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The Porsche carrying "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker was traveling about 90 mph when it went out of control on a suburban street and crashed, killing the actor and his friend, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said on Tuesday.
The sports car driven by Roger Rodas on Nov. 30 slammed into a light pole that had a 45 mph speed limit sign and several trees before bursting into flames.
Walker and Rodas died at the scene.
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Investigators concluded that unsafe driving, not mechanical problems, caused the crash, said LA County Sheriff's Department Cmdr. Mike Parker during a press conference.
"She saw a red sports car driving westbound on Kelly Johnson Parkway at a very high rate of speed. She did not know how fast, but said the car was 'sucking asphalt' and was very loud. She said that the car was 'jiggling' back-and-forth in his lane like the driver was jiggling the steering," a witness statement read.
Investigators calculated that Rodas was driving between 80 mph and 93 mph when his 2005 Porsche Carrera GT began to drift after coming out of a curve.
It had an aftermarket exhaust system that would have increased the engine's horsepower. It had tires that were 9 years old, Parker said.
Neither Rodas nor Walker had been drinking or doing drugs, Parker said, citing toxicology tests.
The Associated Press reported in December that investigators had found no evidence that the car had mechanical problems and ruled out debris or other roadway conditions.
Subsequently, Porsche sent engineers to California to review the rare car's wreckage. Though it was badly mangled and burned, the engineers were able to do a thorough analysis. They found no problems with the car's electrical systems, brakes, throttle, fuel system, steering, suspension or other systems.
Porsche declined a request for comment Tuesday.
The conclusion about the speed was based on a "yaw" mark that one of the car's tires left on the road in an area of industrial office parks in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Witnesses told a sheriff's deputy that they thought the car could have been traveling in excess of 100 mph.
Post-crash investigators noted several issues with the condition of the car, which had several prior owners, including IndyCar driver Graham Rahal:
—Its original exhaust system had been modified in a way that could allow it to go faster, but also could have been done to change its sound.
—Its tires were about nine years old; the owner's manual suggests changing the tires after four years.
—Its left rear brake rotor was worn below manufacturer specifications, but that did not contribute to the crash.
Rodas, 38, and Walker, 40, had taken what was supposed to be a quick ride from a fundraiser benefiting Reach Out Worldwide, a Walker charity that gives first-response aid to victims of natural disasters. The crash occurred near the fundraiser, and horrified friends of the men raced to the scene.
While Rodas was Walker's financial adviser, the two had bonded over their shared love of fast cars. They co-owned an auto racing team named after Rodas' shop, Always Evolving, and Rodas drove professionally for the team on the Pirelli World Challenge circuit in 2013.
Walker starred in all but one of the six "Fast & Furious" blockbusters, which glorify muscular cars and risky driving.


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Allergy alert: What you think is a cold could hospitalize you
Antoinette Cisneros has lived most of her life with allergies. The 35-year-old Las Cruces, N.M. resident just didn't know how severe they could be until she landed in the hospital a few months ago.
"I get real bad sinus pressure, a snuffy nose and runny eyes," Cisneros said. "It hits hardest in spring and fall. I would be sick three or four weeks in the spring and three or four weeks in the fall."
In October, after being on several antibiotics and other medication for six to 10 weeks, Cisneros was taken to a Las Cruces hospital.
"I've had allergies all my life but never to the extent where it put me in the hospital," she said. "I was there for five days. They told me it was an asthma attack, even through I had never been diagnosed with asthma. I figured it was a common cold."
Along with the warming temperatures associated with spring come the high pollen levels from grass, weeds and trees.
Many people like Cisneros who suffer from spring allergies are probably already experiencing sneezing, watery eyes and fatigue because of tree pollen.
"During this time of the year when it's really windy and you have a bad allergy history, just stay indoors as much as you can," said Dr. Hernando Garcia, a pulmonologist at Sierra Medical Center in El Paso, N.M. "And if you do have to go outside to clean your backyard, you should use a mask, and once you get back inside, take a bath quickly and remove all that pollen from your hair and nose."
Allergy sufferers can do a number of things besides taking medicines.
"They can replace the regular air-conditioning filters with HEPA filters to trap some of the pollen that might get inside the house through the air conditioner," Garcia said. "Also, if they have pets, those pets can bring in that pollen also."
High-efficiency particulate air, or HEPA, filters remove 99.97 percent of all particles.
It is not known why some people have allergies or why the body reacts so powerfully to something in nature that's harmful.
"Our bodies react to the environment they are in," Garcia said.
An allergic response is produced by an allergen. In seasonal allergies, the allergen is one or more of the proteins in a pollen.
Garcia said Cisneros, his patient, is a normal case.
"People may have asthma as a child but during the teen years, it disappears and then it begins to flare up again as they get older," he said. "When they are kids, they tend to have a lot of colds or bronchitis, but it was asthma; it just wasn't diagnosed. Then it goes into remission and it flares up again as an adult."
It is important for people to recognize the symptoms to protect themselves.
"The symptoms vary from season to season," he said. "Once you know what season is the one giving you the symptoms, start with the medication at least two weeks before so that way you are prepared and it'll prevent an allergic reaction, or at least diminish the severity of it."
David Thomas, 24, is slightly different in how allergies affect him.
Thomas is a runner who suffers through allergies in the summer and late fall.
"It makes it tough for me to run when I'm not feeling 100 percent," he said. "After my runs, I feel as if my head is going to explode. It gets that bad."
Garcia advises runners and people who enjoy being outdoors to take allergy medication 30 minutes before their run.
"People need to protect themselves, especially if they have asthma," he said. "If they do have asthma, it's ideal for them to exercise indoors during the time they tend to get sick the most. There are some people who won't because they love being outdoors. They can use a mask when they run and take medication or their inhalers 30 minutes before they go outside to control the allergies."
Garcia said it's also best to know the difference between a common cold and allergies.
"The cold is an infection that comes with a runny nose, and it might give you a little cough and it stays with you for three of five days," he said. "A cold might even give you a little bit of the chills or a fever, but it goes away. Allergies don't, unless you treat them. If not treated, the symptoms could last up to four to six -- and sometimes eight weeks. It could become very severe and you'll end up in the hospital. You have to treat it."
