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Okay. About the Back button.

I use it as much as the next person, it’s no big deal. I forget to write something that was on a previous page and need to go Back, I need to check something on a previous page and need to go Back, I feel like wasting time so I just click the Back button – and then the Forward button – and then the Back button for the fun of it…there are many reasons to use the Back button. (Please note that I am only talking about browsers here, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc. and not a Windows folder.)

I have no problem with going Back. Except it does get kind of old when I am searching for something. You type in a search term and then you click on a link that interests you. Then you have to go Back to the original search results page.

You click on another link that interests you and then you have to go Back.

You click on another link …You get the picture. Like I said, no big deal. But what if you could have the Search Results right there, so you can click on any result that you like, without having to go Back?

The search engines have made it so that you can have a separate window pop up with the search results so that all you have to do is just go to the other window instead of going Back. For the top three search engines, here’s how:

Google Search:

Go to Look for the little gear at the top right of your screen (under the little X where you close out your browser, next to where it says Sign in). Click on that little gear and then left-click on Search settings.

After you left-click on Search settings, you are presented with a screen that says Global Preferences at the top of the left side. If you keep going down the left side under that heading, you will see Interface language, Search language, Location, etc. Go all the way to the bottom option where it says Results Window and put a check mark in the box next to Open search results in a new browser window.

If you look to the very right, a little under the bottom line, you will see a Save Preferences button. Left-click on that to save the change you just made.

After you left-click on Save Preferences, a box will pop up, confirming that you did indeed change the preferences. Left-click on OK.

Here’s what you get when you search now:

For this example, I typed search engines in the search bar and clicked on Search. The results came up, and Dogpile was at the top. I left-clicked on it. Dogpile popped up, and this time the original search results stayed in the original window. I did not have to go Back, I could simply alternate between the two windows.

Yahoo Search:

Go to In the middle of the screen at the top, there is a search bar. Above that are six headings that look kind of like this:

Web Images Video Local Shopping More

Left-click on the little down arrow right next to More (the last one on the right). You’ll get a drop-down list of a lot of general terms to search for; the top one is Answers, and then there’s Finance, Sports, etc. Go to the bottom, and there is a line that separates the search terms from three different types of settings (it’s called a separator, go figure). In the bottom section under the line, you’ll see All Search Services, Advanced Search, and Preferences. Left-click on Preferences.

After you left-click on Preferences, you get a screen that has Search Preferences at the top. Go down the list of options on the left (actually they are almost to the middle of the page). There is Search Assist, Search Pad, etc. and then at the bottom you will see Display and Layout. Directly across from that – over to the very right – is Edit. Left click on that. (Note: In the screen shot below, you can see that Open results in a new window has No after it. This is why we have to click on Edit. If it says Yes on your preferences page, then you already have the two window searches option enabled.)

After you left-click on Edit, the page (screen) changes again (it still has Search Preferences at the top). Underneath the Search Preferences heading, if you are not signed in, Yahoo starts to hyperventilate and wants you to do so. If you don’t have an account with Yahoo, please disregard this warning. Your search results will save anyway.

This is the Display and Layout page. Directly under Display and Layout, you’ll see New Window, and then directly under that is Open search results in a new window when I click on them. Put a check mark in the box next to it, and then left-click on Save (it’s on the right side).

After you click on Save, you now have the same two windows search that I just did with Google (above).

I went back to and typed in search engines. The first link on the search results page is Google. I left-clicked on it, and the Google page popped up, and the search results page stayed right with it.

Bing Search:

Go to At the very right of the screen – under the little X you close out with and the navigation/address bar (like Google has) – you will see Sign in, United States (that’s in my screen shot below) and Preferences. Left-click on Preferences.

After you left-click on Preferences, a new page (screen) will show Bing Preferences at the very top left, and under the orange-lettered word Preferences, you will see the General Settings heading, and a little way farther down is Web Settings with a very faint line underneath. Directly underneath the line it says Results; go down a few lines to the right of it until you see Open links in a new browser window.

Put a check mark in the box next to that.

Now go to the very right of your screen and you will find the Save button across from General Settings at the top (right), or go to the right of the screen at the very bottom, and you will find the Save button in the very bottom right corner. Save is in orange in both areas.

And here are the results:

No more back button. Not that it was a major thing anyway, but it sure is nice not having to use it so much.

~ Lori Cline

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5 Responses to “Open Browser Search Results in a New Tab”

  1. Doug Keeling says:

    An elaborate, ponderous solution. Am I missing something? Why not just use tabs?

    • Kevin says:

      While this is a somewhat elaborate solution (I hesitate to agree with “ponderous”), it makes the tab selection automatic, relieving someone from having to remember to open a link in a new tab. Many of our tips offer various methods to achieve a single goal. Also since this feature is included in these three search engines (and probably others), I assume that there must be some interest in the ability to make this function automatic.

  2. Dirgster says:

    I tried to follow your instructions but don’t have “Search Settings” listed on my page.

    • Kevin says:

      Please take another look at the tip. The image and text have been updated. Not long ago, Google changed the way Search settings were revealed. That”s the problem with writing about technology. Now you see it…now you don’t. I hope this works for you now.

  3. Doug Keeling says:

    Most browsers will permit opening a link in a new tab. Right click on the link; select “Open in a new tab,” and continue on the original page. IMHO, any browser which does not include this feature probably should not be considered for daily use. I use Firefox and Avant browsers, both of which permit me to open multiple tabs (in the background) from the Google/Bing/whatever search results page, and view them at my leisure.

    Doug Keeling

    PS I have no pride of ownership in my way of doing this, so if you want to discuss it in your newsletter, fire away! No acknowledgement required. ;o)

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Poll: Americans think Hurricane Katrina worse than Syria crisis

A recent poll found that most Americans are not aware of the enormity of the crisis in Syria, a conflict that has so far impacted an estimated 9.3 million people. That’s nearly as many as affected by Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Haiti, and the Indian Ocean tsunami combined.

