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Golly! 'Gomer Pyle' Jim Nabors marries partner
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By Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter
Shazam! Jim Nabors, best known for playing Gomer Pyle in "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Gomer Pyle, USMC," is a newlywed at age 82.
The actor married his longtime partner, Stan Cadwallader, 64, earlier this month, he told Hawaii News Now?on Tuesday. The Honolulu-based couple, who have been together for 38 years, traveled to Washington -- where gay marriage became legal in December -- and were married at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle.
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"We've been together for 38 years, and I'm not ashamed of people knowing, it's just that it was such a personal thing, I didn't tell anybody," Nabors told the paper. "I'm very happy that I've had a partner of 38 years, and I feel very blessed. And, what can I tell you, I'm just very happy."
Nabors had never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality in the media but said he never really tried to keep it secret.
"I haven't ever made a public spectacle of it," he said. "Well, I've known since I was a child, so, come on. It's not that kind of a thing. I've never made a huge secret of it at all."
The couple met in 1975 when Cadwallader was a firefighter; he later worked for Nabors, and then they started dating.
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Nabors originated the role of Gomer Pyle -- known for such catchphrases as "shazam," "surprise, surprise, surprise" and "golly" -- in the early '60s on "The Andy Griffith Show." After two seasons, the popular character was spun off into "Gomer Pyle, USMC," which lasted five seasons. He reprised the role for the 1986 TV movie "Return to Mayberry" and for the early-90s series "Hi Honey, I'm Home."
Nabors also made frequent appearances on such shows as "The Carol Burnett Show," "The Sonny and Cher Show" and "The Love Boat" and hosted his own series, "The Jim Nabors Hour," from 1969-71.
Nabors, who also is a singer known for his baritone voice, has recorded more than 25 albums and has performed in numerous musical theater productions.
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Mayor: New Orleans deserves Super Bowl spotlight
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? A 20-story-high mural of the Lombardi Trophy, affixed to the glass exterior of a bustling hotel that was once a shattered symbol of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, rises like a beacon above the expansive white roof of the Superdome.
The Super Bowl is back in the Big Easy, finally, after 11 years, giving New Orleans a spotlight of global proportion to showcase how far it has come since Katrina left the city on its knees and under water in August of 2005.
"The story is much, much bigger than the Super Bowl," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Monday afternoon. "This is a story about the resurrection and redemption of a great American city.
"The Super Bowl gives us an opportunity to reflect on where we've been and where we're going."
From 1970 to 2002, New Orleans was a regular host of the Super Bowl and hopes to become one again. This Sunday, when the Baltimore Ravens meet the San Francisco 49ers in the Superdome, the Crescent City will host the NFL's marquee game for the 10th time, tying Miami for the most of any city. If all goes well, it hopes to get back in the rotation.
Jay Cicero, president of the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, said his group will ask the NFL for permission to put together a bid for the 2018 Super Bowl, coinciding with the city's celebration of its 300th anniversary.
It is that history, which produced a colorful culture driven by a mix of European, Caribbean and African influences, that makes New Orleans such an attractive Super Bowl city, noted political consultant James Carville said.
"This is not just a city. This is a culture," said Carville, who lives in New Orleans and serves as the co-chairman of the Super Bowl host committee with his wife and fellow political pundit, Mary Matalin. "We have our own food, our own music, our own social structure, our own architecture, our own body of literature. By God, we have our own funerals."
Carville pointed out that Dallas spent about $38 million to host a Super Bowl two seasons ago, that Indianapolis spent about $25 million a year ago, and that New Orleans spent about $13 million.
"I wish that I could tell you that it's because we're just so much more efficient," Carville said. "The truth of the matter is we don't have to create anything in New Orleans. It's here. It's been here for 294 years. We just have to take what we have, shine it up a little bit, add a little something here and there ? but 294 years of history and culture stand on its own."
Of course, Carville was not counting the billions of dollars spent in the past seven-plus years to rebuild New Orleans since Katrina pushed tidal surges through crumbling levees and flooded 80 percent of the city.
Extensive renovations to the Superdome, done in several phases during six years, ran about $336 million, transforming the stadium to a facility better equipped to host a Super Bowl than it was back in 2002. The lower bowl has all new seats, wider concourses and more concession areas, not to mention exclusive "bunker" clubs for those who pay top dollar. There are four high-end club lounges around the second deck which did not exist before the storm. The smaller suites ringing the stadium have all been remodeled and more have been added to total 152.
The faded gray siding that lined the stadium when the Super Bowl was last played there has been replaced. The dents from flying storm debris are gone and it has been restored to its original, glistening champagne color, which serves as the canvass for nightly light shows. The roof was completely rebuilt and there is now a public plaza called Champions Square adjacent to the dome, where part of a shopping mall used to be.
The Louis Armstrong International Airport has undergone $350 million in upgrades, with work going on right up until this month.
Streets throughout much of the city, including downtown and the French Quarter, have been repaved.
A new streetcar line, which opened on Monday morning, can shuttle people from the city's main train and bus station a few blocks from the Superdome to Canal Street, where downtown meets the French Quarter.
There are more restaurants in the metro area than before Katrina. Hotels throughout downtown have been renovated and some new ones have gone up, adding more than 4,000 more rooms than there were in 2005.
The 1,200-room Hyatt Hotel, with the signature giant Lombardi Trophy mural,, finally reopened a little more than a year ago after a $275 million renovation. During Katrina, hundreds of its windows blew out, leaving shredded curtains flapping in the wind. Now it is home to new restaurants and rebuilt convention space.
