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Everywhere you look , the 69 camaros are bringin big bucks. On Barret-Jackson they bring loads more than the 67 camaros. Why is this?
What about production numbers though, there were a lot more 69s made than 67s, and 67s can't be changed to Zs or any thing like that, whereas on 69s, the cowl tag isn't very specific and lets you get away with more. Just a thought
Sit the two next to each other. If you can't see why a 69 is a much more awesome looking car You might want your eyes checked. The 67 and 68 Camaros look unfinished and quite dorky looking when sat next to a 69. You will hear 67 68 Camaro owners go on and on about how there isn't much difference between them and a 69. You will never hear a 69 owner say that. 69 was also the magical year for Muscle cars except for the Cuda and the Olds Cutlass. I would not trade my 69 for both a 67 and 68, I am surprised that there is not a bigger difference in price between them. The 69 was a single year model. Add the 67 and 68 production numbers together to get a more realistic grip on the production numbers. Race a 67 or 68 against a 69 and that is one more feather in the 69's cap. I cant believe that 67 and 68 owners aren't enmasse in changing quarter panels and cowls now that all parts are available into 69 clones. But I guess 67 and 68 owners haven't figured that one out, when they do and there are only a couple dozen or so left original then they might be worth almost as much as a 69

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Kinston police arrested two men for marijuana possession Nov. 25, and one was on parole and allegedly illegally carrying a firearm.
Kinston police arrested two men for marijuana possession Nov. 25, and one was on parole and allegedly illegally carrying a firearm.
Officers with the Kinston Department of Public Safety approached Alkein Aljawun Muhammad, 24, and Demonte Donte Olds, 31, in the 300 block of South Adkin Street a few minutes past 11:30 a.m.
�They initiated a contact with Mr. Olds on posted property at Kinston Housing Authority, (and) discovered 14 individually wrapped baggies of marijuana in the suspect�s front pocket, and charges are pending,� KDPS spokesman Woody Spencer said Wednesday.
Olds has since been charged with felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana.
Officers also searched Muhammad, who was on parole for a conviction on felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury.
�They seized a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun and two grams of marijuana,� Spencer said. �Officers received information that the subject was on Kinston Housing Authority property after actually signing a letter not to do so.
�The suspect was arrested for second-degree trespassing and the search incident to arrest revealed the above charges, which were, basically, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon and simple possession of marijuana.�
Two grams of marijuana is slightly more than a sixteenth of an ounce.
Muhammad served time in state prison from July 2009 to September of this year, and was scheduled to be on parole until May 2014. He�s due in Lenoir County District Court on Dec. 9 for the marijuana charge and Dec. 10 for the other two.
Olds received probation in 2010 for four misdemeanors, and is scheduled to be in Lenoir County Superior Court on Dec. 17 on his felony possession of marijuana charge.
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Stampede Win OT Thriller For Third Straight Victory
MUSKEGON, MI -- C.J. Franklin scored the game-tying goal midway through the third period and the game winner with 28 seconds remaining in overtime as the Sioux Falls Stampede topped the Muskegon Lumberjacks 4-3 Saturday night in Muskegon.
Dennis Kravchenko assisted on the game-tying and game-winning goals and finished with three assists while Charlie Lindgren stopped 28 shots to earn his league leading 20th win of the season in goal.
The win was the Stampede's third straight and 15th in their last 17 games. The Herd now hold a 28-9-1 record and remain four points ahead of Fargo for first place in the West. The Stampede are now 5-1-0 on their current nine-game road trip.
Sioux Falls grabbed the first goal of the game 7:55 in when Todd Skirving tallied his 14th goal of the season. Victor Bjorkung wristed a shot from the left point that was tipped by Kyle Schempp onto the Muskegon net, but the rebound bounced to Skirving who knocked in the rebound to give the Herd a 1-0 lead. Sioux Falls outshot Muskegon 14-13 in the period.
In the second, Muskegon tied the game 5:03 in when Michael Brodzinski scored on the powerplay. Brodzinski took a pass from the high slot and fired a shot past the stick side of Lindgren. Sioux Falls would regain the lead just over a minute later when Vinny Muto's blast from the right point sailed past the stick side of Muskegon goaltender Kevin Lindskoug and into the net. Dennis Kravchenko earned an assist on the goal.
The Lumberjacks would respond though when they got a little help from the boards. A pass behind the Stampede net hit the back boards and bounced to the right of the goal where Adam Gilmour found himself all alone and wristed the puck into the net. Lindgren and the Stampede defense went to the left expecting the puck to bounce on the other side, but were unable to get back in time to prevent the goal. Cameron Darcy would give Muskegon the lead just 58 seconds later when he took a pass from Ben Storm and raced down the left wing side before cutting in front of the net and lifting the puck over the left shoulder of Lindgren to give Muskegon a 3-2 lead. Muskegon outshot the Herd 14-10 in the period.
The third period was full of intensity and hard hits as the Stampede physically outplayed the Lumberjacks for most of the period. Sioux Falls would tie the game at 9:17 of the period when Dennis Kravchenko won an offensive zone face-off to C.J. Franklin who skated to the high slot and slapped the puck into the upper left hand corner of the net to tie the game 3-3. Sioux Falls took control of the rest of the period as they outshot the Lumberjacks 10-5 and pushed the game into overtime.
Sioux Falls controlled most of the overtime period, outshooting the Lumberjacks 5-1. The Herd were finally able to break through with 28 seconds remaining when Franklin netted his second goal of the night to lift the Stampede to victory. Sioux Falls would once again score off a face-off draw as Ed McGovern took the puck deep in the right wing corner and backhanded it to Kravchenko who skated into the slot before sending it to the left wing side of Franklin who quickly fired the puck into the back of the net to give the Herd their 11th win of the season on the road.
Sioux Falls outshot Muskegon 39-31 on the night and finished 0-for-2 on the powerplay while Muskegon was 1-for-4.
Sioux Falls will close out their nine-game road trip with three games in four days next week. On Wednesday the Herd will travel to Omaha before closing out their long trip with games in Lincoln and Sioux City next Friday and Saturday.
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Butler's 3 RBIs Help Royals Beat Sloppy Twins 10-5 [PHOTOS]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Billy Butler had three hits and three RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals' bullpen picked up struggling starter Luke Hochevar with four scoreless innings in a 10-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
Hochevar (8-13) won for the first time in eight starts, but he gave up five runs on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts in five innings. Tim Collins pitched two innings before Kevin Herrera and Francisley Bueno finished the game.
P.J. Walters (2-4) gave up six runs on seven hits in four innings and Twins left fielder Ryan Doumit was charged with three errors in the eighth to help the Royals put the game out of reach.
Joe Mauer missed his second straight game because of back spasms for the Twins.
Salvador Perez homered and drove in two runs for the Royals, who sent 10 batters to the plate in their five-run fifth and another nine in a four-run eighth.
Doumit, who has primarily served as the backup catcher to Mauer, has been working his way into left field more often recently to try to keep his bat in the lineup. The acclimation turned ugly in the eighth when he dropped a fly ball from Johnny Giavotella after a long run to the gap, then booted a hard-hit single by Alcides Escobar that allowed a run to score. Doumit's throw also allowed two runners to advance, giving him a third error in the inning.
It was the second time this season, and fourth since 2010, that a player has committed three errors in one inning, according to STATS LLC. Oakland first baseman Brandon Moss did it in the sixth against San Francisco on June 23.
Denard Span had three hits in his first game in more than two weeks because of a strained right shoulder and Jamey Carroll drove in three runs for the Twins.
The Royals seem as though they've been a team on the rise for years, with each crop of hot young prospects supposedly the group that is going to drag the franchise up from the depths of the AL Central. This year's team went 17-11 in August and has won four of its last five games to improve to 6-6 in September. But the Royals still remain a few front-of-the-rotation arms away from being a legitimate threat.
Hochevar was supposed to be one of those guys, but he continues to underwhelm. He got behind 1-0 in the first on Wednesday night after a leadoff triple from Span, walked three straight batters in the third, including Doumit with the bases loaded, and gave up two more runs after the Royals handed him a 6-3 lead in the fifth.