By Johnny Cruz and Lauren Fisher, World Vision U.S.
Published March 10, 2014 at 11:30am PDT

Almost three years into the conflict in Syria, many Americans do not know the full scale of the crisis, according to a new poll conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of World Vision among more than 2,000 U.S. adults.

Most Americans not familiar with crisis in Syria

The poll found that when presented with a list of prominent humanitarian crises, more Americans select Hurricane Katrina (16 percent) as having affected the greatest number of people than select the conflict in Syria (10 percent).

So far the conflict in Syria has impacted an estimated 9.3 million people — nearly as many as those affected by Hurricane Katrina, the earthquake in Haiti, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami combined.

The study also found one in five Americans (21 percent) admit to being not at all familiar with the conflict.

Adults age 18-34 are significantly less likely to be familiar with the conflict than those age 35 or older (29 percent saying they are “not at all familiar” versus 18 percent of those age 35+ who said the same).

Those who are familiar are overwhelmingly likely to say the United States should do something to help, either through increased humanitarian aid, increased diplomatic pressure, or other measures (76 percent, versus 24 percent who say the United States should not help in any way).

Crisis in Syria enters third year

As the three-year anniversary of the conflict in Syria approaches this weekend, more than 100,000 people have died and an estimated 9 million people have been forced from their homes — either within Syria or in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.

A total of 9.3 million Syrians are currently in need of humanitarian aid, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. More than half of those impacted are children.

“Each day, millions of children are caught in the middle of the Syrian crisis, struggling for the basics of survival like food, somewhere to live, and a safe place to call home. They face the threat of bombs, gunfire, early marriage, and being forced to work to provide for their families,” said Conny Lenneberg, World Vision’s regional leader for the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

“Yet many of us turn away, sometimes purposely turning a blind eye to all that is happening. Although it’s painful to see the reality, it’s vital that we do so. An entire generation is depending on us.”

World Vision’s response in the region

World Vision has been responding to the crisis in Syria by helping people in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, supporting more than 300,000 with water, sanitation services, household supplies, and healthcare, with a focus on the protection and well-being of children.

This poll comes as World Vision is releasing a new report completely written and researched by refugee children of the Syrian crisis, titled “Our Uncertain Future.” In the report, children found that 86 percent of their peers have been exposed to violence.

The survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Poll on behalf of World Vision from February 28-March 4, 2014, among 2,040 adults ages 18 and older.

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To my regular customers: I am back listing more tools, taking another break from a kitchen remodel. I have a LOT of great tools that I will be listing, including some extraordinary molding planes, plus my usual "one man's junk is another man's treasure" tools and parts.

You are bidding on an incomplete Stanley #112 scraper plane as pictured.

Or at least, I am guessing that it is a Stanley and not a Sargent or other equivalent, as it is unmarked.

The blade is missing, the nut that holds the blade is also missing, and the blade holder is cracked as shown. The body is in good condition, and I would guess that around 80% of the japanning is intact and still shiny, but t are some spots of surface rust showing the japanning and t The bottom has a few areas of faint pitting, but nothing serious. The front knob is intact and has the bead around the bottom as shown, and the rear handle is intact except for a chip at the tip. It will benefit from a cleaning, especially the wood and brass parts.

Please read my shipping terms below, as the US Post Office made some major changes on May 14, and so I have adjusted my terms.

Please see my other current as well as upcoming auctions, as I am or will be listing many more collectible planes and tools.

ETHICS IN DESCRIPTIONS: I also buy for my collecting on eBay, and I have been burned too many times by misleading (duh did I forget to mention .......) descriptions, and pictures only of the left side when the right side was trashed. Life is much simpler for me if I disclose what I know or see about an item before you bid, and especially before you receive it in the mail. I sell lots of parts, and if you are nervous that I am swapping parts, please understand two things about me. One, I never seem to have the part I need, so t aren't many opportunities, and two, if I have swapped anything, I will tell you. If I think the wedge on a molding plane is not original, I will tell you. If I think a japanned plane has been repainted, I will tell you. What goes around, comes around.

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MY PET PEEVE: is having my response to your question bounce back with an undeliverable email address. If you want me to take the time to carefully answer your question, then I want you to take the time to make sure that the email address that you have registered with eBay is correct. Just because you have the correct address with PayPal does NOT seem to guarantee that you have the correct address with eBay. I would guess that 1 response in 10 is not deliverable.

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Ideas for Writing Creative Nonfiction

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Where do you get ideas for writing?

In fiction writing, we’re often inspired with a what-if question: What if an innocent citizen is convicted of murder? What if humanity finds itself facing total extinction? What if that rabbit hole leads to a fantastical wonderland? Fiction is driven by imagination.

Ideas for writing creative nonfiction often arise from experience and interest rather than imagination. Instead of asking a what-if question, creative nonfiction writers set out to share their experiences, knowledge, ideas, and curiosities.

Young and new writers often wonder what they should write about. Where should they focus their efforts? Creative nonfiction is a vast genre and can be quite lucrative. Readers are always looking for advice and information. People love reading real-life accounts by writers with firsthand experience. Whether you write a memoir about a personal experience you’ve had or launch a blog related to your field of expertise, creative nonfiction offers a world of possibilities.

Creative Nonfiction: Ideas for Writing

Writers who are on a quest for inspiration can look inward to find a wealth of ideas for writing creative nonfiction.

1. Start with yourself. Writing an autobiography involves telling your life story. You get to share your experiences, successes, and failures. The ideas for such a project come directly from your own memories. The trouble with autobiographies is that readers are rarely interested in reading biographical information about total strangers. Unless you’re a public figure, there might be little interest in your project. The good news is that you can fictionalize your life story, turn it into a novel, and pursue fiction readers. Or you can narrow your focus and write a memoir.