"The city looks great," said Jerry Romig, the Saints' 83-year-old public address announcer, a lifelong New Orleans resident who has been involved in some capacity in the previous nine Super Bowls. "It's never looked better."
He also takes issue with the idea that sympathy for New Orleans' suffering played a role in NFL owners awarding the city this Super Bowl.
"The New Orleanean's attitude is they would be very upset if the NFL was going to throw you a bone because you went through a hard time," Romig said. "The New Orleanean would think, 'We should get this game every year because we're the best place for it.' ... We've got everything that's necessary to make it a success and that's being shown better this year than past years."
Pockets of the city still bear obvious scars from Hurricane Katrina, most notably in eastern and low-lying portions of the city ? like the lower Ninth Ward ? were many homes were wiped out and many residents were too poor to rebuild.
So-called "Katrina tours" are still offered, with vans carting the curious to areas where they can see the remnants of the devastation ? abandoned, crumbling homes and schools, and streets overgrown with weeds and brush.
When the city was bidding for the 2013 Super Bowl, it floated the idea of a Super Saturday of Service, whereby volunteers could undertake community projects to improve the city. This Saturday, restoration work will be done on five properties run by the New Orleans Recreational Department, including a high school football field where the Archie Manning's sons once played. After Sunday, the field will be the new home of the turf used in the Super Bowl.
Despite the community's ongoing needs, New Orleans has proved repeatedly in recent years that the heart of the city can successfully stage major national events. It hosted college football's BCS national championships in 2008 and 2012, an NBA All-Star game in 2008 and an NCAA men's Final Four in 2012.
Yet given how New Orleans was once a regular Super Bowl city, the return of the NFL's biggest game carries more symbolic weight than any single event since the storm.
"This is just another huge example of how the people of this city, who were 15 feet under water, are now on top of the world," Landrieu said.
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Nexus 4 shows up for sale on Best Buy's website, T-Mobile contract in tow
The Nexus 4 has just show up for sale on Best Buy's website, with familiar T-Mobile on-contract pricing of $199.99. In typical Best Buy fashion, the off-contract price of the phone has been inflated, showing $599.99 to buy the device outright. This is something Best Buy (and other retailers) does to both cover its overhead and most importantly compel people to sign 2-year contracts, and is nothing new for the Nexus 4.
This isn't likely to be any special deal between Google and Best Buy to offer the device though, as you can bet that Google would rather secure supply for its own store before branching out to yet another retailer. This is probably just T-Mobile's current deals to resell handsets and service with Best Buy extending to the new handset. New stock heading to a wider range of T-Mobile stores means it is ready to also let resellers sell the device on its behalf.
Although not many people are likely to head to Best Buy to pick it up, the Nexus 4 is certainly getting a little more exposure as these new listings arrive. Let's just hope that Google can get its own supply channels sorted out so it can offer the device through the Play Store once again.
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22 die as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
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Emergency and security personnel are seen through a heavy fog about 100 meters (328 feet) from the site of a plane crash near Almaty on Tuesday.
By Dmitry Solovyov and Mariya Gordeyeva, Reuters
ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- A passenger plane crashed near Kazakhstan's commercial capital of Almaty on Tuesday, news agencies quoted SCAT airline as saying.
Twenty-two people were killed in the crash, Yuri Ilyin, deputy head of the emergencies department in Almaty, told Reuters from the scene of the crash near the village of Kyzyl Tu.
The plane had been en route from the city of Kokshetau in northern Kazakhstan to Almaty in the southeast of the country when it crashed near the village of Kyzyl Tu, Interfax news agency said.
Almaty and the surrounding area were veiled in thick fog on Tuesday.
SCAT is based in Kazakhstan and operates extensive domestic services and some international flights.
It was the second plane crash in the Central Asian country and former Soviet republic in just a over a month.
On December 25, a military transport airplane crashed in bad weather near the southern Kazakh city of Shymkent, killing all 27 people on board.
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Monkeys in space: A brief history
If Iran has indeed launched a monkey to space, the nation is following a path similar to that taken by the United States in the early days of its space program.
Iran announced Monday that it had successfully launched a live monkey on a spaceflight and recovered the animal alive after landing. The move is a prelude to sending humans into space, which the Islamic Republic hopes to do by 2020, Iranian Space Agency officials said.
Iran and the United States don't see eye-to-eye on many issues, but both have viewed monkeys as good astronaut test subjects over the years. The U.S. was the first country ever to launch a primate, sending a rhesus monkey named Albert to a sub-space altitude of 39 miles aboard a V2 rocket in June 1948.
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Very little was known about the physiological effects of spaceflight back in those days, with some scientists postulating that astronauts' cardiovascular systems would fail in the microgravity environment, causing near-instant death. So researchers wanted to blast some relatively large animals into space to see how they fared. [ Giant Leaps: Top Milestones of Human Spaceflight ]
Albert died of suffocation during his flight, and a number of his simian brethren also sacrificed their lives to the cause in the ensuing years.
Another rhesus monkey named Albert II, for example, became the first primate to reach space, achieving an altitude of 83 miles aboard another V2 in June 1949. He survived the launch but died after a parachute failure caused his capsule to slam hard into the ground.
Alberts III and IV died during their missions in late 1949, and Albert V was victimized by another parachute failure in 1951. Albert VI, also known as Yorick, survived his 1951 flight, though it topped out at an altitude of just 45 miles ? significantly below the generally accepted 62-mile boundary demarcating outer space.
Yorick died several hours after landing, possibly from heat stress suffered as he sat inside his cramped capsule in the New Mexico sun, waiting for the recovery crew.
