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Alex Leckie pottery bowl, circa 1970, signed Leckie, 12.5 cm high, 18 cm diameter
Alex Leckie, thrown pottery vase, glazed, incised decoration, 42.5 cm high
Alexander Leckie: Stoneware two headed sculpture with hand painted finish, inscribed signature on the side
Alex Leckie, a pottery vase hand painted 20 cmH
Alexander Leckie, three stoneware bowls, all with painted signature to base 'Leckie' (3). Height s ranging 10 cm., 8 cm., 6.5 cm
Alexander Leckie stoneware bowls, in speckle blue glaze, each painted signature and Date to base 'Leckie 66', diameter 19 cm diameter 17 cm
Alexander Leckie stoneware vase 1966, painted signature and Date to base 'Leckie 66'. Height 19 cm
Alex Leckie, bowl, c1975, with high foot and cobalt glaze 115 x 170 height 21 cm width 10 cm
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- TCP Engines, the leading supplier of TCP optimization solutions, today announced a partnership with Ustream, Inc., the world's most scalable and social live video platform. The core of the Ustream Cloud Platform centers on the company's proprietary Ustream Content Delivery Network (UCDN), Ustream Media Server (UMS) and Ustream TCP Congestion Control Algorithm (UTCP). TCP Engines is at the core of the TCP Congestion Control Algorithm. TCP Engines congestion control solutions effectively unclog networks, and find more bits to deliver to consumers, increasing the video quality and experience for consumers.
According to Arpad Kun, Director of Network Operations of Ustream, "The TCP Engines solutions help us further differentiate the Ustream platform. After benchmarking against all known TCP solutions in the market, we found the TCP Engines solution to deliver the greatest benefit for our platform, publishers and users. TCP Engines delivers over 50% increased throughput over Bic, and over 285% increased throughput than htcp. Further, by reducing buffers ratios to 1.6% and increasing video quality, we are able to offer a more compelling service."
According to Bob Reid of TCP Engines, "We are excited to work with Arpad and his team at Ustream, as they are pioneers in live streaming video technologies. And to see TCP Engines run at such a large scale, and in the core of a network that streams worldwide is a great testament to the years of research and development we have dedicated. We look forward to tuning even more with Arpad's team at Ustream to deliver even better results."
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While Hoyt Oliver has studied and incorporated tenants from several major religions into his worldview, the Christian Bible has played an outsized role in life changes voluntary and seemingly incidental.
Oliver, 75, will retire from the Oxford City Council in December after a dozen years at Post 3. "The number 12 signals it's time to move on. It's a good Biblical number," he said.
"It's the same with (retiring in 2006 from) teaching: I was 70 and had been teaching for 40 years."
A lifelong Methodist, Oliver said he "appreciates the wisdom and practices" of many of the world's religions, and Buddhism in particular. "With Buddhism, it doesn't conflict with being a Christian because you don't worship a god. There are few concepts, really."
Even Oliver's successor has biblical implications: Lyn Pace, who ran unopposed for Oliver's seat this fall, is Oxford College's chaplain.
The son of a teacher and a Methodist preacher, Oliver said he swore as a child that he would be neither.
He turned out to be both.
Oliver finished his high school education at Oxford College and took university level classes there and at Emory University. Originally interested in science, he abandoned that field after earning a D in chemistry, he said. He changed his major to philosophy.
He graduated in 1956, and a year later embarked on a three-year mission trip to Korea. In 1961, he moved to Boston to continue his education at Boston College, where he earned a degree in sacred theology, followed by a doctorate in religion and higher education at Yale University in Connecticut.
He met his future wife LaTrelle, another child of a Methodist preacher and a Georgia girl, while he was studying at Yale. They married, and in 1966 returned to the South together. Hoyt Oliver took a job as a social sciences teacher at Oxford College, and LaTrelle taught English at the college for a short time before deciding to teach in the public schools.
Hoyt Oliver stayed at Oxford for 40 years. "I grew up with a sense of duty," he said. "I was grateful for what Oxford meant to me and wanted to give back."
That sense of duty compelled him into civic involvement, including serving on the Oxford Historical Commission, the Planning Commission, the Newton County Leadership Collaborative, PTAs and city government.
His first stint in politics was for 1.5 years in 1980 and 1981, having been appointed to the City Council to finish a term. For several years afterward he worked on the city Planning Commission and then ran for City Council in 2000.
In his 12 years on the council, the city built a new maintenance facility, a new City Hall building, shifted to a city-manager form of government, weathered the recession without substantial layoffs and revamped the zoning code to encourage the growth of a new downtown district on Emory Street.
"The biggest achievement is the zoning ordinance, which preserves the city's historical character, but establishes a central district," he said. "I think it's going to be really great when the economy picks up."
Oliver said he will spend his free time with his family, his garden, the Allen Memorial Methodist Church and his various woodworking projects. The biggest project is his house, formerly used as a dorm for lower-income Oxford College students. Both interior and exterior have been refurbished, and Oliver crafts wood bowls and Christmas ornaments for his family in a workshop behind the house.
"Woodworking is my manual meditation," he said.
But retirement comes with a twist of feelings, both relief and loss.
"I have mixed feelings, nostalgia, and I'll be missing things," he said. "I thought it was time for somebody else to have a chance." He paused and smiled. "I will still go to the meetings, and maybe I'll even say something."


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This article was published 9/2/2014 (1285 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Call me a dreamer, but I think the world would be a much better place if everything in it was coated in a thick layer of delicious chocolate.
I reached that conclusion Friday afternoon when I courageously left my house and drove to Mordens' of Winnipeg, the legendary chocolate shop at 674 Sargent Ave., to shoot our latest biweekly weather video.
If you haven't yet seen one of these entertaining and educational videos, they are designed to provide viewers with weather information that is less accurate than what they would get if they simply stuck their heads out of a window.
While I appear in all of these videos, the real star is Creepy Santa, a one-metre-tall plush Santa doll I have immortalized in a series of groundbreaking holiday columns in recent years.
He was nicknamed Creepy Santa by my daughter because his pale plastic face has a malevolent, open-mouthed glare, like one of those icky inflatable dolls you can find on the Internet, or so I'm told.
Anyway, senior editors at this paper felt the presence of Creepy Santa would help punch up the energy level in our weather videos, so in recent months I have been forced to drag this stuffed monstrosity wherever I go, including the Olympic curling trials and the indoor pool at the Delta Winnipeg.
With Valentine's Day creeping up on us, I agreed to drag Creepy Santa to visit the nice folks at Mordens' because, as a respected investigative journalist, I was confident I could talk them into giving us free chocolates.
If you have never taken an evil-looking Santa doll to a candy store before, what happens is nervous customers edge away from you the way they would back away from a naked person wielding a machete in the frozen-food aisle at a local supermarket.
Fortunately, the proprietor of the chocolate factory, Fred Morden, was comfortable being interviewed by a man the size of a refrigerator accompanied by a stuffed gnome with a frightening resemblance to former Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich.
I was curious whether Fred, who has been making chocolate for the last 35 years, still enjoys cramming the gooey stuff into his mouth.
"Oh, yeah," Fred chirped with delight, "a quarter-pound a day, easy. You have to make sure it's good quality."
The top seller at the store is the iconic Russian Mints. "I think it's one of the best chocolates in the world," Fred said proudly as a steady stream of customers edged around us to stock up for Valentine's Day, the busiest single day at the store.
"In New Orleans in 1984 at the World's Fair, we won the gold medal for best chocolate piece," Fred noted. "That's when Russian Mints really took off. We were also the first in North America to put chocolate on jujubes and coffee beans. Now everyone is doing it."
As we chatted, a beaming female customer strode over to inform us that when she went to Spain for her brother's wedding, she brought along several kilograms of Russian Mints because it seemed a classy and tasty way to boast about her hometown.
The highlight of our visit came in the huge kitchen in the back, where Fred let me drizzle dark chocolate on top of strawberries that had already been dipped in white chocolate.
It was the highlight of my journalistic career.
At the end of the messy process, the camera zoomed in on Creepy Santa's eerie plastic face, which like the strawberries, was now lovingly coated in a thick layer of milk chocolate.
When I arrived home, the delicious chocolatey aroma wafting from Creepy's face sent our two dogs -- Zoe the wiener dog and Mr. X, a cross between a cotton swab and a sofa cushion -- into a drooling, tail-spinning frenzy.
Chocolate is extremely bad for dogs, so I parked Creepy Santa safely on the couch in the den and, later in the evening, I sat there with him, partly watching the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, but mostly trying to lick hardened chocolate off his frowning plastic face.
Because, as a crusading journalist, that's the sort of sacrifice I'm prepared to make on your behalf.


