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HACKETT GETS CLOSER TO KIEREN PERKINS' 1500m WORLD MARK!!; JENNY THOMPSON TAKES HOME SIX GOLD MEDALS
By Stephen J. Thomas
It got down to the final event to decide if the United States or Australia would win the Championships based on the international points system. The US men's 400m medley relay prevailed over the Aussies in a very close finish to win the meet. The Aussie team was later disqualified for an early change. Both countries won thirteen gold medals each.
There were no world records on the last day of competition but some great swimming. In particular, Grant Hackett recorded the third fastest 1500m freestyle in history to improve his personal best by just over three seconds and moved closer to the world mark held by the great Kieren Perkins. Jenny Thompson crowned a great meet with two more gold medals to bring her tally to six and a record 25 gold from six Pan Pacific Championships.
Women's 50m Freestyle Final
Jenny Thompson (USA), starting as red-hot favorite, led all the way to record 25.51 her fifth gold of the meet. An excellent performance from Aussie Sarah Ryan to take the silver from lane 8, in a personal best 25.95, beating home the other American Liesl Kolbisen by a mere 0.02. Kolbisen had set her personal best time of 25.74 in the semi-finals.
Rebecca Creedy (AUS) 26.13
Laura Nicholls (CAN) 26.23
Charlene Whittstock (RSA) 26.20
Toni Jeffs (NZL) 26.15
Anna Lydall (CAN) 26.58
Men's 1500m Freestyle Final
The race lost some of its interest with the failure of world record holder Kieren Perkins to make the final. Perkins had been struck down with a stomach virus that had left him weak and three kilos lighter. The man pressing to break Perkins world time, fellow Aussie Grant Hackett had looked comfortable in his heat after also suffering from flu earlier in the meet.
As expected Hackett swam the race on his own, on the way breaking Daniel Kowalski's meet record for the 800m in 7:50.02. In the final stages of the race Hackett held his stroke perfectly and powered down the last hundred showing no signs of his illness! He touched the wall in 14:45.60, the third fastest all-time 1500m swim and a new championship record. South African Ryk Neethling, who was expected to push Hackett after setting best times in the 200m and 400m, was second in 15:02.40 just under his best time. Neethling indicated he was not happy with his performance as he left the pool.
Hackett said after the race his coach Denis Cotterell had told him to concentrate on stroke technique. "Turning with one hundred to go I thought I would do about 14:50-55, when I saw the time I thought to myself I should have dug a little deeper," he said. He felt confident he can go under 14:40 by the Australian trials next year!
A big improvement came from American Chris Thompson, who held off young Aussie Craig Stevens to take the bronze, almost ten seconds under his PB coming into this meet. He has jumped to 4th best American over the distance with a time of 15:04.68.
Craig Stevens (AUS) 15:15.68
Masato Hirano (JAP) 15:15.79
Jon Younghouse (USA) 15:30.61
Andrew Hurd (CAN) 15:41.12
Tim Peterson (CAN) 15:42.59
Women's 400m Medley Relay Final
The American team led narrowly from Japan at the end of the first leg, moving comfortably ahead after Jenny Thompson's third leg took them under world record pace. Liesl Kolbisen touched the wall over 2.5 seconds ahead of the Australian team with a similar margin to the Japanese in third place. The medal-winning teams were:
United States 4:03.09
BJ Bedford
Megan Quann
Jenny Thompson
Liesl Kolbisen
Australia 4:05.74
Dyana Calub
Sam Riley
Susie O'Neill
Sarah Ryan
Japan 4:07.14
Mai Nakamura
Hisayoshi Tanaka
Ayari Aoyama
Suzu Chiba
Men's 400m Medley Relay Final
Lenny Krayzelburg got the US team off to a brilliant start failing by only 0.07 to break his newly established world record and giving the US team a break over the Aussies by well over a body length. Kurt Grote maintained the lead over the 100m breaststroke gold-medalist Simon Cowley but the challenge came from Geoff Huegill with a 51.84 butterfly leg. Dod Wales held his own (52.49 split) and Neil Walker hit the water almost one second ahead of Michael Klim. Klim made up most of the ground but Walker touched first to give the American team a new championship record and much needed confidence boost over the Australians. It eventuated that the Australian team was disqualified after Klim had left the block a fraction too early in the changeover. The teams:
United States 3:36.37 NCR
Lenny Krayzelburg
Kurt Grote
Dod Wales
Neil Walker
Canada 3:40.18
Mark Versfeld
Morgan Knabe
Michael Mintenko
Yannick Lupien
Japan 3:40.21
Atsushi Nishikori
Ryosuke Imai
Takashi Yamamoto
Shunsuke Ito
Male Swimmer of the Meet: Ian Thorpe
Female Swimmer of the Meet: Jenny Thompson
Rookie of the Meet: Megan Quann
Stephen J. Thomas, former editorial consultant of Australian Swimming and Fitness Magazine, is Swimming World's Australian correspondent.


