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The Perfect Wine for Pesto Pasta: What Grows Together Goes Together
There are 1,368 varieties covered in Master of Wine Jancis Robinson's Wine Grapes. Bet you can't try them all.
Note from the author: There are 1,368 varieties covered in Wine Grapes by MW Jancis Robinson, MW Julia Harding, and Dr. Jose Vouillamoz. Bet you can't try them all.
I once worked with a girl who swore the only thing she could cook was toast. "And I burn it 50% of the time," she claimed. One summer lunchtime, I pulled out a bowl of cherry-tomato-strewn, verdant pesto pasta salad, and Charlotte marveled over the bright and pungent, herb-speckled and oil-slicked farfalle: "Oh, I could never pull that off," she murmured softly.
I insisted that pesto was the simplest of feats, just a matter of throwing a handful of ingredients into a blender, tasting, and adjusting. No measurements! Substitutions welcome! Her eyes conveyed skepticism, doubt, and anxiety. I am sad for Charlotte because pesto has saved my hungry life on so many exhausted summer nights. She is missing out.
The real challenge for me has been finding a perfect wine to drink with it: something punchy enough to stand confidently against sharp herbs and garlic, yet textured and salty to complement all that Parmesan and the creaminess of the pine nuts.
I should have gone here sooner: The boomerang-shaped, coastal region of Liguria in Italy is home to the fair city of Genoa, which is also home to our fair lady of the hour, pesto... which is also home to your pairing success sister: Vermentino. "What grows together goes together," they say.
Local lore in Liguria will insist that a grape distinct from Vermentino called Pigato is grown here, making wines with steely citrus notes and a sharp salty bite. As it were, Pigato means "spotted," and DNA testing has now revealed Pigato to merely be a splotchy-skinned clone of Vermentino that's adapted to the area. A Piemontese grape by the name of Favorita is also identical to Vermentino, but the Italians staunchly defend individuality, says Wine Grapes: "The census lists Favorita and Pigato separately, recording 276 and 255 hectares respectively."
Wine Grapes also calls Vermentino "mid ripening and seems to benefit from proximity to the sea." (Don't we all?) Many Vermentino (or Pigato) vines are actually trained on steep terraces that cling to the sides of Ligurian sea cliffs. Maybe it's that salty sea breeze that lends the 2011 Riccardo Bruna Pigato Russeghine its saline tang, like a salt-sprinkled melon wedge with a trace of wild herbs. This isn't the fruitiest or most aromatic wine I've come across, but Wine Grapes assures me that Vermentino is "sometimes more mineral than floral, fruity or gently spicy."
My mother, who dislikes "wines that bite" (she's not a fan of high acidity) quite likes this wine's soft and peachy mouth-feel, and while I usually love a good bite, the Riccardo Bruna Pigato does the trick on this hot summer night where too much thinking or precious cooking is far too exhausting. I turn the blender off and spoon the pesto out over twists of gemelli, and that's when the Pigato kicks into full gear: punchy enough to face the basil and garlic yet nicely textured and salty to accent the Parmesan and pine nuts. So here's to Charlotte: You should really get up on this!
2011 Riccardo Bruna Pigato Russeghine
The Grape(s): Pigato (Vermentino)
The Region: Liguria, Italy
Retail Price: $25
The Importer: APS Wine & Spirits
About the Author: Stevie Stacionis is a wine writer and Certified Sommelier based in San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter @StevieStacionis and check out her snobbery-free wine videos at A Drinks With Friends TV.
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Dry Rub Barbecued Salmon by Viking
As our readers may recall, we recently partnered with Viking Cooking School… a division of Viking Range Corporation, which originated commercial-type appliances for the home.
The folks at the Viking Cooking School just posted a new YouTube video demonstrating Viking Chef Riki Senn's recipe for Dry Rub Barbecued Salmon, featuring Vital Choice wild Alaskan silver salmon.
As part of this partnership—described in our joint July 13, 2011 press release—selected cooking classes at the Ridgeland, Mississippi, Viking Cooking School will feature wild seafood provided by Vital Choice.
The ingredients and preparation for Chef Senn's Dry Rub Barbecued Salmon couldn't be simpler, or the outcome tastier! All you need in addition to the salmon are ingredients for the rub and topping. (If you can't barbecue it, just broil the fish instead.)
The Viking chefs used a spicy rub mix featuring brown sugar, garlic powder, paprika, chili powder, and pepper (our spices are certified organic)… but as they note, you can use whatever mix suits your taste.
Because they used a spicy, Mexican-accented rub, the topping was a complementary blend of corn, tomato, avocado, olive oil, and fresh lime juice.
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The Valley of Kings and Dreams
"I grew up in the inner city of South Central
It was this experience, coupled with concerns about Jones's own nieces and nephews that prompted the advertising executive to write NuBiAh, a new interactive children's book designed to inspire African American children through stories that focus on their heritage, something that Jones is passionate about conveying to the black youth.
"When it comes to teaching quality lessons, we miss a lot of that in the public school system," Jones said. We had nothing [at my school] that taught us about African Americans.
Every black history month I looked for positive programming except Roots. I love Roots [but] Is this it for us? As African Americans is that it? Weren't there great kingdoms where black kings and queens ruled prominent dynasties before slavery?"
These questions were answered for Jones during his college experience at the historically Black
"We were leaders of the world for a long time," Jones said. We are a great people from a great land, descendants of great Kings and
By providing this knowledge Jones aims to increase the self esteem and self worth of young African Americans and to ultimately counter troublingly high statistics of incarceration, unemployment and low levels of college graduation within the African-American community.
"The common problem I see with children within the inner city is the same I experienced when I was growing up...the same problems exist in every black community."
Jones said. "The youth have a general lack of self worth, low self esteem, lack of confidence and low motivation..this often leads to a lifestyle of destruction and lower moral standards."
The bedtime story format of the book was a conscious decision made by Jones to ensure active participation from parents. According to Jones, empowerment starts at home but it is up to the community to ensure it is sustained.
"It is believed in many African villages that it takes a village to raise a child," Jones stated. "Now more than ever we must reach the youth in highly creative ways that they appreciate."
The title "NuBiAh" , comes from the name of the ancient land
A recurring theme throughout the book is "Listen to the Drum," meaning follow your heart.
"Like the great Kings and
All the characters in the book are based on real people, Jones said this was the most difficult part of the creative process. " There were numerous schedule conflicts that delayed production time," Jones commented.
"I wanted to make sure that all of the information was 100% accurate..so that when parents read the bedtime stories, they can be assured that their children are learning real values from real people."
So far Jones said NuBiAh is selling well, a portion of all net proceeds go to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and as a result of the positive response Jones has plans to release similar themed books, as well as a musical CD and a stage play.
"NuBiAh is about understanding your inner greatness," Jones said. "When we know our history and the rich heritage we come from, we can focus on how we are going to make a difference in society."
NuBiAh is available on Amazon.com (ISBN#9 780615 270364)
To find out more visit: http://www.nubiah.com
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Confirmed: The Rio Olympic Games have been a resounding success
Thank you, Usain Bolt
The Friday OT: The Tragically Hip; Ahead by a century
And that's no joke, this one really is farewell as this Ottawa Citizen report explains. It starts like this:
It's the storybook ending no one wanted written.They may hail from Kingston, where on Saturday the band will close the final chapter of a tale carved out of Canadiana, but The Tragically Hip are every Canadian's hometown band.And so, emotions were raw at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday as fans congregated one last time to bid farewell to their favourite band in a way befitting The Hip — by rocking out to the bitter end and singing along to every last lyric, or swaying along with a shoulder to cry on.
Full story here.
Mark Bristow, CEO of Randgold (GOLD) "on charity safari"
"Randgold's exemplary health and safety record, which continues to improve over time, secures the productivity of our very important asset, the workforce. And it's genuinely meaningful outreach initiatives, such as Mark's most recent charity motorbike safari from east to west of equatorial Africa, reinforces the hard-earned social licence which is so vital to the company's success and our sustainability."
IAMGOLD (IAG.to) (IMG) at Coté Lake
Reuters: Kinross (K.to) (KGC) bailing on Chile
A nice scoopette out of Reuters last night. Link here, first lines here:
Canada's Kinross Gold Corp is looking to retreat from Chile and has put its main assets in that country up for sale, according to people familiar with the process.
The move comes at a time Toronto-based Kinross has suspended operations at Maricunga, its major mine in Chile, because of environmental concerns raised by the Chilean regulator. continues here
Chart of the day is...
