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Alcohol: Friend or foe Alcohol plays a significant part in the Caribbean diet and social scene.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

As a recreational drug it has been found that generally poorer people consume more alcohol than more affluent persons. In the UK, studies have shown that on average men drink twice as much alcohol as women, the young drink more than the old and single persons drink more than married persons.

While not a nutrient, alcohol does provide energy to the body. However, these calories are often referred to as "empty" calories as they are not accompanied by any other nutrients. One gram of alcohol contains approximately seven kilocalories (kcal).

The amount of alcohol a specific beverage contains depends on the type of drink. Proof is the alcohol content of distilled liquors/ spirits such as whiskey, gin, rum or vodka. Proof is the percentage of alcohol (by volume) multiplied by two. For example, 100-proof alcohol is equal to 50 per cent alcohol. The alcohol content of wine is given as a percentage. White wines average 12 per cent, and red wines are around 14 per cent. The alcohol content of beer is between three to eight per cent. "Light" beers have fewer calories and have approximately per cent alcohol content.

The effects of alcohol

The acute consumption of alcohol has many immediate effects. Alcohol works on the brain and puts it to sleep.

Alcohol functions as a depressant to the central nervous system and slows down body functions. In large amounts, alcohol can cause sedation, intoxication, unconsciousness, and possible death. The affect of alcohol on a person depends on the person's gender, body size and genetics. Having large amounts of this enzyme reduces the immediate physical effects this substance has on the body.

Immediate effects of alcohol on the body includes:
. Chest distress
. Muscle weakness
. Shakes/trembling
. Stomach discomfort
. Facial flushing
. Nausea
. Dizziness/hangover
. Numbness in hands/feet

Chronic use of alcoholic beverages is associated with many harmful effects on the body. It can cause under-nutrition because of a reduced intake of food. This reduced intake may result from several factors, including decreased appetite so the person is eating less. The toxic effects of alcohol on the intestine could cause less nutrients to be absorbed or hamper the metabolism or break-down of foods in the body.

Alcohol impairs nutrient absorption by damaging the cells lining the stomach and intestines. Even if nutrients are digested and absorbed, alcohol can prevent them from being fully utilised by altering their transport, storage, and excretion. In the early stages of alcohol abuse these empty calories provided by alcohol can lead to obesity, but as time progresses the person who abuses alcohol may replace regular food intake with alcohol, this leads to weight loss as alcohol does not provide as much energy and the variety of nutrients as foods.

VAN BUREN, Ark.   A man accused of assaulting and tying up his mother because he was reportedly mad about the death of his pet skunk has been arrested in Waldron, authorities said.

Authorities say 35-year-old Scott Tolles Sullivan was arrested early Saturday in Waldron. He is being held without bail in Van Buren. Authorities say he hid from police in an attic and was arrested after police shot him with a bean bag gun.

Sullivan's mother, 56-year-old Maria Sullivan, called police Wednesday night after freeing herself from duct tape and rope, authorities said. Maria Sullivan told police that her son became upset when he learned that her dog killed his pet skunk.

According to police, Sullivan said her son hit her with a homemade club and tied her up. She says Scott Sullivan also tied up a 14-year-old disabled boy who is under her care.

Scott Sullivan was arrested on suspicion of two counts of kidnapping and domestic battery.

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[youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oeSxVujpRRU&feature=related] A football referee has been suspended for allegedly being drunk while officiating a league game in Belarus. It was thought at first that Sergei Shmolik, 43, was suffering from back pain. However tests in hospital later revealed that he had high levels of alcohol in his system.

Portia chides Peter Accepts but slaps Phillips for unprecedented challenge to sitting PNP president

BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com Tuesday, July 15, 2008

PORTIA Simpson Miller yesterday accepted Dr Peter Phillips' challenge for leadership of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) but complained that up to the time she was issuing the statement, her rival had not officially informed her of his decision.

SIMPSON MILLER... the team that I lead is up to the task to meet this impending challenge (Photo: Karl McLarty)

Simpson Miller, the PNP president and Opposition leader, also appeared to chide Phillips, a vice-president, for doing what no other had in 70 years of the PNP - challenge a sitting party leader.

"I have seen and heard reports throughout the media; and have received several calls from Comrades of the People's National Party and the wider citizenry of Jamaica that Comrade Peter Phillips has made known his intention to resuscitate his candidacy for the office of leader of the People's National Party," she said in a statement to the press.

"Not having heard directly from Comrade Phillips, I am relying on the truth of these reports as I acknowledge the democratic right of any member of the party to aspire to any elected position within our movement.

"The People's National Party has an enviable reputation for internal democracy; this is, however, the first time in our history that a sitting president of the party is being challenged and in the year of our 70th anniversary no less," Simpson Miller complained.

She also made a point of the fact that Phillips' challenge, "should it materialise", would also come "at the same time when all the polls have reflected what has been widely known for several months that the people of Jamaica have determined that the current administration being led by Bruce Golding is grossly incapable of meeting their needs or allowing them to realise their dreams".

That was immediately read as a suggestion that his move to oust her as president would let the JLP off the hook, by distracting party attention and resources away from the troubles of the nine-month-old government.

"Nevertheless, team People's National Party - the team that I lead is up to the task to meet this impending challenge,"
she added.

Simpson Miller's statement came a day after Phillips used a lowly divisional conference in Harbour View, St Andrew to announce his challenge, and end persistent whispers that he would be seeking the reins of the party which turns 70 years in September.

The decision is bound to reopen old wounds - which some say have not yet healed - from the bruising presidential campaign bid by the two and Drs Omar Davies and Karl Blythe, to succeed P J Patterson in 2006.

Many of Phillips' supporters turned up Sunday at Harbour View Primary to show renewed commitment. And Simpson Miller suffered her first casualty with the defection of Manchester businessman and PNP financier, Kenneth 'Skeng Don' Black who arrived at Phillips' meeting as part of an eight-vehicle entourage.

In a 35-minute speech to the PNP gathering, Phillips, who has been vice-president since 1999, said "Jamaica has always called on the PNP when the country is in crisis", and that while it was "easy to stand up and cuss Labourites", the current situation would not get any better. He said Jamaica was facing its biggest crisis since Independence, one that c****ined social, economic and political issues.

"We need a new politics that does not make election seem like war..." Phillips said.

Commenting on the challenge, lecturer in the University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Government and talk-show host, Dickie Crawford said the challenge "could not have come at a worst time".

