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New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Hinting at a political hand behind the communal violence in Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Wednesday said more such incidents might be witnessed as the 2014 general elections approach.
"I cannot say about political conspiracies till I get a complete report about the violence (in Muzaffarnagar). But political parties could indulge in it," he told reporters here.
Shinde said the central government had warned 11 states about possible communal violence ahead of the general elections.
"As we approach the election, we may witness more such communal violence. We have alerted 11 states," he said.
Shinde said the situation in western Uttar Pradesh has improved considerably.
"Eighty companies (8,000 personnel) of paramilitary forces were deployed (in Uttar Pradesh). The army was also deployed. Curfew has been relaxed now. The situation is improving," he said.
No untoward incident was reported from Muzaffarnagar Tuesday as 975 people were arrested for their "direct or indirect" role in the communal violence that claimed nearly 40 lives.
The situation was tense but under control and curfew was relaxed for an hour, Shinde said.
Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said: "At this moment we must look at healing people and getting people together."
"I hope and pray all political parties get together with the intention to heal rather than cut. We all are bereaved. We understand the grief of the people and hope for a harmonious situation soon," he said, on the sidelines of a function here.
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh told reporters: "This (communal violence) has happened in other states like Bihar and Rajasthan also. I think we should be careful."


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A friend recommended Grove City College to me and I'm glad she did. What I like best is that I'm able to pursue all my passions here.
Faith remains at the center of everything, which encourages me to explore and learn more, including developing a deeper understanding of other denominations. The faculty challenge me daily. And I'm also able to participate in the sports I love.
I've made some awesome friends here. It's just been a great experience so far.


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In the sight of God, everything has taken place and finished in a moment. Since the beginning of time, everything has taken place at this single moment. In the sight of God, all information pertaining to this moment is kept in a "Book." This "Main Book", or as the Qur'an calls it, "The Mother of the Book", holds every bit of information about everything:
And truly, it is in the Mother of the Book, in Our Presence, high in dignity, and full of wisdom. (Surat az-Zukhruf: 4)
… with Him is the Mother of the Book. (Surat ar-Ra'd: 39)
We possess an all-preserving Book (Surah Qaf:4)
Certainly there is no hidden thing in either heaven or earth which is not in a Clear Book. (Surat An-Naml: 75)
And the Book (of Deeds) will be placed (before you); and you will see the sinful in great terror because of what is recorded therein; they will say, "Alas for us! What a Book is this! It leaves out nothing small or great, but takes account thereof!" They will find all that they did, placed before them and your Lord will not wrong anyone at all. (Surat al-Kahf: 49)
In other verses, too, God declares that all the events one experiences, all the thoughts one considers, and everything that befalls one are included in this Book:
Nothing occurs, either in the earth or in yourselves,without its being in a Book before We make it happen.That is something easy for God. (Surat al-Hadid: 22)
Actually everything, living or non-living, which has existed since the beginning of the universe and all events, which have happened, have all been created by God. Consequently, God is cognizant of them all. To put it in another way, "They all exist in the memory of God." In this sense, the Mother of the Book is a manifestation of God's attribute, the al-Hafiz.
At this point, we come upon a striking fact: because the memory of God is infinite, nothing existent in Him becomes lost. In other words, no living being created by God vanishes, no flower fades, no drink finishes, no period comes to an end, and no food is consumed. Every moment God creates and every exact detail of everything are created in eternity and it is "destined to eternity."
What then does this phrase "destined to eternity" mean?
Let us put this explanation in the following way: eternity has begun for a being or an event by the time it is created. For instance, when a flower is created, it is, in reality, destined not to disappear. That this being ceases to become a part of one's sensations and is erased from one's memory does not actually mean that it has vanished or died. Its state in the sight of God is what actually matters. Furthermore, all states of this being, be it its creation, all moments throughout its life or death, do exist in the memory of God.Upon all that is created, God bestows eternity. In other words, existing things have attained eternity by the time they are created.To have a thorough grasp of this notion, however, one needs to reflect on all beings and events individually. This is no doubt the most important information one can ever acquire in one's lifetime. Most probably, many people are hearing and reflecting on these facts about timelessness for the first time in their lives. However, here is something important to keep in mind: God, in the Qur'an, draws our attention to the fact that "only those who sincerely turn to God" take heed. In other words, only those who truly seek the guidance of God and endeavour to appreciate His infinite might and His greatness will heed these explanations and have a grasp of these facts.


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SWINDON racer Ian Barnes got his 2014 British Trial and Rally Drivers Association Forest Rally Series and Welsh Historic Rally Championship campaign off and running last weekend.
Despite the terrible recent weather, 150 teams gathered for seven gruelling stages in the Forest of Dean in the build-up to the start of the Wyedean Rally.
Barnes, driving his 1973 Mk 1 Escort RS2000, played it cautious in the opening moments of the rally, having not raced for the best part of six months.
Alongside co-driver Melanie Holmes, Barnes was fortunate to stay in the competition during the sixth stage of the race around Speech House, as he came close to crashing out of the contest.
Barnes said: "We were about 10 miles into the 13-mile stage and were pushing quite hard. It was all about being neat and keeping to the narrow, dry lines made by the previous cars but on a long, fast straight I made a slight mistake and drifted to the right onto the mud to the side of the clear line.
"Once in the mud the car just got sucked further to the edge and we went off the track at about 80mph. We ran up onto the rough forest verge, bounced into the air and for a moment we expected a big accident. But having landed okay, next came a felled tree trunk about 10-inch diameter across our path and, with no way of avoiding it, we hit it and jumped over the log, a bit like a horse at Badminton.
"The steering wheel was wrenched from my hands and we braced for a big ending but somehow we kept facing ahead. I kept the car moving to bring it back onto the track and remarkably we had no critical damage and were able to complete the stage without losing too much time."
Having completed the seventh and final stage in more conventional style, the Swindon driver finish the rally 69th overall and third in his historic class.
"I needed a good start to the year," he said. "Last year was a little disappointing but we have re-grouped and got off to a solid finish in difficult conditions and, as a self-funded amateur, just competing at this level is a challenge so any good finish is a very respectable achievement.
"We have some body work damage to attend to before our next rally in April but I am relieved not to have too badly damaged the car."
To follow the Swindon-based driver and the Major Motorsport team go to www.majormotorsport.co.uk.


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anders wrote:Lots of young Swedes pronounce the shoe label [naik].
If needed, I use the same pronunciation as for the Goddess: [ni:ke]
Over here we say [naik] and [naiki:]. Never heard [nikè] in connection with the sportswear.
sluggo wrote:Stargzer wrote:For those who haven't figured out what the Thread Title is:Νίκη
ah, OK. What about those of us who still haven't figured it out?
I infer from Anders' last that this has to do with Nike(?) My first encounter with this word was the US missle defence system of the 1950s, though it too was named for the Goddess.
Brazilian dude wrote:Fico feliz por você e agrada-me muito saber que estima tanto a minha língua.
Agora tente dizer O rato roeu a roupa do rei de Roma.
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I am happy for you and very pleases to know me that they esteem my language in such a way.
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(Posts in Category 'St. John's')
1 May 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Birdwatching , Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , Signal Hill , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
Spring is upon us and what better way to enjoy the warmer weather than exploring the hundreds of diverse hiking trails right here in St. John's! Let the fresh sea air rejuvenate your mind, body and spirit and maybe even spot a playful humpback or a sparkling parade of 10,000 year-old towering icebergs. Here within, some notable hikes in the capital.
23 Apr 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Travel Trade and St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. With just twenty (20) months to the opening of the expanded St. John's Convention Centre, Destination St. John's is pleased to share an animation of what the St. John's Convention Centre will look like.
