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- Manchester, Greater Manchester
"That just moved on its own, with my finger … it
moved on its own. The glass did. I've never had that happen to me
before … not like that. It moved from there to there with my finger
on it ."
Yvette Fielding, Most Haunted Live, Manchester
3 September 2005.
See also: Most Haunted Live, Brixham,
night 2
night 3
for other occasions when the glass 'moved on
its own' with only Yvette's finger on it!
Staircase House, Stockport
It all began with a quiet hawking in the back of Acorah's throat.
Karl: Is that someone's stomach
Yvette: No, it's Derek
The gargling came again … and again…
Ciaran: Who are you?
Acorah: Thomas … Thomas … Thomas
Ciaran: Thomas? What's your surname?
No reply
Ciaran: What's your surname, Thomas?
Ciaran: Who are you? What's your job?
Acorah: It's mine. It's mine. It's mine (?) home.
Ciaran: This is your home, Thomas:
Acorah: Yes
Ciaran: What year did you own this?
Ciaran: What year is it Thomas?
Ciaran: What year is it?
Acoah: 1705
Ciaran: 1705. What's your surname, Thomas?
Acorah: Shaw.. Shaw… Earnshaw. My chest... My chest... My
chest …
Ciaran: Your chest hurts?
Acorah: Oh, it's like thunder. Like thunder… Stop the pain
Ciaran: Who is the king at the moment? 1705. Who is your
king, Thomas?
Acorah: (pause) Henry… Henry …
Ciaran: Henry?
The last Henry [VIII] died in 1547
So, Acorah didn't know who had 'possessed' him, yet asks "Did he
Acorah: My leg pains so… my leg and my chest … the pain
Ciaran: What's wrong with you?
Acorah: My blood. Doctors think… call themselves …
Ciaran: Who's in Parliament at the moment? Who's in
Parliament during this yar?
Ciaran: Come on, Thomas, we want to know it's you.
Acorah: I'm in pain… you want to know … and I'm in pain …
(indistinct) … and you want to know… my pain…
Ciaran: Who's your doctor? Is someone helping you with the
pain? Who is your doctor?
Acorah: Charles Henderson... he's no good
Ciaran: What does your doctor say is wrong with you? What is
your condition?
Acorah: I've got blocked… blocked tubes …my heart …
Ciaran: What is your address here? What is your address
here? What is the name of the street here? Thomas? We're trying to
verify these facts so we know it is definitely you.
Acorah: Pain… pain … pain …. aaaagghhh… (puts head down to
table) aah... aah. ahh.. ahhh.... (Andy helps him)
aaahhhhh (Acorah gags and collapses forward but nobody moves).
I'm OK I'm OK thank you. I'm OK. I'm OK.
Yvette: Are you alright, Derek?
Acorah: I'm OK, Yvvie... I'm OK
Ciaran: Any idea who it was?
Acorah: No...
Ciaran: No idea?
Acorah: Did he speak?
Ciaran: Yes, yes he spoke.
And so it was that the mild-mannered, ever-polite, and
ultra-professional parapsychologist, Ciaran O'Keeffe, brought Acorah
to his knees. His tenacity was a joy to behold!
Acorah: The pain.... my chest and my leg... felt as if it was
on fire... totally on fire. Why am I smelling smoke? And this
burning... there's a fire... it's all round ... great fire... he
didn't like the fire... the spirit people ... the fire couldn't harm
them but they didn't want the fire... they were tryig to put the fire
Ciaran: Can you ask them when it was? When did the fire
Acorah: When was the fire? When? One... nine... nine...
Ciaran: Do you know anyone here?
Acorah: 1995... that's forward in time!
Ciaran: Did it start in here? Where did it start?
Acorah: No... no... they're talking about below... a man... my
mouth's so dry ... he didn't want ... he was so upset ... he was
screaming "Don't let the fire burn my staircase." He was running
round... they were all running round ... all the spirit people. Did
the fire start there? I feel it must have been close... they were in
frantic... they were frantic ... they weren't worried about them being
harmed... they knew they couldn't be harmed, but they just didn't want
their home destroyed. They loved this home
Ciaran: Can they tell you what month it was?
Acora: March
Ciaran: Was anybody else hurt in the fire?
Acorah pounds his fist on the table eight times, getting harder
each time
Ciaran: What's happening now? Are you sensing something?
Acorah stands and begins pacing, resting chin on hand
Ciaran: Who are you?
Acorah: Thomas Shawcross. And who are you?
Ciaran: I'm Ciaran. Ciaran O'Keeffe
Acorah: And what are you doing? What do you do?
Ciaran: We're here t...
Acorah: Yes! In my home.
Ciaran: This i...
Acorah: Who.. invited you?
Ciaran: We've come..
Acorah: I did not!
Ciaran: ... to find out about you and about others here.
Acorah: I've got to think this. I've got to think this over.
I've got to think it over...
Ciaran: Thomas, what do you ...
Acorah: What are you doing ... coming in... not invited...
Ciaran: Thomas, this is a lovely house
Acorah: (indistinct)
Ciaran: What do you do, Thomas? What do you do?
Acorah: This is my home. And my family's home. And you come
here ...You come here ... here ... I say ... here...
Ciara: Who is in your family, Thomas? Do you have a big
Acorah: Oh yes... oh yes... oh yes...
Ciaran: Who's in your family? Children?
Acorah: William. William. He's a dear, dear boy.
Ciaran: Do you have a wife? Do you have a wife, Thomas? Do
you mind me asking?
Acorah: Why would you want this knowledge? My wife?
Ciaran: I'm interested...
Acorah: (shouting over Ciaran) My wife? My wife?
Ciaran: You've got a lovely home and ...
Acorah: MY WIFE? MY WIFE?
Ciaran: We'd like to know something about you, Thomas
Ciaran: There's no need to shout at me.
Acorah: I do apologise
Ciaran: I'd like to know about you, and about your wife, your
Acorah: Why should I tell you? ... anything? Why? Maybe...
oh yes, of course.. I should, should I? Hm! Yes...
Ciaran: It would be nice. It would be the polite thing to
do. Who is your wife? What is her name?
Acorah: Ciaran! Did you say Ciaran?
Ciaran: That's me, yes.
Acorah: Hm. Strange name.
Ciaran: It's an Irish name.
Acorah: (indistinct) I'm not Irish
Ciaran: No, you are English, aren't you, Thomas? You are
English, of course.
Acorah: (affected accent) Oh yes.
Ciaran: Tell me about your wife and your family. Your wife's
name; your children's names
Acorah: (pacing in a manner reminiscent of Robert Laughton,
Gollum and Mr Punch combined)
Ciaran: What do you do? What is your occupation, Thomas?
Acorah: Well it's gentry I suppose (forced laughter)
Ciaran: When did you get this house? When did this house
become yours?
Acorah: This is tiresome... tiresome... tiresome ... (long
pause) asks us many questions ...
Ciaran: I do apologise. We do ask a lot of questions but I'm
very interested in you, and your family, and this house...
Acorah: (grunting)
Ciaran: Please tell me about your family.
Acorah: (grunting) No reply
Ciaran: Thomas, are you still there?
Acorah: I'm thinking ... yes... I'm thinking ... (long
pause) ... I'm tired. I'm tired...I'm tired...(gets down on
his knees)
Ciaran: When did you pass away, Thomas?
Acorah: I'm tired... I'm just... I need a nap...
by Acorablimey
I was in
the audience last night [for some bizarre reason I ended up in a front
row seat - so much for my somewhat shamefaced low-key liking for the
show despite my scepticism. I blame Derek's psychic stomach ache]...
I had been amazed at the near-hysterical response from the queuing
crowd when Derek first appeared outside the Armitage Centre. It must
be said that he was very pleasant, very polite and posed tirelessly
for photos and signed lots of autographs. The consummate professional
Contrast that with his "performance" when possessed [was it just me or
did he have two possessions?] and Ciaran's tireless professionalism
persistently demonstrated with calm, tact and dogged perseverance.
When we cut for a break you could have heard a pin drop in the studio.
Matthew Smith looked one part contemptuous, one part smugly satisfied;
David Wells barely disguising his embarrassment - I get the impression
there is no love lost there... ::)
Richard Jones looked like a stunned mullet, and Dr Bull**** tested him
on his Kings and Queens, but sadly no screen time was apparently
available to discuss Derek's 'Enery cock-up. Hmmm...
