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TORONTO — From a prison cell, serial sex killer Paul Bernardo has charmed and manipulated an attractive, university-educated woman into planning to marry him, QMI Agency has learned.
The 30-year-old London, Ont., woman admitted she has been writing letters to the Scarborough Rapist, telling friends the schoolgirl killer is "innocent" and was a bystander to the rapes and torture slayings of Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14.
She's been corresponding with Bernardo since last fall. But with the relationship now coming to light, the woman said she "did something that got people upset and she is rethinking … and struggling with it."
The bride-to-be told friends she has wedding bands.
"He is a kind man, a Christian, a very nice man," she told QMI Agency.
An independent source confirmed the woman, whom QMI Agency has decided not to identify at this time, took steps to advance a plan to wed Bernardo. However, her parents insisted their daughter is reconsidering the decision as "reality has set in."
Her father said the woman's intelligence, emotional fragility and belief in her own street smarts made her the perfect victim for Bernardo.
"She has had a number of bad relationships that undermined her self-esteem despite her brilliance. She is looking for someone who will love her unconditionally."
He and his wife learned earlier this year she had been writing letters to Bernardo to "research" a book.
When they confronted her, "we believed that was the end of it," her dad said.
A few months ago a friend of the woman noticed something new on her left ankle — "Paul's girl" tattooed in scroll.
In an interview, the woman insisted the tattoo referred to a high school friend — not Bernardo. But a friend who knew her since their university days, disagreed.
"She did mention she was seeing somebody named Paul, that he had done some time. She made it sound like he was a working accountant in Toronto and they had wedding bands," the friend revealed.
Bernardo, 50, is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murders of the two schoolgirls. He was declared a dangerous offender in 1995 after pleading guilty to 32 sex-related crimes, including 12 rapes in the east end of Toronto dating to 1987.
Bernardo turned down a request to be interviewed.
Due to privacy legislation, Corrections Service of Canada (CSC) cannot confirm or deny nuptial plans for an inmate.
The CSC said inmates can marry while behind bars if a management team assesses "it would not pose a risk to the security of the institution, staff and public."
In Canada, all inmates, with the exception of those on disciplinary restrictions or at risk for family violence or identified as Special Handling Unit cases, are permitted 72 hours of "private family visits" once every two months. Eligible visitors include spouses. Staff members have regular contact with the inmate and visitors to protect the visitors.
Bernardo is eligible for full parole in 2018, but due to his notoriety, it is unlikely he'll be ever paroled.
Chronology of key events in Paul Bernardo's reign of terror.
November 1987: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka meet in the restaurant at a Howard Johnson's hotel in Scarborough, in east-end Toronto
May 29, 1990: Composite drawing of Scarborough Rapist, Bernardo, runs on Toronto Sun front page and Bernardo soon moves to Homolka's home in St. Catharines, Ont., and Scarborough Rapist's reign of terror ends.
Dec. 24, 1990: Karla's younger sister, Tammy, dies suddenly at her parents St. Catharines home. It was a joint drugging and raping, but the death was erroneously ruled accidental.
February 1991: Bernardo and Homolka move to Bayview Dr. in Port Dalhousie, Ont.
June 15, 1991: Leslie Mahaffy, 14, disappears after being abducted by Bernardo outside her Burlington, Ont., home.
June 29, 1991: Mahaffy's remains pulled from Lake Gibson, south of St. Catharines.
June 29, 1991: Bernardo and Homolka are married in glitzy wedding in historic Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
April 16, 1992: Kristen French, 15, is abducted on her way home from school in St. Catharines.
April 30, 1992: French's body is found in a ditch in Burlington, only 500 yards from Mahaffy's grave.
Jan. 5, 1993: Homolka flees the marital home after Bernardo beats her with a flashlight.
Feb. 17, 1993: Bernardo is arrested and later charged.
May 18, 1993: Homolka is charged with two counts of manslaughter in the French and Mahaffy slayings.
Feb. 25, 1994: Homolka is granted a divorce from Bernardo on grounds of physical and mental cruelty.
July 6, 1993: Homolka pleads guilty to manslaughter and receives a 12-year sentence.
June 19, 1995: Homolka begins 17 days of testimony against Bernardo at his trial.
