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Destination Guide
The Yaeyama archipelago is located 450 kilometers southeast of mainland Okinawa. With Ishigaki Island as its center, Hateruma Island, Hatoma Island and Yufu Islands, etc. belongs to the southernmost archipelago of Okinawa. In particular, Iriomote Island and Yonaguni Island are world famous. While Iriomote Island is covered by a dense ancient jungle and is home to many rare creatures, Yonaguni Island is famous for its mysterious seabed topography called "underwater ruins". Moreover, several other islands feature traditional Okinawan style homes. These islands have inherited the traditions of the past to the present. In Yaeyama, time passes slowly in its own way unlike mainland Japan and Okinawa.
Iriomote Island
Iriomote Island is 90% covered by a dense semitropical jungle and is home to precious wild animals such as the Iriomote wildcat. In particular, the mangroves taking root at the mouth of the river, where the freshwater and seawater mix, is a symbol of nature on Iriomote Island. One of Japan's largest mangrove forests along the Nakama River is protected by the national government. Canoeing and trekking are especially recommended on Iriomote Island. You can get up close to the animals and plants, and nature, which can only be seen here at the spectacular waterfall and beach with its star-shaped sand, awaits your visit.
Yonaguni Island
Yonaguni Island is Japan's westernmost island. It is said that on a clear day, the islands of Taiwan can be seen at the horizon. This island has an abundance of nature and is home to "Yonagunisan", the largest moth in Japan. Recently, the seabed topography of this island called "underwater ruins" has become famous as pleasure-diving spot. Underwater ruins refer to the large rock reef 100 kilometers offshore to the south of the island. Some people say these are ancient ruins as they appear man made and research on these formations is still ongoing. Since special tour boats with underwater windows are also available, why not try solving the mystery with your own eyes?
Ishigaki Island/Taketomi Island
In the Yaeyama Region, different islands offer different views. On Ishigaki Island, there are lively urban areas such as markets with lines of Yaeyama food stalls, magnificent views of nature including Kabira Bay which has been designated as a best scenery site by the national government, and Tamatorizaki Observatory, with its abundant hibiscus flowers. On Taketomi Island located next to Ishigaki Island, the images of traditional towns comprised of houses with red roof tiles are especially memorable. Time is easily forgotten if you happen to take a leisurely tour of the island by oxcart.


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MANATEE CO., FL - Rowlett Elementary is on the verge of doing what few other public schools in Florida have done, convert to a charter.
After carful consideration, parents and teachers voted for the conversion in June. Now, they await a decision on their request from the Manatee County School Board.
If approved, the school will assume the name Rowlett Academy, and would be the first public to charter school conversion in the area.
ABC 7 Reporter John McQuiston is taking a closer look at this unique moment in the district's history.


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Per Se (restaurant)
|Per Se
The main dining room, February 2008
|Restaurant information
|February 2004
|Current owner(s)
|Thomas Keller
|Head chef
|Thomas Keller
|Eli Kaimeh
|Food type
|New American, French
|Dress code
|Jackets required[1]
|(Michelin Guide)
|Street address
|4th floor of the Time Warner Center at 10 Columbus Circle (at West 60th Street and Broadway) in Manhattan
|New York City
|New York
|Postal/ZIP code
|United States
|Other information
|prix fixe is $325[1]
Per Se is a New American and French restaurant located on the fourth floor of the Time Warner Center at 10 Columbus Circle (at West 60th Street and Broadway) in Manhattan in New York City, owned by chef Thomas Keller.[1] In 2011, it was called the best restaurant in New York City by The New York Times.[2] The chef is Eli Kaimeh. Per Se is currently the third most expensive restaurant in the world after Sublimotion and Urasawa with an average guest spending approximately $851.[3]
The owner is Thomas Keller, who is also involved in the restaurants French Laundry and Ad Hoc in Napa Valley; Bouchon in Napa Valley, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles; Bouchon Bakery in Napa Valley; and the Time Warner Center and Rockefeller Center in New York. Per Se opened in February 2004.
Keller chose restaurant/hotel designer Adam Tihany to draw together subtle references to The French Laundry and elements from both his and Keller's pasts; for example, the decorative blue door to the right of the main entrance is modeled after the blue door at The French Laundry.
The restaurant features a salon, bar, and wine cellar. Like Keller's previous project, The French Laundry, Per Se features two daily prix fixe menus, one of which is vegetarian.
As of February 2010, it is one of only seven restaurants in the United States to be awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide, along with New York restaurants Daniel, Le Bernardin, Jean-Georges, Masa, Chef Keller's California restaurant The French Laundry, Alinea in Chicago, and The Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena.[4] Restaurant ranked Per Se number 10 in the world in 2011.[5] The restaurant previously held four stars, the highest rating, from The New York Times (awarded in 2004[6] by Frank Bruni and again in 2011[7] by Sam Sifton). However, a January 2016 review gave the restaurant two stars, citing its "slow creep of mediocrity and missed cues."[8] It was named as the 9th- best restaurant in the world by Restaurant Magazine in 2007.[9]
Per Se's former head sommelier, James Hayes, is currently the associate beverage director for the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group.[10] In 2010 Jonathan Benno, who had been chef de cuisine since the restaurant opened in 2004, left to be executive chef of a Patina Restaurant Group restaurant at Lincoln Center called Lincoln.[11]
Phoebe Damrosch's Service Included, a non-fiction account of her employment as a waiter at Per Se, was published by William Morrow and Company in September 2007.
On a typical night, each diner is given the choice of one of two prix-fixe menus: a nine-course vegetable tasting menu or a nine-course chef's tasting menu; each costs over $300,[12] which includes non-alcoholic beverages and service. Menus frequently include up-charges for luxury ingredients such as foie gras and truffles. The private room can accommodate approximately 10 people, while the west room can accommodate 62 – the same number of seats as the French Laundry.[13]
In 2013, Zagat rated it the best American cuisine restaurant in New York City with a rating of 29, as well as the best for service with a rating of 29, and ranked it the 2nd-best restaurant in New York City.[14][15][16]
Since 2013, Per Se has been a recipient of the Wine Spectator Grand Award.[17]
In January 2016, Pete Wells of The New York Times gave Per Se a rating of two out of four stars, dropping it from the four star rating the Times had previously awarded it in 2011. Wells's caustic review described, for example, "lukewarm matsutake mushroom bouillon as murky and appealing as bong water" and chided the staff for uneven and indifferent service. Despite several sloppy or clumsy dishes, however, Wells still praised certain Keller classics. At $325 per person for dinner, prix fixe, with expensive supplemental charges which Wells in one instance likened to "extortion", the restaurant was called "among the worst food deals in New York".[8][18]
- ^ a b c "Per Se | Manhattan | Restaurant Menus and Reviews". Zagat. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ Sifton, Sam (October 11, 2011). "A Critic Selects a Last Meal". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
- ^ Santana, Fabiana (2014-12-05). "The world's most expensive restaurants". Fox News. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
- ^ "2010 NYC Michelin stars". Michelin guide. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ Restaurant, The World's 50 Best Restaurant Awards: 2011
- ^ Bruni, Frank (September 8, 2004). "The Magic of Napa With Urban Polish". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
- ^ Sifton, Sam (October 11, 2011). "A Critic Selects a Last Meal". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^ a b Wells, Pete (12 January 2016), At Thomas Keller's Per Se, Slips and Stumbles, The New York Times, retrieved 12 January 2016
- ^ "World's Top 50 Restaurants 2007". Worldpress.org. May 28, 2007. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
- ^ "Know Your Bubbly". Zagat. February 11, 2009.