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text: Competitive advantage: Microsoft's post-Wintel strategy Windows 8 16 September 11 by Tim Carmody Wired.com Reading my RSS and Twitter feeds Tuesday night, I turned to a tech writer friend and said, "the Wintel Era just ended, and half of these people are fighting over whether demo tablets should have fans."If you don't know, "Wintel" is the shorthand for Intel processors plus Microsoft's Windows operating system. Working together, Microsoft and Intel broke IBM's hold on computing, used standards and interoperability to make "PC-compatible" a thing, relegated Apple to a tiny fraction of the market (until it, too, adopted Intel processors), and then defined and dominated the personal computing industry -- or at least its desktop and laptop portions -- for the better part of the past twenty years.Now, Wintel as a platform hasn't exactly ended. Windows 8, like older versions of Windows that will likely remain with us for decades, will still run on Intel and compatible x86 processors. But Windows 8 will also run on ARM's alternate system-on-a-chip architectures. These chips have become nearly as dominant in mobile and ultraportable machines as Intel's are in traditional laptops and desktops. Windows' ARM compatibility was first announced in January, but is news again because of Microsoft's continued unveiling of Windows 8 details (including a full developer preview, already downloaded 500,000 times) at its BUILD developer conference.ARM-optimised builds will make it easier to run Windows 8 on tablets, or in any other form factor where power consumption and mobility are at a premium. Between Intel and ARM, Windows will really be able to run just about everywhere, in any kind of form factor, without much drop-off in features or performance. Anyways, that's the target and the hope.Intel will in turn partner with Google to pair Intel x86 processors with Android. This itself isn't a surprise -- Intel had to make a move to more mobile operating systems sooner or later, and Android is probably the most popular and easily adaptable mobile OS in the world right now.Still, because Windows 8's and Android's roots are now growing into overlapping territory, this means Intel and Microsoft are both now openly teaming up with direct competitors to the other Wintel partner. It's pragmatism, sure; but it's also yet another signal that the old rules don't hold any longer. GigaOm's Ryan Kim keys in on this in "Microsoft, Intel chart separate paths in the post-PC era":"The fact is that mobile devices, wireless broadband and the cloud are changing what we expect computers to do," Kim writes. "And the old paradigm of powerful laptops and desktops leading the way increasingly doesn't make as much sense with consumers, who are embracing these new computing models."Nor have we exhausted how those new models will continue to evolve. Two years ago, before the iPad became a smash success, the only industry executives openly breathless in their enthusiasm about tablet computing were, ironically, at Microsoft.Two years from now, it's perfectly likely that yet another form factor still may be the personal computing and consumer electronics growth market du jour. Google and Intel first teamed up, as Kim notes, to work on Google TV. Microsoft jumped from Intel's to a competitor's chips (IBM's PowerPC) when it moved from the original Xbox to Xbox 360. Windows 8 arguably borrows as much from Xbox 360 -- including Xbox Live's entire gaming and media platform -- as it does Windows Phone 7.It's not just about smartphones; it's not just about mobile. It's about a broad range of devices, some of which may not exist yet, but might exist as early as Windows 8's proper launch in 2012. Tablet computing might be the first market where Windows + ARM and Android + x86 cross paths, but it won't be the last. Wired.com This is why focusing on tablets alone, and specifically putting a future Windows 8 tablet head-to-head against a right-now Apple iPad, is just a mistake. But of course, that's what most tech writers are doing.Paul Thurrott, who runs the popular blog Supersite for Windows (and who put together a marvellous, skim-worthy glossary of new features in Windows 8 that doubles as the best geeky introduction to the OS I've seen yet), didn't get things off to a great start when he tapped-out this bit of BUILD-induced braggadoccio: "Hello, Windows 8? This is iPad. You win."If it was going to be a competition between Win8 and iPad, then Apple's defenders were bound to bristle. Daring Fireball's John Gruber struck back at Thurrott:The demo tablet hardware from Samsung they're showing it on (and giving to Build attendees) is a Core i5 Intel-based PC replete with a fan. Spec-wise these units are much more like MacBook Airs than iPads. Presumably actual shipping iPad-competing Windows 8 tablets will use low-power mobile CPUs -- be they ARM, Atom, whatever, just so long as they get iPad-caliber long battery life and low temperatures.How will Windows 8 run on such hardware? When will they actually ship? How many as-yet-unannounced iPad 3s will Apple have sold by the time the first Windows 8 tablet hits stores? (Not to mention the many tens of millions of iPad 2s Apple will sell in just the next quarter alone.)It's all in the future. All potential, nothing actual.To his credit, Gruber also wrote that "[o]ne of the implications of Microsoft's everything-except-phones-in-one-OS strategy for Windows 8 is that it could utterly fail as an iPad competitor, but still be a successful OS." But for Gruber, that means "good and popular for traditional desktop and notebook PCs -- where by 'good' let's say we mean 'better than Windows 7′ -- but doesn't gain any traction at all in the tablet market."In a follow-up post, Gruber comes back again to the issue of the demo tablet's onboard fan: "An iPad runs for double-digit hours on a single charge with a lightweight battery and never even gets warm let alone hot," because it doesn't permit background processes and other applications to gobble up resources the way Windows and Mac operating systems do. This is why "Windows 8 with the full Windows desktop will never be an iPad rival. But a version of Windows 8 with nothing but Metro looks like an excellent design for an iPad rival."It's not just Thurrott and Gruber trading jabs, Microsoft blogger vs Apple blogger. (Although I did like Gruber's aside that "the two companies have attracted the writers they deserve.") You can also see Zach Epstein's "Sorry Apple, Windows 8 ushers in the post-post-PC era" at BGR, or Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry's "Windows 8 Is Taking The Wrong Approach To Competing With The iPad."An aside in Joanna Stern's hands-on with Samsung's Windows 8 tablet ("However, fan noise is very noticeable, as is the heat coming out of the top vent, and a fast boot doesn't excuse the slow wake-up times compared to ARM-based cellphones and tablets") became one of the most-tweeted digs at Windows 8, along with this joke from The Loop's Jim Dalrymple: "Apple fanboy: Some one who likes Apple products. Microsoft fanboy: Guy carrying the fan that keeps the Windows 8 tablet from over heating." @TheWindows8Fan even has its own Twitter account now. Wired.com It's fun to kid around about this stuff. Technology fans, like sports fans, like to cheer and boo, and to tease and taunt each other. One important way of writing from the user's perspective is writing from the fan's perspective. Tech blogs do this kind of opinion journalism very, very well.There's also a definite point to be made about which tradeoffs are most appropriate for each form factor. This is true for hardware and software, both at the point of interface and under the hood. A year ago, I wrote "Why 'Gorilla Arm Syndrome' Rules Out Multitouch Notebook Displays." Stapling two things together that work rarely results in a third thing that works.But I don't think that's what Windows 8 is doing. I definitely don't think they're trying to make a tablet just to make a tablet. It's an OS that embraces a greater variety of form factors than ever before, but also abstracts from them. My friend Navneet Alang gets very close to spelling this out for The Toronto Standard:To Microsoft, then, it's not that post-PC meant the end of the personal computer at all. It's that the idea of a computer as either a fixed, stable thing that sits on your desk at home or your lap -- or in your hands as tablet or phone -- is much less important than the computer becoming a virtual notion, constantly in flux. A tablet computer can be held in your hands to check the news, but then be propped up, connected to a mouse and keyboard and then be used to type out a long document. It's computing as an thing you do, not a thing you hold.I say "almost" because grand as it is, I still think this is almost too small and too tablet-centered a vision. I guarantee you that right now at Apple, Tim Cook, Jony Ive, et al aren't grinning to themselves and saying, "boy, are we glad we figured out this smartphone and tablet thing! Let's just keep making all of these products marginally better for the next ten years!"Neither are Microsoft's hardware OEMs. The smart ones aren't, anyways. They're trying to figure out better computing in televisions, cars, kiosks, e-readers, industrial terminals, game consoles (static and portable), and in dozens of other applications and form factors that go well beyond the increasingly dated "three screens and a cloud" formula. You can believe that smart people at Intel and Android are looking at these spaces too, and trying to figure out where they can contribute.Now that the Wintel Era is ending, it'd be a mistake to think that we would just replace it with a different model, embracing a multitouch-driven smartphone OS on an ARM chip as the only variation worth pursuing. Ask Hewlett-Packard how that worked out for them. It's time to embrace a new eclecticism. It's time to recognise that Apple and Microsoft are both making the best use of their strengths and resources as they appraise them. Hmm, should I base this new product on the platform where I'm fighting to eke out market share point by point, or the one where I'm clearly dominant? Apple went one way, Microsoft another, but they both answered that question in exactly the same way.It's time to accept that we don't know where this is going -- even in 2011, let alone in 2012 and beyond. As Technologiser's Harry McCracken writes, the verdict isn't in. That's true about much more than just Windows 8.The big ideas in next-generation computing -- low power, multitouch, voice, and other kinds of rich local interface, moving seamlessly across and between and joining multiple devices, with computing and storage increasingly performed on or in sync with the cloud -- are so much bigger than which tablet you'll want to buy next summer, or how it (and you) will keep cool. Source: Wired.com Edited by Alice Vincent Latest on wired.co.uk


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University of Chicago's ER Still Struggling with Crowding
Byline: Carla K. Johnson AP Medical Writer
As University of Chicago Medical Center struggles to unclog its emergency department, one statistic keeps pushing back. Because of overcrowding -- a growing, nationwide problem -- the hospital turns away ambulances more often than any other ER in Illinois.