September 1995: Bernardo is found guilty of all charges, including two counts of first-degree murder and is sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole until Feb. 17, 2018.
November 1995: Bernardo consents to being declared a dangerous offender and an indeterminate sentence, pleading guilty to 32 sex-related crimes, including a dozen Scarborough Rapist crimes, some dating to May 1987.
March 2000: Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses Bernardo's appeal.
September 2000: Supreme Court of Canada refused to order a new trial, meaning Bernardo will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.
September 2013: Kingston Penitentiary closes after 178 years of operation and Bernardo is reportedly moved to nearby Millhaven. CSC refuses to confirm or deny the location of any inmates due to privacy rules.
Fall of 2013: London woman starts writing Bernardo letters and a relationship begins between her and Bernardo.
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Even his hair looks presidential.
In his long, varied career actor William Devane has played more than his share of bad guys, romantic leads and comic characters. But he's best known to audiences for his political roles.
It makes sense. There's gravitas in Devane's demeanor and an authority in his voice that commands attention and respect. He looks and sounds like an idealized version of a politician.
Since earning an Emmy nomination for his star-making turn as President Kennedy 40 years ago in the ABC movie, "The Missiles of October," Devane has played presidents on "Stargate SG-1" and in Christopher Nolan's 2012 blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises." He was the secretary of State on "The West Wing" and the secretary of Defense on "24."
He's adding another POTUS to his résumé in "24: Live Another Day," Fox's reboot of its Emmy Award-winning 2001-2010 series. In fact, Devane's reprising his role as James Heller, who was introduced as a tough, no-nonsense secretary of State on "Day 4" of "24" in 2005.
" 'Missiles of October' certainly typecast me, there's no question," said Devane, noting he finds it amusing that someone who "graduated from high school with nine shop credits" keeps getting cast as university-educated, high-brow commander in chiefs.
Devane, 74, has been acting for decades, including memorable roles as a villain in "Marathon Man" (1976), Natalie Wood's love interest in the 1979 miniseries version of "From Here to Eternity" and the villainous Greg Sumner from 1983 to '93 on the CBS prime-time soap, "Knot's Landing."
But contemporary audiences know him best as "24's" James Heller. In the earlier season on "24," Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) was working for Secretary of State Heller and having an affair with his daughter, Audrey (Kim Raver).
This time around, President Heller is in London with Audrey and her husband, Chief of Staff Mark Boudreau (Tate Donovan) attempting to finalize a deal involving military bases with the British government. Bauer, who has been a fugitive since the series ended, comes out of exile when he learns of a deadly terrorism plot that could mean the end of Heller and, of course, his former flame.
Devane says he tries to build conflict in his roles. "You always try to find the argument," he explained. "As [director] Elia Kazan said, 'If you can't find the argument you can't find the play.' "
So when Devane first met with the producers, he told them he was interested in playing a president "that doesn't want to be president, he can't handle it," said the actor over the phone from London where he's been filming "Live Another Day" since January.
The producers had come up with an even better conflict — Heller's in the early stages of Alzheimer's.
Executive producers Manny Coto and Evan Katz were plotting out the 12-part series last year when they thought of bringing back Devane.
"First, we wanted Audrey in the show," said Katz. "And separately we wanted a president that was affected with early Alzheimer's. We just had a brainstorm moment. Heller is the perfect person to [have] early Alzheimer's and Audrey is working with him."
Heller's dementia, said Coto, is "playing out quite wonderfully in the season and it leads to one of the best episodes of the year coming up. We think we have treated it in such a way that it is going to be surprising how it plays out."
Devane found inspiration for his portrayal of President Heller and his struggle with dementia in the Nobel Prize-winning author Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who died in April.
"He had a position about characters," said Devane. "You have a public character, you have a private character and you have a secret character. I kind of tried to apply that to this."
Devane also is starring in the real-life sports film, "50 to 1" which opened Friday. He plays Dr. Leonard Blach, one of the owners of the American thoroughbred Mine That Bird, the underdog winner of the 2009 Kentucky Derby. The film also stars Christian Kane as co-owner Mark Allen and Skeet Ulrich as trainer Chip Woolley.
The film was close to Devane's heart because he's a passionate horseman and former polo player.
