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Friday, June 22, 2012

Kiss me Kate: Britain's Prince William hits 30

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Kiss me Kate: Britain's Prince William hits 30
By GREGORY KATZBy GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press?

In this Wednesday June 6, 2012 photo Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, feeds a 5-year-old black rhino called Zawadi as he visits Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Port Lympne, southern England . The Duke of Cambridge has called people involved in the illegal trade of rhino horn "extremely ignorant, selfish and utterly wrong". Black rhinos are critically endangered in the wild because of the soaring price of rhino horn, which is worth more than gold due to demand in some countries. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson/Pool)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, center, watch a Royal Air Force fly pass with their family from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping The Colour at the Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Watching are, from left, Prince Andrew, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Queen, Princess Anne, Prince Philip, Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, Lady Louise Windsor, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Princess Eugenie. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, right, and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, center, watch as Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, passes by wearing lavish blue velvet robes and black velvet hats with white plumes, during the procession of The Most Noble Order of the Garter in the grounds of Windsor Castle, Windsor, England Monday June 18, 2012. The Most Noble Order of the Garter, founded in 1348, is the highest order of chivalry existing in England. Recipients of the honor are chosen because they have held public office, contributed to national life or served the sovereign personally. The appointment of Knights of the Garter is in the Queen's gift and is made without consulting ministers. (AP Photo/Paul Edwards, Pool)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, center, watch a Royal Air Force fly pass with their family from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping The Colour at the Horse Guards Parade in London, Saturday, June 16, 2012. Watching are, from left, Prince Andrew, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince Edward, Queen, Princess Anne, hidden behind the Queen, Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, Prince Philip, Lady Louise Windsor, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Princess Eugenie, Prince Harry and Princess Beatrice. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

LONDON (AP) ? The man who once was among the world's most eligible bachelors has turned 30 ? but things are not so bad for Prince William as he celebrates his birthday with family and friends.

Palace officials say William will mark the milestone in private with his wife, the former Kate Middleton, and perhaps some close friends. They say a low key celebration is planned.

William has been pursuing a military career as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot while easing into married life and taking on more royal duties. He is stationed at an air base in north Wales and was recently on a temporary deployment in the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic.

He and his wife have made a number of public appearances in recent weeks, often representing his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, at events to mark her 60 years on the throne, a year-long celebration called the Diamond Jubilee.

He has seemed increasingly comfortable in public, escorting his wife, formally known as the Duchess of Cambridge, to high society soirees and "meet and greet" events.

There has been widespread speculation about the couple possibly starting a family. The talk has been fueled by William indicating that he would like to have children someday.

Along with Prince Harry, they are expected to play a prominent role as special ambassadors at the London Olympics.

William also stands to inherit an estimated 10 million pounds ($15.7 million) on his birthday under the terms of the will of his late mother, Princess Diana.

The precise amount is not known because the current value of the trust set up by his mother has not been made public.

Palace officials decline to comment on William's private finances, and it is possible he may choose to leave the money in a trust.

His brother, Prince Harry, stands to inherit a similar amount when he turns 30 in 2014.

William is second in line for the throne behind his father, Prince Charles.

Associated Press

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What's your name again? Lack of interest, not brain's ability, may be why we forget

ScienceDaily (June 20, 2012) ? Most of us have experienced it. You are introduced to someone, only to forget his or her name within seconds. You rack your brain trying to remember, but can't seem to even come up with the first letter. Then you get frustrated and think, "Why is it so hard for me to remember names?"

You may think it's just how you were born, but that's not the case, according to Kansas State University's Richard Harris, professor of psychology. He says it's not necessarily your brain's ability that determines how well you can remember names, but rather your level of interest.

"Some people, perhaps those who are more socially aware, are just more interested in people, more interested in relationships," Harris said. "They would be more motivated to remember somebody's name."

This goes for people in professions like politics or teaching where knowing names is beneficial. But just because someone can't remember names doesn't mean they have a bad memory.

"Almost everybody has a very good memory for something," Harris said.

The key to a good memory is your level of interest, he said. The more interest you show in a topic, the more likely it will imprint itself on your brain. If it is a topic you enjoy, then it will not seem like you are using your memory.

For example, Harris said a few years ago some students were playing a geography game in his office. He started to join in naming countries and their capitals. Soon, the students were amazed by his knowledge, although Harris didn't understand why. Then it dawned on him that his vast knowledge of capitals didn't come from memorizing them from a map, but rather from his love of stamps and learning their whereabouts.

