Saturday, November 3, 2012

Out 'N' About: 'Things Japanese,' 49th Annual Coin Show, more ...

Former teen pop star Tiffany will perform in concert today at 8 p.m. at The Republik. --Courtesy photo

Former teen pop star Tiffany will perform in concert today at 8 p.m. at The Republik. --Courtesy photo

WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, NOV. 2

Things Japanese Sale, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii Gift Shop annual sale featuring one-of-a-kind donated items including ceramic ware, dolls and books, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mondays-Saturdays through Nov. 10, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, Community Gallery. 945-7633, jcch.com

Friends of Waimanalo Library Book Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Waimanalo Public & School Library. 259-2610

49th Annual Coin Show, collectibles, rare items and buy-and-sell for gold and silver, noon-6 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Hawaii Convention Center, room 316. Free admission. 488-4766

Vintage Rose & Co. Sale, selected shabby chic, cottage, Victorian, mid-century modern and country-style accessories, gifts and home/garden items, 5-8 p.m. today and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Waioli Tea Room. Free entry. 226-7119

The Rick Shea Band, country-folk band in concert, 8 p.m. today, Hawaiian Brian?s; and 8 p.m. Saturday, Surfer, The Bar. $25-$30. 637-9887, brownpapertickets.com

Junior Artist High School String and Piano Competition, as part of the 45th Annual Convention of the Hawaii Music Teachers Association, teens compete in string performance (7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday at UH-Manoa Music Department Room 212) and piano (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday in Orvis Auditorium). Free admission. hmta.org

10th Annual Splendor of China, festival featuring the Yunnan Honghezhou Performing Arts Troupe, 130 food and shopping booths, lion dances, martial arts, fashion shows and other cultural exhibits and activities, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. $3; free for ages 8 and younger. splendorofchina.com, 533-3181

FRIDAY, NOV. 2

Stories on Stilts and Other Tall Tales, storyteller Ben Moffat entertains with stilts, masks and puppets, 10:30 a.m., Ewa Beach Public & School Library. Free. For ages 5+. 689-1204

First Friday Artistry, grand opening celebration for the Bill Wyland, HaWyland Styles and Lani Johnson Galleries with performances by Eric Gilliom, Cirque Hawaii and others, food vendors and bars, bikini fashion show, DJ Shawn Til Dawn, artist signings and prize giveaways, 5-11 p.m., Aloha Tower Marketplace, Center Square. Free admission. Ages 21+. 566-2337

First Friday Honolulu, self-guided tour of downtown museums, galleries, studios and theaters during an evening celebration of the arts, 5-10 p.m., downtown and Chinatown. Free. 521-2903. Map, parking information: artsatmarks.com

Seagull School Fall Fair, featuring food and community vendors and kids games and crafts, 5-8 p.m., Seagull School at Ocean Pointe, 91-203 Kaimele Place, Ewa Beach. Free admission. 689-6021

Salsa Lounge Fridays, dancing with free parking, prizes and food, 5-11:30 p.m. Fridays, The Honolulu Club Lounge, 932 Ward Ave., seventh floor. 18+. $5; $1 for UH students; free for bar patrons. 256-7556

Friday Night Family Feast and Movie, king crab dinner buffet and new family flick, 6:30 p.m., Kroc Center Hawaii, Kapolei. $29.95-$43.95; free for kids under 3. RSVP: 682-5505, kroccenterhawaii.org

14th Annual Dia de los Muertos Fiesta, Day of the Dead celebration featuring music by Adela Chu & Espiritu Libre, skeleton costume contest and procession, and altar for loved ones? pictures and offerings, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Cha Cha Cha Salsaria, Hawaii Kai. Free; food for purchase. Reservations: 395-7797

John Cruz & Na Leo Pilimehana dinner concert, 7 p.m., Polynesian Cultural Center, Gateway. $25 kamaaina. 293-3333, pcckamaaina.com

Shield Your Eyes with Matt McVickar and Jim Hearon, evening of live experimental music set to three short avant-garde films by The Brothers Quay, Guy Maddin and Kenneth Anger, 7:30 p.m., Doris Duke Theatre. $15; $12 members. 532-8700, honolulumuseum.org

Tiffany, former ?80s teen pop star in concert, 8 p.m., The Republik. $35-$65. groovetickets.com, 855-235-2867

DJ Adham Shaikh, electronica-world fusion artist kicks off the LIVE@MARKS Global Electronica Concert Series with DJ Mr. Nick, 9 p.m.-2 a.m, The ARTS at Marks Garage. $10-$20. 521-2903, artsatmarks.com, brownpapertickets.com

30-plus Party, First Friday event for singles and couples 30 years and older, with live R&B, full bar and hip-hop from The Funkaphiles, 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m., Epic Restaurant, 1131 Nuuanu Ave. No cover. 587-7877

SATURDAY , NOV. 3

Hawaiian Electric Arbor Day Tree Giveaway, one free fruit tree, flowering shrub or native plant per family, while supplies last, 7 a.m. at HECO Kahe Power Plant, Pearl City Urban Garden Center, HECO Ward Avenue Facility and HECO Koolau Base Yard, and 9 a.m. at Wahiawa Botanical Garden and Waimea Valley. arbordayhawaii.org

Church of the Crossroads? Fall Fair, with rummage sale, plants and flowers, crafts, baked goods, food and silent auction, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave. 949-2220

21st Annual Season?s Best Kaimuki Craft & Gift Fair, 200+ booths, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Aliiolani Elementary School. Free admission.

E-waste recycling event, accepting computers, printers, fax machines, servers, telecom equipment (no TVs or, alkaline batteries), 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Farrington High School. ewastehawaii.com, 488-8870

Kailua Autumn Fair, craft fair by Creations of Hawaii with food vendors, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Kailua Elementary School, front field. Free admission. 239-7955, goo.gl/ddUSu

Kaimuki Community Church bazaar, crafts, baked goods, rummage sale, collectibles, keiki games and live entertainment, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Jefferson Elementary School. Free admission.