"I don't play polo anymore because I am too old," said Devane, who lives half of the year in Thermal near Palm Springs and the other half in Montana. "But we still have a half a dozen horses — a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains."
The film's director Jim Wilson knew he wanted "someone who knew his way around a horse" for Blach. "When I first got a hold of him and sent him the script, he was actually training horses up in Montana."
Devane, Wilson said, was the one everyone looked up to on the set. "He does command the room," said Wilson. "When you work with him on set, you don't need to question does he have his lines down. He knows his mark. He doesn't suffer fools and I mean in the best sense."
The actor spent a day with the real Blach but pretty much stuck to the script to create the character. "He's such a nice guy I had to take it a bit more arch in order to keep the conflict going with the kids," he said of Kane and Ulrich's characters. "I kept trying to build a little conflict like I'm the dad and you are the kids."
As soon he completes production on "24," Devane's heading home to Thermal and taking his horses in a trailer to Montana.
"I'll fish for a couple of months," he said. "I have a little place in the woods and room for the horses. It's 130 in the desert and they're real happy to get out of there."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is predicting the U.S. will soon be "arming the rebels" seeking to overthrow Syria's Bashar Assad.
Tennessee's Bob Corker says "it's time for to begin changing" the balance of power in the 2-year-old civil war.
The Obama administration said last week it was rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels.
Corker and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, joined President Barack Obama and Democratic Sen. Mark Udall for golf Monday. Corker tells "CBS This Morning" political issues were discussed but said the partners agreed not to publicly reveal the conversation.
Corker did say that Washington wants to exercise caution about which opposition groups to support, saying it doesn't want to line up with the more radical elements fighting against Assad.


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My daughter is 6 months old. She weighed 8 lbs 1 oz at birth, and then dropped to 7 lbs 1/2 oz 2 days later. It took her a month to get back to her birth weight. I went through all sorts of emotional awfulness, worrying about my supply which of course perpetuated the problem. Things finally started working around 8 weeks and I was finally content about the whole BFing thing. I wanted to give up so many time, but I didn't and I am thankful that I was persistent, as it's the best thing for my daughter.
Ever since her 2 month check up, Keira has slid down the weight charts. At her 2 month, she was 30%, at her 4 month check up, she was 18% for weight. We have not weighed her exclusively in a while, but my husband took her on the scale with him a week ago and she was a little less than 14 lbs. My husband and I are relatively tall at 5' 7" and 5' 10" and Keira mimics us at 90% for height. I was not terribly worried, as many breastfed babies are banana babies. She is also doing fine milestone wise. She has been able to sit up and babble 2 syllable phrases for about a month now. She has been rolling both ways for about 3 months. I am definitely not concerned about her development.
The thing that I can't grasp is that she still eats every 2 hours from morning until 4 pm, almost every hour/ 1/2 hour until 7 and then every 3-4 hours at night. She eats for no more than 10 minutes, and needs to switch breasts about 5 times because she is impatient. You would think that with all of the eating she does, she would be putting on more weight. We are experimenting with solids, usually about 4 oz a day broken up into 2 feedings. She LOVES eating them, but she tends to get plugged up a little which can affect her sleep if we give them to her too late.
Another thing to know is that when I need to pump to save up for a time I am away, she never takes more than 4 oz at a time. Only once did my mother in law say she would have taken more. I used to think she was having "growth spurts" but at this point she would be growth spurting all the time and while she is long, all the food doesn't seem to make much of a difference for her weight.
I guess my question is 1) Since she is still eating 8-10 times a day, there's a good chance shes taking less than 4 oz every time she eats. Does anyone have suggestions for her to eat more at once? I know we're not supposed to compare babies, but it seems like many of the mom's I read about have 6 month old babies that take 6 oz every 3-4 hours and though it probably ends up the same amount, it would make things a little easier for me. 2) I don't expect her to be STTN at this age, but getting up 3 times a night to eat seems excessive at her age. I've read to "feed her more during the day so she doesn't need it at night" but at that point I'd be feeding her every hour. How can I drop a feeding at night when she is eating almost constantly during the day?
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The largest study of Parkinson's disease to date shows that more than half of those with the disease suffer from depression -- and it affects their quality of life more than the motor impairment characteristic of the disease.
