"When Montgomery County commissioners voted to put the Joe Corley Detention Center up for sale in January, County Judge Alan B. Sadler expressed confidence the jail would attract several suitors in spite of its $55 million asking price.
Since then, eight corrections companies have shown a preliminary interest in the 1,288-bed facility, and three firms on the county's "plan holders" list have inspected the jail within the past two weeks."
Officials at the facility have received interest from eight companies including private prison corporations GEO Group, Corrections Corporation of America, and Community Education Centers. The facility has a troubled history and is currently under federal investigation over allegations of financial misconduct, according to the article.
"Financed with $44.8 million in tax-exempt bonds, the jail was built on projections of growth in the inmate population in Montgomery County. Those assumptions haven't panned out, however, so commissioners have advertised a minimum bid of $55 million to cover the jail's outstanding debt (slightly less than $38 million) and to pay any fines from losing the tax-exempt status of those bonds.
The county also would profit approximately $10 million from the sale, county officials have stated. The Joe Corley center, located at 500 Hilbig in Conroe, houses federal prisoners from the U.S. Marshal's Office and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The county received its tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service when it promised local inmates would account for 30 percent of the Corley's population by August of this year.
That isn't expected to happen. .... GEO Care is a subsidiary that operates the Montgomery County Mental Health Treatment Center. Both facilities have been the focus of an investigation for alleged financial misconduct."
We'll keep you posted on developments from Montgomery County.
Juan Mendez, United Nations special rapporteur on torture, identified the solitary confinement of immigrants as a "breach of [the United States's] obligations under the torture convention."
Last Thursday, the Texas House County Affairs Committee heard testimony on HB 1544 [online text has been corrected], which would change the way counties contract with private vendors to operate prisons and detention centers.
As it stands now, sheriffs of counties with a population under 2.8 million (every county besides Harris) have a "seat at the table" when it comes to privatization; in Harris County, decisions about privatization are left to the County Commisioners and the Commision on Jail Standards. The bill, introduced by Alma Allen, would eliminate the exception placed on Harris County.
Caitlin Dunklee, policy analyst at Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, and Harris County Sheriff Garcia both spoke in favor of the bill, citing sheriffs' expertize and responsibility for the workings of a prison. Harris County is the seat of the largest sheriff's office in Texas and the third largest in the nation, as well as the state's largest jail.
"Community Education Centers notified the county recently that the Bureau of Prisons will no longer fund the privatization contract between CEC and Limestone County. CEC has been running the private jail which holds about 1,035 male inmates.
County Judge Daniel Burkeen told News 10, the county is working to confirm why the funding is cut.
Burkeen says he was told CEC sent out notices to 227 employees who work for the Limestone County Detention Facility that on May 31st, they will no longer be employed by CEC. When the jail was run by the county before, about 160 people were employed at the detention center.
The County Judge said the county will plan to run the center like before, but, he wasn't sure on how many employees will be kept. Burkeen says other options are being explored."
There's no indiciation on why the contract has been cut, but we will continue to keep you posted.
[...] the Senate Finance Committee followed the recommendations of a criminal justice workgroup that proposed the non-renewal of the contract with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) that currently has an agreement with the state for the operation of the Dawson State Jail facility.
West called the Senate Finance Committee recommendation to end the state's with contract Corrections Corporation of America a "very important step."
3) Autumn Miller, whose baby lived only four days after a tragic pregnancy at Dawson, is filing a lawsuit alleging cruel and unusual punishment. The courageous young woman told her story in an interview with Ginger Allen and with KERA (NPR in North Texas), detailing how her cries for help were ignored from the time she asked for a pregnancy test until she found herself giving birth alone in the toilet of a holding cell.
Texans can contact their legislators about the issue here, and advocates have started using #CloseDawson on Twitter to send updates around the campaign. With Senator Whitmire giving closure a "better than 50-50" shot and Senator West declaring that "by the end of the session, it will be closed," there seems to be a distinct possibility that Texas may close a private prison this year.
In the face of pending budget cuts due to sequestration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released at least 800 people from detention. ICE has identified those released as "noncriminals and other low-risk offenders who do not have serious criminal histories." Manuel Perez, currently detained at CEC-run Polk County Detention Center, has stated that "Lots of us are getting out who were brought in for driving without a license or other small things." The alternatives to detention ICE is implementing are not only more humane but also more much cost effective; the National Immigration Forum estimates that, while detention can cost up to $163 a day per individual, alternatives range from $14 to as little as 13 cents, a 90 to 99 percent savings. They work, too: Human Rights First found that 96 percent of members of Alterntives to Detention programs attend their final hearings.
We are particularly glad to hear that immigrants are being released from two Texas detention centers recently highlighted in the Expose and Close campaign as among the worst in the nation: the San Antonio Express News reports that 300 have been set free from the Houston Processing Center and 50 from the Polk County Detention Center. While the Austin American Statesman reports that neither the Williamson County Sheriff nor facility officials have commented, we've heard from inside the Hutto Detention Center that a number of women have in fact been released without bond.
These actions have raised questions about the 34,000 beds that ICE claims they are mandated to fill. Emily Tucker of the Detention Watch Network told NPR that ICE has "proven that they don't even believe that themselves by releasing these folks."
While this is good news, it's important to remember that 30,773 people are still detained solely for their immigration status, half of whom are locked up in private prisons. Hopefully, these releases signal a move towards a more humane immigration system.


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Enduring pain after Muslim rebel attack on Philippine city
Thousands of people displaced by a Muslim rebel assault on a major Philippine city are enduring squalid conditions in an evacuation camp where dozens have died, while the guerilla leader remains free one year on.
The attack by Moro National Liberation Front gunmen triggered three weeks of urban battles with the military in Zamboanga, a southern port city, which left more than 240 people dead.
As Zamboanga this week marks one year since the conflict began, about 11,000 people whose homes were destroyed are still living in the city's sports stadium, where atrocious conditions are regularly claiming lives.
"Life is difficult here. You have to line up to draw water from the faucet," said housewife Vilma Diosma, 43, who shares a tent with her young sons and another family at the sports stadium.
"If you want to use the toilet you have to queue up, and bring your own pail of water to flush. My children are really suffering."
Pneumonia, dysentery and other illnesses generated by the slum-like conditions have claimed 168 lives over the past year, according to Rodelyn Abulos, who is in charge of the city's health services.
He said most of the deaths occurred in the first few months after the conflict when the makeshift evacuation camp was more crowded, but diseases linked to the poor conditions were still killing people.
Portable toilets are so scarce that there is an average of one for every 50 people, according to the city government, while children walk along muddy paths amid flimsy shanty homes on what used to be the grass of the stadium.
