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(CNN) -- Four years ago, if someone said "Robert Pattinson" or "Taylor Lautner" to you, nine out of 10 people would have shrugged their shoulders and said "Who?"

Now, they're pretty much among the most wanted and talked-about actors in Hollywood -- and it's all thanks to the whopping success of the "Twilight" franchise. And while the "Breaking Dawn" films will mark the end of that series, nearly everyone in the know has pegged "The Hunger Games" as the next "Twilight."

So, take note of these names: Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth -- the next young megastars who will face the gift and curse of instant Hollywood fame. As the two male leads in "Hunger," their careers will receive an instant injection of megawatt star power and credibility, they'll be remarkably wealthy and among the A-list ... but they'll also be scrutinized and trailed by the paparazzi and media everywhere they go.

That's the trade-off these days, where any form of success or notoriety means everything in your life is now fair game -- chum in the water for the media sharks. Most actors and Hollywood stars gradually work their way up the ladder, but with the cult teen followings of "Twilight" and "Hunger" -- and both series' decisions to go with less-than-well-known names as the leads (save for Jennifer Lawrence in "Games") -- the transition from working actor to on-the-cover-of-everything can be a tough one to swallow.

Thankfully for Hutcherson and Hemsworth, they have co-stars, girlfriends (Hemsworth has been dating Miley Cyrus on and off, and Hutcherson was linked to Vanessa Hudgens) friends and past co-workers who can help steer them through the blinding headlights of fame that are bearing down on them.

Their "Hunger" co-star Lawrence experienced the same instant rise last year when she was nominated for an Oscar for her turn in "Winter's Bone." She went from relatively unknown actress to hot-new during awards season and will surely serve as a fame coach for her male counterparts.

She recently opined on her methodology for avoiding the pitfalls of fame in a Washington Post interview, saying: "As long as you remember what you're here for -- you're here for the work, you're here to make a film. ... There seems to be some very bizarre habit where as soon as you become big and famous, you think that you don't have to work anymore. And it's just such a weird trend that I'm starting to see. But I run into grounded people all the time. Given, most of them are behind the camera. But I definitely by no means think I'm the only one."

So with that mindset, what can Josh and Liam do to stay (relatively) grounded once they become the next big things? Here's a good checklist.

1. Choose wisely: This should apply to every aspect of your life, from who you surround yourself with and who you date, to what movies you are thinking of tackling. All of the minutiae of your life is now in full view, and a certain portion of the media loves nothing more than to exploit every misstep. Take a look to your left or right the next time you're in a business meeting or out with friends and ask yourself: "Is this person here for me, or for their own benefit?"

2. Stay (somewhat) private: We've already discussed the nosy media, but now with Twitter and other social media, celebrities can live out every action, thought and event in real time for all of the world to see. Sure, it's a great promotional vehicle, but it's one more trap that is 100% avoidable. Don't want your Twitter account hacked where someone posts nasty things in your name? Well, don't have a Twitter account. If you keep access to yourself somewhat limited, when you do actually have something to say, it makes it that much more powerful. Otherwise, people will get bored with hearing you tell them what you ate for lunch that day and miss the good stuff when you've got it. Plus, it adds a bit of mystery and allure to you.

3. Don't live in Los Angeles: Yes, it's where most movies are made and where all of your agents and associates are. Yes, it's got great weather, killer clubs/restaurants and all that. It also has a cannibalistic, frenzied media who pay their rent by looking to capture your lowest moments. Naturally, not having "low moments" is the more prudent option here, but keeping an apartment in L.A. for work trips and residing elsewhere ('Captain America' himself Chris Evans recently told us he couldn't take L.A. and moved back to his hometown of Boston) will surely minimize the paparazzi hassle.

4. Charity, charity, charity: You've struck it big -- now give back. Not only will it make you feel fulfilled (Josh has already been working with Straight But Not Narrow , a clever gay rights PSA), but it'll expose you to new audiences and groups who may not be drooling over "Hunger Games."

5. Don't be a jerk: If being well-adjusted and great acting travel at the speed of sound, news of being a difficult you-know-what whips through Hollywood at light speed. Agents, publicists, writers -- we all know each other, and we all talk about who's nice and who's a nightmare. Simply put: Just be nice.

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CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr and photojournalist Peter Morris traveled to southern Afghanistan with Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps.

CNN's Barbara Starr is on assignment in Afghanistan, where she says Marines are living in very tough terrain.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Our travels in Afghanistan continue.

I feel like the title of this posting should be "why I had to get power-washed in Afghanistan" or "the body armor is only heavy until they start shooting at you."

OK, now I will explain.

CNN photojournalist Peter Morris and I just wrapped up spending several days in southern Afghanistan with Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, touring the combat zone.

The Marines are living in some of the toughest terrain there is. It is remote and often raining. That means dust turns to mud, and you find yourself covered in it from head to toe. Stinky, cold, wet, oozy mucky mud.

The good news is, everybody stinks, so you lose any sense of self-consciousness about it. But you do dream of getting power-washed. So, yes, after a few days a shower was, shall we say, more than essential.

For the Marines, however, it is a seven-month tour of duty in mud in the winter and dust in the summer.