The United States recorded a milestone in May 1959, finally recovering two primates alive after a spaceflight. A rhesus monkey named Able and a squirrel monkey named Baker reached an altitude of 300 miles aboard a Jupiter rocket and were retrieved unharmed. (Sadly, Able died several days later during an operation to remove an electrode from under her skin.)
As the American human spaceflight program began to build momentum, the nation started experimenting with chimpanzees, which are larger and more closely related to humans than are rhesus, squirrel or other monkeys.
The U.S. launched a chimp named Ham on a suborbital spaceflight on Jan. 31, 1961. Ham reached an altitude of 157 miles during a 16.5-minute flight and was recovered unharmed, though a bit dehydrated. With this success in hand, Alan Shepard successfully blasted off on his suborbital flight on May 5, 1961, becoming the first American ? and second human, after the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin ? ever to reach space.
A chimp named Enos orbited the Earth on Nov. 29, 1961, paving the way for John Glenn's historic orbital flight of Feb. 20, 1962. (Again, the U.S. was slightly late to the party: Gagarin orbited our planet on his flight of April 12, 1961.)
After it became established that humans could indeed survive the rigors of spaceflight, monkeys and apes faded into the background. The U.S. continued to launch animals for scientific experiments but increasingly concentrated on smaller creatures such as mice and insects, which are easier to care for and take up much less space (although two squirrel monkeys did ride on the space shuttle Challenger 's STS-51-B mission in April-May 1985.)
The United States' space race rival, the Soviet Union, primarily used dogs in the run-up to its first human launches, thinking that canines would prove to be less fidgety in flight than monkeys.
The Soviets launched their first dogs to space in 1951. The nation famously succeeded in lofting the first animal ? a dog called Laika ("Barker") ? to orbit aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in November 1957. (Laika died during the flight.)
Despite its canine focus, the Soviet Union and its successor state Russia did launch a number of rhesus monkeys to space in the 1980s and 1990s, as part of a program called Bion. France also blasted two pig-tailed macaque monkeys to suborbital space in 1967.
Iran's recent launch was not its first attempt to send a monkey into space. A previous orbital effort in 2011 failed.
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Sundance Proves A Filmmaking Renaissance Is Happening In The ...
What would Variety, Hollywood Reporter, IndieWire, The Wrap, MovieCityNews, Filmmaker Magazine & Deadline report if a single film company took the following awards at Sundance this year?
- Narrative Grand Jury Prize
- Audience Award For Narrative Film
- Best Directing of a Narrative Film
- Best Directing of a Documentary Film
- Special Jury Award For Documentary Film #1
- Special Jury Award For Documentary Film #2
I can?t help but think they would announce the arrival of a powerhouse.
Well, allow me the pleasure of breaking such an announcement. ?In case you missed it: a filmmaking renaissance is happening in The Bay Area. ?All of the following films that premiered at Sundance and won an award there had a major Bay Area connection: Fruitvale, Afternoon Delight,?Cutie and the Boxer, Inequality For All, and American Promise.
I don?t know when was the last time a film won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at Sundance as Fruitvale?did this year. ?Not only is director Ryan Coogler from Oakland, not only was the story and subject from The Bay Area, not only was the film shot in The Bay Area, and not only was it mixed at Skywalker, but the San Francisco Film Society & The Kenneth Rainin Foundation granted the film $200,000.
If that wasn?t enough to crow about, allow me the thrill of mentioning that this is the second year in a row that a film supported by the?San Francisco Film Society?& The Kenneth Rainin Foundation won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. ?Yup, Beasts Of The Southern Wild received similar support last year as Fruitvale?did this year. ?Do we need non-profit support in order to make ambitious socially relevant cinema in America? ?It sure damn looks that way, and if it is not necessary, it sure helps! ?A market-driven entertainment economy encourages one thing; if we want diversity we must support our cultural institutions (and build new ones!).
But allow me to go on with the glory that this year?s Sundance has bestowed upon the cities by The Bay? ?I don?t know when the last time a producer had both a documentary film and a narrative film in each of the Sundance competition. ?I definitely don?t think a producer who managed that feat ever won awards for both films (okay, I once had a film in each section, but only one of them one an award). ?Winning an award for each of their films is exactly what 72 Productions accomplished with Afternoon Delight?s Best Directing of a narrative film award (directed by Jill Soloway) and Inequality For All?s U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award (directed by Jacob Kornbluth). ?And did you know that 72 Productions? Jen Chaiken sits on the San Francisco Film Society?s Board of Directors? And that the SFFS was Inequality For All?s fiscal sponsor? ?Surely you know that I4A?s incredibly inspiring subject, Robert Reich, teaches and lives in Berkeley, and yup, that is in The Bay Area. I imagine your collective head is now reeling in wonder about what is happening here; I know I am impressed, verily.
Yes, it?s true that the Directing Award at Sundance is one of the great honors. ?Yes, the aforementioned?Afternoon Delight?won that award for Narrative, and Cutie and the Boxer, directed by Zachary Heinzerling, won for Documentary. The San Francisco Film Society?s Doc Film Fund gave?Cutie and the Boxer?s $50,000? ?That ain?t chicken feed. ?And that?s a Bay Area connection for both sections? Directing Award. ?It must be something in the water!
But The Bay Area?s dominance continues on from there. It kind of takes your breathe away, doesn?t it? ?The other winner of a Special Jury Prize For Documentary Film,?Joe Brewster and Mich?le Stephenson?s?American Promise, ?also received funding from The San Francisco Film Society. How great is it to give money ?away to films that lift our culture up? ?I suppose you don?t know that feeling until you?ve done it, but know what? ?You too can do it and I will tell you how below?
