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The rise of the Philippines
September 30, 2012
By John Duerden
John Lennon called the Philippines a 'nuthouse'. The Beatles played their second biggest ever concert at the Rizal Football Stadium in Manila in 1966 during a 48-hour visit that is supposed to have put one of the final nails in the coffin of the group's touring career. The Fab Four supposedly, and unwittingly, snubbed influential First Lady Imelda Marcos. Death threats followed and, at the airport, Ringo Starr was punched in the face and also suffered a sprained ankle.
Philippines forward Phil Younghusband celebrates with teammates after scoring in a 2014 World Cup qualifier.
If John, Paul, George and Ringo had problems almost half a century ago, then Neil, James, Phil and Chris are faring much better these days. Neil Etheridge, James and Phil Younghusband and Chris Greatwich are some of the stars of the country's national team, nicknamed the Azkals. These English-born players are helping the national team and football all across the archipelago reach new levels.
These days, the majority of the strongest eleven would be made up of such players sometimes called 'Fil-foreigns' - born and raised overseas but with a Filipino parent. It will be some time before you see the team at a World Cup but now, at least, they are becoming a force in south-east ", the most passionate football region in the world's largest continent.
After decades of basketball, billiards and boxing, this former American colony went football crazy during the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup, the region's biennial meet and a very big deal. Seven previous attempts had seen six first round exits and, in 2008, failure to even qualify.
That all changed two years ago as the team reached the semi-final on the back of draws against Singapore and Myanmar and, best of the lot, a 2-0 victory over defending champions Vietnam in front of 40,000 fans in Hanoi.
Led by 32 year-old Englishman Simon McMenemy, at the time the youngest coach of any national team, the Azkals may even have gone further if the Rizal Stadium had been ready but such was the surprise at the team's exploits, no preparations had been made for the home leg of the semi-final. The Philippines had to play both games in front of 80,000 Indonesians at the imposing Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. Both were lost 1-0.
Regardless, it was a big step. Over the years, there had been attempts to establish a league structure in the country only for it to fail. The success of the national team has helped the latest version, the UFL, achieve some traction. The competition is semi-professional but has attracted sponsors and with the Younghusbands leaving England to play there, the future looks solid.
Many of the new generation of stars play overseas such as Fulham goalkeeper Neil Etheridge and, perhaps the best of the lot, Stephan Schrock. With a German father and Filipina mother, he represented the European country at various youth levels but in 2011, the Hoffenheim player became an Azkal.
Not all have welcomed this new-look national team. A famous television personality Arnold Clavio said earlier this year that the players are "not real Filipinos, just pretending to be brown-skinned".
His comments caused an uproar. Etheridge, recently loaned out to Bristol Rovers, replied on Twitter. "So let me get this straight... Are people trying to say that my mum's not Filipino? So I shouldn't play? Thought WE were a proud country?"
Ernest Nierras, the coach of the Philippine national women's football team and a former manager of the Azkals, dispelled any notion that these players were Qatari-style naturalizations. "I can attest that all the players participating in the AFC Challenge cup are all Filipinos by blood. They have their Philippine passport and Filipino parent to prove that! Filipino citizenship is by blood and not birth. Once a Filipino, always a Filipino."
Less controversial, though still novel, were taunts from regional rivals. In a June friendly at home to Indonesia, visiting fans shouted "You are not Filipino" at the opposition. This was slightly ironic as one of their goalscorers in the 2-2 draw, Irfan Bachdim, was born in the Netherlands to a Dutch mother and Indonesian father. Elsewhere in south-east, Singapore field a number of players who were born overseas and Anthony Ampaipitakwong, born in the United States to a Thai father and American mother, was called up by Thailand earlier this month.
The ultimate aim is to have as many homegrown players in the team as possible as this will mean that the UFL is capable of producing and developing talent that can hold its own against those that come through the ranks of teams in the big European leagues - the Younghusbands were youth players at Chelsea. It is going to take time so while the domestic league improves; the fact that there are players overseas with access to the best facilities and coaching available is a real benefit for the national team.
Forme rPhilippines boss Simon McMenemy claims so called 'Fil-foreigns' are heroes.
It is important that the momentum is sustained at November's 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup. Philippines have been drawn with Thailand, Vietnam and a yet-to-be-confirmed qualifier. Preparations have been mixed. An impressive 2-0 win in Singapore earlier this month - the first since 1972 - was followed by a loss in Laos (a game that was struck from the records as it turned out the officials were not FIFA-approved). The Younghusbands missed that defeat, returning to Manila for the first anniversary of their mother's death.
That seems to have contributed to the pair being dropped for this week's Philippine Peace Cup, a mini-tournament with Macau, Guam and Taiwan. German coach Michael Weiss controversially did the deed by text message. "James sorry for not being able to talk to you personally... so I have to inform you per text that Phil and you are not included in the list for the Peace Cup... anything else after remains to be seen... take care and all the best! MW" wrote Weiss.
"There are certain economic and non-economic demands which we cannot meet," was the enigmatic explanation from PFF communications head Ebong Joson according to InterAksyon. The pair have become the face of Philippine football with the commercial and advertising commitments that comes with such a status. It could be that coach Weiss is looking to send a message before the big tournament in November and/or assert his authority. It would be a major shock if the pair did not make the AFF Suzuki Cup.
The players said they would play for free and if their commitment is in doubt then former coach McMenemy was quick to come to their defence. "(They are the) driving force behind the rise of football both on the field and off," he tweeted. "If you knew what state Phil was in before the Vietnam game in 2010, his loyalty to the Philippines would never be questioned. Phil had food poisoning 24 hours before, didn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't stop vomiting. Couldn't celebrate after as [he was] vomiting. You can see it in his face in the highlights as he was subbed... nothing left to give. Hero."
That is what the likes of the Younghusbands, Greatwich and Schrock have given fans for the first time in decades - heroes. The new interest in the game may never match Beatlemania pre-1966 but it is there. The Philippines is slowly becoming a football country.