1 Apr 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Boat Tours , Birdwatching , Food & Dining , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , History , Trip Planning , Lighthouses , St. John's , Twillingate and Outdoor Adventure
A day spent on the water is a quintessential experience when travelling to Newfoundland & Labrador. Set sail from St. John's harbour and witness the world's largest concentration of humpback whales, 12,000 year old icebergs and elegant seabirds feeding in our coastal waters. Iceberg Quest's award winning tour has been departing from St. John's and Twillingate showcasing Newfoundland's unique charm for over a decade. I sat down down with Captain Barry Rogers for an unforgettable hour as he regaled me with tales of his childhood on the water, the beginnings of Iceberg Quest and a sneak peek of some of their new product offerings for 2014.
11 Mar 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Birdwatching , Top Destinations , Lighthouses , Cape Spear Lighthouse , Signal Hill , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
Having our very own timezone certainly puts us in unique position - we're the first to see the sunrise (& sunset!) in North America! Here within, some notable, off the beaten track locations to get the best view.
28 Feb 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Festivals & Events , Entertainment , George Street and St. John's
There's plenty of Irish music in St. John's! A quick walk downtown will make you want to pop into any one of our famous Irish pubs for a scoff and a scuff - here are some notable stops so you don't miss a beat.
24 Feb 2014 by Janelle Hickey in St. John's
Ocean Quest Spa is located on the shores of Conception Bay South. Established in 2011 with only 2 treatment rooms and 3 estheticians, it has flourished into a three story full service spa offering specialized skin care treatments and fireside manicures and pedicures overlooking the waters of conception bay. I had the luck of being invited to experience one of their most popular services - a Hot Stone Massage. If you've never had one before, I urge you to treat yourself. I left Ocean Quest feeling more relaxed and rejuvenated than I thought was even possible.
7 Feb 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Food & Dining , Entertainment and St. John's
Walking into Magnum & Steins at 329 Duckworth Street you feel like you've walked into the home of an old friend. The atmosphere is cozy and familiar and you are greeted with a friendly smile. I sat down with owners Denise and Bernie Fowler (as well as the rest of the staff) to chat about the opening of the new Wine Bar, Magnum's history and of course, sample some incredible food and wine!
1 Feb 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Trip Planning , Lighthouses , Signal Hill , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
I had the absolute pleasure of spending the day with Maurice Fitzgerald of Far East Photography Tours. It was the day after a major snowstorm, there was a fresh dusting of snow, and the city looked beautiful. A Far East Photography Tour will allow you to see St. John's and surrounding areas through the lens of your camera! A tour will take you to the must see historic sites and landmarks in and around the capital.
1 Feb 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Top Destinations and St. John's
Winter is the perfect time to treat yourself to a day of pampering. St. John's has award winning spas! In fact, Monastery Spa & Suites was just named one of the Top 50 Spas in Canada by Spas of America! Here within, our Notable Spas In The Capital.
17 Jan 2014 by Janelle Hickey in Skiing & Snowboarding , Trip Planning , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
If your travels take you to St. John's in the winter then prepare to be surprised. The city offers an array of options to explore the outdoors, enjoy the dramatic coastline or take in a game of one of Canada's favourite winter sports– AHL hockey. You should plan on arriving early and staying late!
19 Dec 2013 by Dave Sullivan in Food & Dining , Culture , Cultural Experiences and St. John's
Growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador, one of the fondest memories as a child was heading out to my Grandmother's house for Jiggs' Dinner. For those of you who don't know, Jiggs' Dinner – also known as "boiled" or "Sunday" dinner – is a traditional meal that consists of salt beef, turnip, cabbage, potato, carrot, pease pudding, and more often than not, some kind of dessert. Our Jiggs' Dinner, on both sides of the family, included a turkey.
11 Dec 2013 by Janelle Hickey in Shopping and St. John's
This week on our quest to shop local for Christmas we visit the fishing village of Quidi Vidi. Our first stop was The Quidi Vidi Plantation, a unique marriage of cultural interpretation and contemporary craft creation. After visiting the plantation we suggest making your way down to The Quidi Vidi Brewery for some locally brewed beverages. Quidi Vidi Brewing Company Limited (QV) was established in 1996. QV is a Newfoundland-based independent brewing company focused on producing world-class quality beers for the mainstream, specialty, and now the premium segment of the beer market.
6 Dec 2013 by Janelle Hickey in Shopping and St. John's
We're back with another instalment of shopping local for Christmas! This week will tempt your tastebuds as we visit The Newfoundland Chocolate Company on Duckworth Street. Perched on the eastern edge of North America, the chocolatiers of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company make chocolates the old-fashioned way. They start with natural wholesome ingredients like wild, sun-ripened berries picked along rugged, wind-swept shores, oven roasted nuts, smooth and creamy caramel and the finest, purest chocolate anywhere.
29 Nov 2013 by Janelle Hickey in Shopping and St. John's
With four weeks left to shop, Destination St. John's is here again to help you shop local for everyone on your Christmas list! Last week we warmed your belly with local spirits from the Newfoundland & Labrador Liquor Corporation - this week we visited Wh!nk - a fabulous boutique in the heart of downtown St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador.
22 Nov 2013 by Janelle Hickey in Shopping and St. John's
From now until Christmas Destination St. John's will be running weekly blogs that focus on shopping local for your holiday treats. Each blog will feature a different retailer, their most exciting products and why buying local is so important to them. This week, warm your soul with delicious local spirits from the Newfoundland & Labrador Liquor Corporation (NLC).
15 Nov 2013 by Janelle Hickey in Food & Dining , Festivals & Events and St. John's
Celebrated in eleven cities across Canada in 2013, Gold Medal Plates features the premier chefs in each city in a competition to crown a gold, silver and bronze medal culinary team in each city, and subsequently nation-wide at the Canadian Culinary Championships.
31 Oct 2013 by Janelle Hickey in Food & Dining , Festivals & Events and St. John's
I recently had the pleasure of attending a very special dinner hosted by RANL (Restaurant Association of Newfoundland and Labrador) and The Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland. From This Rock - A Dinner of Local Fare is an annual culinary tour that travels across the province presenting attendees with a multi- course dinner prepared by some of the provinces best chefs.
22 Oct 2013 by Andrew Hiscock in Hiking & Walking , Icebergs , Whale Watching , Nature , Gros Morne National Park , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
A local couple explored every kilometre of the East Coast Trail. All 265 of them. Living in Portugal Cove, they had convenient access to the East Coast Trail -- but never lost their entusiasm and sense of awe as they travelled in just past their own backyard.
29 Aug 2013 by Lauren Saunders in Birdwatching , Nature , Trip Planning , Cape St. Mary's , St. John's and Outdoor Adventure
When planning a trip to Newfoundland and Labrador this Fall you may want to bring your binoculars.
16 Aug 2013 by Lauren Saunders in St. John's
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden is the province's premier botanical garden and one of St. John's best kept secrets.


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LOVEABLE Lily Beswick is battling back against cancer at the age of 18 months.
The brave youngster was diagnosed with the condition earlier this year — just two weeks after her first birthday on February 10.
Her ordeal started when parents, Clair and Kevin Beswick, spotted an egg-sized lump on her leg, which after tests, turned out to be a malignant soft tissue tumour.
Since the diagnosis, Lily has undergone a gruelling 13 rounds of chemotherapy at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and surgery to remove the tumour in June.
But mum Clair, of Capitol Close, Bolton, says Lily has coped brilliantly.
Clair is now planning a "Pyjama Day" at the nursery in Bolton she runs, as a thank-you to the children's hospital.
The 37-year-old mum said: "Her treatment has finished now and she's had surgery which went really well. She's just been brilliant throughout it all and always had a smile on her face. But it did really take it out of her. She would be very tired and lose her appetite afterwards."
During the chemotherapy, Lily was in hospital for three days every three weeks and finished her last round of treatment last week. The hospital will have to run regular MRI scans and tests on Lily for the next six weeks before she will get the all-clear.
Lily has two older brothers, Oliver, aged six, and Rowan, aged three.
Clair added: "We're really relieved it's done because it was such a long, hard process. It was really difficult but we're at the end of it now. I can't help but feel a bit apprehensive because we don't have that regular contact with the ward.
