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This week's podcast comes from a venerable twosome that has created a tapestry of sounds that are almost Ghibli-esque in their execution. UK experimentalist Kidkanevil and Japanese sonic counterpoint Daisuke Tanabe, released an LP on Project Mooncircle back in Novemeber that is emotive, enigmatic and at times, innocent of all expectations.
Judging by their previous work, the collaboration between these two has produced some of their most freeing music to date. Melding between breaks, IDM, hip-hop, dubstep, ambience and experimentalism, that exact audible reflection is thoughtfully found in their exclusive mix to URB. A welcome introduction to 2013 starts with a breath of fresh air, courtesy of Kidsuke. No tracklist here; just listen and enjoy.
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Motorola Mobility has just unveiled a golf edition of its GPS golf tracker, virtual caddy and online clubhouse device MOTOACTV. This device lets you track your golf game on up to 20,000 courses worldwide. It tracks the front, center and back distances to green and hazards and also serves as a virtual caddy that tracks your scorecards, clubs and key statistics. The device also lets you sync your rounds wirelessly to enable you visualize and study your game online via MOTOACTV.com. It also lets you view rounds from the Pros, track data such as steps taken, distance covered and calories burned on the course. In short, the MOTOACTV Golf Edition could be your ultimate way to stay fit as well as shave shots from your score. Finally, Motorola is showing off the MOTOACTV Golf Edition at the Arnold Palmer Invitational starting today, so you might want to check out the event to get a glimpse of this device. The MOTOACV Golf Edition is available now for pre-order from Motorola online or from Amazon.com. It will set you back for $299.99 and is scheduled for shipping by April 1.
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The Roar of the Rings is more of a weeklong endurance race than a sprint, but it still helps getting a good jump out of the gates.
Calgary's Cheryl Bernard was the only rink to have a 2-0 start after a 6-5 victory over Regina's Amber Holland yesterday morning that required a triple measurement.
"That was pretty nail-biting at the end of that with the measure," Bernard said.
"We're struggling a little bit with the ice and some of the rocks on that sheet. It's an end sheet, so it's a little bit different. It worked out in the end, though.
"I don't like measurements."
But she does like a strong start, which she added to in the evening draw with a 9-6 win over Crystal Webster's fellow Calgary rink in Bernard's most dominant win on her way to 3-0.
"That was a little struggle, but it feels good to be where we are," Bernard said.
Especially after escaping with a big five-ender to close out Sunday's opener against Thunder Bay's Krista McCarville and the measurement in yesterday's second draw.
Bernard said it was the closest of her career, ahead by only 0.4 of a measure. But it was enough for a win.
"That was pretty close," said Bernard. "It seemed really close because the game meant a lot too.
"It's just one game at a time, you've got to keep going."
Webster dropped a pair yesterday after opening the tournament with a win over Calgary's Shannon Kleibrink on Sunday.
Scoring a pair in the 10th to tie the score 7-7, Webster forced extra ends in an 8-7 loss to Saskatoon's Stefanie Lawton yesterday morning.
"If we can be tied up in a game like that where I'm having a struggle it's a pretty good position for us to be in," Webster said.
"We had a really great chance to win that. (Lawton) made a really great shot with her last one."
With four other teams sitting at 1-2, Webster said the loss to Bernard wasn't the worst thing to happen.
"At this point, Bernard could just go win them all," Webster said.
"That's fine with me, and let the rest of us pick away at each other."
Kleibrink's rink bounced back from an opening loss to Webster on Sunday with a pair of victories yesterday.
She defeated B.C.'s Kelly Scott 9-6 yesterday morning in a rematch of the 2005 Canadian Cup of Curling.
"Really, it was just the right shot at the right time," said Kleibrink, who scored three in both the second and fifth ends to take a 6-3 lead.
"The first three was the one that was big."
As was the 9-3 victory Kleibrink earned over Holland last night.
She said yesterday wasn't exactly a do-or-die situation, despite coming in 0-1.
"You're still going to have to get on that roll, you're going to have to win five in a row at some point anyway," Kleibrink said. "My prediction is three losses will get you something. It's such a tight field."


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Shyan Secheiterle ends her trip down the slde at the De Soto Aquatic Center with a smile and a splash. She was one of those pool manager Pam Titus called die-hards, who were at the pool Memorial Day despite cool, cloudy weather.
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ROBERT ONEAL ALLISON, 74, Tyler, died Nov. 28. Chandler Memorial Funeral Home.
JOHN BELTZ, 75, Tyler, died Nov. 30. Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler.
VERNA CAMPBELL, 66, Tyler, died Nov. 20. John R. Harmon Undertaking Co., Tyler.
AVIS S. LANTRIP, 97, Lindale, died Dec. 1. Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home, Lindale.
Visitation 6-8 p.m. Thursday at funeral home.
BILLY MILLS, 82, Tyler, died Nov. 30. Hilliard Funeral Home, Van.
MICHAEL NORRIS, 64, Tyler, died Dec. 1. Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler.
LOLA C. SANDERS, 90, Lindale, died Nov. 30. Hilliard Funeral Home, Van.
JACQUELINE SHAMBURGER, 84, Arp, died Nov. 23. Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton.
CYNTHIA RENEE JOHNSON SWANN, 44, Troup, died Nov. 30. M.R. Smith Parlor for Funerals, Corsicana.
HESSIE WALLACE, 93, Tyler, died Nov. 30. Southern Funeral Home, Henderson.
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BETTY HUTSON BURCHFIELD, 76, Flint; memorial 11:30 a.m. at Flint Baptist Church. Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler). Visitation following service at church.
L.L. Howell III, 88, Edgewood; 11 a.m. at Cheatham Memorial United Methodist Church in Edgewood. (Hiett's LyBrand Funeral Home, Edgewood).
BENJAMIN CICERO LAUDERDALE, 86, Tyler; memorial 2 p.m. at Green Acres Baptist Church, Tyler. (Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler).
RICHARD 'MAC' MCBRIDE, 91, Tyler; visitation 5:30-7:30 at Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler.
MAXINE NAFE, 79, DeSoto, formerly of Mineola; memorial 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1302 S. Clark Road, Duncanville (West/Hurtt Funeral Home, DeSoto).
REBECCA NELL SCHNITZIUS, 66, Winnsboro; 1 a.m. at Beaty Funeal Home, Winnsboro.
BEN TALLEY, 87, Jacksonville; 2 p.m. at Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville. Visitation two hours prior to services at funeral home.
FLORENCIA AMAYA-ARREOLA, 79, Henderson; Mass 2 p.m. at St. Jude's Catholic Church (Crawford-A. Crim Funeral Home, Henderson). Visitation 5-8 p.m. today at funeral home.
GEORGE S. CALDWELL, 98, Tyler; 2 p.m. at First Assembly of God Church (Tyler Memorial Funeral Home). Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home.
Ernest Cornett Jr., 92, Murchison; 2 p.m. at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home, Athens. Visitation 5:30-7:40 p.m. today at funera; home.
FORREST PETER FORSYTH, 71, Tyler; 2 p.m. at Lloyd James Funeral Home, Tyler. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home.
Lynda Caroyn Teel Frazier, 73, Wills Point; 10 a.m. at Wills Point Church of Christ (Allan Fuller Funeral Home, Wills Point.) Visitation 6-8 p.m. Monday at funeral home.
JAMES DAVID FULLER, 64; memorial 10 a.m. at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, Abilene (Neptune Society, Plano).
DENMAN BRYANT LANGFORD, 82, Whitehouse; 2 p.m. at Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home.
MARJIE MORRIS, 67, Kilgore; noon at Hilliard Funeral Home, Van. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home.
LOLA SANDERS, 90, Lindale; 3 p.m. at Hilliard Funeral Home, Van.
ANTHONY A. SANTANGELO, 85, Tyler, formerly of Lubbock; graveside 2 p.m. in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery (Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Directors, Lindale).
DONALD CLAY SHELBY JR., 39, Aubrey, formerly of Winnsboro; 10:30 a.m. at Beaty Funeral Home, Winnsboro. Visitation 6-8 p.m. today at funeral home.