The city's premier South Side hospital turns away ambulances for 13 minutes, on average, each hour. No other hospital comes close, according to Illinois Department of Public Health numbers obtained by The Associated Press.
In addition, some ER patients wait more than 24 hours for a hospital bed to open upstairs in the hospital.
Earlier this year, the hospital agreed to pay a maximum $50,000 fine to settle allegations it had violated federal law when 78-year-old Maurice Ross died in the ER waiting room, after nearly four hours without care. Hospital officials insist the incident was a staff member's mistake and not part of a systemic problem.
A UCMC task force is quietly addressing ER crowding with some success, two years after the facility weathered a public relations nightmare involving an initiative to find community doctors for patients who use the ER for basic care. But other hospitals' closures and a shortage of primary care in the impoverished area mean nearly 70,000 patients a year still arrive at the ER seeking help.
The nonprofit academic medical center has struggled with emergency room crowding for years. Many at the hospital see the stubborn situation as a symptom of a health care system that leaves many poor people without care and appoints emergency rooms as the one place that can't turn anyone away -- a problem that may only get worse at other hospitals in years to come.
"It's really a manifestation of what's going on with health care in our country more broadly," said Dr. David Howes, the hospital's emergency medicine section chief, in an interview. "We are not alone and we are doing our very best to address this."
Crowding is a widespread national issue. Patients across the country are experiencing the longest wait times in ERs since reports were first made available in 2002, according to Press Ganey Associates Inc., a health care consulting company. Many experts predict the problem will get worse after the new national health overhaul expands insurance to 32 million more Americans.
In any hospital, patients compete for inpatient beds, whether they know it or not. More lucrative patients -- those with scheduled surgeries, for example -- often are moved first. To survive financially, hospital executives must be certain the mix of patients includes people with private insurance, which pays better.
Some patients actually cost hospitals money -- those without insurance and those covered by Medicaid, the state-federal health program for
the poor and disabled. University of Chicago's ER patients generally fall into those money-losing categories, Howes said.
Having private insurance didn't eliminate the wait for patient Paula Ellis, a suburban resident who's more affluent than many in the ER. The 55-year-old computer programmer waited more than 24 hours for a room to open up for her one day last month at UCMC. She came to the hospital's ER because she lost vision in her right eye.
"This was unexpected," Ellis said sitting cross-legged in an ER bed. "I was told I'd be admitted, but then they never found the bed. So that became frustrating because you can't sleep in here because it's loud, and it's light, and you're not feeling good."
That day, Ellis was one of five patients who waited more than 24 hours. They took up space in the ER, and the domino effect kept about 20 others waiting in the lobby. …


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06 November 2010
Photo: Paul ZimmerFrancesca Schiavone (ITA)
Look back at the action in the first rubber of the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas Final, when Francesca Schiavone gave Italy the early lead over USA.
ITALY leads 1-0
Vandeweghe *2-6 4-6 Schiavone
Schiavone serves it out and the defending champions take a 1-0 lead. The pressure is firmly on Bethanie Mattek-Sands now - she faces Flavia Pennetta in the second rubber.
Vandeweghe *2-6 4-5 Schiavone
Vandeweghe can't consolidate on her break and Schiavone breaks again to ensure she will be serving for the match.
Vandeweghe 2-6 4-4* Schiavone
Two double faults bring up three break points for Vandeweghe, which she duly converts on her last attempt to level proceedings in the second set.
Vandeweghe *2-6 3-4 Schiavone
The 6'1'' American is playing much better tennis – forcing Schiavone onto the defensive and winning more points. She again holds to love.
Vandeweghe 2-6 2-4* Schiavone
A double fault from Schiavone doesn't rattle the Italian and she soon leads 4-2.
Vandeweghe *2-6 2-3 Schiavone
The American is starting to find her rhythm, winning her second straight service game but her first to love.
Vandeweghe 2-6 1-3* Schiavone
A couple of good points from Vandeweghe buoy the American crowd and Schiavone is taken to deuce for the first time on her serve. The youngster producing her first clean winner of the match which even the Italian applauds.
Vandeweghe *2-6 1-2 Schiavone
Vandeweghe holds serve to get a game on the board in the second set.
Vandeweghe 2-6 0-2* Schiavone
Schiavone produces her second and third aces of the match to consolidate her break.
Vandeweghe *2-6 0-1 Schiavone
First serves are key for Vandeweghe, a couple in and the American claws her way back to 30-all. Schiavone wins a hawk-eye challenge to force a point to be replayed and it's another break for the Italian.
Vandeweghe 2-6* Schiavone
Schiavone secures the set on her first set point in 34 minutes.
Vandeweghe *2-5 Schiavone
Vandeweghe wins her second game much to the delight of the American crowd.
Vandeweghe 1-5* Schiavone
Schiavone showing her class, producing crosscourt winners all over the place. So far the Italian has lost just two points on serve.
Vandeweghe *1-4 Schiavone
An injection of pace from Schiavone has the American moving all over the court to take the game to deuce. Vandeweghe's long forehand handing a second break to Schiavone.
Vandeweghe 1-3* Schiavone
Good serves from Schiavone gives the Italian a quick game to love.
Vandeweghe *1-2 Schiavone
Vandeweghe starts well again, racing to 30-0 before she nets a simple forehand. A battle of the volleys ensues, which the American wins to give her game point which she loses when she sends a forehand wide. Two unreturnable serves later and Vandeweghe has a game on the board.
Vandeweghe 0-2* Schiavone
Schiavone produces a solid service game to hold for 2-0.
Vandeweghe *0-1 Schiavone
Vandeweghe gets play underway with an ace, following it up with another unreturnable serve before Schiavone gets into the game, producing a couple of winners before she claims the game after Vandeweghe produces two double faults.
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"In the very early days of this discussion at the international level, it's already been very contentious."
WATERLOO — It sounds like something out of science fiction — shooting massive clouds of black carbon into the atmosphere to block out the sun and cool down the planet.