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AMSTERDAM - U.S. forward Robbie Findley is set to join Championship side Nottingham Forest on a two-and-a-half-year deal, pending the result of a January UK work permit hearing.
The 25-year old, who was plucked from Real Salt Lake by the Portland Timbers in last month's Expansion Draft, will be moving on a free transfer when his contract expires next week.
Findley does not meet the automatic UK Home Office approval mark of playing in 75 percent of the U.S. national team's A-matches over the last two years, but his agent reports that Forest manager Billy Davies is banking on the rubber stamp.
"We've decided on an agreement to join Nottingham Forest, pending a work permit," Bill Miles told MLSsoccer.com. "He'll need to go to appeal, and that will happen some time in January."
"The club is very confident that it'll go through. They are building their case."
Findley, who made three starts for the 'Nats at World Cup 2010 in South Africa, is also exuding confidence over the impending work permit hearing. The Arizona native has returned home from England to prepare for a big move.
Should the work permit appeal fizzle, the speedster has a long list of clubs ready to re-submit their offers.
"He's got interest in Mexico, Denmark, Norway and multiple clubs in the UK, meaning Scotland, the Premier League and the Championship," revealed Miles. "He's also had a couple offers from Switzerland and offers from Greece."
Nevertheless, the agent says his client is definitely seeing only Red in his club future at this time.
"He's very excited," stated Miles. "This is exactly what we were looking for: a young club on the rise. With the coaches there, he feels he can learn and develop to reach the next level. Billy Davies has been following him for a while."
Forest, who raised consecutive European Cups back in 1979 and 1980, have not been in the English top flight since 1999. They currently stand eighth in the Championship with games in hand on all the teams above them in the table.
Tellingly, the team has managed just 24 goals in 20 league games heading into Sunday's trip to Middlesbrough. Dexter Blackstock leads the squad with five goals, but the trio of veterans behind him - Dele Adebola, Robert Earnshaw and Nathan Tyson - have struck but once in 43 combined outings.
Findley, who earlier this month had a trial with EPL side Wolverhampton Wanderers, began his professional career with the Los Angeles Galaxy before moving on to win MLS Cup 2009 during four season with Real Salt Lake. In 100 career regular season matches, he bagged 31 goals.
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Sometimes while building ports , I get mismatch errors like this one :
warning: libfreetype.so.18.1: minor version >= 3 expected, using it anyway
kern.version=OpenBSD 5.2-beta (GENERIC.MP) #303: Sun Jul 8 15:09:40 MDT 2012 email@example.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
Thanks for your help !
Without more information, I can only guess that the warning message is produced because your ports tree is ahead of your -current snapshot.
If you are building ports, then you should understand the meaning of the warning message. There is a significant differences between major and minor library revisions, and there is a reason why the lower minor number is acceptable for that particular port.
See http://www.openbsd.org/porting/libraries.html and review the discussion of major and minor revision numbers, carefully.
Hi teacher jggimi !
Thank you very much for the link.I'll read it carefully.
So daemonfowl, it is unclear whether you are attempting to build ports on a -stable installation, or one with a recent snapshot installed.
Likewise, there is no mention as to what version of the ports tree is installed.
Per Section 15.4.2 of the FAQ:
Last edited by ocicat; 12th July 2012 at 06:32 PM. Reason: Add clarity. Is the question on -stable or -current?
But maybe you just didn't manage to get the xenocara part of this snapshot installed when you upgrade the rest of base. If you look at http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvswe.../shlib_version they bumped up to 18.3 only in the past few days. 18.1 was what is in 5.1 by the looks of it. So I guess you pulled a recent snapshot but somehow didn't drag in the xenocara files along with the rest. Hmmm, maybe you didn't install all the sets when you did your upgrade? I don't play around much with current. Not sure what to do in this instance. Maybe repeat the upgrade and make sure you pick all the sets this time. Or I guess you could manually untar the sets. Try first manually looking at the xenocara sets to see if it has the 18.3 free type library in there, at least.
Btw, that message comes out of ld.so (see _dl_find_loaded_shlib in http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvswe...ubr.c?rev=1.36). It tries to find an exact match first, then looks up ignoring the minor number. This confused me at first too. It's not an error you're seeing while building a port, i.e. something from ld (or gcc -o?, libtool, whatever), but an error coming from a program on your system that's running as you build a port as ld.so tries to load libfreetype.18.3 (which is in base, part of xenocara). Do you not also see this warning running programs in general, not just when building ports?
This kind of mismatch can be harmless, just don't go running to report a bug if you do see something weird. I've been using some snapshot of 5.1 along with a somewhat out of sync ports tree (or binary packages or a mix, I forget) since I moved and lost the ability to connect to the internet with OpenBSD machine and seeing warnings like this all the time for all kinds of programs I run. If you read the link that was posted from the ports guide, you see minor version number bumps happen as new functions (and public globals, weak symbols, other things?) are added to a library. It makes it sound like a port should only demand a higher minor if it actually requires one of these additions, but I'm thinking that practice isn't strictly followed and porters just blindly bump to whatever the latest version is when they're working on it. Otherwise, how am I seeing these warnings for the past year without experiencing any real problems? Well, I guess I could just not be executing an offending code path and getting lucky -- I dunno I'm really fuzzy on linking.
Thank you so much jgimmi , ocicat . third !! I really benefit from your valuable posts.
The box was 5.1 stable which I upgraded to -current and ... trying to figure out what foolishness I might have done again .. :-)
" A BSD fool upgraded 5.1 stable to -current .. then rm -R /usr/ports .. then pkg_delete /var/db/pkg/* .. fetched the newest snapshots ports tree .. started building a few ports when he got errors .. he hasn't touched any old libs."
So far :
- the Abort trap message (3 lines) when I run Opera ..... which occured on 5.1 stable but not on 5.1 current (other box) .. so I have to pkg_delete it then go rebuild it (to-do after each reboot!) ..
- mutella :
Abort trap (core dumped)
mplayer warning: libfreetype.so.18.1: minor version >= 3 expected, using it anyway MPlayer SVN-r33060 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
- Some applications just refuse to start .. eg. xarchie & links+
- nmap-zenmap :
nmapfe warning: libfreetype.so.18.1: minor version >= 3 expected, using it anyway
Alas !
===> Building package for xombrero-1.1.0v1 Create /usr/ports/packages/i386/all/xombrero-1.1.0v1.tgz Error: Libraries in packing-lists in the ports tree and libraries from installed packages don't match --- /tmp/dep_cache.6dXDIxigx/portstree- Fri Jul 13 04:03:11 2012 +++ /tmp/dep_cache.6dXDIxigx/inst- Fri Jul 13 04:03:11 2012 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ -W gdk_pixbuf-2.0.2600.0 -W gio-2.0.3200.0 -W glib-2.0.3200.0 --W gnutls.38.0 +-W gnutls.18.2 -W gobject-2.0.3200.0 -W gthread-2.0.3200.0 -W gtk-x11-2.0.2400.0 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/xombrero (line 1718 of /usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/xombrero (line 2265 of /usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/xombrero (line 2245 of /usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/xombrero (line 1739 of /usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/xombrero (line 2245 of /usr/ports/infrastructure/mk/bsd.port.mk).
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During our recent trip to London, I was never without my pocket-sized, pale green-covered notebook, in which I would meticulously jot down my insights and observations. The results have produced more than a dozen blog posts, which, hopefully, have been acceptable.
After writing each post, I would dutifully "X" out my notes on the subject, continuing this process, until I had covered everything I had jotted down, excluding the matters I decided were not worth writing about. I have now "Xed" out the contents of my entire pale green-covered notebook.
Except for one entry.
Once revealed, you will understand why I've left it for last. Though you may wonder why I am writing about it at all.
I am writing about it, because it's like a recently discovered bump in my mouth. Until treated, the smart move would be leaving it alone. But try telling that to my tongue.
Okay. Here we go.
I am standing in the "Gallery Queue" at the "Old Bailey", London's venerable criminal court building, where concerned parties – and, if there's room left in the gallery, random visitors – queue up (line up), to gain entry into the courtrooms, and observe what's going on.
I am, possibly, overly excited being there. Auditing criminal trials is one of my favorite things to do in London. We saw eight show on our visit. None of them came close to being as compelling as what I saw in those courtrooms.
The pageantry of the criminal trial, complete with black gowns and wigs (even for the women) is, hands down, the coolest show in town. (We shall set aside, for this outing, the issue of finding entertainment in other people's misfortune. Acknowledging it's a little dodgy.)
Standing in the queue is a freshly scrubbed young lady, of (applicable only in England) identifiably noble – or at least noble-ish – lineage – it's the flawless skin and the impeccable bone structure – with whom I immediately struck up an energetic conversation, while we waited to be let in.
The woman turned out to be a recently graduated attorney, who had been dispatched by her law firm to take notes on a particular trial, and report back to her bosses. Our animated "back-and-forth" revealed she was as excited to be there as I was.
(I later discovered that the trial she'd be sent to involved a British company, which had sold aluminum tubing to Slokavia that had been redirected to Iran. I sat in on that trial until proceedings were dismissed, the half hour I observed seriously piquing my curiosity. On a subsequent visit to the courts, where I ran into her again, the neophyte attorney was nervously tight-lipped about the matter. Piquing my curiosity even more.)
We chattered on (during our first encounter) for about fifteen minutes. Then, the door opened, and the court attendant let us in.
It was only then that I discovered that I had irritated another female visitor, who'd been queued up in front of us. I did not pick up her entire conversation with her companion, but I did see her gesturing in my direction, and, in a tone reflecting annoyance, heard her pronounce me to be,
I did not respond to the charge, feeling too wounded to defend myself. Later, however, when the sting of the moment had receded, I revisited the encounter in my mind, deciding I was not "long-winded." I was, simply, and more accurately,
What's the difference, you may ask? Without reaching for the dictionary, to me, "talkative" means "amiably chatty", holding forth on various subjects in an entertainingly enjoyable manner. "Long-winded", on the other hand, refers to some insufferable yawn inducer, prattling on endlessly, often on a subject nobody cares about.
Though I could see this could easily be viewed as a distinction without an identifiable difference, especially to a nearby queue stander who finds one excruciatingly tiresome.
(Or maybe she was just agitated, because a friend or relative was about to be sent to the slammer, and she had projected her anxiety onto me.)
It is not easy, or even reasonable, for a man who has written more than a thousand blog posts nobody asked him to write, and who has just employed over seven hundred and fifty words to describe an event that could probably be encompassed in a single sentence – "This women called me 'long-winded', but I think I'm just talkative" – to deny that I seem to have a lot to say, That I, rightly or wrongly, believe is worth hearing. (Or reading.)
C. Aubrey Smith recounting his exploits at Balaclava – "Guns! Guns! Guns!"?
I don't know. Maybe I'm not the best judge.
The young attorney didn't call me "long-winded." She seemed to be having a good time.
Anyway, now I can put my pale green-covered notebook in the drawer.
I'm done.
And not moment too soon!


