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The new facility opens Sunday through Thursday from 7am to 3pm and provides pre-employment and occupational health screening and. These services will enable organizations to regularly monitor workers exposed to hazards within the workplace. It will also help detect occupational diseases and work-related illnesses.

Organizations will also benefit from the consultancy provided by the new facility on how to take precautionary measures against exposure to work-related diseases and hazards to ensure the wellbeing of employees. The workers using the facilities of the clinic will receive basic fitness advice to achieve a good work-life balance.

Earlier, the tests were carried out from the Disease Prevention & Screening Center located adjacent to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi.

Mohamed Hawas, Acting Director of Disease Prevention and Screening Centre, AHS, said: "The new dedicated facility will prove convenient for government agencies and other organizations that are mandated to provide an occupational medical certification for their staff to ensure their medical fitness. The purpose built building is equipped to cater to large clientele and in pleasant surroundings."

Tests carried out by the center include audiometry for employees that are regularly exposed to loud noise, lung function tests for individuals subjected to environments with dust and fumes, and blindness testing for professions where good vision is required for the prevention of accidents. Color vision testing is also available at the center.

The new department is fitted out with specific waiting areas for male and female clients. The facility is staffed by two occupational health specialists, a pulmonary disease specialist and a general practitioner. The support function includes two nurses, an occupational health technician, phlebotomist and a radiographer.

Al Madina Occupational Health Department is licensed by the Health Authority - Abu Dhabi (HAAD) to provide these special services in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Source: http://www.ameinfo.com/ambulatory-healthcare-services-announces-dedicated-occupational-331598

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Skype update brings back 'classic' UI option for tablets

Skype has just been updated to give users the option of selecting a "classic" UI instead of the new and improved tablet interface. The previous update to Skype added many new features and a more tablet-optimized interface overall, including a portrait UI for calling -- the curious part was the rest of the app was still locked in landscape mode. Skype is now backpedaling, sort of, by letting tablet users go back to a phone-style UI in the settings if they prefer. The new option is probably a better choice if you're on a smaller screen like the Nexus 7 that is often used in portrait.

10-inch tablet users are still better off with the new "tablet" UI because the larger devices are quite comical in portrait mode. Until Skype figures out how to do a responsive tablet UI that changes appropriately for landscape and portrait use, it's good to have this option. You can grab the update from the Play Store link at the top of this post.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/LUewdiMUK_o/story01.htm

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Pilot badger culls to go ahead

27 February 2013 Last updated at 08:26 ET

Badger culls are set to go ahead later this year after final licence conditions were met, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has said.

The pilot culls, in Gloucestershire and West Somerset, were postponed amid fears they could not be carried out effectively last autumn.

Ministers want to hold a pilot badger cull to halt the spread of tuberculosis to cattle.

Opponents, including the RSPCA, say it is inhumane.

Mr Paterson confirmed the cull at the National Farmers Union (NFU) annual conference.

He also announced a reserve pilot will also be prepared in Dorset.

Under the plans, badgers will be shot in the open without first being trapped in cages, which is current practice.

'?1bn' cost

"I am determined that there are no further delays this year," Mr Paterson said.

"That is why we have taken the sensible step with the farming industry to elect a reserve area that can be called upon should anything happen to prevent culling in Somerset or Gloucester."

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By Helen Briggs, BBC News

Badger culls in England were postponed at the last minute in the autumn, when it came to light that the number of badgers in the pilot areas had been vastly underestimated.

Targets have now been set - farmers are allowed to shoot up to 5,094 badgers in West Gloucestershire and West Somerset over a six-week period starting as early as the summer.

Ministers have also announced a reserve area - Dorset - in case of unforeseen problems. They have commissioned a new national survey of badger numbers - the first for more than a decade - which is due to report in July or August.

Greater certainty over the number of badgers that can be killed without the threat of removing the local population - and the issuing of full licenses to farmers - clear some of the obstacles that led to last year's delays.

However, there are still many potential conflicts. The policy of free shooting badgers has not proved popular with either the public or the majority of independent scientists.

Opponents of the badger cull have promised to continue their action, with new protests already under way.

Mr Paterson added that tackling the spread of bovine TB had cost ?500m in the past 10 years and that figure could rise to ?1bn if action was not taken.

The authorisation from Natural England states that culling can take place from 1 June and will last for six weeks. It will be repeated annually for four years.

The pilot will be independently checked to ensure it is removing enough badgers in a humane way, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.

Labour's shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, said scientists had branded the cull an "untested and risky approach" while more than 150,000 members of the public had signed a petition opposing it.

She said: "As incompetent Defra ministers stagger from one crisis to the next, the policing costs, paid by the taxpayer, will balloon to ?4m while bovine TB will increase in the next two years as the shooting displaces badgers.

"Ministers should listen to the public and the scientists and drop this cull before any more public money is wasted."

Ian Johnston, of the NFU, said: "Last year the conditions weren't right. We need to do this properly in a very particular way and that's why the NFU asked for it to be postponed.

"When you have 30,000 cattle going to their death prematurely and farm businesses being destroyed... then doing nothing is not an option. So you've got to do it."

NFU president Peter Kendall also backed the cull and called for a full roll-out in 2014.

He described the 35,000 cattle that had to be slaughtered because of the disease as a "scandalous waste".

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21602753#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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Goldman, Banking, and Business Ethics - Jesse's Caf? Am?ricain

"I'm a very firm believer that a liar is a cheat and a thief and a crook. I don't like liars. I never lie. I always told my own child, "If you murder somebody, tell me. I'll help you hide the body. But don't you lie to me."

"We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."

Leona Helmsley

"There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.?

Lord Acton

I wish that C-Span would permit their videos to be 'embeddable.'

Greg's talk is excellent, and thanks to C-Span the video quality is good.

