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Dr Dan Bishop
Lecturer (Sport & Exercise Psychology), Head of Employability, Marketing and Student Recruitment
Brunel University London
United Kingdom
Fax: +44(0)1895 269769
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About Dan
Dan is a Researcher and Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology, and the Head of Employability, Marketing and Student Recruitment for Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences. After obtaining his honours degree in Psychology, Dan completed his MSc in Sport & Exercise at The University of Exeter before attaining his PhD in Sport & Exercise Psychology at Brunel, thereafter taking up his current academic post in 2007. Dan has worked in the public and private sector, including work in local authorities, the National Health Service, investment banks, the health & fitness industry and Further Education. He is a British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Psychologist registered to practise with the Health and Care Professions Council, and is an Associate Fellow of the BPS. Dan supervises a number of Brunel MSc graduates, each of whom are looking to become BPS-Chartered Psychologists. To this end, Dan has set up onsite sport psychology services for Brunel's Sport Scholars; since the inception of this service, he has obtained outstanding results, including two national champions (fencing and karate), a javelin thrower setting a season's best by 2 m - and a 2014 Michelin Ginetta GT4 Supercup racing driver lying a very close second in the Championship at the time of writing! But when he is not working, Dan loves to spend time with his family & friends, and still tries to run long distances, in the (maybe vain) hope that he may better his marathon Personal Best of 2:44:33…
- Head of Employability, Marketing and Student Recruitment
- University Senate Member
- University Disciplinary Panel Member
- External Examiner applications Reviewer
- PhD Internal Examiner, Abdulrahman Bassel (School of Engineering and Design)
- MPhil Internal Examiner, Michael Kouzaris (School of Sport and Education)
- PhD Supervisor for Dr Harry Lim, Mr Leighton Jones, Ms Hayley Barton
- Senior Tutor for Sport Sciences (September 2009 – August 2012)
- Chair, Mitigating Circumstances Panel (September 2009 – August 2012)
- Chair, Staff-Student Liaison Committee (September 2009 – August 2012)
- Sport Sciences Courses Committee Member
- School of Sport and Education Research Ethics Committee Member
- Internal Verifier, validation for MSc Management and MSc Marketing (Brunel Business School)
- External Verifier, BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching, University of Brighton
- Reviewer for Behavioral Research Methods, European Journal of Sport Science, International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Journal of Sports Sciences, Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, Journal of Sports Science & Medicine, Music Performance Research, Psychology of Music, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Sport & Exercise Psychology Review, The Sport Psychologist.
Professional Memberships
- Member of the Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance and the Centre for Cognition and Neuroimaging
- Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
- Founding Member, Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section
- Founding Member, Special Group in Coaching
- Founding Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology
- BPS Chartered and Registered Practising Psychologist
- Health Professions Council Registered Practitioner Psychologist
- Full Member, the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
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Teaching Interests
Dan holds a City and Guilds 7407 Certificate (Stage 1) in Further Education. He was the first member of academic staff to complete the Professional Development in Academic Practice here at Brunel; he is also is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has conducted research to examine the quality of visually impaired students' experience at the University, attracting HEFCE-allocated funding (£19.3K) in doing so.
Dan currently leads two master's-level modules on the MSc Sport Sciences (all pathways) and MSc in Sport & Exercise Psychology:
- SP5508: Research Methods and Data Analysis
- SP5521: Individual Differences in Sport and Exercise
He also delivers on the following master's modules:
· SP5522: Advanced Research and Application in the Psychology of Sports Performance
· SP5535: Social Processes in Sport and Exercise
and on the following undergraduate modules:
· SP1033: The Psychology of Personal Development and Sport
· SP2017: Principles of Coaching Effectiveness
· SP3023: Applied Sport Psychology: An Individual Differences Perspective
Research Interests
Research Interests
Dan's research interests began with his PhD programme, wherein he examined the emotional responses to music in young athletes; he collected affective, behavioural, and neuroimaging data in doing so. Although Dan has retained an active interest in the use of music in sport and exercise, as typified by his co-authorship of the 2012 BASES Expert Statement on the use of music in exercise, and his continued supervision of PhD students in the area, he has recently been integrally involved in the examination of the neural bases for expert-novice differences in anticipation skill, using fMRI technology; he is a member of the Centre for Cognition and Neuroimaging and an Authorised User of the co-owned MRI scanner based at the Combined Universities Brain Imaging Centre (CUBIC) to this end.
Dan's current research interests have stemmed from this examination of perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport, to the investigation of crossmodal attention – most notably the effects of concurrently presenting information not only visually, but also in auditory and/or kinaesthetic modalities. He is also working collaboratively with colleagues at Brunel to examine the changes that occur during skill acquisition via action observation.
Research CentreCentre for Cognition and Neuroimaging (CCNI); Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance (CSMHP)
Selected Publications
Journal Papers
(2014) Loizou, G., Karageorghis, CI. and Bishop, D., Interactive effects of video, priming, and music on emotions and the needs underlying intrinsic motivation, Psychology of Sport and Exercise 15 (6) : 611- 619
(2014) Bishop, D., Moore, S., Horne, S. and Teszka, R., Attentional capture by spoken language: Effects on netballers' visual task performance, Journal of Sport Sciences
(2014) Bishop, D., Kuhn, G. and Maton, C., Telling people where to look in a soccer-based decision task: A nomothetic approach, Journal of Eye Movement Research 7 (2) : 1- 13 Download publication
(2014) Lim, HBT., Karageorghis, CI., Romer, LM. and Bishop, DT., Psychophysiological effects of synchronous versus asynchronous music during cycling, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 46 407- 413
(2013) Wright, MJ., Bishop, DT., Jackson, RC. and Abernethy, B., Brain regions concerned with the identification of deceptive soccer moves by higher-skilled and lower-skilled players, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 7851 Download publication
(2013) Barton, H., Jackson, RC. and Bishop, D., Knowledge of player tendencies: The effect on anticipation skill and susceptibility to deception, JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY 35 S18- S18 Download publication
(2013) Bishop, D., Wright, MJ. and Karageorghis, CI., Tempo and intensity of pre-task music modulate neural activity during reactive task performance, Psychology of Music 42 (5) : 714- 727 Download publication
(2013) Bishop, D., Wright, MJ., Jackson, RC. and Abernethy, B., Neural bases for anticipation skill in soccer: An fMRI study, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology 35 (1) : 98- 109 Download publication
(2012) Karageorghis, C., Terry, PC., Lane, AM., Bishop, DT. and Priest, D., The BASES Expert Statement on use of music in exercise, Journal of Sports Sciences 30 (9) : 953- 956 Download publication
(2011) Bishop, D. and Rhind, DJA., Barriers and enablers for visually impaired students at a UK higher education institution, British Journal of Visual Impairment 29 177- 195
(2011) Wright, MJ., Bishop, DT., Jackson, RC. and Abernethy, B., Cortical fMRI activation to opponents' body kinematics in sport-related anticipation: Expert-novice differences with normal and point-light video, Neuroscience Letters 500 (3) : 216- 221 Download publication