– Overwhelmed –
The cash-strapped Philippine government struggles to provide basic social services even in normal times, with roughly one quarter of its 100 million people living below the poverty line.
However, the Zamboanga conflict occurred at the start of a particularly devastating stretch of disasters that overwhelmed the relief-providing capacities of the government and aid agencies.
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake and Super Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest storm ever recorded on land, claimed more than 7,500 lives late last year across the central Philippines.
Tens of thousands of survivors from Haiyan, as well as deadly storms from previous years, also continue to live in makeshift shelters or evacuation camps.
In Zamboanga, the government has struggled for resources and manpower to rebuild the roughly 10,000 homes, mostly belonging to the city's poorest people, that were destroyed in the conflict.
Most of those homes were set alight by the gunmen, who also took dozens of people hostage, as they sought to deter the surrounding security forces.
At least 116,000 civilians — about 10 percent of the city's population — fled their homes when the MNLF gunmen sailed in from neighbouring islands.
MNLF leader Nur Misuari is accused of organising the violence in a failed bid to derail a peace accord between the government and a rival Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
The MILF is close to finalising a pact that would end a decades-long insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, and Misuari believes his group has been sidelined in the peace process.
Both groups have been struggling for independence or autonomy for the mainly Catholic Philippines' Muslim minority, and a new self-rule area planned for the southern Philippines is set to be dominated by the MILF.
The military said 208 MNLF gunmen, 25 security forces and 12 civilians died during last year's unrest.
However Misuari did not participate directly in the assault and is believed to be living with sympathetic locals on nearby Muslim-populated islands, avoiding military and police search efforts.
"(Misuari) is in hiding and eventually the law will catch up to him," Philippine military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Ramon Zagala said.
The military has also deployed an extra 500 soldiers to Zamboanga in a bid to prevent a repeat attack.
Meanwhile, the national government has said it is aiming to build enough temporary shelters to close the evacuation camp at the sports stadium by Christmas.
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Update on Masked Duck, Harris's Sparrow
Rex Rowan <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:12:40 -0500
Paul Lehman saw the Masked Duck at Alligator Lake, Lake City, at about
10:30 this morning. He suggested that I update the directions to the
spot. From the parking lot off Country Club Road, walk north (not east
as I wrote the first time). The trail will turn west, and after a while
it will turn south; you'll have walked about a mile at this point. From
the point where the trail turns south, go 100-150 yards and look to your
left. A handkerchief tied to a willow marks the spot, but Paul missed it
the first time around because he expected to see it at eye level. It's
below the level of the trail, two or three feet above the shoreline. So
if you're walking south, you'll be looking left (east) to see the duck
when you've found the handkerchief. Look for a tree or some sticks that
John Hintermister described as looking like a W and that Paul called a
"three-pronger." To the right of those are some dead stumps; John calls
them stobs. This is the area where the bird has been hanging out. Paul
saw it a little left of the W this morning, about halfway between the W
and the shore.
The Harris's Sparrow was still present this morning at the beginning of
Paynes Prairie's La Chua Trail. The gate was open at 7:10, we were on
the spot by 7:40, and the sparrow appeared at about 7:50. So the earlier
the better. Last weekend it appeared at 8:08.
Rex Rowan


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Does new macbook black have led screen?
Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by cpnotebook80, Aug 24, 2007.
If so does it have a matte or glossy option for the screen?
I just came from the apple store and went online and it doesnt have the option.
PS: Anyone who purchased this one notice if it still heats up like the older black macbooks?
The price difference has fluctuated at various times.......... at this moment, it's about a $125 premium over a 2.16GHz C2D white MacBook with 160GB drive.
The general idea is just that they charge extra for the black version. This seems to be becoming a more common trend actually, although some are less expensive than others. Dell for example charges a $50 premium for various colors of lids on their Inspiron laptops (originally these were free, but they recently started charging for them). Sony has also had a tendency to put price premiums on certain colors of their consumer and premium laptops.
I own the 20 c2d white version imac desktop 2.16 already.
I did but the black macbook in the spring time ,not the current new one, and noticed that the screen wasnt sharp as the macbook pro one,maybe i didnt know how to adjust the screen etc..and plus it was heating up too much.So i returned it and hoped to wait and see what might come out of it.
I loved the macbook black and dont need a mbp for my needs as its too much.
However, i hope that led screen would help but it hasnt showed up in the macbook. Talk about making it hard to make a decision.
however wondering if the heat issue is gone and no more eploding batteries occur in the new ones hehe.
i have never had any heat issues with it and i run games and crap like that. i think they improved that when it went to 2nd gen.
At this point LED-backlit screens are still generally a premium feature......... Sony and Dell use them in their 13.3" laptops, but charge a premium for them.
I think that the MacBook will switch to LED backlighting when it becomes affordable enough that they can keep it at the current price point. A $1650 LED-backlit MacBook wouldn't make much sense.


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Gloucester County shopping center sold after more than 60 years
Southwood Shopping Center on Route 45 in West Deptford — Courtesy: Vantage Commercial
By Joshua Burd
A family has sold an 83,000-square-foot shopping center in Gloucester County after more than 60 years, in a transaction arranged by Vantage Commercial.
The brokerage firm, which represented the undisclosed seller, said a development group purchased and now plans to renovate the Southwood Shopping Center on Route 45 in West Deptford. In the process, it hopes to revitalize a stretch of the highway, which connects the nearby borough of Westville to Salem County.
Vantage Commercial Senior Adviser Corinne Giletto brokered the off-market deal, the terms of which were not disclosed. The new owner, which has retained the firm as its leasing broker for the center, now aims to attract new tenants, modify the anchors and reinvigorate the center in hopes of providing products and services to the surrounding communities.
"This is a project close to my heart and the community in Gloucester County in which I live," Giletto said. "I am invested in transforming this center and my team has already uncovered opportunities that were previously missed."
Tags Southwood Shopping Center Vantage Commercial West Deptford
Duke Realty breaks ground on 268,000 sq. ft. FreezPak facility in Woodbridge
Dealership, automotive center takes 17,000 sq. ft. in Edison, Goldstein Group says


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Lingerie varies from one manufacturer brand to another, some styles are little cupped others bigger but also with the internet we now have a larger choice across international waters where dimensions change also. And so if the size manual advises you to change the dimensions you would normally buy, it's always a good idea to choose the experts advice – even if you don't like the size of trying a 36C, it can often save you needing to return or exchange the lace bra.