"The timing is awkward. We saw how fractious things became with the long, drawn out presidential campaign and there are real fears that a prolonged campaign will just worsen a very bad situation," Crawford said in an interview yesterday.

Crawford, who along with UWI professor, Brian Meeks worked on the Meeks Report to the party, expressed disappointment that the PNP had made very little attempt at healing the wounds of 2006 and the general election campaign.

"The party has all but discarded the recommendations of the Meeks report, which had several recommendations of a way forward. Instead, since the narrow election loss, sections of the PNP seemed dead set on removing the leader which, of course, is their democratic right," he said.

Simpson Miller hoped that "once this has been settled we may all refocus our attention on continuing the development agenda of our country."

But pressing ahead, Phillips is already planning his launch campaign.

"In another two to two-and-a-half weeks time, the campaign will be launched," Donovan Nelson, a Phillips aide said yesterday.

The party's executive was expected to set out the ground rules for the campaign at a meeting last night.

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Dear Pastor,

I am a regular listener of your programme and I would like to say that I really appreciate the work you are doing. I am an 18-year-old young woman who really needs your advice. I have been with my boyfriend for almost three years and I love him very much.

My problem is that I believe that I suffer from depression. Whenever I can't handle my problem, I feel that I'm not understood or no one cares. I often use a razor and cut myself on my arm or legs. My boyfriend was the first person I told about my problem and he encouraged me to tell my sister. I don't live with my parents. They are abroad. Pastor, I can't help it. Whenever I feel down, I turn to the razor as I see it as a way of transferring my emotional pain to a physical one. I can only feel the pain from the cut and not what was hurting me.

My mother left when I was three years old and I only see her sometimes on holidays. I have an older brother and sister who have always picked on me, saying that I was the reason my mother left. All my life I have never heard my father say that he loves me. Nothing that I did was ever good enough and my mom was never there.

'Good job'

Last year, when I graduated from high school, my dad didn't even show up. My mom did, but to be honest, I don't really feel anything for her. I wanted my dad to be proud of me and I just can't seem to get that. I am the only one that has graduated from high school and received six CXCs and two A'Levels and all I heard is that it isn't good enough and that I'm wasting my time. I crave so much for them to say that they are proud of me or at least say, "Good job!". They don't want me to have a life. They expect me to stay home and go to school, nothing else. I can't go out, sleep over, nothing. I don't want to disrespect them, but I'm not a child anymore.

Secondly, I had a best friend once whom I loved dearly, but she chose another friend over me. I found out that she lied to me a lot about her sexual life and personal information. She started to hang out with other friends so we hardly talked. She was involved with about six guys at a time, which she lied about.

Cheating

One found out that she was cheating and he came to our school to beat her and I had to jump in the way so that she could get away. Another one found out that she was unfaithful too and broke up with her. They were together for about six months. He and I became friends and she heard that we were intimate (which we weren't) and she went to school and told everyone that I took her man.

This caused tension in the class. We stopped talking as I didn't like what she did and the stuff she said. She spread a rumour that I practised oral sex throughout the school and I was hurt. I ended up being good friends with her ex and later on, about five months later, we started a relationship.

Pastor, I'm not sure if I'm right or wrong for being with him, but it just happened. I didn't plan it and now I love this guy so much and I know he loves me. I know his family as he introduced me to them. My former best friend heard that I met his family and she tried to get him back, but he told her that he loves me and so does his mom. She became upset as she didn't get him to say he loved her, go to his house or to meet his family.

I tried to be friendly with her, as I missed her, and she kept writing me letters saying that she was sorry and she missed me. We started hanging out again. I invited her out with me on my birthday. My boyfriend was taking me and a group of my friends out. She got me drunk.

Later, we had a huge argument at school in front of the whole senior school where we both said some hurtful things. It has been almost two years and, honestly, I have forgiven her and myself for all the stuff we had to go through. She wants us to be friends again.

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday the nation's troubled financial system is "basically sound" and urged lawmakers to quickly enact legislation to prop up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

He also called on the Democratic-run Congress to follow his example and lift a ban on offshore drilling to help increase domestic oil production.

"I readily concede it won't produce a barrel of oil tomorrow, but it will reverse the psychology," Bush told a White House news conference his first since late April.

Bush said the two troubled mortgage companies play a central role in the nation's housing-finance system and that government action to help them were not bailouts because the two would remain shareholder-owned companies.

"I don't think the government ought to be involved in bailing out companies," Bush said.

Amid soaring gas prices, the toughest real estate market in decades, falling home prices and financing that's harder to come by, Bush said: "It's been a difficult time for many American families." But he also said that the nation's economy continues to grow, if slowly.

Bush said that despite the woes of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the recent government takeover of California bank IndyMac, U.S. depositors should not worry because their deposits are insured by the government up to $100,000

"If you're a depositor, you're protected by the federal government," Bush said.

The administration and the Federal Reserve announced an emergency rescue plan Sunday to bolster Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which hold or guarantee more than $5 trillion in mortgages almost half of the nation's total.

The plan would temporarily increase a long-standing Treasury line of credit that could be provided to either company. Treasury also said it would, if necessary, buy stock in the companies to make sure they have enough money to operate.

The Fed also announced that it would allow Fannie and Freddie to get loans directly from the Fed a privilege previously granted only to commercial banks until this March, when the Fed extended the borrowing to investment banks to deal with the collapse of Bear Stearns.

At the same time, a housing package was heading toward final congressional passage. It would modernize the Federal Housing Administration and create a new regulator and tighter controls for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

It's this legislation that Bush urged Congress to pass as soon as possible.

Congress could move as early as this week on the housing legislation to send it to Bush. First, though, House and Senate leaders must strike a deal in consultation with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to resolve key differences so Bush, who has threatened to veto the measure, will sign it.

"I think the system is basically sound, I truly do," Bush said. "I understand there's a lot of nervousness. The economy is growing. Productivity is high. Trade's up. People are working it's not as good as we'd like. And to the extent that we'll find weakness, we'll move."

Bush defended his insistence that the U.S. economy was not in a recession, even though many economists believe it is.

He said the traditional definition of a recession two quarters in a row of negative growth had not been met.

"I'm not an economist, but I do believe we're growing," he said. "I'm an optimist. I believe there's a lot of positive things for the economy."

He acknowledged, however, that "it's not growing as it should."

On Capitol Hill, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warned that inflation seemed likely to move even higher and economic growth would be "appreciably below its trend rate,"

"In general, healthy economic growth depends on well-functioning financial markets," Bernanke said. "Consequently, helping the financial markets to return to more normal functioning will continue to be a top priority," he said.

