NFL, players resume negotiations in Minneapolis (AP)

MINNEAPOLIS ? Joined by a handful of owners and players, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith resumed talks Thursday aimed at ending the lockout with a new collective bargaining agreement.

The group met at a Minneapolis law firm with U.S. Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan. The participants, including New York Giants owner John Mara and Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday, declined comment as they arrived. The meetings were expected to continue Friday.

The latest round of negotiations between the two sides ? the fifth since they began hopping from city to city for clandestine meetings ? kicked off Tuesday with Goodell, Smith, their attorneys and staffs but no owners or players.

Joining the discussion Thursday were Mara and fellow owners Clark Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs, Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots. Saturday was accompanied by Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Brian Waters and Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth.

The location is significant because Minneapolis is where the players have filed a still-pending federal antitrust suit against the owners and the sides tried and failed to strike an agreement through court-ordered mediation under Boylan.

The two power brokers spent part of Wednesday in Florida. Smith invited Goodell to an orientation session for NFL rookies ? put on by the players' association after the NFL canceled the event ? and the pair flew to Florida on Tuesday night. After a joint breakfast Wednesday, they talked for an hour with 155 rookies.

"We felt it was important to be down here with the players," Goodell said. "This is an important few days. We're going to get back to work."

Smith and Goodell certainly seem closer than when the lockout began March 12. Whether that will translate into a new deal is the big question. Training camps are scheduled to open in three weeks with the Hall of Fame exhibition game on Aug. 7.

Owners and players are seeking a deal that would divide revenues for the $9 billion business ? the biggest hurdle to clear ? and guide league activities for years to come. Goodell and Smith didn't have a direct answer when asked by the rookies when the impasse will end. Still, their joint appearance was seen as a positive sign.

"That's really the significance of this," NFL Players Association spokesman George Atallah said. "There's a lockout happening now, but we've got to look forward and consider the necessity to have a positive working relationship with the league."

Quarterback Christian Ponder, a first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings, said Goodell urged the rookies to be ready, whenever the lockout is lifted.

"The biggest thing he hammered home is we really have no idea when this thing is going to end," Ponder said. "But us rookies have to prepare for it. It's going to end at some point. As rookies it's our job to be prepared. Yeah, we've missed some practices, but we can't change that."

Ponder added that players are "hurting for money right now."

"It's a crazy time, especially with the uncertainty of when we're going to start and get some money in our pocket," he said.

Smith said both sides are "continuing to work hard" to keep the 2011 season intact. He called the question-and-answer session with rookies "important to ensure our young men appreciated how important we think these few days are."

The legal fight includes a group of retirees led by Hall of Fame defensive end Carl Eller, who has been actively trying to secure better benefits and medical care from the league.

Eller and his attorneys were part of the court-ordered mediation sessions ? six days in all ? in Boylan's chambers in April and May, and Eller met with Goodell and some owners in Chicago earlier this month.

Shawn Stuckey, one of the attorneys for Eller's group, said the retirees have been disappointed to not be more involved, citing a ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson that the two cases be combined.

"We're well within our rights to object and say these mediation sessions are not consistent with what Judge Nelson ordered," he said. "However, we feel one of the best ways to get a resolution is to let the active players reach a resolution, and then we can reach a resolution on our issues."

Stuckey indicated, however, that Eller's group doesn't want to be left out.

"If the active players and the league are serious about getting football under way soon, they've got to start negotiating with the retirees," he said.

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AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner and AP Sports Writers Larry Lage, John Wawrow and Steven Wine contributed to this report.

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AU slams Libya arms flow after French admission (AFP)

MALABO (AFP) ? The African Union has condemned the flow of arms into Libya after France admitted air-dropping weapons to rebels fighting to oust Moamer Kadhafi.

AU Commission chairman Jean Ping made the criticism on the eve of a two-day summit of African Union leaders trying to mediate an end to the four-month conflict as rebel fighters backed by NATO strikes advance on Tripoli.

"What worries us is not who is giving what," Ping said in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, where the summit kicks off later Thursday.

"It is simply that these weapons are being given by all parties to all the other parties. These weapons are already reaching Al-Qaeda, drug dealers and traffickers. They will be used to destabilise African states and to kidnap tourists for whom you pay ransom," he said.

The arms deliveries could backfire on the governments who supply them.

"If these arms are found in the desert it is a problem for everybody, for you (Westerners) as well. The people who are being kidnapped (by terrorists) are Westerners," said Ping.

France acknowledged Wednesday it has been air-dropping weapons to Berber tribal fighters southwest of the capital, insisting the move was not in breach of a UN arms embargo as they were mainly light firearms to help civilians protect themselves.

Colonel Thierry Burkhard, spokesman for the French general staff, told AFP that France had become aware in early June that rebel-held Berber villages in the Nafusa mountains had come under pressure from Kadhafi loyalists after joining the revolt against the strongman's four-decade rule.

