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(Wang and Lung are identical twins and they live in a village by name Sheng. On New Years eve they set out to Po-Yen, meaning thousand patience. Po-yen is situated in the Fuchin Jiang valley in the province of Chechiang. This extract describes what happened to them in course of a day.)
A Left Handed Fox- Spirit
On the last day of 1587 Wang and Lung left the house early since they wanted to see the town preparing itself for the coming festivities. The night before Blia the cook had made moon cakes from rice flour, pork fat and sugar. While the woman kneaded the flour and white fat into cakes and garnished with haws and dried green plums the servants had hung up paper lanterns and tallow candles here and there to give the house a new look. The cakes were really delicious but the twins were preoccupied.
Before the house was astir they had got out. Wang was certain that day was unlike any other and had made sure Lung fell in with his grand design. "What that be," Lung asked as they catfooted to the gate." The end of the year is when we begin our plan." Wang whispered rather mysteriously. That only made Lung more nervous since Wang was the one who made all the plans and he was the one who without any exception ended as the fall guy. It was not that he was dull or slow on the uptake. They were identical as two peas in a pod; their harmony, as their tutor was not tired in telling, was that of two chopsticks. Wang could not have pulled off his pranks without Lung who was all for order. He always returned what props his brother filched from here and there. Wang always thrived in confusion. If Wang did a vanishing trick it fell to Lung be present when the victim came to his senses. Lung of course got hit each time. He had been told by many that he served as a sitting duck while his brother got off lightly. "May be," Lung could shrug off, "One has to give and another take it. Life is a matter of give and take as my tutor would say." Lung believed it wholeheartedly.
Still that morning he had to brace himself. Wang felt some uneasiness as his brother but for different reasons. The cold wind and dead silence of the village where houses in silhouette partly obscured by thick mists was eery enough but to him the occasion seemed not right. What if? He had to think of the honor of the House of Chu K'wang. The filial piety by which every House was judged needed to be upheld. Their mother had taken to bed and it looked all the more likely that her end was near. It was touch and go, like so many other times. 'But what if our dear mother died and we were not around?' It was a dishonor that was bound to dog them rest of their life. Instantly Lung put out his hand as though he had same thoughts and said, " Pray that mother will pull through." Instead of Wang he bumped against a muffled figure and was thrown backwards. There was a strange apparition that was recklessly venturing out from opposite direction. He was tall and Lung could only catch a glimpse of his face that to his horror was a death mask. "He is a ghost!" Lung exclaimed. It amazed him that he could be knocked down by so light as a feather. The stranger having knocked him down glided right through the hedge as if he did not intend any harm to him or to that hedge. "He is indeed a ghost!" his hairs stood on end. Next moment he heard a voice from far off but distinctly saying," Chuan sent me!" "What on earth.." Lung exclaimed as he picked himself up.
The sound of falling brought Wang quickly to his side. Lung said, "Funny the voice said, Chuan sent me!" "Chuan!" Wang whistled. The name seemed to ring a bell. And nothing more. Wang said," All I can think of is our poor father." Lung looked at him with concern, "It is our mother whom we need to take care of." Lung felt all the more nervous to move on. He excused his lack of enthusiasm. "Brother, we just had a strange encounter. It is a sign. A word of caution. We ought to listen to it." "What did it tell you?" "Go home." Wang persuaded him not to give in to his nerves. Lung thought Wang perhaps was right. They walked on.
Wang said in sotto voce, "Chuan, where have I heard the name?" He was uneasy but quickly got it out his mind. Before Wang and Lung could see the town from far Lung was amazed to see his brother stopping dead on his tracks. He also stopped. He was staring at him just as he, hit by the same thought. "Chuan," they blurted out in unison. "Chuan!" Wang said a trifle too loud, "You know him don't you?" "Yes, I know" Lung replied. Wang let out a shout. "That fellow who knocked you down," he said with a laugh, "That was a phantom, and a good sort too."
"How can you be sure brother?" "I know now. "Wang said assuredly," We know Chuan cannot mean bad to us?" Lung nodded.
"Six years ago remember the time our father died?" Slowly Lung's face became pale and color of his eyes darkened, to recollect their loss. "Oh yes!" They could place the name and that sad occasion which had first dealt its nasty cut to their happiness. The same Chuan who appeared mysteriously from his village around the time their father died six years ago. They remembered that day with clarity. The twins believed since then that Chuan will reappear if anything were to happen to their mother.
Lung felt a tug at his heartstrings for he knew his mother survived his father but lived in a coma as it were. "It is a call from the grave," as Aunt Thousand Fragrances one evening cautioned their grand uncle lugubriously. They had overheard it and had since then deeply impressed into their sensitive hearts. 'What if she died?' If she were to die it was their duty to be present. Wang as if he read his inner thoughts said, "Mother will pull through for a time being." Lung knew. Wang also was certain. She would only die after Chuan had come second time. Just as he had mysteriously come some six years ago to announce that he had lost a brother. No one saw him after he silently glided past the house all of a sudden.
Chuan. He was the one who could put to rest every strange sensation that made them restless and get into scrapes one after another. "So we have been forewarned, brother," they said upbeat. "Mother is in no danger." It was if the encounter gave them license to enjoy their jaunt. They were also sure Chuan would come second time. Surely he must hold some powers if he could come as if by premonition six years ago. Chuan would come. That was like a pick-me-up and they briskly moved on.
The brothers were already on the highway that led them to the archway indicating the town limit. The stone pillars with bas-relief of demons alternating with strange symbols and characters weather worn, were frightful. Wang and Lung quickly ran past. They lost themselves in the thick of clamor that was steadily on the rise.
If the identical twins were waiting for the appearance of Chuan who they believed held the key to such mystery as death, no less anxious was Ashu. In another part of the town he was biding his time for a bitter man to die. It looked as if it would happen any moment. Ashu as the name implied was a rat, an ill omen. From childhood his basic traits had made him stand out. Scrawny and ungainly he did not present a pleasant form; inquisitive and secretive at the same time he put off his playmates. Whenever he joined them something untoward was sure to happen. A few who had a winning hand lost for no explicable reason. If they wrestled, his sudden appearance was a signal: one may accidentally get a poke in the eye if not pull a tendon that hurt the victim badly for a week or two. He fouled up the normal life that his playfellows in the village thought he was 'A blasted boil walking on two legs.'
At home he was no different. His foster-father, an old sandal maker had enough of him and one day washed his hands off him. At the age of 15 the boy took to the street. Before long Ashu went to the Tryst. There lived at that time K'an P'i, the sorcerer whom the townspeople dreaded most. They thought he was the resident evil, the left handed fox-spirit whom Mi Fu the Crazy One had set up for evil purposes. Ashu had nothing by way of experience to offer; but he had guts to call on one from whom every other shrank from. The sorcerer must have felt in his scarecrow looks, a congenial spirit. He took him in his service: it was three years ago and he was still an apprentice.
On the last day of the year. Ashu waited greedily to be on hand for the master to breathe his last. He was alone.
Whenever other magicians sent their messengers weeks earlier to enquire of his master's health the apprentice had put them off. To a few who were persistent he pointed the nearest inn where they could lodge till his master was ready to look them up. "Oh he shall get around to that," he had assured them. It was a lie of course. From the day Ashu was taken into the service of K'an P'I inexplicably an overweening ambition seized him. Perhaps the spirit of the left handed fox-spirit stirred him up. Nothing else could explain at the way he changed. Three years it took him to cancel out whatever he had by way of native intelligence or to learn useful trade in order to eke out a living. Oh no, K'an P'I's unassailable power had turned his head. He lied through his teeth to have the dying sorcerer to himself. Three years only he needed for his ambition to bear fruit, almost. The master wasn't in a hurry to die.
Since Ashu plays a great role in this story let me sketch out his life under the roof of The Tryst. On the second day since Ashu entered the service his master handed him a pail of water and a mop to clean up the place. He had settled on a name that he came across by chance. His name shall be Hsiangyuan, ("Too good to be true!" he said to himself.) He set great significance to coincidences that were pointers to guide him along. His master was too good a chance to let go. The first year he did menial tasks at which his master observed that dust never left the ground while his broom made magical signs over and over again. He took it as a compliment. Next year he was given the task of carrying equipments and books, which the master needed for his practice. His master held every night of the new moon a coven to which each member came in masks and went through secret rites. While they made themselves merry the apprentice broke the cardinal rule of the house: he spied on them. He could not let go of his role model. As far as he could go he dogged his every move.