If you have hay fever or allergic asthma, take a few steps to reduce allergens in your home. The mayoclinic.com offers the following tips:
Temperature and humidity. Hot, humid houses are breeding grounds for dust mites and mold. Maintain temperature at 70 degrees. Clean or replace small-particle filters in central heating and cooling systems and in room air conditioners at least once a month.
Pests. Control cockroaches and mice with inexpensive traps from the hardware store. If that's not effective, hire a professional exterminator. To remove allergy-triggering insect and mouse residue, thoroughly vacuum carpeting and wash hard surfaces. To prevent reinfestation, seal cracks or other possible entryways.
Mold. Close doors and windows during warm weather and use air conditioning and dehumidifiers. Remove nonwashable contaminated materials such as carpeting. Clean washable material with a solution of 5 percent chlorine bleach and wear a protective mask when cleaning away mold. Check the roof and ceilings for water leaks.
Weekly cleaning routine. Damp-mop wood or linoleum flooring and vacuum carpeting. Use a vacuum cleaner with a small-particle or a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter. Use a damp cloth to clean other surfaces, including the tops of doors, windowsills and window frames. If you have allergies, either wear a dust mask or get someone who doesn't have allergies to do this job. Change or clean heating and cooling system filters once a month.
Smoking. Don't allow smoking anywhere inside your house.

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The Washington Nationals outlasted the weather and the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night — and early Sunday.
Bryce Harper hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning and the Nationals rallied past the Cubs 6-5 to sweep a doubleheader delayed more than 3½ hours by rain.
Max Scherzer pitched a complete game and Washington took advantage of the sloppy Cubs for a 10-3 victory in the opener. By the end of a long night, Chicago's lead in the NL Central was down to 2½ games over Milwaukee.
Anthony Rendon's double off Steve Cishek scored Trea Turner to pull Washington to 5-4 in the seventh inning of the nightcap. Left-hander Justin Wilson (4-4) came on to face Harper, who drove a 1-1 pitch to straightaway center field for his 32nd home run. Harper also walked three times.
"Patience, really," Nationals manager Dave Martinez said when asked what it took to get through the very long day and night.
"It was nasty. It's nasty for both teams. We're pretty much at the mercy of the league and the rain, really. I'm proud of the guys just sticking in there and finishing the job."
Rendon had a solo homer and Adrian Sanchez added two hits and two RBIs for Washington.
Wander Suero (2-0) got two outs for the win. Following an 89-minute rain delay in the middle of the eighth, Greg Holland worked the ninth to earn his second save in a game that ended at 1:44 a.m. on Sunday.
Victor Caratini hit his first career grand slam off Nationals starter Jefry Rodriguez to give Chicago a 4-0 lead in the fourth.
Washington pulled to 4-3 in the sixth on Rendon's homer and an RBI double by Sanchez.
Cubs starter Cole Hamels left with the lead after allowing three runs in 5 2/3 innings.
"We got on top, we had a nice lead, Cole was pitching well and all of sudden they just rallied from behind," manager Joe Maddon said. "We had the right pitchers lined up, they were rested, and (the Nationals) got us. They absolutely got us."
Bidding for a third straight NL Cy Young Award, Scherzer (17-6) gave up nine hits and struck out 11 without a walk. He also had an RBI single, raising his batting average to .270 this season.
It was one of just six hits for Washington, which capitalized on nine walks and three errors by the Cubs. The Nationals scored five runs in the sixth on just two hits thanks to two errors and a wild pitch that resulted in a run.
Martinez visited Scherzer on the mound after the Cubs scored twice in the ninth, but left his ace in to get the final two outs.
"He asked me what I wanted to do. I said I wanted to finish it," Scherzer said, noting the 66-degree game-time temperature had him feeling good. "We've been playing some hot games and for the weather to cool off, you just felt like you had unlimited energy and for me, I still had plenty in the tank."
Scherzer retired 15 in a row during one stretch. He lost his shutout in the seventh.
It was Scherzer's second complete game of the season and 10th of his career.
After Friday night's game was rained out following more than four hours of delays, the start of Saturday's first game was held up by showers for 2 hours, 10 minutes.
Maddon went with a bullpen game, and the Nationals jumped in front early. Jaime Garcia (3-7), making his Cubs debut, walked the bases loaded with one out in the first inning and Juan Soto sent a hard grounder past first baseman Anthony Rizzo that was ruled a two-run single. That was all for Garcia, and Washington's Matt Wieters provided a third run with an RBI single.
Sean Doolittle of Washington became the first reliever to use the Nationals Park bullpen cart, which debuted Aug. 17. "I had a lot of fun," Doolittle said. "It was a really smooth ride."
The Nationals held a ceremony on the field between games placing outfielder Jayson Werth in their Ring of Honor. Signed to a $126 million, seven-year contract as a free agent after the 2010 season, Werth hit .263 with 109 homers and 393 RBIs and served as a team leader. The Nationals, who had not made the postseason prior to his arrival, won four NL East titles during his time with them. Werth threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the second game, with his son catching.
Cubs: RF Ben Zobrist returned for the opener after being out of Friday's lineup due to neck stiffness.
Cubs LHP Mike Montgomery (4-5, 3.76 ERA) opposes Nationals RHP Erick Fedde (1-3, 6.00) in Sunday's series finale.
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- Canadian GP
Others' mistakes secured fourth for Button
Jenson Button believes McLaren did not have the pace to finish fourth on merit at the Canadian Grand Prix, but said he took advantage of mistakes by fellow drivers to move through the field in the final stint.
Button was ninth with 15 laps remaining but made up five positions before the chequred flag, two of which came when Felipe Massa crashed into the rear of Sergio Perez at the start of the final lap. He also made up two positions on the last lap when Fernando Alonso in front of him attempted a move on Nico Hulkenberg.