"We began by dropping humanitarian aid: food, water and medical supplies," he said. "During the operation, the situation for the civilians on the ground worsened. We dropped arms and means of self-defence, mainly ammunition."

Burkhard described the arms as "light infantry weapons of the rifle type" and said the drops were carried out over several days "so that civilians would not be massacred."

The French ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, said his country's delivery of arms to the rebels was not in breach of a Security Council resolution that established an arms embargo to Libya.

"We decided to provide self-defence weapons to the civilian populations because we considered these populations were under threat," he told reporters.

France's Le Figaro daily, citing a secret intelligence memo and well-placed officials, said the weapons were meant to help rebels encircle Tripoli and encourage a popular revolt in the city itself.

The crates contained assault rifles, machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, it said, along with European-made Milan anti-tank missiles.

Britain's minister for international security strategy, Gerald Howarth, said London would not emulate France's move because that would raise "quite a few issues," including with the UN resolution that authorised military action in Libya.

The Security Council adopted Resolution 1970 in February and Resolution 1973 in March on the conflict in Libya. These resolutions imposed severe sanctions on the Kadhafi regime, notably the embargo of arms supplies to Libya and demanded the protection of civilian populations.

Article 4 of Resolution 1973 specified that allowances to the arms embargo can be allowed if in the interest of protecting civilians.

"We do think the United Nations resolutions allow, in certain limited circumstances, defensive weapons to be provided but the UK is not engaged in that. Other countries will interpret the resolution in their own way," said Howarth.

France has taken a leading role in organising international support for the uprising against Kadhafi's rule, and French and British jets are spearheading the NATO-led air campaign targeting his forces.

In Malabo, African heads of state tasked with finding a solution to the fighting met late into the night Wednesday after announcing at the weekend that Kadhafi had agreed to not take part in negotiations.

They were likely to insist on their roadmap out of the conflict after the summit opens at 0900 GMT, following AU criticism of the supply of arms and an international arrest warrant for Kadhafi, and complaints about the NATO air war.

The roadmap includes humanitarian aspects, a ceasefire, an inclusive and consensual transition and political reforms, African Union peace commission commissioner Ramtame Lamamra told AFP.

A delegation from the rebels' Transitional National Council, which has rejected talks unless Kadhafi quits, is also at the meeting.

The African Union's refusal to publicly back calls for the continent's longest ruler to step down is part of its diplomacy of persuasion that could be undermined by bold statements against him, a diplomat said.

But there is division among the delegates with some firmly backing the man who has funded many African causes, from conflicts to development, and held the rotating presidency of the African Union just two years ago.

Others say it is time for him to go. "He has to leave. No one wants to say it because he has financed more than one of them," said a member of one delegation on condition of anonymity.

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Analysis: Life saving lung cancer test to set off cost debate (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? A landmark study showing that routine lung screening of heavy smokers and former smokers using low dose CT scans could save thousands of lives is sure to set off a fierce debate about the cost of such testing on an overburdened healthcare system.

The U.S. National Cancer Institute studied more than 53,000 people between the ages of 55 and 74 deemed at high risk of developing lung cancer. It found that screening with the three-dimensional X-rays cut deaths by 20 percent.

Details of the study and a discussion of its implications were published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, lending additional weight to initial findings that were released in November.

The discussion noted that radiologists using more advanced CT equipment than was available for the study could lead to an even larger reduction in lung cancer deaths. At the same time, the potential for many more false positive results could rise.

Some cancer experts say the results demand CT screening for high risk individuals become the standard of care.

"With this large a study that was so carefully done, it becomes the gold standard and it should become practice," said Dr. Stan Gerson, director of the Seidman Cancer Center at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland.

Lung cancer is by far the leading cancer killer in the United States, with more than 157,000 deaths annually. Caught early, it can be cured surgically, but it is typically not diagnosed until it has spread. Only about 15 percent of lung cancer patients live 5 years or more.

Gerson's hospital began such screenings this month at a reduced rate of $99 while it is not yet covered by insurance.

He and other doctors face an uphill battle to convince government programs and health insurers to pay for routine testing of millions of people, just as they try to rein in ballooning costs.

"Before public policy recommendations are crafted, the cost effectiveness of low dose CT screening must be rigorously analyzed," the New England Journal article said. The cost includes not just screening, but also the expense of diagnostic follow-up and treatments.

It said some 7 million people in the United States would qualify for screening based on the trial criteria, out of 94 million current and former smokers and many more exposed to secondhand smoke.

NEW SCREENING GUIDELINES

Dr Bruce Johnson of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) board of directors said the organization is examining the most appropriate way to implement the findings.

ASCO is working with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, the American Cancer Society and the American College of Chest Physicians to come up with clinical practice guidelines "in a matter of months," Johnson said.