He put up with every insult and punishment in order to be close to his master. In the process he found how to beat him. (It did not come to him from books on magic that was strictly forbidden for him to look into.) It was dust that made his master most angry. He had a pathological hatred to dust, Ashu discovered. If salt in his rice made the master screw up his face the apprentice freely used salt in his main course and dessert as well. Of course he used the matter of dust to harass him. Every day. The master would sometimes in the middle of séance lose the thread of concentration when his eye caught dirt at some obscure corner or a cobweb making inroads along his parchments. He began to feel a certain thrill to see his master on such occasions and knew that he was gaining power on him. While the rest had their eyes closed, repeating usual spells to aid him in his foray into the spirit world he gloated that he rattled his master. By the third year the master began showing an erratic streak. He wanted to get rid of his apprentice but could not think of a way to break his oath. On one occasion the apprentice with tears in his eyes, over the mess he had made of his master's library, said, "I deserve nothing. Send me away," After blubbering like a neurotic fish while he let froth from corner of his mouth, he would add," I can only think of that oath by which you took me under your roof. The more I think of it, master it can only mean one thing. I deserve your utmost contempt." The master tried to hit him till his hands hurt and soon he would get tired of it. The moment his master retreated he became normal. That froth was nothing; his tears were as sham as his sense of unworthiness. Since then so often the same drama was played in more or less over the same reason. By the third year Ashu knew that he was winning the war of nerves. When K'an P'i was at last hit by stroke Ashu put the next part of his plan. He wanted the spirit of the master for himself. He considered it a stroke of good fortune the day he came across his black book. The Book of Changes was the manual in Black Art: its pages were written in a script that only sorcerers could make sense. He could not have read it but he knew possessing the book made the succession of rights legitimate. He avidly held the book in his hands and savored the contents. On the flyleaf he could see a blob of man's blood, ominous and also revolting, with five circles showing his level of proficiency: he was a left-handed fox-spirit! It was written in one character Kuo! Hsiangyuan stared at it till he thought he was staring at his own name. Kuo! Kuo meant far out. He was about to be like his master! 'K'an P'I is dead! Long live K'an P'I,' he mused, 'a matter of days?' A new zeal over came over him. Ashu spirited away the book with its case to another place where he knew he could get any time he needed it. The book was kept in a satchel fashioned out of skin that was shriveled and it didn't arouse any curiosity. From the fact it was so cunningly hidden away in the most unlikely place gave him a clue. Among items that established a left handed fox-spirit it came only number two in importance. All he needed was to collect the last breath, Chi of his master. It is thus we leave for a moment Ashu the rat leaning over a dying man, to see what at that precise moment went on outside.
Wang and Lung had come into the town and they flitted from one place to another watching how the townspeople got on with the New Year festivities. Wang had his constant companion, Jen (meaning benevolence) whom he let dangle from his waistband by means of a string. The insect was secure in a bamboo cage no bigger than the fist of a man. It was the handiwork of a Hei Miao boy who did the errands for the Noble House of Chu K'wang. Cowry Shell was his name. As befitting his name he wore one cowry shell around his neck, which he said kept fox-spirits away. It was natural that he should ask Wang and Lung who were of his age, protect themselves as he did. The cowrie shells were special since each had a distinct star burst on the carapace. "Like glass splinters," the boy said. He was sure a fox spirit could not look at it without hurting his eyes. The day he gave each one to prove his token of friendship he said as if to an imaginary fox-spirit , "Here is splinter in your eye, Mr.fox!" They did not believe in fox-spirits keenly as much as Cowrie Shell did but friendship was different. So each had one too, to shoo fox-spirits away, in case.
In one corner of Street of Barbers they sought out their regular barber who trimmed their queue to a point as the current fashion dictated. He also massaged their necks, saying he would get rid of their negative energy. Just as well. They felt raring to go. After tossing two copper bits extra for his trouble Wang and Lung were all for checking out that quarter which was out of bounds for boys of their age. Street of Forbidden Joys written with two characters spoke volumes to whoever was into the secret world of black art. One represented Kuo to show the out of bounds or what was forbidden and the second character to represent Lu, which meant riches. Unknown was to all except to those initiated; it was where the left handed fox-spirit lived. The Tryst was definitely out of bounds for them.
On the last day of the year, That morning there were ricocheting projectiles of coolies who crisscrossed the lanes unloading their wares in front of various shops where customers milled around bleary eyed shop assistants. The shops had opened before dawn. The shops that sold firecrackers and paper-lanterns were busy already and the sweet shops had their orders full. The messengers took delivery of their consignments for their noble houses, feeling rather smug and proud of themselves. On the New Year the servants were all let off. Noble houses would have to do their own cooking and cleaning up. If they asked their cooks to chop a fowl and cook it for the table they did so at their own peril. It was as if they chopped the good fortune instead; that left the cooks and errand boys free to do what they will.
Wang and Lung had each from an open stall sugared watermelon slices to chomp and the rinds they threw with gusto past their shoulders. If some porter caught it in the eye the twins could shrug it off saying, 'worse luck for you.' Similarly they jerked watermelon seeds at random and if it stuck onto any moving target they would immediately go to the victim to check how many did stick, 'Three seeds neat in a row. Impossible.' Before he could sweep it off his blouse Lung conferred a blessing unasked, "Fox- spirits will go past by you."
Second time they played this prank was on the part of the town forbidden to them. The man by name Poyu, he was a jeweler,- and a man not to be trifled with, was being borne on an open chair by his servants in livery. He had many matters troubling his mind lately. Poyu winced while he searched for the term to express that terrible sensation which had lately gripped him and made him feel quite rotten. Had he a little quietness around him he would have found the term 'mid-life crisis' perfectly explained his state of mind. 'Oh no!' At that moment something wet and squishy wheezed from nowhere to land on his belly. Cold and clammy it felt. He knew it was a bad omen, whichever way he looked at it. His pink silk blouse was no longer clean! Three seeds leaving a trail of sugary syrup must have come from somewhere. He looked around in disgust. It was at that awful moment he saw two smirking faces. And their hands were wet which they with a devil-may-care attitude swiped against a passer-by. He did not know their names but their manners were familiar. He instantly recalled them. He was an unwilling recipient of a watermelon rind only last year from the same pair. There! They were out there large as life eager to renew their acquaintance. Once again!
Wang and Lung knew from that deep gasp where their seeds had fallen. They looked at the man in a sedan chair, intently staring at them. Next moment they heard him shout to his chair bearers, "Seize them!" Wang and Lung may have been careless in scattering their good cheer in all directions. But Wang could spot trouble miles away. He whisked Lung to follow suit as he did. They took to their heels. It did not help them but gave them a head start over the carriers who needed to set the chair down first, without upsetting their master. This grace period was hardly the concern of the twins at that moment when the rascally fellows gained momentum. The boys wove a carefully executed, intricate path through that sunless, seamy side of the town; the carriers ran well but seemed to lose steam considerably after leaving the master far behind. They slowed down to catch their breath. It was a mistake. Wang had in the meantime split with Lung. He vanished!
Where did Wang go?
He rushed headlong hardly caring where he went. Senseless of everything but his survival Wang charged up short flight of stairs in a couple of bounds and went straight in. It was to The Tryst Wang went. The House of Death. K'an P'i lay dying. Death rattle had just begun. Oblivious to those hiccups of a man's life, which burst out as it were a footnote, Wang came charging in, his eyes noting a bony frame standing. Or was he crouching? Wang could not decide which. In that split second he charged into the room there were noises coming from two different sources: a howl growing from deep down the throat was plaintive. The other was an angry roar, he quickly decided in his mind without breaking his run. Next moment he hit.
Wang with his head bent forward connected with the left jaw of the one who crouched greedily over the supine figure. The impact threw the thin fellow backwards. And Wang fell along. It gave the dying a new lease of life: the body also slid along, while nearby a glass shattered. From a tangle of bodies Wang began extricating himself only to confront the dying. He was still whimpering. Wang positioned himself close to hear him. It was at that point the figure thrown backward from farther side found his feet. In one jump he was over Wang. "How dare you? Get away from there!" Wang did not hear him first since the dying man in his death throes was trying to speak. He instinctively got closer. Wang almost had his ear to his lips. The other fellow hollered, "Move, move! It is my place!" Wang ignored him second time. Wang felt pity for the dying man. His face was hovering over the tremulous face of death; the old man had a glazed look in his eyes as Wang would often recall, and at that moment he had to deal with one who was trying to wrench him forcibly by his neck. With a superhuman effort he threw away the fellow who fell a second time. His fall exposed a hot charcoal brazier. With a clang it spun along floor spewing hot coals. The fellow howled over the hot coals. Much more for that plaintive wail from the dead. It was so blood curdling!
Then a gasp: gasp of the dead: Ashu heard his master.
Wang still bent over the dead saw death in the face. He also saw the other fellow get up with a scream. (Why a scream, he could not tell.) Wang looked up to see the rage that darkened the other figure that was anything but a mourner. In fact he was threatening. More so as he saw a cricket materializing out of nowhere.
"Kuo!" Ashu shrieked. Instantly his mood swung to other extreme. He said it with glee. "It is the man's chi." "He is mine!" The man lunged forward to grab the cricket. Jen hopped willfully leading him a few turns.