"We fought our way through in the end and on the last lap there was the incident with Massa and Checo, which you never want to see but they got out okay," he said. "I had a good little dice with Fernando and Hulkenberg, Fernando nearly hit Hulkenberg up the back [on the final lap] and had to dive down the inside and wide, Hulk had to go a little bit wide as well and I dived down the inside of both of them. It was a fun race and good points."
However, Button said the result flattered to deceive.
"I don't think it [the car] quick enough to be fourth, obviously there were incidents and we gained some positions because of that. The important thing is that there is a better feel about the car and we are making progress. In a straightforward race we wouldn't have finished fourth, but we did a good job of making the best of what we had and let's move on from this and have a better race in Austria."


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6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Darr Agricultural Center
Come join us at An Eventing of Miracles on February 9, 2013 at the Darr Agricultural Center. This event includes cocktails and hor dourves at 6pm and dinner at 7pm.
After dinner will include a few speeches, live auction and live music.
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I searched around but found no obvious solution, but I'm sure someone immediately knows how I can get my time (back?) into the top bar?


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Following on from his interview with Marc Burrows, DiS is proud to premiere the brand new video for Martin Rossiter's 'Drop Anchor', taken from his astonishingly beautiful debut solo album, The Defenestration of St Martin.
Martin had this to say about the writing of the album:
It was after the first two songs. I sat down at a piano and I wrote 'My Heart's Designed For Pumping Blood' and 'Sing It Loud', and after those two what I realised very quickly that the discipline of writing on one instrument was improving my songwriting no end. [...] The first thing I noticed improving was my ability as a lyricist. I was determined to take those great writers that I love, and the great songs that I love, and that can be 'Love Me Tender', or a Simon and Garfunkel song, or Carole King, and try and emulate the arrow sharp economy they have in their writing. That's what I tried to do with this, and the process of doing this as just piano and voice helped to do that. So after those first two songs I took the decision that I'd try and write a whole album just for piano and voice. I wanted to get better as a writer.
'Drop Anchor' is the first single to be released from the album, due on November 26 2012.
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Welcome to "Backhanded Box Quotes," a collection of super pissed-off user reviews from people just like you! Whoa, whoa, don't take that personal.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Released: May 22
Critic: Error_317002 (Metacritic)
• "Feels more like Gears of Duty: Future Ops."
Score: 4.
Critic: tigger (Metacritic)
• "I can best describe it as a bad Gears of Ghostduty."
Score: 4.
Critic: pilotin909 (Amazon)
• "Seems like they tried to jump on the Call of Duty Black Ops bandwagon. I HATE Call of Duty."
Score: 1 star
Dragon's Dogma
Released: May 22
Critic: The Gentleman (Metacritic)
• "This is a terrible game wrapped up in the ideas for a good game."
• "The AI tag alongs are about as helpful as taking the pill in the third trimester of pregnancy!"
Score: 3.
Critic: nicknamesbestupid (Amazon)
• "I was just about to open my copy of Dragon's Dogma, which I had pre-ordered some weeks back, when I saw news that Capcom admits that this game has on-disc DLC. I knew I was taking a gamble when pre-ordering this game, since this IS Capcom we're talking about. But since this was an RPG and not a fighting game I thought it was worth the risk. Well, guess I was wrong.
Sorry, Capcom. I, as a responsible consumer, refuse to support such unethical business practices. I shall be returning my copy to Amazon ASAP."
Score: 1 star.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
Released: May 16
Critic: NextGenFilter (Metacritic).
• "The game [feels] like a bad Mario romhack"
Score: 1.
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A: The engineers at GM take some of the guesswork out of knowing when to replace your brakes, thanks to specialized wear indicators that are built into the braking system. These indicators are designed to make a squeaking noise that lets you know your brakes are almost worn out and in need of a little TLC.
These specially designed wear indicators are crafted to make this telltale noise when there is around 2mm of brake pad friction left. This means, if you hear the squeaking the brakes should be brought in for service as soon as possible. Our GM certified brake experts can inspect the brake pads and rotors to see if it's time to replace either or both. They know exactly what they're looking for in regard to the thickness necessary for both parts to properly function, and they can recommend the right course of action to keep you safely on the road.
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Winter storm affecting many Maine businesses
Cancellations hurting appointment-based businesses
The latest winter storm has some Maine businesses ready for spring.
Many businesses suffer during these storms because they are appointment-based and customers cancel.
If you have made an appointment to get your car serviced, some dealers will throw in a discount on an oil change hoping their customers will keep their appointments.
Click here for pictures from the storm.
Hair salons are also hit hard by cancellations.
At Perfect Image in Auburn, owner Darcy Ames said she plans on closing early Tuesday because so many clients have canceled their appointments.
Ames said she had between 30 to 40 clients booked Tuesday, and she has already had 20 cancellations.
With so many storms this winter, and so many client cancellations, she said the snow storms have definitely hurt her bottom line.
"When clients don't come in, we don't make money," she said.
"It does hurt the bottom line. When you come in and have a packed day, and then all of a sudden a snow storm comes cuts your day in half, you go from a busy day to a very slow day. After having so many storms throughout the winter, it does effect the bottom line," Ames said.
Lee Auto Mall Service Director Rick Roy said the weather meant that just four of the 12 auto bays were in use. He said about 65 percent of the people who booked appointments did not show up.
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He said the promotion does well for business during bad weather days.
On the flip side, ski areas are loving the extra snow.
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When booting from your live media (DVD or USB stick), you should see a boot screen similar to the following:
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This page describes the basic steps required to get you started using the Network Security Toolkit (NST).
- 1 Create Boot Media
- 2 Boot
- 3 Log In
- 4 Explore
Create Boot Media
Before you can use NST, you will need to create a USB memory stick or DVD to boot from. This involves:
- Downloading an ISO image (or build one from source).
- Transferring the ISO image contents to an USB memory stick or DVD.
- Live booting your computer using the USB memory stick or DVD.