The largest study of Parkinson's disease to date shows that more than half of those with the disease suffer from depression — and it affects their quality of life more than the motor impairment characteristic of the disease.
The study, which is part of the Parkinson's Outcomes Project and is sponsored by the National Parkinson's Foundation (NPF), followed more than 5,500 patients in 20 centers of excellence in the U.S., Canada, Israel and the Netherlands. It started in 2009 and also is tracking patients' cognition and motor symptoms, medications and treatments and caregiver burden, along with depression.
Joyce Oberdorf, president and CEO of the Miami-based NPF, said that 3� years ago, the NPF refocused its mission to improving quality of life in Parkinson's patients.
"We've long known that (Parkinson's) affects mood and mobility and is linked to things like heart disease," said Oberdorf. "We wanted to get at mood. We didn't intend to focus on depression. What our findings showed us is that it is much more important than we thought in gauging in how people are doing."
The study found that depression is more than twice as likely as motor degeneration to affect a patient's quality of life.
"We have noticed over the last decade that Parkinson's, though obviously a motor disorder, it's actually non-motor features that impact quality of life," said Dr. Michael Okun, the medical director of the NPF and the co-director of the Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration at the University of Florida.
Okun, a neurologist, said changes in the brain brought on by Parkinson's can cause depression, likely at least in part because of the deficit of dopamine, a chemical in the brain associated with pleasure.
"Most people believe you're sad because you have Parkinson's, but actually neuro chemicals, electrical signals and degenerative changes in structures in the brain all have a link to depression in Parkinson's disease patients," Okun said.
"People shouldn't beat themselves up when they have depression … they should actually get help," Okun said.
The study found that between 45 and 75 percent of patients at the centers of excellence are already being treated for depression. UF has more than 600 participants in the study, such as Jeffrey Mackey, who has been treated for depression for a few years.
Although Mackey, 60, had suffered from depression since he was a teenager, it escalated with the onset of Parkinson's. At first his doctors didn't make the connection between the two conditions, but after he started being treated at UF, his neurologist told him to see a psychiatrist. Mackey went on antidepressants, and has felt better ever since.
"I feel like I'm floating on top of this depression now," said Mackey, who is an episcopal priest based in Melrose. "I'm not soaring anywhere, but I no longer tell my wife every day that I'm depressed. I say it maybe once or twice a month."
Okun said the study underscores a big need to screen and treat more Parkinson's disease patients for depression. The fact that the study showed high rates of depression at centers of excellence means that "even at the best centers, we're still under-treating this problem," Okun said. "I suspect the world has a real serious problem."
An estimated 4 to 6 million people suffer from depression worldwide, 1 million of those in the U.S., and about 85,000 people in Florida. Parkinson's disease is the world's second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. Depression also has been seen in Alzheimer's patients, Okun said.
The NPF recommends yearly screenings for depression in Parkinson's patients. "Our aim is to make everyone in the community aware of the importance of getting screened and treated for depression and that will make a significant difference in their lives," Oberdorf said.
Okun said the project is similar to one done on cystic fibrosis, in which patients were tracked daily at centers of excellence. "At some of the centers, patients were living longer, and in those centers, they were paying more attention to nutrition and lung function," Okun said, adding that when changes based on those findings were implemented at the other centers, patients' lifespans went from an average of 28 to 38 years.
Okun hopes the findings on depression could be used in a similar way. "These are real-world patients, and the findings are potentially directly applicable," Okun said. Unlike most studies, this one did not have exclusion criteria, so it included patients of all ages and stages of Parkinson's disease.
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Tomorrow the island's children will be taking part in one of the oldest holidays still celebrated today, one of the most popular only to Christmas. Halloween is on Oct. 31, the last day of the Celtic calendar. According to Google, it was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. It was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back over 2,000 years. All Hallows Eve is the evening before All Saints Day, which is celebrated on Nov. 1.
While there are many versions of the origins and old customs of Halloween, some remain consistent by all accounts. Different cultures view Halloween somewhat differently but traditional Halloween practices remain the same.
Halloween culture can be traced back to the Druids, a Celtic culture in Ireland, Britain and Northern Europe. Its roots lay in the feast of Samhain, which was annually on Oct. 31 to honor the dead. Samhain signifies "summers end" or November. Samhain was a harvest festival with huge sacred bonfires. Many of the practices involved in this celebration were fed on superstition.