"We think this is going to change the paradigm," he said. "Personally, based on what was released, if a family member or loved one fit the study criteria I would have recommended to them that they get a screening CT scan."

"If you were to implement this in a broad population it's very expensive," Johnson admitted. "In a setting of infinite resources it absolutely should be offered."

But the debate over who will shoulder the financial burden of millions of tests that currently cost about $300 to $500 each may rage long after the new guidelines are issued.

"Lung cancer kills more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer and colon combined and they all have routine screening," said Dr Michael Brant-Zawadzki, from Hoag Memorial Hospital in Newport Beach, California, and an adjunct clinical professor of radiology at Stanford University who was not involved in the study.

The cost and value of routine screening for all three of those cancers have been hotly debated and all were deemed to be worthy of coverage by Medicare and health insurers.

Brant-Zawadzki said the National Lung Screening Trial had an extremely high threshold to prove the life-saving value of CT screening.

Subjects in the study received either three annual CT scans or standard chest X-rays and were followed for eight years to yield the results.

"The trial unabashedly, definitively proved it saves lives way more than mammography has proved it saves lives," he said. "So the real debate is how much are we willing to spend to save lives in a population that we know we can save lives in. It may take an act of Congress that makes this decision."

There is little consensus among healthcare providers over whether the life-saving CT screening could ultimately save healthcare costs down the road.

Gerson believes that early detection, followed by surgery, would save the costs now paid for patients diagnosed when the disease is more advanced, including dozens of medical visits within a year and expensive drugs.

Brant-Zawadzki, while fiercely advocating for CT screening, said it can only raise healthcare costs. He said because lung cancer is usually diagnosed late and most patients die within five years, it is currently one of the least expensive major cancers in terms of overall cost.

Johnson said it was extremely difficult to know what the ultimate burden on the system might be.

"When you do something that makes people live longer you potentially add more healthcare costs because the people live a long time," he said.

But there is one lung cancer strategy on which all interested parties are in complete agreement.

"By far the most effective cost benefit is doing everything we can to get people to not start smoking and getting people who are smoking to quit," Johnson said.

(Reporting by Bill Berkrot; editing by Carol Bishopric)

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Ubuntu demonstrated running on Galaxy Tab 10.1, summarily dubbed 'Tabuntu' (video)

Sure, you can run Linux on robots and on desktops and, apparently, on small cats, and we've also seen it on plenty of tablets before, but this one is a little different. Max Lee over at Galaxy Tab Hacks created the video below to demonstrate a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Ubunbu, but doing it on top of Android such that the tablet's native OS is running Linux in the background and then using a VM client to launch the UI. In other words: it's running both operating systems at once, and despite that we think the results are quite usable, even loading up this very website with aplomb. It's demonstrated after the break and if after watching you just gotta get a piece of that the full instructions are on the other end of the source link below.

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Minogue blames traffic for late show in Indonesia (AFP)

JAKARTA (AFP) ? Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue has blamed Jakarta's notorious traffic jams for her late showing at a concert in the Indonesian capital.

Her promoters said Tuesday the singer took a helicopter to the show Monday on the outskirts of Jakarta but her crew was stuck in traffic and the show had to be delayed by 30 minutes.

"Kylie Minogue's concert started about half an hour late because of the traffic congestion on the toll road," MP Entertainment marketing personal Rosana Wahyuni said.

Not that it mattered too much -- Wahyuni said some of the 5,000 concert-goers also came late to see "The Show Girl Returns -- Kylie Minogue's Aphrodite Tour 2011".

"A few of the concert-goers arrived after the show ended," Wahyuni said.

Jakarta is known for its poor public transport and extreme traffic congestion, the result of decades of rapid growth, corruption and poor planning.

Business and political leaders often take helicopters to meetings, while even relatively low-ranking Indonesian officials get around with traffic police escorts.

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WWII anti-Jewish pogrom commemorated in Romania (AFP)

IASI, Romania (AFP) ? Descendants of Jews killed during the Iasi pogrom in Romania joined survivors Tuesday in ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of one of the single worst Holocaust atrocities.

At the Iasi Synagogue, Romania's oldest, mourners inaugurated an obelisk as a monument to thousands killed on the orders of the then pro-Nazi regime led by Ion Antonescu, with the complicity of German troops.

"Nobody, nowhere can find an excuse nor a justification for what happened in Iasi", Romanian president Traian Basescu said in a message.

Between 13,000 and 15,000 Romanian Jews out of 45,000 living in the city of Iasi at the time, were murdered on the streets and asphyxiated in "death trains" between June 28 and July 6, 1941, according to historians.

"The Iasi pogrom as well as the tragedy of the Holocaust as a whole is a shocking chapter of Romania's history and should force us to assume our responsibilities for the serious errors committed in the past", said Basescu.

Paul Shapiro, director of the Centre for advanced studies at the Holocaust museum in Washington told an audience in Iasi this had been "one of the most infuriating massacres" committed during World War II.