- ^ Fabricant, Florence (September 15, 2009). "Off the Menu". The New York Times.
- ^ "Today's Menus". Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ Per Se – New York, NY savorytv.com
- ^ "Best New York City American Restaurants". Zagat. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
- ^ "Best New York City Service Restaurants". Zagat. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
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- ^ "Per Se". Wine Spectator. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- ^ "Per Se Stumbles, Readers Respond". The New York Times. January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
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A two-alarm fire engulfed at least two trailers, a few abandoned vehicles, as well as debris Monday afternoon in what seems to be an abandoned piece of land, Vallejo firefighters said.
The blaze was reported at about 3:30 p.m. at Broadway and Mahogany Drive. Plumes of black smoke were seen as firefighters began battling the 30- to 40-foot flames.
The fire also damaged the rear exterior of a home in the 1900 block of Broadway, but all occupants had evacuated and were not injured nor displaced.
At least one of the burnt trailers is known to be occupied, firefighters said.
However, they did not locate anyone inside following a search of the rubble.
There were signs of homeless encampments in the Mahogany Drive yard, firefighters added.
The fire was called "under control" by about 3:55 p.m., and firefighters stayed at the scene for more than three hours for mop up.
Preliminary findings did not deem the fire to be suspicious, and could have been electrical in nature, firefighters said.
A few witnesses said they heard crackling noises before seeing the flames.
Area firefighters, including from Benicia, American Canyon and Crockett assisted in city coverage while Vallejo firefighters battled the blaze.


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Yu Chieh Kao and Wen Hua Sung each hit three-run homers, four pitchers combined for a no-hitter, and Taoyuan, Taiwan beat Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, 16-0 on Friday at the Little League World Series.
Chin Ou added three hits and three RBIs for Taiwan (1-0) in a game shortened to four innings because of the mercy rule.
Germany (0-1) didn't help itself on the field, committing six errors. Manager Ed Prince said his team was nervous, and hadn't faced such quality hitting in winning the Europe region.
Taiwan took control with six runs in the first. Germany starter Cannon Byrd allowed eight runs – only two earned – and recorded only three outs.
Germany's team is comprised of children of military personnel or other workers at Ramstein.


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August 14, 2011
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Morrison Demoted
Florida Marlins
A few days after Derrek Lee arrived in Pittsburgh, he appeared on Intentional Talk. I had the television on the network prior to the show coming on, but I held off on changing the channel until the conclusion of the Lee interview. Within the talk, the veteran first baseman shared a story that resonates with Morrison's demotion.
The brief version goes like this: Lee, 23, opened the 1999 season as the Marlins first baseman. Good feelings were buzzing around after he hit two doubles and reached base five times in the first two games of the season. After that opening series until May 25, Lee hit just .184/.250/.299 with 50 strikeouts in 160 plate appearances. Florida then demoted him to the minors for Kevin Millar, a 27-year-old with a handful of major league plate appearances to his name. As Lee departed, the Marlins told him it would be a two-or-three-week assignment—he didn't return until September.
There aren't a ton of parallels to draw between Lee and Morrison outside of the organization and their respective ages, but the story does provide some perspective. Lee was a mess for nearly two months and clearly needed some additional developmental time. It looks like a demotion with a clean tie to the player's performance. The optioning of Morrison less so. Even after a shaky second half, Morrison still has a seasonal line of .249/.327/.464, which is considerably better than the league-average mark.
Because of that, it is far too easy to draw lines and make this demotion part of a bigger square. Frankly, it probably is part of something bigger, and likely along the lines of what David Brown speculated on Big League Stew. Morrison is outspoken, and that can grate on a team. He hasn't shied away from slamming Hanley Ramirez either, and say what you will about Ramirez, but he looked a lot like his old self before injuring his shoulder. Teams have shown a willingness to put up with character flaws as long as the production is there, and the production hasn't entirely been there for Morrison lately.
Perhaps the Marlins are demoting Morrison for baseball reasons only, and they think he needs to regain some confidence while tweaking his swing. That is a possibility, but it just doesn't feel like the only motive at work. Morrison will probably be back by September, and you just hope he can get back to hitting and take this all in stride. It is so easy to like Morrison as a hitter and as a Twitter personality, but to the Marlins he is a ballplayer first and entertainer second—maybe they're just trying to remind him of that.
R.J. Anderson is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @r_j_anderson
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This is a pretty interesting take on Morrison's demotion. Sounds like there's a possibility of good old-fashioned company-versus-union going on here.
Aug 14, 2011 18:14 PM
I would put nothing past that petty schmuck Jeffrey Loria.
Aug 15, 2011 05:09 AM
Logan Morrison is becoming one of my favorite baseball players.
Aug 15, 2011 07:18 AM
Instructed by Wes Helms, his union rep. Who was released at the same time as Morrison's demotion. Hmm...
Aug 15, 2011 08:07 AM
True, but its not like he was hitting above the Mendoza Line.
Aug 15, 2011 09:06 AM
To me, this is almost as interesting. Helms was not hitting (.191/.276/.236) and at 35, wasn't going to figure in to the future plans of the Marlins, but if the team released him because of giving union advice to an employee, this might be an unfair labor practice. Obviously, management cannot interfere with the rights of the union to advise its membership. Of course, it would be harder to prove that this is why Helms was in fact released.....
Aug 15, 2011 09:10 AM
Right. Nobody's disputing the fact that Helms' performance has been pretty terrible.
Aug 15, 2011 11:26 AM
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"Joke Of the Day" From the Bob And Tom Show
Awful Lunch
An Irishman, a Mexican and a Blonde Guy were doing construction work on scaffolding on the 20th floor of a building.
They were eating lunch and the Irishman said, 'Corned beef and cabbage! If I get corned beef and cabbage one more time for lunch, I'm going to jump off this building.'
The Mexican opened his lunch box and exclaimed, 'Burritos again! If I get burritos one more time I'm going to jump off, too.'
