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Paris, November 24th, 2011 — The European Court of Justice just rendered a historic decision in the Scarlet Extended case, which is crucial for the future of rights and freedoms on the Internet. The Court ruled that forcing Internet service providers to monitor and censor their users' communications violated EU law, and in particular the right to freedom of communication. At a time of all-out offensive in the war against culture sharing online, this decision suggests that censorship measures requested by the entertainment industry are disproportionate means to enforce an outdated copyright regime. Policy-makers across Europe must take this decision into account by refusing new repressive schemes, such as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and engage in a much needed reform of copyright.
In the coming days, a college meeting of the European Commissioners will take place to decide the future of European copyright policy. This revision takes place in conditions that raise severe concerns from a democratic perspective and put fundamental rights at risk, especially when it comes to the Internet.
Strasbourg, Sept. 20th 2010 - A resolution of the European Parliament calling for more repression of file sharing will be voted upon on Wednesday. European conservatives, led by a pro-sarkozy rapporteur and helped by a diversion from the liberal group, are pushing for the adoption of the Gallo report. If they succeed, blind repression and private copyright police of the Net will become the official position of the European Parliament. Our fundamental freedoms are at stake. In just 5 minutes, you can help rejecting it.
Paris, September 15th 2010 - The Gallo report1 on strengthening copyright enforcement will be voted in the European Parliament on Wednesday, September 22nd. Even if non-legislative, this dangerous text relies on biased figures pushed by producers and publishers' lobbies to call for an extension of repression.
Whatever the final text will be after the next negotiation rounds, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will remain an illegitimate agreement, by its elaboration process (beyond any democratic control) as well as its content (further strengthening of an outdated set of legislation). Access to medicine in the poorest countries and protection of citizens' fundamental rights in their usage of Internet and digital technologies are too crucial issues to be left out to the hazards of closed-doors negotiations.
Joint press release of Act Up-Paris & La Quadrature du Net
Luzern, 28th june, 2010 - A new round of negotiations of the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) is beginning today between 11 negotiating parties -including the EU- in Luzern, Switzerland. All around the world, organizations of concerned citizens, people living with HIV, and academics urge governments to renounce to this illegitimate agreement.
Strasbourg, June 14th 2010 - Only two weeks of plenary in Strasbourg are left for Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to have a chance to sign Written Declaration 12 (WD12) on ACTA. 150 signatures are still missing, mostly from Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, and Poland.
Brussels, June 1st 2010 - The vote, in JURI committee of the European Parliament on the Gallo report "Enforcement of intellectual property", including the rapporteur's repressive amendments, reflects the asphyxiating influence of corporate lobbies on EU policy-making. The ALDE group, which had stood for fundamental freedoms on several occasions, this time sided with the entertainment industries. This vote should make EU citizens react and convince MEPs about the stakes of our evolving digital societies. Beyond the vote of the Gallo report in plenary session, there are other upcoming legislative battles where the public interest of creativity and access to knowledge can be upheld against an obsolete vision of copyright.
Brussels, May 30th 2010 - A few hours before the vote on the Gallo report regarding the future of EU copyright, the rapporteur, French sarkozyst Marielle Gallo, has tried to lead her colleagues into voting fake compromise amendments1. Mrs Gallo tries to hide the clash between two very conflicting positions: on one hand, the rapporteur's ultra-repressive logic against online filesharing - including the encouragement of the ACTA agreement and of private copyright police - and on the other hand, the understanding that a successful creative economy will be built with Internet users and not against them. It's up to us, citizens, to help the members of the JURI committee to make the right decision by protecting fundamental freedoms and the public interest.
Paris, May 25th, 2010 - The Gallo Report on the future of "intellectual property rights" (IPR) enforcement will be voted on June 1st, at 9 AM,1 in the Committee for Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament. Since no compromise was found between the members of the committee, two visions will frontally oppose. While the rapporteur -- French sarkozyst EPP member Marielle Gallo -- is pushing for more repression to tackle online file-sharing, some positive amendments from all the other political groups2 seek to end the dogmatic repression and call for the consideration of alternative schemes to fund creation. Every citizen concerned by the future of copyright in Europe and by the open nature of the Internet should express their views to the Members of the JURI committee3.
Strasbourg, May 19, 2010 - Today, with the release of Neelie Kroes' Digital Agenda, the European Commission is unveiling major policy orientations regarding Internet-related policies. Several leaked drafts of the document revealed heavy pressures from various special interest groups. While the general outcome of the final document is encouraging, the crucial question of interoperability and open standards was eventually arbitrated in favour of US software vendors' positions. On IPR enforcement and cybercrime, the worst has been avoided but some very ambiguous wording remains.
Paris, May 17th 2010 - On Tuesday May 18th, the Commission's Digital Agenda will be released. This important document will define the European Union's future policies on the Internet and other communications technologies. A leaked draft showed that major policy orientations remained to be arbitrated in advance of the release. Although much of the document puts forward very sensible and positive proposals, potential mentions of dogmatic copyright enforcement and Internet filtering could be sneaked in the final document at the last minute. Will the rights and freedoms of EU citizens be protected?
By Jérémie Zimmermann.
"Article 11 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789 proclaims : "The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man. Every citizen may thus speak, write and publish freely, except when such freedom is misused in cases determined by Law". In the current state of the means of communication and given the generalized development of public online communication services and the importance of the latter for the participation in democracy and the expression of ideas and opinions, this right implies freedom to access such services. " - Conseil Constitutionnel, decision 2009-580 (§ 12)
Brussels, March 22nd, 2010 - With the current debates surrounding the Gallo Report on "Intellectual Property Rights" (IPR) enforcement1 and rumours about an imminent revival of the IPR criminal enforcement directive (IPRED2), a holy war is taking place in the European Parliament. Members of the Parliament are being flooded with false figures and statistics from the entertainment industries' intensive lobbying. They are also being heavily pressured by the French authorities. Will the European Parliament hear the cries of the Copyright Talibans and renounce to protect EU citizens fundamental freedoms?
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With less than five days remaining in the legislative session, few new ideas emerged Wednesday at the State Capitol on how to solve a nearly $3 billion budget deficit.
Republican legislative leaders were trying to put together a plan to cut spending that would satisfy both the governor and the DFL-controlled House and Senate. And DFL leaders were entertaining ideas from Republican House members on ways to raise more revenue.
But no budget deal was imminent, as lawmakers struggled to overcome several points of contention:
-- DFL lawmakers are resistant to a $1.7 billion payment delay for K-12 schools without a way to pay back the borrowing.
-- Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty has refused to go along with a budget plan that raises additional revenue through increased taxes, fees, surcharges or new gambling money.
-- Republican legislative leaders have suggested making Pawlenty's unallotment cuts permanent, but DFLers want to protect certain areas from cuts.
Pawlenty met with legislative leaders again Wednesday afternoon to discuss possible solutions. The leaders said afterward that they discussed many ideas but there was no deal.
"Right now I'm very willing to hear what the minority parties come up with in the House and the Senate."House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher
Earlier, as he purchased a fishing license for this weekend's opener, Pawlenty said he thinks the issues with the budget are "pretty well-defined."