I was expecting a buzz of excitement from Derek's fans, of which there
were evidently many, but it was strangely flat with barely any
evidence of any discussion or enthusiasm at his alleged possession.
After all, this was a possession on live television - how startling,
how extraordinary, how wonderful. Or not.
I think many struggled as they realised that the game was up... I
don't doubt that this episode will be forgotten by his adoring public,
but I'm sure it will resonate with Derek Acorah for a long time...
It will stick in my mind for a long time too, more for the stunned
response from the fans as anything else. Bravo, Mr O'Keefe! More!
Quotations relating to the location and its
inhabitants transcribed directly from Most Haunted Live
Presenter Yvette Fielding:
The most terrifying location to date that we have been to on Most
Haunted Live.
I've driven past this location many, many times and it looks ominous
from the road
The sound guys noticed a male figure, a face, at one of the windows
when there was no-one in the building.
Studio anchor man, Dr David Bull:
I was at the location today and it's one of the scariest places I've
ever been to.
On the outskirts of the city is a derelict building. It was once
hailed a refuge for the mentally and physically ill; now its corridors
are said to echo with the screams of past patients.
This place is so haunted that the owners have asked us to refer to it
only as The Asylum.
New moon tonight and the word lunatic derives from the word lunar,
meaning moon.
Astrologer David Wells:
Traditionally it's the full moon that's associated with that.
However what is interesting about this particular new moon is that
astrologically it's directly caused by Uranus (?), which is a sign of
mental brightness, but more importantly, it's in the sign of Pisces,
which is about institutions, and to a certain degree, about mental
Inside the building
'Medium' Derek Acorah:
There's a feeling of torment here.
I'm getting … not clarity of my mind;
I get a childlike atmosphere as well but not children. You know when
a person has the energy of an adult but being very childlike.
There's a hopelessness connected to it
Some didn't mind being here; others used to rant and rave and get
I get this anger displayed, and it's as if this one person – maybe
more than one – physically thrown against a wall, and just jammed
against a wall, and then suddenly … it's like they'll get sedated
against the wall, and they're just pulling this woman along.
I feel a swing in these energies from being normal to absolutely
violent or banging against the walls and screaming. I'm hearing
women' screams; I'm hearing a man's screams. I'm hearing one person
repeating words one after another.
Tonight one of Manchester's most hideous and barbaric institutions –
an abandoned asylum – will reveal its secrets.
Tonight we're investigating a monument of madness; a vacant and
dilapidated Victorians asylum, with an oppressive and disturbing
atmosphere, and some believe it has the power to force you to lose
your mind.
What tormented souls lurk in that asylum?
We're in the middle of an intriguing investigation at a horrendous
derelict and ruined Victorian asylum. It's a place where people
believed to be insane were locked up and left.
Oh God, Yvvie, there's a deranged mind close by here. It's deranged.
It's a man.
One moment he seemed to be lucid, have clarity of mind, and the next a
frantic, raging sort of man. A man that had to be … God… with his
anger it would take six men to take him down.
There's fear that comes from his energies. Fear of people. There's
two that he fears There's two men that he fears coming to him and
he's planning in his mind to stop them from giving him those needles.
He's got anger. It's as if he wants to kill them. He wants to take
their lives … giving him those needles. He fears the wires. He
fears the wires. He fears electricity.
Were you locked in this hospital?
Did you feel you were held as a prisoner?
Will those tortured souls incarcerated in that institutions show
themselves tonight?
We're investigating at a doomed and derelict asylum in the North West.
To me mental, mental and almost physical cruelty combined.
It's like a treatment given out and they're suffering from it.
I feel this big, big property has housed people who had mental
disorders and a lot of them … they did have these mental disorders,
but a lot of them were treated so harshly at times in a vain attempt
to heal and it went wrong.
They felt like guinea pigs – they felt caged; they felt trapped. It
was like a jail to them.
And then I have the feeling not so much of starvation but not feeding
some of them, and they felt like caged rats. Terrible cruelty...
terrible to the mind, to the physical, and there's a couple of them
roaming these corridors
This is not just a hospital fragrance or stench, but I feel
aggressiveness that I feel doesn't come with hospitals. I feel as if
people were suppressed; people were brought down when they got too
angry, and I feel all to do with the mind, mental – this is an
asylum. This is an asylum!
(speaking about / to 'Melissa', a 'spirit')
They were doing something with treatment and it went wrong.
We're not here to cause you any ill-treatment like you experienced.
Melissa come out of her physical body, looking at her physical remains
lying in the morgue and she was very angry of the way they left her;
treatment to her that wasn't correct.
Sedated with some kind of medicine, feeling suffocated; she's lying
there and she's looking up and she realises there were two of them,
above her, two males and she's screaming out and screaming out, and
they were attaching things, doing things around this area (indicates
head), and she was screaming out and they were still doing it. The
arms were tethered but I felt they didn't need to be because she was
< Break>
Our heroic team are investigating a rambling Victorian asylum whose
corridors rang with the tortured cries of the deranged.
If they were a patient here, they wouldn't be able to understand all
these letters and numbers.
No, no.
Tonight our team are investigating a true Victorian monument; it's an
asylum and it's steeped in history, but it's a place of madness and
little hope.
Thousands died while incarcerated in the asylum.
(Melissa again) She definitely had a mental problem; a big
mental problem. Right up to the end she was screaming at them she is
not a lunatic, she is not a lunatic. And she could hear the voices
and the voices were telling her the truth, and the doctors were not.
And they treated her and she knew it wasn't right what actually
happened to her. And she's walking around with that hatred of
doctors, and not just doctors but the people. There were two men who
treated her …
We're investigating a Victorian madhouse. It's a real live Bedlam
The whole building has seen the whining and whimpering of sad,
tormented souls
The team are immersed in madness as they unlock the secrets of a
former asylum on the outskirts of Manchester.
Welcome back to a night of tortured souls, madness, mayhem, and
The plain, unvarnished truth is that Most
Haunted Live, LivingTV, Antix Productions, and all connected with
them, perpetrated a disgraceful deception upon the viewing public on
Saturday 3rd September 2005.
Over and over again the
presenters on the programme claimed it was coming from a terrifying
disused lunatic asylum, rife with the tortured spirits of those who
died while incarcerated there.
This could
not be further from the truth, as the evidence will show from the
beautiful Victorian building's well-documented history.
"Robert Barnes, former cotton manufacturer, made a gift of £10,000, to
the Manchester Infirmary, with the intention of its being applied in
support of a new convalescent hospital established at Cheadle. It was
agreed that the new institution should be named - The Barnes
Convalescent Home - in honour of the donor."
29th July, 1871
"The foundation stone of the Barnes Convalescent Home, the munificent
gift of Robert Barnes, Esq., was laid July 29, by Mr. Hugh Birley, M.P.,
the treasurer to the Royal Infirmary.
The Bishop of Manchester had prepared a special service for and
officiated at the stone-laying."
building was designed by Lawrence Booth of Manchester, for the
Manchester Royal Infirmary.
The building completed.
"£3,000 should be paid out of the estate of the late Mr. Samuel Fletcher,
formerly a pawnbroker in Great Ancoats Street, who died in testate, by
way of an endowment to be specially conferred on the Barnes
Convalescent Home at Cheadle.
In order to perpetuate the memory of the person out of whose property
it has been made, the Chancellor directs that the endowment shall bear
the name of the "Samuel Fletcher Endowment."
Before its closure, the hospital dealt mainly with geriatric and
stroke patients
Barnes Hospital became a Grade II listed building on 12 November 1999.
The beautiful Victorian building is
about to be reborn, when it is converted into flats as part of a
redevelopment programme for the whole derelict site.
To add insult to injury,
LivingTV 'celebrated' the Manchester Most Haunted Live with a grossly
offensive t-shirt
As the Most Haunted team had
absolutely no connection with ANY lunatic asylum over the whole
weekend, these items are being merchandised under false pretences.
The monster lunatic asulum
created by LivingTV, Antix Productions, and Derek Acorah does not
exist, and never has done.
Hopefully the redevelopment
of this lovely building will not be adversely affected by the nasty
deception and fraud committed on both viewers and the people of
Almost incidental to the deception and
false claims, yet proved by them, Acorah provided cast-iron evidence
of his fraudulent mediumship.
ASYLUM" he declared, not once, but twice.
