Windows 7 system only recognizing 16GB out of 32GB newly installed

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I'm having some difficulties with a newly built Windows 7 system, particularly with the RAM. The problem is I have installed 32GB of memory (8 x 4GB), but Windows is only recognizing 16GB.

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My motherboard is an ASUS P9X79 WS. I have verified that this mobo supports well over 32GB of RAM, and I have updated the BIOS to the most recent update with the ASUS update utility.

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I am using Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. I understand that some versions of Win7 put a cap on memory, but I don't believe that is the case here.

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My memory is G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 240-Pin DDR3 1600. All sticks are the same and are not mixed with other brands.

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I'm using the CPU-Z utility to examine my system, and it is reporting that 32GB of memory is installed. So it appears that only Windows is having trouble seeing it.

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I am attaching the full CPU-Z report here, in case that is helpful in diagnosing my problem:
http://swmontgomery.com/SWMONTY.txt

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Any thoughts or suggestions as to what might be causing this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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- Sean

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Tax-free shopping weekend in Florida

PREGNANT THEY ARE BEING CARED FOR IN FOSTER HOMES. THE CLOCK IS TICKING YOU HAVE GOT JUST TONIGHT AND TOMORROW LEFT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FLORIDA'S BACK-TO-SCHOOL SALES TAX HOLIDAY. TENS OF THOUSAND OF FAMILIES WERE OUT SHOPPING TODAY AND AT LEAST ONE LOCAL MAL WAS HANDING OUT DOOR TRY AND UNTIES SHOPPERS TO COME TO ITS STORES. BUSINESS WAS BRISK SATURDAY AT MANY CENTRAL FLORIDA MALLS AS FAMILY HIT THE STORES FOR THIS WEEKEND OPPORTUNITIES TO BUY TAX-FREE CLOTHES SHOES AND BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES. AND ANGIE WOLFE OFMAN AND HER 7TH9TH GRADE SON WERE ON HUNTS FOR NEW SHOES AND BELTS FOR THE BOYS. EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS. AND NO TAXES IS A GOOD THING. THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NOW THROER SALES TAX BEING COLLECTED ON CLOSING COSTS $75 OR LESS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES THAT COST UP TO $15. ALSO, NEW THIS YEAR IS A TAX BREAK ON COMPUTERS, AND OTHER ELECTRONICS ITEMS. THAT COST $750 OR LESS. RETAILERS HOPE THIS WEEKEND EVENT WILL LEAD BIG SALES. AT THE FASHION SQUARE MAL MANAGEMENT OFFERING AN EXTRA ENTICEMENT. FOREVER HUNDRED YOU SPEND ON TAX-FREE ITEMS WE WILL GIVE YOU BACK 20. WE WILL GIVE EACH SHOPPER BACK 20 UP TO $100 MAXIMUM. MALL PROMOTION WILL END WHEN THEY ARE SPWEUFEN ATOTAL $20,000 OR WHETHER MAL CLOSES AT 6:00 SUNDAY NIGHT. WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. ERIC HAS FOUR KIDS RANGING FROM PRESCHOOL TO 7TH GRADE THAT SHE NEED TO SHOP FOR. SHE WASH DETERMINED TO GET THE MAX $100 BACKS. I THINK IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE ANY PENNY WE CAN SAVE HELPS A LOT ESPECIALLY WITH A LARGE FAMILY. IT IS ESTIMATED AVERAGE FAMILY WILL SPEND OFFER $600 ON BACK TO SCHOOL SHOPPING THIS YEAR.

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]The Hays Daily News (http://bit.ly/11CWIVe) reports the 6-year-old mare, Jitterbug, had her head down while bucking at the Phillipsburg Rodeo on Friday and went straight into a fence.A veterinarian at the arena says the ...

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US closes embassies, issues global travel alert over Al Qaeda threat

The State Department ordered a precautionary closing on Sunday of 21 US embassies and consulates, mainly in the Middle East, without citing a specific threat. But its global travel alert says Al Qaeda may attack 'between now and the end of August.'

By Howard LaFranchi,?Staff writer / August 2, 2013

An exterior view of the deadly firebombing of an unprepared US consulate, in Benghazi, Libya, Sept. 12, 2012. With the anniversary of the attack approaching, US embassies and consulates, mainly in the Middle East, that would normally be open this Sunday will be closed, the US State Department said Thursday.

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The State Department isn?t saying anything about specific threats. But a global travel alert the State Department issued Friday makes the origin of the threat clear: ?Current information suggests that Al Qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks both in the region and beyond,? the alert states. Al Qaeda and its affiliates ?may focus efforts to conduct attacks in the period between now and the end of August,? it adds.

Sources with access to intelligence, including certain members of Congress, say the threat was picked up in more than the usual amount of communications, or ?chatter,? about possible attacks against US interests overseas.

And, especially, with the anniversary of the deadly firebombing of an unprepared US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, approaching, it?s clear the potential danger is enough to prompt extraordinary measures.

The State Department on Friday issued a list of 21 embassies and consulates, mostly in the Middle East, that are instructed to close Sunday. On Thursday, deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said the order affects ?all US embassies and consulates that would have normally been open on Sunday.? The weekend in Muslim countries is typically Friday and Saturday, with Sunday beginning the work week.