Greg Smith Speaking At Stanford on His Experience at Goldman and Reasons for the Corrosive Decline in Business Ethics

Speaking of excellent essays on corruption, Yves Smith has written a wonderful piece titled, Jack Lew?s Grotesque Citi Employment Deal and the Institutionalization of Corruption.

Corruption, facilitated by the credibility trap, is the biggest problem facing?the West?today. That is the real subsidy, the most debilitating entitlement.

It is the belief of the elite that the power of their office is an achievement that?rewards them with the right to lie, cheat and steal, both for themselves and their friends.

Although it is most important to understand that they would be shocked and insulted if?one uses those words, lie, cheat and steal, to describe what they are doing.? They view themselves as exceptionally hard working, as obligated by their natural gifts and superiority.

Through a long indoctrination that starts sometimes in their families, but is most often affirmed in their elite schools and with their circle of privileged friends, they learn to rationalize?selective moral behaviour not as immoral but as 'the entitlement of success.'? And they are supported by a horde of morally ambivalent enablers who will tell them whatever they wish to hear.

There are one set of rules for themselves and their friends, and another set of rules for the rest.

Few who?actually do evil consciously choose to be evil.? They rationalize what they do in any number of ways, but the deceit often hinges on their own natural superiority, and the?objectification and denigration?of the other.? We are makers, and they are takers.?Although many may work hard, they see their own work as having special value and merit, while the actions of the others are inconsequential and?unworthy.

Given enough time, their rationalizations become an ideology, desensitized to the meaning and significance of others outside their own select group.? This supremacy of ideology empties their souls, and opens the door to mass privation and even murder, although rarely done by their own hands.

This is what Glenn Greenwald calls 'justice for some.' Or even earlier what George Orwell captured in the slogan, 'Some animals are more equal than others.'

And just to be clear on this, with regard to the Anglo-American political situation,?the tragedy is not that?just some?are corrupted, which is always the case. The tragedy is that the Democrats and the Labour Party learned that they could become as servilely corrupted by Big Money as the Republicans and the Conservative Party, while maintaining the illusion of serving their traditional political base.

And?it has?rewarded them very well in terms of extraordinarily well-funded political power, and almost unbelievable personal enrichment afterwards.??

In such a climate of corruption,??political discourse?loses the vitality of ideas and compromise?for the general good, and?take on the character of competing?gangs and?crime families, engaged in aggressive schemes?and protracted turf wars, tottering from one pitched battle and crisis to another.

"A credibility trap is a condition wherein the financial, political and informational functions of a society have been compromised by corruption and fraud, so that the leadership cannot effectively reform, or even honestly address, the problems of that system without impairing and implicating, at least incidentally, a broad swath of the power structure, including themselves.

The status quo tolerates the corruption and the fraud because they have profited at least indirectly from it, and would like to continue to do so. Even the impulse to reform within the power structure is susceptible to various forms of soft blackmail and coercion by the system that maintains and rewards.

And so a failed policy and its support system become self-sustaining, long after it is seen by objective observers to have failed. In its failure it is counterproductive, and an impediment to recovery in the real economy. Admitting failure is not an option for the thought leaders who receive their power from that system.

The continuity of the structural hierarchy must therefore be maintained at all costs, even to the point of becoming a painfully obvious hypocrisy.

And you know how I feel about this.

The Banks must be restrained, and the financial system reformed, with balance restored to the economy, before there can be any sustainable recovery.

The problem which the modern world has not yet grappled is how to react to the rise of a?global elite, which considers itself the children of a power which is?above national restraints, and a law unto themselves.

Their?success has been propelled by the dominance of Anglo-American financialization, and the rise of oligarchies in Russia, China, Latin America,?and India.? Countervailing power has been co-opted and subsumed.??Any opposition has become marginalized and isolated.

The new oligarchs?are?supported by their fiat currencies, which together?the increase of insubstantial?'cashlessness' in wealth,? provides the?ability to define and allocate value at will.?

They have a penchant towards globalization and deregulation to support selective justice, to the extreme detriment of local rule, and individual choice and freedom.?? Above all, they are a law unto themselves, above?what they consider subhuman restraint.? ?bermenschen.

?Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first- and second-generation wealth. Its members are hardworking, highly educated, jet-setting meritocrats who feel they are the deserving winners of a tough, worldwide economic competition?and many of them, as a result, have an ambivalent attitude toward those of us who didn't succeed so spectacularly. Perhaps most noteworthy, they are becoming a transglobal community of peers who have more in common with one another than with their countrymen back home. Whether they maintain primary residences in New York or Hong Kong, Moscow or Mumbai, today's super-rich are increasingly a nation unto themselves...

A multibillion-dollar bailout and Wall Street?s swift, subsequent reinstatement of gargantuan bonuses have inspired a narrative of parasitic bankers and other elites rigging the game for their own benefit. And this, in turn, has led to wider?and not unreasonable?fears that we are living in not merely a plutonomy, but a plutocracy, in which the rich display outsize political influence, narrowly self-interested motives, and a casual indifference to anyone outside their own rarefied economic bubble."

Chrystia Freeland, The Rise of the New Global Elite

Of course this tendency is not new in history, as it is a facet of the human heart, and the empires of the past. But the scope of it is something rarely seen before this. And it is supported by technologies for mass action and control that seem terrifyingly powerful and new.

And as hard as it may be to believe, this too shall pass. But as always, we have some work to do in our own time.

?The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness He grinds all.?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source: http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2013/02/greg-smith-speaking-at-stanford-goldman.html

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Kerry says time is now for Syria's Assad to quit

PARIS (AP) ? New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the time has passed for Syrian President Basher Assad to leave power.

His first official meetings with France's leadership come amid increasing efforts by both countries to bolster Syria's opposition.