"The Iasi pogrom is very important in the history of the Holocaust. It is a mass killing that takes place in the view of the public," Shapiro told AFP.

"So this established for the Romanians and for the Germans as well the fact that it was possible to murder people in front of their neighbours."

The method was later used elsewhere in Eastern Europe during World War II, from Ukraine to Belarus, he said.

"I do not think anyone can imagine the horror of what happened," Leizer Finchelstein, 88, one of the few survivor of the pogrom told AFP. He was 17 when he was forced out of his home.

"I saw lots of bodies in the streets of Iasi, lots of blood in the gutter," he said.

Finchelstein was crammed with hundred of others into a train carriage. Doors were locked from the outside, all small windows and cracks were sealed and the summer heat was unbearable.

"People died like flies."

Finally, Finchelstein was carried out of the train in a village 20 kilometres from Iasi, Podu Iloaiei. There he had to bury those who had died.

"It is such a sad feeling to see this pastoral landscape, so beautiful, and then to see the mass graves where our relatives are buried", Naomy Almog, a retired Israeli teacher told AFP. She came especially for the ceremonies as her two uncles died in the pogrom.

"In these mass graves, people rest without name. For decades, Romania did not recognise fully the extent of the tragic events in Iasi," added Alexandru Florian, director of the Elie Wiesel Institute for the Holocaust in Romania.

Calling for "eternal vigilance", the American ambassador to Romania, Mark Gitenstein, said "every infringement of liberty" could contribute to a climate of violence in the long term.

Between 280,000 and 380,000 Romanian and Ukrainian Jews died in the Holocaust in Romania and territories under its control, according to an international commission of historians headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, himself a Romanian-born Jew.

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Glow Sticks ? The Perfect Party Ornament

Thinking of having a party for your kids? There?s always plenty of reasons to celebrate. You might want to consider getting some glow sticks for the party if it?s going to be held in the evening.

What Is It?

If you?re not sure what are glow sticks, here?s a quick run down about it. They are basically thin translucent plastic tubes that contains 2 different types of chemical. Inside the plastic tube, there?s a liquid chemical with a thin glass tube. The thin glass tube is filled with another type of chemical. The idea is to bend the plastic tube which will end up breaking the glass tube inside. There?s a chemical reaction when both chemicals mix which will give out a glow for a certain time period. These glow sticks or some times spelled as glo sticks could come in different sizes and colors. It?s basically a fun gift to receive or to give away. They are also mostly used during concerts and performances by fans who wish to show their support and participation.

Buy A Bunch

So all you need to do is to buy a bunch or stack of these party glow sticks. Kids will definitely love to play with these especially when it is dark since these sticks all glow with different colors. The most widely used are those that once bent, can be formed into a small bangle to be worn around the wrist. Some even come in the form of necklaces which you can wear around your neck. Now how cool would that be at a party when you dim the lights. So if you?re having a number of kids coming over to your house for a party, just buy a bunch and give them out during the evening.

Use As Ornaments

You can even use these glow sticks as party ornaments. Just bend them and decorate your home or rooms with them at night before turning the lights off. If you have quite a number of these glow sticks, they will light up your room for a period of time with the different colors. These usually come in red, yellow, orange, blue and green. So you could mix and match the different colors together to get a lovely blend and effect.

Summary

These glow sticks make a very ideal party ornament for any occasion. Especially if it is held in the evenings when you can switch off the lights. Try getting some today. You?ll see how fun they really are when you see them glow in the dark. Have fun!

Amelia Warmheart is an avid traveler but a lousy cook. When not traveling or recovering from jet lag, she shares how glow sticks make the perfect party ornament. They are also some times known as glo sticks and would make great children gifts, especially when they are used at night.

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Olomouc Travel Guide | DSCDU Directory

The first written mention of a settlement at Olomouc is almost 1000 years ago when the Kosmas Chronicle described a fortified castle watching over the important Morava river ford on the road between Krakow and Prague. Between 16th and 19th centuries, Olomouc served as a strategically important fortress. The city today is the seat of the regional government, the Moravian archbishopric and the oldest university in Moravia, Palacky University (Universita Palack?ho).

Legend claims that the city was founded by Julius Caesar. It?s unlikely that Caesar actually visited in person, but it is known that the city was originally a Roman military camp with the name Julii Mons (Julius? Hill). This name was gradually corrupted to its present form, Olomouc ? which is pronounced ?Olo-mowts?. The Roman influence is a proud heritage of the city, and manifests itself in numerous areas.

Olomouc is doubtless the undiscovered gem of the Czech Republic. It is home to countless beautiful buildings, great culture (home of the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra), and hundreds of unique restaurants, bars, and pubs. Olomouc is totally off the radar of most tourists, feeling quietly normal and relaxed even on a nice day in July.

