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The conventional wisdom on Taiwan's status and its relations with other countries is that the "status quo" needs to be maintained. This adage has permeated official lingo over the past decade, and is often the mainstay of pronouncements by foreign observers.
However, the dynamics in the region are quickly changing: China is showing an increasing aggressiveness over territorial issues, which is changing the "status quo" in its direction. This has prompted a response from its neighbors and from the US, where President Barack Obama's administration has initiated a "pivot" toward Asia. During this pivot, a narrow window of opportunity presents itself to enhance relations with Taiwan.
Taiwan has a very strategic position in all of this, given its location, and is a key link in the chain of democratic nations in the region.
However, because of its complex history, Taiwan is not treated in a "normal" fashion: The US does maintain economic and cultural relations with Taiwan, but for the rest the country lingers in diplomatic and political isolation. This is not good: In this fast-changing context the US needs Taiwan to be a strong partner, not a limp orphan.
The US and other Western nations therefore need to snap out of the fixation on the "status quo" and start moving toward treating Taiwan just like any other country. For all intents and purposes it is a country that in terms of population is bigger than three quarters of the member states of the UN.
Taiwanese have worked hard to achieve democracy, and may be wondering why they are still being sidelined by the international community. They may reluctantly accept the "status quo" as a temporary holding pattern, but if given a free choice they would certainly want to be accepted by the family of nations as an equal member.
In February last year, there was a very telling opinion poll by the pro-government TVBS: When asked whether Taiwanese favored unification with China, independence or the "status quo," 61 percent of respondents dutifully answered that they supported the "status quo."
However, when asked: "If the choice exists, would you want Taiwan to become an independent nation or be unified with China?" 68 percent chose "Taiwan independence" versus only 18 percent who chose "unification with China."
It must be ensured that the "status quo" is changed in a positive direction, rather than allowing Taiwan to be pushed into an unwelcome embrace of an aggressive China. It is no one's interest for Taiwan to be treated as a pawn to be traded. Rather than be treated as an "irritant," Taiwan can be a full partner in resolving these regional disputes. To do this, the Obama administration and the US Congress need to be proactive in US policies toward Taiwan. Three areas are of particular importance.
First, it must be ensured that Taiwan has adequate means to defend itself, but also that it becomes a partner in a regional defense network, ensuring smooth communication and coordination in times of regional instability.
Second, in economic terms, the US should tie Taiwan more closely to the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership network. Taiwan itself of course needs to carry out the necessary economic restructuring, but there needs to be a political willingness on the part of the other partners to have Taiwan on board.
Third, the US needs to phase out the outdated political isolation imposed on the island because of its history, and work toward bringing Taiwanese in from the cold.


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|Taunting and irreverent. Obedient nd rebellious. Le sale makes caramel acceptable.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
La Fete de la Coquille
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I've never heard of these so you actually gave me another reason to explore french delights!ReplyDeleteReplies
Uh oh...you are in big troubleDelete
Danger ahead
Look out!
Trop delish
Ah! what wonderful words " Le sale makes caramel acceptable"ReplyDelete
it's like music to my ears .... I feel better now!
"All Things French"Replies
Yes salt can wash away yr sins!Delete
Excellent think IMHO
Oh, dearie dear, Carol and Oliver,ReplyDelete
such good news, I am delighted!
Now I wonder whether sal volatile was really intended for use as a sweet-antidote. Easy then, having a koign amann and eat it, too!
Salivating, over here!ReplyDeleteReplies
Amy, You Have to come next year to the farm salonDelete
All the regions and all their sweets
Plus other countries and their sweets-Spain...Swiss etc.
One whole week! I want to go back again...
I'm going to our home in Brittany tomorrow and can't wait to sink my teeth into a nice piece of kouign aman and some caramels au beurre salé. A charming piece, Carol. Olivier's book is charming as well. He's got a great sense of joie de vivre. He should - he's French - it comes naturally.ReplyDelete
Harriet Welty Rochefort, author, "Joie de Vivre"Replies
Yr so lucky Harriet...Delete
The giant hunk of better is adorning a crepe about to be doused in caramel sauce.
I could not resist.
I am afraid to go to Brittany...
Carol, what a delightful post. Le caramel au beurre salé has recently topped le café as my favorite flavor on... just about everything. I can't imagine how much damage would have been done at the Salon... As for that crêpe you mention... Mon Dieu. I will think of it and focus on that image when the going gets tough here. It is sure to cheer me up. Merci pour ce billet délicieusement gourmand. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDeleteReplies
Amazing the powers of caramel to cheer...Delete
Even just the thought is cheering
And Who knew the French have guilt like the rest of us about sweets...
I'd happily succumb to death by koign amann. Love CBS...the book looks interesting, too.ReplyDelete
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Great inner battles were fought and won.Delete
The battle to save it for later was lost and concequences were paid
Not to mention that Bretons are just plain sexy. Their culture, their food, their language is so different from France/French -- more wild and magical. Oh lucky you to have been in the neighborhood -- you make Paris in January sound delicious.ReplyDeleteReplies
Bretons are sexy in their poofy skirts and funny hats?Delete
I hope no Bretonnes are reading this hmmm...
Live and learn
On the other hand Paris anytime of the year is OK with moi
My mouth was watering with those pictures and Oliver Magny's descriptions. A very intellectual way to think about the relationship between sugar and salt in the eyes of the parisian. My mind is turning now thinking of Quebeckers here in Canada are similar at all with their maple and caramel.ReplyDelete
I would appreciate it if you stopped by my blog to enter in my #WTFrance2013 giveaway. It is an art illustration of French wine by an artist in Croatia. You enter by telling me what I should do in France as a first timer visiting for a week and a half.
Non non non. CBS was invented by the devil. First you taste the sweet, then the salt (avec a little crunch, maybe?) and the salt only makes you want more sweet, then more salt, then... pretty soon they're all gone. Even though it was all beautifully explained, I still can't fathom how the French can limit themselves to just a little taste (but admire the restraint).ReplyDelete
I hope you got out of the bath?! Great post as usual. Will be watching Spiral tonight for my weekly dose of all things Parisienne. They don't seem to go to the same places you do?!ReplyDelete
I think your blog is as much decadence as I can take. I'd quickly look like a whale if I was in France.ReplyDeleteReplies
Guess who is becoming a whale/balan?
I was so lucky to be taken to Brittany last year (from Australia!) for the Celtic Festival in Lorient-c'etais fantastique! The costumes were exquisite and the bagard bands tootling away with great music. Are Bretons sexy as per previous comment....? Well the young people we met at Le Festival du Bout du Monde were! Lots of fun and love dressing up. I personally fell in love with the whole place :) and i miss the cider and the seafood but not les caramels au beurre salees parce que ma amie bretonne Annie les avais envoie a moi en Australie!! J'ai la bonne chance :) Merci pour la poste Carol!ReplyDeleteReplies
That festival sounds Amazing! Would love to attend the 1st week in August..Delete
Why am I guessing that with your new 24/7 access, you NOT going to feel any diminished lusting? :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Wrong. Familiarity makes it easier to walk on by most of the time.Delete
Everything looks delicious!ReplyDelete
Now I am going to be nosy and as for a report on how you ended up moving to PAris, if I may ask. Are you there for good, how did you find an apartment, are you "employed" or self employed?
Do tell for all of us who a long time readers and visitors to Pairs and hope one day to be brave like you and move there!
Take care, ElizabethReplies
Oh la laDelete
It will come...just here a week
On a long stay visitor visa I hope ...process pas fini encore
For a year
On verra bien
Aimee would have been a major fan of CBS bien sur...oh why did I start the series in the 90's?
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Beautiful post! The koign amann... *drool*. I am wondering, does anybody have any information on the Breton fair in Montmartre? Perhaps a website? Thank youReplyDeleteReplies
It's an annual event that takes place in January is all I know..not a HUGE event like the Agriculture salon. Just in the square at Abbesses.Delete
Still major fun!

