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On the road in Aspen - DEMS MAY GO OFF FISCAL CLIFF -- Steven Posner to White House - Caroline Hughes, Amanda Henneberg b'days - Hazelbaker married - Olympic Village: world's most elite brothel
PRESIDENT OBAMA, to Charlie Rose on "CBS This Morning": "The mistake of my first couple of years was thinking that this job was just about getting the policy right. And that's important. But … the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the American people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and optimism, especially during tough times. I need to do a better job of that in my second term -- … explaining, but also inspiring."
--MICHELLE OBAMA adds in the joint interview: "Because hope is still there, you know? I mean, hope doesn't get actualized in three and a half years. If that were the case, we'd be out of luck as a country. So people still need to grasp onto something important. And they need a leader and a message and … a set of possibilities for their lives."
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MITT ROMNEY, from N.H., to Steve Doocy on "Fox & Friends": "This is a tough time for the people of America. But if you're a campaign contributor to Barack Obama, your business may stand to make, get billions of dollars -- or hundreds of millions of dollars -- in cash from the government. I think it's wrong. I think it stinks to high heaven. And I think the administration has to explain how it is they would consider giving money to campaign contributors' businesses."
--On whether he will release the customary number of tax returns for a presidential candidate: "The Obama people keep on wanting more and more and more – more things to pick through, more things for their opposition research to try to make a mountain out of, and to distort, and to be dishonest about. … [I]f we want to talk about transparency, the real issue is: Why has this president used his presidential power, and executive privilege, to keep the information about the Fast and Furious program from being explained to the American people?"
"STATE OF THE RACE" memo from Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse, "Ballot Narrowing Despite Obama Attack Ads": "President Obama's campaign will never have a more substantial advertising advantage than it has had over the past few weeks, yet there is no evidence to suggest that the ballot has moved. If throwing the kitchen sink at Gov. Romney while leveraging a two-to-one ad-spending advantage doesn't move numbers for the President, that's got to tell you something about the state of the electorate."
REAL WORLD -- "Statement by [White House National Security Council] Spokesman Tommy Vietor on National Security Advisor Donilon's Travel to Israel: 'National Security Advisor Tom Donilon visited Israel from July 14-15 for consultations with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, and National Security Advisor Gen. Amidror. In these meetings, the National Security Advisor reaffirmed the United States' unwavering commitment to Israel's security. His visit was the latest in a series of ongoing U.S. consultations with Israeli officials on a range of regional security issues.'"
YG ACTION FUND, the super PAC started by former aides to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, reported last night that it raised $5.34 million for the quarter ending in June. POLITICO's Robin Bravender reports that $5 million of that came from Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam.
Good Monday morning from Aspen, where FORTUNE magazine today kicks off its three-day Brainstorm Tech conference. Watch online. http://bit.ly/OIRRrb
ADAM LASHINSKY – FORTUNE editor-at-large, co-chair of Brainstorm Tech, and author of "Inside Apple" – told us the shift to mobile computing will be the top buzz: "If you think about PC sales growth finally slowing, and smartphone and tablet growth taking off, it's one of those paradigm shifts in the industry. … The tech industry is in a boom: If you were in Silicon Valley, you wouldn't know that there were economic tough times in the United States. At the same time, there's a bifurcation in the technology industry itself: Private companies are doing great and having huge valuations. Public companies, like Facebook and many others, are -- relatively speaking -- in the doldrums. …
"In a paradigm shift, there are giant winners and losers. We've seen two gigantic, mobile-oriented companies that should have been winners in all of this -- Nokia and RIM [Blackberry] -- peering over the edge of the cliff. And you have a company like Apple that wasn't the success that it is today six or seven years ago. So there's a scramble -- it's a game of musical chairs.
"Another theme that I think is directly related is the cloud theme: If you don't need a computer to do the things that you needed a computer to do five years ago, that has big ramifications for you as a consumer and for the companies that are selling you stuff. We have a lot of venture capitalists and other financial types at the conference. This is where they earn their money, because it's hard to make investment decisions in a climate like that. … [T]hese people are optimists by nature, [but] there's a lot of reasons for caution in the technology world right. As an investor, I'd be worried: Are these public companies going to go back up? Are the private investments going to be the right ones? …
"Apple has a lot of momentum and a lot of wind at their backs. But [you could argue] this new Google-backed tablet is less expensive and every bit as good as the iPad, that Google Android does better voice recognition than Siri. … [What] if the next iPhone that everybody expects to come out late this year isn't that good or isn't revolutionary? … [S]omebody can all of a sudden go from the front seat to the back seat."
HAPPENING TODAY: The Republican National Convention, which took control of the convention hall yesterday, begins building out the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the Aug. 27-30 convention. Workers will start by taking about 3,000 seats out., particularly in the area where the podium will be. They'll start removing loose furniture, and taking doors off the suites. Where there's carpeting, the convention will put new carpet over it. They'll take about a third of the ceiling tiles out of the suites so news organizations can hang lighting. They'll double the amount of power available in the building, including wring on the floor for delegate roll calls.
OBAMA MESSAGE: "President Obama will hold a town hall meeting in Cincinnati where he will highlight a new report that estimates Mitt Romney's support for eliminating U.S. Taxes on American companies' foreign incomes would create 800,000 jobs in other countries, including 73,000 jobs in China. These jobs are likely to come at the expense of American workers, in cities like Cincinnati.
"This new report, published in Tax Notes, concludes that the reforms Mitt Romney supports 'would significantly increase incentives for U.S. firms to move economic activity abroad.' Economist Kimberly Clausing writes that, under current economic conditions, 'those new, low-tax-country jobs could displace jobs at home.' Romney's plan to create jobs in other countries comes after independent economists have said that his economic plans could slow the economy and reduce the number of jobs in the United States."
--OBAMA MEMO – "FROM: Ben LaBolt, National Press Secretary … SUBJECT: Unanswered Questions About Mitt Romney's 'Retroactive Retirement' … A flurry of candidate and surrogate interviews billed as opportunities to resolve questions about when Mitt Romney left Bain Capital raised more questions than it answered … Romney surrogates are now arguing that Romney 'retroactively retired' from Bain by unwinding his ownership and relinquishing his executive titles years after he claims he left in 1999, failing to mention he remained legally responsible for its actions during that period as well as compensated … News organizations continue to produce documents from 1999-2002 with Mitt Romney's name on them serving in an executive capacity." See the 3-page memo. http://bit.ly/NLUDic
ROMNEY MESSAGE: OBAMA "CRONYISM" -- to be pushed through surrogates on TV/radio and through Hispanic media: "This week, we'll be highlighting President Obama's systemic favoritism toward donors in the White House. While middle-class Americans are suffering, President Obama's political pals are 'doing fine' -- thanks to the billions in taxpayer dollars he has steered their way. … Solyndra went bankrupt, costing taxpayers more than $500 million and more than 1,100 workers their jobs. Fisker received half a billion dollars, but it manufactures cars in Finland while its plant in Delaware remains empty … [W]e don't need four more years of political payoffs, taxpayer giveaways, and cronyism."
--Romney video, "Political Payoffs And Middle Class Layoffs" http://mi.tt/M2t4P8
HOT DEM. JOBS SITE IS NOW AN APP: "We are excited to announce that we are launching a new Tom Manatos Jobs mobile app … The app is FREE and now available in the Apple App Store. With the Tom Manatos Jobs app, you will now be able to: Receive regular alerts to your phone about new job openings, internships, fellowships and networking events. … Search listings by category … Capitol Hill, Campaign, Non-Profit, Private Industry, Fellowships, Paid Internships, Hill Internships and Non-Hill Internships. … [S]earch for 'Tom Manatos Jobs' in the Apple App Store on your iPhone or iPad. … Tom & Dana Manatos."
THE JUICE – WHITE HOUSE HIRE, PROMOTION – OMB Acting Director Zients emails the staff: "Ken Baer departed last week. Steven Posner will join OMB this week as the Associate Director for Strategic Planning and Communications. … For the past eleven years, he has served as Communications Director and Deputy Communications Director for the Senate Budget Committee Democratic staff [and] Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND). Prior to his role on the Budget Committee, Steve worked in the Clinton Administration's Treasury Department as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, where he was the Department's spokesman for economic and tax policy issues. He previously worked as an Account Executive and Research Analyst at the public affairs firm Powell Tate. Steve holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University, JFK School of Government and a Bachelor's degree in History from Colgate University.