(2011) Karageorghis, CI., Jones, L., Priest, D-L., Akers, RI., Clarke, A., Perry, JM., Reddick, BT., Bishop, DT. and Lim, HBT., Revisiting the relationship between exercise heart rate and music tempo preference, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 82 (2) : 274- 284
(2010) Kinrade, NP., Jackson, RC., Ashford, KJ. and Bishop, DT., Development and validation of the decision-specific reinvestment scale, Journal of Sports Sciences 28 (10) : 1127- 1135
(2010) Wright, MJ., Bishop, DT., Jackson, RC. and Abernethy, B., Functional MRI reveals expert-novice differences during sport-related anticipation, NeuroReport 21 (2) : 94- 98 Download publication
(2009) Bishop, DT., Karageorghis, CI. and Kinrade, NP., Effects of musically-induced emotions on choice reaction time performance, The Sport Psychologist 23 (1) : 59- 76 Download publication
(2007) Bishop, DT., Karageorghis, CI. and Loizou, G., A grounded theory of young tennis players' use of music to manipulate emotional state, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology 29 (5) : 584- 607 Download publication
Conference Papers
(2006) Bishop, DT., Karageorghis, CI. and Loizou, G., A grounded theory of young tennis players' use of music (Abstract), Annual Conference of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Abstract published in the Journal of Sports Sciences (25) : 291-
(2006) Bishop, DT., A grounded theory of young tennis players' use of music, BASES Annual Conference
(2009) Karageorghis, CI., Jones, L., Priest, DL., Akers, RI., Clarke, A., Perry, JM., Reddick, BT., Bishop, DT. and Lim, HBT., Revisiting the exercise heart rate-music tempo preference relationship, 2009 International Society of Sport Psychology World Congress on Sport Psychology
(2008) Bishop, DT., Ross, EZ. and Karageorghis, CI., Corticospinal excitability and motor neuron recruitment as a function of pre-performance music listening, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Conference 2008 (NASPSPA 2008)
(2008) Bishop, DT., Wright, MJ., Jackson, RC. and Abernathy, B., Expert-novice differences in neural activation during a badminton anticipatory task, British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology Conference
(2008) Bishop, DT., Wright, J. and Karageorghis, CI., Neurophysiological correlates of tennis players' emotional responses to pre-performance music, 12th European Congress of Sport Psychology
(2008) Neter, S., Kinrade, NP., Ross, EZ., Bishop, DT. and Goodall, S., Peak performance music videos as a tool for inducing arousal, BASES Annual Conference
(2008) Wright, MJ., Bishop, DT., Jackson, RC. and Abernathy, B., Perceptual skills in badminton: fMRI indicates differences in brain activation between expert and novice players, BASES Annual Conference
(2007) Bishop, DT. and Wright, MJ., Neurophysiological correlates of tennis players' emotional responses to pre-performance music, Centre for Cognition and Neuroimaging Conference
(2007) Bishop, DT., Wright, MJ. and Karageorghis, CI., Neurophysiological correlates of tennis players' emotional responses to pre-performance music, European Federation of Sport Psychology Annual Congress
(2007) Bishop, DT., Using musically-elicited emotions to manipulate marathon pacing, European Federation of Sport Psychology Annual Congress
(2006) Bishop, DT. and Karageorghis, CI., Emotional responses to music in tennis: A mixed-methods approach, Music in Sport Conference
(2006) Bishop, DT. and Forzoni, R., The use of music video in sport psych interventions: empirical and anecdotal considerations, BASES Annual Conference
Book Chapters
(2008) Bishop, DT. and Karageorghis, CI., Managing pre-competitive emotions with music. In: Bale, JR. and Bateman, A. eds. Sporting sounds: Relationships between sport and music. London : Routledge 59- 84


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Some thoughts on health care and the law
The individual mandate was, of course, an attempt to provide universal coverage without creating a government system. It had the enormous political advantage of appealing to the insurance industry, led by its chief lobbyist, Karen Ignani, since it would provide that industry with millions of young, most healthy and employed customers and therefore, presumably, increase its profits still further. Yet the odds seem to be at least 50%, after last week's oral arguments, that a 5-4 Supreme Court majority will throw this approach out and take us back to square one. (I'll have more to say about the consequences of such a decision in a moment.) And reading those arguments, one sees the extent to which the Administration, by dropping the public option, lost its most effective debating points by adopting the "free-market" approach to a commodity that has no business trading in a free market. Let us take a moment to think how the argument might have been framed.
Health care is not an optional good which we may or may not choose to purchase. We all need some, and most of us, sooner or later, need a lot, the only exceptions being people who die young in accidents or homicides or those lucky folk who live healthy lives and die of their first heart attack or stroke in their 80s or 90s. (Even they, however, given the state of modern medicine, will undergo thousands of dollars of diagnostic procedures in the meantime.) And that, of course, is the difference between the threat of illness on the one hand, and other insurable threats like auto accidents or fires on the other. Insurance for those events is relatively inexpensive because they are so rare. Most of us will never have to pay large bills for car accidents or replace a burned-out home. But nearly all of us will eventually need large sums for medical care.
There is also a critical difference between health care and other "consumer products." We buy consumer products that we need, or simply want, and can afford. But because our society in general and the medical profession in particular still respects a few non-economic values, everyone who desperately needs health care gets it--or at least some of it--whether they can pay for it or not. We do not turn people away from emergency rooms because they have no insurance. In fact, as I learned from medical personnel at a town hall in 2009 which I described at length at the time (search under "town hall," "Whitehouse," and "Reed" if you are interested), for administrative reasons, those patients wind up costing a lot more.
We see, therefore, that health care is a very expensive service that everyone will need sooner or later and that everyone gets, in one way or another, regardless of ability to pay. I would suggest that such a service has nothing in common with your average consumer good and very little in common with exceptional life events for which we buy private insurance. What it really resembles are other public services that we all receive whether we have an immediate need for them or not, such as national defense, local police forces, infrastructure, and fire departments. And we pay for those through taxes, and traditionally compensate most of the people who provide them with secure, medium-income jobs. That model is obviously far more appropriate for health care and that's the model, of course, that most other advanced countries use. We alone allow various corporations, including drug companies and health insurance companies, to make billions of dollars in revenue providing a public necessity.
The problem with conceding the terms of the argument in advance emerged in striking fashion during the oral arguments, particularly with respect to the questions of Justice Scalia, whose vote is not in doubt, and Justice Kennedy, whose vote will surely decide the case. Scalia argued that a government that can pass a law requiring you to pay for health care can also pass a law requiring you to eat broccoli. I would suggest that my argument, above, shows how silly that claim is. What the mandate does is to force people to pay something for the health care which they are almost certain to receive sooner or later anyway, just as taxes force them to pay for various aspects of national defense whether they personally will ever need them or not. Kennedy, meanwhile, worried about the infringement upon liberty, but the whole health care industry is based upon the Hippocratic oath which takes away, properly, the liberty of the health care provider to refuse care. To make it possible for them to provide it, we have no choice but to make sure that everyone pays for it.