"There's no reason they can't get this resolved," he said.
But he said he thinks it's clear that Minnesotans want to rein in government spending. "If I were to give [the DFL] a tip, it would be to listen to what the people are saying," he said.
The $3 billion budget deficit was created by a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling last week that struck down one of Pawlenty's unallotment cuts he made after the legislative session had ended last year. Because more programs could go to court to try to get their funding restored, Pawlenty and lawmakers are trying to erase the deficit through legislative action.
On Tuesday, Pawlenty vetoed a bill that would have created a new fourth-tier income tax to generate more than $400 million in new revenue to solve the budget deficit. Afterward, Pawlenty urged Republican leaders to work on crafting a plan that could satisfy him while also earning enough votes in the Legislature.
Republican leaders suggested making additional cuts to pay back a $1.7 billion school payment delay, but that idea wasn't well received by Democrats.
DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher called the idea a "baby step" in the overall negotiations and said it wasn't a real plan.
"It was not a full budget solution. I didn't really necessarily expect one," Kelliher said. "It's kind of like we have to agree to step one before they'll reveal step two to us. And I guess I'm going to be generous to them. They're not used to doing complex budgets. It's a difficult thing."
Meanwhile, Kelliher said at least two Republicans have told her caucus that they might be willing to support a tax on alcohol to generate revenue. But Republican House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers said Kelliher was mistaken.
"No one in our caucus has talked about any kind of tax increase, whether it be sin tax, income tax, any of those kind of things," he said. "The economy is so fragile right now, you raise any kind of tax and it's going to lead to a decrease in revenue."
With Pawlenty opposed to any new taxes, any revenue plan would need support from all Democrats in the House and three House Republicans to override a Pawlenty veto. The Senate has a veto-proof majority.
Kelliher also said leaders were keeping open the possibility of an override attempt of Pawlenty's veto of the budget plan from earlier this week that contained the income tax increase.
"Right now I'm very willing to hear what the minority parties come up with in the House and the Senate," she said. "The override vote is always an option as well."
Gov. Pawlenty and lawmakers have only until midnight Sunday to finish their work. For some veteran lawmakers, the situation was worse than they've seen in the past.
Rep. Loren Solberg, DFL-Grand Rapids and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said this year's end-of-session logjam could be the worse he's seen in 28 years in the Legislature.
"I don't think I've ever seen them at this kind of a stalemate nor at this kind of magnitude of the problem," he said. "There just has to be some creative thinking someplace. And so far, you can't just keep saying no."
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So, the Derby winner finally was on the grounds. "As soon as the horse walked in, we pretty much closed down the barn and made it real quiet for him," said Eppler, whose barn has housed Preakness starters Victory Gallop and Menifee, both trained by Elliott Walden.
Preakness Day was cold, wet, and downright miserable. Track superintendent John Passero did a masterful job getting the track to be listed as good by Preakness post time, and playing fair all day. Despite the weather, the on-track attendance of 100,268 was the fourth-largest Preakness crowd ever.
Funny Cide was made the 9-5 favorite, with Peace Rules next at 2-1, and the Bob and Beverly Lewis-owned entry of Scrimshaw (trained by D. Wayne Lukas) and Senor Swinger (trained by Baffert) at 9-2.
As the horses made their way from the turf course saddling area onto the main track, Knowlton prepared to lead his boisterous group of Sackatogians back upstairs. Like a wagon master, he raised his arm over his head, pointed forward, and shouted, "Let's go!"
The group, all 39 of them, once again had traveled on a now-famous school bus, which Knowlton refers to as their yellow stretch limousine.
Standing by the rail, near the finish line, was Eppler. "God, I hope he can win it," she said as the field loaded in the gate. The start was smooth, with Funny Cide breaking alertly. After a minor brush with New York Hero, he moved up into contention, right behind Peace Rules and Scrimshaw. "Come on, Barclay!" Eppler shouted. "He's in a perfect position."
Into the clubhouse turn, after a solid opening quarter in :23.37 over the heavy, drying out track, Edgar Prado gunned Peace Rules into a clear lead, as Bobby Frankel's strategy of dictating the pace fell right into place. As Peace Rules continued to increase his lead, Santos, on a loose rein, let Funny Cide cruise up to him. It was apparent that Santos, riding high in the saddle and barely moving his hands, had a ton of horse under him. After a half in :47.14, the two favorites hooked up and the race was on. They battled through a stiff quarter in :24.48, as Santos looked briefly over both shoulders. He knew he was on a dynamo, and already felt as if he were in complete command.
Nearing the top of the stretch, Funny Cide was moving so powerfully and with such momentum, he took himself a bit wider than he had to. In a flash, he was gone, opening up with every stride. Up in the boxes, Rita Santos and Jose Jr. burst into tears, knowing the race was all but over, and that Jose had erased every ugly thought and word that had infiltrated their lives.
Eppler, meanwhile, was still shouting, "Come on, Jose! Come on, Funny Cide! Oh, he's gonna win it. Look at that; isn't that cool? Isn't that great? I finally got one that actually won from my barn." She was living vicariously through her one-time fellow Maryland trainer and loving every minute of it.
By now, the noise was deafening. The bone-chilled patrons suddenly grew warmer, their blood stirred by racing's newest hero and his courageous rider, both of whom were putting on a show down the stretch unlike anything ever seen in the history of the Preakness. They charged past the wire well ahead of Midway Road, with Scrimshaw nosing out Peace Rules for third. With strong closing fractions of :24.80 and :19.19, Funny Cide completed the 1 3/16 miles in 1:55.61. The only Preakness winner to win by a larger margin was the very first, Survivor, in 1873, who was believed to have won by 10 lengths at a time when there was no photo finish camera.
The first person Tagg saw as he crossed over to the winner's circle was Eppler. The two embraced. "I'll build a new roof on the barn for you, and new siding and everything," he told her.
For Tagg, he had come a long way since watching the Preakness from the rooftop of the Pimlico barns back when he was a struggling trainer. For Sackatoga Stable, it was another day of wondrous revelry.
But no joy could surpass the feelings shared by the Santos family after the race. As Santos was being interviewed, Jose Jr. clung to his father, pride once again beaming from his face. As he stepped off to the side, he said, "I wish they'd ask me a question."
Rita stood nearby holding a bouquet of black-eyed Susans. Just six days earlier, she had heard gut-wrenching words from 7-year-old Selena, who had awakened in the middle of the night unable to sleep after watching her father on TV arriving in Louisville for his hearing. Selena said to her mother, "Mommy, I can't sleep. I didn't realize Daddy was such a bad person."
Now, here was Selena, with a bright smile on her face and white ribbon in her hair, and only one thing on her mind. "Mommy, can I smell the flowers?" she asked.
In the jocks' room lounge, Rita and the four kids waited for Jose, with Selena and Savannah playing ping-pong, and Jose Jr. riding the Equicizer horse, reliving his father's moments on Funny Cide.
"When did you know you had the race won?" he was asked. "Four furlongs out," he answered, pumping his hands and going to left- and right-handed whips. "He was flying. Then they hit the turn and he started to get busy with him. And this was classic. After he passed the wire, he goes like this (holding up his right hand and opening his fingers). Look, no battery."