...copper, near-term:
Who knew about Atico Mining (ATY.v)? Readers of The IKN Weekly knew
The IKN Weekly recommends Atico Mining (ATY.v) as a buy and sets a six (not 12) month share price target of C$0.70 on the stock, representing a 59% upside from this weekend's CAD$0.44. The price target is predicated on the main catalyst, which is that ATY will indeed be able to cover its debt repayment schedule during 2016 and once it has got to the end of the year, the market will re-rate the stock on its stronger fundamentals and proven capacity to make profits even at the current modest prices levels for copper. I'm going for a target based on a reasonable 1.2X price/book ratio once people see the balance sheet clean up, which may turn out to be a staging post for greater things. An eventual stock price in the mid-80s wouldn't surprise me in the least.
What ATY offers today is a trading advantage, it's clear to me after running the numbers that ATY isn't in the type of uncertain financial position that most people assume. It's going to file a weak looking set of 2q16 financials with sales and a bottom line loss that those who aren't looking may consider a reason to sell or avoid, but the key to understanding this stock isn't in the P+L, it's the balance sheet ("it's the economy, stupid"). If copper prices improve then so does this stock, that's a given but even if they don't, ATY's going to be just fine and that makes for a very low downside risk attached to an entry either today or when the 2q16 financials come out in mid-August. Low risk balanced against high potential reward is my kind of equation. I will buy some ATY.v in the week ahead and it will become part of the 'Stocks to Follow' list as from next weekend.
UPDATE: Here's a free offer that comes after receiving a suggestion from a reader. If anyone would like a free copy of the full 12 page report on Atico Mining (ATY.v) from IKN376, just send a mail into the usual address...
...and put "Atico Report Yes Please" in your title line. I'll send you over a PDF copy of the whole analysis by return (and unlike the scamsters at Stansberry Research or Casey Research you won't get a whole barrage of marketing mails from me afterwards, it'll just be that one and that's a promise).
Exploration Leaders On Precious Metals Stocks: Remember That "Quality Is Important"
The Angry Geologist does Golden Tag (GOG.v)
"... At first sight San Diego's silver resource has some eye-popping numbers, something like 180m oz in indicated and inferred categories. But look closer and you'll see it's a joke, a bad joke at that, based on $28/oz silver and 2oz to 3oz per tonne inferred category silver rock that's very deep (500m+ down) and would be mined via block caving methods. The stock was mentioned by A. Mailer as "optionality on silver" but it's not going to happen folks, you might get "optionality on complete idiots" but that's about it."
1) No news is good news 2) Belo Sun (BSX.to) has news 3) Not good for Belo Sun
Global Mining Observer issue 164 is out, and...
...you can read it by clicking on this link right here. Top story an interview with Paul Gait, "the biggest brain in mining". And look what happens if you click on the aeroplane.
Imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery
Continental Gold (CNL.to) is making good progress on its environmental permitting track
The Daryl Hodges effect continues working its magic on HPQ Silicon (HPQ.v)
It's like owning a restaurant and hiring Hannibal Lecter as head chef.
You think he's going to get more director jobs soon?
Regarding MiningWatch Canada's attack on Ecuador mining projects yesterday
A reminder of Galbraith's Bezzle
"At any given time there exists an inventory of undiscovered embezzlement in — or more precisely not in — the country's businesses and banks. This inventory — it should perhaps be called the bezzle — amounts at any moment to many millions of dollars. It also varies in size with the business cycle. In good times people are relaxed, trusting, and money is plentiful. But even though money is plentiful, there are always many people who need more. Under these circumstances the rate of embezzlement grows, the rate of discovery falls off, and the bezzle increases rapidly. In depression all this is reversed. Money is watched with a narrow, suspicious eye. The man who handles it is assumed to be dishonest until he proves himself otherwise. Audits are penetrating and meticulous. Commercial morality is enormously improved. The bezzle shrinks."
Rice with mango
...massive (and failed) copper target in Chile (JDL also brings in a marginal second string copper thing in Ecuador, too)
...tiny toll mill in Peru running at a loss
...early stage gold thing in Canada that will go nowhere recent used by Katusa and Rick Rule as a pump job.
Why they should stick these three together, aside from the fact they share the same office space and might get sponsorship from Sandstorm (SAND) just down the corridor, is beyond me. Apart from the obvious potential of pumping another piece of crap to retail saps. Marcel de Groot, David De Witt and all those Pathway guys trying to save something from this collective mess, I suppose.
Argentina: Beware inflation (from IKN379
I don't normally excerpt the weekend's edition of The IKN Weekly twice, but in this case I'll make an exception as this piece has been requested on the open blog by A. Mailer for their own reasons (that are fair enough). So here you go.
Argentina: Beware inflation (again)
The message about Argentina here at The IKN Weekly has been consistent: Yes there is new interest about the country since Macri took over, but fools rush in where angels fear to tread and the reforms he wants to push through have no guarantee of success.
We've also been pointing at the key datapoint you need to follow for almost a year, long before it got popular in the trade press. Macri needs to lower inflation and he and his team have always set "the second half of 2016" as their target for this. The reason is simple enough: Under Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inflation was always high, but large percentage pay increases saw the purchasing power of the average Argentine keep pace with prices. This isn't a sustainable situation in the long-term and leads to real hyperinflation problems (see Venezuela), but it can keep things stable in the medium-term and nearly always longer than orthodox economists claim. But under Macri salary rises have been largely crimped, so inflation needs to come down quickly because if not, Argentina suddenly becomes poor in Peso terms (which is what counts when you're in the supermarket).
That's the VERY basic outline, now for the rub because doubts are now arising about this fight against inflation, here are a couple of links for your consideration.
Here in this Reuters report (14) last week, the local bigwig for JP Morgan, Facundo Gómez Minujin, said the following (translated):
"For this year we see inflation at 42% and then for next year 21%. And it's difficult to change that trend. It's difficult to lower inflation by much, especially next year when there are elections".
By that, he's referring to the round of Congressional mid-term elections when a lot of the seats in the national parliament are up for grabs. This will be the first big test of the results of the Macri government policies. The assumption is that the hardline macro/fiscal policy will have to be softened for a period and more populist policies offered to give the Macri government a chance of doing well. I needn't tell this audience of the potential dangers being baked into the pie. As a sidebar, it's also easy to argue that "21% for 2017" is rather optimistic as well, rose-tinted specs from someone who wants Macri to do well.
Meanwhile this article in The Economist (15) last week suggested that the Macri honeymoon period is coming to an end and also focussed on the price inflation/salary see-saw as key. Here's an excerpt from the piece, plus one of its visuals:
Mr Macri has reservoirs of political strength and popular goodwill to draw on. Though Argentines are angry, most still blame the Kirchners for their hardship. Allegations of corruption have enfeebled Ms Fernández as a political force. A new generation of politicians is competing to become the next presidential candidate of her Peronist party, weakening its ability to provide opposition to the government.
But Mr Macri's honeymoon is coming to an end (see chart). With legislative elections due in October 2017, "the government needs to show some economic results in the first quarter of next year," argues Juan Cruz Díaz of Cefeidas Group, an advisory firm. The IMF thinks the economy will rebound in 2017; it forecasts growth of 2.8%.
My only argument with the above is this line, "Though Argentines are angry, most still blame the Kirchners for their hardship", because "most" is way too strong and "some" is a more accurate image (please recall the decade-long hatred The Economist showed for the Kirchnerist governments, they're anything but unbiased). It's also notable how political commentators (largely sympathetic to the Macri cause) are starting to shift the time window to "the first quarter of 2017", even though Macri ran and won his election of "second half of 2016" as the critical period when the sacrifices he demanded of Argentines would start to bear fruits. Add in this CEOP poll that shows 7 out of10 Argentines unhappy with their personal economy and opposition popularity at 47% versus Macri government popularity down to 33% (15a) and the scene is set for the big fight to come. Argentina the political beast has always been sensitive to its economic well-being, so if Macri does turn things around in the next two quarters we may be witnessing the low point of his acceptance ratings. If he doesn't I can guarantee this audience, as day follows night, they're going to get a lot worse.
The bottom line: The song remains the same, be very careful of Argentina exposure, ladies and gentlemen. Yes there are opportunities there, in our focus sector of mining and others, but the risks are much higher than the promoters of the country and its concession land would have you believe. Take for example one scenario in which we see large-scale protests building in the first and second quarters of 2017, then the CFK end of the political spectrum doing well in the 2017 mid-terms and wresting control (total or partial) away from Macri in congress. Attitudes towards the country would quickly return to "Ah well, they've been FUBAR forever anyway, at least we serious people tried..." and the FDI that Macri needs to complete his economic turnaround won't happen and that statement very much includes those mining projects we all like to talk about.
As I put it to one person last week, a historic window of opportunity tends to come around in Argentina mining from cycle to cycle and that window is right now...for people wanting to sell. Be it land, projects or concessions, you get interest from opportunistic buyers and that grows into a fully-fledged seller's market. People owning mining assets in Argentina have the chance to book safe profits on previous investments right here right now in 2016. But the issue is 2017, because if they hold on to their land assets for a while longer those profits might be even higher next year, Macri starts turning Argentina around meaningfully and the buying interest becomes a feeding frenzy. But if things go wrong next year, the window will suddenly slam shut as it's done so many times before. Risk/reward is favourable today, but could go badly out of balance in the near future.