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About Rodrigo Oliveira
Trained as a sculptor, Rodrigo Oliveira does not limit himself to any single medium. Oliveira describes his work as "characterized by my research into the legacy of modernism in contemporary culture," and made "mostly without adding anything special or new: altering a daily life object, or…revealing something that is already there." A recurring theme in Oliveira's projects is a critical exploration of the display of art. As a result, his art is usually site-specific, engaging directly with surrounding space. He also includes direct references to art history, particularly the works of Piet Mondrian, Le Corbusier, Mies Van de Rohe, and Mel Bochner.
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Legion hears from vets about VA care
At a March 10 town hall meeting in Augusta, Ga., local veterans shared their concerns about the quality of VA health care they are receiving at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. The facility came under scrutiny last year after three of its patients died because of long waits and delayed care in the hospital's gastrointestinal program.
About 70 people attended the meeting that was hosted by American Legion Post 205 in Augusta and facilitated by members of The American Legion's System Worth Saving (SWS) Task Force.
Jacob Gadd, the Legion's deputy director of health, explained that SWS teams, since 2003, have visited about 15 VA medical centers per year to evaluate the quality of health care that's being provided to veterans and their families.
"This is our primary health-care evaluation tool for really understanding how VA is delivering care," Gadd said. "But it's nights like tonight, at a town hall meeting, where we get to directly hear from you on that level of care. So our agenda for tonight is yours."
Mentioning that a previously scheduled meeting in Augusta had been cancelled because of severe winter weather, Gadd said, "But we promised you that we would come back, so here we are."
Veterans brought up a variety of issues about their treatment at the Norwood center: scheduling delays for specialty care treatments, problems with obtaining service dogs, and complaints about hip replacement surgery and other medical treatment.
One woman veteran, who is a member of The American Legion Auxiliary, described her difficulties in seeking timely treatment for her husband's wounded foot caused by diabetes. "You're going to have problems," she said. But after she contacted the VA facility's patient advocate, "they fixed the problem."
Several veterans raised concerns about the quality of eye care at the VA medical center. Complaints were voiced about delayed deliveries, prescriptions that were too strong, and VA's refusal to pay the cost for transitional lenses.
Another Vietnam-era veteran noted that Physical Evaluation Board services used to be available at every VA hospital, but those services have been curtailed.
One woman talked about the difficulty that her 90-year-old father, a World War II veteran, was having in proving that he actually served in the U.S. Army. Referring to the treatment her father had received from VA staff, she said, "There is good staff and there is bad staff."
A VA retiree with serious health issues, who worked more than 30 years helping veterans, received a standing ovation from the audience for her service. She described the difficulties she has encountered in seeking VA benefits.
Besides Gadd, SWS team members Rev. Daniel Seehafer and National Field Representative Jennifer Colaizzi participated in the meeting, as well as Department of Georgia Commander Lynne Rollins and Department Junior Vice Commander Dennis McClendon. Other attendees included Post 205 Adjutant Robert Taylor, Department of Georgia Sergeant-at-Arms James Whelan and VA Voluntary Service Representative Fred Zamora.
Several staff members from the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center also attended, including the facility's patient advocate.


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Book of Mormon's Josh Gad Will Play Sam Kinison
In a biopic from director Larry Charles.
A Sam Kinison biopic from director Larry Charles (Borat, Brüno, Religulous, Curb Your Enthusiasm) has landed Josh Gad as its star. Gad was an original Book of Mormon star, a part of the short-lived 1600 Penn, and he'll play Steve Wozniak in Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs movie. The Kinison flick begins in the eighties, "as he transitions from the family business of Pentecostal preaching and into stand up comedy in Hollywood," Deadline reports. Kinison died in a car crash in 1992, aged 38.


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Low-cut Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie was out in New York today doing some promotion in badass low cut white pantsuit with a black bustier underneath. LOVE this. When Nicole gets it right, she really, really gets it right.
You'll recall, Nicole reportedly got a breast enhancement a couple of years ago. If true, hers are quite tasteful. I know someone with a similar build. She was always small-chested. I always envied her for it. She never wanted a breast enhancement until after she had a baby. She said that after breast feeding, small breasts reduce and lose shape and sort of shrivel and droop. So she really wants to have them lifted and filled out, just a little, for her 40th birthday (which will happen about 9 months after she delivers her second child, due this fall). Like Nicole's. Who apparently did it for the same reason. And like Nicole, she wouldn't be getting it to jam them in people's faces. She just wants to be able to wear certain clothes. I am, for lack of a better word, very supportive of this.
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Op-Ed: Multiple church meetings in Apia and "illnesses" of modern Samoa
The Samoa Observer Group of Newspapers welcomes the hundreds of visitors gathering in Apia this week for a number of church conferences being held in Samoa.
We'd like to extend a warm welcome to:
• Members of the Methodist Church
• Members of the Catholic Church
• Members of the World Assemblies of God Church
• Members of the Worship Centre Church
Whereas the Methodist and the Worship Centre are holding their annual conferences, the Catholic Church is celebrating its National Youth Week where some 4,000 young people are taking part.
The World Assemblies of God Conference on the other hand – which is held every two years - begins next week but participants have already started to arrive. So in Samoa this week, there are hundreds of people from the United States of America, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, American Samoa and other countries.
Having travelled far to attend these different conferences, we welcome and congratulate them all for their perseverance and commitment to the work of God on earth. We say this because a trip to Samoa for whoever is here to attend these conferences is not cheap.
It takes commitment and money to make it happen. And that means months – if not years – of hard work. And let's not forget that the cost of a visit to Samoa is not just about airfares, accommodation and pocket money. For many of them, it's about coming back to families and villages, which can be quite expensive. Still, conferences such as the multiple church meetings being held this week present a wonderful opportunity for our people to reunite and reacquaint themselves with relatives, loved ones and long lost friends. For many people, that is the best part about these meetings.
It's about returning to Samoa and catching up with what's been happening at home. As for the fact that all these church conferences are happening at the same time in this country, it shows that Samoa is the pinnacle of religious freedom in this part of the world. In other words, these events of religious significance are fitting testimonies to the belief that freedom of thought and conscience is alive and well in this country.
And that's something to be proud of. In some countries near and far, such meetings are forbidden. If you're a Methodist, you don't need to look further than our Pacific neighbours in Fiji where the Methodist Church is still banned from holding their annual conference. As the biggest denomination in Fiji, the Methodist church has suffered severely under the iron fist of dictator, Frank Bainimarama. Followers know what persecution is like since they've been hounded by the Military who are obviously paranoid about the activities of the church.
In Samoa, the Methodist Church is free to do whatever it likes.
As a country "founded on God," the Methodist has taken root in this country since the arrival of John Wesley and has grown to become a respected pillar of the community. So have the Catholic Church, Assemblies of God Church and perhaps the fastest growing charismatic church, The Worship Centre.
But the multiple church meetings happening in Apia are held at a challenging time. In Samoa today, our country has been invaded by "many illnesses" of modern society.
In your newspaper on Sunday 08 July 2012, the Chairman of the National Council of Churches (NCC), Reverend Kasiano Le'aupepe calls on the church to be more proactive.
Referring to cases of sexual abuse, prostitution, pornography, violence, robberies, thefts and other social problems, Rev Le'aupepe says the church has a responsibility to address these issues. "That responsibility is to tell our people what the Bible says we should do [about these things]," he says.
Indeed, the church – as one of the pillars of Samoan society – must be held accountable. While the church is accountable to God since it is HIS church, the leaders must feel a sense of responsibility to assist the Government and villages to tackle the number of growing ills in our community.
The truth is simple. Samoa is a church-going country. If crimes are increasing, it obviously means the church is not as effective as it should be. In other words, churchgoers are not listening to the teachings since we know God hates crime and sin.
There is something wrong somewhere and that's the challenge for all the churches. They must find where the holes are appearing and fix them quickly to help stem the bleeding. Come to think of it, finding the answers shouldn't be too difficult. We serve an all knowing God who has all the answers.
It goes without saying therefore that what the church should do is humble itself before God, hook up through prayer and fasting and ask him to show us where we might have missed it.
That's something all the church meetings happening in Samoa this week should do.
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Police say trio used Craigslist to lure, rob contractorBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 18. 2014 7:57PM
RAYMOND – Three people are facing charges that they used Craigslist to lure a contractor to a home on Hummingbird Lane for a work estimate then robbed him at knifepoint, police said.
Frank Walton, 25, of Main Street in Raymond, John Ahern, 23, of Jacob Wells Road in Epping and Charley Ann Martin, 24, of Hummingbird Lane in Raymond were taken into custody on Friday on a variety of charges in connection with the robbery, according to police.
The trio remained held on cash bail at the Rockingham County jail in Brentwood. They are expected to be arraigned this week in 10th Circuit Court, Candia Division.
Police said Walton, Ahern and Martin solicited the contractor through Craigslist, asking him to complete an estimate on some work.
When the contractor arrived at the home on Wednesday, he was robbed at knifepoint, police said.
Police were called to an area of Route 27 and Hummingbird Lane on Wednesday at 11:10 a.m. for a report of an assault involving several people.
Sgt. David Spinney arrived on the scene first and was told that one of the suspects, armed with a knife, had fled the area.
Officers notified Raymond High School that a search for the suspects was happening nearby, so the school could be put "in a secure state," police said. Police searched an area behind Hummingbird Lane for roughly 40 minutes then notified the school to resume normal activities.
Police located the three suspects after an intense search of the home used in the robbery, and the area behind the house.
The victim sustained minor injuries.
Walton was charged with criminal restraint. Ahern was charged with robbery, criminal restraint, criminal threatening with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled drug. Martin was charged with criminal restraint, attempt to commit robbery and hindering apprehension.
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Measuring Quality
From Gerald Parton, President and CEO
Welcome to the Quality Scores section of our website. Our administration and EJGH Board of Directors realize that it is in everyone's best interest to publish our clinical outcomes and make the scores readily available. We are dedicated to being national leaders in medical transparency so that you can have the confidence in our ability to provide the care you need. These scores reflect the majority of areas we are excelling in and will also point us to the areas where we can improve.
It is through the belief that all hospitals should embrace the highest levels of transparency that East Jefferson has launched the effort to provide the community with its most important hospital data. This data details how we measure up to state and national averages. The goal is to conveniently offer this information so that you can make the most informed decisions about your family's health.
Throughout this section, you will be able to learn about the agencies that measure hospitals throughout the nation, what these measurements mean, and about the role you can play to be a safer patient. Being an active participant in your healthcare helps the entire care team provide a consistently excellence hospital experience.
These clinical outcomes serve as the benchmarks to evaluate the level of care we provide to the community and are continually used to improve our processes and protocols. It is only through this type of self-evaluation that we can improve the way we perform. It is also how you know that East Jefferson is meeting or exceeding the care at other leading facilities.