But we all know the truth -
that this was a convalescent home. A place where
patients were treated with dignity and respect, and healed
sufficiently to return to their own lives.
What else is there to say?
Richard Woolfe happily takes the kudos when things go right. Now
he must be accountable for the lies and deceptions perpetrated by
those employed under him.
As far as the Barnes Hospital redevelopment is
concerned, we hope it proceeds well, and that it is not adversely
affected by this, as it is an extremely important project for Cheadle
The antics of Antix
©2005 Emma Gee
Most Haunted
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06/18/2010, Still Anchored in Admiralty Bay, Bequia
Dudley and I are still 'discussing' going sailing, you know the 'he said, she said' kind of conversation. He is suggesting "we sail as far as Martinique, then go back to Grenada..." because he's dying to go sailing!
I'm so in love with sailing, just not really sure if he isn't up to a sneaky move, and for the record I'm so in love with Dudley too. Just not positive he's hoping that when we get to Martinique we may want to go a little further, and a little further...you get my drift. He says: "No honey, I would never try to do that"!
We are still in Bequia, and I'm getting a chance to air out my thoughts with Carol during our morning hikes around the island. The value of girl talk! Very important for all you guys out there.
06/17/2010, Thru the Sunroof of Tour Guide's SUV!
You'll just have to wait and see the surprisingly good photos from standing thru the sunroof, while our Taxi driver, Reese is swiftly careening around St. Vincent to squeeze in all our wishes today! We were totally surprised that (1) we made it all day long without anything more than greasy armpits and clothes from the sunroof tracks, and (2) sore jaws from laughing at bouncing against each other without a single grumble.
I always ask permission before I shoot blatant closeups, only right ya know, however, I'm finding that there are a lot of 'hamsters' out there! This guy wasn't only amenable to the photography, but a showman too! That, by the way is a very large breadfruit he's trying to sell! And all we thought we were acquiring were directions! There I go thinking again!
The Photo Gallery entitled: St. Vincent...thru the SUNROOF! Pretty good stuff after all!
06/17/2010, To Windward + Black Point...Jasper Tunnel!
We were swept away to the windward cost and O'M'God! When we get tired of the scenery, the sunsets, the great folks we meet, it will be time to go home! In the meantime, that hasn't even begun to happen. The last place on our wish list is Black Point Park, the home of the unique Jasper Tunnel. This tunnel is about 3,000 feet long and was ordered to be built by the British and constructed by slave labor in 1815 to provide an access route for sugar exports. This stunning achievement is mind boggling and the view at the end of the tunnel is over the top. Very hard to believe that anything could be loaded onto a vessel of any kind from these rocky shores, but it was! Incredible really!
Check out these amazing pix in the Photo Gallery entitled: St. Vincent, Black Point Tunnel!
06/17/2010, Montreal Gardens
The Montreal Gardens are widely renown and were a must see during this short visit today! Reese, our tour guide and taxi driver, agreed to squeeze in all we wanted to do today for a reasonable price and also agreed to my request to stand up thru the sunroof to shoot the sights as we raced the clock today! Our bruises and grease marks were proof positive of our childlike joy as Carol and I did the "SOB" into each other for hours (that would be "slide over baby").
Both Carol and I managed the tiny opening happily and were a sight to behold as we photographed the churches, the flora, the architecture and then we had to pass through the Mesopotamia Valley! St. Vincent's bread basket as it is lovingly denoted. How stunning, richly fertile and electrically lush! I have to say that we were successful in capturing at least half of what we shot on the fly! Very fun, very beautiful and ooooooooo, the gardens. Even Dudley said that it was breathtaking...now he knows what I mean when I exclaim "My endorphins are on overdrive" in the Heavenly Caribbean Floral Wonderlands we been privy!
Enjoy the Photo Gallery named: Montreal Gardens, A St. Vincent Jewel. It was practically impossible to choose a post shot from the utterly indescribably, magnanimously, lucious choices.
06/17/2010, First Sight of a Bustling St. Vincent...
We talked Carol into taking a ferry to St. Vincents today! We really needed to step away from the decision...'CONTINUE NORTH' OR 'GO BACK TO GRENADA'!
We wanted to see St. Vincent, but more people than not are sailing right past this historical, rich cultural, beautiful country! Those who brave the aggressive boat boys and the reported crime either get extremely lucky (or not) and hide in a spot where they feel safe! No way will we be bringing Altair to St. Vincent, other than on a ferry! It's very sad really, and I wish we cruisers could band together and plead with the government to make some changes.
What a GLORIOUS day! We got a taxi/tour guide, Reese, and negotiated a price for three things we'd researched and were determined to visit.
First was the Botanical Garden and we were treated to a guide named "Professor" St. Clair! He was so entertaining, very good at teaching visitors about the flora and trees at the Garden and terrifically funny!
Enjoy the pix in the Photo Gallery marked: St. Vincent, "Botanical Gardens".
This Post shot is "Professor" St. Clair attaching norfolk pine seed pods 'dreadlocks' to his dreadlocks,\ effortlessly as he does for all of us "children" who giggle as easily as the wee kids.
06/15/2010, Our Home in Miami...
We did get wifi, just as our friends so graciously declared, just in time for some bad news! My good friend Caroleeena, who is watching our house when she's in Miami, found standing water on the first floor or our townhouse. The ceiling is sagging and stained downstairs, the carpet in the master bedroom is wet and stained upstairs and we need to go home to take care of it. Our son came down from West Palm and cannot find a leak anywhere. He ran water for an extended period of time, out of every possible source, while scouring every nook and cranny in our home to find the cause of the problem, to to avail.
Unfortunately, Dudley and I are 'discussing it' and he is hellbent in getting to Puerto Rico for the hurricane season. I think it's too late to be going anywhere, with a predicted active season before us and the weather is already very tumultuous right now! He says it's the best time of year to go sailing. I said I like to sail more than stay in a marina any day, but not during hurricane season, and he says that some people sail their boats during the season because it's so great. Ruh Roh...HE SAID, SHE SAID...The weather barreling across the Atlantic from Africa is making me nervous as a seal in shark infested waters. We have no place to put the boat, we've checked...so I say go back to Grenada and fly home to deal with our 'flood'. Dudley says I'm reacting out of fear...and he's right...why tempt fate! We should've begun our journey north in December, not June with the Hurricane season upon us.
What WILL we do?
Dudley and Bec

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09 April 2012
Photo: Corinne DubreuilJim Courier (USA)
ROQUEBRUNE CAP MARTIN, FRANCE: USA might have to keep all their fingers-and-toes crossed when they head to Spain in September to play in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group semifinals. And that's taking into account that Team USA have proven to be a dynamite force on clay in Davis Cup this season, beating Switzerland 5-0 and France 3-2 this weekend.
But Spain could be an entirely different challenge and that is a fact that all participants are aware of and taking into consideration. Nevertheless, American captain Jim Courier is more than encouraged by how this Davis Cup season is going for his squad.
"We've had the worst (Davis Cup) draw than you can possibly imagine so far," Courier said. "I'm shocked that we're still in the Davis Cup this year. Honestly, at the beginning of the year it was my hope that we would be able to stay in the World Group. I mean, Switzerland away you would think we'd probably lose that match, and when we got past Switzerland we thought maybe we'd have a chance but thought we'd lose this one as well."
And why not feel confident when he's led two underdog teams to battle this season and come out winning the Davis Cup weekend war. Here at the Monte Carlo Country Club, world No. 11 John Isner was a powerful force in taking down Gilles Simon in straight sets and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, ranked No. 6, in four sets.
"Beating Jo and beating Gilles are two very good wins," Isner said. "If I can keep playing like that I'm going to be hard to beat."
And so he's certainly not going to count his team out. He's confident his players will arrive with the similar fight that they brought to Switzerland and France. He anticipates they'll put forth every ounce of energy they can to doing what some might think unthinkable: beating Spain.
"Spain, we'd probably lose it on paper," Courier said. "But they don't play it on paper. We have to play it and we have players who are capable and passionate and hungry. We're going to be the underdog but we'll be ready to play."
The Spanish come complete with top-ranked stars, who often love clay and feel comfy on other surfaces. There lineup could include second-ranked Rafael Nadal, fifth-ranked David Ferrer, 12th-ranked Nicolas Almagro, 15th-ranked Feliciano Lopez, 19th-ranked Fernando Verdasco and 26th-ranked Marcel Granollers.
