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CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI. — With colder months closing in quickly, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company is introducing a new winter seasonal inspired by dark, snowy nights in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Snowdrift Vanilla Porter, available November through February, is brewed with seven malts and aged on real vanilla, delivering a creamy body and smooth finish.
Featuring fresh cream and vanilla aromas upon the first smell, Snowdrift Vanilla Porter reveals layers of caramel, chocolate and coffee notes. The beer, which pours clear walnut brown with ruby hues, finishes with sweet flavors of vanilla, dark fruits and cinnamon. The new seasonal's seven malts include two- and six-row Pale Malt, Caramel 60, Carapils?, Special B?, Dark Chocolate and Roasted Barley, which combine with Cluster and Wilamette hops.
"With a medium body and creamy texture, Snowdrift Vanilla Porter is a unique beer that adds flavor and warmth to holiday gatherings with family and friends," said Jake Leinenkugel, fifth generation brewer and president of the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. "This porter is hearty enough to warm you up with a hint of vanilla, which makes it a great complement to a wide range of seasonal meals."
Leinenkugel's Snowdrift Vanilla Porter pairs well with heart-warming holiday favorites such as Marshmallow Sweet Potato Casserole, Glazed Ham with Cherries, Long Roasted Meats with Mole, Bananas Foster and almost any combination of chocolate and cherry.
Snowdrift Vanilla Porter is available nationally on draft and at retail in six-packs and 12-packs. The beer's alcohol by volume is 6 percent.
About Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co.
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company, based in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin since 1867, is the leading craft brewer in the upper Midwest and is distributed nationally. Year-round offerings include Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat, Honey Weiss, Berry Weiss, Leinie's Red, Creamy Dark, Original, Light, and Leinenkugel's Classic Amber Lager. In addition to the limited release of Leinenkugel's Snowdrift Vanilla Porter, the brewer offers three seasonal beers including summer favorite Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, Lemon Berry Shandy, and Oktoberfest. Leinenkugel's also offers limited-release, robust beers from its Big Eddy series. For more information on the rich history of Leinenkugel's, visit www.leinie.com or join virtual Leinie loyalists at www.facebook.com/leinenkugels.


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Goss International Focuses on Dialog At Graphics of the Americas
DURHAM, NH—February 5, 2013—For Goss International, this year's Graphics of the Americas trade show (February 21-23, 2013) is dedicated to partnering with customers on leading solutions for newspaper, commercial and packaging applications. The Goss booth #715 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, will provide the platform for collaborating on a wide range of technical solutions designed for the specific requirements of North and Central American markets.
According to Ernesto Oliveira, vice president of Goss International in Latin America, Goss International's leadership position in the Americas hinges on the attention given to open and substantial dialogue with customers. "This show is an important occasion in the process. Drawing attendees from over 90 countries including a large presence from southern U.S. states, GOA is a superb opportunity for presenting our latest developments and discussing their technical implications with international customers," comments Oliveira.
For the newspaper sector, the most recent addition to the portfolio is the Magnum HPS press. The new model retains the simple single-width, one-around cylinder arrangement but has been modified to deliver high speeds and lower cost-per-page printing. Available with 546mm, 560mm and 578mm cut-offs, the new model is the latest evolution of the Community/Magnum platform and is capable of production speeds of up to 70,000 copies-per-hour.
For commercial applications, Goss International will highlight press models that are central to its leadership position in North and Latin America, including the Goss M-500, M-600 and Sunday presses.
M-500 commercial web presses feature proven technology to deliver high-print quality, efficiency and reliability at up to 40,000 impressions-per-hour. Affordability and a straightforward design ensure that 16-page M-500 presses are easy to own and operate, and versatility makes them ideal for companies that rely on a single press to produce multiple formats and jobs.
As the world's best-selling 16-page press, the Goss M-600 press has been incrementally enhanced and modified to ensure its continued position as the reference point for high-quality, low-waste print production. The latest generation M-600 press unveiled at Drupa 2012 features enhanced Autoplate technology, optional DigiRail inking, advanced workflow, presetting and "smart" inker technology all designed to minimize makeready time and waste.
Goss Sunday presses with gapless blanket technology and advanced automation remain the leading choice of customers in the region for high-performance wide-web production.
Emphasizing web offset as a compelling alternative for folding carton, flexible packaging, pre-print and label printing, Goss International has also recently launched its Goss Sunday Vpak press series. Based on the groundbreaking Sunday gapless press concept, two models feature quick-change blankets and printing cylinder sleeves to make 'infinitely' variable repeat lengths easy and affordable.
The Sunday Vpak presses provide the productivity and print quality advantages of web offset, along with high-tech inking and exacting control over presetting, register, color and tension. The Sunday Vpak 3000 is available in web widths of up to 75˝ (1905mm) to address the growing trend towards wider web packaging, while the Vpak 500 model is available in web widths of up to 41˝ (1041mm).
Goss International representatives will also be on hand to discuss the Goss Lifetime Support portfolio available via its network of sales representatives, engineers, technicians and service administrators strategically located across Latin America. These include enhancements, upgrades, training, spare parts and a comprehensive range of service opportunities specifically designed to extend the lifetime of each press.
"With more than thirty new installation projects over the past three years, Goss is the undisputed web offset supplier of choice in Latin America," concludes Oliveira. "Alongside our focus on service and support, I believe the key to this success is a continually evolving product portfolio that keeps pace with the changing requirements of this diverse region. This is only possible through spending time with customers and new contacts to understand the real production pressures and challenges. We look forward to doing more of the same at Graphics of the Americas."
As part of the Goss exhibit, there will also be updated information and technical details on Akiyama sheetfed presses and some of the company's newest product offerings for worldwide markets.
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Woman's cancer keeps her from unemployment benefits
Md. law says person has to be able to work to get benefits
A Middle River woman's battle against breast cancer has become even more intense after she discovered her illness is preventing her from collecting unemployment benefits, and the 11 News I-Team has discovered that she and thousands of other cancer patients could face financial ruin.
Christine Wight, 38, is waging a tough battle.
"I am a tough person, but emotionally, I cry every day. There isn't a day I don't cry because of my personal struggle," she told I-Team reporter Barry Simms.