"He will join spokeswoman Moira Mack, who has taken an expanded leadership role in the Communications office, handling a wide range of Communication issues on both the Management and Budget side."
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JILL HAZELBAKER, now of Google, and CHRIS FRANKS, a venture capitalist, were married Saturday night in an intimate ceremony at The Carneros Inn in Napa. Lots of McCainiacs in attendance, and their very excited golden retriever, Abby. Off to Kauai today!
ERIC WIND and CHRISTINE McGRATH were married Saturday at St. Matthew's Cathedral, with a reception at the Metropolitan Club. They met at a friend's-black tie birthday party in June 2011, and then he proposed in October in Missouri. He is senior analyst at the Endeavor Group and the Endeavor Law Firm. Next month, they head to England, where he will be doing an M.B.A. at Oxford. Christine is vice president of McGrath Affinity Services and McGrath Insurance Group.
MOOD MUSIC – "Economists less bullish as early 2012 gains wither," by AP Business Writer David Koenig in Dallas: "A survey by the National Association for Business Economics … found less evidence of hiring … Nearly two-thirds of the NABE members surveyed this month said they worried that their companies' sales would suffer if the tax cuts end and automatic cuts in federal spending begin in January … 40 percent said the economy will grow 2 percent or less over the next year. Three months ago, only 23 percent were that cautious. … The economists were upbeat about one thing: They see little indication of inflation."
--"Voters See Manufacturing as the 'irreplaceable core of a strong economy'" – Alliance for American Manufacturing release: "[A] majority of voters … no longer see the U.S. as having the world's strongest economy, and fewer than 25 percent think anyone in Washington is doing a great deal to help enforce a level playing field for U.S. manufacturers. However, 88 percent of voters believe that it's possible for America to have the strongest economy, and 92 percent believe that it is important for the U.S. to regain that position.
"'It's striking how clearly voters—Republican and Democrat alike—see strengthening manufacturing as the key to rebuilding the U.S. economy,' said Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance of American Manufacturing (AAM), a non-partisan, non-profit partnership of leading U.S. manufacturers and the United Steelworkers (USW) that commissioned the poll." www.americanmanufacturing.org
--USA Today 1-col. lead, "Services sector leads in job gains: Long-term trends fuel uneven rebound," by Paul Davidson and Barbara Hansen: "More than 70% of jobs lost in service industries have returned three years after the recession's end, while only 15% of jobs lost in manufacturing, construction and other industries that produce goods have come back. The analysis is based on Labor Department data from January 2008 — when total U.S. employment peaked — through last month." http://usat.ly/Ll24sz
GAME CHANGE – WSJ 3-col. lead, "Tax Break Nears End For Online Shoppers: Republican Governors, in Need of Revenue, Drop Opposition," by Monica Langley: "Conservative governors … have been making deals with online retail giant Amazon.com to collect state sales taxes. The movement picked up an important ally when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie … recently reached an agreement under which Amazon would collect sales taxes on his state's online purchases in exchange for locating distribution facilities there. …
"Online shopping will become more expensive … Brick-and-mortar retailers won't have the price disadvantage they now have … Strapped states suddenly could be flush with $23 billion in new annual revenue, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures."
TOP STORY – "Dems play hardball on taxes, sequester," by John Bresnahan and Manu Raju: "The Democratic hard line — asserted by Obama at a private Oval Office meeting with senior party leaders last week — is based squarely on the belief that Republicans will cave on taxes because the GOP has far less leverage than it did after its resounding success in the 2010 elections. Obama told Democratic leaders he would refuse to entertain any talk about separating $550 billion in defense cuts from the overall $1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending reductions set by law to kick in next year … The president reiterated there will be no compromising on extending Bush-era tax breaks for U.S. families that earn more than $250,000 annually. …
"The tough tactics, embraced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [and] House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi … reflect the Democrats' desire to stiffen their negotiating position with Republicans and quash speculation that they will cave — as they did when they extended the Bush tax cuts for two years after being routed two years ago. … Reid and Senate Democratic leaders circulated a one-year, $272 billion tax cut plan late last week that would keep the current rate for individuals earning up to $200,000 annually … If Reid can line up support for the proposal … the Senate could vote on it as early as next week. The House is set to vote on a full extension of the Bush tax cuts the following week." http://politi.co/My1xDu
--WashPost 1-col. lead, "In tax fight, a potent threat: DEMOCRATS READY FOR 'FISCAL CLIFF' -- Leverage against GOP for post-election session," by Lori Montgomery: "[S]enior Democrats say they are prepared to weather a fiscal event that could plunge the nation back into recession if the new year arrives without an acceptable compromise. In a speech Monday [at Brookings], Sen. Patty Murray (Wash.), the Senate's No. 4 Democrat and the leader of the caucus's campaign arm, plans to make the clearest case yet for going over … the 'fiscal cliff.' 'If we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal that calls on the wealthy to pay their fair share, then I will absolutely continue this debate into 2013.'" http://wapo.st/My0JhY
BEHIND THE CURTAIN -- N.Y Times 2-col. lead, "Surveys Give Big Investors Early View From Analysts: With Special Insight on Particular Stocks, Hedge Funds Take Quick Profits," by Gretchen Morgenson: "The signals come from questionnaires that analysts … submit electronically … to some of their firms' largest hedge fund clients. Chief among the questions … are those about possible earnings surprises at companies they follow. … When disseminated, analyst downgrades and upgrades can make a stock sink or soar. … As a result, regulatory rules require brokerage firms to restrict the information flow from research departments … Questions about the selective release of analysts' views came up when the brokerage firms charged with selling Facebook's initial shares were found to have warned large buyers about some analysts' doubts … That irked many small investors." http://nyti.ms/NZ8pxM
BIRTHDAYS: Jeremy Martin, older bro of Jonathan, is 4-0 (hat tip: Josie; paw tip: Playa) ... Amanda Henneberg, partyin' Boston-style (h/t big sister Molly; Andrea; Daniel Son) … Caroline Hughes of the White House spent the weekend celebrating with family in Michigan… McConnell policy advisor Neil Chatterjee turns 35 … Margaret Ashbrook, daughter of Kate and John, is 3 … Kamyl Bazbaz of U.S. AID (h/t Jake Sherman). … National Journal's Lila Ibrahim ... k-global's Randy DeCleene (hat tips: Patrick Gavin) … former Attorney General Dick Thornburgh is 80 … Will Ferrell is 45 (h/ts AP)
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood (h/t daughter Lily)
ELEVATOR FODDER – "Teens charged with murder after Facebook post" – Chicago Tribune p. 1: "Malik Jones, 16, and two other teens were charged Saturday night in the fatal attack on Delfino Mora, 62. Prosecutors said the attack was videotaped on Jones' cellphone and later put on Jones' Facebook page." http://trib.in/NLnZgD
TOP TALKER – Linsanity may go to Houston – AP Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney: "The [N.Y.] Knicks have repeatedly said they would match any offer for [Jeremy] Lin, but the Rockets made it difficult with a three-year, $25 million deal that's worth about $15 million in the third year. New York has until 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to match the offer."
THE PRESIDENT'S DAY: At 9:30 a.m., "the President will depart from the White House en route Cincinnati [where he will] attend a campaign event at the Cincinnati Music Hall. This campaign event is closed press. Later, the President will deliver remarks at a campaign event at the Cincinnati Music Hall. … In the afternoon, the President will return to Washington … In the evening, the President will attend the United States vs. Brazil women and men's basketball games at the Verizon Center."
THE V.P.'S DAY: "At 11:45 AM, the Vice President will deliver remarks at a White House Community Leaders Briefing on Seniors Issues. The Vice President will speak to community leaders representing seniors organizations from across the country, and will highlight how the Congressional Republican Budget would affect the programs Americans depend on for retirement security. The Vice President's remarks at this event in the South Court Auditorium are open press. This event will also be streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov/live. … In the evening, the Vice President will attend the United States vs. Brazil men's basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington."