The Americans will likely be hoping that they'll be able to compliment Isner with either Mardy Fish or Andy Roddick playing singles. Ryan Harrison, who lost both of his matches here playing in his first ever Davis Cup live tie, could use a bit more polish to take on Spain.
Isner sounded as if the semifinal against Spain will be a challenge the American team will be ready to handle.
"Just like France, and probably even more so, they could throw anybody at us, they're so deep that country," Isner said. "But whoever we go up against, whatever the conditions are, we're going to go out there and we're going to believe we're going to win.
"That's what we've done these first two rounds. People didn't think we could beat Switzerland. I'm sure there were some people who didn't think we could beat France. We'll go into that tie very confident and obviously ready to go."
It's true that the two countries are even at 5-5 when it comes to playing each other in Davis Cup. Spain have had the upper-hand their last two clashes.
Most recently, in Spain surprised USA on a lightning fast indoor hard court designed to help the Americans to victory. Instead, it worked to a 3-1 favor for Spain in Andy Roddick's hometown of Austin, Texas at the quarterfinal stage last year.
But to take a look at their record when they've met on clay and Spain are clear-cut favorites with a 4-1 advantage. That includes a clash in 2008, when Spain scored a 4-1 win in the semifinal played on clay in Madrid.
USA have been the Davis Cup champions 32 times with the last time being in 2007. Spain have lifted the trophy five times, but all five of those victories have taken place from 2000 onwards.
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Electronic Arts announced today that they will be releasing a team racing pack. This free content will be available to download for both 360 and PS3 gamers.
The new online racing mode will allow players to battle it out against each other in teams of up to 6 players. Electronic Arts have said that players will have to work together in order secure a win for their team in this new online option.
Also included in the pack is a selection of 5 new cars:
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It may not be anything particularly grand but I do enjoy getting free stuff…and who doesn't?
This new pack will be available for download on December 1st from xbox live and December 10th for the Playstation network.
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We present a framework for managing and troubleshooting enterprise wireless networks using desktop infrastructure. The framework is called DAIR, which for Dense Array of Inexpensive Radios.
Prior proposals in this area either rely solely upon access points (APs) and mobile clients to monitor the wireless network, or augment them with dedicated sensor nodes. We believe that these approaches can be improved upon. One cannot cover the entire spectrum in a comprehensive manner using only APs and mobile clients. An ordinary, single-radio AP cannot monitor multiple channels effectively, without adversely impacting the associated clients. Due to power constraints, mobile devices can not continuously monitor the wireless networks. Deploying dedicated sensor nodes is an expensive proposition.
Our solution is based on two simple observations. First, in most enterprise environments, one finds plenty of desktop machines with good wired connectivity, and spare CPU and disk resources. Second, inexpensive USB-based wireless adapters are commonly available. By attaching these adapters to desktop machines, and dedicating the adapters to the task of monitoring the wireless network, we create a low cost management infrastructure.
In this paper, we show how the DAIR framework is wellsuited for solving many wireless management problems including detection of unauthorized access points, handling malfunctioning APs, and performance monitoring. In each case, we show how the DAIR framework takes advantage of the key attributes of the desktop infrastructure: dense deployment, stationarity, wired connectivity, and spare CPU and disk resources.
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Mom Convicted Of Negligent Homicide In Son's Jaywalking Death To Get New TrialMonica Bielanko
A woman convicted of vehicular homicide after her 4-year-old son was struck and killed by a van as they jaywalked across a busy Atlanta-area street has accepted a judge's unusual offer to have her case retried.
Last week the judge sentenced 30-year-old Raquel Nelson to a year of probation, sparing her the three-year prison sentence she could have received on the charges for which a jury convicted her.
If acquitted after a new trial the probation sentence could be wiped out. It could also mean Nelson ends up with a toughter sentence, but she told NBC's "Today" show she's willing to take that risk.
Nelson's attorney, Steve Sadow, tells NBC he took the case pro bono because her prosecution is "both morally wrong and unjustified." He's also calling on Cobb County Solicitor General Barry Morgan to dismiss the case.
Agreed. The grieving mother never should have been charged in the first place. You might remember, Nelson, a single mother, had exited a bus after a long day and was crossing the street to her apartment in April 2010. Taking the crosswalk would have required Nelson and her three children to walk several blocks down and cross another, very dark side street. So they crossed from the bus directly to their apartment building.
As she was leading her children to the median of the busy five-lane road 4-year-old A.J. broke away from Raquel and was hit. Raquel and her two daughter were injured. To add insult to those injuries, 5 weeks after A.J.'s death investigators showed up at the apartment and slapped the grieving mother with charges.
An all white jury, none of whom had ever used public transportation, convicted Nelson of vehicular manslaughter in July. Unbelievably, she faced more time in prison than the man who hit her son and drove off, even though alcohol and pain meds were found in his system AND he has two prior hit & runs on his record. He was sentenced to six years in prison but served only five months.
The case sparked outrage from activists who flooded the judge's office with letters, held a rally in metro Atlanta and organized an online petition campaign that attracted more than 125,000 signature. Looks like the judge agreed and Nelson's new trial is scheduled to begin at the end of October. Fingers crossed for a complete acquittal. Hell, this woman is entitled to compensation after what she's been through!


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Christopher Nolan's brother, Jonathan Nolan wrote the screenplay to "Interstellar" that was first in the hands of Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. Spielberg dropped out of the movie and Christopher Nolan took over the project as director.
Emma Thomas and Nolan of Syncopy Films and Obst of Lynda Obst Productions will produce the movie. The story will depict a heroic interstellar voyage across space. "Interstellar" will be released in IMAX. Nolan is the producer for the upcoming "Man Of Steel" directed by Zack Snyder, which will arrive in theaters this June.
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My Biochemistry may be rusty, but I'm pretty sure protein metabolism does not provide for conversion of unused amino acids to fat. Hence the success of all-protein diets in reducing fat.
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My biochem is just as rusty, but first, I'm not going to hijack a thread to argue for or against the high protein diet. If you feel like you have to debate it, start another thread on the topic.
I do believe I oversimplified- proteins are long chains of amino acids, but at the same time, we have to consider the protein diet itself, as well as what's beinc consumed with the high protein diet. As far as the "success" of the all-protein diets in reducing fat, a protein diet often results in an increase in fat intake. Excess protein is not used efficiently by the body, and can promote an increased metabolic burden on the kidneys and liver. A high protein-high fat diet, deficient in carbohydrate, causes a metabolic shift in favor of ketosis.
Besides that, when we eat protein in our diet, the main source of protein is from animal fats. There are not many people on Atkins who are vegetarians! When proteins are ingested, they are broken down into water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen. The nitrogen part of protein metabolism is used for amino acids in muscle and tissue repair, as well as to drive the Krebs Cycle (to a small extent). BUT we are not just ingesting long chains of amino acids- often, these animal fats are higher in saturated fats. As we overconsume protein, we increase the amount of saturated fats in the body. I remember hearing once that people on high-protein diets are consuming up to 34% of their total calories in the form of protein and up to 53% of total calories from fat. So, if someone is eating a higher protein diet, they're actually consuming more fat, which will be stored in the body in excess. Since there isn't a lot of energy expenditure promoted in Atkins, then if you think about it, there will be excessive amount of fat storage in the body.
Beyond this, there is more to it with Atkins and other high protein diets, but I'm not going to discuss it in this thread. The point of THIS thread is to discuss recovery, not the alleged success of protein rich diets. I had hoped to skip a longer explanation of proteins, so I did simplify things a bit, but I suppose I should have just broke it down so I wouldn't have to then hijack a thread about the "success" of protein diets.
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My intention was not to support high-protein diets. I simple wanted to point out that unused amino acids are not converted to fat during normal metabolism. And it turns out I was wrong. Here's the explanation I dug up in an old Biochemistry text book. You were on the right track in stating that high-protein diets cause a shift in favor of ketosis;
We now turn to the fates of the carbon skeletons of amino acids after the removal of the alpha-amino group. The strategy of amino acid degradation is to transform the carbon skeletons into major metabolic intermediates that can be converted into glucose or oxidized by the citric acid cycle. The conversion pathways range from extremely simple to quite complex. The carbon skeletons of the diverse set of 20 fundamental amino acids are funneled into only seven molecules: pyruvate, acetyl CoA, acetoacetyl CoA, a-ketoglutarate, succinyl CoA, fumarate, and oxaloacetate. We see here a striking example of the remarkable economy of metabolic conversions, as well as an illustration of the importance of certain metabolites.