The blonde opened his lunch and said, ' Bologna again! If I get a bologna sandwich one more time, I'm jumping too.'
The next day, the Irishman opened his lunch box, saw corned beef and cabbage, and jumped to his death.
The Mexican opened his lunch, saw a burrito, and jumped, too.
The blonde guy opened his lunch, saw the bologna and jumped to his death as well.
At the funeral, the Irishman's wife was weeping. She said, 'If I'd known how really tired he was of corned beef and cabbage, I never would have given it to him again!'
The Mexican's wife also wept and said, 'I could have given him tacos or enchiladas! I didn't realize he hated burritos so much.'
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Everyone turned and stared at the blonde's wife. The blonde's wife said, 'Don't look at me. The idiot makes his own lunch..'
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There's something special about playing for your hometown club and Cam Weaver knows that all too well.
The newly-signed Sounders FC forward and Kent, Wash., native has sought a move back home ever since he left the USL Sounders in 2006 to play in Norway. And now that he dons the Rave Green, he's poised to show the passion he has for the team and the community.
"I love the city. I love this area. The club has done great things already and I want to do whatever I can do to win championships," Weaver said, noting the connection that the club has to the community with six players from the Seattle area on the roster. "They bleed the colors of their local club and they want them to succeed more than any other team. It's a motivating factor."
That passion started at an early age for Weaver.
In October of 1995, a 13-year-old Weaver watched from the stands at Memorial Stadium when Marcus Hahnemann stopped a shootout attempt to give the Sounders the A-League title in dramatic fashion over the Atlanta Ruckus.
That is a moment that has stuck with Weaver and one he shared with Hahnemann not long after he started working out with the team during preseason.
"One of my best childhood soccer memories was watching them win a championship at Memorial Stadium and the crowd rushing the field and he was the goalkeeper," Weaver said. "A lot of the Sounders legends were playing there. That was an important moment in my life where I got to experience the Sounders soccer atmosphere."
For Weaver, now 30, it was a long road back home, but beaten paths have never been his forte.
After finishing high school at Kentwood, Weaver saw an opportunity to continue to play soccer by taking the community college route, playing two seasons at Skagit Valley before transferring to Seattle University in 2004. As a junior, he helped the Redhawks to an NCAA Division II championship by going 22-0-1. He followed that eight-goal season with nine goals in 2005 to lead Seattle U. Even still, he was the last player signed by the Sounders in the USL in 2006.
Once he found himself in the starting lineup, he just couldn't stop scoring, finishing the season with 18 goals to tie for the league lead with Brazilian World Cup legend Romario. His efforts drew attention from overseas at FK Haugesund in Norway, where he would score 21 goals in 51 matches before returning to the U.S. in 2009, signing with the San Jose Earthquakes. After a brief stay in which he scored one goal in nine appearances, he was traded to the Houston Dynamo, where he would play five seasons before finally getting his opportunity to come back home to Seattle.
"I thought about coming here every year since I've been gone. I talked to my wife and we said that if we ever had the chance to come back here, we would take it," Weaver said. "It's taken a little longer than we probably would have liked, but that's how things go. I'm just happy that I'm here now."
Even with those five years of MLS experience that saw him net 13 goals and five assists over 90 matches, he wasn't assured of a spot on the Sounders FC roster. When he and his wife weighed their options in the offseason, though, the chance to play in Seattle outshined contract offers he had elsewhere.
"I wanted to give myself every opportunity to play here. I had other options to go other places, but I turned all of those down for the chance to play here. I was going to do everything in my power to come out here and prove that this is where I want to play," he smiled. "I was going to be here until they kicked me out the door. Then, maybe, I would have left."
What he brings to the Sounders is more than just pride in the club, city and community. The 6-foot-4 forward played a key role for the Dynamo, helping Houston reach the Conference Finals in four of his five seasons, including two MLS Cup final appearances in 2011 and 2012.
Those high expectations will help him adjust to playing in Seattle - one of three teams to reach the playoffs in every season since the club's inaugural season in 2009.
"I had a great time in Houston. It was a good franchise to play for," Weaver said. "The expectation is to be competing for a championship every year and now coming here, that's the expectation here, so the same things are going to apply."
Weaver joined the team late in training camp and is working his way into fitness. He scored a goal in a reserve match against the University of Washington and is in a battle for playing time on a deep Sounders FC roster.


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UNITED NATIONS, N. Y (May. 10)
Secretary-General U Thant today rejected a request by Jordan for early submission to the Security Council of a full report about the implementation of the four armistice agreements in existence since 1949 between Israel, on the one hand, and the four Arab signatories to those agreements –Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt –on the other.
Such a comprehensive report, Mr. Thant informed Jordan, would be "huge, totaling many thousands of pages, and, to my mind, would be unreadable and could serve no useful purpose." Furthermore, the Secretary-General stated, the United Nations does not have the staff or the budget for the undertaking.
Jordan, which is now a member of the Security Council, made its request last week for "a report describing in detail how far the armistice agreements are being applied along the demarcation lines and in all the demilitarized zones, and how far the armistices had been observed by the parties concerned."
Muhammad H. E1-Farra, the Jordanian Ambassador here, reminded Mr. Thant that he had promised the Security Council in September of 1963 to furnish such a report, to have been compiled by Maj. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. UNTSO military officers serve as chairmen of four Mixed Armistice Commissions on which Israel and each of the four Arab states that signed the original armistice agreements are represented.
In his reply to Mr. E1-Farra, Mr. Thant pointed out that in only one of these four MAC units, that involving Jordan and Israel, there were outstanding, as of July 17, 1964, a total of 679 Israeli complaints and 4, 469 Jordan grievances. Other United Nations sources, enlarging on the Secretary-General's figures, said today that more than 100, 000 complaints and counter-complaints were included by the middle of 1964 in the files of all four MAC agendas.
Reports on all of the UNTSO and MAC investigations and decisions since 1949, Mr. Thant informed the Jordanian envoy, would be "voluminous and often include many photographs, sketches and maps, and all of the decisions of the four Mixed Armistice Commissioners run into many hundreds." If the reports of each issue were to be reduced to mere, single-page summaries, the task would still be forbidding, the Secretary-General told the Jordanian.
"In the circumstances, "Mr. Thant stressed, "I am sure that you will readily understand my inability at present to be very precise about a completion deadline for this report. I may only assure you that we will proceed with its preparation to the best of our ability and resources."
Jordan pursued the issue of a comprehensive report from UNTSO because it has threatened to call for a Security Council meeting as a result of Israeli army raids into two Jordanian villages 10 days ago, when Israeli soldiers blew up a number of Jordanian homes that had been used as bases by members of E1 Fatah. The latter is an Arab League terrorist group conducting sabotage raids into Israel. Israel had stated officially that E1 Fatah operations are conducted out of headquarters in Syria but most often carried out from bases in Jordan.