Kerry met Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande in Paris, chatting in French on the front steps of the Elysee Palace.

The war in Syria and Iran's nuclear program have topped the agenda of Kerry's tour of Europe and the Middle East.

Officials in the United States and Europe said Tuesday the Obama administration is nearing a decision on whether to provide non-lethal assistance to carefully vetted fighters opposed to Assad.

"We are examining and developing ways to accelerate the political transition that the Syrian people want and deserve," Kerry said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/kerry-says-time-now-syrias-assad-quit-134016394--politics.html

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Engadget HD Podcast 338 - 02.26.2013

Now that Sony has revealed the PlayStation 4 exists (but not much else -- yet) how do we feel about the future of the living room? We'll dig into that, plus some some new home theater related news from Samsung at Mobile World Congress, the return of webOS on TVs and FIFA's acceptance of modern technology and much more, so go ahead and press play.

Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh (@bjdraw), Richard Lawler (@rjcc)

Producer: James Trew (@itstrew)

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TSL Professional Products Appoints Tim Weston in New Regional ...

New Hire Solidifies Expanding U.K. Sales Strategy

TSL Professional Products Ltd. (PPL), a manufacturer of audio monitoring, surround sound capture and processing, tally systems and power management solutions for the broadcast industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Weston as Regional Sales Manager for the U.K.

BVE exhibition visitors can meet him at The ExCel, London, between Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th February on the TSL PPL Stand, A24.

Weston brings with him the industry experience and long-established relationships that are essential to grow the TSL PPL brand further in the region. Weston is responsible for new business development, direct sales, account management, channel strategy and budgeting. He will also liaise with key resellers and systems integration partners for advancements in the development of TSL PPL solutions.

?We created this key position in order to handle our rapidly expanding customer base in the UK, which has seen year-on-year growth,? says Chris Exelby, Managing Director of TSL PPL. ?Tim comes to us with a wealth of experience in the Broadcast sector and has formed long-established relationships with influential broadcasters, systems integrators and technology partners across the industry, so we?re confident that his appointment will strengthen TSL PPL?s position as a leading developer and manufacturer of revolutionary technologies in the region.?

Weston is an accomplished international-territory sales manager with considerable experience and a proven success record driving high-value software/hardware solution sales into direct key accounts and through indirect channels. He is skilled in business development and has achieved multimillion-pound annual revenues for previous employers; driving growth, managing sales channels, sales negotiation, relationship development and has a sound technical understanding of customer requirements. Weston comes from a BBC-trained, broadcast engineering background, giving him a solid comprehension of technologies and their application within the industry. He has worked for such top industry manufacturers as Emotion Systems, Autodesk, Oxtel, Tektronix UK, and Lightworks Editing Systems.

?TSL PPL has developed a strong reputation in the broadcast industry for making highly reliable equipment that solves the real-world problems faced by engineering teams,? says Weston. ?This new relationship is a perfect match for my skill set and contacts. I am very pleased to fulfill this key new position and am sure that together, TSL PPL and I will continue this legacy of success into the future.?

For more information about TSL Professional Products Ltd., please visit www.tsl.co.uk/products.aspx.

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Source: http://www.hdproguide.com/tsl-professional-products-appoints-tim-weston-in-new-regional-sales-manager-position-for-u-k/

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How Many People Have Been Killed by Guns Since Newtown?

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Come on, wealthy baby boomers, take a cut in super tax ...

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By Noely Neate
February 25, 2013

I had one of those bizarre mornings where a lot of similar themes unexpectedly came together and smacked me in the face about how self-obsessed we Australians have become.

I had a conversation with a friend about Sunrise on 7 (which I am not allowed to watch anymore as my husband says it makes me rant too much) and David Koch?s obsession with superannuation while pretending he is a ?man of the people?.?? His super carry-on drives me insane. Most Australians are worried about paying their monthly bills, not their bloody super. Rant for another day. ?To settle down I went cruising various news sites and came across an awesome article on BBC New Magazine ?called Australia: Where the good life comes at a price?which?tells ls us?how bloody good we have it in this country.

To push me over the edge I went to AUSVOTES 2013 and read a brilliant, thought-provoking article by Ed Butler titled The ego behind anti-welfarism. It focused on?how most Australians now believe they have ?earned? their privilege, not that they are lucky.? I urge people to read this article and then have a good look at themselves in the mirror. Like what you see?

The fact is the Baby Boomers are the wealthy in this country. They are the ones with superannuation and homes they have paid off . They are the reason ?finance news is now part of our nightly news. They are the people who have convinced us all that the Economy?is the most important aspect of our upcoming election, because share prices and the like affect the returns on their shares and their superannuation.? These are also the people who have forgotten that we are the ?lucky country. Many of them have also forgotten empathy, and passed that on to the public at large.

I many will frown at that statement, but take a breath and think about it.

What sort of country are we that we condone the hit on struggling single mothers by making their lives worse? Yet there is a Hands off my super!?cry at the thought of cutting tax concessions on super?? Single mothers would love to have the luxury of superannuation!

Homeless people have no idea about superannuation!? People dying, waiting on hospital surgery lists don?t give a rats butt about superannuation ? they will most likely not be alive to benefit from it.? No-one cares about these people, we all just bow down to the all powerful ?Economy?. Somewhere over the years we lost our humanity .

Baby Boomers consistently tell us they ?worked hard to live comfortably? and ?earned everything they have?, and to a certain degree they have, though they also have a tendency to re-invent history.? They love to proclaim that they ere savers who were not wasteful on big screen TV?s and McMansions, which is true.What they neglect to say is that they did not have the same issues faced today which inhibit saving or paying off your mortgage early, and that many of those issues are actually social.