Pearl City Hongwanji Buddhist Women?s Association annual craft fair, crafts, plants, flowers, produce, cookbooks, food, baked goods and more, 8-11:30 a.m., Pearl City Hongwanji Mission, 858 Second St. Free entry. 455-1832

Salvation Army craft fair, with handmade items, baked goods, white elephant and yard sale, hosted by Women?s Ministries, 8:30 a.m.-noon, The Salvation Army, 296 N. Vineyard Blvd. Free entry. 521-6551

Third Annual Taro Fest, Ala Moana Farmers? Market hosts event with kanikapila, hula, poi pounding, lei making and other cultural demonstrations, farmers? taro contest and taro dishes from 50+ food booths, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Ala Moana Center, second level near Sears. Free admission. 388-9696

Aiea High School Craft and Fun Fair, 80 vendors, country store, keiki games and food, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Aiea High School. Free entry. 382-7713

Sixth Annual Celebrate Kaimuki Kanikapila, craft fair and street festival with 100+ craft, gift and food booths, entertainment stage and prize giveaways, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Waialae Avenue (between Koko Head and 11th Avenue) and 12th Avenue. Free. celebratekaimuki.com, 739-5272

42nd Annual Harvest Fair, with food, plants, rummage sale, baked goods, crafts, keiki activities and silent auction, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Manoa Valley Church, 2728 Huapala St. Free admission. 988-3271

First Presbyterian Church of Honolulu?s annual bazaar, baked goods, crafts, quilts, clothing boutique, farmers market, silent auction and a Teddy Bear Clinic (keiki can bring stuffed animal for a check-up), 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Koolau Golf Club, Kaneohe. Free entry. 532-1111

Leilehua Project Grad 2013?s holiday craft fair, Christmas gifts and crafts, farmers market, orchids, air riflery and archery, entertainment and door prizes, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Leilehua High School cafeteria. Free admission. 478-5873

Ohana Fun Fest and Open House, games, crafts, bounce castle, balloon creations, local food, shave ice, ikebana display and white elephant, especially for those seeking a Buddhist community in urban Honolulu, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Moiliili Hongwanji Mission, 902 University Ave. 949-1659

Mini Craft Fair, with mosaic tiles, Barbara Davis clothing, handmade soaps, Avon products, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 46-119 Aeloa St., Kaneohe. 524-8286

Kimono Dressing, shichi-go-san season rite for females of any age and males ages 5+, hosted by University Laboratory School Kimono Project U.S.A., at University Laboratory School, Multi-Purpose Building. By donation. Appointments: 956-8288, 947-8889

Pauoa Fall Fair, featuring food vendors, keiki games and activities, silent auction and rummage sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pauoa Elementary School. Free admission. 587-4500, pauoa.k12.hi.us

Hydrocephalus Awareness Walk & Family Fun Day, with music and entertainment, pinata, kite flying, water balloon toss and other games, plus prize drawings, hosted by the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation, 11 a.m. (registration 10 a.m.), Magic Island. Free; donations welcome. hydrocephaluskids.org, active.com/donate/phfwalkhi2012

Stories on Stilts: ?The River of Dreams,? storyteller Ben Moffat entertains with stilts, magic, music and puppets, 11 a.m., Hawaii Kai Public Library. Free. For ages 5+. 397-5833

Maryknoll School 37th Annual Luau, with games, country store, silent auction and Hawaiian food, noon-6 p.m., Maryknoll Grade School, 1526 Alexander St. maryknollschool.org, 952-7310

The Art of Surf, Ala Moana Center and Modern Luxury Hawaii surfboard art event benefiting Mauli Ola Foundation, with artists and pro surfers, art display and beachwear fashion show, 3-5 p.m., Ala Moana Center, Centerstage. modernluxury.com

7th Annual Taste of Waipahu, featuring community food, product and service vendors with live entertainment and marketplace, 3:30-10 p.m., Waipahu Depot Street and Waipahu Festival Marketplace. Free entry. 677-6939

Third Annual Pacific Rim Jazz Festival, featuring international, national and local jazz stars including Russ Freeman and The Rippingtons, Deniece Williams, Kaori Kobayashi, Rick Braun and Starr Kalahiki, 4-10 p.m., Hawaii Convention Center, Kalakaua Ballroom. $60-$75; $130 VIP includes food tasting stations; $300 Platinum includes five-course dinner. pacificrimjazzfestival.com, 951-696-0184, tix.com

?Hard Hat For The Arts,? fundraiser for PA?I Arts & Culture Center with art, music, hula, food, drinks and mini fashion show, 6-9 p.m., 1025 Waimanu St. $50. RSVP: 237-4555

Pacific Roller Derby Wreck ?n? Roll Double Header, women teams from across the state and California compete, 6:30 p.m., Palama Settlement gym. $7-$10; ages 12 and under free. facebook.com/pacificrollerderby

Charice, Filipina singer in concert with Hawaii-born Cheesa Laureta, 7 p.m., Blaisdell Arena. $30-$150. ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000

Alternative Hi Night, featuring local artists Sex Puppet, Mano Kane, Erika Elona Band, Pink Mist and Broke Aesthetic, 7 p.m. (concert hall doors open), The Republik. $10. 941-7469, alt-hi.com

Contra dance, with live music by Whiskey Starship, beginners and all ages welcome, no partner necessary, 7:30-10 p.m., Atherton YMCA (new location). Free. 392-8772, www.sls.hawaii.edu/contra

K-von, comedian, star of MTV?s ?Disaster Date,? 9 p.m., Hawaii Comedy Theater, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel, 11th floor. $15-$50. hawaiicomedytheater.com, 531-4242