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Tampa gets second FM sports talk station as Clear Channel Radio simulcasts WDAE-AM at 95.3
The Tampa Bay area now has two FM sports talk stations.
That's because the folks at Clear Channel Radio have fired up an FM "translator," simulcasting their powerful AM sports talk station WDAE-FM (620) on the 95.3 frequency.
In May 2012, Clear Channel started simulcasting its top-rated political talk station, WFLA-AM (970) on an FM frequency. But its signal seems a bit more limited, mostly reaching Hillsborough County at 105.9.
Now it's moved ahead with plans to put WDAE on the FM dial as well, with a signal that reached St. Petersburg. Both changes are a relatively quick way to get Clear Channel's AM talk stations on the FM dial without the expense and risk of converting an existing FM station to a talk format.
Indeed, when I asked last year about Clear Channel's translators, Doug Hamand, the company's Tampa area vice president of programming, made the same point a different way. "All my FMs are making money," Hamand said then of a stable which includes WFLZ-FM (93.3), WXTB-FM (98 Rock) and WBTP-FM (95.7 the Beat), WMTX-FM (Mix 100.7) and WFUS-FM (US 103). "I don't have one I can flip."
Rival Cox Radio has seen tremendous success converting WHPT-FM (The Bone 102.5) into an all-talk format (they celebrated the year anniversary of the format change just a couple of weeks ago). So it makes sense Clear Channel might try to compete by bringing its own talk formats to FM, trying to duplicate their success on he AM dial.
WDAE's move also increases competition for another rival, CBS Radio's Sportsradio 98.7 the Fan, a station which has seen a series of staff changes since debuting last August.


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Fundue Homemade Chocolate Sauces
Remember that lovely chocolate fondue? There is that twinkle in the eye that never fails to appear once gazes longingly (and lovingly!) upon a majestic chocolate fountain. Both young and old will each harbor that similar longing to let go occasionally for something rich and sinfully sweet. This is what we decided to come up with to bring back that experience– Fundue Premium Homemade Chocolate Sauces. Started last September 2009 by Cybele Garrucho and Ram Ng, fresh graduates of Ateneo de Manila University and full-fledged chocoholics, they decided to come up with a sauce that is similar to the texture to that of chocolate fondue. Unlike the usual dips you see in the market, Fundue aims to give its customers a run for their money by providing the one and only Fundue experience on the go. Now you can savor the rich and delectable texture of chocolate fondue not only during special occasions, but now it is yours to enjoy anytime, anywhere. It also comes in three flavors– Milk, Dark, and White Chocolate. Each Snack/ Party Pack includes marshmallows, wafer sticks and bread sticks to dip. If you find that you are more interested in a specific flavor of sauce and/or snack, you may request that we fill in your Snack/ Party Pack with your sauce/s and/or snacks of choice. For only P85 for the Snack Pack (good for 1–2 persons), and P190 for the Party Pack (good for 3–5 persons), you can enjoy Fundue at a low cost.Chocolate Fundue This holiday, share the love and have a taste of Fundue Premium Homemade Chocolate Sauces. Not only is it a great gift idea for the holidays, but a wonderful gift all year round. Take part in an experience that is uniquely yours to enjoy– the Fundue Experience.


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Welcome back to our live coverage of the eurozone crisis. By Esther Bintliff on the world news desk in London, with contributions from FT correspondents around the world.
This post should update automatically every few minutes, but it may take longer on mobile devices. All times are GMT.
16.15: One of the areas where Angela Merkel appears to have backed down is around the role of the European Court of Justice, reports Joshua Chaffin, our correspondent in Brussels:
Ms Merkel had wanted the ECJ – the European Union's highest court – to become the ultimate enforcer of new budget rules for the eurozone countries.


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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Review by Dark33
"Believe it or not, this is the best Zelda game"
The Legend of Zelda series has been known to be possibly the greatest adventure series of all time. I strongly disagree with that statement, as most of the other Zelda games are mediocre at best (Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Zelda 1+2). However, this stellar game is an exception, as it, along with A Link to the Past are both worthy adventures that deserve to be explored. This Game Boy game is a classic that should be in everyone's Game Boy library.
Graphics: 70/100
So this is Game Boy, what do you expect? I hope not stunning 3-D, because you're looking at the wrong system. Yet, compared to other games on this handheld system, Zelda looks pretty good. Granted, nothing looks terribly realistic, but the characters all have their own unique look, and the worlds are pretty good. And each dungeon definitely has its own distinctive feel.
Overall: Good Game Boy graphics.
Control: 75/100
I couldn't stand the sloppy controls in the original Zelda for the NES. It made it hard to hit enemies, and pretty confusing to select items. However, that is improved upon for this game. The enemies are much easier to hit than many other Zelda games. The item selection is good, but could've been better. For example, when you get the power bracelet, you can lift heavy pots and jars. But you have to equip it, every time you reach one of those objects, which gets very tedious. A better idea would've been to keep it as a permanent item, like the flippers, so that every time you reached a pot, you wouldn't need to equip it. Other than that, which is a pretty annoying flaw, the controls are very solid.
Overall: Much improved control system from the original Zelda, and pretty good for its own.
Plot: 80/100
I have to give the development team lots of credit for creating a truly unique plot. Unlike other Zelda games where you have to save Zelda, and collect the Triforce, you land on a strange island after a storm. (By the way, neither Zelda nor the Triforce make an appearance…) A girl picks you up and you end up in her house and meet her father. The object, it seems, is to wake a thing called the Wind Fish. The plot gets more complicated from there…
Overall: Creative plot, especially for a Zelda game.
Sound/Music: 60/100
This is not the system to look for great sounding games. Nevertheless, Link's Awakening delivers above average sound and music. Much of the music is repeated, but that isn't such a bad thing. Sounds are not a big part of this game for sure.
Overall: Above average Game Boy music and sound effects.
Gameplay: 90/100
This is an extremely well designed game. The dungeons are fun and challenging, the overworld is vast and varied, and the final confrontation is really cool. First, after you wake up, you must retrieve your shield from the girl's father. Then you must find your sword which seems to be by the place you was found, on a beach. Then, an owl comes and tells you your quest, but many details are shrounded in mystery. There are plenty of items, a long trading sequence, lots of bosses, and many characters to talk to. Add in a couple miniquests, and lots of exploration, and you have one high quality adventure game. There are many cool little secrets too, so try to find them all. Be warned however, because this game is pretty challenging. It's easy to go around poking creatures everywhere, but it's really tough to complete your mission so be careful!
Overall: Excellent and fun gameplay. Plenty of exploration. Really cool dungeons.
Replay Value: Medium
What helps this game, is the many little extras hidden around the island. That's one reason to replay. Another is the quality of this game, which will demand a replay or two. Other than that, nothing special here.
Challenge: Very High
This is one of the most challenging games I've ever played. Some of the puzzles will make your head spin for days, even weeks. Figuring out what to do next can be really hard. This is one of those games where you'll probably see a FAQ or guide. I didn't and it took me almost a year to beat this game, no kidding! Unless I'm really stupid or really bad at games…
Strong Points:
Excellent Game Design
Very Challenging
Improved Play Control
Very Fun to Play
Lots of Hidden Extras
Weak Points:
Sound is okay at best
Equipment of Items is definitely tedious
Overall: 84/100
This game will give you a high quality gaming experience, unlike many other members of this series. Don't pass this game up, or you'll regret you did.
Rounded to fit GameFaqs score: 8/10
Reviewer's Rating: 4.0 - Great
Originally Posted: 01/16/01, Updated 01/16/01
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The Auto Dep Input Tool (ADIT) was developed by the RCSB for depositing structures to the Protein Data Bank. ADIT also allows the user to check the format of coordinate and structure factor files and to perform a variety of validation tests on a structure prior to deposition in the database. These checks can be done without intervention by the database staff.
For the details about PDB format version 3.2, please see http://www.wwpdb.org/docs.html.
To deposit a structure, the user uploads the relevant coordinate and structure factor files and then adds any additional information to the submission using ADIT.
The following tutorial is a guide to depositing a structure using all of the available ADIT functions.
Example "in progress" depositions are available at http://rcsb-deposit-demo-1.rutgers.edu.
To begin a new ADIT session:
Step 1: Data Format Precheck
Step 2: Validation Precheck (Validation)
Step 3: Data Deposition
You may wish to have the following information on hand:
citations of relevant references, sequences of macromolecules in your structure, molecular formulae of ligands, natural or genetic source of macromolecules, crystallization conditions, unit cell, space group, data collection parameters, refinement parameters, rms deviations
Entering information:
Saving the category:
You will be presented with an approximate measure of the completeness of your file for deposition and a table previewing your entry. If you wish to change or add any information, select Return to the Input Tool. If you have added all of the information you would like and do not want to make any changes, press the Deposit Now button. After selecting this button, you will not be able to change the entry any further using ADIT.
A previous ADIT deposition session can be continued at a later date as long as the structure has not been deposited.
To begin a previous ADIT session:
Questions, comments, and suggestions should be sent to email@example.com.


