds of up to 10Gbps, twice that of USB 3.0 and 12 times as fast as FireWire 800. Apple and Intel are hoping for widespread adoption of Thunderbolt, but only time will tell if Thunderbolt will catch on. Several Thunderbolt-equipped products have been announced, but they've yet to start shipping, so at the moment it's impossible to fully test the Thunderbolt port. When Thunderbolt peripherals become available, Macworld Lab will revisit the speed claims with our own benchmark tests.
Out of iSight
Along with the other internal changes, the MacBook Pros feature a new integrated Webcam called FaceTime HD, which replaces the iSight Webcam found the in the older MacBook Pros. Capable of capturing video at 720p resolution, the new Webcam takes its name from Apple's video calling software that runs on iPhone 4, the latest iPod touch models, and most Intel Macs running Snow Leopard. The FaceTime for Mac software comes pre-installed on the new MacBook Pros, and is also available from the Mac App Store for $1.
There was a noticeable difference in image quality between the FaceTime HD Webcam and an iSight Webcam in last year's MacBook Pro. When I held up a document to each camera, the text was much easier to read on the high-resolution image transmitted from the new MacBook Pro. The text on the image from the iSight was garbled and barely legible. The differences in image quality from each Webcam were subtle when looking at people.
What hasn't changed
Everything you see and touch on the MacBook Pros (aside from the aforementioned Thunderbolt icon) is identical to the last generation. The glossy LED backlit screens each measure 13.3-, 15.4-, and 17-inches diagonally, with 1280 by 800, 1440 by 900, and 1920 by 1200 pixel resolutions, respectively. All models have a full-sized, backlit keyboard, and glass multi-touch trackpads with gesture support.
The stereo speakers and built-in microphone remain the same, as do the number of ports on every model: one FireWire 800, one Gigabit Ethernet, a MagSafe power connector, and one audio in and one audio out port. The 13- and 15-inch models have two USB 2.0 ports and a SDXC card slot. The 17-inch model has three USB 2.0 ports and an ExpressCard/34 slot.
MacBook Pro (Early 2011): Speedmark 6.5 scores
To measure the overall speed of each MacBook Pro, we used our system performance test suite, Speedmark 6.5. The new 13-inch 2.3GHz dual-core Core i5 MacBook Pro, with a Speedmark 6.5 score of 140, was 35 percent faster than the 13-inch 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro it replaces. The biggest leap in performance was in the iTunes AAC-to-MP3 encoding test, which was 57 percent faster on the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro. In the Handbrake test, the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro finished 47 percent faster.
The next step up in the line, the 13-inch 2.7GHz dual-core Core i7 MacBook Pro, showed improvement that was less dramatic, scoring only a 13 percent gain over the model it replaces, a 13-inch 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. The 2.7GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro was 36 percent faster in our iTunes test and 28 percent faster in our Handbrake test.
We found the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro to be 31 percent faster overall than the 13-inch 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Air (). The Pro was much faster in processor-intensive tasks, but the Air was much faster at duplicating and unzipping files, thanks to the flash storage. The Air's Nvidia graphics were also faster than the HD Graphics 3000 in the Pros.
Unlike the 13-inch models of the last generation of MacBook Pros, the new 13-inch models really separate themselves from Apple's entry-level laptop, the $999 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook (). Where only seven Speedmark points, a FireWire 800 port, and $200 separated the old 13-inch 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro and its plastic cousin, the new 13-inch MacBook Pros were 41 and 57 percent faster overall than the MacBook.
The 15-inch 2.0GHz quad-core Core i7 MacBook Pro was 33 percent faster than the 15-inch 2.4GHz dual-core Core i5 MacBook Pro introduced last April. The 2.0GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro's Handbrake time was 51 percent faster, while its iTunes encoding times were 24 percent faster. Duplicating and Unzipping files didn't see much improvement, however.
The new 15-inch 2.2GHz quad-core Core i7 MacBook Pro was 38 percent faster than last year's fastest 15-inch model, a 2.66GHz dual-core Core i7 MacBook Pro. The new 17-inch 2.2GHz quad-core Core i7 MacBook Pro was 53 percent faster than last year's largest Mac laptop, a 17-inch 2.53GHz dual-core Core i5 MacBook Pro.
What's even more interesting is how well the MacBook Pros compare performance-wise to the current iMacs. The 15-inch 2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro beat the 21.5-inch 3.06GHz dual-core Core i3 iMac by one Speedmark point. Call of Duty and disk-intensive tests ran faster on the iMac, while processor-intensive tests ran faster on the MacBook Pro. The 15- and 17-inch 2.2GHz MacBook Pros were about 7 percent faster than the 27-inch 2.8GHz quad-core Core i5 iMac (). These three Macs scored identically in the Aperture import test, as well as the Photoshop and iMovie export tests. Call of Duty was 9 percent faster on the iMac.
You can examine the individual application test results from our Speedmark 6.5 testing.
Getting graphic
To see how the new graphics processors handle game performance, we ran a 1024-by-768-resolution Call of Duty 4 test and a Cinebench R11.5 GPU test, which are part of Speedmark 6.5. We also ran the Call of Duty test and a Portal timedemo at 1280-by-800, the native resolution of the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
The new 13-inch MacBook Pros and their Intel HD Graphics 3000 processors weren't that impressive in our games tests, scoring lower than the older 13-inch systems with Nvidia GeForce 320M integrated graphics. In the 1024-by-768-resolution Call of Duty test, the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro displayed 26 fps (frames per second) on average, while the 13-inch 2.7GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro averaged 27 fps. Those results are well below the 33 fps displayed by the older 13-inch 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with Nvidia graphics.
The Call of Duty scores at 1280-by-800 showed an even wider performance gap with the 13-inch models, with the older Nvidia-powered 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro posting frame rates that were 55 percent higher than the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro, and 48 percent higher than the 13-inch 2.7GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro. The new 13-inch MacBook Pros fared better in the Portal tests, displaying just two fewer frames per second than the older 13-inch 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro. All three of the 13-inch MacBook Pros new and old posted Cinebench R11.5 scores of 11. The slower game performance may be seen as a reasonable price to pay for the increased overall performance, but even casual gamers may want to consider a Mac portable with discrete graphics.
The 15-inch 2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro, with its discrete 256MB AMD Radeon HD 6490M graphics, shows a big jump in performance, with 1024-by-768 Call of Duty frame rates and Cinebench GPU scores nearly double those of the new 13-inch models. The 15-inch 2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro also more than doubled the scores of the 13-inch MacBook Pros in Call of Duty at 1280-by-800. Portal was also significantly faster, displaying 86 percent more frames per second.
When comparing the 15-inch 2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro to last year's 15-inch 2.53GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro, the Call of Duty numbers are slower on the new model, while Portal was a few frames faster. Cinebench scores were actually 31 percent faster on the 15-inch 2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro.
The 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros with 2.2GHz Core i7 processors were the top graphics performers overall, thanks to the discrete Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of dedicated video memory. In the 1024-by-768 Call of Duty tests, the 2.2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pros were able to display 31 percent more frames per second than the older 15-inch 2.53GHz Core i5 and 17-inch 2.53GHz Core i5 MacBook Pros, both with Nvidia GeForce GT 330M graphic processors. The 2.2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pros absolutely smoked through the Portal test, with frame rates that were nearly doubled that of the other machines. And the 2.2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pros more than doubled the Cinebench GPU score of the older 15-inch 2.53GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro.