Scalia's argument reminded me of something else--an excerpt from a famous 19th-century book by Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, published 1832, to which I was fortunately exposed in connection with a conference on law in the early Republic. Story, like nearly all the Founding Fathers, was convinced that government was established for the public good and that the Constitution needed to be flexibly interpreted for it to carry out its functions. On p. 142 I found this paragraph, which Justice Scalia and some of his brethren clearly need to review:
"A power, given in general terms, is not to be restricted to particular cases, merely because it may be susceptible of abuse, and, if abused, may lead to mischievous consequences. This argument is often used in public deate; and in its common aspect addresses itself so much to popular fears and prejudices, that it insensibly acquires a weight in the public mind, to which it is in no wise entitled. The argument ab inconvenienti is sufficiently open to question, as well as of opinion, to which it leads. But the argument from a possible abuse of a power against its existence or use, is, in its nature, not only perilous, but, in respect to governments, would shake their very foundation. Every form of government unavoidably includes a grant of some discretionary powers. It would be wholly imbecile without them. . . .In short, if the whole society is not to be revolutionized at every critical period, and remodeled in every generation, there must be left to those, who administer the government, a very large mass of discretionary powers, capable of greater or less actual expansion according to circumstances, and sufficiently flexible not to involve the nation in utter destruction from the rigid limitations imposed upon it by an improvident jealousy. Every power, however limited, as well as broad, is in its own nature susceptible of abuse. No constitution can provide perfect guards against it. Confidence must be reposed somewhere; and in free governments, the ordinary securities against abuse are found in the responsibility of rulers to the people, and in the just exercise of their elective franchise; an ultimately in the sovereign power of change belonging to them, in cases requiring extraordinary remedies."
In short, the theoretical possibility that Congress could pass a law mandating the purchase or broccoli is not a valid argument against mandating the purchase of health insurance. If we have any faith in our democracy, we must be able to trust that a President and majorities of both houses (including, as things now stand, 3/5 of the Senate), will not pass a law mandating the purchase of broccoli. And a truly statesmanlike opinion on the health care law would uphold it, taking note that the Congress and the executive branch spent over a year designing, considering, and passing it in an effort to solve a genuinely pressing and very serious national problem, and adding for good measure that the American people in just a few months will have every opportunity to undo the law themselves by electing Republican majorities and a Republican President, should they choose to do so. I can see no excuse for depriving them of that right.
If however the court throws out the health care law in toto, or even throws out the mandate, I think the effect on Barack Obama will be devastating. I know Democratic pundits are suggesting that he could run "against the Supreme Court," but we are in a real crisis and the country is already lukewarm about the President because most of them have seen few results. To have his signature achievement thrown out will validate some of the more extreme accusations against him and make him look highly ineffective.
We are potentially at a turning point in our history. Justice Story believed the government was established to promote the public good. Franklin Roosevelt adapted that philosophy to the industrial era. For the last thirty years Republicans have engaged in an all-out assault on that concept, and they are not too far from a possible victory. In the last two great national crises the Supreme Court was on the losing side. This time, if they strike down the law, they could do nearly as much to assure victory for the right wing as they did in Bush v. Gore.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- For the second time in four days, Brandon League gave up a home run that his teammates couldn't overcome.
Paul Goldschmidt fought through an 11-pitch at-bat against the Dodgers' closer on Tuesday night and got a huge payoff at the end, a two-run shot in the ninth inning that sent the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-3 victory and handed Los Angeles its sixth straight defeat.
League (0-2) walked Gerardo Parra to open the ninth and struck out Didi Gregorius. Goldschmidt worked the count full, then fouled off five pitches before driving his seventh home run into the left-field pavilion.
"Top of the ninth, tie game at home is pretty much a save situation. You've got to hold the game so you can walk 'em off in the bottom of the ninth," League said. "My plan was to get Goldschmidt to ground into a double play. That's an example of what happens when you throw a (lousy) pitch. Mechanics are not the issue right now. I'm not all over the strike zone. I'm just not executing what I need to execute."
On Saturday night in San Francisco, League gave up a game-ending homer by Guillermo Quiroz in a 10-9 loss to the Giants.
"When you get a chance to win the game, you want to come through for your team," Goldschmidt said. "Once we got to 3-2, he threw me five fastballs and I was just trying to fight them off. He's got that really good slider and split-finger, so I was trying to make sure that in case he threw that to just step back a little bit."
"I was able to get that last one and get it up in the air enough. I knew I hit it well, but it was one of those where you weren't 100 percent sure. It's a fair ballpark, and if you hit it well, the ball's going to go. But there aren't too many cheap home runs here."
Not so if you're Nick Punto. The Dodgers' light-hitting utility man homered into the lower seats in the right-field corner in the second inning against Brandon McCarthy before driving in the tying run with a seventh-inning double off the right-hander.
Punto's homer, his first with the Dodgers, gave him as many through the first 32 games of the season as slugger Matt Kemp, who hit a career-high 39 two years ago.
Punto extended his home run streak to 12 consecutive seasons -- nine of which he has had only one. In 998 major league games he has homered 16 times in 2,818 regular-season at-bats, including a career-high four in 2005 with Minnesota. It was the first time in his big league career that he hit one before June.
"I've seen him do that before. Unfortunately for him, it hasn't happened too many times," said Arizona outfielder Jason Kubel, who played with Punto for seven seasons in Minnesota. "He hits balls hard in BP, so I know it's there."
Dodgers starter Josh Beckett gave up three runs and nine hits in six innings with five strikeouts and two walks. The no-decision kept the three-time All-Star winless through his first seven starts of a season for the first time in his 13-year career. He is 0-4 with a 5.80 ERA.
The Diamondbacks scored a run in each of the first two innings, only to see the Dodgers respond with a run in the bottom half both times. Punto tied it 2-all, snapping a home run drought of 157 at-bats since his previous one on June 2, 2012, against Toronto's Carlos Villanueva.
Beckett gave up a leadoff hit in each of the first five innings, including doubles by Parra in the first and Eric Chavez in the second. Parra scored on Goldschmidt's groundout, and Chavez came home on Kubel's single.
Arizona regained the lead in the fifth when Gregorius led off with a single, Goldschmidt walked and Chavez came through with an RBI single. Beckett got a leadoff single of his own in the bottom half, but he was quickly erased on Carl Crawford's first double-play grounder of the season.
Beckett was trailing 3-2 and heading for his 100th career loss when Punto got him off the hook with a drive to right-center. It scored Skip Schumaker all the way from first base after his leadoff walk -- the only one allowed by McCarthy, who gave up three runs and eight hits over 6 1-3 innings.
David Hernandez (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win. Arizona closer J.J. Putz left with stiffness in his right elbow after issuing a leadoff walk in the ninth to Punto, but Heath Bell got three outs for his second save after getting all the time he needed to warm up.