* Perez has a 16-game hitting streak, tied with A.J. Pierzynski for the longest by a catcher this season.
* Carroll has a career-high 10-game hitting streak.
* Twins RHP Cole De Vries will have an MRI exam on his sore ribs Thursday. His scheduled start has been tentatively pushed back from Friday to Sunday, pending the outcome of the test.
* The temperature at first pitch Tuesday night was 93 degrees. A day later, it was 58.
* RHP Liam Hendriks (0-7, 6.20 ERA) will pitch the series finale for the Twins against RHP Luis Mendoza (7-9, 4.63). Hendriks is still looking for his first big league win. He carries an 0-9 career record into the start. Mendoza served up three homers to the White Sox in his last start.


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Merging Galaxies - 5.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth
5.3 Billion Light-Years from Earth
The images released with this science finding were created from HST data from proposal 10134: M. Davis (University of California, Berkeley).
Notes: The science team for this release comprises: J. Lotz (STScI), P. Jonsson (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), T. J. Cox (Carnegie Observatories), D. Croton (Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing/Swinburne University), J. Primack (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Somerville (STScI/JHU), and K. Stewart (NASA/JPL).
The surveys used in this study include: COSMOS (HST; PI: N. Scoville; HST Archival Data), GEMS (PI: H.-W. Rix; HST Archival Data), GOODS (PI: M. Giavalisco; HST Archival Data), AEGIS (PI: M. Davis; HST Archival Data), HUDF (PI: S. Beckwith; HST Archival Data), and DEEP2 (PI: M. Davis; Keck Survey).
F555W (V) and F814W (I)
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS/WFC instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using two different filters that isolate broad wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
Blue: F555W (V)
Green: F555W (V) + F814W (I)
Red: F814W (I)


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April 29, 2011
The Loyola University New Orleans Alumni Association has selected John D'Arcy Becker '61 as the 2010 recipient of the Adjutor Hominum Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Alumni Association.
Each year, the association recognizes an outstanding graduate whose life demonstrates the values and philosophy of a Jesuit education—namely moral character, service to humanity, and unquestionable integrity. The Adjutor Hominum Award will be presented to Becker on May 15 at the annual Alumni Association Jazz Brunch in the Danna Student Center's St. Charles Room. For ticket information, call Lisa Adams at 504-861-5447 or visit www.alumni.loyno.edu/alumniwknd11. Becker, along with wife and Loyola classmate Mary Jane Becker '61, will also be inducted into the Golden Wolves Society on May 14, during the unified commencement ceremony in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
Becker graduated from Loyola with a physics degree in 1961, the same year he founded his first business and served as CEO of John D. Becker & Associates, Inc., an insurance firm specializing in acquisition of coverage for business, professional and estate owners. In 1970, he founded and served as CEO of Business and Professional Consulting Services, Inc., an executive benefit planning firm with an emphasis on the design and servicing of qualified and non-qualified incentive plans. He also has a member office of and is a stockholder in M Financial Group, that specializes in the design and servicing of executive compensation, estate and wealth transfer plans.
As Becker's classmate, Bonnie Nelson writes, "John gives generously and unselfishly of his time, expertise and resources. He has made personal lives better; he has made our community better; he has made institutions stronger; he has helped those causes under the Catholic Charities umbrella, among so many others."
Becker is also the past chairman of the President's Council and past chairman of the Planned Gifts Committee at Loyola. For 16 years, Becker has coordinated the Annual Estate Planning Symposium, sponsored by Loyola and several other local nonprofit organizations. He brought some of the country's foremost experts to New Orleans to share their knowledge with trustees and volunteers of those organizations as well as local attorneys, accountants, financial planners and insurance professionals. He was recognized for his outstanding service to Loyola when he received the College of Business Administration Jacques E. Yenni, S.J., Award for Community Service.
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He has been honored and recognized throughout the years for his generosity. He received the John Paul II Award from the Archdiocese for a Lifetime of Unselfish Service, and the Servus Fidelus Award from Willwoods Community. He is the recipient of the St. Elizabeth's Guild Volunteer Activist Award, Order of St. Louis Medallion, the Knighthood of St. Gregory from Pope John Paul II, and the St. Martin de Porres Award for Community Service from the Southern Dominican Province.
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Question about Pit mixes
We have had our Pit mix, Petunia, going on three months now. Last night, I ran into the first major issue with her. While we were walking, we saw a black lab who is in our obedience class. The two dogs didn't seem to want to talk, but me and her owner did for a few minutes. Chance (the lab) was trying to hide behind his owner, and I was trying to keep Petunia calm. She was doing ok, nothing agressive that I could see. When she sees other dogs, she usually gets very excited and starts whimpering....(if you ask my wife, she sounds like a horse) Suddenly, she jerked forward almost pulling me down and grabbed Chance by the ear. I was able to pull them apart by opening her mouth (not smart to do with bare hands) and noone was hurt horibbly. The whole time, she never growled or gave any indication of being uncomfortable or nervous. on the other hand, I am somewhat nervous now. Is this normal for Pit bulls? I am still new to owning one and am not really sure how to react. Is there a chance that she was just playing and noone was really being hurt? Chance didn't really yelp like he was being hurt, but I don't know if he was just startled that a dog half his size jumped on him. I am just not sure what to make of this. She isn't usually aggressive with other animals, just excited. Should I not let her near other dogs?
The only thing that we could think of was at obedience class on tuesday, I was working with Chance more than Petunia. His owners were having problems with the gentle leader and since I had to use them on Petunia when we first got them, I was showing them how they work. Could it be that she was simply jelous that I spent time with him? Or is this just the natural dog aggression that I will need to keep an eye on?
I apologize if I'm babbling. This shook me up pretty good. Any advice would be helpful.
Oh boy sorry to hear that but I can hear LR saying sweet wind whispers of I told you so!!
I bet you're shook up. I would NOT walk her without a muzzle on anymore! You can't take the chance (no pun)
Cats only have nine lives because they stole them from dogs!Teehee
Yes, this CAN be normal for some pit bulls. A confident pit bull will usually NOT bark or put up aggressive displays before attacking - they just go for it.
And yes, there are things you can do that will improve the behavior of all but the most aggressive dogs.
One question - when you say you were "trying to keep Petunia calm" - how were you doing that?
Obedience training is the key. A dog can't attack another dog if it's in a Sit or a Stay.
For example, my dog wants to go towards other dogs she sees going past us on our walks. She has been obedience trained, so I simply put her in a "heel" BEFORE we get close to the other dog. If she tries to lunge, I correct her for BREAKING THE COMMAND, and NOT for showing aggression. This way she does not associate the correction with the other dog. If she heels nicely past the other dog, she gets major praise and occasionally a treat.
You cannot stop your dog from feeling aggression towards other dogs, but you CAN stop her from acting on it. Keep going to obedience school, and practice obedience with her everywhere so she doesn't think she only has to obey at school.
If you dog acts up, immediately begin an obedience drill (once she really understands the commands) wherever you happen to be. She must learn that obedience is not optional.
I was trying to have her sit and stay to calm her down. The problem we are running into is that she knows the basic commands, sit, stay, lay down, but she doesn't always listen to them. She will sit when told most of the time, but stay is a problem. I know she knows it, because when I feed her, she will sit and wait until I release her. But when we are outside and there are distractions, trying to keep her attention is tough. The trainer at the obediance class has given us a few suggestions, but they all seem to be when she is walking, not ways to get her attention when she's sitting. Once she's sitting, even treats don't always keep her attention. We have gotten her to the point when she pulls to hard, we stop walking and she sits. However, I have trouble with her at this point. She sits for a few seconds, then usually gets up and starts pulling again. If I can keep her attention and get around the dog without getting to close, we are ok. But basically, once she gets like that, the easiest thing to do is run in a direction that is away from the other dog. I know this isn't the best thing to do, but I'm really at a loss. I'm going to have to get to class early this week and have a long talk with the instructor.