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U.K. retail giant GAME is offering a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One Premium Vigilante Edition of Ubisoft's upcoming Watch Dogs.
Due out alongside the open world action-adventure game on May 27, the Premium Edition offers a wealth of content -- and so it should, as it'll set you back £109.99.
The pack includes a copy of the game and soundtrack, alongside a hoodie, protagonist Aiden Pearce's baseball cap, and a 4GB USB stick. In addition, you'll get the Palace DLC, Investigation bonus and ATM Hack Boost for use in-game.
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Minnesota Wild sign prospect Jason Zucker, former Denver University star could debut this week
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text: Tripoli - The nationalities of 17 passengers who died when a Libyan plane crashed while attempting to land in Tripoli Wednesday have yet to be determined, a spokesman for the airline said on Thursday.At least one German national was among the 103 victims of Wednesday's crash, the spokesperson added in a phone interview with the German Press Agency dpa.The Dutch Travel and Transport Association ANWB had previously said that at least 61 Dutch nationals were among the dead. Many of the passengers were reportedly Dutch tourists and tour operators returning from a trip to South Africa.Reports have also listed 24 Libyans - including the plane's 11 crew members - among the victims.At least four of the victims were from South Africa, local media reports said. In London, the Foreign Office said a number of Britons were feared dead.Libyan state media reported that 96 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage and efforts were under way to identify them.A 10-year-old Dutch boy was the only survivor of the crash.The Airbus A330 belonging to the state-owned Afriqiyah Airways was on a regular flight from Johannesburg to London, with a stopover in Tripoli. The plane came down on a plot of barren land just short of a runway at the airport, some 25km south of the city centre. Authors: Anne-Beatrice Clasmann, Yasmin El-Rifae


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Voters to decide on council races, food labeling
Tue., Nov. 5, 2013, 10:03 a.m.
Snow isn't the only thing in the air Tuesday.
Voters are deciding on the direction of Spokane City Council and whether foods containing genetically engineered crops should be labeled.
There's still time to vote. Ballot boxes across the county are open until 8 p.m.
The council race between John Ahern and incumbent Jon Snyder offers a stark choice, as does the race between Michael Cannon and Candace Mumm.
The negative ads have now run their course in these races and voters will decide if they want a council that continues to largely follow the lead of Mayor David Condon, or one that more closely aligns with Council President Ben Stuckart.
The other race to watch is Initiative 522. Out of state money has poured into the state to influence whether voters want many of the foods they commonly buy at the grocery to offer disclosure if they contain genetically modified ingredients.
Over in Idaho, Kootenai County voters have until 8 tonight to go to the polls to decide city council and mayoral races in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls, along with other issues.
For complete coverage of these races and issues plus many more, go to: www.spokesman.com/elections/.


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Valve has begun showing off their Steam Machines Linux-based gaming console prototypes.
Valve has released their latest hardware/software survey statistics for the following month. Is Linux back above a 1% market-share for gamers?
While Valve is mostly centered around supporting Ubuntu right now when it comes to their Linux initiatives, the Steam client and its games will generally work fine on other modern Linux distributions. For making it easier to run Steam on Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the binary package has entered the third-party RPM Fusion repository.
In the latest code hitting the mainline Mesa Git tree is an Intel Mesa DRI driver improvement that can provide for significant performance improvements with Valve's popular Dota 2 online battle arena game.
Valve has updated the Linux build of the popular Left 4 Dead 2 game to fix some crashers and add microphone support.
After announcing the Steam Controller / GamePad at the end of September, Valve has now released a video showing off the interesting gamepad in action.
In promoting their Linux-based SteamOS and forthcoming Steam Machines and Steam controller/input devices, Valve will be running their own "Steam Developer Days" conference that will focus on game development around Steam, their hardware devices, and Linux / OpenGL.
While the Steam Machines prototype consoles are running with Intel CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs, Valve has said in 2014 they will release some Steam Machines that are powered by AMD Radeon graphics.
With Steam Machines and SteamOS just around the corner, Valve released a big update this week to their Steam client.
Last week it was made public that the Linux-based SteamOS-powered Steam Machines console will use Intel CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs in the living room prototypes shipping this calendar year. Now there's a bit more on Valve's relationship with NVIDIA.
After last week announcing Steam Machines as the Valve-backed Steam "living room consoles" (a.k.a. Steam Box) powered by the Linux SteamOS, today Valve has released the prototype hardware details that they will be shipping to 300 beta testers.
Of the newest game releases on Steam, around 20% of them are supporting Linux from the start, but that will certainly rise.
Valve just revealed its third announcement of the week! After announcing the Linux-based SteamOS, then the SteamOS-powered Steam Machines game console, the Bellevue-based company just unveiled their own controller / gamepad!
After Valve announced SteamOS on Monday as their highly-optimized Linux distribution for gaming, today they announced the first "Steam Machine", a.k.a. their SteamOS-powered console for the living room.
As most Phoronix readers are now aware, the first countdown timer is now complete for Valve's SteamBox-related news. The first drop was about SteamOS, their own Linux distribution that's highly optimized for gaming.
Valve has launched a new part of the website where they have initiated a countdown timer for "The Steam Universe is Expanding in 2014."
For those that didn't yet watch Gabe Newell's talk about Linux gaming, at the end of the presentation he notes next week will be more information from Valve about their plans to bring Linux into the living room.
Gabe Newell was one of the prominent speakers today during the first day of LinuxCon in New Orleans. Here's an upload of his presentation where he's trumpeting the benefits of Linux for servers and gaming. Gabe believes, "Linux is the future of gaming."
Valve has updated their Steam Hardware Survey that also provides statistics on used Windows/OSX/Linux versions for this digital game distribution client. It appears that the Steam Linux usage during August dropped and the overall Linux count is below 1%.
The Natural Selection 2 game has surfaced on the Steam for Linux library.
Just over a week since Dota 2 test builds for Linux were available in beta form, Valve has officially released Dota 2 for Linux in time for any weekend gameplay.
Recently I wrote about RAD Game Tools looking for Linux developers with experience working on debuggers. In particular, RAD has been eyeing LLVM's LLDB debugger. Mike Sartain of Valve Software has now written about why LLDB currently comes up short on Linux.
Valve's Dota 2 game will soon be released for Linux gamers. Dota 2 is the sequel to Defense of the Ancients and under Windows has proven to be a highly popular title, which is now being tested on Linux.
Valve has added support for Steam to support 64-bit Linux game titles.
Since Valve's Linux gaming announcements last year, many game modders have been looking for Source SDK to be supported under Linux. Valve today released Source SDK 2013 and it now supports Linux as well as OS X.
Portal's been in beta on Linux since early May, but today Valve Software has finally moved this popular Source Engine game out of beta on Steam for Linux.
Valve has updated their Steam Hardware Survey results to reflect usage statistics by their gamer customer base as of May.
Gabe Newell, the well-known leader of Valve Software, will be keynoting this year's Linux Foundation LinuxCon event.
Valve's very popular Portal and Portal 2 interactive puzzle video games are now natively available on Linux!
Korora, the Fedora-based Linux distribution that focuses on desktop friendliness through a number of modifications and extra packages, has released their Fedora 18 incarnation.
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Browns' On-Field Woes Affecting Attendance Belichick In No Rush To Return To Mexico Yankees Crowdsourcing Managerial Candidates Marlins Use Stanton To Sell Tickets Amid Trade Rumors Some Fans Critical Of Crew Marketing Argos Draw Team's Largest Crowd At BMO Field Franchise Notes Saints, Pelicans Sign Deals With SeatGeek ManU Hopes To Raise Profile In U.S. With Event Cubs '18 Ticket Prices Stay Relatively Flat
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WORKING TWO JOBS: In Akron, Sheldon Ocker reports Indians manager Terry Francona "will continue to be an analyst for ESPN through the World Series, which is putting a squeeze on his time." However, the net has been "generous in giving him the chance to research his new roster of players and learn as much as he can about the state of the franchise." Francona also "expects to be involved in player personnel decisions, including free-agent signings and trades." The relationship between Francona and GM Chris Antonetti "can blur lines of authority." Francona said, "I've known Chris and [Indians President Mark Shapiro] for a long time. I'm afforded an opinion, and that's nice. But I have no ambition to be a general manager, and I respect the chain of command" (AKRON BEACON JOURNAL, 10/23).
FROM VALENTINE TO SWEETHEART: In Boston, Gerry Callahan writes of the Red Sox naming John Farrell manager, "A notoriously impatient ownership group will now show some patience." Farrell will "get to pick his own coaches," and might even "be allowed to yell at his players." Callahan: "The good news for Farrell is that the Red Sox are like last call at a singles bar. Expectations have been lowered." If Farrell wins 81 games next year, "they'll throw a duck boat parade for him" (BOSTON HERALD, 10/23).
HARD PILL TO SWALLOW: In San Diego, Nick Canepa wrote of Chargers PR Dir Bill Johnston, "In no way am I here today to say Johnston as a professional was right when he wrote a Thursday column on the Chargers Web site asking fans to 'take a chill pill' following Monday night's embarrassing defeat to the Denver Broncos." Canepa: "But it was his right. The problem is that he didn't really say what he wanted to say in the correct manner." Johnston said, "My only goal was to hopefully make people think about what lies ahead. I didn't mean to criticize or offend anyone" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 10/20).