Wight's situation started in the spring. She said she had no idea why she started feeling ill with symptoms that included fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Also, after working nine years as a registered nurse at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, she was fired. Documents obtained by the I-Team revealed her termination was due to a couple of incidents in which she was accused of sleeping or sleep-like behavior.
Wight denied it and claimed she was wrongfully terminated. She appealed to the state, which allowed her unemployment benefits after determining there was insufficient information to support the allegation of sleeping on the job.
But Simms said there was another hurdle that involved a diagnosis she received after she was fired. Wight is currently receiving chemotherapy to combat a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer. Under Maryland law, a person must be able and available for a job. The state found her unable to work due to illness, denying her unemployment benefits.
"You cannot pay your bills -- you don't have financial support. You have astronomical medical bills, co-payments and medications," Wight said.
Simms reported that Wight also can't receive temporary disability benefits from Social Security unless she's had cancer for a year or it has spread to her bones, brain or other organs.
"At that point, you're fighting for your life," Wight said. "Every day is a struggle for me. I have to get up and be reminded that I have breast cancer, and this is what I have to look at. It's difficult to be someone in that wig, and this is who I am."
The Cancer Support Foundation said, like Wight, many families are struggling with their health and their finances.
"We're in a crisis with cancer families in the state of Maryland. We have thousands of families losing their lives. They aren't dying, because medical treatment is so great. They are losing their jobs, they are losing their cars and they are losing their houses," said Cindy Carter of the Cancer Support Foundation.
Wight, the CSF and some state lawmakers are hoping to find a solution, but Delegate Sally Jameson said it is not as easy as it seems. If the state offers a short-term benefit, funding would be an issue.
"This benefit would be strictly for cancer patients under therapy who will be going back to work but have exhausted all avenues of assistance," she said.
"You may win your battle with cancer, but you will lose your life in the interim," Wight said.
Financial help may not come soon enough for her, Simms reported. Along with all the other struggles, she could lose the Middle River home she inherited from her parents within weeks.
Wight was eligible to continue health care coverage under the federal COBRA law, but she said she couldn't afford the $1,500 a month payments. Fortunately, she was able to get coverage through her husband's insurance.
The I-Team contacted St. Joseph Medical Center. A representative for the hospital said, "Until we were contacted by WBAL, St. Joseph Medical Center was unaware of Christine Wight's diagnosis. We are saddened to learn of her breast cancer diagnosis. We offer our prayers for Ms. Wight's successful recovery."


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A Visit from the Home Run King – Mark DeRosa
I looked up from my locker Saturday afternoon and there in the middle of the clubhouse was Barry Bonds. He just walked over and started saying hi to everyone and soon we were talking hitting. Then he took a seat and eight or nine of us pulled up chairs around him. And off he went. And we weren't going to let him go.
It was like a graduate seminar on hitting. Beltran asked Bonds why he choked up on the bat. Bonds said it was about bat control. It took more of the handle out of play and gave him more barrel. We got the sense in talking to him that the bat became an extension of his arm. It was like one big arm. (I don't know that feeling.)
Bonds talked about what he sees from certain guys – Cody, Beltran, Pablo, Pat, me. He told Pat he has a tendency to be a little jumpy at the plate, meaning that he goes out and tries to get the ball and pull it to left field. That's why he pulls so many balls foul because his bat is out there too fast. He told him to trust his hands and stay back.
For Panda – well, I think the average fan knows what Panda's problem is. At the plate, he's just so darn talented that he gets away with swinging at everything. But Bonds told him to find the pitches he knows he can handle instead of trying to handle them all. He told Panda to work himself into better hitter's counts. Pablo is capable of winning batting titles with the hand-eye coordination he's got, and that's what Bonds reiterated. He just needs to be more selective at the plate. (Personally, I would love to go inside Panda's head for an at-bat and see what he's thinking up there.)
As for me, I've always been an inside-out hitter: I try to work the ball up the middle or the other way. Barry said I have a tendency to do that too much and that it takes power away. That sounded very true to me. But with my wrist I'm a little limited. So I think inside-out is the best way for me to compete right now.
But what I discovered is I think a lot like Barry Bonds does at the plate – even if we don't have exactly the same results. In talking to him, you understand that he took absolutely everything into consideration: counts, who's pitching, how that pitcher throws against similar hitters, whether there are runners on or if the bases are empty, how to work himself into a count where he's likely to get a certain pitch that he can handle, how he makes adjustments on a pitch he can't handle.
I approach hitting the same way. I go up to the plate with a plan every time. In Saturday's game, when I came in to pinch-hit in the ninth, I was facing Bryan Shaw, a young kid with a cutter. That's his go-to pitch. Cabrera's on first. The score is 7-2. I really can't impact the game too much. So I figure Shaw is going to throw me his best pitch. And he did. That's a pretty easy case.
But if you get a guy like Ian Kennedy who has two-plus pitches – his fastball and his change-up – and he's got two strikes on you, you don't know what he's going to throw. He's got enough confidence and guts to blow a fastball by you, so you better be ready for the fastball but he's got a good changeup. It's the game within a game.
That's why it was so fun to talk to Bonds. He's one of the very few players who was almost able to master hitting — him, Ted Williams, Willie Mays. Of course, they possess innate ability that is on a different level from normal humans. But in talking to players like them, you understand that no matter how great you are you don't stay in this game on sheer talent. You have to be mentally tough. You have to think and analyze.
I remember playing against Bonds and becoming so wrapped up in watching how he approached every at bat, every pitch, that I'd have to pinch myself and say, "Hey, if the ball's hit to you, you have to make the play.'' If he was standing on second and there was a timeout or a pitching change, I'd always go over and ask him questions: What were you thinking there? Why did you lay off that pitch? For me, that's the only way I've been somewhat successful – picking the brains of the great players and incorporating as much as I can into my game.
Clearly, Bonds has been watching us on TV and pulling for us. He's probably one of the five greatest players to ever play. And for us to have 20 minutes of his time was really a privilege and an honor. I'll remember that forever.
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Great blog Mark! I've really enjoyed the blog all year. I hope you continue writing.
Any idea how the club would react to him being brought in as a coach, like McGuire in St. Louis?