Bush acknowledged it could take years before opening the Continental Shelf to oil drilling would result in increased U.S. production. But, he said, at least it would put the nation on the right track toward reducing its reliance on imported oil.

"There is no short term solution," Bush said. "The president doesn't have a magic wand. You can't just say, 'Low gas.' "

Asked about his comment earlier this year that he hadn't heard of $4 gasoline, Bush said: "I've heard of it now."

Asked why he hasn't appealed more to Americans to conserve energy, Bush said: "They're smart enough to figure out whether they're going to drive less or not ... The marketplace works."

"If they're not in their homes, they ought not to keep the air conditioning running. There's a lot they can do," he added.

Bush's first full-blown exchange with reporters at the White House since April 29 came amid troubling developments in Afghanistan, where U.S. deaths have exceeded casualties in Iraq over the last two months. There also is turmoil in the financial markets, and the government has been forced to throw a lifeline to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Bush opened with a statement about steps to help stabilize the housing and financial markets and his lifting of the executive ban on offshore oil drilling. He also called on lawmakers to pass long-stalled spending bills.

On other subjects, Bush:

Said the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are both important fronts on the war on terrorism. Currently, events in Iraq are going better, and some troops are coming home "based upon success," he said. "The question really facing the country is, will we have the patience and determination to succeed in these very difficult theaters."

Declined to comment on whether he felt betrayed by a highly critical book about his administration by former press secretary Scott McClellan.

Expressed unhappiness with the casting of vetoes by Russia and China in the U.N. Security Council to block U.S.-sponsored sanctions on the government of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, who was has retained power in an election that the United States and many other countries have labeled a sham. "I was displeased," Bush acknowledged.

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News Brief

OutAroad.com understands that Jamaicas #1 dancehall artiste Beenie Man who recently planned on settling his taxes with the government has now decided to fight the charges as the deejay strongly believe he should not be penalized for an error created by his former Management Team (Shocking Vibes).

In recent reports it is stated that the controversial deejay owes the country J$47-million (US$ 661, 00) in taxes.

In October last year (2007) a warrant was issued for the arrest of Beenie Man after he failed to appear in court to answer to several tax evasion charges.

US Top Ten Most Freaky Sex Laws

If Jamaica thinks enforcing some sex laws is daunting; they would have a heck of a time dealing with the following.

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1. Oral sex is illegal in 18 states, including Arizona.

2. In Virginia, it is illegal to have sex with the lights on.

3. It is illegal for husbands in Willowdale, Oregon, to talk dirty
during intercourse.

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We all talk about love, love, love...do really know what we are talking about?

Here is a quote:

" What is love? It is one of the most difficult questions for the mankind. Centuries have passed by, relationships have *la*hmed and so has love. But no one can give the proper definition of love. To some Love is friendship set on fire for others Maybe love is like luck. You have to go all the way to find it. No matter how you define it or feel it, love is the eternal truth in the history of mankind.  "

Originally posted here...


What is your own definition of love?

Dear Pastor,

One of our major problems in today's society is the willingness to yield to misconduct amid pressure. In times past, God gave strict orders for persons to be put to death for copulating with someone of the same sex, as with the opposite sex. In Jamaica today, there's a daily increase in homosexuality, in all walks of life. Jamaica is known for its violently homophobic culture, yet millions here are becoming gays.

Don't you think a law should be administered against homosexuals as they are already giving up their human rights by forsaking God's command and lying with another man?

O.S., St Andrew, Jamaica

Dear O.S.,

You are a nut. Yes, a nut. It is only a religious nut who would advocate that homosexuals be killed. The Bible condemns homosexuality. It is clearly outlined that that lifestyle is not sanctioned by God. Two men should not have sex with each other. Neither should two women. But you don't have the right to kill them.

The Bible says that women who commit adultery should be stoned. Would you be willing to stone our women (and men too) who have committed adultery?

Two gunmen, who attempted to break into the house of a licensed firearm holder, fled leaving a weapon after they were challenged by the homeowner in the Havendale Area of Kingston 19 yesterday morning.

Reports are that about 5:00 a.m., the occupant of the house was awakened by strange sounds and realised that intruders were trying to get in. One of the men pointed a gun at the occupant through a window. The owner of the house challenged the gunmen but they escaped.

The police were called and, during a search of the premises, the gunman's firearm, a .22 Beretta pistol, serial number DAA281084, with a magazine containing seven rounds of ammunition, was found.

The Constant Spring police are investigating.

1) STAR of the Month Yendi's favourite colour is green. She is a 'nature' person and the colour reminds her of the outdoors. She finds green calming.

2) Phillipps describes herself as a daring person who loves the beach and is up for activities such as bunjee jumping, cliff jumping and other adventures. Yendi also enjoys sporting events and names cricket as her number one activity.

3) Outside of work Phillipp's favourite activity is lyming with friends. Sitting down and chatting about every - and anything. Lyming is what lightens this hectic host and beauty queen's days.

4) A sap for romantic flicks, Yendi's favourite movie of all time is Pretty Woman starring Julia Roberts. This is closely followed by Dirty Dancing, both of which she has watched numerous times.

5) An avid reader, Phillipps loves her Dan Brown novels. She cites Angels and Demons as her favourite book. After reading the novel she googled the facts in the novel and found some of them to be true.

Guyana international Howard Lowe had the dubious honour of scoring at both ends of the field, as Caledonia AIA and United Petrotrin battled to a 1-1 draw on Saturday, when the T&T Pro League resumed after an eight-day break.

At the Palo Seco Recreation Ground, the Petrotrin 'Oilmen' went into the match as losers of their last three matches after starting the season with six straight wins, but were handed the lead via an 11th-minute own-goal by Lowe which they held on to until the break.

Four minutes into the second half however, Lowe, who was in the Guyana team that went under to T&T 2-0 in an international friendly on Tuesday here, went from villain to hero when he headed Caledonia back on level terms.

On target

Both teams then went in search of the go-ahead goal, but in the end had to settle for a share of the point.

The point earned carried Petrotrin's tally to 19 from 10 matches, four behind defending champions and leaders San Juan Jabloteh, who came up against North East Stars in the late match at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar.

Jamaican Wolry Wolfe was also on target as third-place Joe Public closed to within two points of Petrotrin after trouncing Tobago United 3-0 at the Marvin Lee Stadium, led by a double from Kerry Baptiste.