ROMNEY'S DAY: "holds fundraiser in Baton Rouge, La., at 12:30 p.m." –AP
SPORTS BLINK – "Will you still medal in the morning? The real games in the Olympic Village will not be televised," by Sam Alipour, ESPN The Magazine: "Popping up once every two years, the Olympic Village is a boisterous city within a city: chock-full of condos, midrises and houses as well as cafés, barbershops, arcades, discos and TV lounges. … [A] the 2000 Sydney Games, 70,000 condoms wasn't enough, prompting a second order of 20,000 and a new standing order of 100,000 condoms per Olympics. … Olympians are young, supremely healthy people who've been training with the intensity of combat troops for years. Suddenly they're released into a cocoon where prying reporters and overprotective parents aren't allowed. Pre-competition testosterone is running high. Many Olympians are in tapering mode, full of excess energy because they're maintaining a training diet of up to 9,000 calories per day while not actually training as hard. …
"The soccer girls? 'All hot, and they dress like rock stars,' one male swimmer says. … Some swear off sex until their events are done; others make it part of their pre-event routine. … Many on-the-prowl athletes maintain that they're driven by a simple human need: intimacy, if only for a moment or three. For most Olympians, the ramp-up to the Games is lonely. Not unlike movie stars on a far-flung movie shoot, the Olympics present the perfect opportunity to find a partner who understands where they're coming from. … The athlete compound soon becomes the site of an uneasy dance between jocks on a post-competition bender and those who have yet to compete." http://es.pn/MsWHh8
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Archive for April, 2012
Bipolar 1 Disorder
Bipolar Disorders: What You Need to Know About the Condition
Bipolar Disorders are Mental Conditions where a group or a category of Mood Disorders can occur simultaneously characterize by alarming high levels of energy. When these moods are milder they are called hypomania but normally named mania. Patients diagnosed with this disorder usually go through episodes with Depression and mania occuring with mixed or depressive periods at the same time.
Divided by series of periods of normal moods are the episodes however mania and Depression may alternate and exchange quickly in some people. After occurrence of severe manic depressions, there is a big chance that this can progress to psychotic symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations. Cyclothymia, bipolar I and bipolar are classifications of this disorder that are based on the frequency as well as the severity of the mood episodes experienced.
Bipolar disorders are classified to the group of medical conditions named Depressive Disorders. The activities of a person's brain are affected by these Depressive Disorders. Depressive disorders have now become prevalent and widespread because in the United States alone, there is a growing number of affected persons even reaching as high as 17.4 million adults. Someone close to you could possibly have this disorder as the high number of cases means one out of seven persons has the disorder.
This disorder is classified by doctors into different categories mainly because symptoms that show varies in different persons and individuals. When a doctor comes to realize the type which someone has, he automatically knows the kind of treatment to be tailored to the latter. Bipolar Mood Disorder, bipolar affective condition, manic-depressive illness and manic-Depressive Disorder are some of the names the disorder is also known.
Bipolar disorders actually distress men and women coming from different walks of life. According to many people, the first symptoms show up to individuals in their twenties. However, studies show that the first period of the disorder can be detected earlier. The disorder are seen in adults but this can be contacted by children as well.
Studies conducted recently show that kids and teens having bipolar disorders have different behavioral patterns. Kids having the disorder experience frequent mood changes and can sometimes show without them noticing it symptoms like irritability and Anxiety. Since the brain is involved, affected too are the ways of thinking of those who suffer this. This actually makes it hard for them to tell us what they want.
Here's a nice website that will talk about bipolar disorders and bipolar Disorder Symptoms
What is Bipolar I Disorder? (Mental Health Guru)

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Is That a Degas behind the Hedges? Art in the Garden is more than plant food
"I am excited to be a part of the 'Art in the Garden' fundraiser," says Nina Zak Laddon. The event takes place from 12 noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 2909 Blaisdell Ave., Redondo Beach. Money from sales of artwork, which includes photography, sculpture, jewelry, silk scarves, mosaics and more, will benefit two upcoming exhibitions, "CA 101 2014" in June, and the "Power of Art 2014" in October. Both events have had successful runs in the past and those responsible for them intend to keep that happening.
"We count on community support in order to produce free quality art exhibitions," Laddon continues. "Meet the artists, buy a Mother's Day gift, sit with a glass of lemonade, and enjoy the spring's blooms."
The afternoons in the garden, and you never know who you'll meet there, are sponsored by Friends of Redondo Beach Arts and the Redondo Beach Art Group.
For more information, contact Sandra Lilenwall, email@example.com.
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It marks the latest incredible twist in UKIP's history of feuding and follows a fractious leadership contest over the summer prompted by Nigel Farage's decision to step aside.
So why after such a victorious June, on the winning side in the EU referendum, is the party again at breaking point?
Well, the punch-up between two UKIP MEPs was allegedly over suggestions that Mr Woolfe had been considering defecting to the Conservatives.
Maybe not a surprise when he believes he was deliberately stopped from running for the leadership in July by members of the National Executive Committee.
UKIP is not a big party, there really are very few people at the top, and so like any small "community" loyalty is expected and disagreements almost inevitable.
But the schism within UKIP is bigger than that, it essentially boils down to the Farage supporters and those who dislike, even hate him.
Nigel Farage continues to dominate the party externally and internally.
On the one side you have Douglas Carswell - UKIP's only MP, Suzanne Evans and Patrick O'Flynn - who don't like Farage's illiberal focus, message on immigration and how he has managed the party.
And on the other side, most of the party's MEPs, councillors, Steven Woolfe and the party's major bankroller Arron Banks are loyal to Farage, ultimately because he has taken the party so far.
Mr Banks has told me if Neil Hamilton and Douglas Carswell remain in the party, and the NEC decides that Steven Woolfe cannot run for leader, he will be leaving UKIP.
It would be a bitter blow as he is one of very few donors.
The two sides are locked in an almighty battle and have been for some time. As Arron Banks alludes to, something will have to give.
I'm told Suzanne Evans is almost certain to run for the leadership.
So it would be Woolfe versus Evans, both could prove to be successful leaders but would take UKIP in different directions.
I'm not convinced such a small party can continue much longer to accommodate both without meteorically tearing itself apart.


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Theale Reading, United Kingdom (PressExposure) September 19, 2008 -- Laithwaites are pleased to announce that they have won a host of top medals, trophies and tasting scores in wine competitions around the world. These accolades once again prove that Laithwaites are a company that bring the best wines to your doorstep.
Laithwaites pride themselves on being able to to source the very best in the wine market, so whether it is a fine wine, a special gift for a friend or just something to have with the Sunday roast you can be sure you will find something to your taste on their website.
Laithwaites are proud to be able to bring to their customers these award winning wines. The quote below shows the quality and excellence of just one of the award winning wines on offer.
26663 BLANC NEUF LA BASTIDE VDP OC 06 Wine of the Week, Tom Cannavan 29th June 2008 winepages.com
"Made by Olivier Bayle (ex Lafite-Rothschild!), this is a Vin de Pays d'Oc wine from the Languedoc-Roussillon that is unashamedly modelled on a white Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It is a classic CndP blend of Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne which has been barrel-fermented. The nose offers a really enticing melange of dried apricot, ripe, juicy nectarine and the vanilla and almond toastiness of the barrels. There's a little hint liquorice or caraway seed, in an aromatically complex wine. On the palate it shows lovely restraint, with a fat, lemony core dominating, and the more lush, stone-fruit flavours of peach and apricot layered beneath. The wine stays beautifully balanced with its moderate 13.0 alcohol, and finishes with crisp lemon and white fruit acidity. Laithwaites' staff christened this wine 'baby Beaucastel Blanc', and indeed, I take their point."