"Says who?" For one who had been trained basic rules in martial arts at young age Wang could quickly find his feet. And he did. This time blocking the tormentor from his cricket. The young fellow of eighteen an ill-omened figure pallor of his skin heightened by prolonged life closeted in unhealthy surroundings and away from the sun, was in a temper; add to it a splotchy yellow face with purple welts around neck and forehead he looked repulsive. It was not disappointment but sheer hatred that made Ashu stand his ground. He stood there glaring at him. And the cricket. "He has the spirit of my master!" "No, he has not," Wang snapped," He is mine!" "Who are you? This is trespass." Ashu said angrily. Wang did not reply. Instead he gingerly handled Jen who was flitting about its master, landing on his forefinger as if it was its customary perch, a fact that was not lost on his adversary. While Wang deposited him carefully in his cage and shut the lid, he heard footfalls along the staircase. "He didn't then materialize out of nowhere?" Ashu croaked. In that case the interloper got his master's chi direct! "I will not let you get away with this!" he threatened, "Kuo belongs to me. None else!" he spluttered, "That dead belongs to me!" "No," replied Wang irritated, "He now belongs to himself!" "His spirit I meant. It is mine!" Wang didn't bother to answer what seemed so preposterous. "I said sorry. Didn't I?" he asked. "You think saying sorry is enough? No, you cannot fool me," he hollered. "Give me what belongs to me!" He added bristling with anger and Wang could see that his forefinger as it stabbed in air had an ugly wart. He was pointing to where the dead still lay. He was laid out unceremoniously in a tangle. "He belongs to me, do you hear?" "No!" Wang said angry now," Do we have to go through with it all over again?" "His chi, it is mine!" the fellow was hopping mad. "That Kuo!" Ashu screamed, " It is in you! It was meant for me!" It didn't make sense.
" You cannot be me!" Wang said as the sound of steps came closer. "Why not?" "Because I can be two!" said Wang with a laugh which made his adversary shudder. At that point Lung came looking for Wang. "Oh you are there?" Lung said with his face brightening. "Oh you are there?" Wang replied and gave a quick wink. Lung caught on and he glanced at the stranger who seemed as if hit by an asteroid. "I have the chi!" "I have the chi!" repeated Lung catching on. (The identical twins were good at improvisation and to any line, which Wang threw in a charade Lung could come up pronto with a match.) The short dialogue was not lost on Ashu the rat. He looked at Wang and then at Lung to give a double take. The shock was so charged ten times his head must have swiveled back and forth involuntarily. At last Ashu gasped. It was obvious. He was witnessing the power of a left-handed fox-spirit!
'It is the chi of K'an P'I!" Ashu moaned. It was uncanny. "You are indeed the left handed fox- spirit!" croaked he as he hit the floor directly.
"You came in time." Wang said. "Those fellows just quit." Lung whispered. Hand in hand they walked down the short flight of stairs on to the street.
"There is one dead in there." Wang said pointing to the room they had just left. They paused briefly in front of the ornate doorway and peeped out from shadows. They also glanced behind. The gargoyle with spread wings plastered over the doorway was terrible. Wang could think of it somewhat calmly since he was out. All in one piece. He was certain that the house named The Tryst was the last place he would ever visit willingly.
The street was clear.
The morning sun was struggling to get a grip of the day while layers of mist still hung over the town. It was going to be a long, long day they decided. There were still a few who had not heard of Wang and Lung in Po-yen.


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MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) — A member of the National Guard opened fire at an armory outside a U.S. Navy base in Tennessee, wounding two soldiers before being subdued and disarmed by other soldiers, officials said Thursday.
MILLINGTON, Tenn. (AP) — A member of the National Guard opened fire at an armory outside a U.S. Navy base in Tennessee, wounding two soldiers before being subdued and disarmed by other soldiers, officials said Thursday.
Millington Police Chief Rita Stanback said the shooter was apprehended Thursday by other National Guard members, and that he did not have the small handgun used in the shooting in his possession by the time officers arrived. Stanback said two National Guard members were shot, one in the foot and one in the leg.
"I'm sure there could have been more injury if they hadn't taken him into custody," Stanback said.
Maj. Gen. Max Haston, Tennessee's adjutant general, said at a news conference that the victims were being treated at a local hospital and he expected them to be released.
The Tennessee National Guard late Thursday identified those shot as Maj. William J. Crawford and Sgt. Maj. Ricky R. McKenzie. The shooter's name has not been released.
In a news release, Guard spokesman Randy Harris said the two were shot while disarming the gunman.
Haston said all three of the men were recruiters. He said the shooter was a sergeant first class who had been in the Guard about six or seven years and that the victims were his superiors. He said the recruiters who were shot were based in Jackson, Tenn.
Haston characterized Thursday's activity as disheartening.
"You never think something like this is going to happen on your watch or in good old Tennessee here," he said.
Stanback said at an earlier news conference that the soldiers' conditions were not immediately known, though the Navy said on its official Twitter account that neither had life-threatening injuries.
The shooter was a recruiter who had been relieved of duty, said a law enforcement official briefed on the developments. The official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Asked about this at the news conference, Haston would only say that there were "administrative policies and procedures that we were going through with him." He did not elaborate.
Stanback said the shooting happened inside an armory building just outside Naval Support Activity Mid-South. There are more than 7,500 military, civilian and contract personnel working on the base, according to the facility's official website. The facility is home to human resources operations and serves as headquarters to the Navy Personnel Command, Navy Recruiting Command, the Navy Manpower Analysis Center and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center.
The Navy said the base was briefly placed on lockdown as a precaution, though the lockdown was lifted in the afternoon.
On Thursday afternoon, yellow crime scene tape remained around the front of the building where the shooting happened. Law enforcement had blocked off streets with access to the armory, which is across the street from the army base.


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TL;DR: Dell has a habit of announcing/leaking nice laptops with fingerprint readers, then removing that option before selling the product.
As you may remember, my nigh-dream laptop was the Dell XPS 15 9550, launched at the beginning of 2016. It was awesome. 15" screen in a 14" laptop body, NVMe storage, nice screen, decent graphics card to drive that screen.
One of my main qualms was the lack of a fingerprint reader. I've come to rely on that reader since my Windows Live/Xbox password is randomly generated, and changed regularly. (I'm weird, I know.)
So I was super psyched about the new 2017 XPS 15 9560 model leaking. It has everything slightly refreshed, AND a fingerprint reader! Perfect!
Except Dell pulled a Dell once again. See, when the refreshed XPS 13 launched at the end of last year, it too initially launched with a fingerprint reader listed as an option. Heck, the service manual to this day lists the fingerprint reader as a serviceable part. But when it officially was available for sale? Fingerprint reader had been scrubbed from every press image, no mention of it on the official website, and asking a Dell rep about the option ended up with awkward silences and them attempting to redirect the conversation.
So... Fast forward to Friday this week. Dell officially puts up the website for the new XPS 15 9560. And guess what's missing from the description and press shots once again? You guessed it. The fingerprint reader. There is one oblique shot of the deck of the laptop where you can see it sort of, but all of the straight-on shots have it removed.
Why do you hate fingerprint readers Dell? Why?!?


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*This letter is sealed with the official symbol of the Alliance Navy*
Date: 06-JANUARY
Ship/Class: "The Jade Lion" Frigate-class
Report by: Captain Bishara-Poor, Danariel
The recapture of Surwich is, after last week's delays, finally completed. Alliance naval control of the southern tip of the Eastern Kingdoms can now continue, allowing quicker naval deployments to both sides of the continent and for all naval forces to move quicker to other key locations required on other islands and surrounding area. Some disturbing occurrences were observed during the mission that I feel should be noted and inspected if we are to preserve security of the port-town.
Firstly, while attempting to push through the blockade of Horde ships off the eastern coast of the Blasted Lands, it was observed that the ships were unresponsive, and that the crews on the ship were slain. We used this opportunity to our advantage and passed by with no issues, but this is disturbing in the fact that something is out there... and it was able to take out the entire crew of a few Horde ships. Heavy mists soon followed as we passed the abandoned Horde ships, and we were forced to stop the ship and continue our mission by land.
We approached the village by the eastern route, however, we decided to fist inspect the Sin'dorei camp on the north-eastern hills just on the outskirts of Surwich. As we approached the camp we snuck upon demons ransacking the place, rather than the horde forces we were expecting to find. The demons seemed to be arguing with each other as well, even coming to blows shortly after. We used this chaos to conduct a hasty ambush, and took out the demons with relative ease. The demons seem to have been draining the souls or life from the survivors of the camp, but a few yet were alive. The Sin'dorei alive informed us that demons have taken over Surwich, and were even willing to help us if they were free to walk away afterward. We did a quick search of the area, nothing of interest was found not already mentioned, but the supplies of the camp were intact and salvageable for later use. The camp could also make a good look out post for Surwich.