When a replay of the race came on the TV, Rita sat down on the couch and also relived the race. As the field turned for home, she said, "This is where I burst into tears. I couldn't watch anymore. Right there (as the horse drew clear), I'm going, 'Oh my God, I can't believe he's doing this.' Joe (Jose) deserves it so much. We've had our ups and downs, but it just makes us stronger and more appreciative of what we have.
"I can't imagine what Belmont is going to be like. This is going to be so big for New York. They're going to be loving it. The kids go back to school on Monday. We're trying to be as normal as we can, but is there any way to be normal? We're living in a dream now."
Rita watched the final furlong of the Preakness, and as Funny Cide crossed the finish line, she suddenly came to a stark realization. She flung herself against the back of the couch and put her hands over her face. "This could really happen," she said. "It really could. This horse could win the Triple Crown."


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As we covered in our weekly Green Overdrive show, startup Wrightspeed held a ribbon-cutting ceremony this week, opening up its first factory space, and showing off its digital drive system retrofit kits. Founded by Ian Wright, who was also a co-founder of electric car company Tesla (s TSLA), Wrightspeed is seeking to build extended-range electric trucks to replace medium duty company fleets, both by selling retrofit kits to companies and also by working with automakers.
The target is to replace the everyday trucks that are driving around your city, idling outside stores, carrying heavy loads and inefficiently burning up fuel. Wrightspeed's tech replaces a conventional internal combustion engine with a generator, battery pack (lithium ion), twin motors and electric modules. The result is a vehicle that is twice as efficient but with equal performance to the standard.
T. Boone Pickens, who I interviewed earlier this week, has been calling for big rigs and medium trucks to move over to compressed natural gas. Wright tells me extended range trucks beat natural gas on efficiency and price.
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Fix-It-And-Forget-It Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes (Paperback)
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Good Books, 9781561487011, 284pp.
Publication Date: October 1, 2010
600 delicious slow-cooker recipes, perfect for holiday meals, from home cooks across the country who want to feast with their loved ones without being exhausted or frazzled--or getting stuck in the kitchen. From bestselling slow-cooker author, Phyllis Good.
"You absolutely can make holiday meals with ease and with pleasure " says slow cooker champion Phyllis Pellman Good. Her latest collection, Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes, will fi ll your head with menu ideas, give you gentle guidance with each recipe, and deliver dishes that your friends and family will love. "Stop your fretting. Put an end to the nightmares. Get out your slow cookers " Good urges. "These are 600 stand-out, slow cooker recipes -- all from home cooks from across the country. "These are 600 manageable, slow cooker recipes -- from cooks who want to feast with their loved ones without being exhausted and frazzled.
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Phyllis Pellman Good is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold more than 11 million copies. Good is the author of the nationally acclaimed Fix-It and Forget-It slow-cooker cookbooks, several of which have appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as the bestseller lists of USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Book Sense. The series includes eight titles. The most recent are Fix-It and Forget-It Pink Cookbook, to benefit the Avon Foundation and Fix-It and Forget-It Diabetic Cookbook, Revised and Updated, with the American Diabetes Association. Good is also the author of the Fix-It and Enjoy-It series, a "cousin" series to the phenomenally successful Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbooks. Phyllis Pellman Good is Executive Editor at Good Books. (Good Books has published hundreds of titles by more than 135 authors.) She received her B.A. and M.A. in English from New York University. She and her husband, Merle, are the parents of two young-adult daughters. For a complete listing of books by Phyllis Pellman Good, as well as excerpts and reviews, visit www.Fix-ItandForget-It.com or www.GoodBooks.com.


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Friday FIA press conference from Shanghai, China with Ross Brawn, Christian Horner, Franz Tost, Claire Williams, John Booth
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Q: (Ian Parkes - Press Association)
Christian, coming to you first. Obviously Sebastian has apologized, as you've mentioned, but yesterday his remarks were basically as if that apology never existed. As Bob has mentioned he said he would probably do the same again under the circumstances, that he'd effectively undermined you as team principal and that it was indirectly, quote-unquote, payback for what Mark had done previously in not helping either himself or the team. On that basis, has your authority been shattered and do you have a driver who, when he sticks two fingers up to you and the team, is uncontrollable?
Christian Horner:
First of all, the drivers need the team. They're an essential part of the team and one element of 500 or 600 people. Has my authority been undermined? In that race he didn't do what I asked. Was I happy about it? Of course I wasn't. Did we discuss it? Yes, we did. Did he apologise? Yes. Has he learned from it? I'm sure he has. Would he do it again? I think he'd think twice but I think as he explained yesterday there is an awful of history between those drivers. It's something that isn't new. It's something that's been there between the two of them for the past four or five years. Let's not forget they are one of the most successful pairings that the sport has ever seen. They have won three successive Constructors' World Championships for the team and Sebastian, of course, has become the youngest ever triple world champion. Is my leadership undermined? I don't think so. I've led the team from the time that Red Bull entered the sport to those 35 victories, to those world championships. Of course there have been lumps and bumps along the way, there have been incidents between the two drivers. But we retain them because they are both fiercely competitive individuals, they drive each other forward and they bring the best out of each other and at some points of course it's uncomfortable for the team. But I think it's a healthy rivalry, even though they took things into their own hands. They gave each other just enough room and whilst it was uncomfortable for us on the pit wall to watch, it was spectacular driving, just giving each other room to work with, as they've done on numerous occasions. What's happened has happened. We can't change it, we can't go back and it's a question of looking forward and focusing on this event and obviously the next 16 events after this. As a team we're working as closely as we've ever done, as in both drivers to work closely together, to continue to improve, to continue to give their feedback to the team to keep moving forward because our competitors aren't far away. Sebastian hasn't achieved the success that he has in his career by being submissive. He saw and opportunity, he took it into his own hands, he'd saved a set of tyres from the previous day and he wanted that victory more than anything else. I think he justified to himself that previous events that had taken was part of his judgement on what he chose to do that day.
Q: (Dan Knutson - Auto Action/National Speedsport News)
John, Jules has been doing a good job; what has impressed you most about him and what do you think his potential is?
John Booth:
His calmness has impressed me immensely. Very likeable guy, we thought he may have been disappointed to lose out on the Force India drive, but he's just been positive from day one. As for his ultimate potential, it's very early to say. I've worked with him for two races and one and a half test days so it's a bit too early to see, but the potential certainly looks very good.
Q: (Dieter Rencken - The Citizen)
I believe the president of the Federation circulated a letter last week to all team principals regarding its role in the cost-cutting process or cost control process and that it no longer intends playing a regulatory role in the process. This seems to be an about face after last year having called various meetings about this issue. How do you feel about this?
Christian Horner:
I think it would be inappropriate to comment because it's a letter between the teams and the FIA. It's a private letter, I don't see there's any reason to comment in public about it.
Ross Brawn:
Well, we support the RRA (Resource Restriction Agreement) for instance, or we support a means of controlling costs in F1 and we have to find a way forward, so we support whatever can be done to try and control costs or contribute towards controlling costs in the future.