Yup. Five films. ?Count ?em and tells what it all adds up to?
That is five films, six awards, at Sundance 2013 with Bay Area connections. ?Pretty awesome. ?In addition to all of that, the Bay Area was represented by other filmmakers at Sundance too; Rob Epstein?and Jeffrey Friedman were there with TWO films, one narrative, one doc: Lovelace and The Battle For AmFar. The list goes on and on and on.
That is not a rumbling you are feeling underground, that is the roar of a community?s heart beating as one, and quite rapidly at that mind you. ?You don?t just have to be from Poland to have that flutter (if you watched the Awards, you will understand the reference).
I think it is now abundantly clear that if you love independent film, if you want diverse, ambitious film to prosper, you have to act now. ?You must not delay. ?You can either pack your bags and get the hell out of town and arrive in Fog City or one of it?s many surrounding communities, or you can show your love for such cinema by helping to support the San Francisco Film Society. ?Either one will do. ?Just take some action. ?The momentum will carry you forward.
I am investing my time, labor, & mind to help building a better infrastructure for such cinema through the SFFS. ?But it takes more. ?Money almost always helps. ?Please consider doing what you can to keep this exciting time alive. ?Join SFFS & become a member. Support SFFS here. ?It takes more than a village if we are going to build it better. ?We can only do it together.
The San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest running film festival in the Americas. ?I hope to see you there this year ?(April 25- May 9th); we have some great stuff planned for you. ?The San Francisco Film Society was founded 56 years ago. ?It was built by the passion and commitment of several key individuals. ?We lost one of those individuals just as the Sundance Film Festival began this year. ?George Gund?s love and knowledge of cinema was as legendary as his great spirit and generosity. ?I can not help but think of how wide his grin would be now in knowing the legacy his support has helped build. ?Thank you, George.
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Djokovic vs. Murray at Australian Open final
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ? Novak Djokovic remembers when he was about 11 and meeting a boy his age named Andy Murray.
The young Murray from Dunblane, Scotland, was "quite pale," recalled the Serbian, known as "The Joker" for his wisecracks.
Back then, they were playing on the juniors' circuit "just trying to play tennis and enjoy the game," Djokovic said. Little did either know that later in life they would keep running into each other on tennis' biggest stages.
On Sunday, Djokovic and Murray meet for their third Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. It is the latest rematch in a rivalry that Djokovic describes as unique because they've known each other since childhood.
"It's nice to see somebody that you grew up with doing so well," the 25-year-old Serbian player said Saturday. "We know each other since we were 11, 12 years old. I guess that adds something special to our rivalry."
Djokovic rose to stardom first, winning the 2008 Australian Open at the age of 20. Now, the No. 1-ranked player owns five Grand Slam trophies and is aiming to be the first man in the Open era to win three in a row at Melbourne.
The third-ranked Murray is the latest addition to the so-called Big Four of men's tennis, which also includes No. 2 Roger Federer and 11-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal. The group has combined to win 33 of the last 34 Grand Slams.
Murray is striving for his second Grand Slam title after winning at the U.S. Open, where he beat Djokovic in the final to end a 76-year drought for British men at the majors.
Murray's road to the final in Melbourne included one of the tournament's highlights ? a five-set win in the semifinals over Federer, a 17-time Grand Slam winner. It was Murray's first victory against Federer at a Grand Slam event and so physically draining that Murray was too exhausted afterward to crack a smile.
"It (was) a long, long match. It's a very late finish. I'm tired," said Murray, when asked why he seemed so subdued. During the intensely tactical and physical match, Murray served a stunning 21 aces against the Swiss star.
"I don't want to be wasting any energy, because I'll need all of it if I want to win against Novak on Saturday," he said, adding that despite his lack of emotion he was pleased. "Obviously, I was happy. It was a tough match."
Murray reached the Australian Open semifinals last year, losing to Djokovic. He has made the Melbourne finals on two previous occasions, losing to Federer in 2010 and Djokovic in 2011.
Before arriving in Melbourne last year, Murray teamed up with tennis great Ivan Lendl whose coaching has helped produce a new aggressiveness in Murray and a willingness to take chances on court.
It was under Lendl's tutelage that Murray made his breakthrough, winning a career-changing gold medal for singles at the London Olympics and then riding a wave of confidence to win his first major at the U.S. Open.
He expects a long, tough fight from Djokovic, who soundly beat No. 4-seeded David Ferrer in a Thursday semifinal, which gave the Serbian an extra day to rest and recover for the final.
"Every time we play each other it's normally a very physical match," Murray said. "I'll need to be ready for the pain. I hope it's a painful match ? that'll mean it's a good one."
Djokovic agreed.
"Every time we played ... It was always long matches, physically very demanding," said Djokovic, who shrugged off the idea that his extra day for recovery would be a factor in the final.
"He's considered one of the physically strongest and fittest guys around. So I'm sure he's going to be fit," said Djokvic, who played one of the tournament's other thrillers in the fourth round, when he needed five hours to beat another inspired Swiss player, Stanislas Wawrinka, in five sets.
Another tennis great, Andre Agassi, thinks otherwise.
Agassi, an eight-time Grand Slam winner, was in Melbourne on his first trip back to the tournament since his loss to Roger Federer in the quarterfinals in 2005. He will be taking part in the men's pre-final ceremony.
During a news conference ahead of the Murray-Federer match, Agassi correctly forecast that Murray would win. He went on to predict that the No. 1-ranked Djokovic had the physical advantage going into the final.