But the research behind so-called solar radiation management is very real, even if it may be many years before countries seriously consider slowing climate change by essentially mimicking volcanic eruptions.
That's where scientists like Stanford University's Ben Kravitz come in. He says it's important we figure out now what manufactured sun shields would mean for the planet, because that kind of atmospheric tinkering had better be done right.
"We only have one atmosphere, and we don't want to do this until we're pretty sure we know what we're doing," he said. "We're talking about a pretty big interference with the climate system … in terms of the science, there's still plenty to do."
Kravitz's area of expertise is a field of study called geo-engineering, and specifically looking at aerosols that absorb or deflect the sun.
Although scientists have talked for decades about cooling down the planet using planes, artillery and balloons that inject materials like sulphur, dust or tiny metal flakes into the atmosphere, the science of geo-engineering is still in its infancy.
And it's a highly contentious subject. Kravitz will speak about it at a lunch seminar Thursday at the University of Waterloo's Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change.
Researchers like Kravitz have long looked at large volcanic eruptions to better understand how those historic events have changed our atmosphere and dropped temperatures around the planet.
"That's where the idea comes from. We want to sort of mimic a sort of permanent volcanic eruption," he said.
But deliberately changing our atmosphere by releasing tonnes of sunlight-shielding material would have its drawbacks — namely the potential for drought and rapid swings in the planet's temperature. Kravitz says it's not even clear at this point if we should do it, and scientists are limited to experimenting with digital climate change models.
"As of right now, we don't know what it would do. There's an ongoing debate about that," he said. "But we need to study every available option."
Kravitz has focused his recent work on whether black carbon, which is good at absorbing sunlight, could be suitable material for climate engineering. But he hasn't studied the impact of what it would mean for people's health, he said.
He admits climate engineering is, at first blush, a radical idea. But as a scientist on a warming planet, it needs to be studied as an option to counter the dangers of climate change, he said.
"It's pretty scary. A lot of people have expressed that they hope we don't have to use it," he said. "But the climate change problem is pretty severe, and likely getting worse, so we may need some kind of emergency measure."
Then there's the big issue of who decides whether humans should try such a dramatic intervention in our climate, said Jason Blackstock, The Centre for International Governance Innovation senior fellow who organized the talk.
"We're talking about something that could impact the lives of literally billions of people around the world. Who gets to make the decisions around these technologies?" he said.
Given all the discord around climate change itself, it's certain we're a long way from any sort of agreement on such a developing science as geo-engineering.
"These are very new ideas and questions of how they will get used are the more important ones for society," Blackstock said. "In the very early days of this discussion at the international level, it's already been very contentious."


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As executive chef of San Francisco's Incanto restaurant, Chris Cosentino is also the co-creator of Boccalone Salumeria and a leading expert on offal cookery. He has appeared on Food Network's Next Iron Chef America and Chefs vs. City, and debuted PIGG, a pork concept at Umamicatessen in collaboration with SBE Entertainment. His first cookbook, Beginnings, from Williams-Sonoma and Olive Press Books, launched last month.
Why the offal direction at Incanto?
I chose to cook offal cuts because it was the right thing to do; giving respect to the animal by using all it has to offer. It is the sustainable way to eat meat. I am cooking peasant Italian food, which is based on those cuts of meat. These cuts need to shine and I wanted to help bring them back into favour again.
I see you have about 119,000 Twitter followers. How important is social media to you and why?
I feel that social media gives the guests a direct connection with the chef. You hear what the chef is thinking and see what type of food they are cooking that day. I find that it allows my ideas and food to reach so many more people each day.
What's in your cookbook library?
I have more than 1,500 cookbooks and they are all very important. I just recently got a copy of Cassell's New Universal Cookery Book. It's from 1901 and from Alan Davidson's library. Then, there is the Joe Beef cookbook, a must-have for everyone; it's all about a way of life and [chefs David McMillan and Frédéric Morin's] thoughts on food.
Incanto (1550 Church St., San Francisco, Calif.; 415-641-4500)
Serves 4 to 6
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 ounces Boccalone guanciale, sliced, cut into 1"x1/4" strips
1 cup red onion, julienned
1 garlic clove, peeled
1 1-inch dried peperoncino or 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
2 tablespoons red wine
3 cups crushed San Marzano tomatoes
12 ounces bucatini
3/4 cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese


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Posted: Thursday, February 28th, 2013 9:03 AM HST
No tsunami threat from Kuril Islands quake
By Ken Hupp - 67AM KPUA News
A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands this morning. But the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake did not generate a tsunami threat to Hawai`i. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor struck at 4:05 a.m. Hawai`i time and
was centered 53 miles southeast of Ozernovskly, Russia at a depth of 32.6 miles. No injuries were immediately reported.


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We had to get our roof replaced in the fall. Hours before the roofers got here (and utterly destroyed any remnants of my front yard garden) Michael and I hurriedly gathered up all the nasturtium seeds we could find, harvested the rest of the catnip, and cut all the dried up flower heads off my White Swan Coneflowers.
I put all the flower heads into a brown paper bag, shoved the bag into my kitchen cabinet, and promptly forgot all about it. Until today!
The last time I saved flower seeds (not counting nasturtiums) was with my mom. I was probably around 6 years old at the time. I remember sitting around the dining room table, sorting through piles and piles of dried marigold flower heads. Such tedious work! But my mom always had the nicest marigolds… :)
I had to look up what echinacea seeds looked like. Luckily, I found this description: "The seeds look like off white space shuttles." Space shuttles? Really!? Michael laughed when I told him. He asked, "So how did people describe them 40 years ago??" :)
But it's an apt description, 'cause the little buggers really do look like beige space shuttles. Separating them from the flower heads was a different thing entirely. Those things are sharp — ouch! I managed to separate seeds and chaff from about 20 or 30 blooms without any serious injury. I've read that you can soak them to make the process easier, but I didn't bother.
So I ended up with a baggie full of seeds and chaff. I'm estimating about 70% of this is chaff — I just don't have the patience to separate everything. If I do any swaps, I'll separate as many seeds as I need…
I know exactly what you mean with the separation of those echinacea! I collected some seed from plants this year that were finally established and had enough to bother collecting – and OUCH! Not fun – so I did as you have, put them in a baggie and separate them as I need them. Beautiful flowers and powerful weapons when dried!
One of my favorite Echies. I also have suffered the pricked fingers from seed collecting, but worth it as they grow pretty true.
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Long story short, this bike is a ridiculous $140 on Amazon, plus an equally ridiculous $10 shipping.
It's not exactly light, 2800g for the headset, frame, and fork, which is a whole kilo heavier than my not known for being light Noah, but whatever, it's a track bike.