John Booth:
I'm not sure that F1 is sustainable, the way it's heading, so the Resource Restriction is very important and we fully support it going forward. But I wouldn't want to discuss it, it's a private letter.
Franz Tost:
The Resource Restriction Agreement - there were numerous meetings. We have the Resource Restriction Agreement for the chassis which is not so important because we more or less have the chassis costs under control. We didn't manage to come up with a power train Resource Restriction Agreement which would have been much much more important because next year the costs will increase by eight to one hundred percent regarding the power train, and there we should have worked and should have come up with something but the manufacturers, as usual, had some meetings, pushed a little bit but brought nothing to paper because everybody is doing his development and is thinking of getting an advantage over the others. The teams, the customers have to pay, they bill them at the end. This is reality and as I mentioned just before, next year will become very very expensive.
Ross Brawn:
I obviously can't comment on whoever Franz's supplier is but in our case, taken over a reasonable number of years, the costs will be no higher than existing costs so of course there will be a peak at the beginning because there's going to be a lot of activity but with the homologation procedures which are in place and it's our objective to bring the costs down, so I don't accept that the costs are going to be eighty to a hundred percent higher, not in our case anyway. We're doing the whole package with the drive train. It is a new project, I think F1 needs a new engine, I think we've all heard the stories that Honda are coming in and there are other people looking at joining F1. I think it's regenerated that area, which it needed. That's our position.
Claire Williams:
With respect to Dieter's question, Williams is an independent team so we're always in favour of cost controls in F1 but with regards to that letter, no, we don't have a comment. It's not appropriate to discuss that.
Q: (Andrea Cremonesi - La Gazzetta dello Sport)
Christian, today we saw Vettel didn't go so well, so brilliantly as the last two weekends. Do you think that's a factor of what happened recently? The second question, which is also for Ross, is about the soft tyre; Ferrari was very fast today on the soft tyre, do you think that they are serious candidates for pole and then starting in front, for leading the race?
Christian Horner:
First of all, your question regarding Sebastian. Both drivers were working to different programmes today. It's an opportunity for us on a Friday to explore different set-ups and developments so obviously the information will be looked at this evening and set-ups will either converge or diverge over this evening into tomorrow but it's certainly been a productive day.
As far as your question on the tyres; it looks like the softer of the two tyres is certainly quicker but not particularly durable and obviously it's a question of finding that balance between what's right for Saturday and grid position and what's right for the race on Sunday. Felipe Massa certainly looked quick today on the soft tyre, but again, we've seen so many times that Friday times are meaningless in many respects unless you understand the programmes that each of the teams has been running to.
Ross Brawn:
I'm presuming pole position will be set on the soft tyre, because it's over a second faster than the medium tyre but it has quite a short life, so you've got to work out your strategy over the whole weekend, from qualifying onwards and there may well be people who chose, in Q3, to conserve tyres or plan to start on the more durable tyre. But I think pole position will be set on the soft tyre because it's so much faster.
Q: (Kate Walker - Girl Racer)
Christian, you've spoken extensively about the history between your two drivers and the successes that you've had as a team. However, with his comments yesterday, what Sebastian appeared to make clear was that he feels that he trumps the team. F1 being both a team and a driver's sport, the drivers are still team employees; how do you intend to make him understand that his position is as your employee, not as somebody who has the right to decide whether or not to follow your orders?
Christian Horner:
Well, I don't think Sebastian for one moment thinks he runs the team, he knows what his job is, he knows what we employ him to do, he knows why we employ him to do it and he's been with Red Bull for a long time now, as a junior driver and as a F1 driver and now as a multiple World Champion. He recognises, more than anybody, the value that the team has behind the success that he's achieved in the car, and he knows that he can't operate without the team. So he doesn't put himself above the team or think that he's running the team for one moment. He's made a decision in a race as a hungry driver and obviously based that decision on all kinds of emotions at that point in time. I think that he's made his position clear, that he's apologised to the team, he's apologised to myself. It's happened and we move on but it doesn't change anything.
Q: (Chris Lines - AP)
We move on from here to Bahrain; there are still ongoing political and human rights issues there. Are you concerned at all about how this reflects upon F1 and how it reflects upon your sponsors?
Christian Horner:
I've got enough problems with my drivers, let alone Bahrain. We've got our own issues.
Franz Tost:
I don't see any problems going to Bahrain, like it was last year. I'm looking forward to going there. I think that it's very important to race over there. F1 is entertainment. We should not be involved in politics. We should go there, we should do our race, we should be concentrated there and the political side and political topics should be solved by someone else.
Q: (Trent Price - Richland F1)
John, Jules was able to settle down to a very quick pace, early on in that session and had quite a handy margin over his direct competitors. Was the programme that he was on a reflection of that pace?
John Booth:
Yes, you have to allow so much time for tyre evaluation in P2 now that the schedule tends to be changed around from previous years so we were on a qualifying simulation quite early.
Q: (Michael Schmidt - Auto, Motor und Sport)
Christian, Mr Mateschitz said that he doesn't want to see team orders any more in his team. Are you afraid that a situation might come up where it's necessary to have a team order, possibly a situation like Ross just described where the two drivers are down on fuel or let's say that one driver has a better chance at the end of the season to win the championship over the other?
Christian Horner:
Of course. It depends what you define as a team order, at the end of the day. During a race, you have a hundred different things that you have to manage, whether it be fuel, whether it be tyres, whether it be reliability, whether it be KERS - so many parameters that you have to manage and that takes very close interaction between the pit wall and the car. Of course, the drivers have to follow those instructions. What Dietrich is keen not to see is a situation where the drivers aren't allowed to race each other. As I said, our concern in Malaysia was not the fact that the drivers were racing each other, it's what the consequence would potentially be on tyre wear and the outcome of the one-two position on circuit that we managed to get ourselves into. From a Red Bull perspective, of course we want to see the drivers race and compete fairly and equally but at the same time, the drivers equally know that they need to respect the requirements from the team, whether it involves any of the elements I just discussed. Team orders are something that aren't new to F1, they've existed in different guises through pretty much every year that the sport has existed, and while you have a team and a drivers' championship, there will be that conflict on occasions between the two championships and the aspirations of a team and an individual driver.
Q: (Peter Stebbings - AFP)
Christian, you said how there was no love lost between the drivers in the past. How would you describe their relationship now, in light of everything? Are they even talking to each other, for example?
Christian Horner:
To be perfectly honest, it's no different to the relationship before Malaysia in many respects. They're both professional guys, they're both very driven, they're both very talented race drivers. Right now, they're sitting in a meeting, debriefing, across from each other about what the car is doing and how they, as a pairing, can improve the car with their team of engineers. Of course they will continue to work professionally, to benefit the team and ultimately obviously themselves. But I doubt very much they will be spending the summer break together or Christmas, but that's not what we pay them for. Why we pay them and employ them is because we believe that they're the best and strongest pairing in F1, as they've demonstrated consistently over the last three or four years.