MacBook Pros (Early 2011): Graphics performance
|Portal 1280×800
|Call of Duty 4 1024×768
|Call of Duty 4 1280×800
|Cinebench R11.5 Open GL
|13″ MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Core i5 Intel HD Graphics 3000
|13″ MacBook Pro 2.7GHz Core i7 Intel HD Graphics 3000
|15″ MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Core i7 256MB AMD Radeon HD 6490M
|15″ MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Core i7 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6750M
|17″ MacBook Pro 2.2GHz Core i7 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6750M
|13″ MacBook Pro 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo Nvidia GT 320M
|15″ MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Core i5 512MB Nvidia GT 330M
|17″ MacBook Pro 2.53GHz Core i7 512MB Nvidia GT 330M
Battery life
Since the MacBook Pro battery is built-in, you can't swap in a fully charged battery. So how long the built-in battery lasts on a charge becomes much more important, and Apple says the MacBook Pro battery should last up to 7 hours. Apple changed the way it tests battery life, so it's hard to know whether 7 hours represents an improvement over last year's MacBook Pros. For the old models, Apple claimed up to 10 hours of battery life for the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and between 8 and 9 hours for the 15- and 17-inch models.
Macworld Lab performs a quick-drain torture test to gauge battery life in a worst-case scenario. Using QuickTime Player, we loop a movie file that has been ripped from a DVD to the hard drive. We view the movie in full screen mode with screen at full brightness, and AirPort connected. Our battery life tests differ dramatically from Apple's, so comparing the results to Apple's specification isn't comparing apples to apples.
In our tests, the new MacBook Pros all lasted between 5 hours, 39 minutes (the 17-inch 2.2GHz Core i7 model) and 5 hours, 53 minutes (the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 model). Those results are better than the results for last year's line.
Both of the 13-inch MacBook Pros lasted longer than older 13-inch 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, which lasted 5 hours, 23 minutes. The 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro lasted 30 minutes longer, and the 13-inch 2.7GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro lasted 18 minutes longer.
More dramatic improvements were found with the 15-inch MacBook Pros. The 15-inch 2.0GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro lasted 50 minutes longer than the 4 hours, 53 minutes by the old 15-inch 2.53GHz Core i5 MacBook Pro. The 2.2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro lasted 54 minutes longer.
The 17-inch 2.2 Core i7 MacBook Pro also showed an impressive improvement, lasting 48 minutes longer than the 4 hours, 51 minutes posted by the old 17-inch 2.53GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro.
Not satisfied with Apple's preconfigured systems? You have a ton of options for customizing your MacBook Pro.
The 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM used in all of the systems can be upgraded from the standard 4GB (two 2GB modules) to 8GB (two 4GB modules) for an additional $200.
The hard drives in each MacBook Pro can be upgraded, but the price for each upgrade depends on the drive in the standard configuration. For example, an upgrade in the 13-inch 2.3GHz Core i5 model from the standard 5400-rpm 320GB drive to a 5400-rpm 750GB drive costs $150. In the 13-inch 2.7GHz Core i7 model, upgrading from the standard 5400-rpm 500GB drive to a 5400-rpm 750GB drive costs $100.
A 7200-rpm 500GB hard drive upgrade is available for the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros. It's an extra $100 with the 15-inch 2.0GHz Core i7 model. On the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros with the 2.2GHz Core i7 processor, switching from the standard 5400-rpm 750GB drive to the 7200-rpm 500GB drive comes at no cost.
Solid-state drives (SSDs) in capacities up to 512GB are also available for all systems. As with the hard drives, the pricing depends on the standard hard drive. For example, to swap out the standard 500GB hard drive in the 15-inch 2.0GHz Core i7 model to a 512GB SSD costs $1200. Upgrading the standard 750GB hard drive in the 15-inch 2.2GHz Core i7 model to a 512GB SSD costs $1100.
For an extra $250, the 2.2GHz Core i7 processors in the $2199 15-inch MacBook Pro and the 17-inch MacBook Pro can be replaced with a 2.3GHz quad-core Core i7 with 8MB of shared L3 cache (up from 6MB you get with the standard 2.2GHz processor).
The 15-inch models have the option for a high-resolution (1680-by-1050) glossy widescreen display ($100) or a high-resolution antiglare widescreen display ($150). The 17-inch has only an option for the high-resolution antiglare widescreen display ($50). The 13-inch models don't have such display options.
(Macworld reviews and rates standard configurations only, though we may test and publish benchmark results of Macs with custom configurations when available.)
Macworld's buying advice
The new MacBook Pros offer a mix of improvements, familiarity and compromise. The CPU performance and battery life are much improved, and the graphics performance of the discrete Radeon HD 6750M in the 15- and 17-inch 2.2GHz Core i7 models was much faster than any MacBook Pro we've tested. There's also the high data throughput of the new Thunderbolt port. The screen, weight, keyboard, speakers, and number of ports remain the same. As for compromises, there's the integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor, which turned in results that are either slower or similar to the integrated graphics used in last year's MacBook Pros. The discrete Radeon HD 6490M graphics processor in the 15-inch 2.0GHz Core i7 model performed similarly to the discrete graphics found in last year's 15-inch models. And there aren't any Thunderbolt peripherals available yet.
If you're deciding between a $999 MacBook and an $1199 13-inch MacBook Pro, the choice is clear: Spend the extra $200 on the MacBook Pro, which is a better performer and has more features. The 15-inch 2.2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro is the model to look at if you're looking for the best combination of size and performance. The 17-inch 2.2GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro can be seriously considered a replacement for a desktop computer.
[James Galbraith is Macworld's lab director.]

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Bill O'Reilly's Divorce Is So Ugly, God Got Involved
Bill O'Reilly wants his ex-wife to go to Hell. Literally. As we previously reported, the Fox News falafelist became separated from his former wife Maureen McPhilmy at some point in 2011, and later went on an apparently corrupt crusade to destroy the career of the Nassau County Police detective she was dating. We have now confirmed that O'Reilly and McPhilmy have been formally divorced, that she has since married the detective, and that O'Reilly is in the midst of a scorched-earth custody battle—dubbed, appropriately enough, Anonymous v. Anonymous—over the ex-couple's two children. It involves a surreptitious attempt by O'Reilly to undermine his custody arrangement by hiring, as a member of his household staff, the woman he and his ex had agreed on as a neutral arbiter of their disputes. It also involves O'Reilly's attempts to annul his marriage and have McPhilmy potentially booted from the Catholic Church.
To catch you up: In May 2010, O'Reilly and his wife began living in separate houses less than half a mile from each other on Long Island. In 2011, O'Reilly used his connections with the Nassau County Police Department (and the potential for donations to a nonprofit affiliated with the department) to try to launch an internal affairs investigation into McPhilmy's new boyfriend—a Nassau County detective—for the crime of sleeping with Bill O'Reilly's wife. With the help of the New York Civil Liberties Union, we are currently suing the NCPD for access to public records, including O'Reilly's correspondence with former commissioner Lawrence Mulvey, about the episode. That case is on appeal to the Second Department of New York Supreme Court's Appellate Division.
Which brings us to another case we found rattling around in the Second Department: Anonymous 2011-1 v. Anonymous 2011-2. Family law cases in New York are not a matter of public record. But their existence, in the form of a docket entry with the names of the participants—as in Kramer v. Kramer—generally is. In rare cases, a judge will grant a motion to anonymize the names to protect the interests of the children or the privacy of public citizens. Anonymous 2011-1 v. Anonymous 2011-2 is one of those cases.