It seems very grim, especially when compounded by the fact that the Marines are wearing heavy body armor all the time. Ask them if it's heavy to wear, the typical answer goes something like, "It's only heavy to wear until the bad guys start shooting at you. Then it's OK."

The young Marines know exactly how tough the fight they are facing in the coming weeks and months will likely be. Several of them told me security had gotten considerably worse in recent days. Their bases were being repeatedly shelled by insurgents, several roadside bombs had gone off, and local Afghan police had died at the hands of suicide attacks.

Senior commanders usually have a more cheery outlook, but here in southern Afghanistan, everyone is cautious. Almost everyone is a veteran of Iraq and learned the tough lesson there about not declaring victory too soon.

Even Conway, who commanded U.S. forces in Fallujah, picks his words very carefully. He tells me he believes that everyone must be ready for a spike in U.S. casualties as the Marines begin to move into the region in greater numbers this spring.

All of this was rattling around in my head when I saw the Marines riding around in what they call "a 7-ton truck." As the name suggests, it's huge and has some armor plating on the sides. But what it doesn't make clear is that the truck is open in the back and sides. The Marines insist it is a safe way to transport troops.

For years now, the Army has used fully armored vehicles only in the combat zone. The Marines have a somewhat different view. They believe heavy armor isn't everything; sometimes being able to get around on the battlefield faster is better.

But then again, when someone starts shooting at you, I think you want all the armor you can get.

Next stop, Iraq. Yeah, there is still a war there, too.

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answer: the Marines

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question: Who wears heavy body armor all the time, adding to the discomfort ?

answer: The Marines

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question: What did Barbara Starr say about the mud in southern Afghanistan?

answer: and you find yourself covered in it from head to toe. Stinky, cold, wet, oozy mucky

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question: What is the marines method of transportation?

answer: "a 7-ton truck."

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question: What do marines often travel in?

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answer: wearing heavy body armor

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New York (CNN) -- A mother abducted her eight biological children from a New York foster care agency during an authorized visit, authorities announced Tuesday.

Shanel Nadal, 28, fled with her seven sons and one daughter from the Queens facility on Monday afternoon, police said.

The abducted boys are all apparently named after their biological father, Nephra Payne, 34.

They are Nephra Payne, 11; Nephra Ceo Payne, 10; Nephra John Payne, 9; Nephra Shalee Payne, 6; Nephra Rahsul Payne, 6; Nephra Umeek Payne, 5; and Nephra Yahmen Payne, 4.

The lone girl was identified as Nefertiti Payne, 11 months.

The New York Police Department said Nadal may be traveling with the children's biological father in a black 1996 Chevrolet Suburban with license plate number EXZ5896.

Despite the one-day lag between the abduction and the announcement, New York City's Administration for Children's Services assured the public it had been investigating the incident since it occurred.

"ACS and our foster care agency began working with the NYPD immediately after the mother absconded with the children from a visit at the foster care agency yesterday," the ACS said in a statement.

The statement made no mention of how Nadal escaped or why the children had been placed in foster care.

CNN's Dominique Dodley contributed to this report.

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question: How many children does Nadal have?

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(CNN) -- Fernando Alonso has targeted a "very different 2012" after his finish in the final grand prix of the Formula One season meant he ended 2011 in fourth place in the drivers' standings.

The Spaniard narrowly missed out on the title in 2010 and was expected to prove a major challenger to Sebastian Vettel's crown but he only won one race all season -- at the British Grand Prix.

Ferrari have toiled behind Red Bull and McLaren throughout the entire campaign, Alonso finishing 135 points behind Vettel while his team lagged 275 points behind Red Bull in the constructors' race.

And the two-time world champion says his team must improve next year.

Webber claims first win of 2011 in Brazil

"In terms of team work we grew a lot in 2011 and we must absolutely make this the starting point for a very different 2012," Alonso told Ferrari's official website.

"If I had to score our performance, I can but repeat what Ferrari president (Luca di) Montezemolo said, giving us something between a five and six, but all the same I am proud of what the team was able to do.

"We need a car that is about five or six tenths quicker: achieving that won't be a walk in the park, but I have every confidence in our engineers and in a team that dominated the last decade in Formula One and holds every possible record in this sport.

"Let us not forget that I managed to get on the podium ten times and to score more points than last year.

"Losing out on third in the drivers' championship is definitely not a big problem: first place is the only one that really counts."

Final Formula One standings

Alonso's performance at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix mirrored his campaign as he trailed the Red Bull pair of Vettel -- who secured the 2011 title with four races remaining -- and Mark Webber, who won his first race of the season.

Alonso held third for a time before Jenson Button's McLaren proved too fast for him, and says he couldn't extract any more from his car.

He added: "Yet another race in which we did everything to perfection, from the start to the strategy and the work of the team. The final result is more down to the performance of the others than our own, because we could not have done more.

"I was not fighting closely with other drivers, but it would certainly have helped me gain a few tenths while overtaking.

