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How Sweet It Is!
Last week I tweeted that shares of Dunkin' Brands (DNKN) have outperformed Starbucks (SBUX) year-to-date and over the past 52 weeks. The formula for this outperformance is linked to the company's non-stop new-product launches and aggressive new-store rollouts. If Dunkin' can hit its stretch goal of increasing its store count by 5% annually over the next five years, I believe the stock will go much higher.
Dunkin' Brands, which includes Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, is on a roll. On Jan. 31, the company reported full-year 2012 results. During the fourth quarter, same-store sales grew 3.2%. For the year, the company added a staggering 665 new restaurants, including 291 net new Dunkin' Donuts in the U.S. Fiscal 2012 revenue was up 6.1%, net income grew 15.3% and earnings per share rose 38%. Unadjusted operating margins rose 370 basis points to 36.4%. (Adjusted operating margin was 46.3%.) And for the one-year period ending Monday, the stock is up 27%. Holy cow! It's just donuts, coffee and ice cream. You'd think they were making something people need....424 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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UNCTAD's public symposium on the current world financial turmoil began its second day with a consideration of how best to respond to the global recession.
Representatives of civil society and the private sector, speaking from the floor, expressed fears that the crisis will pass without meaningful reforms to the international financial system. Multilateral institutions governing the global economy have become obsolete, one speaker said: "There is a need to restructure them. The time has come to move from words to deeds."
The session, chaired by Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre, began with several presentations from the podium.
Jomo Kwame Sundaram, of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said it is necessary to ensure financial liquidity to limit the effects of the crisis on the "real economy" where goods are made and sold; to find money for stimulus measures to help developing countries offset weakened foreign demand for their exports; to improve domestic financing; and to use the crisis as an opportunity to improve developing country infrastructure and strengthen social protections.
Pedro Paez, former Minister of Economic Coordination of Ecuador and a member of the "Stiglitz Commission" (Commission of Experts of the President of the United Nations General Assembly on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System), said "We are living in extraordinary times." It is not appropriate for the economic stimulus measures now being taken to be carried out by the same people and institutions that caused the crisis, he said; effective responses should be set up through other sources, including through regional arrangements. The "real capabilities of deciding" must be returned "to the people, to the regions," Mr. Paez said.
Heiner Flassbeck, Director of the Division of Globalization and Development Strategies of UNCTAD, said one fundamental thing learned from the crisis is that the financial markets do not "get prices right," as has often been claimed. Such markets are characterized by herd behaviour and regularly overshoot or undershoot, and actually can drive prices in the wrong direction. Stocks and commodity prices are currently going up, Mr. Flassbeck said, while the economic fundamentals do not justify these increases. He raised the need to revisit the merits of the original Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates adjustable only to reflect inflation. Problems of implementation aside, fixed rates systems would help to prevent over- and undervalued currency exchange rates, Mr. Flassbeck said, and so could help developing countries avoid falling heavily into debt.
Other comments from the floor included a lament that a "very great materialism has been created in the North, where, by now, money, and the accumulation of wealth, is the major concern;" a call for victims of the crisis to "rise up;" and an assertion that the current financial turmoil results from a flawed "hierarchy of values."
The public symposium, UNCTAD's first, is titled "The global economic crisis and development - the way forward." The two-day meeting grew out of UNCTAD's efforts to implement the "one UN" concept and out of the organization's stepped-up policy of responding to global developments and broadening debate on global issues.
The outcome of the symposium will be forwarded by Dian Triansyah Djani, President of UNCTAD's Trade and Development Board, to the United Nations General Assembly and to the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, scheduled for early June in New York.
Also contributing to the debate as discussants were Peter Wahl of World Economy, Ecology and Development; Esperanza Duran of Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation; Joy Kategekwa of Oxfam International; Sanya Reid Smith of Third World Network - Geneva; Stephen Pursey of the International Labour Office; and Cristophe Aguiton of Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions to Aid Citizens.
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The market can't seem to build any upside momentum. Like we saw on Friday, stocks reversed into negative territory after bouncing in the morning. Volume remains light and leadership is scarce, two things that traders do not like to see. The indices closed the day in the red with the Nasdaq getting hit the hardest, down 0.70%.
Today was a tricky day in the market from a trader's perspective. The S&P 500 opened below Friday's low and rallied hard off the open. It was hard to be involved in the first push but it looked like additional upside was in the offing. The S&P traded as high as 1388, back above the 200-day moving average where it held for most of the day, before succumbing to selling pressure in the last hour of the day....935 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Total Recall (Cert 12, 125 mins, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller/Romance, also available to buy DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £24.99)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston, Bokeem Woodbine, Bill Nighy, John Cho.
In the late 21st century, Earth is a radioactive wasteland apart from two outposts on opposite sides of the planet: the prosperous United Federation of Britain (UFB) ruled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston) and the polluted Colony, home to millions of workers and the underground resistance led by Matthias (Bill Nighy). Factory worker Doug Quaid (Colin Farrell) lives in this hellhole with wife Lori (Kate Beckinsale) and travels to work in the UFB with best friend Harry (Bokeem Woodbine) via a giant elevator running close to the Earth's core. Unfulfilled and frustrated, Doug visits Rekall, a shadowy company, which promises to realise clients' dreams by implanting artificial memories. In the blink of an eye, the factory worker's world implodes and he goes on the run for his life with rebel agent Melina (Jessica Biel). Total Recall is a testosterone-fuelled remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven action adventure inspired by Philip K Dick's short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale. Set to Harry Gregson-Williams's bombastic score, Len Wiseman's film is overblown fun as long as you disengage your brain and submit to the gargantuan leaps in logic. Set pieces are orchestrated with aplomb, including a high-speed hovercar chase and a dizzying pursuit through a tower block's horizontal and vertical lift shafts. Farrell energetically flexes his muscles and adopts a permanent look of befuddlement. Beckinsale chews scenery and Biel attempts to add depth to her two-dimensional heroine. Fans of the Arnold Schwarzenegger version will be two steps ahead of the screenwriters but directorial brio and eye-popping special effects largely hold our interest.
Rating: ***
The Watch (Cert 15, 97 mins, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Comedy/Sci-Fi/Action/Romance, also available to buy DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £21.99)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Billy Crudup, Will Forte, Erin Moriarty, Nicholas Braun, Joe Nunez.
Evan (Ben Stiller) is the manager of a Costco wholesale store in the close-knit community of Glenview. When the store's security guard, Antonio (Joe Nunez), is murdered and local cop Sergeant Bressman (Will Forte) fails to apprehend the culprit, Evan organises his own neighbourhood watch to bring the guilty party to justice. Overly protective father Bob (Vince Vaughn), who spies on his teenage daughter (Erin Moriarty), wannabe police officer Franklin (Jonah Hill) and Brit abroad Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) join Evan's crusade, bonding over copious beers as they hunt for clues. Little do the hapless do-gooders realise that the person they are chasing is an extra-terrestrial warrior who has landed on Earth to wipe out the pernicious human race. The Watch misfires on every level, failing to generate laughs or excitement as Evan and his dysfunctional pals search for otherworldly critters in their midst. Stiller plies his usual sweetness, while Vaughn's loud-mouthed routine grates to the point that we pray his character is slaughtered by the invaders. Rosemarie DeWitt's despairing wife is at best two-dimensional and a protracted subplot involving a creepy neighbour (Billy Crudup) is hogwash, setting up a punchline involving gratuitous nudity that plunges Akiva Schaffer's film into the gutter. And there it stays. Screenwriters Jared Stern, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg throw a relationship sex comedy and a goofy buddy movie into the mix and this pot pourri of competing genres creates an almighty stink. Director Schaffer is poorly equipped to find method in the script's madness and his film implodes before the computer-generated E.T.s have phoned home to beckon the intergalactic armada.