I'm starting the think the problem is that Petunia's smarter than I am and purposely ignoring me when we're outside.
Hahhaa!! Sorry to laugh, but Petunia sounds like SUCH a typical pit bull!!
All the problems you are having are the ones ALL of us have had with our dogs, and still occasionally have.
You need to teach Petunia the "Watch me" command to get her attention outside. Pit bulls are so hard to distract when they are fixated on something!
Start off at home where there are no distractions. Great a great treat and have Petunia sit in front of you. Show her the treat, then put it behind your back
She will first look to where your hand went. Don't move, and she will then raise her head and look at you. The second she makes eye contact, say Good Girl and instantly give her the treat.
Keep practicing, and when you know she will look at you, start saying, "Look at me" just before she does. They usually catch on this pretty quickly.
You can use this when outside too, and gradually phase the treats out, or just give them randomly.
When you are outside (or anywhere) and tell her to sit and she gets up, correct her and make her sit again, but don't use the command more than once! If you do, she'll learn that she only has to obey after the 3rd or 4th time you say it. She has to learn that she may as well obey the first time, cause she is not going anywhere until she does.
When she pulls, you can also do an ABRUPT about face and walk rapidly in the other direction. Everytime you follow her as she pulls, she has won and will continue since dogs only do what works!
Thanks. I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one who has run into these problems. I think part of the reason we are having some issues is that I have a habit of not being forceful and letting the dog get away with things sometimes. (My sister says that's why my nieces don't listen also ) I started last night being more forceful and not repeating commands. Last nights walk took quite a while. I have a feeling that this is going to take some time, but I am going to stick with it.
We were thinking it might be a good idea to try and get some one on one instruction with a trainer. Does that make sense? Since she is a combination of being very smart and very stubborn, I'm thinking this is going to take a lot of patience and work and working with a group, while it is good for socialization, might not be a good setting for training her.
Thanks again for all your advice.
I'm more familiar with Rottweilers than pitbulls - Lucky, chime in here.
How about a pinch/prong collar? I know they can work wonders as a training tool for certain situations and certain dogs. Note I said training tool, not a substitute for training. I also realise that they can be counterproductive with aggression issues if the dog feels the pinch and wants to redirect at the other dog.
It did NOT work with Cooper; I've had him since 8 weeks old and used very little compulsion type training with him. I tried at at the urging of the trainers at a facility I was going to (they were jerks, when I figured THAT out I walked out one night mid-class in a snit.) Anyhow, it didn't work with Cooper and he got real grumpy and just refused to work; I haven't used it since.
The reason I tried it on Coop was he got real stupid about other males when he was an adolescent & I hadn't yet neutered him. General obedience and as many as three drop in obedience classes a week, around different dogs, helps desensitize him to other dogs. I'd definitely suggest lots of exposure to other dogs in structured situations, and not getting close enough for her to get real aroused until you can get her to pay attention to you.
But with Dutch (a dominant, very dog-aggressive, intact adult male I took in last year) using a micro-pinch was amazing. Like having power steering! He is much improved now, but at first he just wanted to flatten every dog he saw and I could have been an ant on his butt for all the attention he'd pay to me. I credit the pinch collar for making Dutch a much better citizen.
FWIW - "Watch" is a great command. It takes time for a dog to get reliable about it, especially in a high distraction situation. I can tell you Dutch was not about to focus on anything except what HE wanted; I had to be quite a bit more forceful to get his attention.
One other point - getting her attention BEFORE she gets into staring and posturing at other dogs is most effective. It's 50 times harder once she's tuned you out and gone into drive over something.
I think I rambled a bit...it's been a long week!
So LR, do you think a pinch collar *might* be useful?
PS: Prong/pinch collars are more effective and less potentially damaging to a dog's neck, trachea, and spine that choke collars. I know they look like torture devices, but they are really more humane, IMHO.
Cooper The WonderDog
Daphne The Destructo-Rott
A pinch collar can be very effective, as you said - in conjunction for training and not a substitute.
Choke chains in general do NOT work,and only cause injury and tracheal damage. Pinch collars, in spite of their barbaric appearance, are much more humane.
I used a pinch collar on a pit bull I was fostering, and it helped for a short while, then she started pulling again.
On my present dog, I like my Martingale collar. It gives more control than a plain buckle collar, yet is not nearly so harsh as a choke chain. It's possible to abuse a dog with any kind of collar, so proper training is a must.
Many people seem to have good results using a harness on pit bulls. Teaching them not to pull can be very laborious and frustrating. After a year, my dog is pretty good about not pulling, and now a verbal reminder is usually enough to make her ease up.
However, if I take her somewhere new, her excitement gets the better of her, and of course having a rabbit run in front of her can result in my being wrapped around a tree.
Petunia'sDad has joined us on our pit bull board, so I'm sure he'll get a solution.
A feew weeks ago I was walking Dutch in the woods and we scared up two deer, they rushed out of the trees right across our path. Despite the pinch collar I literally DID wrap myself around a tree to stop us, because Dutch took off like a freight train after the deer. He has a ferocious prey drive and has killed two critters (a rabbit & a possum) while onleash - he is fast and at least he kills very quickly.
He's about 100lbs of muscle and very strong; I'm not particularly large and it happened so fast I had no time to brace myself.
Petunia'sDad, best of luck with her! Petunia sounds like a real pistol. And I just love that name.
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About the tree..yeah, I had to wrap Chloe's leash around one to stop her from pulling me head-over-heels down a hill after the rabbit. She's only 70 lbs, but an incredible powerhouse. I have to chuckle when told I should use only positive methods and clickers on her! A sledgehammer couldn't have distracted her from that rabbit...haha.
I can just imagine if she were 100lbs.
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Saturday May 3rd I had the pleasure to interview Russ Grandinetti, VP Kindle Content for Amazon. He is the guy in charge of everything related to Kindle except from hardware and devices.
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General Information About Hanoi
Administrative divisions:
-12 urban districts: Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung, Tay Ho, Thanh Xuan, Cau Giay, Long Bien, Hoang Mai, Ha Dong, Nam Tu Liem, Bac Tu Liem. - 1 town: Son Tay. - 17 rural districts: Dong Anh, Soc Son, Thanh Tri, Gia Lam (Ha Noi); Ba Vi, Chuong My, Dan Phuong, Hoai Duc, My Duc, Phu Xuyen, Phuc Tho, Quoc Oai, Thach That, Thanh Oai. Thuong Tin, Ung Hoa (former Ha Tay province) and Me Linh (a former district of Vinh Phuc province). Ethnic groups: Viet (Kinh), Hoa, Muong, Tay, Dao... Ha Noi is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, the center of culture, politics, economy and trade of the whole country.
Ha Noi is located in the Red River Delta, in the center of North Viet Nam. It is encompassed by Thai Nguyen and Vinh Phuc provines to the north, Ha Nam and Hoa Binh provinces to the south, Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Hung Yen provinces to the east, Hoa Binh and Phu Tho provinces to the west.
Ha Noi means "the hinterland between the rivers" (Ha: river, Noi: interior). Ha Noi's territory is washed by the Red River (the portion of the Red River embracing Ha Noi is approximately 40km long) and its tributaries, but there are some other rivers flowing through the capital, including Duong, Cau, Ca Lo, Day, Nhue, Tich, To Lich and Kim Nguu.
Climate: Ha Noi is situated in a tropical monsoon zone with two main seasons. During the dry season, which lasts from October to April, it is cold and there is very little rainfall, except from January to March, when the weather is still cold but there is some light rain. The wet season, from May to September, is hot with heavy rains and storms. The average annual temperature is 23.2°C (73.7°F) and the average annual rainfall is 1,800mm. The average temperature in winter is 17.2°C (62.9°F), but can go down to 8°C (46.4°F). The average temperature in summer is 29.2°F (84.6°F), but can reach up to 39°C (102.2°F).