As the home to Palacky University, Olomouc is the country?s largest student city by percentage of population. Palacky University is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the country and only Charles? University in Prague has a longer history. During the academic year, the population of the city is increased by roughly 20,000 students, giving the city a vibrant feeling of life and energy. This is important to remember if you want to enjoy the thriving nightlife of the city ? many bars and clubs depend on the student population and close for the summer vacations.

Olomouc has been the seat of the Catholic Archbishop for almost 1,000 years, and thus has some of the most beautifully decorated churches in Central Europe ? though they will not appear in many travel guides.

Olomouc is an exploring sightseer?s paradise. A good place to begin is the main square (Horn? n?mest? or ?Upper Square?), with its huge Town Hall and the Holy Trinity Column (the largest column in Europe), which was enscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000. It is the second largest historical square in the Czech Republic. Don?t miss the astronomical clock on the Town Hall. It is said to once have rivalled the beauty of Prague?s, but was seriously damaged in the WWII and then rebuilt and repainted at the beginning of the Communist regime to reflect worker?s values.

The Upper Square (Horn? n?mest?) is the main square of Olomouc, a beautiful place full of history where you can find some of the most important monuments:
The baroque Holy Trinity Column was built in the early 1700?s and consecrated by the Empress Marie Theresa in 1754. With a height of 35 metres, it has dominated the Upper Square (Horn? n?mest?) ever since and was added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage in the year 2000. The column features sculptures of the Holy Trinity (predictably), the assumption of the Virgin Mary, all twelve apostles, three virtues and the most important saints of the Baroque period. The base of the column contains a small chapel with amazing acoustics and the raised pedestal is a very nice place to sit and eat lunch. It is one of the traditional rendezvous points in the city.

The renaissance Olomouc Town Hall occupies the centre of the main square (Horn? n?mest?). Its halls and chapel are accessible on guided tours and it?s possible to climb the tower each day at 11AM and 3PM. The ground floor of the town hall houses a gallery, restaurant and the tourist information office. Ask in the office if you are interested in the guided tour and climbing the tower. On the north face is one of only two astronomical clocks in the country. On the west side, there is the Hygieia fountain from 1945, one of the many fountains in the city.

The Astronomical clock was constructed in the 15th Century, but takes its present appearance from the 1950?s, during a refurbishment to repair damage inflicted in WWII. Czechoslovakia was under Communist rule by then and the clock reflects the values of the day, the saints and angels being replaced by scientists, sportspeople and labourers. There is one other astronomical clock in the Czech lands (in the other ancient capital, Prague), but as a surviving example of Socialist-Realism, the Olomouc Astronomical clock is unique world-wide. It is another popular rendezvous point in the city.

The baroque Caesar?s Fountain is the largest fountain in Olomouc. It depicts the legendary founder of the city, Gaius Julius Caesar, riding a horse. It is one of the six great baroque Roman-themed fountains you can find in the city.
The baroque Hercules? Fountain depicts Hercules fighting Hydra. Another from the series of the six great baroque Roman-themed fountains you can find in the city.
The modern Arion?s Fountaindepicts the legend of a poet thrown overboard and saved by a dolphin. It was specially designed to allow easy access to the water and is a favourite among children.
The bronze model of the city.

St. Wenceslas Cathedral, a thousand-year-old cathedral, dominates the city?s skyline with the tallest spire in Moravia, (second tallest in the Czech Republic) Pope John Paul II and Mother Tereza have both visited the cathedral and the holy relics of Saint Jan Sarkander are interred within.
St. Moritz church is a beautifully preserved gothic church dating from 1398. One of its highlights is the massive Engler organ, one of the largest in Europe. The organ is the focus of the international music festival in September/October and the Christmas Music festival every year. The tower of the church offers a magnificent 360 degree view over the city and countryside and is accessed via a graceful double-spiral staircase.

St. Michael?s church appears quite plain from the outside. Upon entering, however, most first time visitors find their breath stolen away. Inside is one of the most beautiful baroque churches in Central Europe. One notable feature is a painting of an apparently pregnant Virgin Mary, quite rare in a catholic church. It?s also possible to enter the old monastery attached to the side of the church and climb its bell tower.
Bezrucovy Sady is a lovely park that runs between the massive Fortress walls and the Mill channel, providing a great place to stroll and relax, also nice views of the University and St. Michael?s Church
Basilica Minor on the Holy Hill (Svat? Kopecek). This is one of the most popular pilgrimage churches in Central Europe, and was honoured by Pope John Paul II. The best way to reach it is to take the bus 11 to Svat? Kopecek from stand ?E? in front of the railway station.
The University is spread throughout the city, but the most interesting parts to visitors are between the main square and St. Wenceslas? Cathedral. The fine arts faculty has a sunny terrace courtyard with a caf? and views over the city walls from above. Also notable is the law campus on 17th. November Ave. which was formerly the headquarters of the Communist party.