"This grand prix produced an accurate reflection of the season: we have almost always done our maximum, fighting for a podium finish in a car that was not as good as the top two. "

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question: Alonso says that his team?

answer: work we grew a lot in 2011

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question: How many time did Alonso win the World championchip?

answer: two-time

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question: Alonso won many titles to?

answer: Formula One

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question: WHat was Alonsons last years final position?

answer: he ended 2011 in fourth place

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(CNN) -- Fourteen people were missing after a cargo ship sank Monday in Egyptian waters, Red Sea Gov. Majdi Al Qubaisi told Egyptian television.

Nine survivors and the bodies of two crew members aboard the Cypriot-flagged Ibn Battuta cargo ship were recovered in separate operations Monday, the Nile TV News Web site said. A rescue boat was headed out to retrieve a 10th survivor.

The survivors were "on their way to the naval base, and preparations had been taken to carry out a medical check as soon as they arrive," the Web site said, citing an unnamed Egyptian official.

The Ibn Battuta's crew members are of Indian, Pakistani, Bengali, Somali, Iraqi and Sudanese nationalities, Nile TV News said.

The Ibn Battuta was carrying 6,500 tons of sand for use in the glass industry and was on its way from the Port of Abu Zenima in Egypt to the United Arab Emirates, the TV station reported.

The ship had experienced bad weather in the Red Sea, with low visibility and high waves.

The commercial ship Susan K retrieved the two bodies, while the survivors were rescued by the boat Sultan and an aircraft from an Egyptian Search and Rescue team, Nile TV News said.

-- CNN's Caroline Faraj and Yousef Rafayah contributed to this report.

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question: Number of crew missing after ship capsizes?

answer: Fourteen

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question: Amount of survivors recovered from Cypriot-flagged Ibn Battuta cargo ship?

answer: Nine

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question: What would the sand have been used for?

answer: in the glass industry

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question: Where did the ship capsize?

answer: Egyptian waters,

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question: Where did the ship experience bad weather?

answer: Egyptian waters,

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question: What was the ship carrying?

answer: 6,500 tons of sand

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question: How many tons of sand was the ship carrying?

answer: 6,500

question: What ship capsized?

answer: Ibn Battuta

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question: What was the death toll of the incident at sea?

answer: two

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(CNN) -- Troubled U.S. insurer AIG will end its shirt sponsorship deal with Premier League and European champions Manchester United next year.

End of era: AIG will not renew its four-year sponsorship deal with Manchester United.

It was widely believed that AIG would not renew their Â£19 million ($27 million) per year shirt deal when the four-year contract expired in 2010, due to the financial troubles the company has suffered.

And, on Wednesday, the company confirmed this.

"AIG's shirt sponsorship with Manchester United runs through May 2010. We have no plans to renew the deal," said a company statement.

AIG is still restructuring after receiving a bail-out of $150 billion from the U.S. Government. They also have a Â£5 million ($6.8 million) per year deal to run MU Finance, but it is not clear what will happen with that contract.

Despite the loss of AIG, a Manchester United spokesman told the UK Press Association that the Premier League giants hoped to better the current deal it had with the U.S. insurer.

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"In line with industry practice, Manchester United is exploring the possibility of a shirt sponsor for the new 2010/11 season.

"The club is in dialogue with a select number of top companies worldwide and has so far received sufficient interest to be confident it can improve on its current Â£19 million annual partnership with AIG."

Michael Stirling, managing director of Global Sponsors, predicts United will be able to find a new sponsor who will match those figures.

"I think they will do extremely well regardless of the crisis because they have done superbly in being the world club champions. There will be a lot of interest from major brands that want to be associated with the club, no matter the price," he told CNN.

Massive Indian corporation Sahara are reported in the Indian media to be investigating the Red Devils' proposals, while Saudi Telecom is another company believed to be a potential new sponsor. World Club champions United also have strong links in both Malaysia and South Korea.

Meanwhile, AIG have insisted they will honor their four-year agreement, leaving the Old Trafford club in a better position than when Vodafone gave just six months' notice before terminating their deal in 2006.

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(WIRED) -- Motorola is taking another shot at the tablet game with the Droid Xyboard, the company's latest Android device to hit Verizon stores.

After getting our hands on one yesterday, we found that it's a solid, well-performing slate that's easy on the eyes. Too bad it has such a stupid name.

The 4G Xyboard is Motorola's follow-up to its pricey, not terribly popular Xoom tablet, which was released in February. Available in 8.2-inch and 10.1-inch versions, the Honeycomb-powered Xyboard enters the market hot on the heels of the super-hot Kindle Fire. It's on sale today for $430 (for the 8.2-inch) or $530 (for the 10.1-inch) with a two-year contract from Verizon, with options for 16GB or 32GB of memory on the smaller version, and up to 64GB on the larger one.

The first thing that struck me about the Xyboard is its industrial design. Rather than being perfectly rectangular in shape, the 8.2-inch slate has clipped corners, which actually makes it fit more comfortably when you hold it one-handed.

The back, too, shows some stylistic creativity. A rubberized outer rim houses a power button and volume rocker, while centered in the back of the tablet is a sheet of dark gray brushed metal held in place by six visible screws. Think robot chic.

The positioning of the device's only two buttons makes for a clean appearance, but leaves your fingers searching when it's time to crank up the volume or send it to sleep. The 8.2-inch size, however, is a great compromise between the 7-inch 'tweeners and 10-inch stunners.