"I learned a lot of geographical knowledge without really studying," he said.

Harris said this also explains why some things seem so hard to remember -- they may be hard to understand or not of interest to some people, such as remembering names.

Harris said there are strategies for training your memory, including using a mnemonic device.

"If somebody's last name is Hefty and you notice they're left-handed, you could remember lefty Hefty," he said.

Another strategy is to use the person's name while you talk to them -- although the best strategy is simply to show more interest in the people you meet, he said.

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42,000 slaves rescued in 2011, millions in bondage

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Prostitutes come out of a tunnel where they remained hidden during an operation against human trafficking at the "Super Frontera" bar, late on April 21, 2012 in Guatemala City.

By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com

More than 42,000 adults and children kept as slaves, forced into prostitution or otherwise trafficked were discovered by authorities around the world in 2011, according to a new report by the U.S. State Department.

However this figure was a tiny fraction of the estimated number of people held in bondage with the International Labor Organization estimating earlier this month that there are about 20.9 million victims of modern slavery, the State Department Trafficking in Persons Report noted.

Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, foreign governments must supply information about trafficking investigations and prosecutions to the State Department in order to be considered by the U.S. as working to eliminate slavery.

The report details the problem of trafficking in countries around the world, including victims' accounts.

"I walk around and carry the physical scars of the torture you put me through. The cigarette burns, the knife carvings, the piercings ? how a human being can see humor in the torture, manipulation, and brainwashing of another human being is beyond comprehension. You have given me a life sentence," it quotes a victim of sex trafficking in the U.S. as telling her trafficker at his sentencing.

US expands human trafficking blacklist to 23 countries

Another trafficking survivor in the U.S. named "Tonya" said she "always felt like a criminal."

"I never felt?like a victim at all. Victims don't do time?in jail, they work on the healing process.?I was a criminal because I spent time in?jail," she said.

'Like she was our own daughter'
Ken Burkhart, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, described the liberation of a Latin American sex trafficking victim.

"I told my agents we're going to treat this little girl like she was our own daughter. We're going to hunt this little girl down and get her out of this trailer," he said, according to the report.

After she was found, "I told her we'd been in touch with her sister and I shook her hand and I just gently led her right out the door," he added.

State Department

Graphic showing persons in forced labor in different parts of the world.

The offense of trafficking involves "the recruitment, harboring, transportation,?provision, or obtaining of a person for labor?or services, through the use of force, fraud,?or coercion for the purpose of subjection?to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt?bondage, or slavery."

It applies where people have been forced into prostitution; victims do not necessarily need to have been physically moved from?one location to another.

Police rescue 24,000 women, children from Chinese human trafficking gangs

In a letter included in the report, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted the U.S. would celebrate the 150^th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in the coming months and said that "governments across the globe are united in this struggle."

"Yet, despite the adoption of treaties and laws prohibiting slavery, the evidence nevertheless shows that many men, women, and children continue to live in modern-day slavery through the scourge of trafficking in persons," she added.

Clinton moved by girl's 'pride'
Clinton said earlier this year she had visited a trafficking shelter in Kolkata, India.

"The young women and girls there had suffered terrible abuse. But with their own drive and determination and with the help of some remarkable women and men they were getting their lives back on track," she said.

"I met one girl, about ten years old, who asked if I wanted to see the martial arts she had learned at the shelter. As she performed her routine, I was impressed with the skills she had learned; but more than that, I was moved by the pride in her eyes ? her sense of accomplishment and strength," she added.

The Secretary of State said trafficking people deprived people of the "most basic freedom" ? being able to determine their own future.

"A century and a half after the promise of freedom was fought and won in the United States, freedom remains elusive for millions," Clinton said. "We know that this struggle will not truly be won until all those who toil in modern slavery, like those girls in Kolkata, are free to realize their God-given potential."

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Beatles film actor Victor Spinetti dies

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Relive the Windows Phone 8 'sneak peek': Developer Summit video now streaming

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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At least two killed in attack on Israel-Egypt border

JERUSALEM?? An Israeli citizen and at least one militant were killed in an attack on the Egyptian border on Monday, Israeli media and the military said.

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"A terrorist squad opened gunfire and possibly also fired an anti-tank rocket at an area where (Israel) is constructing the border fence," Israeli military spokesman Yoav Mordechai told Army Radio.