The dispute behind Anonymous 2011-1 v. Anonymous 2011-2 has been bitter enough, though, that the case ended up in the appellate division, where decisions are routinely published, often laying bare sensitive details. It's a custody action, commenced in September 2011, and you can read all about it right here, on the web site of the New York state court system. It involves a treacherous father who attempted to maintain control over the children he shared with his ex-wife by buying off and co-opting their purportedly neutral therapist. Anonymous 2011-1 is McPhilmy. Anonymous 2011-2 is O'Reilly.
The dispute was heard by the Second Department in
January October, after a trial court denied McPhilmy's motion to amend the couple's custody agreement.
Here's what the Second Department opinion reveals:
- O'Reilly and McPhilmy separated on April 2, 2010.
- They divorced on September 1, 2011.
- They agreed to share custody of their two children, aged 13 and 10.
- The couple's separation agreement included provisions allowing for shared custody—they each got the children on alternating weeks. And it also appointed a "neutral therapist" to, according to the opinion, "act as a neutral mediator to help them resolve any parenting disputes."
And here's where it gets interesting. In October 2011, McPhilmy took O'Reilly to court after learning that the woman she thought had been a neutral therapist serving the needs of her children was in fact a member of her ex-husband's household staff. The therapist, a Long Island licensed social worker named Lynne Kulakowski, was working long days and some evenings in O'Reilly's house, on his payroll, and basically acting as the children's nanny. From the opinion:
The mother claimed that the [father] had repeatedly violated conditions of the agreement. The mother further alleged that, after the execution of the agreement, the father had hired the children's therapist as a full-time employee to perform virtually all of his parental duties.... The mother's affidavit contained specific allegations concerning the father's repeated violations of the custody provisions of the agreement since its inception.... Moreover, the full-time employment of the children's therapist, the person designated in the agreement as a neutral third-party "arbitrator" of custodial disputes, by the father, constitutes a significant change of circumstance which could undermine the integrity of the agreement's custodial provisions.
At a Second Department hearing in
January October, McPhilmy's attorney claimed—and O'Reilly's attorney did not dispute—that Kulakowski was earning a six-figure salary from O'Reilly. All of this, of course, made a mockery of the custody agreement's appointment of Kulakowski as a neutral arbiter of disputes—O'Reilly rigged the game against his ex-wife. A lower court initially denied McPhilmy's request for a hearing about O'Reilly's co-optation of the therapist, but the appellate court agreed with McPhilmy and sent the case back for a hearing. In a highly unusual step for an appellate court, it also ordered the appointment of an independent attorney for the children, an indication that the dispute has become particularly poisonous.
Another indication that it has become poisonous: the Catholic Church has gotten involved. Gawker has learned that McPhilmy has been formally reprimanded in writing by her church for continuing to take communion in her Long Island parish despite having been divorced and remarried—a no-no according to the Pope. The reprimand also instructed her to stop telling her children that her second marriage, to the Nassau County detective O'Reilly tried to destroy, is valid in the eyes of God. It warned her that if she didn't comply, harsher measures may be in order.
Chad Glendinning, a professor of canon law at Canada's St. Paul University, couldn't say whether the reprimand was a first step on the road to excommunication. But he did say it appeared to be a first step toward barring her from the sacraments if necessary. "Public denial of holy communion is to be avoided as far as possible," he said. "Instead, pastors should take precautionary measures to explain the Church's teaching to concerned persons so that they may be able to understand it or at least respect it. It is possible that the letter you describe is such an attempt."
There presumably aren't too many people besides O'Reilly who know what McPhilmy is saying to her children about how God views her marriage. And O'Reilly, who interviewed Timothy Cardinal Dolan last year and donated more than $65,000 to New York Catholic parishes and schools in 2011, according to the tax return of his nonprofit foundation, carries considerable weight in the archdiocese.
While he's busy harassing McPhilmy for asserting the holiness of her second marriage, O'Reilly is trying to deny the existence of his first: He is, Gawker has learned, seeking an annulment of his 15-year marriage, which produced two children. Null and void. Invalid in the eyes of God. Never happened. This despite his manifest belief in the "stability" that straight marriage brings to the culture and concern at the (purportedly) declining marriage rates in countries that allow gay people to marry one another. If successful, the annulment would presumably render his 2004 escapade with former producer Andrea Mackris, whom he repeatedly and vividly sexually harassed with threats to take "the falafel thing...and put it on your pussy," retroactively kosher with Jesus. (It would also make him even more of an asshole than his familial nemesis Joseph Kennedy, who tried and failed to have his 12-year marriage annulled.)
The bow on this whole package is the matter of McPhilmy's attorney, listed atop the Second Department decision: She has hired a firm called Greenfield Labby, and is represented by one Casey Greenfield. Gawker readers will remember Greenfield as the daughter of network newsman Jeff Greenfield and babymama to CNN's Jeffrey Toobin, whom Greenfield had to sue for support in 2009 after the birth of their son. (Toobin was and remains married to another woman, and insisted for months that the child was not his; a paternity test proved otherwise.) Greenfield went on, according to the New York Times, to form a boutique divorce firm. She has apparently put her familiarity with TV assholes to good use.
We contacted Fox News, O'Reilly's attorney, Kulakowski, and Greenfield for comment; none did.


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Hand-held video games help Cohasset students learn
Kids at most schools are told to check their video games at the door. At the Joseph Osgood and Deer Hill elementary schools in Cohasset, a new type of video-game system is not only welcome in the classroom, it's being used to help children learn.
The Osgood and Deer Hill schools have begun using an interactive video-game program called Achieve Now by Plato Learning. It uses animated characters, color and music to help students with reading, language arts and math.
"If we are going to prepare children for the 21st century, we need to use 21st-century tools," Osgood Principal Janet Sheehan said. "This program focuses on skill development, comprehension and practice," she said.
Fifty PlayStation Portables, handheld game consoles, were purchased – 25 for each school. They are used once a week by students in grades 1 through 5. They are also available to children during the before-and-after school program.
"It is fun and exciting when the PSPs are on the schedule because there are really fun games that are educational," second-grader Scott Lucitt said during a reading and language arts lesson last week. "There are math games, too, where we are learning about time and about calendars."
Scott is one of many classroom "student experts," kids who help classmates maneuver through various levels of learning.
"It feels good to help other people," said expert helper Sofia Whetstone, 7.
"Overall, my students are extremely excited," said Margaret Holland, Scott and Sofia's teacher. "The most rewarding aspect is that 100 percent of the students are fully engaged."
During a reading lesson, students wearing earphones worked their way through an interactive archaeological adventure. The lesson emphasized words with ending sounds "ed," "ing" and "es."
"It feels like you did a great job on something you just learned," Sofia said. "It feels great to go to the next level."
Students complete individual assessments after each lesson.
The program was paid for by a state educational grant and included the interactive software, school and home learning activities, teacher materials, professional development and student assessment. Sheehan said she knows of no other school system on the South Shore or Cape Cod using this program.
"We hear many educators talk about needing to find something different than standing in front of the blackboard," Sheehan said. "We need to find other ways to excite children about learning."


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Editorial: Near-bankrupt Illinois needs someone to do the right thing
It's not exactly like the Civic Federation is some leftist organization, eager to tax Illinoisans into oblivion. Indeed, the 116-year-old institution headquartered in Chicago is officially non-partisan, though it's always had a pretty pro-business, conservative slant. Its current leader worked for Republican governors Jim Edgar and George Ryan.
So when that group recommends raising the state's individual income tax from 3 to 5 percent, taxing pensions and Social Security checks in Illinois, and higher taxes on tobacco to avoid "Doomsday," well, citizens should pay attention. By the way, the Federation is not in favor of reaching into anybody's wallet "until pension reforms are undertaken and at least $2.1 billion in budget cuts" are made.