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San Jose fires ignite arson probe
Published 1:53 pm, Friday, January 10, 2014
(01-10) 13:52 PST SAN JOSE -- A string of suspicious fires in a neighborhood east of downtown San Jose has sparked an investigation into whether a serial arsonist may be at work, fire officials said Friday.
At least three small structure fires broke out before dawn Friday morning, said Capt. Barry Ehlers, a spokesman for the San Jose Fire Department. He said each of the blazes were small and were contained quickly, with no injuries reported.
"It's being treated as an active investigation," he said. "Any time we have common fires in the same general area, it's definitely suspicious."
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The fires near South 24th Street occurred several blocks from a five-alarm inferno that decimated a warehouse near the corner of North 28th and East Julian streets early Thursday morning. That blaze prompted a school closure and a call for nearby residents to shelter in place.
Ehlers said there was no immediate evidence linking the warehouse blaze to the smaller ones.
Firefighters were still on the scene of the warehouse fire Friday afternoon mopping up hotspots and investigating the cause.
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Turning the Tables on North Korea
The actions of North Korea in sinking a South Korean ship and shelling a remote South Korean island primarily because it was beyond the armistice line are clear violations of the 1953 armistice agreement. North Korea has been lead to believe by the lack of consequences for its bad behavior that it can do largely as it pleases in attempts to further extort financial assistance from a cowering West which seeks to avoid conflict above all else.
There are worse fates than conflict as we know from our history and bullies left unchecked do not generally improve their behavior.
Our hopes that China would see the craziness of North Korea's behavior and do something—anything—to bring the regime in line has proved not well founded. China wants to be respected as a great nation and superpower but shrinks from stepping up to the plate to take a proportionate share of responsibility when the world needs it. While we clearly want to cooperate with China in finding a solution to this problem, we cannot subordinate our own strategic interests to China's indecision.
Leaving North Korea unchecked is also dangerous because of its export of weapons and mischief to Iran and other bad behaving players around the world proliferating some of the worst weapons to some of the worst threats to global peace and security.
As we have learned before and the Wikileaks remind us again, often it is only the United States that has the capacity to change the game and provide the leadership to solve the world's biggest problems.
That is what we need to do now.
Gordon Chang writing in the New Asia blog published on Forbes suggests a way to do just that. He proposes that since North Korea has already asserted that it does not plan to respect the 1953 armistice that the United States should follow suit and declare that it no longer is obligated to the armistice either and is free to take appropriate retaliatory action against North Korea for any violations. Chang suggests three specific steps that would tilt the playing field back to balance:
1. Order Financial Freeze on North Korean Assets. The US Treasury once before punished North Korea by ordering targeted banks used by North Koreas who hope to do business with or in the US to freeze assets and refrain from any transactions involving the North. This truly ticked off Kim Jong-Il and would do the same today especially if expanded much more broadly.
2. South Korea could close the Kaesong Industrial Complex. This industrial zone shared between the Korea's was established as a bridge builder for future cooperation. We see how well that worked. Closing it would, according to Gordon Chang deprive the North of as much as $600 million in hard currency each year. Surely the manufactured goods could be relocated to other facilities inside South Korea.
3. Interdiction of North Korean Exports. Without the armistice, the US and other nations would be free to board, search and seize cargo shipped from North Korea that represented a violation of any UN resolutions, a proliferation of unauthorized weapons sale or a threat to global security.
To be sure these are acts of war and the North will wail it most belligerent epithets at even the suggestion of such actions. But mice do not generally pick fights with tigers especially when the tiger is hungry or angry.
A willingness of the United States to say ENOUGH!—and mean it would make possible a fresh start by all parties in resolving this problem once and for all. To back up this change in approach the US would need to demonstrate its resolve by:
1. Deliver a clear and unambiguous message to North Korea it will defend any attack against South Korea or any US interest will a full and appropriate military response.
2. Reaffirm US support for unified Korea and a willingness to work with China and others in Asia to facilitate such reunification when the North Korean regime collapses.
3. Announce that the US was engaging in discussions with South Korea, Japan and others within range of North Korea's missiles for the deployment of US weapons including tactical nuclear weapons to back up the strategy.
Such a no nonsense strategy for trapping the errant mouse is the only thing a mouse as wily as Kim Jong-Il understands.
Turning Convergence to Strategic Advantage
As the feed-in-tariff problems of Spain and, more recently, Germany caused major ripple effects around the world for renewable energy especially solar photovoltaic technology players, the United States has become the market of choice for global players in renewable energy. The most recent evidence of that is the outpouring of capital from China being investing in establishing market share in the space.
Because these global players see the convergence of state renewable portfolio standards, Federal stimulus money, investment tax credits and loan guarantees, and America's insatiable appetite for technology and innovation as solution to a wide range of problems including greenhouse gas emissions reduction. It is convergence and the welcoming of disruptive technology change that is part of the American genius for continually reinventing itself. While many nations criticize America, our culture, our economic freedom, or respect for the rule of law and opportunity quotient means that people around the world wants to be part of the action in America.
A New World Economic Order Taking Shape
Since World War II America has leveraged its capital and power to help nations and continents recover from the ravages of war, disaster, internal conflicts and other calamities as American treasure was used to rebuild and American power to defend against the Axis power, against Communism, and now Islamic extremism. We should celebrate the success of these achievements and wish our friends the very best in using them for their future economic growth and self interest.
Today, the results of those American efforts combined with the resourcefulness of Europe, Japan, Asia and elsewhere have brought us to a world where American military power is just as strong but America's lessons in economic power has been multiplied in the faster growing economic miracles of Korea, the leverage of capitalism in China to raise up a great and proud nation, in Brazil and elsewhere.
I am not claiming American credit for these economic miracles, but let's face it Communism and Socialism did not produce those results. So today in the early stages of recovery from this great recession we have faced, is it time for America to think about how to point the way for the next stage of global economic growth and renewal?
Time to Emancipate the Children!
Is it time to emancipate the kids and tell them how proud we are of their accomplishments, but now it's time to buy your own insurance, build your own house, and take responsibility for your own future. We will help you and love you as always, but it is time for you to be independent.
This is NOT a sign of American weakness or isolation, but a symbol of strength and confidence.
Just as that idea was ruminating around in my head while reading about some of the problems in Europe, along comes an article from Rand Corp about Korea and whether the South is adequately preparing for what might happen in the North.[1] It said that South Korea has relied on American power to defend it for so long that it is failing to take the actions needed to prepare for the potential for either a North Korean attack or worse a North Korean collapse in the future. Rand says that America is not helping Korea prepare because it is not forcing Korea to accept its adult responsibilities for its own future.
In Loco parentis!
We see that same phenomenon at work in Europe, I think. I was reminded of that recently when the French were critical of American efforts to help Haiti as being inadequate. Someone quipped that the French are "always there when they need us." It's true isn't it? Europe is proud and haughty but dreadfully ineffective in making decisions, acting in its strategic best interests or projecting its potential power as a global player in the world. It often acts like a teenager quick to anger but short on common sense. There always seems to be time to fire off a 'wise-ass' text message slamming America, but never time to do their own homework!
The best evidence of that in recent years is the incredibly stupid growth in European dependence on Russian gas when they know that Russia will shut off the gas without a second's hesitation if doing so achieves some tactical or strategic goal. Europe dithers in admitting Turkey to the EU because of its angst over Turkey's Muslim heritage yet many European nations having allowed Muslim immigration for years now refuse to assimilate them into the population so they can become members of the European family because they are not French-enough, German-enough.
Time to Focus on Economic Growth and Revival
America is coming out of recession and despite the rocky road to recovery ahead has great potential for growth and economic revival. It is time for America to seize its opportunities and project its strengths to achieve that great revival.
Here are some ideas to consider:
- Send Me Your Smart and Eager Yearning to Breathe Free! The greatest strategic risk in the world today is not the current economy, or security or terrorism it is demographics. In Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere the population is aging and birth rates are low. Immigration to America has produced a younger population so our aging problem is not as severe. But our immigration problem is we are restricting access to America for the very people we most want and need—the bright, educated, smart, technology saavy H1-B dreamers and inventors of tomorrow. Instead our lack of action has allowed America to be the safe haven of millions of poor seeking a better life. While the latter are a source of immense talent, we also need the former better educated professionals. Other rich and powerful countries facing a threat of population decline they cannot stop without changing demographics but their cultures prevent them from doing so. So they seek to grow fast economically today hoping for a long, graceful decline. The American tradition of multi-cultural assimilation of immigrants is one of our greatest accomplishments and one of our strategic advantages for the future. Use It! The US should open the doors to immigration targeting students and well educated professionals eager for a vibrant place to expand their knowledge, take advantage of opportunities for better lives for their families and live the American dream. If America can reinvest in its population of young, smart, talented and skilled to build a vibrant multi-cultural workforce from that melting pot it will remain the technology leader of the global economy and engine of economic growth for a long, long time. The US should make strategic immigration reform a high priority.
- Join in the Dance of Freedom and Self Discovery! The most pernicious and effective threat to tyrants around the world is the effective export of American culture, ideas, technology and example. America should celebrate its way of life by sharing it with the world through open communications, unrestricted internet access and technology investments to defeat the best hackers and thought police from blocking access to the world's ideas. Google should be shamed into rejection of every attempt to restrict access to the world's information by China and other countries. And if it goes along with such shameful behavior others should challenge it by redoubling their efforts to fill the gap in access to the free flow of ideas. America's gift to the world is the spirit of freedom, the first amendment writ largely, and the welcoming of many voices. Just do it!
- Tough Love for the Emancipated Kids! I seek an America capable of projecting its ideas and its power anywhere in the world and make no apologies for that view. It is what we do to be who we are. For that reason I would say to South Korea that we expect you to step up and prepare to defend yourself and spend your own money doing so. America will be there for strategic backup, for logistics, for projection of power and deterrence, but we are not going to permit you to off-load your defense responsibilities to us. In effect, buy your own insurance! We should tell the Europeans the same thing. You can't have it both ways, American defense and America to criticize as cover for your own weaknesses. If you fear the Russians, quit buying so dang much of their natural gas! I could rant on, but you get the point!
Looking out for America's strategic interests
I do not want to sound like an isolationist and do not, for one moment, want to suggest that America should withdraw from the world or not face squarely the strategic challenges ahead. I simply think we should be more deliberate and less apologetic about doing so. The recovery period ahead offers America a unique opportunity to get our act together domestically and we should do so internationally as well. Our strategic interests are changing and so must our strategic priorities.
Will this make us more popular around the world? Don't bet on it! The kids are going to be shocked that Mom & Dad are setting them free to get a job, find a place to live and buy their own insurance. Maturity is a wonderful thing for kids—and spoiled nations. Besides, the 'old folks' still have a lot of life left in us and we intend to make the most of it. If we do well enough, we might just leave a little of that good life capital behind for the kids after we're gone! Our kids will do fine in this tough love environment and get stronger in the process—we're focused on assuring the best place on earth to protect the freedom and opportunity for our grandchildren.
[1] http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/01/21/KH.html