Among the countries where US diplomatic missions will close are Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. Facilities in some countries may remain closed past Sunday, Ms. Harf said.

Friday?s travel alert does not single out any particular countries where Americans should avoid travel, but it does refer to a ?continued potential for terrorist attacks, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and possibly occurring in or emanating from the Arabian Peninsula.?

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After lengthy delays, Fort Hood trial set to open

DALLAS (AP) ? Hundreds of unarmed soldiers, some about to deploy to Afghanistan, were waiting inside a building for vaccines and routine checkups when a fellow soldier walked inside with two handguns and enough ammunition to commit one of the worst mass shootings in American history.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan climbed onto a desk and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" ? an Arabic phrase meaning "God is great!" Then he fired, pausing only to reload.

Hasan doesn't deny that he carried out the November 2009 rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead and more than 30 others wounded. There are dozens of witnesses who saw it happen. Military law prohibits him from entering a guilty plea because authorities are seeking the death penalty. But if he is convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that starts Tuesday, there are likely years, if not decades, of appeals ahead.

He may never make it to the death chamber at all.

While the Hasan case is unusually complex, experts also say the military justice system is unaccustomed to dealing with death penalty cases and has struggled to avoid overturned sentences.

Eleven of the 16 death sentences handed down by military juries in the last 30 years have been overturned, according to an academic study and court records. No active-duty soldier has been executed since 1961.

A reversed verdict or sentence on appeal in the Hasan case would be a fiasco for prosecutors and the Army. That's one reason why prosecutors and the military judge have been deliberate leading up to trial, said Geoffrey Corn, a professor at the South Texas College of Law and former military lawyer.

"The public looks and says, 'This is an obviously guilty defendant. What's so hard about this?'" Corn said. "What seems so simple is in fact relatively complicated."

Hasan is charged with 13 specifications of premeditated murder and 32 specifications of attempted premeditated murder. Thirteen officers from around the country who hold Hasan's rank or higher will serve on the jury for a trial that will likely last one month and probably longer. They must be unanimous to convict Hasan of murder and sentence him to death. Three-quarters of the panel must vote for an attempted murder conviction.

The jury will likely hear from victims and relatives of the dead. A handful of victims still carry bullet fragments in their body. Others have nightmares.

"It never goes away ? being upset that it's taken so long for this trial to come," said Staff Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot in the head, stomach and upper body. "So now's the day of reckoning, which is positive ? very positive."

The trial's start has been delayed over and over, often due to requests from Hasan. Any of the hundreds of decisions large or small could be fair game on appeal. The entire record will be scrutinized by military appeals courts that have overturned most of the death sentences they've considered.

"A good prosecutor, in military parlance, would be foolish to fight only the close battle," Corn said. "He's got to fight the close battle and the future battle. And the future battle is the appellate record."

Hasan has twice dismissed his lawyers and now plans to represent himself at trial. He's suggested he wants to argue the killings were in "defense of others" ? namely, members of the Taliban fighting Americans in Afghanistan. The trial judge, Col. Tara Osborn, has so far denied that strategy.

Hasan has grown a beard while in custody that he says expresses his Muslim faith, but violates military rules on decorum. After a military judge ordered him forcibly shaved, an appeals court stayed that order and took another judge off the case.

The last man executed in the military system was Pvt. John Bennett, hanged in 1961 for raping an 11-year-old girl. Five men are on the military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., but none are close to being executed.

An inmate was taken off death row just last year. Kenneth Parker was condemned for killing two fellow Marines in North Carolina, including Lance Cpl. Rodney Page. But Parker was given life without parole last September by an appeals court. The court found his trial judge should have not allowed him to be tried for both murders at the same time, nor should the judge have allowed testimony that the appeals court said was irrelevant to the crimes.

Parker's accomplice in the killings, Wade Walker, was also sentenced to death, only for the sentence to be overturned.

Examples abound of other death sentences set aside. They include William Kreutzer Jr., who killed one soldier and wounded 18 others in a 1995 shooting spree at Fort Bragg, N.C.; James T. Murphy, who killed his wife in Germany by smashing her head with a hammer; and Melvin Turner, who killed his 11-month-old daughter with a razor blade.

Part of the problem, experts say, is that death penalty cases are rare in military courts.

A study in the Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology identified just 41 cases between 1984 and 2005 where a defendant faced a court-martial on a capital charge. Meanwhile, more than 500 people have been executed since 1982 in the civilian system in Texas, the nation's most active death-penalty state.

While lawyers and judges in Texas may get multiple death penalty cases a year, many military judges and lawyers often are on their first, said Victor Hansen, another former prosecutor who now teaches at the New England School of Law. The military courts that are required to review each death-penalty verdict are also more cautious and likely to pinpoint possible errors that might pass muster at a civilian court, Hansen and Corn said.

Hansen compared the military's conundrum to small states that have a death-penalty law on the books, but never use it.

"You don't have a lot of experience or institutional knowledge," said Hansen, who compared it to "the reinventing of the wheel every time one is done."

If Hasan is convicted and sentenced to death, his case will automatically go before appeals courts for the Army and the armed forces. If those courts affirm the sentence, he could ask the Supreme Court for a review or file motions in federal civilian courts.