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Ha Noi is a sacred land of Viet Nam. In the 3rd century BC, Co Loa (actually belonging to Dong Anh District) was chosen as the capital of the Au Lac Nation of Thuc An Duong Vuong (the King Thuc). Ha Noi later became the core of the resistance movements against the Northern invasions. Located in the middle of the Red River Delta, the town has gradually expanded to become a very populations and rich residential center. At different periods, Ha Noi had been selected as the chief city of Viet Nam under the Northern domination.In the autumn of Canh Tuat lunar years (1010), Ly Thai To, the founder of the Ly Dynasty, decided to transfer the capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La, and so he rebaptized it Thang Long (Soaring Dragon). The year 1010 then became an historical date for Ha Noi and for the whole country in general. For about a thousand years, the capital was called Thang Long, then changing to Dong Do, Dong Kinh, and finally to Ha Noi, in 1831. This sacred piece of land thereafter continued to be the theatre of many fateful events.
Throughout the thousand years of its eventful history, marked by destruction, wars and natural calamities, Ha Noi still preserves many ancient architectural works including the Old Quarter and over 600 pagodas and temples. Famous sites include the One Pillar Pagoda (built in 1049), the Temple of Literature (built in 1070), Ha Noi Citadel, Ha Noi Opera House, President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum...
Ha Noi also characteristically contains 18 beautiful lakes such as Hoan Kiem Lake, West Lake, and Truc Bach Lake..., which are the lungs of the city, with their surrounding gardens and trees providing a vital source of energy. Many traditional handicrafts are also practiced in Ha Noi including bronze molding, silver carving, lacquer, and embroidery. Ha Noi has many famous traditional professional handicraft villages such as Bat Trang pottery village, Ngu Xa bronze casting village, Yen Thai glossy silk...
By road: Ha Noi is 93km from Ninh Binh, 102km from Hai Phong, 153km from Thanh Hoa, 151km from Ha Long, 474km from Dien Bien Phu, 658km from Hue, 763km from Da Nang, and 1,710km from Ho Chi Minh City. By air: Noi Bai International Airport, over 35km from the city center, is one of the biggest airports of the country with various international and domestic routes. There are domestic flights from Ha Noi to Danang, Dien Bien, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Nha Trang and international flights to many countries in over the world.
By train: Ha Noi Railway Station is Viet Nam's main railway station. It is the starting point of five railway lines leading to almost every province in Viet Nam.
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Hanoi is the capital of Northern Vietnam and keeps this role until now. The city is located on the right bank of the Red River and far about 1760 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. Hanoi features a warm humid subtropical climate with plentiful precipitation. In addition, Hanoi is considered one of the main cultural centers of Vietnam, where most Vietnamese dynasties have left their imprint.
In 1902, Hanoi became the capital of the Indochina Federation and it was built by French. Through two wars, Hanoi is the capital of Northern Vietnam and keeps this role until now. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam. The city is located on the right bank of the Red River and far about 1760 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City.
Hanoi is located between 20053' to 21023' north latitude and 105044' to 106002'east longitude. The city has an area of 3.324,92 square kilometers. Hanoi is a city with a mount of lakes, ancient rivers. In the inner city, West Lake has large area of about 500 ha, and plays an important role in the urban landscape. Today this lake is surrounded by many hotels and villas.
Hanoi is situated on an ancient soil area deposited from time immemorial with layer after layer of alluvium carried down from the northern mountain ranges by the Red River and its tributaries. That is the reason why Hanoian feel as closely connected to their Red River as children do towards their mothers. In the old days, the Red River was given another common name: Cai (Mother) River. The name of Hanoi (Exterior side of a river) has derived from an ancient language which is literally known as a land area located in the inner side the Red River. It is not that the city is inside the river but rather it is embraced by about 100 kilometers of the Red river dykes. The dyke portion in Hanoi accounts for about one fifth of the total river dykes flanking on either side of the Red River that runs along the Vietnamese territory on a stretch of more than 500 kilometers.
Other rivers that run through Hanoi include the Duong, the Cau, and the Ca Lo, the Day, the Nhue, the Tich, the To Lich and the Kim Nguu rivers. The last two rivers, To Lich and Kim Nguu, have been regarded as an inexhaustible source of inspiration for many Vietnamese literature writers and poems that lived in the capital city in the old days. These two rivers were considered the most poetic and romantic bodies of water that flows through the city. At present the two rivers, To Lich and Kim Nguu, are still partly seen in the city. Their former grandeur has long lost their literature charm because they have to give way to urbanization development scheme. Currently these rivers are regarded merely as the city's main open ditch drainage system. However, the government has had in mind a massive upgrading scheme to return the two historic rivers their original beauty
Hanoi features a warm humid subtropical climate with plentiful precipitation. The city experiences the typical climate of northern Vietnam, where summers are hot and humid, and winters are, by national standards, relatively cool and dry. Summers, lasting from May to September, are hot and humid, and receive the majority of the annual 1,680 millimeters (66.1 in) of rainfall. The winters are short, relatively dry, and mild, while spring can bring light rains.
When the first state of ancient Vietnam was established in Hanoi (formerly Thang Long), the city was considered a sacred and typical part of Vietnam. Twenty three centuries ago, Co Loa in the present-day district of Dong Anh was the capital of the ancient Au Lac country reigned by Thuc An Duong Vuong (King Thuc An Duong.) In the subsequent period of more than 1,000 years, Hanoi had witnessed brilliant feats of arms in a long resistance war against the northern mighty invaders. The subsequent dynasties sometimes moved their capital to other regions. Mid 20th century, Hanoi suffers from the complex events of history. Events that Japanese attacks Indochina in 1940 make Vietnam under the administration of the French and Japanese. The Vietnamese forces held August revolution succeeded. In september 2nd 1945, Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh, and created the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with Hanoi capital. In 1945, the victory of Dien Bien Phu, our military regained the North of Vietnam, Hanoi continued the capital position of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
As the capital of Vietnam for almost a thousand years, Hanoi is considered one of the main cultural centers of Vietnam, where most Vietnamese dynasties have left their imprint. Even though some relics have not survived through wars and time, the city still has many interesting cultural and historic monuments for visitors and residents.
Hanoi was given the title "City for Peace" on June 17th 1999. In 2000, President Tran Duc Luong in Hanoi awarded the title "Capital hero" on October 4th. In 2010, the city celebrated 1000 years with 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi from October 1st to 10th which prepared many years ago.
Hanoi is very compact, and the city is the most interesting places for tourists. You could probably explore the Old Quarter and visit all the places below in a single day. Tourists can enjoy fresh air when walking around Hoan Kiem Lake or West Lake, sight view in the Old Quarter and visit the entire trade villages around Hanoi. Moreover, they will have opportunities to enjoy traditional foods and have unforgettable time in Hanoi such as: Pho, Cha ca La Vong, com, Bun thang, Banh cuon, Bun cha…Coming and exploring Hanoi, tourist will find a strange and excited feeling about landscape and Hanoian.
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There are many legendary dishes that are unique to the Quebec region—like poutine and smoked meat sandwiches—but outside of the province, most people aren't familiar with the "old-school" style pies that dominate the local pizza scene.
A classic Montreal pizza is characterized by its excess of almost everything: too much sauce, cheese, and toppings; all haphazardly piled onto a thick, dense crust. There's definitely nothing fancy about it. Many Quebeckers profess a nostalgic affection for the doughy slices, but it's just bad pizza: an oily, unyielding crust, rubbery industrial cheese, and overall greasy sheen. Usually the cheese is sloppily piled above the toppings, creating a messy, top-heavy, and structurally unsound slice.
Of course, there are many popular pizza restaurants in the city of the Neapolitan and gourmet varieties. But I failed to be truly impressed by any Montreal pies until I ventured out to the suburban borough of Rivière des Prairies, a heavily Italian neighborhood about 30 minutes northeast of downtown. At Pizza D'Agostino, a small spot run by Sicilian-born chef Agostino Lumia, the old-school style Montreal pie finally comes into its own.
After scanning the menu, I ordered three small pies. The first pizza, Mozzarella with Tomato (the size small, or bambino, is $11.20, and the medium $12.50), was the simplest, and I was happy with its even-handed foundation; a slightly sweet slick of tomato sauce, and a pert, yielding crust.