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The return of the most accomplished repertory big band in jazz. Wynton Marsalis leads an ensemble that delves into the jazz tradition with affection, musicality and drive, recreating the music of masters past and present with the energy of today as well as a rare understanding of the musics rich history. Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra performances invariably celebrate the essential spirit of jazz at its absolute zenith.Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis returns with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for their last one-off concert before the Orchestra begins its long-term relationship with the Barbican as an International Associate.
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department announced an overabundance of captive tortoises has has them looking for residents who are willing to adopt.
Desert tortoises are protected in Arizona and cannot be legally collected from the wild, but breeding of captive tortoises and the return of tortoises by owners who can no longer care for them has led to a surplus. Having to care for captive tortoises takes away resources for wild tortoise conservation, according to experts.
In Tucson, Game and Fish partners with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum to find adoptive homes.
Captive desert tortoises, which can live from 50 to 100 years, cannot be released into the wild. They could jeopardize wild populations by introducing disease or displacing them from their territory.
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The Viet Nam Vets Legacy Vets and the Second Brigade have raised nearly $100,000 of the $200,000 needed.
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Intel's Haswell: 20x Lower Platform Idle Power than Sandy Bridge, 2x GPU Performance of Ivy Bridgeby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2012 12:58 PM EST
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Silver Bullet 126 - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkHopefully will see this CPU in tablets soon after Ivy Bridge .. maybe even skip IVB and put this in? SC2 on tablet :) Reply
Kevin G - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkThat's pretty much the plan. There is a limited run of 10W Ivy bridge parts due by the end of this year for tablets so don't expect any high volume product using them. Rather they're mainly for prototyping 10W Haswell products for 2013/early 2014. Still gotta wait.
Though if if you think about it, the real tablet chip isn't going to be Haswell but the 14 nm follow up Rockwell. Power consumption will go down slightly but the main benefit will be more IO integration in the SoC. Who needs a chipset? Reply
jaydee - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkHas anyone isolated CPU idle power from the rest of the system? Core i7-3770k ran at 75W idle (whole system) according to the AT review of Ivy Bridge, how much of that do we suppose was the processor? Reply
Khato - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkThe real question is what exactly Intel means by "20x lower platform idle power". Does the 'platform' simply include processor and chipset? The more it includes, the more impressive the number becomes. Reply
A5 - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkIt wouldn't shock me if a lot of those gains are in the GPU portion of the chip. When you combine the effort they've put into the GPU + a mature 22nm process, a 20x reduction in idle power for the die seems plausible. Reply
A5 - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkTo answer the actual question, I doubt that number is taking anything into account that is off of the CPU package. Total system idle would probably drop by 5W or so. Reply
tuxRoller - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkIf that number is for a laptop, that would be amazing. Reply
yankeeDDL - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI am afraid that this number is mostly marketing smoke.
Of course, a large reduction in power consumption is always welcome, and it is certainly an engineering achievement getting a 20x reduction on a platform already as efficient as Sandy/Ivy bridge.
However, Lowering the power consumption from 1W to 0.05W will likely have very limited tangible effect, if at all, given that other components will easily dominate the consumption at that point.
And yes, this is an indication of the CPU+GPU consumption: it says little of the consumption at system level. Reply
Metaluna - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkFrom what I've read, idle power for the last couple of generations has been pretty low, like 30W or less. Hopefully Intel has learned from its experience with early Atoms that CPU idle power doesn't mean much when the northbridge and other components are still pigs. As idle power drops towards zero, these other components will become even more important. Reply
Darkstone - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - link'pretty low', 'like 30W or less'.
You're pretty far of. Take a look at this dutch blog:
Ivy bridge desktop = 1.56w
arrandale desktop = <3w
The arrandale version is also available in english:
If you want a power efficient computer. Buy a motherboard with less features or remove your graphics card. The processor doesn't really matter. Reply
csroc - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkHmm, it's coming up on the five year mark, time for me to build a new workstation. I'm not in any rush and every time I read new news I flip flop on whether I should just do it this winter or wait for Haswell. There's always the next chip to wait for but my plan was to have a new system built by next summerish regardless and it wouldn't happen any sooner than towards the end of this one.
Increased GPU performance isn't too important to me. Any gaming I do would still run off a dedicated GPU.
Lower power consumption, particularly at idle, is nice but if it's just the CPU as others are already wondering, how much of a dent is that really going to make? I leave my system on all the time, every watt is nice but the rest may already be hungrier than Ivy Bridge at idle.
Decisions decisions. Reply
csroc - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - link"wouldn't happen any sooner than towards the end of this one."
Changed what I was saying but didn't fix that. Supposed to say "towards the end of this year" Reply
Magichands8 - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkWell, if you don't care much for graphics performance and you are looking for a workstation then I'm not sure Haswell has anything interesting to offer since graphics and low power consumption is what Haswell is all about. I was thinking of waiting until 2013 for Intel to release performance 6 core Haswell parts but from what I've read that just isn't going to happen. The kiddies have to be able to watch 4k video on their postage-stamp smartphone screens and that seems to be what Intel is most concerned with these days. Haswell could be really interesting for long battery life productivity work on a laptop though. If I were building a system today for performance I'd be looking at maybe multiple AMD Opterons. From what I've read Intel is refusing to even comment on Haswell's CPU performance. To me that's a bad sign and implies that it's not so hot. I wouldn't be surprised if it were just a couple of percents better than Ivy Bridge. Reply
csroc - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkThat's the overall impression I've been getting as well. Most of the information I've been reading hasn't really warmed me up on Haswell. Since I commented I have been rethinking things and on the whole I'm not that convinced Haswell would be too important. It could be great for mobile but on a desktop it just doesn't sound like a big step.
Wonder if there will be Ivy Bridge E. Reply
azazel1024 - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkIt may also include the chipset. I don't recall what Cougar Point was running, but I think it was 60nm (maybe 45nm). It certainly is not even 32nm and I know Panther Point is the same process node as Cougar Point, so it is possible that Shark Bay (that is Haswell's new chipset, right?) might actually be on 22nm and jump a couple of process nodes. Chipsets ususally seem to lag 1-2 node generations behind the processors.
So that could be where the bulk of the power savings is, though I am sure there is a lot of processor power savings as well.
For a desktop, very little impact. In a notebook that is in S1 (IE possibly idle, but not asleep). Other motherboard stuff, drive idle/sleep power consumption, WiFi adapter draw, display power, DRAM, etc are already a fair amount larger than chipset/CPU in aggregate at idle. Now, sure, that might still get you an extra 10-15% battery life. What it will do is provide a good boost in tablets where there is less stuff connected already. Likely a smaller/lower power display, etc. Also it gives you a huge boost for this "connected" sleep mode where most everything else is powered down. In that case, compared to trying to do it with a modern processor, it could be the difference between a 2-3w "connected/sleep" power draw and a couple of hundred milliwatts (maybe 200-400mw) (or 20-30hrs and a week). This is of course compared to current day S3, which probably draws around 150-300mw to keep the RAM in lower power refresh mode and basically everything else off.
