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Press Releases: 2012
September 3, 2012
"Today, Americans join together to honor the men and women who help make our nation and its businesses so successful. Despite a challenging economy, our country's workers have continued to show extraordinary innovation and determination to out-produce our competitors. Our nation has a long history of striving to create more opportunities for our people to enter the middle class, and Labor Day is the perfect opportunity to renew our commitment to an opportunity-driven economy that works for working families.
August 30, 2012
"I applaud today's ruling by the DC District Court that concluded the Texas voter identification law would make it more difficult for citizens to exercise their right to vote. This law is just one example of legislation that is being passed across the country that could disenfranchise minorities, the elderly, and college students. While proponents of these voter identification laws claim they're targeting voter fraud, there is scant evidence that such fraud exists. Instead, the real purpose of these laws is to make it substantially harder for eligible voters to cast their ballot and have their votes counted.
August 28, 2012
"I applaud President Obama's action today that reinforced Democrats' energy policy that strengthens our economic, national, and environmental security. The new fuel standards will benefit the economy through lower costs for consumers, and by ensuring our nation remains on the leading edge of technology and innovation as automakers develop the most fuel-efficient cars. The new standards will also increase our national security as we move away from our dependence on foreign oil, and promote energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases. This is a bold step, and the right one to help secure America's future."
August 25, 2012
I was saddened to learn about the passing of Neil Armstrong today. He was truly an American hero and icon. He represented the ingenuity and the passion for exploration and discovery that is the hallmark of our nation. It may have been a 'small step,' but when he became the first person to set foot on the moon, it changed the course of history, making the impossible possible. His legacy will live on each time we dare to dream beyond what seems possible, and will continue to serve as an inspiration to us all.
August 24, 2012
"This weekend, I will join with Americans across the country in celebrating Women's Equality Day, marking the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment's ratification, which recognized women's right to vote and participate in our electoral democracy. On this day, we mark the achievements women have made across the spectrum of American society, but we also acknowledge how much work remains.
August 22, 2012
"CBO's update of its Budget and Economic Outlook released this morning couldn't paint a clearer picture of our fiscal challenges. If Congress fails to resolve the so-called 'fiscal cliff' by the end of this year, according to the CBO's projections, the first half of 2013 will plunge us back into recession and sharply increase unemployment.
August 16, 2012
"I congratulate J. David Cox on his election as National President of the American Federation of Government Employees, and I thank outgoing President John Gage for his many years of service. I have had the pleasure of working with J. David in his capacity as National Secretary-Treasurer for the past six years, and I know he will do an outstanding job in this new role.
August 16, 2012
"I commend the Obama Administration for continuing to make manufacturing revitalization a top priority by announcing a new National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute in Youngstown, Ohio. This public-private partnership will begin laying the groundwork for the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation the President proposed earlier this year and remains an important part of House Democrats' Make It In America jobs plan.
August 14, 2012
"In the eight years Dennis and I have served together, I have seen firsthand his strong commitment to public service and his love of country. Dennis has been a tireless advocate for the people of California's Central Valley communities during his time in office, and he will be missed in the halls of Congress by colleagues on both sides of the aisle. As he returns home, he does so having made a real difference in the lives of those he has represented here and in the lives of countless families across the country, and I continue to wish Dennis, Kathie, and their family well during this time of transition."
August 13, 2012
"I continue to be dismayed by Republicans' attempts to distract from the real challenges facing this nation by pursuing an unnecessary and partisan lawsuit against Attorney General Holder. As I said on the House Floor in June, the investigation against him by Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has been motivated by politics, not by the pursuit of justice. Instead of moving forward with this partisan lawsuit, House Republicans would be better off working with Democrats to address the serious challenges we face by achieving solutions that create jobs, move our economic recovery forward, and set our country back on a sound fiscal path."
August 11, 2012
"I congratulate Chairman Ryan on the honor of being chosen as Gov. Romney's running mate. He and I have served together in Congress for several years, and I know he cares deeply about putting America back on a sustainable fiscal path, just as President Obama and Vice President Biden do.
August 9, 2012
"With a crucial election less than three months away, it's never been more important for young people to make their voices heard," said Whip Hoyer. "That is why Democrats are reaching out to colleges and universities across the country to make sure that every eligible student voter has the information needed to cast a ballot this November. The right to vote is the most powerful weapon we have in a democracy. Yet with state voting registration laws constantly changing, often students can be left out in the cold. I hope colleges and universities will do their part to help ensure all students can stand up and be counted this November."
August 7, 2012
"No matter what party they support or which candidate, every student ought to play a role in this year's election by registering to vote and knowing how and where to cast their ballots," said Whip Hoyer. "That's why I am are releasing this video, which I hope will make it easier for students to access the information they need to get registered and get involved. Laws are changing in several states, and Democrats will continue working to make sure everyone has the most up-to-date information to ensure their voice is heard."
August 6, 2012
"Congratulations to all of our All-Star Members, especially this year's MVP Rep. Jared Polis (CO-02), on their success during House Democrats' annual online competition. Over the course of three weeks, House Democrats acquired over 139,000 new Facebook fans, Twitter followers, and YouTube subscribers, which surpasses last year's total by 82,000.
August 3, 2012
"While I am encouraged that our economy is continuing to add private sector jobs for the twenty-ninth consecutive month, with 172,000 private sector jobs created in July, more must be done to move our jobs recovery forward. Unfortunately, House Republicans continue to pursue an extreme, ideological agenda instead of focusing on jobs or economic growth. Just this week, House Republicans once again walked away from the American people when they left town for the summer with a long list of critical work left undone, including failing to provide economic certainty to families by providing tax relief for middle class Americans.
Pelosi, Hoyer Dear Colleague to House Democratic Caucus: House GOP Adjourns, Fails to Address Central Challenges of Nation
August 2, 2012
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer today sent a letter to the House Democratic Caucus urging Democratic Members to highlight the past 19 months of the Republican Majority's record of missed opportunities in addressing the nation's central challenges.
August 2, 2012
"What Leader Cantor has done and what the Republican party in the House of Representatives have done is once more snatched delay and defeat from the jaws of victory. The Senate passed a bill which would give 98% of Americans assurance that they would have no tax increase January 1. The Republicans have now deep-sixed that, unfortunately. They know full well that the bill they passed yesterday will not pass the Senate."
August 1, 2012
"Once again, Republicans have pursued confrontation over compromise. By rejecting a bill on which there was clear agreement that extended middle class tax cuts, Republicans snatched delay from the jaws of victory. The President supports extending middle class tax cuts, and the Senate has passed it. We all agree that we want to make sure middle class families do not see a tax increase next year. But Republicans want to hold the middle class tax cuts hostage to additional tax cuts for the wealthy.
August 1, 2012
WASHINGTON—Today House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, House Administration Committee Ranking Member Bob Brady and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers convened a meeting of Members and representatives from youth, student, and voting organizations. The discussion focused on the escalating attempts to prevent students and young people from casting ballots this November. In state legislatures across the country, there has been a significant rise in laws designed to hinder access to the ballot for students, minorities, seniors and other groups. If nothing is done about these new restrictions, thousands of those eligible young voters will be turned away from the polls.
August 1, 2012
"After thirty-four consecutive months of robust growth, our manufacturing sector contracted slightly in July for the second month in a row, a sign we must do more to help manufacturers invest in new products, expand into new markets, and grow for the future. But manufacturing companies are hampered by a deepening sense of uncertainty created by the lack of a serious effort by this Congress to enact comprehensive jobs legislation and make the investments we need in out-educating, out-innovating, and out-building our overseas competitors.