2. What is a memoir? A memoir is not a life story; it’s a personal account of a particular experience. For example, if you’ve survived an illness, disaster, or trauma, that experience might provide the foundation for a memoir. Writing of this nature is more appealing to readers because it speaks to a specific audience. Young parents whose children are struggling with autism, for example, will be highly interested in reading a memoir by a parent who raised a child with autism. What makes memoirs so popular is the promise that through personal experience, the writer has obtained expertise and is now sharing it with the world.

3. Are you an expert? Creative nonfiction does not have to come from personal experience. If you’re an expert on any subject, you can write about it. It might be the subject you studied in school, the work you’ve done throughout your career, or a hobby that you’ve enjoyed and mastered. Many writers avoid this type of writing, assuming that there is already enough information out there. But new works are being published every day on a wide range of topics. What makes them succeed is not necessarily the information that is imparted, but the manner in which it is presented. A unique voice, a new take on the subject, and a fresh way to organize the information are all viable strategies.

4. What’s your passion? You can take your personal experience and acquired expertise on anything in the world and turn it into a writing project. These days, writers share their thoughts and insights on everything from their favorite TV shows and video games to the meals they eat and books they read. You can write about the philosophy of Star Trek. You could share tips and strategies for playing (and winning) popular video games. If you love coffee and have a penchant for taking pictures, set out to make a coffee table book about coffee. If you spend your mornings gardening and your evenings creating delicious home-cooked meals, you can launch a blog packed with tips and ideas for gardening, cooking, or healthy eating. You don’t have to be an expert or a professional to talk about your passion.

5. Set out on an adventure or run an experiment. Elizabeth Gilbert set out on a year of adventure and then wrote about it and became a best selling author. A.J. Jacobs has built a life and a career around experimental adventures. He read all thirty-two volumes of the Enclycopedia Britannica and then wrote about it. He spent a year living biblically and then wrote about it. He also experimented with outsourcing his entire life, and then wrote about it. If you’ve ever wanted to embark on a grand adventure or found yourself concocting experimental lifestyles, you may find ideas for writing creative nonfiction within your own curiosity.

Where Do You Get Ideas for Writing Projects?

Ideas for writing books, blogs, and articles are all around you. These ideas also exist inside you. Your questions, curiosities, experiences, and interests all have the potential to launch your next writing project.

Where do you get most of your ideas?

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Melissa Donovan is a website designer and copywriter. She writes fiction and poetry and is the founder and editor of Writing Forward, a blog packed with creative writing tips and ideas.

16 Responses to “Ideas for Writing Creative Nonfiction”

  1. Nicole Rushin says:

    My writing ideas most often come from my dreams or from real life experiences. On occasion another article, nice photography, art or music will inspire an idea for me, but most often they come from my life.

    • I love to hear from writers about where they get inspiration. In fact, when I listen to interviews with authors, my favorite portion is always when they talk about how they came up with an idea. It’s so interesting! Thanks for sharing your sources of inspiration, Nicole.

  2. Yvonne Root says:

    Writing ideas are somewhat like the proverbial moths swarming to the light source. There are so many that simple gads of them get away. Yet, I’ve discovered that keeping pen and paper near me as often as possible helps me to capture words or sentences which later make it into the creative nonfiction I love writing.

    Even though I write nonfiction I adore fiction. Often fictional characters utter something which speaks to my heart. When that happens I frequently find ways to add the ideas or information to my own writing. Gosh, do you think I need to credit the creators of those fictional beings? :)

    • Yvonne, I believe all fiction writers are inspired by the authors who came before them. If we credited all of them, the acknowledgements pages in our books would be books themselves!

  3. Ricardo Fajutagana Maulion says:

    Melissa thanks. You say it all and true that everything is right there in the creative juice of the writer. I happen to pursue on this passion and look after writing relevant articles in my MIndaview Column and complied these as social commentary I’m now graduating as nonfiction writer. I have now a contract from Mr. Tom Wallace of Publisher on Demand Global after evaluating my work “The Needle” (actually a metaphor of 14 years of Martial in the Phil.) and pronounced his verdict: I could be their next best selling author! Hmm what a compliment and a breakthrough.

  4. I agree with Yvonne about keeping pen and paper handy. The only thing is, I have sentences, phrases and words on papers all over my world. I guess that is better than no ideas!
    I always thought I would start publishing with fiction and as it turns out, I am enjoying writing self-help–all from my own experiences. Maybe the “made-up” stories will come later…
    Diana Fletcher, Author of Happy on Purpose Daily Messages of Empowerment and Joy for Women

    • Hi Diana, It sounds like you and I have similar experiences. I always keep pen and paper handy, but the clutter that my ideas and notes generate can be a bit of a burden. I also thought I’d start publishing with fiction, but it looks like I’m going to publish a book on writing before I get around to publishing a novel. I have mixed feelings about that 😉

  5. Great minds think alike, I just wrote a post on getting ideas. I talked about the importance of observing. Sometimes the process of getting an idea can begin with just writing down something you saw in the course of your day. Once you get in the habit of observing, start speculating, using the 5 Ws. This post has some great suggestions in it!

    • Thanks Charlotte! Yes, observation skills are critical for writers. If we miss something, our readers will catch it. Sometimes, that’s not a big deal. But if it’s a big plot hole, a character behaving out of character, or a gap in our research, failure to observe can be pretty detrimental.

  6. chaz says:

    Be mindful. Pay attention. Ray Carver suggested that even an ordinary, mudane event in your life, like brushing your teeth, can be endowed with power.

  7. Jo Turner says:

    Melissa I have a real story I want to tell in the creative nonfiction genre. It inspired me out of the blue. never before wanted to write. But then that’s how i got my ladybug tattoo, inspiration from an a-ha moment. So when the notebooks went on sale at the beginning of the school year for 15 cents apiece I stocked up. I write and research every day now. My story may or may not ever be published, but I am having a blast getting it out there!