SUNDAY, NOV. 4

?Tis The Season to Buy Local for the Holidays, Department of Agriculture floral event featuring local floral designers creating holiday arrangements, make-and-take, wreath-making contest and plant sale and giveaways, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Pearl City Cultural Center. Free. hawaii.gov/hdoa

Fujinkai Bazaar, featuring items from Japan, clothes, kitchenware, white elephant and food, 9 a.m.-noon, Shinshu Kyokai Mission of Hawaii, 1631 S. Beretania St. 973-0150, shinshukyokai.org

31st Trash & Treasure Craft Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, fifth-floor ballroom. Special early-admission at 8 a.m. for JCCH and TEMARI members. Free admission. 536-4566

Deepavali Festival of Lights, mini block party with Indian food, live Bollywood dancing, henna tattoos and music, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., India Cafe, Kailua Shopping Center. $12.95; includes buffet. 262-1800, indiacafehawaii.com

Comic Jam Hawaii, keiki and families welcome to participate in or watch cooperative art creation and talk-story between local comic artists, 1-4 p.m., Pearlridge Center, Uptown, second level fronting Hot Unique Images. Free. 488-0981

The Middle Ages: Eastern Asia, program with medieval armorer C.R. Greywolf offering a glimpse into Middle Ages life with authentic weapons and antiques, demonstrations and audience participation, 1 p.m., Pearl City Public Library. Free. 453-6566

Choral Evensong, the cathedral choir gives thanks in song for the life of The Very Rev. Ann McElligott, 5:30 p.m., The Cathedral of Saint Andrew. Free; offerings welcome. 524-2822, ext. 217; saintandrewscathedral.net

Swing Dance Club Hawaii dance, free lesson followed by music by Bert Burgess, open dancing and snacks, 6:30-9:15 p.m., Palladium Ballroom, Ala Wai Golf Club. $8; $5 members. swingdanceclubhawaii.org, 255-6095

All Saints Vespers, Lutheran Church of Honolulu choir and Bach Chamber Orchestra present Bach?s All Saints Day work ?Mache dich, mein geist,? Cantata 151, and more, 7:30 p.m., The Lutheran Church of Honolulu, 1730 Punahou St. Free; donations accepted. lchwelcome.org, 941-2566

MONDAY, NOV. 5

?Cultures of China, Colors of Yunnan,? concert by the Yunnan Honghezhou Performing Arts Troupe with song, dance and instruments in finale event celebrating Chinese Chamber of Commerce?s 100th anniversary, 7 p.m., Hawaii Theatre. $15-$25. 533-3181

TUESDAY, NOV. 6

12th Annual Mai Tai Rumble, local band competition with after-music by Nesian NINE, 9 p.m., Mai Tai Bar, Ala Moana Center. Continues Tuesdays through Dec. 4. No cover. Ages 21+. 947-2900

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7

The Art of Taiko, Kenny Endo demonstration and lecture on Japanese drumming, 6 p.m., Waipahu Public Library. Free. For ages 5+. 675-0358

Frank Sinatra Night, swing music dance lounge with wine tasting and DJ, 6-11 p.m., Honolulu Club lounge, 932 Ward Ave. Free. Ages 18+. 256-7556

THURSDAY, NOV. 8

Friends of Waipahu Library annual book sale, books, CDs, DVDs and videos at bargain prices, and Friends? ?Flavors from a Plantation Town? cookbook for sale, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Waipahu Public Library. Repeats Nov. 9. 675-0358

Pau Hana With A Purpose: Movie Night, screening of documentary ?Infinite Space,? about 20th century architecture visionary John Lautner, 5:30 p.m., Design Within Reach, Ala Moana Center. Free. RSVP by Monday to caina@dwr.com. 523-2900

WEEKLY SHOWS

?Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice,? traveling interactive exhibit takes keiki back to the Cretaceous Period to meet dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes and their different environments, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays through Dec. 16, Hawaii Children?s Discovery Center. $8-$10 general admission; free for children younger than 12 months. 524-KIDS, discoverycenterhawaii.org

?The Legends of Kualoa,? new dinner show depicting Hawaiian legends of the area with music, chanting and hula kahiko, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Kualoa. $29-$49. 237-7321, kualoa.com/tours/

High & Right Comedy Night With Bo Irvine and Friends, standup comedy, 8 p.m. every Tuesday, Warriors Lounge, Hale Koa Hotel. $15. 955-0555, halekoa.com

Magic In Paradise, buffet dinner show featuring mystery, fantasy, comedy and illusions with magician Mark Allen Mauricio, 6 p.m. every Wednesday, Banyan Tree Showroom, Hale Koa Hotel. $6.95-$35.95. 955-0555, halekoa.com

Comedy Polynesia, with ?Hawaiian King of Comedy? Bo Irvine and Michael ?Mr. Diamond Head? Staats, 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, $25-$35; and Sharkey?s Comedy Club, with Hawaii and national comics, 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, Hawaii Comedy Theater, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. $15-$25. 531-4242, hawaiicomedytheater.com

?Ha: Breath of Life,? a Pacific isle tale of birth and death, love and family, triumph and tragedy, with Polynesian dance, music and fireknives, 7:30-9 p.m. daily, Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie. $25-$50. Reservations: 293-3333, polynesia.com

Legends in Concert Waikiki: ?Rock-A-Hula,? featuring Elvis Presley tribute, hula and rotating cast of tribute artists including Michael Jackson, Elton John and Lady Gaga personas, 8:15 p.m. nightly except Mondays, Royal Hawaiian Center, fourth floor. $41-$180. 629-7469, legendsinconcert.com

Society of Seven Latest Version: ?HOT! HOT! HOT!?, 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, Outrigger Waikiki. $35-$45. Reservations: 923-7469

?Magic of Polynesia,? featuring illusionist John Hirokawa, dancers and fire dancer, 5:30 p.m. dinner show, 6:30 p.m. show, daily, Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Resort. $30-$139. Reservations: 971-4321, magicofpolynesia.com

Source: http://www.honolulupulse.com/tgifinprint/out-n-about-nov-2-2012

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Algeria wins Berber help to root out al-Qaida

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ? Weary from years of kidnappings, the inhabitants of Algeria's rugged Kabylie mountains are finally turning against the al-Qaida fighters in their midst and helping security forces hunt them down. And that turnaround is giving Algeria its best chance yet to drive the terror network from its last Algerian stronghold.