Q: (Ian Parkes - Press Association)
Christian, following on from that, we've seen many times in the past when a driver pairing basically cannot stand the sight of one another - Prost and Senna, Piquet and Mansell - that it just doesn't work. At the end of the day, something has to give. Do you have any confidence whatsoever that your driver pairing this season, will be your driver pairing next season, or are you already casting your net for a potential replacement of either of your two drivers for next year?
Christian Horner:
Well, first of all, Sebastian is on a long term contract so he's committed to the team. Mark's contract has been renewed on an annual basis over the last three or four years and that's something that we tend to address just in the same way again this year. Of course emotions are still fairly raw from the events in Malaysia, but they're still a very effective pairing and we won't make any decisions until later in the summer when Mark and the team will sit down and discuss the future. But after two races, it's far too early to even be contemplating what our driver line-up will be for 2014.
Q: (Dieter Rencken - The Citizen)
Ross, you have a fairly controversial suspension set-up. It was a couple of years ago here that you had double-decker diffusers etc. At that stage, there was a proper governance procedure in place to look at the matter, investigate it and decide whether it was legal or illegal. How would the procedure work now in the absence of a Concorde Agreement, technical working group etc?
Ross Brawn:
Well, first of all, there's speculation but nobody knows what our suspension system is and from what I know, it's not uncommon throughout F1. The old days of simple rollbars, springs and dampers are long gone, and they've been long gone for several years and I don't think it's controversial, I don't think there are any issues. On the separate matter of what would we do in the case of a dispute, then I think the situation would be exactly as it has been before: somebody would go to the stewards, complain, they'd look into the matter, it would be resolved one way or another. If people weren't happy with that, then it would be appealed and go to an appeal court. The sporting and working groups are continuing as they did before, in the absence of a Concorde Agreement, which I think is showing good spirit from both the F1 teams and the FIA. I know our technical director attends technical working groups, our sporting director attends the sporting working groups and they are following the same voting procedures and approaches which they did before, which, as I say, I think is showing good spirit from the teams and the FIA, and the FIA have advised the teams that's how they intend to continue until the Concorde Agreement is concluded.
Q: (Ian Parkes - Press Association)
John, we spoke to Max yesterday and he informed us that to fund himself for this season in F1, he's basically giving away part of his future earnings. Could I just get your thoughts on that first of all as team principal and whether you feel that that's a good idea going forward for a young driver to boost himself up the ladder, rather than a driver who perhaps would bring in sponsorship for a team?
John Booth:
It's nothing new. There are lots of schemes that have been tried over the years. I think Justin Wilson was the last one that I know that had a similar scheme; and sometimes it's required to find a way into F1. If it becomes self-funding then it's a great idea.
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For a debut so long on anticipation, Tokyo Police Club's Elephant Shell is short on a lot of things: short on inspiration, short on original character, short on creative spontaneity, and, well, just short. Clocking in at a terse 28 minutes, it's about as fleshed-out and developed as a single sitcom episode (and not on HBO, either). There is, of course, nothing wrong with the whole brevity thing, if you're into it, and this suburban Toronto foursome has a good deal invested in brevity.
The soul of wit it may be, but brevity is a subtle knife. When only one of your songs lasts longer than three minutes, you've got a miniscule window of time to make an impression. Tokyo Police Club spend at least half to two-thirds of nearly every song crafting a painstaking simulacrum of every Interpol song ever recorded, leaving a scant slice of seconds to carve out a niche for themselves. This remaining portion is taken up by an uneven series of stabs at distinction, some of which strike a chord but most of which ring hollow.
Tokyo Police Club
Elephant Shell
(Saddle Creek)
US: 22 Apr 2008
UK: 5 May 2008
Very little about the band threatens to distinguish itself as truly interesting, generally speaking. The rhythm occasionally builds up some irresistible inertia, but is entirely too precise to achieve the pace of edgy abandon it strives for. Guitarist Josh Hook layers resonant but gutless effects over lead lines that the Strokes' Nick Valensi did much better seven years ago. Dave Monks' voice hints at brainy, post-puberty sensitivity; he launches his vowels like paper boats on a park pond. But his vocalizations skew further towards detachment than towards emotional engagement; one gets the distinct impression that he's singing more to the microphone than to anyone beyond it. The placeholder lyrics don't give him nearly enough opportunity to emote anyway. In "Listen to the Math", he opines, "If I am the joke / you're the punchline"; such glib clichés abound.
It's too bad Tokyo Police Club tends to be so enmeshed in indie generica, because there are decent ideas struggling to be free now and then. The album's best tracks break from the smothering exactness that makes most of its songs feel indistinguishable. "The Harrowing Adventures Of…" leaves out the usual guitar razor traps, instead deploying xylophone, bass-drum stomps, acoustic strums, sympathetic strings, and the least calculated handclaps on the record in a manner that is striking in contrast to the rest of the stew. "Your English Is Good" shakes off its initial similarities to fellow Canadian dance-rockers Hot Hot Heat with some earned momentum and shout-alongs actually worth shouting along to. The former is genuinely charming, and the latter is unabashedly fun. Considering the lack of these qualities elsewhere on Elephant Shell, they are most welcome in these cases.
Still, the album doesn't ever feel genuinely exciting. Since this is exactly what the band is aiming for, it's a problem. They don't do nearly enough with the brief window of opportunity they have afforded themselves, and seem too fashionably pent-up to take that key leap of faith beyond the terra firma of their dominant influences in the foreseeable future. In "Sixties Remake", Monks sings, "you've got nerve / but we've got tact", and I can't help but feel that Tokyo Police Club would be more worthy of their hype if that statement of qualities was reversed.
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The Romantic and Victorian eras, vampire fiction and post-apocalyptic cyberpunk films are just a few of the inspirations for modern gothic clothing. The key to developing your own gothic clothing style is to find your own influences. You do not need sewing skills at all, as an entire gothic wardrobe can be easily assembled through smart shopping.
Romantic and Victorian Elements
Flowing, ankle-length skirts, ruffled collars and cuffs and antique lace are hallmarks of the Romantic and Victorian gothic look. Velvet and satin are popular fabrics, and colors include black, burgundy and jewel tones.
Dressing from head to toe in these pieces can make you look elderly rather than gothic, so use these pieces sparingly. Pair a ruffled white shirt and velvet jacket with leather pants, or a long flowing skirt with a fishnet top.
Punk Influence
The gothic movement developed out of the punk movement in the late 1970s. The two styles share many common elements. Leather pants and jackets, band T-shirts, fishnet pieces, spikes and chains are punk-influenced components of a gothic wardrobe.
If you want to create a gothic, rather than punk, look, combine these pieces in new ways. Choose a soft, tailored leather jacket rather than a bulky version. Pair a spiked dog collar with a long, sheer skirt and lace tights. Soften a short suede skirt with a rich, flowing jacket.
Cyberpunk is a newer element in gothic clothing. Besides post-apocalyptic fiction, cybergoth borrows heavily from David Bowie's 1970s look, as well as the 1960s "mod" style. Tall, heavy boots, PVC, and creative uses of duct tape feature prominently. Neon colors are common. Bright, artificial hair falls made of yarn and fabric are popular. Goggles complete the look.