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Avoiding additives in food
While many foods contain additives and are considered safe for consumption by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), there is a concern amongst parents about unnecessarily exposing their children to food additives. Understanding a little more about what constitutes a food additive and what to look out for can help you make an informed decision before purchasing a particular product.
What is a food additive?
Food additives are compounds that can keep food fresh or enhance its colour, flavour or texture. They are commonly used and include emulsifiers, flavour enhancers, preservatives, food acids, colouring and raising agents. For example, beeswax - glazing agent (901) may be used to coat apples to improve their appearance.
Do food additives have side effects?
If you are concerned about the effects of food additives in your child's diet then it is recommended that you talk to your doctor.
How do I know which additives to avoid?
If you are unsure whether or not a product contains an additive, the on-pack label is the best source of information on whether the contents are likely to trigger any sensitivities. The FSANZ website provides a list of food additives by name and number so that you can easily identify them when reading the labels.
Some other ways you can limit artificial colours and flavourings is by choosing preservative-free bread, all natural yoghurts, and fromage frais, choosing plain crackers and noodles and encouraging your child to drink water, milk and fresh juice.
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National Security Advisor, Senator React to President's Speech on Iraq
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- Online NewsHour Special Report: Iraq in Transition
- June 28, 2005: Update: President Appeals for Continued Support in Iraq Conflict
- Text of President Bush's address
- June 23, 2005: Prime Minister al-Jaafari's spokesman Laith Kubba discusses troop training and other rebuilding efforts.
- June 16, 2005: Two former CIA officials discuss issues raised in the so-called Downing Street memos.
- June 14, 2005: Recent polls U.S. show public support for the Iraq war appears to be decreasing.
GWEN IFILL: Now, two newsmaker interviews focusing on the president's Iraq speech, the first with national security advisor Stephen Hadley. I spoke with him moments ago from the White House.
Stephen Hadley, welcome.
STEPHEN HADLEY: Thanks, nice to be here.
GWEN IFILL: The president last night in his speech mentioned Sept. 11 five times and alluded to it several more times. Yet, half of Americans say that they don't believe — this is in this latest Gallup Poll everybody's been talking about today — say they don't believe there's a connection between what's happening in Iraq and what happened on Sept. 11. What do you say to that?
STEPHEN HADLEY: The president talked about Sept. 11, because that's, of course, the day that the war on terror came to the United States. And the point he wanted to make is that the terrorists who are behind Sept. 11 share the ideology of terrorists that are also against us in Iraq. There are terrorists that have come largely from outside Iraq; they have joined criminal elements; they've joined former regime elements and some Iraqi extremists.
But his point is that Iraq is really part of the war on terror because a number of the folks who are doing damage to Iraqis and to American citizens — men and women in uniform in Iraq — share the same ideology as those who brought us 9/11. That's the point. That's why Iraq is really part of the war on terror, and why it's so important for that reason as well that we prevail there.
GWEN IFILL: Recently there was a document that was circulated from the CIA, which concluded that Iraq has actually replaced Afghanistan as a major training ground for the kinds of outsiders, the foreign fighters that you were just alluding to. It's kind of a chicken and the egg question, I guess. Which created this uprising? Was it America's presence in Iraq, or were these people in Afghanistan and then they came to Iraq?
STEPHEN HADLEY: Well, we know some of them, of course, were in Iraq. Zarqawi, who is really one of the most senior and most in many ways lethal terrorists in Iraq was in Iraq during the period of Saddam Hussein before the war began, and Saddam had also — was a regime supporter of other terrorist groups, particularly Palestinian terrorist group. And if you look back and the rationale that was used for going to war in Iraq, it was, of course, the threat that WMD posed to regional stability to us, but it was also Saddam's support for terror; it was also Saddam's treatment of his own people.
So there was always a terrorist element in this. Obviously, in the period since Saddam has fallen, there are terrorist groups and individuals who have come to Iraq because that is the place where they can confront the United States and pursue the war on terror, so it is — terrorism was an issue with Iraq before the invasion and before Saddam was toppled. And of course the terrorists have now chosen that as a central front on the war on terror, and that's why it's so important that we prevail there.
GWEN IFILL: We, of course, have heard a lot of the points the president was making last night about the political and the military track in Iraq. What would you say, after probably taking part and helping to draft the speech and then listening to it last night, was new in what the president was telling the American people?
STEPHEN HADLEY: The president made clear that we are continuing to pursue a strategy that he laid out about a year ago. What he wanted to do was indicate the success we've had to date, the progress we've made on that strategy. He also wanted to say to the American people that there are going to be difficult times ahead; there's hard work ahead that needs to be done.
But he wanted to give a progress report to the American people, but also tell them a little bit more, a little bit more than he said publicly, about how we are pursuing both the military track and also the political track; the military track, some of the things we are doing to enhance the capability of Iraqi units, so they can take the fight to the terrorists, and as the president said, as they step up, we can step back.
And the other thing he wanted to do was to talk about the political agenda going forward, the importance of helping the Iraqis to bring all groups into the political process, draft the constitution on time, have it adopted by the Iraqi people, and then go to the elections in December of a permanent government.
It is the interaction between the political track and the military track that the president believes is the way to move forward in our strategy, which is to have an Iraq able to govern itself, able to defend itself, and take responsibility for its own defense and be an ally in the war on terror. That's clearly what we want; that's clearly what the Iraqi people want.
GWEN IFILL: And yet some of your supporters are the ones who seem to be getting the most nervous about the situation right now. We heard from Sen. Chuck Hagel, Republican from Nebraska, who says the administration seems to be making it up as they go along; Sen. Lindsey Graham from South Carolina, another Republican, saying that the people in his home state, great patriots all, are nervous now; that it feels as if this is headed on the route to Vietnam. They almost sounded like cries for help up on Capitol Hill. What do you say to them?
STEPHEN HADLEY: The president needed to be talking about Iraq to the American people. There have been a lot of other subjects in the national debate over the last couple of months. We've talked about judges; we've talked about Social Security. It was important for the president to go back and re-engage with the American people, give them, as he said, a status report on the challenges we face and the way ahead. That was important for the president to do, and I think the reactions that we have heard is that people are pleased the president made the statements he made.
Obviously the proof of progress is going to be on the ground, whether we can make the kind of gains in competence of the Iraqi security forces and keep to the political timetable. So it was important for the president to re-engage the country, and it is going to be important that we pursue the agenda that he laid out. And I think if we do that, I think if you read the press today, I think some of these same names you were suggesting, I think that we will be able to hold the American people in this effort, because as the president said, and as most commentators have said, we really cannot afford to fail in Iraq. Success is really where we need to be.