    • That’s great, Jo! It sounds like an experience from your life inspired you to become a writer, which is awesome. I wish you the best of luck in all that you write :)

  8. Anna Daley says:

    I actually wrote a nonfiction novel few weeks ago and thanks to you my writing are so much better just because of these few simple ideas. Thank you Melissa :)

    • You just made my day, Anna. Thanks so much for letting me know that you found these ideas inspiring and helpful. I wish you the best in your writing adventures!


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Caroline Hitimana: First Gator Women’s Tennis Player From Belgium

By on April 16th, 2013
Caroline Hitimana
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As a senior on the University of Florida Women’s tennis team, Caroline Hitimana has been a contributor to the Gators recent success. In 2011, together with Alexandra Cercone, Hitimana clinched the point to claim the NCAA title for the Gators.

That same year in singles play, she clinched the SEC title for UF defeating Georgia’s Georgia’s Alina Jerjomina in three sets. Hitimana won 17 matches in a row on her way to a 21-4 overall record her junior year. One of the reasons she came to Florida was to win titles.

“When I came here, I came to win national championships,” Hitimana said. “I came here to make friends too and improve my tennis and then I ended up coming here and got more than I expected.”

Hitimana arrived at the University of Florida from Belgium  in the fall of 2009, enrolling as  a finance major. Hitimana is the first player from Belgium to suit up for the Orange and Blue, but it was not an easy transition at first to the United States.

“I was leaving home, my family and friends. My freshman year was up and down, but I met so many people here, so many nice people, that were so welcoming, that made it so much easier,” said Hitimana.

The Belgian native helped bring home a title for her team, became the 44th Gator to win over one hundred combined singles and doubles matches and made the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2011 and 2012. Now in her senior season, Htimana is one of the leaders of the team along with  the other senior on the team, Lauren Embree.

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Causes of Deadly Hong Kong Crash Probed

Investigators Look at Ferry's Speed, Course; Victims Mourned

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HONG KONG—Maritime investigators are looking at a number of possible causes for Hong Kong's worst maritime disaster in 40 years, including whether the high-speed ferry that collided with a boat packed with families on Monday had been going faster than usual or deviated from its normal course, the city's marine department said.

As residents on Thursday participated in mourning rites across the city and ships sounded long blasts from their horns to honor the 38 crash fatalities, marine experts tried to parse clues as to what occurred during the accident, which took place on a clear night. Among the more than 120 people on board the boat, which quickly sank after the collision, nearly a third died, including five children. On Thursday evening, 15 people rescued from the boat remained hospitalized, with a 10-year-old girl in critical condition.

"It was astonishing that so many people were killed in this accident, in such a modern city," said Chung Tung-tong, general secretary of the Merchant Navy Officers' Guild Hong Kong. "If these two vessels collided in good weather and the engine wasn't in trouble, there must be someone who did something wrong," said Mr. Chung, who has more than 30 years experience working as a captain operating ferries between Hong Kong and the nearby gambling mecca of Macau for Shun Tak-China Travel. He isn't involved in the official investigation.

The crash occurred over a holiday weekend, when crowds swelled across Lamma Island, a popular destination for tourists and commuters. Some Lamma residents noted that the site of the crash suggested the commuter ferry had veered off its normal course, perhaps in an effort to shave time off its usual route and clear the island more quickly. Several regular ferry passengers said they thought it was traveling unusually fast. There is no speed limit in the waters around where the crash occurred.

Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry Holdings Ltd., which operated the ferry, said Thursday that the vessel didn't deviate from its course and declined to comment about its speed, saying further investigations were still needed. The company said earlier that the ferry had passed government inspections in September. Local utility Hongkong Electric Co. HGKGY -1.93 % , which owned the sunken boat, said its maintenance procedures have followed marine department requirements.

Both these questions will be addressed in the city's investigation into the crash, the marine department said Thursday. Other issues that will be tackled, it said, include questions over why the Hongkong Electric boat sank so quickly, as well as whether there was sufficient safety equipment on board, and if any of the crews had violated maritime laws during the incident, the department said. Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry said its crew and captain were interviewed by police.

While Hong Kong has long been a bustling port, land reclamation over the years has narrowed Hong Kong's already congested waterways, while a recent boom in yachts, junks and other pleasure boats has turned the harbor into a virtual marine highway. In the wake of Monday's accidents, experts and observers have questioned whether the city's teeming harbor and nearby waters have grown simply too crowded. Large container ships aren't allowed into Victoria Harbor.

As traffic in Hong Kong waters has grown in recent years, so has the number of accidents. Last year, there were 351 accidents in Hong Kong waters, of which nearly 60% were collisions. In 2007, by contrast, there were 278 accidents, out of which 53% were collisions.

"More boats equal more inexperienced boaters on the water," said Jules Tidmarsh, an airline pilot and boating enthusiast who has lived in Hong Kong for more than 20 years.

Because of the nature of the damages, several marine experts said Thursday that it seemed very likely the ferry had struck the Hongkong Electric boat. The collision mangled the Hongkong Electric boat's stern and part of its side, sending water flooding its internal cabins, they said, which made the back of the boat heavier, causing the boat to tip upright and sink.

The fact that the Hongkong Electric boat sustained significantly more damage wasn't surprising, experts said, given that the boat was smaller than the ferry, which could hold nearly 400 passengers. In addition, the ferry was a catamaran: Such vessels have two hulls for faster sailing speeds and tend to ride higher in the water.

Catamaran hulls are "quite sharp, just like a knife," said Lu Xiangjun, who works for Braemar, a marine-surveying and technical consultancy, adding that such vessels could cause more-extensive damage in accidents than single-hull boats could, particularly if traveling at high speeds.