"Two days off, going into it fresh, going into it ready is a big difference," said Agassi. "I probably give the edge to Djokovic in the finals."
Asked how he would have tried to beat a player like Djokovic, Agassi joked: "I would have probably gotten in a fight with him in the locker room before the match. I might have had a chance."
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Obama: Tough call on letting a son play football
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama is a big football fan with two daughters, but if he had a son, he says he'd "have to think long and hard" before letting him play because of the physical toll the game takes.
"I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence," Obama tells The New Republic.
"In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are fans maybe won't have to examine our consciences quite as much."
In an interview in the magazine's Feb. 11 issue, Obama said he worries more about college players than he does about those in the NFL.
"The NFL players have a union, they're grown men, they can make some of these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for the violence they do to their bodies," Obama said. "You read some of these stories about college players who undergo some of these same problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall back on. That's something that I'd like to see the NCAA think about."
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello responded Sunday, "We have no higher priority than player health and safety at all levels of the game."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-tough-call-letting-son-play-football-134811632--spt.html
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French forces take airport, bridge in Gao, Mali
SEVARE, Mali (AP) ? French forces took control of the airport and a key bridge in the radical Islamist stronghold of Gao under the cover of darkness early Saturday, marking a significant inroad into the heart of territory held by the al-Qaida-linked extremists.
The move comes just two weeks after France launched its military offensive to rout the Islamists from power in northern Mali. It is unclear what kind of resistance they will face in the coming days
French and Malian forces came under fire in the morning and continued to face sporadic "acts of harassment," in the afternoon, said Col. Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesman in Paris. He had no immediate estimate on casualties.
The Islamists first seized control of Gao and two other northen provinicial capitals ? Timbuktu and Kidal ? in April last year during the chaotic aftermath of a coup in the distant capital.
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced in a statement from his ministry Saturday that jihadist fighters who encountered the advancing French and Malian troops "saw their means of transport and their logistics sites destroyed."
Before the joint air-land operations overnight, French forces carried out "an important phase of air strikes" around Gao and Timbuktu, with nearly 30 bombs fired from fighter jets over the previous two days, the military said.
More French and African troops and equipment were being sent to Gao, announced the French defense ministry. Troops from Chad and Niger "should arrive in the Gao area very soon," it added.
Elsewhere in Mali, French and Malian troops supported by a tactical air group carried out a night-time "reconnaissance offensive" toward Lere, "where several terrorist elements were noticed a few days earlier," the military said.
Two Rafale jets have been added to the campaign, bringing France's total deployment to 12 fighter jets as part of the code-named Operation Serval in Mali, the military said.
Nouhoum Maiga, a deputy mayor in Gao, confirmed Saturday that the French had come by land and air late Friday.
Gao has been under the control of the al-Qaida-linked Movement for Oneness and Jihad, or MUJAO, for months.
On Friday in a show of might, the Islamist radicals destroyed a bridge near the Niger border with explosives, showing that the extremists still remain a nimble and daunting enemy.
Since France began its military operation two weeks ago with a barrage of airstrikes followed by a land assault, the Islamists have retreated from three cities in central Mali: Diabaly, Konna and Douentza.
The Islamists, though, have maintained control of the majority of the territory in Mali's north, most importantly the cities of Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu.
The announcement that Gao's airport had been taken marked the first official confirmation that French and Malian forces had reached the city. Previously the closest they had been was Hombori, a town some 155 miles (250 kilometers) away.
The French currently have about 2,500 forces in the country and have said that they will stay as long as needed in Mali, a former French colony. However, they have called for African nations to take the lead in fortifying the Malian army's efforts.
There are currently some 1,750 troops from neighboring African countries, including Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Senegal, Niger and Chad.
The French-led mission began after the Islamists surged the farthest south yet and took the town of Konna. On Saturday, the Malian military allowed international journalists to enter the town for the first time since the conflict began.
Residents described the civilian casualties that took place during the French air strikes, including one that left three women and a child dead. Officials have said at least 11 Malians died in the military effort to retake the town.
Souleymane Maiga said the women were preparing food in the courtyard underneath a mango tree when he heard the helicopters overhead.
"I ran and hid between the walls of our courtyard," he said. "After it was over, I went to the house and I opened the door and that's when I saw that they were dead."
Only a toddler survived, Maiga said.
"They were one on top of the other. The baby was crying," he said. "I tried to feel for a pulse to see if there was any life, but I found that they were all dead."
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Keaten reported from Dakar, Senegal. Associated Press writers Rukmini Callimachi and Baba Ahmed contributed to this report from Konna, Mali.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/french-forces-airport-bridge-gao-mali-130143539.html
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Essentially Angela talks Modern Love: What's the formula for success?
I?ve been thinking quite a bit about relationships this week?
What is it that keeps some going strong while others start promising, only to end tragically?
We all know the couple whose break up shocked us, and we also know the marriage that is still going strong despite everyone?s assumptions that it would end before the five-year Wood Anniversary.
So what gives? How is it that some people make it and others don?t??
It would be easy to give the standard answer and say it?s all about love. ?You either have it or your don?t.
But I disagree. ?LOVE has good intentions. I?ve seen people who love each other but can?t make it work.
Studying healthy relationships, toxic ones, and yes, even experimenting with the concept myself, I?ve realized there are five key elements that lasting partnerships must have.
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1. Respect.?
If you don?t respect the person you lie down next at night, it won?t last. ?Respect. For their ideas, their dreams, their goals.?Respect for how they conduct themselves in life, and respect for the kind of person they are. ?The moment you feel disdain for your partner is the beginning of the end. ?It might take a long time to get there, but believe me, if you don?t have respect it?s a sure indicator you are on the road to break up.