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I'm working on my CCSP and I'm learning how to prevents rerouting/replay/hijack attacks. My question is... I'm wondering if anyone know HOW to construct these types of attacks? Many tutorials or book I have read give info on these types of attacks, but doesn't go into enough detail to actually carry them out. And the tutorials that do cover this area just ramble on about skiddie progs. I would like to learn how to construct packets with data to change a routing table or how to properly hijack a TCP/IP session. I do have a good understanding of the TCP/IP protocol stack and sniffing networks so I don't need a beginner's guide.
And please don't point me to script kiddie progs and I already know the "Hacking Exposed" definition. So, if anyone is willing to point me towards a good tutorial or book please let me know. Actually any help would be greatly appreciated.


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Products to significantly expand PGT capabilities in the growing market for energy efficient, impact rated vinyl windows and doors
N. VENICE, FLA. – August 18, 2009 –PGT, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGTI), one of the nation's leading manufacturers of residential impact-resistant windows and doors, today announced the acquisition of the operating assets of Hurricane Window and Door Factory of Fort Myers, FL. Hurricane Window and Door Factory designed and manufactures The Protector Series, one of the highest air, water and structurally rated vinyl impact product lines for the single and multi-family residential markets.
This acquisition broadens PGT's capabilities in both the vinyl and impact resistant markets, while offering the increasingly critical energy efficiency benefits of vinyl. The products included in The Protector Series provide long term energy and structural benefits, while qualifying homeowners for the government's energy tax credits in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Series was developed specifically for the hurricane protection market and has some of the highest structural ratings in the industry.
"PGT's core residential business focuses on the impact coastal markets. Stringent structural requirements dominate the coastal areas but energy efficiency is becoming just as important in these markets," said Rod Hershberger, President and CEO, PGT. "With this acquisition, we now offer the complete package to our customers – quality window and door products that protect homes against severe weather events and intruders, reduce energy costs, enhance beauty, and eliminate outdoor noise. We continue to advance our product lines to exceed customer expectations and industry standards."
The Protector Series will be folded into the PGT WinGuard® product portfolio and currently includes six window styles: Double Hung, two and three panel Horizontal Roller, Casement, Awning and Picture Window.
The durability and efficiency of the multi-chambered vinyl utilized in The Protector Series make it the most ideal and durable product line for harsh southern climates that are susceptible to bad weather conditions, in addition to dangerous solar and ultra violet rays that can damage fabrics and furnishings. Although designed for hurricane protection, energy efficiency and UV protection, The Protector Series also offers features and materials such as heavy duty laminated safety glass and locking, tilting and pivoting mechanisms that make families, homes and valuables safer from intruders.
"Leveraging Hurricane's technology, PGT is providing our dealers with the products they demand to meet the needs of today's homeowner who wants lower energy costs and impact protection in a sleek, aesthetically pleasing window that fits any décor," added Hershberger. "We are excited about the opportunities we see in the Florida, Gulf Coast and Eastern coastal single family and multi-family residential markets."
"The synergies between PGT and Hurricane are tremendous and represent an excellent opportunity for growth," said Ron Stanek, Co-owner of Hurricane Window and Door Factory. "In dealing with PGT over the past several months, we realized this is the organization we want to be a part of because the company is devoted to its customers, employees, product quality and innovation."
PGT® pioneered the U.S. impact-resistant window and door industry and today is the nation's leading manufacturer and supplier of residential impact-resistant windows and doors. Founded in 1980, the company employs approximately 1,250 at its manufacturing, glass laminating and tempering plants in Florida and North Carolina. Utilizing the latest designs and technology, PGT products are ideal for new construction and replacement projects serving the residential, commercial, high-rise and institutional markets. PGT's product line includes PGT® Aluminum and Vinyl Windows and Doors; WinGuard® Impact-Resistant Windows and Doors; PGT® Architectural Systems; and Eze-Breeze® Sliding Panels. PGT Industries is a wholly owned subsidiary of PGT, Inc. (NASDAQ: PGTI). For additional information, or to find a distributor near you, visit pgtindustries.com or call 800-284-6019.


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Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club in Greenwood Village, CO, is celebrating its 20th anniversary by displaying pictures featuring the "best parts" of long-time members who range in age from 30 to 60. Attributes on display are members' legs, punches, arms, peace of mind, tennis serve and abs. The campaign will also display a photo of three children with the text, "The best part of me…my friends." The club wanted to represent a variety of features to show that fitness is more than a physical look.
Life Time Fitness has purchased the White Bear Racquet & Swim Club in White Bear Lake, MN. The facility will be the 25th in the Twin Cities area for Life Time Fitness and 66th nationally. Employees at the White Bear facility have been given the opportunity to remain with the facility.
New York Sports Club will open its first fitness facility in West Hartford, CT, this fall. The 35,000-square-foot facility will be the company's ninth location in Connecticut. The club will feature state-of-the-art equipment with audiovisual entertainment, a four-lane pool, a therapy pool and a Jacuzzi. Fitness classes, such as yoga and Pilates, will be offered as well. The new club will be located in a mixed-use area, which will include a movie theater, a Whole Foods store and retailer REI.
Gold's Gym hired Stephen Dixon as its new director of franchise development. Dixon will be responsible for awarding Gold's Gym franchise opportunities to a targeted pool of candidates in the United States. Dixon was formerly the franchise sales and area director for the Colorado-based pizza chain Nick-N-Willy's Franchise Co.
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Surreptitious Adware Company Zango Finally Shuts Down
from the about-time dept
The company, which was originally known as 180Solutions, raised millions from VCs who didn't seem to recognize just how hated the company was, and just how many of its installs weren't by choice, but through annoyance. Then, for years, the company kept trying and failing to shake the "spyware" label, always blaming "bad actors" in its distribution network, but doing little to actually stop any of those bad actors. At times, it even rewarded them or made ridiculous claims about how its software couldn't be used for sneaky installs any more, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. Incredibly, the company merged with another infamous adware firm and renamed the new company after the firm's most hated app Zango. And then, of course, came the lawsuits and a settlement with the FTC, which the company didn't appear to live up to. Most recently, the company was supposed to have "reinvented itself" in the "casual gaming" market.
Of all things, I'd actually run into some folks from the company at a conference last year, where they were pitching their "innovative advertising solutions," but would clam up or use misdirection any time you asked them for specifics about who would see the ads and how the software had gotten on their computers in the first place. In the meantime, one of the company's founders has written up something of a post mortem, where he suggests that only 4% of their installs early on were "completely silent," but doesn't note how many weren't necessarily "silent," but were done through trickery or a lack of full info. He also blames others in the space for being worse, and getting a bad rap because of their actions. Eventually, he also admits that the company also never provided much value in exchange for the advertisements, and at least is willing to admit that the company's management "was brain-dead" and should have recognized this early on. It's a fairly open and honest piece on what happened, though I think he doesn't give nearly enough blame to the company itself. It was quite evident how problematic the company's actions were from a very early stage, and the fact that it continued right up until recently suggests this wasn't just a case of a few small mistakes, but a systematic culture at or around the company that encouraged those types of actions.