"But the family have been brilliant, and my mum and sisters have been amazing. Her brothers have also coped really well, even though they missed her when she was in hospital. They love her to bits."
The Pyjama Day will take place at the Shining Stars Nursery in Farnworth, owned by Mr and Mrs Beswick, on October 17.
Money raised from the event will go towards the "giggle doctors" at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. The giggle doctors help to distract patients and their parents by bringing laughter at the most stressful of times.
"Lily loves the giggle doctors. In fact, we all love them. They were brilliant for 10 minutes of the day when she was having treatment. They really break up the monotony of the long days in hospital so we're really pleased to support them and what they do for the hospital."
To find out more about Pyjama Day and to register a nursery to take part: visit www.rmchcharity.org.uk or call 0161 901 2217.


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The U.S. has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world—twice as high as the second-place finisher, Yemen. This week on BackStory, the American History Guys explore the history of guns in America—who's had access to guns, who's wanted access to guns, and what the desire for guns has meant for American democracy.
Brian, Ed, and Peter look at the role of the government in arming citizens in early America and ask what the Second Amendment meant when it was written. They discover that before "the right to bear arms" was a catchphrase for the political right, it was an animating principle of the left-wing Black Panthers. The Guys also dig into the surprising history of American women with guns—and there's even a trip to a gun show.
Guests include:
Kevin Sweeney, Amherst College, on gun ownership in colonial America.
Adam Winkler, UCLA School of Law, on guns in the Wild West and the history of guns and race.
Laura Browder, University of Richmond, on women and guns.


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Australian shares slid today, with miners and banks dented further in the afternoon session as investors become increasingly concerned about the eurozone debt crisis and US fiscal woes.
- Business conditions hit three-year low
- Strong dollar squeezes Incitec profits
- Dollar up on interest rate speculation
5.10pm: We're calling it a day here at blog central, thanks for reading and commenting on what has been a big day for the ASX. We'll be back tomorrow from 9.30am, we hope to see you then.
Click here for a full wrap of today' session.
4.39pm: There weren't too many winners among the top 50 companies on the ASX today:
4.25pm: Seven West Media have almost had their first strike against the company's remuneration report. Shareholders holding a total 23.96 per cent voted against the report. 25 per cent is required for a first strike.
4.18pm: All the major sectors lost ground today, gold miners posted the biggest loss, falling 2.8 per cent, financials dropped 1.9 per cent, materials slipped 1.8 per cent and energy lost 1.7 per cent.
4.12pm: The market has closed lower, plunging to its lowest close since late September. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 dropped 68.2 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 4379.8, while the broader All Ords fell 65.7 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 4404.2.
4.05pm: Mining giant BHP Billiton says it is confident cost increases for existing and new projects are being brought under control.
Chief executive Marius Kloppers said the company had an overall objective of keeping its cost base flat in nominal terms from last year to this year.
''What that indicates is that we expect that we should be able to arrest the trend of cost increases that we've particularly had over the past four years,'' said Mr Kloppers.
''It would be very useful if the exchange rate came down to 60 cents on the dollar.
''But that's what I call a triumph of hope over reality.''
3.50pm: We've got Westpac's annual report here, it looks as though chief executive Gail Kelly's total remuneration package slipped a bit this year. For 2012, Ms Kelly took home a total package of $9.59 million, down from $9.86 million in 2011.
3.30pm: The executive most widely tipped to be the next chief executive of Microsoft Corp has left the world's largest software company, barely two weeks after launching the flagship Windows 8 and Microsoft's first ever own-brand computer.
The departure of 23-year company veteran Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft's Windows unit, was unexpected and neither Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer nor Sinofsky gave an explanation, although a senior executive at the company, who asked not to be named, said the decision was "mutual".
"This is shocking news. This is very surprising," said Brendan Barnicle, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities. "Like a lot of people, I thought Sinofsky was in line to potentially be Ballmer's successor."
Ballmer told employees in a memo on Monday simply that: "Steven Sinofsky has decided to leave the company."
3.15pm: A snapshot of the region doesn't provide any solace for investors:
- Nikkei(Japan): -0.4%
- Shanghai: -1.4%
- Taiwan: -1.5%
- South Korea: -0.6%
- Singapore: -0.1%
- New Zealand: -0.5%
3.03pm: Rio Tinto expects the recent round of layoffs and cost-cutting in Australia to continue as margins shrink due to rising production costs and falling commodity prices, a top executive said on Tuesday.
"The rationalisation will continue," said Rio Tinto's Australia chief executive, David Peever.
Rio has been cutting costs, reviewing projects and closing coal mines in Australia, like its peers, all of whom are battling sliding revenue as commodity prices have tumbled, in some cases to three-year lows.
However the company is forging ahead with a $3.7 billion expansion of its iron ore capacity to 353 million tonnes, a project it has long considered the most profitable development in the industry, while smaller rivals have been forced to put their iron ore plans on hold.
2.54pm: City Index chief market analyst Peter Esho said Seven shares have risen after the company said it was continuing to cut debt and will deliver about $60 million in improved revenue and reduced expenses.
Seven's outlook implies 10 per cent EBIT growth, said Mr Esho.
"Seven's earnings base has been quite resilient," he said. "They have managed to hold ground and perhaps expand market share in a market that is contracting.''
''They're getting their programming right. It's a very tough space but equally it's a very good collection of businesses," said Mr Esho.
The share price has been oversold in the calendar year.
"There is no good reason to justify the share price discount at current levels," he said.
2.47pm: The Australian economy is responding to interest rate cuts delivered so far and monetary policy is still an effective tool, a top Reserve Bank of Australia analyst said today.
"What we're seeing so far is that the cuts the Reserve Bank have delivered ... are beginning to have an effect and have been having an effect on the economy," Jonathan Kearns, head of economic analysis at the RBA said in a Q&A session following a speech at a lunch briefing in Sydney.
"These things do take time. If we look at one cycle in interest rates to another cycle, the effects can be quite different. It is always difficult to benchmark how normal the cycle is. We would say that monetary policy is still effective."
2.27pm: After the federal government revealed plans to get 12 per cent of public servants regularly working from home by 2020, it's time for other businesses to get serious about teleworking, writes blogger Tony Featherstone.
He asks: Why do so many companies still resist wholesale teleworking? Don't they trust staff working from home, or does that bums-on-seats mentality persist? Perhaps some managers can't get their head around staff working at home, or some staff are horrified at the thought of working on their own?
2.18pm: Staying in Perth and Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett who says he expects the Oakajee iron ore port and rail project to be delayed by up to three years, although he is confident the development will go forward.
"Nobody is going to be walking away from [the Oakajee port]," he told reporters on the sidelines of a resources conference.
Last week Japanese combine Mitsubishi put on hold plans to develop the $5.9 billion Oakajee port and rail project and the $3.7 billion Jack Hills iron ore project as it had not been able to line up a partner to help fund the project.
2.15pm: Back to Perth for more from the Seven West Media AGM and managing director Don Voelte who said the company had brought in restructuring that had cut the capital budget by $14 million and would deliver $60 million in improved revenue and reduced expenses. He went on:
Very little is sacred in the terms of costs or the way we do business Despite the success of our businesses, there is no emotional attachment to any aspect of our processes and assets. Nor are we naively assuming that the old way is the right way.
Seven West's chairman and largest shareholder Kerry Stokes said the company's share price did not reflect the business or its competitive success.
''Personally I wish I could wave a magic wand to improve our share price,'' Mr Stokes said. The market is listening, with the share price, up a lot. It's fallen back a touch in the past few minutes and is now at $1.29, still up a healthy 11.2 per cent.
2.02pm: More from AGM season, this time to Sydney and engineering firm UGL, which says it still expects to post a similar full-year result to the net profit of $134.3 million it reported in 2011/12.
Chief executive Richard Leupen told shareholders there was uncertainty and limited visibility beyond the short term in the resources and infrastructure sectors:
UGL continues to expect 2013 trading conditions overall to be volatile and challenging which we presently forecast to result in a similar trading performance to the 2012 financial year as we forecast at the full year. We anticipate that the continuing uncertainty and projects timing will result in a more pronounced earnings skew to the second half.
