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This weekend, FitExpo attendees were in for some huge treats, with perhaps the hugest being superstar bodybuilder and current two-time Mr. Olympia Phil Heath. I spoke with Mr. Heath this week from his Colorado eyrie, and opened with some casual curiosity about the effects of altitude on his training.
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Jun 30
That didn’t take long — just hours after Bloomberg reported that Nokia was planning to buy out its German partner, the two firms have made it official: Nokia Siemens Networks is about to become a fully owned subsidiary of Espoo. The €1.7 billion ($2.2 billion) buyout will eventually see the Siemens name dropped from the network, naturally, though Nokia hasn’t yet announced what the restructured entity will be called. The transaction isn’t a complete surprise, of course — earlier this year Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser told Dow Jones Newswires that 2013 was the year his company would help “NSN to move into a better place,” announcing plans to separate from the partnership.
Kaeser continued the thought in today’s announcement, calling Nokia’s new acquisition as “an attractive opportunity to actively shape the telecom equipment market for the future and create sustainable value.” Nokia head honcho Stephen Elop echoed the sentiment, speaking highly of NSN’s recent financial growth and looking ahead to future ventures. Read on for Nokia and Siemens official press release, complete with quotes, statements and financial specifics.
Filed under: Cellphones, Misc, Mobile, Nokia
Source: The Next Web
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Arizona Wildfire 2013: 19 Firefighters Die While Battling Yarnell Hill Blaze
Posted in: Today's ChiliYARNELL, Ariz. — Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years.
The “hotshot” firefighters were forced to deploy their emergency fire shelters – tent-like structures meant to shield firefighters from flames and heat – when they were caught near the central Arizona town of Yarnell, state forestry spokesman Art Morrison told The Associated Press.
Jun 30
JTB – Mt. Fuji luxurious climbing tours for those visiting Japan – with English-speaking (or other language) mountain guide, round-trip domestic transportation service, and climbing gear included
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The climbing season for Mt. Fuji, a symbol of Japan and the new World Heritage-listed site, officially opened today. Because of its new status, many people expect (and are even a bit concerned) that there will be many more climbers than usual visiting Mt. Fuji this year.
Because today is the first day of the climbing season, we would like to introduce the “Private Mt. Fuji Tour” tour packages planned by major Japanese travel company, JTB. There are 2 kinds of tours:
1) Mt. Fuji Climbing Private Tour (2 Days)
English speaking tour guide will pick you up by car and take you to the “5th station” of Mt. Fuji (the usual starting point for hiking the mountain). Once summiting has been completed, you can enjoy the beautiful sunrise from the top of Mt. Fuji. Then, a hot spring and Kaiseki-style traditional lunch near Lake Kawaguchi/Yamanaka await you.
Price: ¥94,000 or more (depending on the number of people)
2) Mt. Fuji Climbing and “Exploring immense Nature by Walk” Private Tour (4 Days)
This is a very challenging walking tour. The tour begins from Mt. Takao in Tokyo and covers 100km to finish at Mt. Fuji. You can stay at ryokans (Japanese style hotel) and enjoy hot spring and Japanese style food along the way.
Price: ¥248,000 or more (depending on the number of people)
Both are private tours with a dedicated luxurious car and tour guide.
Jun 30
My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources — your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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Jun 30
TUNIS. As the Obama administration has parried pressures to enmesh the United States more deeply in Syria’s murderous civil war, last year’s high tide of international insistence on Bashar al-Assad’s departure seems to be receding. One sign has been in eroding vote tallies in the United Nations. Another is the very public rethinking of Syria policy one hears here in Tunisia, where the Arab uprisings began.
Tunisia has particular moral authority in the Arab world as the vanguard of democratic change against the region’s encrusted despotisms. It has been navigating its transition more peaceably than any other (and become the darling of international aid donors as a result). Its new government’s instinctive sympathy for Syria’s democratic protesters made it one of the first to demand that Assad must go.
But Tunisia’s own transition has been rockier than its quick disappearance from our media radar screen might lead us to think, and Tunisians’ experience of Islamist politics has changed the lens through which many here now view Syria.
Jun 30
Food stamps help many families who’ve temporarily fallen on hard times, and about 60 percent of its recipients are in the program for only a year or less. Farmers, however, are multi-generation Federal subsidy junkies.
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