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Book, movie, and CD reviews that have been written by teens participating in the 2014 Teen Summer Reading Program, "Paws to Read." Posted with permission of the reviewers.
Ratings are on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best. Newest reviews appear at the top of the list for each star rating.
Book Reviews
Five Stars
- Catwings By Ursula K. Le Guin
Well, I loved the book because I love cats. I loved all the cats in the book.
Review by April
Four Stars
- Unnatural Creatures Selected by Neil Gaiman
Unnatural Creatures was a very interesting novel. It was compromised of many different stories about imaginary creatures. I didn't really like the idea of mashing different stories together because you have to remember the different stories, and some stories were hard to comprehend, in my mind. The novel did keep me reading it for all of eternity, though. My favorite story was definitely the one about the Griffin and the Minor Canon. I think the author, Neil Gaiman, intended for an audience of people who love unrealistic characters. I thought that it was going to be about supernatural animals, but in reality it is really about talking animals.
Review by Rebecca


text: Yes very true James, this is why we are moving. Look toward the future. ;-) I would be happy to have a sponsor James, and I think some competition would be great as a sponsored activity. However it should be at our shop and ideally it should bring more people there. Now, I'll admit I've been more interested in applying for grants than looking for sponsors that is my bias. I have even done some quick googles for grants we might qualify for when I was board, but currently landing a new space takes most of my time. However I now know of two grant writers in our community that might be available to help if we ask them nicely. Clif On 10/20/2013 11:27 AM, James Hukill wrote: > I would be shocked if anyone wants to use our current space as a > meeting room and pay for it. > > So if you don't like the idea of having a meeting at a sponsor site, > how about an event or competition of some sort? Fastest beer chilling > contraption or beer pouring bot? What are your limits for what EMS > would do or with a sponsor? > I get you don't want one but there are possible enough members that do > so what the middle ground? > > > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Mr. Clif <clif at eugeneweb.com > <mailto:clif at eugeneweb.com>> wrote: > > I'm thinking instead of holding our meetings somewhere else and > asking for sponsorship how about renting out our meeting room and > getting extra money for that from other groups each month? That > might even bring in more money and certainly get people down to > our actual space not somewhere else. > > Clif > > > On 10/20/2013 11:14 AM, James Hukill wrote: >> I totally agree that (IMHO) we can/should seek some sponsorship. >> The topic has come up before and there are some senior members >> with valid points about making sure it's done tastefully. The >> example (to take it to the extreme for the point) is they do not >> want the shop to look like NSCAR. I get that 100% and agree. >> There has to be some middle ground though. >> >> But, cart before the horse?.. When do we wait if at all to ask >> for some sponsorship? What do we have to offer in return? Do we >> do it before we move? >> Simple example would be something like HopValley or Ninkasi. We >> offerer to hold our membership meetings on site with them. Most >> of us go and and have a drink now and again so might as well >> spend it with them. They give EMS money and in return they know >> we will be onsite for a member meeting once a month that will >> bring them in x amount of $$. Stickers at the shop with their >> logo, and or some type of newsletter with their logo name as a >> Sponsor... >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Austin McKimmey >> <amckimmey at gmail.com <mailto:amckimmey at gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I feel like we have discussed membership cost increasing many >> times before. I don't think it has ever ended in any actual >> consideration to change anything though. There are some of >> us, me included in not embarrassed to say, that $25 is a hell >> of a lot to pay already. There would have to be a much larger >> space and brand new shiny tools there for me to consider >> paying any more. >> >> Everyone has heard me say this before. I personally think, if >> we have a presentable space. Not something full of junk and >> rusty tools. We could start asking for sponsorship funding >> from local businesses. >> >> There is a lot we can do. >> Austin >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 10:06 AM, James Hukill >> <James at hukill.net <mailto:James at hukill.net>> wrote: >> >> I agree, but, there has to be some value add for the >> increase dues. Bigger space with more room and not a >> project dump (aka bike cart overdue for going away) site >> is a start. >> We might chase folks away and there are some current >> members that the current dues are already at their max. >> The idea of some shop work credit has been thrown about >> but I never heard what he board had to say about it(?). >> If you are at your max dues then you have open and close >> the open house nights or other shop duties, well lets be >> honest chores for lack of a better term. The shit no one >> wants to due but needs to get done and if that helps you >> stay in at a price you can afford I am all for that. >> >> But more to the point you were working on. Better tools, >> toys and resources for current and a draw for future >> members. IMHO I think a new space will breed some new >> enthusiasm into the shop and might bring some life back >> into EMS.. who knows... >> >> Is there a list of tools we want/need anymore? It used >> to be on the whiteboard and was supposed to get >> transferred to a inventory system that was going online? >> That I was Kassandra I think. Do we have a location for >> groups projects and their status? >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Cord Slatton >> <cord42 at gmail.com <mailto:cord42 at gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Recently Marie came across an article that explained >> Makerspaces and their costs and gave a range of >> services etc. for a variety of areas and uses...The >> lowest membership dues even listed were $35/month. >> Maybe we need to increase our dues just slightly to >> give us more flexibility and to allow us to invest in >> ourselves and have better equipment and a better >> location. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at eugenemakerspace.com >> <mailto:Discuss at eugenemakerspace.com> >> http://eugenemakerspace.com/mailman/listinfo/com.eugenemakerspace.discuss >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at eugenemakerspace.com >> <mailto:Discuss at eugenemakerspace.com> >> http://eugenemakerspace.com/mailman/listinfo/com.eugenemakerspace.discuss >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at eugenemakerspace.com <mailto:Discuss at eugenemakerspace.com> >> http://eugenemakerspace.com/mailman/listinfo/com.eugenemakerspace.discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Twittering MP escapes with caution
Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, has escaped prosecution for alleged electoral fraud.
McCarthy has been cautioned by the police after tweeting the results of some postal votes in her constituency before the General Election. It is against the law to reveal votes before elections in case it influences the result.
The oversharing politician showed off to her fellow Twits that postal votes seen by her and her agent showed Labour support was stronger than that for the Lib Dems or Tories. And provided numbers of votes to prove it. The message received dozens of replies pointing out the illegality of her action.
She later apologised for what she described as her thoughtless action. She said she thought because the information was not official she was allowed to publish it.
A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police told the BBC: "Police have confirmed that they have cautioned a man and a woman, both from Bristol, following an investigation into alleged election fraud earlier this year under the Representation of the People Act 1983."
Oddly McCarthy's Twitter feed this morning makes no mention of the caution. ®


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Watch: Ralph Macchio's 'Karate Kid' Screen Test, a Hilarious Take on 'Back to the Future,' and Cats Gone Wild
Welcome to Morning Watch, our daily roundup of funny/interesting/bizarre/creative/informative videos for you to start your day with.
The other day Kate Winslet's Titanic screen test made the rounds, which prompted Flavorwire to collect some of their favorite actor and actress screen tests lying around online. The one we liked most was this one, featuring Ralph Macchio (and Pat Morita) testing for The Karate Kid. What's most enjoyable here is watching Macchio learn about the story and his character's motivations for the first time. Even if he's already read the script, you can tell he's still processing it, becoming excited when it all comes together for him as he compares the story to Rocky. The video is intercut with Morita's screen test, making it look as if the two are working off one another, which they aren't.
Fantastic Fest begins a week from tomorrow in Austin, Texas, and this year our favorite genre festival has tasked fans and filmmakers with creating bumpers to play before each film. Every year they hold a contest for new bumpers, and this year's theme is time travel, what with Looper playing the fest and all. Badass Digest has collected some of the bumpers submitted so far, and while nothing has been chosen yet, our personal favorite is this one, titled Back to the Future as Explained by Shaneka Jones. I mean, the production values alone are just...
Finally, for those of you who are sick of the Internet's obsession with cutesy cat videos, here's one that takes a different approach. This milk commercial created by the U.K. milk company Cravendale shows us what would happen if cats took over our milk supply by catnapping the milkman. [Design Taxi]
If this looks familiar, Cravendale are also behind the very funny (and very viral) hit Cats with Thumbs, which you can watch below.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two weeks of courtroom debate over how much oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico after BP PLC's 2010 rig disaster came to an end Friday — marking the end of the second phase of a trial over the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers.
Government experts estimate 176 million gallons spilled into the Gulf. BP attorneys have urged U.S. District Judge Barbier to set the figure at nearly 103 million gallons.
The amount would be used to calculate any Clean Water Act penalties that London-based BP PLC would have to pay.
Using government figures, a maximum penalty if the company is found grossly negligent could total $18 billion. The company's figures would cut that maximum to around $10.5 billion.
U.S District Judge Carl Barbier did not say when he will rule, but a quick decision was not expected. Barbier said he expects on Monday to set a schedule for post-trial briefings. And a third phase of the trial is yet to be held.
For the trial's first phase, which ended in April, Barbier heard eight weeks of testimony about the causes of the April 2010 well blowout.
Barbier divided the second phase into two parts: Four days of testimony about BP's efforts to cap the well followed by two weeks of technical and conflicting testimony by experts on estimates of how much oil spilled.
Clean Water Act penalties are the subject for the trial's third phase, which hasn't been scheduled yet.
The blowout and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon at BP's Macondo well happened on April 20, 2010. BP stopped the flow of oil after 86 days.
Oil fouled recreational Gulf beaches, barrier islands and delicate coastal wetlands. Fishing was shut down for months in some areas. The company has said it has paid more than $26 billion so far in spill-related expenses, including cleanup and claims