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text: Madilayn wrote: >I actually prefer to do the background first, >and then the rest - depending on the size of the canvas. The pillow top has an allover decorative pattern - basically sort-of-paisleys. There isn't exactly a background. Most of the colors are fairly evenly distributed throughout the pattern. >If it is a really large canvas, I tend to do the first piece showing on the >frame completely, then roll it through, and do the next section. Given the nature of the pattern, this method is probably better than the one above. Can i fake some kind of frame rather than buying one of those expensive jobbies? >It is a lot easier to do the largest patches of colour first - then you >have the basis on the back for starting and ending your threads. Because of the pattern, there are no especially large areas of color. And what do you mean by "the basis on the back for starting and ending...threads." >As for stitches - I prefer to use tent/contintental stitch as I like >the fine effect it gives. Pardon my ignorance, is that the sort of "half cross stitch" that just goes diagonally in one direction over one intersection of the canvas and none of the stitches overlap on the front? >You can get some really interesting effects using other stitches - and > feel free to experiment. You may want to buy some canvas to experiment >with tension and stitches before you start on the piece. For almost every other type of textile art, i just invent or adapt my own patterns quite comfortably. But for some reason, i'm feeling a bit more hesitant with embroidery. I did create my own pattern for some Elizabethan crewel work, taking every shape from a existing piece, but combining them my own way. For some reason, with the counted thread stuff, i feel more constrained. I've gotten a couple nice kits for cross-stitch (needlebook and scissors fob/pin cushion), and a blackwork "emery strawberry" that is in two shades of red with tiny spangles. But i'm just not designing my own patterns, i think because i feel like there are so many different kinds of stitches, that i need to be familiar with some number of them before branching out on my own. Oh, well, i figure i'll get over it :-) So what are some of the other stitches commonly used in needle point? I've got a couple books on bargello, so i'm at least familiar with how that looks and goes together, although not in a practical sense. And what are the most commonly used before 1601 (SCA)? Thanks for any assistance, Anahita ============================================================================ Go to http://lists.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list tasks.


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ELLICOTT CITY, Md. - Officials say a Maryland man has died and six people have been hospitalized for apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.
Officials in Howard and Prince George's counties say that in each case, the home had lost power during Hurricane Irene and generators were found in the garages.
Howard officials say 48-year-old Won Koo Sung died at his Ellicott City home. His wife, Young Sin Sung, and 17-year-old son, Jason, were taken to a Baltimore hospital. Maryland Emergency Management Agency Executive Director Richard Muth says the survivors are critically ill.
In Prince George's, two women and two men were hospitalized Monday night for carbon monoxide exposure. Officials say an occupant of the Fort Washington home told a 911 dispatcher that a gas-powered generator was operating in an attached garage with the door closed.
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Osceola County man charged with hate crime, assault
Published On: Jul 08 2013 12:38:50 PM EDT
Osceola County deputies have arrested a man after they say he committed a hate crime by trying to stab an Asian man in St. Cloud and making derogatory comments to him.
William McGee has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and committing a hate crime in the Saturday afternoon incident.
Deputies said the Asian victim said McGee yelled derogatory comments pulled out a knife and attempted to stab him before leaving in a pick-up truck.
McGee was found at his home with the knife used during the altercation, deputies said. He was arrested and taken to Osceola County Jail.
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For centuries, dogs have served in a variety of roles alongside humans, including faithful companion and guardian. The latter function is one that's seen more focus in recent times as canines have been trained to sniff out buried improvised explosive devices (IEDs) before they are detonated. The dog's handler also needs to be trained to detect subtle cues from the animal, which is where a video game developed by the US military comes into play. Read More
Poo Puck cleans up dog waste with ease
You know that adorable Labrador Retriever puppy you picked up from the local shelter? Turns out, he poops. A lot. Like every day, multiple times a day, sometimes at the worst possible times. That's the bad news. The good news is responsible dog owners have a new option for cleaning all that poop up. The Poo Puck aims to make waste clean-up and disposal a quick, pain-free affair. Read More
GoPro launches the Fetch camera harness for dogs
GoPro users have used their devices to film from all sorts of places, including inside washing machines and in a pan while poaching eggs. Now, they can find out what the world looks like from the perspective of their dog. The company has released the Fetch, a camera harness for man's best friend. Read More
If your dog is anything like mine, when it sees a puddle, it jumps right in and soon looks more like a mud-covered warthog than man's best friend. LeadaHose aims to reduce the hassle of cleaning up – and perhaps help cool the dog down in hot weather too – by offering a leash that sports an integrated hose and connector. Read More
Voyce collar lets you keep tabs on your dog
Though we'd all like to believe that we'd know when something's not quite right with our four-legged friends, a helping hand wouldn't go amiss. At CE Week in New York today Gizmag was introduced to the Voyce wearable health band and supporting service that help keep track of a dog's health and habits. Read More
PetPace collar monitors your pet's health
One of the challenges in monitoring the health of our pets lies in the fact that they can't tell us when they're starting to feel a little poorly. We generally only know that there's something wrong once it's progressed to the state that it's really obvious. The PetPace collar is designed to let pet owners know that something's up, before it reaches that point. Read More
Billed as a Fitbit for dogs when it hit the market last year, Whistle's compact activity monitor uses a 3-axis accelerometer to monitor Fido's daily exercise. The company has now added GPS capabilities to allow the tracking of location to the device, as well as making it the first consumer product to tap into Sigfox's low-power Internet of Things (IoT) network. Read More
There's nothing like snuggling up in a sleeping bag at the end of a long day's hiking. Seattle-based designer Andy Storms is extending that pleasure to man's best friend with the BarkerBag. It's an insulated sleeping bag for dogs that connects to mummy-style sleeping bags via the zipper, allowing both dog and master to share body heat while sleeping in the great outdoors. Read More
CleverPet plays mind games with your dog
Pets that are home alone have a lot of time on their hands, resulting in boredom, anxiety, and a tendency to do things like tear up carpets. Not all of us can afford doggie daycare or have kids to coerce into playing with Bowser while we're at work, so there's definitely a gap for technology to fill. CleverPet is an interactive device that keeps your dog entertained by stimulating its mind and dispensing food as a reward. Fill it up with dry dog food and its software will run your dog through a selection of games designed to keep it stimulated and well-fed while you're away. Read More
At disaster sites such as building collapses, it's not uncommon to see trained dogs being used to sniff out trapped survivors, often squeezing into areas that are inaccessible by human rescue workers. Now, thanks to a new "smart" harness, such dogs may be able to play an even bigger role, by gathering and relaying vital information on their surroundings. Read More