Cybergoth styles are largely crafted to look interesting under black lights and the pulsating, changing lights of techno clubs. If you are attending other events such as poetry readings, you might want to blend cybergoth elements with influences from other styles. Cybergoth can be garish under normal lighting.
Vampire Fiction
Vampire Goth borrows heavily from the clothing styles of Romantic and Victorian Goth. Makeup is added for both men and women to create a pale, undead pallor. Heavy black eyeliner and fingernail polish, and dark, smoky eye shadow complete the effect of a Hollywood-style vampire.
Be careful when applying white makeup, as it is easy to create a clown face. Instead, use products such as alabaster pancake makeup to create a thin, see-through sheen. Although some Goths go all-out, makeup is best used in moderation. Pair vampire-style makeup with punk-influenced clothing for an unusual spin, or add such elements as glitter and jewelry to soften the effect.
Putting It All Together
There is no single style or way of dressing that defines "Goth." The gothic subculture encompasses music, books, and even a way of life. Listen to the bands that inspire you. Visit different clubs and coffeehouses to find the one that speaks to you. Develop your identity, and let that lead you to the clothing choices that make sense for you.


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Professor Kysar teaches and researches in the areas of federal income tax, international tax, and legislation. Her recent scholarship examines tax treaties, as well as the tax legislative process. Her articles have appeared in the Cornell Law Review and the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Her forthcoming articles will appear in the Notre Dame Law Review and the Yale Journal of International Law.
She has presented her scholarship at various forums, including the Columbia Tax Policy Colloquium, the Northwestern University School of Law Colloquium on Advanced Topics in Taxation, the NYU Tax Policy Colloquium, and the UCLA Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium. In the Spring of 2012, Professor Kysar served as the James S. Carpentier Visiting Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.
She is an Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Committee Member and is affiliated with the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law.
Prior to joining Brooklyn Law School in 2008, Professor Kysar practiced at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where she was responsible for the tax aspects of complex domestic and international transactions. She also served as a law clerk to Judge Richard Cardamone of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In law school, she was a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal and a Coker Teaching Fellow.
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JOSH DOYLE, who has yet to ride a winner in 26 mounts, is napped to break his duck at Hamilton today.
The teenage Irishman, attached to David O'Meara's North Yorkshire yard, can notch his eagerly-awaited first success aboard Dansili Dutch, trained by his boss, in the Alex Ferguson Memorial Handicap.
Doyle has ridden this mare in her recent races when she has filled the frame at Doncaster, Newcastle and here at Hamilton. She looked an unlucky loser on her latest start on this course.
Denied a clear run inside the final quarter-mile, just the race was beginning in earnest, Doyle was forced to switch his mount to the outside. Under hands and heels riding, the five-year-old stayed on strongly to finish third, beaten little more than a length by the winner Push Me.
Dansili Dutch gets chance gain compensation this afternoon and is selected to provide Doyle with a day to remember.
O'Meara, who is sending out bags of winners at the moment, can also land the Weatherbys Private Banking Handicap, the richest race on the card, with Shouranour, the mount of David Nolan.
The four-year-old previously trained in Ireland by John Oxx, for whom he showed average ability, finished third at Newcastle on his debut for O'Meara a couple of weeks ago. Lightly-raced, he is open to further improvement and he is selected to prove too strong for recent Ayr winner Another For Joe, who has been hiked up 11lb by the handicapper.
Flightly Clarets may prove the answer to the Weatherbys Bank Handicap over six furlongs.
The Richard Fahey-trained four-year-old made a pleasing return to action when second to Adiator at Newcastle just over a fortnight ago. It would be no surprise to see Flighty Clarets go one better this time. Samantha Bell has the mount.
Jason Hart, pictured, is just two winners shy of losing his claim and can land the opening Lanarkshire Chamber Of Commerce Apprentices' Handicap on Major Muscari.
The six-year-old showed a return to form when second to his in-form stable-mate Fathom Five at Catterick last week. Shaun Harris's gelding can now enjoy his turn in the sunshine.
Margrets Gift is hardly the most talented horse in Tim Easterby's Habton Grange yard, but she is overdue a winning turn after runner-up efforts at Redcar and Musselburgh on her latest two starts. The modest-looking Griffiths & Armour Open Maiden Stakes may provide Margrets Gift with the opportunity of succeeding. David Allan rides.
The consistent Call Of Duty (4.00) and recent Musselburgh winner Rocky Two (5.00) are also worth considering at Hamilton.
At Southwell, Brian Ellison can secure the 32Red Tomb Raider Maiden Stakes with Epic Voyage, the mount of Paul Pickard.
The three-year-old has yet to run for Norton-based Ellison, but he showed a decent level of ability in three outings last year for Newmarket trainer John Gosden, twice finishing second in maiden company before a fourth-placed performance on his all-weather debut on his final start. This looks a good starting point for him on his return to action.
Deep Resolve may prove the solution to the 32Red Casino Handicap.
Trained at Melsonby near Richmond by Alan Swinbank, the three-year-old, broke his maiden here in April since when he has run two creditable races on turf at Redcar and Doncaster. Back on Fibresand this afternoon, Deep Resolve is fancied to run well for Ben Curtis.
Also worth noting are recent course-and-distance winner Shades Of Silk (2.20) and the speedy Foxy Music (3.20), who can shrug off his advancing years by showing a clean pair of heels to his junior rivals dropped into claiming company.
Hamilton today
2.00 Major Muscari, 2.30 Margrets Gift, 3.00 Dansili Dutch (NAP), 3.30 Shouranour, 4.00 Call Of Duty, 4.30 Flighty Clarets, 5.00 Rocky Two.
Southwell today
2.20 Shades Of Silk, 2.50 Epic Voyage, 3.20 Foxy Music, 3.50 Deep Resolve, 4.20 Jacobs Son, 4.50 Rainbow Rock, 5.20 Pim Street.
Today's other meetings
Ffos Las, Kempton and Lingfield.
Tomorrow's meetings
Bath, Catterick, Epsom, Goodwood and Market Rasen.


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LS: Speaking of Science Column December 15, 2008
Mariner 2 craft cruised by Venus 46 years ago
The first successful mission to another planet in our solar system was being celebrated 46 years ago today.
The day before, Dec. 14, 1962, the Mariner 2 spacecraft flew past Venus at a distance of 21,598 miles. The instruments aboard this spacecraft measured the properties of interplanetary space and determined that our closest planetary neighbor had:
• a surface temperature of 800 degrees Fahrenheit;
• a thick cloud layer of condensed hydrocarbons from 45 to 60 miles above the surface;
• 200 degree Fahrenheit temperatures at the base of the clouds;
• much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere below the clouds;
• a surface pressure at least 20 times greater than what is experienced on earth;
• no discernible magnetic field and
• no detectable radiation belts.
Since the Sputnik and Explorer missions in 1957 and 1958, the United States was in a space race with Russia. This race entered the interplanetary arena when the first of two redundant Mariner spacecrafts was launched July 22, 1962. (Russia had already launched two unsuccessful spacecraft in February 1961. As it would turn out, the three spacecrafts they launched in the 1962 period also were failures.)