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Sophomore • 2012
Helped Radcliffe finish fourth in the second varsity eight third-level final at the NCAA Championships in West Windsor, N.J., May 27 ... Led the second varsity eight which finished fourth in the grand final, helping Radcliffe claim the first ever Ivy League Championship Regatta May 13 … Assisted the second varsity eight from the coxswain spot, as it took down Yale for Radcliffe's lone win in the Case Cup April 21 … Contributed in the second varsity eight to Radcliffe's sweep of No. 20 Dartmouth and Syracuse to claim the O'Leary Cup April 14 … Was the coxswain of the second varsity eight for Radcliffe's second-place finish (7:20.4) at the Class of 1975 Cup April 7 … Coxed the second varsity eight as Radcliffe topped Brown by 5.9 seconds March 31 … Helped the second varsity eight to win the Beanpot over rivals Boston College, Boston University, MIT and Northeastern.
Freshman • 2011
Rowed for the varsity four five times and the third varsity eight twice … Aided in runner-up finish for the varsity four in the third-level final at the NCAA Championships … Rowed with the varsity four A to a 7:43.5 victory over Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern at the Beanpot on April 30.
Before Harvard
Coxswain of high school varsity crew … Southwest Regional champion … Coxed the U.S. National champion eight in 2008…Recognized as a USRowing scholar athlete.
Served as a therapy dog handler … Father Michael Rosenbaum, sister Erin Rosenbaum and grandfather F.F. Rosenbaum Jr. were all athletes at Princeton University.