"This is historic, it is epic," says the Federation's president, Laurence Msall. "It is impossible to overstate the level of peril."
Now Illinoisans have been conditioned to be cynical, and many if not most will choose not to believe Msall. They perceive state government as not impacting them in any direct way, and don't want to pay a single penny of additional taxes to it. We'd venture that the vast majority of Illinoisans do not appreciate how bad the state's budget situation is, arguably the worst in the nation, certainly with California among America's bottom feeders.
First, the state is facing an anticipated deficit of $13 billion, which comprises half of its core operating budget of $26 billion (the total budget tops $50 billion, with the difference largely in non-discretionary spending). In fact Illinois could erase every dollar it sends to K-12 classrooms - more than $7 billion - and still not cover the shortfall. It could eliminate all health care spending, including the Medicaid that pays Grandma's nursing home costs - $8 billion - and still not get the job done. Illinois already employs 20 percent fewer workers than a decade ago. The Chicago Tribune reports that even "if the state payroll was magically purged of every single employee, the annual salary savings would amount to $4 billion, less than one-third of what is needed ... to dig out of the deficit hole."
Meanwhile, the recession has hit sales and income tax revenues hard. The state's credit rating is sinking, so it's more expensive to borrow money. Clearly Uncle Sam is in no position to bail Illinois out. That's what prompts Ralph Martire, director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, to say that "any elected official or candidate who says you can solve this without a tax increase is either incredibly math-impaired or intentionally deceiving voters."
The other side of that coin, of course, is that the worst time to hike taxes is now, in a recession this severe. And few trust the Legislature not to squander the extra money a tax increase would bring in on wholly unnecessary pet projects. Legislators on the whole have shown no discipline to date, so what makes anyone think they will in the future?
The latter is probably the prevailing attitude. In the leadership vacuum that is Illinois, most self-respecting bookies would likely lay odds on state government doing nothing - again - to confront the crisis.
Indeed, what Democrat will take on state government's largest union, AFSCME, or the teachers' unions, all resistant to negotiating cost-saving changes? Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Madigan has said he won't carry any tax increase unless Republicans are on board. Naturally, House Minority Leader Tom Cross, who no doubt wouldn't mind becoming speaker himself following the November election, has taken tax hikes off the table.
Forget the feds, it's Illinois that's ungovernable, and for all practical purposes bankrupt - unable to pay its bills promptly, skipping pension payments, slashing social service providers, withholding millions from classrooms, borrowing to postpone its demise even while the banks and credit agencies are wising up to what a bad risk Illinois is. Apparently the politicians believe maintaining that status quo is less of a problem at the polls than doing something about it.
All involved are walking a dangerous tightrope. It is true that Republicans have been hampered by Democrats who call all the shots in Springfield, but the GOP cannot escape responsibility entirely. Cross needs to get us to $13 billion in cuts. He must lay out his plan for balancing the budget for all to see. He shouldn't be allowed to do what everybody in Springfield always does: Lowball the deficit, essentially lie with rosy revenue projections, make vendors wait for payment for services they've long ago provided, skip another pension payment, borrow more, push their problems onto local governments.
In fact we've gotten no sense from Republicans that they have any plan at all beyond just saying "no" with the hope that will be enough to put them over the top in November. And when they say things like cut, but whatever you do don't touch education, then they can't be taken seriously.
The question of the year: Will both sides transcend their self-interests and actually come together to govern the state?
If not, is there a third party that can come to Illinois' rescue? Unfortunately, not soon enough. It's tempting to say "anybody but Democrats" in our state endorsements this fall. Problem is, Republicans are not offering a viable alternative. It's a lose-lose.
If you're a teacher, a provider of health care, social services or public safety, someone who depends on them or who pays local property taxes, prepare for the worst, because right now it looks as if 2010 will be bloody.
Peoria Journal Star


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Editor's note: David Batstone is a professor of business at the University of San Francisco and the co-founder and president of Not For Sale, which fights human trafficking and slavery.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that a Lebanese businessman, Hassan Awdi, was charged with multiple offenses, including human trafficking, in connection with the importation of workers into Romania. He has not been charged with such crimes. CNN regrets the error.
(CNN) -- Romania has become a major transit for the sale of people into the European Union. Victims as young as 12 years old are trafficked into Romania from destinations as far-reaching as Honduras, Afghanistan, the Congo, and China. Once they reach Romania, many of these victims are assigned for passage beyond into Western Europe.
While Romanian law officially prohibits all forms of human trafficking, the country's strategic geographic location -- a crossroads between East and West -- makes it a source, transit and destination country for the people trade. The country's 2007 admission into the European Union brought more relaxed border regulations and enhanced its attraction for international human traffickers.
The U.S. State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report of 2010 found that organized crime networks also target Romanian citizens for export to other European countries. Traffickers commonly use fake identifications and bribe border personnel to bring victims into the country. They then force the victims to work in agricultural and factory production, prostitution, modeling for pornography and street begging.
The agency I run, Not For Sale, has identified Romania as an international hot spot for modern slavery. Our team operating on the ground in this Eastern European country intervened in nearly 140 trafficking cases last year alone, with 40 percent of those involving individuals from outside Romania.
The cases included that of 13 Honduran men and women persuaded to travel to Romania with the promise of helping them find a job. Upon entering the country, Romanian police told our organization, their passports were confiscated and they were forced to work without pay. The Hondurans eventually managed to escape, yet found themselves in a foreign country without identification, resources, or shelter. Not For Sale intervened and helped the victims receive favorable treatment from the Romanian courts and government. The victims recently were repatriated home to Honduras.
By and large, local police turn a blind eye to these crimes and social services for the victims are practically nonexistent. In 2009, the Romanian government minimized the role of the country's principal anti-trafficking arm -- the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons -- and allocated scant federal funding to provide victim services and anti-trafficking prevention programs. The Agency says it has "launched three national campaigns and several others at regional level to help raise awareness about the dangers of trafficking in persons" and says the number of Romanians being trafficked has significantly declined.
The burden for addressing human trafficking therefore falls mostly on poorly funded nonprofits. Not For Sale Romania, for example, provides survivors with shelter, medical and psychological services, as well as educational and vocational opportunities. In the best-case scenario, our team reintegrates the survivors into their families, as long as they are not exposed to the risk of being re-trafficked.
Last month I personally tracked the slave trade across Europe. I started my investigation with the women for sale in the showroom windows of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. It's tragic to see young girls sold in plain sight in an Amsterdam street and then follow their journey back to a humble village in Romania.
My key source on the ground was the Scarlet Cord, a nonprofit that has been building relationships with sex workers in the red-light districts of the Netherlands since 1987. Their field research reveals that 75% of the sex workers in the Netherlands at the moment originate from the Eastern European countries of Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria. Hungary is also one of the more recent member states of the European Union.
The influx of young girls from Eastern Europe can be directly attributed to the lack of job opportunities at home and the easy access to wealthier European markets. That formula makes young girls an easy target for traffickers who promise lucrative jobs in London, Rome or Amsterdam. The lack of government and police priority on human trafficking across Europe also allows the trade to flourish.
For government and police authorities in Europe to start identifying trafficking victims for who they are -- no longer labeled as illegal immigrants or prostitutes -- will be a necessary step forward. Whenever the poor and vulnerable do not have access to legal justice, they will be exploited. That's a maxim as true in Europe and the United States as it is in India and Kenya.