Preparing two spacecrafts for launch during this 19-month opportunity was planned to accommodate the possibility that one spacecraft might not be operative by the time it got to Venus.
We felt fortunate that this plan had been adopted as the Atlas rocket carrying Mariner 1 was aborted by the range safety officer because of erroneous launch vehicle guidance equations.
These problems were corrected, and Mariner 2 was launched Aug. 27. A midcourse maneuver on Sept. 4 corrected trajectory errors remaining after the launch rockets completed their jobs.
This resulted in acceptable estimated errors at the time of closest approach to Venus. We were very hopeful.
It was like the Perils of Pauline en route to Venus, with elements of the spacecraft showing flawed performance that threatened our successful observance of Venus up close 109 days after launch.
Our three-axis-stabilized spacecraft needed to maintain lock on the sun and the earth in order to ensure proper orientation in space. On Sept. 8, we lost attitude control for several minutes for reasons that were not clear, but the spacecraft recovered.
Associated with this event, the earth sensor indicated the brightness of the earth to be well below expected values, which caused great anxiety for what the future may hold.
A little later, the brightness level reading returned to the value expected for that day, determined by the distance from Mariner 2 to the earth. Another temporary loss of attitude was experienced Sept. 29.
On Oct. 31, the output of one of the two solar panels deteriorated abruptly and we turned off the cruise science instruments to save power.
On Nov. 7, the panel was performing normally and we turned on the science instruments.
In another week, the problem reappeared, but by this time, the spacecraft was close enough to the sun that one good solar panel produced enough power to allow the instruments to remain on. Dec. 9 found us losing some temperature telemetry measurements, most likely from a blown fuse.
The spacecraft was overheating quite noticeably by this time. Some temperature sensors reached their maximum readable levels, depriving us of valuable information.
Then a couple of days before closest approach, the on-board computer began showing signs of internal problems. It had been programmed to initiate the encounter sequence at the appropriate time. When it did not do so, a radio command was sent to the spacecraft.
It worked. The rest is history. The scientific discoveries helped re-write science textbooks.
The telemetry continued until Jan. 3, 1963, when the radio signal ceased, probably because of excessive temperatures in the electronic assemblies. That experience taught our team valuable lessons about how to design, build, test and operate interplanetary spacecrafts and the valuable scientific instruments they carry. Many other successful missions followed.
Allan Conrad is a volunteer at the Math & Science Center. He is one of a dwindling number of engineers and scientists who shared in this historical event. He cut his teeth on this project as a spacecraft systems engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


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Silver America is a precious metals exploration company focused on the aggressive, ongoing acquisition and exploration of holdings with rich silver and gold production potentialThe company primarily explores for silver and gold deposits. Its properties include Keeno Strike project, which is located in the Clark county, Nevada; and Guadalupe project that is located in Zacatecas State, Mexico.
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Announced the Company's acquisition of the Guadalupe Property silver and gold project in Zacatecas State, Mexico.
The property contains two historic mines and is located in one of Mexico 's oldest mining districts, roughly 5 miles north of the Fresnillo Mine, the world's richest underground silver mine. A chip channel sample taken from one face of the workings on Silver America's 698.91-acre property returned 3.32 g/t gold and 342.0 g/t silver across 1.5 meters of vein.
The Guadalupe Property is currently processing 3 to 4 tonnes of ore per day from one of five known veins on the property at a depth of only 30 meters, and this is expected to continue until the Company has completed the purchase of the property at a maximum of 1,500 tonnes per year (~4 tonnes per day).
Mexico is currently the world's second leading producer of silver, with an estimated 3,240 metric tons of production in 2008, and the country with the world's fourth largest silver reserves at 37,000 metric tons according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Announced the Company's acquisition of the Keeno Strike Property silver and gold project in Clark County, Nevada. The project's exploratory work program will test ~1.1 million ounces of gold and ~69.0 million ounces of silver potential, which would be accessible via open-pit bulk handling methods unavailable to the industry at the time these properties were initially developed.
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The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) posted summary of announcements of illegal Drug, medical device and health food Advertisements observed during the quarter on its website earlier this month.
The industry regulator reported that of the 51,786 adverts for drugs and 23,769 for medical devices and health foods it has investigated since August some 6,102 have been deemed illegal. It also said that it revoked advertising rights from five of the companies involved and ordered a further 82 to suspend sales.
The list of offenders includes:
Liaoning the Huayuan Tianli Pharmaceutical
Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, Heilongjiang the Thai Pharmaceutical Co
Xishuangbanna the Banna Pharmaceutical Co
Ringgit drug research Co
Harbin same Tang Pharmaceutical Co
Liaoning Huaxin Pharmaceutical Co
Qingdao Wu Longsheng Biological Technology Co
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I love a dose of complete nonsense, and designers talking about their work is a good place to find it. Take Philippe Starck. He called his collection for Oregon Scientific "windows on the poetry of the world". Anyone else would have called them "clocks".
Then there is this statement from kitchen designer Mark Wilkinson, which is in a class of its own. "We are the moving point on the blade of history held tight to our past by the spirit of now. Casting back to a period between Pepys and Churchill for the comfort of time and place which secures us for the unfolding road." Wilkinson was, of course, talking about his commission by the National Trust to design a kitchen.
Mark Wilkinson is a kitchen designer of some repute. His work is solid and serene, it's about high-class materials and de luxe prices. Why he should limit himself to the period 1633 (Pepys) to 1965 (Churchill) is just one of the mysteries surrounding his National Trust range. Another is why he feels compelled to have writing on each and every drawer. "Rice" proclaims one. "S-R Flour" announces another. Perhaps you can have this customised, in which case "string, batteries and keys from previous flats" would probably be more appropriate for most kitchens I know. This apart, the kitchen, with its glamorous black granite worktops and comfortable Victorian styling is very nice. Which it should be at £30,000.
Buying into a National Trust licensed product is a bit of a feel-good experience. Royalties are paid to the charity and go into keeping up all those houses and parks. And you don't have to buy a status kitchen. Apart from the now famous Farrow & Ball paints produced under NT licence, there is an expanding range of homewares from beds by Hypnos to wallpaper by Zoffany. None of which comes with impenetrable statements by overtired designers.
· National Trust, 01373 828761 (nationaltrust.org.uk). Mark Wilkinson, 01380 850007 (mwf.com).


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Webcast: Strategic data breach prevention
In this webcast, you'll learn how to take a realistic, pragmatic look in the mirror to see where your organization's assets are, why breaches happen and how to use limited resources to mount the best possible strategic data breach prevention effort.
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How can a specialized organization spot security weaknesses? Nick Lewis offers a process to help niche companies ensure data security.
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PHOENIX — With a tune on her mind, Lexi Adelberg settled down enough in a big situation to put the Ironwood Ridge softball team one win from a return to the Division II state championship game.
Adelberg's two-run single in the sixth broke a 2-2 tie to lift the fifth-seeded Nighthawks (26-7) over No. 1 Buckeye Verrado 4-2 on Monday night in a winner's bracket game at Rose Mofford Sports Complex in Phoenix.