text: Question: Hi there, I read your ideas on wrapping soft copper around the stove pipe to create hot water. Could you go into this in depth or tell of a book/article that does? What's the largest copper tubing you could use and could we transfer it to an old galvanize hot water tank that refused to warm water even though we put it in the sun??? Thanks! gw Answer: I have seen these ideas in older books, but I cannot recall where. I've never done the stovepipe one (although there were some commercial products that did it)...but I've put a few on the rear of stoves. We used 3/4 inch copper pipe, and found 180 elbows so a serpentine (back and forth) could be created. At one point we did even better. A local company that produced the finned copper coils for domestic hot water coils (located in the water jacket of hot water boilers) finned these sepentines for us. Since these were finned, they picked up heat much better than plain copper. We'd mount these on the outside of stove..on the rear, and sometimes mount a sheet metal shield behind them to trap the heat. If the tank is below the stoves, we'd add a control and small brass pump (1/50 to 1/100 hp) so that when the water heated up to 140 degrees, the pump would circulate it to the tank. In certain cases, if most of the tank was located above the coper coils, the water could circulate without a pump. Use the largest pipe size (3/4 is good) and have the pipe rise to the tank. The return pipe should come off the bottom of the tank and return to the bottom of the coil. If you look through some of the solar books, they might reference this type of setup as a backup... And DON'T forget a pressure relief valve located on top of the coil...with no valves between the coil and it.


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Wantagh's Mountanos wins 600 meters for first county title
The start of the 600 meters wasn't exactly what Wantagh's Chris Mountanos bargained for, but he'll take the finish any day of the week. Mountanos said that the race went out faster than he expected, but he was able to adjust and take the gold in one minute, 26.07 seconds at the Nassau Class B track championships at St. Anthony's High School on Wednesday night.
"[Dan Midgette] from Bethpage was really pushing me until the last 50 meters," Mountanos said.
Midgette was second in 1:26.39.
It was the first county championship for Mountanos, whose time was a personal best, he said.
"It's really crazy," he said, a smile splashed across his face. "I wasn't expecting to do this well. I'm truly ecstatic."
Oyster Bay's Alex Tosi won the 3,200 meters in 9:47.13 and the 1,600 meters in 4:48.20.
On the girls side, North Shore's Diana Vizza, who is no stranger to success this year at both the state and national level, won three events. She took the 3,000 meters in 10:36.06, the 1,000 meters in 3:01.18, and the 1,500 meters in 4:52.67.
Vizza, who won the state Class B cross country championship this fall, owns the top 3,000 meter time on Long Island, running a 9:50.43 at January's Yale Track Classic. She will compete in the high school mile at the Millrose Games on Feb. 20.
Although distance is the senior's specialty, the occasional venture into the somewhat speedy waters of the 1,000 meters is a welcome diversion for Vizza, one that helps her in her training for the mile.
"My legs were still pretty heavy from the 3,000," Vizza said. "But, it's good to run an 800 and a 1,000 sprinkled in every once in a while. It really helps you focus on speed that you need for the mile. I was going all out for that because [Wantagh's] Megan Gordon wasn't too far behind me."
Gordon finished second in 3:07.94.
Valley Stream North's Angeli Andre was also a triple winner. Andre took the 300 meters in 41.54 seconds, the long jump (16 feet, seven inches), and the high jump, clearing five feet, two inches.
Hewlett's Natalie Cohen won the 1,500 meter race walk in 7:19.54, her best time this season. She walked a 7:18 last season, she said. Cohen won last night's race by a large margin. The second place finisher, Valley Stream North's Tara Canny, finished in 7:37.86.
Although athletes normally despise such a large lead, Cohen found a way to use it to her advantage.
"I used the girls that I was lapping to push me, using them as competition," Cohen said. "I saw a girl and would try to speed up to her."
Cohen said she's struggled with tightness in her legs this season, but none of that befell her as she walked toward her second straight county championship.
"I warmed up very well," Cohen said. "I got in there and just focused on the race."


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1. Tomorrow night, Tuesday, August 21st, Nikki and Jen will appear on the season finale of Craft Wars! IMPORTANT: There are TWO episodes airing tomorrow night. We will be on the second episode that airs at 11:00PM EST/ 10:00PM CT. We know it's late, so set those DVRs, or squeeze in a nap so you can stay up to watch!
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Guinea Bans Bat Eating to Curb Ebola Spread, Warns on Rats
By Ougna Camara Mar 26, 2014 10:39 AM CT
Guinea has forbidden the sale and consumption of bats and warned against eating rats and monkeys as the country combats a spread of Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever with a mortality rate of as much as 90 percent.
We discovered the vector agent of the Ebola virus is the bat, said Remy Lamah, the countrys health minister, in an interview from the town of Nzerekore today. We sent messages everywhere to announce the ban. People must even avoid consumption of rats and monkeys. They are very dangerous animals.
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Tennis madness sweeps UBC
February 29, 2012 - by Kavie Toor
France and Canada's top tennis stars battled it out at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in February as UBC hosted the Davis Cup. Kavie Toor—UBC's point man for hosting this international sporting event—shared his excitement with UBC Reports.
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February 29, 2012 - by Heather Amos
Highlights of UBC media coverage in February 2012 News from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Marine mammal research The BBC reported on UBC professor Andrew Trites […]
Early Alert comes to UBC
February 29, 2012 - by Heather Amos
Student mental health is fundamental to learning and UBC has made it a goal to create a campus community that promotes wellbeing. To help achieve this goal, UBC has launched a new program called Early Alert.
Sleepless children, exhausted parents
February 29, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan
In a recent study with 58 children aged one to three-years who attended daycare, UBC researcher Wendy Hall looked at the correlations between their sleep patterns and behaviour at home and at daycare.
One year after
February 29, 2012 - by Nick Lewis
Japan's citizens are still reeling from what UBC Geography Prof. David Edgington calls "the triple disaster" of March 11, 2011. UBC Reports asked the Japan expert about clean-up efforts and the likelihood of a similar event in B.C.
Anniversary of Japan disaster: UBC Library exhibit supports reflection, healing
February 29, 2012 - by Glenn Drexhage
One year after a devastating triple disaster rocked Japan and shocked the world, UBC Library is commemorating the event with a multifaceted exhibition, providing context, reflection and healing.
Part of the carbon storage solution
February 29, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan
Eel-grass project gives engineering students hands-on learning
Five ways UTown@UBC is innovating sustainability
February 29, 2012 - by Scott Steedman
How do theoretical concepts of sustainability translate into real-world changes? One way is to use UTown@UBC, UBC's on-campus residential community, as a "Living Lab" for testing sustainable practices.
Righting a 70-year wrong
February 29, 2012 - by Heather Amos
The treatment of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals during the Second World War is a dark period of Canadian history. Now' 70 years later, the University of British Columbia will recognize its own involvement. UBC will grant honorary degrees to Japanese Canadian students who were unable to complete their studies when they were sent to internment camps in 1942.
Only 3 minutes to save the world
February 29, 2012 - by Carolynne Ciceri
UBC grad students get to the crux of the matter
Shining stars
February 29, 2012 - by Brian Lin
School of Journalism professor Alfred Hermida has won the President's Award for Public Education through Media. He is one of 22 researchers being honoured during this year's Celebrate Research Week, Mar. 2-9.
Atop Everest for health research
February 29, 2012 - by Paul Marck
The School of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBC's Okanagan campus is sending a 25-member team of international scientists on a six-week research expedition in April to Everest's Pyramid laboratory.
A new window on patients' personal struggles
February 29, 2012 - by By Brian Kladko
The Interprofessional Health Mentors Program is matching 23 people grappling with chronic conditions with 90 students in a bid to help these future health professionals gain deeper insights into the barriers, frustrations and choices patients face.
Graduate students turn years of research into three-minute speech
February 29, 2012
UBC holds the Three Minute Thesis competition, where graduate students condense their thesis into a three-minute talk that anyone can understand.
UBC researcher invents "lab on a chip" device to study malaria
Media Release | February 28, 2012
University of British Columbia researcher Hongshen Ma has developed a simple and accurate device to study malaria, a disease that currently affects 500 million people per year worldwide and claims a million lives.
Traces of listeria found in Vancouver ready-to-eat fish products: UBC study
February 27, 2012
A University of British Columbia study has found traces of the bacteria listeria in ready-to-eat fish products sold in Metro Vancouver.