Great post. I would also put Barry top 5. Thanks for the insight Mark.
awesome, just awesome
Mark…thanks for sharing the insight into what it takes to be a great hitter, at any level, from one of the greatest players of all time. The "game within the game"…master that and you have a chance to be a great player but getting inside that space mentally takes committment and dedication and a passion for the game. Barry has shown that by giving it away, his experience as a way to help others, he is able to stay connected in a positive way and to have his legacy continue to live in the light.
Hope Bondd was able to pump up the clubhouse even more!
Excellent article for those of us who never played baseball. I got to watch my brother play in little league. I think every Giant should have been listening to Barry. He could spread some knowledge to everyone and make the team better hitters. You guys are hitting now, let's keep it up!
What a great blog entry, Mark! So honest and candid. Bonds was the greatest hitter I've ever seen, and I loved watching him play. It's wonderful to see him pass on whatever he can to our current players. Good luck with your wrist, and the rest of the season. I've enjoyed seeing you come back and contribute in real, tangible ways.
Would love to see Bonds back in a Giants uniform as a hitting coach. How great for the young guys to learn from one if the greatest to ever play the game!
Thanks Mark. Love the insight!
Great post. I still believe in you guys! Your style of writing is very interesting. Keep it up!
Hey Mark – Thanks for the great blog on Bonds. It's awesome to get into your head and read about the game from a players perspective. The most interesting contents – your focus on improvement, competitive mindset, performance advantage and winning strategy. Your strong contributions are both on and off the field. Did going to Wharton help develop your overall strengths?
Hi Mark and Brandon – Great Blog, love reading all the posts and comments, it's a way for me to feel closer to the team I love. I do appreciate your taking the time to write and share your thoghts!
It's great to see you guys and Bonds connect and get to pick his brain. How great is that?! Nothing like a great advice from experience.
Keep putting up the fight until the very end, we're all pulling for you!
Go Giants!!!!!


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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
Directed by Steve BarronGenres - Children's/Family, Fantasy | Sub-Genres - Children's Fantasy, Fairy Tales & Legends | Run Time - 120 min. | Countries - Czechia , Germany , France , United Kingdom , United States | MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Clarke Fountain
Unlike the more familiar animated Pinocchio by Disney, there are no song interludes here, and characters added to the story by Disney (such as Jiminy Cricket) are not included. Producer Francis Ford Coppola and director Steve Barron, (known for the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film) closely adhere to Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel and use the visually timeless setting of a Czechoslovakian village. Jim Henson's puppet studio skillfully brings this Pinocchio to life. Long ago, in his youth, Gepetto (Martin Landau) loved but did not court Leona (Genvieve Bujold), who married Gepetto's brother instead. In that earlier time, he carved her initials with his onto a tree. Now his brother is dead, and though he still feels for Leona, he is still too shy to woo her. Instead, the old puppet-maker goes into the forest and cuts down a tree in order to make a puppet just for himself. The tree is the same one he carved his initials into when he was younger, and it has the magic of his love in it. Soon after the puppet Pinocchio is made, he comes to life. Aside from being made of wood, he begins to live the life of a perfectly normal little boy. He even goes to school. Lorenzini, an evil magician who runs a children's puppet show, hears of Pinocchio and wants to use him in his show. Lorenzini lures children to his show, only to later turn them into donkeys. Donkeys are useful creatures, and Lorenzini makes a lot of money selling them. Through many trials and tribulations, the puppet-boy earns the right to become the human boy Pinocchio (Jonathan Taylor Thomas).
puppet [doll], wish-fulfillment, boy, creation, magic, good-vs-evil, unrequited


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METS: Francisco Lirano makes return for Pittsburgh Pirates and strikes out nine Mets in the win
NEW YORK >> Francisco Liriano finally got to pitch for Pittsburgh and, just like that, the Pirates looked like a much better team.
He struck out nine and the Pirates teed off on New York's pitching for an 11-2 win over the Mets on Saturday.
"He's pitched before and he's been good," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "Good to have him in the fold now, for me it's -- three left-handers in the rotation, I like that a lot. Especially in the division we're in, the way we match up against the team.
Jordy Mercer homered twice and Jose Tabata had four hits, including a two-run shot for the Pirates.
The Mets have struggled to score at home, but the start by Jonathon Niese (2-4) would have put any team in a hole. He tied a career high by allowing eight runs, and walked more batters than he struck out for the fourth time in eight starts this season.
Liriano (1-0), returning from a broken non-throwing arm, allowed one run in 5 1-3 innings and 90 pitches. He gave up six hits and two walks.
"Today went good. Really good location and just using a lot today," Liriano said. "It was a little weird, nervous. But that went away and it just feels good to get the first one out of the way."
After a late-spring injury to Jeff Karstens and the release of Jonathan Sanchez, the Pirates needed the help in their rotation. Now they can line up Liriano after fellow lefties Jeff Locke and Wandy Rodriguez.
"Three left-handers in the rotation, I like that a lot," Hurdle said. "You can probably count the teams on one hand that have really good offensive splits more so against left-handed pitchers than against right-handed pitching."
The Pirates jumped on Niese early, and finally drove him out of the game in the fifth.
Mercer hit a solo shot after third baseman David Wright made a nifty barehanded play to throw out Starling Marte, and Tabata hit an RBI double off the base of the wall in center field.
Michael McKenry followed with a two-run single off reliever Scott Atchison and Clint Barmes followed with an RBI single before Liriano popped foul to end the inning.
Liriano agreed to a contract with Pittsburgh in the offseason, but broke his right arm on Dec. 25, the day before he was supposed to fly to Pittsburgh and sign a $12.75 million, two-year contract. Liriano, who said he was injured when he slapped a door in his house, signed a revised offer and prepared for a delayed start to the season.
And Liriano delivered. He set the first seven batters down in order, and the Mets didn't get anyone to third base until the sixth inning, when Justin Turner singled with Wright on first and one out. Marlon Byrd hit a tough dribbler down the third base line that Brandon Inge charged, but he mishandled the transfer to his throwing hand on a play that was ruled a single.
The Mets put two runners on in the fourth inning after Byrd's two-out single. But Liriano struck out Andrew Brown. He fanned Daniel Murphy to end the fifth after Tejada's double.