The Celts believed the souls of the dead roamed the streets and villages at night. Since not all spirits were thought to be friendly, gifts and treats were left out to pacify the evil and ensure that next year's crops would be plentiful. This custom evolved into trick-or-treating.
If you see a lobster walking up your driveway tomorrow, it could be Apple Jack, a Jack Russell terrier. If the lobster is with a dinosaur, that's probably 5-year-old Tyler Messinger. Ten-year-old Marc Desvaux could be the baseball player at your door. Reece Bennett, 10, will fool everyone as a princess. Two 6-year-old super heroes will be policing the area, Rianna Dunne will be Supergirl and Hayden McNeil will appear as Batman.
*** Boy Scout Troop 1 will conduct its annual Scouting for Food drive Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. All collections go to the food bank at St. Mark Church for distribution to needy island families.
Please contribute canned and boxed goods only. Needed are canned tuna, beef stews, turkey, chicken, ham, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, canned and dry beans, pasta, pasta sauce, rice and soups.
Kudos to two island educators who have been honored for excellence in their profession. Judd Silvia, a special education teacher at the Wickford Middle School, was named teacher of the year by voters at the North Kingstown Wal- Mart. Judd was presented with a $1,000 grant for his school and a $100 gift certificate to buy supplies for his classroom
Islander Dan Hansen has been in Mobile, Ala. this past week for the USTA Junior Team Tennis national competition. Dan is on an under-14 team from the International Tennis Hall of Fame known as the Legends. Dan's team is the first under 14 team from Rhode Island to capture the New England title. He is a sophomore at NKHS and is ranked in the top 10 in New England in his age group.
R.I.P. Payton Watson, a brave and wonderful young lady.
In the mood for some hot cakes? The boys and girls NKHS swim teams will hold a pancake breakfast fund-raiser at Applebees in the South County Commons Saturday morning from 8 to 10. Tickets are $5 per person and are available from Jamestown swim team members, Kendra Davis, Jessica Rudman, Emmy Lutes, Bruce Page and Victor Lambert. They may also be purchased at the door. Questions? Call Jean Lambert at 423-9239.
This poser from B.J. Whitehouse: My mother was a tailor and she sewed my new blue jeans.
Welcome Dick and Jane from the Potter League for Animals. They are 3-month-old brown kittens adopted by islanders Ann Delmonico and her daughter Gillian. Ann said they lost their cat 1 1/2 years ago. "Our family now has a new sister and brother. It's working out well, we're enjoying them," Ann said.
Who had the lead in the TV show "Highway Patrol?"
Last week's poser from the Jamestown Community Theatre's upcoming "Song Man, Dance Man" was correctly identified as The Candy Man by John A. Murphy, Barbara-Ann MacIntosh, Marlene Murphy and Betty Kinder. All agreed that the best version was sung by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Bob Kinder, replying to the question of what was Hellzapoppin, correctly said it was "a somewhat racy variety show starring Olson and Johnson in New York in the 1940s." Right, lots of girls including Martha Raye.
According to an item in the URI Quadrangles magazine, islander Arthur W. Manchester, a saxophonist, has released his first recording at the age of 61. It's called "Little Nights" and is full of Arthur's originals. The article says the CD was a work in progress for two decades. The CD cover was designed by Newport's Lakuna Productions. Arthur teaches at St. Michael's Country Day School in Newport and at the Pennfield School in Portsmouth where he is the band director.
A Snapple cap moment: Pigeons have been trained by the U.S. Coast Guard to spot people lost at sea.
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ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2014)–Two of America's top trainers, Jerry Hollendorfer and Bob Baffert, each send out a pair of highly talented 4-year-olds in Saturday's Grade II, $200,000 Strub Stakes at 1 1/16 miles: Hollendorfer will be represented by Hear The Ghost and Zeewat, while Baffert will saddle Shakin It Up and Governor Charlie in the 67th running of Santa Anita's showcase event for 4-year-olds only.
Hear The Ghost, a winner of the Grade II San Felipe March 9, and a leading Derby candidate last spring, made a determined run through the lane but finished second as the 5-2 favorite in the Grade III, 1 1/8 miles Native Diver Handicap Dec. 14, a half length behind his stablemate, Blueskiesnrainbows, who won gate to wire and came back to take last Saturday's Grade II San Pasqual Stakes at Santa Anita.