It says on Amazon that it's "Made in famous factory, although we cannot disclose the brand". It looks familiar, but I can't place it. It looks very similar to a Langster, but certain things are off, unless it's a model year I haven't seen. It looks like a mix between a 2011 and a 2012. It has the 2012 headtube where the downtube and top tube meet, but the 2011 seat tube and seat post.
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In the third game on Friday, the Wildcats faced No. 5 Lubbock Christian University (Texas). The Chaps jumped to an early 2-0 lead, but Baker held steady until the sixth inning when Lubbock Christian broke the game open with a four runs. Erin Greenwood pitched five innings, giving up four runs on five hits.
The Wildcats faced Oklahoma Baptist University twice on Saturday. In the first game, OBU jumped to an early 2-0 lead after scoring twice in the first inning, but the Wildcats battled back in the fifth inning thanks to an RBI single from Brooke Allen. OBU defeated Baker 2-1 in game one and 5-1 in game two.
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Stopped for a quick dip near Dragonera Island. Des actually got in the water!! Anchored in the bay of Soller. Tom Hanks and Halle Berry's new movie was being filmed here! No sighting of either though....
Had a lovely couple of nights in Soller, before saying our good byes to parents, as they rode away on the train to Palma.
Met Dave, on his new Fountain Pojout 48'. He and his wife Magali will also be doing the Arc, our first fellow participants! Good to share stories....
Chose the town quay, to make it easier for all. Always enjoy Andratx, quieter, and not bombarded with tacky shops. Nice walk on the path to the old town of Andratx, though the walk it is what its all about, not so much the town.
Spent the morning on a quick tour of Palma, the cathedral, and yes, a horse buggy ride around the old town..
Unbelievable! On the gentle sail to Fornells, we caught 2 fish! Which makes it 3 in 2 years! A little herring, followed by this beautiful mahi mahi. There must have been a run, for the next day, for the next evening in the Andratx fish market, we were able to buy another little mahi mahi.
We chose Real Club Nautico, they always seam to be able to accommodate us, and for a relatively reasonable price.... After a quick clean up, and blow up of balloons, it was Beryls 80th birthday, we met his parents at the airport, and after a little nap, walked over for a wonderful meal at Horreo, on Calle de la Fabrica
A very welcoming thunderstorm, with a showered us and HC over night! We stayed in Porto Colom, for the rest of the w.e. awaiting the arrival of Christina, Beryl and Des, James's parents, who were visiting us for a few days.
After saying our farewells to Rosa in Pula, we decided to just go for it, all the way to Majorca. We were hoping for more wind than actually materialized. We got dosed in a red dust, and on James's watch, he had a near miss with a super yacht, who awoke, and realized he was not passing port to port, and in the last minute decided to cut right in front of us! Had James not steered to starboard, who knows.....
Never has HC been so dirty! Welcome to Western Med!!
Its nice to be back to one of our favorite islands, Majorca...
We were hoping to have spent some time with Pete and the family, perhaps in Lavezzi, but the strait was a mess! Strong winds and swell, gusting to 30kts. We had to head to Sardinia, and Pete tucked himself up the coast of Corsica.
We ended up anchored just West of the Pula in this bay. Great little anchorage! Easy walk to Pula.
We had arranged to meet up with Peter Johnson and his family, who had chartered a yacht for a week. We found them anchored in the sheltered bay of Arzahena. (where we had also spent the last 2 nights protected from the small mistral blowing)
Really nice to catch up and meet the Johnston family, over drinks on their boat!
The following day Lavezzi was out of the question, so we proceeded back to Bonifaccio. What a changed in the strait!
On the way we pocked our nose into Cala S. Maria. Finally we were seeing what all the hype of the Maddalena's is all about. Its worth a visit to this little spot, perhaps not in the height of summer though.
We have been spending the days going over old grounds, and of course a visit to Bonifacio is a must! And after our morning walk, coffee and cinnamon twirls goes with out saying..... at our favorite little spot at in the old town.
After a night anchored at I. Tavorala, we motored in to Olbia and had our boat serviced. It was a very nice hassle free service center, but at what a price!!! Double what we paid in Northern Italy near Venice!
Thought my friend Rosa, who was flying in from London to visit for a week, was due tomorrow, but as we were having our siesta, I get a text saying she is having a cappuccino at the airport waiting for us!!! Oops! Fortunately we were only 45 min. away! Had her meet us at the Olbia marina, while we fueled up. Diesel seams cheaper here than in Greece.
Next morning we picked a bucket full of mussels growing on the ropes surrounding the fish farm off I. Figarola near Golfo Aranci
Our sail to Sardinia was so calm, a constant breeze of B 2-3. We set the sails to the angle of 42 degrees and cruised along. Only the last 7 of the 38 hours did we have to motor. (Had a minor detour in Ponza to refuel, delaying us 2 hours as we stood in the boat line! )
Since we arrived at night, we chose to comfortably anchor just S of Ottiolu in the large bay, which we had to ourselves.
Now anchored in Pta Spalmatore, having met up, just by chance with our friend Francesco, who happened to be skippering a yacht here!
Lets keep sailing towards Sardinia, so we uped out anchor after a great wonder around quirky Procida, and tacked our way up to Ventotene. Lots of room to anchor, especially sltightly South of the old Roman port. Quick dinghy visit to the port, but too many boats to really appreciate the marvel. Did not even go ashore.
-part of the wall cut from solid rock to create harbor-
We thought we would have a night anchored in front of marina Grande, North side of Capri, but the amount of tripper boats around us, causing constant boat wake, and the hordes of people milling around the port, made us make a quick change of mind, even though we did manage easily to dock our dinghy in the marina. We raised our sails, wind at last, and sailed, we headed North to Procida.
Anchored nicely in the quiet bay. What a quirky town! The water front colorful houses stacked on top of each other was really impressive.
Had a 'different, nice' dining experience, -much more thought placed on the dishes-, on the water front restaurant. Fun place to visit and explore, especially the steps up to the upper town, and closed prison.
The sea around Sorrento did not appeal to us to swim, so we cut our visit short, and headed for the Southern coast of Capri. As we arrived late afternoon, the day trippers were starting to leave. We secured a good anchorage just near the Faraglioni rocks, surrounded by super yachts and large sailing vessels. Fabulous background for our evening meal on board.
Tried to take dinghy ashore next day, but there is no where to leave the dinghy! Only to drop off passengers. Of course, that works for all the super yachts surrounding us, but what about us?
It's a beautiful trip carrying along the coastline from Amalfi, to Sorrento. Being August, it was alive with power boats, everyone enjoying themselves. We had no idea that Capri was so close, with its prominent jagged rocks.
We anchored just beyond Marina Picola. Very few other overnighters around us, strange for August we thought. The rocky face of the city above us.
What a treat to once again, spontaneously meet up with Peter and Gernot for dinner!