Barmes hit an RBI single in the second inning and Tabata hit a two-run homer in the third, after McCutchen's RBI single.
The game was delayed 47 minutes by rain in the middle of the ninth. When play resumed, Brown led off with a solo home run off left-hander Tony Watson. The ball went deep to left, where both of Mercer's home runs landed.
"For our guys to swing the bats today the way they did in a big ballpark, I think that was a feel good for the offensive side of our game," Hurdle said.
In the bottom of the seventh, reliever Bryan Morris hit pinch-hitter Jordany Valdespin with his first pitch. The night before, Valdespin hit a long home run and took plenty of time time admiring its trajectory.
When he returned to the dugout after the inning, he threw his helmet in the corner and tore off his batting gloves while no one acknowledged him. Over on the Pittsburgh side, Morris received fist bumps from manager Clint Hurdle and many of his teammates.
Through Mets team spokesman Jay Horwitz, Valdespin said the issue was closed and that he wasn't going to talk about it.
Niese gave up eight hits and three walks with a strikeout before leaving with one out in the fifth. He also allowed eight runs July 27 at Arizona last season.
"It's a tough time to go through this and I know the bullpen needs their rest. It's very frustrating not being able to go into the seventh inning, but, hopefully, it's something I'm going to work on and get it corrected," Niese said. "I think I created a bad habit of dropping down lower and kind of opening everything up. So, it's something I'm going to work on in the bullpen."
NOTES: Saturday was Banner Day at Citi Field. Fans trooped Mets-themed banners around the warning track before the game, in the second year of revived tradition that had gone from 1963-1996. ... The Pirates have homered in 12 of their last 13 games and 19 of 22. ... New York has scored 31 runs in its last 12 home games. The 11 they allowed were a season worst at home. ... Pittsburgh right-hander Jeanmar Gomez (2-0) is expected to make his third start of the season in the finale of the four-game series on Sunday. He'll face Mets rookie RHP Matt Harvey (4-0). ... Tabata singled in the seventh for the third four-hit game of his career.


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CASSELBERRY, Fla., May 9 (UPI) -- A Florida man out kayaking on a lake said an alligator rammed his boat and hit him in the arm, sending his girlfriend's dog plunging into the water.
Thomas Swiader said he and the Yorkie, Buffy, were on Triplet Lake in Casselberry with a line in the water last Wednesday when the alligator rammed the boat, "whacked" him in the arm and sent the small dog splashing into the lake, WFTV, Orlando, Fla., reported Wednesday.
"I looked over and she was swimming in the water, so just immediately I grabbed the leash, pulled her back to me and threw her in the kayak and at that time she was pretty frightened," Swiader said.
Swaider said the dog was not injured.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said the alligator may have been aggressive because it is mating season.


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The International Consumer Electronics Show officially opens its doors on Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center, but as tends to happen with major trade expos, the entertainment kicks off well before the starting gun fires. Companies have been teasing their big products for the show for weeks, often strategically leaking details to keep themselves in the news. Meanwhile, industry analysts and Wall Street commentators alike have made predictions about who will debut what new device and how it will perform in the market.
At CES 2011, the big story was tablet PCs. Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad had been on the market for just over eight months, during which time it had set the PC industry on fire. It seemed like every player in electronics showed off its own tablet at CES last year, and that trend foreshadowed how the year would play out. Once-mighty companies were brought low as they spent big on poorly received tablet PCs. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM), and Motorola (NYSE:MMI), just to name a few, were among the casualties.
So who's rolling out what at CES this year? Here are four devices, trends, and companies to keep an eye on at this week's show.
Nokia, Microsoft, and the Next Smartphone Battle
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced their surprising partnership in February 2011, after much of the CES hype had already died down. The world has been waiting to see what their union will bear and whether those products will save both the Finnish phone maker from dissolution as well as make Windows a competitor in the race against Apple and Android. While the first Windows-powered Nokia Lumia phones were released in select countries last fall, a press conference scheduled for Monday will lay out the Lumia's future in the U.S. market. Rumors say the 4G Lumia will release on Mar. 18 on AT&T's (NYSE:T) network backed by a $100 million marketing push. Microsoft claims this will be its last CES, so expect its smartphone plans (as well as its Windows 8 and tablet plans) to be an ongoing topic of discussion.
Google, Apple, and the Connected TV Race
Consumers made it clear in 2011 that they weren't interested in spending on high-end 3D TVs. If they were going to spend anything on television, it was going to be on content. Connected TV–Internet-enabled television sets, set-top boxes, and new web-based streaming services–is the new focus for a number of companies. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is using CES as a second coming out party for its Google TV, with a host of new manufacturing partners. Marvell (NASDAQ:MRVL) is showing off a new set-top box, LG and Samsung (PINK:SSNLF) are showing off new Google TV-powered HDTVs, as are Sony (NYSE:SNE) and Vizio. These companies are all hoping to provide a Connected TV experience compelling enough to hook consumers before Apple delivers its much-rumored HDTV later this year.
Lenovo and the New Portable-PC Market
The PC market is on shaky ground. Research firm Gartner reported that PC shipments–not including tablets like Apple's wunderkind–grew only 3% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2011, significantly less than expected. While numbers haven't hit the press yet, it's suspected the industry didn't fare better in the fourth quarter. The No. 2 leading PC manufacturer, Lenovo (PINK:LNVGY), isn't taking it lying down. The company is rolling out a fleet of new PCs at CES to try and cater to every possible consumer. This includes new tablets like the IdeaTab K2 and the IdeaPad S2, which can be docked in a keyboard attachment to make it more like a laptop, as well as new IdeaPad ultrabook laptops that will retail for around $700, looking to undercut Apple's popular ultra-thin MacBook Air line.
Tobii Gaze and Other Oddities
While it's phones, PCs, and televisions that are carrying the weight of investor hopes for CES, it's easy to overlook some of the more forward-thinking small projects that will be presented there. There are plenty of quirky items that could offer a glimpse of future market trends. Eye-tracking technology maker Tobii is showing off the Gaze, an interface that lets you control Windows computers by simply moving your peepers over the screen. Then there's Xpal Power's SpareOne, an emergency cellphone that can run for 15 years on a single AA battery. For anyone looking to spot the trends that will dominate CES 2013 and beyond, don't forget to pay attention to the weird small stuff.