August 1, 2012
"Today, for the first time in history, the United States Postal Service is set to default on its obligations because House Republicans refuse to take action on bipartisan postal reform legislation. The Senate passed a bill, by a bipartisan vote of 62-37 in April, that could have prevented default and preserved the Postal Service. Unfortunately, as we head into the August district work period, House Republicans refuse to address this matter at all and are once again walking away from the American people on a critical issue.
August 1, 2012
"Today, for 47 million women, the Affordable Care Act is opening new doors to quality, affordable, and accessible preventive care. No longer will insurance companies be able to charge co-pays for a host of preventive services, including HIV screening, well-woman visits, gestational diabetes testing, contraception, and domestic violence counseling. This is one of the many provisions of the Affordable Care Act that makes it easier for women and their doctors – and not insurance companies – to make health care decisions.
July 31, 2012
"Once again, Republicans are playing politics with women's health care. This bill, which would place new restrictions on women seeking reproductive health options in the District of Columbia, is the latest attempt to drive Americans apart on wedge issues at a time when we ought to be coming together to tackle the challenges we face together as a nation. It is yet another messaging bill that would never pass the Senate or be signed into law.
July 30, 2012
"Forty-seven years ago today, Medicare brought the promise of affordable health care for Americans over age 65. Since that day, Democrats have defended that promise and worked to strengthen Medicare for future generations. The landmark Affordable Care Act has lowered out-of-pocket costs to beneficiaries by making a range of preventive care services free, and it increased the solvency of the Medicare Trust Fund by eight years.
July 27, 2012
"Today's Mid-Session Review by the Office of Management and Budget tell us what we already know – that we must get our deficits under control. The way to achieve that is by pursuing a big and balanced deficit reduction solution this year, as both the President and House Democrats proposed in our budgets.
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Australia believe their tight quarter-final win over Malawi is the best preparation they could have for the final four showdown at the world netball championship.
Australian veteran Catherine Cox said their 58-44 win over Malawi was ideal after cruising to hefty victories in the pool games.
The defending champion will on Saturday (7.45pm AEST) take on the athletic Jamaicans, who easily accounted for Trinidad and Tobago 79-42 in their quarter-final.
"It made us pull our heads in halfway through that game and it was a fight and that's the best game we want before heading into a semi-final," Cox said.
"There were some silly mistakes but we are still challenging ourselves because we're trying to build."
The Australians were looking on the bright side of a patchy performance.
They weren't expected to be troubled by the African nation, but Malawi got close enough to make the Diamonds really work for the victory.
"We were patchy in some spots," Australian coach Norma Plummer said.
"We haven't played Malawi for a long time and for a lot of these players it was their first attempt."
After edging to a 13-6 lead at the first break, Australia got out to 28-17 by halftime with the Malawi side playing a physical, body-checking style.
Plummer stuck to her method used throughout the championship of changing the majority of the line-up for the second half and Malawi again frustrated the Australians with their continual passing around the court.
And they didn't let up until the final whistle.
Their young shooter Mwayi Kumwenda lives in Australia and plays for Melbourne club Peninsula Waves in the Victorian Netball League and she and goal attack Sindi Simtowe were a challenge for Australia's defenders in each half.
Despite the loss Malawi, who finished fifth at last year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi and at the last world championship in 2007 in Auckland, would be delighted with the way they pushed one of the sport's super powers.
Meanwhile New Zealand and England will meet in the other semi-final on Saturday.
While the world No.1 Kiwis had a shocking start to trail South Africa at quarter-time before prevailing 58-28, England steam-rolled Northern Ireland 87-16.
New Zealand captain Casey Williams said her side couldn't afford to repeat their lax start against the world No.3 English side.
"I think if we have a start like that against a side like England they will blow us out of the water, it would be like catch-up netball," Williams said.

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The inaugural cohort of students for Bond University's new school of architecture will be a small and select group.
The school's recently appointed foundation head, Queensland government architect Philip Follent, is hand-picking 30 or so enrollees with strong potential for the combined undergraduate and master's degree.
"I'd like our graduates to be real thinkers and that they are able to solve real problems," he said.
"The small cohort size will enable much more one-on-one tuition from not only university staff, but also inspirational practitioners in the fields of architecture, fine arts, music, social psychology, philosophy, engineering and building."
The school is being established with the aid of a donation of an undisclosed amount from alumnus and Sunland Group founder
Sunland is the developer of Australia's tallest residential tower, Q1, on the Gold Coast.
The students will start in January and will take four years to complete their full-time studies.
An upward trend in applications nationally shows students are hungry for architecture courses.
The Australian Institute of Architects has accredited 16 Australian universities to deliver full architecture degrees.
If successful, Bond will be the 17th.
Professor Follent plans to introduce an artist-in-residence program and master classes for architecture professionals once the school is in full flight.
He said the school would have links with the Architectural Association School of Architects in London and Pratt Institute in New York, giving Bond students the opportunity to study overseas.
Construction will begin on a $10 million building to house the school next year.
Bond has announced finalists in a design competition for the building. They include Queensland-based architecture firms m3architecture, and Donovan Hill Architecture, as well as Melbourne's Wood/Marsh and global firms HBO+EMTB and Populous in association with CRAB Studio London.
"The finalists have been chosen to explore and present ideas that will heighten the learning experience of architecture students and at the same time deliver a building that is a symbol of Bond University's commitment to architecture," Professor Follent said.
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Virus behind hepatitis in horses identified
American researchers have identified a novel virus believed to cause a form of hepatitis in horses.
Theiler's disease is an acute hepatitis in horses and has been known since 1919 but, until now, scientists have not known the causative agent.
Researchers have used genetic sequencing to identify a previously undescribed virus of the Flaviviridae family which they believe is behind the disease.
They have called the virus "Theiler's disease-associated virus" (TDAV). Their findings have been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
They found that the virus shares only 35.3 per cent amino acid identity with its closest known relative.
Theiler's disease is associated with the administration of equine blood products.
The researchers, from the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in California and the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University in New York, got on the trail of the virus after eight horses developed hepatitis after being injected with an antitoxin to prevent them from developing botulism.
Theiler's disease was first reported in 1919 by Arnold Theiler, who observed symptoms of liver disease in animals given a vaccine against African horse sickness with a combination of live virus and equine antiserum.
In the ensuing decades, numerous outbreaks of Theiler's disease have been reported in North America and Europe, typically following the relatively common practice of administering hyperimmune equine plasma or serum to horses exposed to contagious or life-threatening infectious agents, such as Western equine encephalitis virus, Bacillus anthracis, Streptococcus equi, Clostridium perfringens, and equine influenza virus, or toxins such as tetanus.
Horses typically exhibit a rapid onset of acute symptoms, including lethargy, anorexia, and jaundice, as well as an elevation of serum levels of liver enzymes and bilirubin two to three months after receiving blood products. Fever and additional central nervous system signs may also be present.
Postmortem studies of Theiler's disease cases have identified significant necrosis and degeneration in the liver, identifying this as the major site of pathology. Morbidity rates associated with Theiler's disease outbreaks vary from slightly more than 1 per cent to as high as 18 per cent.
Among symptomatic horses, Theiler's disease results in death rates between 50 per cent and 90 per cent.
The association between prior treatment with equine serum or plasma and the appearance of Theiler's disease has long suggested the presence of a contaminating toxin or infectious agent.