At last we are on the Amalfi coast! I was particularly impressed by the steep dramatic mountains in the background. Not what I had expected. And the terracing of the lemon trees, was really impressive.
The town embraces a ravine, literally, a small road covers a pouring river, is, as can be expected, touristy. Next morning, we went for a walk up into the valley above, on a stone and later dirt path, along a gushing river, where you get a different perspective. Worth doing.
Anchored out right in front of Amalfi town.
As we approached Amalfi village, we were treated by the proximity of the splendid Maltese Falcon!
She is available for charter for a mere 350,000 Euro's a week!!!!
6 cabins, 12 guests: 29,000 each.....
Very settled weather now, means we motor, but it also means we are free to anchor outside all these villages as we make our way N. It is always quite rolly from the wake, but usually settles for a calm sleep.
Large town, had more character than Acciaroli, with narrow streets beyond the castle gates.
-The beach below the town, which is right in the middle of the marina. Seams to be the norm. around here!-
30n.m. North to Acciaroli, apparently Hemingways 'town'. I am sure much has changed since, today, on our quick visit in with dinghy for a bite, we did not get too much of a feel of the charm, other than lots of tourist wondering along the pedestrian street.
Anchored, but quite rolly, mainly from wake of other boats.
We knew that Gernot and Peter, our friends from Napier, were due to be traveling North along this coastline on holiday, and what a bonus to have coincidentally timed it such that we would be here on the same dates!
Since it was quite rolly anchored out, we thought we best go into a marina, and they very kindly managed to squeeze HC into Sapri marina in time to meet our friends. We managed a nice gentle sail, before a jovial evening, sharing stories over proseco and smoked mozzarella, (and sausage from Lefkas, which Gernot and Peter thoroughly enjoyed!) A short, spontaneous and lovely visit!
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I first saw the work of Peter Pincus when I juried the Potters Council Members Exhibition last Spring. This large bowl with a brightly colored striped surface fit the exhibition's theme "The Chromatic Edge" perfectly.
When I saw the piece (see below) in person when setting up the show at NCECA, I was blown away. And very intrigued as to how he made it. The lines of color didn't seem stenciled or screen printed but they were so crisp. Well, in the latest issue of Ceramics Monthly, Peter shared his super cool process. Mystery solved. Today, I am sharing an excerpt from that article. – Jennifer Harnetty, editor.
The Process
My pieces begin as profiles on the wheel, fabricated precisely from a drawing, but thrown wider than I intend the finished piece to be—about 1½ inches larger in diameter. As soon as the piece is thrown, when the clay model is still completely malleable, I assemble metal flashing around it, leaving two inches of space between the flashing and the widest diameter of the model.
I pour plaster in between the piece and the flashing, and allow it to cure as the wheel turns. When the plaster hardens, I lift it off of the wheel, turn it over, and pull out the clay model from inside (the wet clay peels right out), turn it back over and sketch lines to be cut with the band saw. The extra 1½ inches in diameter is important at this point. It leaves room for complex, angled cuts that enhance the original form. The cuts are made on a bandsaw (1), the remaining pieces are sanded and meticulously cleaned, and they are reassembled and keyed together with fresh plaster sections added on the top and bottom (2).
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Each mold is then subjected to a lengthy and damaging process of repetitive slip layering and knife cutting. Colored porcelain slip is slathered onto the casting face of the mold with a 1-inch brush (3). A fresh X-Acto blade is then used to draw across the surface of the leather-hard clay, often digging deep into plaster (4). The trim easily lifts from the plaster and is tossed in the nearest trash can (5). New colored slip is added, cut, and trimmed (6) and so on until the composition is complete, the mold is cleaned up, assembled (7), and cast in porcelain.
When removed from the mold, the work is relatively beaten up (image 8). It must be scraped and sanded, bisqued, fastidiously wet sanded, flattened on glass, cleaned, and fully dried in preparation for a smooth coat of clear glaze.
Peter Pincus is an artist and instructor living in Penfield, New York. He received an MFA in ceramics and a BFA in ceramics and metal fabrication from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. To see more of his work, visit http://peterpincus.com.
For great mold making techniques, be sure to download your free copy of Ceramic Mold Making Techniques: Tips for Making Plaster Molds and Slip Casting Clay, Volume II.
Peter, gorgeous work, thanks for sharing and congrats on being featured here!! deb G
Lovely work,Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I really admire precision work. I paint slip into the insides of my moulds with a paintbrush I made from a length of my hair, this gives me a very freeform line that I only have minimum control over. I wrote about it here http://frogpondsrock.com/2012/11/ceramics-kim-foale-how-to-make-slipcast-cups/
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Turkish Airlines is introducing flights to Nairobi (Kenya), Mashhad (Iran), Dakar (Senegal), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Lvov (Ukraine).
Dates for the start of the new flights are: Nairobi 25 February, Mashhad 15 March, Sao Paulo via Dakar 22 March and Lvov 20 April.
The Nairobi flights are slated to be on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 6:45 p.m. with returns on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
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What is the Christian response to bin Laden's death?
On Sunday night I was checking Facebook and email one last time before heading for bed. Both my profile and my in-box were lit up with messages saying that President Obama would address the nation at 10:30 p.m. Well . . . so much for an early bedtime.
I ended up watching the speech announcing Osama bin Laden's death and writing a couple of articles about it. One of the stories summarized reactions that almost immediately started coming in from around the world (see sidebar to Mindy Belz's Web Extra report).
But the next day I said to myself: Yes, these are the reactions of our politicians and pundits, but what should be the appropriate Christian reaction? As it turns out, this is not so easy a question. The Bible has much to say on the subject, some of it difficult to reconcile. Consider this:
"The authorities are God's servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God's servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong" (Romans 13:4, NLT).
The Psalms, too, have much to say about the punishment of evildoers. In the interest of brevity, here's just one verse of many:
"At the time I have planned, I will bring justice against the wicked" (Psalm 75:2, NLT).
Governments are established by God. Punishing evil is their job, and we should take satisfaction in our own government's role in seeing that justice was done. So, given this, there is certainly no reason not to celebrate Osama bin Laden's death.
On the other hand, we must acknowledge that bin Laden, as violent and reviled as he was, was surely just a man like me. As distasteful as it is to contemplate, none of us is so different from him. Compared to a holy God, my righteousness and bin Laden's alike are as "filthy rags." Further, Scripture is clear that we are to love not just our friends, but also to "love our enemies." God, I'm sure, takes no pleasure in the death of someone who has rejected Him. In fact, he so much as says so here:
"As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?" (Ezekiel 33:11, NIV)
Clarence Darrow once said, "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." Darrow is, as usual, winsome and witty-and completely opposed to Scripture. If God takes no pleasure in bin Laden's death, should we? I'm guessing not.