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I'm currently galavanting around Las Vegas, but I wanted to pop in here to share the COOKIES that I made (and received) from the 2012 Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap! I participated last year and thought it was great, so when they emailed all of us saying there would be a charity aspect to this year's swap, I definitely couldn't pass it up.
I gave away one of the OXO Cookie Spatula's that I received from OXO last week, but I wasn't able to post the recipe I used until TODAY! Here we go:
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Salted Caramel
recipe slightly adapted from CulinaryChat.net
- 2 cups all-purpose four
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda (NOT powder – I can't tell you how many times I've mixed them up)
- 1 cup salted butter, slightly softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar (I used light)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 egg yolk only
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup chocolate chips (I used semi-sweet, but I imagine dark would be delish)
- 16 wrapped caramels, cut into very small pieces
- Sea salt
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees
- In one bowl, mix flour and baking soda
- In a separate bowl, mix butter and sugars together
- Once creamed, add in the eggs and vanilla
- In batches, add flour to butter/sugar/egg/vanilla mixture until combined
- Add chocolate chips
- Chill dough for at least 30 minutes in fridge
- Once chilled, spoon dough onto non-stick pan
- Add caramel pieces and press them into the cookie
- Bake for 8 minutes, until lightly golden brown
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Really Excellent. Light, pleasant, citrus without pucker, jasmine hints, no sour, no bitter, light color, pleasant hay- delicate but very nice. I can imagine getting a hankering for this often just to focus and relax. Smells fresh- good- not pungent in the least. I left the tea in the cup the entire time I drank it and it never got too strong.
This is a new genre of tea for me completely. It tastes like seaweed and spinach. Mellow and soft, it is not unpleasant but certainly new. It does not need anything to supplement it- I think this is a taste you acquire, I have not succeeded yet, it is just culturally very new and I will have to keep trying it and see if it sticks. Smells like warm seaweed, not overly strong, but not like anything else I have ever tasted in tea. Funky.
Are you sure you're talking about premium black tea from Yunnan? Black tea isn't really new culturally ;)
CORRECTSHESAID! I believe people have taste buds according to their typical diets, and I have not been exposed to those in this tea frequently, yet. While not unpleasant it is just new to me.
So far we have only tried the Broccoli Cilantro and the Beet Cabbage- but I am seriously surprised that it was more pleasant than I expected. Further reading explains that the beet has cloves in it and the broccoli garlic so it feels a bit more like a soup from the expanded flavors circulating your tongue. I did notice that the garlic stuck a little- if you are headed to speak with people heads up! Savory is key here- but not bad.
Cracks me up that this is on here…now that I have tried Argo Earl Grey Creme this is pretty boring in comparison- but you know exactly what it is when you pick it up and Grandpa is still going to want his Twinings no matter how much I hop around and suggest a new kind-some things never change and I suppose in this case that's allowed! :)
I'm with the sentimental lot on this one AND I really like cinnamon- lots of cinnamon- so I actually like this tea, no matter how "not cool" that makes me in liking a bag tea from…wait for it….Celestial Seasonings. I am old enuf to remember these folks when every flap of the box had poetry and sayings all over it and they had maybe 55 different kinds of tea in outrageous arty boxes. If you've ever been to Boulder this all makes sense. If I need a cup of warmth late at night with NO CAFFEINE or dieting and want NO SUGAR ADDED this is still my go to cheater tea.
Smells prettier than it tastes, but is very berry and tasty. I may have made mine too strong as it was a tad acidic and sour, or steeped it too long which is a common mistake I make because I tend to like tea strong. I had to add sweetener to this one and then it was really pleasant. trying to avoid sugar to taste the real flavors…but this time I cheated!
I like this because it is not bitter- for a black tea, and seems to give me a nice punch in the wakeup zone. I cannot touch it after 3pm unless I want to finish reading a book til 4am, which is what happened…but it has a pleasant nice tangy flavor without having a miserable bite.
This stuff is amazing, makes your lungs feel clear and capable and your throat like an opera singer's. All that and it tastes really good too. If you are a runner or athlete, this may be good just to drink before a workout- tho no caffeine, it feels very invigorating. I like licorice, and no sweetener needed, bonus round!
FINALLY! A tasty flowering tea! I have tried maybe 5 and they are all horrible. This one is delicate and light and jsmine flavor but not bitter. The arch that forms when it flowers is delicate and very pretty to boot! First really pretty bloom ever with a worthwhile flavor!


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European Cup, League Cup, Premiership, blah blah blah… There's only one story that really deserves your attention this evening, and it's not Niall Quinn's remarkably candid confession that maybe now was not the right time for him to take on his first managerial role. The story comes from Italy, where the Italian Match-Fixing Story, a tale of intrigue that simply keeps on giving, is moving into a phase which may have ramifications for the world game.
For those of you that have been living under a rock since May, a quick re-cap. Juventus, Milan, Lazio & Fiorentina were all found guilty, to varying degrees, of referee-fixing. Juventus, the most deeply involved of the four, were relegated to Serie B and deducted thirty points for this season. Lazio and Fiorentina were relegated but only deducted seven points, and Milan stayed up, but were deducted fifteen points and barred from the European Cup. On appeal, the sentences were commuted somewhat – Milan are back in the European Cup, Lazio & Fiorentina are back in Serie A, and Juventus had their points reduction reduced from thirty to fifteen. Most observers (myself included) felt that the initial punishment was fair, and grumbled at the results of the appeal, but fair enough. Decision made. Now, however, a second appeal by Juventus has failed, and all hell is threatening to break loose.
Having been told that their appeal was unsuccessful, Juve's lawyers have been muttering darkly about taking the matter to civil court, or to the European Court of Human Rights. As some of you may know, this is strictly forbidden under FIFA and UEFA rules, and FIFA have now sent a strongly-worded letter to the Italian Football Association the FIGC), stating that sanctions will be brought against all of Italian football if the FIGC don't get their house in order and prevent this from happening. This could, theoretically, result in all Italian teams being banned from national and international competition, up to and including Italy being barred from Euro 2008.
You have to, in a way, doff your cap to Juventus for their sheer brass neck. There's no question over their guilt. They were caught red-handed. Their complaint appears to be that they have been dealt with unfairly compared to the other teams involved, which overlooks the somewhat inconvenient fact that they were much more deeply implicated than anyone else. Unlike in the UK, though, the big three clubs in Italy (Juventus, Milan & Internazionale) are supported by an estimated 70% of the population. They're massive. Juventus alone have over 1,000 supporters' clubs outside of Turin. They wield power that the likes of Manchester United would kill for. This is an important factor in understanding why they're not just accepting their punishment (even though they said that they would abide by it to start with). Also at the forefront here is the Italian characteristic of "victimhood", and what borders on a persecution complex. Quite asides from this, there are practical reasons for Juve's volte-face. They assumed that they would remain comfortably off from the sale of players and TV money from Sky Italia, but the players haven't sold for the prices that they anticipated getting for them, and Sky have been clawing back money from Juve, as they're no longer a Serie A club. The question is this: which will win through at the Stadio Delle Alpi, sporting principles or big money?
FIFA are justifiably nervous about Juve's threats to go to court, and this is why they are forcing the FIGC's hand. In previous court battles, the European Courts have not exactly been sympathetic to the idiosyncratic legal structure of football (for example, consider the Bosman case, or their decision to force the FA to unbundle live Premier League television rights), and the G14 (the organisation supporting the self-elected "big" clubs) are also waiting in the wings. They are currently sponsoring a Belgian club, Royal Charleroi, who are sueing FIFA over an injury to one of their players in an international match (you can read the ins and outs over that tawdry tale here). They want a slice of FIFA's golden goose, the World Cup, and any case won by a club against FIFA strengthens their hand.
The potential (and I use the word with some trepidation, as it seems highly unlikely) damage could be massive. Once a few big clubs win a legal case against FIFA through a court, the floodgates may open. The clubs will utterly control when players play internationally (will African FAs risk bankrupting themselves by picking, say, Chelsea players? Hell, no), and the clubs themselves will decide when they've done something wrong. Which is rather like what Juventus are trying on now, I guess. I don't think it'll go that far, and I don't think it will because Juventus have already had their sentence reduced, and because there is no question or debate over their guilt. Their reputation is in the mud, and they seem intent on dragging down as far as they can realistically get away with, but the risk to them should they lose any court case (and, certainly in Italy, there is still scant little sympathy for them) could result in a complete meltdown. Having said that, it appears to me to be only a matter of time before one of the big clubs decides to chance their arm against the authorities in a civil court, and all of us will be a little poorer as a result.