Download ISO Image
You can find free 64 bit pre-built NST ISO images at the NST team's SourceForge project page using the link below:
You might be able to find pre-built NST ISO images elsewhere on the Internet. These other sources may offer the same or customized builds of the NST ISO image. For example, the NST Pro site (run by the NST team) offers both 32 bit and 64 bit pre-built ISO images.
Prepare Boot Media
Once you have a NST ISO image, you will need to transfer it to a USB memory stick (recommended) or DVD in order to boot a non-virtual system (if you plan to run NST within a virtual environment, you can use the ISO image directly). The Copying ISO Images To USB page and Fedora's: How to create and use Live USB provide extensive details on the preparation of USB media.
Copy ISO Image to USB
For Linux and Mac users, you can use the dd command line utility to simply copy the ISO image directly to USB media. See the Copying ISO Images To USB page for more details. While this method is easy and reliable, it consumes the entire contents of your USB memory stick (unused space is wasted).
Create Live USB Image
The liveusb-creator tool, which is available for both Linux and Windows systems, can be used to create a bootable USB memory stick. This method has many nice features and is highly recommended. However, we have come across a few systems that have difficulty in booting from media prepared this way that will boot from USB media prepared using the dd method.
Burn ISO Image To DVD
If you have a system that refuses to boot from USB media, you can burn the ISO image to a DVD and boot from DVD. We typically recommend against using DVD when possible as it tends to be much slower than USB. You can find software and instructions for burning ISO images to disks for Linux, Windows and Mac based systems (add links - not instructions).
There are two ways to boot and use NST. A live boot, allows you to try out NST or use it for temporary rescue and analysis situations. A live boot has several limitations, but allows you to run NST without modifying your system. If you find NST to be useful, you will want to perform a full hard disk installation. Once installed to a hard disk, the NST will work like a typical Linux system - except that you will have a plethora of tools available to you through the comfort of your web browser.
Live Boot and Use
If using the Virtualbox Hypervisor, first stop all "VMware Related Processes" found in the "open-vm-tools" package.
When booting from your live media (DVD or USB stick), you should see a boot screen similar to the following:
If you don't press a key, the Graphical Desktop mode will boot by default. Use the arrow keys to choose one of the other modes (we recommend Console mode for systems with limited amounts of resources).
Live Boot and Install
From the live boot screen, select the Hard Disk Install boot option. After a few moments (depending upon the speed of your hardware), you should be taken to the hard disk installation screen shown below.
From this point, you should be able to proceed with the NST 20 Hard Disk Installation.
You do not need to boot directly to a hard disk installation. You can start a hard disk installation from a icon you find on the desktop or by using the nstliveinst script from the command line.
Hard Disk Boot
After a successful hard disk installation, you will see the following boot screen.
Log In
When booting in Graphical Desktop mode, you will see the following login screen:
There is no password initially set, so you can simply click on the Log In button to log into the system.
Default Users/Passwords
The NST has two primary user accounts nst and root. You can log in using either of these accounts. Initially, these accounts do not have any passwords associated with them (just press the Enter key or leave the password field blank). Since the NST has no passwords set by default, both the sshd and httpd services are initially disabled. You will not have network access to your NST system out of the box.
Set Passwords
Before the NST system can be used on a network, you must set the passwords for the nst and root accounts. This is done by running the nstpasswd script. You can run this script at the command line, or you can select the Set NST Passwords icon on the desktop.
Running the nstpasswd script not only initializes the passwords for the user accounts missing passwords, it also enables the sshd and httpd services so you will be able to remotely access your NST system.
You only need to set the NST passwords one time after a hard disk installation. For live boots you will need to set the NST passwords every time you boot the system (unless you use a persistence layer).
Bring Up the NST Web User Interface
The main advantage of using NST comes from using its Web User Interface (WUI). The WUI provides a wealth of information and immediate access to many tools on the system. You can use the WUI locally on the NST system itself, or access it remotely using any other system on your network that has one of the major browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, etc).
To bring up the NST WUI on your NST system, make sure that you have set the NST passwords and then click on the Firefox icon located near the top left of the screen.
You will be prompted to log in. Enter root as the user ID and the master password that you set. After successfully logging in, you should reach the main page. You will find a menu bar near the top of the page which allows you to quickly jump to many different tools.
The NST is packed with a lot of tools and information (it can be a bit overwhelming). The following lists a set of tools that require a minimal amount of effort to get you started with.
- HowTo Use The NST WUI arp-scan Page To Quickly Locate Hosts
- NST Network Interface Bandwidth Monitor 2
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Up, up and away? At last, a significant surge in David Shearer's rating as most preferred prime minister. The popularity of the unassuming Labour leader has jumped by more than five percentage points to just over 18 per cent in today's poll.
The sudden increase will be a major boost to Shearer's confidence after three days' worth of being pilloried by all and sundry over his $50,000-plus American bank account which he failed to declare in the MPs' Register of Pecuniary Interests.
The rise is vindication aplenty for Shearer's belief that solid personal poll ratings are built on substance rather than false pizzazz and pretending to be someone you are not.
Taking the former approach meant he had a pretty torrid first year as leader and failed to convince doubters in his party that he is up to the job.
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Today's poll should go some way towards silencing those critics. It will serve as justification for the Labour caucus decision to back the unflashy Shearer ahead of the more colourful, more heart-on-sleeve David Cunliffe. The poll might even have a slight band-wagoning effect as voters realise it's now okay to like Shearer.
It will definitely help him assert his authority as leader of the major Opposition party and get out of Russel Norman's and Winston Peters' shadows, thus (Labour hopes) giving him more attention from the media as the run-up to the 2014 election begins.
But the critics will not be silenced completely. They will say Shearer is lucky the poll was conducted before his admission regarding his New York bank account.
Those critics will note Shearer still lags way behind the Prime Minister, who continues to rate at a staggering 60 per cent-plus as preferred prime minister. Shearer is the preferred choice of only half of Labour supporters at most.
There is no sign yet that he can pull voters across to Labour who are only weakly attached to John Key-led National. Key has long had the reverse effect on Labour. The good news for Labour from the poll is that Key's personal rating - upon which National's grip on power almost solely hangs - seems to be in decline. But it is a very slow decline.