Our second pie, the D'Agostino Special, ($13.75 for a small, $17.35 for a medium), came with a blanket of crispy bacon, pepperoni, green bell peppers, and crescents of white onions—a well-balanced version of the classic Montreal "all-dressed" style. (Traditional versions of "all-dressed" pies omit the bacon and onion). The multiple layers of pepperoni were tucked underneath the cheese, while the rest of the toppings perched above. It was hearty, unpretentious, and delicious.
But it wasn't until the third pie arrived that I realized I was somewhere very special indeed. D'Agostino's rapini and sausage pizza was positively glowing with verdant hues (the size small, $13.75; medium, $17.35). Despite a conspicuous absence of sauce, I dove into a pie that was instead topped with an extraordinary thicket of chopped, blanched rapini.
The crumbled, garlicky pork sausage and coverlet of snowy mozzarella were indulgent foils, but this pie was all about vegetal dignity. The crust was puffy, warm and surprisingly light; moreover, it left no leaden reminder in my stomach, as other Montreal pies have done. That's not to say that this pizza is healthy, but it could have fooled me.
Since I moved to Montreal last fall, I've eaten a lot of bad pies. Though you'll need a car to get there, Pizza D'Agostino makes a great, solid pizza that I plan on returning to again and again. After lunch, stop by Boulangerie Pâtisserie Amaretti, an Italian bakery that's housed in the same strip mall. They specialize in almond-speckled, chewy amaretti, and a few dozen would be a sweet finish to your day.
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It's a slippery path that many governments have taken to their ever-lasting regret. It usually starts off as a temporary measure to tackle rising prices for food, fuel and other basic commodities.
Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his Agriculture Minister, William Ruto, did not say it openly but the Kenyan government is now subsidizing foodstuffs.
Subsidies and price controls are used to calm a restive population from engaging in food riots. In some countries, food riots have toppled governments, hence the Kenyan leadership's rush to re-introduce price controls and food subsidies.
Economists say that subsidizing food is the worst decision any government can make. It is not sustainable because food prices always rise as a growing population demands more food.
The Kenya government has announced two different prices for maize: one for the poor, the other for the middle class. The government will sell 'government branded maize meal' to the poor using a chain of government regulated retail outlets.
If there ever was a way of creating Zimbabwe-style shortages, this is it.
It gets worse: The government has instructed the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) to buy maize at Kshs1,950 (US$25) a bag from farmers then sell to millers at lower rates. This means the government has to pay NCPB the difference. The decision was made after maize millers argued that they could not lower prices due to tight margins. With annual consumption of maize in Kenya in the millions of bags, the treasury must find hundreds of millions of dollars for the new subsidy.
The Kenyan government's intervention will distort the food market to such an extent that the poor will be the biggest losers. There is no guarantee that only the poor will by the cheap, 'government-branded' maize. The nature of economics is such that entrepreneurs will strive to obtain the cheap maize at Shs52, then supply it to upper-income retail outlets at Shs72, thereby making a huge profit.
The poor will eventually realize that, while their shops are empty, the supermarkets of the upperclasses will be fully stocked. This is exactly the case in Zimbabwe, where government price controls have twisted the market into epic proportions. It is not that goods are not available in Zimbabwe, but nobody is willing to sell at the state-sanctioned rates. The black market has pushed inflation to world record levels.
With time, the Kenya government will find it impossible to sustain food subsidies. The millers will find it difficult to operate in a restricted market. Yesterday, the government banned millers from buying directly from farmers. Several millers may close shop under such a stifling business environment.
The supply of maize will get worse because a government-controlled distribution chain inevitably breeds corruption. Unlike a free market situation which is dictated by forces of supply and demand, a state-controlled supply chain will create opportunities for kickbacks, horse trading and extortion.
Creating two sets of prices for the same commodity is ill-informed decision making. Why should a supplier sell maize to the poor at Shs52 yet the same commodity can fetch Shs72 a couple of hundred meters away?
The government's plans to launch 'branded' packets of cheap maize are likely to draw the wrath of the World Bank and IMF. In the early 1990s, the Kenyan government implemented the two institution's recommendations to open up the economy following rampant inflation, shortages and corruption by officials who were supposed to supply the commodities. Since then, supply has been constant even though prices have risen.
In the 1980s, Kenyans had to walk long distances looking for maize, wheat and milk because price controls encouraged hoarding. A similar situation is in store for a population already used to the abundance of liberalization.
There are fears that a black market in maize and other food stuffs may emerge. A black market will fuel inflation and put food prices outside the reach of the majority.
Black markets are controlled by criminal organizations and groups like Mungiki will have a new source of income. At the same time, black markets are not subjected to quality standards and consumers will be exposed to poor quality and dangerous food stuffs.
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Boston Globe reporter withholds Obama file
President's official birth narrative doesn't match up with INS reports
A Boston Globe reporter sympathetic to Barack Obama apparently received favored access to the immigration file of the president's father.
In writing her biography of Barack Obama's father, Boston Globe reporter Sally H. Jacobs had access to what appears to be the father's unredacted Immigration and Naturalization Service file. The documents cover the time Barack Obama Sr. arrived in Honolulu in 1959 until he was forced to leave the United States in 1964.
However, the redacted file the Department of Homeland Security provided in an Freedom of Information Act request to independent reporter Heather Smathers whited-out key facts about the president's birth narrative, judging from the one unredacted page WND has obtained.
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Jacobs, in a telephone interview with WND, said she got a "less redacted" file than Smathers appears to have received.
Jacobs refused to share with WND the less-redacted file or to post it on the Internet as Smathers has done with her file.
"Why would I do that?" Jacobs asked.
WND suggested it would be in the public interest to have available for study the additional information her less-redacted file might contain.
Jacobs suggested WND needed to make that request in a FOIA to DHS.
"I'm sure they will give you what they gave me," she said.
WND's own FOIA request is in process.
Jacob's refusal to make the file public is reminiscent of Sen. John Kerry's decision in 2005 to sign Standard Form 180, releasing his Navy Records only to the Boston Globe, known to be a newspaper favorable to Kerry, not to the U.S. public at large.
As WND reported, Kerry's Navy records became an issue in the 2004 presidential campaign after more than 260 Vietnam veterans who served in his swift boat section launched an effort to counter many of the senator's claims about his war service.
Put up for adoption?
Close examination of the unredacted page obtained by WND, which Jacobs obviously used to write her biography, shows it contained key information relevant to the Obama nativity story that was whited out in the copy sent to Smathers.
On page 122 of her biography, "The Other Barack: The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father," Jacobs revealed that Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham had considered giving up their son for adoption:
According to the INS memo concerning her April conversation with Dahling, the INS administrator, 'Subject [Obama] got his USC [United Sates citizen] wife 'Hapai' [pidgin for pregnant] and although they were married they do not live together and Miss Dunham is making arrangements with the Salvation Army to give the baby away.
Exhibit 1 shows the unredacted INS file from which Jacobs worked to obtain the information.
Exhibit 1: Unredacted memo from INS file provided to reporter Sally Jacobs
Exhibit 2 shows the same memo in the redacted state that DHS released to Smathers.
Exhibit 2: Redacted memo from INS file provided to reporter Heather Smathers
Clearly, the redaction was designed to eliminate the information that Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham considered putting baby Barack Obama Jr. up for adoption with the Salvation Army.
Furthermore, the unredacted version of the memo documents that the INS was aware of the adoption possibility as early as April 10, 1961, four months before the baby was born.
A familiar face or MIA?
The information in Jacobs' version of the document is consistent with other documentation that contradicts President Obama's narrative of his early life. He has claimed that Barack Obama Sr. and Ann Dunham lived together with him as a family in Hawaii until September 1962, when Barack Obama Sr. left Hawaii to go to Harvard University to begin graduate studies in economics.
As recently as April 20, only a week before Obama released from the White House what he claimed was a scan of his original long-form 1961 birth certificate, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie was insisting to Fox News that he was in Hawaii when Obama was born.