UGL shares have fallen 5 cents to $10.24.
1.58pm: Shares in Seven West Media have leapt in the past hour after chief executive Don Voelte confirmed a forecast of first-half operating earnings of $250 million.
Shares in the diversified media company have jumped 21.6 per cent, or 25 cents, to $1.41.
1.46pm: BusinessDay's Chris Zappone has seen an internal NAB document, and the contents spell bad news for the bank's financial planners, who have been warned to brace for big cuts to their commissions-based income.
The NAB employee briefing blames a slowing market, higher consumer expectations and new regulations for the changes, which will see an end to the practice of ongoing commissions generated by past sales, which in some cases have been passed from one planner to the next upon retirement.
The adjustment, to begin in December, is likely to send shockwaves through the ranks of senior financial planners who for years have enjoyed a steady income thanks in part to percentages earned on previous sales – with the clients themselves often unaware of the ongoing costs.
1.21pm: Spot quiz for our readers. Who said this in August last year? Put your answers in the comments field.
"To be brutally honest a couple of years ago Ten had lost its mojo. But we have rediscovered it, we have reinvested in it and we have re-energized it."
1.12pm: Further to our Ten coverage from earlier today, pioneering funds manager Laurence Freedman, who made his fortune plucking Ten from receivership in the 1990s and relaunching it as the most profitable free-to-air network in Australia, says there may no longer be room for three commercial broadcasters in Australia.
''Maybe we only need two (commercial free-to-air networks) because advertisers will only advertise on two,'' he told BusinessDay. When asked if he thinks one won't survive he said: ''I believe so. I've believed that for a long time''. Up until know the only question was which two would survive, he said.
1.09pm: Shares are now down over 1 per cent. Arab Bank's David Scutt notes:
#XJO slips below the 4,400 point level, first time since the #RBA last eased on October 2 #ausbiz #stocks— David Scutt (@David_Scutt) November 13, 2012
1.05pm: So why is our market down so sharply? CMC markets chief market strategist Michael McCarthy said the market was not responding to the weak NAB business conditions numbers, but most likely to an Asian seller of Australian shares.
"Given that we're seeing reasonable futures volumes and we've had anaemic volumes in the past four or five days, it suggests we're seeing a regional institutional seller in our market," he said.
"There is also some technical selling in the market," he said, which kicked in once the ASX200 fell below 4448 at open.
Mr McCarthy said that if technical selling was the culprit, the market would likely recover some, possibly to at least 4435 by the end of the day.
1pm: Shares in Leighton Holdings are down 15 cents, or 0.88 per cent, at $16.91 after the construction giant Leighton Holdings said it was reviewing the value of its investment in troubled Brisbane toll road operator BrisConnections.
12.56pm: UBS economists Scott Haslem and George Tharanou have taken a look at today's business conditions data from NAB, which fell to its lowest point since May 2009. They write:
The fall of business conditions in Oct. to a 3-year low points to ongoing weakness in the non-mining economy, as mining slows further.
Confidence also remains 'negative'. Further, details were weaker, particularly a cycle low in employment, and sharp drop in wages ... inflation indicators are very low, despite RBA worries over the Q3 CPI.
Hence, we think the RBA has more work to do, and should cut rates by 25bp in Feb-13 (post Q4 CPI), but Dec. remains 'live'.
12.41pm: It's a bit of a gloomy day on the markets - the main indices are down and all the sectors are in the red. And the losses are far heavier than analysts had been expecting after flat overnight leads.
CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said he was not aware of any identifiable reason or news that would suggest such heavy falls other than that the ASX had been outperforming US markets in recent days.
These things feed on themselves a little bit ... I guess we have a situation where our market has outperformed the US market since the presidential election, we haven't fallen as far Sometimes a bit of nervousness gets around and a little bit of selling gets underway.
Investors had already positioned their portfolios according to their assessment of the probability of US politicians compromising on plans for tax hikes and spending cuts and a near term exit of Greece from the euro, he said.
12.36pm: The dollar took a tumble after the NAB monthly business survey revealed business conditions had hit their lowest point in more than three years
The Aussie dollar fell from $US1.0427 to $US1.0411 soon after the data came out.
NAB currency strategist Emma Lawson said the weak reading for business conditions and confidence had pushed the dollar down.
We released our business survey this morning, and it was very weak, so the Aussie is lower on that. The survey showed that business conditions are at their lowest point in three years, but because it's a generally quiet currency market, with low volumes, it's produced quite a move.
Concern that Europe's debt crisis is weighing on global growth and cutting demand for riskier assets has also been dampening the dollar, according to Derek Mumford, a director at currency risk-management company Rochford Capital.
Europe looks like it's heading towards recession if not already in recession, which is having a drag on the global economy. Commodity prices are well off their highs from earlier on in the year and last year. The Aussie is vulnerable to the downside.
12.12pm: The market heavyweights, the big miners and banks, are all down today.
Among the big miners:
- BHP is 0.64% lower to $34.08
- Rio is 0.34% lower to $58.44
- Fortescue is 0.86% lower to $4.015
Among the big banks:
- CBA is 0.76% lower to $58.95
- ANZ is 0.59% lower to $24.305
- NAB is 0.95% lower to $23.415
- Westpac is 1.38% lower to $25.00
- Macquarie Bank is 1.55% lower to $30.55
12.04pm: Its two hours into the day and the markets are down, dragged by miners and banks, as investors wait to see if the US can reach a political deal to head off spending cuts and tax hikes early next year.
Despite better economic data from China, investor sentiments are also weighed by how Europe tackled Greece's debt crisis, analysts said.
''It's quite evident that investors would rather be risk-averse, when they are not sure of where some of these key events are likely to end,'' said Stan Shamu, a market analyst at IG Markets.
The All Ordinaries index is 31.7 points lower, or 0.7 per cent, to 4438.2, while the benchmark S&P/ASX200 is 32.3 points lower, or 0.7 per cent, to 4415.8.
11.57am: More economic data out this morning, this time lending finance statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which show personal finance loans rose by 2.6 per cent in September.
The bureau said personal finance commitments, seasonally-adjusted, climbed to $7.434 billion in September, from an upwardly revised $7.242 billion in August.
Total commercial loans in September rose 6.9 per cent to $29.605 billion, seasonally-adjusted, from $27.698 billion in August.
Lease finance was up 10.1 per cent to $586 million, compared with $532 million the previous month and housing finance for owner occupiers rose 1.5 per cent to $13.902 billion, from $13.702 billion the month before.
11.51am: BusinessDay's Chris Zappone has been looking at the outlook for financial services jobs - and the picture is pretty bleak, as a combination of softer borrowing and technological changes sap employment in the sector.
Financial services jobs will grow only 0.3 per cent in the year to May 2013, according to the MyCareer Employment Forecast, prepared by Economic and Market Development Advisors.
That compares with 10.2 per cent jobs growth expected for mining, 3.6 per cent for engineering and 3.2 per cent for health and community services in the same period.
11.39am: More on channel Ten from BusinessDay's Colin Kruger, who's been speaking to pioneering fund manager, Laurence Freedman.
Mr Freedman believes there may no longer be room for three commercial broadcasters in Australia and Ten looks like the odd one out.
Mr Freedman made his fortune as one of the investors who plucked Ten from receivership in the 1990s but he's less confident about the network's future today.
''Maybe we only need two [commercial free-to-air networks] because advertisers will only advertise on two,'' he told BusinessDay.
When asked if he thinks one won't survive he said: ''I believe so. I've believed that for a long time''.
11.33am: More on the NAB monthly survey, which revealed conditions in October fell to minus five on the index, from minus three in September and zero in August, to its lowest point since May 2009.
Business confidence has also receded, falling to minus one for October, compared to zero in September. It was minus three in August.
NAB said the business conditions weakness reflected below-trend growth in the domestic economy, and suggested lack of confidence was having an impact. And it doesn't see a change in the near future. "Forward indicators of demand (especially forward orders) and employment remained well below average levels, pointing to little improvement in near-term activity."