UBC This Week 23-Feb-2012
February 23, 2012
Recent UBC Media Releases Feb. 20 Taking the Earth's pulse: UBC scientists unveil a new economic and environmental index Feb. 20 Conservation risk highest off coasts of Canada, Mexico, […]
Asia Pacific Memo update – China Media and Cyberspace / Finnish Education / Marriage Brokers in Malaysia
February 23, 2012
Twice-weekly, Asia Pacific Memo (APM) series publishes short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific. • Feb. 22 – Becoming a Commercial Marriage Broker […]
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February 23, 2012
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SecurEnvoy invented the tokenless market with its innovation of an SMS ready solution for remote authentication. Elements of its delivery were patented, namely pre-loading, to alleviate delays and signal issues and to make tokenless business grade.
Speed of deployment is key, and innovation in this space continued. SecurEnvoy have continually optimised the performance to what it is today – the fastest in the market in deploying 100,000 users per hour. This scales, whether you deploy 50 users or more; time is of the essence.
Advancing the authentication speed is also critical. When users all want to logon at the same time of day, throughput is important. At 100 per second, per server, the SecurEnvoy solution is fastest in its market.
The simplicity of use, deployment and management is made possible by bringing leading design to the market and keeping it available for only our customers. Innovation is not only bringing ideas and solutions to market, but its also ensuring you keep the IP where it is invented and for that reason we have three patents granted and two pending.
Simplicity is king. When deploying to remote users there isn't time to educate the users in its use. So it has to be logical. To show how easy the SecurEnvoy solution is – there is a free trial and demo capability that allows you to experience its power. Its simple to install in less than 30 minutes, easy to deploy volumes of users and efficient management through the existing LDAP serer – true end to end market leading design.
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A messaging method and system sends secure emails (14) by the email originator (10) removing the portion of the email (14) which is confidential (24) from the body of the email (14). The removed portion (24) is sent to a secure storage site (30). The residue (20) of the email (14) is sent to the intended recipient (12), together with a notification (22) that the confidential portion (24) is at the secure site (30). Secure storage site 30 then sends a SMS text message (38) to the recipient's mobile phone (44) which has an authentication code (38) which the recipient (12) uses to establish identity and retrieve the confidential portion (24) of the email message (14) from the secure store (30). The secure store (30) emails the originator with notification (60) when the recipient (12) retrieves the secure portion (24) of the email message (14).
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Multi-factor authentication apparatus pre-loads a first factor, for example a passcode, to user equipment such as a mobile telephone. The user subsequently initiates access to a protected product or service, triggering the apparatus to run a multi-factor authentication process, via an access device such as a computer connected to the Internet. The user enters the pre-loaded first factor, together with another factor such as a UserID and PIN. The pre-loading avoids vulnerability to communications problems at the time the user initiates access. Pre-loading is done every time an access session terminates for the user, either successful or failed and a user profile data store is used to manage passcodes in a manner that allows incorrectly entered first factors to be retried when delivery to user equipment is not possible.


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You may recognise Gloucestershire as a county, but South Gloucestershire is one of a handful of unitary authorities in this part of England. With a population of over 270,000, it is perhaps not too surprising to realise there are a few residents there who may occasionally have cause to make a South Gloucestershire accident claim.
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I feel like I'm in the wrong place today. I'm sitting here at work, but I don't feel like working. The weather outside is unusually warm, in the sixties. My kindergartner went on a field trip today to a maple sap farm. He thought Sue was going with him, but she could not. He was disappointed. I didn't seriously consider going with him, but now it seems obvious that I should have.
One of the hardest things about being a parent is that there is nowhere near enough time to give everything its due. I work full-time, and know that there is much more to be done at work. My three children have full lives at school and at play all day, and I wish I could be a larger part of each of their days. My disabled son can use every bit of attention he can get, but there are other things that need to be done. I love my wife, but have to spend most of my day apart from her. The larger world has so many things that could be improved, but there's no way I can volunteer enough to contribute significantly.
On top of all that, my own interests pull me in twelve different directions. I've always had an eager curiosity to learn things, and it has served me well, but it is also a monkey on my back, whispering in my ear about fascinating distractions elsewhere.
What's the right balance? How can I possibly choose correctly dozens of times a day every day? As busy parents, we are faced constantly with a million microscopic Sophie's Choices. No child is being taken off to be exterminated by Nazis of course, but each time we choose something besides them, there's a tiny spark of connection that has been allowed to go unanswered.
I know I am over-reacting to this feeling today. I know that children must have independence from their parents. I know that half the time that we want to do something with them, it is they who choose something else. I know that if they are to grow to be strong individuals, they must learn to negotiate these sorts of let downs. A child who gets all the attention he wants is not being helped to live in the real world.
But as my children grow older, I occasionally feel the passing of time acutely, and the pain of missed opportunities. I want to be sure to do what is right for them. It's impossible to predict what small moments they'll remember, either cherished or regretted. How can I hope to get it right?
I'm paid to attend to the needs of a corporation every day, but who really needs my help? The kids are well-taught at their schools, and Sue is a caring loving mother. They are happy and safe. They have friends, and fun, and a strong creative life. I can go to work confident in the knowledge that they are in good hands.
But in 60 years the corporation will almost certainly be a forgotten footnote to the history of technology, and my children will be old men with who knows what memories of their childhood and of me. Will today's oversight be their Rosebud, or have they forgotten it already?
It's a difficult choice to have to face every day. There's little direct feedback, and it's hard to see the implications of each decision you make. I have to go to work, my family needs to eat. It isn't a crime to enjoy working, but I want to make sure to do the right thing.
Today I feel like I got it wrong.
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Chris 6:37 AM on 4 Mar 2004
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do..." M Twain.
Ben Poole 8:28 AM on 4 Mar 2004
You're not alone. FWIW, I think parents remember those lost times more than children.
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Chris 11:48 AM on 2 Nov 2013
Thanks for sharing. I don't have kids yet, but in thinking about the future this exact line of thought continuously crosses my mind. You post is some validation that I may in fact find myself in the position that I have thought about and that you describe here.
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University of Twente has launched a website designed to reduce the incidence of the notorious 'hospital bacteria' MRSA. Both patients and staff can find much practical information at www.mrsa-net.nl. The concept can be readily adapted to help tackle other infectious diseases.
A hospital exists to cure patients. However, the very nature of a hospital, in which there could be all sorts of bacteria, fungal spores, viruses and parasites, places patients at greater risk of developing a further, entirely unrelated, condition during their stay.
For many years, the proportion of patients who contract a bacterial infection in a Dutch hospital has remained stable at approximately three per cent, largely due to effective hygiene measures. In Germany, the percentage is far higher, having risen from 2% to a staggering 25% in recent years. Because there is considerable movement of staff and patients between hospitals close to the border between the two countries, Dutch hospitals in the eastern region are particularly susceptible to infection.
The best known 'hospital bacteria' is MRSA. A healthy person is unlikely to suffer any adverse effects from MRSA but those with a compromised immune system can become seriously ill, with symptoms ranging from open sores to pneumonia and blood infections. In the worst case scenario, an MRSA infection can be fatal.
To address the transnational problems in healthcare, various 'Euregional' projects have been launched. One such project is the Twente-Münsterland MRSA net, in which the University of Twente has developed a website intended to prevent the spread of infectious diseases across the national borders. The website, which is in both Dutch and German, was developed in association with the Twente Achterhoek Microbiology Laboratory and a number of German research institutes.
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The MRSA-net website provides both information for patients and instructions for hospital staff. Patients and their families can find the answers to practical questions such as 'are there drugs to cure MRSA?' and 'what special precautions must I take if I have MRSA?'
However, it is the instructions for staff that will do most to reduce the incidence of MRSA. In the past, doctors and nurses have been expected to follow a strict protocol setting out what they must do to minimize the likelihood of coming into contact with the bacteria. The problem was that this protocol runs into hundreds of pages. It takes valuable time to read it all, and staff were not always able to find the information they needed at that precise moment. Using the website, on which questions and answers are arranged in convenient sections, they can quickly discover what they must do in any given situation. Being online, the instructions are available at any time and can be accessed from any computer in the hospital.