As of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not own a position in any of the stocks named here. Follow him on Twitter at @ajohnagnello and become a fan of InvestorPlace on Facebook.


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Brian Leatart
For tender burgers, gently combine and shape the chicken mixture.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- Total Time
- 25 minutes
- Olive oil (for brushing)
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/4 cups chopped fresh basil plus 8 large leaves, divided
- 3 tablespoons chopped drained cornichons or dill pickle plus 1 1/2 tablespoons brine from jar
- 2 green onions, finely chopped
- 1 1/4 pounds ground chicken
- 4 1/2-inch-thick slices country white bread
- 4 1/3-inch-thick slices from large red or orange heirloom tomato
- Brush grill with oil; prepare barbecue (medium heat). Mix mayonnaise, 1 cup chopped basil, cornichons, brine, and onions in small bowl. Season basil mayonnaise with salt and pepper.
- Mix chicken and 1/2 cup basil mayonnaise in large bowl. Using wet hands, shape chicken mixture into four 1/2-inch-thick patties. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Brush bread with oil.
- Grill bread until crisp and golden, about 1 minute per side. Transfer bread to plates. Grill burgers until firm to touch and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side.
- Spread bread slices thickly with basil mayonnaise. Top each bread slice with tomato, 2 basil leaves, burger, and dollop of basil mayonnaise. Garnish with remaining chopped basil.
One serving contains the following: 730.73 Calories (kcal), 73.0% Calories from Fat, 59.25 (g) Fat, 9.47 (g) Saturated Fat, 113.75 (mg) Cholesterol, 22.47 (g)


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Structural Mechanics Tutorials: Adding Initial Strain and Thermal Stress
Back in January, I presented a video tutorial introducing the Structural Mechanics Module here on the blog. The video described the steps necessary to perform a static linear analysis on a bracket geometry. Now, to help you better understand the extra functionalities that exist within COMSOL Multiphysics and the Structural Mechanics Module, we are also creating additional tutorial videos of this bracket. The first two "mini-tutorials" to accompany the static linear analysis video focus on adding initial strain and thermal stress, and you can watch them here.
Including Initial Strain in a Structural Mechanics Model
In real-life situations the conditions are rarely perfect and certain measures need to be taken to account for varying circumstances. One of these unforeseen circumstances is a strain in the geometry, before an outside force is applied. For this example, an initial strain is added, simulating a reduction in pin length from 216 mm to 215 mm. The resulting von Mises stresses are calculated, and the initial strain in the x-direction can be seen.
Modeling Thermal Expansion in a Structural Mechanics Model
Heat transfer is another circumstance that can affect a structural model. That is why the Structural Mechanics Module includes a Thermal Stress interface to model structural interactions resulting from heat transfer. The interface contains all the options that exist in the Solid Mechanics and Heat Transfer interfaces. In this video, the bracket arm holes are heated to 100 degrees Celsius, as if it was holding a structure at this temperature, and the resulting structural deformations are calculated and shown.
Structural Mechanics Tutorial Video Series
With both of these examples, the boundary load from the original static linear analysis is disregarded for simplicity. However, these two tutorials are paired together because they are not replacement models to the static linear analysis, but they can be added to the static linear analysis. You can start with a static linear analysis and then add either initial strain or thermal stress, or you could add both. We gave you the means, now it's up to you to put all the pieces together.
Here's a sneak peek at upcoming mini-tutorial videos in this series:
- Adding a Rigid Connector
- Adding Spring Conditions
- Modeling with the Shell Physics Interface
- Transient Analysis
- Eigenfrequency Analysis
- Prestressed Eigenfrequency Analysis
- Frequency Response Analysis
- Prestressed Frequency Response Analysis
- A Geometric Non-linear Problem: Linear Buckling Modeling
- Material Non-linearity: Elasto-plastic Material
- Modeling Contact Problems
We will continue to create structural mechanics videos over the next few weeks, but in the meantime you can find the complete model documentation for all of the analyses at www.comsol.com/bracket.
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a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 11, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Great time to schedule a candidates forum - same time as the Vice Presidential debate. The League of Women Voters should plan events more carefully.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 12, 2012 at 9:08 am
I was surprised to hear most of last evening's candidates speak in platitudes about filling empty storefronts downtown, on El Camino, and in M-2. They seem to think that changes to zoning and use permits will solve the problems. How naive and ignorant!
The zoning downtown has long allowed retail stores "by right". If there are issues with the city, it's with the BUILDING permit process. But both Mueller and Carlton didn't understand that; they think it's the use permit process. Mueller even mentioned several projects are "on the books" (i.e., approved), both downtown and in M-2. He seems to think the city needs to give away even more development rights to promote development of them - even the Bohannon project, forgetting that the project went to a vote of the people with the explicit requirement that the hotel would be built first. Mueller, Carlton, and Clarke kept referring to land use changes without much understanding about land use laws and processes. Frightening!
Much to my surprise, Fergusson came across by far as the most knowledgeable and most specific. I did not expect to want to support her, but will. I hope the Almanac will endorse her. We need her experience and knowledge. We can't afford more beginners.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 12, 2012 at 12:04 pm
The ballots have arrived, and only three candidates sent mailers; Fergusson was not one of them. Last night, only three candidates had supporters at tables with literature: Fergusson was not one of them.
Almost ten years ago, Fergusson made a name for herself by helping spearhead a successful petition campaign against the controversial residential and commercial building ordnance 926. After eight years on council, she has done nothing to repair that damage she caused.
For those not in attendance, the videos will be online soon. You'll be able to see for yourself that Mueller and Carlton did give substantive answers. None of the statements made by platitudes map to specific statements regarding the use permit process. Carlton did give a specific explanation regarding the challenges faced by the owner of the Sugar Shack. Mueller demonstrated he knows more about historical and potential revenue from the M2 than anyone.
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 12, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Carlton seems to think the Sugar Shack's problems relate to zoning and land use. Those are building permit issues. The city can be much better about a consistent and efficient process for those.