11.30am: NAB's monthly business survey for October is out and it says that conditions are at their weakest in more than three years, with wholesale and manufactuting especially subdued.
11.23am: What started as a modest dip at the opening of trade is becoming a dive with both the ASX200 and the All Ords now down 0.6 per cent. We get some NAB data on business conditions in a few minutes - not sure that's going to have enough oomph to turn things around, however. We'll see.
11.21am: Tokyo stocks have made a positive start, opening 0.39 per cent higher after slipping yesterday on persistent fears about the looming US ''fiscal cliff'' of spending cuts and tax hikes. The Nikkei 225 index at the Stock Exchange, which fell 0.93 per cent yesterday, was up 34.08 points at 8,710.52 at the start.
11.15am: On the subject of the finance sector, Standard & Poor's says that the implementation of Basel III will have a neutral rating impact on bank ratings in Australia.
On September 28, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released a final set of prudential standards and reporting standards that give effect to major elements of the Basel III capital reforms in Australia.
"We concur with APRA's view that Australian banks are starting from a sound and strongly capitalised position, placing them well to meet the Basel III timetable - which APRA has accelerated in some areas," says credit analyst Nico DeLange, in the report.
The Basel III reforms are expected to be fully implemented by 2018.
11.11am: It's still the finance sector which is leading the market lower. The biggest losers on that sub index include:
- Westpac: -1.16%
- Australand: -1.02%
- Dexus: -1.01%
- Macquarie: -0.87
11.07am: Markets are now at new lows for the day - the ASX200 is down 0.4 per cent.
11.04am: Ten Network shares are flat today at 28 cents, 1.5 cents off their 1-year low of 26.5 cents hit in late October. So far this year, shares in the ailing broadcaster have lost 64.7 per cent.
10.59am: The axe has swung again at Ten. The network today confirmed the exits of three anchors, with one more in negotiation.
A Network Ten spokesperson said today: "As a result of the changes in Ten's News and Operations division, Bill Woods (Sydney), Helen Kapalos (Melbourne) and Craig Smart are leaving the company.
"Ten News At Five in all cities is moving to single presenters. Adelaide is already a single header with Rebecca Morse. The other presenters will be Sandra Sully in Sydney, Mal Walden in Melbourne, Narelda Jacobs in Perth and Bill McDonald in Brisbane. Full story.
10.52am: Lonsec private client adviser Michael Heffernan said the Australian market was off to a tepid start after lacklustre leads from Europe and the US.
''Given the fact that overseas markets were pretty listless, the slow start was expected,'' he said.
10.49am: An interesting item from the world wires. John McAfee, founder of the popular anti-virus software maker, is wanted for questioning in the murder investigation of a US citizen in Belize, according to the National Security Ministry.
McAfee, a yoga enthusiast an author of books on the topic, relocated to Belize in 2008 after his $US100 million fortune was reduced to $US4 million after a series of failed investments in property, real estate and bonds at Lehman Brothers, according to a 2009 article in the New York Times.
McAfee spokeswoman Tracy Ross said the company doesn't comment on former employees and that he ''retired from McAfee in 1994, and has not had any affiliation with the company since then.''
10.44am: The big banks are also weaker, but not drastically so:
- CBA is 0.05% lower to $59.37
- ANZ is 0.22% lower to $24.40
- NAB is 0.51% lower to $23.52
- Westpac is 0.83% lower to $25.14
10.39am: With the overall market down about 0.1 per cent, the big retailers have had a very soft start to the day, all except DJs:
- Woolworths: -0.45%
- Wesfarmers: -0.41%
- Harvey Norman: -0.54%
- David Jones: +0.62%
- Westfield: -0.19%
- Myer: -0.5%
10.34am: It looks like a deal of sorts has been hammered out on Greece, confirming some of the speculation about details on the deal we reported earlier. Greece's international lenders agreed to give the country two more years to make the cuts demanded of it but the euro zone and IMF clashed over a longer-term target date to shrink the country's debt pile.
Euro zone finance ministers gathered in Brussels did not disburse more aid to the debt-ridden country and by granting a request from Athens for more time, face an extra funding bill of around 33 billion euros, according to a document prepared for the meeting.
10.25am: Now for the early sliders on the ASX200:
- Lynas: -4.17%
- Sandfire: -2.48%
- Mirabela: -2.44%
- Cabcharge: -1.62%
10.21am: Incitec Pivot leads the ASX200 with a gain of 5.84 per cent in early. Here are some of the other gainers in a down market:
- Gryphon Minerals: +2.10%
- Macmahon Holdings: +1.69%
- Linc Energy: +1.69%
- Bradken: +1.51%
- Sundance: +1.37%
10.18am: Looking at the various sub indices on the ASX200 now:
- Financials: -0.4%
- Consumer staples: -0.29%
- Materials: -0.16%
- Health: -0.4%
- Energy: +0.24%
- Info tech: +0.24%
10.13am: The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index is down 11.4 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 4436.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index is down 10.4 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 4459.5.
On the ASX 24, the December share price index futures contract was down five points at 4,452, with 4,338 contracts traded.
10.12am: Incitec Pivot shares are 5.15 per cent higher after the company lifted its annual profit by 10 per cent. Read more here.
10.09am: CORRECTION Sundance shares are not in a trading halt as suggested.
10.06am: Early on, shares are flat - ASX200 down about 2 points as markets open.
10am: Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets, says markets are in one of those ''quiet before the potential storm modes that have become so familiar in recent years'':
A quiet day's trading is likely with little news over night to impact investor opinions of current macro risks. Investors have by now taken action to position portfolios according to their assessment of the probability of US politicians failing on the fiscal cliff or a near term exit of Greece from the Euro. Market valuations are unlikely to change materially until there is further news on these events.
9.56am: Australian three-year bond futures prices are unchanged, while 10-year prices are slightly higher after a quiet night on markets.
At 8.30 the December three-year bond futures contract was at 97.460 (implying a yield of 2.540 per cent), unchanged from Monday's close. The December 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 97.020 (2.980 per cent), up from 97.005 (2.995 per cent).
JP Morgan rate strategist Sally Morgan said there had been little activity on global bond markets overnight. ''The US market was shut, so there wasn't a lot going on,'' she said.
''Later this week, we get the maturity of the November 2013 bond. People who've held that bond get their money back and need to find somewhere else to put that.
''That might mean there's a better buying trend in bonds right now.'' She added that improved performances on equity markets could push bond prices down in the next few days.
9.52am: Some analyst rating changes for this morning:
- QBE cut to neutral from buy at UBS
- St Barbara raised to buy at Goldman
- Sundance rated new buy at BofA-Merrill Lynch
- Thorn Group cut to neutral at Credit Suisse
- Commonwealth Property raised to neutral at Credit Suisse
9.46am: While US investors are watching for signs of progress on the fiscal cliff, their European counterparts have been watching closely a meeting of finance officials discussing.
In reporting early today, euro zone governments announced they would not agree to disburse more money to debt-ravaged Greece, although officials said there was a growing consensus about how big the country's debt pile will be without corrective action.
Finance ministers gathered in Brussels should, however, give Athens two more years to make the budget deficit cuts demanded of it, a concession that will require funding of around 33 billion euros, according to a draft document prepared for the meeting.
Despite Greece approving a tough 2013 budget last week, its international lenders still need to agree on how to make its debts sustainable into the next decade.
9.43am: Some offshore corporate news now, and this is something Qantas shareholders will be looking at with envy. Dubai's Emirates airline says it posted a 104 per cent surge in net profits in the first six months of the current financial year thanks to rising passenger numbers.
"In the first half of the 2012-13 fiscal year, Emirates net profit is 1.7 billion dirhams ($USA448 million), up 104 per cent from 836 million dirhams," the carrier said.
The announcement came hours after an engine problem forced an Emirates A380 superjumbo to turn back to Sydney shortly after taking off. The government-owned airline said it had carried 18.7 million passengers since April 1, up 15.4 per cent compared with the same period last year.