Rating: **
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The Baytown Outlaws (Cert 15, 94 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd, Action/Comedy, also available to buy DVD £12.99/Blu-ray £19.99 - see below)
Code Name: Geromino (Cert 15, 96 mins, Studio Canal, War/Thriller/Action, also available to buy DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £19.99 - see below)
Offender (Cert 15, 97 mins, Revolver Entertainment, Drama, also available to buy DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £17.99 - see below)
St George's Day (Cert 18, 109 mins, Metrodome Distribution, Thriller, also available to buy DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £22.99 - see below)
UFO (Cert 15, 97 mins, Revolver Entertainment, Sci-Fi/Thriller, also available to buy DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £17.99 - see below)
Violence Of Action (Cert 15, 102 mins, Studio Canal, Thriller/Action, also available to buy DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £19.99 - see below)
Downton Abbey: A Journey To The Highlands (Cert 12, 105 mins, Universal/Playback, DVD £17.99/Blu-ray £22.99, Drama/Romance)
In this year's festive offering from Julian Fellowes's multi-award-winning ITV costume drama dispatches the Crawley family to Duneagle Castle in Scotland to visit the relatives, leaving behind the servants to fend for themselves. Far from home, love is in the air for Robert (Hugh Bonneville) and Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) as they enjoy the company of his cousins Hugh (Peter Egan) and Susan (Phoebe Nichols) and their daughter Lady Rose (Lily James). Back at Downton, Carson (Jim Carter) struggles to keep the staff, including Tom (Allen Leech) and new maid Edna (MyAnna Buring), motivated as minds wander to the forthcoming Thirsk Country Fair. Meanwhile, Mrs Patmore (Lesley Nicol) whips up more than one of her signature cakes when a handsome suitor catches her eye.
Misfits - Series Four (Cert 18, 372 mins, 4DVD, DVD £19.99/Series One To Four DVD Box Set £49.99/Blu-ray £24.99/Series One To Four Blu-ray Box Set £59.99, Comedy/Drama)
Troubled teenagers who have been blessed with superpowers continue to fight against fearsome adversaries in eight episodes of the Bafta award-winning E4 comedy drama created by Howard Overman. This series, Curtis (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) and Rudy (Joe Gilgun) are joined by new recruits Alex (Matt Stokoe), Finn (Nathan McMullen) and Jess (Karla Crome) to fend off the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and a murderous six-foot rabbit. In terms of personal traumas, Curtis confronts Lola's abusive ex-boyfriend, Rudy cannot stop thinking about a nun called Nadine (Gillian Saker) and Alex loses a vital appendage to a thieving transvestite. A four-disc box set comprising all the series is also available.
Peep Show - Series Eight (Cert 15, 75 mins, 4DVD, DVD £19.99/Series One To Eight DVD Box Set £79.99, Comedy/Romance)
Another six episodes of the Bafta award-winning comedy which documents the trials and tribulations of flatmates Mark (David Mitchell) and Jeremy (Robert Webb) predominantly through the eyes of the characters, replete with their inner thoughts. This series, Mark discovers if Dobby (Isy Suttie) will move in with him or work rival Gerrard Matthew (Jim Howick), Jeremy searches for enlightenment on a life-coaching course and Dobby's ex-boyfriend Simon (Mathew Baynton) makes a concerted effort to win her back. An eight-disc box set comprising all of the series so far is also available.
An Idiot Abroad 3 (Cert 15, 480 mins, BBC DVD, DVD £15.99/Complete Collection DVD Box Set £29.99/Blu-ray £19.99/Complete Collection Blu-ray Box Set £34.99, Documentary/Comedy)
Karl Pilkington, intrepid sidekick on The Ricky Gervais Show, foolishly accepts the challenge to travel in the footsteps of Marco Polo in four episodes of the acclaimed Sky 1 documentary series. Unlike previous escapades, Pilkington does not travel alone this time - actor Warwick Davis joins him on the 5,000-mile trek from Venice, through Eastern Europe and India, to China, encountering myriad embarrassments and disasters along the way. A five-disc box set comprising all three series is also available.
UFO (Cert 15, 97 mins, Revolver Entertainment, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £17.99, Sci-Fi/Thriller)
British writer-director Dominic Burn helms this low-budget alien invasion thriller, which was shot on location in Derbyshire. Good friends Carrie (Bianca Bree), Michael (Sean Brosnan), Robin (Simon Phillips), Dana (Maya Grant) and Vincent (Jazz Lintott) wake one morning to discover they have no power, mobile phone signal or any means to communicate with the outside world. Confused and seemingly alone, the friends search for other survivors of the technological meltdown and are greeted by the horrifying sight of a spaceship hovering over a nearby city. As the full extent of their dilemma becomes clear, Carrie, Michael and co try not to panic as civilisation breaks down and the people that are left behind turn on one another like crazed animals. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sean Pertwee and Julian Glover co-star.
St George's Day (Cert 18, 109 mins, Metrodome Distribution, DVD £19.99/Blu-ray £22.99, Thriller)
Actor Frank Harper makes his directorial debut with this familiar tale of dodgy geezers, co-written by Urs Buehler. Micky Mannock (Harper) and Ray Collishaw (Craig Fairbrass) have been in business for years, terrorising rivals in the criminal underworld and making a tidy profit off their ill-gotten gains. However, Ray wants to go legit so he can invest in a luxury Spanish golf resort with his wife Ellie (Angela Gots). In order to buy his partner out, Micky foolishly agrees to run a consignment of cocaine for the Russian Mafia worth £50 million and entrusts this delicate job to his right-hand man, Albert Ball (Vincent Regan). Bad weather and frayed tempers lead to police seizing the shipment and Micky must pay back the £50 million with interest in order to escape the wrath of hoodlum Vladimir Sukhov (Zlatko Buric). So Micky organises a daring diamond heist during a high-profile football match between England and Germany, which just happens to be taking place in Berlin on St George's Day. Micky ropes in former Marine William Bishop (Luke Treadaway) and underling Kootz (Ashley Walters) to ensure the gems don't go astray. Meanwhile, Detective Nixon (Jamie Foreman) and Sergeant Proctor (Sean Pertwee) are on the gang's trail, determined to put Mannock and Collishaw behind bars.
Code Name: Geromino (Cert 15, 96 mins, Studio Canal, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £19.99, War/Thriller/Action)
You wait ages for a testosterone-fuelled dramatisation of the hunt for Osama bin Laden, which ended in May 2011 with a night-time raid on a compound in Pakistan, and two arrive at the same time. Released on home formats a month before Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-tipped Zero Dark Thirty opens in cinemas, Code Name: Geronimo explores the camaraderie between Navy SEALs Stunner (Cam Gigandet) and Cherry (Anson Mount) as they follow intelligence gathered by a ballsy CIA analyst (Kathleen Robertson) as part of the biggest manhunt in American history. Director John Stockwell allows his male cast to posture in their khakis as scriptwriter Kendall Lampkin provides basic characterisation to compel us to care for the troops during the nerve-wracking final assault.
Offender (Cert 15, 97 mins, Revolver Entertainment, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £17.99, Drama)
Ron Scalpello directs this gritty revenge thriller set against the backdrop of the riots in London last August. Tommy Nix (Joe Cole) is devoted to his girlfriend Elise (Kimberley Nixon), who is pregnant with their first child. Civil unrest on the streets of the capital has devastating consequences for Tommy when thug Jake (English Frank) and his gang take advantage of the mayhem to stage an armed robbery and Elise is killed in the crossfire. Grief turns to rage and Tommy declares war on Jake and the other men responsible for destroying his world. Determined to wreak revenge, regardless of the personal costs, Tommy exacts a terrifying form of justice, condemning himself to a lengthy spell behind bars at Britain's most notorious young offenders prison, where the other inmates and a corrupt guard (Shaun Dooley) make his incarceration a living hell.