So what should our response be? I certainly think we can and should celebrate the excellence, professionalism, and courage of the Navy SEALs who accomplished their mission. I think we should be grateful that an evildoer is now no longer able to do his evil in the world.
But I also think we should be careful not to gloat. We should guard against triumphalism and pride. As a young man, Osama bin Laden drove fast cars and played soccer. There was a time when he was not so different from you and me.
Somewhere along the way pride overtook his life. It became his undoing. He became his own final authority. We should not think that we are immune from these same corrosive effects of pride. If we do, we may come to a time in the future when we find ourselves-both as individuals and as a country-committing the same kinds of monstrous evil that became bin Laden's undoing.
So can we celebrate that justice was done? Said more bluntly: Can we celebrate Osama bin Laden's death? I think the answer to that question is yes. But let us remember his ignominious death with grateful and even humble hearts, mindful that but for God's grace, so go we all.


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Hard to believe a gloomy day like today could provide a wonderful
nature walk. Then again it's been a long, long winter.
We walked dowwn the dead end lane at Perch Lake WPA and enjoyed a
variety of our feathered friends.
Most prominent was a flock of well over 100 Cackling Geese which
appeared out of the fog in deafening fashion.
An imm Bald Eagle awaited us in the trees at the end of the lane and a
Northern Harrier coursed back and forth in search
of what, based on the profusion of tunnels in the grass, has to be a
huge population of mice and voles. We nearly stepped
on several and they appeared to be very healthy. In the marsh on the
west side of the lane we observed 6 American Coots.
A very large flock of Tree Sparrows were in the trees at the top of
the hill.
The flooded area on the west side of cty 16 between Perch and Cobb
WPAs held a handful of Common and Hooded Mergansers and a pair of
Green-wing Teal.
The open water area on the south end of Perch is growing with both of
the mergansers and a pair of Buffleheads
As we watched the ducks and geese, one after another Bald Eagles lit
on the ice out on the lake totalling 8 by the time we left.
In the course of travel to and from home we counted 6 Kestrels, three
Red-tail Hawks, and a harrier north of the lake that
may or may not have been the same one we had seen earlier.
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Three South Florida Men Sentenced in $9 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
|U.S. Attorney's Office February 29, 2012
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced the sentencings of defendants Oscar Bravo, 58 of Port St. Lucie; Jorge Bravo, 57 of Miami; and Sean Dickens, 44, of West Melbourne, Florida. At a sentencing hearing on February 27, 2012, U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore sentenced each defendant to 37 months in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
According to the charges, a co-conspirator, charged in a separate indictment, located residential properties for sale. Defendants Oscar Bravo, Jorge Bravo, and Sean Dickens agreed to purchase the properties, with the goal of refurbishing and reselling them at a profit. The properties were 100 percent lender financed. The price of the properties was falsely inflated in their mortgage applications with the difference between the actual price and the inflated mortgage loan used to make payments on the mortgage loan and to pay for repairs to the properties.
In total, this mortgage scheme involved approximately $9 million in fraudulent mortgage loans.
Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kerry S. Baron.
A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida at www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls. Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.


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As one of the hardest hit sectors during the Great Recession, commercial real estate, has been one of the best places to park your money since the recovery began. Broad-based funds like the iShares FTSE NAREIT Real Estate 50 (NYSE:FTY) have soared since their hitting their 52-week lows. The perfect combination of low interest rates, available capital and depressed real estate prices has helped push the sector higher. These factors, combined with retirees looking for high income and inflation protection have continued to prop up prices. However, as the commercial real estate recovery has taken hold, most of the gains have been seen by large cap firms. For investors, that spells opportunity in the smaller REIT sector.
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Looking at the Small Fries
The recovery in commercial real estate has been all about the big boys. Their sheer size has given large cap REITs many advantages during the credit crisis. Given their large asset bases and the zero interest rate environment, larger commercial real estate companies have been able to raise more than $150 billion globally in new capital since 2008. Large REITs have been able to refinance debt or issue equity more easily and they've put that capital to use by buying property at cheap valuations. Larger firms have also been able to take over a variety of stalled construction projects. Using these strengths, the average year-to-date return for REITs with market caps larger than $10 billion is over 13%.
On the flipside, smaller REITs have only returned about 4%. In a sector with critical access to capital, (due to REITs 90% tax structure), both retail and institutional investors have favored larger firms. However, with the economy beginning to recover, investors may want to give the small fries a go.
Small-cap REITs have a host of benefits. These include higher income potential and significant capital gains. As investors have flocked to large REITs, distribution yields have fallen. The dividend yield on the mega-weighted iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (NYSE:ICF) is less than 3%. This compares to the Bloomberg REIT Small-cap index, which yields about 5%. In addition, many small-cap REITs are ideal acquisition targets. Larger REITs could look for growth in the current market by buying up these smaller companies. Credit crunch aside, smaller real estate firms historically outperform their larger cousins.
Small-Cap CRE
While there has been a large cap REIT bias as of late, investors looking for higher income from their real estate investment may want to take advantage of the small-cap REIT sector. The sectors current "cheapness" may not last long, as economy and real estate markets continue to improve.
The new IQ US Real Estate Small Cap ETF (Nasdaq:ROOF) follows a basket of 40 different REITs in the small-cap space, including INVESCO Mortgage Capital (NYSE:IVR) and Medical Properties Trust (NYSE:MPW). The ETFs holdings are spread out over a variety of property types. The fund charges 0.69% in expenses, and yields a juicy 6.18%.
For those investors looking for a single small cap real estate play, Urstadt Biddle Properties (NYSE:UBA) (NYSE:UBP) could be a great choice. With consumers beginning to spend a little more, the retail REIT sub-sector is seeing improvements. Urstadt owns a variety of freestanding shopping plazas in economically stable regions in New England. The trust currently owns more than 50 properties, but has recently been opening new open-air shopping centers in the New York metro area, within commuting distance of New York City.
In the most recent quarter, net income for the REIT soared 58% on a 20% increase in revenue. Urstadt currently yields 5.2%, but has increased its dividend every year for the last 17 years. The icing on the cake is continued insider ownership and purchases. Chief operating officer (COO) Willing Biddle recently purchased just over 22,000 more shares, costing nearly $380,000.
The Bottom Line
While large cap commercial real estate has continued its gains throughout 2011, smaller firms seem to be stuck in the mud. For investors looking for higher income and capital gains potential, smaller REITS are a perfect opportunity. The previous ETFs are great examples on how to play small cap commercial real estate. (For more, see 5 Types Of REITs And How To Invest In Them.)
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UN concerned about recent clashes in mineral-rich DR Congo
Newscast Media WASHINGTON—According to a statement released by the UN spokesperson Eduardo del Buey, the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), expressed on Monday the organization's concerns about clashes in Congo, stressing "the mission is actively pursuing a diplomatic and political solution to contain and end the clashes."