Abercrombie personal testimony was an attempt to verify that Honolulu was the place of Obama's birth, even though under questioning he admitted he was not literally at the hospital to witness the birth.
Abercrombie's revised story was that he "first laid eyes on baby Obama a few days after he was born," supposedly when Obama's parents introduced the newborn to friends at the University of Hawaii, where Abercrombie and Obama Sr. were students.
"We not only saw him and were with them, but were introduced to him of course at our gatherings, our student gatherings," Abercrombie said on April 20. "And of course over the years then as he was raised by his mother and his grandparents we of course saw him frequently because he was with his grandfather all the time."
By these statements, Abercrombie claimed to know the Obama family quite well.
Abercrombie's point apparently was to affirm Barack Obama Sr., Ann Dunham and the baby were seen and introduced commonly at the University of Hawaii.
But the document cited in Jacobs' biography published some three months later, in July, contradict Abercrombie's claims about the Obama family.
Jacobs wrote on page 118 that Obama Sr. "said nothing of his new girl friend [Stanley Ann Dunham] to most of his friends on campus."
Still, on the same page, Jacobs quotes Abercrombie, who insists Obama Sr. brought Dunham with him to parties at the university.
But, as if to explain why university students didn't consider them to be married, Jacobs quotes Abercrombie as saying that Dunham tended to sit quietly beside Obama Sr., as she spoke little and "instead listened closely as the men – and it was mostly men at their gatherings – argued and laughed."
Jacobs documents no incident in which Dunham brought baby Obama to the university to engage in social events with her husband and the baby's father.
WND has separately documented that Dunham left Hawaii within a few weeks of the baby's birth to attend on-campus evening classes at the University of Washington in Seattle. She did not return to Hawaii until after Barack Obama Sr. left the islands in September 1962.
Jacobs first revealed that Obama Sr. and Dunham had considered putting the baby up for adoption with the Salvation Army when she wrote an article in the Boston Globe titled "Father spoke of having Obama adopted," published July 7.
Jacob recounts in her book how she found the INS file for Obama, Sr.: "In a storage facility in Lee's Summit, Missouri, where the paper records of what was once called the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service are stored, there is a folder bearing the name Barack H. Obama, alien registration number A11938537, which contained memos stretching from the time he arrived in Honolulu in 1959 until he was forced to leave Cambridge, Massachusetts, against his will in 1964."


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Tax breaks, lawsuit liability left for Missouri Legislature in final week
With next year's budget plan finalized and an income tax cut passed, Missouri lawmakers now will turn their attention to resolving differences over tax credits and liability lawsuits before their mandatory adjournment on Friday.
One of the biggest, most divisive issues for lawmakers in the upcoming week will be familiar from years past – whether to scale back several existing tax breaks as part of a plan to create new incentives for certain businesses.
The Senate has pushed for significant cuts to existing tax credits for historic buildings and low-income housing while authorizing new incentives for international exports at airports, computer data centers and investors in high-tech businesses. But the House has resisted cuts to the existing programs and also wants to reauthorize a tax credit for developers purchasing large tracts of land in distressed areas.
A similar standoff never was resolved during a 2011 special session.
"We are not as close as I'd like, but I think we are getting closer," said Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles.
Last fiscal year, Missouri waived more than $629 million in revenue through tax credits and is projected to forgo even more this year. House leaders were cautiously optimistic about bridging the gap with the Senate and passing a tax credit overhaul.
"We're running out of time," acknowledged House Economic Development Chairwoman Rep. Anne Zerr, R-St. Charles. But she added: "There's better than a 50-50 chance" of passing legislation.
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon also has called for a "broad-based and balanced" overhaul of Missouri's many tax credit programs. Lawmakers sent Nixon a bill Thursday that would curtail one tax credit program, which offers up to $750 annually to low-income seniors and disabled residents who live in rental housing. But Nixon has said he will veto that bill if it is not accompanied by a more comprehensive tax credit bill.
The Republican-led Legislature, which has its largest majorities since the Civil War era, already has passed several high-profile bills. Those include an income tax rate cut for businesses and individuals that would be phased in over 10 years, an extension for tax credits on charitable donations, and the creation of incentive designed to attract amateur sporting events. Nixon already has signed the charitable donations and sporting events measures but indicated on Friday that he would likely veto the income tax cut.
Among the priorities for Republican lawmakers still pending are bills that would limit liability lawsuits against businesses and doctors. But both of those efforts have hit roadblocks in the closing weeks.
Last year, the Missouri Supreme Court struck down the state's cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, causing lawmakers to move quickly in an attempt to reinstitute the limits. But a Senate filibuster stalled that effort, and Senate Majority Leader Ron Richard, R-Joplin, said he thinks the issue is "dead" this year.
Leaders are a bit more optimistic about cutting a deal to replenish an insolvent fund for injured workers. The Second Injury Fund has $28.1 million of unpaid obligations, according to a recent state audit. But that issue has been bogged down by being connected to a proposal that would prevent some people from filing civil lawsuits by instead covering claims for occupational diseases under the workers' compensation system.
During their final week, House members are likely to approve bills restricting drug-induced abortions and the ability of unions to deduct fees from members' paychecks.
House Speaker Tim Jones said the chamber may also vote on a proposed transportation sale tax.
But at least one other Republican leadership priority will probably not be up for discussion during the Legislature's last week.
Education issues have seen crushing defeats this year despite being pushed by Jones, R-Eureka. The House rejected a plan to evaluate teachers based partly on student achievement and it also defeated a scaled-back version that would only have subjected principals and other administrators to the new evaluation criteria.
Many Democratic leaders have already dubbed the session a failure for what lawmakers were unable to pass – an expansion of the state's Medicaid program for about 260,000 adults championed by Nixon. Republican leaders rejected expansion efforts this year but pledged to create a joint legislative committee to study the topic before next year's session.
Having already dismissed his top legislative agenda item, Nixon is looking forward to the Legislature's last week in the Capitol.
"It's getting about time for these guys to wrap it up and get back to their districts," he said.
Associated Press writer David A. Lieb contributed to this report.


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Michael Jackson Wrongful-Death Case Goes to Jury
The family of the late King of Pop is suing concert promoter AEG Live for negligently hiring Dr. Conrad Murray, who gave the singer a fatal dose of propofol days before his This Is It comeback tour was slated to begin.
LOS ANGELES – The company producing Michael Jackson's This Is It comeback concerts was a money-making machine run by executives who did not care about the star's well-being, a lawyer told jurors Thursday.
Attorney Brian Panish used his rebuttal argument in the negligence case to urge the jury to find that AEG Live LLC hired Dr. Conrad Murray to be Jackson's physician without considering whether he was fit for the job.
Panish did not deny that Jackson had a role in the hiring but said the singer should be found to share only 20 percent of the blame.
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Murray was convicted in 2011 of involuntary manslaughter after giving Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid as Jackson fought chronic insomnia. Murray is in prison.
Panish ended his arguments before lunch and the case went to the jury later in the day.
In his speech to jurors, Panish suggested they might decide there was shared negligence in hiring Murray.
"Think of a bicycle built for two," he said. "Both can cause the harm."
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He said Michael Jackson's liability would be for finding Murray and asking for his use as the tour doctor for his concerts. He did not blame Jackson for seeking the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid and instead cited AEG for hiring the doctor who gave it to him.
"Propofol might not be the best idea," Panish said. "But if you have a competent doctor, you're not going to die."
The anesthetic is intended for use in operations at a hospital. Murray was administering it nightly in Jackson's bedroom.
Panish claimed that AEG executives such as CEO Randy Phillips and co-CEO Paul Gongaware disdained Jackson and reminded jurors of an e-mail in which an AEG attorney referred to Jackson as "the freak."
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"They're a money-making machine," Panish said. "All they care about is how much money is this freak going to make for them?
"It's not right, ladies and gentlemen," Panish said. "It would not be right to allow Gongaware and Phillips to skate down the street and click their champagne glasses at AEG Live."
Both executives were initially named as defendants but were dismissed from the case during the trial.