The president, as the military commander in chief, must sign off on a death sentence.

"If history is any guide, it's going to be a long, long, long time," Hansen said.

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Associated Press writers Allen G. Breed and Angela K. Brown contributed to this report.

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Why No One Is Naming Names in a Cyclospora Outbreak

Nebraska and Iowa health officials said they have traced an outbreak of cyclospora to prepackaged salads but can't yet tell consumers which brands were involved. And even though 397 people have fallen ill and 22 have been hospitalized, the Food and Drug Administration hasn't announced a recall.

State and federal laws protect the companies' identities until investigators are absolutely sure of the source of an outbreak. Even then, a public health risk still must be present for the states to reveal brand names, and a recall must be necessary for the FDA to reveal them.

"This isn't a unique situation, but that still doesn't mean it's an acceptable situation," said Christopher Waldrop, who directs the Food Policy Institute at the Consumer Federation of America. "The longer it takes to provide information, the more it seems like they're protecting the needs of the company versus the needs of the public."

The states are usually right, he said, but the FDA has jumped to conclusions in the past. In 2008, for example, FDA officials announced that tomatoes were the source of a salmonella outbreak, but they later learned it was peppers. Waldrop said the tomato industry took a big hit, and the experience made FDA officials more "gun shy."

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"It's a fine line that you need to walk when you're doing epidemiological investigations," said Barbara Kowalcyk, founder of the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention. "If you implicate a particular product too soon, then there's a negative impact not just on that product or company but on the entire industry. On the other hand, if you wait too long, there's a potential for people to unnecessarily get sick.

"You want to get that information out there as quickly as possible, but misinformation isn't helpful either," Kowalcyk said. "It's not helpful to the public because it creates a false sense of security."

Cyclospora, the one-celled parasite that can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps and other symptoms normally associated with a viral stomach bug, is common in tropical regions such as Latin America but isn't typically seen in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unlike a regular stomach bug, however, it can last more than a month.

Read more about cyclospora diagnosis and treatment.

Two of the 16 states affected by this summer's cyclospora outbreak announced that a salad mix containing iceberg and romaine lettuce, cabbage and carrots was behind it, but state and federal investigators still needed to track the parasite to a specific ingredient in the salad and then to a specific grower, officials said.

Since salad mixes come from several farms and those farms serve multiple brands, the process is tricky, said Iowa's state epidemiologist Dr. Patricia Quinlisk.

"It's not like there's one brand here," she said.

Until the FDA deems there's sufficient evidence "to implicate a specific food," federal confidentiality laws prevent the agency from releasing suspected brand names unless doing so is necessary for a recall, according to an FDA spokeswoman.

"FDA has not yet determined that the evidence is sufficient to implicate a particular product," said FDA spokeswoman Theresa Eisenman. "The investigation into this outbreak continues, in order to identify possible sources of the outbreak. FDA is following the strongest leads provided by the states, but is following other leads as well."

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BlackBerry begins BBM beta for Android (update: official comment)

Blackberry promised us back at BBLive that we'd see BBM on Android and iOS devices before the end of the summer. Well, we've hit the dog days of August, and while most of those devices are still BBM-free, it appears a select few Androids are finally getting to beta test the app. Blackberry OS reports that email invites are rolling out now to folks registered with BlackBerry's Beta Zone to test out BBM. Other than registration, users simply need a handset running Android 4.0 and up and they'll be messaging across the great platform divide in no time. We've reached out to the good people at BlackBerry for comment on the matter, and will update this post when we hear back.

Update: We just got an official comment on the beta rollout, and it turns out the it had a limited number of slots, which have all been claimed:

BlackBerry has begun internal testing of BBM on Android and iOS devices. We invited our employees to nominate friends and family to participate in a limited Android beta. Those slots are now full. For more information, please visit www.blackberry.com/bbm.

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Decoding material fluxes in the tropical ocean: Turbulent processes provide important contribution to oxygen supply

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How is vital oxygen supplied to the tropical ocean? New research by oceanographers in Germany shows that about one third of the oxygen supply in these areas is provided by turbulent processes, such as eddies or internal waves.

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Modern day or Traditional Fence - Home Improvement Blog

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A good fence ought not only provide privacy and security. It must also are designed to improve the beauty and charm of your house. Nowadays, people are beginning to give more importance for the aesthetic worth of a gate. Prior to the appearance of your fence wasn?t considered, today the design of a gate could make or break the complete impact of your home. That is certainly why a great number of are seeking out the expert opinion of designers and designers with regards to the style of their fence gates .

Fences appear in different designs to match different types of home. It can be manufactured from wood, steel, stone, brick, vinyl or possibly a mix of all these. You?ll be able to customize your fence so as harmonize it along with the rest of your home or ensure it is stand out. It?s all just a few choice. Fence design is usually classified under two categories- classic and modern.

Just what is a modern fence? There isn?t any standard concise explaination that of a modern fence is. The thought of modern fences has resulted from your evolution of fences, design, and art. Constructing a fence has stopped being solely entrusted to carpenters, it is now the joint effort of designers, architects, and fence contractors. Modern fences certainly are a blend of design and functionality. It will always be produced from numerous materials like wood, steel, and even glass; coupled with unique patterns, lines, and color. Modern fences are usually current with technology boasting features like automated gates in case you can afford the luxurious.