For starters, back in the day the bank gave you a mortgage based on one sole wage earner, not both as is needed today. In most cases women stayed home and looked after the kids, so there were no child care expenses.? If the earnings were the result of a university education, they didn?t pay for that at all ? it was free education.

Same with school. If you went to a state school it was deadset free, unlike today, where it is hundreds of dollars a year. Every teeny extra thing is charged and that is before you get to uniforms.

If a woman did work, as my mother did, you had grandparents on both sides who helped look after your kids while you were at work or on school holidays ? another luxury we don?t have today.? In fact, many grandparents would move in with their kids when they retired, helping with resources to pay off that mortgage quicker and look after the kids at the same time whilst they happily lived on a pension. Now many families are not located near their immediate family, and often even if grandparents are close, they are probably either still working or busy enjoying their environment.? I can?t imagine my Nan saying to my mum, ?Sorry love, can?t look after the kids these school holidays, your father & I are off to Europe for 8 weeks?.

Hell, in the past our grandparents came on a holiday with us, thoroughly enjoying spending time with the family and treating the holiday as a luxury, not a right.? See, the likes of my grandparents were happy to help their families out, they didn?t think of themselves first, they thought of the family as a whole and being forged by both the Great Depression and two World Wars, they seriously knew what a shit economy was and appreciated that times were better.? They cared about their families and their neighbours because they had lived through the hard times when if you didn?t help each other out you were stuffed as you never knew who in the street was going to lose their job next.

Our Grandparents knew what was important ? health and happiness for your family.? Baby Boomers benefited from that, and like most spoiled kids don?t appreciate what they had.

Worse, they passed this disease on to their children, my generation.? The whole,??I pay tax so I deserve my cut attitude?.? You know what, you don?t, and you should actually appreciate you live in a country where you have even earned enough money to pay bloody tax!

Welfare as per the Oxford Dictionary is ?statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need?.

?Basic? is the operative word. Welfare money should not be used for private education, private health or to top up the wealthy?s superannuation funds. ? Education is a right. There are perfectly good state schools around and if you choose not to use them pay for that choice!

We have public hospitals. If you don?t want to wait in line with the rest of us and can afford to pay to go private then bloody well pay for it yourself. ? If you have the savings and smarts to invest well and look after your superannuation with good choices well good on you, well done. You don?t need taxpayer funded help.

Sadly the average Australian today can tell you what the price of the $AUD is against the Greenback, but they can?t tell you how many homeless we have in this country.??Think about that for one moment.

We are a lucky country. We did not go down the gurgler like most others, and we should be appreciating that and using that wealth to improve our welfare systems now, while we can afford it, to set up future generations of wage earners to keep our country strong ? not to make the poor poorer as we seem to be doing now.

Is this the future you want for your children?? Caring about your own immediate family is not what makes us an enlightened country, caring about ALL people regardless of race or creed?does!? In reality if the difference taken off the single mother was taken off the affluent it would maybe mean the ?lucky? person loses a few days off their yearly overseas holiday.

For the single mother, it could mean the ability to service her car and maybe get a job to improve her family?s future.

To the homeless person, it could mean the ability to rent a room, clean up, buy some clothes and maybe get a job to get back on track.

We need to start asking our politicians what they will do to improve the lives of ALL Australians, not just how are they going to keep the new ?affluent? middle class in the life they have become accustomed to

Twitter and political conversation is invigorating and interesting, and there are some very smart policy experts and economists out there. I urge you, please, over coming months when =you have one of those stimulating political discussions, just take a moment to think that behind those numbers and complex policies there are actual real people who will be affected.

These decisions are not just abstract theories.? Government is there to ?service the community or state?, not to be a business. Let?s dial down the ?economic? talk and dial up the HUMANITY.

Seriously, if our grand parents and great grand parents who suffered and struggled through depression and war could see us now, would they be proud?? Somehow I don?t think so

Cheers,
Noely? @YaThinkN

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ASUS PadFone Infinity announced: 5-inch, 1080p screen, Snapdragon 600 CPU and full HD tablet display (hands-on)

You may have heard a new PadFone was on the way -- it's not like ASUS has been dropping obvious hints or anything. In any case, surprise! ASUS just unveiled a new model, the PadFone Infinity. Like other PadFones, this is a handset that slips into a tablet-like dock, allowing you to make use of a bigger screen. This time, though, it ships with Android 4.2, and the display has grown from 4.7 inches to 5. The resolution is now 1080p (up from 720p), which comes out to 441 pixels per inch. Additionally, the tablet's 10.1-inch screen has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200, up from 1,280 x 800 in the last-gen model. It's plenty bright, too, at 400 nits, but that's a slight step down from the last-gen model, which lit up to 500 nits.

What's more, the phone's gotten an upgrade on the inside: it now packs a quad-core, 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600 chip with an Adreno 320 GPU, some of the freshest components Qualcomm has to offer at the moment. Also on-board, you get 2GB of RAM to help boost performance, with your choice of either 32GB or 64GB of built-in storage. As far as connectivity, you're looking at EDGE, GPRS, GSM, WCDMA, LTE and DC-HSPA+, along with all the usual radios: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, A-GPS and even GLONASS. According to an ASUS rep, the device uses a nano-SIM rather than micro-SIM. Around back, ASUS has added a 13-megapixel autofocusing camera with an LED flash, five-element, f/2.0 lens and burst shooting at eight fps. There's a front camera too, capped at 2MP, in case you want to do the occasional video chat. Meanwhile, the 2,400mAh battery promises up to 19 hours of 3G talk time, and up to 40 with the dock attached.

Like every other PadFone that's been released, this won't be available in the US, but the phone-and-dock combo will cost £799 / €999 when it goes on sale in Europe this April. The phone is also headed to Asia, though we don't have any more details. You'll also have your choice of colors, we hear: gray, gold and hot pink, if that's what you're into. Check out our hands-on gallery for a closer look.