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text: Mooneschadeen! Listen up! History Alert! ---Burke McCrory <bmccrory at mercury.oktax.state.ok.us> wrote: > At 02:00 PM 10/29/97 -0500, you wrote: <SNIP> > > shots to the visor or raised welts on the buttocks > > will quickly change your mind about the helplessness > > of the so-called "weaker" sex. > I find this agument of hitting like a girl or I don't > want to hurt a girl to be laughable at best. I started > fighting in this game way back in 1979. > Back then Ansteorra had several ladies that were fighting > heavy weapons. > I remember a certain very young lady that was learning to > fight at the same time. NO ONE EVER accused the future > Sir Sif of hitting like a girl!! I also never saw anyone > tell Mistress Mara, Baroness Gunhilda, or Lady Adhysa > that they shouldn't fight because they were too frail and > might get hurt. > In Ansteorra if you don't watch out, some of the worst > bruises you will ever get will have a lady at the other > end of the sword. <honor role of well-known Ansteorran lady warriors snipped> > just to name a few. I think you will find that in > Ansteorra we don't have any of the "weaker" sex just > the fairer sex. Also from the early days in northern Ansteorra, and worthy of at the least footnotes, were Patricia of Dreamwind (fencing victor at the first Mooneschadowe Guardian, well before there were "official" champions in the rapier form) and Leta Amaryllis Goldenglow. I raise (I will not dare to presume "champion") Leta's case in particular as an exemplar in the sense that her tenacity, speed, and "gumption" were a recurrent spur to the expectations and ambitions of many. Most often, our ambitions were to keep Leta from doing more damage to her own self -- perhaps out of over-zealousness, but as much or more from genuine concern. It may have been a comical sight at the time to see her relatively small body partially wrapped in a mattress (well, it *looked* like a mattress...) to protect a much damaged wrist, only her weapon arm and legs really clear / free. She accepted our solicitousness with humor & grace, not to mention recurrent frustration at her own frail flesh-and-bone -- and proceeded to redouble the pace of her attacks. Any who had not faced her previously, or seen her in full flurry, came away from their matches shaking heads in disbelief and wonder. Where did all of those blows come from? How could any human move so fast? Where was the power behind them coming from, considering her tiny frame? That the combat she entered was mostly if not entirely limited to forms not using rattan is beside and beyond the point. Memories of Leta upon the field, in any combat form, will always be in the back of my brain when facing a smaller or apparently over-protected opponent. Borrowing the vernacular of a much later time frame: "Speed kills". Upon the list field, or practice floor, or in the melee, not only does speed "kill" an opponent, it kills his or her opportunities to return a blow... I may be aging now, and slowing down, but I know better for having faced Leta when *not* to rely on a strength I may or may not have available. And I also will know when to expect my opponent to display ability beyond prior expectation (ALWAYS!) === Pax ... Kihe / Adieu -- Amra / TTFN -- Mike Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard) / (al-Sayyid) Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra / Mike C. Baker: My opinions are my own -- no one else would want them! Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/8661 Alt. e-mail: KiheBard at aol.com, MikeCBaker at aol.com _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail. Get your free e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com ============================================================================ Go to http://www.ansteorra.org/lists.html to perform mailing list tasks.


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Children are not little adults. They have unique health needs and these needs will not be met in a health system designed for adults. While vision, hearing and dental benefits are often seen as extras in adult health plans, they are essential elements of a child's benefit package.
In 2007, 12-year-old Deamonte Driver died from a tooth abscess that spread to his brain. An $80 tooth extraction could have prevented the infection and saved his life, but Deamonte fell through the cracks of our broken child health system. Currently, children miss almost 13 million school days a year because of asthma-related illnesses and over 51 million hours of school each year because of dental-related illnesses. Vision problems are also common, and it has been shown that a child who does not have adequate health coverage and cannot see the blackboard will be more likely to drop out of high school than a child who is able to get the problem diagnosed and treated.
Regular health screenings help identify, prevent and treat problems and ensure a child's well-being, healthy development and school-readiness. Health reform must address both prevention and physical and mental treatment to help children grow and develop into healthy adults.
All children in Medicaid receive child-specific coverage through Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) services. EPSDT is considered by experts to be the best standard for age-appropriate child health coverage. These benefits make it easier for children to receive the care and treatment they need by:
Studies on state Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) have found that children who are enrolled in coverage with these comprehensive benefits are more likely than uninsured children to have their health needs met, use preventive care and have a regular source of care, and to go to the dentist. They also show improvements in certain childhood chronic conditions, like asthma, and in academic performance. (2)
While Medicaid guarantees these essential comprehensive services, commercial health insurance plans in the form of private insurance as well as many CHIP plans provide "benchmark" benefit packages that generally do not include EPSDT services, and impose higher co-payments, premiums and arbitrary treatment limits that can prevent children from accessing needed care.
Real child health reform must guarantee all children up to age 21 access to coverage of all medically necessary services now covered under Medicaid's Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) services to help children survive and thrive.
* As opposed to a "restorative" standard of benefits, which most commercial plans use. A plan that uses a restorative standard usually only covers the diagnosis and treatment of an illness or injury if the services will restore the patient to normal functioning or cure a particular ailment (1). This means that while most health plans would cover treatment for hearing loss caused by an accident, for instance, they would not cover the same treatment if this hearing loss had happened before birth.
1) Rosenbaum, S. et al. "Policy Brief #2: State Benefit Design Choices Under SCHIP – Implications for Pediatric Healthcare," George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Center for Health Services Research and Policy, May 2001.
2) National Academy for State Health Policy, "Building on Success to Effectively Integrate Current Children's Coverage with National Health Reform: Ideas from State CHIP Programs," September 2009.


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Millennium Hilton Tests Out A Power Plant, Hazmat Suits Not Required (For Now)
As Earth Day approaches, and hoards of organizations attempt to "raise awareness" about the environment by giving away tons of free, useless crap like tshirts, mugs and stickers, the Milennium Hilton New York has made a big step in the right direction by installing a power plant that converts natural gas into electrical and thermal energy.
The combined heat and power plant will consist of two 250 kilowatt cogeneration units inside the actual hotel. Now, if anyone wanted to write in and explain what that actually means, we'd be grateful. But for now, we're content just knowing that Hilton has been proactive about cutting down on its energy consumption.
As far as we know, this won't put any pressure on the hotel to increase rates. Which is good, since a hotel room in lower Manhattan sure is expensive enough without having to worry about subsidizing a power plant too. For upwards of $400/night, you'd at least like to feel that your money has done something good.
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Millenium Hilton Gets Upgraded (But the WiFi Still Isn't Free)
Notice anything different?
We really thought we were getting somewhere with Monday's news about Bryant Park Hotel offering free WiFi. But it seems real change is slow to come.
Though the lobby, restaurant, and bar (above) at Millenium Hilton all benefited from a recent freshening up—new furniture, new colors, new floors—a self-described "technology upgrade" isn't turning out to be quite as state-of-the-art as the hotel would have you believe. Yes, high-speed internet connection is now available from anywhere inside the hotel. But? That convenience comes with a price.
It might be possible to overlook that minor setback and just admire the pretty new granite floors and earthy tones brightening up the whole lobby—if it weren't for our other beef with the unfortunately-located hotel: its proximity to the construction noises of Ground Zero. Now, you know what would be a great, sensible way to compensate for the endless crane-hauling and rock-blasting? No, not earplugs. Free WiFi!
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Kourtney and Kim Take New York...and The Penthouse at Smyth Tribeca
As we all learned last fall, Kourtney and Kim Kardashian took over the Smyth Tribeca while filming their new E! show "Kourtney and Kim Take New York" and last night the very first episode of the show premiered. Naturally, we were stoked to see the inside of the hotel suite, notsomuch Kim and Kourt.
The girls "checked in" to the hotel and were sent up to the 8th floor penthouse suite where a pretty awesome two bedroom suite with a living room, dining area, full kitchen and an 800-sq.ft. outdoor terrace awaited them. The girls promptly ran outside on the terrace where Kourtney shouted, "The Kardashians are here!" Then Kim giggled and said, "We should throw something." Oh boy.