9.39am: In local corporate news this morning, fertiliser and explosives maker Incitec Pivot has lifted its annual profit by 10 per cent but fluctuating fertiliser prices continue to impact its earnings.
The company's net profit in the 12 months to September 30 of $510.7 million was up from $463.2 million in the previous year.
The profit growth was primarily due to one-off items, which delivered a $106 million benefit in fiscal 2012, and a $67 million cost in fiscal 2011.
Incitec Pivot's net profit excluding one-off items in the year to September of $404.7 million was down 24 per cent from the previous year's $530.1 million. Read more here.
9.37am: A quick look ahead to the economic data we have in store for us today. Both releases are due at 11.30am:
- National Australia Bank monthly business survey for October
- ABS lending finance for September (housing finance, other personal finance, commercial and lease finance)
9.34am: For a comprehensive look at this morning's business news, check today's need2know. Here are this morning's key market links:
- SPI futures are 4 points higher at 4461
- The $A is higher at $US1.0431
- In late trade, the S&P500 had added 0.06% to 1380.71
- In Europe, the FTSE100 fell 0.04 % to 5767.27
- China iron ore was flat at $US122.10 a metric tonne
- Gold fell $US1.15 to $US1727.55 an ounce
- WTI crude oil fell 28 cents to $US85.79 a barrel
- Reuters/Jefferies CRB index added 0.12% at 292.22
9.32am: Hi everyone. Welcome to the Markets Live blog for Tuesday.
Contributors: Thomas Hunter, Jens Meyer, Richard Hughes, Max Mason
This blog is not intended as investment advice
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NORTH MIAMI, Fla. - A 5-year-old girl who was abducted from her home has been found safe. The woman accused of taking her is under arrest.
On Sunday, for nearly 10 hours, police scoured the area around northeast 119 Street and Biscayne Boulevard searching for Jayda Velazquez.
Police said Velazquez was abducted by Kimberly Lopez.
"We didn't know who she was, what she's involved in, or what her intentions were so of course the child was in danger," said North Miami Police Major Neal Cuevas.
Investigators said Lopez was visiting the girl's San Souci Blvd. apartment Saturday night with other people, who were friends of the child's uncle.
A man at that gathering took a picture of Lopez clutching the little girl and showed it to WPLG-TV. The man didn't want to be identified, but he said Lopez wouldn't let the child out of her sight.
"She was trying to take the baby to the kitchen… trying to separate herself with the child throughout the night; getting attached, you know," he explained.
Around 3 a.m. police said Velazquez walked out of the apartment with Velazquez. The girl's uncle spotted them in the street from his balcony, but by the time he went downstairs to rescue his niece, they were gone.
Police put out an Amber alert with photographs of Velazquez and Lopez. It wasn't until nearly 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, that detectives tracked down the woman and girl.
They were found in an apartment in the 1500 block of northeast 118th Street, about a mile away from where the kidnapping took place.
A man who lives and shares the apartment with his friend, told WPLG-TV that Lopez just moved in with them three days ago. He said he wasn't home when the police converged on the apartment. However, he said Lopez recently lost custody of her own child, who is about the same age as Jayda.
Police said they are looking into the loss of her own child and this alleged kidnapping.
Lopez is charged with kidnapping and interfering with parental custody.
Velazquez was not hurt and has been returned to her family.
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linguoboy wrote:C'mon, Zachary; you're a bright boy. You know that a fistful of anecdotes still doesn't add up to proof of systematic bias. All it establishes is that there's more than one individual prejudiced against Mexicans in the USA. (Not exactly a shocker in a nation of 306 million people and counting.) It doesn't really matter too much what biases particular individuals have unless they're backed up by societal institutions.
I understand where you're coming from, but what the handful of articles is meant to demonstrate is not that there's a unilateral form of racism being propagated on every level of society, but that an underlying problem exists, socially (and for some regions, jurisdictionally, economically, and politically), and that this issue has also attracted both the media and for people to act against this racism. Being "Mexican" is, simply put, not the same as being "Canadian". As a Canadian, racism on some levels exists, but the likelihood of any related beatings or murders related to your ethnicity, language, or whatnot is extremely unlikely to happen within the United States (heck, the terms 'racism against canadians' or 'anti-canadian racism' are seldom used). Should population, immigration, and/or proximity be a factor, then I dare challenge you to find equally comparable racism, to the same extent as that of Mexicans, in America against Canadians. Also, the fact that some places have racism within state institutions is an issue apart, and it disregards racism that occurs within non-state controlled institutions, and also disregards the entire social aspect of racism. If we can separate religion & religious doctrines from the State, then we can just as easily separate people from the State. Creating a law or a Constitution doesn't mean that that law/constitution is enforced, and this is something that many countries are criticized for.
linguoboy wrote:You certainly haven't made the case that it's worse than, say, institutional discrimination against Copts in Egypt or South Asians in Qatar (which is how this tangent came into being in the first place).
I don't see you're point with this, I never anywhere stated that racism alone is worse than all other listed countries. To requote myself, "[The United States] fails on just as many levels as many of the countries you listed therein". If you honestly want to talk about institutional racism, then read Institutional Racism, by Shirley Jean Better, and then Race, gender, and punishment by Mary Bosworth and Jeanne Flavin (summary concerning Mexicans at ~p57).


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PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's golf team will tee off for the 2013-14 year this weekend, competing in the 54-hole Princeton Invitational in its first tournament action of the year.
The tournament will start at 8 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday; the teams are scheduled to play two rounds on Saturday and a final round on Sunday. The event is taking place at Springdale Golf Club -- just off the Princeton campus -- which will play at par-72 and measure 6,131 yards. In addition to the Quakers, the field includes the host Tigers as well as Ivy programs Columbia and Harvard. Non-Ivy teams include Delaware, Lehigh, St. John's and Seton Hall.
Penn will run out a lineup that features three newcomers -- Sophia Chen, Isabella Rahm, and Marissa Kay. They will join a pair of veteran players, junior two-time All-Ivy recipient Amanda Chin and senior Olivia Chang. In addition, two more freshmen (Erin Lo and Franchesca de la Torre) will compete in the tournament as individuals.
Despite the youth and relative inexperience at the collegiate level, fifth-year head coach Mark Anderson is looking forward to an exciting year for his team.
"I am excited about our first event of the year," he said. "This is the deepest team we have ever had, and I expect a strong showing at Princeton. We will have a young team, but they have been very solid over the past couple of weeks. With Amanda and Olivia adding their leadership and experience, we have a very good mix of talent on our team and I know they are capable of great things this season."


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MOST of us hope for a happy Christmas but for Vikki Capon from Urmston it's guaranteed this year thanks to Gas Safe Register – who have paid her gas bill for a year.
Vikki won Gas Safe Register's competition to have her gas bill paid having signed up at Manchester's Arndale Centre.
The Gas Safe Register team were at the shopping centre at the end of October to sign people up for a free gas safety check reminder service via silentkiller.co.uk The annual email alert reminds people to get their gas appliances checked by a Gas Safe Registered engineer. Almost 1,000 people signed up and Vikki was randomly selected as the winner.
Vikki, who lives with her mum, said: "I never thought we'd win. It was such a shock. My mum's absolutely over the moon. We're going to use the money that's been saved towards Christmas presents, which we wouldn't usually be able to afford. It will make Christmas extra special this year. It's fantastic!"
Gas Safe Register were in the North West after it was identified as one of the worst areas for gas safety in the UK.
In the past 12 months in the region, 690 gas appliances were tested by the Gas Safe Register with a massive 93 per cent found to be potentially unsafe meaning that the appliances could be leaking carbon monoxide.
Carbon Monoxide, a potentially fatal gas, can leak from faulty household gas appliances such as the boiler, gas cooker or fire. Often referred to as the silent killer, it is tasteless, colourless and odourless and is suspected to kill 50 and hospitalise at least 4000 people each year.
Vikki said: "I signed up and was entered into the prize draw because I wanted to be reminded to check our gas appliances each year. It's so important for people to be aware of the dangers.