Update: Hands-on photos and video now added. You're welcome.

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Christoph Waltz wins first Oscar of the night

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY

With some of the night's major awards still far from locks, the Oscars kicked off in Los Angeles Sunday night. Just last fall, the night had seemed like a possible runaway for Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," but when "Argo" director Ben Affleck was snubbed for a nomination there, his film earned the best possible boost at the best possible time.

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Christoph Waltz won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in "Django Unchained."

The first award of the night, best supporting actor, went to Christoph Waltz for his role in "Django Unchained." Waltz was considered a favorite, though Tommy Lee Jones of "Lincoln" was also a major contender.

In his speech, Waltz gave special thanks to Quentin Tarantino, the film's director, saying "you climbed the mountain ... because you were not afraid."

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"Brave," the story of a Scottish princess who battled to establish an adult relationship with her mother the queen, won the Oscar for best animated feature.

"Paperman" won the award for best animated short.

"Life of Pi" took home the Oscars for cinematography and visual effects. The drama tackled Yann Martel's bestselling novel, which some considered almost unfilmable for placing Bengal tiger in a small boat with its lead actor. The visual effects award was noteworthy for the theme from "Jaws" being played to warn the speechmakers that they were running over.

"Family Guy" host Seth MacFarlane kicked off the show with a lengthy song, dance and humor segment that included an appearance by William Shatner, appearing as "Star Trek's" Captain Kirk, and chastising MacFarlane for a supposed poor performance that Kirk came back from the future to correct.

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Lenovo outs three Android tablets, the 7-inch A1000 and A3000, and the 10-inch S6000 (hands-on)

Mobile World Congress might be the world's premier smartphone show, but that doesn't mean you won't find a bunch of tablets on display. In fact, that's pretty much all Lenovo is showing -- that, and the K900 phone, which you've already seen. All told, the company is introducing three new tabs, all of which run Android Jelly Bean, and fall into the budget / mid-range category. At the highest end is the S6000, which really isn't "high-end," per se, given that it has a 10-inch, 1,280 x 800 IPS display and a quad-core MediaTek's 8389 / 8125 processor, clocked at 1.2GHz. The tablet, which measures 8.6mm (0.34 inch) thick and weighs in at 560 grams (1.23 pounds), is rated for eight hours of battery life, and there's an optional HSPA+ radio too.

Similarly, the 7-inch A3000 (pictured above) has a 1.2GHz quad-core MTK processor, IPS display and optional HSPA+ , but its resolution is a lower 1,024 x 600. Though it's smaller, it's also a tad thicker, at 11mm (0.43 inch). Finally, at the entry level, there's the A1000, a 7-inch tablet with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and Dolby Digital Plus audio (it's being marketed toward music enthusiasts as well as first-time buyers). Both models have microSD expansion, but the A3000 supports cards up to 64GB, while the A1000 can only handle 32. (The A1000 maxes out at 16GB of built-in storage, by the way.)

The tablets will all be available sometime in Q2, with worldwide availability (yes, that includes the US). We won't find out prices until later, but we do expect to see these on display here at MWC, so stay tuned for the usual hands-on treatment.

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UK's Osborne says AAA downgrade is reminder of debt problems

LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister George Osborne vowed to press on with the government's economic plans on Friday after Moody's Investors Service cut Britain's credit rating to AA1 from AAA.

"Tonight we have a stark reminder of the debt problems facing our country - and the clearest possible warning to anyone who thinks we can run away from dealing with those problems," Osborne said in a statement.

"Far from weakening our resolve to deliver our economic recovery plan, this decision redoubles it."

(Reporting by Michael Holden)

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[iPad] Moving saved data from an app's iPhone version to its iPad version.

Moving saved data from an app's iPhone version to its iPad version.

On my iPad, I've got the iPhone version of Plants vs. Zombies.

But this week, Plants vs. Zombies HD is free on the App Store, so of course I downloaded it for iPad. I want to move the saved game data from the iPhone version to the iPad (HD) version. And unfortunately, the developer is dumb and doesn't have iCloud syncing.

Any ideas on how to do this? Using iFile maybe to find the files that need to be moved?

Thanks.

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Iran Revolutionary Guard begins military exercises

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has begun a three-day ground and air military exercise aimed at upgrading its combat readiness.

State TV says the drills involve ground forces of the Guard, Iran's most powerful military force, around the city of Sirjan in the country's south. It showed tanks and artillery attacking hypothetical enemy positions.

The broadcast says the aim of the exercise is to upgrade the capabilities of the Iranian forces. It did not elaborate.

The war games are taking place amid escalating tensions between Iran and the West over Tehran's disputed nuclear program. Israel has hinted that it may take military action if talks fail to get Iran stop its uranium enrichment program.

The U.S. and its allies accuse Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

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??????Rating the 2013 NFL Free Agents??????

The Sports Network

(Sports Network) - The 2013 NFL Free Agency period is scheduled to begin Tuesday, March 12th. Below is a listing of the top free agents, by position.