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University of Calgary, Technological Residence, Traditional Living
Teams hailing from the Great Green North have proven to be fierce competitors at past Solar Decathlons (2009 saw the double threat of Team Alberta and Team Ontario/BC) and this year is no different with the University of Calgary's TRTL (Technological Residence, Traditional Living) duking it out against teams from North America and further afield. Developed in partnership with Southern Alberta's 7 Treaty Native communities, TRTL is an affordable, thoughtfully designed two-bedroom dwelling that "respects the value of culture in promoting sustainability." As the name suggests, TRTL melds elements both technological (a rounded 8.3kW solar array, energy monitoring system, highly efficient appliances) and traditional (tipi-influenced form, local and natural materials and colors, communal gathering spaces and a strong connection to the land).


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While making dinner couple of nights ago I was listening to NPR when to my very pleasant surprise, they announced the first in a series of pieces on museums in the U.S in the 21st Century. Part I, titled "A History of Museums, 'The Memory of Mankind,'" talked about the nexus of museums in the US in the 19th century. Circuses, cabinets of curiosities, and (occasional) scholarship form the bedrock of what is our current American museum-going tradition. And as it turns out, more people go to museums annually in the States than go to sporting events – 850 million versus 140 million – a number that truly shocked me. Then again, I feel like I visit at least one museum on every trip I take; clearly, I'm not alone.
Certainly, the El Greco to Velazquez exhibition at the Nasher is a good example of how museums draw big crowds – I've heard that close to 75,000 people attended this latest show. That's pretty remarkable, when you realize that the Nasher is a (comparatively) small museum, whose annual attendance for all exhibitions is usually somewhere between 85,000 and 100,000 people. And the Nasher student events have been a revelation, with hundreds and hundreds (at times over 1000) students deeming the space cool enough to sepnd a night wandering through the gallery spaces, without the promise of much more than art and education.
Clearly, museums have a strong place in the American imagination – we have so many kinds of museums, and I often think that Americans can create a museum for anything. We have art museums, natural history museums, kids museums, war museums, food museums, trade museums, museums of the past and museums of the future… The list goes on and on. Even Dolly Parton's "Dollywood," which is really an amusement park (and one that I have a secret – well, not anymore – wish to visit) is basically a shrine to her own personal past.
One of my most favorite memories is of visiting Greenfield Village in Michigan, where I'm from, in 3rd grade. As the website states:
Entering Greenfield Village is like stepping into an 80-acre time machine. It takes you back to the sights, sounds and sensations of America's past. There are 83 authentic, historic structures, from Noah Webster's home, where he wrote the first American dictionary, to Thomas Edison's Menlo Park laboratory, to the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. The buildings and the things to see are only the beginning.
Imagine a bunch of 9 year-olds getting to play dress up in old fashioned clothes and have a day in a traditional schoolhouse, complete with a dunce cap, writing slates, and a schoolmarm, and you'll get the idea of the joy that we experienced in going back in time for a day. My favorite part was lunch – fresh baked bread with homemade strawberry jam and pressed lemonade. Stepping into this living museum was like stepping back to an experience that I could only imagine, but thanks to this manufactured reality, it became real for me. Perhaps that experience drew me to work in the art world – for me, art museums hold the same magic. So easily, they transport you to a new place – through the inventiveness of others, one can unlock the key to their own imagination. Drawn from the Greek word for "muse," museums do truly inspire.
Click here to read part one of the NPR series, or here to listen to the program via podcast.
And Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!


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When I was a youngin', one of my favorite holiday activities was making cloved oranges with my mother and sister. It's a fun project that will make your house smell delicious.
All you need are oranges, whole cloves, and a skewer or push pin. Clearly, as the adult, you will be in charge of the sharp object.
Take your orange and decide what pattern you want to make with the cloves. Once you decide that, use the sharp object to poke the orange skin and create your pattern. Now, you can pass the orange onto your lil one and let them push in the cloves where the needle marks are. The fruit will dry up and tighten those cloves in about 2 weeks. Until then, place them all in a bowl or on a plate for a beautiful centerpiece, as featured on Martha Stewart Living.
You can also do this with lemons, limes, and apples to add a little variety. If you want to get fancy, tie ribbons around the finished fruit.