Dynasty (DMM.to), Piggott; Sedunn etc
You heard it first here, of course. IKN had this $4m placement bailout news in your face in July.
Though I did get one thing wrong in that July 28th post, Vertex does indeed have liens on the mill.
Chart of the day is...
...an eye kept on the gold/silver ratio:
Goldmoney Inc (XAU.to) 2q16 financials
A suffusion of yellow
The electronic I Ching calculator was badly made. It had probably been manufactured in whichever of the South-East Asian countries was busy tooling up to do to South Korea what South Korea was busy doing to Japan. Glue technology had obviously not progressed in that country to the point where things could be successfully held together with it. Already the back had half fallen off and needed to be stuck back on with Sellotape.
It was much like an ordinary pocket calculator, except that the LCD screen was a little larger than usual, in order to accommodate the abridged judgments of King Wen on each of the sixty-four hexagrams, and also the commentaries of his son, the Duke of Chou, on each of the lines of the hexagram. These were unusual texts to see marching across the display of a pocket calculator, particularly as they had been translated from the Chinese via the Japanese and seemed to have enjoyed many adventures on the way.
The device also functioned as an ordinary calculator, but only to a limited degree. It could handle any calculation which returned an answer of anything up to "4".'
'"1 + 1" it could manage ("2"), and "1 + 2" ("3") and "2 + 2" ("4") or "tan 74" ("3.4874145"), but anything above "4" it represented merely as "A Suffusion of Yellow". Dirk was not certain if this was a programming error or an insight beyond his ability to fathom, but he was crazy about it anyway, enough to hand over £20 of ready cash for the thing.
Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increase (from IKN379)
Here's one of the reports in the 'Regional Politics' section of The IKN Weekly, out yesterday evening.
Guatemala: Mining royalty payments set to increaseLast week in the politics section we noted the slight mystery of a new Vice-minister of Mining in Guatemala. This week the reasons behind the change may have become clear, as the country's President Jimmy Morales announced (10) a whole range of tax increase proposals that include a bump of duty on fuel from Thee Quetzals (GTQ) to Five Quetzals (1 Quetzal = U$0.133) per US gallon, additions to VAT (sales tax) and corporate income tax back up to 29% (from 25%).All those will affect mining costs in Guatemala indirectly, but the one that really matters is the Jimmy Morales proposal to raise royalties on extractive industries (i.e. O&G and mining) from 1% to 10%. At the moment, several mining companies in Guatemala are paying more than the legally stipulated 1%, with "voluntary payments" topping up royalties to between 5% and 5.5% (the highest profile cases are Goldcorp at Marlin and Tahoe Resources at Escobal). But the royalty initiative is only one of a total of 47 changes proposed by parliamentarians the current Mining Law, there will be a lot to talk about next week including one of the other main events a clause to give official prior consultancy rights to locals directly affected by any mining project. Theoretically this law already exists as part of the OIT169 international rule book to which Guatemala is a signee, but the country now wants prior consultancy in its own organic law.The law projects will be debated and voted on in parliament next week and once passed, they're most likely to come into effect on January 1st 2017 (the usual date in Guatemala for fiscal changes, but that's only an assumption at this stage and there's nothing to stop them from effecting them immediately). The package is likely to pass largely to the government's liking too, with influential people such as the US Ambassador to Guatemala making off-record noises of approval for the reforms and the anti-corruption body CICIG approving (and set to receive more State funding as a result). We should also note that the 10% mining royalty isn't the most extreme proposal out there, as the centre-left TODOS party, an umbrella political coalition made up of several smaller groups typically connected with indigenous rights and rural communities that controls just 18 of the 158 parliament seats in Congress, counter-proposed on Friday a law that raised royalties on mining operations to 25% (11). The 25% level is unlikely to pass however, it has the look of the radical outlier that lets the government proposed 10% pass more easily.
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Five miners dead in Guatemala mine explosion
At the Compañía Guatemalteca de Níquel (CGN) nickel mine, owned by the Russian capitals Solway Group. Initial Spanish language report here.
This blog is a US election-free zone
- From now until November, the race between Clinton and Trump is going to get louder by the week.
- You can get any amount of information on the election from millions of other places.
- Even though the US Presidential election is arguably the most important democratic vote in the world and its outcome indirectly affects most of the planet, your author is not a citizen of the United States of America and as such has no valid, direct opinion.
- I'm stupid enough about most of the things on which I rant, there's no need to add an extra layer of ignorance to the blog.
- The whole charade is beginning to bore me and although I do care to a certain extent about its outcome, I'm forced to admit that I really don't care as much as I should.
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SRD:Ring of Djinni Calling
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Djinni Calling: One of the many rings of fable, this "genie" ring is most useful indeed. It serves as a special gate by means of which a specific djinni can be called from the Elemental Plane of Air. When the ring is rubbed (a standard action), the call goes out, and the djinni appears on the next round. The djinni faithfully obeys and serves the wearer of the ring, but never for more than 1 hour per day. If the djinni of the ring is ever killed, the ring becomes nonmagical and worthless.
Strong conjuration; CL 17th; Forge Ring, gate; Price 125,000 gp.
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It's tough to get close to people these days. But it's getting easier to stay far away while still getting close-up photos of them.
This month, Nikon debuts a point-and-shoot digital camera with a 42X optical zoom lens. This doesn't mean your subject appears 42 times closer — it actually corresponds to the focal length of the lens at its shortest and longest extension when converted to the 35mm standard, which hardly any camera actually uses anymore, blah blah — but suffice to say you can get some real tight shots.
The camera's called the Coolpix P510, and while it's technically in the compact category, you won't be slipping it in your change pocket. It looks more like a (slightly) miniaturized professional SLR, with a handgrip on one side and a substantial lens on the other. Its $429.95 list price gives you plenty of features in addition to the truly crazy zoom, too.
First off, there's optical vibration reduction built into the lens, and at 42X, any tiny quiver in your hand would blur your photo something fierce without it. Even with it, a tripod is recommended for your longest zoom shots. There's also manual exposure control among all the automatic options, as well as a tilting 3-inch LCD viewfinder and 1080p video recording.
Megapixels? Come on. Have we not learned yet that anything above 5 is good for anything you're ever going to do with your photos? But the P510 has 16.1. So sure, once you've zoomed in you can still crop your shot and have a crisp picture of that seashell a thousand feet away.
For $30 less, Nikon still offers the Coolpix P500 with a 36X zoom lens and 12.1 megapixel sensor. Everything else is pretty much the same.
If you're a Canon loyalist, you have two 35X cameras to choose from. The PowerShot SX40 HS has a 12.1 megapixel sensor while the PowerShot SX30 IS is 14.1 megapixels. Hold up, though — the SX40 HS claims better low-light performance with a newer image processing chip, and its sensor uses less power. It also shoots 1080p video instead of the SX30 IS's 720p.
Both PowerShots' 2.7-inch LCD viewfinders swivel a bunch of different directions so you can see what you're shooting at lots of angles, the lenses are stabilized, and the exposure can be set manually. They're both listed at $429.99.
Another superzoom option is the SP-810UZ from Olympus, which beat everyone to 36X last summer. It did it comparatively cheaply, too, with a list price of $329.99, even though the raw specs were competitive with Nikon's and Canon's current models: 14 megapixels, image stabilization and 720p movie mode. The 3-inch viewfinder is fixed, though, and there's no manual exposure mode. Perhaps more importantly, Olympus is currently trying to emerge from an accounting scandal, so product support in the long term could be, well, spotty.
All these cameras are so-called "wide angle zooms," which means that while you can get close to a distant subject, you can also take in an expansive vista or fit every uncle into the family snapshot in a small room. A typical camera starts its focal length at a 35mm equivalent, but these start at 24mm. In short, not all of the zoom is added to one end of the range. It's like being able to take an extra step back — which we could all use now and again.
There's plenty of tech and more when you zoom on over to twitter.com/CitizenjaQ.


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Hunters took 5 percent more deer in 2012
State wildlife officials said hunters killed 5 percent more deer last year than in 2011.
According to preliminary data from the Department of Natural Resources, hunters killed a total of 366,747 deer over all the state seasons last year compared with 347,711 in 2011.
They killed 245,539 deer during the 2012 traditional nine-day November gun hunt and 93,452 during the archery season, including 45,775 bucks, a new state archery harvest record.
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Tigerbelles Second, Tigers Third at FAMU; Prepare for Commodore Classic
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Tennessee State cross-country squads showed improvement with strong showings at the Bobby Lang Invitational hosted by Florida A&M on Saturday. Both teams ran 5K events with the Tigerbelles bringing home a second place trophy, while the Tigers finished third. FAMU earned the victories in both the men's and women's competition.