The nippy Baptiste fired in the opener after only 13 minutes and closed out the scoring in the 90th after Wolfe doubled the lead in the 29th minute.

Comfortable win

Fourth-place W-Connection (16 points) also enjoyed a comfortable 5-0 win over Ma Pau at the Ato Boldon Stadium.

Andre Toussaint banged two goals for the 'Savonetta Boys', while Col****ian Oscar Torijano, Teba McKnight and Hughton Hector got the other goals.

In the first match at Malabar, St Ann's Rangers whipped T&T Defence Force 4-1.

Keyon Edwards handed Rangers a 17th-minute lead before Christopher Durity tied the score for the 'Teteron Men' with a 59th-minute strike.

Josimar Belgrave restored Rangers lead in the 77th minute and Shem McFarlane made it 3-1 five minutes later before Ricky Charles completed the drubbing in the 89th minute.

Police probe "hitmen" Web site adverts
July 14, 2008, 10:56 pm

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City police are investigating classified advertisements posted on the Internet by people offering their services as hired killers for as little as $6,000, police said on Friday.

One post on the Web site, which hosts free ads for people selling old home appliances or renting apartments, advertises the services of an "ex-military hitman, professional and discrete."

The man promises a "job guaranteed in 10 days or less" and adds "I have worked in Spain, only serious offers, $6,000."

A police spokeswoman said authorities were taking the ads seriously, at a time when Mexican drug cartels and organized crime gangs are going ever more public with their tit-for-tat murders and leaving bodies and severed heads in streets.

Some 1,700 people have been killed so far this year in attacks between rival cartels and the thousands of soldiers and federal police sent out to crack down on them. Gangs often use paid assassins using high-caliber weapons for their hits.

"The problem of hitmen is real and we are facing it all over the country -- people offer their services to kill someone for a price," city police official Miguel Amelio Gomez was quoted as saying in the daily Reforma newspaper.

Mexican drug gangs aired radio spots in Guatemala earlier this year seeking elite ex-soldiers to work as smugglers, and an armed wing of the Gulf cartel hung banners in towns near the U.S. border also advertising for new recruits.

One of the Internet ads, titled "Hitman -- Killer for Hire," reads: "Problems with a certain person? Want it taken care of? Write me. I am 100 percent professional and don't charge in advance."

One advertiser, contacted by Reuters, boasted that he had "international experience" and enough tales to write a book.

A slow and ineffective justice system means homicides in Mexico are often left uninvestigated and killers elude jail.

The website also has an ad from somebody seeking to hire a "reliable" hitman for "an easy job" in Mexico City.

(Editing by Anthony Boadle)

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Superheroes battling inner demons often rule the box office. This time, the superhero was a demon as "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" pulled in $35.9 million to debut as the No. 1 weekend film.

Universal's "Hellboy" sequel, starring Ron Perlman as the red-skinned devil fighting for the good guys, took over the top spot from Will Smith's superhero tale "Hanc**k," which slipped to second place with $33 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Sony's "Hanc**k" raised its domestic total to $165 million.

Opening at No. 3 with $20.6 million was New Line's "Journey to the Center of the Earth," starring Brendan Fraser in an underground adventure shot in digital 3-D.

Eddie Murphy b****ed with his comedy "Meet Dave," a 20th Century Fox release that took in just $5.3 million. The movie features Murphy in dual roles as a tiny alien and his spaceship -- which is designed to resemble a full-sized human for a visit to Earth.

"It was a tough concept to get across," 20th Century Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston said of "Meet Dave," which cost about $55 million to make. "It's upsetting for all of us and for Eddie. He's very funny in this. Just not enough people came."

Science-fiction comedy has not been a kind genre for Murphy. His biggest b**** ever was the sci-fi tale "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," which cost about $90 million and took in just $4.4 million during its entire run.

"Hellboy II" was a rare case of one studio taking on another's hand-me-downs. Sony released the first "Hellboy" in 2004 but passed on the sequel, which allowed Universal to step in.

The original movie was a modest box-office performer, hauling in $23.2 million over opening weekend and $59 million in its entire run. However, it really caught fire on DVD, convincing Universal executives that a sequel was in order.

"When a film is a franchise that another studio didn't want to continue to pursue, it makes things even better," said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution at Universal. "We believed in the filmmakers, the talent packaged together. We saw the potential."

Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth") returned to direct the sequel, which pits Perlman's Hellboy against an elf who aims to unleash a monstrous mechanical army on humanity.

"'Pan's Labyrinth' made a big impression on a lot of people," said Paul Dergarabedian, president of box-office tracker Media By Numbers. "If they weren't fans of Guillermo del Toro before, they certainly are now."

"Journey to the Center of the Earth" stars Fraser in a modern twist on Jules Verne's classic tale about a trip to the planet's core.

Though 3-D screens accounted for fewer than a third of 2,811 theaters where the movie played, those cinemas pulled in $11.7 million, well over half of the picture's revenues, according to Warner Bros., which handled its distribution.

Warner had to book the movie largely in traditional 2-D theaters because not enough cinemas have been converted to projectors capable of showing digital 3-D movies.

"We would have liked to have more of these," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner.

Overall Hollywood revenues fell compared to the same weekend a year ago, when "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" opened with $77.4 million. The top 12 movies took in $145 million, down 16 percent from the same weekend in 2007.

However, Batman arrives Friday to heat up the box office again. The Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" is one of the year's most-anticipated films even without the death of co-star Heath Ledger. His death and the buzz over his maniacal performance as Batman nemesis the Joker has fans in a frenzy to see the movie.


BOX OFFICE TOP 10
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," $35.9 million.
2. "Hanc**k," $33 million.
3. "Journey to the Center of the Earth," $20.6 million.
4. "Wall-E," $18.5 million.
5. "Wanted," $11.6 million.
6. "Get Smart," $7.1 million.
7. "Meet Dave," $5.3 million.
8. "Kung Fu Panda," $7.5 million.
9. "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," $2.5 million.
10. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," $2.3 million.

Jamaica, dubbed one the most homophobic nations on earth has spawned the Caribbean's first Gay and Lesbian Social Network, Rainbowvibes.com, where Caribbean gay life meets the world."The site is an online hub for Caribbean gays, lesbians and bisexual people living at home and overseas and their friends in South America, Latin America, USA, Europe and Canada. Now they can all connect with each other in a single space online." Andrea* added.

