The Vatican Just Deleted All of Pope Benedict's Tweets

PARIS, March 1 (Reuters) - Alex Ferguson's philosophy is behind the longevity of Manchester United's homegrown players, says Paris St Germain midfielder David Beckham. The former England captain and United player is still active at 37, having joined PSG on a five-month loan at the end of January. Former team mate Phil Neville, 36, plays at Everton and the 39-year-old Ryan Giggs, who started his youth career at Manchester City but ended it at United, is still at Old Trafford after signing his first professional contract there in 1990. ...

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Which Item is Most Stolen from Vehicles in Mountain Home? | Leach ...

Which item is most often stolen from vehicles in Mountain Home?

Is it:

1. Stereo
2. Wheels
3. Air Bag
4. DVD System

Well, if you said stereo ? you used to be right. But airbags have now surpassed stereos as the biggest target for theft in Mountain Home ? approximately 50,000 a year are stolen across the country. New airbags cost about $1,000, but go for $50 to $200 on the black market in Mountain Home.

Stolen airbags are making their way back into cars that have been in an accident. Of course, the danger to the consumer of having a stolen airbag installed is that you can never be sure what may have previously affected them and if they will work right when you need them.

Contact Leach Automotive & RV Tire and Service for more information about where to get your airbags checked or replaced.
Find us at 704 Hwy 5 North, Mountain Home, AR 72653
You can reach us by phone at: 870-580-0952

There are reports that 1 in 25 airbag replacements are stolen or salvaged airbags ? or no airbag is installed at all.

That is definitely one car part you don?t want to take a chance with, so Leach Automotive & RV Tire and Service recommends following these guidelines:

• Use a reputable collision repair center that employs ASE certified mechanics (we can offer recommendations at Leach Automotive & RV Tire and Service).
• Inspect the invoice to ensure that the repair shop purchased the airbag from a manufacturer, dealer, or recycler. If you can inspect the airbag prior to installation, it should be packaged in a sealed container from the manufacturer.
• You will see the SRS light (Supplemental Restraint System) when you first start your vehicle up. This tells you that the airbag system is activated. If you do not see the SRS light, there is likely a problem with the airbag system.

For more information, contact Jay at Leach Automotive & RV Tire and Service by calling 870-580-0952.

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Where the wild things go ? when there's nowhere else

Feb. 28, 2013 ? Ecologists have evidence that some endangered primates and large cats faced with relentless human encroachment will seek sanctuary in the sultry thickets of mangrove and peat swamp forests. These harsh coastal biomes are characterized by thick vegetation -- particularly clusters of salt-loving mangrove trees -- and poor soil in the form of highly acidic peat, which is the waterlogged remains of partially decomposed leaves and wood. As such, swamp forests are among the few areas in many African and Asian countries that humans are relatively less interested in exploiting (though that is changing).

Yet conservationists have been slow to consider these tropical hideaways when keeping tabs on the distribution of threatened animals such as Sumatran orangutans and Javan leopards, according to a recent Princeton University study in the journal Folia Primatologica. To draw attention to peat and mangrove swamps as current -- and possibly future -- wildlife refuges, Katarzyna Nowak, a former postdoctoral researcher of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton, compiled a list of 60 primates and 20 felids (the large-cat family that includes tigers and leopards) known to divide their time between their natural forest habitats and some 47 swamp forests in Africa and Asia.

Because swamp forests often lack food sources, fresh water and easy mobility, few mammals are exclusive to these areas, Nowak reported. Consequently, conservation groups have not intensely monitored the animals' swamp use.

But the presence of endangered cats and primates in swamp forests might be seriously overlooked, Nowak found. About 55 percent of Old World monkeys -- primates such as baboons and macaques that are native to Africa and Asia -- take to the swamps either regularly, seasonally or as needed. In 2008, the Wildlife Conservation Society reported that the inaccessible Lake T?l? swamp forest in the Republic of the Congo was home to 125,000 lowland gorillas -- more than were thought to exist in the wild. Among big cats, the Bengal tiger, for instance, holds its sole ground in Bangladesh in the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.

Life in the swamps can still be harsh for some animals. Species such as the crab-eating macaque and fishing cat can adapt somewhat readily to a life of swimming and foraging for crustaceans. Meanwhile, Zanzibar's red colobus monkey -- driven to coastal mangroves by deforestation -- can struggle to find the freshwater it needs, as Nowak reported in the American Journal of Primatology in 2008. Such a trend could result in local extinction of the red colobus nonetheless, she said.