Classic fences, conversely, tend to be traditional when it comes to design. A standard illustration of a well used fence will be the traditional white picket fence. Unlike modern fences, classic fences are usually simpler when it comes to design and color, automated gates are certainly not commonly incorporated. Some individuals prefer classic fences due to comfort and stability it represents. Though it might be simpler than its modern counterparts, classic fences put in a certain allure and feeling of romanticism to some home. There are a lot of fencing businesses that provide you with the installation of fences with classic designs if you?re interested. Classic fences are normally seen on older plus more traditional kinds of houses, whereas modern fences tend to be popular for newer kinds of residences.

It does not matter which design you want which is just a few personal taste. Try to know very well what you need along with what you want before having one installed.

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Kansas Profile-Now that's Rural on Bob Schmidt, Eagle ...

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By Ron Wilson, director of the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University.

?We have songs old and new, bright and blue. Here?s a song just for you.? Does that sound like something an old-time disc jockey would say on the radio? Today we?ll meet a man who began as a disc jockey but who had the vision and hard work to develop a successful communications enterprise.

Bob Schmidt is chairman and retired president and CEO of Eagle Communications in Hays, Kan. Bob has small-town roots, having grown up at the rural community of La Crosse, population 1,346 people. Now, that?s rural.

Bob went to college at Fort Hays State. While a student, he got a job on a new local radio station, KAYS, as a play-by-play announcer in 1949.

?I didn?t want to be a manager or a salesman,? Bob said. ?I wanted to be a disc jockey, to spin the records and call the ballgames.? Yes, on-air broadcasting is fun. Bob worked at perfecting his craft.

After graduation, he did become a manager for KAYS. He partnered with visionary entrepreneur Ross Beach to expand the business. In 1958, Bob was promoted to CEO of what is now known as Eagle Communications.

During the next 40 years, Eagle Communications of Hays would become a leader in the broadcast and telecommunications industry. ?We built or purchased 20 radio stations, four television stations, and twelve cable systems in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Texas,? Bob said. He eventually acquired the business from Ross Beach.

Bob Schmidt gave lots of leadership and expanded this communications business in a time of remarkable change. He saw a time when radio was declared dead, and then he saw its resurgence. He saw changes in the regulatory environment with less government interference from the FCC. He saw the growth of television and then the Internet.

?I?d like to say I envisioned all this, but I can?t,? Bob said. ?When you were in radio, you didn?t want to embrace television. It was a competitor, and the same for TV versus cable. But I had a partner who encouraged me. Perhaps I had a knack for looking for the opportunities that were just around the corner.?

Today, Eagle owns and operates 28 radio stations in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska and 30 cable systems in Kansas and Colorado.

In 1998, Bob Schmidt retired as president and CEO and began transferring ownership of the company to his faithful employees through an employee stock ownership plan. He remains chairman of Eagle Communications.
?That means I work for the employees,? he said. Bob also provides management of his 6,000 acre ranch northeast of Hays.

This remarkable individual is 86 years young. ?I?ve been married for 64 years and in broadcasting for 65 years,? he said. ?It?s been a very rewarding life.? His personal foundation supports many worthy causes in Hays and other communities, including scholarships and support for students.

One year while chairman of the CBS TV affiliate group, Bob was at a meeting in California and went to the set of hit TV show WKRP in Cincinnati. ?You?re Bob Schmidt, aren?t you?? someone said. ?I heard you give a talk at K-State.? It was none other than the star of the show, Gordon Jump, who had heard him speak back in Kansas.

?Communication is the bond that holds communities together, something that Bob Schmidt has always keenly understood,? said Steve Smethers, associate director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State. ?Through his pioneering leadership in developing radio, television, cable TV, telephone and internet services, Bob has provided communication channels that have kept information and interpersonal communications flowing for thousands of people in the rural Midwestern states.?

?We have songs old and new, bright and blue. Here?s a song just for you.? Yes, that?s a phrase like Bob Schmidt might have used when he was a disc jockey playing vinyl records on an old turntable. That personal touch to his customers has helped build this remarkable communications business. We commend Bob Schmidt for making a difference with visionary communication.

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10 Things to See: A week of top AP photos

Pilgrims and residents gather on the Copacabana beachfront before the arrival of Pope Francis for the Stations of the Cross event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 26, 2013. Also known as the Via Crucis and Via Dolorosa, the Stations of the Cross are built around reflections on Jesus' last steps leading up to his crucifixion and death. Francis started off the day, his fifth in Rio, by hearing confessions from a half-dozen young pilgrims in a park and met privately with juvenile detainees. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Pilgrims and residents gather on the Copacabana beachfront before the arrival of Pope Francis for the Stations of the Cross event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, July 26, 2013. Also known as the Via Crucis and Via Dolorosa, the Stations of the Cross are built around reflections on Jesus' last steps leading up to his crucifixion and death. Francis started off the day, his fifth in Rio, by hearing confessions from a half-dozen young pilgrims in a park and met privately with juvenile detainees. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A man stands as Iranian worshippers perform Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 26, 2013. Muslims around the globe are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan where they refrain from drinking, eating, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Connecticut State Police Dive Team continue to search for the second day, Pine Lake in Bristol, Conn., the hometown of the former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Authorities have declined to comment on the search except to confirm it is related to the Hernandez investigation. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old Boston semi-professional football player. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

The corpse of a supporter for Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, killed during clashes with security forces at Nasr City, where pro-Morsi protesters have held a weeks-long sit-in, lies down on the floor of a field hospital in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, July 27, 2013. Overnight clashes between security forces and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in east Cairo left dozens of protesters dead following a day of massive pro-military rallies backing a tough hand against Morsi?s backers and the Muslim Brotherhood group from which he hails. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Female North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see.