GWEN IFILL: Let's talk about the situation on the ground, the insurgency that the president described and talked about how difficult it is. How long can Americans expect it to last and how virulent is it?
STEPHEN HADLEY: Well, obviously we don't know in terms of how long it will last, and in terms of its virulence it is killing American men and women in uniform; it's killing a lot more Iraqis. And what I think we hope going forward is that the combination of the military strategy we have talked about and the political strategy will do what is most important, which is turn Iraqis as a group against the insurgency.
You know, I think that, Gwen, there are a lot of Iraqis who are a little bit on the fence: Is democracy going to be the future of Iraq, or is it going to fall back to either the prior order, or to chaos? And the more Iraqis can have confidence that they are going to have a democratic country, that their own security forces are going to be able to take the lead in dealing with these terrorists, I think you're going to see Iraqis being much more effective against the terrorists and against those elements. And in the end of the day it's going to be the Iraqis that are going to win this fight. We can help but they are going to have to win this fight.
GWEN IFILL: Pardon me. You talk about the Iraqis and the Iraqis, especially the Sunnis, seem to be nervous about when the United States is going to leave. People on this side of the ocean seem to be looking for some sort of measurable benchmarks, ways of telling when is — there's success. Is it the number of troops trained; is it the number of attacks reduced; is it the number of Sunnis who take a role in the government after having initially been shut out? What would you say those benchmarks ought to be?
STEPHEN HADLEY: Well, first of all, as the president made clear last night, we all want to have the mission succeed, Iraqis able to take responsibility for their own defense and for the coalition to go home. That's what the president wants; that's what the American people want, and that's what the Iraqis want.
I think the progress of getting there will really be all of the things you have mentioned, progress on the political front, but especially progress in standing up and making more capable those Iraqi security forces that will increasingly take responsibility for dealing with the terrorists. So I think as you see the competence of those Iraqi security forces go up, you'll be able to see Americans step back, stand down in terms of a direct engagement in the war on terror. And that will I think be the best indicator of progress.
GWEN IFILL: Mr. Hadley, today we are hearing that 17 troops were killed in a helicopter shoot-down in Afghanistan. The president alluded to the conflict in Afghanistan briefly last night but didn't really choose to focus on that, talking about Iraq. Why was that?
STEPHEN HADLEY: Well, the president, of course, wanted to address the issue of Iraq. That's what Americans have been — had not heard him talk about for a period of time.
Obviously, what happens in Afghanistan is very important. It is important that the Afghan people are assisted in consolidating democracy, training their own forces, so they can take responsibility for their security.
I think people have forgotten that Afghanistan remains an important theater, and that it is going into an election period in September, and what we know and what we believe is that the Taliban forces in Afghanistan were really set back by the presidential election that occurred and are trying to regroup and trying to stay relevant and trying to derail the elections that are now scheduled for September.
So, regrettably, we're going to probably see continuation of violence as they try and make one last stand to try and derail the progress of democracy there. Our men and women in uniform are doing a terrific job; they understand that's going to be a challenge between now and September.
And we think working with Afghan security forces they'll be able to contain that challenge and we will have a successful election. And Afghanistan can continue on a process towards democracy. So, again, some work ahead of us in Afghanistan, but I think our people on the ground there are optimistic.
GWEN IFILL: National security advisor Stephen Hadley, thank you very much for joining us.
STEPHEN HADLEY: Thanks very much, Gwen.
GWEN IFILL: Now, as promised, the Democratic reaction to President Bush's speech on Iraq policy. Ray Suarez has that.
RAY SUAREZ: And that response comes from Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware. He's the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Senator, welcome. Just a few moments ago Stephen Hadley called the president's speech last night a progress report to the American people. Was it?
SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN: Well I think it was partially that. I think the most important thing it was, it was the president distancing himself from rhetoric of the vice president and the secretary of defense saying everything is fine, the insurgencies is in its last throes. I think the president was more realistic with the American people, and I agree with him that we shouldn't be setting timetables, and that if — for us to leave now or any time in the near term would be a real disaster for us. The disappointing part was he didn't say much about how he was going to alter the strategy to change the circumstance on the ground to reach the result we want, which is to stand up an Iraqi army and be able to send home Americans.
RAY SUAREZ: Well, what kind of specifics were you looking for that you didn't hear?
SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN: Well, for example, I was looking for him to tell the American people that it's going to take us at least another year to train up a sufficient number of Iraqis where they can have a real impact on their own security. I was hoping he would tell us that we were working with the international community, essentially setting up a board of directors to be able to collectively put positive pressure upon the Shia to include the Sunni more into the operation because without a political solution, no military solution is available. And that requires the Sunnis to buy in.
I was hoping he would tell the American people to keep them with us, because they're tough and they'll stay with us, the American people, that now the hard part's coming. The hard part's just beginning. They have to write their constitution. They have to have a referendum on the constitution. They have to have a vote, and to tell them ahead of time this is going to get tougher now and I need your help, I need you to stay, but here is my plan on how we're going to get this done.
I was hoping he would do that, because I think, Ray, the American people aren't leaving this endeavor in terms of their support because of the loss of American life, as tragic as that is. I think the American people are doubting whether or not there is a strategy to succeed.
RAY SUAREZ: Well, you mentioned you would have liked to hear more specifics. One thing the president was specific about was his belief that no more troops are needed in Iraq. He said that that would send the exact opposite message of the one he wants to send to the Iraqi people and forces.
SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN: Well, all I can say to you is he's been saying that for the last year and a half. You asked me — not you, Ray, someone asked me on this show about a year ago when I was saying we needed more forces, the president said we need no more forces, the generals aren't asking for them.
Now, do you doubt — a rhetorical question you can answer — do you doubt or anyone else doubt that we needed more forces in the beginning?
They're telling me — your crew is telling me we have to evacuate the Senate. There's an alarm going off. I don't know what it's about, hopefully a false alarm. But I apologize — me and your crew have to leave, sorry.
RAY SUAREZ: Well, senator, I can hear the sirens in the background. It's obviously a very unusual circumstance, but I guess we have to let you go. I hope everything is OK over there.
SEN. JOSEPH BIDEN: I hope I can come back, thanks.


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CryoCath Freezor CryoAblation Catheter System (CRYOFACTS) (PS-010)
This study has been completed.
Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: February 13, 2008
Last updated: April 6, 2015
Last verified: April 2015
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this post approval study of heart block is to gather additional information regarding how often patients develop heart block (atrioventricular block) after having standard ablation procedure using cryotherapy with the Freezor™ catheter.
|Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry
|Device: Freezor® Cardiac Cryoablation Catheter CryoConsole System
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|CryoCath Freezor CryoAblation Catheter System (CRYOFACTS)
Further study details as provided by Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Device or Procedure Related AV Block Persistent Through Discharge From Hospital. [ Time Frame: After 250 subjects have been enrolled. ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- AV Block That Requires the Insertion of a Permanent Pacemaker: Defined as the Insertion of a Permanent Pacemaker, as Assessed During Defined Study Follow up. [ Time Frame: After 250 subjects have been enrolled. ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Freezor Catheter for AVNRT
Subjects with Atrio Ventricular Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)will be treated with cryo (freezing) energy to ablate the slow pathway causing the arrythmia.