Nowak concludes that swamp forests beg further exploration as places where endangered species such as lowland gorillas and flat-headed cats have preserved their numbers -- and where humans could potentially preserve them into the future.

The paper, "Mangrove and Peat Swamp Forests: Refuge Habitats for Primates and Felids," was published in the journal Folia Primatologica.

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Mariah Carey Wardrobe Malfunction: Just Barely Averted

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Invisible Motion Captured in Video by Scientists

When you see people or things, there's literally always more than meets the eye—a person's heart rate and blood flow or slight movements in an object, for example. But most of that is invisible to us! Maybe not for long. A team of MIT scientists have managed to reveal those invisible motions in video. It's fascinating. More »

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NASA's NuSTAR helps solve riddle of black hole spin

Feb. 27, 2013 ? Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, have teamed up to measure definitively, for the first time, the spin rate of a black hole with a mass 2 million times that of our sun.

The supermassive black hole lies at the dust- and gas-filled heart of a galaxy called NGC 1365, and it is spinning almost as fast as Einstein's theory of gravity will allow. The findings, which appear in a new study in the journal Nature, resolve a long-standing debate about similar measurements in other black holes and will lead to a better understanding of how black holes and galaxies evolve.

"This is hugely important to the field of black hole science," said Lou Kaluzienski, a NuSTAR program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

The observations also are a powerful test of Einstein's theory of general relativity, which says gravity can bend space-time, the fabric that shapes our universe, and the light that travels through it.

"We can trace matter as it swirls into a black hole using X-rays emitted from regions very close to the black hole," said the coauthor of a new study, NuSTAR principal investigator Fiona Harrison of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. "The radiation we see is warped and distorted by the motions of particles and the black hole's incredibly strong gravity."

NuSTAR, an Explorer-class mission launched in June 2012, is designed to detect the highest-energy X-ray light in great detail. It complements telescopes that observe lower-energy X-ray light, such as XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Scientists use these and other telescopes to estimate the rates at which black holes spin.

Until now, these measurements were not certain because clouds of gas could have been obscuring the black holes and confusing the results. With help from XMM-Newton, NuSTAR was able to see a broader range of X-ray energies and penetrate deeper into the region around the black hole. The new data demonstrate that X-rays are not being warped by the clouds, but by the tremendous gravity of the black hole. This proves that spin rates of supermassive black holes can be determined conclusively.

"If I could have added one instrument to XMM-Newton, it would have been a telescope like NuSTAR," said Norbert Schartel, XMM-Newton Project Scientist at the European Space Astronomy Center in Madrid. "The high-energy X-rays provided an essential missing puzzle piece for solving this problem."

Measuring the spin of a supermassive black hole is fundamental to understanding its past history and that of its host galaxy.

"These monsters, with masses from millions to billions of times that of the sun, are formed as small seeds in the early universe and grow by swallowing stars and gas in their host galaxies, merging with other giant black holes when galaxies collide, or both," said the study's lead author, Guido Risaliti of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., and the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics.

Supermassive black holes are surrounded by pancake-like accretion disks, formed as their gravity pulls matter inward. Einstein's theory predicts the faster a black hole spins, the closer the accretion disk lies to the black hole. The closer the accretion disk is, the more gravity from the black hole will warp X-ray light streaming off the disk.

Astronomers look for these warping effects by analyzing X-ray light emitted by iron circulating in the accretion disk. In the new study, they used both XMM-Newton and NuSTAR to simultaneously observe the black hole in NGC 1365. While XMM-Newton revealed that light from the iron was being warped, NuSTAR proved that this distortion was coming from the gravity of the black hole and not gas clouds in the vicinity. NuSTAR's higher-energy X-ray data showed that the iron was so close to the black hole that its gravity must be causing the warping effects.

With the possibility of obscuring clouds ruled out, scientists can now use the distortions in the iron signature to measure the black hole's spin rate. The findings apply to several other black holes as well, removing the uncertainty in the previously measured spin rates.

For more information on NASA's NuSTAR mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nustar .

For more information on ESA's XMM-Newton mission, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/YUYpI6 .

The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.

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Maryland Farm Wedding from Brooke Courtney Photography + Bliss ...