Frankly Haswell is sounding pretty impressive, both for x86 tablets and for notebooks. I am sure it won't hurt for desktops either, but in that kind of power envelope the improved GPU is superflous for most users (though it might just make a mean HTPC for me) and the lower power draw most don't care about. Reply
dishayu - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkAll thanks to the on die VR and little tweaks here and there? Reply
Wolfpup - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkOkay, so the power thing is cool, really even for desktops. The video is cool maybe for tablets...maybe
But for desktops and notebooks it continues to piss me off that they're blowing hundreds of millions of transistors on their stupid video that could be used towards a more powerful CPU...or heck, I'd sooner they just chopped that part off and took the profit!
Ugh, what AMD is doing is actually okayish at the low end, but for a mid range system? There's just no excuse for this integrated stuff... Reply
Magichands8 - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkAgreed, it's very disappointing to see Intel essentially halt any development on the performance side. There's no way I'd build a system today without a stand alone GPU and as it stands I can't even think about building a system with Ivy Bridge without feeling like I'm being cheated by being forced to pay for the useless half of the chip.
Although honestly I don't even totally blame Intel for all of that. I understand that Intel has to adapt to the market and that they are being forced to compete with ARM on the mobile end whether they like it or not. What I don't understand quite is why the market is moving in that direction. Heavy duty graphics power makes sense to me for large screen displays for watching HD content at home or multi-LCD gaming setups but doesn't make any sense to me at all for mobile devices. Honestly, I don't even own a smartphone or tablet but aren't current chips already powerful enough to handle what the average user wants to do with them? How much smoother can Jelly Bean get? Where exactly does Intel think it's going to go with it's processors after they build one that can run Battefield 6 and Windows 9 Ultra Super Duper Edition on my clamshell cell phone? Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkWhile they're hyping the IGP and low power since geeks with desktops and discrete GPUs are a shrinking minority of the market, Take at slides 11-13; they've doubled theoretical FP throughput with new AVX2 instructions (will need app recompiles at a minimum to benefit), doubled cache bandwidth, along with misc improvements to branch prediction a larger OOO buffer, and reduced latencies for virtualization. Reply
aicom - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkLet's put this in perspective. Haswell DOES increase CPU performance per clock. They've doubled the L2 bandwidth by allowing L2 loads once per clock instead of once per two clocks. They've even added a whole new ALU pipeline! The Intel Core microarchitectures have been 3 issue on the ALU side since the original Core 2 Duo. With Haswell, Intel will be able to dispatch 4 ALU operations per clock and 8 total micro-ops (compared to 3 and 6 in Ivy Bridge). This is certainly a major improvement compared to the normal "make caches bigger" strategy. Reply
lilmoe - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkWhy should they? AMD failed to push Intel forward in the performance race... They won't even be trying anymore. Blame them, not Intel. Why should Intel focus more on something they've already one by a large margin??
Cortex A15 and 64bit ARMv8 are around the corner, it's a huge threat for Intel in the mobile space. Heck, they're literally "begging" carriers to launch Medfield Android smartphones, and trying to push x86 everywhere. Intel was taken by surprise in the mobile space just like Microsoft was. Haswell makes sense bigtime, and NOT focusing on performance, but on power efficiency makes even MORE sense.
I just don't see how anyone is expecting Intel NOT to focus on those sides in their next platform..... But to ease your anger, Intel has designed Haswell to be modular and salable as hell. It can go from ultra low power mobile to ultra high performance. If AMD (somehow) manages to raise the bar in performance, Intel will be ready to beat whatever AMD has to offer by another wide(r) margin. Nothing is motivating Intel in the desktop space ATM. Reply
tygrus - Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - linkThey have doubled the AVX FP, increased ALU, branch, load/store. TLB, cache bandwidth etc. but 8ops/c vs 6ops/cycle.
Clock-for-clock it looks like Haswell could do a minimum of 30% more per cycle, 20% to 80% higher benchmark scores, 30% better for avg. user (assuming 10% average clock speed reduction). Judging by the power budget they might have to reduce normal clock speed. They will increase the turbo boost to be similar to current max boost (3.8 to 4GHz) but nominal clock will be 3.1GHz instead of 3.4GHz. They will have to re-layout the execution units to fit additional resources and to spread the heat from critical areas. Additional metal layers will b added for routing signals and power. More local power gated regions to reduce local and global power usage and allow other regions to run hotter than before. Big difference to power consumption when running 2 simple threads doing 2 IPC each compared to 2 higher IPC threads doing 4 IPC each. At least 1 temperature sensors for each core, GPU block, MC etc. and fast throttling to stop area of <5mm^2 silicon from going beyond design limit even thou the CPU case temp and TDP below max. Reply
Pixelpusher6 - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI'm not surprised that Intel isn't really focusing on performance with Haswell considering their push to mobile and no threatening competition from AMD. It seems like Intel is just playing it safe and increasing performance just enough to make it considered an upgrade over Ivy Bridge. Looking at the slides all it seems like they are doing with Haswell is exactly what they did from Nehalem ----> Sandy Bridge, doubling up and adding some new features / instructions. The performance difference between Nehalem and Sandy Bridge wasn't that huge and some of it had to do with process shrink, so I'm expecting the same again. It's hard to say right now without benchmarks but it doesn't seem like a very compelling upgrade from my i5 2500k.
I'm not sure I agree with this new philosophy that chip makers seem to be embracing which seems to be 1 chip to cover all the market segments i.e. mobile, tablet, notebook, desktop, server, etc. I do understand that there are huge cost savings to be had by adopting this model, but I think it is a tradeoff. The processing needs of enterprise are much different than some teenager checking facebook. I think these different market segments developed for a reason and to lump all their needs together as "one size fits all" might be a little short sighted. If AMD management were smart they would see Intel's focus on mobile as an opportunity, unfortunately AMD has the mobile bug too and it seems like they want to undercut Intel on sub $300 laptops. I'm not entirely sold that mobile is the future and like someone else mentioned Intel is already late to the game. They don't really have a product competitive with ARM's offering so they've sort of slotted in to a niche of powerful tablets / ultrabooks in the mobile space for now.
Very soon ARM and Intel will cross paths as ARM strives to increase performance and Intel strives for high power efficiency. With Intel so focused on competing with ARM in the mobile space, it seems like they are not as concerned with advancing the high end. This is where AMD might be able to catch them off guard. Like I mentioned before I'm not completely sold on the idea that mobile is the future of computing. It's entirely possible that mobile hardware is just a stop-gap until everything moves server side. There are still some kinks to be ironed out before tablets, smartphones, etc. can be replaced by thin clients but it can't be ruled out as a possibility. If this is the direction the market goes then enterprise will take center stage. If I were AMD I would be throwing R & D into designing a great server processor first and foremost, and then fill out the rest of their product line based on this. I'm not sure the Bulldozer / Piledriver architecture is gonna get them there, if they can't fix the problems with it they should just cut their losses and start over or even have divergent products for different markets.