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A Tale of Two Indias
Thirty-five-year-old Rama Devi is not exactly an icon of good fortune. She and her five children live in a dusty, thatched-hut village called Kashiou, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She once had a husband, a man who spent most of the year selling fruit on the streets of Mumbai, but he contracted HIV during his travels and came home a few years ago to die. Devi is now HIV-positive herself. She works as a casual laborer in the wheat fields around her village, receiving her daily pay in grain. But Devi's luck could be worse. She happens to live within 20 kilometers of Allahabad, where the Uttar Pradesh Network of Positive People runs a drop-in center--and she has a brother who can spare a few precious rupees to get her there each month for a free checkup, followed by a five-hour bus ride to the nearest government treatment center. Nearly 800,000 of India's 5.1 million HIV-positive people are now sick enough to need the kind of medication that keeps Devi alive to feed...
The Deadliest Cancer
Lung cancer kills more Americans than any other type of malignancy—and some of the victims never smoked. But despite grim statistics there is some good news: fresh research offers hope for earlier diagnosis and more-effective treatments.
Five years ago, Blaise Judja-Sato was living a rural African's dream. Born poor in Cameroon, he had worked his way into elite schools and become a prosperous American. At 36, he was living in Seattle and traveling the world to cut deals for Teledesic, a satellite communications venture started by Bill Gates and Craig McCaw. Then he found his calling.It happened in 2000, after freak rains caused devastating floods in southern Africa. Horrified by the televised images of homes, crops and livestock being swept into the sea, he used his U.S. connections to raise $1.5 million for relief efforts in Mozambique. Then he visited the country. "I've never seen so much dignity and generosity," he says. "People who had lost their families and communities still wanted to share what they had. I knew then and there that I had to do more to help, and not just during the floods. Even in normal life, they lacked the most basic necessities."So he quit his job and started a new life. He now spends more...
Learning you have breast cancer is bad enough, but the diagnosis is doubly devastating for the 20 to 30 percent of patients who turn out to be "HER-2-positive." Tumors carrying that designation grow with unusual speed, and are more likely to recur after treatment. "Hearing you have HER-2," says Darlene Nipper, 40, "is like hearing a death sentence."Not anymore. Last week researchers confirmed that Herceptin--a drug previously reserved for metastatic breast cancer--can help keep high-risk patients from reaching that desperate stage. In two clinical trials involving 3,300 newly diagnosed HER-2-positive patients, those who got Herceptin along with conventional chemotherapy suffered only half the recurrence rate of patients on chemo alone. The Herceptin patients were also more likely to be alive and disease-free four years later. "We don't like to overstate things, but the results are stunning," says Dr. JoAnne Zujewski of the National Cancer Institute, which sponsored the trials...
Family Matters
The Flu Shot Fiasco
Imagine you're allergic to the oil of the Japanese lacquer tree--so allergic that the brush of a leaf against your skin provokes an angry rash. Strapping a blindfold over your eyes, a scientist tells you she's going to rub your right arm with lacquer leaf and your left arm with the innocuous leaf of a chestnut tree. The rubbing commences, and before long your right arm is covered with burning, itchy welts. Your left side feels fine. No surprise, until you learn that your left arm--not the right--is the one that got lacquered.Or imagine that Parkinson's disease has reduced your walk to a shuffle and left your hands too shaky to grasp a pencil. You enroll in a study and receive an experimental surgical treatment, which dramatically improves both your gait and your grip. You're ready to declare it a miracle of modern medicine, when you discover that the operation was a sham. The surgeons merely drilled a small hole in your skull and then patched it.That thoughts and feelings can affect...
Brain Check
Medicine Without Doctors
In Africa, just 2 percent of people with AIDS get the treatment they need. But drugs are cheap, access to them is improving and a new grass-roots effort gives reason to hope
Girls, Boys And Autism
Is This Mysterious And Sometimes Devastating Condition Just An Extreme Version Of Normal Male Intelligence? That's One Provocative New Theory. Behind Autism's Gender Gap.
Beware Of Those Legal Drugs
Four decades after Timothy Leary implored a generation to "turn on," getting high remains a common college pastime. Only the methods have changed. Many of today's most widely abused drugs are perfectly legal--at least when prescribed by doctors. But that doesn't mean they're harmless.Caffeine-based stimulants such as NoDoz and Red Bull are safe in moderation. But steer clear of products containing ephedra (a.k.a. ma-huang). This herbal stimulant, which raises blood pressure and heart rate, has caused several deaths in recent years. Prescription stimulants such as Ritalin and Adderall are also best avoided unless your doctor prescribes them. Though useful for treating attention problems (and less dangerous than cocaine or methamphetamine), they can foster depression and dependency when abused.Even more dangerous are prescription painkillers such as morphine, codeine, OxyContin and Vicodin. These drugs are addictive and can be deadly when taken in large doses or mixed with alcohol. So...
Our Bodies, Our Fears
Anna-li Yaron will never forget the first time she heard the bomb siren go off. It happened in early February while she was sitting in class at Charles Smith High School for the Arts in Jerusalem. Her teacher had warned the class about the drill in advance, so there'd be no surprises. But when the high whine of the siren filled the air, Yaron, 16, found herself gripped by terror. "I froze," she recalls. A moment later, she panicked and screamed. "Everyone laughed at me," she says. "I even laughed at myself afterwards. But it wasn't funny."Why would Yaron, safe and sound at school, react as though her life were in danger? The answer lies partly in Yaron's psyche--and also in the world around her. In recent weeks, Yaron's life has been filled with preparations for war. Her parents have been stocking up on masking tape, plastic sheeting, trash cans and tins of food in case a missile attack from Iraq forces them to remain indoors for days at a time. She and her classmates have practiced...
Our Bodies, Our Fears
As They Reach For The Duct Tape, Americans Say They're More Anxious Than Ever. Scientific Research About How Our Brains And Bodies Process Fear Can Teach Us How To Live With Long-Term Stress.
A Better Way To Eat
Americans Have Grown Fatter And Sicker Since The Usda Food Pyramid Came Out A Decade Ago. Is There A Healthier, Tastier Diet?
Confronting Smallpox
The defeat of the deadly smallpox virus still stands as one of modern science's most stunning achievements. The wretched disease engulfs the body in pustules that itch and ooze and often blind or disfigure victims who survive. Smallpox killed a half-billion people between 1880 and 1980, the year the World Health Organization declared the disease "eradicated." The victory was fueled by a vaccine that uses a milder but still-dangerous relative of the smallpox virus to provoke an immune response. The vaccine hasn't been used widely since the early 1980s, but the specter of bioterrorism has resurrected it. Last Friday, President George W. Bush ordered vaccinations for U.S. military personnel serving in high-risk areas. He also announced plans to offer the shot to health-care and emergency workers--and eventually to the public. "It is prudent to prepare for the possibility that terrorists... would use disease as a weapon," Bush said.But does vaccination pose a greater risk than the...
Now,'Integrative' Care
As Science Rigorously Examines Herbs And Acupuncture, A New Blend Of Medicine Emerges
In The News: A Quick Hiv Test
Learning that you're HIV-positive may seem an awful fate, but not learning can be worse. People with undetected HIV not only miss out on early treatment but risk spreading the virus unwittingly. Reliable tests are easy to find, but because they take up to two weeks to evaluate, many patients fail to check back for their results. Now a test called OraQuick, approved for marketing last week, can yield dependable results in just 20 minutes.The doctor or technician administering it places a drop of the patient's blood in a small vial of solution, along with a dipstick that develops a single dark line when submerged. If the blood sample harbors antibodies to HIV, the stick develops a second line as well, and the patient immediately gets counseling.OraQuick detects antibodies that may not appear until three months after a person contracts the virus, so it won't pick up new infections. But it will make AIDS testing easier, and that alone could save lives. OraQuick should reach the market...
Certified Organic
Stamp Of Approval: New Government Rules Will Define 'Organic.' The Sale Of These Fruits, Veggies And Snack Foods Has Soared, But We Still Aren't Sure What Good They Do. Here's A Guide To How Purer Products Affect The Health Of Our Families And The Planet.
The End Of The Age Of Estrogen
Women Were Told For Decades That Hormone-Replacement Therapy Would Protect Their Hearts And Preserve Their Youth. Now The Evidence Is In, And An Era Is Over.
Hepatitis C: The Insidious Spread Of A Killer Virus
This Stealthy Disease Can Incubate For Decades. Now Thousands Of People Are Getting Sick. By 2010 It May Strike Down More Americans Each Year Than Aids
Sowing Seeds Of Redemption
Eileen Kiniery had just stepped off a New Jersey commuter train on September 11 when the first of two jets hit the World Trade Center. She is still haunted by the faces she saw pressed against the tower windows over the next hour, the stray limbs and torsos in the street, but she is equally awed by the communion she experienced. When the towers collapsed she joined several others--two Caribbean women, an African-American man and a very pregnant white woman--to flee the flaming wreckage. "I stopped this poor Chinese man in a minivan. He doesn't even speak English, and I'm like, 'Please take us to 34th Street!' He said, 'OK, OK, come on.' The beauty of that day is that we were truly one people." ...
How Little We Really Know
What a difference a month makes. When a tabloid photo editor died of pulmonary anthrax in early October, not even the tabloids conjured a terrorist plot. And when it turned out there was a terrorist plot, experts assumed that the risk to most people was minimal. Unless powder has been spilling conspicuously from your hate mail, they said, you don't have much to worry about. In a sense that's still true. According to a Nov. 2 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the anthrax attack has caused just 16 known infections (there was another confirmed case at the weekend) and four deaths. Yet the outbreak continues to defy expectations. The letterborne spores have spread far more widely than anyone could have predicted. And the death last week of a woman lacking ties to any known source of contamination has left investigators to wonder who might be stricken next. "Some of us thought we were bioterrorism experts," Surgeon General David Satcher lamented last week. "We...
New Heart, New Hope
Does This Tangled Knot Of Titanium And Plastic Represent The Future Of Cardiac Medicine?
Can He Find A Cure?
There was a time in the early '80s when AIDS was killing people with brutal efficiency, and no one knew what caused it. Was it swine-flu virus? The inhalants that gay men were using to heighten sexual pleasure? There was no telling who would be stricken next, or what it would take to stop the new scourge. But as soon as researchers identified the AIDS virus in 1984, the ultimate solution seemed obvious. Science would vanquish AIDS just as it had polio, measles and smallpox: by immunizing people against it. In announcing the isolation of HIV, federal health officials famously predicted that a vaccine would enter clinical trials within two years and reach the market within three. Seventeen years later experts still agree that a vaccine is our best hope of ending the pandemic. They also agree that we'll be lucky to have even a crude one on the market by 2007. At current rates, an additional 50 million to 100 million people will have contracted the virus by then--most of them in...
The Search For A Vaccine
NEWSWEEK: How did the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative get started?Seth Berkley: The conceptual work for IAVI began in 1993-94, when I was still at the Rockefeller Foundation. We launched it officially in 1996, with one person and $100,000. We now have 30 full-time people and another 20 part-time. Our operating budget this year is $24 million. We've raised about $230 million, and our goal is to have $550 million by 2007. This is a unique organization in that we fully intend to go out of business. There's no attempt to build an endowment, no attempt to build a long-term career structure. The idea is to solve a problem.I gather that of the $20 billion the world spends on AIDS each year, only $350 million goes into vaccine research.That's probably high. Of the $350 million nominally spent on HIV vaccines, only about $50 million to $70 million goes into product development, and only $20 million is spent directly on the developing world.How fast is the science advancing? Are today's...
Heartsick America
We've just had our heart checked, and the news isn't good. According to a federal report released last week, some 36 million Americans should now be taking drugs to lower their cholesterol. That's nearly three times the 13 million who qualified for treatment under the government's previous guidelines. Why the change? Not because we're actually sicker than before, says Dr. Claude Lenfant of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, but because the benefits of cholesterol reduction are so clear. "We can now say with certainty that lowering a high blood cholesterol level dramatically reduces a person's risk for coronary heart disease," Lenfant declared last week. ...
The New Animal Farm
If you had to pick the likely stroke victim from a lineup, Amanda Davis is not the person you'd choose. On the eve of her 20th birthday, the sweet-faced New Englander was driving home from college to visit her parents when she started feeling queasy and uncoordinated. She pulled over and asked her friend to drive. Then she woke up in a hospital bed. A stroke had paralyzed the entire left side of her body. No one expected her to walk again. ...
Cannibals To Cows: The Path Of A Deadly Disease
Health Officials Say They've Got Mad Cow Under Control, But Millions Of Unaware People May Be Infected. Why It Could Still Turn Into An Epidemic.
New Ways To Stay Clean
When Colin Martinez turned 43 a couple of years ago he was living under a bridge in Denver. By his count, he had devoted 31 years to getting wasted. "I smoked crack or freebased for 16 years," he says. "I injected heroin, injected cocaine, snorted cocaine and heroin, popped pills, smoked opium, smoked pot and hashish. I took anything--a lot of it on the same day." He worked off and on after quitting high school in the '70s. He also married and had several kids. But addictions crowded everything else out of his life. He stole from employers to keep himself in drugs. He skipped out on his family for weeks a time. And despite countless trips through detox, he never really got clean. "If they were hassling me about cocaine," he says, "I'd do something else instead." When he awoke one morning to find his buddy's cold corpse beside him, he knew he was approaching the same end.Things couldn't be more different today. In a last-ditch rescue effort, Martinez's father sent him to the...
Going Super Slow
For 10 years Dr. Philip Alexander ran 60 miles a week--and on days when he didn't run he would put in time on his bike. Then, five years ago, he really got serious about physical fitness. The 56-year-old Texas internist now spends just 20 minutes a week exercising, and he rarely soaks his shirt. Using weight machines, he works through a half-dozen muscle groups, diligently exhausting each one. Then he gets on with his life. "When I was running," he recalls, "the next day I would feel I was run over by a truck." The new routine never leaves him feeling bonked, but that's not the best part. Alexander has shed some 20 unwanted pounds since switching regimens, and his waist has shrunk by four inches.Could fitness be this simple? For three decades we've heard endlessly about the virtues of aerobic exercise. Medical authorities have touted running and jumping as the key to good health, and millions of Americans have taken to the treadmill (however sporadically) to reap the rewards. But...
"The president has cancer" is always an arresting phrase. But by the time we got confirmation of Bill Clinton's case last week, he had already been cured. Doctors scraped a suspicious lesion from the president's back during his annual physical Jan. 12, and tests later revealed it was a basal-cell carcinoma. Though it qualifies as a malignancy, BCC is nearly as common as gray hair--and far more treatable. Recognized early, it leaves nothing but a small scar to remind you of the sun's more serious hazards. Unfortunately, BCC is on the rise in this country, and so are its deadlier cousins.Skin cancer typically affects people over 50, but the pattern is starting to change. "We used to see [BCCs] mainly in old people," says Dr. Martin Weinstock, the Brown University dermatologist who heads the American Cancer Society's skin-cancer advisory group. "Now we're seeing them in people in their 20s and 30s." Sun exposure is a key risk factor for all three of the leading skin cancers--BCC,...
This just in: those high-fat, low-carb diets really work! So do those low-fat, high-carb diets! You really can lose weight on the chocolate-eclair plan! The catch is, you have to eat less.Thus concludes a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Faced with a growing obesity epidemic--and an onslaught of fad diets that restrict some type of food--the agency assembled an expert panel to review the evidence on diet and weight. Its findings, released in summary form last week, reaffirm what most obesity experts have maintained all along. As the report's authors put it, "Caloric balance (calories in vs. calories out), rather than macronutrient composition, is the major determinant of weight loss." If you're slimming down on a diet of bacon and butter, it's not because you've reset your metabolism, as some diet gurus would claim. The truth is, people on low-carb diets average only 1,414 calories a day, whereas the typical American downs 2,200.The question is whether there are...