Searching For Sugar Man (Cert E, 123 mins, Studio Canal, DVD £17.99/Blu-ray £22.99, Documentary/Musical)
In the fickle music business, raw talent seldom guarantees success or longevity. In the early 1970s, rocker Rodriguez released two critically feted albums, Cold Fact and Coming From Reality, that failed to spark the interest of the American record-buying public. With his star in rapid descent, Rodriguez continued to gig and became a footnote in music legend when he tragically committed self-immolation on stage, unaware that his records would garner a fervent fan base on the other side of the world, speaking volumes to the people of Australia, New Zealand and South Africa who were contending with segregation, discrimination and economic hardship. Malik Bendjelloul's terrific documentary follows two music fans as they rake through the ashes of their idol's past in search of the man behind the facade. Archive footage is seamlessly interwoven with interviews of the people who claimed to know the real Rodriguez, building to a glorious and unexpected final flourish that makes your heart sing.
The Baytown Outlaws (Cert 15, 94 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd, DVD £12.99/Blu-ray £19.99, Action/Comedy)
A seemingly routine job to rescue a kidnapped boy from his no-good father turns into a bloodbath in Barry Battles's action comedy. Celeste (Eva Longoria) is enraged when her scheming ex-husband, Carlos (Billy Bob Thornton), abducts their beloved son, Rob (Thomas Brodie-Sangster). Unable to retrieve the boy, Celeste hires the notorious Oodie Brothers - Brick (Clayne Crawford), Lincoln (Daniel Cudmore) and McQueen (Travis Fimmel) - to track down Rob and return the lad to her loving arms. Unfortunately, the search and rescue becomes incredibly complicated and the Oodies are confronted by psychotic bikers, angry mobsters and alluring femme fatales, who are all determined to prevent the siblings from completing their assignment.
Violence Of Action (Cert 15, 102 mins, Studio Canal, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £19.99, Thriller/Action)
Steven Seagal holsters his weapon as renegade cop Elijah Kane in two more episodes of the fast-paced US TV series True Justice, which are repackaged as a single feature-length investigation for British viewers. In this instalment, Kane learns that old adversary Bojan (Darren Shahlavi) is operating as a money launderer for arch-villain The Ghost. Intrigued by what the criminal mastermind is planning to buy with the dirty cash, Kane and his trusted team - Johnny Garcia (Jesse Hutch), Mark Simms (Lochlyn Munro) and Sarah Montgomery (Sarah Lind) - prepare for an assault on The Ghost's headquarters.
State Of Emergency (Cert 15, 86 mins, Signature, DVD £12.99/Blu-ray £15.99, Horror/Thriller)
Turner Clay writes and directs this bloodthirsty horror, pitting a group of human survivors against legions of the marauding undead. A chemical factory situated close to an idyllic town explodes, releasing deadly gases into the atmosphere. Nearby communities become infected and once peaceful neighbourhoods are transformed into killing zones overrun by zombies. Jim (Jay Hayden) is one of the few locals to escape the outbreak. He seeks refuge in a quarantined area, searching for a means of escape from the nightmare.
Total Recall (Cert 18, 106 mins, Studio Canal, DVD £15.99/Blu-ray £19.99, Sci-Fi/Thriller)
A hasty re-release of Paul Verhoeven's 1990 sci-fi action thriller on DVD and Blu-ray to coincide with the release on home formats of Len Wiseman's big-budget remake starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale. In this version, Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a construction worker on late 21st century Earth. He has a beautiful wife, Lori (Sharon Stone), and a job that earns decent money but Douglas is plagued by strange, fractured memories of Mars, which is being mined for the valuable mineral turbinium. Against the advice of his co-workers, Douglas visits Rekall, which allows visitors to embark on a virtual holiday using memory implants. The procedure is aborted when it transpires that Douglas's memory has been wiped before, suggesting that he has something to hide. Disorientation turns to utter disbelief when Lori reveals that she is not actually Douglas's wife but an operative assigned by the omnipotent Mars Intelligence Agency to watch over him and ensure he doesn't remember the past. Fleeing the scene, the stricken husband tries to make sense of his predicament while Richter (Michael Ironside) and his henchmen pursue Douglas with villainous intent.
And finally, here are some of the high-profile fitness and keep-fit DVDs available this Christmas, which promise to get you back in shape...
David Haye's Box & Tone (Cert E, 100 mins, Lace DVD, DVD £19.99, Special Interest)
Fresh from a creditable third place in this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, boxer David Haye uses his 20 years of experience inside the ring to design six workouts for all levels of personal fitness. With an accompanying soundtrack of upbeat funk and soul, you can improve muscle tone and core strength, and increase upper body strength and co-ordination.
Davina: Intense (Cert E, 95 mins, 2entertain, DVD £19.99, Special Interest)
Davina McCall may not be as prominent on our TV screens but her fitness DVDs continue to top the charts and this new workout is no different. She promotes training hard for short periods as an efficient method to shed the pounds. The three sessions on this title - Intense Cardio Box, Intense Toning and Intense Abs - combine weights and boxing moves with interval training to fight the festive flab, sculpt your body and develop ab muscles.
Gareth Thomas - The 7 Day Fitness Plan (Cert E, 78 mins, Go Entertain, DVD £12.99, Special Interest)
Rugby player Gareth Thomas, the first Welshman to win 100 caps for his country, joins professional fitness expert Nikki O'Connell to demonstrate seven 10- to 15-minute routines, one for each day of the week. Designed to improve fitness for viewers of all ages and abilities, celebrity friends Kirk Norcross, Mickey Rourke and Nicola McLean show their support in sun-baked locations including Malibu Beach and Hollywood.
Jillian Michaels DVD Box Set (Cert E, 371 mins, Acacia UK, DVD £19.99)
Best known as the fitness guru who puts contestants through their paces on weight-loss reality TV show The Biggest Loser, Jillian Michaels hosts three of her most popular fitness DVDs, available together in one box set. Ripped In 30 promises to get viewers in shape within 30 days, Killer Buns And Thighs offers three workouts to deliver speedy results, while Extreme Shed And Shred comprises two 45-minute workouts, which have been designed to promote rapid weight loss.
Josie Gibson's 30 Second Slim (Cert E, 60 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd, DVD £19.99, Special Interest)
Josie Gibson endeared herself to the public on the 2010 series of Big Brother, emerging the eventual winner. She has subsequently shed three stone and dropped five dress sizes using high-intensity interval training, which is designed to burn fat faster by alternating bursts of activity and periods of rest. This DVD includes three 20-minute sessions designed by personal trainer James Stark, comprising a warm-up, main workout and a cool down to stretch the muscles.
Nell McAndrew: Peak Energy Recharged! (Cert E, 80 mins, Fremantle Home Entertainment, DVD £12.99, Special Interest)
Glamour model-turned-keep-fit doyenne Nell McAndrew celebrates 10 years of fitness DVDs with this revamp of her very first release. Peak Energy Recharged! delivers a full body workout in easy-to-follow steps, beginning with a warm up to prepare the body, followed by cardio interval training and exercises to enhance core strength, stretch muscles and improve balance.
Roxy's Bite Size Yoga (Cert E, 90 mins, IMC Vision, DVD £12.99, Special Interest)
Best known as Leyla Harding in the ITV1 soap Emmerdale, actress Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi is passionate about yoga and here, she shares six 15-minute exercise routines designed to relax, energise and tone the body. The DVD is packaged with a booklet to promote healthy eating, which includes recipes for coconut stir fry, super food salad and strawberry muffins.
Step Up: Miami Heat - Dance Workout (Cert E, 60 mins, Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd, DVD £19.99, Special Interest)
Draw inspiration from the fourth instalment of the Step Up franchise with this dance DVD, which boasts four routines - Hip-Hop Jam, Latin Hip-Hop Fusion, Latin Groove and Hip-Hop - laden with slick moves from the film. Mimic dancers to learn the moves, then string them together to perform a full workout to high-energy songs from the movie soundtrack.