While defeated in much of the rest of the country, al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb remains active in the Kabylie, partly because the Berbers there, the region's original inhabitants before the arrival of the Arabs, have long been deeply hostile to the central government and refused to provide information on militant whereabouts or activity.

The situation began changing after a string of militant attacks over the summer, culminating in a brazen daylight assault against the police station, prompted Algeria to hold an emergency security meeting to devise a new strategy to take on the militants, said a high-ranking official privy to the meeting. A pillar of the counter-terror blueprint: exploiting frustrations over kidnappings to win the Berbers over to the government side, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

The strategy appears to have worked in spectacular fashion.

It first bore fruit with the capture early last month of a military commander. Then came the biggest coup: the Oct. 14 slaying of Bekkai Boualem, also known as Khaled El Mig, the head of external relations for AQIM. In the next two weeks, four other suspected militants were ambushed and killed by security forces following tipoffs from the local population.

The successes have some Algerians hoping that the country may finally quash a decades-old Islamist insurgency.

While world powers prepare for a possible military intervention against al-Qaida and its Tuareg allies far to the south in Mali, the militant group's leaders in northern Algeria are confined to rugged mountains that are turning into their prison.

In July, The Associated Press reported how the once feared AQIM, which grew out of an Islamist uprising in the 1990s, has recently been unable to do much more than launch pinprick operations against military checkpoints around its mountain fastness ? a far cry from when it terrorized citizens of the capital with car bombs and laid villages to waste.

Now, renewed efforts by security in cooperation with locals may even drive them out of this final mountain hideout.

Local cooperation is key. One of the reasons Al-Qaida was able to find sanctuary in the mountainous Kabylie region was because the Berber population have long been at odds with the government. While they never shared the radical Islamist ideology of al-Qaida, they were deeply suspicious of the army and gendarmes, or national police, which they saw as oppressive representatives of a hated central government.

What may have finally tipped the balance for the local population in recent months was the steady campaign of kidnappings in the region against prominent businessmen, believed carried out by the militants to fund their operations. Local officials say in the past year more than 70 businessmen were targeted ? resulting in businesses fleeing the region. Experts estimate that AQIM across the region has earned tens of millions of dollars in recent years from ransoms.

"The kidnappings were interpreted by the people of the Kabylie as an effort by the terrorists to bring the local economy, already suffering from unemployment, to its knees," said the security official.

Mahmoud Bellabes, the president of the regional council for the Kabylie, said that while most inhabitants still view the army and gendarmes with suspicion, there is a growing trust for police, who tend to be drawn from the local population.

"In recent weeks, the terrorists were caught thanks to information given by the citizens to police when they saw unknown people in the area, so there has been small coordination between the police and locals," he said.

Majid Hamiche of the local civilian defense forces confirmed that the latest successes against the militants were due to tipoffs from citizens, though he maintained that people are still reluctant to talk to security forces, after a long legacy of repression by a central government opposed to calls for Berber cultural and political autonomy.

"When you turn someone in, they then ask you lots of questions," he said.

Militants took up arms against the Algerian government after the generals in 1992 canceled a parliamentary election that an Islamist party was poised to win. In the ensuing fighting, an estimated 200,000 died.

Thanks to a combination of ruthless repression as well as amnesty offers, the army gradually pushed the militants, who declared allegiance to al-Qaida in 2006, into the mountains of the Kabylie region ? where Algeria's revolutionaries once fought for independence against their French colonial masters in a bitter 1954-62 struggle.

A branch of the group headed south, however, and in the lawless desert regions on the borders of Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger managed to reconstitute itself as a body taking part in smuggling routes and kidnapping foreigners. Far from the Algerian army, they have found success, while the founders of the group languish in their mountain hideout in northern Algeria.

Riccardo Fabbiani, the North Africa analyst for the London-based Eurasia Group, cautioned against pronouncing the end of Al-Qaida in the Kabylie region too quickly, since the government keeps a tight lid on all information regarding the battle against the militants.

"There are no reliable statistics on terrorists in Algeria: no one knows anything about how many new recruits there are every year, how many people abandon terrorism within the framework of the national reconciliation program, how many people are actually killed," he cautioned.

Echoing the opinion of many people in the Kabylie, Fabbiani also noted that to some extent it serves the government's interests to have a constant low-level threat in an area remote from the capital to remind people of the darker days of the civil war.

"Terrorism plays an important role in the Algerian political system," he noted. "This is not to say that the government manipulates terrorism ? we don't know that ? but for sure a certain level of fear is instrumental to the current political equilibrium."

And violence isn't eradicated yet. On Oct. 18, a group of armed men stopped a bus at a fake checkpoint in the Boumerdes region and checked each passenger's identity papers until they found two members of the military, whom they dragged out of the bus and shot dead by the side of the road before disappearing back into the bush.

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Schemm reported from Rabat, Morocco.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/algeria-wins-berber-help-root-al-qaida-071523595.html

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Nearby Galaxy Convicted of Star Theft

One of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way is a star thief, astronomers say.

New simulations suggest that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) snatched a stream of stars from its neighbor, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), when the two galaxies collided 300 million years ago.