Amino acids that are degraded to acetyl CoA or acetoacetyl CoA are termed ketogenic amino acids because they can give rise to ketone bodies or fatty acids. Amino acids that are degraded to pyruvate, a-ketoglutarate, succinyl CoA, fumarate, or oxaloacetate are termed glucogenic amino acids. The net synthesis of glucose from these amino acids is feasible because these citric acid cycle intermediates and pyruvate can be converted into phosphoenolpyruvate and then into glucose. Recall that mammals lack a pathway for the net synthesis of glucose from acetyl CoA or acetoacetyl CoA.
Of the basic set of 20 amino acids, only leucine and lysine are solely ketogenic. Isoleucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine are both ketogenic and glucogenic. Some of their carbon atoms emerge in acetyl CoA or acetoacetyl CoA, whereas others appear in potential precursors of glucose. The other 14 amino acids are classed as solely glucogenic. This classification is not universally accepted, because different quantitative criteria are applied. Whether an amino acid is regarded as being glucogenic, ketogenic, or both depends partly on the eye of the beholder.
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Clearly protein metabolism does result in the net creation of fatty acids. The efficiency with which new fat is formed from broken down amino acids is still a bit unclear to me but obviously will depend upon the amino acid composition of the protein in our diets as conversion to acetyl CoA appears to be more effecient for a class of amino acids. Obviously this is not something that people think about when considering diet. However, the bottom line is (and I think you'd agree from your last post) that the contribution of fat from the protein source (i.e. fatty foods) is likely to far outweigh de novo fat synthesis from the metabolic conversion of ketogenic amino acids.


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Clark County's Parks Foundation exceeded its $10,000 fundraising goal in 2012.
Tidewater and Waste Connections agreed to match the funds with another $10,000, making the total amount raised $21,500.
All funds raised from the campaign will support the Parks Foundation's 2013 Community Grant program to support park, trail and recreation programs throughout Clark County.
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ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Atlanta has set bond at $100,000 for ex-WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw.
Holdsclaw was in court Friday, hours after surrendering to face charges of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
She is accused of firing a shot into a car belonging to 29-year-old Jennifer Lacy, who plays for the Tulsa Shock. Police say the 35-year-old Holdsclaw also used a bat to smash the car's windows.
No one was injured. Lacy told police that Holdsclaw was an ex-girlfriend and they were Atlanta Dream teammates in 2009.
Holdsclaw was ordered to wear a monitoring device and have no contact with Lacy.
She was ordered back to court Nov. 30. A message to her attorney was not immediately returned.


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Most people know Bill Messner-Loebs from his work as a writer, but Bill is also a gifted illustrator (as evidenced by the self portrait seen here).
Bill is best known for his series Journeys and his work on The Flash, Wonder Woman, and The Maxx.
We don't have the title or even the subject matter yet, but we're pleased to announce that Bill Messner-Loebs is currently completing his first novel… and Aardwolf will be the publisher! More details as we get them.
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World, Meet DigMyData
Today we are publicly launching DigMyData after 8 months of beta and early access!
As an incentive during this launch period, Mark and I, along with Peldi (our advisor), have decided to offer an extended trial through Dec 31, 2011 for users signing up starting today (Tuesday, Sept 6). As of Jan 1, 2012, we will move to paid plans (we're thinking $99/month right now).
What is DigMyData?
DigMyData is the online business CEO's dashboard. Gone are the days of logging into 10 different sites so you can see how your business is doing or hours of Excel time to build a spreadsheet – then have it be out of date before you even save it.
Who is DigMyData for?
DigMyData is for anyone who has an online business. You sell desktop software, developer tools, pitch for donations, blog for a living, software as a service, iPhone games, online newsletters? Then DigMyData is for you. You have email data, web traffic data, sales data, support data, data, data, data. What's the best way to get meaning from all of this? We humbly suggest signing up for a free extended trial (through Dec 31, 2011) of DigMyData: https://app.digmydata.com/signup
How does DigMyData dig my data?
Chart: We take your data and present in a beautiful timeline chart. We bet you've never seen some of this data – and certainly not together.
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What is the next bottleneck that I should attack?
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What data can I import as of launch?
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Accepted wisdom in the startup community is that you should be embarrassed by your "version 1″; though we're not embarrassed this is absolutely a version 1.0. DigMyData in its current incarnation is super usable and we're got great things planned in coming releases, like email and event alerts as well as goal setting. Follow us on Twitter @digmydata for updates on new features.
How do I sign up for DigMyData?
Sign up right here https://app.digmydata.com/signup and within a few clicks you'll have your first charts built in DigMyData.
We are standing by like telethon phone operators in case you need help. =)
You can reach us here: @digmydata (Twitter) or email@example.com
Additional coverage
– Read about how Peldi, of Balsamiq, joined us as our advisor and how he uses DigMyData to manage his multi-million "startup" from Italy: http://blogs.balsamiq.com/peldi/?p=3666
– Read about how Ruben, of Bidsketch, uses DigMyData to make sense of this web traffic: http://www.bidsketch.com/reviews/better-analytics-digmydata/
– Bob Walsh, of 47Hats and author of "The Web Startup Success Guide", talks about how having data isn't enough – you need DigMyData: http://47hats.com/2011/09/you-have-data-what-you-need-is-digmydata/


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United and City both vying for the signature of a player Arsenal are hoping to keep? Sound familiar? Robin Van Persie has replaced Samir Nasri as the Gooner being coveted by both halves of Manchester. Last season's title loss couldn't have been any closer and it's pretty obvious to everyone that had Nasri signed for United, it would have been number 20.
The knowledge that missing out on Nasri proved pivotal, may have strengthened Sir Alex's resolve when it comes to the purchase of Robin Van Persie. Should the Premier League's top scorer join the champions, then the task of winning back "our trophy" would be made even more difficult. Sir Alex may also look back to the whole Carlos Tevez affair, where the manager by his own admission "hesitated" in trying to re-sign the player, which all but allowed him to join City, another seminal transfer moment.
It's the knowledge of how instrumental losing Tevez and losing out on Nasri was in handing City success that must make Sir Alex adamant we need to sign Van Persie, not just for what he'll add to our squad, but to prevent him adding it to Roberto Mancini's side. That's my theory anyway. The reason I believe this, is I don't honestly see the need for spending upwards of £20 million on a player we simply do not need. Yes, RVP is class, but he's also 29 in Auguest and isn't going to greatly improve. Danny Welbeck on the other hand is only 21 years old, has just enjoyed his best season ever and has showed in the Euros just how far he's come since he announced himself to many Reds with a stunning strike against West Brom.
If you look at Welbeck's goal scoring stats they read played 98 scored 25 since he turned professional – not counting internationals. At 21 years-old, Welbeck is perfectly set to kick on and become one of the best strikers the Premier league has ever seen.
Just take a look at the Mancunian's stats when compared with some of the best strikers we've seen over the past two decades. Alan Shearer at the age of 21, had played 48 games bagging 14 goals, the in-demand RVP had 78 apps and 22 goals, Eric Cantona, the greatest striker the Premier League has ever seen, had 79 games and 27 goals, while Didier Drogba's record at the age of 21 was 83 games 18 goals.
All of the aforementioned strikers blossomed in the following seasons, many being not only their sides top scorers, but also one of the leagues.
Should Robin Van Persie come to United, the chances of Welbeck being able to progress properly will be stifled somewhat as he's almost certainly destined to be relegated to the bench.
At Eastlands, our rivals have a similar situation with the development of Mario Balotelli, who's stock has risen dramatically following his superb showing in the Euros.
Balotelli has had a somewhat blistering start to his career, with 148 games and 55 goals by the age of 21, even more impressive considering the standard of leagues he's played in.
There's no doubt should Van Persie end up at Eastlands- which he probably will- then Balotelli a player who despite his problems is extremely gifted, would surely see his opportunities limited, perhaps to the point where his temperament got the better of him and he decided to leave.
Personally I'd be happy if Van Persie didn't sign for United as I fully expect Welbeck to become one of the league's top scorers and eventually a legend at Old Trafford, City fans may have a similar feeling about Balotelli.