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When Steve Jobs introduced the world to his plans for the iPhone in January 2007, he created such excitement and anticipation that when the product launched later that June, people lined up in droves days in advance to get their hands on it. Three years later, Jobs again got people talking and driving demand by introducing the world to the first iPad. An amazing 300,000 sold the first day the product was available. These examples from master marketer Jobs offer an important lesson for any business – building awareness for new products stimulates sales. That's why it's vital -- and profitable -- to integrate public relations (PR) into your product launches.
Making PR Fit into Product Launches PR should be considered in every product launch because it can enhance business impact. Whether a media relations driven program to support a local restaurant, a trade show launch to unveil the latest B2B software that every manufacturer needs, or the latest consumer electronics device that everyone will clamor over, the right PR strategy can make your launch a success. But don't take my word for it. See for yourself.
A National Splash Through Events & Media Relations Earlier this year, the HDC PR team was asked by Koss Corporation to help launch its newly created Koss Fit Series product line co-designed by U.S. Olympian Dara Torres.
The team strategized a number of ideas, including where a launch would make sense, timing it with product availability in retail outlets across the country, and then finding the perfect venue to showcase both our client and our spokesperson. The results have been golden. More than 80 million media impressions via TV, print, online and radio outlets. Blog posts across the country talking about the product. And feature stories in leading publications including USA Today, The New York Times and ABC News. The client saw an instant uptick in traffic to their site, and sales have been stimulated throughout the launch period. All driven by an effective PR launch strategy.
Regionalizing a Product Launch with PR But not everything needs to be a national product launch. Sometimes the impact needs to be felt on a regional and/or local level; such was the case for a Midwest-based custom bed manufacturer, Verlo Mattress Factory. In fall of 2012, Verlo seized upon an opportunity that connected the passion of Wisconsin football fans with one of the state's most iconic products – cheese -- to create some buzz and get fans into their stores.Through a carefully orchestrated PR program, we helped Verlo introduce Wisconsin (and the world, for that matter) to the Cheesehead Bed.
HDC's focused media relations-efforts combined with two strategic events to get the news of the Cheesehead Bed to consumers. The team leveraged the right spokesperson – a former football legend – to speak on their behalf.. And a carefully orchestrated media blitz across the state then coincided with two consumer-focused events.The results – stories across the state in key markets, the highest single-day increase in web traffic in the company's history, and an estimated 22 percent increase in foot traffic at stores throughout the state.
Get Running with PR Sometimes niche or trade product launches can be just as important to a company. Whether it's a manufacturer-focused product launch or something that runners will long to sign up for, it is all about the best approach to engage the right audience. For Ragnar Relay Series, HDC took a media relations-only approach to launch their new product to the running community – Ragnar Trail Relays presented by Salomon. This included offering the news release and story one day in advance to the top two running publications nationally – Runner's World and Competitor -- both of which were thrilled with the notice and featured our client on launch day. The team then conducted ongoing outreach to additional trade and local media in each community, resulting in tremendous buzz in key markets that spurred registration.
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Does Rick Perry's Swagger Matter?
Cowboy boots, bravado, outhouses, and what they all mean for the 2016 presidential election.
The candidate we're seeing on TV and the campaign trail these days is markedly different than the howdy-greetin', cowboy-boot-clad Texas governor of four years ago. News outlets across the country have talked about his new glasses, but is Gov. Perry hurting his chances at the nomination by downplaying the bravado?
Will Weissert is an Austin-based reporter for the Associated Press, and he sees Perry's new image as an attempt to show he's not the same candidate he was in 2012. "He's a different candidate this time, and he's the first one to admit that," Weissert says.
"When you ask him at all about his campaign, even without using the S word 'swagger', he'll tell you that he's humbler this time and that he learned a lot from sort of falling flat four years ago," he says. The image change is supposed to communicate a larger shift in who Perry is as a candidate. "He really feels like not only is he better prepared, but he wants to show people that he's worked harder," he explains.
Perry's move to be more mellow this election might also be because his style of campaigning in 2012 didn't work in states that voted early. "The cowboy bravado that might play well in Texas might not translate so well in early states," Weisser says. "In that regard, a sort-of humbler Rick Perry might have a better chance appealing to primary voters in a place like Iowa.
And then there's the cowboy boots.
"Perry certainly has sort of famously left behind his cowboy boots," Weisser says. "One of the reasons he said he did that is because he had back surgery in 2011." But that doesn't explain why Perry is still sans boots in 2016. His lack of boots was especially noticeable this past weekend in Iowa, where he was one of the only Republican candidates without cowboy boots on.
So if Rick Perry makes it to the debate stage and looks just a little bit shorter this year, it might be because of his downgraded bravado and calmer tone.
Or it might be because he's not wearing cowboy boots anymore.
Either way, you'd do well to remember that even without the swagger, Gov. Perry is still the only candidate currently in the race who killed a coyotes with a laser-sighted .380 Ruger – while jogging.
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South Korean police officers stand guard against possible rallies against Japan in front of a building where the Japanese embassy is located in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 19, 2019. South Korean police say a man has set himself on fire in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul amid rising trade disputes between Seoul and Tokyo. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 78-year-old South Korean man died hours after setting himself ablaze near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Friday, police said, at a time of worsening tensions between Seoul and Tokyo. The man, surnamed Kim, ignited a fire inside his car parked in front of the building...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the school strike demonstration Fridays for future in Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2019. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
Swedish activist Thunberg joins German climate protest
BERLIN (AP) — Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has joined thousands of young protesters in Berlin for a rally urging action against climate change. Thunberg told the cheering crowd that adults haven't taken responsibility for the climate crisis and young people have had to take to the streets...
Police in riot gear are lined up on a road in Hawaii where an estimated 2,000 people are gathered to protest construction of a telescope on a mountain that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred, on Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Hawaii County Managing Director Wil Okabe says officials on Wednesday closed a highway leading to the protest site so a convoy of construction equipment can be brought up Mauna Kea. Protesters are off to the side of the road, singing. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
Hawaii expands power to block telescope protesters
HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands of protesters joined a swelling effort to stop construction of a telescope they have long tried to keep off a mountain considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians, blocking a road to Hawaii's highest peak and prompting the arrest of a group of elderly demonstrators. Hawaii...
Officers from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources arrest protesters, many of them elderly, who are blocking a road to prevent construction of a giant telescope on a mountain that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred, on Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Police were taking away about 30 elders, who were prepared to be arrested. Protest leader Kealoha Pisciotta says hundreds of protesters moved aside to allow the elders to be taken away. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
Hawaii protesters press on to stop telescope, face arrest
HONOLULU (AP) — Thousands of protesters joined a swelling effort Wednesday to stop construction of a telescope they have long tried to keep off a mountain considered sacred to some Native Hawaiians, blocking a road to Hawaii's highest peak and prompting the arrest of a group of elderly...