QUARTERBACKS

1. Joe Flacco, Baltimore; 2. Matt Moore, Miami; 3. Tyler Thigpen, Buffalo; 4. Brady Quinn, Kansas City; 5. Brian Hoyer, Arizona; 6. Jason Campbell, Chicago; 7. Tarvaris Jackson, Buffalo; 8. Matt Leinart, Oakland; 9. Byron Leftwich, Pittsburgh; 10. Charlie Batch, Pittsburgh

RUNNING BACKS

1. Steven Jackson, St. Louis; 2. Reggie Bush, Miami; 3. Danny Woodhead, New England; 4. Chris Ivory, New Orleans (RFA); 5. Ahmad Bradshaw, NY Giants; 6. Rashard Mendenhall, Pittsburgh; 7. Shonn Greene, NY Jets; 8. Cedric Benson, Green Bay; 9. Joique Bell, Detroit (RFA); 10. Darius Reynaud, Tennessee - kick returner

FULLBACKS

1. James Casey, Houston; 2. Jerome Felton, Minnesota; 3. Greg Jones, Jacksonville; 4. David Johnson, Pittsburgh; 5. Darrel Young, Washington (RFA)

WIDE RECEIVERS

1. Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City; 2. Victor Cruz, NY Giants (RFA); 3. Mike Wallace, Pittsburgh; 4. Greg Jennings, Green Bay; 5. Wes Welker, New England; 6. Danny Amendola, St. Louis; 7. Danario Alexander, San Diego (RFA); 8. Brian Hartline, Miami; 9. Emmanuel Sanders, Pittsburgh (RFA); 10. David Nelson, Buffalo

TIGHT ENDS

1. Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta; 2. Fred Davis, Washington; 3. Dennis Pitta, Baltimore (RFA); 4. Brandon Myers, Oakland; 5. Jared Cook, Tennessee; 6. Dustin Keller, NY Jets; 7. Martellus Bennett, NY Giants; 8. Delanie Walker, San Francisco; 9. Anthony Fasano, Miami; 10. Dallas Clark, Tampa Bay

OFFENSIVE TACKLES

1. Ryan Clady, Denver; 2. Jake Long, Miami; 3. Sebastian Vollmer, New England 4. Andre Smith, Cincinnati; 5. Phil Loadholt, Minnesota; 6. Will Beatty, NY Giants; 7. Branden Albert, Kansas City; 8. Sam Baker, Atlanta; 9. Jermon Bushrod, New Orleans; 10. Bryant McKinnie, Baltimore

OFFENSIVE GUARDS

1. Andy Levitre, Buffalo; 2. Louis Vasquez, San Diego; 3. Brandon Moore, NY Jets; 4. Kevin Boothe, NY Giants; 5. Donald Thomas, New England; 6. Ramon Foster, Pittsburgh; 7. Chad Rinehart, Buffalo; 8. Ryan Lilja, Kansas City - Announced retirement; 9. Tyronne Green, San Diego; 10. Kory Lichtensteiger, Washington

CENTERS

1. Fernando Velasco, Tennessee; 2. Brian De La Puente, New Orleans (RFA); 3. Dan Koppen, Denver; 4. Evan Dietrich-Smith, Green Bay; 5. Todd McClure, Atlanta.

DEFENSIVE ENDS

1. Michael Johnson, Cincinnati; 2. Michael Bennett, Tampa Bay; 3. Cliff Avril, Detroit; 4. Matt Shaughnessy, Oakland; 5. Israel Idonije, Chicago; 6. Osi Umenyiora, NY Giants; 7. Mike Devito, NY Jets; 8. William Hayes, St. Louis; 9. Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis; 10. Wallace Gilberry, Cincinnati

DEFENSIVE TACKLES

1. Randy Starks, Miami; 2. Aubrayo Franklin, San Diego; 3. Henry Melton, Chicago; 4. Richard Seymour, Oakland; 5. Desmond Bryant, Oakland; 6. Jason Jones, Seattle; 7. Sammie Lee Hill, Detroit; 8. Roy Miller, Tampa Bay; 9. Chris Canty, NY Giants; 10. Glenn Dorsey, Kansas City

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS

1. Anthony Spencer, Dallas; 2. Connor Barwin, Houston; 3. Paul Kruger, Baltimore; 4. Philip Wheeler, Oakland; 5. Daryl Smith, Jacksonville; 6. Shaun Phillips, San Diego; 7. Erin Henderson, Minnesota; 8. Manny Lawson, Cincinnati; 9. Nick Barnett, Buffalo; 10. Nick Roach, Chicago

INSIDE LINEBACKERS

1. Dannell Ellerbe, Baltimore; 2. Brian Urlacher, Chicago; 3. Brad Jones, Green Bay; 4. Bradie James, Houston; 5. Larry Foote, Pittsburgh; 6. Rey Maualuga, Cincinnati; 7. Chase Blackburn, NY Giants; 8. Larry Grant, San Francisco; 9. Jasper Brinkley, Minnesota; 10. Tim Dobbins, Houston

CORNERBACKS

1. Sean Smith, Miami; 2. Aqib Talib, New England; 3. Sam Shields, Green Bay (RFA); 4. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Philadelphia; 5. Keenan Lewis, Pittsburgh; 6. Chris Houston, Detroit; 7. Adam Jones, Cincinnati; 8. Mike Jenkins, Dallas; 9. Tracy Porter, Denver; 10. Cary Williams, Baltimore

SAFETIES

1. Jairus Byrd, Buffalo; 2. Dashon Goldson, San Francisco; 3. Ed Reed, Baltimore; 4. Louis Delmas, Detroit; 5. William Moore, Atlanta; 6. Kenny Phillips, NY Giants; 7. Glover Quin, Houston; 8. LaRon Landry, NY Jets; 9. Chris Clemons, Miami; 10. Jamarca Sanford, Minnesota

KICKERS

1. Phil Dawson, Cleveland; 2. Rob Bironas, Tennessee; 3. Lawrence Tynes, NY Giants; 4. Jason Hanson, Detroit; 5. Steven Hauschka, Seattle; 6. Josh Brown, Cincinnati; 7. Shayne Graham, Houston; 8. Nate Kaeding, Miami; 9. Nick Novak, San Diego; 10. Billy Cundiff, San Francisco

PUNTERS

1. Kevin Huber, Cincinnati; 2. Britton Colquitt, Denver (RFA); 3. Dustin Colquitt, Kansas City; 4. Pat McAfee, Indianapolis; 5. Reggie Hodges, Cleveland; 6. Donnie Jones, Houston; 7. Shane Lechler, Oakland; 8. Brian Moorman, Dallas; 9. Nick Harris, Detroit; 10. Sav Rocca, Washington

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Vice President leaves for Freetown

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Thursday left Accra for Freetwon, Sierra Leone.