Hand in hand with a just rule of law must come an entrepreneurial effort to generate real job opportunities in Romania. That economic stimulation is unlikely to come from a top-down grant of financial aid to the national government. More sustained results will be achieved by investments in small- and medium-sized enterprises that can demonstrate a credible business model and generate real jobs for Romanians.
Romania's human trafficking problem does not stay home; it is Europe's crisis as well. The same people who run the people trade are likely candidates for other forms of nefarious crimes that threaten national security. Indeed, the security of all of Europe depends on innovative solutions to what may seem as intractable problems. As long as we keep repeating the same protocols, we are sure to get the same dire results.
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I was very honored when DKNY Fragrances offered me a unique look into their world of scents and opened the pathway for me to be inspired to create imagery around the essence and emotion of the DKNY Fragrance collections.
You'll see our work pop up on their Facebook page in the coming months and as a kickstart to the collaboration we made a little film together with the talented team at Indelible about our life in New York, our passion for work and my love for perfume…
Below are images behind the scenes from our shoot, aaaaand a very first look into our creative studio!
Above: Hair by Tashina Tantalos, makeup by Bradford Knight. The inspiration was "Rita Hayworth"… big surprise eh?
Three quarter sleeve dress with open back and washed leather drape front jacket by DKNY
Shooting at Ann Street Studio, our creative work space downtown
Hashtag diva! I didn't even have to buckle my own shoes.
Above: Of course we talked a lot about these, it goes with the territory.
Above: Leather Peplum Blouse and Skinny Black Pant with Leather Riding Patch by DKNY / Rachel Roy Black Delia Boots
Loved watching them film with the Glidecam HD4000, so smooth in the final video but you would never know he was running after me on the bike.
Below, ending the filming day with a nightcap at the Odeon, one of our personal favorite post-studio work day haunts.
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Former Sen. Scott Brown will not run for Mass. governor
Brown made announcement on radio show Wednesday night
Scott Brown has announced he will not run for Massachusetts governor in 2014.
The former Republican U.S. senator made the announcement Wednesday night while speaking on "NightSide with Dan Rea" on WBZ NewsRadio 1030.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Brown said he was deeply moved and honored by the encouragement and well wishes given to him by his supporters.
"For the first time in 15 plus years, I have had a summer to spend with my family," Brown said.
Brown won a 2010 special election to replace the late Edward Kennedy but lost his re-election bid in November to Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
He declined to run in another special election earlier this year after John Kerry vacated his seat to become secretary of State.
Brown made headlines last week, telling the Boston Herald that he was exploring the possibility of a presidential bid in 2016 and making an appearance at the Iowa State Fair, a typical stop for any potential future presidential candidate.
"I have been fortunate to have private sector opportunities that I find fulfilling and exhilarating," Brown said.
"These new opportunities have allowed me to grow personally and professionally. I want to continue with that process," he added.


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Jason Kottke has a list on his blog today of movie adaptations of books and which he has seen/read.
Personally, I have had too many horrible experiences of movie adaptations almost obliterating the beautiful mental imagery I had of favourite books.
So, who wants to make another list with me of movies adaptations where warnings should be given to anyone who has actually *read* the book that watching the movie will irrepairably alter their relationship with said book.
I'll start: 1. The English Patient, 2. Possession, 3. Oscar & Lucinda ,4. Portrait of a Lady
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This week's move by George Osborne to cap benefit rises below inflation at 1% is the final deadly touch in a toxic series of measures likely to lead to unprecedented homelessness in the UK.
Osborne' announcements, bringing misery to millions, seem like a parody of the mad upper class Tory, they have found a hatchet man who gleefully enjoys his job!
The Chancellor's decision came in the same week that Crisis released a report warning that street homelessness has risen by a shocking 23% in just one year. Continue reading "Wacko Osborne's chop-happy Reality Show"


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Crowdfunding roundup: eleMount car & camera mount, TILT Stealth Cooling Station, Piper home automation, more
As the success stories keep piling up, so do the number of projects filling up crowdfunding websites with, among other things, neat hardware- and software-related products. Some projects, like Pebble, gain thousands of supporters as well as millions of dollars in funding (and end up at Best Buy's retail stores). Other projects flop and don't reach their necessary funding amount.
Rather than make you sift through all of these projects, we're rounding up the best or most notable projects from around the web and delivering them to you in a simple roundup.
If there's a project that you've backed – or even a project that you founded – be sure to leave a link below so it can be considered for the next roundup.
- eleMount: Premium Car & Camera Mount for iPhone & iPad (Kickstarter project) – These aluminum mounts with polyurethane pads are sleek and versatile. The project exceeded its goal extremely quickly and expects to have these shipped out in December.


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A North Vancouver burglar who hid in ceilings before dropping down to strike has been convicted, after he miscalculated and revealed his hiding spot while a woman was still in the room.
Shane Davidson was found guilty of three counts of burglary, one count of assault, and one count of theft under $5,000 back in January, police said Wednesday.
RCMP learned he had entered stores during business hours and managed to somehow access the ceiling, where he would hide until the store closed.
He seemed to be getting away with the thefts until a miscalculation at a North Vancouver grocery store in December 2017.
"An employee walked into the cash room around 5 a.m.," said spokesperson Sgt. Peter DeVries. "There he was, standing in the dark. Imagine how terrifying that was for her."
The employee screamed, and Davidson assaulted her before running off.
"The surveillance video made it pretty easy," said DeVries. "Prolific offenders are really well known to us. We know how they operate, where they tend to commit crimes, and what they look like. One good screengrab can get us a long way towards making a positive ID."
A judge remanded Davidson until his sentencing hearing in April. He has been in custody since May 2018.
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Editor's Note: David Rothkopf is CEO and editor-at-large of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy magazine, and a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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David Rothkopf: Obama challenged congressional GOP on debt ceiling
Rothkopf says Boehner and House GOP are bizarrely holding nation hostage
He says they must know it will hurt them, but continue; want budget cuts, but not to defense
Rothkopf: Playing politics with debt ceiling must be permanently out of bounds
President Obama threw down the gauntlet to congressional Republicans at his press conference on Monday. He will not, he asserted forcefully, allow the United States' credit rating be held hostage by hard-liners demanding budget cuts "or else…"
In short, the president's message was that he would not negotiate with fiscal terrorists.
He may have sounded adamant and unbending to some. But his position was hardly out of place. Speaker John Boehner and the Republicans in the House of Representatives are holding a gun to the head of the American economy and threatening to pull the trigger if the president doesn't bend to their will.
On some level, they must realize that allowing the United States to default on financial obligations that Congress itself racked up would not only sow chaos in the financial markets and reignite the recession, but also sign the death warrant for the modern Republican Party.
If the GOP – already a party at odds with science, history, math, women, senior citizens, the poor and minority populations – were to willfully and recklessly play politics with the full faith and credit of the United States, it would virtually ensure that by 2014, Democrats would retake the majority in the House of Representatives and expand their edge in the Senate. This could create a nightmare for many on the right: an Obama presidency in which Democrats could press through their full agenda with little resistance.
Even the most rabid Republican partisans must recognize that they are playing with fire.
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They are overreaching in part to help redeem what was widely seen as a defeat for them in the tax deal that was struck at the beginning of the year – the slight tax increase that was approved for the top 2% of the population. Of course, it is baffling why any among them would so focus on that small increase and neglect the fact that, with Obama's assistance, they managed to do what George W. Bush could not and make Bush's tax plan permanent. No matter, the posturing of Boehner & Co. is designed to make them appear resolute. Unfortunately, it only succeeds in making them look demented.