The question is would the short-term gain of signing a 28 year-old with a patchy injury record, at the expense of a striker on the cusp of greatness be worth it? I'd argue for both clubs it wouldn't.
"it's pretty obvious to everyone that had Nasri signed for United, it would have been number 20"
Really? Wouldn't City have just signed somebody else – probably somebody better.
"Eric Cantona, the greatest striker the Premier League has ever seen".
Where were you when Thierry Henry was scoring goals just for fun?
i agree to a point as Welbeck needs playing time to grow but if (as expected) Berba leaves then we would be light up top.
maybe RVP isnt the right target, given his issues like cost/age/injuries but i would like to see someone come in. cos if Rooney gets a knock its alot of pressure to put on Welbeck/Hernandez.
some games we might only use one main striker but there will be plenty when we will opt for two.
in my pecking order a new striker is 4th and i would prefer to see new faces in other areas first. but in theory we need another striker and at least RVP is a finished article.
RvP will give Danny space to develop without the spotlight so much on him … he's very young yet, and to be fair if he had scored the goals last season that RvP can then it would have been 20 and maybe a shot at Europe.
Personally I think RvP would be a brilliant signing for the whole club as we need some injection to catch up with the huge spending at Chelsea/City and the gulf in class that has developed with Barca/Madrid.
Yes, he's very expensive, but he's pure quality of the sort that makes a very handy squad player in later years also.
The Nasri statement is a bit imaginary. He had a very under-par season at City and definitely wasn't relevant for the title-win. I do understand the Welbeck/van Persie issue but wouldn't compare it to Tevez/Balotelli, In my opinion Balotelli was over-performing at the Euros and in the long run in the league he will hurt his team more than he will help.
Nasri scored the winner against Chelsea – 2 points.
You give no evidence on which you base your opinion regarding Balotelli over-performing. What do you base your opinion on? I suspect this more wishful thinking on your part.
Cantona as good as he was – didn't have patch on Henry . The Premier league most deadliest finisher ever . End of
Err, think that would be either Ronaldo or Van Nistelrooy. Don't try to bring in statistics of Ronaldo when he was 17 either. And i almost forgot shearer the highest scoring of the lot.
Take your point though, Henry was one of the greatest players to ever play in England.
Cantona was great because of his mind more than his feet. He was a winner.
Please don't mention Tevez. I wish we could wash that stain from our history.
Van Persie is too expensive & would hurt Welbeck's chance, but he would raise morale with fans being our biggest name signing in years. I flip flop but today was thinking of Rooney & Van Persie in the same forward line & I'm telling you defenders would be scared.
He might well be worth the money too take the pressure off Kagawa & Rooney & all the players really.
Jay…Mate!!! I'll always remember our couple of minutes @ the Salford Lad's Club. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone!
Chuffed you still see me as a future OT legend. My 9 goals have lit all of Europe afire and it's been really hard fending off all the suitors trying to sign me up! I'm a keep doing my running around thang next season and probably score 9 more goals!!! 9 + 9 = 18 so I'm getting up there!!
Keep telling anyone who doesn't see how brilliant I am that they don't really understand football. I love it!!
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Arsenal fan here. Have no objections to this article but I'm really surprised by your Nasri comments. In all fairness he was a back-up player last season and didn't have an impact on the title, and had he moved to United it would have most likely been the same story. He's capable of moments of brilliance but has yet to demonstrate the mentality and influence to be the type of player who could decide a championship – in fact he was one of the 3 or 4 players responsible for our 10/11 collapse. He's neither a playmaker capable of replacing Scholes or a winger capable of competing with Nani & Valencia.
He's also too much of a money-grabbing weird-toothed ****. But Arsenal fans aren't ones to hold a grudge.


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This year the Blue Jays Baseball Academy will be hosting the National Challenger Baseball Jamboree at Rogers Centre on Saturday, June 11 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Participants will get to play baseball on the same field as their favourite Blue Jays while receiving instruction from our Blue Jays Baseball Academy Instructors. Each participant will receive a Blue Jays T-shirt and hat.
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Both Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees met this past week for marathon hearings. August 26th is the last day for fiscal committees to meet and report all bills to the respective floors. Next week, both committees will consider bills placed on their respective Suspense Files. The following is a legislative update for the bills heard this past week:
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AB 22 (Mendoza): This bill would prohibit an employer, with the exception of certain financial institutions, from obtaining a consumer credit report for employment purposes unless the information is substantially job related and the position of the person for whom the report is sought is (1) a position in the state Department of Justice, (2) a managerial position, (3) that of a sworn peace officer or other law enforcement position or (4) a position for which the information contained in the report is required to be disclosed by law or to be obtained by the employer. This bill is opposed by a coalition of business interests. They have been working with the author in an attempt to get him to accept some amendments that would address their concerns. However, the author continues to move the bill in its current form.
AB 22 passed the committee with a vote of 5-2.
AB 52 (Feuer): This bill would prohibit health care service plans and health insurers from implementing a rate for a new product or instituting a rate change unless it submits an application to the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) or the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and the application is approved. The Director of DMHC and the Insurance Commissioner would have the authority to approve, deny, or modify any proposed rate or rate change.
AB 52 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 228 (Fuentes): This bill would expand the authority of the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) to permit the fund to insure for the purposes of workers' compensation coverage out-of-state employees of a qualified in-state employer. This bill would require the Department of Insurance to report by March 2015 regarding the experience of the fund in engaging in insuring out-of-state employees of in-state employers.
AB 228 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 375 (Skinner): This bill would provide, with respect to hospital employees, who provide direct patient care in an acute care hospital, that the term "injury" include a blood borne infectious disease or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that develops or manifests itself during the period of the person's employment with the hospital. This bill would further create a disputable presumption that the above injury arises out of and in the course of the person's employment if it develops or manifests.
AB 375 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 378 (Solorio): This bill would regulate the dispensing of compounded medications and related products in the workers' compensation system.
AB 378 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
AB 624 (J. Perez): This bill would extend the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) investments tax credit until January 1, 2017. The bill would also authorize the Insurance Commissioner to establish a California Organized Investment Network (COIN) Advisory Board until January 1, 2015.
AB 624 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 689 (Blumenfield): This bill would require adoption of more stringent procedures to assess suitability of proposed annuity sales for customers, including requiring insurers to establish a system to supervise the suitability of annuity sale recommendations. In addition, would establish mandatory standards, procedures and processes, for insurers and producers, for assessing suitability and monitoring annuity sales recommendations made to consumers so that the insurance needs and financial objectives of consumers at the time of the transaction are appropriately addressed.
AB 689 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
AB 714 (Atkins): This bill would require notices of health care eligibility be sent to individuals who are enrolled in, or who cease to be enrolled in, publicly-funded state health care programs.
AB 714 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 792 (Bonilla): This bill would require courts, health care service plans, health insurers, employers, and the Employment Development Department (EDD) to provide a notice of the availability of coverage in the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), effective January 1, 2014.
AB 792 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 878 (Berryhill): This bill would require a workers' compensation insurer to report to the Contractors State License Board when the insurer cancels the insurance policy of a licensed contractor after the insurer has conducted an audit of the contractor, the contractor has made a material misrepresentation that results in financial harm to the insurer, and no reimbursement has been paid by the contractor to the insurer. AB 878 would also provide that willful or deliberate disregard and violation of workers' compensation insurance laws by a contractor constitutes a cause for disciplinary action.
AB 878 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
AB 947 (Solorio): This bill would permit disability payments for a single injury causing temporary disability that occurred after January 1, 2012 to be extended, and would prohibit the payments from extending for more than 240 compensable weeks within five years of the date of injury.
AB 947 was placed on the Suspense File.
AB 1024 (Hueso): This bill would authorize insurance agents and brokers to sell low-cost auto insurance through an Internet website, and require the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan (CAARP) to create a website for referring consumers to certified agents or brokers for the purchase of low-cost automobile insurance. The bill would additionally require the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to update the insert regarding the low-cost automobile insurance program that is included in registration renewals to reflect the online program established by this measure.
AB 1024 passed the committee with a vote of 8-0.
AB 1083 (Monning): This bill would, effective January 1, 2014, make a number of changes to state laws governing the sale of small group insurance products to largely conform state law to provisions in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The bill would make changes to laws governing the offering and sale of small group insurance products that become effective January 1, 2012, pertaining to self-employed individuals, the duration of premium rates, notification of availability of coverage, and notice of material modifications by carriers.