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Public Likes Badgers
All it took for Wisconsin to move into the top 10 was a pair of comfortable home wins against overmatched opponents.
In order to stay there, the 10th-ranked Badgers will have to do a little bit more.
Wisconsin's first road trip of the year will be a challenging one, as the Badgers hope to justify their lofty ranking when they visit 21st-ranked Fresno State in the Bulldogs' home opener on Saturday night.
Oddsmakers from Sportsbook.com have made Wisconsin PK point spread favorites (View College Football odds) for Saturday's game (Game Matchup). Current public betting information shows that 76% of bets for this game have been placed on Wisconsin PK (View College Football bet percentages).
After rushing for more than 400 yards in its season-opening 38-17 victory over Akron on Aug. 30, Wisconsin proved it could throw last week, as quarterback Allan Evridge passed for 308 yards and a touchdown in a 51-14 win over Marshall at Camp Randall Stadium.
The Badgers (2-0) also had six rushing touchdowns against the Thundering Herd, but standout back P.J. Hill was held to 3.2 yards per carry by a Marshall defense intent on making Wisconsin throw.
"Anytime a quarterback has to hand the ball off 40, 50 times in their opener, everybody's going to say, 'Well, can he throw it?'" Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said.
Evridge, a transfer from Kansas State in his first year starting for Wisconsin, responded, going 17-for-26.
"It shows that we're a very balanced offense and we can do both," said Evridge, who had attempted only 10 passes in the Badgers' opener. "But I think as a unit we always knew that we could throw the ball."
He's hoping to have another target this week in standout tight end Travis Beckum, who could be available Sunday. After racking up more than 900 receiving yards each of the last two seasons, Beckum hasn't yet played in 2008 due to a hamstring injury.
Slow starts have hindered the Badgers in their first two games. Wisconsin led by a touchdown at halftime against Akron before pulling away, and trailed Marshall 14-0 before scoring 51 unanswered points.
"We came out flat, and realized they came out to play," linebacker DeAndre Levy said last Saturday. "You think about 14-0, it's time to do something. We can't come out that flat against a team. Better teams will finish us off."
Fresno State (1-0) certainly qualifies as a better opponent. The Bulldogs had last weekend off, but coming off a 9-4 season that included a Humanitarian Bowl win over Georgia Tech, they had already turned surged into the top 25 with a 24-7 victory at Rutgers in their Sept. 1 season opener.
Sophomore back Ryan Mathews ran for 163 yards and three touchdowns in that game, but perhaps more impressive was Fresno State's defense. Marvin Haynes intercepted Scarlet Knights quarterback Mike Teel twice and the Bulldogs shut out Rutgers through three quarters.
"I think they are a defense that plays with great energy," Evridge told Wisconsin's official athletics Web site. "They're very sound with what they do and they play hard. They're a tough, hard-nosed team and we try to be the same."
Fresno State has been especially tough at home under coach Pat Hill, going 51-12 there since his 1997 hiring. Wisconsin matches the highest-ranked team ever to visit Fresno, but the Bulldogs beat then-No. 10 Oregon State 44-24 on Sept. 2, 2001.
Wisconsin is the second of three BCS conference opponents on the schedule for Fresno State. Later this month, the Bulldogs visit UCLA, which is currently one spot outside of the top 25.
"I don't think we're a mid-major team," said Fresno State senior quarterback Tom Brandstater, who threw for 216 yards against Rutgers. "I think we can play with anyone in the country."
They proved they could beat Wisconsin in 2001, earning a 32-20 win in Madison before losing 23-21 there the following year. The victory remains Fresno State's lone win all-time in five games against Big Ten opponents.
Since their loss to the Bulldogs, the Badgers have been nearly unbeatable in non-conference play. Wisconsin has won 26 of its last 27 regular season games outside of the Big Ten, including seven in a row on the road.
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Hot Girls in Doc Martens
Pretty Legit Shoutout: What's Up Doc?
Pretty Legit recently purchased a pair of Doc Martens. There was something in her nonchalant pose, her bare legs, and her simple tee-shirt that reminded us of one of our old shoots Spin Me Right Round. The geeky girl gone chic vibe is very much alive in the Doc Marten aesthetic and in our shoot so we thought we would dig through some of the proofs that were never published just for fun. And guess what we found? We are guessing that great minds really do style alike. Sure its just a passing fancy that connects the two shots for us and our model isn't actually wearing proper Doc Martens but it sure makes us feel like bearing our legs and going out in stompers. More Blog Love? Shoutouts Here


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Welcome to the board form Southern California!!!
Welcome from Arkansas!
Colleen, Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!
Welcome, fella Missourian!! This is a GREAT site! You will LOVE it here!
welcome to a wonderful site,,,I'm in Arkansas,,,I have a sister named Colleen who is in St Roberts Mo,,,enjoy the forums,,,you'll learn a lot!!
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Hi and Welcome from Oklahoma.
Welcome from Oklahoma with a Massachusetts accent. So happy you could be here. There is always room for one more quilter.
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ATP Barclays World Tour Finals Tennis Betting Info
The final eight are ready to take their game to London for the season finale which is the ATP World Tour Finals. After this, the season will close down until early January, but what a mouthwatering line up it looks to be in the capital. The only big name missing from the card is Rafael Nadal who has missed the entire latter portion of the season because of injury. But the other three big guns are there, with the title looking like it is going to be decided between Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer. The group of eight are split into two round robin groups with the top two moving ahead to the semi final knock-out stage.
ATP Barclays World Tour Finals Tennis Betting Defending Champion
Roger Federer took the title last season, winning all three of his group matches, including an easy victory over an off-colour Rafael Nadal, before beating Spaniard David Ferrer in the semi final. Federer then went on to meet Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the final and took the match in three sets. Federer is going for a remarkable 7th title at the ATP World Tour Finals, winning six of the previous 10 times he has entered. His victory last year in the final was his 70th Tour level trophy earned his career from 100 finals. With him getting back to world number one this season (which he will lose to Novak Djokovic in the new rankings on Monday) and winning six titles this year, including Wimbledon and three ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events, he should there or thereabouts. Federer, the two time defending champion should make it to the semi's at the very least from a group which looks comfortable for him. Federer is trading at 11/4 with online bookmaker BetVictorÂ
Group A: Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, Jo Wilfried Tsonga
Group B: Roger Federer, Juan Martin Del Potro, David Ferrer, Janko TipsarevicÂ
ATP Barclays World Tour Finals Tennis Betting Favourite
Novak Djokovic goes as the favourite for the title and that looks to be about right, although there may not be much to choose between himself, Federer and Murray. The Serbian has ran up five titles this year, including a triumph at the Australian Open Grand Slam. Three of his other titles have been ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events. Djokovic has won two of the last three events that he has entered, beating Tsonga in the final of Beijing and then Andy Murray most recently in the final of Shanghai, where he produced one of his great comebacks. He is just rolling along in great form at the moment, although he suffered a huge shock at the Paris Masters this week, losing in the second round to American Sam Querrey. Expect him to bring his A-game to London though. Djokovic has won the event once before, four years ago when hosted in China, beating Nikolay Davydenko and is trading as 2/1 favourite with online bookmaker Bet Victor this time around.
Other Contenders
Andy Murray is the man most likely to be next in with a genuine shout of the title. He has been in the semi finals twice before, back in 2008 and in 2010. He had to retire from the Round Robin stage last season because of injury, but this will be the first time that he has played on British soil since getting his hands on his first Grand Slam title at the US Open a couple of months ago. He will receive a huge home welcome and the crowd will be right behind him, which should serve him well. Murray crashed in a strange Paris Masters this week, just like Djokovic, with the Scot losing against qualifier Jerzy Janowicz in the third round (who went on to reach the final). Murray has won three titles this year, his first season since 2008 without getting his hands on a ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title. He beat Roger Federer in the semi finals of Shanghai recently, before losing to Djokovic in the final. Should go well with the support of the crowd. Murray opens against Berdych in Group A.
Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro makes an interesting case with a good bit of form at the end of the season. The big server qualified for the finals for the first time since 2009, and he reached the final back then losing to Nikolay Davydenko. The former US Open Champion has taken four titles this season, importantly in Vienna and Basel, both indoor events, so his game should stand up well. Was another one who didn't get a head of steam up in the Paris Masters this week losing early on in the tournament. It is probably because of having one eye on the finals and the Argentinian has a good chance of progress here and should qualify with Federer from Group B.
Best Outside Bet
Spaniard David Ferrer is a great price to cause an upset, way out at 22/1 with online bookmaker Bet Victor. After reaching the semi's of the US Open, he took an indoor title in Valencia Spain, and took out Tsonga in the quarter finals of the Paris Masters this week on his way to the finals. That is a great bit of form and momentum to carry over to London from the scrappy Spaniard. Will never stop working and could easily muscle his way into the semi finals by throwing down a challenge to Del Potro and Roger Federer in Group B.
Latest ATP Barclays World Tour Finals Tennis Betting Prices at Bet Victor
Novak Djokovic 2/1, Andy Murray 9/4, Roger Federer 11/4, Juan Martin Del Potro 9/1, Tomas Berdych 14/1, Jo Wilfried Tsonga 16/1, David Ferrer 22/1, Janko Tipsarevic 50/1
Online Bookmaker Promotion
Online bookmaker Bet Victor have a money back special running for your ATP World Tour Finals tennis betting this week. Not surprisingly it is about Andy Murray. If Andy Murray wins the ATP World Tour Finals, then the bookie will refund all losing pre-event Outright Winner market bets as free bets, up to the maximum value of ÂŁ50. Great coverage and you will also get great tennis coverage with Bet Victor's Live In-Running betting as well. Highly popular Bet Victor offer a free ÂŁ25 bet for new customers registering an account with them.