It's small enough to wield in one hand with ease (the 0.86-pound weight helps with that too), yet large enough that watching a full-screen, HD YouTube video or a movie on Netflix is pleasant. Pair that with Verizon's 4G speeds, and you've got great streaming video quality.

The overall experience is smooth, an improvement over many of the past buggy iterations of Honeycomb (perhaps the longer lead time gave Google the room to stabilize). Powered by a dual-core 1.2GHz processor with 1GB of RAM, app loading times are reasonably swift, and swiping from one screen to another on its Honeycomb interface is stutter-free.

Unlike HTC and Samsung devices, it's not overly skinned, so you can actually experience the Android OS for what it is, rather than a bogged down, bloated mess. The Xyboard will be eligible for an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade at some point in the future, but for now, it runs Honeycomb very well.

Both the 8.2- and 10.1-inch models have a 1280 x 800 resolution display. After turning up the brightness from auto to full, the tablet's battery life dropped from around 20 percent to around 5 percent in less than an hour, so it looks like you'll need to be conscious of your 4G and brightness settings if you don't want your tablet to die on you quickly.

If you're one of those people who likes to take pictures with their tablet (read: you are a dork), the Xyboard has a 5-megapixel back-facing camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera on its face. The rear camera's quality is relatively sub-par compared to what you'd get from other comparable cameras, and definitely shoddier compared to the 8-megapixel standard of most 2011 handsets.

The colors are bright and close to true to life, but the overall image lacks sharpness. The camera does have some variable settings though, for white balance, color effects, and scene mode. Video quality was also just 'meh': a video taken indoors at the Wired offices was noticeably grainy.

Overall, the Xyboard seems like a decent tablet. The slate looks slick and feels good in your hands, and is powerful enough to provide a successful tablet experience. It's a bit of a shame that it's shipping with Honeycomb instead of ICS, but that's certainly not a deal breaker.

What's a real shame, though, is that it's available now, and not six months ago.

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TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- After witnessing the rapid devastation of a Cayman Island coral reef where he had been diving since childhood, Todd Barber was moved from horror to action.

He gave up a six-figure salary as a marketing consultant and dedicated his life to restoring the world's ocean reef ecosystems.

"I had been following this reef since I had been 14; it was where my first dive was," recalls Barber. "When that one little tiny reef was lost, that sparked something in me. If we lost one and it took that tens of thousands of years to get here, how fast is this happening?"

Barber had caught a small glimpse of a larger global issue -- the destruction of the world's coral reefs -- and it scared him. According to the Nature Conservancy, if the present rate of destruction continues, 70 percent of the world's coral reefs will be destroyed by the year 2050. Not only are they home to 25 percent of all marine fish species, but the organization states that 500 million people rely on coral reefs for their food and livelihoods.

So Barber and his father, a marine biologist and fellow diver, sat down to devise a solution to "put the reef back." What started as a basic idea to shape concrete around a beach ball led to three years of research, testing and prototyping with the help of friends and college professors.  Watch as Barber explains his passion for saving reefs Â»

"Our goal was to mimic nature, not dictate nature," says Barber. "And that meant that I couldn't come up with an idea; I had to design something that would fit exactly what the reef required."

The result was what Barber calls a "Reef Ball." Made of concrete engineered to last more than 500 years, Reef Balls are circular structures with a hollow center that serve as a base habitat upon which a natural reef can grow. Portable, inexpensive and environmentally friendly, according to Barber, Reef Balls can be built anywhere and are used to mimic and rehabilitate all forms of oceanic reefs, such as mangrove, oyster and coral reefs. They can also help control erosion and stabilize shorelines.  Watch as an organization in Tampa tries to restore habitats for oysters Â»

To manufacture and place Reef Balls in marine habitats around the world, Barber established The Reef Ball Foundation in 1993. Today, the non-profit organization works with environmental agencies, universities, community groups and corporations and empowers others to build and restore their local marine ecosystems.

"[Reefs] have an incredible bearing on human life," says Barber. "Without conserving these resources, they're going to be all gone before we even know what we've lost."

According to Barber, marine conservation isn't just about Reef Balls, but they're one important tool.

"It's about saving natural reefs. It's about changing our behaviors," says Barber. "It's better to save the reef that you have than to build a new one."

Since its inception, the Reef Ball Foundation has placed Reef Balls in more than 59 countries.