With the Herald and other recent polls showing support for the centre-left running at between 43 and 47 per cent while the centre-right is registering at between 46 and 52 per cent, National, if only narrowly, still holds the advantage as the halfway point of the parliamentary term approaches. Shearer's improved rating is a start in turning those numbers around. But it is only a start.


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by Ryan Schneider
My wife has learned not to ask what I'm thinking when I stare off into space mid-conversation during IRONMAN race week. It's nothing personal. I'm just not listening. Too much pent-up energy. Too many thoughts of everything that might go wrong after months of discipline and training.
After talking to three female pro triathletes about what they often deal with leading up to and during their race days, though, I'll never complain again.
Guys, we have it so easy. Maybe we're nursing an injury. But we're not nursing an infant. Maybe we put on some extra weight over the last few months. But we don't have to worry about rapidly gaining five or 10 extra pounds from bloating before a menstrual cycle. Maybe we have to deal with our muscles cramping from dehydration. But we don't have to deal with stabbing cramps during the run because of a period.
Kessler: Race-week surprises
For Meredith Kessler, the latter two scenarios occurred this past October during the IRONMAN World Championship. "Imagine being in peak form and then adding a 10-pound weight to your torso for the entire race," Kessler said. No thanks, I thought. I believe that's called Cross-Fit, and there's a reason I don't do it.
Kessler controlled every factor she could with her training, arrived in Kona weeks early to acclimate, meticulously scheduled her workouts, ate right and even planned ahead to mitigate the effects of her pending menstrual cycle. But her body wouldn't cooperate for the biggest event of the season and Kessler's period came 10 days later than anticipated—smack dab in the middle of the IRONMAN World Championship. She powered through the swim and even led for a solid portion of the bike, but slowed during the run to finish seventh.
Kessler is quick to point out that her menstrual cycle isn't an excuse. She made a choice that many female pros have to weigh: how to manage their cycle while considering starting a family.
Crawford: Fueled by family
Gina Crawford, a multiple IRONMAN and 70.3 champion, made the decision to use contraceptive pills last year after her periods stopped during her 2009 and 2010 seasons. Crawford said her period timing was hard to predict and fell within a 25- to 45-day range. Training would delay her period, tapering would signal to her body it could recuperate and then, on race day, she'd often receive the unwelcome surprise. Yet Crawford racked up five long-course victories in that span including two course records—one at IRONMAN Wisconsin. Gentlemen, that is toughness.
Crawford became a mother in 2011 and a 16-month nursing period allowed her to race period-free. But once the breast-feeding stopped, the unpredictable periods returned. "The only way around it for me would be to wait and see what day I had my period and then quickly travel to anywhere in the world that is holding an IRONMAN two weeks later. I can't work like that!" explained the New Zealander, who finished second earlier this month at IRONMAN New Zealand. "You put so much of yourself into this sport, train so hard and then to perform badly because of the timing, for me I can't afford to do that anymore."
Warriner: Going with the flow
Fellow Kiwi pro Samantha Warriner was also able to overcome period pain in 2009 when she won the Port of Tauranga half-distance race. It was the first time that year Warriner encountered her menstrual cycle during a race, and it happened again at the same race the very next year. Warriner said fear is what drove her to win on both occasions and set a course record in the process, as she figured the period would ruin her race.
In addition to her racing, motherhood, and running a kids triathlon team, Warriner coaches 20 age-group athletes. She's noticed that while the physical effects of managing a period during training are challenging for her athletes, it's the psychological side that can be the most harrowing. How her athletes perceive their period affecting them can often correlate directly to performance when the two events collide.
Warriner told of an Olympic-level triathlete she's working with who likes racing during her period because she believes that the testosterone flowing in her body could only be beneficial. "I didn't have the heart to tell her that testosterone only rises around week two and has little to no effect," Warriner said. "In her situation the whole thing impacts positively on performance … so I keep my mouth shut." Warriner often schedules training programs during her athletes' periods for those concerned about racing during their menstrual cycle to put their minds at rest. "That's coaching for you—finding something that needs fixing and introducing a stimulus to inhibit the required change," Warriner said.
Fellas, the next time you gripe about being "chicked" at a race, give it a rest. Not only is that lady faster than you, she's probably tougher too.
Ryan Schneider is a multiple IRONMAN finisher who blogs at Ironmadman.com.


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Making Ramen Pasta With Yuji Ramen
When Yuji Haraguchi first started serving his wildly creative ramen omakase at the Whole Foods Bowery back in March, it was supposed to be a two-month stint. Fast-forward to present, and Haraguchi is still going strong in the same tiny kitchen, serving a constantly-changing seven-course, seafood-centric tasting menu to a lucky handful of diners (six, to be exact) five nights a week.
Haraguchi and his sous chef, Tara Norvell, who met in the kitchen at Roberta's, take a decidedly unconventional approach to ramen, using alkalized dough (thus technically "ramen") in unheard of new ways: as the base fried crackers that will be topped with Long Island-caught bonito tartare, or cut into uneven triangles inspired by the Italian pasta maltagliati ("badly cut") and curled around conch liver puree and confited conch slices.
Some of the dishes take ramen conceptually rather than literally, like the sushi-grade squid that's sliced into strands resembling noodles and served as sashimi. It's appropriate for a man who made his mark by introducing most New Yorkers to mazemen, a broth-free ramen variant that's become increasingly popular since Yuji debuted at Kinfolk studios in the spring of 2012 (and Smorgasburg shortly thereafter).
Their guiding principal in the kitchen is "no waste"—the broths for Yuji's ramen are made from a collection of the butcher counter's leftovers ("it's more bones than water," says Haraguchi), and Haraguchi and Norvell have a habit of grinding the dregs of any leftovers (crab shells, shards of kombu, fish scales) into powders that they deploy strategically as seasonings and garnishes.
They don't like to write down menus because the daily omakase offerings change so frequently, often dictated by the seafood that Haraguchi, a former fish salesman for True World Foods, gets his hands on from his network of mostly local fishers. "The seafood comes first, then we build the ramen around what works best with the fish," Haraguchi explains.