"I would encourage anyone who hasn't already signed up to do so."
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Mets' Pill fans 10 in sixth straight win
Fourth-round pick in 2011 pitches 7 2/3 scoreless innings
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | August 3, 2012 6:53 PM ET
"The first inning, my center fielder bailed me out a couple times," said Pill, who plunked leadoff man Levi Michael but ended the inning with three straight fly balls to Alonzo Harris. "After that, I did pretty well."
Pill, the Mets' fourth-round pick last year, allowed three hits and tied a career high with 10 strikeouts over 7 2/3 innings in Class A Advanced St. Lucie's 6-0 blanking of Fort Myers.
The 22-year-old right-hander, who also fanned 10 on May 11 for Class A Savannah, has allowed one earned run or fewer in eight of 10 outings since being promoted to the Florida State League. And, despite hitting a few batters, he extended his winning streak.
"I kept mixing my pitches and the second time through their lineup, I switched it up and was going in more," Pill said. "The next time through the lineup, I had to go with fastballs in and threw other breaking balls. I started going fastballs up, since they were looking for breaking balls in the dirt. I mixed up the game plan and pitching patterns."
Pill picked apart Fort Myers like a veteran. It helps coming from a baseball family: His brother, Brett, plays in the Giants' organization and his father, Michael, was the Pirates' second-round pick in 1977.
The Cal State-Fullerton product worked around a walk in the second with a pair of strikeouts, gave up a double in the third and stranded another runner in the fifth after Andy Leer singled with one out. He reeled off 1-2-3 innings in the sixth and seventh before striking out two more in the eighth.
That's when he reached his pitch count and took a seat.
"I felt good. Obviously, you want to get that last out, you don't want to come out," he said. "We were up by quite a bit of runs and it was the right call. I've still got four more outings, still got a month left. But I felt good."
Pill went 3-4 with a 2.61 ERA in nine outings at Savannah before the Mets brought him to St. Lucie. After 10 outings in the Florida State League, he's 6-1 with a 1.82 ERA.
"I would say the hitters are more ... they would swing at a lot more pitches," he said of facing hitters at the higher level. "They have more of a plan and kinda know what they're trying to do with the ball. Here, we have scouting reports on guys and we kinda already know what they're doing with the ball. We set them up for those pitches and work around and get to their weak points."
While he's unbeaten since June 12, Pill said he's simply pitching to his routine.
"I'm just going out there and doing my job, getting outs, making sure I'm going deep in the game," he explained. "Give them a chance in trying to win the game."
Pill did not put more than one runner on base in an inning until the seventh. The Mets, meanwhile, staked him to a 2-0 lead in the first, then hit three homers off Miracle starter Matthew Summers in the third. Cory Vaughn led off with his 18th homer of the season and, after Blake Forsythe struck out, Rafael Fernandez and Aderlin Rodriguez cracked back-to-back blasts to open five-run cushion.
Pill, although not ranked among the Mets' top prospects, could reach Double-A Binghamton by the end of the regular season. He's not too concerned about when that call may come.
"I have no idea. That's [the Mets'] call," he said. "But as of now, I'm just trying to keep doing what I've been doing."
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Spirited rally not enough to overcome rocky start
Peacock struggles in 3 2/3 innings before Astros' late surge
OAKLAND -- Astros pitcher Brad Peacock voiced his displeasure when he was pulled from his previous start July 13 with only one out in the first inning and the bases loaded and having allowed just one run. Peacock felt he deserved a chance to work out of the mess and was befuddled about why he got a quick hook.
Peacock struggled early again Wednesday night and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, hoping he had weathered the worst of the Oakland storm despite throwing 36 pitches. His troubles, though, were only getting started.
The A's jumped on Peacock for five runs in the second inning, capped by a three-run homer by Yoenis Cespedes -- the first of his two homers -- and built a seven-run lead before the Astros rallied for five of their own in the eighth inning of a 9-7 loss at O.co Coliseum.
"I thought that was going to be the case," said Peacock when asked if he thought he had survived the worst of what the A's had to offer in the first. "I just fell behind too many guys tonight and you definitely can't do that against a team like this. They'll take advantage of it, and they definitely did it today."
Peacock (3-7) gave up seven runs, seven hits and five walks in 3 2/3 innings, including the two homers to Cespedes and one to Jed Lowrie to start the second.
In his last two starts, he's allowed eight earned runs and nine hits in four innings, putting his spot in the rotation in jeopardy. Right-hander Collin McHugh is set to come off the disabled list this weekend, and left-hander Brett Oberholtzer has pitched well in McHugh's place, so Peacock could be the odd man out.
"Every time you compete at this level, you're playing for your job," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "We'll sit down as a staff and talk to the front office and come up with a decision on what we're going to do as we go through the rotation the next time."
Peacock understands he was pitching to stay in the mix.
"Yeah, of course," he said. "I've just to keep trying to stay up here. I don't know what's going to happen, but we'll see."
Astros catcher Jason Castro was more encouraged, saying Peacock made an in-game mechanical adjustment that should benefit him in the future. Castro said Peacock was off-balance early in his delivery, pulling him off track. Castro noticed it in the fateful July 13 start against the Red Sox and saw it occur again Wednesday.
"We kind of identified what was going on a little bit, and his next start we should see the old Peacock back in form," he said.
Peacock's woes helped the Astros into a 9-2 hole they nearly climbed out of in the eighth inning.
Houston rallied for five runs on six hits in the eighth to get within 9-7, doing most of the damage against A's struggling reliever Jim Johnson, who gave up four of the runs. The Astros had runners at first and third with one out before Luke Gregerson stopped the rally by striking out L.J. Hoes and getting Jose Altuve to ground out.
"The fight we showed tonight was good," Castro said. "We could have laid down and kind of chalked it up as a loss, but we fought back and we made it close there. Unfortunately, we didn't pull it out obviously, but it's nice to see everyone getting in there and getting that rally going and trying to make a comeback."
Sean Doolittle needed only 10 pitches to send the Astros down in order in the ninth for his 15th save.
"Whenever you give up a five-spot early in the game, it makes it pretty difficult," Porter said. "Offensively, our guys battled and did a tremendous job of mounting a comeback and we fell short there."
A's starter Jesse Chavez (8-6) didn't allow a hit until Matt Dominguez stroked a line-drive single to left field with one out in the fifth inning. He worked 5 2/3 innings and allowed four hits and two runs and struck out seven to improve to 5-2 with a 2.24 ERA in eight home starts.
"He was rejuvenated, it looked like to me," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "The cutter really had some teeth on it tonight, threw some good changeups, mixed his speeds pretty well tonight, too. Not a guy that you expect to get a bunch of strikeouts, but he had that kind of stuff tonight."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Just days before the violence that left an asylum seeker dead in the Manus Island detention centre last month, a Papua New Guinea national working in the camp's catering section beat up a detainee in the dining area.
The incident is believed to have contributed to tensions between the detainees and PNG nationals employed in and around the detention centre.
Fairfax Media has been told the male PNG national was employed in the catering section operated by international food service provider Eurest.
A spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Scott Morrison confirmed he had been advised about an incident that was ''initiated by a transferee striking a member of staff of one of the service providers''.
A source working at the centre said the incident ensued after the asylum seeker tried to pull a plastic glove off the hand of the caterer.
''He also tried to cut him [the caterer] with a plastic knife, and he slapped him. He [the caterer] then bashed him,'' said the source, who asked not to be named.
Eurest declined to comment.


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Behavioral Systems
PD 07-7472 has been archived. Principal Investigators wishing to submit proposals to the Behavioral Systems Cluster should apply to NSF 13-600. For further information see "Related URL" section and Contacts on the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Program Guidelines Page at: http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503623&org=IOS&from=home.