AB 1083 passed the committee with a vote of 6-2.
AB 1168 (Pan): This bill would require, by January 1, 2013, the Administrative Director (AD) of the Division of Workers' Compensation to adopt a fee schedule that establishes reasonable hourly fees paid for services provided by vocational experts. This bill would prohibit a vocational expert from being paid, and would prohibit the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board from allowing, vocational expert fees in excess of those that are reasonable, actual, and necessary.
AB 1168 passed the committee with a vote of 6-0.
AB 1369 (Gatto): This bill would disallow any deductions from gross income taxes any expenses attributed to income derived by a taxpayer from any criminal profiteering activity, including insurance fraud.
AB 1369 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
AB 1423 (Perrea): This bill, an urgency bill, would conform state laws to recent federal changes that affect the tax treatment of regulated investment companies, which are mutual funds and other similar investment companies.
AB 1423 was placed on the Suspense File.
SB 116 (De Leon): This bill, an urgency statute, would make changes to apportionment formulas used to determine California taxable income for specified multistate corporations, change the rules for assigning intangibles and services for cable companies, expand eligibility for the 2009 jobs tax credit, enact a new education tax credit, and create a new sales and use tax exclusion for manufacturing equipment.
SB 116 passed the committee with a vote of 5-2.
Assembly Appropriations Committee
SB 6 (Calderon): This bill would update California's real estate and appraisal law to reflect recent changes enacted at the federal level pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
SB 6 passed the committee unanimously.
SB 51(Alquist): This bill would codify several health insurance market reforms enacted by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
SB 51 was placed on the Suspense File.
SB 53 (Calderon): This bill would provide the Department of Real Estate with additional enforcement authority and establishes additional protections for consumers relating to real estate licensees.
SB 53 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 127 (Emmerson): This bill would require the Administrative Director of the Division of Workers' Compensation to adopt annually the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, descriptors, and modifiers published by the American Medical Association in order to keep the fee schedule for physicians' services updated.
SB 127 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 131 (Gaines): This bill would clarify reporting requirements by surplus lines brokers when two or more brokers are involved in a transaction. In the case of surplus lines insurance, there is frequently more than one broker involved because the nature of this insurance is often complex and requires many parties to complete.
SB 131 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 155 (Evans): This bill would require policies in the individual and group health insurance markets to provide coverage for maternity services. This bill would create a mandate on insurers and not health plans, as health plans must cover maternity benefits under current law.
SB 155 was placed on the Suspense File.
SB 457 (Calderon): This bill would require that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board reimburse for all benefits and services paid by a health insurance plan, group disability policy, hospital service contract, or a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan that should have been covered by workers compensation insurance, even if those costs are in excess of the official medical fee schedule.
SB 457 was placed on the Suspense File.
SB 507 (DeSaulnier): This bill would extend from 45 days to 90 days the deadline for new owners of real property and certain legal entities to submit a change-in-ownership or a change-in-control statement and increases the penalty for failure to file a change-in-ownership statement in the case of real property transfers that must be reported to the local county assessor.
SB 507 passed the committee with a vote of 12-5.
SB 590 (Calderon): This bill would exempt the sale of certain life insurance policies for funeral and burial expenses from the requirement that the agent provide the senior with a notice at least 24 hours prior to the initial meeting, provided a 60-day cancellation period is allowed.
SB 590 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 599 (Kehoe): This bill would allow life insurance companies to place benefits in a retained-asset account (RAA) only if the beneficiary does not choose one of the other available settlement options, such as a lump sum payment. In addition, an RAA can only be used if a prominent disclosure has been provided on the claim form.
SB 599 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 621 (Calderon): This bill would invalidates any provision in a life insurance or disability insurance policy that provides discretionary authority to the insurer to determine eligibility for benefits or coverage.
SB 621 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 712 (Committee on Insurance): This bill would require every admitted property and casualty insurer, unless exempt, to annually submit a Statement of Actuarial Opinion with supporting documents and an Actuarial Opinion Summary. In addition, it exempts from public disclosure, required under the California Public Records Act (CPRA), all actuarial reports, work papers, or opinion summaries submitted in support of the Statement of Actuarial Opinion, and states that such records would not be subject to subpoena or discovery, or be admissible in evidence in any private party civil action.
SB 712 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 757 (Lieu): This bill would require that out-of-state health insurance or health plan issuers comply with requirements to provide coverage to domestic partners. These requirements currently only apply to in-state carriers.
SB 757 passed the committee with a vote of 12-5.
SB 826 (Leno): This bill would establish penalties for the failure of an employer to report claim information to the Workers' Compensation Information System (WCIS).
SB 826 passed the committee with a vote of 12-5.
SB 863 (Lieu): This bill would adopt reforms to the lien procedures in the workers' compensation system. Specifically, this bill would require lien claimants to file their liens in writing with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB), accompanied by a statement or itemized voucher supporting the lien and justifying the right to reimbursement. This bill would also require the lien claimant to provide notice to all interested parties. In addition, the measure would prohibit filing a lien after three years from the date the services were provided for services provided prior to July 1, 2012, and 18 months from the date the services were provided for services provided on or after July 1, 2012. Lastly, SB 863 would provide that the limitation periods noted above apply to any lien filed on or after the effective date of the bill, regardless of the date the services were provided.
SB 863 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.
SB 869 (Yee): This bill would make it a misdemeanor for an automotive repair dealer to fail to repair and fully restore a deployed airbag to its original operating condition after the dealer prepares a written estimate for repairs that includes replacement of a deployed airbag and the customer has paid for the airbag as provided in the estimate. The offense is punishable by a fine of $5,000 and/or up to one year in county jail.
SB 869 passed the committee with a unanimous vote.


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"We need to make Ohio cool, and part of it is a company like American Greetings."
— Ohio Gov. John Kasich, explaining how Ohio needs to retain the creative young people who keep moving to places like Austin, Tex.
We don't need to spend a lot of time explaining to you, dear CityBeat reader, that John Kasich is not cool. You're obviously a smart, cool and very attractive person if you're reading our Cool Issue fall preview, while Kasich is a stuffy Republican who thinks it's cool to sell bridges to private companies. "Look everybody! A toll booth! Cool!"
But having Kasich as governor hasn't stopped Cincinnati from having a lot of cool people, places and events scheduled for this fall, and hiring an illustrator to draw Kasich as a bunch of funny-looking cliches didn't stop us from previewing a cool fall in this issue (although the image of Kasich wearing the beer helmet definitely slowed productivity for a couple hours while we laughed at it).
So enjoy this fall preview, friends.
It's not every year that a politician expresses interest in making your community cooler by doing things nobody thinks are cool, but, hey, that's "Kasich Cool."
— Danny Cross, Project Editor
• Too Cool Kasich vs. The Liberal Elites
How Republican strongarm tactics may benefit Dems this fall
• Advice for a Bob Evans Enthusiast
Dear Gov. Kasich, expand your horizons and taste what the Queen City has to offer
John Kasich: Congressman, Fox News host, governor … aspiring music critic?
Classic theater company has a cool approach to its work — onstage and off
Debating the potential of the University of Cincinnati's football and basketball seasons
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Surfers will also be drawn to Newquay for Fistral Beach which also hosts a number of events through the summer including surf championships, a fun dog show and the popular Boardmasters event which includes skate and BMX competitions, live music and competitive surfing. Other attractions of the town include Newquay Zoo, and the Lappa Valley Steam Railway and you could spot seals and dolphins in the harbour. Our pretty Tregurrian campsite offers 90 level pitches. The well thought out site has immaculate faciliites including a handy wetsuit shower. A few miles up the coast Padstow has some excellent restaurants, including one owned by celebrity chef Rick Stein while Watergate Bay is home to Jamie Oliver's 15 Cornwall Restaurant. Worth Noting There is a wetsuit shower on site. Watergate Bay Beach is just 0.75 miles away and is dog-friendly all year round. WiFi 100% coverage cannot be guaranteed due to rural location, weather conditions and changing flora. 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Mike & Diane Stubbs (Club Member) stayed May 2016 This review is for Tregurrian Beaches and coastal walks were great, our Old English Sheepdog had a great time. Local pubs friendly and allowed the dog in as well. The Falcon pub in St.Mawgan had great food and beer. The main roads made travel around Cornwall really easy. Towing: Easy Location: Country,Coastal,Secluded Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 We felt at ease from the moment we arrived the staff were very helpful and polite, we had a... Nev Rowlinson (Club Member) stayed May 2016 This review is for Tregurrian We felt at ease from the moment we arrived the staff were very helpful and polite, we had a very nice welcome and it felt as though we had been to the site many times, even though it was our first. 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Towing: Easy Location: Country,Coastal,Secluded Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Active break,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 4 Expand review Recommended: yes 4.3 The only thing which would have improved the stay for us would have been if the site had a... Jean (Club Member) stayed Apr 2016 This review is for Tregurrian The only thing which would have improved the stay for us would have been if the site had a designated dog exercise area. It was quite a trek to an area where the dogs could be let off their leads, out of the site, down a lane, across a busy road and through a field, onto the coast path. The coastal path and the two beaches we walked to, Watergate Bay and Mawgan's Porth were beautiful, both dog friendly. We went for a meal in the Watergate Hotel with the dogs, who were given a bowl of water without asking and the food was really good. We would recommend the site and hope to return one day. 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House races
The national Republican Party canceled a large ad buy for GOP candidate Randy Graf in September, leaving the conservative Republican on his own against well-funded Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, a former state senator. Pundits say Graf's ties with the Minutemen turn off some voters in this southern Arizona district, a moderate Republican stronghold for more than two decades.