The Tracy Anderson Method: Mat Workout (Cert E, 60 mins, ITV DVD, DVD £19.99, Special Interest)
Well known as the personal trainer who helps Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow and Shakira to stay in shape, Tracy Anderson re-releases this popular follow-up to her Dance Cardio Workout, which is designed to help women slowly change their body shapes. The workout requires no special equipment, other than two 500ml bottles of water, one in each hand as weights for the arm exercises.
What To Expect When You're Expecting - The Workout (Cert E, 60 mins, Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK Ltd, DVD £17.99, Special Interest)
Based on Heidi Murkoff's best-selling pregnancy guide, which was the inspiration for a recent romantic comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez, this selection of six 10-minute routines helps expectant mothers to incorporate fitness into pregnancy, strengthening and stretching muscles as well as boosting cardio.
1 (-) Ice Age 4: Continental Drift
2 (1) The Dark Knight Rises
3 (-) The Expendables 2
4 (-) Keith Lemon: The Film
5 (2) Ted
6 (3) The Bourne Legacy
7 (4) Brave
8 (7) Michael McIntyre: Showtime
9 (10) Mrs Brown's Boys Live Tour: Good Mourning Mrs Brown
10 (6) The Amazing Spider-Man
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2 (-) The Three Musketeers
3 (-) Warrior
4 (-) Friends With Benefits
5 (-) Jack And Jill
6 (-) Fright Night
7 (-) Predators
8 (-) The Bourne Legacy
9 (3) Rock Of Ages
10 (-) The Lucky One
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The power of yellow and green
Doing its bit for the greater good, DHL launched the
"The carbon credits [we] purchased are both from high-quality verified emission reduction and certified emission reduction projects certified by the clean development mechanism of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change," says Romeo Gabato,
"With this service, customers can support their corporate sustainability goals, boost their environmental credibility and make a positive impact on climate change," he adds.
Gabato says that once a DHL customer signs up to the
But after transporting the shipment, DHL quantifies the related carbon emissions and generates a carbon footprint report pertaining to the shipment through its patented methodology and systems that automatically calculate the equivalent carbon dioxide (CO
The green projects include a biomass power plant in India, a landfill gas plant in Turkey, a hydro-power plant in Brazil, as well as wind power plants in China and Nicaragua.
"Taking the Lesotho project as an example of the [scheme's] social benefits, people who live in rural areas often use open fireplaces for cooking, but this requires a lot of firewood and, in addition to emitting CO
DHL - known for its `the power of yellow' slogan - invests in efficient wood-burning stoves called "Save80", which cuts use of wood fuel by up to 80 per cent. Locals can buy the new stoves at reduced prices.
"The stoves are assembled onsite and maintained there, which creates additional employment for local people," says Gabato, adding that the project could cut CO
Together with other green initiatives such as the Carbon Footprint and the Carbon Estimate reports, DHL has set out to improve its carbon efficiency by 30 per cent between 2007 and 2020.
Apart from banks, multinationals and small and medium sized enterprises, DHL's staff are also key to the
"Employee engagement helps ensure effective and sustainable implementation through behavioural change," says Gabato.


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RELEGATION-THREATENED Heytesbury picked up three valuable points in their bid to keep themselves in the Second division for another season.
Before the start of play, the villagers were rooted in the bottom two, but a 5-2 win away at Melksham Town A catapulted them two places clear of the drop zone.
Leigh Kennedy saw his opener for Heytesbury cancelled out by Melksham's ever youthful Frankie Coleman.
A second from Kennedy helped Heytesbury regain the lead but back came Melksham to restore parity for a second time - Mark Bowsher scored to make it two each at the break.
Heytesbury took the lead for a third time and once again it was Kennedy who proved the undoing of Melksham, completing his hat-trick to make it 3-2.
Craig Sheppard put Heytesbury 4-2 in front and when Sheppard added his second of the afternoon, the villagers had done enough to claim only their third win in 11 games.
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Steeple Ashton picked up another valuable three points in their pursuit of promotion back to Division One.
However, they were made to fight all the way by Calne Eagles, who on another day might have gained at least a point from this highly entertaining encounter.
League positions were turned on their head during the first half as Calne, playing their best football of the season, dominated possession for long periods.
Nonetheless, it was Ashton, against the run of play, who opened the scoring from the penalty spot after 20 minutes.
Calne full-back Kevin Hamersley felled Guy Rowley just inside the box and the striker comfortably dispatched the resulting penalty.
Despite this setback, Calne remained unperturbed and continued to press forward.
They were rewarded when winger Sam Rogers fired home from close range after home keeper Nathan Taylor could only parry Adam Bewley's inswinging corner.
Eagles took a 2-1 lead before the break through Bewley, who finished clinically from 12 yards out after some superb interplay with midfielder Russell Driver.
In the second half, Steeple Ashton started to show the form that has taken them to the top of the table.
Their strike partnership of Nick Gittens and Guy Rowley began to stretch Calne's back line, which was starting to tire after not playing a game for nine weeks.
Ashton centre back Steve Coveney headed just over from a corner kick and Rowley was denied by an outstanding save from keeper Andy Windsor.
Kev Hamersley and Gary Wootten also both made last ditch clearances from inside the six-yard box.
With 25 minutes left, the pressure told and Marc Sheppard equalised after he made a great run from midfield to fire home from just inside the box.
In response Calne rallied.
Jefferies and Bewley both saw good efforts go just wide of the target.
Diminutive 17-year-old midfielder Matt Richards also had an opportunity to crown an impressive debut for the Eagles, but he pulled his shot from just inside the box wide of the post.
Steeple Ashton scored their winner with eight minutes left on the clock when Rowley rounded the keeper and pulled the ball back to sub Kieran Stone, who stabbed the ball past Gary Wootten on the goal line.
In the very last few seconds of the game, Calne Eagles captain Stuart Windsor's goal-bound header from a corner was cleared off the line and the rebound was headed over the bar by Gary Wootten as the final whistle blew.
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Tunnelling badgers have forced the closure of a rural road in Corsley.
The road was shut after holes, caused by badger tunnels, appeared.
Wiltshire Council has now been given a licence to allow them to dig in the area to carry out road repairs, with a vet and cage at the ready.
The council hopes to reopen the road by the end of next week.
Neil Britten, who chairs Corsley Parish Council, said: "It has caused problems as it is the main access route for the caravan club site at Longleat. It is also heavily used by the farming community."
A Council spokesman said: "Any work to a badger sett requires a licence from Natural England. We are working with them to identify what is necessary to reopen the road as soon possible."


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This year's Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (Abace) has been a real eye-opener for a Westerner whose last visit to China was in 2003. Shanghai, where Abace 2012 is being held (it ends on March 29) at host airport Hongqiao International, is a beautiful and huge city. There is no convention center at the airport, but Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre, the airport's fabulous FBO, is plenty big enough to accommodate Abace. The show is large enough to attract a good number of visitors from China and Asian countries and exhibitors serious about tackling this promising market. NBAA and its Asian counterpart, the Asian Business Aviation Association, as well as the Shanghai Airport Authority also deserve credit for putting on a first-class show.
Being in China for the Abace show has taught me a few things. The main lesson is that any company that is serious about China will have to figure out how to interact in Chinese. This means either learning the language or hiring people who are expert in Mandarin but also making a commitment to the marketplace. One example of this is websites. You cannot expect a potential Chinese customer to understand your company via your English-only website. Dassault Falcon spent a lot of money and effort developing a Chinese website and it has paid off with serious inquiries and potential sales from new Chinese customers who felt that Dassault really wants their business.