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Quarter-finals (Best of 17 frames)
Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-8 Peter Ebdon
Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams both produced stunning fightbacks to win their quarter-finals in the UK Championship in York.
The Rocket knocked out Peter Ebdon after being 6-1 and 8-4 down while Williams' performance left Stephen Hendry ruing missed chances as his 8-4 lead escaped him.
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O'Sullivan looked to be on his way out when he fluffed a brown in the 12th frame to let Peter Ebdon go one frame from victory.
Ebdon had dominated the afternoon session, putting together breaks of 136, 112, 92, 82 and 75 on his way to establishing a 6-2 lead.
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text: Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced it has shipped over one million drives using shingled magnetic recording (SMR). SMR is the next generation in storage technology and is critical for continued improvement in areal density (the amount of data that can be stored on a single disk) to support global growth in cloud and mobile usage. The SMR generation of storage technology is expected to power gains of up to 25 percent. "With nearly 7 billion inhabitants on earth we are creating an astounding 2.7 Zettabytes of data a year and as such are rapidly approaching the physical limits of how much can be written on a single conventional hard disk drive," said Mark Re, Seagate's chief technology officer. "With SMR technology, Seagate is on track to improve areal density by up to 25 percent or 1.25TB per disk, delivering hard drives with the lowest cost per gigabyte and reaching capacities of 5TB and beyond." The last technology transition, perpendicular recording, improved areal density by arranging the bits in a perpendicular fashion, thereby enabling narrower data tracks and read/write heads. Due to physical limitations read/write heads cannot become smaller. The most reliable option to improve areal density is to change the way data is written to the drive. This is where SMR technology comes into play. A fundamental change to the architecture of the media, SMR technology rearranges the way data is stored on a disk by overlapping tracks— similar to shingles on a roof— thereby, increasing track density and improving aerial density. As a result of increased track density the amount of data on a single disk increases as does the overall storage capacity of a single drive. "The HDD industry is experiencing Petabyte shipment growth rates greater than 30 percent per year while at the same time HDD areal density is improving at a rate less than 20 percent per year," noted John Rydning, IDC's research vice president, for hard disk drives. "Shingled magnetic recording technology is a solution that leverages existing drive architecture to help close the gap in these growth rates while at the same time providing a relatively simple yet economical path to higher capacity HDDs for many applications."