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Man avoids jail for faking charity concert
Man avoids jail for faking charity concert
A 64-year-old Cedar Falls man convicted of fraud for staging a bogus charity concert can avoid prison if he pays his fine.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Dennis Leahy was sentenced Friday despite showing up for the hearing without a lawyer.
Judge Nathan Callahan went ahead with the delayed sentencing because he said Leahy had ample time to hire a lawyer since a Dec. 17 hearing.
Prosecutors say Leahy tried to collect money in March for a charity concert that didn't exist. He was convicted of a similar crime involving a charity basketball game in 2003.
Callahan ordered Leahy to pay a $2,225 fine with a 35 percent surcharge and pay court costs. If Leahy can't pay the fine, he will have to serve 365 days in jail.


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U.S. stocks fell, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index poised for the longest retreat in a month, as financial shares slumped and investors watched speeches from Federal Reserve officials for clues on monetary policies.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. declined more than 2.2% as Atlantic Equities LLP forecast a drop in fixed-income trading revenue for the biggest U.S. banks. Homebuilders slipped 1.1% as a group before Lennar Corp. and KB Home report earnings tomorrow. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) surged 4.9% after saying first-weekend sales of its new iPhones topped 9 million units.
The S&P 500 (CME:SPZ13) retreated 0.3% to 1,704.10 at 2:22 p.m. in New York. The benchmark gauge has lost 1.3% over three days, giving back all its gains from the Fed's unexpected move last week to maintain stimulus levels. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 29.13 points, or 0.2%, to 15,421.96. Trading in S&P 500 stocks was 2.2% above the 30-day average at this time of day.
"At some point, investors are going to say, 'What's underpinning this strong rally? We need some solid numbers,'" Scott Armiger, chief investment officer at Christiana Trust in Wilmington, Delaware, said in a phone interview. The firm has $6 billion under administration. Fed policy makers "are trying to neutralize the market. This time Bernanke said no tapering and they're all running out and saying 'wait a minute, folks, don't get carried away.'"
The S&P 500 rose 1.3% last week, touching a record high, as the Federal Open Market Committee said at its Sept. 17-18 meeting that it will continue to buy $85 billion of assets a month, surprising economists who had forecast a reduction. The S&P 500 has gained 6.1% for the quarter and is up 20% for the year.
Fed Speakers
The central bank has left its main interest rate near zero since December 2008 and has expanded its balance sheet to a record $3.66 trillion through three rounds of stimulus. The quantitative easing program has helped the S&P 500 surge more than 150% since March 2009.
The rally has pushed equities to their highest valuations in more than three years. At a record close on Sept. 18, the S&P 500 traded at 16.5 times reported earnings, a multiple not seen since May 2010, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Three regional bank presidents spoke today. Fed Bank of New York President William C. Dudley said policy makers must "forcefully" push against economic headwinds as the U.S. has yet to show "any meaningful pickup" in momentum. Fed Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said monetary policy should focus on creating a more dynamic economy. Fed Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said the central bank harmed its credibility with the decision last week.
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The flame in the heart, sparked by a need to create beautiful products of quality, that are manufactured with care, has grown into an interesting and challenging commercial venture. At Maroma, business is not done 'as usual', but with an increasing awareness and sensitivity towards the local and global environment, and towards the needs of Auroville.
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Finished third in the All-Cal Challenge Cup 3000m with a time of 10:15.07. Improved on that time at the Big West Challenge by clipping off a 10:14.99. Had a break through 5000m race at the UC Irvine Spring Break meet with a time of 17:33.87. In her first Big West Track and Field Championships she took 15th and 12th in the 500m and 10,000m respectively.
Competed in Cross Country and Track and Field for the Carlmont High School Scotts. High School coach was Jeff Gilkey. In cross country, finished 5th and second in the CCS Championships her junior and senior years respectively. Finished 25th at the CIF State Crioss Country Championships her senior year.
Parents are Carole and Gene...Majoring in Developmental Biology...Aspires to become a Physician...Is a cadet in the ROTC program...Was born in San Francisco, CA.
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Feel My Pudgy Hands Now: Relive the Best Lines From Lindsay Lohan's Liz & Dick
"I'm bored! I'm so bored!"
It wasn't at all surprising that critics did not look kindly upon Lindsay Lohan's Elizabeth Taylor TV biopic Liz & Dick, but that does not mean it was not, you know, a way to spend some of the final hours of a long weekend. And while this made-for-TV digestif could hardly live up to some of Lifetime's other silly adaptations, it certainly delivered some highly amusing one-liners. See for yourself in our two-minute recap.


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Mead Dialogues
These special programs offer audiences a forum for dynamic conversations about festival themes, close looks at unique collaborations, and opportunities to engage with artists and scholars.
"Seeing Ethnography" with Zoe Bray
University of Nevada anthropologist and artist Zoe Bray will showcase her unusual and innovative style of ethnography by live-painting a local subject in the Museum's Grand Gallery for the duration of the festival.
Culture Labs: Collaborations with Makers, Scholars, and Communities
Artists, scholars, and media makers discuss how their work explores the boundaries of art and anthropology.
Firing Imaginations: Pioneering Traditional Storytelling Through Digital Games
An exciting new partnership is bringing Alaska Native culture to screens around the world. Leading game developer E-Line Media and Alaska's Cook Inlet Tribal Council are developing commercial video games that draw on a rich, centuries-old storytelling tradition.
Setting the Record Straight
Experience a never-before-seen, specially edited version of a 1923 silent film, The Shalako Ceremony at Zuni, New Mexico, complemented by a discussion on the history of Museum anthropology and the groundbreaking contemporary collaboration between the Museum and this Native American community.


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Otoacoustic emissions as a screening test of hearing loss in high-risk infants: northern Greece experience
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Introduction: Otoacoustic emissions (OEM) have been established as the easiest method to conduct screening test in newborns.
Methods: OEMs are been used as a screening test in all neonatal who being born in 3 major Obstretic Clinics in the capital of Northern Greece, Thessaloniki. High risk are neonatal with very high blood cholerythrin,use of ototoxic medicines, very low birth weight ( 1500 gm),requiring intensive care in the nursery longer of 5 days, prematurity and translocation of the 35 del G connexin 26 gene. Hearing loss with craniofacial syndromes is of common occurrence. Known are : Alport, Von Recklinghausen, Waardenburg, Usher, Nager, Pendred, long QT, Pierre – Robin, Treacher – Collins, Klippel – Feil, trisomy 13–15, trisomy 18, trisomy 21.
Results: In the year 2007–2008 were conducted 89 transiently evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAEs) (178 ears) in high risk neonates . A percentage of 48.31% (43 neonates) failed in the examination at least unilaterally. In general population the statistical failure to response at least in one ear, is 22%. These newborns were re-examined after a period of 1 month and success response had 20 neonates. In the remaining children were conducted auditory brainstem responses (ABRs) in which succeeded 15 . In the remaining 8, 4 had some kind of craniofacial syndromes and 4 were extremely premature babies. These were re-examined with ABRs and finally the ultimate failure was 2 neonates, 2.25 %, in which were applied cochlear implant.
Conclusions: Otolaryngologist must show extreme caution in the examination, and don't hesitate to re-exam the newborn if there is a slightest suspicion of failure in the testing. The probability that the doctor is wrong it's significant higher than in the general population


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Amid the gussied-up Congressional delegation, staid Supreme Court justices and assorted guests, Tuesday night's State of the Union address will include a camouflage-loving invitee.
Ted Nugent has been invited to Washington, D.C., for President Obama's annual State of the Union address. U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, has given one of his gallery seat tickets to Nugent.
"I have been invited to attend the State of the Union Address in Washington, D.C., and have accepted on behalf of working hard, playing hard Americans who still understand this sacred experiment in self-government and are appalled at the dangerous and dishonest scamming by the president and his team to dismantle the greatest quality of life in the history of humankind," Nugent said in a statement to D&DH.
Given his penchant for camouflage hunting shirts, jeans and boots — not to mention the iconic camo cowboy hat with a broadhead pin — Nugent would definitely get some TV airtime in those duds among the suit-and-tie crowd.
Nugent, originally from Michigan, lives in Texas and has a ranch there. An ardent hunter, longtime rocker and member of the National Rifle Association's Board of Directors, he confirmed Monday he will be attending Tuesday's address.
Stockman said in a statement he is looking forward to having Nugent with him.
"I am excited to have a patriot like Ted Nugent joining me in the House Chamber to hear from President Obama," he said. "After the address I'm sure Ted will have plenty to say."
With the recent issues surrounding gun control proponents pushing hard for more background checks and possible bans or restrictions, Nugent has been vocal in his debates and support of lawful ownership and the Second Amendment.
He's debated on camera with British citizen and CNN talk show host Piers Morgan twice, the latest in Texas. While there at a firearms retail store, Morgan fired an AR-style rifle he's so adamantly pushing to eliminate and then sat down with Nugent for this exchange.
Earlier this year, Nugent also released an "Open Letter to Joe Biden," who headed a presidential commission on gun violence.