Mueller seems to oppose guidelines that would help make approval processes much more predictable. Show me is what he said, ignoring that virtually every other town has them.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 12, 2012 at 7:16 pm
Thank you for your feedback, but I actually did speak in favor of building guidelines. The question I believe that may have confused you was would I support Green Building Guidelines? My answer was, yes I do support them in principle, but I can't say I will rubber stamp them, without seeing the proposed guidelines first. Later in the forum I indicated again that I support residential building guidelines, because presently different applicants who apply for variances get different results, and there isn't enough certainty in the process. Please feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any other questions, or even criticisms. Thanks for attending the forum.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 12, 2012 at 11:41 pm
"reality" mentioned there will be videos online soon. where?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 13, 2012 at 2:26 am
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Khabardaar, Hoshiyaar, Aarti ke life ke kuch paane aapke liye haazir hai!! :)
1) Since its my birthday today, let me start with something related to that.. I am very good at remembering birthdays and anniversaries.. Its rarely that I miss wishing my close friends and relatives- thats only when I have no internet or phone service/phone numbes. And I really hate it if these friends forget my birthdays or need to set reminders to wish me! Samajhdaro ko ishara kaafi hai.. hope my cell stays busy now ;)
2) Now this is real unique n random- My husband and I were married on the first day we met :D Shocked???? I can understand.. But thats another sweet long story behind this which I cant discuss here :D
3) There was not a single day that I stayed away from my house/parents before marriage.. No hostel life n no long night outs at friends (Just 2-3 times but no more that 1 night stay at friends.) I would tell my friends that I would marry someone who lives near my place so that I dont go too far from my parents.. And now here I am in Belgium right after marriage, saat samandaar paar :)) Thats destiny.. And I am happy about it.. Its now that I realise and completely understand the roles and importance of my dear ones in my life.
4) I am a very talkitive person. I can chat with my friends for days n nights and most of my friends call me a chatterbox. Within my team, people used to bet if I can stay quiet for 5 mins :D
If I am quiet for sometime, they think something's wrong with me.. But I am not the same when it comes to talking on stage. I can informally discuss the topic but cant present it formally to an audience. I have a stage fear and just go blank with just the thought of so many people ogling at me. I once was forcibly selected for an extempore speech competition in school and I couldnt say a word and started crying infront of everyone.. This was my most embaraasing situation in my life which I'll never forget!
5) I am a very religious person and believe in God... I fast and do lotsa pooja-paath.. I love to visit temples (which I used to do every single day when in India), but havent visited any church in my city as yet.. My hubby is total opposite.. He hasn't fasted even one day in his life! :) Opposites attract-Very true! I also believe in fate, destiny and luck but I know when and where to draw the line.. Sometimes I avoid doing things which my grandmom or mom used to disallow me to do.. Something like "Do not cut ur nails/hair in eveinng" n stuff like this...And I think that these small things dont make me a superstitious person!
6) About my likes: I love dogs and hate cats.. Kittens are ok but no cats! I love reading comics and had a huge collection of Tinkle n Archies comics :) I studied Japanese for 2 years(4-5 yrs back.. now have forgotten everything!) and am learning Dutch language now! I love travelling and prefer the countryside beauty to visiting big cities.. When it comes to shopping, I visit every single shop nearly 3 times a week and buy things only when I have done complete analysis.. If there's something which I love at the first site, its bought! :) I rarely watched English movies when in India, but now have watched most of the top Hollywood movies in the last 8-9 months.. In Bollywood movies, I love any type of comedy or Family dramas.. But (fortunately)I cant stand the sas-bahu Ekta Kappor serials!
7) Last but not the least.. Food and cooking.. I wasn't so much into cooking before marriage.. The first thing I learnt was Potato sabji.. And learnt some basic vegetables and chapatis and bhakris in the 10th std vacation.. But then didnt cook at all till I came to Belgium after marriage.. All cooking that I learnt was what mom used to prepare at home.. My father doesnt ever enter the kitchen.. I can confidently say that he cannot even boil water or prepare tea :) I took interest in bloogging and ultimately good cooking ;) when I bumped into Nupur's blog and through that the other flod blogs.. I am good when it comes to cooking for a small group.. But I mess up with some ingredients when I have a bunch of people coming in or the guests (ladies) forcing themselves to help in my kitchen... I am a "chikeneterian".. I am allergic to eggs and cant stand the smell of fish n sea food.. I have never prepared chicken.. I eat it only when my husband makes it or in restaurants.. I am a coward when it comes to trying other cuisines.. I hate wasting food but have done it twice when trying some restaurants here.. Ultimately the only options left for restaurants here is Thai or Mexican.. and Pizza Hut! I love chocolates and chaats.. can live my whole life on just these two things (provided I am given unlimited access) :D
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An aging simulation, a keynote from the secretary of the Kansas Department on Aging and a peek at the future of retirement communities will be part of an open house Friday, Oct. 28, sponsored by Kansas State University's Center on Aging.
The open house will celebrate the partnership between the center and Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community in Meadowlark's community room, 2121 Meadowlark Road, Manhattan. The event is open to the public.
"The partnership has provided staff members and students with access to innovative experiential learning opportunities. Our students learn from older mentors living at Meadowlark and from the things that this long-term organization does well" said Gayle Doll, director of the center. "Meadowlark gains from student-completed service projects, student volunteers, a lecture series for residents and Center on Aging continuing education offerings."
The afternoon includes:
* 1:30 p.m., The center staff will help participants "Fast Forward" through an aging simulation, giving each the opportunity to experience some common physical health changes often attributed to aging.
* 1:55 p.m., Virginia Moxley, dean of the College of Human Ecology, will open the program.
* 2 p.m., Shawn Sullivan, who studied gerontology at K-State and is secretary of the Kansas Department on Aging, will provide the keynote address with "Transforming the State of Aging Services," a look at the future of aging services in Kansas.
* 2:30 p.m., In Partnerships with Industry: A Key to the Future, Doll and Willie Novotny, CEO of Meadowlark Hills, will discuss how the partnership has created opportunities for students, faculty, elders and their caregivers.