The website concept can be used to reduce the spread of many infections other than MRSA. Clear online instructions can also help staff tackle those caused by fungal spores, parasites and viruses. Fenne Verhoeven, the University of Twente Researcher who developed the MRSA-net website, now plans to set up similar sites addressing dangerous viruses such as hepatitis C, HIV and influenza.
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MRSA is a strain of Staphylococcus aureus, which is insensitive to the antibiotic methicilline. MRSA actually stands for 'Methicilline Resistant Staphylococcus aureus'. MRSA is also commonly referred to as 'the hospital bacteria', because it is particularly prevalent in hospitals due to the widespread use of antibiotics. This can be explained by genetics. Bacteria reproduce extremely quickly. In each new generation there will be some bacteria with slightly different genes to those of the previous generation. If one of the 'mutant' genes has the effect of protecting the bacteria against a certain type of antibiotic, the resistant bacteria will survive while all the non-resistant bacteria will be killed off. The resistant bacteria can then multiply, with each successive generation carrying the gene which makes it resistant to antibiotics.


text: USS Anzio (CG 68) came to the rescue of a Pakistan-flagged dhow in distress in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 13 while conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in the 5th Fleet area of operations. The 13-person crew of motor vessel Al-Sanaullah, from Pasni, Pakistan, signaled Anzio's airborne helicopter as it flew by them by waving rags and pointing to gas cans. The helicopter crew, at the time some 30 nautical miles from Anzio, directed the ship to the stricken dhow's location. A rescue and assistance team boarded the dhow as part of their MSO mission to provide supplies and assistance to the crew. The vessel was out of fuel and had been drifting for four days. The boarding team provided the dhow's crew with approximately 500 gallons of fuel and water, fruits, bread and meat. Anzio crewmember Seaman Deepak Kumar translated to the boarding officer that the master of the motor vessel said he was appreciative of Anzio's aid and kindness in helping his crew and vessel. As part of MSO, coalition forces have a long standing tradition of helping mariners in distress by providing medical assistance, engineering assistance, and search and rescue efforts. Anzio, part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, departed Naval Station Norfolk on Oct. 3 for a regularly scheduled deployment in support of MSO and entered the 5th Fleet area of operations Oct. 30. MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment and complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. These operations deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material. Source: NavNews


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14.39 Wins like this are exactly the sort which allow Arsenal to finish in the top four each year. They were only in charge for about a third of that game, most of it at the beginning of the second half when The Ox was a pacy threat and the players behind him did a better job of keeping the ball away from a determined but toothless Wigan side. That's three wins on the bounce now for Arsenal. Une crisis? Quelle crisis? Thanks for your company, I'll talk to you again soon.
90+3 min Arsenal looking plenty determined to keep Wigan out, but not quite good enough defensively. Beausejour is inexplicably allowed time to cross and McCarthur can stab it at goal. Wide.
90+2 min Koscielny's on for Cazorla as Arsenal's final sub.
90 min An innocuous Gomez shot becomes anything but after it deflects dangerously. Mertesacker panics, there are shouts for handball, Kone's almost able to latch onto it. Cleared. Four minutes of injury time.
89 min Wigan reduced to meek headers now. McCarthur puts one a solid half-goal wide. And Jordi Gomez is coming on for Shaun Maloney.
86 min Feels a bit like Wigan's best spell to equalise has been and gone. Arsenal looking quite up for digging in and holding out. You know what this means: 2-1 to Wigan at the final whistle.
83 min Corner is again cleared to Fugeroa but his shot from range is less exciting this time and well over.
82 min Finally, there's a dangerous final ball from out wide. Stam is found in behind on the right after an excellent ball from deep. He passes low and dangerously towards Maloney but it's cut out at the expense of a corner. Another pertinent statistical tweet from our friends at Opta:
80 min Forget everything I said six minutes ago about uninspiring substitutions, Coquelin is on for Podolski.
78 min It's been a while since Wigan made poor use of a fertile crossing position. Stam remedies that from the right with yet another poor ball from out wide. Here's Mikel Arteta celebrating the only goal of this game to date:
77 min McManaman, not that one, on for Di Santo for Wigan.
76 min Better effort from Walcott who at least manages to beat the wall, but it's over the bar.
74 min Ramsey on for The Ox in the most uninspiring subsitution Arsene Wenger can currently offer. Good showing from The Ox today. Meanwhile, Arsenal have another free kick roughly 30 yards out on the right, from a similar position to the one wasted by Podolski moments earlier.
73 min Jones smaskcs one from 20 yards after McArthur pulls it back for him from just inside the box. Flies past Szczesny but ends up hitting the famous and beloved DW Stadium South Stand right-hand stanchion.
71 min Kone looking far better being asked to run at players himself rather than attempting anything so nuanced as being a striker that gets on the end of things by virtue of his movement. He deceives the increasingly vulnerable-looking Mertesacker and makes room for a shot. Closed down and stopped by Szczesny.
70 min Beausejour takes, targetting Boyce, but it's easily headed away by Sagna. Drops kindly for Figueroa whose shot deflects on its way through to Szczesny with near-calamitous consequences for the Polish keeper. He adjusts himself in time and makes the save.
69 min A-ha! (not the band), Di Santo was apparently wearing a forbidden earring which Moss spotted when chiding him for dissent. Beausejour's cross is hacked behind for Mertesacker for the second Wigan corner in quick succession.
67 min That odd and extended passage with Di Santo off the field has got the crowd fired up. Wigan have it deep in Arsenal's half but Jones' pass towards the right flank is poor and out for a throw. Previously Walcott attempted to dummy an Ox cross, which would have left it to run through for the unmarked Wilshere, but Figueroa read his intentions and cut it out.
64 min Di Santo gets a thorough telling off from referee and New Romantic Jon Moss after some dissent. Di Santo, oddly, is sent to talk to fourth official Mark Halsey. Seemingly Moss has seen some blood on Di Santo, or... something? But there's no noticeable claret anywhere on the striker. He's having a lovely argument on the sidelines, and still hasn't been allowed to come back on! It's as if Jon Moss is hosting a one-man trial of a sin bin system in sport. Here's man of the hour Beausejour and The Ox making some unusual shapes:
61 min Wigan pour forward in response, with McCarthy wisely working it right to find Beausejour in space on the left. Another dispapointing shot, over this time.
60 min GOAL!! Wigan 0 Arsenal 1 (Arteta)
Arteta gives Al-Habsi the eyes and sends him the wrong way, dinking it calmly down the right from the spot. Still absolutely no diggity. And Arsenal have the lead.
59 min PENALTY TO ARSENAL!
Walcott and Cazorla make a one-two happen. Walcott's clipped by Beausejour in the box. No diggity. No doubt.
56 min This is better from Arsenal, it's Wigan looking besieged from wide areas in this half. The Ox wins his side a throw close to the byline.
53 min Podoslki shoots straight into the wall and Al-Habsi soon gathers it cleanly. Oli Brown's attention is slipping towards more important matters than football:
52 min It's a free kick for Arsenal a good 30 yards out on the right-hand side.
49 min Arsenal's best chance so far. The Ox sneaks in behind Beausejour and sprints towards the byline. It's pulled back for Walcott but slightly behind him. Walcott does well to connect, Al-Habsi does well to save, and Wigan get it clear.
48 min Good work from Maloney who's played into reasonably exciting territory and does an afterburner job on Sagna before executing a couple of stepovers while running at Mertesacker at full pelt, then unleashes a shot. Wide, alas.
46 min We are second halfing. Merry Christmas, one and all.
13.32 Wigan should be ahead at the break after manufacturing one big ol' sitter which Kone wasted and repeatedly finding themselves in promising crossing positions. Arsenal lack the speed and know-how to deal with Wigan's incessant pressing and a goal looks some way off for them. They need to establish themselves as the dominant side with a few sustained spells of unbroken possession, and to bring on Olivier Giroud, who is injured and not on the bench. Perhaps the first one will do in isolation. See you in 15.
45 min Two minutes of added time. Arsenal could do with the break. And a lovely pie.
41 min Wilshere is booked for a wild challenge from slightly behind Maloney. He takes the ball, but clatters Maloney in the aftermath. It's the sort of out of control and potentially dangerous tackle that frequently results in a red card In This Day And Age. The drummer who used to be Boy George's part-time lover reckons a yellow is enough.