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#include "pitches.h"byte button[] = {23, 24, 25}; //create array of buttons connected at pin 23, 24 and 25byte speakerpin = 8; //sets speaker pin to pin 8byte buttonset ; //variable for reading button pushvoid setup() { // set all pins to output pinMode(speakerpin, OUTPUT); for(int x=23; x<26; x++) { pinMode(button[x] , INPUT); digitalWrite(button[x] , HIGH); // buttons are in the high position } }void loop(){for(int x=23; x<26; x++){ buttonset = digitalRead(button[x]); if(buttonset == LOW){ if(x == 23){ // if button on pin 2 is pressed // if (buttonset == LOW){ tone(8, NOTE_C4); //stores the note's wavelength to be played. // } } if(x == 24){ // if (buttonset == LOW){ tone(8, NOTE_D4); // } } if(x == 25){ // if (buttonset == LOW){ tone(8, NOTE_E4); // } } else noTone(8); } } }
for(int x=23; x<26; x++) { pinMode(button[x] , INPUT);
You are referencing the 23rd, 24th, and 25th elements of an array that has 3 elements. Not a good thing.
can you suggest anything to correct this?
You risk damaging your Arduino connecting an 8 Ohm speaker to it without a series resistor.
Code: [Select]You risk damaging your Arduino connecting an 8 Ohm speaker to it without a series resistor.thank you for the caution sir, i'm kind of new with arduino, my bad. anyway, my supply is just 5 volts, what resistor value should i use?
At least a 120 ohms or more to stay below the 40ma absolute maximum current draw limit from an output pin. But keep in mind that means the resistor will 'consume' about 95% of the 'audio power' leaving a wimpy amount of about 13 milliwatts of audio power to drive the the 8 ohm speaker. You should look for a speaker with a much higher voice coil resistance or do as most anyone wanting to drive a 8 ohm speaker, use a audio amplifier stage or module to drive the speaker.


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I'm in a busy season of travel, which also sadly coincides with a couple of kid events: concerts and the like. I often feel some sadness and guilt when I leave town—Robert is a full and capable partner, but his work schedule is not as flexible as mine—and this time those feelings have been compounded by the missed concert.
I am thankful beyond measure for the privilege of being with congregations and other leaders, whether as a preacher, conference keynoter, or retreat leader. It is my joy and my vocation. But I do miss my family when I'm away.
I deal with these feelings (or not) with a pre-travel ritual that I call "guilt cleaning and overcompensation laundry." I was in the midst of this flurry last week and said to Robert, "I always feel a little bad about leaving," and he responded, "What's done is done."
I stopped for a moment, because I didn't know what he meant. My initial interpretation of his statement was, "Well MaryAnn, it's a little late to worry about that now. You're committed to these events."
I thought he was judging me, or expressing frustration. But actually, he was quoting the New Zealand Prayer Book to me: What you finish, you finish. Don't feel bad about it; we'll be fine; let it be.
Huh. The dude actually listens to stuff I say!
Now if only I would listen…


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"As always. A Orc tribe has surfaced in the Golden Sea, and the Ruks are now terrified; you know how Ruks are, a spring breeze from Shanri would send them hiding inside their huts. Though, for the gossips defense my niece is truly exaggerating, she'd have you think the sorcerer kings were returning by the way she waxes on about it. I'd truly wish she'd direct that talent of her's towards her writing, or dare I hope a hobby of opera writing. The Suaven bless her heart it is the only thing she will likely be good at the way she ignores her studies."
As the talk died down into the niceties of a couple of yvestra talking about a condemned ytola relative Tzao noticed in the crowd, who is that woman talking to Tyrn?


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Death Comes to Pemberley is a P.D. James tour de force—a Jane Austen novel with a murder mystery at its heart. James is the grand dame of the British murder mystery and an Austen enthusiast. She has captured the world of Pride and Prejudice in characters, convention and idiom—so you almost feel as if you are reading a long-lost manuscript in which Austen experimented with the mystery genre. Murder might not be Austen's cup of tea but James seems to have delighted in the dynamics of great English estates and social protocols on the cusp of the nineteenth century.
On the eve of the annual Lady Anne's Ball, as Pemberley is in a frenzy of preparation, Elizabeth manages the bustle with practiced aplomb as she worries about the suitors for Georgiana's hand. Mr. Darcy's little sister is grown up now—Darcy and Elizabeth have two treasured sons and most of the Bennet sisters are married. An army officer and a solicitor, both possessed of appropriate fortunes, are vying for Georgiana and Elizabeth considers how to broach the subject with Darcy and which choice will make Georgiana happiest.
But such concerns are driven nearly out of mind when a coach with an hysterical Lydia–the bad-girl Bennet sister–arrives in the middle of the night. She is screaming about murder in the dark woods abutting Pemberley and a search party is assembled, the doctor is called in to see to Lydia and the men in the house set out to discover what happened. Murder most foul, of course, and Wickham, Lydia's ne-er-do-well husband, is discovered, inebriated and blood-covered, wailing over the corpse.
This is a complicated predicament—the social implications may be as damaging as the crime—and life is upended in the aftermath of the event. Is the family of servants living in an old house in the woodland near to the scene of the murder involved? Can Darcy prevent a distressing incident from Georgiana's past from surfacing as part of the murder investigation? Will there be the scandal and calamity of a hanging in the family if Wickham is found guilty? Why is there no evidence of another presence in the woods that night–or any apparent intention behind the crime?
Motive is key to the solution in this puzzle. Without it you can suspect a vague pattern of guilt and opportunity but never sort it out or attach names to any of the victims—and there are more victims than the single dead body might indicate. James doesn't shirk character development—the feuds and venom of the times are delicious but they pale in the presence of social graces and higher virtues—alas. Enmity in Austen is tempered by good manners and that remains a hallmark of Pemberley and its inhabitants—the human heart is examined and its rancors reduced sensibly.
Death Comes to Pemberley is interesting and a fun read. It's satisfying to revisit Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy to see how their life together unfolds. The novel feels true to Austen, even if she would never have stooped so low as to subject her creations to the rigors of a detective story. There are some redeeming developments in the end that spell out a less chaotic future for the residents of Pemberley as they age into the mists of their fictional, sequel-free lives. James could probably keep this going with more homicidal episodes on the estate but I might vote for the return of Adam Dalgliesh, professional detective, over Fitzwilliam Darcy, landed investigator. A literary, no-nonsense gumshoe on the trail of a killer is more entertaining fare than the courteous lord of the manor, who has too many of his edges softened by maturity and a happy marriage to project his old, brusque and roguish appeal.
Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James | Alfred A. Knopf 2011


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On September 12th 1998 around 2pm, Mr. Alain Dubois was found dead in a public park near the railway station of Pau. He had suffered serious head injuries and multiple trauma.
The police officers in charge of the investigation didn't treat the area as a scene of crime. They didn't collect and safeguard any evidence on the scene and on the body. They didn't document postmortem changes to establish the location of injury and the time and place of death. No documentation of the social, medical and mental health history of the decedent was made. The police officers didn't launch a witness appeal. Some pictures of the body were taken and a quick visual examination was made by a family doctor.
Around 6pm, a police officer notified the next of kin of the death of Mr. Dubois. He added that the police investigation on cause of death (art.74 of the code of penal procedure) concluded that his death was a suicide. On September 15th 1998, the prosecutor Dreno closed the investigation without ordering an autopsy, and authorized the release of the body for burial. On September 18th 1998, the funeral took place.
On September 24th 1998, the family of the decedent pressed charges for murder and requested an autopsy. It was the start of a 8 years legal battle which cost the family €25,000. They had to pay a large deposit and hire several lawyers to request that the police conduct a second investigation and to have them perform essential investigative work (DNA testing, hair analysis, autopsy, blood test, reenactment, interrogation of witnesses). Several of their requests were denied (witness appeal, interrogation of witnesses). On August 9th 2006, the investigative judge decided to close the investigation. On October 24th 2006, the appeal court of Pau confirmed his decision. On May 9th 2007, the supreme court (Cour de cassation) rejected the appeal of the family without holding any hearing (art. 567-1-1 of the code of penal procedure).
On November 17th 2007, the family filed an application with the ECHR (see below) arguing that the authorities didn't act of their own motion for the the second investigation. The applicants added that the 8 years investigation suffered considerable delays and was conducted only to confirm the findings of "suicide" of the first investigation. They alleged a violation of articles 2, 6-1 and 13 of the Convention. The application was not communicated by the Court to the agent of the French Republic.
On July 7th 2011, the grand chamber of the Court stated again in its judgment Al-Skeini and others v. UK (55721/07) : "165. What form of investigation will achieve the purposes of Article 2 may vary (..). However, (..), the authorities must act of their own motion (..). They cannot leave it to the initiative of the next-of-kin either to lodge a formal complaint or to take responsibility for the conduct of any investigative procedures (..) 166. (..) The authorities must take the reasonable steps available to them to secure the evidence concerning the incident, including inter alia eye-witness testimony, forensic evidence and, where appropriate, an autopsy (..).
On November 15th 2011, the Judges of the 5th section found the application inadmissible on the ground that several requests of the family "were granted within reasonable time" in the 2nd investigation. They added that the 2nd investigation was effective. The Judges didn't rule on the effectiveness of the first investigation and on the fact that the 2nd investigation was at the initiative of the next of kin.