However, until now, numerous experimental studies in both the natural equine host and laboratory animals have failed to convincingly identify an underlying cause.
"We note that although we have discovered TDAV in horses, the natural reservoirs and hosts of this virus are unknown; it could be an exclusively equine virus or an agent introduced into the equine population from another source and amplified there by the practice of transfusion," the researchers said.
"Further epidemiological work will be required to answer this question."
PNAS Plus – Biological Sciences – Microbiology:
Sanjay Chandriani, Peter Skewes-Cox, Weidong Zhong, Donald E. Ganem, Thomas J. Divers, Anita J. Van Blaricum, Bud C. Tennant, and Amy L. Kistler
Identification of a previously undescribed divergent virus from the Flaviviridae family in an outbreak of equine serum hepatitis
PNAS 2013 ; published ahead of print March 18, 2013, doi:10.1073/pnas.1219217110
The full study can be read online here.


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Lois Lowry's Blog
I remember my children, when they were in kindergarten, learning, and then singing endlessly, a song that included the words "All the colors that we know...live up in the raaainnnboooww"
It is raining a little today and that means that the bright yellow of the forsthia is absolutely dazzling against the new spring greens in the yard.
When I was a child, my best friend and I used to walk "downtown"...about 3 blocks...on Saturdays, clutching our allowance money, to Woolworth's. We always ended up buying paper dolls. But again and again I found myself lingering by the sewing-materials department, where there was a large display of thread, all arranged by graduated colors. Coates & Clark, I think was the brand of thread. Is it truly weird that a 10-year-old child was each week tempted to spend her entire (small) allowance on spools of thread, just so she could look at the colors?
I was puttering today in one of the guest rooms of my house, and happened on this pillow:
Several years ago, I went into a yarn shop and spent my allowance on a batch of crewel yarn in all shades of reds and oranges and pinks; then, using a postcard photo of a Georgia O'Keeffe painting of a poppy, I created this pillow. It took a long time! But I remember the satsfaction of combining those wonderful colors:
I think I made this at about the time I was writing "Gathering Blue" in which the main character, Kira, is doing the same kind of colorful needlework.
I am rarely in the sewing department of a store these days. (Is there such a department anymore?) But I still linger in towel departments, entranced by the gradations of color. And if you turn me loose in a hardware store you will never find me by the screwdrivers or insecticides. No: I am always hanging out with the paint chips.
First, there were the bells. Three of them, cast from warped shovels, rakes, and hoes, cracked cauldrons, dulled ploughshares, one rusted stove, and, melted into each, a single golden coin. They were rough and black except along their silvery lips, where my mother's mallets had struck a million strokes. She was small enough to dance beneath them in the belfry. When she swung, her feet leapt from the polished wooden planks, so that when the mallet met the bell, it rang from the bell's crown to the tips of my mother's pointed toes….
My mother had a filthy nest of hair, knots of iron muscle in her arms, and, for me alone, a smile as warm as August's sun. by the time of my birth she had been living for some years in a small alpine hut adjacent to the church. No, that is inaccurate. My mother lived in the belfry. She came to the hut only when the belfry, exposed to the mountains' bitter weather, became too cold, or too full of snow, or when she had hunger of the cheese rinds and cold gruel the villagers left for her, or when the sumer lightning storms swept down the valley and struck our belfry--they often did, the bells ringing as if tolled by ghosts. Though she was filthy, and never washed herself her entire life, every week she scrubbed me from head to toe in the frigid water of the stream. She fed me from a wooden spoon until I was full to bursting. I did not then know of how other children played and laughed, how they pretended to be kings and soldiers, how they danced and sang song together. I wanted nothing more for my life. I wanted only to sit there, my four-year-old legs dangling over the edge of the belfry. To look at the mountains. to listen to the beauty of the bells.
--- THE BELLS, a novel by Richard Harvell.


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Sept. 19, 2012
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The Wyoming Cowboys will travel to Moscow, Idaho, to face the Idaho Vandals this Saturday in a game that will kick off at 3 p.m., Mountain Time. Both Wyoming and Idaho come into Saturday's game looking for their first win of the 2012 season.
The UW football team hasn't played at Idaho, since the 1950 season. This will be the sixth meeting between the Cowboys and Vandals. UW leads the series 4-1, and has won the last four meetings between the two schools. The series dates back to 1921.
Winning close games was a hallmark of the Wyoming Cowboys' in 2011. UW won all five games it played that were decided by eight points or less. But to start the 2012 season, the Pokes haven't enjoyed the same success. Wyoming has lost two of its first three games by two points to Cal Poly and three points to Toledo.
The Wyoming Cowboys will be looking for their fifth road win in their last eight road games when they travel to Idaho this week.
Both teams have experienced similar seasons thus far in 2012. Each has lost its first three games, facing a Big Sky Conference team, a team from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and a Top 25 ranked squad.
For Wyoming, they lost at then No. 15 ranked Texas in the opening week of the season by a score of 17-37, then lost at home to MAC member Toledo (31-34) and last week lost to Big Sky Conference member Cal Poly (22-24).
Idaho began with a Big Sky opponent, losing to Eastern Washington (3-20) in its season opener, then lost on the road at Bowling Green (13-21) of the MAC. Last week, Idaho traveled to No. 3 ranked LSU and fell to the Tigers (14-63).
When Wyoming plays Idaho on Saturday, it will be the latest of many meetings against the Western Athletic Conference - a conference that Wyoming was a founding member of back on July 27, 1962. The University of Wyoming was one of six founding members along with Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, New Mexico and Utah.
The Wyoming passing attack has been among the best in the Mountain West this season. Wyoming is ranked No. 2 in the MW, averaging 247.0 passing yards per game. Sophomore quarterback Brett Smith is averaging 307.5 yards passing per game. Since missing last week's game versus Cal Poly, Smith hasn't played in the required 75 percent of the Cowboys' games to be ranked in the NCAA statistics this week. But his average would rank him No. 1 in the Mountain West and No. 13 in the nation. His 347.5 yards of total offense per game would rank him No. 2 in the MW and No. 10 in the NCAA this season.
The Cowboys have three senior defenders who rank among the top four individuals in the Mountain West Conference in tackles and rank among the Top 40 in the nation. Linebacker Korey Jones leads the Mountain West and ranks 15th nationally (11.0 tackles per game). Defensive tackle Mike Purcell ranks No. 3 in the MW and No. 35 in the NCAA (10.0 tackles per game), and free safety Luke Ruff ranks No. 4 in the conference and No. 39 in the country (9.7 tackles per game).
In 2011, Wyoming's Blair Burns was named First Team Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America. In 2012, he has continued to distinguish himself as one of the top defensive backs in the Mountain West and the nation. Burns has broken up six passes this season -- two each against Texas, Toledo and Cal Poly -- to rank No. 1 in the Mountain West and tie for No. 7 in the nation in passes defended.
Saturday's game will be broadcast live on radio over the 25 affiliate stations of the Cowboy Sports Network, beginning with the pregame show at 2 p.m., Mountain Time.


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If you've missed the point of the last two weeks of market action, let me get you up to date: 2014 is going to be rough -- really rough. We'll need to go back to the defensive playbook we haven't used in four years, one that saw us through great profits at relatively low risk. We must to go back to 2009.
I'm a commodity guy, and I've written recently about the continued weakness of base metals, particularly copper, zinc and coal -- commodities I consider crucial indicators of a continuing robust recovery. Look at the worst-performing stocks of the last two years and they are almost all commodity names, particularly coal and copper names -- Peabody Energy (BTU), Alpha Natural Resources (ANR), Vale (VALE), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), I could go on.