A Kentucky-bred gelding by Ghostzapper, Hear The Ghost, who stalked the early pace in the Native Diver, went to the sidelines following his San Felipe score and was second as the even money favorite in his comeback race, a second condition allowance going 6 ½ furlongs Nov. 7 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Saturday's Strub will be his third start off the bench and he has worked five times since the Native Diver, his most recent drill a half mile in 48.60 on Tuesday at Santa Anita. Owned by Halo Farms and Hollendorfer, Hear The Ghost has two wins and a three seconds from five starts and earnings of $262,800.
Hollendorfer will also be represented by hard-hitting Zeewat, who rallied from far back to finish third, beaten 1 ¼ lengths, in the opening day Grade I Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs–earning a 103 Beyer Speed figure. A winner of the seven furlong Damascus Stakes at Santa Anita Nov. 2, Zeewat's only previous attempt at 1 1/16 miles resulted in victory in the California Derby on Jan. 12 of last year at Golden Gate Fields.
Owned by George Todaro and Hollendorfer, Zeewat has an impressive resume of six wins and two thirds from 12 starts, with earnings of $319,150. He'll again be handled by leading rider Rafael Bejarano, who has been up for his last two starts.
Baffert's Shakin It Up closed from the clouds to take the Malibu by a half length, earning a top Beyer number of 106. Off at 17-1, the son of Midnight Lute was ridden by David Flores, but will be ridden Saturday by Mike Smith, as Flores has relocated to ride full-time in Singapore.
A winner of the Grade II, seven furlong San Vicente Feb. 17, Shakin It Up went to the bench following a well-beaten fourth place finish in the Grade III, 1 1/8 miles Sunland Derby March 24–his only try at two turns.
Bred in Kentucky by Mike Pegram, Shakin It Up is owned by Dennis Cardoza and Pegram and has earnings of $367,600. He'll be in search of his fourth win in career start number seven.
Baffert will also send out comebacking Governor Charlie, who's been idle since well-beaten in the Grade I Preakness Stakes May 18. Like his stablemate, "Chuck" is a homebred son of Midnight Lute owned in-part by Mike Pegram.
Prior to his Preakness try, Governor Charlie took command after a half mile and was a dazzling five length winner of the Grade III Sunland Derby. Owned by Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, he'll again be ridden by Martin Garcia who has been aboard for all four of his starts. He has earnings of $444,800, from two wins and a second place finish.
A winner of the Grade II, 1 1/8 miles turf Twilight Derby Nov. 1, the John Shirreffs-trained Rookie Sensation showed the way and tired to run fifth, beaten 2 ¾ lengths, in the Grade I, 1 ¼ miles Hollywood Derby Dec. 1.
A Stronach Stables homebred colt by Unbridled's Song, Rookie Sensation has routed on turf in his last four starts and will be trying natural dirt in the Strub for the first time in his seventh career start. Although he made the early running in the Hollywood Derby, he has rallied strongly from off the pace in all but one of his five previous tries and in all probability, will employ similar tactics Saturday.
Rookie Sensation will be ridden for the sixth time in-a-row by Victor Espinoza and will be in search of his fourth career win.
Heir of Storm appeared to be a vastly improved horse when making his first start for trainer Peter Miller on Nov. 1, as he earned a 102 Beyer in an eye catching 4 ¼ length allowance win going seven furlongs. His next start came in the Malibu and he failed to menace, finishing a well-beaten seventh at 6-1.
A Florida-bred colt by Wildcat Heir, Heir of Storm has two wins from eight starts and will be ridden for the first time by Joe Talamo. He's owned by Gary Barber, Brous Stable, Len Friedman and Wachtel Stable.
Trainer Paddy Gallagher's Dice Flavor hopes to be running late with Jose Valdivia, Jr. up and the son of Scat Daddy was a respectable third in the Grade II, 1 1/8 miles Swaps Stakes July 4 prior to winning the Grade II, 1 1/16 miles turf La Jolla Handicap Aug. 10.
Owned by Oda Racing Stable and US Equine, Dice Flavor rallied from far off the pace to win the Grade III, 1 1/18 miles El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 16 and will hope to improve off of his fast finishing fifth place run in the Grade II, one mile turf Sir Beaufort Dec. 26.