On Thursday, experts and lawmakers called for the Hong Kong government to upgrade the current marine traffic-control system to cope with crowded waters.

"It's terrible. A lot of ferries, high-speed catamarans, fishing boats and small cargo ships," said Mr. Chung, the ferry captain. He said the number of high-speed ferries, which travel between 25 and 45 knots (about 50-80 kilometers per hour), has risen steadily as tourism from nearby cities in China's Guangdong province has boomed.

The increase in high-speed ferry trips has also contributed to more frequent accidents, maritime experts say. In May, a Hong Kong-Macau hydrofoil slammed into a speedboat, killing the small boat's operator. In October 2011, nearly 80 people were injured when a catamaran crashed into a concrete pillar minutes after leaving the pier on one of Hong Kong's many outlying islands.Still, Hong Kong remains one of the world's safest maritime hubs, given tough regulations on ship maintenance and port management, they say.

"It's a one-off incident and should be treated as such," said Prakash Metaparti, an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He said the accident was likely a case of human error.

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Caterpillar: Predictably Unpredictable

The Street's Difficulty Forecasting Caterpillar Has a Lot to Do With China

Caterpillar investors found themselves Wednesday in what is becoming familiar territory: down a hole.

The construction and mining-equipment maker said it earned $1.45 a share in the third quarter, down from $2.54 a year earlier and less than the $1.68 expected by analysts. Sales of $13.42 billion were $860 million short of the consensus estimate.

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"I'm like a proud son of China," Taiwan-born director Ang Lee says.

China certainly seems fond of Mr. Lee. His movies, including "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "The Ice Storm" and "Eat Drink Man Woman," have earned him world-wide applause, and his films have won eight Oscars. Mr. Lee's latest film, "Lust, Caution," recently did a stint as No. 1 at the Chinese box...

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The Pleats Plea: Wear These

After Finally Learning to Love Flat-Front Pants, Can Men Go Back?

They're pushing pleats—again.

It took years, numerous tries and sometimes, coaxing from girlfriends and wives, to get many men to part from their pleated pants and squeeze into flat-front pants.

Designers are trying something radical: getting men to change the cut of their trousers back to pleats. This comes after years of coaxing them into the slimmer look of flat-front trousers. Ray Smith explains on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.

Now, just as men have finally gotten comfortable wearing the style, many menswear designers are bringing back pleated pants.

Burberry Prorsum, Calvin Klein, Dries Van Noten, and Gucci are among the labels that made pleated pants a feature of their recent runway shows. Even Prada, generally known for severely slim, flat-front pants, showed fuller pants for its Fall 2012 collection, now in stores. Rather than pleats, Prada used deep, exaggerated darts—stitched seams that give shape and add fullness, giving pants the appearance of pleats.

They follow Dior, which after specializing in a skinny silhouette under designer Hedi Slimane in the early 2000s, about faced, and started showing very full, pleated pants shortly after Kris Van Assche took over in 2007.

Pleats, folds of fabric that are stitched or pressed usually starting at the waistband, can sometimes make a trouser balloon out. Fully aware of the baggage that baggy pleated pants can carry, some labels are trying to make their new pleats less conspicuous or at least less voluminous. Some have one pleat on each leg rather than double pleats, for example.

Designer Billy Reid based the fit of some of the pleated pants in his Spring 2013 collection on the fit of his relaxed flat-front pants. "Sometimes pleated pants can make the back [of the pants] look like a diaper. Taking the fit from our plain-front pant helped us achieve a non-sloppy look," Mr. Reid says.

Percentage of Dockers pants that are flat front. Five years ago, it was 50% flat fronts and 50% pleats.

It's a big "if" as to whether men will want to go back to pleats. Pleats can conjure cringe-inducing style moments. Remember the '80s, when suits were boxy, shoulders were wide and pants were baggy and generously pleated? Rather than flatter, those pleats often made some men look fatter than they were.

A few designers tried to revive pleated pants in 2005 as flat fronts were gaining momentum with mainstream retailers. It didn't take then, despite those styles being more forgiving than flat-front pants.

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The experience of Fred Witt, a fit 58-year-old national director of real estate tax services at Deloitte Tax in Phoenix, mirrors many men's trouser trials. Mr. Witt used to view flat-front pants warily and vowed to keep wearing pleated pants even if they rapidly were going out of style. In 2005, he told this newspaper "flat-front pants don't fit me well. They feel terrible. They bunch. They bind." He preferred pleated pants because they "hang nicely and they're really comfortable when you're sitting all day."

But he has since converted to flat-front pants after a salesperson convinced him to try a slim-fitting suit with flat-front pants two years ago. "I was pleasantly surprised," he said earlier this week. "I liked that it had more of a sleeker, European look." He now wears flat-front pants to work twice a week and nothing but flat-fronts when dressing casually. Mr. Witt says he can't see himself going back to buying pleated pants.

Some retailers say they're monitoring the creep of pleats back on the runways, but not jumping to make room for them just yet. Barneys New York is carrying a relatively small amount of pleated pants in its designer area, about nine brands, aimed at "a real fashion guy," said Tom Kalenderian, general merchandise manager of men's. Otherwise, "we're 100% flat front. Pleats haven't really translated to the regular guy. The guys who don't go on the Web to look at fashion shows, those guys are not going to ever try pleated trousers."

Retailers' attachment to flat-front pants says a lot about how the menswear retailing industry thinks. When retailers see a new take on an old classic catching on with shoppers—such as retooled plaid shirts—they run with the look to the point of oversaturation on the belief that men don't like things to change drastically, as they tend to in womenswear.

On the flip side, if pleats take off, men with closets full of flat-fronts may feel the need to do a lot of shopping for the new styles, benefiting retailers. Though getting shoppers to invest in a whole new silhouette is one of fashion's biggest challenges.