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Groundbreaking for arena on Strip
LAS VEGAS -- Officials broke ground Thursday on a 20,000-seat arena along the Las Vegas Strip that's expected to boost the city's chances of attracting professional sports teams and sate high demand for large-scale concerts and events in Sin City.
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather arrived at the ceremony Thursday atop a yellow construction tractor and helped executives shovel dirt at the site while confetti rained down from above. Casino company MGM Resorts International and sports and entertainment giant AEG are collaborating on the $375 million project, which is the furthest along of several sports complexes proposed for Las Vegas in recent years.
"They've got shovels in the ground," Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak said about the MGM-AEG project, which is expected to create 3,500 construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs. "The other arenas are all talk."
Slated for completion in the spring of 2016, the arena will be the centerpiece of an 8-acre, tree-lined entertainment and dining district dubbed "The Park." It's located near the New York-New York and Monte Carlo casinos, between Las Vegas Boulevard and Interstate 15.
AEG officials said the arena's design is tailored to the Las Vegas market and will feature a nightclub and an especially wide range of seating options, including ultra-luxury VIP boxes.
While no professional teams have inked a deal to call the arena home, the new site will "dramatically increase the allure" of Las Vegas among sports franchises, said MGM CEO Jim Murren.
Developers have floated numerous arena proposals in recent years, but the privately financed MGM-AEG project is the only one to arrive at the groundbreaking stage.
"We weren't looking for a handout," Murren said. "Every other venture has been looking for someone else to carry the load."
A proposal by AEG and casino company Caesars Entertainment died in 2012 after attempts to fund the arena through a sales tax hike hit a wall.
Developers called for a 1 percent sales tax on purchases within a 3-mile radius of the venue, but a ballot measure that was required to raise the rate failed to make it to a statewide vote in November 2012.
Similar troubles could face a separate proposal, backed by Mayor Carolyn Goodman, to build a $390 million, 20,000-seat arena near a new performing arts center and outlet malls in Las Vegas' revitalized downtown.
Critics take issue with the finance plan, which calls for $151 million from developer Cordish Co. and $187 million in city-issued bonds that would be paid off with arena revenue. Downtown business owners have spoken out against a plan to cover the remaining $52 million by taxing them.
Goodman said the project is moving forward, and more details will be available at the end of the month, when the developer is required to finish feasibility studies.
"We're working very hard down here and we're thrilled MGM is doing this," she said, adding that any downtown arena would be complementary to the MGM project.
Murren said his company's venues turn away hundreds of events each year, signaling more than enough demand for an arena even though Las Vegas already has large-scale event centers.
The Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas hosts events such as the NCAA basketball tournament and National Finals Rodeo. It has a capacity of about 19,500 spectators.
Three other casinos have large arenas around town. They include MGM Resorts' Mandalay Bay Events Center, which seats 12,000, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, which holds 17,000, and the Orleans Arena, which seats about 9,500.


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Search for crypto outbreak source continues
No new cases reported Saturday, health officials say
The search for the source of a cryptosporidium outbreak along the North Shore continued over the weekend.
The health department said there were no new cases as of Saturday afternoon, but already as many as 20 people were reported sick in September with the waterborne disease in Bayside, Fox Point and Whitefish Bay. Health officials said the crypto source is not drinking water, but they are still looking at pools and lakes.
The pool at Whitefish Bay High School was temporarily shut down Saturday while it was being cleaned. The North Shore Health Department asked maintenance workers to shock the pool with chemicals to treat any bacteria that may be in it.
Parents who took their children to gymnastics in Whitefish Bay said they are trying to be extra careful about their hygiene.
"It's kind of scary. They can get pretty sick from it, and I do remember the outbreak from a few years ago," said grandparent Peggy Stenberg.
Meanwhile, the pool at the Jewish Community Center that was shut down Thursday for cleaning reopened Saturday afternoon. JCC Associate Executive Director Peter Blair said a steady number of members have stopped by the gym to use the pool since it reopened.
"They asked us to follow the Centers for Disease Control recommendations to bring the pool up to a chlorine level of 20 parts per million and hold it there for 12.75 hours, and then to re-circulate the water after that," Blair said.
According to health officials, both adults and children have been affected by crypto. So far, eight cases have been confirmed and 12 are probable. Parents said they are being more cautious, but still maintaining their regular routines.
"I don't think it's that big of a deal. Our drinking water is fine. They've shut the pools down here, and the JCC, so I'm not too worried," said parent Mindy Ours.
Several urgent care clinics in the North Shore area told 12 News they received calls from people concerned about the outbreak.
Symptoms of cryptosporidium include diarrhea, nausea and fever, and can appear in two to 10 days. Doctors said the best way to avoid getting crypto is aggressive hygiene and hand washing for both adults and children.