The site is the brainchild of Matthew Raine*, a gay Jamaican IT executive, who now lives in Canada and Andrea Rainford*, a Jamaican lesbian marketing executive who lives in Kingston, Jamaica. "The need was glaring. The nature of most Caribbean countries has made it a challenge to meet and connect face to face. Here, online, there are no limits. Having a social network of our own was something we craved ourselves and had the know how to get done, so we said let's be bold and give this Pride gift to our community." Matthew* said.

Unless you live under a rock, that is the only way you would not know about the greatest one night reggae show on earth, but many are not aware how the show came in to being so here is little trip down memory lane about the 'History of Sting'

Believe it or not, Sting owes its beginnings to a simple problem that had popped up: Isaiah Laing needed a car. The year was 1984, and Isaiah Laing, then a corporal in the Jamaica Constabulary Force, decided to keep an event so that he could raise enough money to buy a car because as a top crimefighter, he "coulden take the same bus as the criminals". Laing was no novice in the area of entertainment events, as he had been organizing dances from as early as April 1983 in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. However, Sting was a natural progression for the top crimefighters.

And so, in 1984 Sting was born at Cinema I in New Kingston. The name was inspired by a local popular slang: "Sting yuh a sting an' a shock you a shock!". The name was further reinforced when dee jay, Michael Palmer who was famous for his hit: "Dem a Lick Shot" saw Laing and asked to be on the show. He said " a me a sting an yu a di boss!". The first year saw over 4,000 patrons turning out at Cinema II, to see top flight deejay Papa San and Junior Reid, who was a debutante on the professional stage at this time. The admission was then JA-$ 20, From the proceeds, Laing eventually bought a Toyota Corolla. What he did not expect was that he had established an event that would serve as the launching pad for the careers of hundreds of artistes. By virtue of its cultural significance, it has played an integral role in the history of Jamaica's music as"The Greatest One Night Reggae Show On Earth". Sting has become a proving ground, an exercise in one-upmanship on the stage that it is simply the calendar event that the entire entertainment fraternity looks forward to every year. It is the benchmark by which artistes are weighed and sometimes found wanting.

After 1984, Sting was subsequently held at Cinema II until 1986 when over 13.000 patrons packed the venue to see Tiger buss the place with the humorous ode against greed, "No Wanga Gut, No Wanga Belly". Given the turnout, the promoters were forced to relocate the show to the more upscale and upscale Cinema I grounds for the following year's staging of the event. In 1987, over 22,000 patrons shelled out JA-$ 40, to witness the inaugural Four The Hard Way between speed-talker Papa San and Lieutenant Stitchie, Admiral Bailey and Professor Nuts. Leading the singers' line-up were Pinchers, Leroy Gibbons and Frankie Paul, who were managed by Laings company, Supreme Productions Limited. At this time, Supreme Productions Limited had expanded, and functioned as an artiste management outfit and a booking agency, in addition to show coordination.

In 1988, the growing buzz on Sting forced the organizers to seek a larger venue to accommodate the legions of dancehall fans that began to follow the event. The National Stadium was chosen and the likes of Ninja Man, Red Dragon, Flourgon, Sanchez, and international star, Maxi Priest lit up the venue with marquis performances.

In 1988, patrons flocked to the venue to see the likes of Flourgon, Red Dragon, Ninja Man and Junior Demus. That clash got to the point where the microphones had to be turned off, a foreshadowing of darker events to come. In 1989, Barrington Levy, Gregory Isaacs, Freddy McGregor and Dennis Brown faced off to see who could be the best at serenading the over 27.000 patrons. The Fat Boys were also featured at that year's staging, which was beamed live for the first time to the USA and Canada. The following year, in 1990, over 30.000 patrons were entertained with the "Clash of the Century" between Ninja Man and Shabba Ranks, who had risen to the pinnacle of the deejay scene from the year before. This was the scene of the famous doo doo pants diss that cemented Ninjamans reputation as a lyrical assassin.

In 1991, STING had its largest crowd of over 42.000 and it has been recorded as the biggest turnout for any one day reggae event in Jamaica. That record still stands. The following year, over 10.000 children turned out for "Kiddies Sting" which was headlined by US teen stars Kriss Kross. STING remained at the National Stadium until 1992 when it was moved to Jamworld which was to be its new home for the next four years.

That year, the event celebrated its tenth anniversary in fine style, as a three part event - "Slam" on Christmas Eve at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre - a pre-Christmas party for teenagers; "Golden Memories Filled With Love" on Christmas Day at Jamworld. This second leg showcased Jamaica's best from the ska and vintage eras. The climax took place on Boxing Day featuring the best of Jamaica's dancehall. In 1997, STING went back to the National Stadium for another year, but due to the Reggae Boys' preparation for the World Cup, the organizers were forced to return to Jamworld in 1998.

Sting went through an uncertain period between 1999 to 2001 when Bounty Killer decided to challenge Stings supremacy as the must-attend event of the Christmas season with his own, Saddle to the East show on Christmas Day. This presented a challenge for Laing and his team because artistes often performed free at the event and then commanded large salaries at Sting, negatively affecting his bottomline. Bounty Killer also refused to attend Sting for two years as he held his event, and the third year, he showed up at Sting but he was not advertised.

In 2004, Sting achieved a new first when it got its first title sponsor, Magnum, for the 20th anniversary show. Sting also survived a near-apocalyptic ending to its show in 2003 when up-and-comer Vybz Kartel physically attacked Ninjaman onstage. After the onstage melee had ended, emcee Nuffy made an ill-timed announcement regarding Bounty Killers refusal to perform, and a hail of bottles descended on the stage. Several persons were injured, however Beenie Man was able to close the show and regain some amount of sanity to that nights proceedings and I guess one could say the rest is history.

World 100 metres record holder Usain Bolt was at his devastating best yesterday in the Greek capital Athens, venue of the last Olympic Games.

Running against a minus 0.5 metres per second wind, Bolt demolished his own national 200 metres record when he raced to a world-leading 19.67 seconds to win the event at the Athens Grand Prix.

The 21-year-old Bolt who broke the 100m world record with a 9.72 clocking in New York on May 31 and who had the world-leading 200m time of 19.83 before yesterday, went well under the previous national mark of 19.75 he set at last year's National Championships at the National Stadium.

Disappointing eight

The former William Knibb High student destroyed his opponents as second-place finisher Brendan Christian of Antigua and Barbuda was left way behind in 20.36 with Brian Dzindai of Zimbabwe taking third in 20.46.

Veronica Campbell-Brown posted a fast 10.92 to win the women's 100m ahead of Bahamian Chandra Sturrup, 11.14. Simone Facey finished a disappointing eight in 11.32.