Baroque Fountains. The city?s impeccable series of six stone baroque fountains are all within easy walking distance of the Main Square. They are based on Roman themes, and depict Neptune, Jupiter (both on Doln? n?mest?), Mercury (near the Prior store), Triton (on N?mest? republiky), Hercules, and the legendary founder of Olomouc, Julius Caesar (both on Horn? n?mest?, the main square). There are also two more baroque fountains that were damaged and lost their central statues, Saturn fountain in the Hradisko monastery and Dolphin fountain near the Virgin Mary church. The missing statue of a child with a dolphin on the latter fountain was replaced a with lion head.

Modern fountains. There are also several remarkable modern fountains in Olomouc. The Arion fountain in the main square (Horn? n?mest?) depicts the legend of a poet thrown overboard and saved by a dolphin. It was specially designed to allow easy access to the water and is a favourite among children. Hygieia fountain can be found nearby in the west wall of the Town Hall. Bronze Living Water fountaincan be found next to the Chapel of St. Sarkander. There are also two fountains located near the Main Railway Station, one of which ?dances? along to recorded classical music.
The Archbishops? palace on Wurmova Ulice is open to the public just one day per week. It was in this building on 2 December 1848, that [Franz Joseph] acceded to the throne of the [Austro-Hungarian Hapsburg Empire].

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On the entrance of summertime, nothing is much more enjoyable than performing a little horseback riding with some buddies. When you do horseback riding for years or perhaps several weeks, you might quickly wish and require your personal equipment: A Horse Seat!

We?ll focus much more particularly to the most effective types of horse saddles for the user and for your preferred companion. We?ll try to describe merely the benefits and downsides of the distinct kinds of seats.

Possessing its own horse seat may prevent you the key disadvantages of the product supplied from your riding community, too generally in poor state and fairly uncomfortable to avoid sliding of the saddle.

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Then you might have to determine the long term use of your accessories (especially for anyone who is a novice) and your preferred sort of hobby: dressage, jumping, hiking or a lot more versatile exercises. It?s clear that a saddle for a cultivator horse will not be the same as for jumping or horse race.

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During a typical workday, hundreds of people suffer harm on the job working at their profession. States have developed a program referred to as workers? compensation, which is used to assist in the restoration and rehabilitation from accidents as varied as amputated limbs to nerve damage.

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This system presents a degree of safety to companies and staff within the case of unsafe working conditions or accidents; instead of counting on litigation for compensation, a state-sponsored insurance coverage program helps to defray the cost of recovery. It is essential to know your staff compensation advantages on your individual state. It?s essential to get to know the details particularly if you are in a dangerous occupation.

Prior to 1911, staff who injured themselves on the job obtained compensation by means of a system known as negligible liability. The individual states have constitutional right to control commerce within their borders in keeping with the U.S. Constitution?s 10th amendment. This meant that employers and their staff who have been injured went by the state?s authorized process to prove their case. It was torture.

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Workers compensation applications awards staff who?re injured on the job by providing them medical bills and a portion of their wages. Thus, for instance, a poultry employee who cuts his hand while trimming the skin and fat from a rooster, the lodge housekeeper who dislocates a disc in her again during the process of changing linens, the landscaper who cuts his finger during the act of pruning bushes would all be eligible for workers? compensation benefits.

Both employees and employers benefit from workers compensation laws for various causes; employers now have a steady compensation system constructed on the insurance model instead of the uncertainties of legal responsibility torts complicated by jury trials. Staff benefited in quite a few ways from the change in office accident compensation. The insurance model allowed them to work without worry and uncertainty of being destitute or having to face the onerous legal system at one time was biased in favor of the employer.

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Workers compensation systems differ from state to state. State statutes and court docket selections manage many facets, including the dealing with of claims, the evaluation of impairment and settlement of disputes, the quantity of benefits injured staff obtain and the strategies used to regulate costs. From 2008 to 2009 maximum income advantages for total disability increased an average 3.67 percent. The average most weekly benefit in 2009 was $763.sixteen, in response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2009 Evaluation of Employee?s Compensation Laws.

Workers? compensation provides no-fault insurance protection for most employers and employees within the states. Advantages consist of health-related therapy for workers who?re injured within the course of their employment or develop an occupational illness consequently of their productive activities. Proprietors of sole proprietorships along with other companies without workers aren?t required to file workers? compensation insurance. Nevertheless, they might choose to buy it from the state to shelter their own medical expenditures if they are wounded on the job. There are internet workers?compensation forms offered for at the different state websites as well as statistical consultation and rates. Go to the site available in your state.

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The Honda Pilot isn?t as uncanny as a Citro?n, nor is it as stirring as a BMW M3. In annoy of this?or maybe since of it?Honda?s eight-passenger crossover SUV sells in estimable numbers, considerable work for a car which debuted in a second era for 2008. (It assimilated a long-term exam swift shortly after.) To keep shoppers interested, though, Honda?s creation a little tweaks for 2012, and a view shooters have held a single of a face-lifted Pilots using around.