It was decided that the Sin'dorei forces would attack the town by the most eastern path and create a distraction, our forces would wait and then infiltrate Surwich by its northern path leading into the forest. We were able to push into the city easily, upon were we found the leaders of the demons, a worgen warlock who called himself 'Shadowhound' and a dreadlord by the name of 'Mephventhir'. Both were battling each other in the town's center, and each offered their aid to us if we were to assist one of them in defeating the other. Considering our failure the week before at the hands of these two, we decided to accept the 'aid' of the dreadlord to defeat the warlock. The fight, however, ended in a giant explosion of fel energy. Most of our ground force, myself included, were knocked unconscious. Our Master-at-Arms Shizari Crescentsong, who was unhurt by the blast, was able to drag the crew into one of the houses and call for aid, to which our Chief Medical Officer responded quickly and was able to render aid. No permanent injuries occurred to anyone, thankfully. Shizari informed me that after the blast neither the demon nor warlock was seen, both seeming to have disappeared.
Having the town now in our possession a security patrol was quickly done. No Horde or demon forces were found, seeming to have vanished as well. The Sin'dorei forces that assisted us were also not found, dead or alive. We are currently occupying the town and are waiting for further orders, it is my recommendation that reinforcements be sent for more security. Considering the odd occurrences observed during the mission, it seems likely that a counter attack of some kind, be it Horde or otherwise, will occur sooner or later.


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Michelle Obama will be playing host to fellow first spouses from around the world today, with a trip to a working farm, and Andy Warhol museum and a performing arts school on the itinerary.
Obama is taking on a new role as international hostess for a two-day economic summit of the leaders of the world's top 20 economies in Pittsburgh. While the presidents and prime ministers spend Thursday evening and Friday sorting out the world's problems, Obama will entertain their spouses by introducing them to Pittsburgh as well as to some of her own interests, including art and architecture, arts education, and sustainable farming and eating locally grown food.
Events are scheduled for a working farm owned by Teresa Heinz Kerry, a performing arts school and a museum dedicated to Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol.
The spouses will drop in to various classrooms as students rehearse for coming performances. They also will be treated to a show organized by Mrs. Obama featuring performances by students and such notable musical artists as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, country superstar Trisha Yearwood and singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.
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CHICAGO, Ill. (Feb. 4, 2013) – The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Monday that the club has acquired midfielder Dilly Duka and the right of first refusal to U.S. international Robbie Rogers from the Columbus Crew in exchange for striker Dominic Oduro. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Duka has joined the team for the second leg of preseason in Ventura, Calif.
"We're pleased to have Dilly join our club," said Fire President of Soccer Operations Javier Leon. "He's a young player with potential and will provide us with depth on the wing. Additionally, to hold the right of first refusal to Robbie is great for the club. He's an experienced player that would be a great addition to our squad should the opportunity arise. This was a very difficult decision, however, Dominic had expressed interest in pursuing an opportunity for a starting position. We thank him for all that he has done for the Fire and we wish him well as he takes the next step in his career."
Duka was selected in the first round (eighth overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the Columbus Crew after a standout collegiate career at Rutgers University. In two season with the Scarlett Knights from 2007-08, Duka made 36 appearances, scoring ten goals and adding five assists en route to 2008 All-Big East honors.
A Montville, N.J. product, Duka made his MLS debut Aug. 14, 2010 when he entered the match in the 75th minute of a 2-0 loss to Real Salt Lake. In three seasons, Duka, a member of the U.S. squad for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt, scored two goals and tallied five assists in 45 matches.
Rogers, a member of the Crew from 2007-11, had his most successful year with the club in 2008 where he helped the Crew win both the MLS Cup and Supporters Shield and was named to the MLS Best XI. A member of the U.S. Men's National Team's provisional 30-man roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Rogers, currently a free agent, most recently represented English Championship side Leeds United where he made four appearances in 2012 before joining League One side Stevenage F.C. on loan.
Name: Dilly Duka
Position: Midfielder
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160 lbs.
Date of Birth: September 15, 1989
Place of Birth: Montville, NJ
Hometown: Montville, NJ
Citizenship: USA
Acquired: Acquired from the Columbus Crew on February 4, 2013
Twitter: @D_Duka11


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Tagged: Jay Z
An Interesting Day…
Where do we go from here?…
December 6th. For years, this has been the anniversary of my graduation from Air Force Basic Training at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. But on December 6, 2013, it may have been the most tumultuous day in Yankees history in terms of arrivals and departures…or at least in recent memory.
The day started with news that talks had broken down between Robinson Cano and the Seattle Mariners. It stirred renewed hope that Cano would find his way back to the Bronx, but as quickly as the reports had come about the Mariners' CEO blowing a gasket at salary demands from the Cano Camp and ending talks, the reports came that Cano had accepted a ten year deal from the Mariners for $240 million. Cano never called the Yankees before taking the offer, but it was a given they would not match.
It's hard to watch your team's best player walk away for nothing. But in this situation, I think the Yankees made the right call. After the fiasco of the Alex Rodriguez contract and what an albatross it has become, it is clear that extended contracts are not good for baseball. I saw one writer yesterday who wrote that the only player worth a ten year deal, right now, would be 22-year-old Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout. I think that's a fairly accurate statement.
When the Yankees signed CC Sabathia and Mark Teixeira to long-term deals in 2009, both of those players were significantly better players than they are today. They can continue to perform at a high level but at this point, it is equally possible for them to continue performance regression.
I can remember how painful Jason Giambi's had become by the end. Even David Winfield's ten year contract, regardless of how great the player was, had been a mistake as the player and the owner were bitter enemies by the time the contract expired.
I thought the Yankees' offer of 7 years for $175 million was fair. If the Cano Camp (Team Jay Z or rather, CAA) had been more sensible in their meetings with the Yankees, I am sure that Cano probably could have squeezed out an additional year. However, Cano was dead set on getting a ten year contract, so that clearly nailed the coffin on his Yankees career. Of the two organizations, the Yankees and the Mariners, I feel strongly that the former would be more willing to take care of Cano at the end of the contract. In other words, at the end of 7 years, if the player was continuing to play at a high level, the Yankees would pay a new contract commensurate to performance with a premium paid for past accomplishments such as they've done with Derek Jeter. I know the Jeter negotiations were very tense a couple of years ago but this off-season's re-signing was at a higher dollar amount than any other team would have paid. As for the Mariners, I highly doubt that Cano will be in Seattle at the end of the ten years. When he begins the eventual downward trend as he ages, Seattle will be looking to move the contract, even if they have to pay cash, to cut their losses. The odds that Cano would have been in New York at the end of 7 years would have been substantially greater.
I am not sure that Cano has fully comprehended how he has trashed his Yankee legacy. I personally have no desire to ever see the player honored in Memorial Park and have absolutely no qualms with the team re-issuing #24 to another player. Maybe time will heal the feelings, but Cano showed no loyalty or respect for the fans of New York and simply took the money and ran. He was a good Yankee, but he was not a great one. For a player who enjoyed being a star in New York City, it will be interesting to see how he adapts to being out of the spotlight. The crowds attending Seattle away games will be smaller and will have far fewer "home team" fans in attendance. With the Yankees, it's like being a rock star as Jason Giambi once said. Nothing against Seattle, it is a beautiful city and a great ballpark, but it is a team that is, and will continue to be, inferior to the much stronger Los Angeles Angels, Texas Rangers, and Oakland A's. They do not have a history and tradition of winning and I do not expect that to change. Cano has his money. Good for him. But his days of playing for an organization that wants to win every year and considers missing the play-offs to be a disaster are over.
With Friday's flurry of activity, it was almost an afterthought that the Yankees also lost outfielder Curtis Granderson. Grandy has a good player for most of his Yankees career, but of course, he missed the majority of the 2013 season due to injuries. He leaves the Yankees for a tougher park to hit with the New York Mets. Maybe his game will play well for the Mets, or maybe he becomes the next Jason Bay. The Yankees did not show a strong desire for Grandy's return after he rejected the team's qualifying offer and had more preference for guys like Jacoby Ellsbury, Carlos Beltran, Shin-Soo Choo, or even the Dodgers' Matt Kemp. At the moment, with the signings of Jacoby Ellsbury and Carlos Beltran, there wouldn't have been any room in the crowded outfield for Granderson. While the Yankees have stated they intend to keep Brett Gardner and move him to left field (pushing Alfonso Soriano to DH), I still suspect that Gardner will be expendable in the team's pursuit of quality starting pitching. I see the DH role being better utilized for guys like Derek Jeter and Brian McCann as ways to rest them than moving the admittedly defensively challenged Soriano there on a full-time basis. My feelings about Granderson's departure are significantly different than those of Cano. I felt that Granderson made the best decision for him both personally and professionally. I am thankful he was a Yankee and I wish him well with his new team. I am sure that he has a few more productive years ahead of him.