40 min Another Walcott corner from the right for Arsenal. Mertesacker dutifully trots up. Arteta ends up being on the end of it. He heads it gently back into the box and it results in a straightforward clearance for James McCarthy.
38 min Amazing how much better Wigan are looking on the ball than Arsenal. The home side's game is all about sensible, patient passing which inevitably leads to them overloading the wings. Arsenal are attempting far prettier, more intricate stuff, but there's no coherent plan and Wigan are defending brilliantly, in their faces everywhere as soon as the ball crosses the halfway line.
35 min This isn't going to plan for Arsenal. Walcott's being fed in reasonable positions from time to time but showing all the signs of being too eager to impress in his Preferred Role Through The Middle™. He's all head-down-running, blocked shots and nutmegs that give the ball away. Oliver Brown is at the DW for us this afternoon and enjoying some wordplay:
31 min Come on Wigan, sort it out. They're finding themselves in tons of positive positions out wide, but every one is being wasted. Stam again on the right but this time it's massively overhit and misses all four of his team-mates in the box.
29 min McCarthur looking good for Wigan. He's fond of a swift ball out to the flank from the middle, finding Stam on the right this time, but it's another disappointing Wigan cross which Sczcesny claims comfortably. In non-crossing news Wilshere is limping some after taking some nasty but untinentional studs in the ankle area, courtesy of Jones.
27 min Arsenal steadying themselves now after a period of frantic pressure from Wigan, who are playing like excited children. This means you JUST CAN'T SHUT THEM UP, which in a football sense is translating to YOU JUST CAN'T STOP THEM HASSLING YOU INTO MISTAKES IN MIDFIELD.
24 min Gah, Kone should score. Excellent running this time, curving round Mertesacker to give himself a one-on-one with Sczcesny after Di Santo spots him and plays an appropriate through ball. Kone's well ahead of the despairing Mertesacker but loses his head at the last minute and screws it horribly wide like a far more eager but far more rubbish Djibril Cisse. Would you like to see a picture of two men that love passing shaking hands? Here you go:
22 min Beausejour enjoying an enterprising spell, winning balls back he has little right to and causing Sagna a number of problems. Eventually he handles after missing a slide-tackle on Arsenal's second-worst-haircutted player. Arsenal free kick.
20 min Wigan's gameplan: Cross it. Cross it again and again and again, no matter where you are. Beausejour this time, from a position that's never likely to lead to anything exciting, especially beacause Kone has had to waste time getting himself back onside after straying pointlessly off. No-one in the box and Sczcesny is able to watch the Wigan full-back's cross fly behind for a goal kick.
18 min Wilshere looking promising in an attacking sense. Several times now he's burst forward from deep and left a number of men in tasteful blue and white in his wake. This time he stumbles at a crucial moment and goes down looking for a free kick. No dice, says special Christmas celebrity referee Jon Moss from Culture Club.
15 min Arsenal looking humoursly wide-open at the back but Wigan are failing to pick the correct option again and again. The game's taking place primarilly in Arsenal's half, but they look the more dangerous side going forward. Here's Jonathan Altenor on that Twitter:
11 min Dreadful decision by Kone. Both to dye his hair blonde like it's 1997 and not to play in Stam on the overlap on his right, after Kone had beaten Vermaelen to create a three-on-two-situation for Wigan. He shoots optimistically from the edge of the box and it's easy for Sczcesny. At the other end Podolski has a better show which is well saved by Al-Habsi. Roberto Martinez's pre-match predictions of a game heavy on chances is thankfully coming true.
9 min Cazorla with a ridiculous backheel which nutmegs McCarthy. Arsenal are in, with Arteta bringing it forward and Waclott and the Oxlade-Chamberlain (henceforward The Ox) peeling off in front of him. Arteta opts to play it to the aforementioned Ox, who shoots straight at Al-Habsi on his near post. Another corner, another which leads to little.
7 min Di Santo the latest to exploit Arsenal on the right. He's found by McCarthur with an excellent long-rage pass from inside the centre circle, but his cross for Kone is wayward and easily dealt with by Vermaelen.
6 min Decent start from both sides. Wigan looking good down their right-hand side, with Maloney and McArthur drifting out there and attempting to cross for Kone. Blocked both times. Arsenal are pressing high up the pitch but Wigan are dealing with it so far.
3 min Walcott takes the corner, which is played back in his general direction by Wigan's defence. He fouls attempting to win it back. Wigan free kick. Them's the rules, Theo.
2 min Sagna nicks in behind the expanse of space behind Beasejour on Wigan's left-hand side. Looks like the Arsenal full back takes it over the byling before winning a corner, but it's given as such nonetheless.
1 min Wigan start the football with some football. Classic Christmas kick-off from the home side.
12.40 The teams are in the tunnel. Roberto Martinez calls Arsenal "outstanding" and a "football team". Other selective adjectives used: "big", "quality", "normal", "open", "fast-flowing", "important", and "big".
12.35 We've been banished to the netherworld of Sky Sports 3 this afternoon, and we've got a derisory 15 minutes of build up. In a distinctly non-Sky moment we were just treated to three seconds of carpet, an open door, and someone's feet, presumably from backstage at the DW Stadium. Jamie Redknapp, who I assume is live football's director on Sky, has clearly had one too many Egg Nogs this morning.
12.30 Today's retro highlights are brought to you by the year 2006:
12.20 It's almost certainly time for the day's first pertinent statistical tweet from our friends at Opta:
12.14 Here are you Premier League match-time official Barclays teams:
Wigan: Al Habsi, Kone, McCarthy, Jones, Di Santo, Maloney, McArthur, Boyce, Beausejour, Stam, Figueroa.
Subs: Pollitt, Caldwell, Gomez, McManaman, Boselli, Fyvie, Golobart
Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Arteta, Wilshere, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Podolski, Walcott.
Subs: Mannone, Jenkinson, Koscielny, Coquelin, Ramsey, Arshavin, Gervinho.
Referee: Jon Moss
12.10 Afternoon liveblog fans.
Plenty of Modern Premier League tradition for us this afternoon in Lancashire's pie capital.
Arsenal are in the midst of their annual Crisis Period, in which serious eyebrows are raised and worried beards are scratched about the direction of the club and the long-term feasibility of Arsène Wenger's benign dictatorship.
This, as we all know, is swiftly followed by a quietly impressive run of games in which they win far more than they lose and almost imperceptibly sneak back into another comfortable Champions League qualification.
Wigan are masters of the art of turning certain relegation into dramatic late survival. They're in the relegation zone as I type on goal difference. They will almost certainly sink further into trouble, especially if their rotten run of four defeats in their last six continues, but you just know they're going to be absolutely fine in May. They always, always escape.
Let's face it, liveblog fans, it's a nailed on Arsenal win. Let's hope it's an exciting one, and gather round the imaginary Christmas Tree to share what we'd most like to be opening on Tuesday morning.
As with every year, this is what I'm hoping for:
If that's unavailable I'll take nine points from QPR's three remaining games in 2012.
Team news to follow, stay tuned.
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Saturday, December 22
Wigan Athletic v Arsenal
DW Stadium
Kick-off: 12.45 GMT.
TV: Live Sky Sports 3, highlights, BBC ONE Match of the Day.
Wigan (Possible, 3-4-3): Al Habsi; Boyce, Caldwell, Figueroa; Stam, McArthur, Maloney, Beausejour; Gomez, Di Santo, Kone.
Out: Lopez (hamstring), Watson (broken leg), Miyaichi (ankle/ineligible), Crusat (knee).
Tests: Caldwell, Ramis (both hamstring), Alcaraz (groin), McCarthy (ankle).
Arsenal (Possible, 4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs; Arteta, Wilshere; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Podolski; Walcott.
Out: Diaby (thigh), Fabianski (back), Santos (stomach muscle).
Referee: Jon Moss. Matches 8, R1 Y23.
Team News
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez again faces an injury headache for Saturday's early Premier League game with Arsenal at the DW Stadium.
He will definitely be without four players after defender Adrian Lopez joined Ben Watson, Ryo Miyaichi and Albert Crusat on the long-term injury list.