Device: Freezor® Cardiac Cryoablation Catheter CryoConsole System
Other Name: 7F Freezor Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter
External Data Supporting the Study
This arm was taken from pier reviewed published reports that include adult subjects ablated with the Freezor catheter for AVNRT.
Device: Freezor® Cardiac Cryoablation Catheter CryoConsole System
Other Name: 7F Freezor Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter
Detailed Description:
Due to the lack of enrollments for the trial. The FDA and Medtronic discussed the inclusion of data found from from published literature (external studies) to corroborate study endpoint. The FDA allowed this data and the study was closed.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Some inclusion criteria can only be established during the electrophysiologic study (EPS); thus there are two groups of inclusion criteria.
For inclusion in the study subjects must fulfill ALL of the following criteria:
Pre-EPS inclusion criteria:
- Patients with a clinical history of AVNRT who are referred for ablation.
- Patients willing to provide written informed consent.
Post-EPS inclusion criteria:
1. Patients with EPS-documented AVNRT
Exclusion Criteria:
ANY of the following is regarded as a criterion for excluding a subject from the study:
- Patients with any pre-existing AV block.
- Patients with known cryoglobulinemia
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00621621
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00621621
|United States, Minnesota
|Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55407
|United States, Nebraska
|University of Nebraska Medical Center
|Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 63198-7835
|United States, New York
|Columbia University Medical Center and the New York Presbyterian Hospital
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|United States, Ohio
|Cleveland Clinic Foundation
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
Sponsors and Collaborators
Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions
|Principal Investigator:
|John Lehmann, MD, MPH
|Lehmann Consulting
More Information
Keywords provided by Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Friedman PL, Dubuc M, Green MS, Jackman WM, Keane DT, Marinchak RA, Nazari J, Packer DL, Skanes A, Steinberg JS, Stevenson WG, Tchou PJ, Wilber DJ, Worley SJ. Catheter cryoablation of supraventricular tachycardia: results of the multicenter prospective "frosty" trial. Heart Rhythm. 2004 Jul;1(2):129-38.
|Responsible Party:
|Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00621621 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 13, 2008
|Results First Received:
|July 22, 2014
|Last Updated:
|April 6, 2015
Keywords provided by Medtronic Atrial Fibrillation Solutions:
atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Tachycardia, Reciprocating
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4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 car spaces
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A friendly dolphin named flipper is the family pet of a Florida Marine Park ranger and his two sons Sandy and Bud. Every week Sandy and Bud have adventures both in and out of the water with the brave and resourceful Flipper.
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Flipper's Bank Account: When Flipper finds a Spanish doubloon on the ocean bottom and brings it to Bud and Sandy, rumors about Spanish Treasures spread quickly and an underwater gold rush ensues. Hundreds of boats and treasure hunters invade Coral Key Park in search of riches. To make matters worse for Ranger Porter Ricks, Bud and Hap Gorman join the gold rush themselves, and become stranded on a coral reef.
Lifeguard: Flipper leads Bud to a beach where Lynn Borden lies half-conscious after falling off a boat 20 miles at sea. Speculation that Flipper towed her to shore leads Porter Ricks and researcher Carl Borden, Lynn's husband, to test Flipper's ability as a life-guard. When Borden also is involved in an accident at sea, Flipper has a chance to prove himself.
The Day of The Shark: Porter Ricks, Sandy and Marine Researcher Dr. William Tollner go to sea to investigate a school of lemon sharks which have invaded Coral Key Park, and to try out some newly devised shark repellents at the same time. Though admonished to stay at home with Flipper, Bud hears several explosions at sea, and paddles out with the dolphin to see if he can help. Bud and Flipper end up swimming right into the middle of the shark-infested area with Po, Sandy and Dr. Tollner watching helplessly.
Love And Sandy: Pretty teenager Bonnie McCoy takes Sandy by surprise when she sails into view aboard a floating zoo. Although Sandy is enchanted by the young girl, he can't help being amazed by the array of animals aboard the barge. When Flipper surfaces to express his interest, Bonnie's pride and joy, a performing seal named Sparky, takes a dive into the ocean and disappears. Thus, Sandy completely captivated by Bonnie, embarks upon two adventures -- a search for Sparky and teenage romance with Miss McCoy.
Money To Blow: The trouble begins when Flipper finds money underwater and presents some of the bills to Bud. Flipper shows Bud where it came from and they collect more from the underwater wreck. Bud goes on a spending spree buying all the things a boy of his age would want plus gifts for Sandy and Porter. The real trouble starts when the bills prove to be counterfeit. The wreck has been rigged for an explosion by the counterfeiters and Porter must rescue his sons who have returned to the wreck.
Flipper's Treasure: Flipper goes to Bud and Porter Ricks for detective help after seeing a treasure chest stolen from the wreck of a sunken Spanish ship and hidden on a nearby island. Bud and Flipper first discover the wreck. Then Porter and Sandy, after further investigation, call upon an expert from an Archaeological Institute. It is Flipper who guides him to the wreck and its valuable treasure, and then observes the underwater theft.
The White Dolphin: Flipper disappears for several days and, when found by Porter Ricks, Sandy and Bud, is with another dolphin, an amazing albino, the only white dolphin in Porter's memory. Po discovers that Jed Harvey, a youngish amiable rogue, is trying to trap the white dolphin so he can sell it. Thus begins an intrigue in the open sea, while Bud and Flipper attempt to protect the white dolphin and Po and Sandy go to Miami Seaquarium for help. If scientists from Seaquarium can trap the albino first, they can give it a safe home where it can be seen by millions of people.
Teamwork: While Sandy and Bud prepare for the annual Coral Key Park swimming race, Porter is overcome by toxic chemicals dropped from a passing ship while he is carrying on an underwater investigation. Rescued by a passing boat, Po is taken unconscious to the hospital just as Sandy is about to enter a swimming race which will take twenty teenagers through the area polluted by the toxic chemicals. Only Flipper is aware of what the chemicals did to Porter.
Flipper And The Elephant - Part I: Sentinel of the sea Flipper discovers a sinking raft, manned by Bonnie McCoy, her father, an elephant and a chimpanzee. Porter, Sandy and Bud pull the floundering menagerie out of the briny and learn they have saved the remains of McCoy's Floating Zoo. Po offers to give McCoy a temporary home at Coral Key, until he can earn enough money to pay creditors who are after Esme, the elephant, and Judy, the chimp - his last remaining possession. However, as Po discovers, the creditors won't wait.