Julie Rath, founder of Rath & Co., a men's style consulting service in New York, said when choosing pleats to make sure the pants are sitting at a man's true waist so the pleats hang correctly. "When pleated pants are worn below the belly, this can emphasize a round shape." Ms. Rath also recommends choosing a slim-fit pleated pant which will reflect some of the new looks on the runway while sticking safely close to "the overall trim menswear silhouette."

The original purpose of pleats was to allow more fabric for when a man sat down, according to Alan Flusser, author of menswear guidebook "Dressing The Man" and a custom tailor whose credits include Michael Douglas' wardrobe in the original "Wall Street" movie. Pleats were big in menswear until the mid-'50s, when flat-front pants arrived with that era's slim Continental look, and stayed in vogue, only ending when boxy looks took over in the '80s.

By the '90s, flat-front pants had returned, catching on more fully in 1999, when the broader use of stretchy material in men's clothes attracted more men to the style. In the past decade, with the silhouette of menswear getting slimmer, flat-front pants fit right in. Flat-front pants represented 79% of all men's pants sold in the U.S. during the 12 months ended August, according to market-research firm NPD Group.

At Dockers, a brand that became nearly synonymous with pleated khakis in the '90s, the shift to flat fronts has been gradual: Pleated pants still account for about a third of the brand's dressier styles. Its designers recently have "taken a little out of the seat and thigh measurements, cleaning up the overall look," said Doug Conklyn, senior vice president of global design.

About 60% of Brooks Brothers' dress pants, either sold with suits or sold separately as slacks, are flat front, compared with 45% two years ago, said Guy Voglino, divisional merchandise manager. In its modern-fit Regent suit line, 90% of the pants are flat front, compared with 70% two years ago. The Regent suits that do have pleats have single "reverse" pleats, meaning the pleat faces away from the fly rather than toward, creating a leaner look. Flat-front styles represent about 70% of Brooks Brothers' casual pants compared with 50% two years ago.

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About 60% of Brooks Brothers' dress pants are flat-front styles, compared with 45% two years ago. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said 45% are pleated.

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Under Attack

When a suicide bomber struck a convoy in Afghanistan, a routine Marine patrol turned into a harrowing firefight. Michael M. Phillips with an eyewitness account of bravery and tragedy in the confusion of war.

Zaranj, Afghanistan, is a relatively peaceful town near the border with Iran. But when a suicide bomber struck a convoy there in April, WSJ's Michael M. Phillips found himself in the middle of a harrowing firefight. He shares his eyewitness account of the bravery and the tragedy that followed.

When the suicide bomber exploded, the world skidded to a stop. The Afghan police pickup truck, 30 yards directly behind us, disappeared in a geyser of thick gray-brown smoke. The only visible object was its hood flying through the air, a black silhouette against the murk, followed by the sound of broken glass falling. Then the smoke thinned, like the curtain rising on a stage, revealing the chaos the bomber had set loose.

The pickup truck wasn't where it was supposed to be. The blast had hoisted it into the air and dropped it onto the median strip. There was a moment's hesitation among the troops next to me in the lead pickup. A lone motorcyclist emerged from the cloud, inexplicably upright and seemingly uninjured.

Police waved angrily at bystanders to get them clear. One Afghan officer fired his rifle in the air to disperse the crowd. I spat out a string of expletives, maybe aloud, maybe in my head. The four Marines and the Afghan policeman in the stricken truck had to be dead. How could they not be?

Sure, this is war, and people die. But it wasn't supposed to be here, and it wasn't supposed to be today.

Zaranj, a town in Afghanistan's Nimroz province, is relatively prosperous, partly because it straddles Highway 9 just before the road crosses the Helmand River and goes into Iran. Every day, 150 or so trucks drive across the border bridge into Afghanistan filled with tiles, cement and other goods. Zaranj gets electricity and clean water from across the border.

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It's a town so normal-seeming that U.S. officers consider it evidence that they can leave behind a stable Afghanistan in 2014. Zaranj hadn't seen a major insurgent attack since suicide bombers tried to penetrate the governor's compound four years ago. It was an unusual story—an Afghan town dependent on Iran, America's nemesis, as an example of success—and traveling with the Marines was the way to report it.

Because the U.S. doesn't have a base anywhere nearby, every few weeks Marines fly in to escort civilians working to improve the local government and promote economic growth. Instead of their typical armored vehicles, they travel in unarmored forest-green Ford Ranger pickup trucks driven by the Afghan police.

That Saturday, April 28, was sunny and hot. Spring in southern Afghanistan is like a hot summer anywhere else. The patrol was routine. It started at a construction compound where crews were building U.S.-funded facilities for the Afghan Border Police. The Marines paused to take pictures of each other near the 2,100-kilometers-to-Tehran sign. Then they dropped in on the director of the Zaranj customs office, who complained that he hadn't received the scanners he'd been promised.

The director was enormously proud of his huge conference room. The American visitors admired the black chairs, so pristine that they confirmed everyone's belief that few conferences take place at the Zaranj customs office.

There were four pickups in our convoy. Three were all green; one had white sides. I jumped into the latter because I figured that it would be easier to remember which was my ride. It took off in the lead, and I sat on a toolbox in the bed, facing backward so that I could take photos and watch the sights go by. On the way we passed a billboard with pictures of a smiling mother, her daughter and a suicide bomber with an unholy array of explosives strapped to his chest. The police want people to tip them off to coming attacks.

Also in the pickup's bed were 1st Lt. Gabe Sganga and Cpl. Adam Spaw, who wore a tan metal backpack called a Thor. It had an antenna that rose above his head and was supposed to jam wireless signals that insurgents use to detonate roadside bombs. Just before we left, an Afghan police officer in a gray uniform leapt into the truck bed in a fluid stepping motion.