Unlike many traditional ramenya, Haraguchi's shoebox-sized, totally open kitchen is not a particularly loud nor frenetic place. Haraguchi and Norvell work cheerfully and meticulously, measuring every ingredient closely and serving their creations directly to the customer over the countertop. "We get a lot of direct feedback," says Norvell, "and the menu is constantly evolving."
Here's a look at what goes on behind the scenes »
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Types of BatikTwo main types of batik are produced in Malaysia today -- hand-painted and block-printed. The difference lies in the production techniques, motif and aesthetic expressions; each is often classified according to the tool used.
The painter uses the canting, a small copper container with one or more differently sized pipes. The container is attached to a handle made of wood or bamboo. The canting is filled with molten wax and used to trace the outlines of a pattern on the fabric.
Printing is done by means of a metal block made by welding together strips of metal. In former times emptied tin cans were utilised. The block is dipped into molten wax and pressed against the fabric in order to make a pattern.
Individual skill involvedThe wax is usually composed of bee's wax, paraffin wax, resin, fat and a synthetic wax mixed together in varying proportions. The mixing outcome depends on individual experience and skill. Each component has special qualities that affect the appearance of the finished textile.
Bee's wax melts at a low temperature, is flexible, attaches easily to the textile surface, and is easily removed. Paraffin wax, yellow as well as white, is brittle and cracks easily so that the dye penetrates the textile and creates a marbled look. Resin binds the ingredients together and makes the wax cling better to the textile. Animal or vegetable fat adds flexibility to the wax mixture. Often wax mixtures are used again.
The price of each ingredient can also affect the mixture. The mixture used for block prints tends to be cheaper than that used for hand-painted silks.
Dyes from local plants and insects were used in traditional textile decoration. One example is the use of leaves from the indigo plants to obtain deep blue colour shades.
Preference for reactive dyesToday the use of chemically produced dyes is common. In Malaysia reactive dyes are preferred because they are convenient, have clear and brilliant colours, and fasten easily to textiles containing fibres of cellulose as well as silk. The chemical formula of the dye will determine the method for fixing the colours. The colour can, for instance, be fixed by using sodium silicate, or by exposing the material to air.
The range of colours varies from traditional combinations dominated by blue and brown, to brilliant red, turquoise, blue, pink, orange and green. In hand-painting, different shades are obtained by diluting the colour with water during the painting process.
Fabrics of different qualities and structures are used in batik production. These can be cotton, viscose, rayon and silk. Silk is mostly used for hand painting. Industrially produced textiles have to be boiled or washed in order to remove finish and other residues before waxing and colouring can take place.
To make the colour fasten well, the fabric is treated with starch made from rice or cassava. For fine work, some oil is also added to obtain a smoother surface that makes it easier to control the waxing. Finally the fabric is ironed to remove creases. In earlier times, the fabrics were smoothened by beating them with a wooden club.
Traditional hand-painted batikHand-painting of batik in Malaysia builds on traditions from the Javanese hand-painted batek tulis. In Java, the pattern was traced on both sides before the fabric was soaked in the dye.
In present-day Malaysia, the prepared and measured-out fabric is stretched over a metal or wooden frame. The pattern is traced with a soft pencil. The canting is filled with two-third of liquid wax, and the utensil is held at an angle against the cloth. The artist has to be extremely precise to obtain a smooth flow of wax. The utensil will have to be dipped frequently into the wax pot to keep the optimal temperature. If the wax is too hot it will penetrate the fibres too deeply, and is difficult to remove. If it is too cold it will not fasten properly.
When the waxing is finished on one side of the fabric, it is left to dry. If the wax has not penetrated the fabric properly the operation is repeated on the other side. The next step is painting the parts of the fabric that are not covered in wax. The painter uses brushes of different sizes, and larger areas may be coloured with a sponge.
The shade can be varied by adding water or more colour. The colour has to dry before fixing. Finally, the wax is removed in hot water, and the fabric is rinsed several times in order to remove excess dye and residues of wax.
Wax patterns in block printingThe measured-out cloth is put on a padded table. The printer has the wax pot at his side. The block is dipped into the pot to be filled with wax, and then it is pressed against the cloth. The process is repeated until the entire cloth has been filled with wax patterns.
The printer can change between different blocks as needed for the design. When the waxing is finished the cloth is soaked in dye. The colour fastens to the areas that have not been waxed. From now on the original white colour will only be visible when the wax has been removed from the cloth.
For polychrome patterns, the process of waxing and soaking will continue until the required number of colours have been obtained. Usually the printer will start with the lighter colours and end up with the dark ones. Finally, the wax and excess colour are removed by boiling and rinsing the fabric. The fabric is then hung to dry.
Chemical solution is usedThere can be local variations in the process. Instead of going from light to dark colours, it is possible to start with giving the entire piece a dark colour, usually blue or brown. Then outlines and parts of the pattern can be printed in wax, and the fabric is soaked in a chemical solution that removes the colour from the areas not waxed. The batik piece changes from lighter to darker colours. When this procedure is used the outlines become more dominant.
Hand painting and block printing are often combined, and this method will be an easier way to give the textiles more colours and freer patterns.
In contemporary Malaysia, several techniques are used to produce batik-like textiles. For example, by adding a layer of wax to an ordinary screen print it is possible to make a cracked pattern and it looks more like genuine batik.
To a layman, it is often difficult to ascertain whether a textile is real batik. A good criterion of real batik is to find out that the designs on two sides of the fabric are the same.


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Wildlife officials investigate death of moose in Summit
DILLON — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking information about the death of a bull moose found Wednesday, Oct. 23, near Frey Gulch Road on Tenderfoot Mountain, east of the shooting range. According to wildlife officials, the moose died from a gunshot wound and was not field dressed, leaving the meat to waste.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife urges the public to provide any additional information that may lead to the person or persons responsible, including personal photos of any live bull moose seen in the area since early October.