So what is the difference today and why am I turning so defensive on the market? Commodity strength becomes that much more of a factor precisely because the Fed is beginning its taper and strong stock-index results last year seemed to "borrow" gains from the current year.
But with falling share prices and concurrently falling bond yields, we're looking at another 2009 scenario where dividend producers represent a sharp arbitrage opportunity. And it's with bond-like stocks that were will find our best ideas.
Now's the time to give up (and I mean entirely) on high-beta names for the near term. The earnings and stock performances of Twitter (TWTR) and Pandora (P) should tell you something, even if you're a singularly energy-centric analyst like I am. No, it's time to get into rock-solid, large-cap dividend payers, just like the scary moments after the financial crisis of 2008.
The names that worked so well then aren't available now, however. We can't find solid 5% to 6% dividend returns in shares of McDonald's (MCD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), or 3M (MMM). But in the energy space, because of a brutal January, there are a few equally good opportunities emerging. Let me suggest two.
BP (BP) is by far the most undervalued major oil name. Even with a David Einhorn-inspired rally today, BP delivers a rock solid 5% dividend. While focus remains on the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the continuing liabilities associated with those settlements, BP has written down all but the worst-case scenario of federal and civil liabilities. Please sell BP down some more; I'd love to get more shares with an implied 5.5% or 6% dividend, though I can't see that happening. (A similar idea is Exxon Mobil (XOM).)
Transocean (RIG) deserves two columns all its own, but suffice to say, the entire deep-water drilling sector is in the midst of a disaster cycle with on-shore drilling costing less and returning more at a time many offshore servicers have new (and massively expensive) rigs coming on line and looking for work. Day rates are plummeting and some providers are not going to make it to the next up cycle (which might be two years away). Yes, I'm talking to you, SeaDrill (SDRL).
But that's not Transocean. Its contract book looks solid and its 4.1% dividend is completely sustainable. Cash flow remains positive even in this declining day-rate environment. Oil at $100 per barrel is a fantastic impetus to return to big offshore deep-water projects, and with global stockpiles of oil at lows not seen since 2003, we're likely to see a return to those projects a lot sooner than most analysts expect.
Like BP, this isn't a blanket recommendation of offshore players -- please stay away from SeaDrill, Noble Corp. (NE), Diamond Offshore (DO) and so many others. But like BP, there are a few select opportunities in the sector. (Another good idea is Ensco (ESV).)
So It's back to the 2009 game plan: playing the dividend payers.


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AK-47 Tasco Reddot
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It was a nice cold wet day today when i got to hit the range and test out my new Tasco reddot i picked up at Wal Mart
for $40. I must say for the price i didnt expect it to hold a zero very well but to my amazment after 500 rounds it was still dead on.
Over all it was very pleasent to use and with 11 light settings, seeing it in the day is not a problem.
Heres a few target pics from the AK-47 and my Glock 23. I would say the Tasco reddot feels solid and well built
and for $40 its hard to beat, and a breeze to sight in. (and yes the date is still wrong)
Nice shooting! For the price them Tasco Reddots can hold a zero, are priced nicely and are sturdy so far, got a couple as backups.
Were you cold? Maybe you should put one on that Glock....LOL, just kidding sir! :p
Lord, may a family of hungry baby Aardvarks try to climb into and up my pants legs and try to nurse, for that rude comment....Amen. :o
I've got a BSA on my AK. Identical to yours and just as sturdy..
Well in my defense, the center hits on the glock target are from blazer FMJ, the rest all over the target are remington hollow points which have a tendency to go everywhere but where you point them, and a few of the hits are from me perfecting my bump fire :)
I have one of those Red Dots, picked it up just to see for the price how it did. I haven't got around to using it yet, so thanks for the report. I may try it out and give another review. That way people that don't have a lot in their budget can know about some less expensive alternatives.
Besides it's going on an AK so who really cares, how much it costs?
I have the very same on my brownig buckmark. My only complaint is the thing keeps coming loose after 30 or so rounds. :confused:
The first time mine came loose i cranked it down with a dime pretty tight and it never came undone after that, what i use to do with my other one's is put clear finger nail polish on the threads and tighten it back down and when the polish dry's it will keep it from coming loose again from vibration, at least that worked on my halo i had on my moss 590
I have a WASR-10 AK, I just bought this same Tasco red dot. I cant figure out how to mount it though. Where did you get that mounting rail at? How much did it cost? What is the cheapest option to go with that?
My rail to mount it came with my WASR, you should be able to go to your local gun shop and ask for a AK-47 scope mount, they are around 30 bucks.
Glad that worked out for you. Its a trip what little help a bone stock AK needs to get it shooting' better. I've used several cheap(er) optics applications on AKs along the way and found that you don't need much to improve accuracy, speed and target acquisition. I'm gonna go get one of those pretty quick after hearing/seeing the results.
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Studying the way young children naturally move has given two professional dancers and mums a whole new insight into the world of dance.
Grace Surman and Katy Raven both have an impressive record in performing and teaching movement and dance.
Grace, 42, trained at the Dartington College of Arts and The School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, and is a visiting lecturer on the Contemporary Performance Practice under-graduate Programme housed at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire in Scotland.
Meanwhile, Katy, 30, trained at The Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, and has danced nationally and internationally, as well as having devised and taught workshops for people of a wide range of ages and abilities.
Now the pair, who each have two children of their own, are pouring their expertise into fun classes for younger children, which emphasise the child's creative and thinking body, in Ilkley.
They believe allowing youngsters to express themselves through movement, and moving in as natural a way as possible, can be of great benefit to a child in growing up – and beyond.
"I worked with a woman at the Northern who had done a piece with children, and she would always talk about how organic the way that children move is. They only make movements that work for them," said Katy.
"So when I had my boys, I looked at them, and how they moved so naturally and without inhibition."
Their Moor Movement classes, held at and supported by Ilkley Playhouse, focus on developing children's fitness, co-ordination, co-operation, balance and body awareness, rather than teaching them to conform to the practices of more formal, traditional dance styles.
Similarly, Grace's own career has seen her practice a technique which involved stripping down dance and movement, and going back to look at the basic, natural movements of children.
"I'm very interested in people and their own creativity," she said.
And encouraging such expression through movement can begin even before a child can walk.
Classes for babies utilise baby massage, and encourage the parent or carer to get down on the same level as the child, and encourage them to copy simple gestures and movements – which the youngsters are delighted to do. Sessions give both parents and young children space and freedom to move and express themselves naturally, when in everyday life – such as in the home, out in the street, or the classroom – they are often expected to stand or sit still.
Katy and Grace believe giving youngsters the chance to express themselves physically is something that will benefit their self-confidence and self-awareness as they take the next steps towards adulthood. Moor Movement classes take place on Thursday afternoons at Ilkley Playhouse, Weston Road.
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1) Have your mother remind you while visiting that they get BRAVO, the channel she read you missed so dearly and had infact encouraged you to go ahead and pay the $20 extra per month since you bemoaned its loss so.
2) Turn on BRAVO [with your mother watching along with you] and watch with delight as real housewives is airing at that very moment.
3) Watch as X backstabs Y who backstabs Z who backstabs X, who ate a carrot and now feels fat.
4) Cringe at confessional interviews where people with the emotional maturity of toddlers explain how they feel about one another.