Friday also saw the return of starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda and the addition of outfielder Carlos Beltran. It's apparent that Beltran's arrival is tied to Cano's departure since the team finally acquiesced to Beltran's desire for a third year, but both signings are essential for the 2014 Yankees. With only CC Sabathia and Ivan Nova holding down spots in the starting rotation, Kuroda is a key anchor for the rotation. He may be no more than a #3 starter next year, but he is a strong stabilizing force. The Yankees still need more starting pitching besides the hope that Michael Pineda and/or some of the Triple A arms will be able to take spots.
I really was unsure if Kuroda would return. It has been said that he wants to play a final year in Japan before he retires, and there was talk that he might be interested in returning to Southern California since his family still lives there. But Kuroda is an honorable man, and it was so telling in his final year with the Los Angeles Dodgers when he didn't want to be traded because the Dodgers were the team he started the season with and he didn't want to go elsewhere. I did wonder if the pull off the Dodgers, assuming they were interested, would have been too much. But I think Kuroda has enjoyed playing for the Yankees and his sense of loyalty led him back to the team for one more year. It's a pleasure to have him back in the fold.
Welcome to the Bronx, Carlos Beltran! Granted, the Yankees have more to do if they want to return to October baseball, but Beltran is one of the post-season greats. Some guys thrive when the pressure is on (unlike Alex Rodriguez) and Beltran is a leader in that category. It has always been said that he wanted to play in the Bronx and had been willing to sign for a discount when he ultimately signed with the Mets. He finally gets the chance at the latter stages of his career. He is an offensive upgrade over Ichiro Suzuki and Vernon Wells, and helps to offset the loss of Cano's production.
It is interesting that the 2014 Yankee outfield will be comprised of two guys who played for the opposing teams in the 2013 World Series. One with a ring and one without. At the moment, they'll be joined in the outfield by Brett Gardner and Alfonso Soriano although, as previously stated above, I think Gardner will be moved for pitching help.
December 6th will long be remembered as the day the Yankees lost Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson, but brought in Hiroki Kuroda and Carlos Beltran. There is much work yet to do with Cano's loss, but the arrivals of Beltran, Brian McCann, and Jacoby Ellsbury bring guys with something to prove. Kelly Johnson is also a Yankee and the starting second baseman at the moment, although I do think he'll be the super-sub by the time the team breaks camp next spring. I do not know who will be the second baseman in 2014 but the Yankees will figure it out. As David Robertson said, they always do.
From Beantown to the Bronx…
I have heard many Yankee fans voice frustration about Jacoby Ellsbury's contract (primarily the length, not the dollars). I know that he has had his health challenges, but I like the move. I respected Ellsbury during his days in Boston and I like the elements of his game. It can be argued that he is Brett Gardner, but he is a better version. As a player who once said that he'd never play for the Yankees, it is nice to see that the history and tradition of the organization were overriding factors, in addition to the monetary reasons. The Red Sox weren't going to extend the years to Ellsbury so it was inevitable that he'd leave. There is a sting with the Red Sox Nation that he went with the Yankees, and there are probably parallels to the Cano situation (dollars over loyalty), but at the end of the day, I am glad that Ells is a Yank.
And then there's next week…
As the baseball winter meetings loom on the immediate horizon, there should be more activity for Yankees fans. This winter is so dramatically different than last year's status quo approach. After missing the play-offs and the retirement of a few players, there were more holes to fill. Brian McCann solidifies the catching position, and Francisco Cervelli will return, after now that he's completed his 50-game suspension and is healthy, to be McCann's caddy. McCann gives the Yankees a better catcher than they had in 2012 starter, Russell Martin, and the strongest offensive threat at the position since the retired Jorge Posada.
Jacoby Ellsbury gives the Yankees options. He strengthens the team up the middle, and like McCann, has a swing that tailored for Yankee Stadium. He may not hit a lot of home runs, but he'll be a terror on the bases. His presence, despite what the team says publicly, makes Brett Gardner expendable. For a team with weak prospects at the upper levels, it will take a Brett Gardner to bring a quality return. The Yankees need better starting pitching, a second baseman, and some help in the bullpen. They also need to cover for the expected absence of the Loser, Alex Rodriguez. So, if there are any certainties, it is that the Yankees will be active next week. I am sure that the website, MLB Trade Rumors, will be busier than Grand Central Station over the holidays.
Ala The Walking Dead, let's say goodbye to those that we've lost…
- Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners
- Curtis Granderson, New York Mets
- Phil Hughes, Minnesota Twins
- Chris Stewart, Pittsburgh Pirates
- Mike Harkey, bullpen coach, now pitching coach, Arizona Diamondbacks
Thanks for the memories, but rest assured, we'll be okay.
Go Yankees!


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BisMan Symphony necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 150 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra
The BMSO presented its first concert season in 1976-77 with three orchestral concerts. Since that time, the organization has grown to a full six-concert season with additional special events each year. The BMSO presents an annual Dixieland Jazz concert and is the driving force behind Bismarck, North Dakota's annual Fourth of July celebration at the North Dakota State Capitol. With an annual audience of more than 5,000 at our six subscription concerts and more than 15,000 including special events, the BMSO has entered a period of growth that is driving the decision to refocus its branding efforts.
The BMSO especially values artistic excellence, commitment to Bismarck-Mandan, accessibility to everyone, and education.
Visit the BMSO's website to get a sense of the organization and how it is presented to the public. Orchestra concerts and classical music should be fun and relevant to modern society – although perception is sometime that it is stiff, irrelevant, and uninteresting. Help us break this misconception!
Without alienating our core constituency of more mature, more educated, higher income individuals, we would like to explore ways to engage younger audiences in the concert hall. This will not happen by simply having a "cool" logo, but by really connecting younger generations to our core values, stated above.
• MUST include the words "Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra"
o If Bismarck and Mandan are on two separate lines, then no hyphen is needed
o If the cities appear side-by-side, then it should be "Bismarck-Mandan"
o Either way is acceptable
• We would like to have a recognizable and unique icon that can stand independent of the words "Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra"
• Try to highlight the letters "BMSO" in the design
• Unless you feel it absolutely necessary for your design, steer clear of fancy, flowery typeset – this can imply elitism and inaccessibility
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On a November night in 1994, the Alex Film Society was about to screen "Gone With the Wind" when the sound system failed. The screen had only been propped up two days before, and there had been no time to test the sound before the society's first event.
"I had to go out and say, 'We have a problem,'" recalled society founder Brian Ellis, and everyone went home early.
Theater management had already predicted that the new group wouldn't attract much of a crowd, so Ellis and society member Randy Carter personally rounded up soda and candy from a local store. But when Friday and Saturday came around, they sold 1,200 tickets.
That was the beginning of the Alex Film Society — a group of film enthusiasts who came together in 1994 to plead with the Glendale City Council for the ability to show classic 35-millimeter films at the historic Alex Theatre, where the post-renovation focus was on performing arts, not movies. The society wanted to promote the Alex by presenting classic films "as they were meant to be seen," Ellis said.
Today, the society has 250 families as members who come from towns stretching from Bakersfield to San Diego, from the Inland Empire to Santa Monica, and screenings have been hosted by a wide range of actors and filmmakers: Jerry Maren, who played a munchkin in "The Wizard of Oz"; Martin Landau spoke at "North by Northwest," and Tippi Hedren was the guest of last April's screening of "The Birds."
While at the "Ben-Hur" presentation, Charlton Heston told Ellis during intermission, "My wife has never seen this. We're going to stay for the end."
On Saturday, July 28, the Alex Film Society will screen the 1975 summer movie classic "Jaws," with appearances by shark designer Joe Alves and screenwriter Carl Gottlieb. Both will share stories about working with the 20-something director Steven Spielberg and a mechanical shark that worked so poorly the crew laughed at it.
The production unfolded under studio heads who had blatant misgivings over how successful a movie about a shark could be.
"The studio was not enthused about making a shark movie," recalled Alves, who will share a video at the Alex depicting his first charcoal drawings of the shark, which he likens to the white whale Moby Dick.
In 1973, Alves was charged with securing the filming location for "Jaws." That winter, he drove along the New England coast "for miles and miles and miles" to find all the beaches covered in snow. When he came upon Martha's Vineyard — its fishing village and nearby homes with white picket fences — he knew his search was over. "It looked like a great place for the shark to terrorize everybody," he said.
Off-screen, the shark's loud hydraulics and pained mechanical movements were more amusing than frightening to the film crew. Gottlieb recalls "huge effort and sacrifice" struggling with the mechanical shark as he and Spielberg rewrote the script.
By necessity, "Jaws" was modeled after the classic 1951 horror film, "The Thing from Another World," in which the monster was not always seen.