Astronomers uncovered the galactic crime while searching the LMC for evidence of massive compact halo objects, or MACHOs. Scientists don't fully understand the nature of MACHOs; the researchers were investigating whether these objects could be a major component of dark matter in the universe.

For their investigation, astronomers turned to gravitational microlensing, since dark matter cannot be seen directly. With this technique, scientists watch what happens when a massive body lies in front of a farther object as viewed from Earth. The massive body bends and magnifies the light from the farther object like a lens, and the characteristics of the resulting light can provide information about the body causing the warping.

But the number of microlensing events recorded by various teams was too small to account for dark matter, ruling out the possibility that dark matter is contained in MACHOs, the researchers said. However, there were more microlensing events than expected based on the known number of stars in the Milky Way.

Astronomers said the most likely explanation for these events was an unseen string of stars stolen from the SMC by the LMC during a galactic collision. The mass of foreground stars in the LMC is thought to be causing the gravitational lensing of the stolen stars, the researchers said.

"Instead of MACHOs, a trail of stars removed from the SMC is responsible for the microlensing events. You could say we discovered a crime of galactic proportions," Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said in an Oct. 29 statement.

"By reconstructing the scene, we found that the LMC and SMC collided violently hundreds of millions of years ago. That's when the LMC stripped out the lensed stars," Loeb added.

Researchers are now searching for further evidence of these stolen stars in a bridge of gas that connects the Magellanic Clouds. The study appears online in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nearby-galaxy-convicted-star-theft-150540514.html

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Video: Walker: Romney's Got Mojo in Wisconsin

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Get great financial advice, and free breakfast and lunch at Credit ...

by Imelda Corney on November 1, 2012

We would like to invite you to?the Professional Development Day?for Credit Education Week Canada 2012.

This Professional Development Day provides the opportunity for all professionals, front line service providers and community members to build capacity by acquiring knowledge and developing their skills in the area of government resources, financial services and tools.

Attendees will get to hear respected guest speakers including the Honourable Ted Menzies, Minister of State (Finance), and Bruce Sellery, Host of Million Dollar Neighbourhood on OWN.

When:?Tuesday, November 13th, 8:30 am ? 3pm

Where: YMCA Downtown Toronto, 20 Grosvenor St.? Toronto, ON (map)

Cost: FREE, light?breakfast and lunch will be provided

Morning Keynote Speakers:

  • Honourable Ted Menzies, Minister of State (Finance)
  • Bruce Sellery? ? Host of Million Dollar Neighbourhood on OWN

Afternoon Speakers:

  • Patricia Lovett-Reid ?CTV Host
  • Sun Life Representative
  • Jack Steinman- the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (?OSB?)
  • John Stapleton ? Open Policy Ontario is the social policy consultancy of John Stapleton

Why you should go:

  • Hear the experts explain the services and products that their agencies provide
  • Take a close look at the value offered by the government agencies
  • Gain awareness of existing services and?find out how you or your clients? can advocate for themselves
  • Ask the experts questions
  • Network with people from all areas of the private and public sector
  • To find out more visit http://cewc.ca/launch

How to Register:

  • Send your name and email address to launch@creditcanada.com or call?Elena Jara at?416 228-2535
  • The invitation is open to everyone but seating is limited so you must register to attend.

Source: http://www.fortheloveofmoney.ca/2012/11/get-great-financial-advice-and-free-breakfast-and-lunch-at-credit-education-week-canada-2012-professional-development-day/

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Romney, GOP suddenly plunging onto Democratic turf (tbo)

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Monday, October 29, 2012

PFT: Hurricane Sandy will make a mess for NFL

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Peyton Manning could have gone anywhere and worked with anyone while he rehabbed from neck surgery last year.

But Manning chose to work with one of the people he trusts the most.

Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune details the lengths Manning went to rehab on his terms with trusted confidante David Cutcliffe at Duke University, showing both his loyalty and desire to keep things quiet.

Cutcliffe was Manning?s college offensive coordinator at Tennessee, and Duke?s indoor facility was an off-the-beaten-path place to work.

?It was really kind of a fun experience for he and I both,? Manning said. ?We kind of both got to go back in time, if you will. I can?t thank him enough for sacrificing that time for me.?

After his third neck surgery on Sept. 8, 2011, Manning didn?t throw a football until late December, when he made the first of several trips to Durham, N.C. He stayed in a guest room at Cutcliffe?s home, and the Duke coach didn?t even tell his assistants who was dropping by.

?Our equipment people knew he was there,? Cutcliffe said, ?and that was it.?

For months he?d work out quietly, with a few spare players.

In March, Cutcliffe put Manning through the most grueling workout, a recreation of his 2009 AFC Championship Game win over the Jets, replaying every play from that day.

Manning flew in former Colts teammates Jeff Saturday, Austin Collie and Dallas Clark, current Broncos receiver Brandon Stokley and former Colts offense coordinator Tom Moore for the simulation.

?It was pretty impressive,? Stokley said. ?It showed you exactly what kind of detail Peyton went to in trying to get back. Most people would never even think about doing something like that.?

After evaluating the tape of that practice, and comparing it side-by-side with the Jets game, Cutcliffe was able to pronounce Manning was back.

?He was on it,? Cutcliffe said. ?Some throws were better than what he did before, with the amount of the velocity, the throws across the field. His conditioning, his legs were back.

?Afterward, guys were saying, ?Dang! This is Peyton.??

While it might be a bit of a stretch to say he looks like the old Peyton, he looks close enough to himself for the Broncos, thanks to the work Cutcliffe did during the winter.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/27/hurricane-could-throw-wrench-into-plans-of-various-teams/related/

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Have you underestimated the power of your mind?