Singer Ricky Martin, left, waves the Puerto Rican flag during march against governor Ricardo Rosello, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Protesters are demanding Rossello step down for his involvement in a private chat in which he used profanities to describe an ex-New York City councilwoman and a federal control board overseeing the island's finance. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)
Fed-up Puerto Ricans march demanding governor resign
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Accompanied by some of Puerto Rico's most famous performers, thousands of people marched to the governor's residence in San Juan on Wednesday chanting demands for Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to resign after the leak of online chats that show him making misogynistic slurs and...
Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, right, and Sudan's pro-democracy movement leader Ahmad al-Rabiah shake hands after signing a power sharing document in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. The two sides are still at work on a more contentious constitutional agreement that would specify the division of powers. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Hjaj)
Sudanese military, protesters sign power-sharing document
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan's pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council signed a document early Wednesday that outlines a power-sharing deal, but the two sides are still at work on a more contentious constitutional agreement that would specify the division of powers. The signing ceremony held...
FILE - In this Monday, June 10, 2019, file photo, police officers use pepper spray against protesters in a rally against the proposed amendments to the extradition law at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. What began as a protest against an extradition bill has ballooned into a fundamental challenge to the way Hong Kong is governed _ and the role of the Chinese government in the city's affairs. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
Hong Kong protests expands to oppose China, with no end near
HONG KONG (AP) — Colin Wong has come to know the sting of pepper spray well. After more than a month of demonstrations in Hong Kong's sweltering heat, memories of the burning sensation are a constant reminder of what protesters call an excessive use of force by police. Each time he felt the now-...
Zimbabwe's civil servants protest pay as inflation hits 176%
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Representatives of Zimbabwe's government workers Tuesday protested against what they called "slave salaries" as inflation almost doubled to 176%, a decade high that highlights the country's rapidly deteriorating economy. Holding placards and singing songs denouncing the...
A police officer gestures at demonstrators blocking a road at the base of Hawaii's tallest mountain, Monday, July 15, 2019, in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, who are protesting the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Hawaii protesters vow 'prolonged struggle' against telescope
MAUNA KEA, Hawaii (AP) — Protesters vowed to continue demonstrating against the construction of a giant telescope on top of a mountain some Native Hawaiians consider sacred after they spent the day blocking the road to the project site. About a dozen elders, or kupuna, sat in chairs at the start of...
Puerto Rico governor Ricardo Rossello holds a press conference, almost two days after federal authorities arrested the island's former secretary of education and five other people on charges of steering federal money to unqualified, politically connected contractors, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, July 11, 2019. At the time of the arrests, Rossello was in the middle of a family vacation in France, which he canceled to travel back to the Island. U.S. Attorney for Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez said Gov. Ricardo Rossello was not involved in the investigation. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
'Chatgate' scandal throws Puerto Rico's governor into crisis
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nearly two years ago, Hurricane María exposed the raw dysfunction of Puerto Rico, collapsing long-neglected infrastructure and leaving several thousand dead on Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's watch. Last week, two of his top former officials were arrested by the FBI on...


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The cold came along with it!
Then the rains came and washed away all the snow.
And Winter hadn't even officially started.
Lovely stitching, our weather here is warm and tropical, remnants of cyclones on the north west of Australia, feeding south across the desert with amazing rain and flooding over Ayers rock, now Uluru, here so far gentle rain my garden is loving after Christmas days 40 degree heat. Think I would like some snow!
All those lovely knots or thread beads - so pretty. Merry Christmas and a Healthy Happy New Year ahead.
It looks like a crossroad ... love it!
Your snowy rainy definitely reflect your weather perfectly. We got 12" of snow on Christmas Eve and the sun has been shining ever since. Still some frozen patches on the streets where snow has melted then frozen overnight in the bitter cold. The city road plows have been hard at work. The private company road plows, too. Christmas was a beautiful day to stay home and do some handwork.
"Deep and Crisp and Even" - at least until the rains came. Love your snowy stitching!
For some reason known only unto my warped mind, I now have the 'itsy bitsy spider' running through my mind, triggered, no doubt, by "the rains came and washed away all the snow". Yep...definitely a warped mind (and I haven't been drinking either!!).


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Sun Life Financial Proposes Pension Plan For Working Canadians
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For improving the retirement, savings and income system in Canada
Sun Life Financial has proposed a multi-employer defined contribution (DC) pension plan for all working Canadians, which will allow every employer, including the self-employed, to automatically participate and increase pension coverage.
Tom Reid, senior vice-president of Group Retirement Services, said: With three to five million Canadians not having access to an occupational pension plan, we need to improve the retirement, savings and income system in Canada, opening the door to expanded workplace participation for all Canadians."
As per the proposal, Mr Reid said that the employers who decide to join the DC plan would select a qualified provider and all the firm's employees would automatically be enrolled. There are various factors that will determine the cost of the proposed solution, such as participation rates, annual deposits and asset balances.
Mr Reid said: Canadian providers for workplace retirement savings plans today have a proven track record, technology and operating systems, governance structures and consumer insights. They also have the distribution network to reach small and mid-size employers, and the motivation to help expand coverage.


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By Amjad Iraqi
|Published May 16, 2016
Nakba Day attests to the power of our grandparents' stories
For young Palestinians, Nakba Day is dedicated to remembering the catastrophes that our grandparents went through. But with every passing year, we realize how much the day belongs to our catastrophes too.
My grandfather, Mohammed Samara, shaking hands with an official at a football tournament in Jerusalem during the British mandate of Palestine, 1946. Photo courtesy of the Samara family.
My maternal grandfather was born in 1929. Although Alzheimer's disease eroded his memory during the later years of his life, he had a surprising knack for recalling his experiences growing up in Haifa under the British mandate of Palestine. He described the open plains he crossed with friends to swim at the beach; the diplomats and missionaries who traveled through Haifa's German Colony; and the port and railway that linked Palestine to other Arab cities and the Mediterranean region. Although he couldn't remember that he had repeated these stories countless times before, I never grew tired of hearing them; they breathed life into a world I could only read about in books and gaze at through black-and-white photographs.
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Like all Palestinians of his generation, my grandfather lost that world in 1948. At the time he was living in Tira and studying at a British school in Tulkarem, but when the war broke out he joined a local resistance group to fend off Zionist forces from the village. The armistice agreement made Tulkarem part of the Jordanian-ruled West Bank, while my grandfather was made an Israeli citizen in Tira. For 18 years he lived under Israeli military rule, watching the village's lands being confiscated and used to build new Jewish settlements. When he wanted to leave the village, he had to get a permit. When he wanted to walk to a neighboring field, he had to be searched at a checkpoint.