"For me, personally, the satisfaction comes from diving on a Reef Ball and seeing that the environment has been rehabilitated; that the reef is actually there," says Barber. "And that our grandkids will be able to see the same thing." E-mail to a friend

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text: this

text: reef

text: since

text: I

text: had

text: been

text: it

text: was

text: where

text: my

text: first

text: dive

text: was

text: recalls

text: Barber

text: When

text: that

text: one

text: little

text: tiny

text: reef

text: was

text: lost

text: that

text: sparked

text: something

text: in

text: me

text: If

text: we

text: lost

text: one

text: and

text: it

text: took

text: that

text: tens

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: years

text: to

text: get

text: here

text: how

text: fast

text: is

text: this

text: happening

text: Barber

text: had

text: caught

text: a

text: small

text: glimpse

text: of

text: a

text: larger

text: global

text: issue

text: the

text: destruction

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: coral

text: reefs

text: and

text: it

text: scared

text: him

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: Nature

text: Conservancy

text: if

text: the

text: present

text: rate

text: of

text: destruction

text: continues

text: percent

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: coral

text: reefs

text: will

text: be

text: destroyed

text: by

text: the

text: year

text: Not

text: only

text: are

text: they

text: home

text: to

text: percent

text: of

text: all

text: marine

text: fish

text: species

text: but

text: the

text: organization

text: states

text: that

text: million

text: people

text: rely

text: on

text: coral

text: reefs

text: for

text: their

text: food

text: and

text: livelihoods

text: So

text: Barber

text: and

text: his

text: father

text: a

text: marine

text: biologist

text: and

text: fellow

text: diver

text: sat

text: down

text: to

text: devise

text: a

text: solution

text: to

text: put

text: the

text: reef

text: back

text: What

text: started

text: as

text: a

text: basic

text: idea

text: to

text: shape

text: concrete

text: around

text: a

text: beach

text: ball

text: led

text: to

text: three

text: years

text: of

text: research

text: testing

text: and

text: prototyping

text: with

text: the

text: help

text: of

text: friends

text: and

text: college

text: professors

text: Watch

text: as

text: Barber

text: explains

text: his

text: passion

text: for

text: saving

text: reefs

text: Â

text: Our

text: goal

text: was

text: to

text: mimic

text: nature

text: not

text: dictate

text: nature

text: says

text: Barber

text: And

text: that

text: meant

text: that

text: I

text: could

text: n't

text: come

text: up

text: with

text: an

text: idea

text: I

text: had

text: to

text: design

text: something

text: that

text: would

text: fit

text: exactly

text: what

text: the

text: reef

text: required

text: The

text: result

text: was

text: what

text: Barber

text: calls

text: a

text: Reef

text: Ball

text: Made

text: of

text: concrete

text: engineered

text: to

text: last

text: more

text: than

text: years

text: Reef

text: Balls

text: are

text: circular

text: structures

text: with

text: a

text: hollow

text: center

text: that

text: serve

text: as

text: a

text: base

text: habitat

text: upon

text: which

text: a

text: natural

text: reef

text: can

text: grow

text: Portable

text: inexpensive

text: and

text: environmentally

text: friendly

text: according

text: to

text: Barber

text: Reef

text: Balls

text: can

text: be

text: built

text: anywhere

text: and

text: are

text: used

text: to

text: mimic

text: and

text: rehabilitate

text: all

text: forms

text: of

text: oceanic

text: reefs

text: such

text: as

text: mangrove

text: oyster

text: and

text: coral

text: reefs

text: They

text: can

text: also

text: help

text: control

text: erosion

text: and

text: stabilize

text: shorelines

text: Watch

text: as

text: an

text: organization

text: in

text: Tampa

text: tries

text: to

text: restore

text: habitats

text: for

text: oysters

text: Â

text: To

text: manufacture

text: and

text: place

text: Reef

text: Balls

text: in

text: marine

text: habitats

text: around

text: the

text: world

text: Barber

text: established

text: The

text: Reef

text: Ball

text: Foundation

text: in

text: Today

text: the

text: non

text: profit

text: organization

text: works

text: with

text: environmental

text: agencies

text: universities

text: community

text: groups

text: and

text: corporations

text: and

text: empowers

text: others

text: to

text: build

text: and

text: restore

text: their

text: local

text: marine

text: ecosystems

text: Reefs

text: have

text: an

text: incredible

text: bearing

text: on

text: human

text: life

text: says

text: Barber

text: Without

text: conserving

text: these

text: resources

text: they

text: 're

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: all

text: gone

text: before

text: we

text: even

text: know

text: what

text: we

text: 've

text: lost

text: According

text: to

text: Barber

text: marine

text: conservation

text: is

text: n't

text: just

text: about

text: Reef

text: Balls

text: but

text: they

text: 're

text: one

text: important

text: tool

text: It

text: 's

text: about

text: saving

text: natural

text: reefs

text: It

text: 's

text: about

text: changing

text: our

text: behaviors

text: says

text: Barber

text: It

text: 's

text: better

text: to

text: save

text: the

text: reef

text: that

text: you

text: have

text: than

text: to

text: build

text: a

text: new

text: one

text: Since

text: its

text: inception

text: the

text: Reef

text: Ball

text: Foundation

text: has

text: placed

text: Reef

text: Balls

text: in

text: more

text: than

text: countries

text: For

text: me

text: personally

text: the

text: satisfaction

text: comes

text: from

text: diving

text: on

text: a

text: Reef

text: Ball

text: and

text: seeing

text: that

text: the

text: environment

text: has

text: been

text: rehabilitated

text: that

text: the

text: reef

text: is

text: actually

text: there

text: says

text: Barber

text: And

text: that

text: our

text: grandkids

text: will

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: see

text: the

text: same

text: thing

text: E

text: mail

text: to

text: a

text: friend

question: What are reef balls?

answer: can grow.

text: can grow.

