Thursday, May 31, 2012

Top Stories - Google News: 'Guetapens' doesn't catch National Spelling Bee champ off guard - Los Angeles Times

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'Guetapens' doesn't catch National Spelling Bee champ off guard - Los Angeles Times
Jun 1st 2012, 04:33

A 14-year-old girl from San Diego has won the 85th Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "guetapens," a French-derived word that means an ambush, snare or trap.

Snigdha Nadipati, an eighth-grader at Francis Parker School in La Jolla, was calm and collected throughout as she beat out eight other finalists Thursday at the competition in Oxon Hill, Md.

Her grandfather had reportedly promised her a trip to India if she won.

She is an avid reader and coin collector who aspires to become a psychiatrist or neurosurgeon. She plays violin and is fluent in Telugu.

After she spelled the word, she looked from side to side, as if unsure her accomplishment was real. Oddly, she was not immediately announced as the winner. Applause built slowly, and a few pieces of confetti trickled out before showering her. Then her 10-year-old brother ran onstage and embraced her, and she beamed.

"I knew it. I'd seen it before," Snigdha said of the winning word. "I just wanted to ask everything I could before I started spelling."

In the run-up to the bee, Snigdha studied six to 10 hours a day on weekdays and 10 to 12 hours on weekends — a regimen she'll need to maintain to get through medical school, her father said.

"She says this is harder than being a neurosurgeon — maybe," said her mother, Madhavi.

Snigdha is the fifth consecutive Indian American winner and the 10th in the last 14 years.

Stuti Mishra of West Melbourne, Fla., finished second after misspelling "schwarmerei," which means excessive, unbridled enthusiasm.

Prizes for winning the bee include $30,000 in cash, a trophy, a $2,500 savings bond, a $5,000 scholarship, $2,600 in reference works from the Encyclopedia Britannica and an online language course.

metrodesk@latimes.com

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Top Stories - Google News: John Edwards Acquitted by Jury on One Count, Mistrial on Others - San Francisco Chronicle

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John Edwards Acquitted by Jury on One Count, Mistrial on Others - San Francisco Chronicle
Jun 1st 2012, 04:42

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Former presidential candidate John Edwards was found not guilty on one charge and a jury was unable to decide on five other counts alleging he used illegal campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair.

A federal jury of four women and eight men in Greensboro, North Carolina, yesterday found Edwards not guilty of one count of violating campaign finance laws. On that charge, the government alleged that in January 2008, about the same time he withdrew from the campaign, Edwards knowingly accepted more money from campaign donor Rachel "Bunny" Mellon than was allowed by law.

U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles declared a mistrial on the five other counts. The Justice Department isn't likely to retry Edwards, said a person familiar with the matter who wasn't authorized to discuss the case publicly and didn't want to be identified.

Edwards, a Democrat who was U.S. Senator John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 presidential election, faced a maximum of 30 years in prison if convicted on all counts. The government has the option of retrying him. The jury declined to publicly discuss the case.

Edwards, who didn't testify, appeared on the courthouse steps after the verdict flanked by his oldest daughter, Cate, and his parents. He thanked his family for standing with him throughout the case and acknowledged Frances Quinn, the daughter he fathered with his mistress, Rielle Hunter.

"My precious Quinn," Edwards said. "I love her more than you could ever imagine."

"While I do not believe I did anything illegal or ever thought I was doing anything illegal, I did an awful, awful lie," Edward told reporters. "there is no one else responsible for my sins."

Unemployed Filmmaker

Prosecutors alleged Edwards used almost $1 million in payments from Mellon, a 101-year-old multimillionaire heiress, and Fred Baron, a now-deceased trial attorney, to conceal his affair with Hunter, an unemployed filmmaker. The case marks the first time the government has prosecuted someone for campaign violations when money was paid to a third party.

The donations, in 2007 and 2008, were used to cover rent, medical visits and prenatal expenses for Hunter, in addition to travel and hotel accommodations to hide her from the public.

Prosecutors declined to comment on yesterday's verdict. Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Edwards, also declined to comment. Alisa Finelli, a Justice Department spokeswoman, said she had no comment.

"This case was a monumental waste of time from day one," said Kenneth Gross, a former lawyer for the Federal Election Commission who's now a partner at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington. "The case should never have been brought."

Nine Days

Jurors deliberated for nine days before reaching a verdict. Their initial notes to the judge requested exhibits that focused on Mellon, including an April 2007 letter Mellon sent suggesting Edwards send her "all bills" necessary and important for his campaign. The note was sent after media reports criticizing the price of Edwards's haircuts.

"The verdict reflects a struggle that the jury appears to have had in finding some clear cut evidence of criminality," said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor who's now a partner with McCarter & English LLP. "They could not agree, no matter how morally reprehensible his conduct was, that it added up to a criminal violation."

Edwards, a former U.S. senator from North Carolina and presidential contender in 2008, was indicted last June after a two-year investigation. He has claimed that he never thought he was breaking the law and that the disputed payments were gifts, the fruit of his pre-existing friendships with Mellon and Baron.