"I honestly went up there, sang a little song and just hit," Adelberg said. "I sing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.' I know it sounds cheesy but it calms me down so …"
I-Ridge faces No. 7 Glendale Cactus on Wednesday night at Rose Mofford in a semifinal game, needing a win to advance to next Monday's title game at ASU's Farrington Softball Stadium.
The Nighthawks were chasing off-speed pitches from Verrado starter Morgan Brown but scratched out a run on Adelberg's run-scoring single in the third. Reina Bondi later doubled and scored on Lexi Orth's single in the fifth.
"She has an amazing change-up," Adelberg said. "I saw the girls before me, I saw them see it."
But in the sixth, with two outs, Lou Olson reached on an infield single, Merilee Miller was hit by a pitch and Bondi walked, setting up Adelberg's at-bat.
She knocked a single up the middle to put I-Ridge ahead for good.
"I told them at the start of the season, you win with defense and pitching and that's what we did today," first-year coach Rich Alday said.
Starter Emily Robinson, who allowed a two-run homer in the fourth, settled down enough and got some help from her defense. One inning later, Olson caught a liner and doubled off a runner at second to end the frame.
Robinson allowed back-to-back singles in the seventh but Kelsey Buechler tracked down a foul ball for the second out and then went back to get the final out a few paces from the right-field fence.
Monday marked the second time in two years that I-Ridge got the better of Verrado in the playoffs. Last year, the Nighthawks eliminated the Vipers in the second round of the double-elimination portion of the tournament before going on to reach the finals.
No. 7 Glendale Cactus 5, No. 14 Marana 1: At Rose Mofford, the Tigers couldn't rally from the Cobras' five-run first inning and dropped into the loser's bracket.
Marana (25-8) returns to Tucson for a meeting with Canyon del Oro today at 6:30 p.m. at Cherry Field.
Cactus took the lead after Marana made a pair of errors and gave up two home runs in the first. Starter Casey Cadenhead only allowed four hits the rest of the way but the Tigers couldn't get a rally going.
In the fourth, after Maya Harper knocked in a run to cut the lead to 5-1, Marana had the bases loaded but did not score again.
"We talked about it, no matter what happens we belong here," Marana coach George Corona said. "We get two chances and now it's time to go down to the loser's bracket and try to win some games down there."


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Andy Carroll primed for Hammers return
Striker Andy Carroll is targeting a place in the England squad as he prepares to return to the West Ham side after a three-match suspension.
The 25-year-old had only just made his comeback from a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to a foot injury when he was dismissed in the home clash with Swansea.
After an appeal, Carroll's ban was upheld at an independent arbitration panel which backed the Football Association's disciplinary appeals process.
But in his absence, West Ham have won three successive matches to ease their relegation fears and surge into the top half of the table. Carroll will be available again for Saturday's trip to Everton, but is taking nothing for granted.
"The sending-off has happened and I was annoyed at the time with missing games, which was not what I wanted after the season that I've had, but I'm over it now," Carroll said on the club's official website.
"I just need to focus on playing the games now and getting back in the team and playing games. I have just got to work hard in training, because that is all I can do. At the end of the day, the manager picks the team."
Carroll last featured for England in the 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over San Marino at Wembley in October 2012.
However, the 6ft 3in former Newcastle and Liverpool striker is determined to become part of Roy Hodgson's plans for Brazil this summer, having been tipped for a recall to the international squad in next week's friendly against Denmark.
"I have definitely not given up on the England squad and I never will do," he said.
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Twenty Five years ago the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX. That Super Bowl game was a quarter century ago, and many believe that it was this video that sealed their destiny when they recorded it during the season. Relive and enjoy. Relive the shuffle with video after the jump.


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To ensure the efficient and secure exchange of sensitive mortgage documents and data, American Home Mortgage Servicing Inc. (AHMSI), a provider of services to homeowners and loan investors, has implemented Oracle WebCenter®.
With a multibillion dollar portfolio under management, AHMSI wanted to reduce costs and improve decision-making by streamlining communications with third party mortgage loan investors and consolidating relevant information and documentation for individual mortgages in a single, secure and easily accessible workspace.
Using Oracle WebCenter, AHMSI deployed a public-facing Web portal that incorporates secure workspaces. The workspaces provide authorized external users with immediate access to up-to-date loan information, call center data and other supporting content required to make informed decisions regarding loan modifications and mortgage investment approval.
The Oracle solution has not only reduced AHMSIs reliance on email and FTP sites for communicating with its business partners, it has automated much of the workflow around loan approvals and reduced the average time for the loan approval process from 30 days to one week.
To further enhance productivity and reduce time spent searching for information, AHMSI is using components of Oracle WebCenter as a secure central repository for daily, weekly and monthly business reports.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- There's a fine line between self-confidence and arrogance as a CEO. I think Yahoo!'s ( YHOO) Scott Thompson is walking the razor's edge. It's healthy to be self-confident as a CEO. If you didn't think you could do a good job, you wouldn't get the job in the first place. If you're arrogant, you think you're smarter than your direct reports and your competitors. That means you probably begin to develop blind spots around strategic decisions you make.
Being arrogant as a CEO can be especially dangerous if you're an outsider coming into a new industry -- and yet you still think you're smarter than your management team and the rest of the industry. Then, you make bold decisions, with little input from knowledgeable others, which could really sink your company. I think it's bonkers, by the way, that Larry Page decided that Google ( GOOG) should buy Motorola Mobility ( MMI) and then keep that business (as they seem determined to do). They have no idea how different that business is going to be from the ad business and seem destined to make lots of blunders. Time will tell. Scott Thompson could be at risk of being a little too arrogant in his first 90 days on the job at Yahoo! It's a mistake that Thompson's predecessor, Carol Bartz, made in her first year and she never really lived that down. It seems like Scott is falling into the same trap. Consider this: 1. He reportedly insulted a bunch of Yahoo!'s top ad agencies, including Interpublic, last month when he said all Yahoo!'s partners needed to add value. 2. He reportedly inserted himself into the Alibaba discussions and iced them -- at least for the time being. Business Insider said he claimed he knew how to deal with Jack Ma because he'd had some dealings with him before at PayPal. 3. He gave the green light to sue Facebook -- which I agree with by the way. 4. He's put Yahoo! employees on notice that they have to add value. 5. He appears to have blown off Dan Loeb, according to Loeb, with "insouciance" instead of trying to work out a settlement to avoid a proxy battle.


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The Telugu film industry has reached to new height in last decade. It has shown the stamina in foreign countries. Two popular Telugu stars have proved Telugu film industry caliber with their films and brought recognition to industry in India and abroad. They are none other than Power Star Pawan Kalyan and Super star Mahesh Babu. The both stars have made Tollywood great.
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I was wondering if anyone found out a way to synchronize your thumbnails (dials) in portable version of SRWare?
What I do is to connect to my google account first, so the extension install itself. But then I need to configure all my dials again by editing every one of them and entering url for webpage and logo.
I was wondering in which directory of the portable SRWare are those stored? Anyone can help me with that? Or maybe you have any suggestions about other extension like speed dial which will sync automatically?
I have four PC's in total and on configuring speed dial on every one of them after SRWare reinstall is annoying.
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