"You didn't see the villain for the first hour of the film, yet you had to be terrified and engaged," Gottlieb said. "We can show you all the things the shark can do without showing you the shark."
The final result was America's first summer blockbuster hit, while establishing Spielberg as an important young director. Neither Gottlieb nor Alves could have predicted that success, but they have enjoyed watching the film with new generations ever since.
"In my experience, people who never saw it are always amazed when they do," Gottlieb said.
Both men said they have opportunities to see "Jaws" on screen about once a year, traveling as far as South Africa, Spain, Germany and Australia to speak at festivals and screenings, but they are happy for the chance to see a remastered 35-millimeter print at the Alex — much closer to their Los Angeles homes. "They really cleaned up the negative. You can see detail that you weren't able to see in theaters," said Gottlieb, who typically introduces himself before a screening, leaves and only returns for the end. Not this time. "I found myself sitting there watching the whole film very happily."
It's that same kind of experience that the Alex Film Society hopes to continue, with eight movies shown each year on the big screen. Along with the top-billed feature film, a day at the Alex will typically include cartoons, newsreels, movie props and members of the cast or crew telling stories about the production.
After "Jaws," the next movie on tap for the Alex Film Society is Universal's 1943 monster feature "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man," which will screen Oct. 28.
"It's just not a film screening," Ellis said. "It's an event."
The Alex Film Society screens "Jaws" at 2 and 8 p.m. on July 28 at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd. Production designer Joe Alves is guest at 2 p.m., and screenwriter Carl Gottlieb is guest at the 8 p.m. screening. Admission is $13.50 or $9.50 for students, seniors and groups. Call (818) 243-2539.


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It was the equivalent of finding an old Picasso or an unknown Beatles tape hidden away in your uncle's attic.
Relatives of Dr. Harold Carr found an extremely rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante — a Holy Grail for car collectors — as they were going through his belongings after his death.
The dusty two-seater, unused since 1960, didn't look like much in the garage in Gosforth, near Newcastle in northern England.
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But only 17 were ever made, and when it's cleaned up and auctioned in Paris next month, experts believe it will fetch at least 3 million pounds ($4.3 million) and possibly much more.
Bugatti once represented the height of motoring achievement. The supercar was so ahead of its time it could go up to 130 mph (209 kph) when most other cars topped out about 50 mph (80 kph).
This particular car is even more valuable because it was originally owned by Earl Howe, a prominent British race car driver, and because its original equipment is intact, so it can restored without relying on replacement parts.
"It has all the finest attributes any connoisseur collector could ever seek, in one of the ultimate road-going sports cars from the golden era of the 1930s," said James Knight, head of the international motoring department at Bonhams, which will auction the car Feb. 7.
Knight and a small number of Bugatti enthusiasts knew of Carr's proudest possession, but not the eight relatives who inherited Carr's estate.
The orthopedic surgeon, who died at age 89, was described by relatives as an eccentric hoarder who never threw anything out. He also left behind an Aston Martin, which was sold, and a Jaguar sports car that was scrapped because it was in such poor condition.
The Bugatti marque is famed for its speed and handling and was a frequent race winner in the 1920s and 1930s. The 57S Atalante was one of its most successful models, each one made by hand with unique details.
The company founded in 1909 by Ettore Bugatti collapsed in the 1940s after a long string of racing victories.
The rights to the legendary Bugatti name were purchased in 1998 by Volkswagen, which has built the Bugatti Veyron, one of the world's fastest and most expensive cars.


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UPDATE: The unlocked iPhone 4 is for sale at apple.com for $649. You are now free to roam about the world (or at least most of it) with your favorite handheld. Steering clear of Sprint and Verizon, the new phone will work with most GSM networks.
The 16GB is $649, while the 32GB is $749.
If you don't want a multiyear service contract or if you prefer to use a local carrier when traveling abroad, the unlocked iPhone 4 is the best choice. It arrives without a micro-SIM card, so you'll need an active micro-SIM card from any supported GSM carrier worldwide.
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Word on the street is that Apple is releasing the iPhone 4 — unlocked — for the very first time in the U.S. this Wednesday. Man, if that's true, Apple's really milking the iPhone 4 to death this year, isn't it?
With no iPhone 4S/5 announced at last week's World Wide Developer's Conference (next-gen iPhone is not expected until at least September), a CDMA-compatible Verizon iPhone 4 released in February and the white iPhone 4 released in late April, Apple's not really in a rush to offer new hardware.
Hell, if people are still snapping up the nearly year old iPhone 4 like mad men, then why not milk the little do-it-all smartphone even more? Chronic Wire claims that he's absolutely certain unlocked iPhone 4s (GSM models) in both the 16GB and 32GB (white and black) will arrive in Apple Stores this Wednesday. Previously, he claimed new MacBook Airs would set the world on fire on the very same day, but he's since retracted that "confirmation" saying his source mixed up the part numbers which actually refer to the unlocked iPhone 4s.
With iOS 5, Apple seems to have killed the need for jailbreaking with a robust collection of new features (Notifications, Wi-Fi Sync and iMessages!) and with officially unlocked iPhones, Apple will kill another main reason as well. While it may seem like nothing special at first (unlocked iPhones have existed in places like Canada, France and the U.K.), giving customers the option of being freed from a carrier subsidy or carrier lock is extremely liberating.
Sure, switching carriers within the U.S. will be next to pointless (AT&T and T-Mobile use different 3G frequency bands, so buying an unlocked iPhone and using it on T-Mobile will only give you EDGE speeds), but for the globe-trotter, it's quite worth the usual $500+ asking price — mainly because you can buy a cheap local SIM card instead of paying for ridiculous data plans while roaming abroad.
Should you be in the market for an iPhone 4 (we'd still suggest waiting a few more months for that iPhone 4S/5), you might want to wait until Wednesday because Apple Stores just might be stocking some slightly superior (in my opinion) iPhone 4s. Keep in mind that no mention of an unlocked CDMA iPhone 4 is expected (not that there are many places to bring your unlocked iPhone 4 to anyway — Sprint? Pshh).
Chronic Wire, via IntoMobile


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Contact: Doug Hee, 415-464-5145
Point Reyes National Seashore is currently accepting applications for the Tule Elk Docent Program for the summer of 2009. Tule Elk Docents help promote awareness and protection of the tule elk by helping park visitor's view, understand, and appreciate the elk during the rut, or mating season. Tule Elk Docents also educate visitors about the various management issues relating to the tule elk and other deer populations in Point Reyes National Seashore and provide general park information and assistance to visitors.
The program runs for 13 weekends from July 3 through September 27, 2009. Docents are asked to commit at least 6 weekend/holiday days averaging 2 days per month during the program. Docents will work 7.5 hours each day. A required training is scheduled for Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28, 2009.
Tule Elk Docents have the opportunity to witness the tule elk rut at Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore. Docents receive training and education about the tule elk and related park resources and enjoy the satisfaction in sharing the spectacle of the rut with park visitors.
Ideal candidates enjoy learning about natural history and sharing this knowledge with others. Good oral communication skills and the ability to work independently are essential. Docents must also be able to tolerate long periods of standing, changing weather conditions, and be able to carry up to 15 pounds of materials (spotting scopes, antlers, backpack) a distance of up to 1 mile. Minimum age is 16 years.
Prospective docents may apply online. Please contact Doug Hee at (415) 464-5145 or by email for an application or more information.
Tule elk, a subspecies of the North American elk, were once more numerous than deer in many parts of this region. Tule elk are native to California and found nowhere else, but by 1870 were considered locally extirpated and nearly extinct. In 1978, ten tule elk were released into part of their historic range at Point Reyes National Seashore after a 100-year absence. Today, hundreds of elk range the park's fenced 2,600-acre Tomales Point Preserve while about 30 elk range freely elsewhere within the park.
Through contact with the public, docents help to promote awareness and protection of wildlife in addition to educating the public about management issues related to tule elk and other deer populations in the park.
Point Reyes National Seashore is located one hour north of San Francisco on the Marin coast and encompasses over 71,000 acres, including 33,000 acres of wilderness area. Over 2.5 million people visit the park annually. Estuaries, windswept beaches, coastal grasslands, salt marshes, and coniferous forests create a haven of 86 miles of unspoiled and undeveloped coastline. Abundant recreational opportunities include 147 miles of hiking trails, backcountry campgrounds, and numerous beaches.