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Isis Reportedly Scaling Back Plans for Mobile Payments
Now it looks as though carriers may have to defer to financial service companies and retailers after all.
Isis, a mobile payments platform launched in November by Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, is reportedly scaling back its plans. In the original Wall Street Journal story, sources said Isis was shuttering plans to handle mobile transactions independent of financial service agencies. Instead, the WSJ reports, Isis is creating a "mobile wallet" to securely store account information of existing credit card accounts.
Originally it was reported that Isis would launch with Discovery and Barclays, but the WSJ reports that Isis is also courting Visa and Mastercard so as to not fall behind "in the race to establish a standard way for letting consumers pay for products with their cell phones," sources said. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have all recently launched branded mobile payment channels.
The next day, Jaymee Johnson, head of marketing at Isis, confirmed with Computerworld that Isis was re-jigging its position somewhat to act as a "trusted service manager," and was open to working with all payment networks and platforms. As Computerworld notes, Isis buried this announcement in a press release dated April 4.
Bob Egan, a chief analyst at The Sepharim Group, told Computerworld that in its early months, Isis "taught the carriers" that retailers don't care to work with smaller card companies like Discover, which few retailers support.


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This article is from the WebMD News Archive
Food tests for horse meat ordered
8th February 2013 - Food businesses have been told they must carry out tests to prove the authenticity of a range of beef products after the discovery that horse meat has been used in the manufacture of Findus lasagnes.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has also ordered Findus to test their lasagnes for the veterinary drug phenylbutazone, or 'bute', which could pose a risk to human health if it entered the food chain.
The last discovery of horse meat on sale in shops follows the discovery last month that beefburgers and other beef products on sale in the UK and Ireland contained horse meat.
How did the latest discovery come to light and what does it mean for the food industry and consumers? Read our FAQs.
How was horse meat found in lasagnes?
The products supplied by Findus were made by a French supplier, Comigel, who raised concerns about the type of meat that was going into the beef lasagnes.
Subsequent tests found that contaminated products contained at least 60% horse meat.
The French firm also contacted Aldi about two products supplied to the supermarket: Today's Special Frozen Beef Lasagne and Today's Special Frozen Spaghetti Bolognese. These have now been withdrawn from sale
What has happened to the contaminated lasagnes?
The products affected had been distributed to the main UK supermarkets and smaller convenience stores.
Findus UK says that it is withdrawing all affected beef lasagnes in 320g, 360g and 500g sizes from all retailers.
The company says it has tested other products and these are not affected.
Why have tests been ordered to check for a drug used by vets?
The drug phenylbutazone, often referred to as bute, is used for the short term relief of pain and fever in animals, including horses.
Bute is not allowed into the food chain because in humans it can cause rare cases of a serious blood disorder called aplastic anaemia. Because it is not possible to say what triggers the anaemia, it is not possible to identify a safe level of residue in meat.
Could people's health be at risk from the contamination?
According to the FSA, Bute was banned from use in humans after it was found that about one person in 30,000 recipients suffered a serious side effect. However, in levels reported in previous FSA testing of contaminated meat, the maximum level found would have to be multiplied a thousand-fold to be at the same level as that which used to be given to humans.
This suggests that even if someone eats contaminated meat, the risk of damage to their health is very low.
Is it otherwise safe to eat horse meat?
Yes. Horse meat is consumed in several European Union member states.


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ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. - Seventeen rail cars derailed early Monday morning in Alachua County, according to Alachua County Fire-Rescue.
The derailment occurred around 3:30 a.m. a few miles north of Hawthorne city limits. It happened on County Road 474 and U.S. 301, according to ACFR.
A conductor received an indication the cars jumped the tracks. The train was carrying 59 rail cars and was heading southbound from Waycross to Tampa.
"HAZMAT did respond and verify there was no hazardous material incident," said Becky Butscher of the Alachua County Sheriff's Office.
Butscher said in the case of a train derailment, it takes time to get it under control, and that's why even though the conductor knew what happened, it took time to slow to a halt.
"There's 59 total cars, so obviously the laws of physics it can't stop immediately, but it appears it did travel for a period of time," Butscher said.
CSX is conducting the investigation and was awaiting the National Transportation Safety Board to arrive.
County Road 1474 will be closed for a minimum of 24 hours. Anyone who needs to access their residence from 1474 can do so by accessing State Road 26 or State Road 20.
No one was injured in the derailment.
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By Jennie L. Phipps · Bankrate.com
A few years ago, cautious investors living in retirement put their savings in long-term U.S. bonds and happily collected 6 percent. Today, that isn't much of an option because rates are below 2 percent. Even conservative investors like my CPA husband can't find much good to say about that rate of return — no matter


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Winter cabbage, more widely known as kale, fully lives up to its name. Wintertime is kale time and this certainly has a culinary background. Kale is very high in Beta Carotene, Vitamin K, Vitamin C, and rich in calcium. Ornamental Kale known for its brilliant white, red, pink, lavender, blue or violet interior of the rosette are also edible. Kale is also rich in sulforaphane, a chemical with potent anti-cancer properties.
Only when it gets uncomfortably cold outside, only when frost comes over the plant, does kale achieve its full flavour. Unlike cauliflower and white cabbage, kale needs severe frosts to develop its full flavour. Only the cold increases the sugar content in the leaves of kale. Therefore you have to wait until after the first frosty nights to harvest it. The softening cell structure is a further effect of the cold on kale. This makes it easier to digest.
When harvesting, the young leaves should always be cut from the centre as these are the most tender and therefore taste best. Of course, if large quantities are required, you can also cut off the complete plant above ground. However, it should be ensured that yellow and oversized leaves are not used for cooking. These must first be carefully plucked off.
If the stalks are left standing after harvesting the leaves, the small shoot can still be cut next spring as a tender cabbage sprout. However, if the kale begins to flower, pull the plant out of the soil and throw it on the compost.


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The season finale of Fringe did what season finales in LOST did best, without some of the things that it did that viewers found most frustrating. It took the plot developments thus far and gave them a direction to go in the next season that would add something new and exciting to the mix, and allow for new and satisfying themes. It did this in a way that probably has many viewers asking (as we did with LOST) "What just happened?" but I think that in this case, for all the common elements such as time travel paradoxes, this finale actually gave us answers to major questions, without simply stringing us along with new ones. The only question we are really left with is "What happens now?" and that is a question that every good season finale leaves us wondering, no matter what the show.
For some thoughts on the Fringe season finale that are not spoiler free, see Nik at Nite, Paul Levinson and IO9. And for real life fringe science, see IO9's article on five theories about what lies beyond our universe.