The many important disproportion is a shift in a grille. The stream car?s cyborg-like front fascia was a bit of a styling risk from such a regressive company, and whilst it substantially didn?t harm sales, it didn?t win loads of fans either. It?s rught away strong from these images which a prosaic grille will disappear, to be transposed with a three-slat insert. Tape on a back fender suggests a little resurfacing there as well. Otherwise, a Pilot?s extraneous stays often a same as it has been; it?s an harmless pattern and still looks uninformed sufficient to prove family groups in a showroom.

Mechanically, a alterations to a Pilot will many expected be evolutionary. Honda has been upgrading many of a models? five-speed involuntary transmissions with six-ratio units; we can design a Pilot to stick on a six-speed in-crowd. Between a new gearbox and?perhaps?some finessing of a engine?s oily bits, we wouldn?t be astounded to see a Pilot benefit an additional mile per gallon or two. For a folks who put cartoonish drawings of themselves and their pets on a back window, this will be pleasing news.

We design Honda to betray a face-lifted Pilot someday this fall, possibly during November?s Los Angeles auto uncover or during a less-full-of-fanfare venue. It?ll be a bustling tumble for a company?s crossover division, as we?re additionally awaiting an all-new CR-V. We?ll move we full info on both cars when it arrives.

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Brian Allen Carr runs a lap at Bill Schupp Park in just six and a half minutes, but what?s really racing is his mind.

The 32-year-old fiction writer has conceived many a storyline during his regular jogs at the North McAllen park, and the gravel track has proven to be fertile creative ground ? Carr?s piece ?The first Henley? was named the winner of the Texas Observer?s first annual short story contest Tuesday. Carr?s story was hand-picked by none other than Larry McMurtry, the iconic Texas author of Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment and The last Picture Show, who praised its ?good sense of atmosphere,? according to the magazine.

The Observer describes ?The first Henley? as a ?tale of an Old West gunfighter stripped of his capacity for holding a gun, a story which mixes fact and fiction and culminates at the first-ever Lone Star Fair in 1852 Corpus Christi.?

It?s a ?cowboy myth ? intended to poke fun at the cowboy myth,? Carr said ? a model McMurtry has used many times throughout his prolific career. The contest received entries from throughout the world.

Carr suspects McMurtry might have picked up on his ?regional voice.? ?I sound as though I come from somewhere,? he told Festiva in a recent interview. that Texas ?voice? transcends the page ? Carr speaks with a langorous drawl that points back to his childhood homes of Austin and Corpus Christi.

Carr has worked as an English instructor at South Texas College for the past two years. He followed a girlfriend down to the Rio Grande Valley in his mid-20s, then earned a degree from The University of Texas-Pan American. his only knowledge of the Valley came from reading William S. Burroughs, the legendary Beat writer who lived in South Texas in the late 1940s. He?s formed his own opinion on the region after living here for several years.

?It?s not exactly America,? he said. ?It?s kind of it?s own little country.?

The Observer?s prize comes on the heels of his first book, Short Bus, a collection of his original short stories published earlier this year by the Texas Review Press.

To varying degrees, much of Carr?s dark, witty fiction is rooted in reality.

In ?Short Bus,? the book?s title story, a special-education teacher ?with his own disabilities? takes his students on a trip to rob a bank. Carr himself worked with special-ed children at McAllen?s Nikki Rowe High School. ?a lot of it is drawn from real life, probably too much,? he said, but it?s ?pushing reality beyond the point where it could go.?

Carr is currently working on a second book, tentatively titled Vampire Conditions, which he hopes to have finished by the end of the summer.

The book will deal with the untimely death of his older brother, whose body was found in a burnt-out car 10 years ago. It?s a subject Carr is only now ready to face in his writing.

?I didn?t know how to do it in a way that wasn?t syrupy and annoying,? he said. this summer will be ?Carr?s last in the Valley. He and his family are relocating to Victoria, where he will teach at the University of Houston-Victoria.

Carr?s short story ?The Cyclops? was featured on the cover of Festiva?s first annual Creative Writing edition in 2008. Short Bus can be purchased at Barnes & Noble and amazon.com. Learn more about the book at shortbusbook.com. Click here to read a short Q&A with the author from 2008.

Watch a video of Carr reading from his book Short Bus here: youtube.com/watch?v=VFR5RuZWmfo

Brandon R. Garcia is editor of Festiva and Valley Life. you can reach him at (956) 683-4461.

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Girl on Roadbike: So you've never worn clipless shoes?
Me: Nope.
GOR: Oh you should just do it! It's really easy, honest.
Me: Really?
GOR: Oh totally!
Me: So how did you get the hang of it?
GOR:?Well, I fell down all the time at first!
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GOR:?Yeah, it was pretty funny. I'd come to a stop and just go plop!
Me: Oh my God...
GOR:?But don't worry! After a couple of weeks you'll be fine!