question: Reef Balls are concrete spheres upon which a natural reef can grow

answer: are circular structures with a hollow center that serve as a base habitat

text: are circular structures with a hollow center that serve as a base habitat

question: What is in danger according to estimates from the Nature Conservancy?

answer: world's coral reefs

text: world's coral reefs

question: What helps control beach erosion?

answer: "Reef Ball."

text: "Reef Ball."

question: What are concrete spheres upon which a natural reef an grow?

answer: Balls

text: Balls

question: What is the number of people that rely on coral reefs for food?

answer: 500 million

text: 500 million

question: What was Reef Balls?

answer: circular structures with a hollow center that serve as a base habitat

text: circular structures with a hollow center that serve as a base habitat

question: What are in danger?

answer: world's ocean reef ecosystems.

text: world's ocean reef ecosystems.

question: What is in danger?

answer: world's coral reefs

text: world's coral reefs

question: The group says 500 million people rely on coral reefs for food

answer: Nature Conservancy,

text: Nature Conservancy,


text:
(CNN) -- A British man convicted of having sex on a Dubai beach was re-arrested as he prepared to board a flight back to the UK, according to media reports.

File image of one of the co-accused -- Vince Acors -- arriving at court in Dubai in September.

Vince Acors, 34, from London, was due to fly to Heathrow Monday following his deportation from the Gulf state. But he was detained at Dubai Airport and returned to jail as his flight confirmation was allegedly "not in order," the British Press Association said.

Acors and fellow Briton Michelle Palmer, 36, were initially given three-month jail terms for unmarried sex and public indecency, but these were suspended on appeal.

Acors had been due to return last Friday but a hold-up in the deportation process meant he was unable to board a UK-bound plane and spent the weekend in jail, PA said.

His lawyer Andrew Crossley said: "The return of Vince Acors has been delayed yet again and he will not be returning to the UK. The situation is close to becoming farcical and Vince is severely disappointed.

"After having booked and confirmed his return flight on three separate occasions through the course of the day Vince was re-arrested at Dubai Airport, as his flight confirmation was allegedly not in order. He has been returned to jail, his precise return is now unknown."

Palmer and Acors were arrested on a public beach shortly after midnight on July 5. Police charged them with illicit relations, public indecency, and public intoxication. A court found them guilty in October and fined them 1,000 dirhams ($367) for the charge of public indecency.

Both denied they had intercourse. And during the trial, Mattar argued that the public prosecutor failed to produce corroborative evidence against his clients on the first two charges, though he said both tested positive for liquor.

The United Arab Emirates, where Dubai is located, is home to thousands of expatriates and is among the most moderate Gulf states. Still, the oil-rich kingdom adheres to certain Islamic rules.