World Championships 400m bronze medallist Novlene Williams-Mills and national 400m hurdles champion Danny McFarlane, fresh from their runs in Friday's Golden League meet in Rome, were on the podium again yesterday as they placed second in their events. Williams-Mills, who played second fiddle to American Allyson Felix on Friday, finished behind another American, Sanya Richards. Richards won in 49.86 with Williams-Mills taking the silver in 50.54. The other Jamaican in this event, Shereefa Lloyd, ended fourth in 50.89.

Good form

McFarlane continued his good form. He did 48.67 for second behind South Africa's L.J. van Zyl who won in a season-best 48.22.

National 800 metres champion Kenia Sinclair was also a medallist as her time of 1:59.94 earned third spot. Cuba's Zulia Calatayud won the event in 1:59.24

Two other Jamaicans at the meet did not fare well. Maurice Wignall continued his lean spell this season by finishing fourth in the 110 metres hurdles 'B' race in 13.65. Cuba's world record holder Dayron Robles captured the 'A' race in 13.04 .

Mario Forsythe of the MVP Track Club could only manage fifth in the men's 'B' 100m event in 10.47. His training partner, Andre Hinds of Barbados, won in 10.27. Derrick Atkins of The Bahamas took the 'A' race in 10.10. American Darvis Patton was second in 10.14.

In the women's 3,000m steeplechase Jamaicans Korene Hinds (9:32.06) and Mardrea Hyman (9:47.91) finished 10th and 16th, respectively, as Kenya's Eunice Jepkorir won in 9:26.56.

Dancehall Diva Tifa recently shot her new music video for 'Bottom of the Barrel' on Ward 21's Estrogen Riddim. The Bottom of the Barrel music video was directed by Dexter Pottinger, who was also responsible for the all-female Dem Gyal Sitt'n Medley videos 1 and 2, Bubble Like Soup, Tinky Winky and a host of other music videos. "Because the riddim has a balm yard mento feel to it, we have a lot of dancers and we are mixing the new dances with the older folk-type dances," said an enthusiastic Dexter Pottinger. The video was shot on June 27th at an undisclosed location with a "balm yard" theme and includes several cameo appearances from the Cadillac Dancers who showcased their new dance "Gweh" which was created from the actual sample in the Estrogen Riddim. Bottom of the Barrel has already been garnering much airplay in the US and UK and is currently on most major playlists including BBC1XTRA, 876radio.com and a host of other major radio stations in the UK, Europe and Trinidad. The Estrogen Riddim cleverly named after the female hormone features only female artists and is the follow up to the Dem Gal Sitt'n riddim. The riddim features 12 artists including: Timberlee, Natalie Storm,Spice, Queen Paula, Stacious, D'Angel, Macka Diamond, Lady G, Aisha, Lady Saw and Miss Thing. Tifa presently is working on her first and upcoming album entitled "Sex, Love and Lies" which will have a Japan/ European release scheduled for November 2008. With hit songs "Tinky Winky", "Kitty Police" and "Crawny Gyal" already under her belt, Tifa is ready to take the industry by storm

Just days ago Khool Bookings agency issued a list to 876radio.com consisting of the confirmed line-up for Beenie Man's upcoming 'Beenie Sizzle' summer show slated for August 6th at the Jamalco Sports Complex in Halse Hall, Clarendon. On the list of confirmed acts were artistes such as the fire man Capleton, Sizzla, Aidonia, the energy god Elephant, the emperor from Portmore Vybz Kartel and Alliance bad boy Mavado. However yesterday Mavado's manager Julian Jones-Griffith contacted our offices an informed us that he was not aware of Mavado being booked for that show. We showed him the email that was issued consisting of the Gangster's name, but he was steadfast in refuting the claim that his artiste was not a part of that event. When we contacted Beenie Man's publicist Ray Alexander, a partially upset Ray said, it was a mere typographical error made by one of his administrative assistant and did confirmed that Mavado was NOT booked for the event.  He said last he checked the official line up consisted of Macka Diamond, Aidonia, Sizzla, Vybz Kartel, Elephant Man and Capleton, with negotiation still in effect for international rap stars Soulja Boy and Lil' Wayne.

Organisers of the annual Portland Jerk Festival are strongly dispelling rumours that they plan to take legal action against deejay Moses 'Beenie Man' Davis whose absence at the event last Sunday resulted in irate fans hurling bottles and missiles on to the stage, marring the show's incident-free image. No ounce of truth Chairman of the Portland Jerk Festival Committee, Sybil Rendle, yesterday told THE STAR that there was not an ounce of truth to the allegations that they will be suing the entertainer. "I don't know where people got the rumour from because there is absolutely no truth in that," Rendle said. "We sent a letter to his management team stating that it was an unfortunate incident that has spoiled our incident-free image. we read his apology and it came across to us as sincere. That's it." The chairman also said that in the letter sent to the deejay's management on Wednesday night, they requested that the initial payment to Beenie Man be returned to them, given that he had not turned up for the event. There are yet to receive a response. In relation to talk that Beenie Man is planning a free concert for Portland fans who were disappointed by his no-show, Rendle said that she has only heard about the 'plans' on radio, but nothing has yet been confirmed in black and white. Damage control Last night representatives from Beenie's camp also attempted to do some damage control. A photograph of the deejay's new passport, issued on July 9, was sent to THE STAR. "We got back the new passport with the new visa, and it has the copy of the emergency passport...," the representative said. The eighth annual staging of the Portland Jerk Festival, held last Sunday, was flawed by a bottle-throwing incident, shortly before midnight, after it was announced that Beenie Man would not be on the show. The entertainer's publicist, Ray Alexander, told THE STAR that Beenie missed the show because he had lost his passport while overseas and only found out after he turned up to the airport for his 8:00 a.m. flight back to Jamaica, on the day of the show. He said attempts to have emergency documents issued to him, so he could get here to perform, were also unsuccessful. No one was hurt during the incident.

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Which party you rather day or night parties ? Me iam into the night party cause u have soo much to do in the day  and the day parties only nice when it's a beach or pool event.

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BEIJING -- Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games.

Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.

Waiters and waitresses should "patiently" suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei.

Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported health-giving qualities.

Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish.

South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly." After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced.

Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos.

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From the producers who delivered the Tupac Shakur documentary, Thug Angel, as well as the popular Beef DVD series, QD3 Entertainment in association with Young Money Entertainment, has announced plans to release the first-ever biography on the life and career of Weezy. Directed by filmmaker Adam Lough (The Upsetter, which chronicled the life and music of reggae producer Lee Scratch Perry), the film will explore the man, his family and the drive behind his fame.