Military rule ended in 1966, and my grandfather – by then a historian and a teacher – was able to explore the land again. But the country he remembered had changed. Hundreds of villages and their inhabitants had disappeared. The main road going up Haifa's Carmel mountain was no longer known by the Arabic "Shere' al-Jabal" but by its new Hebrew name "Derech Hatziyonut." When Israel captured the West Bank and Gaza the following year, the soldiers who once guarded the entrance of Tira were now stationed near his old school in Tulkarem. The occupation was both a gift and a curse: it allowed my grandfather to reconnect with his Palestinian brethren, but at the cost of their subjugation under the same regime he had endured.
Approximately 10,000 people take part in the annual 'March of Return' to the demolished Palestinian village of Khubayza in northern Israel. April 16, 2013. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
For young Palestinians, Nakba Day is dedicated to remembering the catastrophes that our grandparents went through. But with every passing year, we realize how much the day belongs to our catastrophes too. The war in Syria is displacing another generation of Palestinian refugees from camps like Yarmouk. The blockade and attacks on Gaza are crippling its society and separating them from their compatriots in the West Bank. Home demolitions in the Naqab (Negev) are dispossessing hundreds of Bedouins from their lands every year despite their supposed protection of Israeli citizenship. The list goes on.
My grandfather passed away two weeks after Nakba Day in 2014. For me, his death wasn't just the loss of a family member and a personal inspiration. He was living proof of a time before 1948 when the land, though embroiled in changes that weren't fully understood at the time, enjoyed a small semblance of peace that the following generations haven't known. Perhaps that was why he became a historian and a teacher, hoping that by instilling his memories into the minds of the youth, he could keep his lost world alive.
That world is long gone. But it seems my grandfather, together with other Palestinian elders, were right to place their faith in the stories they left behind. Today, young Palestinians are retelling their grandparents' experiences using mediums from film to social media. Every year thousands take part in a "March of Return" to villages uprooted in 1948, as they did last week in Wadi Zubaleh and Tirat al-Carmel in Israel. And millions around the world are joining the Palestinians in solidarity as they struggle for their freedom and dignity.
Nakba Day is therefore not just about mourning the pain of 1948. It is about celebrating the power passed on to us by our grandparents, whose stories helped to revive a society when their homeland was almost nothing but a memory. Many Jews in Israel and the diaspora, whose own identity is heavily influenced by the experience of loss and trauma, have yet to recognize those stories; just as many Palestinians have yet to sympathize with the memories of racism, dispossession, and genocide from the grandparents of Jews. Nakba Day should be the time to start ending that denial.
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I'm a Palestinian citizen of Israel and have lived between Israel-Palestine, Kenya, and Canada. I'm an advocacy coordinator at Adalah, a policy analyst for Al-Shabaka, and a contributing editor at +972 Magazine. Currently in Haifa. Views here are my own.
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Robin Coombes, better known as Farma G, is a singer and rapper, one half of UK hip-hop group Task Force, and a founding member of Bury Crew and the M.U.D. Family. He and his brother Chester P are both sons of the late musician Peet Coombes.

Early years
Coombes was born in Sunderland but grew up in Canonbury, North London and still lives there today with his brother Chester P, his son Remus and his mother.

Discography
You Know Who You Are (Low Life's Main Courses 'Food') (compilation, Low Life Records, 2003)
Seein' Red (Young and Restless Vol. 1) (compilation, YNR Productions, 2003)
You Know Who You Are (Life Before 40) (compilation, Low Life Records, 2005)
Love and Peace (Life Before 40) (compilation, Low Life Records, 2005)

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Living people
English male rappers
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People from Canonbury
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Turning to the north after leaving the forest and heading for the Rift visible in the sky slightly to the east of the city of Duram, the party follows the road. Spending the better part of a day traveling, they encounter large amounts of traffic heading south on the road, mostly villagers fleeing from the influence of the tear in the sky, they find out that the rift is just outside the city, and has been dropping large balls of fire and other things. The city guard have begun engaging the various entities that are now appearing, while others have begun to fall back to the Aerie ward to protect the Council. Continuing north along the road, something has changed. Where there should be a simple road, there is now a dark, foreboding seemingly abandoned village, with a small crater surrounding it, and the flora and very ground itself shifting into a dull grey color, clearly something that either shifted or fell from the Shadowfell rift in the sky nearby. Sneaking in, Tawna discovers a large undead monstrosity, appearing to be part dwarf, stitched together with parts of giants and goliaths to be a massive flabby beast barely able to stand on its own stunted crushed legs. Hemingar decided to try to communicate with the giant, which was somewhat successful, and they learned the creature, named Grummus, was not alone, and had at least a brother named Grimmus also in the small village. They also learned that the creature has an insatiable hunger, and will eat just about anything, indicating that the half-orc looked "tasty". This was interrupted however, when he noticed the halfling approaching, and decided that she was bite sized, and began to lumber towards her. Nairb, not wanting to see his friend eaten by this, thing, cast Fog Cloud before rushing in and turning into a constrictor snake to try to grapple Grummus. The party began attacking the creature, but not before Grummus pinned the snake, reverting Nairb to his original form, with his amble presence. After several moments, the wind began clearing the fog cloud, just in time for Nairb to wild shape into a Stench Kow, and with the pressure of the giants body on him, causing the Kow to be launched 10 feet into the side of a building. The party managed to kill Grummus, and then continue on beginning to search the village, trying to find out why the flow of refugees has stopped, and discovering 3 Vorokhoi Zombies, along with a Vorokhoi Mage Champion, who began attacking the party. The group was able to defeat them fairly easily, though they did suffer some damage. As they continued to search for survivors, they did find several refugee bodies, slashed and dead, near the edge of the town. They also discovered the brother, Grimmus, and after trying to talk to him and not getting anywhere, other then finding out that he has a similar appetite as his brother, engaged and defeated the second giant. Clearing out the rest of the village, they discovered one last enemy, a beholder zombie that had either been summoned into a room with only a door, or had somehow managed to get in there and could not get out, so, Nordred decided to burn the building down, killing the zombie, and finishing their at least short term mission of making the area safe for the refugees to continue moving through the village.


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Artificial Intelligence is something that retailers always keep an eye on, and with 2018 commencing companies will be struggling to invest more, and more in AI. The reason behind this is both physical stores and e-commerce retailers can avail great profit from AI. There's a phrase that is making a big buzz around e-commerce industry lately — Conversational commerce.