You see, that right there is what separates me from "normal people" who've grown up playing sports: I see being guaranteed to fall and being told not to worry as completely incompatible notions.

Hopefully I won't jinx myself by writing this here, but I've never fallen off my bike as an adult. When I tell this to experienced cyclists, their reaction is usually "Oh, that's not good. You need to get used to falling." The idea being that, if I have no concept of falling - and more importantly, of how to fall "correctly" - then when it actually happens (the use of "when" instead of "if" is in itself alarming), it's going to be bad. I've been given advice such as to go out and practice falling on some grass, but honestly I cannot imagine doing that unless someone holds a gun to my head... and even then, I'd probably be trying to talk my way out of it!

What exactly scares me about falling I don't know. I don't have a fear of pain, so that's not it (I sat though an emergency root canal without novocaine yesterday, which was honestly not so bad!). Maybe I have a strong self-preservation instinct, and the physical sensation of the fall triggers it. Either way, when I am told that a specific behaviour - like learning to ride clipless - is pretty much guaranteed to make me fall multiple times, I am highly motivated to avoid that behaviour.

How do you feel about the idea of falling off your bike? Is it something you view as an inherent part of cycling (be it for sport, recreation or transportation), or do you believe that it can (and should) be avoided?

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Presenting from your laptop computer is one of the the most widespread practices amid organization presenters. And if you use your personal computer to challenge PowerPoint slides, or link stay to the World wide web, or use multimedia, there are specified precautions you ought to just take. Right here are 7 tips or safeguards to help make sure almost everything goes easily for your subsequent company presentation.

1. Provide a back again up of every thing. Regardless of whether you are presenting in a meeting space down the hall from your office or in a hotel 1,000 miles away, play it safe and have seconds of every little thing. This consists of a battery for your laptop computer, a second set of ethernet cables or electrical power cord, disks and many others.

2. Never ever presume it will be in the place. Did you actually consider that the routine maintenance staff would leave you plug adapters, pointers, extension cords etc.

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Barry Humphries to Portray the Goblin King in The Hobbit

Barry Humphries is the latest star to sign on for The Hobbit.

The veteran Australian actor, actually best known for his alter-ego of Dame Edna, will portray the Goblin King in this wildly-anticipated movie. What will this entail, exactly?

Humphries “will be portraying the Goblin King, in much the way Andy Serkis created Gollum,” director Peter Jackson wrote on Facebook. “We’re looking forward to seeing him invest the Goblin King with the delicate sensitivity and emotional depth this character deserves.”

Evangeline Lilly was also added to the movie's cast this week.

She and Humphries join returning stars such as Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett and Ian McKellen in the December 14, 2012 release.

[Photo: WENN.com]

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Another reason Georgians ?h??ld retain affordable health insurance ?? t? m?k? sure th?? h??? dental coverage. Medical investigate h?? shown th?t gum disease ?nd advanced tooth decay contribute t? blood ?nd heart problems, wh??h means th?t dental checkups ??nn?t afford t? wait until th? patient suffers fr?m a awkward toothache. Wh?n looking t? find affordable BCBS, Georgia residents look f?r dental coverage th?t w?ll h?l? th?m maintain a healthy ?nd ?l??n mouth.

S?m? jobs require workers t? maintain ????ll?nt eyesight, m?k?ng ?t crucial f?r th?m t? find affordable health insurance f?r healthy vision. Employees wh? drive ?r m??t otherwise focus ?n one area f?r long periods m??t b? ?bl? t? see clearly t? protect everyone?s safety, including th??r ?wn. E???ll?nt vision ?? ?l?? vital f?r everyday life, ?? Georgians d? n?t want t? miss th? fun ?f ????ll?nt reading, g?rg???? sights, ?nd memorable moments w?th l???d ones.

Finally, th? m??t vital factor th?t leads many t? seek affordable health insurance ?? th? need t? take care ?f th??r families. Insurance ?? ????ll?nt t? h??? ?n case ?f emergencies, b?t ?? m??t effective wh?n used ?? a tool t? maintain ????ll?nt overall health ?? small medical issues d? n?t become real problems later ?n. T? find affordable BCBS, Georgia employees look t? m?k? sure th??r spouses ?nd children never h??? t? g? without quality healthcare.

Ab??t th? Author

Dorothy Browning ?? ?n admin f?r ?n insurance company, ?nd ?h? advises th?t everyone find affordable health insurance t? h?l? stifle th? blow fr?m rising medical costs. Sh? recommends th?t ?n th? search t? find affordable BCBS. Georgia families shop online f?r th? best coverage ?nd m??t competitive monthly premiums.

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Source: http://yourfinance.co.cc/2011/06/affordable-health-insurance-a-must-for-optimal-health-in-georgia/

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