"We at Young Money are thrilled to be working with QD3 on the production of The Carter, noted Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant in a statement. "As Weezy's manager and lifelong friend, I am excited to see Wayne's story documented with truth and sincerity. Not only is Wayne the hottest musician in the business, but his life story reads something like a Hollywood script enabling this film to break boundaries. And there is no doubt in Wayne's mind that this film will exceed any and all expectation. He's a f@#king rockstar!"

As the leading independent producer and aggregator of high quality urban content for multi-platform distribution, QD3 Entertainment Founder and CEO Quincy D. Jones III hopes the doc will serve as a vehicle to shed light on pre and post Hurricane Katrina New Orleans and offer insight from those who know Weezy best.

In my career as a music/producer/film producer Ive been blessed to have worked with some of the best artists of our time, including Tupac Shakur, LL Cool J, Queen Latifah, Ice Cube, and others, Jones stated. Lil Wayne is hands down the Tupac of this generation in that he is a true artist, a world class writer/performer, and hes not afraid to push the envelop on any level which makes him a true original.

QD3 Entertainment is thrilled that Lil Wayne and Young Money Entertainment has trusted our company to document his life, he continued, The fact that [Wayne] just sold over 1 million albums in the first week without any media ploys is a testament to the strength of his music and artistry. The goal is to go beyond a standard doc and create a theatrical product that will serve as the definitive documentation of Waynes life and career.

The Carter is scheduled for release by Genius Products in 2009.

Shock tactics for knife carriers Marches have been held in London to demonstrate against knife crime Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said seeing "gruesome" injuries would be a tougher deterrent than simply sending all knife carriers to prison. A spate of stabbings was making people "nervous" about going out, she said. The Conservatives have said children as young as five should be targeted to prevent them turning to knife crime. Meet families Ms Smith unveiled her plans on Sunday, hours after a man in his 30s was stabbed to death at a pub in Bolton. A man is in a serious condition in hospital after suffering multiple wounds at Scotland's largest music festival, T in the Park, in Balado, Kinross-shire. And on Thursday, four men were stabbed to death in London and a fifth died after a knife attack in West Bromwich. I'm concerned about the way in which those who are carrying knives and those who are the victims appear to be getting younger Home Secretary Jacqui Smith Man stabbed to death on night out How common is knife crime? Mrs Smith's proposals will see young people caught carrying knives being made to go to accident and emergency wards, to see the consequences of stabbings. They will meet victims' families and make prison visits to people convicted of knife offences. The measures, overseen by senior Metropolitan Police officer Alf Hitchcock, will focus on a number of areas including London, the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Essex and the Thames Valley. 'Serious trouble' Ms Smith told the BBC: "I'm concerned particularly about the way in which those who are carrying knives and those who are the victims appear to be getting younger." She said the hospital visits would "make people realise that there is nothing glamorous about carrying a knife, it doesn't help you to be more safe and you will end up in serious trouble. "I just think that's a better way of making people face up to the consequences of action and making them more likely not to carry knives again in the future." Earlier she told Sky News there should not be a "simplistic approach" to knife crime, adding: "I think if you use your knife or if you are in any way threatening with it, certainly you ought to be sent to prison... "But for others, what I think would be tougher is actually being made to face up to the sorts of implications of young people carrying knives on our streets; what it means in terms of gruesome injuries; what it could well mean to your future if you end up in prison; what it means to the families of those who actually lose people through knife crime." I also think there should have been a shock tactic, under certain circumstances, of jailing youths who are carrying knives Barbara Dunne, Mother of stabbing victim Knife fears out on the town According to the British Crime Survey (BCS), overall violent crime has decreased by 41% since a peak in 1995. Knives are used in about 8% of violent incidents, according to the BCS, a level that has largely remained the same during the past decade. But the BCS figures do not include under-16s, something which Ms Smith recently announced would change. On Sunday she said: "I think all of us understand, whatever top level statistics might say, that this [knife crime] is a serious problem - that even if it isn't happening down your street makes you feel nervous and unconfident - and that's what we need to address". Anne Oakes-Odger, whose son Westley was stabbed to death in 2005, expressed doubts about the shock tactics to BBC Radio 5 Live. "It all sounds rather cumbersome and not particularly cost-effective and I can't help but wonder how the actual stab victims would feel about that [hospital visits]," she said. Barbara Dunne, whose son Robert was murdered in 2003, welcomed the plans but said ministers should go further. "I also think there should have been a shock tactic, under certain circumstances, of jailing youths who are carrying knives - even if it's for two or three weeks," she said. "That would have been an even bigger shock to the system. " Patient confidentiality Ms Smith has written to all 43 chief constables in England and Wales, reminding them of their powers to require pubs and clubs that are associated with knife or gun problems to search customers on entry. Ministers are also looking at how hospitals might work to help the police identify offenders without breaking patient confidentiality. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday that recent knife deaths were "shocking and tragic". A cross-government youth crime plan it to be published on Tuesday. Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve said children should be targeted in the first year of primary school to prevent them from turning to knife crime later. He said there are primary head teachers "who can point out... children who are going to be a serious problem". '*lo** and mess' Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne described Ms Smith's plans as "half-baked", and said the government had been in denial about the scale of the knife crime problem. Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, who is leading his party's youth justice taskforce, said: "I would love most kids to see the results of knife crime. "I have talked to kids who have been involved in knife fights who have become so frightened after what they have seen - the *lo** and the mess and the dying of somebody is just appalling."

Buju banton's Cowboy life has been making shift movements thourgh music charts such as VTX on Re Tv it as made it all the way to 5th this week it has made staedy movements over di last 6 weeks and has jumped 14 places to end up at 5th

 

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Baby Boy To Be Named Dixon And Willoughby Partin

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Someday, when a boy named Dixon and Willoughby Partin asks how he got his 24-letter name, he'll learn it came with a hundred bucks worth of gasoline.
David Partin of Orlando offered the right to name his unborn son to a local radio station that offered $100 worth of free gas to the listener with the most interesting item to trade. Radio hosts Richard Dixon and J. Willoughby took Partin's deal.
When the baby is born this winter, he will be named Dixon and Willoughby Partin, with the "and" included.
Partin's girlfriend, Samantha Bailey, told the Orlando Sentinel that at least he will have an interesting story about how he got his name.
Dixon and Willoughby plan to hand over the card when they see the birth certificate.