2.?Healthy Disagreement.?
You will argue, that?s a given. ?You won?t agree sometimes on things- like politics, where to go to dinner, or how to discipline your children. ?But the way you handle yourself during these disagreements is telling to your relationship. ?Fighting fair is a must for strong relationships. ?So is talking it out. ?Remember what your grandparents told you about never going to bed angry? It?s true. ?Even if it means you hash it out all night, that?s what you do. ?Get to the bottom of things. ?If you don?t, resentment starts building its wall, layer upon layer until one day, one of you forgets to load the dishwasher and the other packs bags and is out the door for good.
3. Emotional & Physical Connection. ?
Sex has to be a priority. Cuddling has to be a priority. Romance can not die. The moment you let these fall to the back burner, is the moment you are short-changing your relationship. ?As much as we love our success, family, hobbies, ourselves?if you don?t constantly work on your relationship with your partner and put them as the most important thing in your life, YOU WILL FAIL.?
Success feels amazing but it doesn?t keep you warm at night, children grow up and find their own partners, hobbies and narcissistic pursuits are great at the time, but eventually it just gets empty. If we all worked as hard on our relationship as we did every other area in our lives, the divorce rate would be much lower?and we would all be much happier.
4. Support For Each Other.?
We all need someone to have our back. ?Someone to support us no matter if we have victories on a great scale or fail epically. Knowing that a partner supports everything we do is key for all of the above: Respect, Healthy Disagreement, and Connection.
When you commit to a partnership, you commit to support. No matter the cause.
5. The Three F?s.?
FEED him. FUCK him. Make him FEEL like a man.?
I?ve taken a lot of shit for this one belief more than any other over the years. Despite dissenter?s arguments (always women) I firmly believe that in the confines of the relationship:?A?man is the man and the woman is the woman.?
This has nothing to do with income or status. ?Don?t tell me this is the 21st century and my thinking is old school and puts women?s lib back 100 years.
This has everything to do with EVOLUTION. Men need to be taken care of, have their sexual needs met, and know they are in charge of their domain.
Try to manipulate this by emasculating?your man, withholding sex, or always being in control and eventually your man will turn from you, in one way or another. ?Emotionally or physically you will lose him, many times to someone who will provide exactly what you would not.
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Whether you are in a relationship currently or in pursuit of one, reminding yourself of the 5 elements above on a regular basis will ensure that your partnerships remain healthy and strong forever. ?Despite the escalating divorce rate and fear of commitment, everyone walking this earth would be completely satisfied with one?forever if done properly.
Do you have the commitment it takes to honor FOREVER??
-angela
Source: http://essentiallyangela.com/2013/01/25/relationships-whats-the-perfect-formula/
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Wall Street gains for seventh day, despite Apple
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 surged through 1,500 on its seventh day of gains, underpinned by positive economic news, even as Apple shares slid nearly 11 percent following a revenue miss.
Apple Inc missed Wall Street's revenue forecast for a third straight quarter as iPhone sales were poorer than expected, fanning fears its dominance of consumer electronics is slipping. The shares dropped 10.9 percent to $457.94, wiping out about $50 billion of its market value.
Positive economic reports helped reverse the market's earlier declines. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell to a five-year low, and factory activity in January neared a two-year high. It was the first time the S&P 500 had risen above 1,500 since December 12, 2007.
The domestic data chimed with those overseas showing growth in Chinese manufacturing accelerated to a two-year high this month and a buoyant Germany took the euro zone economy a step closer to recovery.
With signs the economy is improving, some investors are lauding the strength of the stock market as it shrugs off a significant slide in shares of Apple, the world's biggest company.
"The market has disconnected itself with Apple," said Jack de Gan, chief investment officer at Harbor Advisory Corp in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. "I think it shows great strength in the overall S&P."
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 76.46 points, or 0.55 percent, to 13,855.79. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 5.52 points, or 0.37 percent, to 1,500.33. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 7.67 points, or 0.24 percent, to 3,146.00.
Apple's disappointing results drew a round of price-target cuts from brokerages. At least 14 brokerages, including Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, cut their price target on the stock by $142 on average. Morgan Stanley removed the stock from its 'best ideas' list.
Netflix Inc surprised Wall Street Wednesday with a quarterly profit after the video subscription service added nearly 4 million customers in the U.S. and abroad. Shares jumped nearly 40 percent.
Diversified U.S. manufacturer 3M Co reported a 3.9 percent rise in profit, meeting expectations, on solid growth in sales of its wide array of products, which range from Post-It notes to films used in television screens. The shares shed 0.6 percent.
Corporate earnings have helped drive the recent stock market rally. Thomson Reuters data through early Thursday showed that of the 133 S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings, 66.9 percent have exceeded expectations, above the 65 percent average over the past four quarters.
Investors in U.S.-based mutual funds pumped $9.32 billion into stock funds in the week ended January 16, the second consecutive week of inflows for such funds, data from the Investment Company Institute showed Wednesday.
Removing an element of political uncertainty from markets, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a Republican plan to allow the federal government to keep borrowing money through mid-May, clearing it for fast enactment after the top Senate Democrat and White House endorsed it.
(Editing by Bernadette Baum)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stock-futures-signal-losses-eyes-apple-101831880--finance.html
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Barry Manilow reschedules Broadway opening night
NEW YORK (AP) ? Illness has forced Barry Manilow to postpone the opening night of his latest concert show on Broadway.