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These notes are provided to help you understand the diagnosis or possible diagnosis of cancer in your pet. For general information on cancer in pets ask for our handout "What is Cancer". Your veterinarian may suggest certain tests to help confirm or eliminate diagnosis, and to help assess treatment options and likely outcomes. Because individual situations and responses vary, and because cancers often behave unpredictably, science can only give us a guide. However, information and understanding about tumors and their treatment in animals is improving all the time.
We understand that this can be a very worrying time. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask us.
What is this tumor?
This is a tumor originating from cells of the mammary glands. In the cat, most mammary tumors are potentially or already malignant, so early surgical removal is important in preventing spread to other parts of the body (metastasis). A cat may have multiple tumors, sometimes of different types, within different mammary glands.
What do we know about the cause?
The reason why a particular pet may develop this, or any cancer, is not straightforward. Cancer is often the culmination of a series of circumstances that come together for the unfortunate individual.
"Sex hormones are the most important single risk factor for mammary tumors in cats."
Cancer is non-lethal genetic damage of cells (mutations in the DNA genome). Some cats have a genetic tendency to develop cancer and the risk increases with increasing age. However, sex hormones are the most important single risk factor for mammary tumors in cats. If the ovaries and uterus are removed by ovariohysterectomy (spaying) at an early age, there will be less risk of these tumors developing. Conversely, giving a cat female sex hormones increases the incidence.
Cancer induction is a multi-step process and the early, pre-cancerous stages, called hyperplasia (excessive growth) and dysplasia (abnormal growth), are due to hormonal disturbances. In cats, most such precancerous changes can progress to true cancers, which proliferate without purpose or function.
In some species of animal, viruses are important factors in inducing mammary cancer. Viruses have been found within these tumors in some cats but, as far as we are aware, they do not cause the tumors.
Why has my cat developed this cancer?
Some animals have a greater tendency (genetic susceptibility) to cancer. The more divisions a cell undergoes, the more probable is a mutation so cancer is more common in older animals. Mammary tumors begin their abnormal growth under the influence of hormones but if they progress to a malignant stage, removing the hormones does not affect the course of the tumor.
Are these common tumors?
"These are common tumors in female cats, mainly in middle aged to older animals."
These are common tumors in female cats, mainly in middle aged to older animals. Pre-cancerous hyperplasias and dysplasias account for 22% of mammary lumps, benign cancers for 0.9% and malignant cancers for 77%. The Siamese breed is three times more likely to develop mammary tumors than Domestic Short Haired cats. Persian cats also develop tumors frequently. Mammary tumors in cats are more common in Scandinavian countries because domestic cats are not commonly spayed and the female hormone progesterone is frequently used to prevent pregnancy.
Although most cats with these tumors are elderly, malignant tumors can occur in cats as young as two years of age. Mammary tumors are rare in male cats, but do occur.
How will this cancer affect my pet?
The most obvious effect is a lump or multiple lumps in the mammary glands. Some tumors produce secretion (clear, milky or bloodstained fluid which may be expressed from the teat). Benign tumors rarely ulcerate or bleed but ulceration of malignant tumors is not uncommon. Malignant tumors are often firmly attached to the surrounding structures with poorly demarcated edges. Large tumors may lose some of their blood supply, causing parts of them to degenerate and ulcerate. Large tumors may have physical effects by pressing into the surrounding tissues. Inflammation and secondary bacterial infection are possible, causing pain and general signs of illness.
If the cancer spreads (metastasizes) to the lungs, the cat may develop shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. Weight loss due to loss of body fat and muscle may occur in the later stages of malignant cancer. The immune system is often damaged, which allows cancers to develop and infections to persist.
How is mammary cancer diagnosed?
Your veterinarian will usually suspect the diagnosis of a mammary tumor based on its typical appearance and location. However, accurate diagnosis of the type and a prediction of how it will behave rely upon microscopic examination of tissue.
Cytology, the microscopic examination of cell samples, is not an accurate method of diagnosis for mammary tumors. Accurate diagnosis, prediction of behavior (prognosis) and a microscopic assessment of whether the tumor has been fully removed rely on microscopic examination of tissue samples (histopathology). Your veterinarian will send tissue samples to at a specialized laboratory for assessment by a veterinary pathologist. Whenever a mammary tumor is submitted for assessment, the sample always needs to include the margins or edges of the lump. Examination of the whole lump, including the margins, will allow the pathologist to indicate whether the cancer has been completely removed.
"The sample always needs to include the margins or edges of the lump."
The histopathology report typically includes words that indicate whether a tumor is 'benign' (non-spreading, local growth) or 'malignant' (capable of spreading to other body sites). These, together with the origin or type of tumor, the grade (degree of resemblance to normal cells or 'differentiation') and stage (how large it is and extent of spread) indicate how the cancer is likely to behave.
What types of treatment are available?
The most common treatment is surgical removal of the cancerous tissue. Sometimes this is just the lump and sometimes the whole gland and draining lymph node are removed. If the masses involve several glands, your veterinarian may perform a "radical mastectomy" in which multiple glands and their associated lymph nodes will be removed.
Ovariohysterectomy (spaying) early in life markedly reduces the incidence of mammary cancer. Spaying at the time of tumor removal does not affect growths that are already cancerous but can cause some precancerous hyperplasias to regress and disappear. It is unlikely to prevent further tumor development.
In their early stages, mammary tumors are hormone dependent, but the hormones involved are different in different species. Medical treatments used in women are unsuitable for use in cats.
Can this cancer disappear without treatment?
Ovariohysterectomy does not affect established cancer or prevent recurrence. Development of cancer is a multi-step process so it may stop at some stages but in cats, all these cancers have the potential to progress to malignancy, usually rapidly within months. As they have this potential, early surgical removal is always recommended.
Very occasionally, spontaneous loss of blood supply to the cancer can make it die but the dead tissue will still need surgical removal. The body's immune system is not effective in causing these tumors to regress.
How can I nurse my pet?
Preventing your pet from rubbing, scratching, licking or biting the tumor will reduce itching, inflammation, ulceration, infection and bleeding. Any ulcerated area needs to be kept clean.
After surgery, the operation site similarly needs to be kept clean and dry and your pet should not be allowed to interfere with the site. Report any loss of sutures or significant swelling or bleeding to your veterinarian. If you require additional advice on post-surgical care, please ask.
How will I know how this cancer will behave?
The histopathology report will give your veterinarian the diagnosis that will indicate the type and how it is likely to behave. There is significant variation between animals in their response to tumors and the probability of further tumor development.
Any mammary lesion may develop inflammation (mastitis) and a few lumps develop solely due to inflammation.
Benign non-cancerous growths are hyperplasias (overgrowth) and dysplasias (abnormal growth). They include those arising from the epithelium that normally produces milk (lobular or epithelial hyperplasia, occasionally called adenosis), growth that also include the connective tissue between the glands (fibroadenomatous change or fibroepithelial hyperplasia) and growths due to expansion of the ducts that take the milk to the teats (cystic ducts, ductal ectasia or hyperplasia). In women, fibroadenomatous change is a risk factor for development of mammary carcinoma and in cats, most hyperplasias progress to neoplasia.
"In cats, most hyperplasias progress to neoplasia."
Benign mammary cancers are adenomas. Some arise only from the milk-producing epithelium (simple adenomas). Others include other mammary tissues such as the myoepithelium and connective tissue between the glands and are a progression of fibroadenomatous change.
Malignant cancerous growths develop from the epithelium that normally produces milk or the ducts (simple carcinoma or adenocarcinoma).
As well as the type of tumor, other important factors in predicting tumor behavior include the clinical stage it has reached, the mitotic index (proportion of cells actively dividing) and whether the tumor is locally invasive.
When will I know if the cancer is permanently cured?
'Cured' has to be a guarded term in dealing with any cancer.
It is very difficult to promise complete cure once your cat has developed mammary tumors but the following general guidelines may help. In cats, most hyperplasias progress to neoplasia. Mammary tumors are age dependent so an older queen will have a higher probability of recurrence and the likelihood of malignant tumors increases with age.
Tumors of less than 1" diameter at the time of surgery have a median postoperative survival of 3 years. Tumors greater than 1" diameter have a median survival of less than six months. Most secondary or metastatic tumors in cats develop in the lungs and, in contrast to women, rarely in bones.
"Most secondary or metastatic tumors in cats develop in the lungs."
Multiple tumors are also common. Growth in the different glands is usually multifocal in origin (meaning the tumors develop in many sites), rather than from spread or seeding of tumor cells from a single initial site. It is therefore advisable to have your cat rechecked frequently to ensure there is no regrowth of a tumor and no new ones have appeared.
Are there any risks to my family or other pets?
No, these are not infectious tumors and are not transmitted from pet to pet or from pets to people.


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Sen. Gillibrand visits local communities as part of an initiative to support tourism
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand covered a lot of topics as she made her way across northern New York on Friday.
She talked about broadband and environmental issues and she made sure to do her part to highlight Adirondack tourism, too.
As part of her tour, the senator visited Plattsburgh, Long Lake and Tupper Lake.
One of the goals of her trip through the region was to highlight it as a tourist destination.
She pointed out the wild center as a big draw for the region.
That wild center works closely with Paul Smith's college.
The two groups really try to draw people in by highlighting conservation efforts and maple syrup production in the area.
She says that's just one of many reasons to visit.
"Lake Champlain is one of the most beautiful places in the whole world and the North Country is one of the greatest destinations for worldwide tourists. And we want to keep it that way. That's why we care deeply about our economy here and keeping our lakes and rivers and streams clean so we can enjoy it and our families can continue to prosper," said Gillibrand.
Gillibrand added that the growth of broadband in the North Country will make it easier to draw tourists.
The senator also talked about preserving the natural beauty of the area by stopping the spread of invasive species in Lake Champlain.


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Conviction Awakened
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Hard, callous, bold, and strong in every way except the ability to love deeply, Maxwell faces a task. Naïve, innocent, ignorant, and determined to right a wrong committed many years ago, Ekaterina seeks destiny's intervention. Painfully hurt, suffering a devastating past, and both with selfish intentions, Maxwell and Ekaterina meet under trying circumstances. Amid a sensuous maelstrom deterring their escape of fate's design, their hearts entangling, their souls entwining, and their worlds mingling, they are swept into a world of myth, magic, and conflict. Conviction requires commitment as they spiral into a realm where the meek becomes bold, the controlled becomes feral, and the unknown is revealed. Beginning a torrid seduction as the journey unfolds, the heat rises with the scent of her skin and the caress of his hand as their bodies collide in a passion so strong it takes a defiant stand.