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|From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Thu May 13 23:29:19 EDT 2010
On May 13, Nadeem Abdul Hamid wrote: > This result is what I expect: > > > (regexp-match #rx"(4)56|(.*)" "456") > ("456" "4" #f) > > But, why does this partially match the first alternative, returning > the clustered subexpression?... This matches the first alternative completely. > > (regexp-match #rx"(4)56|(.*)" "4ab") > ("4ab" "4" "4ab") > > I would have expected to get: > ("4ab" #f "4ab") This looks like a bug -- I tried `git bisect', and it was introduced in subversion r4379, which is now d3b96f936. > Is there any way to achieve the latter? What I'm really matching > against is something more like: > > > (regexp-match #px"(?:(?:(\\d)(\\d)(\\d))|(.*))" "4ab") > ("4ab" "4" #f #f "4ab") > > and, in the event that there are not 3 digits, I would expect #f > instead of the "4"? (Yeah, it looks like the same problem.) -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!
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© 1998, 1999, WetCanvas!
The Pattern & Decoration movement
in the seventies definitely had an influence on my work. Miriam
Shapiro was one of the main proponents of this movement and her
works are full of patterning. My love of sewing and of working
with those wonderful patterned fabrics probably made it inevitable
that my paintings would be filled with patterns and representations
of fabrics. One of the ways I put designs on the fabrics I paint
is with stencils. The painting at the right, Casting Among
Pearls, is a perfect example. The mountain shapes of fabric
in the
background utilize stencilled-on patterns.
Stencils are simply a way of masking part of your painting to keep paint from going where you don't want it to go. Almost anything can be used for a stencil. You can buy ready-made ones and experiment with them, you can use a piece of lace fabric (spray it first with clear acrylic to keep it from absorbing the paint), you can make your own stencils from stencil paper (available at art stores), clear plastic file folders, or just wax paper if you only need a one-use stencil.
For this simple exercise in using
stencils, you will need a piece of stencil paper, wax paper or
a piece of clear mylar or plastic (I use clear plastic file folders
available at an office supply store). You will also need a small
sheet of watercolor paper, and an old toothbrush.
Select three colors (I
Let this wet-in-wet background dry
thoroughly. While you're waiting for it to dry, you can create
your stencil. For this practice lesson, we're going to use both
the positive and negative parts of the stencilthe positive
part is the shape you cut out, and the negative part is the "hole"
left in the remaining stencil paper. To create your stencil,
draw one continuous line to create your shape. This can be a
landscape shape (as mine is for this exercise), or something
more abstract. Let your imagination loose, and create a fabulous
interesting continuous line! Once you've got the line drawn copy
it to your stencil paper and place it about in the middle.
|Then carefully cut along your line, using an x-acto knife or a very sharp pointed pair of scissors. Remember you're going to cut the stencil just as you drew it...in one continuous line.
The image above shows both parts of the stencil. The negative shape is on top, and the positive shape is on the bottom. I left some of the paint on these stencils so that they would show up on the white paper, but they are translucent, so you can move them around on your dried underpainting and decide where to place them before you start spattering on the paint.
The next step is to place either
the positive or negative piece of your stencil over your underpainting.
Move it around until you like where it is. I usually look at
the underpainting and decide what passages of paint I want to
keep (i.e. not cover with more paint), and place my stencils
accordingly. For the Step Two, I used the negative shape first,
placed it towards the bottom of the painting, and then used more
of my cerulean blue and cobalt mixed together to spatter on paint
over the stencil and onto the paper.
The technique of spattering is one
I like using with stencils because it allows you to layer paint
without worrying about lifting any color you already have on
the paper (since you are adding paint via gravity instead of
with a brush), and because it imparts a textural quality to the
painting. Hold the toothbrush in one hand, with your thumb on
top, bristles down and the toothbrush pointed down at the paper.
I use a small paintbrush handle to drag across the bristles.
Drag the handle from the front of the toothbrush towards the
back. Your hand motion will be towards you. This seems
backward, but isn't if you think about what is happening. You
are applying pressure to the bristles, and as the handle passes,
the bristles spring back into position and in the process fling
tiny droplets of paint onto your paper.
Here you see the negative stencil piece on the dry underpainting. Because the stencil is clear, you can see through it to place it correctly. You can hold it in place with weights or paper clips. Spatter on your paint along the edges of the stencil.
STEP TWO: (detail)
When the stencil (top area) is
moved, the area
When you finish spattering, lift the stencil carefully off the paper, and remove excess paint by blotting it on a paper towel (or rice paper if you're a collage person...the blots make great collage papers!)
Now, use the other positive part of the stencil, or reuse the negative part but in a different place. Spatter on some more paint.
Here you can see the positive part of the stencil (it looks kind of a blurry gray at the edge of the photo) after stencilling over it with cobalt violet. When you use the positive shape, what is beneath will be protected and the surrounding area receives the spattered paint.
This is just the opposite of what happens with the negative piece. When you use the negative part, the spatter paint creates the shape, and the background is protected by the stencil.
Deciding which stencil piece to use, and where to use it is half the fun of this exercise.
|Here's the finished exercise. You can see I used both stencil parts more than once. I also did some spattering in the upper left corner to tone down the light area there, so that the focal point is the yellow area in the center right.
Compare the finished piece with the underpainting, and you will see what adjustments I made to the color values after and during the stencilling process. Since our eyes see light and bright before they see dark and dull, I wanted the movement of the piece to go from the lower left corner in a gentle "S" curve up to the upper right corner. This is an abstract approach to watercolor, but it's a fun way to introduce yourself to stencilling. Once you get the "hang" of using stencils, you'll discover lots more ways to use them.
In my fabricscape pieces, I do
a controlled underpainting of the fabric piece, including all
the shadows. This is allowed to dry. Then I use wax paper to
cut masks that follow the edges of folds, or the edge of one
fabric where it butts up against another one. With these masks
in place, I can expose just the part of the painted fabric that
I want to add a stencilled pattern to. It takes time to stencil
on designs this way, a section at a time, but the end result
is very effective.
|Ellen Fountain on Her Art: "Almost all of my paintings include patterning. Many contain images of fabric. I learned to sew as a child, and I still love fabrics and their wonderful designs. My favorite painters and styles of art have all used pattern to some degree; Matisse, Rousseau, Klee, Native American and ancient Egyptian art, Japanese textile design with their hand-cut kimono stencil designs, and others. I use pattern both as a purely decorative element, and in some cases to reinforce a narrative theme."
Fountain has been working primarily in watercolors since the
early 1970s. She has exhibited in over 100 invitational, solo
and juried shows, and has won over 4 dozen awards since 1982,
one third of which are national awards outside of her home state
of Arizona. She teaches workshops and classes in many locations,
and loves sharing her knowledge with others.
Ellen is a contributing editor to Wetcanvas!, and can be reached via email at [email protected]. For more information on Ellen and her wondrous watercolor works, visit her online studio at www.fountainstudio.com.


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Review: Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
[UPDATE] Whew! Just played through an additional 130 levels! Review updated! There was a time when I was desperate for more Mario vs. Donkey Kong. In the beginning, the series marked the return of the "real" Donkey Kong games, the one's tha... read


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THERE will be some famous shirts hanging from the pegs of Altrincham's new away dressing room after Manchester United agreed to a prestige friendly at the J Davidson Stadium on Wednesday next week (7.45pm).
Reserve boss Warren Joyce will be in charge of a United X1 for a game that replaces the Tranmere friendly, scheduled for the night before but now cancelled.
"The United players will be the first to use the new facilities, and we couldn't wish for better opponents," said manager Lee Sinnott.


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"I think Hillary should be taking a lesson from Nancy Pelosi, I really do. She, for me, is fashion on the Hill. She has a femininity yet a professionalism, and she has style. She's also not afraid to be a woman, and she celebrates it. She's not ever remotely vulgar or provocative in what she wears, but I have to say, she's a very sexy woman."


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Holy Toast Maker
Absolutely hilarious!
Create your own shot glass from anything you can imagine. You'll never look at an apple the same way.Tags: kitchen, fruit, kitchen tools, liquor, beverages, alcohol, drinking, shot glass, bartendingAdded 8 Years Ago from Popdeluxe
You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose... Except in the case of these cups. Give your friend the perfect nose or one completely unbecoming with these cups.
My friend has this and it's pretty nifty. Coming in an assortment of colors, it will uncap your beer and store the cap within itself for easy clean up
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This is a ceramic, double walled (for insulation), coffee cup that resembles a take-out paper cup. This particular design has a silicone lid that securely attaches to the cup. The outside is matte and the inside is glazed. I ... This is a ceramic, double walled (for insulation), coffee cup that resembles a take-out paper cup. This particular design has a silicone lid that securely attaches to the cup. The outside is matte and the inside is glazed. I prefer a version that Starbucks put out a few months ago. Their version is pretty much the same, but the outside is glazed (and of course has their logo) and the lid is plastic with a silicone liner to keep liquids sealed in. The key difference between the two is the price. "I Am Not A Paper Cup" is roughly $20 and the Starbucks version is $12. The upsides to either is that if you are a daily coffee drinker, you don't have to trash a paper cup and plastic lid every time you get take-out coffee. The downside is that both of them hold about 8 oz. - not favorable if you normally order a "grande" at Starbucks. Another issue for commuters is that it is not spill-proof or splash-proof. And finally, the Starbucks version CANNOT go into the microwave.Tags: home, gifts, tea, humor, food, kitchen, environment, cooking, accessoriesAdded 8 Years Ago from Chiasso
Icy Bling for your drink. I think it would be fun to make the ice cubes with different colors of fruit juice to add a little color and flavor to a drink.
Literally. A dust bunny.
Freeze, stir, chill... It's time to kick back and chill with some groovy tunes, and here's the coolest way to do it.Added 8 Years Ago from Giftedstore
I don't drink coffee... therefore I very rarely hold a coffee mug! However, this is one mug I'd drink my Diet Coke out of!


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