Producers said that Thursday's performance of "Manilow on Broadway" ? as well as ones scheduled for Friday and Saturday ? have been rescheduled for late February and early March. Wednesday's show was also canceled.
Producers said in a statement: "It turns out the only thing worse than hell and high water is bronchitis."
The Grammy Award-winning singer of such songs as "Mandy," ''I Write the Songs" and "Looks Like We Made It," will now hold his opening night on Tuesday at the St. James Theatre.
Producers said: "Barry is deeply sorry to disappoint his fans and is doing everything he can to ensure a speedy recovery."
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Stress's impact can affect future generations' genes
For the first time, genes chemically silenced by stress during life have been shown to remain silenced in eggs and sperm, allowing the effect to be passed down to the next generation.
The finding, obtained from detailed DNA scans in developing mouse eggs and sperm, backs up mounting indirect evidence from statistical studies that the genetic impacts of environmental factors such as smoking, diet, stressed childhoods, famine and psychiatric disease can be passed down to future generations through a process called epigenetic inheritance. Many geneticists had considered this an impossibility.
Genes can be switched off by altering DNA through a chemical process called methylation, in which enzymes respond to environmental factors by marking genes with methyl groups that prevent them from working.
But the idea that genes carrying these epigenetic markings could be inherited is controversial. Previous studies had shown that as sperm and eggs develop, any markings added to genes during life are erased to provide a genetic "blank slate" from which the next generation develops. Any remaining marks were also thought to be erased when an egg is fertilised.
Now a team led by Jamie Hackett at the University of Cambridge has challenged this picture. The researchers extracted the DNA from mouse primordial germ cells ? the precursors to sperm and eggs ? at various stages of their development and used markers to spot any methylated genes.
They found that a tiny number of methylated gene regions survived unerased: an average of just 233 out of approximately 25,000 in the germ cells examined. Still, the work clearly shows that traits resulting from the surviving markings can potentially be passed on. "What we've found is a potential way things can get through, whereas before, everything was considered to be erased," says Hackett.
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Do the markings survive simply because the erasure process may not always work properly, or are they deliberately spared so that the information they carry is passed to the next generation? The finding "doesn't solve this question", says Hackett. "But it's a proof of principle for one possible mechanism by which traits might be inherited epigenetically."
Those sceptical of epigenetic inheritance are adamant that even if some methylated DNA makes it through, it is likely to be because of faulty erasure. "The idea that what's left carries information about the environment is sufficiently far-fetched to demand much more evidence of its importance," says Adrian Bird of the University of Edinburgh, UK. "I'd say [the erasure] is an inefficient process, and what's left doesn't matter."
Researchers who claim to have demonstrated that epigenetic traits can be passed down were more enthusiastic. Isabelle Mansuy of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich has found that in mice, the effects of stress in infancy can be passed from one generation to at least the next two. "The paper demonstrates there are regions which do escape reprogramming," she says. "This is fundamental to the idea of epigenetic inheritance of acquired traits that so many people are reluctant to accept, because it does indicate that it is possible to maintain some marks intact from parents to offspring."
Hackett says that he and his colleagues plan to repeat the experiment in human cells, and that they hope to resolve the question of whether some genes escape demethylation through luck or design.
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Construction and architecture are areas that hardly see a low. We?ll always need building but most of us harbour this desire to have something special in our homes. Following his passion, Raja Arjun has launched A.Q.B. (Attention to Quality in Business) to capitalize on this market. Catering ?Handcrafted Apartments? to the burgeoning real estate market, this startup aims to leave a mark of its own in the sector. Founder, Raja Arjun has a clear vision to employ innovation best practices for the projects that his startup takes up.
The AQB Projects will primarily build ?handcrafted apartments? where small nuances of architecture will be focused upon- along with common amenities, the environment friendly aspect will also be looked at.
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Sharing his entrepreneurial journey, Raja says that ?My interest in entrepreneurship has largely been influenced by the way I have been brought up. I fondly remember dreaming entire business strategies with my dad at the age of 7 . I can?t claim they were practical , but they laid the foundation of being an entrepreneur. While I have dabbled with failed or marginally successful ventures throughout my school life, my first successful business was at the age of 20, customizing bikes propelled me to start my entrepreneurial career. The venture taught me the importance of prompt deliverance, a quality which helped me gain the trust of investors. When It was time to graduate from Architecture school, I was approached by the same few, wanting to invest in my talent as an architect.?
By then, Raja had also completed 5 years of work and had a fair idea of what it takes to be a builder, what the market lacks and was plausible projection of the future. Waiting to take the plunge since long, Raja finally launched AQB in February 2011.
Today, Raja is assisted by his father, Raja Udayshankar, who has had over 3 decades of experience in this field and provides the moral, legal and financial support to his son. A B.Arch graduate with national acclaim for his studio work, Raja Jr has worked and travelled extensively from the time he joined architecture school. He handles the Design, marketing and finance, for AQB, and gets full support from his father. Raja adds that, ?What makes it exciting is that we are at the cusp of ?change? as the sector in India sees big financial leaps in the horizon. If the current plans are any indicator, this sector will surely benefit from companies like ours. Currently, we?re two projects old and we have four more in the pipeline.?
Some of the unique features of their projects include:
- Hot air vents directed to dry clothes
- Planter box in kitchen sill for growing herbs.
- Specially designed windows to suit the climate. Hinges designed to reduce the weight of large openings.
- Steps designed in way to be easy on the knees of the elders.
- Slab is sandwiched with insulation so that the kids playing in the flat above your flat do not disturb you.