Panish showed jurors details of a contract drafted by AEG Live but only signed by Murray. He said it proved that AEG wanted to control the doctor.
The plaintiff's last argument came a day after a lawyer for AEG Live told jurors that Jackson was the architect of his own demise and no one else can be blamed. Defense attorney Marvin Putnam said Jackson insisted on hiring the cardiologist, despite objections from AEG Live.
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The company told Jackson there were great doctors in London but the singer would not be deterred, Putnam said.
"It was his money and he certainly wasn't going to take no for an answer," he said.
Putnam portrayed AEG Live and its executives as victims of deception by Jackson and Murray. He showed brief excerpts from the This Is It documentary to show that Jackson appeared in top form just 12 hours before he died.
"AEG Live did not have a crystal ball," he said. "Dr. Murray and Mr. Jackson fooled everyone. They want to blame AEG for something no one saw."
If AEG Live had known about the propofol treatments, it would have pulled the plug on the planned tour, the lawyer said.
"AEG would have never agreed to finance this tour if they knew Mr. Jackson was playing Russian roulette in his bedroom every night," Putnam told jurors.
If jurors find AEG didn't hire Murray, their work will be done quickly and they need not decide four other questions.
A unanimous verdict is not required in the case. Only nine of the 12 jurors must agree.


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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited a waste-to-energy bioprocessing facility under construction in Florida Thursday to announce that the USDA and Department of Energy have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 million to spur research into improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of growing biofuel and bioenergy crops. The grants are part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to develop domestic renewable energy and advanced biofuels, providing a more secure future for America's energy needs and creating new opportunities for the American farming industry.
"USDA is helping our nation develop the next generation of biofuels to grow jobs and generate energy from new, homegrown sources," said Vilsack. "Combining DOE's leadership in genome-scale technologies with USDA's experience in crop improvement will accelerate the efficient production of biofuels."
"Biofuels, along with other advanced vehicle technologies, hold the potential to help reduce our oil imports while adding new jobs and driving wealth creation in rural America," said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. "This investment in research will be instrumental in developing the best possible crops to produce biofuels."
Overall, the USDA and DOE projects are designed to improve special crops to be grown for biofuels-including selected trees and grasses-by increasing their yield, quality and ability to adapt to extreme environments. Researchers will rely on the most advanced techniques of modern genomics to develop breeding and other strategies to improve the crops. The research will be conducted on switchgrass, poplar, Miscanthus and Brachypodium, among other plants.
The potential benefits of this research range from decreasing oil imports to increasing options for American farmers. Because these crops will be optimized to tolerate conditions such as drought and poor soils, they can be grown on marginal lands unsuitable for food crops, thereby avoiding competition with food production. Farmers will have the option to grow bioenergy crops in addition to other existing crop choices.
The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia. The full list can be found online HERE.


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The UK is not in fact about to impose a tax on wireless networks, but that hasn't stopped bloggers jumping up and down about it.
Rumours that the UK was about to introduce a tax on wireless networking set the blogosphere afire towards the end of last week, with opponents pointing out that a tax of £100 per access point would drive many Wi-Fi providers out of business. Which is probably true, but not particularly helpful when the tax in question is a normal business rate that providers with their own sites have been paying for years.
"It is not correct to suggest a new tax is being introduced for wi-fi installations," the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) told us. "All business property is liable for rates, which are based on rental value. Wi-Fi installations are not treated any differently to any other business property."
Apparently the VOA currently has 31,000 masts on its books, which are valued so the tax man can claim his share and businesses operating in the UK pay appropriate business taxes.
Whether that is right is another matter, and may be more appropriate for debate: small companies providing wireless broadband to rural areas might feel entitled to a bit of tax relief, but the same would have to be made available to the larger operators who are unlikely to engender the same public sympathy.
Still, regardless of what happens in the future, right now there is no change in taxation of wireless masts, sites or technology, and none planned any time soon. So you can all calm down.
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Editors' note: Thanks to the release of recent, high-quality tablets, the overall score of the Streak 7 has been adjusted down from 7 to 5.
The Streak 7 is the tablet we've been waiting for Dell to make. It's a device that's worthy of the company. It couples solid, refined hardware with a creative spin on Android 2.2. Granted, we've seen similar 7-inch Android tablets come and go, but this time around Dell is raising the stakes by making the first 4G-compatible tablet (courtesy of T-Mobile), priced at a tantalizing $199 with a two-year contract ($450 without).
Powered off, the Streak 7 looks nearly identical to Samsung's Galaxy Tab. The construction is mostly plastic, with a glass-covered screen, and a sleek (if smudgy) design that tapers around the edges and feels sturdy in your hand. The Streak is longer than the Tab by a half-inch, measuring 7.75 inches long, 4.6 inches wide, and a hair under a half-inch thick.
Because tablets measure their screen size on the diagonal, you may be surprised to realize that the Streak's 7-inch screen is about half the size of Apple's 9.7-inch iPad display. In our experience, 7-inch tablets offer a more convenient portable design than 10-inch designs, but can't quite offer the laptop-like Web-browsing experience of the larger models.
We've also found that without extensive design help, many apps made for the smaller screens of Android smartphones can seem out of place or oversized on tablet-size screens. Dell makes an effort to address this with its inventive "Stage" user interface, but doesn't do much for users after they dig past the home screen. By contrast, Samsung's Tab took the same basic Android 2.2 elements, left Google's home-screen design alone, and optimized basic apps such as notes, e-mail, and calendar for a more tablet-friendly, split-screen view. Dell gets points for creativity, but compared with Samsung's practical tweaks, the Stage interface is just window dressing.
One of the small design details that distinguishes Dell's hardware from Samsung's is a decision to tailor the hardware and user interface for use in landscape orientation, rather than the smartphone-centric portrait mode. To this end, the tactile buttons for home, back, and menu are located on the right side of the screen, gathered together to make them easy to navigate with your thumb. It's a thoughtful design choice, and one we prefer over the Galaxy Tab's giant smartphone layout.
The Streak 7 offers most of the features we'd expect from a high-end tablet. You get a 5-megapixel camera on the back (with flash) that can shoot photos and 720p videos. A camera (with microphone) also sits on the front, offering a 1.3-megapixel quality that's just fine for self-portraits and video chat. In fact, Qik video chat software comes preinstalled and T-Mobile is quick to point out that users are free to use the service over their cellular connection, though it's a surefire way to burn through your data plan.
Other basic features such as 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth audio and data connections are here, though we wouldn't mind having an 802.11 n setting. There's a standard headphone jack on the left side, smartly placed above where your hand would naturally grip the device. Similarly, a pair of stereo speakers sit in the topmost corners of each side, delivering decent volume, though understandably thin acoustics (fortunately, earbuds come included).
The right edge of the Dell Streak 7 has a hinged flap concealing a SIM card slot and a memory card expansion slot for full-size SDHC memory cards, allowing you to expand the storage beyond the integrated 16GB. In our experience, the standard SD cards used by the Streak are much easier to come by than the microSD cards used by so many others--not to mention that they are more affordable.
Though the SD card slot was a nice gesture toward ease of use, Dell had to go and throw its proprietary 30-pin connector on the bottom, making charging and syncing the device a bit of a hassle. Once connected to your computer, the Streak appears as an external USB drive and comes preloaded with DoubleTwist software for syncing and managing media. It's not the elegant plug-and-play of the iPad and iTunes, but it gets you close.
Of course, the biggest feature the Streak 7 has to offer is compatibility with T-Mobile's 4G wireless network. Because 4G is still in its early rollout phase, coverage will vary from location to location, so check with T-Mobile's 4G coverage map before making the jump. For us, the 4G speed enabled faster loading for YouTube videos, with less frequent dropouts. We'll update this review with test results from the CNET Labs with a more in-depth speed comparison once results are available.


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As a 3D designer or animator becoming an animator in the game industry is quite a huge accomplishment. It may sound like a really big thing to achieve yet fact is that with right training and resources you can well get yourself to be one of the Video Game 3D animation gurus. In the video gaming industry what you will note is that when children play the game they always focus on winning the game and enjoying the gaming utilities the most.