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Search "ev training" in Pokemon Soul Silver Tags :
Secret - Pokerus - A good virus that helps when training your pokemon
(This isn't really a cheat but rather a hint that some game users don't know about.)
Pokerus is a virus that any Pokemon can catch but it is very rare. You can get it by encountering a wild Pokemon that is infected with Pokerus. Yet, the odds of that are extremely slim.
"What does Pokerus do?" Well it doubles the amount of Effort Values (aka "EVs") that you gain in battle. If you want to start EV training your Pokemon, Pokerus definitely comes in handy. It isn't an item. It is more like a status (burn, frozen, paralyzed, etc.) that your Pokemon can catch but it isn't a bad thing and it lasts forever if your pokemon gets it.
"How can I get Pokerus if it is so hard to find?" The best was to get Pokerus without AR codes or cheats, is to go trade Pokemon over Wi-Fi with people from all over the world at the Global Terminal (located in Goldenrod City in SS). If you trade often enough, you're bound to come across a Pokemon with Pokerus.
"How do I know if my Pokemon has Pokerus or not?" If your Pokemon has Pokerus then, on the Trainer Memo info section of your Pokemon, there will be a purple label that says "PKRS". This means that your Pokemon has an infectious case of Pokerus. If you leave your Pokemon that is infected with Pokerus in your party and it becomes midnight, then the Pokerus will become un-infectious which means it is no longer viral and cannot spread to your other Pokemon. Then a symbol will show up on the Trainer Memo info section instead of the purple "PKRS". The symbol is a small orange circle that looks similar to a smiley face. This is how you know that the Pokerus for that Pokemon can no longer be infectious. The effects of the Pokerus will stay the same after it becomes un-infectious (2x the EVs).
"How do I spread Pokerus?" Once you have one Pokemon with an infectious case of Pokerus, then you can spread it to other pokemon. You have to be quick though and not waste any time (remember the Pokerus will not be able to spread after the clock strikes midnight). Take the Pokemon with Pokerus and place it in the first slot of your party. Then go out and battle a few wild Pokemon. Slowly the Pokerus will infect the Pokemon in the second slot of your party, then the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth.
"How do I preserve Pokerus so I can spread it to other Pokemon that I will obtain in the future?" To preserve Pokerus, simply place an infectious Pokerus Pokemon into your PC. This will freeze the Pokerus to the infectious stage for an...
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By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com The Land of Untold Stories has arrived in Storybrooke. These new visitors have made an impact on our heroes. If our favorite Storybrooke residents could barely handle the Count of Monte Cristo, then they are in for a rude awakening. Both Hyde and the Evil Queen forewarned everyone that some of […]
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T-DOSE in Eindhoven, NL
This weekend T-DOSE takes place in Eindhoven, NL. This will be my first T-DOSE, but I expect it to be much like FOSDEM and FrOSCon, although maybe smaller and less developer-oriented than FOSDEM and probably more English-oriented than FrOSCon.
We will have a CentOS booth there, and Daniel de Kok will give a presentation about CentOS and virtualization. CentOS now has lots of possibilities from Qemu and OpenVZ, to Xen and KVM. I wonder if lguest will be discussed and how well it integrates in CentOS.
Also scheduled is a Drupal talk by Bert Boerland. I have seen that name a few times now and it would be nice to add a face to the name.
I will be doing my Dstat presentation to spread the word about Dstat. After 4 years of Dstat development, it was time to get out and let people know what you can do with it. (mental note: remove some slides or talk faster)
If you are nearby Eindhoven, or willing to go the distance, come to T-DOSE. The schedule is very divers and the people are friendly, as always :-)
my talk wasnt the best talk I ever gave. and due to private reasons I had to leave soon as well. either way, we will meetr again sometime...
btw: this captcha is way to hard for /me...
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I liked your presentation. Especially the list of high-profile websites was impressive and seeing the diversity of looks and themes is important for people to understand what Drupal is all about.
If I have to give some feedback, I would probably explain better what a CMS is. It definitely was buzz-word compliant and I can imagine that some people have problems understanding what they can do with it.
In fact, showing the high-profile (but maybe also personal) websites early on, may get people more excited and more interested for the more abstract parts.
I was very pleased with your presentation and the interaction with the public. It is not always easy to get people involved and you succeeded in that. There will be more opportunities to meet, I am sure :-)
hi dag (boy you bhave heared some cheapo jokes about your name I can imagine)
well, usually I "sell" drupal to people who are selecting their cms of choice (from board to beginners), so I skipped indeed "what is a CMS" or "what should a CMS be able to do" part. thanks for that feedback.
I still think it is harder to do in a language that is not my first one. Joking, adrem etc is just a lot harder.
T-Dose IMHO was a joke. /me too was prepared for oscon/fosdem alike crowd while the bunch that were out there still seemed immature (business wise) and had a high "treintjes op zolderkamer gehalte".
And we will meet at Mediaplaza where the Dutch Drupal User Group (i.o.) will be present. At least some of them including me.
perception is everything
While I can understand your perception of T-DOSE (especially because it was smaller than expected) I do not agree with your assessement of the event.
Maybe it was because you didn't have the time to talk to people, but I met interesting people and learned a few things as well. In fact, during FOSDEM I never get to either going to a presentation (because I always get preempted) or talking to people properly (because it is too noisy and crowded).
At T-DOSE it was more peaceful and less chaotic. It is true that it should have been bigger and definitely more internationally oriented.
Besides, I hope that a positive image of T-DOSE will make sure that people come next year, otherwise the event is dead before it has taken off. Remember that this is just the second edition. FOSDEM took 4 editions to get it right (and still the venue is bad compared to T-DOSE).


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Even at Goggle's official site, here, you can read that a power cord is required, naturally printed in fine print at the bottom of the website.
The cute HDMI dongle gets its power via USB and some lucky users might use their USB cable and plug it into the TV USB, if they are lucky enough that their TV can provide enough power via USB. This is going to be one of those things where you will actually have to try it to see if it will work, although it should on most TVs.
We have played around with Android sticks before. The Minix Neo G4, something you can find here and just as well as Google Chromecast it needs additional power. The Minix Neo G4 is an Android PC will loads of features and it can also be controlled via mobile phone or tablet, as long as you have the right application. It t has been shipping for $59.99 for quite some time and there are many similar devices out there.
Still at $35, Google can compete with products such as Belkin Screencast TV adapter that supports both Miracast and Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) and sells for €46 in Europe runs for its money, but again Chromecast cannot stream all Windows content the same way Intel WiDi devices can. It can stream select applications, including Chrome with possible support for some more at later date.
Further investigation and reading what our colleagues have to say have left us even more puzzled as The Verge claims that Chromecast doesn't create peer-to-peer connection in a way Apple AirPlay or Miracast do. Chromecast runs web apps independently of your phone or tablet streaming the content directly from the internet, not mirroring it. You can read the hands on here.
This lets us wonder if a video that you copied from your notebook to tablet would ever stream on Chromecast, and the same goes for personal videos that you have on your phone. We will try to get an answer to that but it sounds unlikely making the AirPlay, WiDi or Miracast alternative a better solution, at least for now.