Flipper And The Elephant - Part II: In an effort to raise money to pay off creditors of McCoy's Floating Zoo, Sandy and Bud join Bonnie McCoy in a scheme to run away with her father's elephant and chimpanzee to rent the animals to Anderson's Land and Sea Circus. Taking a shortcut to town they lead Flipper through a fresh water canal, and the animal becomes desperately sick from the fresh water. Sandy heads off through the Everglades for help, but becomes trapped in quicksand.
Flipper And The Elephant - Part III: Judy the chimp steals a briefcase full of money and Sean McCoy of McCoy's Floating Zoo, is arrested - so Sandy, Bud and Bonnie decide to put on a show with Flipper to raise money for her father's bail. Porter Ricks arrives home in time to join a crowd watching the most unusual sea show of all time -- starring a baby elephant, a chimp and Flipper!
Bud Minds Baby: Like the heroes he sees on TV, Bud tries to rescue a damsel in distress, but fails to tell Porter or Sandy of his intentions, an suddenly finds himself caught in a dangerous riptide. An eight year old girl named Tina, running away from home has told Bud she is an orphan trying to escape from an evil guardian. Bud agrees to hide her on a nearby island, using his newly built and not-too-seaworthy raft. But their grand adventure threatens to turn into tragedy.
Sailer Bud: Bud, trying to help an injured man and his wife marooned on a sailboat, has to call desperately for help from Flipper when the boat becomes caught in treacherous coral reefs. While Porter and Sandy vainly try to radio instructions to Bud, the dolphin becomes the only hope of pulling Bud and the couple through the reefs safely.
Call Of The Dolphin: Flipper, being a pack animal by instance, is attracted by the sound of a school of dolphins and nothing Po, Candy or Bud can do will bring him back. Soon, however, they discover that the sounds are coming from a submarine manned by a scientist, Dr. Kellwin, who is trying to lure Flipper into following the sub out of Coral Key Park to a Marine Research center. There, Kellwin hopes to use Flipper in experiments on dolphin communications.


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Felix Hernandez didn't do so well yesterday. He allowed four runs on 11 hits in 6.1 innings against the A's and after all of that, he had zero strikeouts.
Hernandez faced 31 batters and whiffed none of them, which is especially odd because through his first seven starts this season he racked up 53 strikeouts in 46 innings.
He hasn't had zero strikeouts in a game in 181 starts.
Hernandez seemed confused afterward when asked about his performance by Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune:
"I'm in shock right now. It doesn't bother me, but it shocks me. No strikeouts. Not a good breaking ball. Not a good change-up. That's what happens when you don't have good stuff."


text: Due to limited budget, my so-called liquor cabinet tends to follow supermarket sales, but I still have preferences. Having lived in Russia for awhile and really having LIVED Russia, I do know my vodka quite well, and now that I'm in America again I cannot bring myself to purchase vodka any longer. It doesn't really bother me, however, because my true tastes adhere more toward Whiskey, and Whiskey has been my main choice of drink for a good while now. However, like I mentioned, a limitfull wallet and a good dose of inexperience leaves me with little knowledge of this very rich topic. Usually my counter will sport proudly: -Cutty Sark -Jim Beam -Southern Comfort And all three of those I have returned to time and again because I do enjoy them. Cutty Sark was my first Scotch and the whiskey I taught myself to like first. It is only by chance that it also happens to go on sale regularly at Safeway. The truth is I like Cutty Sark more than I like Johnny Walker red label, and one time I had the luck of trying 12-year-old Cutty Sark, a time I remember quite fondly. Once I went out of my way to buy a bottle of J&B, and delicious as it is, Cutty Sark I adhere to loyally. (Another reason is Murakami's Wind Up Bird Chronicle.) But I ask you: What is your favorite Scotch? What is the best? The only Bourbons I've tried at any extent are Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. I like Jack Daniels more, but Jim Beam is far cheaper and I think not so much worse. I know very little in this area. Makes Mark I've only tried briefly. What is your favorite Bourbon? What is the best? Southern Comfort ain't a whiskey, I guess, but I usually consider it to be anyway. I enjoy a tumbler with ice and some Southern Comfort w/lime every once in awhile -- makes me feel like I'm sitting on a white porch looking over green land or swampy everglade. What about Irish? Japanese? Canadian? What do you prefer?


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The European economy does not look very pretty at the present. High debt has saddled much of Western Europe, contributing to a fairly dim outlook for 2013. The continuing fiscal problems, especially throughout southern Europe, are creating a sizable drag much of the Western European economy. Therefore, demand for nonferrous metals from most regions on the continent is expected to be somewhat muted through the first half of 2013 at least, though pricing may be finding the floor.
While the short-term economic outlook continues to be murky, looking out further, bright spots are visible for some nonferrous metals. Copper and aluminium scrap markets have seen positive developments, though stainless steel continues to be one of the more challenging nonferrous metals.
While copper and aluminium may hold promise, most analysts say they expect to see continued price volatility.
Copper scrap concluded 2012 on a somewhat positive note. After slumping during the middle half of the year, interest in copper scrap, especially from buyers for Chinese consumers, increased at the end of 2012. These buyers were interested in adding to their inventories, which has contributed to firming the movement and price of copper scrap throughout Western Europe.
Expectations that China's incoming government may kick off significant infrastructure investment projects is giving copper scrap generators hope that stronger orders from China will follow.
While China remains the linchpin for the improvements in the copper scrap market, European buyers continue to be faced with sluggish demand from their domestic consuming customers.
Reflecting the moderately upbeat copper news, the German copper producer and copper scrap recycler Aurubis reports an increase in sales for 2012 and expresses a more bullish outlook for 2013. According to a statement released by the company in late 2012, "The Aurubis Group held its ground in a difficult environment that was largely influenced by economic uncertainties and generated a very satisfactory result. The good result was supported first and foremost by higher concentrate treatment charges and higher throughputs of recycling materials in operating business."
Regarding copper scrap, the company notes that its availability has improved through 2012, which has led to higher utilization rates for the group's recycling capacities.
Aurubis adds that its Kayser Recycling System (KRS) facility in Lünen, Germany, which can process scrap material with low copper and precious metals content and complex materials such as electronic scrap, increased its throughput by 5% compared with 2011's figures. The company attributes this growth to its commissioning of the new "KRS-Plus" system in summer 2011.
In general, Aurubis notes that the copper scrap market was good during its 2011/2012 fiscal year. "The exchange prices for copper supported the good supply during almost the whole period. Only at the beginning of 2012 did lower prices temporarily reduce the copper scrap supply," Aurubis states.