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I thought we was a family?!?!?!?!

Pope Benedict XVI speaks to reporters on his plane Pope Benedict XVI has begun a nine-day visit to Australia, where he is due to apologise for decades of sexual abuse of children by priests. As he began the longest foreign trip of his papacy, he said paedophilia was "incompatible" with being a priest. Australian abuse victims have said they will hold protests during his visit. Climate change will also be a leading theme at a major Catholic youth festival, World Youth Day, which the Pope is heading in Sydney. The event is expected to draw some 200,000 young Catholics to the city. But the six-day event has been overshadowed by the launch of an investigation into sexual abuse allegations. The leader of Australia's Catholics, Cardinal George Pell, has come under criticism for his handling of a 1982 case allegedly involving the sexual abuse of 29-year-old man by a priest. The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says that many victims want the Pope to directly criticise the Australian Catholic hierarchy for its handling of abuse allegations. Lifestyle change "It is essential for the Church to reconcile, to prevent, to help and to see guilt in this problem," Pope Benedict told reporters during his 20-hour flight to Sydney. We have to face up to this great challenge... to change the situation of the environment for the good Pope Benedict XVI In pictures: Pope in Australia "It must be clear... that being a real priest is incompatible with this (sexual abuse) because priests are in the service of our Lord," he said. As the Pope arrived in Sydney, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was "an honoured guest among us". During his trip, the Pope will also meet Aborigine groups, and is likely to repeat an apology made by Pope John Paul to Australia's indigenous people for injustices carried out by Catholic missionaries. He also told reporters he wanted to wake up consciences, to make politicians and experts respond to environmental issues. "We have to face up to this great challenge and find the ethical capacity to change the situation of the environment for the good," said Pope Benedict. But he made it clear he had no intention of addressing any specific political or technical questions about climate change. Open-air Mass The 81-year Pope's medical advisers have taken elaborate steps to protect his health during the gruelling 20-hour flight from Italy, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome. A special sleeping compartment has been prepared on the Alitalia plane and the German pontiff will spend three full days resting at a Catholic study centre before appearing at the head of a Sydney Harbour flotilla on Thursday. He was met by Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd on his arrival at Sydney airport. Pope Benedict will close his trip by presiding over an open-air Mass on 20 July at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse, which is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. The Pope's visit - his ninth outside Italy - has created controversy with demonstrators vowing to protest against the Church's stand on homosexuality and birth control. In response, authorities in the state of New South Wales have introduced new laws bringing the threat of heavy fines to anyone causing annoyance to pilgrims. Civil liberty groups have denounced such sanctions as unnecessary and repugnant.

Lillian R. Lieber , "The Einstein Theory Of Relativity"
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Text extracted from opening pages of book: THE EINSTEIN THEORY OF RELATIVITY Text By LILLIAN R. LIEBER Drawings By HUGH GRAY LIEBER HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON New York / Chicago / San Francisco To FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT who saved the world from those forces of evil which sought to destroy Art and Science and the very Dignity of Man. PREFACE In this book on the Einstein Theory of Relativity the attempt is made to introduce just enough mathematics to HELP and NOT to HINDER the lay reader/ lay can of course apply to various domains of knowledge perhaps then we should say: the layman in Relativity. Many popular discussions of Relativity, without any mathematics at all, have been written. But we doubt whether even the best of these can possibly give to a novice an adequate idea of what it is all about. What is very clear when expressed in mathematical language sounds mystical in ordinary language. On the other hand, there are many discussions, including Einstein's own papers, which are accessible to the experts only. vii We believe that there is a class of readers who can get very little out of either of these two kinds of discussion readers who know enough about mathematics to follow a simple mathematical presentation of a domain new to them, built from the ground up, with sufficient details to bridge the gaps that exist FOR THEM in both the popular and the expert presentations. This book is an attempt to satisfy the needs of this kind of reader. viii CONTENTS PREFACE Part I - THE SPECIAL THEORY I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. The Michelson-Morley Experiment 8 III. Re-Examination of the Fundamental Ideas 20 IV. The Remedy 31 V. The Solution of the Difficulty 39 VI. The Result of Applying the Remedy 44 VII. The Four-Dimensional Space-Time Con tinuum 57 VIII. Some Consequences of the Theory of Relativity 69 IX. A Point of Logic and a Summary 83 The Moral 87 Part II - THE GENERAL THEORY A GUIDE TO PART II 91 X. Introduction 95 XI. The Principle of Equivalence 101 XII. A Non-Euclidean World! 107 XIII. The Study of Spaces 113 XIV. What Is a Tensor? 127 XV. The Effect on Tensors of a Change in the Coordinate System 1 41 XVI. A Very Helpful Simplification 150 ix XVII. Operations with Tense-160 XVIII. A Physical Illustration 167 XIX. Mixed Tensors 173 XX. Contraction and Differentiation 1 78 XXI. The Little g's 187 XXII. Our Last Detour 191 XXIII. The Curvature Tensor at Last 200 XXIV. Of What Use Is the Curvature Tensor? 206 XXV. The Big G's or Einstein's Law of Gravitation 21 3 XXVI. Comparison of Einstein's Law of Gravitation with Newton's 219 XXVII. How Can the Einstein Law of Gravitation Be Tested? 227 XXVIII. Surmounting the Difficulties 237 XXIX. The Proof of the Pudding 255 XXX. More About the Path of a Planet 266 XXXI. The Perihelion of Mercury 272 XXXII. Deflection of a Ray of Light 276 XXXIII. Deflection of a Ray of Light, cont. 283 XXXIV. The Third of the Crucial Phenomena 289 XXXV. Summary 299 The Moral 303 Would You Like to Know? 310 THE ATOMIC B**** 318 Parti THE SPECIAL THEORY I. INTRODUCTION. In order to appreciate the fundamental importance of Relativity, it is necessary to know how it arose. Whenever a revolution 11 takes place, in any domain, it is always preceded by some maladjustment producing a tension, which ultimately causes a break, followed by a greater stability at least for the time being. What was the maladjustment in Physics in the latter part of the 19th century, which led to the creation of the revolutionary 11 Relativity Theory? Let us summarize it briefly: It has been assumed that all space is filled with ether,* through which radio waves and light waves are transmitted any modern child talks quite glibly * This ether is of course NOT the chemical ether which surgeons use! ft is not a liquid, solid, or gas, it has never been seen by anybody, its presence is only conjectured because of the need for some medium to transmit radio and light waves.
                                                   
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