They say growth is the key to balancing the budget, but are pursuing the one policy most likely to derail it. They say they want to balance the budget to improve America's credit rating and international standing, but they seem willing to do more to damage either than any other Congress in memory. They say they want to force budget cuts but won't touch defense spending, the largest and most bloated area of discretionary spending in the budget.
They seem to assume that the president will offer some cuts and that they will be able to say their toughness won the day. They think the American people will believe their use of the debt ceiling as a cudgel was principled and perhaps even courageous. They will offer themselves up as protectors of the national economic well-being.
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This is a lot like a kidnapper expecting to be seen as a hero for releasing his captive. Both parties bear plenty of responsibility for getting America in the fiscal mess we are in today. Both will have to compromise to achieve real progress. Taxes will have to rise more. Defense will have to be cut. Entitlements will have to be sweepingly reformed. Real compromise and courage and principles will be required to a greater extent than either party has embraced or even publicly discussed.
But just because neither party has done all it should, that does not mean both are equally responsible for this bizarre and dangerous episode. As the president rightly asserted, and as reasonable people in either party must acknowledge, playing politics with the debt ceiling must be put permanently out of bounds.
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Donetsk health authority says 16 people died in overnight violence, 32 were injured
Acting President says 13 soldiers were killed in Donetsk; a 14th soldier died in Luhansk
Ukraine PM urges emergency U.N. meeting, accuses Russia of trying to derail election
NATO chief says there may be signs Russia is preparing to pull back forces from border area
Sixteen people were killed an attack overnight on soldiers in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, local health officials said, in the latest spike in violence ahead of the weekend's presidential election.
At least 13 of those who died in Donetsk were soldiers, according to acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.
Another soldier was killed in a strike on a military convoy in the Luhansk region, the Defense Ministry said earlier, bringing the death toll overnight to at least 14 Ukrainian troops.
Donetsk region's Health Department said 16 people had died in total and that 32 were hospitalized across the region, but did not specify how many were soldiers.
In the Donetsk attack, an armored vehicle at a checkpoint in Volnovaha was hit by rocket-propelled grenades and mortars, which caused ammunition on board to ignite, the Defense Ministry said.
The second attack hit a convoy of vehicles in Rubizhne in the Luhansk region, the ministry said. It added that "terrorists" blocked a bridge with "civilian provocateurs" and then opened fire using the people as human shields.
No independent confirmation of the claims or response from separatist forces in eastern Ukraine was immediately available.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk called for an immediate emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council following the reported violence, which came as the interim government in Kiev prepares to hold presidential elections Sunday.
"We will provide evidence that it is Russia trying to escalate the conflict, attempts to seize Ukrainian state border checkpoints and scuttle the presidential election," he was quoted as saying by his office.
Tensions remain high in Donetsk and Luhansk, where pro-Russia separatists staged a referendum on independence this month and control key public buildings in a number of towns and cities.
Ukraine's Central Election Commission said Wednesday that 13 out of 34 local election commissions in Luhansk and Donetsk were "blocked," or under the control of militia, the official Ukrinform news agency reported.
Three others "are operating but under threat of seizure," it said.
NATO chief: Signs of Russian troop activity
Kiev and the West have accused Russia of supporting the separatists and have urged Moscow to take steps to de-escalate the crisis.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that there were indications that Russia may be preparing to pull back some of the forces it has amassed near Ukraine's border.
On Monday, the Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered tens of thousands of troops near the Ukraine border to return to their bases but added the withdrawal could take some time.
NATO has seen "limited" Russian troop activity "that MAY suggest that some of these forces are preparing to withdraw," Rasmussen said via Twitter. "It is too early to say what this means, but I hope this is the start of a full and genuine withdrawal."
His remarks came a day after a U.S. defense official told CNN the United States had seen the first preliminary signs that Russian forces might be preparing to move away from Ukraine's eastern border.
Rasmussen cautioned that most of the Russian force deployed near the border remains there and that Russian military exercises continue.
But he added, "Any meaningful, comprehensive and verifiable withdrawal would be a first step from #Russia into the right direction."
Yatsenyuk was more skeptical, dismissing Russia's claims of a pullback as a "bluff," according to a statement from his office.
"Even if the troops are pulling back, armed terrorists trained in Russia illegally break the state border of Ukraine with the direct assistance of Russia," he said.
Ukraine cites 'provocations'
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Ukrainian border guards had again stopped armed militant groups trying to bring weapons and ammunition across the border from Russia.
These attempts occur with "the full connivance of the Russian authorities and unlawful inactivity by Russian border guards," it said in a statement.
"These and other provocations by Russian side in Ukraine are regarded as attempts to disrupt the presidential elections on 25 May and destabilize the situation in the eastern region of our country."
Ukraine's Interior Ministry also reported armed border clashes which, it said, left five border guards injured and one suffering a concussion following a grenade blast.
Moscow, which blames the unrest roiling its neighbor on far-right, ultranationalist groups, denies having direct influence over the pro-Russia militants in Ukraine.
NATO and the United States have previously estimated the size of the Russian force gathered near the border with Ukraine at around 40,000 troops.
The United States, which along with other Western countries has sanctioned Russia for its disputed takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region, has threatened additional punishment for Russia if it fails to pull its troops back.
Diplomats meet over Prince Charles report
Separately, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom is meeting a senior UK Foreign Office official Thursday in London amid controversy over comments reportedly made by Prince Charles.
The Russian Embassy requested the meeting Wednesday, two days after Charles reportedly compared Putin to Adolf Hitler during a trip to Canada.
A statement will be given after the meeting, the Foreign Office said.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Charles made the offhand comment during a tour of the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while talking with a Polish woman who told the British royal how she'd escaped the Nazi Holocaust by fleeing to Canada.
"The prince then said, 'And now Putin is doing just about the same as Hitler,' " the newspaper quoted the woman as saying, referring to Russia's annexation of Crimea in March.
CNN has not been able independently to confirm the conversation.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said that "if these words were really said, they undoubtedly do no honor to the future British monarch," according to the ministry's website.
"We find the use of members of the British royal family by Western media in a propaganda campaign against Russia on the difficult international issue of the situation in Ukraine unacceptable, outrageous and low," Lukashevich is quoted as saying.
Representatives for Charles declined to comment.
"However, we would like to stress that the Prince of Wales would not seek to make a public political statement during a private conversation," Clarence House said in a statement.
Some Russian troops at Ukraine border may be 'packing up'
Prince Charles draws fire for reportedly comparing Putin to Hitler
Journalist Victoria Butenko reported from Kiev, and CNN's Laura Smith-Spark wrote from London. CNN's Barbara Starr, Lindsay Isaac, Mike Pearson and Neda Farshbaf contributed to this report.


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An estimated 350,000 people in the United States use insulin pumps today, and about 30,000 of those are believed to have Type 2 diabetes. Surprised? Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease that causes many people who have it to eventually need to use insulin to control their blood glucose levels. Although many people still think insulin pumps are only for treatment of Type 1 diabetes, they can also be useful for some people with Type 2 diabetes.
According to Charles H. Raine III, MD, a diabetologist in Orangeburg, South Carolina, who himself has Type 2 diabetes and uses an insulin pump, the criteria for a good pump candidate are the same, no matter what type of diabetes a person has. In general, a good pump candidate has uncontrolled blood glucose, but also has a desire to try for better control of his diabetes, is willing to measure and document food intake and blood glucose levels, and is physically, emotionally, and cognitively able to manage a pump (or has a caregiver who is). Another important characteristic is a willingness to keep appointments with members of his diabetes care team.