Ex-Campaign Aide


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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: perspiration

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perspiration
Jun 1st 2012, 05:06

t+uk:піт (Assisted)

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* Russian: {{t|ru|пот|m|tr=pot}}
 
* Russian: {{t|ru|пот|m|tr=pot}}
 
* {{trreq|Turkish}}
 
* {{trreq|Turkish}}
  +
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|піт|m|tr=pit|sc=Cyrl}}
 
{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-bottom}}
   

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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: base

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base
Jun 1st 2012, 04:35

t+ru:основа t-balance t+ru:фундамент t+ru:база t+zh:基礎 t+zh:基础 t+ru:старт t+zh:基地 t+ru:основание t+ru:опорный пункт t+zh:總部 t+zh:总部 t+ru:[...

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* Catalan: base {{f}}, [[fonament]] {{m}}
 
* Catalan: base {{f}}, [[fonament]] {{m}}
 
* Chinese: [[基礎]], [[基础]] (jī chǔ)
 
* Chinese: [[基礎]], [[基础]] (jī chǔ)
  +
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|基礎|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|基础|tr=jīchǔ|sc=Hani}}
 
* Crimean Tatar: [[baza]]
 
* Crimean Tatar: [[baza]]
 
* Czech: {{t-|cs|kořen}}, {{t|cs|základ|m}}
 
* Czech: {{t-|cs|kořen}}, {{t|cs|základ|m}}
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|base|f}}
 
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|base|f}}
 
* Romanian: {{t|ro|bază}}, {{t|ro|fundament}}
 
* Romanian: {{t|ro|bază}}, {{t|ro|fundament}}
  +
* Russian: {{t|ru|основа|f|tr=osnóva|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|фундамент|m|tr=fundáment|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|база|f|tr=báza|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|основание|n|tr=osnovánije|sc=Cyrl}}
 
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|temelj|m}}
 
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|temelj|m}}
 
* Spanish: {{t+|es|base|f}}
 
* Spanish: {{t+|es|base|f}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|base|f}}
 
* Italian: {{t+|it|base|f}}
 
* Romanian: {{t|ro|bază}}
 
* Romanian: {{t|ro|bază}}
  +
* Russian: {{t|ru|старт|m|tr=start|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|база|f|tr=báza|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|базис|m|tr=bázis|sc=Cyrl}}
 
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|baza|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}, {{t|sh|temelj|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
 
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|baza|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}, {{t|sh|temelj|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
 
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|början}}
 
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|början}}
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|base|f}}, {{t|ca|caserna|f}}
 
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|base|f}}, {{t|ca|caserna|f}}
 
* Chinese: [[基地]], [[基地]] (jī dì)
 
* Chinese: [[基地]], [[基地]] (jī dì)
  +
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|基地|tr=jīdì|sc=Hani}}
 
* Crimean Tatar: [[baza]]
 
* Crimean Tatar: [[baza]]
 
* Czech: {{t-|cs|základna|f}}
 
* Czech: {{t-|cs|základna|f}}
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|base|f}}
 
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|base|f}}
 
* Romanian: {{t|ro|cazarmă}}, {{t|ro|bază}}
 
* Romanian: {{t|ro|cazarmă}}, {{t|ro|bază}}
  +
* Russian: {{t|ru|база|f|tr=báza|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|опорный пункт|m|tr=opórnyj punkt|sc=Cyrl}}
 
* Slovene: [[baza]] {{f}}, [[oporišče]] {{n}}
 
* Slovene: [[baza]] {{f}}, [[oporišče]] {{n}}
 
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bas}}
 
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bas}}
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|seu|f}}
 
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|seu|f}}
 
* Chinese: [[總部]], [[总部]] (zǒng bù)
 
* Chinese: [[總部]], [[总部]] (zǒng bù)
  +
*: Mandarin: {{t|zh|總部|sc=Hani}}, {{t|zh|总部|tr=zǒngbù|sc=Hani}}
 
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|basis|f}}, {{t-|nl|hoofdkwartier|n}}
 
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|basis|f}}, {{t-|nl|hoofdkwartier|n}}
 
* Estonian: {{t|et|peakorter}}
 
* Estonian: {{t|et|peakorter}}
 
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|päämaja}}
 
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|päämaja}}
 
* German: {{t+|de|Basis|f}}
 
* German: {{t+|de|Basis|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βάση|f|tr=vási}}
 
 
{{trans-mid}}
 
{{trans-mid}}
  +
* Greek: {{t+|el|βάση|f|tr=vási}}
 
* Icelandic: {{t|is|bækistöðvar|f|p}}, {{t|is|höfuðstöðvar|f|p}}
 
* Icelandic: {{t|is|bækistöðvar|f|p}}, {{t|is|höfuðstöðvar|f|p}}
 
* Italian: {{t|it|sede|f}}
 
* Italian: {{t|it|sede|f}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|base|f}}
 
* Italian: {{t+|it|base|f}}
 
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|base|f}}
 
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|base|f}}
  +
* Russian: {{t|ru|основание|n|tr=osnovánije|sc=Cyrl}}
 
* Slovene: [[osnovnica]] {{f}} (triangle)
 