5) Have your mother turn to you with a horrified expression and ask you this isn't the type of show you were missing on this channel. . . was it?
I guess nearly a year without the channel plus my mother's horrified expression was enough to make me wonder what I saw in those shows in the first place. Extinction is the best way to rid an addiction and I got over Indian movies in a similar fashion since once upon a time, yours truly was hooked on them. I even went to one of those concerts where the actors grip the microphone and lip synch all serious-like and hung out with friends outside an Indian store for FIVE HOURS waiting for one of these lip synching sensations to deign to show their faces. (They didn't. The only thing sadder than waiting for five hours in Florida heat outside an Indian store for Bollywood actors is to leave without having seen one at all). Wrenched away from Miami a place of bountiful Indian Movie Stores to Palm Beach where the closest one was just not regularly accessible led to me going two years without watching a desi flick and then. . . when I did? I gasped. They were so . . . cheesy Was it always so? Upon rewatching former beloved films I realized- yes. yes it was. It took time apart to see.
And so it seems with Bravo. As much as I could once watch Tabatha yell at a girl for how she cuts hair, or Patty yell at a guy for being too picky about matchmaking, now its just kind of not doing it for me anymore. I guess when it comes to realityTV, absence does not make the heart grow fonder. [Though just like any former crack addict, I can't guarantee that should BRAVO suddenly become part of my basic television programming that I would not fall off the wagon like the realityTV junkie I am]
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Yeah, it's quite a 'what was I thinking' moment. like the bouffant skirts, oversized shirts worn with a belt, oh God the belts I used to wear in the 80s... I thought I was the cat's whiskers and now, when I see the photos, I cringe and laugh at the same time. The only thing I did not have was a mullet, but I did have a perm. Geez Louise, was I fancy! ;-))
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- Aisha said...
lol- Kmina- I am waiting for these things to come back in style- but I'm doubting now if they ever will :0)
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i will never give up bravo... NEVER.
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Cape Town - Fourteen square metres. That's the size of the single room Shrien Dewani calls home at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, about a 15-minute drive from central Cape Town but ensconced in the Liesbeeck River green belt.
The simple but clean room has a single bed and cupboard, a far cry from the luxury of being flown to South Africa aboard a chartered private jet at a cost of R3 million.
Yet Dewani seems content, a source says, describing his demeanour on arrival at the hospital on Tuesday as friendly.
He smiled, joked and even commented on the hot weather in Cape Town.
So charmed were the staff and patients in his section, who have chatted to him around the vinyl-covered table in the courtyard, that within three days they appeared smitten.
is under 24-hour police guard in the psychiatric hospital.
It is only as a result of his medical condition that he is being detained there rather than the awaiting-trial section of a Western Cape prison.
For the past few days, police and the Justice and Health departments have had daily meetings.
It is believed Dewani's first visit was from the British High Commission on Wednesday.
He was supposed to be detained in the sick bay of Goodwood Prison, in terms of an agreement between Britain and South Africa.
However, that agreement was superseded by one the two countries reached in 2011 sending Dewani to Valkenberg instead.
In terms of the Mental Health Care Act, the court remanded him to the hospital on Tuesday.
He is in the maximum security section.
Psychiatrists will assess Dewani to determine if he is fit to stand trial.
On Monday he was taken from Fromeside Hospital in the UK, a secure mental health unit, to Bristol Airport, and was met by South African authorities.
He boarded a chartered flight, accompanied by a nurse, medical doctor and police officials, and arrived in Cape Town on Tuesday morning, when he was escorted to the Western Cape High Court.
There he was formally charged with the November 2010 murder of his wife Anni, before appearing before Cape Judge President John Hlophe.
He appeared bewildered and confused in the dock, uttering only "yes" when Judge Hlophe asked if he was able to hear what was being said.
He was immaculately dressed in a black suit, black tie and white shirt, attracting comments about his handsome looks and elegance.
Seated in the bench directly in front of the dock were his brother, sister and parents, along with members of the British High Commission.
Dewani is to appear in court again on May 12.
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Zach McKenna and his naturalist guides at Ecotours of St. Augustine Florida offer many fascinating adventures, among them the opportunity to see a sea turtle "up close and personal".
While visiting the ancient city of St. Augustine Florida, if you are coming from the beginning of May until early October, you may witness the nesting of female sea turtles. Over 50,000 sea turtles are in Florida, making it the most important nesting area in the United States. The Leatherback sea turtle is highly endangered, and the Loggerhead is the most common of Florida sea turtles.
A female sea turtle can lay several nests during a season, but nests only every two or three years. The difficult process of nesting takes many hours, as the female drags herself from the sea onto the sand dunes, employs her back flippers to dig a hole and deposits her eggs, usually about 100, each the size of a ping pong ball. She then covers the nest with sand, and abandons it, never to return.
After incubating about two months, the hatchlings break out of their shells and begin moving, eventually causing the walls of the nest to collapse and the bottom of the hole to rise to the surface. Once near the surface, however, the babies wait until the surface of the sand cools to emerge, and most come out after dark. Once out of their nest, they make their way to the water and swim offshore, where they live for several years in seaweed beds, drifting in the Gulf Shore. As they grow older they venture out into coastal waters.
Hundreds of years ago there were sea turtles in the millions in the ocean. But threats to their habitat, commercial fishing, and the demand for both their hide and pollution have contributed to their decline in numbers. Another important factor is artificial lighting. When hatchlings emerge from their nests they instinctively move towards the light, which historically has been the light of the ocean. The commercial development along most of the Florida coastline, however, has strong lighting and the hatchlings go the wrong way, thousands of them perishing in their endeavor to move towards the light.
The Leatherback Turtle is the largest and most active of the sea turtles. Up to eight feet in length, these huge turtles have a rubbery dark shell marked by seven narrow ridges that run the length of their back. Many travel thousands of miles and dive thousands of feet deep. They also venture into much colder water than any other sea turtle. These turtles feed on jellyfish and soft-bodied animals that would appear to provide very little nutrition for such huge animals. About 200 leatherback nests are recorded in Florida each year.
The loggerhead turtle is the most common sea turtle in Florida. It is classified as a threatened but not an endangered species. Named because of its large head, which can be ten inches wide, it has powerful jaws used to crush the clams, crabs and encrusting animals on which it feeds. As many as 68,000 Loggerhead nests are found in Florida each year.
Below are some fun facts about sea turtles:
(1) Sea Turtles have existed for over a hundred million years.
(2) They live their entire life in the ocean, except when they lay eggs.
(3) It can take 15-50 years before a sea turtle can reproduce.
(4) They can travel thousands of miles, but usually return to the beach upon which they hatched to lay their eggs.
(5) The nest temperature determines the sex—males like it cooler and females hotter.
(6) They have great vision underwater, but can barely see out of water.
(7) They are reptiles and can hold their breaths for a long time.
(8) It is estimated that only one in 1,000-10,000 babies live into adulthood.
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Brazilian OEM Embraer introduced its Lineage 1000 in May last year and a spokesman says the company has already taken orders for "more than five" of the twinjet bizliners, the first of which is scheduled for customer delivery in the middle of next year.
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The deadline has passed and mail trucks filled with your Symbolic Butterflies arrive daily. Just like the real monarchs, symbolic butterflies are preparing for their fall journey south to Mexico. Use the map as a gathering place to see where this year's butterflies were made. Share in their beauty and delight in their messages of goodwill!