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A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 30, 2017. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 17-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
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SYNOPSIS The Behavioral Systems Cluster supports research on the development, function, mechanisms, and evolutionary history of behavior, with emphasis on a vertically integrated understanding of the behavioral phenotype in nature. To foster this integrative goal, the Cluster specifically encourages projects that seek to understand how combinations of neural, hormonal, physiological, and developmental mechanisms act synergistically as a system from which behavior emerges. Laboratory work or the study of animals in captivity is encouraged, to the extent that it contributes to the understanding of behavior in natural systems.
Summary Award Information - In FY 2010, the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems funded 17% of submitted proposals, and the mean annual award was $216,556.
Program Directors:
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A new project which could help slash airport delays by reducing snarl-ups in the chain of operations that prepare an aircraft for its next flight is being launched by Cambridge University.
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Dr Julian Allwood has been awarded an EPSRC Leadership Fellowship for his work to reduce global carbon emissions.
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Photos of the 1900 Storm in Galveston
Before Hurricane Ike and Tropical Storm Allison, a horrific storm made landfall in Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900 in Galveston, Texas. See some of the photos taken during the aftermath of that natural disaster.
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SM AYSO Eliminates Goalkeepers in All Divisions
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In a unanimous decision, the Executive Board voted this morning to remove Goalkeepers from all divisions in all games. Citing AYSO National research, Asst. Regional Commissioner Guido Davis Del Piccolo noted that "...kids are more likely to shoot often when there's no goalkeeper. With a goalkeeper there, they become apprehensive, looking for the perfect shot that they are unable to achieve with a goalkeeper in the way."
Asst. Regional Commissioner Karen Miller commented that "baseball has seen a surge in attendance with more home runs. Eliminating goalkeepers will help increase the number of goals, and ideally attendance at games." Head Coach Christian Bordal noted that "we spend all this time teaching kids not to use their hands, then we tell them if they play keeper, it's okay to use their hands. It's all very confusing to both players & coaches." Regional Commissioner Marc Dauber pointed out that US National Goalkeeper, Tim Howard played midfielder in high school as well as basketball. "The ball-handling skills in basketball were instrumental in his becoming a strong goalkeeper. Rather than standing around in a goal waiting for the 4 or 5 shots a game, he was able to block 75 shots per game in basketball. I predict all future goalkeepers will come from the basketball court. AYSO needs to focus on training the kids on the field." Asst. Regional Commissioner Jeffrey Safrit summed up the Board's sentiment saying "Goalkeepers get in the way of a good shot. Goalkeepers get in the way of good soccer. This move gets them out of the way."
At the time of this writing, it is still being determined whether other AYSO regions will follow suit.
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HDA Scholarship for Ortho Resident Patiño
UCSF Dentistry Orthodontics resident Jesus Isaac Patiño Jr., DDS (D'12) has been awarded the Hispanic Dental Association (HDA) 2013 Colgate-Palmolive Scholarship Award.
The intent of the HDA Scholarship Program is to support promising students in their academic training. Scholarships under this program will help the student complete their training for a Masters Degree or above in a Dentistry Related Program. The scholarships are open to student members of the Hispanic Dental Association who have been accepted into or are currently enrolled in an accredited Masters or above program in a Dentistry Related Field.
Says Dr. Patiño, in an e-mail to UCSF Orthodontics faculty Drs James Chen, Gerald Nelson and Maria Orellana: "I really appreciate the support and education the three of you have provided for me. I will never forget it, and I look forward to increasing my knowledge of orthodontics under each of your leadership!"
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Kid Rock and Tommy Lee are super mature
Kid Rock and Tommy Lee (who have both been married to Pamela Anderson) got into a fight during the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards last night. Rap producer Rich Nice witnessed the incident and told the AP:
"It looked like Tommy Lee initiated it because Kid Rock was ignoring him. And Tommy Lee kind of antagonized him. And then when Tommy Lee stood up, it looked a little weird, like 'Yo, what?' When Tommy stands up is when Kid hit him the first time with a backhand and then Tommy Lee looked like he was trying to get at him to aggressively retaliate and then Kid Rock hits Tommy Lee again — bong."
Tommy Lee told The Insider his version of the story:
"I was minding myself and then he goes and punches me on the cheek," claims Tommy. "I was trying to be the bigger man, but he was acting childish." He added that after Kid came up and punched him, he "was ready to go in the alley and kick his ass. "I was about to put Kid in the emergency room when security grabbed me," says Tommy. "They said, 'If you move, we will break your arms.'"
Can this thing even be called a fight? Kid Rock has a cigar in his mouth the entire time. I've seen tougher fights at the petting zoo. And not even a real petting zoo. Just a bunch of stuffed animals I threw on the ground to entertain some babies. And how exactly was Tommy Lee planning on putting Kid Rock in the emergency room? Was it with the yelling or the walking away in shame? I usually just use punches, but maybe I'll give his method a try.


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Love It Or Leave It: Is This New Prada Campaign All Flower Power Or Failure?
There was a time in the early '90s when sunflowers were totally ubiquitous. I'm pretty sure TV's "Blossom" had a terrible sunflower hat, and sunflowers were the '90s symbol for some kind of whitewashed take on '60s bohemianism. So perhaps that's why I'm not super into the new ads from Prada, featuring supermodels Amber Valletta and Eva Herzigova. There's so many hateable things about these shots: Firstly, the clothes; second, the styling of Amber's shoes. And then there's the tiny fringe somebody put on beautiful Eva Herzigova. Why would you do that to her? Plus, the color palette and makeup seems so purposefully drab. But I don't know, maybe I'm missing something. Maybe this campaign is actually brilliant and gorgeous and it's just my janky perspective that's ruining things. What do you think?
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Woodpeckers called sapsuckers drill neat rows of little holes in trees, then slurp up the sap. (See the illustration, above.) Chances are the tree will be an old sapsucker café—where the bird's holes have dried up and healed over. But if you're lucky, you may find a fresh one—where the sapsucker holes are still oozing sap. You may get lucky and see not just sapsuckers, but hummingbirds, insects, and squirrels stopping by to dine.
Here are some other trees to look for:
In your notebook or sketchpad, draw your trees—or snap their photos and save room for them in your log. Jot down notes about how your trees are different-looking and how they might have gotten that way.
Name your favorite trees. Visit them now and, in a few months, to see if they change from one season to the next.
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text: It was once long ago, on a sunny day, that I visited my father's uncle, "Buddy" Harrington in Durham, N.C. As a young child, I can remember his home even to this day, running through the same halls that his own son, John Milton ran through. At the time though, I did not know John Milton. You see, John Milton died in service to his country 2 years before I was even born, but on that bright sunny day, I was told that he was as gregarious and energetic as I was at that age. It was at that time that I began to realize that I was kin to a hero. Throughout my life, I've visited the moving wall and seen his name, I've watched true story movies depicting the first battles of the Vietnam Conflict, and each time I do these things, I cry. Not for the loss... no.... I cry because his dedication, as well as the dedication of all the other soldiers of the United States military, protected what so many hold dear and so many more take for granted.... Freedom. I am proud to say that my cousin John Milton was a member of that group of people that did fight for what they believed in, giving us what no one should ever take for granted. Do I wish I got the chance to know him? Sure... Do I grieve because I didn't? What makes you think I don't? Because of John Milton I can say "I'm Proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free... And I won't forget the men who died, to give that right to me...." (Lee Greenwood, "Proud to be an American") May your spirit carry on, John Milton, and I ask that you will watch over my son when he enters the Navy, guiding him in the strength and courage it takes to do what you did.... I love you From a cousin, Kris Harrington Sheeley


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The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue at the back of the inner eye. It acts like the film in a camera. Images come through the eye's lens and are focused on the retina. The retina then converts these images to electric signals and sends them via the optic nerve to the brain.
The retina is normally red due to its rich blood supply. An ophthalmoscope allows a health care provider to see through your pupil and lens to the retina. If the provider sees any changes in the color or appearance of the retina, it may indicate a disease.
Anyone who experiences changes in sharpness or color perception, flashes of lights, floaters, or distortion in vision should get a retinal examination.
Yanoff M, Cameron D. Disorders of the visual system. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds.Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 431.