If asked, ? which is the most important part of your body to ensure you can maintain a healthy lifestyle?? Some people may respond with their legs so that they are mobile and can easily take part in cardiovascular exercises. Others may say upper body mobility with the use of your arms to do a series of upper body exercises. However any answer involving logic like this is wrong. The most valuable part of any person?s health and fitness irrespective of disability issues is the mind and your will power.

The brain is what stimulates your muscle in the body via the central nervous system, this in itself is vital for causing muscle contractions enabling you the potential to increase your fitness. A healthy lifestyle will never come easily, the honest truth being healthy food can be more expensive, less appetizing and all round more hassle to prepare. Working out takes time out of your day and requires more effort than watching television. If you don?t have the correct mindset then you are never going to achieve it. With this being said to a certain extent its your mind that is going to be holding you back so in this article I am going to see if I can alter your mindset if you are struggling with the commitment of change.

There is never a reason too small to want to get fit, muscular, lower blood pressure, etc? You should also not be embarrassed if it?s for a vein reason such as impressing the girl you have taken a liking to, or just to look better on the beach. You need a reason like this so you can get infected with the fitness bug! The fitness bug once it has a hold of your will improve all aspects of your life, I just want you to find that reason which will allow you to get infected.

I feel comfortable putting a lot of money on the reason many guys take out a gym membership is to impress the opposite sex. I also feel comfortable saying that once they?ve impressed and courted a lucky lady that they will not simply stop working out. It becomes more than that simple idea incepted in your reason all those months/years ago. The benefits of working out will quickly outweigh the hardships. At first you will feel like there is a drain attached to your energy reserves as your body starts to reject the exercise, that drain over the period of a few months will turn to a spring and become an energy source.

If it?s confidence you lack then working out will teach you how to become more confident. In my own and what I recommend in every persons training program is to constantly strive into the unknown whether it be setting a faster 5km run time, a new 5 rep max deadlift weight etc. By tackling physical challenges like these in the gym your mindset is tested, you have to tell yourself and believe in yourself that you can do it otherwise you never will. This then transfers over into your work, when that leap into the unknown is required you will have the confidence and the balls to attempt it.

If you have read this far, then I assume you struggle to get started and this is what I want YOU to do.

1. Write down everything in your life you can improve
2. Provide a reason for each wanting to improve each of these
3. Sifon out the issues that can be solved with working out, everything to do with looks, confidence , stress etc
4. Honestly say to yourself and find a reason for what has been holding you back for each issue.

You now have a blunt list of things in your life you are not happy with and the reasons behind them. I now want you to focus on the ones caused by your actions that are regulated by your mind. This involves eating too many Burger Kings, this is an action taken because of your mind. Having a burger king is unlikely to prevent starvation and if it is then how are you in the internet?

This whole process relies on you being true to yourself regarding each item on this list. You must be critical and blunt and note down every possible thought and event that has caused you to cheat on your diet/workout or just stop you from working out in the first place.

I want you to bottle up the positives so you can keep calling on them as a reminder of why you are doing what you are doing.

Greg Plitt

I for instance fully intend on dethroning this man, I will have no regrets in failing as long as I have done everything in my power in attempting to do so!

If you don?t truely believe within you mind that you are going to have the best body on that beach then it?s never going to be possible. Want some motivation to lose weight check out that post and as always if you have any questions catch me on facebook.

Source: http://www.strengthandfitnesstips.com/fitnessendurance/have-you-underestimated-the-power-of-your-mind/

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Germs in space: Preventing infection on long flights

Germs in space: Preventing infection on long flights [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 18-Oct-2012
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Contact: David Orenstein
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] The cabin of a spacecraft halfway to Mars would be the least convenient place -- one cannot say "on earth" -- for a Salmonella or Pneumococcus outbreak, but a wide-ranging new paper suggests that microgravity and prolonged space flight could give unique advantages to germs. What's a space agency to do? Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital infectious disease expert Dr. Leonard Mermel offers several ideas.

And no, they are not to add more Vitamin C to the Tang, or to give each crew member a bottle of Purell. It's a lot more complicated than that.

"I've been involved for two decades with trying to prevent infections in the intensive care unit and general hospital settings and I've been involved with national and international guidelines, but there are a lot of constraints in space I had never thought of before," said Mermel, who began investigating the infectious disease implications of space flight when he was invited to speak at a NASA-Johnson Space Center symposium in April 2011.

In all, he said, he's read hundreds of papers and he cited 91of them in the peer-reviewed article published online Oct. 9 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. He also has consulted widely with experts including Duane Pierson, Chief Microbiologist, Space Life Sciences at the Johnson center.

What Mermel has distilled from the literature is that microgravity weakens the immune system in some ways while it also increases the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of some microorganisms. Meanwhile, without gravity, germs launched by coughs and sneezes no longer fall to the ground within an earthly 3-6 feet, but continue to float around, increasing the distance and time for astronauts to inhale them, or for them to settle on a wider variety of surfaces.

"So you suppress the human immune response, and you enhance the ability of microbes to cause infection, and you put those together in a confined space where airborne particles can remain in the air for a protracted period of time," Mermel said.

What's more, in a spacecraft, power limitations prevent extensive air filtration and the air is recirculated. That means astronauts can't use some hospital disinfectants and hand hygiene products because they could emit hazardous vapors. And like a college dorm room or bathroom, many surfaces in the closed quarters of a spaceship can become contaminated, serving as reservoirs for germs that can spread in this unique environment, Mermel said.

To some extent there is hard data on the risk of infectious disease on space missions. Mermel found NASA statistics showing that there have been 29 reported infectious disease incidents among 742 crew members on 106 space shuttle flights. Although the number is limited, human space flight to Mars would be unprecedented because of the prolonged nature of the mission. Mermel argues that it is unclear if this will introduce a risk of infection beyond what one might extrapolate from shorter missions.