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A suicide bomber killed at least 10 Iraqis and injured 18 at a police recruitment centre in Baghdad on Thursday, police sources said. According to Reuters, they said the bomber was in a queue at the entrance and blew himself up when policemen went to search him.Two of the dead were policemen.
Two suicide car bombings killed at least 19 people in the capital on Wednesday. Additionally, roadside bombs took the lives of two U.S. soldiers.
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The Moonraker Run weekend starts on Saturday 27th April 2013 at 3pm at the centre at Southwick Country Park, Trowbridge. The club will convey on a 'mini' run through Wiltshire towns, followed by a family fun evening at The Bustard Club Trowbridge from 7pm, with games and a quiz.
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Last year over £200 was raised for The Hope Nature Centre, which helps young adults with learning difficulties in the West Wiltshire area, providing a safe and encouraging place of work to many who may have difficulties integrating within the workplace.
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J'Burgh named a top national innovator for Jewish networking
An organization that builds networks among young adults in Pittsburgh can call itself one of the country's most innovative Jewish groups.
J'Burgh is to be included in the 2012-13 Slingshot Guide, an annual list of 50 forward-thinking organizations published by the Slingshot Fund, a New York-based nonprofit. This is the first time a Pittsburgh group made the list. The guide started in 2005.
"These are the organizations that are making Jewish life relevant today," said Slingshot director Will Schneider.
About 190 groups applied to be in the guide. The third time was the charm for J'Burgh.
"It's a huge honor," said David Katz, 30, director of the five-year-old initiative of Hillel Jewish University Center of Pittsburgh. "It's one thing to be recognized in Pittsburgh. It's another thing to be recognized nationally."
J'Burgh, based in Oakland, formed in 2007 with support from Shalom Pittsburgh and the Jewish Healthcare Foundation. Its mission is to use Judaism to engage the city's about 2,500 Jewish graduate students and young professionals and help keep them in Pittsburgh.
Loosely modeled after a Jewish young-adult group in Seattle, J'Burgh found a way to connect to twentysomethings in Pittsburgh. That included social and communal components and job and internship opportunities, said Aaron Weil, executive director of Hillel JUC.
"Engaging young Jewish adults isn't a problem unique just to Pittsburgh," Weil said. "It's a problem in every community in the country."
Schneider said J'Burgh can serve as a model for those communities.
"This is a problem sitting right in front of our faces, and J'Burgh offers a simple solution," he said.
J'Burgh attracted about 900 people this year to its programs, many designed around social functions such as softball and kickball games, happy hour gatherings and Friday night dinners. It holds events five or six nights a week.
But more than the organization's ability to draw people to its functions helped it gain recognition. J'Burgh connected young Jewish adults on a scale that had not happened before, Schneider said.
"It's not because J'Burgh had a great bowling night," he said. "It's what you do and what the change in the world is because of it. That's what J'Burgh does: It changes Jewish life in Pittsburgh."
J'Burgh faces challenges, including sustaining its growth and providing depth to complement the breadth of its programming, its leaders said.
"We need to develop leadership for the future of the community," Katz said. "It's very important that J'Burgh takes people in their early 20s and then passes them on to other organizations as active leaders in the Jewish community."
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THE Mayor of Halton has enjoyed a unique engagement with a community group.
In her official robes and chain, Clr Margaret Ratcliffe posed as a model for two adult painting and drawing classes.
Members of the Years Ahead groups at Ditton and Grangeway community centres created sketches of her in pencil, pastel and watercolours.
Clr Ratcliffe said: "It was great fun. I spoke to them about all the things I have been doing whilst I've been Mayor and told them about the history of the chain. I've scanned their pictures into my memory box for future years."
Years Ahead started in 1998 and is a voluntary organisation running arts activities for the over 50s across Halton.
Each week around 80 people attend sessions in crafts, creating writing, tap dancing.
The painting and drawing class covers a range of techniques, subjects and materials taught by Wendy Hetherington and Claire Weetman.
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A Ramsbottom nursery is working to get its "good" grading back after being judged to "require improvement" by Ofsted inspectors.
Daisy Chains, in Kay Brow, was previously rated as good when inspectors visited in May.
But in its latest report, Ofsted said that the quality of teaching across the nursery is inconsistent, and that the monitoring process to ensure that all staff are confident in delivering effective teaching should be improved.
Manager Tina Coward said changes that have seen Ofsted inspections become more rigorous had affected their rating.
Ofsted said: "Practitioners encourage children to join in with the story and anticipate key events.
"As a result, children listen to stories with attention and enthusiasm. However, the quality of teaching across the nursery is inconsistent and this means that not all children benefit from high quality interactions and support."
The nursery, which opened in 2007, has 15 staff who care for 63 children aged eight months to five years.
The report added: "The children are given chance to settle in to the nursery and are assigned a key person based on who they naturally develop a bond with.
"The children develop secure emotional attachments to chosen adults early in their care.
"However, staff deployment within the pre-school area does not always support the children's individual needs, as a result of this the behaviour can be quite disruptive at times."
Mrs Coward said: "The Ofsted criteria has gone up which now makes it much harder to get good or outstanding.
"The inspector found some areas which we needed to make improvements and we have formed an action plan to work on those areas.
"We will be having another inspection next year and we believe we will get our good rating back, as the staff are better than that."


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American Idol Season 12 Top 6 – Ladies And Gentlemen Burt Bacharach
Considering Burt Bacharach was used as a running gag in the Austin Powers movies for his 'elevator music,' it's not fair to say someone performing his songs was boring, but then again, when someone like Candice makes it incredibly entertaining, maybe it is fair to say.
The contestants had two songs to sing on Wednesday. First they tackle Burt Bacharach and then they sing a song they wish they'd written. It was a pretty good showing by the girls. Yes I'm only referencing the girls at this point, because the one other contestant that is amazingly STILL on the show is so far removed from the additional talent, I'll give him the Nikki Minaj treatment and just ignore the fact he's there.
You know who was there? And told the world she was there…Candice! The judges gushed over this performance. (Apparently some demon voice did too at about 1:10 in this)
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There were many other performances worth noting like Janelle and Kree killing some great country tunes, but here's my order for this week.
Safe for Sure
Candice – She's the only one that I'm confident won't show up in the bottom three this week. Her version of The Cure's 'Lovesong' as you see above was amazing and equally amazing was her performance of Dionne Warwick's 'Don't Make Me Over.' The two best performances of the night will keep her alive for sure.
On The Fence
Kree – Along with Candice, Kree also found a way to put some life into a Bacharach song, doing a nice job with 'What The World Needs Is Love.' Her true vocal prowess got to shine with the awesome Kris Kristofferson penned 'Help Me Make It Through The Night.' Pulling a little from Martina McBride and a little from Sammi Smith, Kree brought new life into this classic and keeps her as a firm top two contender.
Angie – I believe the judges continue to be a little hard on her for 'not feeling' the songs. She still has the whole package in my opinion, including the voice, stage presence, and especially, confidence. That is something that I feel is lacking on the faces of Amber, Candice, and Kree. Bacharach's 'Anyone Who Had A Heart' and the relatively unknown, 'Love Came Down' (seen above) were just slightly better than Amber this week.
Bottom 3
Amber – With the field getting smaller, It's certainly hard to put some of these girls in the bottom 3, but it has to happen. I will say that I didn't see as much brilliance in her performance of 'I Say A Little Prayer' as the judges, but I did think the Beyonce tune, 'Love On Top' gave her a slight dose of fun for a change.
Lazaro – Because America is stupid, he won't be in last…I'll only say, watch Angie's performance above and tell me that this dude is within One Million spaces from her, much less 5 spaces.