- Graf (R)
- Giffords (D)
Retired Air Force officer Charlie Brown has struggled to tie incumbent Republican Rep. John Doolittle to the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. While Doolittle maintains he's not under investigation, he's been paying big fees to defense attorneys to deal with the Justice Department-an opening Brown has yet to exploit.
- Doolittle (R)
- Brown (D)
A late surge by Republican Rick O'Donnell has surprised Democrats and Republicans alike who figured months ago that the Colorado open seat would certainly end up in the Democrats' column. Despite the noise of the Foley scandal and pessimism regarding Iraq, O'Donnell's tough stands on taxes and national security seem to be cutting through. His television ads charge a vote for Democratic candidate Ed Perlmutter is effectively a vote for strident Democratic leaders Charles Rangel and Nancy Pelosi.
- O'Donnell (R)
- Perlmutter (D)
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History suggests that Republican incumbent Rep. Heather Wilson will hold onto this seat, since the district hasn't elected a Democrat since it was formed in 1968. But through the years Democrats have made inroads, and NM-1 now has more registered Democrats than Republicans-good news for the challenger, state Attorney General Patricia Madrid.
- Wilson (R)
- Madrid (D)
Rep. Dave Reichert faces a surprisingly tough challenger in Democrat Darcy Burner. The 35-year-old Microsoft executive managed to raise over $1 million by midsummer and has shown staying power in what many consider Washington's most reliably Republican district. Though demographic trends point to Democratic gains, the 8th District has yet to elect a Democrat in its 26-year history.
- Reichert (R)
- Burner (D)
Governor races
Former Gov. Tony Knowles seemed like a lock to retake his old job and knock off intensely unpopular incumbent Frank Murkowski, whose approval ratings had dropped below 20 percent. But Alaska Republicans launched a preemptive strike, casting out Murkowski in the primary for Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin. And while Knowles has made some headway attacking Palin's inexperience, Alaska voters might just be ready for a fresh face.
- Palin (R)
- Knowles (D)
In recent months Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has successfully portrayed himself as a politician who can collaborate across party lines with well-known Democrats. His Democratic challenger, Phil Angelides, has tried to distinguish himself by running even further to the left: Angelides has made filing lawsuits against the Bush administration to bring troops back from Iraq a central campaign plank (see p. 30). Angelides' lawsuit threats may excite West Coast liberals, but they give moderates almost no choice but to go with Schwarzenegger.
- Schwarzenegger (R)
- Angelides (D)
Did Republican candidate Jim Gibbons shove a cocktail waitress on Oct. 13? That question may just be the opening needed by state Sen. Dina Titus to overcome months of ineffective campaigning in the open gubernatorial race. Gibbons, a congressman, has been accused of assault by a Las Vegas woman, but police aren't investigating. Still, the accusations may be enough to erase the small lead he had built over the Democrat.
- Gibbons (R)
- Titus (D)
Republican challenger Ron Saxton has drawn so close to Gov. Ted Kulongoski that the incumbent resorted to mudslinging after making deliberate attempts to stay positive. Kulongoski showed weakness early, struggling through the primary season with just 54 percent of the Democratic vote. In the general election season, Saxton has owned the airwaves, pounding Kulongoski's pro-casino stance.
- Saxton (R)
- Kulongoski (D)
Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez has disappointed many conservatives in Colorado by running what some perceive as a weak race against Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter. And when Beauprez got tough and ran attack ads on his Democratic opponent, the move blew up in his face. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry to see whether Beauprez illegally obtained the dirt on Ritter.
- Beauprez (R)
- Ritter (D)
Senate races
Months ago, Democratic challenger Jim Pederson seemed to be climbing to within striking distance of popular Sen. Jon Kyl, but that surge is long gone and Pederson is now searching for Kyl's weaknesses. In a recent ad blitz Pederson attacked Kyl's take on the prescription drug benefit, minimum wage increases, and Social Security but did not appear to gain traction.
- Kyl (R)
- Pederson (D)
Montana voters might kick Republican Sen. Conrad Burns out of office simply because he embarrasses them. The aging Senate veteran has put his foot in his mouth numerous times during the 2006 election season. Opponent Jon Tester's everyman appeal appears vibrant next to Burns' verbal miscues, which have gained wide circulation through YouTube videos. In a video titled "Conrad Burns' Naptime," a drowsy Burns nods off during an Agriculture Committee field hearing.
- Burns (R)
- Tester (D)
Republicans might have lost the race when former gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi declined to run against first-term Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell. Rossi's strong showing in 2004 gave Washington Republicans a spark-something former Safeco CEO and Republican challenger Mike McGavick has struggled to replicate. During the summer, Cantwell did an admirable job rallying the strong Democratic base across the state.
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These incredible works of art are real, and so so tiny! Willard Wigan of the UK carves grains of rice or sugar into his miniature-sized sculptures, and then uses a hair from the back of a housefly to paint them! When they are on display in a gallery, each of his works has a microscope so you can see them – but when Willard works on them, he does so with the naked eye! I can't even imagine, since most of his work is on the head of a pin or the eye of needle! I found a really cool video interview with him on Metacafe that you should have a look at; I posted it below!
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all the small things
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that's a little incredible…
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I LOVE that the Peter Pan figures are on a hook. :]
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I love the Peter Pan piece on what can be perceived as a hook. very sharp.
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Those with extremely short memory out to remember that this team is one of the original four, the end results of the so called at the time "the legacy of the Holly war", here is an extract from the famous (Horse Whisper) at the time the original four were being pushed/shoved into F1.
"This is the legacy of the Holly war waged by the former FIA president, Two teams will limp into the start of the championship, a third is being pushed into the ring by an invisible hand, you can be sure it is not the hand of Adam Smith, and as for the fourth, well you should do better to call on missing persons to locate it".
Note, the aim of the "two limping teams" was directed at Lotus and Virgin.


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Children, staff and parents at Lacock Primary School have welcomed their new headteacher, Richard Hearn.
Mr Hearn, previously deputy head at Moorlands Schools Federation in Bath, took over at the school last month.
The Friends of Lacock School welcomed Mr Hearn with a gift of 300 new books for the school library.
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Justin Timerlake and his wife Jessica Biel arrived at LAX airport yesterday (February 16, 2013) on their way to London.
The couple were spotted wearing some what color coordinated outfits. Jessica donned a grey jacket, along the grey skinny jeans and a white sweater, while Justin wore a grey sweater vest over a blue-stripped shirt and a pair of black pants.
Upon his arrival in London, Justin tweeted…
London, we have arrived! Trafalgar Square. #JTBrits @ London, England http://instagr.am/p/V15L0vydjm/
Justin recently spoke with Rolling Stone magazine about creating music. He said:
Music is for dreamers. You should be able to create another world that you can live in.
'm not gonna speak for Bob Dylan – he's one of my idols – but from my perspective as a fan, it seems to me that he started creating music that made him feel like another person and that's what it should do.
[The studio] really is one place that you can still go to that you can be completely free. You can lock yourself in a room and make a whole other world.
We cannot wait for Justin's third album, The 20/20 Experience to be released on March 19.


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