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Easy Dirty Dirt Cake Recipe
My oldest son's birthday is this week. Every year I make my boys whatever cake they want for their birthdays. This winter I made a dirt cake for my twins for their birthday and my oldest loved it, so he requested it for his birthday. I am very excited to make this cake again, as it involves no baking, so you don't have to heat the house up in our lovely August 90 degree weather.


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treat the specific tissues where destructive inflammation occurs, Celniker says. Blood transfusions are a standard treatment for aHUS, a blood disease that causes blood clots in the kidneys due to inflammation. The transfusions temporarily replenish patients with healthy blood cells, but Taligen's protein drug aims to prevent the aberrant complement system activities that cause damage to the blood cells in the first place.
For patients with PNH, who also get blood transfusions, cortico steroids have also been used to suppress immune activities that cause the destruction of red blood cells. The downside is that reducing the body's immune activities broadly like steroids do can hurt the body's ability to fight off infections. Taligen's big competition in the PNH market would be Cheshire, CT-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALXN), which makes an antibody drug called eculizumab (Soliris) that protects red blood cells from the immune system attacks that the disease causes. Yet Celniker says that a potential advantage of her firm's drugs is better control over the destruction of red blood cells.
Taligen expects to begin Phase I clinical studies of the drug for the rare diseases before the end of the year, Celniker says. The company wants to find pharmaceutical partners to develop its drug for disease that affect larger groups of patients such as age-related macular degeneration, she said. Since we last talked to the firm back in 2008, it closed its R&D operation in Colorado, and consolidated its labs and offices mostly under one roof in Cambridge. The firm's chief scientist and co-founder, Michael Holers, still has an office in Denver, Celniker said.


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Weaver eyes career-high 14th win
Weaver eyes career-high 14th win in finale
The Dodgers can pull within half-game of the second-place Giants with a win. They are 4-4 against the Giants at Dodger Stadium this year and 7-7 against the Giants overall in 2005.
Having purchased the contracts of left-handed hitters Jason Grabowski and Bryan Myrow on Tuesday, the Dodgers are likely to add only one more Minor League callup, right-handed reliever Jonathan Broxton, when Double-A Jacksonville wraps up its playoffs.
Pitching matchup
LAD: RHP Jeff Weaver
13-9, 4.40 ERA in 2005
1-1, 5.73 ERA vs. SF in 2005
12-6, 4.25 ERA in 2005
3-0, 3.00 ERA vs. LAD in 2005 Player to watch
Antonio Perez is 5-for-7 against Jason Schmidt
"I don't know where we'd be without him." -- Jim Tracy on Jeff Kent
Gameday Audio
Official game notes On television
On radio
LAD: KFWB 980 AM; KWKW 1330 AM (Español)
SF: KNBR 850 AM; KLOK 1170 AM (Español)
Quick hits
Jeff Kent's walk-off home run was the third for the Dodgers this year (Hee-Seop Choi and Dioner Navarro had the others). It was Kent's 26th home run, 25th as a second baseman, three behind the Los Angeles Dodgers record set by Davey Lopes in 1979 ... Duaner Sanchez appeared in his 70th game on Tuesday, second in the league behind San Francisco's Scott Eyre, who appeared in his 74th game on Tuesday ... Yhency Brazoban snapped a personal eight-game losing streak with the win in relief ... Olmedo Saenz pinch-hit for clean-up hitter Jason Phillips in the eighth inning and grounded out ... Bryan Myrow became the 11th Dodgers rookie to make his Major League debut this season when he grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning.
Friday: vs. Padres, 7:40 p.m. PT
Saturday: vs. Padres, 1:10 p.m. PT
Sunday: vs. Padres, 1:10 p.m. PT
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Certificate: 15 Comedy
Dir. John Turturro, US, 2013, 90 min
Cast: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone


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Genre: Documentary
Summary: A surgeon tries to remove the bulk of 50 pounds of tumors that cover Huang Chuncai's face, due to an extreme case of neurofibromatosis, in hope of saving his life.
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When people find out I come from New Zealand but choose to live in the UK, they often seem very surprised that I'd make such a decision.
'What are you doing over here?' they cry in disbelief.
' How can you stand the weather?' they ask. ( This winter, they may have a point.)
People seem to think New Zealand is some kind of earthly paradise where the sun always shines and it never rains. This is not the case. I think they are probably thinking of the really tropical parts of Australia ( without the snakes, spiders and bushfires).
New Zealand has a temperate climate and the weather can change quickly. On average it is slightly warmer than the UK but the winters can be just as wet and miserable as the British ones. And the worst thing is that a lot of the older houses have no insulation, no double glazing and no central heating.
Since moving to the UK, I have fallen in love with central heating. I enjoy waking up in a room that doesn't have ice on the inside of the windows and being able to walk around inside in a T shirt. But of course this heat comes at a price. It's not cheap and while you don't want to come home to a cold house at the end of the day, you don't want to waste money on heating an unoccupied house.
Many people have their heating on a timer but timers can require a degree in rocket science to set correctly and there are times when you deviate from your daily routine. And there are times when you would like the heating turned up or down without having to get up off the sofa or out of bed.
That's where a clever new invention by British Gas comes in handy.
Hive Active Heating cleverly lets you control both your heating (and hot water if you have a hot water tank) remotely from your mobile phone, laptop or tablet. This means you can turn off your heating if you are going to be out for longer than anticipated, then switch it back on when you are finally heading home. Or if you get soaked on the way home and feel that only a bath is going to warm you up again, then you can make sure there will be enough hot water available when you set foot in the door.
This approach to home heating can save you up to £150 on your heating bill a year, meaning you could earn back the cost of the system and installation in under two years.
The kit consists of a thermostat, a hub and a receiver, which can be installed alongside your existing heating system by a professional British Gas Engineer without having to change your energy supplier. It is controlled by an easy-to-use App available for both Apple and Android devices and includes features like 'frost protection', which automatically switches on when the temperature inside drops below a set temperature.
If you are like me, and fancy some control over your home environment even when you are away from it, then Hive Active Heating could be for you. Watch the video above, or look around the Hive Website, for more information and advice.
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Protecting New Yorkers From Harmful Pesticides
Senate Passes Klein Bill Requiring Companies to Notify Residents 48-Hours Before Pesticide Spraying Occurs
State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeffrey D. Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester) announced Monday that the NYS Senate passed his legislation to help protect the health of thousands of New Yorkers from unannounced spraying of dangerous pesticides in their communities. Klein's bill (S1901/NYS Assembly same-as A5823/Latimer) mandates that commercial pesticide applicators must notify residents of multiple-family dwellings at least 48-hours prior to spraying pesticides on the lawn of the building.
"It is only fair that residents of apartment buildings and multi-family homes have the same right of prior notification as residents of neighboring properties. By notifying residents of upcoming pesticide applications, we can help protect the health and well-being of thousands of New York's children and their families from dangerous and harmful chemicals," said State Senator and Deputy Majority Leader Jeffrey D. Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester).
In 2000, the Pesticide Neighbor Notification Law was established, authorizing counties and New York City to pass laws requiring that neighbors be notified if a pesticide application was to occur on the lawn next door. As of January 1st of this year - the counties of Albany, Erie, Monroe, Nassau, Rockland, Suffolk, Tompkins, Ulster, and Westchester, and New York City - had all adopted local Neighbor Notification Laws.
The Pesticide Neighbor Notification Law also allowed counties to require that neighbors be given 48-hour notice of commercial pesticide applications to abutting residential lawns. It did not require, however, that pesticide companies notify the occupants of the property to be sprayed, creating a situation where neighbors to a multiple-family dwelling are now entitled to more notice of upcoming pesticide applications than building occupants. Klein's bill closes this loophole for any county that has adopted a Neighbor Notification Law by requiring that pesticide appliers notify tenants of multiple-family dwellings at least 48-hours in advance, as well as the neighbors covered under current law.
The Assembly companion bill already passed that house earlier this year.