"It's going to be radically different in terms of the ability to communicate with someone on Earth," he said. "And what if there was something that happened that put someone at risk? Could they, or would they, turn around before they accomplished their mission?"

Prescriptions for prevention

In the context of prolonged space flight, Mermel said, the best strategy could be to enhance the considerable prevention methods NASA already has in place. Many of Mermel's ideas therefore focus on preparing and equipping astronauts and their crafts to either keep microbes from getting on board, or failing that, to keep them in their place.

Among NASA's current measures are vaccinating astronauts for several diseases, including the flu, and screening for others, such as tuberculosis, Mermel said. Food is selectively irradiated and astronauts have disinfecting wipes, surgical masks and respirators. They take off with multiple antibiotics on board.

Vaccinations, he says, could be expanded to include germs like Meningococcus and Pneumoccocus. And because no new germs are going to join the astronauts on board once they take off (assuming none are brought back from Mars), expanded pre-flight screening may help, too. Astronauts could be screened in multiple body sites for all strains of Staphyloccocus aureus, including some antibiotic-resistant forms, he said, and stool could be screened and re-screened for Salmonella.

Mermel said astronauts could also receive formal infection control education regarding hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, and other healthy practices.

Finding a way to somehow work HEPA air filtration into the energy budget would be a worthwhile goal if possible, he said. Perhaps with the opportunity afforded by NASA's transition from the space shuttle to a new craft, engineers could also perform human factors engineering studies on the most health-promoting places to put water outlets and waterless hand hygiene product dispensers. Potable water outlets and toilets, he said, could be designed to operate with foot pedals.

And a new bit of cargo, he added, which NASA is working on, is easy to use, low-energy diagnostic testing kits for germs causing common infections.

Other than the astronauts and research animals, another source of germs could be the astronauts' food. One of the toughest calls NASA will need to make, he said, is whether to irradiate more food for a longer trip. It's a good idea to kill harmful pathogens wherever they may be but it's unnatural for people to eat completely sterilized food for two straight years since some of the bacteria we typically eat end up in our guts where they have beneficial effects.

"We've evolved to have those microbes go into our gastrointestinal tracts, our immune system interacts with them and is stimulated by them and it's part of our homeostatic mechanism," Mermel said.

Still to explore

That conundrum of cuisine is one of six unanswered questions Mermel poses in the paper. The others concern whether infectious disease risk really is higher in microgravity (research suggests this, but it hasn't been directly measured); what the best antimicrobial coating is, if any, for spaceship surfaces; the best hand sanitizer for use in space; which diagnostic tests to bring on board; and elucidating why, exactly, immune response drops and microbial virulence goes up in space.

But if NASA announced tomorrow that in the next few years astronauts would be headed off to Mars, Mermel said he'd be confident that NASA planning would allow them to make the journey without a viral, fungal or bacterial tragedy.

"It would remain a risk, but I'd feel comfortable with it," he said. "They have a lot of bright people invested in doing the right thing."

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Germs in space: Preventing infection on long flights [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 18-Oct-2012
[ | E-mail | Share Share ]

Contact: David Orenstein
david_orenstein@brown.edu
401-863-1862
Brown University

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] The cabin of a spacecraft halfway to Mars would be the least convenient place -- one cannot say "on earth" -- for a Salmonella or Pneumococcus outbreak, but a wide-ranging new paper suggests that microgravity and prolonged space flight could give unique advantages to germs. What's a space agency to do? Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital infectious disease expert Dr. Leonard Mermel offers several ideas.

And no, they are not to add more Vitamin C to the Tang, or to give each crew member a bottle of Purell. It's a lot more complicated than that.

"I've been involved for two decades with trying to prevent infections in the intensive care unit and general hospital settings and I've been involved with national and international guidelines, but there are a lot of constraints in space I had never thought of before," said Mermel, who began investigating the infectious disease implications of space flight when he was invited to speak at a NASA-Johnson Space Center symposium in April 2011.

In all, he said, he's read hundreds of papers and he cited 91of them in the peer-reviewed article published online Oct. 9 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. He also has consulted widely with experts including Duane Pierson, Chief Microbiologist, Space Life Sciences at the Johnson center.

What Mermel has distilled from the literature is that microgravity weakens the immune system in some ways while it also increases the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of some microorganisms. Meanwhile, without gravity, germs launched by coughs and sneezes no longer fall to the ground within an earthly 3-6 feet, but continue to float around, increasing the distance and time for astronauts to inhale them, or for them to settle on a wider variety of surfaces.

"So you suppress the human immune response, and you enhance the ability of microbes to cause infection, and you put those together in a confined space where airborne particles can remain in the air for a protracted period of time," Mermel said.

What's more, in a spacecraft, power limitations prevent extensive air filtration and the air is recirculated. That means astronauts can't use some hospital disinfectants and hand hygiene products because they could emit hazardous vapors. And like a college dorm room or bathroom, many surfaces in the closed quarters of a spaceship can become contaminated, serving as reservoirs for germs that can spread in this unique environment, Mermel said.

To some extent there is hard data on the risk of infectious disease on space missions. Mermel found NASA statistics showing that there have been 29 reported infectious disease incidents among 742 crew members on 106 space shuttle flights. Although the number is limited, human space flight to Mars would be unprecedented because of the prolonged nature of the mission. Mermel argues that it is unclear if this will introduce a risk of infection beyond what one might extrapolate from shorter missions.

"It's going to be radically different in terms of the ability to communicate with someone on Earth," he said. "And what if there was something that happened that put someone at risk? Could they, or would they, turn around before they accomplished their mission?"

Prescriptions for prevention

In the context of prolonged space flight, Mermel said, the best strategy could be to enhance the considerable prevention methods NASA already has in place. Many of Mermel's ideas therefore focus on preparing and equipping astronauts and their crafts to either keep microbes from getting on board, or failing that, to keep them in their place.