The second lesson is that China will allow business aviation to grow, but not at the speed that we Westerners would wish for or expect. We all know that China lacks general aviation infrastructure and that this is why there are few native Chinese pilots and technicians available to fly and maintain all the business jets that are projected for the China market. But airspace in China remains constrained; you can't just jump in your airplane and take off. Permission is required, and although the time to obtain a permit has dropped, all flying is tightly controlled. The government has said that it plans to open Chinese airspace, but no one knows what that means, how quickly that will happen and whether pilots will eventually be able to fly with less advance notice. In China, not all airports are available to all airplanes. What works in America, where all airplanes have access to almost every airport in the country, is definitely not the case in China. Will that change? Who knows.
The third lesson is that there is intense interest in general aviation, at least judging from the crowds that attended the Abace show. While there are few flight schools in China and, apparently, no small flight schools at the local airport, if the authorities ever relax the rules enough, watch out. General aviation in China could grow rapidly if savvy entrepreneurs were allowed to open small flight schools, teach people to fly and rent and sell airplanes and helicopters. And this would go a long way toward solving what all are predicting is a growing lack of qualified aviators.
The fourth lesson is more of a puzzle. Walking the exhibit halls of Abace 2012, I noticed that there are some missing exhibitors. There was no booth for China's regulators, the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Nor was there a booth for China's military, which apparently has control of China's airspace. Those two organizations, which will have an enormous influence on China's aviation future—and not just the future of general aviation in China—should have been active participants in Abace 2012. It would have been a terrific opportunity for the CAAC and the military to share their issues and learn more about general aviation and why and how China's regulatory framework and airspace can be reworked to welcome general aviation.
So next year, hopefully we'll see and get to interact with the Chinese authorities. We are friendly and welcoming and I don't doubt that many Abace attendees would happily extend an invitation to the Chinese authorities to come visit airports in the U.S. and Europe to see how general aviation can not only thrive but also bring economic benefits to any community.


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now that i got my new surround speakers i am looking to get rid of my old speakers.
i used to be way into my home stereo setup so these are rock solid but a bit on the older side.
i can supply pictures on tuesday if interested.
mains: 5-way (not sure on brand, the label is gone):
2 12" woofers
2 ~4.5" mids
1 ~2" tweeter
these don't have a brand logo and i can't remember what brand they were (although i believe the company no longer exists). i bought these in 1991 from someone who was a big audio guy and he paid $600 for em each in 1978. i picked them up used in 1991 for $200. very good sounding speakers, just bigger than i want to have.
surround/rears: polk monitor series 2 bookshelf speakers (2-way)
1 ~5" woofer
1 ~1" tweeter
i bought these new from audio king in 1994 for $300 for the pair. while they can act as mains i thought they did better as surround speakers or secondary supporting speakers if you want to run an A+B setup.
center channel: jensen (i can't recall the model offhand, can get the info on tuesday)
2 ~4-5" mids
bought this new for $50 in like 2005.
stuff i'd consider getting rid of:
yamaha 8" 50 watt powered sub w/ built in sweepable crossover and phase selector. bought this new in 1992 for $250 on sale. i know it probably isn't worth much now in terms of cash value but it smokes every sub i have tested in the past 10 years. my new polk sub sucks in comparison but it's voiced better for the polk satellite speakers.
sony CDP-C535 5-disc cd changer.
yah, standalone cd players aren't worth much nowadays, but this one has a pretty kickass D/A converter. when i "upgraded" receivers (read as: replaced my Made in Japan 1994 sony receiver with a top of the line below the ES series Malaysian sony receiver from 2005) the sound quality was such a downgrade that i had to buy an ES series CD player to compensate for it. the C535 is a made in Japan cd player from the era when they were still expensive (135/235/335/435/535/735's all existed at that time). it has 256 or 512 (i can't remember) disc programmable title memory that displays on the LCD. this thing was $400 in 1993. the only upgrade on the 735 was the digital sound fields.
several trinitron and wega TV's. my gf and i have 2 last gen non-true flat CRT's @20" and 27" , 2 27" flat CRT's, and 1 20" flat CRT between us. these will be getting consolidated soon and at least 2 of them will likely go buh bye.
several high end made in Japan sony VCR's. if you are a movie buff and still have stuff that isn't available on DVD/Bluray yet (it suck doesn't it?) these are basically the top end VCR's available when VCR technology was peaking. we have 5 extras ranging from 1987-1995 that have the jog wheel and floating erase head (so they can be linked up as editing decks). a few of these could benefit greatly from a head cleaning, roller cleaning, and lubing of the lift mechanism. these are VCR's that were in the $600-1000 price range over those years. i know vcr's are ancient, but if you're gonna have one, may as well be a good one right?
stuff i'd like in trade: i'm willing to toss cash into the deal to match up values.
a sony blu-ray player... any model w/ remote control. could work something out depending upon which model it is.
any brand LCD HDTV 37" or bigger w/ remote. i don't care if there are minor screen flaws, if it's 720 or 1080, etc. we're hunting for a new, bigger living-room tv. i don't care if it's some super generic brand.
polk mains (bookshelf or floor). i'd like these to be fairly compact in size and they have to be shielded. these are very low on my priority list but i'd consider it.
i'd consider a DLP/rear projection tv if the offer was right.
a sony 32" or bigger LCD w/ remote. yah, this is a reach and i'm aware i'd have to dump a significant amount of cash extra to snag something like this.
if you'd be interested in trading for (or buying) any of this stuff i'm fairly realistic in terms of their used values (bargain priced values pennies on the dollar), let me know what you have and what you'd be interested in. my primary goal is to get rid of the speakers and downsize.
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Thinking about the jhana states, I am aware that the levels of ones desire to experience a jhana state will effect ones chance at reaching the state; I understand this stated desire, as perhaps a desire for the bliss found in the jhana, desire for what is thought to be a 'sensual pleasure', right?
I feel as though I hold not a desire to experience the jhana, not a sense of craving for any physical pleasures at the thought of it; but when I think about how the jhana states are attainable for all, with right effort, I have a sense of motivation, or a sense of wonder that thinks like, "Where would that state take me?" or, "How would it change my perception?" (All in relation to the dhamma and the middle path).
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In House With Marcus Canty: Singer Talks About Dad's Absence, Rude Americans & 'X Factor' Fame
At 21, Marcus Canty isn't chugging Hennessy from a bottle in the club like many of his liquor-loving peers. He's there to make connections, promote his name and hit home to watch episodes of "Phineas and Ferb." He's a self-described homebody with a penchant for touching the souls of those he knows and those he doesn't with his lyrics. Fresh off a fourth place finish on the second season of "The X Factor," he's scored an Epic Records deal and his single sits on the Think Like a Man soundtrack. Not bad for a Maryland native with former aspirations of being a ball player.
The crooner is no novice to the art of reality TV competition. Canty attempted to step into the spotlight on "American Idol" at the age of 16, but when he saw the judges, he was cut. Obviously the five years between then and now is what he needed to flex his vocal chops. He's currently crafting his forthcoming debut LP and an EP, which will serve as a lyrical appetizer.
Check out the man who's "in love" with music open up about his one-time absent father, the verbal lashings he received from America, his work alongside production wiz Tricky Stewart and his random encounter with Justin Bieber.
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Now that you're off "The X Factor," what's your overall opinion of the experience?
"The X Factor" took me to heights that I never could imagine. It's like you see people on TV and you say, "I know I can do it." For so long as a kid, when I was in high school, I said I could do it. I could already sing but "The X Factor" took me to heights. Million and millions of people were watching me every day doing what I love to do. I didn't want to always be a singer, but when it calls, it calls.
What did you want to do before?
I don't want to be typical but you know I wanted to play basketball. Every young kid wanna be the next Michael Jordan. But me, I was a Kobe Bryant fan.