The Vice President is attending the inauguration and swearing-in of the President of Sierra Leone, Mr Ernest Bai Koroma, who was successfully re-elected for a second five-year mandate following last year's polls.

A statement issued from the Office of the Vice President said the ceremony would take place on Friday February 22nd in the country's capital, Freetown.

It said the Vice President is expected back home on the same day.

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Demi Lovato's New Album Has A Secret Collaboration That's ?Dope ...

Did You Hear?

:: Demi Lovato?said her new album delves into some issues she?s never spoken about publicly. She also teased fans by saying one of the collaborations will be ?dope.? [MTV]

::?Lady Gaga?s hip surgery went well and she?s in recovery, according to the real?Mother Monster.?Her mom Cynthia tweeted an update to the Little Monsters. [Twitter]

:: Cover girl and occasional singer Rihanna is said to be releasing a MAC makeup line. The star signed her first ever cosmetics deal and will release the ?Riri Woo? lipstick as the first product from the collection. [WENN]

:: Destiny?s Child member Michelle Williams?is making the jump to TV. The singer/actress has landed her own reality show, which will follow her as she promotes her upcoming gospel album. [The Hollywood Reporter]

:: VH1?s TLC biopic,?Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story,?starts filming in March and stars?Lil Mama?(Lisa ?Lefteye? Lopes),?Keke Palmer?(Chilli) and Drew Sidora (T-Boz). [SPIN]

After the jump, find out which music acts you can catch on TV today.

Music On TV:

:: Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) ? Imagine Dragons
:: Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) ? Tristan Prettyman
:: Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) ? The Mowgli?s
:: Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC) ? White Arrows
:: Conan (TBS) ? Family of the Year
:: Tavis Smiley (PBS) ? Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
:: Live with Kelly and Michael (syndicated) ? Ne-Yo

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Air raid kills at least 20 near Syrian capital

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? An air raid on a suburb of the Syrian capital killed at least 20 people and two mortars exploded next to a soccer stadium in the heart of Damascus killing one player as violence moved closer to the heart of President Bashar Assad's seat of power.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the raid on Hamouriyeh killed 20 and other people were feared buried under debris. Another activist group, the Local Coordination Committees, put the death toll higher, saying up to 35 were killed and dozens more were wounded.

Damascus has largely been spared the violence that has left other cities in ruins, but in recent weeks, rebels who established footholds in the Damascus suburbs have clashed with government forces, moving from the east and south into the center of the capital.

Also Wednesday, rebels shot down a government fighter jet in the Damascus suburb of Douma, the Observatory said.

The United Nations says at least 70,000 people have been killed since the conflict began nearly two years ago as an uprising against Assad's rule. The revolt turned into a civil war increasingly marked by sectarian overtones with mostly Sunni Muslim opposition forces fighting to topple the regime dominated by Alawites, an offshoot Shiite group.

Amateur videos posted online showed several vehicles on fire as thick black smoke billowed from a street. The videos show the bodies of two people, who were burned, in a pickup truck and a third person lying on the ground.

The videos appeared genuine and corresponded to other reporting on the events by The Associated Press.

The mortar attack was the second in as many days in Damascus. On Tuesday, two mortars exploded near one of Assad's palaces, but no one was hurt.

The SANA state news agency said the mortars landed in a complex housing Tishrin Stadium and a hotel in the Baramkeh neighborhood, killing a player from al-Wathbah club based in Homs. He was wounded inside the hotel as players were getting ready for practice and died later at a hospital.

State TV broadcast video of what it said was the hotel. The explosion blew out the windows on the first floor of the building, while shattered glass covered three beds in a one of the rooms. A bloodied duffle bag lay on the floor.

Players from al-Wathbah team who witnessed the attack identified the dead teammate as Youssef Suleiman. The 19-year-old striker had played internationally on one of Syria's national youth teams. They said he was the father of a 6-month-old baby.

Suleiman's teammates said the mortars landed in front of the hotel, where players normally stayed.

"We were collecting our things about to head to the stadium when we heard the first explosion and the windows were blown off," said Ali Ghosn, a 20-year-old player.

"Youssef was hit in the neck. We ran out to the corridor when the second explosion struck and I saw Youssef fall down bleeding from his neck," he told The Associated Press in Damascus as some of his colleagues wept.

Three other players were wounded, including one who was in critical condition.

The attack occurred a few hours before the team was to play the Hama-based al-Mawaair club. The game was postponed after the mortar strike.

The match is part of the domestic league, which has been delayed several times due to fighting. The nine-team league got under way just last week with all matches scheduled to be played in the heavily guarded capital in front of empty stands.

"We are football players," Ghosn said. "These people don't want what is good for Syria. They are criminals."

On Tuesday, a missile strike on a rebel-held neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria's largest city, killed at least 33 people.

Assad has tried to maintain an image as the head of a functioning state even as rebels edge closer to the heart of Damascus and targeted attacks suggest rebels may be trying to shatter the sense of normalcy he has tried to portray in the capital.

The international community is at a loss as to how to end the bloodshed.

On Wednesday, Russia and the Arab League offered to broker talks between Assad's regime and the Cairo-based opposition group dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood movement. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow and the Arab League were trying to establish direct contact between the two sides, saying that only a negotiated settlement will end the fighting.