On the other end adults will want look at how they would have made the game better. Before the evolutions in the computer technology individuals used to be fascinated mostly by the board games which have since given way to the contemporary craze of sizzling gaming built on the 3D technology. The surge of technology in the graphic design and computer world in general has made the video gaming domain more popular and there is acute inclination towards video games over the former craze of board games.
The video gaming industry is fully developed to an extent that you can actually shape your career as a specialist in 3D animation for games and if you are set on quenching your curiosity you will have to hook yourself up with some teams of professionals that focus on building video games. In video gaming based on 3D animation you need a good combination of skill to start with and this is with regard to the artistic prowess based on the basics together with computerized art skills.
Fact of the matter here is that if you are seeking to establish your career into his industry you will have to be sure that a perfect combination since there is no way you can expect to get a good job as video game artist when you lack any of the two. The best thing to do is master the ins and outs of the industry and the trade. What this means is that you need to acquire as much information as you possibly can.
You will need to know all the concerned and key areas of the trade and empower yourself with theory and practice. Practice takes a more important part in that 3D animation career and education because the game industry is a practical exercise and you would not have accomplished anything if you have not put together something tangible to show for you knowledge.


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I am making dinner for my in-laws this weekend. I plan on making a Peanut chicken and pasta meal. The meal includes fettuccine, chicken strips, and pea pods in a peanut sauce. Do I need a side dish? If so, what would go along well with this meal?
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You've got some nice crunch and texture profiles in there already, but I tend towards always making a side dish to try to cover my bases in terms of getting plenty of options for people who might not like (or feel like eating) the main dish. My go to is a nice crusty bread with an unusual spread, but since you are going Asian-inspired here I would recommend something like rice paper spring rolls or to like an Indian-style samosa with a complimentary flavored potato filling.
I think of Peanut Chicken as a Thai recipe, as such a light crispy salad as an appetizer and curry and rice side dish with mango and sticky rice as a desert would create a nice theme for the evening.
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Author: Tammara Webber
Rescued by a stranger.
Haunted by a secret
Sometimes, love isn't easy…
He watched her, but never knew her. Until thanks to a chance encounter, he became her savior…
The attraction between them was undeniable. Yet the past he'd worked so hard to overcome, and the future she'd put so much faith in, threatened to tear them apart.
Only together could they fight the pain and guilt, face the truth—and find the unexpected power of love.
I have to admit that this book has been sitting on my kindle for probably close to six months – I had heard so many people rave about it, that I bought it and then for some reason never actually picked it up. Maybe out of fear that it wouldn't be as good as everyone was saying – because honestly, whenever I only hear good things about a book – and that was pretty much all I heard about this book – i am skeptical. But Saturday night when I was curled up in bed feeling sorry for myself while dealing with a sinus infection, I started to read it. And I was immediately sucked in…
I've only been out of college for 8 years now (give or take a couple of years), so lots of the visualization in the book – the frat parties (not that i ever went to any…), the classroom lectures, and even the teachers that assigned seating (yeah, I was lucky enough to get one of those…) brought back memories both good and not so good from my college days. You could obviously tell that Ms. Webber either works in a college setting, or is vastly experienced in it.
While I can say that I ever lived through what Jacqueline did, there was a level of emotion that I felt that made me feel like I was there with her. The one thing that impressed me about the book was how such a delicate topic like sexual assault was addressed and worked into the story, without the (for lack of a better word) absolute focus on the outcome of that – it was like it happened and Jacqueline tried to move on, which is kind of what I think I would hopefully do if ever faced with a situation like that.
Lucas/Landon made me laugh and cry – he seemed like the kind of guy I would love to be attracted to, rather than some of the d-bags, that I have been in the past (no further comments needed there). And he was a good example of how hard work (I mean, I lost track at the number of jobs that he had) will help you to succeed in life and that having money/connections isn't everything.
Overall, I am glad that I finally read Easy (as I blow the dust off the kindle pile) and I'll definately be looking for more books by this author in the future. 4 stars.


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The Hel-Cat II is the 5th vessel to be owned within the Glas family. Those of you familiar with the Glas family know they started in Montauk in the 1946. The first vessel owned was a converted 38' wooden yacht named the Frances Ann. After that came the Helen, a 47' wooden ex-rum runner. The first custom built steel vessel was Helen II followed by the Hel-Cat (famous steel catamaran) that made its mark in the 1970's and 80's by running trips from CT to Block Island and Montauk for monster blues, codfish and fluke. No one has ever forgotten about her trips to the secret Alligator Ledge.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Free Pocket Bacon!
Pocket Bacon, the iPhone application which puts bacon on your phone, is free in honor of Bacon Day. Mine is downloading now as we speak.
Hope you all are having a great Bacon Day!
Hope you all are having a great Bacon Day!
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3 comments:
- Peter said...
While I have no need for a pocket bacon app, I think it's a great idea!
- September 5, 2009 at 2:28 PM
- Peter said...
Don't forget Wills Point, Texas. Well, actually in the country just about halfway between Wills Point and Quinlan, Texas. To celebrate I had my weekly doctor approved (well, actually he doesn't approve, more like tolerates) ration of bacon and eggs, and all three dogs got some bacon, too.
That oughta count for something.
- September 5, 2009 at 3:38 PM
- Alexa said...
Thanks Pete, I think that counts! Also remember, for health reasons you can always enjoy, turkey bacon or soy bacon. I know to a true bacon lover it might not be the same or even worth it, or you can always try to make your own bacon which is better for you as well.
Thanks for enjoying Bacon Day!
- September 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM
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While Panasonic and James Cameron are counting on "Avatar" to bring stereoscopic 3D (S3D) into the living room, many observers feel video games are the killer app.
Gamers, though, aren't too excited about the idea. The response to S3D so far has been tepid, at best.
"It's extremely gimmicky and adds nothing to the gameplay or overall experience," says Nicholas DiMucci, a 24-year old core gamer. "It … gets stale quickly."
Core gamers, of course, are just a part of the videogame audience. Nintendo's Wii has brought in a large number of casual fans. But publishers initially focus new technologies and playing styles on the core. If those players enjoy them, they often act as evangelists, singing the tech's praises to the masses.
The biggest test of S3D gaming will hit on Nov. 24, when Ubisoft releases "James Cameron's Avatar: The Game." The number of people taking advantage of the stereo 3D capabilities likely won't be big, since at present few homes are capable of viewing S3D. But the idea is to begin building buzz for the technology.
One gamer who saw the "Avatar" demonstration in S3D in June says the game "was gorgeous, especially in 3D," but notes that he believes "it would be tough replicating that same experience in your own living room."
Gamers see several technological drawbacks to S3D: Images tend to ghost on LCD screens, and setup can be a frustrating experience (often slowing down a game's frame rate). There's also a perception problem for the technology to overcome. Attempts to introduce S3D gaming on the PC in the mid-'90s were atrocious, causing nausea and headaches. Many gamers immediately think of that when 3D gaming of any sort is mentioned.
Most important, though, they believe developers are not interested in designing games for S3D.
Manufacturers disagree.
"We think the gaming community will be on this really fast," says Bob Perry, executive vice president of Panasonic Consumer Electronics. "Having this full dimensionality when playing games, particularly action games, is simply amazing. We believe there's a huge amount of synergy."
It's another chicken/egg problem for home 3D. Video games could, in fact, be a killer app for these stereo TV sets, but publishers won't invest in creating S3D titles until there is a significant installed base of stereoscopic sets in homes.
Even then, gamers question how comfortable the experience will be, since stereoscopic 3D sets require users to wear specialized glasses.
"It's fantastic for a 30-minute briefing, but when you sit down to play 10 hours of 'Resident Evil,' are you going to want to wear those glasses for that long? I don't know," says Will Smith, a gaming enthusiast and the editor of Maximum PC magazine.
"(Stereoscopic) 3D just doesn't have the hard benefits that high-definition (television) did."