"Soldiers arrived on the scene and killed one terrorist," he said.

Army Radio said that an Israeli workman was killed by the militants, but Mordechai would only say "there is a small number of fatalities." He said the attack happened about 30 kilometers from the Gaza Strip on the Egyptian border.

It was not immediately clear if the gunmen crossed through from Egypt or from the southern Gaza Strip and no militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Newport's Li headed to Pebble Beach | Prep sports news

Newport's Marianne Li, a freshman in 2012 and state qualifying golfer for the Knights KingCo championship squad, is one of 81 youth golfers from around the country who will take part in the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach.

Li will partner with a Champions Tour professional to be determined for the tournament, which takes place July 6-8 and will be televised on the Golf Channel.

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Sunday, June 17, 2012

UN suspends Syria monitoring due to rising violence

By Reuters

United Nations monitors in Syria have suspended operations because of the increasing violence over the last 10 days by President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels seeking his overthrow, the head of the observer mission said on Saturday.

"The observers will not be conducting patrols and will stay in their locations until further notice," General Robert Mood said in a statement.

Mood said the intensification in violence was impeding the 300 unarmed U.N. monitors from carrying out their mandate to observe an April 12 ceasefire deal, which has failed to halt the violence.

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"This suspension will be reviewed on a daily basis. Operations will resume when we see the situation fit for us to carry out our mandated activities," Mood said.

Many hundreds of people, including civilians, rebels and government forces, have been killed in the two months since international mediator Kofi Annan's ceasefire deal was supposed to come into effect.

Last week shots were fired at a car carrying U.N. observers after they were turned away from the town of Haffeh by angry Assad supporters who threw stones and metal rods at their convoy, a spokeswoman for the monitors said.?

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Belize in the News: Belize Voted Among World's Best Destinations By

I mean come on, is it really any surprise that well healed adventurous entrepreneurial type travelers love Belize??!?!!? With the hiking, biking,?scuba, horeback riding, ruins, spas, shopping, caves, tunnels, tubes and the list goes on and on and on?add a little culture, country pride and friendly welcoming spirit and you?ve got a recipe for good times, fun, love and adventure! Really Belize should be on this list every year, but then it might not be considered newsworthy. So make sure you contact us, come down and enjoy before the world ends in December Peace and Blessings!

Belize Voted Among World?s Best Destinations By Travel And Leisure Readers

Belize City, Belize ? June 14, 2012 ? The results are in and according to the readers of Travel and Leisure magazine, Belize ranks among the world?s best destinations in 2012.? Just released to the Belize Tourism Board by the editors of the Travel and Leisure magazine, this August, Belize will be featured in three places; Travel and Leisure magazine, the official website TravelandLeisure.com, and in the I-pad edition of the publication. ?It is always an honour to see and know that our beautiful Belize continues to be recognized world-wide for all it has to offer,? said Hon. Manuel Heredia Jr., Minister of Tourism and Culture.

Travel and Leisure is one of the world?s most recognized magazines.? Published 12 times a year, the publication has just shy of five million readers. ?As for the World?s Best Awards, every August since 1995, these awards have been determined by an annual reader survey which asks travelers and travel providers to rate destinations, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, river cruises, and car-rental companies.

Since January of 2012, Belize has received a number of recognitions from a variety of publications around the world including leading travel web and social media sites, magazines and newspapers.

To learn more about some of the accolades Belize has received or to see some of the international marketing efforts in place, visit www.travelbelize.org or contact the Marketing Department at the BTB at 227-2488.

About the Belize Tourism Board

The Belize Tourism Board (BTB) is a statutory body within the Belize Ministry of Tourism, and it is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister of Tourism.? The BTB works in conjunction with members of the private sector ? including the Belize Hotel Association, Belize Tourism Industry Association and Belize National Tour Operators Association ? and is dedicated to building tourism in the most economically and environmentally sustainable manner.? As a part of its responsibilities, the BTB promotes Belize as a premier tourism destination to both in-country and international consumers.? Among its outreach to the international travel market, the BTB markets the country?s unique attractions to travellers, members of the travel trade industry and media outlets in key markets.

The BTB is also dedicated to developing and implementing tourism programs that will help strengthen and grow the Belizean tourism industry; promote good destination stewardship; and instil high quality standards for accommodations and travel experiences.? For more information on the BTB and its services, visit www.travelbelize.org.

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