Going further, Aurubis notes that copper scrap demand from China, the largest international consumer, was at a moderate level during the company's entire fiscal year of 2011/2012.
"Overall, the positive market situation for copper scrap led to high utilization of the Aurubis Group's existing recycling capacities," the company states.
Aluminium markets also may have found a base, though optimism for the metal is more muted than for copper. Aluminium scrap prices began trending upward toward the end of 2012, and bullishness is creeping into the market. General demand for the metal has seen an uptick, though several sources say they feel this growth is being driven by supply constraints rather than an actual increase in demand for the metal.
Looking out further, the aluminium packaging firm Novelis recently broke ground on a large aluminium recycling and casting center at its Nachterstedt, Germany, plant. When complete, the company says it will be able to produce 400,000 metric tons of aluminium sheet ingot from recycled material at the new facility. Upon its completion, Novelis says the facility will be the largest aluminium recycling center in the world.
The center will process used beverage cans (UBCs) as well as other types of aluminium scrap from across continental Europe.
According to Damstahl, a German stainless steel service center, stainless steel markets are still in the midst of an overall economic slowdown. A report from the company says the market for stainless steel does not show signs of improvement. In fact, nickel prices declined during the last quarter of 2012, though the firm says it feels that the metal has reached a floor.
Heading into 2013, Damstahl says the stainless steel market likely will not show volume growth over the longer term.
Despite the downbeat assessment of early 2013, Damstahl says it expects demand from end users to improve as the year continues. Driving the improvement in the stainless market likely will be the oil and gas sector, which is expected to show double-digit growth in Europe in 2013.
As for stainless steel, the overcapacity of finished metal on the market likely will continue into the future. Despite ThyssenKrupp selling its stainless steel operations to Outokumpu, a European metals producer, additional positive developments are not apparent in the mill sector.
While ThyssenKrupp has sold its stainless steel operations, Outokumpu still needs to sell its Terni, Italy, stainless steel mill. Stainless steel markets likely will remain in a state of flux until this sale has been completed.
The recycled lead market was challenged by a raid that was carried out by authorities with the European Commission (EC) over alleged collusion taking place among the largest lead recyclers in Europe. The raid, which occured in the fall of 2012, resulted in unannounced inspections at the premises of several purchasers of scrap batteries and other lead scrap for the production of lead.
According to a statement issued by the EC, it has reasons to believe that the companies concerned may have violated Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which prohibits cartels and restrictive business practices.


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Comic Party Revolution; "Mizuki Takase" Leaf Collection figure series 5
i've had a fancy for this character for over a decade, which only grew after i obtained and watched the 2003 Anime series.
i've always been fond of Card Captor Sakura, and the lovely costume the principal heroine wears in the opening sequence
of the late-90's Anime series. this Cosplay costume of Mizuki's is a clear parody/homage, and one i've long been dearly fond of...


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FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to a pan blaze at a house in Shann Lane, Keighley.
Crews from Keighley and Bingley attended the incident, shortly after 6.30pm today.
The fire was out when they arrived but a special ventilation fan was used to help clear smoke from the property.
Two firefighters wore breathing apparatus.
No one was injured in the incident.
Shortly before the call-out the same crews had attended allotments off Fell Lane, in Keighley, to tackle a shed fire.


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World Cup hosts South Africa announce drop in murder rate
World Cup hosts South Africa have announced a decline in the country's murder rate, as safety concerns still persist ahead of the finals next summer.
The South African government announced their latest crime figures on Tuesday with overall cases seeing a small rise, but murders dropping by 3.2%. The government reported that 18,148 people were killed in the 12 months up to March.
Police chief Bheki Cele announced his force was determined to further reduce the murder rate as the eyes of the world begin to turn to South Africa ahead of FIFA's showpiece event.
"You can't be happy when 10 people are killed, let alone 18,000 people. When people in their own houses can't be safe, you are not happy," said Cele. "It is no use just to cry and fold your arms. We will be putting very strong mechanisms to make sure we respond."
House robberies rose by 27% and sexual offences by 10.4%, but violent crime was down by 2.8% overall.
South Africa won the vote to host the 2010 World Cup when holding off a bid from Morocco to earn FIFA's nomination in 2004.
After being confirmed as the first African country to host the global spectacle, South Africa has invested in infrastructure upgrades, including a redevelopment of Johannesburg's Soccer City which will host the final.
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David James upbeat despite latest injury concern
Portsmouth goalkeeper David James has played down the latest injury he suffered in the warm-up for Sunday's Premier League game at Stoke City.
There have been concerns over James, 39, in recent months as he has suffered a succession of injuries. He has not started a game for England since April, and needs to prove his fitness to Fabio Capello before next year's World Cup in South Africa.
Capello said this month he would only consider players who are fit and playing regularly for inclusion in his squad, adding he thought James had a "problem" with his fitness despite showing good form. However, James is confident that he will return to action sooner rather than later.
"I had a scan this morning and it's just a minor tear, so in some respects I'm happy," he told Talksport. "We thought it could be worse."
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April 17, 2014 - Orlando, FL from Red, White & You Conference - SYNNEX Corporation, a leading distributor of IT products and services, announced from its annual public sector conference, Red, White & You, that it is the first distributor to offer Google Play for Education on tablets to authorized solution providers. This addition to SYNNEX` Google education solutions portfolio, which also includes the Google Chrome Management Console, enhances how resellers can differentiate themselves in the education market by being able to provision and manage a wider variety of platforms and devices, allowing them the opportunity to gain more share of their end-users` IT budgets.
Especially beneficial for K-3 environments that use a high level of touch devices in the classroom, Google Play for Education gives resellers the ability to sell management of both tablets and content, including apps, videos and books, in the same console in a less cumbersome manner. Similar to the Google Chrome environment, a large number of devices can be set up and deployed in a matter of minutes or hours. Currently, the following Android tablets are compatible with Google Play for Education: Google Nexus 7, ASUS Transformer Pad, HP Slate8 Pro and Samsung Galaxy Tab for Education, which are all available through SYNNEX.
"We continue to invest in bringing more opportunities for our customers in the education market to make the 1:1 goal a reality in school systems across the country," said Eddie Franklin, Vice President, Sales, Public Sector and Vertical Markets, SYNNEX Corporation. "Adding tablets with Google Play for Education to our K-12 portfolio and providing the right accessories and additional software make it easier than ever for our resellers to continue to win more business from the school districts they serve."
Solution providers interested in becoming authorized to sell Google Play for Education solutions should email SYNNEX at email@example.com.
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SYNNEX Corporation (SNX), a Fortune 500 corporation, is a leading business process services company, servicing resellers, retailers and original equipment manufacturers in multiple regions around the world. The Company provides services in IT distribution, supply chain management, contract assembly and global business services. Additional information about SYNNEX may be found online at www.synnex.com.
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