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The micro-determinants of meso-level learning and innovation: evidence from a Chilean wine cluster
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Sp 1 update reinstallation question
I am receiving a message that the IE Explorer 9 is out of date and no longer supported. When attemping to upgrade to IE 11 I get a message that SP 1 needs to be installed first. My Windows 7 update list indicates that this up date was installed in October of 2010. My question: Can I simply reinstall this update without creating other problems or is there a better or safer way?
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Hmm, that is strange. SP1 was only released on February 9, 2011.
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If SP1 is already installed, it will not allow the reinstall anyhow - so go for it.
I suspect however, that you are confusing Service Packs - there are a number of MS products which have service packs, such as the various versions of the Visual C++ distro, and Office.
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Our tiny house was built to be as off the grid as possible. This means we do a lot of household chores the "old fashioned" way. However, every tiny house experience is different and for those who want more modern conveniences there are some choices you can make. Here is a look at tiny house friendly appliances as well as possible alternatives.
- Dishwasher. There are several small countertop dishwashers available on the market; like this one. The pros for this include, of course, not having to hand wash your dishes. However, you do have to have plumbing with running water to hook this up to your sink. Even though it is small, it will still take up quite a bit of counter space. The alternative? We hand wash all of our dishes using collapsible basins and dish rack. Because we don't have running water in our tiny house we need to conserve our resources. This solution allows us to wash dishes outdoors whenever possible and only use the water we need. We also use biodegradable dish soap and a good scrub brush.
- Laundry. Many tiny housers choose to have a small washer/dryer combo unit in their homes. I used one of these in a condo in South Africa and found it to be efficient and useful. Rather than two separate units one machine washes and dries your clothes. You can find units like this here. Another option is a small, hand powered washer in conjunction with an outdoor clothesline for drying. The alternative? We decided to make laundry a social event. Soon after moving to our area we found Bar of Soap, a Laundromat that is also a bar. Laundry quickly became a chore we looked forward to. In fact, I liked it there so much I picked up a part time job one day a week!
- Oven. Another appliance that is often debated by those building a tiny house is an oven. Some folks opt for installing a small stove and oven combo. This is especially important if baking is a top priority. Macy Miller's tiny house has a great example. Other tiny housers choose to eliminate the actual oven and replace it with something like a toaster oven. The alternative? This time, our concern wasn't our use of water but rather conserving electricity. Since our home is off the grid on our purposefully scaled back solar power system we need to be careful about what kinds of appliances we use. Lights and laptops are fine but any appliance that converts electricity to heat is an energy hog. Instead, we use an outdoor propane oven when the weather is nice.
- Refrigerator. Keeping food cool is another solution that isn't one size fits all. Some tiny house owners opt for a nearly full sized refrigerator, like Andrew and Crystal Odom of Tiny r(E)voltuion. Others might opt for a smaller dorm sized fridge. If you're not hooked up to the grid, then a propane refrigerator may be a good choice. The alternative? Some tiny housers, like myself and Tammy Strobel and Logan Smith of Rowdy Kittens, have chosen to go without a refrigerator all together. We have learned that many of the foods we automatically refrigerate don't need to be stored that way. We keep non-perishable staples like rice or pasta on hand and add fresh foods from the farmers market. We plan meals so we eat meat the day we buy it and keep the foods that can last longer throughout the week. We do have a Coleman Stirling Engine Cooler, which is unfortunately no longer available, that we keep under our house hooked up directly to our batteries. It is very energy efficient and we only turn it on when we need it. We primarily use this to keep our beer cold.
Now it's your turn! What kind of appliances do you think are essential to your tiny house experience?


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Online Shopping Safety
- Use familiar websites. Go straight to the source instead of using search engines. Search results can lead to harmful sites. Typically major retail outlets have their own websites. Make sure that your spelling is correct and that the domain is correct (.net vs. .com).
- Look for a lock icon. Do not enter credit card information on a site that does not have HTTPS:// or that does not have a lock icon either at the bottom of the browser window or next to the URL in the URL field.
- Provide only necessary information. Shopping websites do not need your social security number or birthday in order to complete a transaction. The more information you provide, the easier it is for others to steal your identity. Provide only the minimal amount of information required for the transaction.
- Track your transactions. Make sure to check your purchases online on your bank and credit card statements regularly to confirm the absence of fraudulent charges. If you see anything suspicious, call your card provider as soon as possible to address the matter. Some providers may have certain time limits to report fraudulent charges.
- Create strong passwords. The more unusual your password is, the harder it is for hackers to break into your accounts. Avoid common words and number strings, such as -password- or -1234-. Make sure to keep your passwords private and try to change them frequently for the best protection. It is also useful to have different passwords for each account you have, ensuring that if one of your passwords is cracked, the hacker will not have immediate access to your other accounts.


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Maybe you just unwrapped a brand-new Nintendo Wii U or 3DS console from Santa, and you want to head online to download some games. Well, that's probably not going to happen right now.
Wii U owners that try to access the system's eShop online store are finding an error message instead of library of digital games. The 3DS eShop is having similar issues, but some customers are reporting occasional success in logging in on the handheld. In fact, all of Nintendo's online services are currently experiencing "technical difficulties" and have since yesterday, according to the Nintendo Network Status site. This includes the Wii and the original DS as well as the company's newer systems.
These outages are primarily affecting Nintendo's eShop digital-distribution services. For now, online play and other Internet-related services are working as intended, although these features also saw intermittent connection problems throughout Christmas day.
We've reached out to Nintendo to ask what it is doing to fix the issue and when it expects to restore full functionality to its services. We'll update this story with any new information.
While Nintendo's issues persist through Boxing Day, it wasn't the only company to have issues yesterday. Sony's PlayStation Network, Microsoft's Xbox Live, and Valve's Steam service were all overloaded and failed to keep up with demand at certain points. Today, those networks are (for the most part) up and running as usual.