text: CNN

text: A

text: British

text: man

text: convicted

text: of

text: having

text: sex

text: on

text: a

text: Dubai

text: beach

text: was

text: re

text: arrested

text: as

text: he

text: prepared

text: to

text: board

text: a

text: flight

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: UK

text: according

text: to

text: media

text: reports

text: File

text: image

text: of

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: co

text: accused

text: Vince

text: Acors

text: arriving

text: at

text: court

text: in

text: Dubai

text: in

text: September

text: Vince

text: Acors

text: from

text: London

text: was

text: due

text: to

text: fly

text: to

text: Heathrow

text: Monday

text: following

text: his

text: deportation

text: from

text: the

text: Gulf

text: state

text: But

text: he

text: was

text: detained

text: at

text: Dubai

text: Airport

text: and

text: returned

text: to

text: jail

text: as

text: his

text: flight

text: confirmation

text: was

text: allegedly

text: not

text: in

text: order

text: the

text: British

text: Press

text: Association

text: said

text: Acors

text: and

text: fellow

text: Briton

text: Michelle

text: Palmer

text: were

text: initially

text: given

text: three

text: month

text: jail

text: terms

text: for

text: unmarried

text: sex

text: and

text: public

text: indecency

text: but

text: these

text: were

text: suspended

text: on

text: appeal

text: Acors

text: had

text: been

text: due

text: to

text: return

text: last

text: Friday

text: but

text: a

text: hold

text: up

text: in

text: the

text: deportation

text: process

text: meant

text: he

text: was

text: unable

text: to

text: board

text: a

text: UK

text: bound

text: plane

text: and

text: spent

text: the

text: weekend

text: in

text: jail

text: PA

text: said

text: His

text: lawyer

text: Andrew

text: Crossley

text: said

text: The

text: return

text: of

text: Vince

text: Acors

text: has

text: been

text: delayed

text: yet

text: again

text: and

text: he

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: returning

text: to

text: the

text: UK

text: The

text: situation

text: is

text: close

text: to

text: becoming

text: farcical

text: and

text: Vince

text: is

text: severely

text: disappointed

text: After

text: having

text: booked

text: and

text: confirmed

text: his

text: return

text: flight

text: on

text: three

text: separate

text: occasions

text: through

text: the

text: course

text: of

text: the

text: day

text: Vince

text: was

text: re

text: arrested

text: at

text: Dubai

text: Airport

text: as

text: his

text: flight

text: confirmation

text: was

text: allegedly

text: not

text: in

text: order

text: He

text: has

text: been

text: returned

text: to

text: jail

text: his

text: precise

text: return

text: is

text: now

text: unknown

text: Palmer

text: and

text: Acors

text: were

text: arrested

text: on

text: a

text: public

text: beach

text: shortly

text: after

text: midnight

text: on

text: July

text: Police

text: charged

text: them

text: with

text: illicit

text: relations

text: public

text: indecency

text: and

text: public

text: intoxication

text: A

text: court

text: found

text: them

text: guilty

text: in

text: October

text: and

text: fined

text: them

text: dirhams

text: for

text: the

text: charge

text: of

text: public

text: indecency

text: Both

text: denied

text: they

text: had

text: intercourse

text: And

text: during

text: the

text: trial

text: Mattar

text: argued

text: that

text: the

text: public

text: prosecutor

text: failed

text: to

text: produce

text: corroborative

text: evidence

text: against

text: his

text: clients

text: on

text: the

text: first

text: two

text: charges

text: though

text: he

text: said

text: both

text: tested

text: positive

text: for

text: liquor

text: The

text: United

text: Arab

text: Emirates

text: where

text: Dubai

text: is

text: located

text: is

text: home

text: to

text: thousands

text: of

text: expatriates

text: and

text: is

text: among

text: the

text: most

text: moderate

text: Gulf

text: states

text: Still

text: the

text: oil

text: rich

text: kingdom

text: adheres

text: to

text: certain

text: Islamic

text: rules

question: Who was arrested?

answer: Vince Acors,

text: Vince Acors,

question: Where was the pair arrested?

answer: flight back

text: flight back

question: Who faced a three month sentence?

answer: Acors and fellow Briton Michelle Palmer,

text: Acors and fellow Briton Michelle Palmer,

question: What is moderate?

answer: Gulf states.

text: Gulf states.

question: What were the charges?

answer: having sex on a Dubai beach

text: having sex on a Dubai beach

question: Who faced three- month sentence.

answer: Acors and fellow Briton Michelle Palmer,

text: Acors and fellow Briton Michelle Palmer,

question: When were the pair arrested?

answer: shortly after midnight on July 5.

text: shortly after midnight on July 5.

question: What were they charged with?

answer: illicit relations, public indecency,

text: illicit relations, public indecency,


text:
(CNN) -- We're reviewing two $99 turn-by-turn navigation applications for the iPhone, TomTom and Navigon. Yes, that's right, a $99 application for your phone to take the place of a stand-alone device that doesn't cost much more than that.

First off, if you plan to use your iPhone as a turn-by-turn navigator, you'll need some sort of mount that keeps it in constant view of the sky (and to keep you from wrecking your car while trying to look at the screen).

As I was driving around downtown Atlanta, Georgia, both applications spent a good amount of time telling me they couldn't get a good GPS lock, even after I dug out a window mount from my box of bits and pieces.

Both of these applications have most of the features you would expect; basically, put in a destination, and they tell you how to get there.

Both can save favorites; both even have a walking mode (though I haven't played with this enough to recommend it).

Both take up a ton of space, and both currently cost $99 (though the Navigon had an early buy-in price of $69).

Navigon also has the TomTom beat on features: An early update added text-to-speech, which means Navigon's app says the street you should turn on and not just "turn left."

Navigon also just released a $24.99 (intro priced at $19.99) upgrade option that will give you live traffic information.

I've asked TomTom about possible updates, and they say they're considering what features to add.

My early call for the best interface goes to the Navigon app.

And this held up the more I used both of them.

I find it much more intuitive; things are where I expect them to be.

When I want to change something on the TomTom, I often find myself repeatedly clicking through the categories, trying to find a particular setting. The Navigon's interface is better for me.

An example of the interface conundrum: When I got the software, I hit the "home" icon to tell it to direct me to my house. Of course, I hadn't set that address up yet. The TomTom told me I had to add it from the "manage favorites" menu; the Navigon app asked me if I'd like to add it and let me do it right there.

Bottom line

Overall, my preference for the Navigon app holds true. I like the look and feel of the maps better, how it switches to night view automatically and its on-screen and voice alerts.

The TomTom, by comparison, seems very low-end -- the maps aren't as nice -- and without text-to-speech, the voice prompts fall short. I like to know what street I'm looking for without looking at the screen.

The big feather (at an additional $120) in TomTom's hat is its car kit.

Essentially a dock designed for your car, the device adds power, a bigger speaker and a better GPS chip.

The bigger chip should help the application be more accurate with your location and provide quicker prompts when you need to turn.

But at that point, you'll have spent more than $200 on a navigator that uses your iPhone as its brain.

I just got my hands on TomTom's dock, and although it's nice and should improve the GPS performance, I'm not sure it's worth an extra $120.

So, down to brass tacks: Is it worth it to pay $99 for a smart phone navigation application when you could buy a stand-alone model (likely with a better GPS chip) for the same or not much more?

Personally, I like having it all on my phone, one unit that does everything (and I probably won't forget it in the car to be stolen).

Other people will probably rather have the stand-alone.

And of course, there's a big caveat: Google.

The technology powerhouse has a turn-by-turn application in beta for its Android 2 operating system.