Did you ever play on a high school basketball team?
Yup. I played ball since I was about 8 years old. I played for my ninth grade year at my high school. After that I was like, you know, music is where I need to be.
So how did you make the transition to music?
I made the transition, I was playing basketball. I went from one school to the next and the competition got bigger and bigger. After I started doing music, I performed at The Apollo [Theater] when I was a kid. I was 15. That was huge. Even still when I did that, I knew it was good but it was still like, "This is fun." I performed Trey Songz' "Gotta Go."
You recently turned 21. For some people it's a monumental moment. Are you a big party person or are you just focused on work?
I feel like right now I do need to be in some clubs because there's a lot of networking. There's a lot of people that come to the clubs and stuff. I get a lot of networking done. It's just like a new scene. When I turned 21, my thing was I wanted to get the restriction off my license. I 'm a homebody. When I'm in the house I watch cartoons. I'm watching "Phineas and Ferb."
Your single, "Wont Make a Fool Out of You," is on the Think Like a Man soundtrack. How'd that come about?
I just got signed to Epic Records by L.A. Reid, which was exciting in itself. It was about putting the stamp on Marcus Canty the artist not necessarily "The X Factor" contestant. I'm gonna always be stamped as "The X Factor" contestant. I want people to understand I'm Marcus Canty the Epic recording artist. Epic actually did the soundtrack. They got me in the studio immediately working with Tricky Stewart, Kuk Harrell, Claude Kelly, a lot of great people. Tricky was like, "I want to get you on the Think Like a Man soundtrack.' He did a lot of the production. He's my head A&R so he was hooking me up.
So he produced "Won't Make a Fool Out of You"?
He produced it and Johnta Austin wrote it.
When you were in the studio recently can you describe a moment that was particularly memorable for you?
I'm in the studio with Kuk Harrell recording the single, "Won't Make a Fool Out of You." I'm in there recording, short amount of time, and Justin Bieber walks in. Justin Bieber with his girlfriend [Selena Gomez]. They're looking all young [laughs]. They really kids. I'm like, "Wow, that's crazy." Justin works with Kuk a lot. [Kuk] tells me him and Justin work hand-in-hand a lot. He did [Justin's ] "Never Say Never," a lot of different things. Literally it was just like hanging out. I'm like, "Wow, he's just walking around in here. He ain't got no security [laughs]."
Whose career path are you hoping to follow?
I wouldn't be wrong for saying Usher, would I? [Laughs]. I still want to be Marcus. A lot of people labeled me like that on the show like, "You remind me of Usher," "You remind me of Jason Derulo."
Do you dance?
I do a little something. Don't sleep. I'll flip on you [laughs]. I'm an entertainer. I want to do movies. I'm already in the act of trying to get a sitcom role, movies, commercials. "The X Factor" just broadened up my mind. It made me feel like I could do anything.
Your mom seems to be a very important support system for you. Did you grow up in a single-parent household?
Yeah, it was me, my mom and my sister.
Do you mind speaking about your dad?
It's cool. We're cool now. We have a slight relationship. I hit him up when I hit him up. My dad is the type, if he could've been a star, he would've been. He wanted to be somebody. When I came out [on "The X Factor"] he was so excited. Even though he wasn't always there like he should've been, if someone's talkin' about your child, you know, you get excited. He's tellin' everybody, "Watch him on 'The X Factor.'" Even my grandmother. I talk about my grandmother all the time. She was kinda away a lot. I never really had a real relationship with my grandmother. Now she wants to call me and stuff. I think it was just the relationship her and my mom had. I try to stay positive always.
I want to ask you one thing about "The X Factor" that caused you to get some backlash. The moment when you and Rachel Crow went up against each other. How did you handle when people attacked you on Twitter because she was eliminated and you were saved?
That was crazy. The lashing I got, America, man they rude. Calling me all types of names like monkey and some more stuff. It got bad. It got real bad. Honestly, I'm always just a positive person. I try to stay away from the negative. Even with that situation, I was super shocked. I thought I was going home. When it's your time, it's your time. At that moment, I knew it was my time. I still keep in contact with Rachel. Melanie [Amaro] is signed to Epic. So is Chris Rene and Astro. We definitely try to keep it tight.
What is your goal with this album when it does drop?
God blessed me with a gift and a talent. I want to take people on a journey when they hear my music. If I'm singing a love song, I want you to feel like I'm singing to you. If I'm singing about a relationship, I want you to be like, "Man, I go through that." That's why I appreciate the Mary J. Blige's of the world, who sing about stuff that people can relate to. Women love feeling special. That's why I don't disrespect Trey Songz because that's him [his lane of music]. He's a great artist. He's been putting out great music. A lady needs to be treated as a lady. I think chivalry is not dead, you better believe it.


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Believe it or not, the 2011 Jamboree produced by the Southern California Genealogical Society is less than six weeks away! Held June 10 – 12, 2011 in Burbank, California, this event always attracts a large crowd of genealogy bloggers. Last year we counted at least 50 members of GeneaBloggers in attendance.
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Our wonderful Welcome bags will be back again this year with lots of sample products and other goodies for registered members of GeneaBloggers. We are also planning a social event for Friday evening, June 10, 2011 at the Marriott. This will be invitation only and open to those GeneaBloggers members with genealogy blogs who register for the event. More details to follow.
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Forget the Cosbys and the Keatons. In terms of TV role models, MacGyver made the big impression. His message: You gotta use what you have instead of lamenting what you don't. MacGyver could defuse a bomb with a paper clip and cook a 12-pound ham with nothing but a sheet of tinfoil and pair of old socks. I think about him when my wife, Karel, and I talk about money. We may not have as much as we want, but we can turn a $30 gift card to Outback Steakhouse into a romantic night on the town. We might not be able to afford a trip to the water park, but we have a hose and a Slip 'N Slide, and after the kids go to bed we have a bottle of merlot to go with it (they don't let you bring wine to the water park). We might not have the house of our dreams, but we have a home we love. We get to live in it together, with our kids, and that's what matters.
Everyone thought that Al and Tipper Gore were the squeaky-clean couple that would last a lifetime, but in a bizarre turn of events, the Gores are no more and it's the Clintons who have been married for almost 40 years. We've witnessed their highs (usually occurring on the campaign trail at places like McDonald's) and very public lows (you know what happened). As a young dating dude in the late '90s, it was eye-opening to learn that people stay together and separate for a million different reasons. And sometimes it's the weirdos you invite to dinner who spend the entire night arguing who turn out to have the surprisingly durable marriage. Over time, I've seen that the Clintons share something bigger than what was, in retrospect, a gigantic but passing disturbance: They both possess unbridled ambition. That love of power seems to have transformed the man who couldn't keep it in his pants into his wife's biggest supporter, someone who truly loves and respects her. Understand each other's goals and long-term desires, and you'd be surprised what you can get through.
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The debut release from this five-piece rock band led by Bright Eyes singer-songwriter Conor Oberst. This is no Bright Eyes, however - the guitars are loud and distorted, the drums, bass and keyboards are pounding, and Conor screams his ass off. 1/15/2002 - John Richards
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Walt Disney World & American Idol Team Up
"That experience will include an audition process, open to all who register, where guests perform "live" in front of a Disney's Hollywood Studios producer to be cast in a theme park show. After backstage preparation — working with a vocal coach, hair and make-up — it's lights up and showtime in front of a "live" audience and a panel of judges."
We can only hope there's a cheesy host that stops the show for a commercial break just as you're about to find out if you've been voted off or not. The attraction is set to open later this year. I'm really more of a coaster guy than anything else so I can't say I'm really all that interested in the news. It is a neat idea, I guess. For the full press release and a press video click here.
What do you think of the American Idol attraction coming to Disney World? Sounds a little pitchy to me, dawg. Leave a comment below.