"This past weekend, both the men and the women did very well," said head coach Chandra Cheeseborough-Guise. "We had a really hard week of practice and we saw improvement with times going down. The girls ended up getting second place and the guys got third place. I think it was a big improvement, but we still have a long way to go and just need to continue to improve."
Oteia Prince paced the Tigerbelles finishing eighth in a time of 21:30.48. Prince ran at a 6:55.4 per mile average as she improved her season best time by two minutes.
Brenna Adams led a quartet of TSU runners across the line to claim the second place team finish. Adams crossed in 23:08.11, just ahead of Michelle Bradley (23:15.81), Diera Taylor (23:31.91) and Jasmine Owens (23:58.26).
Asianna Cannon recorded a non-scoring time of 24:56.38 and was followed by Ashontae Jackson (25:04.38), LaToya Hareze (27:42.01) and India Smith (29:38.81).
All nine Tigerbelles cut time off from the opening weekend, including eight who took off at least 1:45. Cannon dropped the largest amount by improving by 7:31 in one week's time.
For the second time in as many weeks, Quamel Prince broke the tape first for the Tigers in a time of 18:00.34 for a sixth place finish. Theodore Nicholson crossed in 18:23.78, while Adrian McDaniels finished in 18:56.78. Jahleel Michael (19:12.80) and Jalon McCutcheon (20:00.63) were the final two runners to score for TSU.
Jakeenan Guthrie led the non-scoring Tigers with a time of 21:03.05 and was followed by Emmanual Thornton (22:06.78) and Osafa Hipolyte (22:14.06). Thornton cut the largest amount of time off the opening season run as he bettered his 5K time by 6:14. Hipolyte had the second largest improvement by cutting 3:50 from his previous run. All eight Tigers bettered their season best times.
TSU looks to their growth this weekend at Vanderbilt University Commodore Classic on Saturday, Sept. 14. The Men will run the 8K for the first time this season at 8:00am, while the women will once again run a 5K with the gun going off at 9:00am. Both teams will be running the Vaughns Gap course at Percy Warner Park.


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Houston Dynamo vs. Toronto FC
Saturday, July 28, 3:30 p.m. CT
BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
All-time series: Tied 3-3-5
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Toronto FC and the Houston Dynamo meet for the second time this season when the clubs face off in a Eastern Conference clash Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. TFC have won a season-high three consecutive games, their last match a 2-1 home defeat of the Colorado Rapids. The Dynamo are coming off a perfect homestand, rounding it off with a 3-0 victory against Montréal last weekend.
Drew Fischer. SAR (bench): Daniel Belleau; JAR (opposite): Claudio Badea; 4th: Sorin Stoica MLS Career: 1 game; FC/gm: 29.0; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 0; pens: 0
INJURY REPORT PRESENTED BY THE METHODIST HOSPITAL SYSTEM (As of Tuesday, July 24)
TORONTO FC – OUT: GK Stefan Frei (L lower leg); FW Danny Koevermans (L knee ACL tear); QUESTIONABLE: FW Nicholas Lindsay (L knee surgery recovery); DF Jeremy Hall (L hamstring strain) ... HOUSTON DYNAMO -- NONE REPORTED
- ALL-TIME (11 meetings): Toronto FC 3 wins, 12 goals ...Dynamo 3 wins, 16 goals ... Ties 5
- AT TORONTO (5 meetings): Toronto FC 2 wins, 6 goals ... Dynamo 0 wins, 4 goals ... Ties 3
- FUTURE MATCH: 8/25: Houston Dynamo vs. Toronto FC, 7:30 p.m. CT
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. The Dynamo came storming back with two late goals to salvage a 3-3 draw in the first meeting, June 20 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
- Houston's 2-0 victory in the final meeting between at Robertson Stadium, last July 9, was the Dynamo's first vs. TFC since 2009. Toronto FC had won two in a row vs. Houston after two draws.
- Toronto FC have never lost to Houston at BMO Field, with two victories and three draws in five meetings all- time in Ontario.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. TOR: P11 W3 L3 D5 ... Paul Mariner vs. HOU: P1 W0 L0 D1
- LAST MEETING (MLS): 6/20: HOU 3, TOR 3 (Boswell 20; Bruin 73, 90 – Hall 13; Koevermans 22, 45)
- Toronto FC took the lead after just 13 minutes. A loose corner was pumped back into the area and eventually fell to Jeremy Hall, who turned and lashed it home. But the home side were level seven minutes later, when Bobby Boswell headed home a Brad Davis corner from the heart of the area.
- Danny Koevermans then put TFC up by two goals before halftime. Freed down the right, Eric Avila drove in a low cross that Koevermans tapped home at the far post for a 22nd-minute lead. Then just before halftime, Koevermans nodded home a cross from Julian de Guzman.
- But the Dynamo began their march back in the 73rd minute. Geoff Cameron hit a long ball over the top to Davis, who weighted a perfect ball into Will Bruin's stride in the area. The striker had time to pick his spot and blast a shot into the right upper corner.
- In the 90th minute, Bruin did it again. Cameron this time hit a pinpoint cross from the right corner that Bruin nodded home from the heart of the 6-yard box to give the home side a share of the points.
- HOUSTON DYNAMO (4-4-2): Tally Hall - Andre Hainault, Geoff Cameron, Bobby Boswell, Corey Ashe - Colin Clark (Brian Ownby 77), Adam Moffat, Luiz Camargo (Je-Vaughn Watson 57), Brad Davis - Will Bruin, Macoumba Kandji (Brian Ching 63).
- TORONTO FC (4-4-2): Milos Kocic - Jeremy Hall, Doneil Henry, Richard Eckersley, Ashtone Morgan - Terry Dunfield, Torsten Frings, Julian de Guzman (Reggie Lambe 81), Eric Avila - Ryan Johnson, Danny Koevermans (Dicoy Williams 90).


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In 2012, John was awarded Shoe Person Of The Year by the Bata Shoe Museum. We wanted to commemorate this historical occasion by making a deck of Playing Cards! 54 poker-sized playing cards feature styles from the past 40 years, including 2 pictures of the Joker himself. Complete with messages, style names, and colour-coded suits, The JF Playing Cards are perfect for playing Go Fish, Gin Rummy, or Strip Solitaire.
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Statement from Yasmani Grandal
Padres catcher suspended 50 games for positive drug test
The Major League Baseball Players Association has released the following statement on behalf of Yasmani Grandal:
"I apologize to the fans, my teammates, and to the San Diego Padres. I was disappointed to learn of my positive test and under the Joint Drug Program I am responsible for what I put into my body. I must accept responsibility for my actions and serve my suspension."


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Tom Humphreys will head UH Manoa Center for Genomics, Proteomics and Bioninformatics Research InitiativesUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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UH Manoa Vice Chancellor for Research Gary K. Ostrander has announced the appointment of Tom Humphreys, researcher in the Pacific Biosciences Research Center (PBRC) and Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, to lead research initiatives for the fledgling Center for Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics.
Humphreys has been on the faculty at Manoa for 34 years. During those three decades he organized the first recombinant DNA lab in Hawaiʻi, lead a reorganization of the UH Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi, established the graduate program in cell and molecular biology and founded Hawaii Biotech, Inc., the state's leading biotech venture.
Humphreys now turns his attention to leading the approval, establishment and planning for the new Center as a university entity, to be placed administratively within PBRC. The Center's work will be integrated with that of PBRC's existing Greenwood Molecular Biology Facility. The program aims to provide access to technology in the areas of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics for various biological sciences units at Manoa and for the increasingly-important biosciences industry in Hawaiʻi.
The new director will establish the foundations for a functional center that will acquire and operate high cost equipment and assemble the scientific expertise necessary to foster research in these areas. The Center will be able to offer assistance to individual faculty projects in basic, medical and agricultural research in using cutting edge genomic, proteomic and bioinformatic approaches in their research.
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We're giving up Styrofoam cups here at our building in Washington, D.C. Also doing an energy audit and taking a few other steps as a start toward making our building a green one--just some of the actions the AFL-CIO announced this week, in time for Earth Day.
Back in 1999, there was surprise over the "Teamsters and Turtles" alliance during protests against the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle. For many people, that was the first sign that we are not your father's labor movement.
Since then, we've gone far further, allying with environmentalists not only against destructive trade agreements but joining forces over the need to ensure that newly created green jobs are not low-paying jobs but jobs that pay well and create and strengthen the U.S. middle class.
The Apollo Alliance was the first coalition to emerge from our early alliances with the environmental movement. The Apollo Alliance was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 tragedy to catalyze a clean energy revolution in America and it includes union, environmental, business and community groups focused on building a new energy economy. Apollo just released Make It In America: the Apollo Green Manufacturing Action Plan (GreenMAP), a series of policy recommendations aimed at revitalizing America's manufacturing sector by investing significant federal funding in the domestic manufacture of clean energy components.
The Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of four unions and two environmental organizations, was formed in 2006, and in its most recent effort, published principles for comprehensive climate change legislation. You can read the policy statement here.
In February, our affiliated Working for America Institute (WAI) announced $1 million in funding for a new Center for Green Jobs to ensure the green jobs created under the Obama economic recovery bill are family-supporting jobs. The Center for Green Jobs has created standards to help community-level unionists assess the quality of jobs created under the recovery act. Click here for more about the standards.
Unions with members in a variety of industries are helping create a greener future (h/t to James Parks at the AFL-CIO Now blog for compiling this list):
- The Mine Workers (UMWA), Boilermakers (IBB), Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council (IUC) are aggressively promoting the use of coal-generated electricity to provide jobs and help clean up the environment. Along with the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the unions earlier this month released a study showing that using advanced clean coal technologies that capture and safely store carbon dioxide will create millions of high-skilled, high-wage jobs for U.S. workers. You can read the study here.
- UAW members last year produced environmentally friendly vehicles or components in plants in 30 cities in 14 states.
- Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) manufacture wind turbines at several plants in Pennsylvania. The proliferation of wind turbines is beginning to revive shuttered steel mills across the country. In Gary, Ind., two closed steel mills have been reopened to help meet the demand for steel plate to be used in wind turbines. The ore for these mills is mined by USW members and shipped on boats crewed by Steelworkers.
- The Machinists (IAM) work in numerous industries critical to reducing energy consumption and pollution, from energy-efficient heating and air conditioning systems and appliances to components for modernizing energy distribution systems in buildings.
- Members of the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department are building more green buildings that use renewable energy to run more efficiently. One example is the David Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, site of the AFL-CIO's upcoming 2009 convention and the August Netroots Nation convention. Built with union labor, it is the only entirely green convention center in the country.
- Last year, the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters unveiled its Green Training Trailer that's now touring the country to introduce UA apprentices, journeyman-level workers and green building expo participants to renewable energy technologies and sustainable building concepts. Take a virtual tour of the trailer at the UA website, www.ua.org, and click on "The UA has Gone Green" icon.
As Labor Secretary Hilda Solis told a Senate committee this week, "We don't want [green] jobs that don't go anywhere. We want jobs with a career path."
These are jobs that will provide economic security for our middle-class families while reducing our nation's dependence on imported energy. These are also jobs that traditionally cannot be outsourced.
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Cross-searches all of SLU's music databases from Alexander Street Press; American Song, Classical Music, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music and Smithsonian Global Sound.
Cross-searches all of SLU's music databases from Alexander Street Press; American Song, Classical Music, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music and Smithsonian Global Sound.
All material cataloged by OCLC member libraries including: books, manuscripts, websites & internet resources, maps, computer programs, musical scores, films & slides, newspapers, journals, magazines, sound recordings, articles, chapters, papers, videotapes. Over 179 million records representing materials from 1000 BCE to the present, many with online links to the fulltext. Updated daily.
Published recordings and archives from Smithsonian Folkways other collections of US folk music plus collections of recordings from Africa and South Asia. Scope includes world music, and useful for music history. It includes themed collections and the ability to search and browse by instrument category.
For online listening of thousands of jazz artists, ensembles, albums, and genres, Jazz Music Library is essential for any jazz history, performance, theory, or music appreciation course. Labels include Verve, GRP Records, Fantasy, Concord Jazz, Impulse, Jazzology, and many others. The list of artists is enormous, ranging from past greats to musicians performing and recording today. Also included are Marian McPartland's Peabody Award-winning Piano Jazz Radio Broadcasts and never-before-released performances from the Monterey Jazz Festival and great jazz venues.
Contemporary World Music delivers the sounds of all regions from every continent, for scholarship and pure enjoyment, online in streaming audio via your PC or mobile device.
Includes tens of thousands of tracks from the world's greatest classical music labels, including Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox, and many more. Coverage ranges from medieval to contemporary, with choral works, symphonies, operas, the avant-garde, vocal and instrumental music, chamber music, and many other forms. Over 8,000 albums.
American Song is a history database that allows people to hear and feel the music from America's past. The database includes songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.


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The Alameda County Sheriff's Office says they will go back to the drawing board in its pursuit of being among the few local law enforcement agencies to use unmanned aerial drones.
The public protection committee of the county's Board of Supervisors took no action Thursday on whether to allow the full board to vote on a $31,646 state grant toward the purchase of a drone.
Sheriff Greg Ahern told the committee that the device would be used for search and rescue missions, wildfire response and to capture fugitives, not for surveillance or gathering intelligence on civilians.
But lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union expressed further concern about a lack of privacy safeguards and encouraged strict limitations on the drone's use.
Ahern later said that his office will continue working with the ACLU on guidelines that all parties can be satisfied with.


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A woman who declined to press assault charges against her brother Thursday after treatment at Longmont United Hospital changed her mind after returning home to a suspected second assault, according to reports. Police said they arrested the woman's 25-year-old brother on suspicion of third-degree assault, menacing and criminal mischief. The woman told police that during the first incident, he pushed her into a bathtub, where she struck her ribs on the edge; during the second time, she said, he punched holes in a door, flipped over the couch, pushed her into a countertop and ripped a cabinet door off its hinges.
Police stopped four boys Wednesday at the Longmont Ice Pavilion on suspicion of trespassing, according to reports. Staff at the ice rink said they suspected the boys of vandalizing the rink the previous night, but police said they found no probable cause.
A woman threatening suicide with a gun Tuesday was talked out of the house by police over the phone, according to reports. The woman was taken into protective custody and the gun seized by officers for safekeeping.
Police were notified Wednesday about a boy who made comments about wanting to kill people. Officers said that after checking the situation out, no crime was found to have occurred.


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Looking for the right bundt for The Rapture? The perfect pie for global pandemics? You just might find your recipe at Apocalypse Cakes, quite possibly the internet's only doomsday-themed pastry blog.
The final word for end time epicures, Apocalypse Cakes seeks to tickle your tastebuds as humanity goes extinct. Its founder(s) have a simple philosophy - sweets before ruin:
A variety of cataclysmic punishments from God continue to rain down upon us. Obviously, this is the time to eat several entire cakes. Use this blog to help you celebrate your time on this earth, for when you look up from your cake-smeared cakehole, the sky will fade ablack, the lakes will blaze aflame and the locusts will buzz aswarming. Eat now, little heathens; there are no cakes in the apocalypse.
You can find several more cakes - such as the Jonestown Kool-Aid Cake - at the main site and their recipe cards at Etsy. What deadly delicacies will the site cook up next? Frankly, I'd love to see a Younger Dryas Event Eclair.
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Leviticus' "I Told You So" Aporkalypse Pie, made with H1N1.


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Darwinism and popular culture: Von Brunn, accused of murder, was influenced by evolution theory?
Wow, is this another one?
At BeliefNet, David Klinghoffer writes,
Now isn't this fascinating. James von Brunn, the white-supremacist
suspect in today's Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting in which the guard who was shot has now tragically died, describes the relevance of evolution to his sick thinking. He's obsessed with "genetics." He writes in his manifesto (emphasis added):
Aw, go there if you want to know what von Brunn thinks. [If a guy's in jail for murder, on good evidence, I don't care much what he thinks. I reserve that honour for scholars.]
It's the usual sicko stuff, but how come it is so commonly associated with Darwinism?
Both the Columbine school shooter and the Finnish school shooter would understand von B, about "evolution." See links to my files on them here.
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Sea Bass with Barbie dolls challenge Wal-Mart in China
Shelves stacked to the ceiling with low-price hot sauce, Barbie dolls, and noodles stand near tanks where shoppers can fish out live sea bass for dinner. Welcome to RT-Mart, China's version of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
From Shanghai to Chengdu, the outlets run by China's largest big-box retailer, Sun Art Retail Group Ltd., are recreating American-style Wal-Marts, with one big difference: They're giving them the feel of local street markets with hairy crabs laid on table tops and discounted hot-pot ingredients.
That formula has helped it crack the country's 507 billion yuan ($81 billion) hypermarket industry overseas rivals Tesco Plc., Wal-Mart and Carrefour SA have struggled to get a handle on.
Sun Art succeeded in outdoing Western rivals through more localized management, sharper knowledge of the Chinese consumer, tailoring shopping experiences and offering discounts on regional specialties, said George Ren, a Shanghai-based analyst at industry consultant Roland Berger.
"Foreign retailers have yet to understand local consumer preferences and create the image they are perfect for them, while Sun Art has," said Ren.
Tesco on Dec. 5 reported a drop in China comparable sales, three weeks after Wal-Mart posted lower operating income. That's a setback for the overseas retailers who are increasingly counting on Asia to offset a slowdown in developed markets and the global fallout of Europe's credit crisis.