Another four players should feature over the festive period, with captain Gary Caldwell the most likely to make it for Arsenal ahead of fellow centre-backs Ivan Ramis, Antolin Alcarazand midfielder James McCarthy.
Arsenal report no fresh injury problems ahead of tomorrow's Barclays Premier League game at Wigan.
England forward Theo Walcott could again be preferred in a central striker's role ahead of Olivier Giroud after scoring in the 5-2 win at Reading.
Full-back Andre Santos (stomach muscle) and midfielder Abou Diaby (thigh) continue their rehabilitation.
Match Notes
For all the claims of a crisis at Arsenal, Arsène Wenger's players could climb above Chelsea into third place on Saturday if all their rivals' results fall in their favour.
It will be intriguing to see whether Theo Walcott, reinvigorated on the pitch despite his tortuous contract talks away from it, will start as centre-forward after his impressive performance at Reading.
Fortified by the creativity of Santi Cazorla, Arsenal should have more than enough weapons to unpick a Wigan defence that has conceded at least two goals in each of the club's last seven league matches.
Stat of the game: Arsenal's 27-point haul is five fewer than they had at this stage of last season.
Betting: Home 14-5, Away 17-30, Draw 13-5.
Oliver Brown's prediction: Wigan Athletic 0 Arsenal 2.


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An $11.2 million construction project on Interstate 279 (Parkway North) began today. Work starts with the reconstruction of the HOV lanes which will remain closed until after July 4th. PennDOT spokesman Jim Struzzi says the construction is part of preventative maintenance on the roadway. As a result of the HOV lanes closing, Struzzi also advises that drivers be prepared for heavy traffic on the Parkway North. Work on the HOV lane is stage I of a 3-stage reconstruction project aimed at preventing deterioration of the 19 year-old interstate. The HOV will be used to carry one lane of mainline traffic when work begins on the southbound, or inbound lanes of the Parkway North between Exit 7 Route 28 and Exit 15 Camp Horne Road. The majority of the roadwork will be at night and on weekends. After Labor Day, the work will switch to the outbound lanes.
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Video shows that F1 drivers are actually 'superhuman'
F1 STAR Nico Hulkenberg had his eyes under the microscope in a scientific study to see where he looks during a race.
German Nico Hülkenberg, 28, has been languishing back in 13th place so far this year but his reaction times are still phenomenal when compared to an average driver.
Sky Sports and Force India teamed up to create a video showing Hülkenberg sporting state-of-the-art glasses which hold five tiny infra-red cameras that sense eyeball movement.
In the amazing study, we are able to see not only what Nico's eyes directed towards but how quickly he reacts to things in his path.
The presenter tell us: "On the road, you or I would typically need a minimum of half a second to look in our rear view mirrors and be able to recognise an object."
He then tests Nico's eye reaction time on a circuit – unsurprisingly, he's much faster.
When leaving the pit lane, he takes only a tenth of a second to check his mirror.
"It's near enough superhuman. It's approaching the shortest amount of time a human can look at something and take in the information we need," the narrator of the video adds.
Nico is then tested with the starting light which he reacts to "quicker than a tenth of a second".
Interestingly the presenter tells us that "in athletics, anything below a tenth of a second is typically considered inhuman and therefore a false start".
Nico then talks us through as he drives, telling us what he's looking out for.
"Just focussing from apex to apex, looking to the apex. Feel what the car does with your body and just react with everything you have," he says.
Of course, the study is not conclusive – Hülkenberg would also have his racing rivals to look out for on the track too.
Nico drives for Sahara and won Le Mans in France last year.
Hülkenberg didn't place at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix yesterday while Brit favourite Lewis Hamilton won first place and collided with Nico Rosberg.


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El Pistolero Trailer (2012)
11 September 2012 Action 98 mins
In June 1994, Nicholas Barclay, a Texan boy of 13, disappeared without a trace. Three years later, surprising news about the case received: the boy has been found in Spain and claims to have been tortured by his abductors. After the initial joy of the family to recover, an inexplicable problem: how is it possible that the blond son of Barclay is now dark?
Watch the official El Pistolero 2012 trailer in HD below or find more El Pistolero videos on Vidimovie.


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After adding some security features and lotus notes searching, Google is launching an enterprise edition of Google Desktop Search.
In addition to searching your desktop, the enterprise edition can search your corporate network and the intranet when combined with a Google appliance.
Privacy and security issues have been addressed in the enterprise edition – great for anyone who wanted to use desktop search at work.


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I was hoping the resident deer would make an appearance later in the day with the scouts. They were certainly active along the stream since the rain. The tracks along the muddy banks would be the perfect teaching opportunity with the scouts. Evidence of animal life comes in all shapes and sizes.
On a grey, overcast morning, the color of the redbuds (Cercis canadensis) stood out from afar. Later I would teach the scouts that you can't necessarily know what a plant looks like from a common name. If that were the case, these spring favorites would be called purple- or magenta-buds.
When the scout hike was planned weeks in advance, I thought I would have a restored prairie to use as a living example. When I emerged from the woods along the creek, my nose gave me the first clue that I'd have to change what I talked about. The smell of char filled the air. Earlier in the week, the park district held a prescribed prairie burn, leaving nothing but the burnt stubble of last year's prairie.
After standing in utter disappointment for what seemed like an eternity (in the realization that a large part of my hike talk was now up in flames and that I had missed the chance to photograph the prairie burn), I began reworking how I would talk about the prairie. Luckily some of the plants had begun to sprout post-burn, so I'd have good examples of rejuvenation.
At the edge of the McCullough creek woods, I caught movement out of the corner of my eye. Blending in seamlessly with the underbrush, a white-tailed deer watched me cautiously. The Meadowbook deer are not as skittish as most deer in the wild; they have grown accustomed to the number of people who come through the park each day.
Once my ability to talk about the restored prairie was limited, I knew I'd have to rely more on the animal life in the park. So I began to scout out the best examples of beaver damage. The tree pictured above is slowly being felled by the beavers. Park managers don't know if there is one beaver, a mated pair or a whole family of beavers in the park. Judging by the amount of damage along McCullough Creek, I'd say Meadowbrook is home to one very eager beaver or populated with an industrious army of them.
The wild plums (Prunus americana) were a few days past peak bloom. Their sweet scent was masked by the smell of the burnt prairie.
The reddish foliage of staghorn sumac (Rhus hirta) had sprouted from furry, upright stems along the edge of the woods.
The Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) is considered one of the major invasive species in Meadowbrook. It is common in home landscapes, and spreads aggressively with the help of birds who eat the fruit. In contrast to the wild plum, its scent hung acerbically in the air. The drastic difference between the scents in these flowering fruit trees inspired a question for the scouts: Why do flowers in the wild have the scents they do? The answer: Some pollinator finds that scent attractive.
The silver maples (Acer saccharhinum) in Meadowbrook are carrying a bumper crop of seeds. I knew most of the scouts would know these as "helicopter" seeds. In most of the scouting hikes I've led, I attempt to show at least one example of how plants spread seeds. These maple samaras would be another fun example of how plants have evolved to take advantage of their environment -- in this case, the wind.
I ended my hike at the northern entrance to Meadowbrook, near the inlet to McCullough Creek. Two large culverts direct the flow of stormwater from Urbana into the park. A mated pair of mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) rested on the rocks as water trickled in through the culvert. I decided this would be the perfect place to begin the afternoon hike, to show the scouts the importance of keeping garbage and chemicals out of the stormwater system. Everything that goes down the storm sewers will eventually find its way into areas like Meadowbook.
Walking through the park with the afternoon hike in the front of my mind helped me to appreciate Meadowbrook in new ways. We are so fortunate to have a natural area like this in the middle of town. It gives us the ability to appreciate both plants and animals in a natural setting, while also providing direct reminders about our impact as humans on the natural environment.


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I used to have an old NVidia 8400GS 512MB graphics card, and I've installed without any problem my Niresh 10.10.1 distro. Recently I bought a NVidia GTX650 graphics card, tried to reinstall Niresh, but nothing: I just pass the first screen where it's prompted which device to boot, and after a few seconds I get a kernel panic error, type=0 divide error.
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