* 2:45 to 3:30 p.m., The afternoon closes with a tour of Meadowlark Hills and the classroom used for K-State classes. A display of posters students made to illustrate community service projects they have done as part of their gerontology education with Meadowlark and other groups will be available.
Special guests will be gerontology students, alumni of the K-State program, faculty and staff members at the retirement community.
For more information on the event, contact the Center on Aging at firstname.lastname@example.com or 785-532-5945.
Prepared by Human Ecology communications
This article was posted on Monday, October 10, 2011, and is filed under Center on Aging, College News.


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U.S. hit with 90% of the world's disaster costs in 2012
The United States led the world in disaster losses last year as a massive drought seared Midwestern crops in the field and as superstorm-driven waves wreaked havoc and blackouts along the East Coast. They added up to one of the most expensive weather damage years on record.
Nearly all the world's economic damage from storms, drought, fire and earthquakes was centered in the United States as it experienced the highest temperatures ever recorded, according to Munich Re, a global reinsurance company. More than 90 percent of insured losses worldwide occurred in the United States, well above the 30-year average of 65 percent.
Superstorm Sandy, a massive Atlantic storm that heaved ocean surges of up to 15 feet onto shorelines in New York and New Jersey, caused more economic damage worldwide than all its disastrous counterparts in a year with $160 billion in global costs.
Insurers are still tallying the October storm's impact, but it's expected to cost the industry $25 billion or more, surpassing the financial losses of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and perhaps even topping the wreckage of Florida's Hurricane Andrew of 1992. Sandy promises to be the second or third costliest disaster in U.S. history. Its total economic costs are estimated to be more than $50 billion.
The widespread drought that seared Midwest farm fields and stranded Mississippi River barges ranks as the second-most expensive disaster globally last year. It inflicted $20 billion in damage on the economy, most of which was insured through government crop insurance programs.
Three different spurts of thunderstorms and tornadoes, including a derecho in June that traveled hundreds of miles, account for the rest of the five costliest events to affect insurers globally last year. Those storms caused about $7 billion in insured losses, making 2012 the second-most expensive year on record for thunderstorm damage.
Losses increase from climate disasters, but not from earthquakes
That illustrates a trend of increasingly damaging storms since about 1980, insurers say. Over that time, losses from thunderstorms have increased sevenfold. Much of that rise is the result of expanding development, but insurers also believe climate change is having an impact. That conclusion is based, in part, on the absence of rising losses from earthquakes, which insurers say would also be climbing if damage was driven exclusively by the construction of more buildings.
"What we can clearly see ... is that geophysical events like earthquakes and tsunamis have not really changed over this period of more than three decades," Ernst Rauch, head of Munich Re's Corporate Climate Center, said on a conference call yesterday. "However, weather-related disasters like windstorms ... and climatological events have increased over this period of time."
The world altogether experienced 900 major disasters in 2012, marking what experts describe as a steadily rising number of costly catastrophes as intensifying storms strike ever-denser areas. The average number of disasters worldwide since 1980 is 800. The toll makes 2012 the third costliest year for the insurance industry worldwide, following only 2011 and 2005. For U.S. insurers, only one year was more expensive: 2005, when Hurricane Katrina and other storms pulverized the Gulf Coast.
Despite its economic damage, 2012 proved to be relatively merciful with regard to human life. The death toll, at about 9,500 worldwide, is far below the 10-year average of 106,000 fatalities. The deadliest event occurred Dec. 4 when Typhoon Bopha crashed into the southern Philippines, killing 1,100 people. Reflecting the lack of development and insured property there, and across the developing world, Munich Re listed insured losses from the storm as "minor." Total economic losses are estimated at about $600 million.
Insurance is seen as one adaptive measure to climate change, which stands to affect poorer nations more deeply than industrialized countries. Richer nations have more resources to respond to rising oceans and other threats.
Insurers find 'attribution' to climate losses
But providing insurance, even in the United States, to homeowners in coastal regions comes with its own challenges. Some criticize the National Flood Insurance Program for encouraging development in peril-prone areas by charging premiums that are too low. Critics call that maladaptation. But the program is taking steps to raise its rates on vacation homes and other structures, a step that could give buyers and owners a better sense of the risks of living in floodplains.
The flood program, meanwhile, is on pace to extinguish the money it's using to pay Sandy claims within two weeks unless Congress raises its borrowing authority by $9 billion. The program is facing its second-highest payout since being created in the late 1960s, with about $7.5 billion in claims from Sandy, said Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute.
Despite the flood program's affordability, less than half the residents reeling from Sandy had flood insurance. That will increase the burden on taxpayers when Congress allocates emergency funding for rebuilding.
"Despite a history of flooding in these areas, unfortunately many people did not have flood coverage," Hartwig said. "And this is what is causing much of the urgency to get federal assistance to this area."
At the same time, Rauch said Munich Re researchers have submitted a paper for peer review that shows how climate change is resulting in intensifying storms in the United States. The forthcoming study, he says, points for one of the first times "toward an attribution of climate change to losses."
Despite the rising evidence of climatic impacts, the media's attention to these challenges tends to be intermittent. The Daily Climate, a website that aggregates climate news stories, found that climate-related coverage dipped slightly from 2011 to 2012. Its search found a one-year decrease in media coverage of 2.4 percent, resulting in 18,546 stories and columns by 7,194 writers worldwide in 2012.
That marks a sharp decline from 2009, when the site found 32,400 articles related to climate change. But there are some signs that attention to the topic is beginning to rise. Other analysts point to increasing coverage on network news shows and in the nation's largest newspapers in 2012.
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The Kingston SSDNow KC100 Upgrade Bundle Kit is a complete -- possibly the most complete -- solution for those wanting to migrate to a solid-state drive (SSD), by including everything you need for the job.
The SSDNow KC100 drive itself also proved to be very fast in my testing and can be used in both desktops and laptops, except for systems that require drives that are 7mm thin. It's the first drive I've seen in a long time that uses the traditional 9.5mm thin, 2.5-inch standard, instead of the newer and increasingly popular 7mm thickness.
All things considered, however, at the street price of $287 for 240GB (or $645 for 480GB and $156 for 120GB), the Kingston SSDNow KC100 Upgrade Bundle Kit makes a very good buy for those who plan to upgrade their laptop/desktop for the first time. If you already have other upgrade-related accessories or are looking for a thinner drive, check out those on this top-five list.