Going Home (but not)
Janelle – I thought she did what she could with 'I'll Never Fall In Love Again.' C'mon that was one of the songs used as a gag in Austin Powers. It's not meant to be an Idol song. I do give her major respect for tackling 'The Dance.' It's my favorite song of all time, and while she didn't completely nail it, she did give me chills, so that counts for something. She will be the unfortunate one who loses the battle to America's ridiculous voting, yet will be saved.
Final Observation
This will be the week. The flaws in the voting process will show, and Lazaro will survive another crappy, lizard-skin suit wearing, sweat-covered, unprepared, untalented week. Let's just hope that after the one save gets used tonight, America wises up and votes him off next week.


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The Golden State Warriors have maintained their high-scoring ways over their last two contests, but breakdowns on the defensive end have been the main reasons for their slump.
Golden State looks to get back on track by beating the host New Orleans Pelicans for the seventh straight time Saturday night.
The Warriors (25-16) have dropped three of four following a 10-game winning streak. Two days after falling 123-116 at home to Denver, Golden State again struggled to stop anyone in Friday's 127-121 loss at Oklahoma City.
Stephen Curry had 37 points and 11 assists against the Thunder, which shot 58 percent as Kevin Durant finished with a career-high 54 points. The Warriors hit 52.4 percent from the field.
"We've got to get (the defense) back," coach Mark Jackson said. "We've got to play with the same edge that we played with before. Right now our team is a little bit too confident for the last two nights. We've got to get it back, but the good news is there's another one tomorrow."
Klay Thompson added 26 points for Golden State, which has lost its last two on the road after winning its previous seven away from home.
"We will figure it out," Curry said. "We scored 121 and 116 points the last two games and we're 0-2. We have to (bounce back). Right now we're challenged to find that tomorrow against another good team (on the road). It's disappointing for sure."
Golden State has had its way with New Orleans in recent years, though. It hung on for a 102-101 road victory Nov. 26 before Curry had 28 points and 12 assists and David Lee added 21 points and 17 boards to lead the Warriors to a 104-93 home win over the Pelicans on Dec. 17.
New Orleans (15-23) is coming off a 103-100 loss to Houston on Wednesday that extended its losing streak to seven. The Pelicans have dropped their last three by a total of 12 points while attempting to fight through injuries to key players.
Ryan Anderson is out for two more months with a neck injury that may require surgery, Jrue Holiday has a stress fracture in his tibia that has kept him out of the last four, and a bone bruise in Tyreke Evans' left ankle has forced him to miss the last three.
"It's something that we have to own and come out and get ready for Saturday," guard Brian Roberts said. "It's frustrating to come so close in three games, but we just have to bounce back."
New Orleans led by as many as 17 in the first half against Houston but couldn't hang on.
"I think the guys took the shots with confidence, they just didn't make them," coach Monty Williams said.
Eric Gordon scored a season-high 35 points while Anthony Davis finished with 24, but the rest of the team shot 34 percent from the field.
"It's tough when there's so much attention on Eric and (Davis) that other guys have to make shots," Williams said. "If you look at our numbers, they're not that great from a few of the guys that we're counting on."
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The Patriots signed RB Cierre Wood to the practice squad as well. Wood is an undrafted free agent from this year's draft out of Notre Dame. He made the Houston Texans roster and was on the team until he was released after violating team rules on a road trip.
To make room for Williams on the active roster, Yates also reports that the Patriots have released WR Austin Collie. Collie left Sunday's game with a knee injury and did not return to the game. Collie caught three passes for 34 yards during his month-long stint with the Patriots.
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Cyber-Bullying: Facebook Page Calling Some Tyler Residents 'Ugly' [POLL]
It's gained nearly 300 'Likes' in less than six hours. A new Facebook page encouraging locals to submit pictures of 'ugly' people in Tyler to a Gmail e-mail address, to be uploaded to the Facebook page. The name of this Facebook page, 'Ugly MoFos in Tyler,' features photos of adults, children and is getting many local residents extremely upset.


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Afridi (3-18) picked up the wickets of Mahela Jayawardene (28) and Chamara Silva (38), while Mohammad Asif chipped in with two important wickets.
A partnership of 101 between Shoaib Malik (57) and Younus Khan (51) helped Pakistan to finish on 189-6.
Lasith Malinga (3-43) and Dilhara Fernando (2-17) shone for Sri Lanka.
The victory was entirely deserved as Pakistan's talented line-up produced a performance worthy of a place in the last four of this exciting tournament.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene had won the toss and opted to bowl first on a wicket which has seen its share of runs since the very start of the tournament.
The seamers made the ideal start when Chaminda Vaas had Imran Nazir caught at cover off the third over.
Dilhara Fernando then removed Salman Butt (12), who was comprehensively bowled attempting to make room on the leg-side, and a fine yorker took care of Mohammad Hafeez (10) to leave Pakistan struggling at 33-3.
It was left up to captain Malik and man of the match Younus to consolidate Pakistan's innings and build a competitive total to defend.
The captain was the more dominant of the pair, but Younus began to unleash his array of strokes in the 13th over, smashing Jayasuriya for two sixes along with a reverse sweep four.
The pair brought up the 100 partnership from just 53 balls, although Younus's entertaining innings came to an end when he attempted to loft Malinga back over his head, but instead found the safe hands of Tillekeratne Dilshan at long-off.
The dismissal brought the dangerous Afridi to the crease, but it was his captain who continued the onslaught, mowing Gayan Wijekoon over the deep mid-wicket boundary for another fine six.
Malinga eventually removed Malik but big-hitting at the end of the innings from Afridi (17 from nine balls) and Misbah-ul-Haq (16 from six balls) helped Pakistan to a very competitive total.
Sri Lanka made the worst start possible when opener Upul Tharanga top-edged Mohammed Asif to Umar Gul at third man off the second ball of the day.
His opening partner Jayasuriya soon followed when he was cleaned up by Sohail Tanvir in the next over to leave the World Cup finalists struggling at 6-2.
Sangakkara and Jayawardene attempted to rebuild after Sri Lanka's faltering start, but Sangakkara's innings came to an end when he deflected the ball off his arm onto his stumps.
Jayawardene and Chamara Silva began to build a promising partnership, taking advantage of indiscipline from one Asif over to plunder 22, which included two free hits for two no-balls.
But Sri Lanka's hopes of victory faded when captain Jayawardene was caught on the mid-wicket boundary by Mohammad Hafeez off Afridi for 28.
Silva continued to attack but his risky attacking strategy cost him his wicket as he was bowled attempting to smash Afridi across the line for 38.
Mubarak, who had scored an incredible 46 runs from 12 balls against Kenya, could not repeat his heroics and he tamely top-edged Gul to mid-wicket for a simple catch for Afridi at mid-wicket.
With all aspirations of victory gone, Dilshan threw the bat at everything, hitting 38 runs before he was caught on the boundary by Younus off Hafeez.
"When I was walking out to the wicket I was thinking, Let's forget about the three wickets and display positive cricket.
"Sanath Jayasuriya is a superb batsman, if you get him early it's good for any team."
"Losing a couple of early wickets did not help our cause, but Pakistan played good cricket, all credit to them.
"It's not a lost cause for us yet, it's the first game we have lost (in the tournament).
"It's up to us to show character and come back strongly."