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"Artichokes" in the Richard Krawiec edited "Sound of Poets Cooking" (as Van Morrison says to the crowd on one of his live LPs — "We're cookin' already") (Due out later this summer)
"Dividing Waters" in "Literary Trails of the North Carolina Piedmont" by Georgann Eubanks from UNC Press (scheduled for October, 2010)
"He's So Original" article in Skirt (Raleigh) (in process)
Is Internet Addiction Real? Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Current Science Forum. Thursday, June 10, 7 p.m. Hint: Nope


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Tiresome, Tedious Action
I've often written that the reason to respect momentum is that the market tends to move in one direction much longer than most people think is reasonable. That certainly is well illustrated in this market, which has suffered yet another poor day.
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text: News Article Video, education and the right tool for the right job Simon Dudley Published October 22, 2012 in Washington Business Journal I've said in the past that mobile is not the be-all and end-all of video conferencing. But if you recall, I also said it would play an important role in how video conferencing technologies develop and expand into more parts of our lives. See the Report


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SapuraClough Offshore, a fully owned subsidiary of SapuraKencana Petroleum, confirmed Friday through a telephone interview with Rigzone that it has successfully contained a health issue, gastroenteritis symptoms, which broke onboard the vessel – the Java Constructor general purpose construction support barge – working on the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
SapuraClough's CEO Guido Bressani said that while a number of people onboard the Java Constructor had been affected, the number of cases had "declined considerably in the past few days, indicating that the company had broken the back of the outbreak."
"We have been treating this issue seriously and have deployed additional health resources to the vessel to help manage the situation," Bressani said.
"In addition to the onboard medics and the hygiene and sanitary practices already implemented in accordance with Australian health guidelines, we have deployed health resources including an occupational hygienist on the vessel to investigate the situation and provide ongoing consultation with onshore medical doctors," Bressani added.
Bressani also refuted claims about crew being asked to work despite them having reported that they were unwell.
"Affected personnel have been taken off duty and appropriate measures are being taken to manage their wellbeing," Bressani said.
Bressani affirmed SapuraClough's commitment to health and safety for the people onboard the Java Constructor barge, saying that the company "will not stop it vigilance."
SapuraClough is using two vessels on its project; which sees the 56-mile DomGas being connected the Gorgon LNG development on the offshore Barrow Island to the onshore Dampier-Bunbury gas pipeline. The operations are carried out using the Geocean Kalinda, while the Java Constructor is being used as the project's living quarters.
Gorgon LNG's first phase is around 45 percent completed; the project has an initial annual output capacity of 15.6 million metric tonnes of LNG.
Chevron is the largest shareholder in Gorgon with a 47 percent interest and acts as operator, while Exxon and Royal Dutch Shell PLC own 25 percent stakes each. Three Japanese companies that will import much of Chevron's share of LNG from Gorgon own the remaining interest.
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nigel | Nov. 10, 2012Virus contained and managed...by putting sick people in a special "quarantine smoking room"!! No word of a lie...is that common practise in the medical industry??
luke | Nov. 10, 2012liars...nothing done and nothing will be!! Poor form to the client!
jc | Nov. 10, 2012Rubbish..say what you want to satisfy the media but this is not how it has been dealt with!!!!!
crew | Nov. 9, 2012Dont agree at all with the response to the original artficle, there was no real urgency in preventing or reducing the severity of the outbreak, which has been going on since the project commenced. It has taken 6 months of all crew members onboard getting violently ill for them to think about addressing this issue. Cmon its the 2012, communication and resources are at an all time high and we cant even get the issue looked at after the first so called outbreak. It shouldnt have taken this long to be brought up, I guess that Sapura can consider themselves lucky that the unions here are so weak that they dont support the workers as they say they do.
jcrew | Nov. 9, 2012What a load of lies the bug is still around people are still sick. this has been going on since the start of this job we are told when we get sick to go to our rooms to sleep it off so we infect other people in our rooms. last week we were told by a medic that they knew who bought it on this time but did nothing about it. i.e put person affected in isolation so put to 35 people in 1 day were sick. both Sapura clough and chevron dont care as long as the job goes on. they say they care but when some guys have gone home for R&R they end up infecting their family members i.e Kids and this has happened to several people now.
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Preserving Land for Future Generations
Big news, folks! DIY Network has donated a portion of the Blog Cabin 2012 property (30 wooded acres, to be exact) to the Medomak Valley Land Trust (MVLT) in Waldoboro, Maine.
The forested strip of land, previously owned for generations by the Robie family, stretches between Dutch Neck and Gross Neck Roads and abuts 18 acres that are protected with a conservation easement held by MVLT. Together, the properties protect close to 1,000 feet of frontage on Peters Pond, a 12-acre pond that is distinguished from others in the watershed because of its depth (60 feet), steep granite cliffs, high shoreline and completely undeveloped watershed.
"We have been working with members of the community to find a way to protect it since the Robie property first came on the market in 2007," says Liz Petruska, MVLT's executive director. "When we heard about Blog Cabin, we contacted DIY Network to discuss potential conservation options. Thanks to their generosity, this important property will be permanently protected."
"The Robie Farm is the last of the original land grants on Dutch Neck that has not been sub-divided or developed over the centuries," says Eric Stark, a Blog Cabin 2012 neighbor whose property is also conserved. "Its presence reminds us of what life used to look like in Maine. The relationship between the land, the people, the farms that sustained them and the waters they harvested for fish, clams, oysters and lobsters is still visible on this property. It is very different than the relationship we have to these things today."
To learn more about the Medomak Valley Land Trust, please visit the trust web site at medomakvalley.org.
Note to fans: The Blog Cabin 2012 Giveaway, which includes a lovingly renovated, circa-1884 cape cod and 21 acres of land, launches in August. To learn more, visit our Coming Attractions page.


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Analyze the Myelin-TRAP as Diagnostic Tool in Multiple Sclerosis (TRAP-Myéline)
This study has been terminated.
(The number of patients achieved is sufficient to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the test TRAP-myelin)
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The objective of this project is to characterize the response TRAP positive patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the method in order to develop a second time as a diagnostic tool in this disease. We plan to analyze the response TRAP over a hundred patients with various clinical stages SEP (relapsing, progressive forms) and compared to healthy controls,
|Multiple Sclerosis
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Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
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|Study Multicenter, Controlled, Prospective, Non-randomized Test to Analyze the Myelin-TRAP as Diagnostic Tool in Multiple Sclerosis
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Evaluate the diagnostic performance of myelin-TRAP assay for Multiple Sclerosis [ Time Frame: 2 years ]The main criterion corresponds to the area under the curve ROC (Receiver operating characteristic). The curve ROC is a graphic representation of the existing relation between the sensibility and the specificity of a test, calculated for all the values possible thresholds. The performance of the test TRAP-myéline will thus be estimated by means of the area calculated under this curve
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Determine the best cut-off rate of myelin-Trap and evaluate the sensitivity and specificity associated [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|April 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2015
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|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis- group 1
Definite multiple sclerosis according to the McDonald criteria, relapsing Patient innocent of thorough treatment or treatment immunomodulator stopped for at least 6 months.
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Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis- group 2
Multiple sclerosis defined according to the criteria of McDonald, relapsing Patient under treatment immunomodulator for at least 6 months.
|Device: Trap Myelin Test
secondary progressive multiple sclerosis- Group 3
Multiple sclerosis defined according to the criteria of McDonald, secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
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primary progressive multiple sclerosis- group 4
Multiple sclerosis defined according to the criteria of McDonald, primary progressive multiple sclerosis
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healthy volunteers
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Control 2
Patients with central or peripheral neurological non-inflammatory, non-autoimmune.