The animal was discovered during Colorado's 2nd Rifle hunting season, however officials believe it was killed in early October, possibly during the first rifle season, Oct. 12 through 16. Although the circumstances are currently unknown, officials are investigating the incident as a possible mistaken or careless kill by an elk hunter.
"We understand that mistaken kills can happen while hunting, but we ask hunters to let us know right away," said District Wildlife Manager Elissa Knox, of Summit County. "Killing an animal without a license, abandoning and wasting the meat and evading authorities can potentially lead to felony charges." Anyone with information can contact Operation Game Thief, a wildlife tips hotline at 877-265-6648.
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text: Submitted by sweiter on Sat, 2014-02-15 10:50 Iroquois - 002 Origin Stories | TU Chapters New York - 9NY Vote Up Down +1217 + TU Group Shot.JPG The Iroquois Chapter of Trout Unlimited officially began in the Central New York region in 1969 under the guidance of several local sportsmen. At that time, the National Headquarters of Trout Unlimited was located in Michigan and shortly thereafter moved to Denver. The Assistant Director of T.U. National was John Wood. Mr. Wood asked Frank Vadala, owner of Vad's Sport Shop in Syracuse, N.Y., if he could gather a group together and start a chapter in the Central N. Y. region. There were a number of interested gentlemen who stepped up to the plate and began this chapter. The first officers were: Les Gillette, President; Joe Sadowski, VP; Frank Vadala, Sec/Treas,; "Bud" Radigan, Gene White, Marv Goodfriend, Art Paolotti, Fred Noetcher and Tom Coe. The first formal meeting was held on July 15, 1969. At that time or shortly after, other chapters began in N. Y. They were the Seth Green (Rochester); Mohawk Valley ( Utica ) and the Upper Susquehanna Chapters. (The Catskill Mountains Chapter has started in 1964.) The Iroquois Chapter was almost going to be called the "Tight Lines" Chapter, but the consensus was the name of Iroquois best suited the region. Central NY is home to the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, and the desire was to honor that legacy. In 1970, Les Gillette & Frank Vadala initiated the first Annual Northeast Trout Forum. People from different states attended and it was a popular venue for years to come. Due to its many activities and achievements during the first few years Iroquois was the first chapter to receive the Gold Trout Award (the highest chapter award) from TU National. The Chapter has the honor of having three of its early members hold office as National Directors: Les Gillette, Frank Vadala and Zane McFadden. Frank Vadala also held the office of TU's N.E. Vice President. Today the Chapter has over 300 members and continues to promote the goals of Trout Unlimited in many ways. Our projects and activities can be found at http://www.iroquoistu.org. Please join us in protecting our cold water fisheries


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After stepping off the crippled Carnival Splendor on Thursday in San Diego, passenger Brian van Leeuwen had just one mission in mind — chewing, not suing.
"We're on our way to a burger place because we haven't had hot food in three days," said van Leeuwen, who'd been stranded since Monday with his newlywed wife, Candice, and 3,000 other travelers. Among their meals this week was a makeshift casserole of hot dogs, fruit and chopped vegetables. As passengers munched the odd mixture, talk of litigation did season some dinner conversations.
"There was mention of class-action lawsuit on occasion, but it was all just whimsical," said van Leeuwen, who lives in Moreno Valley, Calif.
"They gave us our money back. They gave us free beer. The crew was in good spirits and helped us with whatever we needed," he said. "They're giving us a free cruise at a later date. I'm grateful for that. I'm not the kind of person who's going to go sue, sue, sue. Not me or my wife."
Good thing, say travel agents and travel lawyers, because the ticket contracts signed by Carnival Splendor passengers almost assuredly protect the cruise line from future legal action. The vacationers had been living on the 13-story vessel without electricity since Monday when a fire erupted onboard. The lights went out. Food spoiled. And for 14 hours, the toilets didn't work.
After finally reaching port in San Diego, Carnival fully refunded each passenger, awarded them a free future voyage, and said they would reimburse them for their transportation costs back home. Carnival's CEO even met the boat at the dock.
The fine print
At Carnival Cruise Line's media relations office in Miami, a woman answering the phone said Thursday, "at this time, we're not doing any interviews." But she asked that any questions be sent via e-mail. In an e-mail to the company, msnbc.com asked if the compensation package received by the Splendor passengers exceeded industry norms when compared to past cases of canceled cruises.
"There aren't really standardized compensation practices," Carnival spokeswoman Jennifer De La Cruz responded in an e-mail. "It just varies depending on the nature of the situation. A full refund and a free future cruise (were) definitely warranted in this case."
But if some passengers are still mulling a call to a lawyer, they should probably check their ticket contracts. In the fine print, the contract reads: "If the performance of the proposed voyage is hindered or prevented by ... breakdown of the vessel ... Carnival may cancel the proposed voyage without liability to refund passage money or fares paid in advance."
Does that language allow any legal wiggle room for passengers who may feel the refunds failed to make up for ruined vacations?
"Probably not," said Paul Ruden, senior vice president for legal and industry affairs for the American Society of Travel Agents. "There's no guarantee one way or the other, but the cruise contract is the same as the contract of carriage in air transposition. For everyone in the cruise world, it's a must that passengers have expressly accepted the terms.
"There was a fire on board. I'm pretty certain that kind of unforeseen, unavoidable, unexpected event is covered by the contract," Ruden said. "And I'm certain they're going to get their money back for the cruise that they didn't get to take — and hopefully something else to help them make them feel better."
If any passengers ultimately choose to sue, they must do so at the U.S. District Court in Miami, their ticket contract states. What's more, "guests" of Carnival must agree that if litigation is desired, they must file their case as an individual "and not as a member of any class of as part of a class action."
"I'm sure some lawyer out there can say you can't have (such) a provision that overrides the law," Ruden said, "but people waive their rights to law all the time."
'Better compensation packages'
In almost all cruise line brochures, including Carnival's, there is a disclaimer that also informs customers that "itinerary changes sometimes become necessary for safety, weather or other reasons."