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Four Seasons Downtown NYC To Break Ground In 2012
It's been awhile since we've heard any rumblings about the Four Seasons Downtown New York, so even though this news tells us that the wait for the hotel continues, at least it's progress.
Real Estate Channel brings us word that the condo-hotel project being developed by Silverstein Properties will finally break ground in 2012.
Larry A. Silverstein delivered this news himself, almost three years after announcing the project. He believes financing will at last become available and that the building will be completed in 2014.
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Kim Kardashian Is Making One Hotel Doorman a Very Happy Man
Everyone knows The Kardashians have taken over The Smyth Hotel in Tribeca as Kim and Kourtney film a spin-off TV show that follows them as they open an NYC fashion boutique.
Now, some folks might be turned off by the amount of paparazzi hanging around the joint but from the picture, it looks like this hotel doorman is loving his new guests. We just hope Kimmy and co. are tipping him for his efforts!
Planning on getting close to the Kardashians on your next trip to NYC? Let's take a glance at the room rates. This weekend, a queen superior room was found on the hotel's website for $419 a night. The following weekend that rate jumps to $429 a night.
On Quikbook.com, the rates weren't that much different--about 5 percent off. (But the brand-new James Hotel was available for $387 a night.) The Smyth hotel wasn't listed on Expedia at all but TabletHotels.com had a room for $395 a night.
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Plein Sud at Smyth Tribeca is Now Open (and with a 'Top Chef' Too)
Do you remember the Smyth Tribeca? It opened back in February 2009 but compared to its social siblings in the Thompson Hotels collection, Smyth is often forgotten about, largely because it lacks any sort of nightlife scene. However, that should change now that its restaurant, Plein Sud, from restaurateur Frederick Lesort, is finally open.
The restaurant has actually been soft-opened since April but without a liquor license, meaning guests had to drink in the bar area before dinner or after but not during. (Our friend tried to go there for a first date once and found out this crucial, potentially disastrous bit of info.)
Now that the grand opening is today, we're finding out some other crucial bits of info. Like that Plein Sud's executive chef is one Ed Cotton, formerly of BLT Market and db Bistro and soon-to-be seen on "Top Chef Season DC". So we're not quite sure how he's faring considering that when he filmed this show, Plein Sud was most definitely not open. But perhaps he's been working all this time on these tasty-sounding dishes?
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We Totally Forgot Smyth Hotel Was Opening a Restaurant
But can you blame us? The Smyth Hotel in Tribeca has been open for nearly a year and the hotel's restaurant Jour et Nuit is still not yet open. However, Thompson says it's in the works.
While we ordered food from the bar while kicking it during a Digital Nomad expedition, the full-fledged restaurant from French chef Frederick Lesort will open this Spring.
HD Mag says:
In spring 2010, New York's Smyth Hotel will introduce Jour et Nuit Restaurant and lounge, spearheaded by native Parisian restaurateur Frederick Lesort. The hotel's owners, Thompson Hotels, hired AvroKO to re-create the vibrancy of the French Riviera for the bi-level restaurant, bar (housed in the Yabu Pushelberg-designed lobby), and underground Cellar Cocktail Lounge.
Meanwhile, in other Thompson Hotel news, their winter offer is giving $159 rooms at Donovan House and $199 rooms at Gild Hall. Also thrown in is a $40 per day food and beverage credits. Mention promo code WINTER to book. The offer is based on availability but doesn't expire until February 28, 2010.
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Digital Nomad Lobbies: Working It Out at Smyth Tribeca
There has been a lot of talk recently about the lifestyle of digital nomads -- folks who work from wherever they might roam. HotelChatter has been covering hotel wifi since the beginning, but as we cited in our 2009 annual hotel wifi report times they are a changin'.
The biggest change on the tech side is the growing popularity of the usb broadband card. As more and more people buy into these cards (and more and more GMs pray to the hotel gods they do) there are a growing number of digital nomads that no longer tap into a hotel WiFi network.
Instead, these nomads are in search of killer hotel lobbies to comfortably work in. That's right, digital nomads have no problem coming in, kicking back on hotel lobby couches and doing an hours worth of work. So once again hotels have a choice -- welcome these folks, pay no mind to them, or actively try to kick them out.
With this in mind, we figured it was time for us to start rating hotel lobbies on their digital nomad quotient. In our latest edition, the The Smyth Tribeca Hotel.
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Why One Dude Loves The Smyth Hotel's Bathrooms
We often travel alone and spend the night in hotel rooms alone but on a recent trip to New York City, we managed to have a few travel buddies come along with us. Our mother stayed with us when we visited The Plaza (she loved the rooms but misses the old feel) and a dude very close to our hearts, who we'll call Mr. Z, stayed with us during our two nights at Smyth Hotel in Tribeca. Thanks to him, we learned what dudes look for in hotel bathrooms.
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HotelChatter Goes Inside Smyth Tribeca
When we spend months stalking a single hotel, getting pumped every time reservations go live and then getting angry when those reservations close up due to delays, we know all of the teasing builds some pretty high expectations for the property.
But when we finally stepped inside Smyth Tribeca's lobby on its first official day of operation, we felt we were ready to take a look at the hotel objectively. Having seen the rooms prior to the opening, we figured we were gauging our expectations accurately.
And yet. Staying at the hotel on Tuesday night was a little bit like meeting a long-time celebrity crush and finding out he's actually super short: still impressive just not as awesome as you'd anticipated.
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Deskless at Smyth Tribeca
Well, it happened: we spent a night at Smyth Tribeca. As we announced on Monday, Thompson's newest several-times-delayed property opened up yesterday and we got in there last night after we scored a kickass rate of $107 through Quikbook.
We'll have tons of pics, a video tour and a full rundown of our experience tomorrow, but allow us to set the tone: upon check-in, imagine our surprise when we set our computer bag down on top of...this. Which is not a desk. We had no desk!
There was no desk chair (or anything that could be moved from another part of the room to function as a desk chair); though there were outlets, a lamp and a phone all things that normally indicate that a piece of furniture is meant to be a workstation. Baffling; this was more of a dresser. Even if we had ordered a chair delivered to our room, we wouldn't have been able to sit at this desk because there are, as you can see, drawers and cabinets sitting where our legs would have gone.
We'd taken a tour of the property a couple of weeks ago and we're absolutely certain we'd laid eyes upon desks (with desk chairs!) in all the rooms we saw that day perhaps room 511 is a rare exception? Anyway, you get the idea; the ol' back is hurting from working from our bed, so we'll bring you more later.
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Smyth Tribeca Opens Tomorrow Starting at $107
On a whim, we called Smyth Tribeca this morning to check in on what was going on with their constantly-delayed, heartbreakingly-confusing opening. Quick recap: it was supposed to open in January and then it didn't and, uh, that sort of thing happened a couple of times. We toured the unopened property recently and were totally impressed with what we saw, but when we would be able to actually spend the night inside those four walls was anyone's guess.
And now we know: as we were checking to see if they were still on track for the opening that was most recently scheduled for February 6th, imagine our surprise when we were told that the magical opening date is actually tomorrow. Rejoice! Those doors may open after all!