Conversational Commerce is a term coined in 2015 creation published on Medium by Uber's Chris Messina. It is described as a communication channel and platform in which consumers and companies are interacting with each other. It refers to the amalgamation of messaging applications and shopping experience. Meaning, the consumers can communicate with the sales representatives, get instant assistance, resolve queries, get personalised recommendations, read reviews, and proceed to purchase all from within messaging apps. With conversational commerce, the customer communicates with a human representative, chatbot, or a mix of both.
Messaging apps are becoming the favoured means of communication. According to a survey by eMarketer, about 1.4 billion customers used messaging apps in the year 2015 and that figure is expected to kick 2 billion by 2018. But the question arises, Why has this become so important? Because messenger is a platform where you can find people now. We all love to chat, send emojis, and share pictures with friends then why not create the same kind of experience for businesses and their clients?
From the business perspective, companies can build Facebook Messenger chatbots for their brand to automate customers shopping experience as shopping in messenger will be the revolution of 2018. Messenger Chatbots are being utilised by many companies recently as it enables customers to buy from them without ever leaving the messaging app they are using. Now e-commerce vendors cannot only send order confirmations in Facebook Messenger but also shipping and delivery notifications. With chatbots, customers can easily rely on messaging apps to search and choose products and services and to complete the payment process, without having to visit the store, calling, or emailing the vendor.
Messenger platforms are now allowing brands to make it easier for their customers to buy from them. Not only is conversational commerce easier for consumers, thanks to messaging apps, you no longer have to move back and forth within websites to collect information and make purchases. Moreover, it's also a step closer to the gestures you might receive from a sales assistant in the store. When a customer orders from a website they can only read reviews to get an idea about the product they are willing to buy, but using chat you can also ask the bot to compare products just like the guidance you would get while in the store. For instance, many big brands have their chatbot on the Facebook Messenger which makes it possible for customers to order and purchase a product without leaving the messaging app.
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Messenger will definitely help you drive a significant amount of traffic to your e-commerce websites and applications. Well, with all that has been said, there's no doubt that shopping in messenger will be the revolution of 2018. And if you own an e-commerce store and you want your brand to appear in front of the potential clients, giving messenger bots a try seems like a worthy bet.
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It's been a while. Not because I haven't been busy with the project, but because I didn't have anything complete enough to share (a hint: I know much more about FPGAs now). Recently, while I was waiting on some other things to materialize, I took another look at the simulator and have done some some meaningful – though not revolutionary – updates. It's nice to be back.
The major change I've implemented now in the simulator is to break it up into multiple threads for parallel execution. This can be controlled by the MultiThreaded switch in the config file. It is set to 'yes' by default, which splits the execution up into on thread per IOP (and their peripherals), one for all the mainframe CPUs and one for all the mainframe CPU peripherals. In the current configuration, this adds up to five threads. Would it be possible to split each mainframe CPU into its own thread? You bet! But there's no way to test it as the only image I can run is a single-CPU one. So, for now, it'll stay as it is.
Another related new feature is that you can mark IOPs (I/O processors) as 'nonexistent' with the Exists flag, which defaults to 'yes'. What it does is if an IOP is marked nonexistent, its corresponding thread terminates immediately, not consuming further CPU resources.
I've uncovered two problems so far with who knows how many lurking in the shadows.
The way the IOPs boot is rather convoluted. Each time an IOP is released from reset, its DMA channel moves 64kWord of data from buffer memory address 0 into the IOPs local memory. After that, execution starts at address 0 in local memory. Essentially, the DMA initializes the local memory before execution. So far, so good. However, we have 3 IOPs to boot, each with a unique boot image, but all will read from buffer memory address 0. When you power on the machine, only one of the IOPs (IOP0 or MIOP) gets out of reset. This processor is responsible for booting the reset. The way the OS designers solved the boot problem was that the boot image for each IOP was almost identical with the exception of the IOP ID (0 through 3) coded in a word at address 0x0CF0 in the boot image. Execution during boot branches depending on this IOP ID field. So, when it is time for IOP0 to release IOP1 from reset, all it needs to do is to patch up the IOP ID field in buffer memory, then release IOP1. When IOP1 DMA-ed the boot image from buffer memory into it's local memory, IOP0 can patch the buffer memory image back to it's original content. Same for IOP2 and IOP3.
They didn't. They simply set up a loop, saying, surely, this many clock cycles is enough for the DMA (MOS in Cray terminology) to complete. It in fact is in real HW, where memory timing is very predictable.
Not so much in a multi-threaded SW environment. To fix this, I decided to halt IOP0 when it releases one of the other IOPs from reset (address 0x4929 above) and only allow it further progress, once the target IOP started execution as well. Not a terribly nice solution, but this guarantees proper interlocking between the different IOPs.
At this point all I knew was that A somehow became non-0, so the call happened (operand register 52 or OR contains the address of the fatal handler and the word after this call contains the error-code conveniently encoded as one of the many PASS instruction options, so if the condition is false, execution simply flows through).
The routine called attempts to allocate a buffer to transfer data between the MIOP and the BIOP. The reason for why this is necessary in this case worth its own discussion, so let's save that for later. For now, lets assume it's needed. This call fails because all data-transfer buffers are currently in use. That is, they are awaiting for the BIOP to get around and process them. Some further digging showed (and we're deeply in heisenbug territory here so I had to be very careful what kind of diagnostics I could use) that it's not that the BIOP simply stopped accepting data transfers from the MIOP. It's just that the MIOP ended up flooding the poor thing with so many requests that eventually there was no more space left in the pool.
Obviously the designers didn't think that could happen, the code above is the equivalent of a kernel-level assert.
I've been wrecking my brain on ways to prevent this from happening but I couldn't come up with a solution. The only path I could see forward was to patch up the IOP kernel code so that this condition either never happens or is handled properly.
Notice the parameter 'NOWAIT'. This means that the kernel just sends the transfer request over the BIOP but doesn't actually wait for completion. The loop that wraps around this call contains no synchronization with the BIOP, so if for some reason the MIOP goes around this loop too quickly, we can exhaust all the available buffers. That's exactly what's happening.
The documentation of the HPSW call states that it can be called in a 'blocking' fashion as well, (NOWAIT cleared above). This is what I need! If this call blocks until the BIOP takes the data, I can't run out of buffers. All I need to do is to change the A = 1 operation into A = 0 at address 0x013D and I'm golden.
Well, almost. See, the problem is that the call in that case is not really blocking. What it does is it puts this 'activity' into a waiting queue and goes on to deal with other activities. In modern terms, it removes the executing thread from the ready-to-run queue, puts it in one of the many wait queues and context-switches to another thread. (Yes, this is on the I/O subsystem of a batch-processing mainframe from the early '80-s!) The trouble is that the context-switch needs some assistance from the caller on this system. Notice the A = 0 at address 0x0141 just before the call!