- Handpicked trees in the atrium to facilitate circulation and exchange of air and to maintain a calming aroma inside the building.
As a young entrepreneur, Raja found it very difficult to be taken seriously. ?At the age of 20 , I completed my first project as a free-lance architect and engineer. It took my team 4 years to respect my decisions. This has been my most challenging task,? he says.
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As a business, any builder would testify that the major challenge lies in making a project viable. It begins from scouting for the right piece of land, for the right use and the right price. To design a refreshing new project while adhering to archaic laws is another challenge , especially dealing with local officials often looking to establish local profit centers. Once the builder overcomes all these obstacles, the next challenge is to sell the idea to the customer. ?We also challenge ourselves to conceptualize projects differently. With ?Pixel One? we designed compact and properly planned apartments,? adds Raja.
To convert a small seed capital into a profitable business with 500 % growth a year is no mean feat that his young grad had displayed. Roughly 2 years into the market and with four exciting projects in the pipeline is certainly an achievement. Currently, AQB is working on bio-degradable and transportable homes. Material innovation will focus on introducing new construction techniques for walls and slabs.
Raja?s only wish is elimination of the current loopholes on the system. These include the ways people circumvent Government regulations and exploit the customers in order t make their venture profitable. ?This has a ?part to whole? effect on the urban infrastructure and eventually everyone suffers. Experience tells me this is true in all major cities of India and we can safely assume it is the same everywhere else as well. We should look at our Asian neighbors and learn to adopt and adapt construction laws relevant to our time,? he adds on a concluding note.
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South Africa to miss 2020 job creation target, minister tells paper
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will likely miss its target of creating five million jobs by 2020, given labor strife and strained relations between the government and private firms, a newspaper quoted a deputy minister as saying.
"We are not going to achieve them (job targets) if we don't systematically look at priority sectors," Economic Development Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize told Business Day in an interview - marking the first such public admission by a government minister.
President Jacob Zuma's government has pushed a major development plan to slash unemployment to 15 percent from 25 percent over seven years, but economic growth remains far below the levels needed to reduce the problem, carving deep social divisions in Africa's largest economy.
Referring to one priority sector, Mkhize said often-violent wildcat strikes in recent months and the threat of job losses at some of the country's mines stand in the way of creating jobs.
Two major mining firms are looking to slash jobs due to labor strife with Anglo American Platinum, the largest producer of the precious metal, planning to mothball some of its operations and cut some 14,000 jobs.
Harmony Gold, South Africa's third-largest gold producer also plans to mothball its Kusasalethu mine, which could lead to 6,000 job losses.
Zuma's ruling African National Congress has severely criticized the moves and threatened to review mining licenses.
The possibility of further job losses has kept tensions simmering in the mining sector after strikes last year left more than 50 people dead and shaved off about 0.5 percentage points from the country's 2012 economic growth.
The Treasury has forecast growth of 3 percent this year from 2.5 percent in 2012, far below the 7 percent the country needs to significantly reduce the jobless rate.
(Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by Jon Herskovitz, John Stonestreet)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/south-africa-miss-2020-job-creation-target-minister-080005221--business.html
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Guest Blogger: 5 Garden Shed Transformation Ideas
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If you are someone who is fortunate enough to have a garden shed in your backyard, congratulations! Sure, to you, it might initially seem like nothing more than a small place to put your gardening tools, but with a bit of creativity and a few dollars (plus a bit of patience and perhaps a hired contractor in some cases), it can be a lot more to you and your family than just where the lawn mower goes. Don?t believe us?
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Just check out these awesome uses for a garden shed:
Guest room.
If you are someone who has visitors come on a fairly regular basis, but you find yourself putting them on an air mattress or the couch, your garden shed could serve as a nice alternative. Now, if you have no electricity in there, to a certain extent, it could end up being a bit of a project but websites like HGTV and Network can easily walk you through what?s required (along with providing recommendations on where to go if it?s more than you can do alone).
Home office.
Do you work from home but sometimes due to all of the ?family traffic?, you find that it can be hard to concentrate? While you could certainly sound proof a room in your home, don?t overlook the garden shed out back. If you clean it out, add a coat of paint and install some nice lighting, it could be the perfect ?office away from home? solution.
Greenroom.
People with ?green thumbs? not only enjoy planting and pruning, but they usually want to do it in a space that?s quiet so that they concentrate without any distractions. In coming to a decision about if the garden shed is an ideal spot for your flowers and plants, just remember to keep in mind that the main thing that plants need (as it relates to a green room) are humidity, protection from extreme weather and plenty of sunlight. If that is the kind of environment that your garden shed can provide, then you?ve just found yourself your own little greenroom.
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Kid?s playhouse.
What parent hasn?t found themselves wishing that their children had a place where they could be (basically) as loud as they want without being too far away from the house? If you live in a safe neighborhood with a fenced-in yard, that is a great atmosphere for converting a garden shed into a child?s playhouse. To make it even more fun, you can tell your child that it?s like having one of their own?portable buildings?where they can even help to decorate by picking out the paint they would like, bringing some of their toys into the shed and perhaps even making a sign that says ?open? and ?closed? so that it can serve as their own little hideout.
Bathroom (or outdoor shower).
While we don?t live in The Little House on the Prairie days (which means we don?t need an outhouse), there are still many people who will change their garden shed into either an outdoor (which is basically just an additional bathroom) or outdoor shower spot. For more information on how to do make one, visit YouTube or Do It Yourself and put ?how to make an outdoor bathroom? in the search field.
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Source: http://stagetecture.com/2013/01/guest-blogger-5-garden-shed-transformation-ideas/
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