That single line, "pretty much eliminates any recourse for the cruise passenger," said JoAnne Kochneff, president of Travel By Gagnon, in Grand Rapids, Mich. In general, "the cruise lines' legalese really gets them off the hook for every problem."
But Kochneff added: "From what I've seen, Carnival has done the best they could under the circumstances."
On Thursday, at the annual convention of cruise planners in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the fate of the stricken ship dominated all hallway chatter, said Anthony Klang, owner of Cruise Planners, based in Portland, Ore.
"It's definitely underscoring everything else that's happening here. Strangely enough, Carnival was our lunch sponsor today," Klang said. "People are asking each other: 'Do you have a client on board? Does anyone here have a client on board?' I'm sure there's someone here who had clients on the ship."
When other cruises lines have suffered past mechanical breakdowns, forcing canceled trips and early dockings at unplanned ports, the standard course is to reimburse passengers their fare and offer 25 percent off future cruises, Klang said.
For Splendor passengers, Carnival's offer was much more generous.
"This is one of the better compensation packages you'll see," Klang said. "I was actually really pleased to see that."


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Neil Sylvester accused of harassing ex-girlfriend
A Lowell man who sent his ex-girlfriend bloody metal rods he removed from his hand during what prosecutors called an ongoing pattern of harassment has been held on $25,000 bail.
Neil Sylvester pleaded not guilty Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court to multiple counts including stalking, assault and battery, kidnapping and witness intimidation.
Prosecutors say the couple dated until January, when the woman broke it off. Sylvester allegedly threatened to kill her.
Prosecutors say while behind bars the 43-year-old Sylvester called the woman hundreds of times, and sent numerous letters, including one in August that included the metal rods placed in his hand to help him heal after he punched a wall when she took out a restraining order against him. He wrote that the rods were "a token of love."


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I bet Allah gets tipped 20%February 1, 2013
It's a prudent idea to always be nice to the people who serve your food. Waiters and waitresses get shit on enough as it is, and half the time the shit they get isn't even their fault or anything they can control, so they certainly don't need me or anyone else raining down another level of shit in the middle of their current shit tsunami.
We bring this up because of this recent story of an Applebee's waitress posting the receipt of a pastor who stiffed her fellow waitress on the tip with this uplifting message added to the bill (and we are thankful for this story coming to our attention because we're getting tired of writing about guns):
But the diner has scratched out that tip, writing instead that "I Give God 10% Why do you Get 18″ and adding the word "pastor" above his signature. And instead of leaving a tip that was merely less than the 18%, just wrote a big "0."
Ah, theology vs. the customary gratuity of having a party of 8 or more. Did Jesus and the Apostles tip 20% at The Last Supper, or did they stiff the waitstaff and create the stereotype of the cheap Jew? These are the questions the Church should be answering.
Anyway, let's order up some venom…
"Does the Lord only make $3.50 an hour?" says Tina the Lesbian. "I would think God could at least get himself a position with a salary, and probably benefits too. 'Cause he's God."
"This was a portion of a bill that was part of a party of 20," says Avonia the Wiccan Pimp. "I personally don't mind automatic gratuity regarding large parties because when you bring in a big group like that, you are going to be a lot more work for that restaurant. So it's a trade-off: you get to eat with a large amount of people while the staff gets some guaranteed coin for their trouble."
"Hey pastor, next time the Lord can get you your fucking quesdillas and diet soda," says Ninja Vicki. "I'm thinking that 10% you give to the Lord isn't a tithe but an asshole tax levied by the Almighty against you."
"So the Lord gets 10% of that pastor's entire income," says Mikka. "I don't know how much the pastor makes, but it's a hell of a lot more than whatever that check was for."
"And that 18% gets split between the waitress, the bus boy, and the bartender," says Samurai Cathy. "The Lord pockets everything himself, and he doesn't pay taxes on it either."
The story gets more infuriating with this development: the pastor – who is a woman – got the waitress who posted the receipt online fired from her job at Applebee's. And here's the kicker:
Some time on Wednesday, Chelsea says the customer who had left the receipt contacted her Applebee's location, demanding that everyone be fired, from the servers involved to the managers.
"Fire everyone? It's not like you got AIDS from the food, lady," says Anonymous Doug. "You wanted to show that you were a bad-ass to the help, and the help threw it right back at you. Congratulations you biopsied cervical tumor for reinforcing the the caste system we pretend doesn't exist in America. Have yourself a cookie and then drown in a septic tank."
Note: it was just the waitress who posted the receipt who got fired, no one else apparently had to lose their job over this.
"In a world with a just God, this pastor would never eat in a dining establishment again for fear of the staff pissing on all of her food," says Bernie the Half-Cyborg Cat. "But we don't have a just God because you people don't pray to cats anymore, so now you all must suffer the indignity of this woman not eating urine-soaked food for the rest of her life."
Always remember, peak asshole is a lie. And Applebee's food isn't very good to begin with.


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In a story Oct. 9 about the iTunes-Music-Top 10 list, The Associated Press reported erroneously the No. 3 song. The No. 3 song is "Skyfall" by Adele, not "Die Young" by Ke$ha.
A corrected version of the story is below:
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
This week's top selling songs and albums on Apple's iTunes
By The Associated Press
iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending Oct. 8, 2012
Top Songs:
1. "Live While We're Young," One Direction
2. "Red," Taylor Swift
3. "Skyfall," ADELE
4. "Gangnam Style," PSY
5. "One More Night," Maroon 5
6. "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," Taylor Swift
7. "Die Young," Ke$ha
8. "Some Nights," Fun.
9. "Diamonds," Rihanna
10. "Too Close," Alex Clare
Top Albums:
1. "Babel," Mumford & Sons
2. "The 2nd Law," Muse
3. "Kaleidoscope Dream," Miguel
4. "Pitch Perfect (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)," Various Artists
5. "Transit of Venus," Three Days Grace
6. "Sticks & Stones," Cher Lloyd
7. "Sigh No More," Mumford & Sons
8. "The Truth About Love," P!nk
9. "Clarity," Zedd
10. "Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer," Various Artists
(copyright) 2012 Apple, Inc.