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Ravens CB Webb out with knee injury
Ravens cornerback Lardarius Webb might have torn the ACL in his right knee Sunday against the Dallas Cowboys.
Webb banged his knee in a first-quarter collision with Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant. Webb remained prone on the field for several minutes before being helped to the sideline.
The team originally labeled the injury a ''sprain,'' but after Baltimore's 31-29 victory, coach John Harbaugh painted a potentially darker picture.
''Lardarius Webb does not look good right now,'' Harbaugh said. ''It's a potential ACL. We've got a problem there. We don't know for sure, but that's what it looks like right now.''
Ravens safely Bernard Pollard added, ''That's what happens in this game. You hate to see a guy like that go down because he's worked his tail off. Our prayers are with him to get a speedy recovery, but the next man has to step up.''
Now in his fourth season, Webb has one interception, one forced fumble and a fumble recovery in six games this year.
In the third quarter, Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray was removed with a left foot injury. He carried 14 times for 93 yards but did not get the ball after the 11-minute mark of the third period.
The extent of the injury was not immediately known.
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This particular child had also suffered from previous episodes of disease; their leg bones, particularly the femora (thigh bones), showed marked bending most likely indicating a vitamin D deficiency rickets. We need to form vitamin D either in our skin following exposure to the sun or from our diet, oily fish and eggs containing natural sources of vitamin D. A poor calcium intake in the diet may also be an important factor influencing the onset. It's likely that a range of factors such as poor living and working conditions, limited diets and increased air pollution during the post-medieval period contributed to cases of rickets. There were also plaques of bone formation over the inside of the cranial bones, with prominent outgrowths forming in the occipital bone at the base of the skull. The deposits were thickened and formed of a long-standing remodelled bone layer, which suggests they had survived with the cranial inflammation or non-specific infection for quite some period.


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Ndiema wants to leave his teens on a high note in Eindhoven
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Eindhoven, The Netherlands - Eric Ndiema has already achieved a lot more than any other teenage runner has ever done, even compared to other notoriously prodigious Kenyan athletes, but he is still looking to make an even more indelible mark before he turns 20.
Ndiema, then only 18, ran a World junior best for the classic Marathon distance of 2:06.77 when he came home third at the 2011 Amsterdam Marathon and showed that it was no fluke with a fourth-place finish at the 2012 Paris Marathon in 2:06:37 six months ago.
He celebrates his 20th birthday on 28 December but before then the youngster from the Mount Elgon area close to the border between Kenya and Uganda is aiming to become the first teenager to go under the 2:06 barrier at the 2012 De Lage Landen Marathon - an IAAF Silver Label Road Race - on Sunday (14).
"I feel like I am in the same shape as I was in Amsterdam last year and although I didn't go faster in Paris, I also learnt a lot there," reflected Ndiema about his brief Marathon career so far.
"I had a problem with my right thigh a few months ago, it bothered me at the Udine Half Marathon (where he finish fourth in 1:03:00 on September 23) but now it is better," he added.
What helped propel Ndiema to fast times in the last year has been training with one of the greatest Marathon runners ever, two-time World champion and 2012 Olympic Games silver medallist Abel Kirui.
"I trained with Kirui a lot last winter and he gave me good advice. This year, in the last few months, I have also been training some days with Wilson Kipsang (the 2012 London Marathon winner and 2012 Olympic Games bronze medallist)."
Despite a few worries in getting to Eindhoven, with internal flight problems in Kenya meaning that he only arrived in the Dutch city on Friday morning, Ndiema said he was ready to make an impact in the most important road race in Europe this weekend.
"I had big delays getting from Eldoret to Nairobi but although I am a little tired, everything will be OK when I start the Marathon," said Ndiema, quietly but confidently.
He is one of three men on Sunday's start line who have run under 2:07, and another three have gone under 2:08.
The current course record is held by Kenya's Jafred Kipchumba with 2:05:48 in 2011 but the pacemakers have been asked to take the leading group through the halfway point in 1:02:45, setting up the possibility that records could be revised by Sunday lunchtime.
Ndiema will also be looking to continue the Kenyan winning streak at the De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven which stretches back to 1999, the year David Ngetich became the first man to run under 2:10 in the race when he crossed the line 13 years ago in 2:09:24.
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Seafish loses bid to act as floating freezer
SEAFISH Tasmania has lost its second bid to use its super trawler in Australian waters.
Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke last night moved to ban Seafish Tasmania from using the Abel Tasman, formerly called the FV Margiris, as a "floating freezer".
Mr Burke's intervention comes in the middle of the Australian Fisheries Management Authority assessment of Seafish's transhipment proposal.
Under the proposal, the 143-metre long mid-water trawler would never need to cast its nets. Instead smaller vessels would catch Seafish's quota of red bait and jack mackerel and unload the fish on to the super trawler to be processed in its freezer storage area.
"While from the company's perspective what they have put forward is a compromise on their fishing method, the environmental consequences are similar to those which concerned me with their first proposal," Mr Burke said yesterday.
"This government takes a highly cautious view when it comes to protecting the ocean. We take ocean protection seriously."
Seafish Tasmania has not ruled out trying to use a smaller vessel with freezer storage capacity or taking legal action after the government rushed through legislation to stop the controversial vessel fishing in Australian waters in September.
Mr Burke was alerted to Seafish's plans in November and sought advice from his department about its legality and his powers to intervene.
Transhipment is not covered in the original "declaration", which prevents the super trawler fishing, forcing Mr Burke to begin a new "declaration" process to block it.
The company now has six weeks to formally respond before Mr Burke can extend the ban for up to two years while scientific work is carried out on the environmental impact of the new method of fishing.
It's now unclear if the Greens will proceed with plans to move a motion calling on Mr Burke to close the loophole, which allowed transhipment to occur.
Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish- Wilson was planning to move a motion next week urging Mr Burke to add "a method of processing, carrying or transhipment of fish" to the list of prohibited activities.
Senator Whish-Wilson said Seafish Tasmania had exposed a loophole in the legislation rushed through last year and it needed to be closed before AFMA concluded its assessment of the proposal.
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