* Slovene: [[osnovnica]] {{f}} (triangle)
 
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bas}}
 
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bas}}
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* Estonian: {{t-|et|aste}}
 
* Estonian: {{t-|et|aste}}
 
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kantaluku}}
 
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kantaluku}}
{{trans-mid}}
 
 
* Icelandic: {{t|is|veldisstofn|m}}
 
* Icelandic: {{t|is|veldisstofn|m}}
  +
{{trans-mid}}
 
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podstawa|f}}
 
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podstawa|f}}
  +
* Russian: {{t|ru|основание|n|tr=osnovánije|sc=Cyrl}}
 
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|baza|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
 
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|baza|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
 
{{trans-bottom}}
 
{{trans-bottom}}

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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: raw

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raw
Jun 1st 2012, 04:53

Pronunciation: (Homophones)

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* {{a|cot-caught}} {{enPR|rä}}, {{IPA|/ɹɑ/}}
 
* {{a|cot-caught}} {{enPR|rä}}, {{IPA|/ɹɑ/}}
 
* {{audio|en-us-raw.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 
* {{audio|en-us-raw.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{homophones|roar}} {{qualifier|in non-rhotic accents}}
+
* Homophones: [[roar]] (''in [[non-rhotic]] accents''), [[rah]] (''with cot-caught merger'')
   
 
===Adjective===
 
===Adjective===

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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: adorn

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Jun 1st 2012, 04:34

Pronunciation: Added UK pronunciation

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===Pronunciation===
 
===Pronunciation===
 
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/əˈdoɹn/}}
 
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/əˈdoɹn/}}
  +
* {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/əˈdɔː(ɹ)n}}
 
* {{audio|en-us-adorn.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 
* {{audio|en-us-adorn.ogg|Audio (US)}}
 
* {{rhymes|ɔː(r)n}}
 
* {{rhymes|ɔː(r)n}}

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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: sweat

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sweat
Jun 1st 2012, 04:37

t+bg:[[{{trreq}}]] t+ka:[[{{trreq}}]] t-balance (Assisted)

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* Baluchi: {{tø|bal|ہید|tr=hed}}
 
* Baluchi: {{tø|bal|ہید|tr=hed}}
 
* Bengali: {{t|bn|ঘাম|tr=gham|sc=Beng}}
 
* Bengali: {{t|bn|ঘাম|tr=gham|sc=Beng}}
  +
* {{trreq|Bulgarian}}
 
* Catalan: {{t|ca|suor|f}}
 
* Catalan: {{t|ca|suor|f}}
 
* Chinese:
 
* Chinese:
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiki}}
 
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiki}}
 
* French: {{t+|fr|sueur|f}}, {{t+|fr|transpiration|f}}
 
* French: {{t+|fr|sueur|f}}, {{t+|fr|transpiration|f}}
  +
* {{trreq|Georgian}}
 
* German: {{t+|de|Schweiß|m}}, {{t|de|Schwitze|f}}
 
* German: {{t+|de|Schweiß|m}}, {{t|de|Schwitze|f}}
 
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιδρώτας|m|tr=idrótas}}
 
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιδρώτας|m|tr=idrótas}}
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*: [[Kurmanji]]: {{t|ku|xuh}} {{f}}
 
*: [[Kurmanji]]: {{t|ku|xuh}} {{f}}
 
*: [[Sorani]]: {{ku-Arab|[[ئاره‌ق]]}}, {{ku-Arab|[[ئاره‌قه‌]]}}
 
*: [[Sorani]]: {{ku-Arab|[[ئاره‌ق]]}}, {{ku-Arab|[[ئاره‌قه‌]]}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sudor|m}}
 
 
{{trans-mid}}
 
{{trans-mid}}
  +
* Latin: {{t+|la|sudor|m}}
 
* Latvian: {{t|lv|sviedri|p}}
 
* Latvian: {{t|lv|sviedri|p}}
 
* Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|prakaitas|m|alt=prãkaitas|xs=Lithuanian}}
 
* Lithuanian: {{t-|lt|prakaitas|m|alt=prãkaitas|xs=Lithuanian}}
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* Arabic: {{t-|ar|عرق|tr=3áriqa}}
 
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|عرق|tr=3áriqa}}
 
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|քրտնել|tr=k'rtnel}}
 
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|քրտնել|tr=k'rtnel}}
  +
* {{trreq|Bulgarian}}
 
* Catalan: {{t|ca|suar}}
 
* Catalan: {{t|ca|suar}}
 
* Chinese:
 
* Chinese:
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* Finnish: {{t-|fi|hikoilla}}
 
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|hikoilla}}
 
* French: {{t+|fr|transpirer}}, {{t+|fr|suer}}
 
* French: {{t+|fr|transpirer}}, {{t+|fr|suer}}
  +
* {{trreq|Georgian}}
 
* German: {{t+|de|schwitzen}}
 
* German: {{t+|de|schwitzen}}
 
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιδρώνω|tr=iδróno}}
 
* Greek: {{t+|el|ιδρώνω|tr=iδróno}}

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