The police tend to drive very fast, and the road was potholed and speed-bumped. Those of us in the bed had to hang on to the black roll bar and sides to keep from getting bounced out.

In a few minutes, we were back in downtown Zaranj, where the road becomes a commercial street, divided down the center by blue and white metal fencing. Carpet dealers, barber shops and other small stores lined the roadsides.

On the dirt sidewalk to our south, a man in a light-colored trousers-and-tunic combination spoke on his cellphone as he watched the trucks pass, eyeing us in a way that made me wonder if he was letting someone know we were coming. But there were also children on the street, many of them waving cheerfully at the passing Marines. The conventional wisdom is that you only have to worry when the locals fade away and take their children with them.

We drove past a motorcycle-parts store. Then the second pickup truck approached the same spot. At that moment a man on the south side of the road pushed a handcart loaded with explosives and ball-bearings into the traffic and detonated it. The Taliban later identified him as Khalid Baloch, dispatched to carry out a "martyr attack on the military convoy of combined U.S.-puppet cowardly forces."

In the truck bed were three men. Benny Flores, a 29-year-old from Talofofo, Guam, was a Navy corpsman. The Marines called him Doc, since he was the guy who was supposed to patch them up if they got wounded. Sgt. Caleb Rauscher, a 22-year-old Brooklynite, had extended his enlistment to go on his third combat tour. Maj. Andrew Kingsbury, 38, a mustachioed former forest firefighter from Seattle, coordinated air cover and evacuation. In the front seats were an Afghan policeman and Marine Master Sgt. Scott Pruitt, a beefy military accountant from Mississippi.

Thinking back I can't recall whether the explosion was a thud or a crash or just a boom. I just remember it was shocking and heavy and unfair.

Everyone in the lead truck jumped out. The Afghan policeman sprinted toward the column of smoke, gripping his rifle. There was a moment's confusion, which couldn't have lasted more than five or 10 seconds, after which one of the Marines said something like: "We have to get to them" or "We have to go help." Capt. Jewelie Hartshorne, whose job is to talk with Afghan women, ran toward the explosion, dropping something on the dirt sidewalk. It was her tan gloves.

Maj. Kingsbury, who gets his music from Philip Glass and his news from National Public Radio, had been blown onto the north side of the median strip. He had suffered no shrapnel wounds or broken bones. But he had a severe concussion and perforated eardrums, and was confused about why he was no longer in the truck bed. He couldn't see Sgt. Rauscher, his young radio man and sidekick, who had been thrown onto the south lane, just the other side of the truck. Running through the acrid haze, Maj. Kingsbury was seized by a fear that insurgents had somehow snatched him in the aftermath of the blast.

"Caleb," he yelled. "Caleb!"

Unable to find the sergeant, Maj. Kingsbury joined up with Doc Flores, and together they pulled the injured Afghan policeman out of the driver's seat. They could see Master Sgt. Pruitt, badly wounded in the front passenger seat. Shrapnel from the blast had shredded the side of the truck and had hit the master sergeant in the neck. The metal fragments and explosion had also cut deep wounds into his legs, where main arteries flow.

They clambered over the median fence, hoping to reach Master Sgt. Pruitt through the passenger door. On the way, Maj. Kingsbury found Sgt. Rauscher collapsed in a heap on the roadway amid shards of blue plastic police lights. The major knelt beside him, his rifle scraping on the asphalt.

Doc Flores appeared beside them. The explosion had left bright red skid marks where it had burned the back of his neck. The sleeve of his camouflage shirt had been shredded and hung loose on his left arm, which was perforated by metal fragments. He ignored his own wounds and bent over to examine Sgt. Rauscher.

Most of the smoke had cleared by now. Oil bled down on the street from a damaged electrical transformer overhead. Master Sgt. Pruitt sat upright in the passenger seat. I felt a moment of relief. Then his chin dropped to his chest.

Maj. Kingsbury and Capt. Jason Bowers, one of the Marines in the lead truck, yanked at the fence lining the median strip to pull it clear of Master Sgt. Pruitt's door, which had been crushed inward by the blast. They wrenched the fence back but couldn't get access to the cab. Crisscrossing the median again, the two men, rejoined by Doc Flores, went back to the driver's side. The doc reached across to secure tourniquets around Master Sgt. Pruitt's legs. He couldn't find a pulse.

Suddenly, there was a crack of gunfire as insurgent gunmen launched an ambush from three positions. A sniper fired on the patrol from a three-story building to the northeast, while another militant took shots at the police and Marines from the southwest. Two or three fighters opened fire from behind the decorative metal grating of an unfinished three-story building on the north side of the road, directing their shots down onto the pickup's carcass and those around it.

The police sprayed rifle fire back at the insurgent positions. The Marines joined in. Next to the damaged vehicle, Capt. Hartshorne dropped to one knee and aimed her rifle at the source of the shots.

Lt. Sganga had moved up to help Sgt. Rauscher as the others went around to the far side of the pickup. "I need you to try to stand up," the lieutenant, a 30-year-old from Larchmont, N.Y., told the sergeant. The sergeant's legs betrayed him. With his rifle, body armor, radio and other gear, he weighed somewhere close to 300 pounds, and his body was so limp that the lieutenant alone couldn't budge him.

The lieutenant and I grabbed the shoulder straps of Sgt. Rauscher's body armor and tried to drag him off the road. We moved in heaves and lurches, the sergeant's legs and boot heels scraping in the debris that littered the street. The lieutenant told me later that insurgent rounds were skipping off the street around us.

Maj. Kingsbury must have spotted us struggling because he appeared and took my place. Together, he and Lt. Sganga had the horsepower to pull Sgt. Rauscher to the door of the motorcycle-parts shop. At the threshold the sergeant tried to stand, his legs skewed awkwardly beneath him. He collapsed on all fours on the shop floor.