Sun Art, a venture between Taiwan's RT-Mart and France's Groupe Auchan SA, posted a 75% jump in first half profit. Its Hong Kong-listed stock has surged 70% since a 2011 public offering. Analysts from HSBC Holdings Plc, Barclays Plc, and Sinopac Securities Corp. are predicting it will extend its lead by winning a bigger share of China's retail industry.
Sun Art had a 12.8% market share last year among operators of hypermarkets in China, Euromonitor's data showed. This compares with 11.2% for Wal-Mart and Carrefour's 8.1%.
Sun Art "are localized, and hired local people as store managers so they know what the customer needs," said Linda Huang , a Hong Kong-based analyst at Macquarie Securities Ltd.
The company's profit is poised to rise 20% next year to 2.8 billion yuan, according to the median estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Global retailers have been taking steps to advance in China for more than a decade. They got a boost from the country's 2001 entry into the World Trade Organization, which eased restrictions on foreign investment.
Regional competitors and a weakening economy have since turned into a hurdle for them. Bentonville-based Wal-Mart told investors last month that customer traffic in China fell, and operating income in the country saw a"slight decrease" in the third quarter even as net sales rose 6.1%.
Same-store sales at Carrefour, the first foreign retailer to enter China in 1995, fell 6.1% in China in the third quarter, excluding currency swings.
While Sun-Art might, for instance, offer a discount on soy sauce, a Western chain in China may put Coca-Cola sodas on sale, said Ren.
"Overall, their prices are not cheaper, but in categories in which the Chinese consumer pays more attention – they are," Ren said.
Tesco closed four China outlets in August, and plans to open 16 hypermarkets this year, down from an earlier forecast of 20 stores, it has previously said. By contrast, Sun Art will likely add a total 105 hypermarkets this year and the next, a higher-than-usual expansion, according to a report from Sinopac analyst Vivian Liu. Sun Art operates 240 hypermarkets under the RT-Mart and Auchan brand in China, it said while reporting interim results.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France-based Carrefour has 212 stores in China, with plans to open 24 new ones this year, the company's external press relations agency Blue Focus said. It declined to comment on competition from Sun-Art in China.
At an RT-Mart in Shanghai's Yangpu district on a recent morning, customers used plastic baskets to select fish from large tanks. Fish are killed and de-boned on the spot by store staff, similar to informal neighborhood markets in China.
To draw shoppers in a country where ready dishes such as fried noodles and steamed pork buns are popular, the Yangpu store had a fully functioning kitchen where staff in white aprons prepared food in full-view of grocery shoppers.
A Wal-Mart hypermarket a five-minute drive away appeared to have less customer traffic, despite a subway station below. That store discounted roasted almonds and snacks. No customers lingered about its line up of live fish tanks and it had no kitchen.
While foreign retailers also try to appeal to local tastes, they haven't had as much success as Sun Art. The Shanghai RT- Mart had live clams, hairy crabs and several clean tanks of fish. By contrast, the nearby Wal-Mart had a smaller line of tanks, and much of its other seafood was frozen.
Sun Art declined to comment on its China strategy.
Wal-Mart does not comment on competitors, Ryan Zhang, a spokesman from Wal-Mart China said in an emailed statement on Dec 7. The company is "fully confident" about the prospects of the Chinese market and plans to open more than 100 stores on the Mainland over the next three years, he said.
Sun Art isn't immune to weaker economic growth in China, where gross domestic product may grow 7.7% this year, the slowest since 1999, according to a Bloomberg survey of 54 economists. It also faces local competitors such as the government-backed China Resources Enterprise Ltd.
Sun Art has become so successful, it has spawned copycats among smaller regional hypermarket chains, which modeled several new stores after them, said Lina Yan, an analyst with HSBC Holdings Plc., who has an overweight rating, the equivalent of a "buy," on the stock.
Part of the challenge will be to hold on to shoppers such as Shanghai resident Xu Zhong Qing, who choses to buy her groceries at RT-Mart rather than a Wal-Mart outlet located close by.
"There's a warm, neighborly-feeling here," said the 28- year-old mother, while waiting for her turn to buy pork. "You also know you get the best value for your money when you see all the other housewives and the average person on the street shopping here."


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Raul Tejada
Raul Tejada is a ghoul mechanic enslaved as a radio technician on top of the Super Mutant stronghold Black Mountain. He heard the "interesting" radio broadcasts coming from Black Mountain, and decided to inquire if they needed a technician. He was captured by Black Mountain's leader, the insane nightkin Tabitha, and was forced to slave away for months on end as the radio technician for the station. Raul is very eager to become the player's companion if he is rescued, but you have to fight a good amount of Super Mutants, Nightkin, and even Centaurs to get to the shack where he is working.
Raul's main weapon of choice is a .44 Magnum Revolver, which is very powerful in Raul's hands. The gun will never break nor run out of ammunition, making Raul something of a tank when equipped with powerful armor. If you prefer your companion to have melee abilities, Raul's weapon can be changed to a Lead Pipe, which without having much damage output, makes Raul fast and able to distract enemies.
Raul is equipped with a rare Petro-Chico jumpsuit when the player first meets him, which sports a very mechanic-y look, but has extremely low Damage Threshold. Raul works well with Combat or Recon armor, and can be turned into something of a tank when wearing powerful Power Armor.
Raul's personal quest, Old School Ghoul, has to do with Raul's depression and repressed feelings about his difficult life, and his belief that while he is a practically immortal ghoul, he is getting too old to be in battle any longer. Raul can be persuaded out of his depression by showing him other aging warriors that can rejuvinate his self-confidence. The reward for this quest is an increase in Raul's damage and health, and an awesome new Vaquero outfit for him.
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The Herd Boy by Niki Daly
Malusi looks after his grandfather's sheep during the day, taking them grazing and also protecting them from predators. Malusi has to be able to work in the heat of the sun, keep the sheep away from the ravine, and keep close watch for snakes and baboons. His friend Lungisa is also a shepherd but he has his own dog, something Malusi wishes for. He also dreams of becoming something more than a herd boy, maybe even president!
Daly weaves in African details to create a setting and society in this picture book. The details are small but vibrant such as the food, the animals out in the wild, the landscape, and language. She uses a few words and phrases of throughout the book, just enough to add some African spices to the tale. Using poetic language, she draws the strong character and large dreams of Malusi clearly. He is a young hero with large responsibilities and a willingness to lead.
Daly's art embraces the landscape of Africa with ravines and hills framing the page, eagles soaring in the sky, and distinctive plants in the foreground. There are full color images but also sepia toned ones that show small touches of the story as well. The large format of the full-color images make this book good for sharing with a group.
Thanks to the beauty and depth of Daly's writing, this picture book trends a little older than many. It will also lead to interesting discussions with slightly older children. Appropriate for ages 6-8.
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NEWTOWN, Conn., Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords visited Newtown, Conn., to talk to families who lost children in last month's school shooting.
Giffords, D-Ariz., who was seriously injured in a mass shooting in Tucson, first met privately with several officials, The News-Times of Danbury, Conn., reported. She arrived at the town hall with her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, and hugged Newtown Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson in the lobby.
Robinson thanked Giffords for visiting Newtown and Giffords replied only "How horrible." Giffords then had a private meeting with Robinson, Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman.
Giffords said nothing as she left the building. Her meetings with Newtown families were also to be private.
Jared Loughner, who has admitted shooting Giffords and killing six people at a Tucson shopping center in January 2011, was armed with a semi-automatic Glock handgun. Adam Lanza, who took his own life after killing his mother and then 20 children and six staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, used a semi-automatic weapon.


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Two presidential candidates in Armenia who lost to the incumbent are contesting the election results, saying they were unfair.
President Serge Sarkisian easily won a second five-year term in the Feb. 18 election with nearly 59 percent of the vote. American-born Raffi Hovanessian, who finished second with 37 percent, filed an appeal Monday in the Constitutional Court demanding the vote results be annulled.
Hovanessian, Armenia's first foreign minister after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, has called the election rigged, and declared himself the genuine winner. His supporters have held a series of rallies to back his demands.
Another of Sarkisian's six rivals, Andrias Gukasian, also contested the results Monday.
International monitors said the election "lacked competition," but noted improvements compared to the previous poll.


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True/False Film Festival Announces Screening Schedule
COLUMBIA - The True/False Film Festival announced the 2013 event's list of featured films today. Here is the complete list:
The Act of Killing
After Tiller
The Ascent of Man (shorts)
Boys & Their Toys (shorts)
The Captain and His Pirate
Computer Chess
Crash Reel
Cutie and the Boxer
David Holzman's Diary
Dirty Wars
The Expedition to the End of the World
The Fall
Garden of Eden
The Gatekeepers
I Am Breathing
The Institute
The Last Station
Lost & Found (shorts)
The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear
The Moo Man
Northern Light
Pandora's Promise
Pussy Riot
Secret Screening Blue
Secret Screening Gold
Secret Screening Green
Secret Screening Orange
Secret Screening Red
Secret Screening Silver
Sleepless Nights
Stories We Tell
These Birds Walk
Twenty Feet From Stardom
The Village at the End of the World
Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Who Is Dayani Cristal?