I could put together an entire post gushing only about how spectacular this venue is? a beautiful race horse farm in rural Maryland with lush green pastures, picturesque views, and its own vineyard? I mean, wow. But you see, I would have barely scratched the surface of the story because this farm is home to this bride?s childhood and her family?s history?(the little girl in me just melted).?Brought to us by?Brooke Courtney Photography?and Bliss Weddings and Events, this elegant east-coast wedding is so gorgeous it will make your head spin. It?s also filled with tons of DIY details and nods to the couple?s friends and families. The result is a warm, intimate, incredibly personal event filled with the glow of one very in love boy and girl and you can see it all right here in the gallery.

From Bliss Weddings and Events? Michelle & Harry approached us to help them pull the details of their wedding day together. Despite being on a tight budget, the couple felt it important to include as many of their family and friends as possible without compromising their vision. So with some cost saving tips from us, Michelle?s creative intuition, and the help of family and friends, we all worked tirelessly to bring their vision to life.

Michelle & Harry met their freshman year at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA. It was a case of ?opposites attract? for this beautiful country girl from Maryland and handsome city boy from New Jersey. After seven years together they knew they wanted to plan a wedding which was personal and meaningful, and would be a reflection of them as a couple.?Since she was a little girl, Michelle had always dreamed of having her wedding on her family?s race horse farm. This 400 acre property with its sprawling hillsides, a working race track, and a vineyard would certainly be a breathtaking backdrop. The farm houses 3 generations of the bride?s family, including her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

In creating her personal touches, Michelle drew inspiration from her family, her friends and her farm. One of the couple?s favorite paintings is of a horse that won the Preakness in 1983 (and the cornerstone of the family business). This very painting, which hangs above the mantle in Michelle?s grandmother?s 18th century home, is depicted on their invitations and response card, and its theme is carried out through much of the d?cor. Carol St. John, the groom?s mother is a well established designer in NYC, and, with the help of her florist friend, Patti Pearce, designed all of the wedding flowers. Michelle?s bouquet was hand tied with lace from her late Aunt?s veil and her great grandmother?s locket. The guests? tables, named after famous racehorses, were decorated with lush flowers in vintage vases and each place setting had a sprig of rosemary, a symbol of remembrance, in honor of those who could not be with them on this day. Michelle?s father, Kevin, hand crafted the ceremony seats and bar backboard from old barn wood. They decorated the bar backboard with jockey silks, plaques, awards and photos ? a tribute to the family?s history and legacy in horse racing. All of the wooden signs, directing guests to the day?s activities, were specially designed by Kevin and the bride and groom.

The local neighbors took part in their wedding by transporting guests in hay wagons from the breeding shed at the base of the farm to the beautiful ceremony spot which overlooked the property. Following the ceremony, as the newlyweds recessed back down the aisle, guests tossed oats in place of traditional rice, to celebrate their union. The couple then boarded their private ?Just Married? get away wagon pulled by the most beautiful Clydesdale horses. The celebration continued with delicious food served during cocktail hour including oysters straight from the Chincoteague Bay, local cheeses, produce, and homemade recipes. A traditional southern BBQ with pit beef, ham, turkey and all the sinful fixings were washed down with Makers Mark (a family favorite), and wine made right on the farm. Because of Michelle and Harry?s love of pie the dessert display included every kind of pie imaginable. The final touch was a 1 tier wedding cake, baked locally using Michelle?s great grandmother?s famous recipe.

Other meaningful details included silhouettes of Washington and Lee painted on the game of corn hole which paid homage to the couple?s alma mater, and a Bruce Springsteen biography book which the couple used as their guest book, paying tribute to New Jersey and their love of music. This book is displayed on the coffee table in the couple?s home and they love flipping through the pages to read love notes from guests bringing back memories of the day.?Every detail of Michelle and Harry?s wedding had a purpose and was a true labor of love.

From Jeff of Brooke Courtney Photography??When I first spoke to Michelle before she booked our team, I knew her wedding was going to be special. On the tippy top of a beautiful horse farm was where they shared their I do?s. But before then, Michelle shared a very special first look with her father. It?s become a tradition now to have a first look between not only the bride and groom but also the bride and her father. And I love it. With that first look, both Michelle and Dad were at ease and ready to enjoy the day. Without a cloud in the sky, guests were taken by carriage up from the house to the hill. There aren?t enough words to explain how beautiful it was. As the sun set we took portraits upon that hill. It was perfect. We rode the carriage back with the sun setting behind us. Music, singing and laughing, all shared by great friends. During the reception, so much love was shared by each family, and their speeches were some of the most touching I?ve ever heard. Such a relaxing, beautiful day for a relaxing, beautiful wedding. Certainly one of Sam?s and my favorites from the 2012 season.