This week's collection includes a reflection of the crowd gathering on Copacabana beach ahead of a visit by the Pope in Brazil, firefighters walking through a field of propane tanks after a fire and explosion in Florida a floating vegetable market in India, and a surfer working a river in Munich, Germany.

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Boeing to open third 787 simulator in London

Boeing has 787 pilot training facilities in London, Shanghai, Singapore and Miami.

The Boeing Co. on Wednesday announced plans to open a third 787 full-flight simulator at its Boeing Flight Services center in London.

The simulator will be ready early next year, providing training for Boeing customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) also has 787 training suites in Singapore, Shanghai and Miami.

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Snowden deals blow to 'global electronic prison camp' ? Russian ...

Published time: July 30, 2013 11:16
Edited time: July 30, 2013 13:05

Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin has praised Russian authorities for not caving in to pressure from abroad, saying granting asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden would help prevent the establishment of a ?global electronic prison camp?.

?It is encouraging news that Russia is demonstrating its independence in this case as it has in many others, despite the pressure? said the head of the Holy Synod?s Department for Relations between the Church and Society.

Vsevolod Chaplin added that the Snowden saga has been broadly discussed both on the domestic and international level, with Russia?s position potentially bolstering its image as a country upholding ?the true freedom of ideals.?

The Russian cleric further argued that Snowden?s revelations confirmed the existence of a pernicious problem discussed by Orthodox Christians for many years ? ?the prospective of a global electronic-totalitarian prison camp?.

?First they get people addicted to convenient means of communication with the authorities, businesses and among each other. In a while people become rigidly connected to these services and as a result the economic and political owners of these services get tremendous and terrifying power. They cannot help feeling the temptation to use this power to control the personality and such control might eventually be much stricter that all known totalitarian systems of the twentieth century,? Interfax news agency quoted Chaplin as saying.

The church official added that in his view true democracy remained an unreachable ideal.

?Any political system fixes the domination of a few over many. In the twentieth century the harshest forms of such political power used brute force, but now they are using soft power, through total data collecting and through soft persuasion of people, first through slogans but then through legal acts,? Chaplin explained. He noted that currently the soft power system was promoting such topics as declaring the western political system as the only viable option, making religion a marginal trend, and sidelining both criticism of market fundamentalism and leftist political platforms.

Chaplin urged Russian authorities to defend ?real freedom, the freedom from the global ideological dictate and from the electronic prison camp.?

The cleric also offered a possible solution ? the development of its own electronic communications system that would be independent from foreign-based mediums. ?The nation has the brains for this and I hope we will also have a will,? Chaplin declared.

Russia is currently considering Edward Snowden?s request for temporary asylum and the former NSA contractor still remains in the transit zone of the Moscow?s Sheremetyevo airport.

The Russian Justice Ministry on Tuesday sent a formal response to a letter from US Attorney General, who assured Moscow that Snowden would not face the prospect of death or torture if handed over to the United States.

The Russian ministry did not provide the details of its reply to the press.

Source: http://rt.com/politics/russian-orthodox-church-snowden-787/

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'Who am I to judge?' pope says of gay priests

Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)

Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on its way back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)

Pope Francis gestures as he answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)

Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)

Journalists prepare their questions prior to a Pope Francis' news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)

Pope Francis answers reporters questions during a news conference aboard the papal flight on the journey back from Brazil, Monday, July 29, 2013. Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. "If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" Francis asked. His predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, signed a document in 2005 that said men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests. Francis was much more conciliatory, saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. Francis' remarks came Monday during a plane journey back to the Vatican from his first foreign trip in Brazil. (AP Photo/Luca Zennaro, Pool)

ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) ? A remarkably candid Pope Francis struck a conciliatory stance toward gays Monday, saying "who am I to judge" when it comes to the sexual orientation of priests.

"We shouldn't marginalize people for this. They must be integrated into society," Francis said during an extraordinary 82-minute exchange with reporters aboard his plane returning from his first papal trip, to celebrate World Youth Day in Brazil.

"If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?" the pope asked.

Francis' first news conference as pope was wide-ranging and open, touching on everything from the greater role he believes women should have in the Catholic Church to the troubled Vatican Bank.

While his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, responded to only a few pre-selected questions during his papal trips, Francis did not dodge a single query, even thanking the journalist who asked about reports of a "gay lobby" inside the Vatican and allegations that one of his trusted monsignors was involved in a gay tryst.

Francis said he investigated the allegations against the clergyman according to canon law and found nothing to back them up. He took journalists to task for reporting on the matter, saying it concerned issues of sin, not crimes like sexually abusing children. And when someone sins and confesses, he said, God not only forgives ? he forgets.

"We don't have the right to not forget," he said.