"Neither side can allow itself to rely on a military solution to the conflict, because it's a road to nowhere ? a road to mutual destruction of the people," Lavrov told reporters in Moscow after hosting Arab League officials and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Lebanon and other countries.

No conditions for negotiations have been set.

Both Lavrov and Arab League General Secretary Nabil Elaraby said the main priority was to set up a transitional government in Syria to navigate a way out of the conflict.

The Western-backed opposition coalition has rejected talks with Damascus as long as Assad remains in power. The Syrian leader has repeatedly made it clear that he will not step down, but offered the opposition to open reconciliation talks that he would lead.

Moscow has been the main protector of Assad's beleaguered regime, joining with China at the U.N. Security Council to block attempts to impose sanctions on Assad's regime.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem will lead a delegation to Moscow on Monday, and Russia is expecting a visit in March from the Syrian National Coalition leader, Mouaz al-Khatib.

For now, fighting continues unabated around the country.

Activists said government war planes hit rebel positions around Damascus and near the northern city of Aleppo, where troops have been battling rebels for control of an international airport.

The pro-government Al-Watan newspaper said the military was "valiantly defending" the airport. The report claimed the airport remained under military control but was under intense "attacks by gunmen" ? a rare acknowledgement of the fierce fighting around Aleppo.

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Surk reported from Beirut.

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Kansas City restaurant fire rubble searched for missing woman

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Firefighters on Wednesday resumed searching the rubble of a popular Kansas City, Missouri, restaurant destroyed by a natural gas blast and fire that injured up to 16 people and left a female employee missing.

Cadaver dogs explored the ruins of JJ's restaurant on the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping district overnight after the restaurant was engulfed by flames around 6 p.m. CST on Tuesday.

"At this time we are still searching for one victim and that is a female employee of the restaurant," Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi said at press conference shortly before dawn.

Another employee reported missing late on Tuesday was found at an area hospital, he said.

Berardi said nine injured people were taken to hospitals and six or seven more went to hospitals on their own. Hospitals reported three people critically injured.

The restaurant and wine bar had several patrons inside at the time of the blast, Berardi said, along with employees. The explosion triggered a four-alarm fire that took 50 minutes to control.

Missouri Gas Energy said in a statement that first indications showed that a contractor doing work in the area had struck a natural gas line, but that the investigation was ongoing.

(Editing by Maureen Bavdek)

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Tinseltown Dirt

Tinseltown Dirt

Michelle Williams Grows Out Her Short Do?[The Frisky] Kristen Stewart Voted Least Sexy By Brits?[HollyWire] Phaedra Parks Expecting a Bundle of Joy?[Right Celebrity] Scarlett Johansson Secretly Engaged??[The Celebrity Cafe] Jessica Simpson Reveals Baby’s Name?[The Blemish] Rob Kardashian Packs on 40 lbs?[The Huffington Post] Minka Kelly Looks Matronly in Gucci Dress?[Anything Hollywood] Dana Barbour Hamm’s Face ...

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'Bachelor' Sean Lowe: Tierra 'duped' me

Rick Rowell / ABC

By Tierney Bricker, E! Online

Sean Lowe doesn't hold his emotional punches! Sean sat down with host Chris Harrison for "The Bachelor: Sean Tells All" special, in which he spoke honestly about feeling "duped" by polarizing contestant Tierra LiCausi, who is now engaged to another man. He also reveals who he wishes he would have kept in the competition instead of Tierra.

During the special, Sean also talked about his tense conversation with Desiree's brother Nate during Tuesday night's episode, admitting, "I wanted to punch him." But was Nate the reason Sean ended up sending fan-favorite Des home?

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Though tensions between Tierra and the rest of the ladies had been building all season, it came to a head in St. Croix, which lead to Sean asking her to leave before the rose ceremony after her emotional breakdown.

"When I watch it back, I'm like, 'Man I was such a fool,' because I really do feel like I was duped," Sean admits. "Oh man. My take is Tierra never should have come on the show. She's not suited for this show. She doesn't know how to handle herself in this environment. I hope that she's learned from this, but she's a woman who simply can't get along with her peers."

Sean maintains that he had no idea what was going on in the house with the controversial contestant and reveals, "Had I caught wind of everything the girl did earlier, I wouldn't have kept her. In hindsight, I wish I would have kept Jackie on the 2-on-1."

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But Tierra wasn't the only villain this season as fans were shocked to see how aggressive Des' brother Nate was with Sean during her hometown date, saying he didn't think Sean really liked his sister and calling him "a playboy."

When asked by Chris if Des had told him about her brother, Sean says, "Des had told me that her brother had gotten into some trouble as a youth and he's kind of straightened himself out, but he's still a little wild at heart. She definitely didn't prepare me for what transpired. At first I even thought maybe he's joking, but after 30 seconds of him ranting, I started to realize he's not joking."

And the conversation with Nate brought out a side of Sean viewers had never seen before. "I really wanted to hit him. I really did, because I can't think of a bigger insult to hurl towards me because that's not who I am at all," Sean reveals. "Anyone who knows me knows I'm the furthest thing from a playboy. Attacking my character is the quickest way to get me heated, but I knew Des and her parents were sitting just inside the house. I didn't want to make this a bigger ordeal than it already was. So it took everything in me just to basically control my emotion."

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Something viewers didn't see was that Nate "was the first person I spoke to that evening," Sean reveals, as a clip of the brother telling Sean he "seems like a nice dude" plays. "I chalk it up to him being a jack---," the Bach says of Nate's change of heart during the night.

But was Des' brother's behavior the reason Sean sent her home? "I think I would be lying to myself if I didn't say her brother influenced me a little bit; just picturing myself being in their family. I'm not sure I want this guy as my brother-in-law," Sean admits, "but there were other areas in my relationship with Des that were lacking."

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