From the Bride??Our families and friends have spent wonderful times at the farm, and in fact, it was here that Harry proposed to me! For us, the farm is home and encompasses all things important to us?not only family, friends, horses and nature, but also good food, wine, and relaxed good old fashioned Southern fun.

The inspiration for the wedding was to have it be rustic to reflect the farm setting, comfortable and relaxed for guests to reflect Harry and I?s vision for the wedding as a bigger version of the many bonfire and band parties we have had there and at Washington and Lee with all our wonderful friends and family, and also incorporate the racehorse theme that is such a big part of my family and the farm. We wanted neutral colors as to not take away from the natural beauty of the farm but also to reflect the fall season with browns and burgundy and textures like straw, burlap, and wood.

Almost every detail of this wedding was DIY ? my dad and mom worked tirelessly on the farm to prepare for the wedding. We did the flowers ourselves and the cocktail hour food as well as the desserts. It was a wonderful team effort, especially for 250+ guests.?My dad and his best friend hand made the benches that the guests sat on when we got married.?The wooden signs that my dad and I made for parking, directing guests and for ones showing the miles to some of our favorite places on earth.?

I hand made our invitations with stamps and used a painting of our horse who won the Preakness as the front of the post card that served as a reply card. That same painting is on the wall in my grandparents? house on the farm where we got ready for the wedding ? it is also on my family?s bottles of wine made with grapes that are grown on the farm that were on each table.

Our signature drinks at the wedding were the ?Uncle Chuck? a drink named after Harry?s Uncle that his family loves and ?the Buck stops here? ? a Maker?s Mark and ginger ? my grandfather?s favorite drink, we named it after a plaque that he has on the front of his desk where Harry asked my dad permission to marry me.

Leading up to the wedding the weather was calling for lots of rain but much of our plans included outdoor activities ? lawn games, hay wagons, and being married overlooking the farm. We didn?t want to use our backup plan so we took a chance and evoked an old southern tradition which says that the sun will shine on your wedding day if you bury a bottle of bourbon at the place where you are to be married. It worked! ? Our wedding day could not have been more beautiful ? full of sunshine, love, and laughter.

A few months before the wedding my cousin Ben passed away in an accident on the farm. He was only 20 years old and we grew up on the farm together, he was more of a brother than a cousin. He and his friends were going to play bluegrass for our wedding until he passed away. We had also decided to get married in the field where by coincidence his accident occurred. We decided to still have the ceremony there and asked the bluegrass band to play ?Wagon Wheel? by Old Crow Medicine Show, one of Ben?s favorite songs as well as a theme song for our time at college in Virginia. We dedicated it to Ben.

From the bride + groom??Our favorite moments were getting into the wagon to go to the cocktail hour with our wedding party. We decided to share the ride with them on a wagon we outfitted with benches and beers on ice instead of our own wagon and it was so great. We drove through the farm drinking and laughing ? my brother and Harry?s best friend playing the guitar as the sun was going down behind us. It was perfect.

Our entrance into the tent was maybe our favorite moment of the whole day ? Our band first did the traditional call to post that every horse race starts with. They then led our parents and the wedding party in with a second line. It was amazing to watch our best friends and family dance their way into the tent in front of us. We made our way to the dance floor where many guests joined us and never left!

Photography: Brooke Courtney Photography / Ceremony + Reception Venue: Bonita Farm / Officiant: Pastor Barbara Stumpf?/ Event Planning + Coordination: Emilie Hilsenrath of Bliss Weddings and Events / Floral Design: Patti Pearce (friend of the family) of Flowers by Design and Carol St. John (Mother of the Groom)?/ Event Design : The Bride together with Bliss Weddings and Events?/ Invitations: DIY by the bride (Stamp from Antiquaria) / Event Rentals: Party Party Inc.?/ Catering: Beefalo Bobs / Band: Brother Josephus and the Love Revival Orchestra?/ Bluegrass Trio: Smooth Kentucky / Pies: Woodlea Bakery?/ Wedding Dress: Anne Barge via Lovely Bridal Shop, New York City / Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Hair + Makeup: Alison Harper & Co.

Source: http://www.stylemepretty.com/2013/02/27/maryland-farm-wedding-from-brooke-courtney-photography-bliss-weddings-and-events/

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