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Welcome to our coverage of the Men's XC, the final cross country event of the 2010 championships in Mont-Ste-Anne Quebec
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There are 84 men starting and they will do 2 start loops and 6 full laps of the 4.8 km course
Geoff Kabush has appeared on the line with semi-shaved sideburns
Nino Schurter (Switzerland) is the defending champion and he will be under pressure by multi world champ Julien Absalon (France), last weeks World Cup winner Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), José Hermida (Spain) who has won on this course before, and Geoff Kabush (Canada) who was 3rd here at the World Cup in 2009
Start loop
HEading out it is Burry Stander (South Africa) leading out with Nino Schurter (Switzerland), Florian Vogel (Switzerland), Lukas Flückiger (Switzerland), Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), Ralph Naef (Switzerland), Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy)
Up the climb it is Kulhavy leading 2 Swiss
At the rock garden: Kulhavy leading Schurter, Vogel, Marco Aurelio Fontana (Italy) and they all ride the rocks
Lukas Flückiger (Switzerland) crashed hard on his butt, Stander , Ralph Näf (Switzerland), Maxime Marotte (France)
Most of the riders are running down the rocks
On the rocks for the 2nd time: Schurter leading Kulhavy by 3 sec, Stander 3rd at 20 sec, Naf 4th at 23 sec, Fontana, Marotte and Absalon together, then José Hermida (Spain), Sauser, Manuel Fumic (Germany)
Lap 1
As they head out onto the first full lap
Kulhavy leading Schurter by 1 sec, Stander 3rd at 14 sec, Naf 4th at 19 sec, Fontana, Marotte,
Kabush sitting 15th, Zandstra 37th, Plaxton 39th, Sam Schultz (USA) 41st, Gagne 42nd, Sneddon 50th,
And it has started to rain again
14:25 pm
Heading up the early climb and there are 2 leaders: Schurter and Kulhavy with a gap of 5 sec on Stander, Fontana, Naf
At the rock garden: Schurter with a gap of 5 sec on Kulhavy both riding the rocks. the 3 chasers
Up the climb
Schurter leading Kulhavy,
The a group of 5: Fontana, Stander, Naf, Hermida, Absalon all together at 15 sec
Kabush 15th at 1:30 back
Lap 2
Starting the 2nd lap it is Kulhavy leading after a flat by Schurter, Naf 2nd at 8 sec, Fontana 3rd at 9 sec, Schurter 4th at 13 sec, Stander 5th at 14 sec, Hermida 6th at 17 sec, Absalon 7th at 21 sec
Kabush 14th at 1:40 back, Plaxton 35th, Zandstara 36th
2:40 pm
Kulhavy leading with a small gap on Schurter and Fontana as they head up the small climb and now they have been joined again by Stander, Hermida, Naf, then Absalon is a few seconds back in 7th
Sauser has had a mechanical and so has Vogel
2:45 pm
At the ZigZag climb
Schurter has retaken the lead and has a 2 sec gap on Kulhavy. then 10 sec to Fontana, Hermida, Stander. another 8 sec to Naf, then 10 sec to Absalon
Kabush is 11th at 1:48 back with Moritz Milatz (Germany) on his wheel
Lap 3
As they start the 3rd lap: Schurter leading with Kulhavy on his at 1 sec, Hermida 3rd at 4 sec, Stander 4th at 7 sec, Naf 5th at 26 sec, Absalon 6th at 38 sec
Kabush 11th at nearly 2 min back. Zandstra 35th, Plaxton 36th, Gagne 41st, Sneddon 54th
Absalon and Fontana have both had flats
Schurter has had a flat
Now Kulhavy and Stander leading and Hermida in 3rd on the climb
Schurter in 4th with Naf 5th and Absalon 6th
Stander is starting to gap Kulhavy on the descent. Hermida 3rd at 10 sec. Schurter 4th, Absalon, Naf, Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain), Manuel Fumic (Germany), Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez (Spain), Florian Vogel (Switzerland)
Lap 4
Across the line to start the 4th lap. Stander leading Kulhavy. Hermida 3rd at 9 sec, Absalon 4th at 35 sec, Schurter 5th at s.t., Naf 6th at 49 sec, Coloma 7th, Fumic 8th, Kileen 9th, Gutierrez 10th, Kabush 11th
Schultz 29th, Zandstra 32nd, Plaxton 35th,
3:12 pm
Heading up the climb after the singletrack section
Hermida has caught the leaders and has taken the lead with Stander and Kulhavy following
Schurter 4th at 10 sec, Absalon 5th and Naf in 6th
Fumic has had a flat,
At the ZigZag Climb
Hermida leading, Stander 2nd and Kulhavy 3rd, Schurter 4th at 25 sec. Absalon is at 45 sec back
Kabush is now 9th
3:20 pm
Hermida has a gap of 8 sec on Stander and Kulhavy
Lap 5
Startiing the 5th lap
Hermida leading, with Stander at 8 sec and Kulhavy at 9 sec. Schurter 4th at 37 sec, Absalon 5th at 1: 02 back, Coloma 6th, Naf 7th, Killeen 8th, Kabush 9th,
Todd Wells (USA) 17th, Schultz 27th, Zandstra 33rd, Plaxton 37th, Gagne 41st
3:28 pm
Starting up the climb again and Kulhavy has dropped Stander and is chasing Hermida and closing the gap, Stander looks like he has run outta gas
Kabush has passed Naf and will now be in 7th or 8th
At the ZigZag climb: Hermida with Kulhavy on his wheel. Stander 3rd at 15 sec. Schurter 4th at 25 sec. Absalon 5tgh
Last Lap
Hermida leading Kulhavy by 3 sec, Stander at 22 sec, Schurter at 51 sec, Absalon at 1:30, Killeen 6th at 2:20, Coloma 7th, Kabush 8th almost 3 min
Wells 17th
3:45 pm
Hermida leading Kulhavy by 12 sec as they start up the climb. Stander holding onto 3rd, but drifting back
3:49 pm
At the ZigZag climb
Hermida leading Kurchat by 15 sec. Stander at 58 sec. Schurter at 1:37.
1 José Antonio Hermida Ramos (Spain), 1:52:26
2 Jaroslav Kulhavy (Czech Republic), at 0:29
3 Burry Stander (South Africa), 1:10
4 Nino Schurter (Switzerland), 2:03
5 Julien Absalon (France), 2:23
6 Carlos Coloma Nicolas (Spain) 2:23
7 Liam Killeen (Great Britain) 2:51
8 Geoff Kabush (Canada) 3:58
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Frozen Mojito Pie Recipe
Slice — Don't Sip — This Frozen Mojito Pie
It's an unusually warm Summer in San Francisco (we can actually wear tank tops!), and I'm reveling in the rays. Temperatures above 60°F mean I can finally enjoy ice cream and other frozen treats along with the rest of the blazing states. This recipe for frozen mojito pie is a must make (again . . . and again) before Fall sets in. The frozen pie filling has the same fluffy, slow-to-melt consistency of the ice cream in ice cream sandwiches. It's almost like key lime pie — but with a cool finish due to the mint. And let me tell you about the salty pretzel crust. You will want to make pie after pie with this stuff. Chocolate pudding, peanut butter cream cheese, pumpkin mousse . . . you get the dreamy picture.
Frozen Mojito Pie
Adapted from Everyday With Rachael Ray
- 2 (4-ounce) sticks salted butter
3 cups salted pretzels, finely crushed
1 cup plus 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
3 limes, zested, plus 1/2 cup of juice
2 tablespoons white rum
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint, plus sprigs for garnish
2 cups heavy cream
- In a medium skillet, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Stir in the pretzels and 2 tablespoons sugar, and cook until lightly toasted, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a bowl to cool slightly.
- Once the crust is cool enough to handle, press it into the bottom and sides of 2 (8-inch) pie pans. Freeze for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese on medium speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl, until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in the remaining 1 1/4 cups sugar on low speed, then gradually mix in the lime peel, lime juice, rum, and chopped mint.
- In a separate bowl, beat the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold into the cream cheese mixture.
- Divide the cream cheese mixture evenly among the pie pans; smooth the tops. Cover with plastic wrap, and freeze for at least 8 hours or overnight.
- To serve, top with a mint sprig.
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- Desserts
- Cuisine
- North American
- Yield
- 2 (8-inch) pies


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Adele Baby Gossip: Singer Hopes for a Boy, Plans Lavish Nursery
Adele shared the news of her pregnancy last week, and now comes the fun part: Months and months of the tabloids trying to dig up details about her plans for the little bundle of joy. In the first round of stories, we have reports that she's getting ready to drop a whole bunch of money on building a nursery -- and hoping the baby is a boy.
The nursery news comes courtesy of the reputable-sounding Mr. Paparazzi website, which quotes "a source close to her" as saying "Adele is delighted" to have been granted permission from the city council to remodel her home. "It couldn't have come at a better time," added the source. "Now it's going to be a real dream home for her and her new family."
The report went on to quote "pals of the singer" as saying she's planning on spending "around half a million" pounds to finish the new nursery -- around $783,750 at current exchange rates, which should be sufficient to build a mansion big enough to hold several babies. Perhaps she's expecting septuplets?