Insulin pumps are cell-phone-size devices used to deliver preprogrammed and user-adjusted doses of insulin. Depending on the brand and model, they hold between 180 and 315 units of insulin. Most people use rapid-acting insulin — options include insulin lispro (brand name Humalog), insulin aspart (NovoLog), and insulin glulisine (Apidra) — in their pumps, with a few using Regular. Instead of using an intermediate- or long-acting insulin as a background — or basal — insulin, a user simulates the pancreas's steady release of insulin by programming the pump to automatically give small amounts of the rapid-acting or Regular insulin around the clock, based on his body's needs. In addition to meeting basal insulin requirements, pump users also need to administer "bolus" amounts of insulin to cover the food they eat.
When a person first begins using a pump, he works with a trainer to determine his basal rates, which are rates of insulin release designed to keep his blood glucose within 30 points of his target blood glucose levels. Finding one's basal rates involves monitoring one's blood glucose levels around the clock (and sometimes skipping meals to see if a basal rate is set too high or too low, causing low or high blood glucose, respectively) and sending those numbers to the trainer, who will determine at what time and by how much the basal rates will be raised or lowered. Most people use several different basal rates, often an early morning rate, a daytime rate, and a nighttime rate. In the early morning, the body prepares itself to wake from sleep by pumping out counterregulatory hormones, which have the side effect of making the body more insulin resistant. Because of this insulin resistance, people usually need a little more insulin in the early morning. The daytime rate is usually set a little lower as the insulin resistance drops. The overnight rate can be set lower or higher, depending on whether you tend to wake up with low blood glucose or high blood glucose. Athletes or people who work out often may also set up rates for during and after their exercise.
The training period also helps people find their insulin sensitivity factor — the number of points that one unit of insulin will lower one's blood glucose — and insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios, or how many grams of carbohydrate one unit of insulin will cover. (People may have different insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios for different times of day, including one for the early morning when a person may need more insulin to compensate for insulin resistance.) Knowing one's insulin-to-carbohydrate ratio is key to determining how much insulin to bolus before a meal. Trainers will also help new users learn how to use premeal blood glucose readings to adjust insulin boluses. For instance, a high level may require the user to add a "correction dose" of insulin to a premeal bolus to help ensure that blood glucose levels are within target range two hours after the meal.
Too many calculations, you say? Many of today's insulin pumps will figure out bolus doses automatically based on the user's blood glucose reading and the amount of carbohydrate he plans on consuming. To do this, the pump must be programmed with a user's insulin sensitivity factor and insulin-to-carbohydrate ratios, and the user must still count the grams of carbohydrate in his meal himself or at least enter the foods and portion sizes into a device programmed to count the carbohydrates. Some pump companies have "married" their pump with a blood glucose meter, eliminating the need to manually enter blood glucose readings. The meter transmits readings directly to the pump via infrared or radio waves.
The pump's insulin comes from a cartridge that is refillable with insulin from the same vials that syringe users buy. The pump is connected by flexible tubing to an infusion set (the OmniPod is attached directly to the skin) — an external plastic "hub" that is taped to the skin and a catheter that is inserted into subcutaneous tissue in any body region that is suitable for an injection of insulin (that is, the abdomen, upper arm, thighs, or buttocks). Infusion sets come in a variety of styles, with one main difference being the angle at which the catheter is inserted: Some are inserted at a 90° angle, and others at a shallower angle. It's generally recommended that users change their infusion set every two or three days to reduce the risk of an infection. For most sets, the tubing disconnects from the hub, allowing people to go pumpless when bathing, swimming, or during intimate moments.
Increased flexibility in scheduling daily activities such as meals, exercise, and social activities may be the main reason for you to consider using an insulin pump if you have Type 2 diabetes. There is also the potential for tighter blood glucose control and a reduced risk of diabetes complications.
Diabetes complication risk. According to the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), tight control of blood glucose in people with Type 2 diabetes helps to delay or prevent the development of microvascular complications such as retinopathy (eye disease), nephropathy (kidney disease), and neuropathy (nerve damage). Simply using an insulin pump is no guarantee of tight blood glucose control, of course, but studies have shown that pumps can help people to achieve control that is at least comparable to (and possibly better than) that of people on insulin injection regimens.
In addition to the benefits of tight blood glucose control, the UKPDS showed that tight blood pressure control can reduce risks of cardiovascular diseases for people with diabetes. Although high blood pressure is more of a proven contributor to heart disease and stroke than high blood glucose levels, getting better control of your blood glucose may help to reduce at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
According to Philadelphia cardiologist Robert Bulgarelli, DO, people with Type 2 diabetes are assumed to have cardiovascular disease unless proven otherwise. "When your blood sugar remains high over a period of time, your lipid particle sizes and characteristics change," he says. High blood glucose results in small, dense, LDL ("bad") cholesterol particles that more readily contribute to the plaques at the root of heart disease. What you want, he says, is large, fluffy LDL. The National Cholesterol Education Program recommends that people with diabetes achieve LDL levels below 100 mg/dl and that people at very high risk for cardiovascular disease (such as people with diabetes who also have very high triglycerides, another blood fat) strive for LDL levels below 70 mg/dl. HDL ("good") cholesterol loses its protective quality when blood glucose remains high. The American Diabetes Association recommends that women with diabetes achieve HDL levels higher than 50 mg/dl and men achieve HDL levels higher than 40 mg/dl. Triglyceride levels should be less than 150 mg/dl. Because tight control can be easier for some to achieve on an insulin pump, Dr. Bulgarelli is a great advocate of pumping.
Weight control. Better weight control is another potential benefit of using an insulin pump. Because the pump constantly delivers an adjustable stream of tiny amounts of insulin, the chances of developing hypoglycemia (and the resulting need to eat to raise low blood glucose) are reduced. There is also no need to eat to "feed" insulin peaks (such as those that occur when taking an intermediate-acting insulin such as NPH) even when one's not hungry. The calories consumed to treat (and sometimes overtreat) or prevent low blood glucose add up, so the reduced risks of lows can help keep weight off.
Generally speaking, less insulin is used with a pump than with injections. In fact, trainers typically drop the total daily dose of insulin used by an individual by about 25% when he starts using a pump because the small amounts of insulin from a pump are absorbed more consistently than insulin from one or two large injections. Needing to use less insulin overall is also associated with better weight control. However, attention to diet remains important.
Flexibility. In a study published in the September 2003 issue of the professional journal Diabetes Care, people with Type 2 diabetes used either a pump or multiple daily injections for blood glucose control. Those using a pump reported greater satisfaction than those on multiple daily injections in all areas measured, citing less life interference, more general satisfaction, greater flexibility, and more convenience.
The flexibility offered by a pump goes beyond the obvious advantage of not having to carry around an insulin vial and syringes. Because basal insulin is being constantly delivered by the pump, users are not chained to eating or exercising at certain times to match any peaks in intermediate-acting insulin. Basal rates can be increased during times of stress or illness or decreased for some spur-of-the-moment exercise.
You don't even have to eat at all on a pump. The first day I used a pump was a very busy — and tiring — day. When I got home, I was too tired to fix dinner, and I was not hungry. So I skipped dinner. I checked my blood glucose about every half an hour, in increasing wonder and fascination that I wasn't going low — the inevitable result of skipping a meal when I was on multiple daily injections. My trainer was mildly horrified, and I will say that it is not recommended that you skip a meal on your first day pumping.