While the comments did not signal a change in Catholic teaching that homosexual acts are "intrinsically disordered," they indicated a shift in tone under Francis' young papacy and an emphasis on a church that is more inclusive and merciful rather than critical and disciplinary.

Francis' stance contrasted markedly with that of Benedict, who signed a document in 2005 that said men who had deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be priests.

Gay leaders were buoyed by Francis' approach, saying the change in tone was progress in itself, although for some the encouragement was tempered by Francis' talk of gay clergy's "sins."

"Basically, I'm overjoyed at the news," said Francis DeBernardo, executive director of the U.S.-based New Ways Ministry, a group that promotes justice and reconciliation for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and the wider church community.

"For decades now, we've had nothing but negative comments about gay and lesbian people coming from the Vatican," DeBernardo said in a telephone interview from Maryland.

The largest U.S. gay rights group, Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement that the pope's remarks "represent a significant change in tone."

Still, said Chad Griffin, the HRC president, as long as gays "are told in churches big and small that their lives and their families are disordered and sinful because of how they were born ? how God made them ? then the church is sending a deeply harmful message."

In Italy, the country's first openly gay governor, Nichi Vendola, urged fellow politicians to learn a lesson from the pope.

"I believe that if politics had one-millionth of the capacity to ... listen that the pope does, it would be better able to help people who suffer," he said.

Vendola praised the pope for drawing a clear line between homosexuality and pedophilia. "We know that a part of reactionary clerical thought plays on the confusion between these two completely different categories," he said.

Francis also said he wanted a greater role for women in the church, though he insisted "the door is closed" to ordaining them as priests. In one of his most important speeches in Rio, Francis described the church in feminine terms, saying it would be "sterile" without women.

Funny and candid, Francis' exchange with the media was exceptional. While Pope John Paul II used to have on-board talks with journalists, he would move about the cabin, chatting with individual reporters so it was hit-or-miss to hear what he said. After Benedict's maiden foreign voyage, the Vatican insisted that reporters submit questions in advance so the theologian pope could choose three or four he wanted to answer with prepared comments.

Francis did not shy away from controversial topics, including reports suggesting that a group of gay clergymen exert undue influence on Vatican policy. Italian news media reported this year that the allegations of a so-called "gay lobby" contributed to Benedict's decision to resign.

"A lot is written about this gay lobby. I still haven't found anyone at the Vatican who has 'gay' on his business card," Francis said, chuckling. "You have to distinguish between the fact that someone is gay and the fact of being in a lobby."

The term "gay lobby" is bandied about with abandon in the Italian media and is decidedly vague. Interpretations of what it means have ranged from a group of celibate gay priests who are friends, to suggestions that a group of sexually active gay priests use blackmail to exert influence on Vatican decision-making.

Stressing that Catholic teaching calls for homosexuals to be treated with dignity and not marginalized, Francis said he would not condone anyone using private information for blackmail or to exert pressure.

The Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit author and commentator, saw the pope's remarks as a sign of mercy. "Today Pope Francis has, once again, lived out the Gospel message of compassion for everyone," he said in an emailed statement.

Speaking in Italian with occasional lapses in his native Spanish, Francis dropped a few nuggets of news:

? He said he is thinking about traveling to the Holy Land next year and is considering invitations from Sri Lanka and the Philippines.

? The planned Dec. 8 canonizations of Popes John Paul II and John XXIII will likely be changed ? perhaps until the weekend after Easter ? because road conditions in December would be dangerously icy for people from John Paul's native Poland traveling to the ceremony by bus.

Francis also he solved the mystery that had been circulating since he was pictured boarding the plane to Rio carrying his own black bag, an unusual break with Vatican protocol.

"The keys to the atomic bomb weren't in it," Francis quipped, referring to the case that accompanies U.S. presidents with nuclear launch codes. The bag, he said, contained a razor, a prayer book, his agenda and a book on St. Therese of Lisieux, to whom he is particularly devoted.

"It's normal" to carry a bag when traveling, he said, displaying a simplicity of style that separates him from previous pontiffs, who until a few decades ago were carried around on platforms.

"We have to get used to this being normal."

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Bad news for the residents of New York City: After many years of making it his home, Matt Damon is packing up and moving his family to Los Angeles. But the TODAY anchors wanted to see if they could entice him to stick around a little longer when he visited on Tuesday, even suggesting he'd be a great mayoral candidate.

"Basically all of our friends with little kids are out there," said Damon. "We're a little conflicted. We love it here, we're really happy here and New York will always be here. It might just turn out to be a little jaunt out there and then a return.... It's hard to leave here."

Later on, however, he got down to business with Lauer and discussed his new sci-fi action film, "Elysium," which was directed by "District 9's" Neill Blomkamp. It takes place in a futuristic world where Earth is a third-world country and the "haves" live on a rotating space station called Elysium, but while it has "cool resonant themes," said Damon, it's not meant to rabble-rouse.

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One last matter: Lauer brought up an interview in which Damon suggested that his frequent co-star Brad Pitt was actually envious of him. Damon explained the envy actually came the facrt that he could walk with his kids in New York and not be assailed by photographers, unlike Pitt.