On kernel calls, where the activity could be suspended, 'A' describes the part of the huge operand register set that needs to be preserved as part of the context. The lower 9 bits contain the index of the first OR register to be saved and the upper 7 bits contain the number of OR registers to save. So, what to set A to? Well, there are other kernel calls in START3, some of which could result in context switches, so we have some examples to go with. As it turns out, the magic value is 0x1D18 or 016430. This means that we have to save 14 registers starting at OR.
Find the overlay data on the boot tape image, and patch it up.
And with that – at least as far as I can tell, things started to work again even in multi-threaded mode.
How many DMAs does it take to move a byte?
Let's come back to the discussion of why the MIOP needs to talk to the BIOP during mainframe boot to begin with. The way the I/O subsystem was designed was that the IOPs are largely independent. They have their local memory only they can access. There is a shared 'buffer' memory, which they have DMA access to through something called the MOS channel. This is to say that the buffer memory is not part of the addressable space of any of the IOPs. If they need something from it, they have to use a DMA to copy the data between buffer memory and local memory.
The IOPs have another peripheral (a pair of dedicated channels for each IOP pair) that they can use to pass information between one another. It is sort of a single-entry mail box. A 16-bit register with a valid bit and interrupt generation capability. The source IOP can put a word in there and get an interrupt when it was consumed by the destination IOP. The destination also can get interrupted any time the source put something in the register.
As you can imagine, this type of communication is not terribly fast. It's good for passing alerts, but actual data transfer would happen through the buffer memory: the source IOP would DMA the desired data into a portion of the buffer memory, through the inter-IOP communication alert the destination IOP about it's existence then the destination IOP would DMA the data back into it's local memory for consumption.
Now, for that to work, you need to somehow manage the buffers that are used for this communication in buffer memory. You need to know which pieces are available and which are used up. Of course you would also need to know when the destination IOP is finished DMA-ing the data locally so you can free up the allocated buffer. You need in total two DMA transfers and at least four interrupts to transfer any sizable message between two IOPs. If this sounds a bit too convoluted, you are not alone, but who am I to criticize the design of this machine.
Now, the next problem: if we want to pass information between the I/O subsystem and the mainframe, we have a similar setup: a low-speed communication channel, mostly used to pass alerts, and a high-speed communication channel for bulk data transfers. The low-speed channel is hooked up to the main IOP (MIOP) since that's the one coordinating all the work. Bulk data mostly comes from the disk drivers though and those are hooked up to the BIOP (or DIOP if it exists) so the high-speed channel is connected to the BIOP.
But this is not all! The I/O subsystem has its own set of peripherals of it's own. They are connected to something called a peripheral expander, and they consist of a printer, a tape drive and a hard disk. This is the hard disk that contains the boot image and is separate from the hard drives that the mainframe normally uses. Better yet, the expander is connected to the MIOP.
So, to put it all together, when you try to boot the mainframe, you have to read the data from the expander disk connected to the MIOP and transfer it to the mainframe memory through a communication channel connected to the BIOP. In order to do so however, you have to transfer the data between the MIOP and the BIOP which involves copying it out to buffer memory first from the MIOP and back into the local memory of the BIOP.
I've changed the way the expander disk emulation works. As it turns out, the expander disk had 5 heads, 823 tracks and 35 (512 Byte) sectors per track, making it an 80MByte disk. The expander disk controller had the ability to read multiple sectors at a time and the wise designers of the IOP subsystem decided to always read in 8 sectors at a time. Since 35 is not divisible by 8, they simply decided to only use the first 32 sectors of each track, letting the last 3 going to waste, resulting in a usable capacity of ~64MByte. Probably not a big deal for any of you, but in case you had custom expander disk-images made, you'll have to re-create them, the old ones are incompatible with this release.
I've cleaned up the build process quite a bit. Now GCC and boost versions are auto-detected. I've also tested and checked in 64-bit Visual Studio projects and generated binaries. 64-bit Linux also works, most likely 64-bit Cygwin and MinGW do as well, though those are untested. The new makefiles however need many more posix features, so for MinGW you'll have to use MSys to build. Cygwin comes with its own bash prompt, use that.
I've found a few ways to improve the stability of parallel runs. Chiefly, the simulator now doesn't allow the various threads to run too much out of sync from one another by keeping the count of executed instructions by all simulated CPUs roughly in sync. This is controlled by the new ProcessorAsyncLimit setting. It controls the synchronicity between processors of the same kind (IOP-to-IOP or CPU-to-CPU). The amount by which IOPs and mainframe CPUs are allowed to get out of sync with respect to one another is controlled by the CpuIopScale parameter.
This update also brings in a few CPU fixes around execution of block-load and store of B and T registers.
Thanks for documenting all this. It was an interesting read. The job control thing reminded me of the batch jobs we used to put together for the Unisys 1100 back when I was at the university. And the big banners on the print out.


Traveling to Sapa takes an overnight train journey or 5-6 hour bus ride from Hanoi, Sapa is a stone's throw from the Chinese border. Located in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, anywhere from 50,000 to 150,000 people reside in this picturesque town (official and unofficial figures vary), split among six ethnicities (including the Vietnamese). The area includes Vietnam's highest peak, Fansipan, at 3,142 meters. Sapa weather is moderate and cool in the summer, wet from May to September and foggy and cold in winter, with occasional snow. From March to May the days are sunny and nights are cool and crisp, with the best photo-op views from September to October.
Sapa is home to five ethnic minorities: the Hmong, Red Dao, Tay, Giay and a small number of Xa Pho. Most of them live in small villages in modest huts and hamlets scattered throughout the district. In fact, the Vietnamese are not locals here - it's the minorities that have come from as far back as 800 years, down from Southern China. In the 19th century Sapa was colonized by the French, but around 200 colonial buildings were destroyed by 1954, leaving Sapa to start over from scratch. Slowly, the Vietnamese began to migrate upwards and in 1993, Sapa opened its doors to international tourism.
Once a sleepy, charming town, Sapa's city center has been leaning more and more towards tourism, and has lost some charm along the way. Fortunately, the town is not region's main highlight, and there are certainly more genuine destinations in the Lao Cai province. Some, like Cat Cat Village and Silver Waterfall are tailored for tourists, while further reaches still preserve the beauty and authenticity of terraced rice fields and peaceful hill tribes.