Insulin pumps cannot be bought off the shelf; you need a physician's letter to get one. However, many doctors are not familiar with insulin pumps, and even some who readily prescribe pumps to people with Type 1 diabetes may be reluctant to prescribe one for a person who has Type 2 diabetes. According to Rem Laan, former director of marketing for insulin pump maker Disetronic (since acquired by Roche), "Of the 25,000 doctors in the United States who prescribe insulin, only about 2,000 prescribe pumps." Those who prescribe pumps are more likely to be endocrinologists, so you may need to see an endocrinologist to get one, and you may need to learn to be persuasive if the doctor you see does not already prescribe pumps for people with Type 2 diabetes.
The cost of a pump and pump supplies can also be an obstacle. A pump costs about $5,500, and supplies cost about $100 per month. A portion of the cost of both pump and supplies is generally covered by a person's health insurance. My first pump was covered at 80% and the company let me make payments on the remainder. Only $2,500 of my second pump was covered, but the company gave me a discount and let me pay off the balance. Some insurance covers all of the cost of supplies, some only a percentage, and others may pay nothing. Medicare initially only offered coverage of pumps for people with Type 1 diabetes in 2000, but because of a change made in 2002, people with Type 2 diabetes with low or low-normal C-peptide levels also qualify. (Low C-peptide levels indicate reduced insulin production by the pancreas.)
If the monthly cost of supplies has you gasping, consider it in relation to the cost of oral diabetes therapy. Taking a sulfonylurea such as glipizide (Glucotrol) may cost about $32 per month, and the maximum dose of metformin can run up to $55 per month. A month's worth of pioglitazone (Actos) at the maximum dose will set you back up to $125. Even paying only insurance copayments rather than full price can get expensive because people rarely take only one oral diabetes medicine. Adding up the costs of your drug therapy can help you make an informed, cost-effective choice between oral therapy and an insulin pump.
Check your insurance policy. If it does not specifically prohibit insulin pumps, it should cover one for you. You may have to argue your case, so be sure to keep careful records of your conversations with the insurance company, recording the people you talked to, when you called, and what you were told. This is also where the pump company of your choice will come in handy. Pump companies are very adept at negotiating with insurance companies for coverage.
If you are motivated and willing to take on some additional responsibility for your diabetes care, an insulin pump could be a useful option for you. Its power and flexibility could help you to achieve tighter blood glucose control. To learn more about pumps, click here[1].
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Bonetown ReviewBy Bobocat (courtesy of sexgamereviews.com)
I have been to Bonetown and it was gooood!
Bonetown at last! I was pretty pumped to try the latest 3D sex game to hit the net. The buzz on Bonetown was ripe and the preview videos were very promising. How can can you go wrong with a game starring legendary porn star Ron Jeremy? He doesn't lend his name and likeness to just anything (does he?). Like the bastard child of Grand Theft Auto and Sexvilla 2, Bonetown warmed up my screen with an enticingly rendered vixen, promising carnal delights to come.
Always one for a quickie, I started out in the fast fuck "fantasy" mode. My studly character was quickly strutting about in an elaborate whorehouse that resembled the lobby of a fancy Vegas casino. Scantily dressed women lounged around on couches and were receptive to pretty much any kind of sexual favor I was looking for.
The onscreen heads-up-display was a bit cryptic though. It took me a while to figure out that the little puckery thing was an anus! I thought it was half a grapefruit and we were going to have a nice breakfast reading the paper. Whoops - sorry honey!
I managed to get laid quickly but before I figured out the sex controls it was all over. My new fuck friend rated my performance as "horrible!". Guess I need a bit more tutoring in the controls of local love. Perhaps I would do better in the actual game ...
The Main Event
I woke up on a sandy beach under a warm trickling shower. The golden spray turned out to be a local boozehound relieving himself while muttering about "giant jellyfish". After this rude awakening I was greeted by
It seems this game is all about the balls. You start out with a tiny sack and work your way up to cajones grande. At first you'll be lucky to get action from even the chubbier chicks (which I personally prefer anyway) but as your balls balloon the finer girls of Bonetown will all be hungry for your cockmeat sandwich. Eventually you can pork your way up to beach bimbos, supermodels and pretty much any cute cheerleader walking down the street.
By the time Candy was riding my flagpole I was getting the rhythm of the pleasuring interface. A pearl necklace later we were basking in post-coital bliss when a neckless hulk in black showed up out of nowhere. Apparently "The Man" had been watching from the bushes (ooo .. voyeurism!). He dropped a downer on the whole affair by arresting Candy and laying a guilt trip on me. I made a note to watch for twitchy bushes when treating myself to public poontang in the future.
I strutted onto the main strip, eager to rumble and start building my ball power!
Before long I met a nice Jewish hillbilly. He gave me a magic potion made from King Solomon's pubic hairs. Ummm - good! Apparently this potent elixir gave me the power to steal someone's identity. A drink that was sure to come in handy at some point.
I wandered onto the dock and kicked some rasta ass for the fun of it. I was rewarded with a bag of weed which told me I could jump higher by smoking it. Bolstered with confidence I sparked up a fatty and looked for my next conquest. I picked on a skinny dude who proceeded to kick my newbie ass and steal my clothes! I had similar luck with a Japanese tourist who belted me with his camera and left me in desperate need of a little health (and morale) boost.
Candy had told me that getting my dick sucked was a good way to restore my health (beats powerups!). I flagged down a passing BBW and spouted some love poetry on her: "Damn, bitch you got some great dick sucking lips!" and "I know you want to give me a blowjob". For some reason I didn't get anywhere with this sweet talk. I needed look a bit harder for the "charm" button.
Eventually I completed my first mission which involved helping out a crack whore. I was rewarded with a "gummer" where she removed her false teeth before swallowing my rod. Mmmm ... good! This got my balls growing and I was able to bed down one of the Walmart whales for a quickie in the park. Then it was time to tackle "dances with pink elephants" - a stereotypical Indian who hung out in the tennis court with his hooch. Kind of a mini-boss who's special power was tossing broken wine bottles at my head.
I didn't get far enough yet to see the promised Ron Jeremy but I do plan to pork my way through the game at my own pace. I did play enough to know that Bonetown is indeed a fun and arousing game to play and I'm looking forward to logging lots more hours in it.
Techie Gotchas
Bonetown requires a reasonably recent graphics card that supports Pixel Shader 2.0. They aren't kidding about this. I was unable to get the game running on either my laptop or PC and needed to upgrade my video card before I could enter into some carnal carnage. They are pretty clear about this requirement on their website so you might want to check your tech specs before getting the game. Once I picked up a new card everything ran like a lubed-up latina. The boning could begin!
Bonetown is a refreshingly spunktastic ride in a sea of thank-you-maam 3D sex games. The first truly successful blend of open world gaming and stimulating sex play. The graphics are cartoony but raunchy enough to put a tent in your pants. The music is great, the dialog is funny and the overall production values are top notch. I did find the HUD a bit cryptic and there isn't a lot of documentation other than a quick reference page.
A ton of fun and well worth the price. Get it before it's banned!
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Let's dive right into a few Pilates equipment exercises to implement in the cyclists cross training program.
Pilates Footwork: This is is great for proper knee and leg alignment, stretches calves and strengthens and mobilizes ankles.
Stomach Massage Flat:
Feet in Straps Circles:
Side Lying Push Away: Strengthens the outer thighs
Chest Expansion: Opens the Chest
Supine Arms: Builds Strength in the Upper Body
Long Box Pulling Straps: Strengthens back.
Articulated Bridge and Push Away: Strengthens the Hamstrings and Low Back.
Superman: Back Strengthener
Standing Splits: Strengthens Inner and Outer Thighs
Pike and Reverse Pike: Strengthens Upper Body and Abdominals.
Reverse Pike/Tendo Stretch
* There are many more exercises in the Pilates repertoire as mentioned above these are just a few.
As always don't forget to stretch.