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I purchased this when it first appeared back in 2004, it as proved to be a superb bit of kit until just recently. The fixing point for the external aerial has just broken, quite annoyed considering that it has not been used with the external aerial that often. I have been able to source a new back case, which included the built in aerial which should solve my problem, will see how long this one last's. I replaced the protective case with a superb metal one, which also holds 2 SD cards and only… Read Full Review
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I bought my first Mitac Mio 168 PDA in January 2005 as it seemed to be a perfect combination of Satnav that could run preferred software and updatable maps, with palmtop computer for work or leisure. After four months the display locked up with a blob of water inside the screen. I started contacting Mitac to arrange repair and in the meantime bought another as the first had been so useful.
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The Mitax Mio 168 PDA handheld is one of the best kept GPS secrets. I found this device in 2004, and I snatched one up for $300 on Ebay.
Firstly, it's a PDA running MS Windows Mobile Pocket PC, so it has an operating system that allows you to load whatever software you want on to it. OK, big deal, but what if you bought another GPS handheld? Not too many allow you to to do this! The first thing I did was get TomTom installed, instead of the included Mio Map software. The maps go on the SD… Read Full Review
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I found this review helpful because...I did not know about the possibility of updating the GPS firmware.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A month after making his European debut with a drive to mutualise the euro zone's debts via joint bonds, French President Francois Hollande would settle for a pilot scheme of short-term "euro T-bills" for the time being, aides say.
But there is no evidence that the new Socialist French leader's thinking is gaining any traction with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, despite support from the executive European Commission, Italy and Spain.
Paris still believes that in the long term euro bonds would be the best way for the single currency bloc to protect weaker members from being singled out by bond market speculators. For now, France hopes to get an agreement to test the water with short-term paper that might be more acceptable to Berlin.
Hollande will also try to overcome Merkel's opposition to creating some form of debt redemption fund, an idea raised by the German government's council of economic advisers, that would lump together euro zone public debt above 60 percent of gross domestic product and pay it down over two or three decades.
"Euro bonds cannot happen right away. There are mechanisms that are a form of euro bonds which we can put into place much more easily if there is a political will, such as euro bills," a source close to Hollande said. "These would have maturities of around three months and would not require the same guarantees."
The sources said they were hopeful that the small burden represented by such short-term debt could make it acceptable to Berlin, despite Merkel's rejection in principle so far of any mutualisation of euro zone debt.
Germany has repeatedly rejected the idea of jointly issued bonds and has given short shrift to recent proposals for euro bills as well. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Monday: "There is no way Germany will consider any shared liability for all the debts in Europe, directly or indirectly."
Common debt issuance would push up borrowing costs for fiscally sound northern bloc countries. Berlin has been able to borrow at negative real interest rates in recent weeks.
A move towards mutualised debt in the long term would probably require Germany to change a constitutional clause barring fiscal transfers to other governments.
"A completely different approach would be to set up a redemption fund to take care of debt above 60 pct of GDP which member states would then reduce by tranche," the source close to Hollande said. "It's something that we are proposing be examined, although the German government is not on board yet."
Hollande, who has inherited a sickly economy with 10 percent unemployment, is winning Berlin round to his plan for Europe to invest 120 billion euros to stimulate growth via project bonds, redeployed structural funds and European Investment Bank loans.
In return, aides say France is ready to discuss a long-term plan sought by Berlin to point Europe towards deeper fiscal and political union, which would involve giving European Union institutions more say over national budgets.
As EU leaders hone their positions ahead of a June 28-29 EU summit, Berlin flatly disagrees with the idea Hollande is championing of a debt redemption fund to relieve the strain of sky-high interest rates on recession-hit countries like Spain.
Hollande discussed the redemption fund idea when he met Germany's Social Democratic opposition leaders for talks in Paris last week and broached it in talks in Rome the next day with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti.
The French hope that by rowing back on a firm time frame for fully fledged euro bonds, they can win Berlin round on a redemption fund, along with joint euro bills, the source said.
"These are both things we could start to work on without having to wait for a deeper political and fiscal union."
Merkel has also rebuffed pressure from Paris for Germany, Europe's largest economy and paymaster, to jointly guarantee bank deposits in the euro zone to avert bank runs.
Hollande may struggle to win her over to the kind of banking union he wants to create in the near future to insure savers' deposits, provide a mechanism to aid ailing banks that avoids hitting states or taxpayers, and harmonise bank supervision.
But Merkel has accepted the principle of European Central Bank supervision for big cross-border banks.
French sources say Paris hopes to reach an accord on first-stage measures by the end of the year, which could be implemented fast and without EU treaty change, to protect savers and states from painful bank bailouts.
It could then agree to leave until later decisions on the thornier issues of which institution should be in charge of integrated supervision and under what legal framework.
France circulated its position in writing last Thursday to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and EU leaders ahead of a four-way meeting in Rome on Friday between Hollande, Merkel, Monti and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
The document is grouped into three sections. One covers the 120 billion euro pro-growth package and second-stage measures such as a financial transaction tax that France wants an agreement on by the end of 2012, even if Britain and some others are not on board.
Another section on financial stability details ideas for an integrated bank sector framework and for giving the ESM permanent bailout mechanism the flexibility to recapitalise banks directly without going via governments.
A second source said France believed a mechanism could be found to link such direct ESM lending for troubled banks to a state guarantee, giving it the commitment some fear it would otherwise lack.
The third section outlines the need for a 10-year road map to deeper economic and monetary union, something Hollande has more elbow room to promote at home since his Socialist Party won an outright parliamentary majority on Sunday.
Euro bonds would be part of that long-term plan.
Some economists say issuing euro bills would be of limited value for nations struggling to roll over long-term debt, given their very short maturities, but Paris believes they could be an effective way of testing market sentiment.
Paris has rejected for now a proposal by two senior European economists to issue joint euro zone "blue bonds" for debt up to 60 percent of GDP, leaving governments to issue higher-yield national "red bonds" to fund any borrowing beyond that limit.
A study by the French Treasury found such a scheme could push yields through the roof for red bonds for issuers with debt ratios above 100 percent of GDP. France's own ratio is approaching 90 percent, and Italy's is over 120 percent.
Additional reporting by Daniel Flynn in Paris and Stephen Brown in Berlin; Editing by Paul Taylor and Hugh Lawson


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You think it's funny now? Wait till the season starts
I get a lot of jokes e-mailed to me, and lately my inbox has been filling up with jokes at Brett Favre's expense. Here's a sampling:
--Brett Favre has reportedly been sending X-rays to the Minnesota Vikings. It seems like an unnecessary gesture since everyone can already see right through him.
--Brett Favre has told friends that he plans to play for the Vikings. Given the way Favre burned the Packers and the Jets, we thought he already WAS a Viking.
--Brett Favre is currently selling his 2007 Ford F-150 truck on eBay. Or maybe he isn't. Wait, no no, he is. Nah, he'll just keep it for another year.
--It was reported Tuesday that Brett Favre will be meeting with the Vikings' head coach about a possible comeback with Minnesota, after retiring two years in a row. The Vikings have already started printing up "We'll Miss You, Brett!" T-shirts.
Even current NFL players are getting in on the action. A friend of mine sent me a YouTube clip of New York Giants offensive lineman David Diehl portraying Favre in a skit at a New York City comedy club a few weeks ago.
Diehl is seated at a table wearing a Green Bay Packers' hat when a waitress comes up to take his dinner order.
"I'll have the cheese ravioli," he says, and she starts to walk away.
"No wait, uh, how's the bacon burger? You know what? I'm going to go with the bacon burger... but... no... umm... give me the cheese ravioli OK?... Wait, how is your bacon burger?"
This goes on and on until Diehl, as Favre, finally breaks down.
"You know what? I'm not even hungry," he says and begins to fake sob.
Then, just as the laughter from the audience dies down, he puts on a New York Jets' hat and orders a pizza.
This is what the great Brett Favre has become -- the laughingstock of the NFL. And quite frankly, I couldn't enjoy it any more if Brad Childress showed up at minicamp in a fright wig and a visor.
Oh wait, Childress DID do that!
You just can't make this stuff up.
While plenty of my Packer-fan friends are wringing their hands over the prospect of Favre playing for the hated Minnesota Vikings, I've decided to just sit back and enjoy the show.
I mean, really, how often does a circus like this hit town? You might as well enjoy the clowns because something like this isn't likely to happen again for a hundred years, or when the Packers retire Favre's jersey, whichever comes first.
On the one side you have arguably the greatest quarterback in Packers' history who is so bitter about the way he was treated in his final days in Green Bay he wants to play for the team's archrival just to stick it to Packers management.
On the other side you've got a Vikings' team that's willing to roll the dice with a 40-year-old legend in his own mind in the hopes that he has one more good year in him and the team will finally put an end to its oh-fer Super Bowl history. And maybe parlay that into a new stadium to boot.
Now that's entertainment. The only thing better will be watching Favre's third annual retirement press conference when the season's over.


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The Ponte Vedra Food and WineFest offers unparalleled opportunities to taste hundreds of wines from around the world and savor dishes prepared by some of the area's finest chefs and restaurants.
Friday, Nov. 9:
Winemaker's Dinner showcasing Alexander Valley Vineyard, 7 p.m., $120
The Ponte Vedra Food and WineFest kicks off with the Winemaker's Dinner. This 5-course dinner brings together the talents of the Sawgrass Marriott's award-winning Executive Chef Charles Charbonneau and Alexander Valley Vineyard's Proprietor and General Managing Partner Hank Wetzel.
Saturday, Nov. 10:
Grand Tasting, 3-6 p.m., $45 in advance, $50 at the door
The Grand Tasting is the centerpiece of the Ponte Vedra Food and WineFest, starting at 3:00 p.m. Patrons will have the opportunity to taste hundreds of wines from around the world, and enjoy samplings of signature dishes from 16 area gourmet food and specialty restaurants.
Sunday, Nov. 11:
Laurent-Perrier Champagne Brunch, 11:30a.m., $50
The world class Ponte Vedra Food and WineFest concludes with a Champagne Brunch featuring Lauren-Perrier, a French tradition since 1812 and a 5-course feast prepared by Chef Brett A. Smith of the Sawgrass Marriott's restaurant, The Augustine Grille. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Child Cancer Fund. This year's 2007 presenting sponsor is People's First Community Bank.
For tickets, go online at www.pontevedrawinefest.com. For additional information, call 285-2004.
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