If you're in the market for ethnic minority handicrafts, the villagers will be more than willing to oblige. Especially popular are the traditional quilts and clothing. Be wary that when near touristic areas, a "maybe" for their wares might warrant the minority saleswomen or children to follow you, lightly haggling you to buy something until you do. Give them a more firm "no" if you don't want anything. This can get bothersome if you simply want to experience the town, so either be prepared to stand your ground or move out to further accommodation such as the Topas Ecolodge, which is surrounded by natural beauty.
One of Vietnam's best hiking destinations, it is easy to hire a local guide for both day hikes and longer trekking adventures. Many are of course attracted by Fansipan. The trek up the intimidating mountain can be done in a day, but it is recommended that hikers go overnight as you don't want to run down a muddy trail to beat the sunset. For those preferring the unbeaten path, Topas Travel conducts tours that specifically avoid kitschy points of interests, and instead opt for little known destinations and villages not yet overrun with tourists or hagglers.
Those looking to sample local (ethnic minority) cuisine have three options: try the Hill Station restaurant in Sapa town, the restaurant at Topas Ecolodge, or if you have/make a Hmong or Red Dao friend, have them invite you over for a family meal. No ethnic minorities have opened up restaurants in the area as of yet, so the above options are your best bets. Otherwise, there are plenty of Vietnamese restaurants, the best of which are more "local" spots around the lake.
There are daytime and overnight sleeper trains between Hanoi and Lao Cai. Sleeper trains leave Hanoi at 9:50 p.m. and arrive in Lao Cai at 6:15 a.m. Private cabins are available at livitrans.com.


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Q&AmeCola: What's in the Cube?
Curiosity both killed and did not kill the cat.
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The videogame industry's lovable nutbag, Peter Molyneux, is coming out with a new game called Curiosity: What's Inside the Cube?, in which players from around the world will all be frantically trying to get to the middle of a gigantic cube, and only one person will find out what's inside. With $77,000 real-money DLC pickaxes available, it could be the craziest cube-related thing since timecube.com. According to Molyneux the contents of the cube will be "life-changing," which naturally leads us to the question:
What's Inside the Cube?
Nathaniel Hoover
Another cube.
(Nathaniel is a reviewer; author of "Flash Flood," "The Archive Dive," and the "Sprite Flicker" webcomic, creator of fine videos and DM for the D&D podcast)
Alex Jedraszczak
Anything could be inside the cube. When you open it up and take a look, however, there will be a dead cat.
(Jeddy is the host of The GameCola Podcast.)
Mark Freedman
First of all…Curiosity? Really? The name of the Mars rover? My guess is that all you'll get in the cube is a photoshopped image of the ending of Bad Dudes. Instead of President Ronnie wanting to get a burger with you, it will be Peter. Actually, it's probably an early access code to M.C. Hammer's highly anticipated "deep search" website.
(Mark is a reviewer and author of "What the Crap?")
Kate Jay
Pretty sure that inside the box is a sphere. Not just any random sphere, but that sphere from the Michael Crichton book where you gain the ability to bring things into existence just by thinking about them. Except instead of giant squids, it's more like it reads all of your save files and sticks the main characters of the games you've played in the cube, too, so it's like a nerdy digital reunion party, but no one's thought to spike the punch and they're all angsting because some of them are the same characters, just from different save points, and there's an awful lot of complaining about who's more badass and who has the best equipment and which characters started the best memes.
That, or there's a voucher for a Mr. T Chia Pet. If that's not life-changing, I don't know what is.
(Kate is the author and illustrator of "The Gates of Life.")
Paul Franzen
There's a reason why Peter Molyneux quit Lionhead Studios back in March; there's a reason why he's been keeping quiet, only poking his head out into the Internet once every few months or so, to throw his support behind games like Hugbot's Interactive Lovin', or to apologize for one of his own titles as per the Molyneux Cycle. He's been busy—working on the cube.
What's inside the cube? Simple: It's Fable. But not the Fable we all met with an "…oh, that's it?" back in 2004; it's the Fable he promised us back then—and the Fable he's continued to promise us with each new iteration of the series. Trees that you watch grow from acorns in real-time; a fully malleable world that changes with every literal step you take; a fully realized morality system—not just press X to be evil, but actual shades of gray. Perhaps 50 of them. It's all there.
Fable. Fable is what's in the cube. The real Fable. …And it STILL won't be good enough for us.
(Paul is GameCola's Editor-in-Chief, the co-host of "Digital Championship Wrestling," a video maker, reviewer, and an occasional news blogger.)
Christian Porter
I think this is going to end up being the world's most elaborate pickup, and when the winner gets to the middle of the cube, it's going to be a live video feed of Peter Molyneux, nude, with nothing but a cube-shape wrapped present around his naughty parts ala that SNL skit, and he says "Hey gurl, you spent all this time getting into my box, now it's time I get into yours. Like I said, shit's gon' change yo' life!"
Peter Molyneux is gross.
(Christian is the creator of "Top of the Heap," "Power Gloves & Tinfoil Hats," the video series "Speak American," and also some other stuff.)
Willy Wonka has promised something life-changing to the kid who is lucky enough to find the golden ticket to his factory? Well, if it's that life-changing, then there can only be one thing inside: Abraham Lincoln riding on a camel.
(Michael is a reviewer, creator of "Inside the Guide," fiction author, and purveyor of fine videos.)
Jeff Day
First of all, don't even dare going to timecube.com. It's the longest case of "tl;dr" I have ever encountered.
But, more importantly, what we're all wondering is what's inside Peter Molyneux's supposed "cube." Actually, I wasn't wondering this at all. I didn't know a damn thing about some ridiculous cube, and it doesn't really matter. Besides, because Molyneux's games are overhyped all the time, there's really no point in even speculating. But, since this IS Q&AmeCola, and I have to give a response (and I've been absent from the feature for two months), I'll give it to you straight: it's a pork chop. It's a bloody freakin' pork chop. But it's not just any pork chop. No, sir, it's the most successful digitally-rendered pork chop known to mankind using futuristic meat technology. Oh, and it's chock full of FAT32.
(Jeff is the author of "Gamera Obscura.")
Matt Jonas
Usernames and passwords stolen from the PlayStation Network.
We all know Molyneux was behind it, right?
(Matt is a staff reviewerand news blogger.)
Daniel Castro
The release date for the game's sequel: Intrigue…and the realization of how much you spent in order to get inside the damn cube.
(Daniel is the author of "Don't Be That Guy.")
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Rick Astely is in the cube
Paul Franzen says:
I think we have a winner.
frank Jacobs says:
The formula for escaping the negative zone in Super Mario Bros.
Diana (angelfire141) says:
All Ace Attorney games not released in America. Oh, and they're in English. That's definitely life changing.
It's a video of the Cube being destroyed. 🙂
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