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Fantastic! We parked our semi at the Loves truck stop in Prosser and wanted to get out a bit. The trail literally passes through the truck stop. Easy access, great pathway; rode all the way through Grandview and bac, 16.5 miles. A few ups and does at the Prosser end but overall a relatively easy and leisurely ride. Asphalt. A few ups and downs
An absolute stunning view along the mighty Columbia river. Great for the whole family including pets.
This is a rough surface trail through some beautiful country. I rode through on 38 mm but wish I had 2 plus inch tires.
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You were warned that when you really needed a trail sign, none would be there. TrailBear was right. Here you are at a small parking lot at the base of the bridge in Pasco, wondering which way to go.
Turn left onto W. Washington St. and ride down to S. 13th Ave. Turn left onto something of a track. Across the waste land you can see the river levee. Head thataway.
If you do it right, you should cross the RR tracks and arrive at Milepost 4.5 on the levee. Turn left for the trail to Sacagawea State Park. Turn right to the Blue Bridge and beyond. Thus begins the Pasco Levee ride - "
Since his report they have worked on the access. The correct way is to come off the bridge, take the first right onto Washington Street followed by the next right onto S 9th Avenue. When the road turns to the left continue straight across the railroad track and onto the trail, left to ride to Sacagawea Park and the junction of the Snake and Columbia River or right to under the bridge for about 0.3 miles where you can pick-up with TrailBear's ride at milepost 4.5. This is all good asphalt road and much more direct connection between the bridge and trail.
What a great walk along the Umatilla River. Beautiful scenery and easy to walk greenbelt that will show you much of what Pendleton has to offer!
This is a nice trail along the Columbia River. There's picnic tables and benches all along the way. Some rest rooms too :)
We rode the Sacagewea Trail Loop today (20 Miles) and it had the worst signage of any trail we have ridden in the US. We were always wondering if we were on the trail after unmarked intersections. It is a shame because of the infrastructure investment the Tri-Cities have made in the Trail. Buy some paint and mark ever trail intersection. It will make the visiting users experience much nicer. The setting for the trail is wonderful. Pay some attention to marking the trail and the biking experience will be wonderful!!
Okay for hiking, but terrible for biking. Love the area. I just wish the surface was better maintained. It would be great if it was paved.
Trail is a nice surprise. A safe way to bike in the area with pretty views of the Yakima River and access to towns along the way.
This is a short but scenic, out-and-back trail. We started at the south end at Columbia Point Marina Park and cycled north to the end point at the USS Triton Memorial Park. The distance was around 16 miles. The trail condition varies from being narrow at the developed marina to wider around midway. In one or two sections, you'll need to watch for large tree roots encroaching on the trail. There is a break in the trail for a couple of blocks where you must cycle through a low-traffic neighborhood. Signs direct the way.
The trail passes through a number of parks (water, restrooms, picnic tables, etc) and generally follows the river. In some sections towards the end, the trail splits with one path designated for walkers and another path for cyclists. Easy to miss the directions for this section painted on the trail.
You can also extend your mileage as the trail connects directly to the Sacajawea Heritage Trail which continues underneath the bridge.
Overall, a nice trail which I would recommend.
Since we were camped at the nearby Hood Park, we drove to Sacajawea State Park to begin our ride there. The trailhead is not actually in the park but approximately 1/4 mile before entering the park on the right-hand side of the road. You can park in the State Park but it requires a Discover Pass or you can pull off the road and park across from the trailhead. We started from the park.
The section of the trail that runs through a Pasco industrial area is far from being scenic. You pass loading docks, distribution centers, vacant lots, and cross a number of railroad tracks. At some point you must cycle off-trail over the Charles Killbury Overpass to cross the railroad tracks and then follow the road for a short time before reconnecting to the trail. There are no directional signs in this short section but we figured it out after cycling through a neighborhood.
Once you go under the I-182 overpass in Kennewick, the area changes drastically. The views across the river are nice along with huge homes with perfectly manicured lawns line this side of the trail. Since we didn't have a map, we cycled as far as Court Street and turned around and eventually cycled across the I-182 bridge to head back to Sacajawea park. The pedestrian/bikepath across this bridge is very, very narrow. Traffic is heavy and it is noisy. We cycled a short distance and eventually crossed the Cable Bridge. The path over this bridge was narrow, but not as narrow as the I-182 bridge. Once over the bridge, there were no signs as to where to pick up the trail again. We followed another cyclist for one block to the trail back to our truck
Our distance traveled was 20 miles. Note that brochures list the trail as being 23 miles but that mileage starts from Columbia Park in Kennewick and sticks to the Kennewick section. The section of the trail that we cycled was in excellent condition. Bring a map if you are not from the area.
Love the location! Right on the river! Along the path is a wonderful hotel with great food that makes a perfect stopping point. Also the marina park for the kids to play at makes exercising with children easy!
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"While working on Raggedy Ann and being somewhat close with Richard Williams when he was in town, I was amused by something that happened early on.
Dick was in and out often recording and editing the voice track. A lot of time was spent in the rehearsal studios in the Broadway/theatrical of town. (That was about three blocks away from the studio.) In an elevator ride up to the rehearsal space, Dick overheard a large black man in the elevator. I believe he was a delivery guy, maybe a messenger.
Dick popped up in a flash. He immediately asked the guy if he had ever done any acting. No? Well, Dick hired him on the spot to be the voice of the leader of the One Eyes. His voice was incredibly deep and dark.
Within the week, Dick had rerecorded the lines. (Another actor had done him in England, and Dick was looking for something better.) To be honest, I'm not sure if this was actually the final voice used in the film (it could be), but the story was so entertaining to some fly-on-the-wall like me, that I remember it well.
After recording the piece, Dick did a thank you drawing for the guy. I made a xerox. This is that copy done with drying magic markers."