According to Press TV, the statement also said that heavy weapons and rocket launchers were used in the clashes.
"The Mission reports that initial skirmishes escalated to the use of heavy
caliber weapons, mortars and rocket launchers," the statement said.
Monday morning, Congolese soldiers clashed with the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels for the first time in nearly six months since the rebels retreated from the city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province.
Fighting began after the M23 rebels attacked government positions around 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of the mineral-rich city, according to army spokesman Olivier Hamuli.
The fighting comes after the UN began deploying an attack force to the east last week to neutralize armed groups in the area. The UN has nearly 20,000 peacekeepers in eastern Congo.
Several armed groups, including the March 23 movement (M23) rebels, are active in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and fighting for the control of the country's vast mineral resources.
The M23 rebels defected from the Congolese army in April 2012 in protest over alleged mistreatment in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). They had previously been integrated into the Congolese army under a peace deal signed in 2009.
Since early May 2012, nearly 3 million people have fled their homes in the eastern Congo. About 2.5 million have resettled in Congo, but more than 460,000 have crossed into neighboring Rwanda and Uganda.
Congo has faced numerous problems over the past few decades, such as grinding poverty, crumbling infrastructure, and a war in the east of the country that has dragged on since 1998 and left over 5.5 million people dead.
Source: Press TV
Categories: News Tags: Congo, DR Congo, M23 rebels, MONUSCO
The US is ready to send drones to Congo as backup for UN
Newscast Media WASHINGTON, D.C.—Due to the extended conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo caused by M23 rebels, the US is now ready to send drones to the Great Lakes region of Africa to help UN peace-keeping forces maintain stability. This of course is making leaders of the countries within the region nervous because the unmanned aerial vehicles will also be equipped with surveillance capabilities.
The US wants to take a pragmatic approach by sending in drones which may not be limited to just Congo, but also used in other neighboring countries.
"It is not wise to use a device on which we don't have enough information," Olivier Nduhungirehe, Rwanda's deputy U.N. ambassador, told Reuters. "Africa shall not become a laboratory for intelligence devices from overseas."
However, Brieuc Pont, who represents the French government disagrees, and in a tweet he was supportive of sending drones to DR Congo as shown below:
This is news DR Congo's Joseph Kabila will welcome, because the drones will deter invaders from encroaching on his mineral-rich nation. Yet Rwanda's opposition to the drone idea is a sign that the Rwandan government feels it might be a target since it has been accused of supporting and arming the M23 rebels according to an article written by The Australian.
Categories: News Tags: Congo, DRC, drone, drone war, joseph kabila, unmanned vehicles
Democratic Republic of Congo asks South Africa to intervene in East
Newscast Media PRETORIA—The Democratic Republic of Congo has asked South Africa to intervene in the eastern region where Rwanda and Uganda have been accused by a UN leaked report of supporting the rebels. Meeting his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Congolese Foreign Minister Raymond Tshibanda relied on the close relationship both countries share to confront the challenges DR Congo faces.
"I am referring here to the security in the eastern DRC where we hope to arrive at specific results with the help of South Africa," Tshibanda said in the South African capital Pretoria, without giving any more details.
Meanwhile, the M23 Movement, which is an extension of the M23 rebel group, has formed a semi autonomous administration structure in areas under their control in north Kivu province.
The UN on the other hand, said it will continue its work in the embattled country, as it helps fight and contain the Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) have deployed experts to support operational response, including establishment of a field laboratory and in the area of infection prevention and control in health care settings.
The tumultuous situation escalated in DR Congo after member states walked away from the Lusaka Agreement, that many thought would result in a cease-fire. Many Congolese refugees in the past decade have migrated to western Uganda, while others to the Central African Republic located between Uganda, Sudan and Chad.
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BALTIMORE, Md. -- The University of Maine women's basketball team (11-11, 5-4 America East) matched a school record with 14 3-pointers as it defeated UMBC (2-19, 1-8 AE) by a score of 61-48 on Saturday afternoon in RAC Arena. The win was Maine's first at UMBC since 2007.
Liz Wood (Catlett, Va.) led Maine with 15 points, eight rebounds, five steals and four assists while Cherrish Wallace (Pasadena, Calif.) added 11 points, five rebounds and three assists.
The Black Bears went 14-for-41 from 3-point range. Maine's 14 makes from beyond the arc matched a school-record previous set in 1999 vs. Vermont while the 41 attempts sets a new school mark. Overall, Maine went 21-for-62 (33.9-percent) from the floor while pulling down 42 rebounds.
UMBC was led by Sara Tarbert's 22 points while the Retrievers shot 16-for-43 (37.2-percent) from the field.
Both teams took a while to catch any sort of offensive fire with just four points scored in the opening 3:32 seconds. Maine grabbed the early advantage as Lauren Bodine's (Louisville, Ky.) baseline three capped an early 7-0 run.
Maine was able to create separation minutes later when it put together an extended 13-2 run, assists with the Black Bears holding UMBC scoreless over a 4:37 period. The Black Bears began to move the ball more efficiently through their offense before a kick-out ended with a 3-pointer from the top of the key by Wood. Maine kept rolling through its run as it followed a Retriever make with a three from the left wing by Sophie Weckstrom (Espoo, Finland). Wood again found the bottom of the net from beyond the arc to cap the run, extending the lead to 20-6.
Wood remained on fire from the field as her third 3-point field goal of the half gave Maine its largest lead of at 15 with 6:39 to play.
The Retrievers responded with an 11-3 run, cutting the Maine lead all the way down to seven with just over a minute remaining in the half. Roberts put an end to the UMBC sprint with Maine's seventh 3-pointer of the half to give it a 31-21 lead at the break.
Wood had a solid first half as she went 6-for-7 from the floor, including a perfect 3-for-3 from beyond the arc, total 15 points while adding four steals and three rebounds. The Black Bears hit seven first half 3-pointers and shot 35.5-percent (11-31) from the field.
Maine quickly increased its lead back to 15 after starting the second half with an 8-3 run. A Wallace jumper kept the run alive in between a pair of 3-pointers by Weckstrom.
UMBC kept charging, putting together a 6-0 run which helped it cut the Black Bear lead down to eight with under 10-minutes to play.
Maine answered with a 10-2 run of its own with four-straight points from Mikaela Gustafsson (Sodertalje, Sweden) and back-to-back 3-point buckets from Wallace to push the lead to 54-38 with under 4:30 to play.
Milica Mitrovic (Belgrade, Serbia) gave the Black Bears their largest lead of the game at 60-43 when she knocked down Maine's 14th 3-point field goal of the gave. The make matched the all-time school-record for three-pointers made in a single game (14) last done in 1999 vs. Vermont.
UMBC kept plugging away but failed to close the gap as Maine grabbed its fifth America East win of the season by a score of 61-48.