Winter Go Away!
The festival will take place in Columbia from February 28th through March 3rd. You can visit truefalse.org for more information.


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2019 HouseHold Hazardous Waste Collections are Underway
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The Revolution 3 triathlon series is a three-part racing series in the US that offers half and full distances. FCA Endurance teammate Mike Pluimer had planned to race the full in the Rev 3 triathlon event in Ohio, so he decided to volunteer for FCA-E at the expo beforehand. Mike attended the event as a way to minister to athletes through expo participation and racing. However, God had plans beyond participation, but for significant impact through selfless sacrifice.
Though the FCA-E booth at the expo did not receive much attention, God had a plan for how Mike could make an impact during the race. Mike's prayers before the event were that he would be able to show Christ to others. "I entered the race with the primary purpose of encouraging others and just being a witness out on the course." In His perfect timing, God gave Mike exactly the opportunity he was praying for.
For the first 50 miles of the bike route, Mike stopped a few times and was able to help other athletes who were out on the course. Mike stopped again at mile 72 to help a man whose spoke had broken. "I stopped to help, but we realized his problems were worse," Mike said. "His tire was shredded and his wheel was shot, so he was pretty much stuck." As Mike and the man waited for a bike tech, Mike realized how he could sacrifice to show this man the love of Christ. "Since I was just using this as a day to encourage others, I figured that God gave me the perfect opportunity, so I gave him my rear wheel and dropped out of the race." Through giving away his wheel, Mike was able to witness to the man he had met. "I told him I represented the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and had been praying for an opportunity like this."
The man Mike helped eventually rode off to finish the race in 12:10, and he was extremely grateful for the sacrifice Mike had made. Unable to attend the awards banquet, Mike later heard that his actions had made an impact. "I was informed that they told the story at the banquet, so I think God was glorified, and I was proud to represent FCA-E."
If we as Christian athletes were always willing to make this kind of sacrifice, God could use us to change the world. As we continue to train and race, let us be conscious of the opportunities we have to reach others for Christ.
"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." – 1 John 4:10
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Few things are as symbolic of neighborhood change as the local safety net hospital.
For a long time it served the poor. Then, the poor left. Then, the hospital failed to attract huge numbers of the middle class, which is necessary because the middle class tend utilize hospitals less. Now, it may be closed. Those interested in helping the site become condos are licking their chops:
It will definitely be closed. Its a sad time. They have served many. Now those living in the area will have to travel much farther for health care.
I heard on the radio that they voted to close it, and the the hope is that it becomes a training center for health care professionals.
...I'm not sure there is money out there to re-develop it in that fashion, or to staff such an entity but I suppose we shall see.
I worry that Interfaith is next to close or at least shrink. Brookdale is also in sad financial shape.
I guess all of us will be going to Methodist, Kings County (uggh!), or going into Manhattan in an emergency.
Methodist has become a pretty decent, modern hospital.
The non-HHC "safety net hospitals" (those which provide care to people who are, for the most part, on Medicaid) are the most at risk of closure:
Fyi ....kings County has one of the best ER's in the country.
It sure does. It's also, ridiculously overcrowded and serves a huge indigent population so the bedside manner leaves much to be desired.
Thankfully, I am not in a position of having to choose between the likes of Brookdale Hospital (non-profit safety net) and Kings County (HHC).
But if I was, I would choose Kings County.
At present, Brookdale is in such bad fiscal shape that simply forcing it to pay its water bill would likely result in its closure:
As a result of first hand experience with the parent company of Brookdale (Medisys), I've written about its problems (and those of other Brooklyn Hospitals) pretty extensively here: http://www.brooklynian.com/discussion/33944/without-bribes-the-state-money-stops/p1
I would rather Methodist or Maimonides Hospital than Brookdale. Too many horror stories I have witnessed there over the years.
I would also vote for Maimonedes. Depending on how you get there, you may not have a choice. Ambulances will take you to the closest available HHC entity. Kings County has a few horror stories - as does Coney Island, Brookdale
Unlike LICH, Brookdale's neighborhood has not changed substansially, and so it has remained quite busy.
However, many of its clients likely do not have insurance that pays more than Medicaid. This young man was a recent patient:
This article, published today, seems to not pay enough attention to the problems of excess bed capacity and changing demographics.
This article demonstrates an understanding of the reimbursement economics involved:
However, it stops short of stating this isn't merely about hospitals that serve the compartively rich, vs those that serve the poor
...there is actually no way for a hospital to serve a predominantly poor population without getting significant subsidies.
The heavily subsidized (but completely competent) HHC system may have to take over the likes of Brookdale and Interfaith, but the state and city lack the will, mechanisms, and authority to do so.
This article talks about some of the behind the scenes ways that are being attempted to save the hospital: Zoning that limts the height 50'
This article is written from a decidedly "keep it open" point of view, and cites occupancy rate which are, um, much higher than other sources cite.
And, frankly, LICH is an entity that has been losing money for approximately 17 years in a row. Even if it is full, that does not mean it is sustainable.
...even if it is vital, it does not mean that it will continue to be around.
I'm not sure if people have been following this story, but recently a judge decided that the hospital can't close YET because of some technicality re: public notice.
I believe that it will close, but it is interesting to read the opinions of those who work there on why it should be kept open:
I do feel bad for those who will lose their jobs and medical care. In the present environment, there is nothing that can be done to keep these money losing hospitals open forever.
Interfaith, you may be next.
Yet another vote to close the hospital:
News sources are stating the most of the patients have already been transferred to other facilities, and the hospital's staff is rapidly shring as they accept other positions.
SUNY has stated it wishes to make the soon-to-be-closed hospital into a training center for health care workers, but the analysts are stating it has no means to pull this off in the short term.
So, it will likely spend a good deal of time vacant before SUNY figures out what to do with it. Needless to say, it will be very tempting for them to sell it to a housing developer.
If NYS pulls this off, it will have figured out a way to close the surplus of money losing hospitals that no health corporation wants: Use SUNY as a proxy.
Brutal times for hospitals and patients in Brooklyn.
St. Mary's Hospital (formerly located near Utica in Crown Heights) closed back in 2005, and became supportive housing for people with mental illness.
Needless to say, there is a lot of jockeying by such groups re: the soon-to-be-former site of Long Island College Hospital.
However, it does not look like those who want to provide housing for the low income and/or mentally ill are going to be able to compete with the for profit sector in this instance.
The location is too good. The mental health sector is too broke. The demand for market rate housing is too strong.
The total properties at state is being estimated at around $1 billion.
This hospital is not being allowed to die with dignity.
Please pull the plug or administer the anesthesia, this chapter is done.
LICH continues to be made to suffer before it is allowed to finally die. People in denial continue to insist it should (and can) be saved
Meanwhile, desperate efforts are underway to save Interfaith.
...they are not going well
With all due respect your honor, you can order us to keep staff but they are leaving in droves becasue they know this hospital is closing!
Sincerely Yours,
LICH Management
It is sad to watch LICH "circle the drain".
Should I hold out hope that Interfaith will have a better fate?
And, now, the potential buyers line up:
A Judge learns that thier power is limited:
The fight over what entity gets the property of the former hospital takes center stage:
The potential buyers have been vetted, and (no surprise...) the community does not like the one that is chosen.
The New York state health commissioner said Monday that Long Island College Hospital would not be eligible for federal funding from the state's Medicaid waiver request.Testifying at a joint legislative budget hearing, Dr. Nirav Shah said that only hospitals with a plan to reduce inpatient admissions 25% would be eligible for federal funds."That kind of transformation can occur with Interfaith," a central Brooklyn hospital that is battling bankruptcy. "LICH is a different story," he said.His remarks are in line with recent efforts by the Cuomo administration to move the conversation away from the notion of preserving hospitals and towards downsizing."I don't want to 'rescue'" hospitals, Mr. Cuomo told Crain's editorial staff last week. Though he has lobbied vocally for a decision on the Medicaid waiver request, which would provide a $10 billion cash infusion to the state, the funds would cover upfront costs to downsize some of Brooklyn's hospitals--not preserve them in their current state."Our opening premise is, you have an excess hospital capacity," he told Crain's. "You have beds that you don't need. You have to close beds ... and plan a county-wide, borough-wide health care system that makes sense."On Friday, State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery became the first local elected official to publicly support a pared-down version of LICH. In a letter to SUNY Board of Trustees Chair H. Carl McCall, she said "the financial Status of LICH as a fully staffed and operated traditional hospital does not seem tenable."It is unclear whether the Medicaid statement marks a change for LICH's future, since a sale by SUNY appears imminent, and it is unclear that a new operator would have been eligible for waiver funds. Monday afternoon marked the deadline for interested parties to submit revised proposals for the hospital.A spokesman for SUNY said that the university is reviewing proposals to make sure they comply "with the minimum mandatory requirements," and that SUNY "will provide summaries as soon as we are able."Don't mess with SUNY. ...it isn't just a University system anymore.