By now even I realized there was a lot of gunfire. I ran into a barber shop with a bright blue metal doorway, a chunky old television and chairs upholstered in red plaid. It was a bad choice. The entire front of the store was glass, and most of that was in shards on the floor. I was alone. I didn't want to be alone.

I scurried next door to the motorcycle-parts store where Maj. Kingsbury and Lt. Sganga had taken Sgt. Rauscher for cover. A small group of bearded Afghan men, apparently shopkeepers, seemed eager to leave and, using hand gestures, asked permission to do so. The Marines shooed them out.

Sgt. Rauscher slumped onto the floor, red streams dripping from his mouth and left eyebrow. "I bit my tongue," he said. The officers took turns holding Sgt. Rauscher's gloved hand and reassuring him that he was going to be OK. Maj. Kingsbury gingerly removed the sergeant's helmet, revealing lacerations that left the helmet's padding wet with blood.

We both knew the head wounds were likely not the only ones he'd suffered. We detached the Velcro straps at the front of the sergeant's body armor and lifted the heavy plate carrier, rolling him onto his left side and exposing what looked like a small entry wound. After rolling him the other way, I ran my hand along his back and side, and when I pulled it away I saw a smear of blood from a spot where shrapnel had cut into his torso. But it was a drip, not a torrent. I didn't notice the burns on his forearm.

The lieutenant was on the radio in the doorway, ducking in and out. The major was busily arranging a medical evacuation and helping with the casualties on the street.

I sat with Sgt. Rauscher. His eyes were bloody, but he could count fingers. Two. Then three.

His mind, though, was a scratched record. "What happened?" he asked.

You were in a pickup truck. It hit an IED. (At the time, we didn't know the blast had come from a suicide bomber, and an improvised explosive device, hidden in the road, seemed the most plausible explanation. Such bombs are the main source of U.S. casualties in Afghanistan.)

Sgt. Rauscher held on to the answer for no more than 15 seconds. He asked again: "What happened?"

You were in a pickup truck. It hit an IED.

Again: "What happened?"

You were in a pickup truck. It hit an IED.

"Is everyone OK?"

"Is my face burned?"

"Is everyone OK?"

"What happened?"

I tried to answer the questions with the same words and intonation, as if I'd not already answered them. I'm not sure why; maybe I thought the words would stick that way. "You were in a pickup truck. It hit an IED."

I didn't want to lie to the sergeant when he asked about his fellow Marines. But I didn't want to worry him either. I didn't answer directly, saying instead, "They're figuring that out right now."

But in the doorway, the lieutenant was on the radio with headquarters, filing a preliminary casualty report. Sgt. Rauscher didn't seem to catch on to what the lieutenant was saying, or if he did, he couldn't remember it for long.

About 18 minutes after the bomb went off the drama was pretty much over, at least on Highway 9. Sgt. Rauscher was able to stand again and, with help, hoisted himself into the bed of one of the police trucks. Doc Flores, his arms covered in a mix of his own blood and Master Sgt. Pruitt's, climbed in next to him and began examining the sergeant's wounds. They sped off to the city's hospital.

The explosion had also wounded four civilians, three of them children.

The ambushers melted unseen into the town, except Mr. Baloch, whose corpse lay on the side of Highway 9, his abdomen ripped open by the force of the blast he caused. (The next day, Afghan security agents arrested four men with explosives and trigger devices, who confessed they were operating under the Taliban leadership in Pakistan, according to a provincial official. They had planned to try to kill the provincial governor but took advantage of the opportunity to target Americans.)

In the early evening, the rest of the patrol returned from the hospital to the provincial governor's guesthouse, where we were staying. Sgt. Rauscher wore just a T-shirt and black anti-blast underpants developed by the military to help guard against roadside bombs. A corpsman wrapped his head in white gauze and bandaged Doc Flores's neck. Sgt. Rauscher was later evacuated to military hospitals in Germany and Maryland, where doctors diagnosed him with a moderate case of traumatic brain injury. His body was peppered with welts from ball-bearings that didn't have quite enough force to penetrate the skin.

Nobody said it aloud, but it was obvious that Master Sgt. Pruitt hadn't survived. There was no urgent medevac helicopter landing. A civilian ambulance had pulled up outside the compound even though the two wounded men were back already. Master Sgt. Pruitt's body was inside.

Doc Flores and Capt. Hartshorne had worked furiously to try to stem the bleeding. But saving his life was never within reach.

Master Sgt. Pruitt, a 38-year-old military accountant, had grown up in Gautier, Miss., and had lobbied hard to get to Afghanistan. Commanders wanted to send a more junior man. But with his retirement planned for next year, Master Sgt. Pruitt didn't want to leave the Marine Corps without having experienced war. "I'll replace someone who's there," he told his mother, Lydia Hobson. "It'll be that much sooner that they get to come home."

He was an accountant through and through. During long meetings, he'd count how many times his colleagues fell back on "at the end of the day" or other clichés or interrupted their thoughts with "uh." As they filed out of the room, he'd jokingly report their scores.

Master Sgt. Pruitt had two daughters, aged 4 and 9, from a previous marriage, and was engaged to a civilian accountant working for the military. He planned to take the family to Walt Disney World during his home leave in July.

Unlike most military accountants, who remain safely at big bases, Master Sgt. Pruitt's job involved visiting U.S.-funded infrastructure projects to make sure taxpayers were getting their money's worth. He'd pack a bag of candy canes or other surprises for the children he'd meet along the way.

On Friday, the day before he died, Master Sgt. Pruitt put his rifle aside and huddled with Shams Assad, the 5-year-old son of one of the officials at the governor's guesthouse. They shared a box of Crayolas and a Sesame Street coloring book.

When he finished coloring in a picture of Grover playing volleyball, Master Sgt. Pruitt tore out the page for the Afghan boy, signed it "Scott" in crayon, and dated it: April 27, 2012.

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