It's free for phones that run Android 2.0, and word is that they're in talks with Apple to get it on the iPhone (word that brought a big hit to the stock of both GPS giants, Garmin and TomTom).

Who knows what's in the future for these apps? But I'll bet they'll come up with something to remain at least somewhat viable.

text: CNN

text: We

text: 're

text: reviewing

text: two

text: turn

text: by

text: turn

text: navigation

text: applications

text: for

text: the

text: iPhone

text: TomTom

text: and

text: Navigon

text: Yes

text: that

text: 's

text: right

text: a

text: application

text: for

text: your

text: phone

text: to

text: take

text: the

text: place

text: of

text: a

text: stand

text: alone

text: device

text: that

text: does

text: n't

text: cost

text: much

text: more

text: than

text: that

text: First

text: off

text: if

text: you

text: plan

text: to

text: use

text: your

text: iPhone

text: as

text: a

text: turn

text: by

text: turn

text: navigator

text: you

text: 'll

text: need

text: some

text: sort

text: of

text: mount

text: that

text: keeps

text: it

text: in

text: constant

text: view

text: of

text: the

text: sky

text: and

text: to

text: keep

text: you

text: from

text: wrecking

text: your

text: car

text: while

text: trying

text: to

text: look

text: at

text: the

text: screen

text: As

text: I

text: was

text: driving

text: around

text: downtown

text: Atlanta

text: Georgia

text: both

text: applications

text: spent

text: a

text: good

text: amount

text: of

text: time

text: telling

text: me

text: they

text: could

text: n't

text: get

text: a

text: good

text: GPS

text: lock

text: even

text: after

text: I

text: dug

text: out

text: a

text: window

text: mount

text: from

text: my

text: box

text: of

text: bits

text: and

text: pieces

text: Both

text: of

text: these

text: applications

text: have

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: features

text: you

text: would

text: expect

text: basically

text: put

text: in

text: a

text: destination

text: and

text: they

text: tell

text: you

text: how

text: to

text: get

text: there

text: Both

text: can

text: save

text: favorites

text: both

text: even

text: have

text: a

text: walking

text: mode

text: though

text: I

text: have

text: n't

text: played

text: with

text: this

text: enough

text: to

text: recommend

text: it

text: Both

text: take

text: up

text: a

text: ton

text: of

text: space

text: and

text: both

text: currently

text: cost

text: though

text: the

text: Navigon

text: had

text: an

text: early

text: buy

text: in

text: price

text: of

text: Navigon

text: also

text: has

text: the

text: TomTom

text: beat

text: on

text: features

text: An

text: early

text: update

text: added

text: text

text: to

text: speech

text: which

text: means

text: Navigon

text: 's

text: app

text: says

text: the

text: street

text: you

text: should

text: turn

text: on

text: and

text: not

text: just

text: turn

text: left

text: Navigon

text: also

text: just

text: released

text: a

text: intro

text: priced

text: at

text: upgrade

text: option

text: that

text: will

text: give

text: you

text: live

text: traffic

text: information

text: I

text: 've

text: asked

text: TomTom

text: about

text: possible

text: updates

text: and

text: they

text: say

text: they

text: 're

text: considering

text: what

text: features

text: to

text: add

text: My

text: early

text: call

text: for

text: the

text: best

text: interface

text: goes

text: to

text: the

text: Navigon

text: app

text: And

text: this

text: held

text: up

text: the

text: more

text: I

text: used

text: both

text: of

text: them

text: I

text: find

text: it

text: much

text: more

text: intuitive

text: things

text: are

text: where

text: I

text: expect

text: them

text: to

text: be

text: When

text: I

text: want

text: to

text: change

text: something

text: on

text: the

text: TomTom

text: I

text: often

text: find

text: myself

text: repeatedly

text: clicking

text: through

text: the

text: categories

text: trying

text: to

text: find

text: a

text: particular

text: setting

text: The

text: Navigon

text: 's

text: interface

text: is

text: better

text: for

text: me

text: An

text: example

text: of

text: the

text: interface

text: conundrum

text: When

text: I

text: got

text: the

text: software

text: I

text: hit

text: the

text: home

text: icon

text: to

text: tell

text: it

text: to

text: direct

text: me

text: to

text: my

text: house

text: Of

text: course

text: I

text: had

text: n't

text: set

text: that

text: address

text: up

text: yet

text: The

text: TomTom

text: told

text: me

text: I

text: had

text: to

text: add

text: it

text: from

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question: Which company is producing a turn-by-turn app for Android 2?

answer: Google.

text: Google.

question: how much is the Navigon app?

answer: $99

question: What does Google have?

answer: a turn-by-turn application in beta for its Android 2 operating system.

text: a turn-by-turn application in beta for its Android 2 operating system.

question: What does the app use to navigate?

answer: mount that keeps it in constant view of the sky

text: mount that keeps it in constant view of the sky

question: What do apps do?

answer: says the street you should turn on and not just "turn left."

text: says the street you should turn on and not just "turn left."

question: What are the benefits of the car kit advertised?

answer: the device adds power, a bigger speaker and a better GPS chip.

text: the device adds power, a bigger speaker and a better GPS chip.