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Pot still boils in Rome while Francis is away
John L. Allen Jr. ("National Catholic Reporter," July 26, 2013)

Rio de Janeiro - I'm in Rio de Janeiro this week, watching Francis wow Brazil. The trip has brought a little bit of everything: crowds so pumped up for the pope they created security nightmares, protestors pushed back with tear gas (they were mad at the government, not so much the pope), Francis at his pastoral best at the Marian shrine of Aparecida, and a powerful message of solidarity with the poor in a Rio slum.

You can find my daily reports from Rio on the NCR website.

All that would be enough to make the outing memorable, and the big finish hasn't even happened. Francis will participate in the traditional Via Crucis procession for World Youth Day on Friday night, attend an evening vigil Saturday, and celebrate an open-air Mass for what's expected to be as many as 2 million people Sunday.

The mere fact Francis is out of town, however, doesn't mean his problems in Rome have taken a vacation.

In fact, while Francis is making his triumphant homecoming to Latin America, there are three fires burning back in Rome, one of which he learned of just before he left and two more that have erupted while he's been away.

Taken together, these three situations illustrate that Francis will have his work cut out for him when he gets back. If nothing else, his decision not to head out for the traditional summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo during August and to stay on the job instead is starting to look like a good call.

Msgr. Battista Ricca

I wrote last week about the explosive piece published by veteran Italian journalist Sandro Magister concerning the pope's hand-picked choice to serve as his prelate, or papal delegate, for the Vatican bank, an Italian clergyman named Msgr. Battista Ricca.

Magister's story appeared July 19, three days before Francis left for Brazil.

In a nutshell, Magister charged that when Ricca was a Vatican diplomat in Uruguay from roughly 1999 to 2001, he had a live-in male lover; that he cruised gay bars, and once was beaten up; and that another time, he brought a young man back to the Vatican embassy in Montevideo and ended up trapped in an elevator with him overnight.

For Magister, the fact that Ricca was able to return to Rome, take over as director of several residences, and eventually win the trust of the new pope -- without his history in Uruguay surfacing until now -- is proof positive that there's a "gay lobby" in the Vatican that takes care of its own.

There's nothing new to report, except that people who have seen the pope since the Magister piece appeared report he still has confidence in Ricca and that for now, at least, Ricca's keeping his job.

It may be that Francis knows more about Ricca's personal story and has reasons at that level for resisting a rush to judgment. Without any direct insight into the mind of the pope, I can think of one other motive he might have for shrinking from sending Ricca packing, at least anytime soon.

Francis might be concerned that if did so, he'd create the precedent that anyone who wants to stop his reform can do so by digging up dirt on the people he tasks with carrying it out. For the leader of any institution, especially one that claims moral leadership, that's an awfully dangerous red flag to wave.

Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui

Also July 19, Francis announced the creation of a new pontifical commission to study reform in the economic and administrative structures of the Vatican, appointing eight people to run it -- all but one laity, with most drawn from the worlds of banking, finance and law.

The early reaction was to see the move as another positive step toward reform, but Tuesday -- allegedly a day of rest for Francis here in Brazil -- a controversy broke out in the Italian press over one of his appointments, a laywoman named Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui, the lone Italian in the group.

A 30-year-old devoted Catholic who's worked, among other places, at Ernst and Young, Chaouqui is the child of an Italian mother and an Egyptian father. She could also be a candidate for another distinction: The first papal nominee in history to lose a job because of use of social media.

Chaouqui, as it turns out, has a very active Twitter account. Enterprising journalists followed her digital paper trail, and here's what they found:

Back in February, she tweeted that Benedict XVI had leukemia, although the Vatican has repeatedly denied that any specific health concern led to his decision to resign the papacy.

Chaouqui has sent out several seemingly friendly tweets about journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi, who was the one who received stolen documents from the pope's butler and gave rise to the Vatican leaks affair. At one stage, Chaouqui told Nuzzi he was "bleeding right."

At another point, Chaouqui tweeted: "Syrian children are dying, and the church is fighting against the butler. How can a Catholic stay Christian like this?"

Chaouqui also doesn't seem well-disposed to the Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone. On Feb. 11, the day Benedict announced his resignation, she tweeted: "Bertone has won ... as a believer, I'm depressed."

Among other things, that last tweet suggests Chaouqui may have something to learn about the Vatican. If anything was clear about Benedict's resignation, it was that it also meant the imminent end of Bertone's run.

To round out the presentation, Chaouqui also sent a tweet the evening of March 13, when Francis was elected, saying "they tell me he's French." (Presumably, she got confused between "Francesco" and francese, the Italian word for "French.")

Granted, none of these tweets are really scandalous. If anything, they illustrate a bit of poor judgment and the lack of a good internal editor before hitting the "send" button. Nonetheless, they've caused some commentators to wonder if Chaouqui really belongs on a commission charged with drafting the blueprint of Francis' reform.

To the question of whether Francis will be inclined to dump her, at least any time soon, my answer is "probably not." As for why not, see the last point made above about Ricca.

Msgr. Nunzio Scarano

Finally, Msgr. Nunzio Scarano was back in the news Thursday. For those who don't recall, he's the former Vatican accountant who was recently arrested for involvement in a plot to smuggle $26 million in cash into Italy on a private plane. He also faces an investigation for allegedly using his Vatican bank accounts to launder funds.