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I am a Network Administrator going back to school for a degree. I am mainly taking BSIT classes with electives in Web Programming. I have heard a few people talking about this book (and I read the piece of garbage (as everyone calls it) MSDN magazine and it was highlighted in there.
Does anyone know if this book is worth it? I know many of you think any text is worth buying and others get all their resources free on the internet, but anything that can help me better understand what I want to learn is worth it to me.


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Khalid + Waterboarding = Chatty Terrorist
As they say, you're entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. The MSM has tried to have both for the last five years, arguing against experience and common sense that tactics like sleep-deprivation and waterboarding were not effective. Clearly, they worked, and to great effect. As Steve says, that case should now be closed.
Obviously, there is still a principled argument to be made that the nation should not engage in such practices. But the burden of making it in a principled way should be to say: "While this is an excruciating choice, it would be better for thousands of Americans to be killed than to allow the CIA to use non-lethal coercive tactics (that cause no lasting physical or mental damage) on a terrorist who refuses to tell us what he knows about ongoing mass-murder plots."
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The Congressional Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction could have saved farm groups a lot of time and effort had it adopted the House and Senate Ag Committee's recommendations for reducing farm spending. That didn't happen and farm groups are scrambling to have an impact on the 2012 or 2013 farm bills. The National Cotton Council's John Maguire discussed those efforts at the Beltwide Cotton Conference in Orlando.
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Capricornis rubidus
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Capricornis rubidus Blyth, 1863
Common Name(s):
Capricornis sumatraensis Blyth, 1863 ssp. rubidus
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Taxonomy of serows is not completely resolved; descriptions, range maps, and assessments of conservation status in the literature vary because sources differ on nomenclature and specific/subspecific status of the various taxa. Here, we follow the taxonomy of Wilson and Reeder, 3rd edition (2005). Thus, we recognize six species of Capricornis:
• C. crispus (Japanese Serow, restricted to Japan)
• C. milneedwardsii (Chinese Serow, but also occurring in southeast Asian countries)
• C. rubidus (Red Serow, restricted to Myanmar)
• C. sumatraensis (Sumatran Serow, in Indonesia, Malaysia and southern Thailand)
• C. swinhoei (Formosan Serow, restricted to Taiwan, Province of China)
• C. thar (Himalayan Serow, along the Himalayan range)
The genus Naemorhedus is recognized as referring to gorals. Note that this taxonomy differs from that of Wilson and Reeder, 2nd edition (1993), that of the 2007 IUCN Red List (IUCN 2007), as well as that adopted by the IUCN Caprinae Specialist Group (Shackleton 1997). Additionally, most Chinese sources consider serows in China as being N. sumatraensis (e.g., Wang 1998, Wang 2002).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Near Threatened ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Duckworth, J.W. & Than Zaw
|Harris, R. & Festa-Bianchet, M. (Caprinae Red List Authority)
|Sheppard, C. & MacKinnon, J.
There is little direct information on the status of this species. However, it is probably declining due to over-hunting, like Capricornis milneedwardsi, and so it is listed as Near Threatened because this species is believed to be in significant decline (but probably at a rate of less than 30% over three generations, taken at 21 years, making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable under criterion A). This Red List assessment is based on the best available information, but contains considerable uncertainty. The true status of the species may be better or worse than this. Future revisions of this classification may reflect true changes in status, or may simply reflect better information.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This species is known from northern, and perhaps western, Myanmar (Grubb, 2005). The range of C. rubidus is not well known, partly because of confusion with another red serow form in adjacent territories to the west in Assam and Bangladesh, and the fact that all serows can show varying amounts of red and black colouration. True rubidus specimens have black hair base rather than white. Records and specimens from Kachin state in the north of Myanmar are clearly this species. Other localities reported include the Upper Chindwin, Ararakan Hill Tracts and limestone hills in the upper Salween. Without accompanying specimens these records are less certain. The species may overlap in some locations with C. milneedwardsii which extends through most of the Shan States and Pegu (Bago) Yoma at least as far west as the Ayeyarwady river. The type locality is from the "Arakan Hills", however, many of the type localities from that time period are wrong and this may be one of them. Little survey work has been in the region of the type locality.
In northeastern India, serows attributed to Capricornis sumatraensis rubidus apparently occur south of the Brahmaputra River in hilly tracts in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura (Green, 1987). However, in this assessment, these animals are considered to be Capricornis thar, pending further information.
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|There is no current information on the population of this species.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|There is nothing known about the natural history of this species. It is assumed to be similar in ecology to Capricornis milneedwardsii, inhabiting rugged steep hills and rocky places, as well as hill and mountain forest areas with gentler terrain.
|Use and Trade:
|Horns are exported to Thailand to be attached to the spurs of fighting cocks (this is believed to give them more power).
|Major Threat(s):
The threats to this species are not known, but there is significant hunting of other large mammals in the area. The serow in Myanmar is one of the most heavily traded species in the local trade. Every market surveyed by TRAFFIC in Myanmar in 2006 had Serow, and in most markets, this was the most commonly observed species, with the bulk of the parts observed being horns and heads. Many of these markets are situated on the Myanmar-Thailand border and dealers claim that all buyers in these border markets come from Thailand, indicating a blatant disregard for both national legislation and CITES. Serows are protected throughout Southeast Asia by law, but protecting this species on the ground does not appear to be a priority in many countries.
Serow are very heavily hunted in Myanmar, with meat usually being consumed locally, but parts, including the forelegs, heads, horns and fat from the stomach region being the most sought after for use in traditional medicines. These parts are rendered down and the oil is sold in small bottles. According to dealers, this oil is applied externally to treat skin ailments and joint problems. Horn tips are also exported from Myanmar to Thailand to be attached to the spurs of fighting cocks (this is believed to give them more power).
In 2006, interviews with dealers in border markets and markets in the centre of Myanmar, revealed that in all areas surveyed, Serow are apparently in decline. Hunters stated that they were having to travel further to get serow, and that they were, in many locations, becoming scarce.
|Conservation Actions:
The red serow (as C.S. s. rubidus) was listed as Endangered (A2cd) in the 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals (IUCN, 2007). However, this assessment probably included the red form of Himalayan Serow which was often attributed to this species but is currently included in C. thar. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES. There is an urgent need to survey this species' habitat to determine the range limits, population, and threats. Measures also need to be enacted to prevent hunting of the species. It is expected to occur in several protected areas, but this requires confirmation.
The taxonomic validity of this species, and its relationship to other species in the genus Capricornis needs to be assessed.
|Duckworth, J.W. & Than Zaw. 2008. Capricornis rubidus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T3815A10102774. . Downloaded on 23 September 2018.
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The price of oil was steady above $96 a barrel on Tuesday, supported by expanding manufacturing output in the world's two largest economies and ahead of the release this week of several key U.S. economic indicators.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for March delivery was up 5 cents to $96.50 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 56 cents to finish at $96.44 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday.
On Monday, the U.S. reported that demand for long-lasting manufactured goods rose sharply in December. That comes on top of an improved housing picture and strong earnings by major companies. Many analysts think the economy's sluggish recovery will pick up stream by 2014.
China's manufacturing activity has also recently rebounded as the country emerges from its deepest slump since the 2008 global financial crisis. Analysts have all but stopped predicting that the world's No. 2 economy will have a "hard landing," or a sharp downturn.
"Oil prices are continuing to profit from the brightening of market sentiment," said a report from Commerzbank in Frankfurt. "However, as compared to equity markets, which are trading at multi-year highs, oil prices have underperformed of late and therefore have catch-up potential."
It's a big week for U.S. economic indicators. The government will release reports on weekly jobless claims, unemployment and fourth-quarter growth. And the Federal Reserve's policy committee holds a two-day meeting that concludes on Wednesday.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was down 12 cents to $113.36 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline declined 1.31 cents to $2.9278 per gallon.
— Natural gas lost 5.4 cents to $3.235 per 1,000 cubic feet.
— Heating oil retreated 0.11 cent to $3.0532 a gallon.
Pamela Sampson in Bangkok contributed to this report.


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