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Control 3
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- Patients not motivated to study. Known patients with anemia (hemoglobin <10g/100ml)
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|Bordeaux, France
|Hopital neurologigue Pierre Wertheimer
|Bron, France
|University Hospital of clermont Ferrand
|Clermont Ferrand, France
|University Hospital of Lille
|Lille, France
|University Hospital of Marseille
|Marseille, France
|University Hospital of Montpellier
|Montpellier, France
|University Hospital of Nantes
|Nantes, France
|University Hospital of Nice
|Nice, France
|University Hospital of Rennes
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|University Hospital of Strasbourg
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01723631 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
2010-A00892-37 ( Other Identifier: ANSM )
|Study First Received:
|November 6, 2012
|Last Updated:
|May 15, 2017
Keywords provided by Nantes University Hospital:
Multiple sclerosis
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Multiple Sclerosis
Pathologic Processes
Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System
Nervous System Diseases
Demyelinating Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune System Diseases
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Stamford 3 Witton 1
12:41pm Monday 24th February 2014
By Andrew Simpson
12:41pm Monday 24th February 2014
By Andrew Simpson
WITTON were second best at Stamford, trailing to a direct rival in the race to avoid relegation after conceding at either end of the contest.
Unlike at Blyth a fortnight ago, Brian Pritchard's men never looked likely to end a wait for an away win in the Premier Division that now enters a fifth month.
They continue to occupy a position in the drop zone that has been theirs since the turn of the year.
A sluggish start on Saturday did not help; Lewis Carr was left unmarked to meet Jason Ashton's corner in the second minute, heading in his first goal for the Daniels.
Witton, with Michael Powell deployed in defence while Rob Bodie served a ban, struggled to react.
Stamford almost doubled their tally when leading scorer Ryan Robbins forced goalkeeper Matt Cooper to save his fiercely-hit effort, while at the other end Alex Titchiner at least made stand-in custodian Will Jones worry when he shot narrowly wide.
The hosts plundered a second goal after half an hour following a counter attack led by Shawn Richards, who supplied Robbins.
His centre was placed perfectly for Charlie Binns, who struck the ball on the volley with force to leave Cooper no chance to intervene.
Albion rallied, appealing strongly for a penalty when Danny Andrews was sent sprawling at the end of a clever dribble.
Their best chance followed before the break, Titchiner's precise attempt from an angle striking the inside of a post and rebounding kindly into Jones' grasp.
Stamford threatened first after the interval, when Robbins and then Richards went close, though Witton assumed control afterwards.
The visitors thought they had halved their arrears when Jon Dawson sent the ball goal-wards with his head after making the most a defensive mix-up, Jones appearing to claw it to safety after it had crossed the line.
However the match officials gave the Daniels' shot-stopper the benefit of any doubt.
Pritchard sent on Anthony Sheehan for his first appearance since fracturing a kneecap on Bonfire
Night, pushing Powell forward into a more familiar midfield role too.
A goal followed, Sheehan clipping a pass into Dawson's path and he finished smartly.
Titchiner went closest to a leveller when his shot scraped an upright before Stamford made safe the points with six minutes left.
Robbins' blasted free kick was tipped brilliantly onto the bar by Cooper – booked for hauling down Richards to concede the set piece – only for Binns to react first to smuggle in the loose ball.
Witton Star Man: Anthony Gardner. Determined and consistent throughout, something that his teammates must copy.
Stamford Jones (GK), Challinor, Field, Carr, Jarvis, Nwadike, Richards, Robinson, Shariff (Ashton), Binns, Robbins (Cotton) Subs not used Lawlor, Staff Goals Carr 2, Binns 33, 84
Witton Cooper (GK), Gardner, Harrison, Powell, Brown, Andrews, Jackson (Sheehan), Breeze, Dawson, Bakkor, Titchiner Subs not used Plant (GK), Crofts, Moseley, Roberts Goal Dawson 74 Booked Powell (unsporting behaviour), Cooper (foul)
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Granderson remains upbeat despite tough season
MIAMI -- Curtis Granderson did not spend April slamming his helmet to the ground, just as he did not often beat his chest in June. Lately, he has not taken to snapping any bats in half.
"I've never made a point of breaking my bat," Granderson said laughing. "Then I've got nothing to swing with next time up."
And so Granderson continues down his remarkably even-keeled path, despite one of the most polarized, least productive seasons of his career. With the outfielder mired in an 0-for-18 funk, part of a 22-for-153 (.144) stretch dating back to mid-July, the Mets held him out of Wednesday's lineup for the second time in four games -- both respites coming against right-handed starters. Combined with Thursday's off-day, the rest gave Granderson three days off in a five-day span.
"I think he realizes this is part of the game. That you're going to have times like this, years like this," manager Terry Collins said. "He hasn't had very many."
The odd part of Granderson's season is that he went from freezing in April to torrid in May and June, and back to ice cold since the All-Star break. The combined product -- a .210 average, a .667 OPS and 16 home runs in 566 plate appearances -- is not nearly what the Mets expected from Granderson in the first season of his four-year, $60 million contract.
"But the way he's approached it has been absolutely outstanding," Collins said. "That's why I think there's a huge upside. I think he'll come into Spring Training with a positive attitude and be ready for next year."
Unlike Granderson, Collins offered a few possible explanations for Granderson's poor season -- his adjustment to a new league, for example, or to a more pitcher-friendly home ballpark. But Granderson dismissed both of those, noting that his offensive game has evolved throughout his 15 years in professional baseball.
"My swing has always been something that has been evolving and changing over the course of my career," Granderson said. "I've changed, modified and done different things all the way from the Minor Leagues up until now. So that's definitely nothing that's new for me. It's actually been something that's helped me out. So little minor adjustments can definitely be good things for me, because you get your mind thinking about something else, and then hopefully everything kind of locks in."
At this point, there's little the Mets can do but sit back and hope a more productive player shows up to Spring Training next year. Collins found solace in the fact that Granderson has recently begun driving balls a bit more consistently, despite the lack of statistical proof.
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The 63rd Annual National Day of Prayer was celebrated — with a prayer for the country and its citizens — on May 1 at noon at Chiefland City Hall around the flag pole out front.
The Day of Prayer is held the first Thursday in May and was enacted by Congress in 1952 as a request that people "turn to God in prayer and meditation." It is celebrated by Christians, Muslims, Sikhs and Jews, to name but a few faiths.
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The annual Easter Egg Hunt at Strickland Park in Chiefland will be April 19, beginning at 9 a.m.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Seven felony charges, including attempted murder, were filed Monday against a Rancho Cucamonga mother accused of trying to kill her daughter on Halloween.
Stephanie Irene Aguilar, a 31-year-old respiratory therapist, was arrested Thursday and booked into West Valley Detention Center.
Aguilar is also facing charges of willful cruelty to a child, inflicting injury upon a child, two counts of assault with deadly weapon, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and resisting an executive officer, according to court records.
Montclair police said Aguilar tried to kill her 8-year- old daughter on Oct. 31 by slamming their vehicle into the back of a tractor-trailer on the westbound 10 Freeway near Mills Avenue.
Witnesses then reported seeing Aguilar punch the girl and slam her head into the vehicle's center console, authorities said.
Passing motorists stopped and kept Aguilar away from the child until a California Highway Patrol officer arrived. Police said Aguilar also attacked the officer.
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A blaze which severely damaged a semi-detached house in Keighley was started deliberately, police have confirmed.
Detectives believe the property, at Braithwaite Edge Road, was burgled and then set alight.
CID chiefs have this morning appealed for anyone with information about the incident, or who was in the area between about 10.30pm and midnight on Friday and may have seen something suspicious, to come forward.
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Firefighters, some wearing breathing apparatus, used two hose reels to bring the blaze under control.
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Watch commander Carl Foulds, of Keighley fire station, said there was a huge amount of smoke and as they had approached the scene they were flagged down by a man who was choking on the fumes. He was taken to hospital as a precaution.
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