Among NASA's current measures are vaccinating astronauts for several diseases, including the flu, and screening for others, such as tuberculosis, Mermel said. Food is selectively irradiated and astronauts have disinfecting wipes, surgical masks and respirators. They take off with multiple antibiotics on board.

Vaccinations, he says, could be expanded to include germs like Meningococcus and Pneumoccocus. And because no new germs are going to join the astronauts on board once they take off (assuming none are brought back from Mars), expanded pre-flight screening may help, too. Astronauts could be screened in multiple body sites for all strains of Staphyloccocus aureus, including some antibiotic-resistant forms, he said, and stool could be screened and re-screened for Salmonella.

Mermel said astronauts could also receive formal infection control education regarding hand hygiene, environmental cleaning, and other healthy practices.

Finding a way to somehow work HEPA air filtration into the energy budget would be a worthwhile goal if possible, he said. Perhaps with the opportunity afforded by NASA's transition from the space shuttle to a new craft, engineers could also perform human factors engineering studies on the most health-promoting places to put water outlets and waterless hand hygiene product dispensers. Potable water outlets and toilets, he said, could be designed to operate with foot pedals.

And a new bit of cargo, he added, which NASA is working on, is easy to use, low-energy diagnostic testing kits for germs causing common infections.

Other than the astronauts and research animals, another source of germs could be the astronauts' food. One of the toughest calls NASA will need to make, he said, is whether to irradiate more food for a longer trip. It's a good idea to kill harmful pathogens wherever they may be but it's unnatural for people to eat completely sterilized food for two straight years since some of the bacteria we typically eat end up in our guts where they have beneficial effects.

"We've evolved to have those microbes go into our gastrointestinal tracts, our immune system interacts with them and is stimulated by them and it's part of our homeostatic mechanism," Mermel said.

Still to explore

That conundrum of cuisine is one of six unanswered questions Mermel poses in the paper. The others concern whether infectious disease risk really is higher in microgravity (research suggests this, but it hasn't been directly measured); what the best antimicrobial coating is, if any, for spaceship surfaces; the best hand sanitizer for use in space; which diagnostic tests to bring on board; and elucidating why, exactly, immune response drops and microbial virulence goes up in space.

But if NASA announced tomorrow that in the next few years astronauts would be headed off to Mars, Mermel said he'd be confident that NASA planning would allow them to make the journey without a viral, fungal or bacterial tragedy.

"It would remain a risk, but I'd feel comfortable with it," he said. "They have a lot of bright people invested in doing the right thing."

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Team Ninja boss doesn't think consoles will ?disappear from gaming ...

Thu, Oct 18, 2012 | 16:53 BST

Team Ninja boss Yosuke Hayashi is of the belief that consoles will continue to have a place in gaming?s future, even with the advent of smartphones, and higher end PCs pushing the marketplace.

Speaking with Xbox World magazine, the Ninja Gaiden boss believes all forms of hardware can co-exist, as long as people continue to embrace video games.

?I don?t think consoles are going to disappear from gaming,? he said. ?You still have millions of people playing video games with a controller on a box in front of the TV. Just look at Call of Duty, for example: it?s everywhere. There are millions of people playing it.

?I think people will continue to play games, and as long as the cost of development stays sustainable, and people continue to buy traditional games, then we?ll be here. If only one game sells everything, it will ruin the gaming and console industries completely.?

Hayashi used movie theaters as an example, saying that people still head to the cinema to see a film and not just wait for it to arrive on their smartphone or television.

?Yes, you have new mediums, but the old guy is still there ? and I think it?s going to be like that with consoles,? he continued. ? I think they will be around for quite a while.?

Team Ninja?s Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus will release on Vita in early 2013.

Thanks, CVG.

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/10/18/team-ninja-boss-doesnt-think-consoles-will-disappear-from-gaming/

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Clean Diesel Projects Get $30 Million from EPA

The EPA announced on Thursday that it is awarding $30 million for clean diesel projects through its Diesel Emission Reduction Program. The program is designed to replace, retrofit or repower older diesel-powered engines such as those found on marine vessels, locomotives, trucks and buses. Here are the details.

* According to the EPA, $20 million of the funds for this year's grants were provided under the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program. Additional funds were made available through the State Clean Diesel Grant program.

* The program, known as DERA, provides grants that will work to address more than 11 million older diesel engines that continue to emit higher levels of pollution, the EPA stated.

* DERA was first enacted in 2005 and first funded in 2008. Since then, the EPA has awarded 500 grants nationwide through the program.

* For this year's competition, selections were made based on the proposal's potential for maximizing health and environmental benefits in areas that have significant air quality issues, according to the EPA. Increased funding allowed the EPA to target larger engines used in marine vessels and locomotives.

* The highest funded project was South Carolina Department of Health and Environment's project which received $2.07 million from DERA. The funds will be used to repower 24 marine engines and five mining trucks, replace 15 yard tractors and three bulldozers, install 30 spaces for truck stop electrification and provide cost supplements for 100,000 gallons, the EPA reported.

* The Southeast Missouri Regional Planning Commission has been awarded $1.45 million to replace two engines on two Mississippi River pushboats with new Tier 3 rated engines.

* The Maine Department of Environmental Protection received $1.39 million to replace four school buses with compressed natural gas buses; and to repower two vessels with two marine propulsion and four auxiliary engines to Tier 3.

* The Alabama State Port Authority will receive $1.35 million through DERA to repower two locomotives.

* A number of other projects representing the 10 regions of the EPA will also receive funding to replace or repower diesel vehicles. No funds were awarded under this program to fund the cost of emissions reductions that are mandated under federal law or to provide equipment used for testing emissions or for fueling infrastructure, the EPA stated.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/clean-diesel-projects-30-million-epa-223300667.html

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