But that's not all we're psyched about: after the staffer told us that the hotel would be ready for its first guests in just 24 hours(ish), we logged onto Quikbook and managed to score a room for $107. Seriously. Well, the room was going for $125, but Quikbook was doing one of their killer "book now and save 15%" promos and the final rate ended up at $107.
So, we'll let you know if the hotel actually opens tomorrow. After the delay-upon-delay saga that has played with our hearts so far, we won't believe it's open until we actually rest our heads upon one of Smyth's pillows.


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Kallstrom completes move to Arsenal
Arsenal have completed the loan signing of experienced Spartak Moscow midfielder Kim Kallstrom for the rest of the season.
Arsenal have completed the loan signing of experienced Spartak Moscow midfielder Kim Kallstrom for the rest of the season.
This year's January transfer deadline day may have not had the high profile signings of years gone by but there was plenty of drama nonetheless. See how it all unfolded here.
Everton have announced the signing of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady from Spartak Moscow.
Republic of Ireland midfielder Aiden McGeady has been dropped from Spartak Moscow's first team.
Aiden McGeady has admitted Spartak Moscow may look to cash in on him this summer as he enters the final year of his contract in Russia.
Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady has been banned for six games after being sent off while playing for Spartak Moscow.
Spartak Moscow's Aiden McGeady tells RTÉ's Peter Collins he was delighted with the reception he got on his return to Parkhead
Neil Lennon couldn't hide his delight after Kris Commons' dramatic late penalty gave the Hoops a 2-1 victory over Spartak Moscow at Parkhead to secure a place in the last-16 of the Champions League.
Kris Commons' dramatic late penalty gave Celtic a 2-1 victory over Spartak Moscow at Parkhead and secured the Hoops a place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
George Hamilton looks ahead to Celtic's decisive group game against Spartak Moscow
Victor Wanyama is suspended for Celtic's Champions League Group G decider against Spartak Moscow at Parkhead this evening.
Celtic captain Scott Brown is in contention to face Inverness tomorrow - but is still likely to face surgery after the visit of Spartak Moscow.
Barcelona shrugged off their shock loss to Celtic to guarantee their progress as winners of Group G with a 3-0 stroll over Spartak Moscow in Russia.
Joe Ledley is not getting carried away with Celtic's historic Champions League win over Spartak Moscow in Russia on Tuesday night.
Neil Lennon hopes his Celtic side will get the respect he believes that they are due after their historic 3-2 Champions League win over Spartak Moscow.
Georgios Samaras' last-gasp header gave Celtic a dramatic 3-2 Champions League Group G victory over 10-man Spartak Moscow in the Luzhniki Stadium.
Adam Matthews is a doubt for Celtic's Champions League clash with Spartak Moscow in Russia tomorrow night, according to Hoops boss Neil Lennon.
Barcelona avoided a shock at home to Spartak Moscow as Lionel Messi scored twice in the final 19 minutes to earn them a 3-2 victory in the Champions League Group G.
Neil Lennon believes Celtic fans will simply relish their Champions League Group G campaign in which they will face Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow.
Everton have agreed a fee to sell winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov to Spartak Moscow, the Premier League club have announced.


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"This MOU represents the first step in discussing potential maintenance and upgrade capabilities for the Spanish Ministry of Defense whose Air Force and Navy fleets have a significant number of Sikorsky aircraft," said Frank DiPasquale, SAS Vice President, Sales & Strategic Relationships. "INAER is a Sikorsky approved S-76® Customer Service Center supporting many of our operators in the region. The objective of this MOU is to strengthen and combine our expertise in providing customized solutions to meet the Spanish government's requirements."
In addition to offering maintenance support for a variety of OEM platforms, INAER is a worldwide provider of aerial emergency services. INAER owns and operates a fleet of Sikorsky's S-61™ and S-76 aircraft that are instrumental in helping to execute many critical missions such as search and rescue, civil protection, surveillance and medical emergency. INAER is committed to supporting its government's armed forces and is currently under contract for many initiatives with the Spanish Ministry of Defense.
"After many years of cooperation between our companies, this MOU helps strengthen our ability to provide customers with unbeatable value-added services," said Baba Devani, INAER Group Business Development Director. "We are pleased to offer our Sikorsky government operators an experienced, in-country MRO service provider backed by the powerful support network of Sikorsky Aircraft."
INAER is the global, leading provider of helicopter emergency services. With more than 45 years of experience and 1,200,000 flight hours, the international company operates in Spain, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Portugal, Chile, Peru and Australia, and today has a fleet of 366 aircraft and more than 2,500 employees. INAER specializes in mission critical operations such as medical emergency services, civil protection, sea and mountain search & rescue, coast and fishing surveillance, firefighting and aircraft maintenance. For more information, access the www.inaer.com Web site.
Sikorsky Aerospace Services, a Sikorsky company, provides comprehensive support to rotary and fixed wing operators worldwide. It offers its military and commercial customers a full portfolio of aftermarket support services, including material distribution, maintenance, overhaul & repair, aircraft modifications and life-cycle support. Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacture and service. United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., provides a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries worldwide.
For more information about UTC's presence at the Farnborough Air Show, visit the www.utcaero.com Web site.
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MOU Signing - Signing the MOU are (seated left) Suketu Kishor Devani, Director of Group Business Development for INAER, and (seated right) Frank DiPasquale, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Strategic Relations for Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS). Flanking them are Eric DiNicola, Manager, and Nathalie Previte, Director, Sales & Global Strategy, SAS.


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Hang on a second. For a woman who recently admitted she no longer uses fake tan, Victoria Beckham's legs looked enviably tanned and glowing when she stepped out at LAX airport last week. Demonstrating exactly how summer legs should be made the most of in Chloe sandals + Carven skirt and with Baby Harper in tow, if a full-on St Tropez faux glow is off the table, we can only assume she's discovered the best kept secret in beauty – the luxe gradual tanner.
Coveted by A-listers and beauty insiders alike, the luxe gradual tanner is a discreet daily fix of sunshine and delivers the kind of expensive, jet set golden glow we can see VB working here. Easily applied in a hurry, the main difference between these high-end gradual tanners and cheaper alternatives is the pampered, hydrated and spa like sheen they leave on your legs. Not to mention the totally tango-free tint of Maldivian bronze…
When it comes to luxe gradual tanners, these really are the cream of the crop...
Want in? The Bentley of luxe gradual tanners is the new Crème De La Mer The Face And Body Gradual Tan, a heavy weight investment at £65 but cost per wear works out very well (Cheaper than a beach holiday or regular spray tan, you know!). Luxe Swiss brand La Prairie also offers a similarly pampering product; packed with anti-aging ingredients it plumps and firms the skin (Especially on the knees) as well as bronzing it. What's not to love?
Remember that your legs and toes come as a package, so remember to give your tootsies a bit of TLC to make your pins totally A-list worthy. Venus and Braun beauty therapist Nathalie Eleni says, "Complete perfect pins with a splash of nail varnish on your toes. Go for a pop of red to complement your new glowing skin tone and if it's a few days of, just drop a little oil on them to revive the colour!"