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Magnetite and Pyrite, also known as Healer's Gold, is a semi precious gemstone that makes very elegant black and gold designer cabochons. The gold Pyrite in a black Magnetite is from the Chino Mine in New Mexico.
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Man Beats Self Up, Says He Was Robbed So Wife Won't Suspect He Never Had Oprah Tickets
People will do anything to get their hands on tickets to the taping of Oprah's final episode. But one Canadian dude, Robert Spearing, went above and beyond. He and his wife traveled from Ontario to Chicago to see the show. Robert told her he had tickets—only he didn't. He had to think quick in how to justify this situation—so he beat himself up, using a rock to bust his forehead and scraping his hands across the pavement so it looked like he was in a scuffle. He then called the police and said he'd been robbed of two Oprah tickets. Spearing has now been charged with disorderly conduct and filing a false police report. And while what he did wasn't cool, I'm secretly hoping the Big O decided to cut him a break and invite him to the finale. He gets an "A" for effort. [Newser]


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Diaz-Granados, who earned his PhD in behavioral neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin, has long been researching the lasting effects of alcohol exposure to adolescents.
Using a murine (mouse) model, subjects chronically exposed to alcohol become dependent and suffered from withdrawal when the substance is no longer available, Diaz-Granados says. When the mouse is administered taurine - either prior to alcohol exposure or during withdrawal - the severity of the withdrawal symptoms is lessened significantly, he says.
"Taurine seems to have some neuroinhibitory effects, which may be one of the reasons why it may alleviate seizures," he says.
"Looking at taurine was a bit of a departure from our normal research program," says Diaz-Granados, who credited the discovery of taurine's potential in 2002 to then-graduate student André Zalud, now a PhD candidate in biomedical studies. Zalud brought his hypothesis to Diaz-Granados and the two men began research on a small scale, leading to the FRIP award. Zalud has developed the methodology "and brought a whole new area of research to the laboratory," Diaz-Granados says.
Zalud, (BS '99, MS '02), says being in the "research trenches" is challenging, yet fulfilling.
"Research discovery lies at the heart of scientific investigations, and for most, drives a researcher to work countless hours for the possibility of advancing our knowledge and benefiting human health," says Zalud, who expects to complete the PhD program in 2007. "I feel most fortunate in this regard, especially since taurine could provide a very simple solution to otherwise complicated health problems."
Currently, neurochemical measures are taken from the mice only two times - during "hour zero," when the animal first comes off the alcohol and "hour 24," when all the alcohol is out of the system and the animal has experienced the withdrawal syndrome, Diaz-Granados says.
"It would be nice to know what's going on during withdrawal. Further exploring the time course is one place we need to go next."
He expects to apply for additional funding from the NIAAA. "This work was funded by a Developmental and Exploratory NIAAA grant and is just the first best guess," he says.
"The benefit of investigating the ameliorative effects of taurine on the consequences of chronic alcohol exposure is twofold," he says. "One, it will reveal new knowledge regarding the actions of alcohol, and two, it could lead to a new mechanism by which to treat the negative effects of alcohol abuse."


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SOME of the biggest crowds in living memory turned out in Wallingford and Abingdon to give a warm welcome to the Olympic torch.
The torch was greeted in Abingdon early yesterday by about 15,000 people lining the streets eager to catch a glimpse of the historic flame.
The relay arrived in the town at about 7.40am as the bells of St Nicolas Church rang out and Abbey Brass Band kept the crowds entertained.
Deaf cancer survivor Margaret Brown, 71, was cheered and followed by crowds as she carried the torch in the final leg in Bridge Street.
Former Olympic gymnast Suzanne Dando handed the torch to Aron Steele, from Didcot, who was cheered on by classmates in Oxford Road.
The 12-year-old, of Fitzwaryn Special School in Wantage, said: "I saw loads of people that I knew and especially people from my school. I was very pleased to be part of the Olympics."
Sue James, 46, from Carterton, was nominated to carry the torch down Oxford Road after volunteering for the Save the Children charity for more than 30 years.
She said: "I feel really honoured to be part of it. It was great. I cried the whole way. I couldn't believe the crowds of people. It was lovely."
Chris Harris, Larkmead School headteacher, said hundreds of schools pupils came out to see the relay come through Oxford Road.
He said: "It was an excitement. It is a moment in history and they won't get that opportunity again in their lifetime."
Meanwhile council officials estimated up to 10,000 people gathered in Wallingford town centre to wave on the Olympic Flame after it arrived shortly before 8.30am.
Among the torchbearers in Wallingford were celebrity chef Raymond Blanc and Private Patrick Burns, 25, from Bicester, of 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment.
Mr Blanc said: "It is raining but everyone is happy, the torch brings people together."
After carrying the flame, Private Burns, who lost his right leg below the knee in January last year when he stepped on a bomb in Afghanistan, said: "This was a fantastic moment for me and I felt absolutely fine carrying the torch."
As the torch relay arrived in the town centre, a Puma helicopter from RAF Benson flew overhead. The torch left Crowmarsh shortly before 9am to be taken by bus along the A4130 to Nettlebed and Henley.
Other torch bearers in Wallingford and Crowmarsh were Dale Kamarata, David Earle, William Anderson, Christian Bravo, Sarah Rose and Fiona Grist.


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Pandora hits 200 million U.S. listeners; Apple waiting in the wings
Over 25 billion thumbs up and thumbs down have been posted by Pandora users and last month alone, over 100,000 unique artists were heard over the service, with more than 1 million different songs played adding up to 1.49 billion hours of music. In addition, 70% of Pandora's listeners have downloaded its mobile app and the company says that 1 out of every 3 smartphone users listen to Pandora each month.
Licensing issues have limited Pandora's reach to the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand with the company providing streaming music only in a radio style, with no music downloads. This is where Apple's rumored service could differ from Pandora with users of iRadio possibly given the opportunity to purchase songs they hear from iTunes. This extra revenue stream could allow Apple to convince the labels to let them pay as low as 6 cents for each 100 songs streamed. Currently, Pandora pays 12 cents per 100 songs, the rate that is established by the Copyright Royalty Board for a web radio station.
While desktop users get Pandora for free, mobile users get up to 40 hours of music free with ads on the service. You can get rid of the ads and expand use beyond the 40 hours monthly cap by paying a $3.99 monthly fee. Pandora's stock closed Tuesday at $12.91, up 3 cents on the day. It has traded as low as $7.08 and as high as $14.70 over the last 52 weeks.
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1. ThePro (Posts: 26; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
There isn't an hour limit on the mobile apps anymore.
2. gmracer1 (Posts: 646; Member since: 28 Dec 2012)
3. papss (unregistered)
Pandora is my favorite service.. I loved it on android and really love it on WP being ad free.
4. jcpwn2004 (Posts: 314; Member since: 18 Jan 2012)
If I was pandora I would demand the same rates apple is supposedly getting.
5. KParks23 (Posts: 679; Member since: 13 Oct 2010)
Pandora sucks.. There is a damn 1min commercial after every song and a ad telling u to upgrade every 30 seconds
6. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
Slacker is the best all around solution, but people are cheap bastards and Pandora is free. I spend $35 a month just on music app subscriptions WORTH EVERY PENNY. And I've tried pretty much all the US market music services, pandora is pretty bad....
7. TheMan (Posts: 493; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
Two hundred million?! I'm sure that's an overstatement of reality. That's a 65% (give or take) adoption rate for the entire country including folks who'd never consider opening an account.
I stopped listening to Pandora about 4-5 years ago because I wanted more control (it's also why I don't do Apple)