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North Korea Moves Missile, Launch Parts; Twitter and Freedom of Speech
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BILL RICHARDSON, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: I think our response has been appropriate. Cool, calm, but at the same time, putting our military resources ready in case there`s an emergency, but if they try anything with the United States, it`s suicidal. That`s not going to happen. (END VIDEO CLIP) CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Former Ambassador Richardson talking about the tension between the U.S. and North Korea. He`s not the only one. China and Russia are traditionally allies of North Korea. Those countries are urging everyone involved in this situation to stay calm. An American official says North Korea moved a missile and launch parts to its east cost in the last few days. The U.S. has intercepted communications that indicate North Korea might be planning a launch sometimes soon. You can see the range of one type of North Korean missile outlined by the red circle here on your screen. You see the island of Guam, down toward the bottom? That`s U.S. territory, and it`s home to a major U.S. military base. The U.S. is sending a missile defense system to Guam. It will be like the one you see here. It`s designed to shoot down incoming missiles. So far, nothing has been launched, no shots have been fired. Tom Foreman talked with a military experts about what might happen if a conflict did start and why this expert doesn`t think it will. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Despite the global implications that would follow if North and South Korea went to full-on war, the truth is the Korean Peninsula would really bear the brunt of all of this, and that`s where most of the fighting would take place. So, we know that the DMZ between the South and the North is so heavily fortified ... GEN. JAMES "SPIDER" MARKS: That`s correct. FOREMAN: That neither side can just charge in and go across that land to attack the other. So, if the North wanted to step this up and make it happen, what do they do? MARKS: Tom, the very first thing we are going to see is large concentrations of artillery and missile fire from the north against targets in the south, for example, Seoul. Which is just a little south of the DMZ. The North is going to activate the insertion of special operations forces, both along the coasts. FOREMAN: Taking them in by ship or by submarine? MARKS: By submarines, most likely, as well as the activation of sleeper agents that have been in the south, in some cases as many as a couple of decades, identifying targets for these missiles and for these artillery pieces. FOREMAN: OK, the U.S. and South Korea is not just going to sit there while all of this happens. So what is the immediate response, if such an attack took place? MARKS: Number one is the U.S. Navy will increase its presence. For example ... FOREMAN: More aircraft carriers .... MARKS: With aircraft carriers ... (CROSSTALK) MARKS: More aircraft is what we`re looking for. So you have aircraft that`s in Japan, you have aircraft that`s in South Korea. You now have these aircraft go against these firing positions that are targeting the South. It`s called the counter-fire fight, and once that`s accomplished, they will then go after the command and control capabilities as well as the air defenses. FOREMAN: Communications, air defenses ... MARKS: You got it FOREMAN: So they can control the sky. MARKS: Completely own this air space above North Korea. FOREMAN: But you don`t think this is going to happen? You think ultimately that that`s not what is going to happen? MARKS: Not at all. I don`t - I think ... FOREMAN: This is worst case scenario ... MARKS: - the risks are way too high, the North understands it, and the United States and South Korea certainly understands. FOREMAN: So what would we expect? MARKS: Mostly limited objective attacks. Not unlike what we saw before. FOREMAN: When they bombed those islands, when they attacked the boat off the coast, that sort of thing? MARKS: You`ve got it, where the North Koreans will go after South Korea specific targets. Not targeting the United States and trying to keep it contained somewhat. FOREMAN: And yet send a very clear message that they have a strong new leader and a strong military and that they still need to be respected in that way in the world. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ: Our next story today is also in Asia. This time in China. It`s about a type of virus called avian or bird flu. You can tell from the name this type of virus usually infects birds, but humans can get sick from it, especially if they come in contact with contaminated poultry. At least 14 cases have been reported so far. At least five people in China have died after they caught this virus. Viruses like bird flu can mutate. This specific strain is called H7N9. It had never been seen in humans before. Authorities are trying to figure out how exactly the people in China got infected. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Is this legit? The word "Semitic" refers to members of the Hindu religion. This one is false. Semitic is usually used to refer to people who are Jewish. AZUZ: Series of anti-Semitic tweets is at the center of a lawsuit against Twitter. In the United States, hate speech like anti-Semitism is usually protected under the First Amendment. In Europe, it`s not, and when the speech happens in France on an American social media site, situation can get complicated. Atika Shubert fills in the details. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This case revolves around the Twitter hashtag @unbonjuif, which translates as a good Jew. Now, this hashtag became third most popular in France on Twitter last year in October. Unfortunately, some people were using this hashtag to post anti-Semitic comments and jokes, even tweeting photos of the Holocaust. Now, frankly, many of these posts are so offensive, we will not be repeating them on CNN, but these tweets did pose a legal dilemma for Twitter. Twitter did remove some of the most offensive posts, but the Union of Jewish Students in France wanted Twitter to take it a step further, and they sued the company demanding that they hand over the details of who posted these abusive comments online. Twitter refused, but in January, a French court ruled that Twitter must hand those details over, and that split public opinion in France. Take a listen. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The French law should be strong with people who say such things. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think that it should not be. I mean, it is a free land of expression, and it is (inaudible) we can tweet whatever we want to say or whatever you think. SHUBERT: Now, Twitter has ignored the ruling. Arguing that is it based in the United States and protected by the First Amendment, the right to free speech. The French court, however, has said that Twitter must hand those details over, and until it does, it is fining the company $1,000 a day. Not much perhaps for a company like Twitter, but the Union of Jewish Students is also suing Twitter for $50 million, so it could get a lot more expensive. Atika Shubert, CNN, London. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ: As the brackets narrowed down and the court was built up, millions of Americans watched NCAA men`s basketball teams either advance to the final four or hope for another shot next year. We had our own tournament of sorts here at the CNN STUDENT NEWS. It played out on the court of our Facebook site. And while you may or may not have done well in bracketology, everyone is a winner in puntology. When I asked on Twitter yesterday, people just describe our puns. Ali (ph) wrote they were Carlful (ph). We had a comment from Elvir (ph) who said, they`re awful-ly fantastic, and Jordan said I can`t lie, they`re just awful. But whether or not you agree with Jordan or if you agree with Alex, who said they are quirky and endearing social satire, or Trevor, who called them sweeter than sonic sweet tater tats, you can choose between the two punology (ph) finalists if you are on Facebook. After a story about an egg, we said to egg-splain the mystery, you just have to crack the case. After a story about a dog, we said it deserved a round of a-paws. Which will win? The final round will soon be upon you at facebook.com/cnnstudentnews. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Today`s shoutout goes out to Mr. Ward`s, Mrs. King`s, Mr. Gant`s, Mrs. Haugland`s and Mrs. Purkey`s classes at Trenton public school in Trenton, North Dakota. What type of degree do law school graduates earn? You know what to do. Is it a JD, Ph.D., MBA or DDS? You`ve got 3 seconds, go. Law school graduates earn a JD, which stands for juris doctor, or doctor of jurisprudence. That`s your answer and that`s your shoutout. AZUZ: Some people who have JD`s aren`t able to find work using their JD`s. They are still involved in the legal system. They are suing the law schools where they earned their degrees. Dozens of law school graduates from around the country have joined lawsuits against their alma maters. They claim the schools committed fraud advertising that most graduates have jobs within a year after getting their degrees. The numbers were based on graduates who had any job, but not necessarily full-time jobs as lawyers. A lawyer representing some of the schools said they followed the rules when they reported their graduate employment numbers. Some of the lawsuits have been thrown out; others are moving forward. Our newest blog post, college expectations. If you`re planning to go to college, what are you hoping to get out of it? Talk to us at cnnstudentnews.com, and teachers, you can talk to us there too. Hit the feedback link to share your thoughts on today`s show. And finally today, some golfers walk the course, some use a cart, then there is this. It`s a hovercraft, or in the case of this Youtube video, it`s a Bubba hover. The man at the wheel is Bubba Watson, the winner of last year`s Masters Tournament. The hovercraft glides over greens, flies over fairways and lets you take the direct path cross water hazards. Of course, this kind of vehicle flips one of golf`s great moments on its head, because you want to totally avoid getting a hole in one. It would just be totally deflating. We tried to wedge in a few puns, and we appreciate you putting up with them, especially when they go a little off course. All right, that wraps up our hover to that story, and today`s show. Hope you have a great weekend. END