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Police investigating after early morning shooting in Whitaker
A man was shot during an apparent attempted robbery in Whitaker, Allegheny County, early Monday morning.
The shooting occurred about 1 a.m. near Whitaker Way and East Schwab, near the Whitaker-Munhall border.
Police sources told Channel 4 Action News that the man was shot in the stomach.
Paramedics took the victim by ambulance to UPMC Mercy. A wallet was visible on the ground near the crime scene. The attacker is believed to have fled on foot.
"This sure is some kind of misplaced thing around here. I mean, this used to be such a very quiet neighborhood," said resident Anderson Marshall. "I've been here for 15 years and the incidents seem, they appear to start increasing around here now. As it gets warmer, you can look forward to things like this starting to happen."
Tom Hughes is another resident who's concerned about safety on the community's streets, "especially for the elderly," he said. "You can't walk the streets, you can't go nowhere in the streets during the day or at night. We need more security up this way."
Allegheny County police detectives have taken over the investigation. Police from Munhall, West Mifflin, and other communities assisted Whitaker police in their initial response.
"It's crazy how people just shoot over dumb stuff. I don't know how people could do stuff like this. It's like, why would you want to shoot somebody over something dumb?" said resident Regis Case. "I think shooting and violence should be stopped."
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MADISON -- Linda and Jeff Reyka have a primary residence in town, a beach house and, now, another getaway: the new Madison Beach Hotel.
"The staff is phenomenal, very warm, very receptive -- and the view," Jeff Reyka said.
The Reykas, who live on Flower Avenue just a short walk from the hotel, were among some 400 guests who took in the breathtaking view of Long Island Sound and West Wharf Thursday at the hotel's grand opening celebration. There was a live band outside, 200 pounds of shrimp, 1,100 local oysters and lots of cheese and cured meats bought locally.
Linda Reyka, who long ago was a chambermaid at the original Madison Beach Hotel, said as she looked at the elegant decor, "This is what it meant to grow into."
The Reykas said they were at the hotel restaurant the night it opened and have since become regulars. Even though they live close enough to run home for their toothbrushes, the couple says they'll probably get a room for their anniversary.
The hotel opened without fanfare May 1 just after receiving a certificate of occupancy.
The 33-room waterfront luxury hotel at 94 West Wharf Road features elegant lounge areas, a grand ballroom lined with private terraces, getaway nooks, a lobby fireplace, a gift shop and a restaurant, called The Wharf, which is open at 4 p.m. to the public.
Lou Carrier, president of Distinctive Hospitality Group, which manages the hotel, said business the first seven weeks has far surpassed the expectation. He said it often takes time for a new place to become seasoned. But, "by the second week, we found our groove."
"Sometimes you get an early spike, then it goes down, but it just keeps going up," he said. "We haven't cut any corners here."
Carrier said the owners, Ric and Dawn Duques, are committed to the hotel and earning five-diamond status.
"This has been a project of passion for the Duques family," Carrier said. "This goes beyond any business interest."
Recently, the hotel general manager, John Mathers, and Ric Duques made a presentation to the town Economic Development Commission outlining the economic impact of the hotel, which now is the town's second-highest taxpayer.
According to Mathers, as conveyed in a press release, the owners are paying $183,054.40 in personal property taxes; collect an estimated $165,000 in occupancy tax for the state in 2012; create 60 to 90 jobs, depending on the season, with most of them held by town residents. The owners also paid about $200,000 to the town in permit and application fees, the press release states. The hotel uses many area businesses for supplies and services, officials said.
Seasonally priced rooms range from $250 to $500 per night.
The hotel had an opening goal of June 2011, which was moved to August, then October, and finally March 2012 because of bad weather, officials have said. Then, the March opening was delayed when the hotel wanted to open the walls to install more insulation, making the building more green.
The restaurant has a full bar and a dining room with tables and banquettes. It has a 2,220 square-foot kitchen.
Wrought-iron patio furniture will adorn the waterfront.
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- "Harry had never even imagined such a strange and splendid place. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting [...] The hundreds of faces staring at them looked like pale lanterns in the flickering candlelight [..] Harry looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars. He heard Hermione whisper, "It's bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History" It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn't simply open on to the heavens."
- —Description of the Great Hall.[src]
The Great Hall in Hogwarts Castle is the main gathering area in the school located off the Entrance Hall. Students eat their meals, receive daily owl post, and have certain special events here. The Great Hall is a large hall that can easily hold all of the school's students, staff, and guests. It has tall walls that reach up to the ceiling, which is covered with candles and enchanted to look like the sky above. At the front of the hall, is the staff table, also known as the High Table, which is designed to house the entire Hogwarts staff.
The highlight of the table is the throne-like chair in the centre of the table where the current Headmaster or Headmistress sits. The Great Hall, as well as serving as the area for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the students and staff, was also the place in which many important events took place, such as the traditional Sorting Ceremony each year and the defeat of Lord Voldemort, which signified the close of the Battle of Hogwarts and the climatic end of the Second Wizarding War. To the left of the table is a door which leads to a chamber with portraits.
DescriptionThe Great Hall is a large hall with four long tables where students of each House sit at during mealtimes, as well as the staff table at the front, where the entire Hogwarts staff sits. There is a throne-like chair in the centre of the table where the current Headmaster or Headmistress sits. The ceiling of the Great Hall is covered with candles and it is enchanted to look like the sky above.
To the left of the table is a door which leads to a chamber with portraits. During the Hallowe'en feast, the hall festooned with sweets-filled pumpkins, bats, orange streamers, water snakes and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations, and during the Christmas holidays the hall has twelve large Christmas trees. There is also a large window behind the staff table at the front of the hall where light shines through, and a podium carved with an owl right in front of the Headmaster's chair where the Headmaster makes his announcements for the school year.
Gatherings in the Great Hall
Start-of-Term Feast
The Start-of-Term Feast is a traditional part of the school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, held in the Great Hall. It is on the first night following the arrival of the students from the Hogwarts Express, the Start-of-Term Feast is notable for including the sorting of all new students into their houses.
Duelling Club
A Duelling Club was started by Professor Lockhart when the Chamber of Secrets was opened, during the 1992–1993 school year. He was given permission to teach students how to duel, in an attempt to help them learn to protect themselves. Lockhart was joined by Professor Snape, who worked as his assistant. In 1996, it was used again as the Gryffindor Duelling Club location.
Hallowe'en feast
The Hallowe'en Feast at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry occurs on the 31st October every year. Usually the Hallowe'en Feast is festooned with sweets-filled pumpkins, bats, orange streamers, water snakes and all sorts of Hallowe'en-related decorations. There is usually some entertainment at the end, this may be by the Hogwarts Ghosts who pop out of the walls and do formation gliding. It's a highly anticipated feast which most Hogwarts students look forward to every year.
Yule Ball
The Yule Ball is a tradition of the Triwizard Tournament, though not regularly held at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is a formal dance held on Christmas night of a tournament year, and is opened by the tournament champions and their partners. At Hogwarts, where the Yule Ball was held in 1994, only students of fourth year or above were permitted to attend, though younger students could also go if an older student invited them to accompany them. The ball began at 8:00 p.m. and ended at midnight. The hall served several purposes that night; as a socialsing area, a stage for the performing band, and a dance floor for all attendants of the ball.
Christmas Feast
The Christmas Feast is held on Christmas Day. It is attended by the teachers and any students that have chosen to remain at Hogwarts over the Christmas Holidays. The feast is prepared by the House-elves in the kitchens, and consisted of a hundred fat, roast turkeys, mountains of roasted and boiled potatoes, platters of fat chipolatas, tureens of buttered peas, silver boats of thick, rich gravy and cranberry sauce. For dessert flaming Christmas puddings were served, with silver sickles hidden within the pudding. There are also surprise firecrackers, which, when popped, give forth a gift.
Apparition Lessons
Apparition is an optional twelve-week class offered at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for, as its name suggests, learning how to Apparate. The class begins shortly after the Christmas Holidays and is offered to students who are seventeen, or who will turn seventeen during the school year, and costs twelve Galleons. It was taught by Ministry of Magic employee Wilkie Twycross in 1997 when the sixth year students that signed up for lessons had to begin in the Great Hall due to weather conditions, before moving the class to the grounds.
Ordinary Wizarding Level Examinations
An O.W.L. (Ordinary Wizarding Level) is a subject-specific test taken during Hogwarts students' Fifth year, administrated by the Wizarding Examinations Authority. The score made by a student on a particular O.W.L. determines whether or not he or she will be allowed to continue taking that subject in subsequent school years.
During these examinations a giant clock face and a huge swinging pendulum are placed at the far end of the hall in order for students and examiners to keep an eye on the time.[1]
Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests
N.E.W.T.s (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests) are subject-specific exams that seventh year wizards and witches at Hogwarts take to help place them in a position at the Ministry of Magic. As not all wizards pass or even take the N.E.W.T.s, they can find other jobs using their O.W.L. results.
End-of-Term Feast
The End-of-Term Feast (or Leaving Feast) is a traditional part of the school year at Hogwarts, held in the Great Hall. It occurs on the last night of the term; the Feast is notable for including the awarding of the House Cup to the house with the highest points.
Other usesOver the years it has had many other uses including:
- Sometime in the early 20th century, when Professor Dippet was Headmaster, the hall was used to host a play version of The Fountain of Fair Fortune. Since it ended in disastrous results, the staff decided never to put on a play ever again.
- In 1993 the students were forced to sleep there over night in sleeping bags after Sirius Black broke in.
- On 2 May, 1998 the final battle between Lord Voldemort and Harry Potter took place here as the conclusion to the Battle of Hogwarts and the Second Wizarding War, and became Voldemort's death-place. It also served as a holding area for the dead and injured from the battle.
- The Divination Workshop is held in the Great Hall at 12:45. This suggests that lunch in the hall is to be finished by that time.
Battle of Hogwarts
In the second part film adaption of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, half of the Great Hall was blown up due to the battle. Because of this, instead of three towers at the top of the Great Hall, there were only two left.
In the films
The Great Hall as seen in the films is for the most part consistent with its description in the books. However, the layout of the tables as seen in the films contrasts with that of the books, which suggests that the tables run parallel to the main doors. Also, in the books, the layout of the tables is supposedly Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin (from the main doors looking in), whereas throughout the films the layout changes every year but never followed the book order. And in the books, it's implied that there are multiple doors in the Great Hall which lead into various side chambers, though in the films there is only one behind the staff table which leads into the Trophy Room.
The Great Hall set is arguably the most recognizable set from the Harry Potter films and has a rare distinction in the film industry of being in use for nearly a decade.[2] In those years the set has undergone relatively few changes:
- In the third film, Dumbledore's Owl Lecturn has been added, and there are more floating candles of various shapes and sizes.
- The fourth film sees the most noticeable change to the set in that a second, higher section has been added to the raised wooden platform on which the staff table sits, allowing for the addition of an additional table (presumably for the faculty of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang and the judges for the Triwizard Tournament to sit). Though the second table disappears following the fourth film the second section of the platform remains.
Behind the Scenes
- The design for the Great Hall set in the films was based on the dining hall at Christ Church, Oxford.
- The enchanted ceiling is only seen once during the daytime in the films (the majority of the time it simply being absent), however in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, during the 5th Year OWL exams the sky can be clearly be seen to be blue with a few clouds as Fred and George's fireworks go off.
- Bellatrix Lestrange also wrecked the Great Hall in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but this must have been a detour as Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape, Fenrir Grayback, Amycus Carrow, Alecto Carrow and Thorfinn Rowle walked from the Astronomy Tower to Hagrid's Hut, the Great Hall is not between these two locations, and from the way they were exiting means they must have either come from the back of the Great Hall or the Trophy Room. This most likely is an error in the film or that the production decided to include another secret passage.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry and Voldemort duel at the Entrance Courtyard instead of the Great Hall, although the duel between Bellatrix Lestrange and Molly Weasley still takes place here.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Headmaster Severus Snape held a spontaneous assembly, to which all Hogwarts students attended, to inform the students that Harry Potter had recently been sighted in Hogsmeade, and that helping him enter the castle would result in severe punishment. To this, Harry himself stepped forward from the crowd, accusing Professor Snape of murdering Albus Dumbledore. This ultimately resulted in the duel between Professors Snape and McGonagall, and then in the sacking of Professor Snape.
- PopCo, a toy company, has made a Great Hall playset available in stores in 2007. The figures that go with this set are all 3.75 inch tall. The figures are Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Cho Chang, Luna Lovegood, Ginny Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Albus Dumbledore, Rubeus Hagrid, Severus Snape, Dolores Umbridge, Argus Filch, Minerva McGonagall, Mad-Eye Moody, Voldemort, Bellatrix Lestrange, Fenrir Greyback, Young Tom Riddle, Dementors, Death Eaters, Sirius Black, Grawp, Magorian, Bane, Thestral, Kreacher, Death Eater dummy, Fang, Mrs Norris, Hedwig, Sorting Hat, Patronus, Nagini and many, many more accessories."
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
- The Tales of Beedle the Bard (real) (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Harry Potter Trading Card Game
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter Film Wizardry


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From Total Film
Robert Pattinson admits that Bel Ami is still in editing because studio honchos are worried about alienating audiences used to his goody-two-shoes persona in the Twilight franchise.
RPattz plays the titular Bel Ami in an adaptation of Maupassant's classic novel about a 19th century womanising, social-climbing journalist who sleeps his way round Paris.
Filming in the UK and Budapest opposite leading ladies Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristen Scott Thomas wrapped in spring 2010 and was originally slated for a Christmas release. It currently has no confirmed opening date.
"We were really true to the book and because the guy is basically a shit who wins everything at the end it's really difficult to market it – especially with me in it," Pattinson tells TF exclusively.
"Everyone's worried that everyone's going to be thinking, 'Oh I want him to be nice, he's got to be nice to all the ladies'."
Bel Ami, though, is an unrepentant cad. "I know," laughs the Water For Elephants star, "But that was fun!"
Source: Robert Pattinson's Bel Ami in marketing hell | TotalFilm.com


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