Italian media outlets Thursday featured a leaked letter Scarano reportedly wrote to Pope Francis on July 20 protesting his innocence. If so, it had to be penned from Rome's Queen of Heaven (Regina Coeli) prison, where Scarano is currently behind bars.

According to the text presented in media reports, Scarano insisted he never acted for his own benefit, rather only "to help those who asked for my help."

In itself, the fact that someone facing criminal charges has reportedly claimed innocence probably isn't any shocker. Slightly juicer is what else Scarano allegedly told the pope about his situation at the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See, the Vatican's main financial department, known by its Italian acronym APSA.

According to the reports, Scarano told Francis he was the only priest in APSA and "I wasn't allowed to do very much." He says he waged a constant battle against "the abuses of my lay superiors," abuses he says were "cover up by some cardinals ... with skeletons in the closest, who were well blackmailed."

He does not name who he believes these "blackmailed cardinals" were.

Scarano claims in the letter to have sought help in bringing these abuses to light from Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Cracow, the former secretary of John Paul II, and Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan.

"My banking operations at the Vatican bank were always done under the counsel and direction of the superiors, and I never abused the courtesy," Scarano reportedly wrote the pope.

He is supposed to have added: "Your Holiness, I've always served the church, with a true and priestly spirit. I hope to be able to send you secretly my envelope of documents so they might strongly reinforce your great and courageous effort to finally bring order to the sad administrative, economic and financial realities of the Holy See, and all the abuses annexed and connected to them."

There are at least two layers of doubt about all this that have to be attached.

First, the letter has been reported as genuine, but so far, no one's officially confirmed it. Second, even if it is, one has to take the protestations of an accused criminal with a grain of salt, even if the principle of innocent until proven guilty still applies.

That said, the situation is a reminder of how much work Francis still has to do on the financial front, beginning with the Vatican bank -- both to foster transparency and, perhaps just as importantly, the perception of transparency.

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Mo Farah challenges Usain Bolt to race

LONDON (AP) ? Usain Bolt has a new challenger, and maybe even a new distance to think about.

The biggest star in track is being sought out by Mo Farah for a charity race somewhere between Bolt's sprint specialty and Farah's distance domain.

"It'd be great to be able to do a distance where people vote in what distance will be suitable, and then get a judge and then come in the middle with that distance and train for it," said Britain's Farah, who won the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at last year's London's Olympics. "Bolt, are you up for that? Come on, you got to do it."

Bolt has little left to prove on the track. The Jamaican won the 100 and 200 in world-record time at the 2008 Beijing Games, and then became the first man to defend those titles at last year's Olympics. He also helped Jamaica win the 4x100 relays at both.

On Friday in London, Bolt won the 100 meters at the Anniversary Games, a Diamond League meet that took place in the Olympic Stadium to mark one year since the start of the 2012 Olympics. Farah won the 3,000 on Saturday.

Despite the differences in distances, Bolt seems to be considering Farah's challenge.

"That sounds fun. It's going to be hard, but for me it's charity, so it's just all about fun and enjoyment," Bolt said. "For me, I'm up for anything if it's possible."

The hard part would be deciding what distance to race.

Bolt may be the best sprinter of all time and has run the 400 before. Farah, however, is a distance specialist who is talking more and more about moving in the other direction and adding the marathon to his running regime.

So even one of the middle distances, such as the 1,500 meters, would seem unlikely.

"Way too far," Bolt said. "(The) 600, for sure, I can try, because I've done 600 in training."

Two running stars meeting at a made-up distance is not new. Nearly a year after the 1996 Olympics, 200-400 gold medalist Michael Johnson and 100 champion Donovan Bailey met in a much-hyped 150-meter race in Toronto.

About halfway through, Johnson pulled up with a muscle injury in his left thigh, leaving Bailey to win $1 million.

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Pack all your necessary belongings in a carry-on bag for airline travel. Not having to check luggage means that you can save on checked bag fees, check in for your flight at home or at a kiosk without having to wait in line a the ticket counter, and will avoid the possibility of your luggage being lost.

Take an extra debit card with you while traveling. Things sometimes get lost on long trips. If you can, keep an extra debit card handy. Having too much cash on hand is often a bad idea. An extra debit card is much less risky and far easier to keep track of.

Before you travel internationally, learn where your country's embassies and consulates are in your destination country. These are not resources for the casual traveler. Hopefully you will never need them. If you find yourself in legal trouble, though, consulates and embassies can provide vital assistance in navigating unfamiliar and unfriendly legal waters.

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3: The Latest News On Tibet Travel Permit 2013

Tibet Permits are issued to solo travelers in 2013. The regulation that a group must have two or five with the same nationality has been CANCLLED.

by: Catherine Go on: Thu, 18 Apr 2013

4: 5 Top Snow Boarding Destinations

Now let me tell you about some of the greatest places that there are to snow board in the world. I really mean I am going to tell you about the places, that if you are a snow boarder you simply must visit if you want to have experienced the greatest snow boarding that is out there.

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5: Cirrus SR22: A Magnificent Demo Flight

Wow Recently I enjoyed what has to be considered a "milestone day" in the life of an aviator, as myself and one of my best buds in Eugene got to go flying

by: Dan Pimentel on: Fri, 11 Apr 2008

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