Meanwhile, Today Online says Adele is hoping for a boy, based on comments she made to Vogue during an interview published last October. "I've always got on better with boys," she told the magazine, adding, "Most of my friends are boys. Like, if I ever have children, I want five boys. Boys love their mothers, whereas girls can be so mean to each other."


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Over the years, Doctor Who fans have become well-acquainted with stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, and lead writer/executive producer Steven Moffat. But this year's San Diego Comic-Con has offered many American Whovians their first chance to press the flesh with new executive producer Caroline Skinner (whose first Who work we saw in the 2011 Christmas special). The former EP of the BAFTA-winning The Fades turned up at BBC America's booth today (July 14) for a signing, and she immediately showed off her skills with a Sharpie with her sketch of a Dalek on the signing table.
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Consumers may be less satisfied with the choices they make if their options are presented one at a time rather than all at once, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
"Sequentially presented choices create uncertainty. Consumers know that alternatives will become available in the future, but not what those alternatives will be. So there is always the possibility that a better option could later be available," write authors Cassie Mogilner (Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), Baba Shiv (Stanford University), and Sheena Iyengar (Columbia University).
Many decisions--selecting a bar of soap at the drugstore, an entrée at a restaurant, or a pair of shoes from Zappos--involve choosing from options presented all at once. However, many important decisions--choosing a job, a home, or even who to marry--involve options presented one at a time. Does the way options are presented affect consumer satisfaction?
In a series of experiments, consumers presented with options one at a time ended up less satisfied with, and ultimately less committed to, their choices than those presented with their options all at once. Consumers presented with their options all at once tended to remain focused on the current set of options and focused on comparing them against each other, whereas those presented with their options one at a time tended to imagine a better option, hoping it would eventually become available. This feeling of hope undermined how they later experienced their choice, resulting in lower satisfaction and commitment levels.
"The primary difference between sequentially and simultaneously presented options is the presence of alternatives. Consumer satisfaction with a chosen option depends less on its objective merits, and more on how it compares to alternatives--real or imagined. Enjoying the most satisfaction from our choices might require being willing to give up the eternal quest for the best," the authors conclude.
Cassie Mogilner, Baba Shiv, and Sheena Iyengar. "Eternal Quest for the Best: Sequential (vs. Simultaneous) Option Presentation Undermines Choice Commitment." Journal of Consumer Research: April 2013. For more information, contact Cassie Mogilner or visit http://ejcr.


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Architect Deborah Berke stresses the work
Deborah Berke emphasized one thing and one thing only in her lecture last week at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design: the work.
The New York architect showed 15 buildings, including a hotel where the interior unfolds in all directions and a monochromatic gallery building snug against her city's High Line. She emphasized the virtues of contemporary materials in a historical context but also urged students in the audience "don't be afraid to design buildings that are modest."
What Berke did not explore is what it means to be a woman in a profession made up largely of men - even though she's the first recipient of the Berkeley-Rupp Prize, a $100,000 honor reserved for someone "who has made a significant contribution to promoting the advancement of women in the field of architecture."
It was a conscious decision by a practitioner who founded her firm in 1982, and it gets to the core of a truth that architecture's fetish for icons can obscure: The best architects are defined by what gets built, not by the buzz they generate.
"I'm an architect, and I think I'm a good architect," Berke, 58, said after her lecture. "I'm also a woman architect, which may have made things tougher in the beginning and maybe even now."
Berke was in Berkeley last week to kick off the design studio she'll be teaching this semester while dividing her time between the coasts. It's a facet of the prize established by a bequest from the estate of Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, an alum who designed buildings on the Peninsula before her death in 2004, including a testing facility for Apple that won a national honor award from the American Institute of Architects.
Academia is familiar ground for the New York native, who is an adjunct professor at Yale University. Thankfully, though, her Wurster Hall talk was free of the verbiage that passes for insight at such events. As for her design course, students have been assigned a task that's equal parts humble and hip - they're to craft a 60,000-square-foot honey-processing facility that, theoretically, could be an industrial beachhead in urban districts that need fresh life.
"I have a longtime interest in cities as places where things get made," said Berke, who grew up in Queens. "The things I'm drawn to are rarely the monuments. Most often it's the gritty, back-of-the-house stuff."
This is, implicitly, a feminist manifesto: Divas in architecture tend to be male and tend to measure success by the number of heads that they turn. Berke in the past took the opposite tack, championing "the architecture of the everyday" - a tag line, she commented wryly, that worried members of her firm Deborah Berke Partners, who pointed out that too much modesty can result in too little business.
Not that modesty can't be imbued with sharp modern craft.
The three-story gallery near the High Line is a subdued collage, corrugated metal against concrete block against glazed white brick. Her 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Ky., recast four downtown warehouses as a unified space where art spills into a basement and glass floors along the brick-clad light well pull your eyes upward.
But these are buildings to experience in person; they reveal themselves in stages and sink in over time. The reality is, this sort of focused elegance can be too subtle for architecture tastemakers.
Another reality of architecture is that most people who make a career of it are white males. A recent AIA survey revealed that just 8 percent of firms are women-owned and just 21 percent of employed licensed architects are female. The percentage of minorities who are licensed architects is 14 percent.
The Berkeley-Rupp Prize, which also celebrates "community building and sustainability," is one effort to counter the trend.
"The hope is to highlight the ways in which practitioners and academics have worked to make the profession more equitable," said Jennifer Wolch, dean of the College of Environmental Design.
Berke is flattered to be selected - and all too aware that the discrepancy isn't much different than when she started out in Manhattan, one loft conversion at a time.
"It's improving, but more slowly than other professions," Berke said. "What's different today, and very positive, is that there are more women in related fields - construction, engineering, boards and commissions. For so much of my career, I was the only woman in the room."
Place appears on Wednesdays. John King is The San Francisco Chronicle's urban design critic. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @johnkingsfchron


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The phone call I've been dreading finally came.
The GS3 is gone.
It's very, very sad.
I had a great time with the machine - it really changed things for me. I feel incredibly honored to have been able to evaluate it. But now I have no espresso machine.
Perhaps that is for the best - I think it might be a tough act to follow.
I guess this should help light a fire under the Monster Briccoletta Project. Perhaps next week we'll see the beginning of some movement there.
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|John and Bertha Boegel nee Rosbeck (sitting)
John Boegel is my husband's great grandfather. He was the fourth son of eight born to William and Katherine Boegel nee Melzer. William and Katherine's children were:
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Maria Boegel (b. abt 1876)
Katherine Bonlender nee Boegel (b. 21FEB1877 / d. 29NOV1956)
John Boegel (b. 12NOV1878 / d. 02MAR1935)
Peter Aloysius Boegel (b. 07FEB1881 / d. 19SEP1945)
Raymond Boegel (b. 29SEP1883 / d. 10JAN1946)
Mary Strabel nee Boegel (b. 29JAN1886 / d. 20JAN1947)
Theresa Boegel (b. 08OCT1888 / d. 04JUL1949)
John married Bertha Rosbeck on April 24th, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their children are all accounted for in the obituary below. Their daughter, Leona, was my husband's grandmother.
The obituary is pretty standard. Of course some of the women were merely listed as Mrs "so-and-so", but his daughter's name was actually listed with her husband. Very interesting. I was also impressed by the last paragraph. It's evident that John was well respected in the community. I wish I knew more about him!
"John Boegel
John Boegel, age 56 years, 3 months, and 10 days, a resident of the vicinity of St. Kilian, passed away at his home there at 5 a. m. on Saturday, Mar. 2, after an illness of about a year due to a complication of diseases.
Mr. Boegel was born in the town of Ashford, Fond du Lac county, on Nov. 12, 1878. Growing to manhood, he married Miss Bertha Rosbeck, who survives, on April 24, 1900, the couple coming to their present home 30 years ago. Four children were born to the couple, three of whom survive their father as follows: Roman at home, Leona (Mrs. Romand Kuehl) of St. Michaels, and Clarence of St. Kilian. A son, Rudolph, predeceased his father 10 years ago. Deceased also leaves one granddaughter, three sisters, and three brothers. The brothers and sisters are William of Jackson, Peter of St. Bridget, Mrs. Gebbardt Strobel of Milwaukee, and Raymond, Mrs. Joseph Bolander, and Theresa of St. Kilian.
Funeral services for Mr. Boegel were held at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, Mar. 5, from the Miller funeral home at Kewaskum to St. Kilian's Catholic church, the Rev. John Reichl officiating. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
Mr. Boegel was a man who filled his station in life with credit to himself, always giving the best that was in him to his family, his community, and his country. His righteousness and sincerity gained for him the esteem of his fellow citizens and his family requited his devotion with love. The memory of him will be kept alive by those who knew him best, the memory of a noble soul and a life that was worth living. The News extends its sympathy to the bereaved survivors."
[The clipping was hand-dated with John Boegel's date of death. The newspaper's name and date of publication is unknown]