Beauty expert Leighton Denny believes the key to getting to perfectly bronzed pins is all about the preparation. Create the perfect canvas with a good body scrub, worked on to dry skin for maximum results, remembering to pay particular attention to elbows, knees and heels. We were lucky enough to catch up with Leighton himself last week, who revealed his tanning secrets for perfect pins a la VB...
1. Moisturise
With any self-tan, moisturise first before applying yourself tan, then once applied highlight on top to make the skin look dewy and flawless on camera.
2. Contour
Using layering techniques with your fake-tan can definitely give the illusion of slimmer, more toned limbs and body definition. Apply a base colour tan first, ideally the night before, and darken any areas you want to contour, tone, slim with a darker self-tan. Finally, highlight with a bronzer to define, illuminate and accentuate. Apply this down either side of the legs (outside and inner) which will instantly make the legs look narrower by drawing the eye to the middle area. You can also apply down your calf bone to make your legs look slimmer or longer.
3. Don't forget the face!
There's lots of contouring you can do on the face to slim down particular areas. To contour a wide nose to slimming effect, apply a darker bronzer over a self-tan base to the outside of the bridge and keep the centre lighter.
So are you ready to get the VB legs? Stock up on the following products pronto...
* Clarins Radiance-Plus Self-Tanning Everyday Lotion, £29.50
* This Works Perfect Legs Gradual Tan, £38
* Decleor Systeme Corps Gradual Glow Hydrating Body Glow, £31.50
* Xen Tan Transform Luxe, £25
* Shiffa Energising Body Oil, £50
* Guerlain Terracotta Huile Du Voyageur Dry Oil, £37
* Germaine De Capuccini Perfect Forms Firm & Tonic Oil, £39.95
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have you been taking furtive swigs of the congregational wine? I always understood it was supposed to be non-alcoholic.
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Bultoboy says:
i think you'll find they paid jenson button $18 million when he drove for them.
Whether that figure is right or not - I thought it was £8m - you have to take into account whether it was an annual salary or spread over the duration of his contract.
The offer to Stoner was for one year I'd guess..
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You've fallen into your own trap. As you say Casey was offered 15.5 million because of his perceived status and talent which gave him that privelege! Like I said talent and status gets you 'extras'. So Rossi passed on a yellow flag once - he wont be the first or the last to make that mistake and he's not made a habit of it.
Consider this analogy - if a paint-sprayer sprays more cars than his colleagues and asks for a bonus from his employer or asks for superior spraying equipment does that make him Macheavellien ?
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Nakamoto was trying to get the deal approved,honda never actually agreed ......rossi earns $13 alone fron endorsements......
From recollection Rossi has been spotted by the T.V commentators passing under a yellow flag at least three times. Only the once at Phillip Island was he penalised (and neither harshly, nor by the rule book either I believe), nor did it matter as the title was already sewn up which is probably why he wasn't pinged before.
You seem to be trying to make a link between Rossi's machiavellian behaviour and Stoner's status in the sport. There is none.
I almost forgot how Rossi would tell the factories who his teammates would be. Well until Yamaha got pissed off with his car dalliances and threats to leave bike racing by calling his bluff with their signing of Lorenzo.
My wife dinged the car the other day. You any good as a spray painter?
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"If Casey had accepted our record offer he would easily have been Honda's highest-paid employee," Honda Racing Corporation executive vice-president Shuhei Nakamoto said.
"Honda offered Casey more than we ever paid any of our Formula One drivers, including Jenson Button.
"When I went to the Honda board for approval they said to me, 'Are you crazy?' But I told them we had to try to keep Casey for one more season," he said.
"I worked hard to get the budget approved, and then Casey told me he had lost his passion and it was not about money. I believe him."
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/top-stories/family-before-fortune-for-retiring-casey-stoner/story-e6frfkp9-1226505102230#ixzz2B04G30DD
Honda haven't been in F1 since 2008,i'm sure they would be paying more than 15.5M for a top driver in 2013.....keeping stacey for another season would have been a mistake as rossi is on the M1 and would have beaten him just like 2008..
Acanada you Rossi Mountie'ing Kangaroo. So now you've entered the realm of pure speculation in your endeavours to substantiate yourself and your ill informed assertions. Guess what it didn't work.
You do know Stoner announced his retirement before anybody knew what Rossi was up to 2013?
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You must like the look of your posts, your a sad person, if all you can do is sing from the same sheet, on and on, the point is you're boring, not only that, it's 80% or is that to complex for you, of bollocks. It's a good job people have only got to listen to this silly schoolboy, looking up facts, you pratt, you've only got to wait till after Valencia, and then you'll be like Blue Pants, when Rossi's in the top 3 on the time sheets.
So I suggest another line of coke, and go and lie down, and that's 50% more than what you usually have, but then again YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK PERCENTAGES, that's why you're living on a council estate, with a busted gate, a couple of old prams upside down in the garden, sticky tape mending your cracked window, waiting for the loan shark to come around, with only 60% interest, and 5 days to pay, if not they'll loan it to you again at another 50%., dipshit.
Apologies accepted, but you still can't work out percentages, it appears to be beyond a few on here. I blame it on the poor school system, and truancy.
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Denny Hamlin walked out of a California hospital Monday night, more than 29 hours after enduring a horrific crash at nearby Auto Club Speedway that left him with a compressed fracture in his lower back. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver was ready to fly home to North Carolina, saying that he was feeling "as I can be at the moment - definitely better than I was yesterday for sure." Hamlin admitted that the pain he was feeling was something new to him. "I never felt this before," he said. "Really, my first reaction is I felt something pop in my back and that's why I was really trying to get out of the car as soon as I could because the position I was in ... I couldn't breathe at all. Still having a hard time breathing. When I felt it pop, I couldn't move at all and I knew I had to get flat to my back to be able to breathe again - so that's why I rushed out and then just lay flat on the ground to try to start breathing at that point." Hamlin's accident started when he was racing Joey Logano for the lead on the final lap of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race. The two made contact and Hamlin's car slammed into the wall. The driver initially climbed from his car then collapsed onto the track. He was airlifted to a local hospital and spent the night there. After having issues with a bulging disc in his back before Hamlin knew right away that something was wrong. "I knew it wasn't good because I'd been through so much back stuff before that I know when something is really, really wrong," he said. "And that was a moment that took two seconds and I knew I was in big trouble." Hamlin long a proponent of SAFER barriers at the track, hit an area of the track not protected by those walls. The impact was so hard his car actually left the ground. Hamlin says he expects that area will be covered in the future - a lesson others will take from his crash. "Yeah - we just find every hole that there is," he said of crashes where the barriers are not placed. "There's just no safe place that a SAFER barrier shouldn't be. I know that there's protocol between NASCAR and the tracks to distinguish where SAFER barriers should be because they do cost a lot of money and they cost the tracks a lot. But I'm sure when we go back (to Auto Club Speedway) they'll be (a SAFER barrier) there. It's unfortunate it takes wrecks here and like what we saw (with Jeff Gordon and Sam Hornish Jr.) at Watkins Glen for them to refigure these tracks into where they need to be safety wise."
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