The complete field for the Strub Stakes, to be run as the eighth on a nine-race card Saturday, with jockeys and weights in post position order: Dice Flavor, Jose Valdivia, Jr., 123; Rookie Sensation, Victor Espinoza, 123; Shakin It Up, Mike Smith, 118; Zeewat, Rafael Bejarano, 118; Governor Charlie, Martin Garcia, 118; Hear the Ghost, Corey Nakatani, 120; Heir of Storm, Joe Talamo, 118, and Say Ow, Tyler Baze, 118.
First post time on Saturday is at 12:30 p.m. Admission gates open at 10:30 a.m. Santa Anita will guarantee $150,000 in each Saturday's Pick Six pool for the remainder of the Winter Meet.


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LOS ANGELES — Every day Maria Menounos comes to the Grove shopping center here to co-host entertainment news show Extra with Mario Lopez. They read scripts off an iPhone or iPad via the free PromptWare app from Listec. An Extra staffer holds the unit in front of them, eliminating the need for cue cards and allowing the anchors to be more mobile.
"What's amazing is for up-and-coming journalists who want to pursue a broadcasting job, you can have this app and start practice reading from a teleprompter before you even get a gig," she says.
Menounos, one of the more tech-savvy TV hosts, also produces the AfterBuzz TV podcast series, which dissects TV shows immediately after they air, and hosts the new Conversations with Maria Menounos celebrity interview podcast.
We met up with the busy TV personality recently here at the Grove.
She accesses the Audio Notes tool on the iPhone to record voice-overs for Extra. "I've been on a plane and gotten an e-mail from my bosses — 'We need this voice-over track.'" She stepped into the bathroom for privacy and recorded her segment, 10,000 feet above ground. Menounos also uses the iPhone camera for interviews, including one with Oprah Winfrey on election night 2012. The sound isn't perfect, so her tip is to "be extremely close to the subject."
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Her new podcast — available in video on YouTube and audio in iTunes — started because "I wanted to do a sitdown interview show, at length. Podcasting is the best format for that right now." Her first guests: Actresses Zoe Saldana and Barbara Eden, and blogger Perez Hilton.
Podcasts she listens to: Here's the Thing with Alec Baldwin, Alison Rosen is Your Best New Friend and the Adam Carolla Show.
She talks to her friends in Boston often with the iPad Mini using Apple's FaceTime video messaging service. "I was doing it on the iPhone, then realized, why not have the picture be bigger?"
Her TV fan chat series airs live on AfterbuzzTV.com, with audios posted the next morning on iTunes and videos on YouTube. She and partner Kevin Undergaro produce 60 hours of online programming a week, and the show sees 20 million downloads weekly. "We've replaced the water cooler, because that's essentially what AfterBuzz is. People are dying to chat about their favorite shows and hear about them."
"The old-fashioned way. On a TV. I know that dates me a bit. All the 19-year-olds watch on their iPhone. I want to watch on a big screen, with popcorn. I want the full experience."
She'll watch shows on the iPad, "but only if I can't watch on a TV."
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— Police Scanner (free, Apple). When in Boston covering the marathon bombing for Extra, Menounos was tuned into the app "to figure out what was going on at each moment."
— Photo apps. "You need to make pictures look really perfect now to compete." She likes InstaSize (free; Apple, Android) for getting photos into Instagram. "It will take a photo you want to post on Instagram that's too long and squish it for you." She also likes PicFrame (99 cents; Apple) for adding borders to photos, and and Camera+ ($1.99; Apple) for prettying up images.
— White Noise ($1.99; Apple, Android). "I sleep with it," she says of the snooze-assist app. Her sound of choice: crickets chirping.
— Dropbox (free; Apple, Android.) She's "obsessed" with the cloud-storage site, which has an app that lets you access files. "It saves my life every day. It's really about being able to find things. It's my file cabinet in the sky. I have everything loaded in my Dropbox."


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Szczesny has endured a torrid time on the pitch since experiencing a disappointing Euro 2012 with Poland, and in recent weeks has lost his place as the Gunners' No.1 to countryman Lukasz Fabianski.
And the player's father Maciej, himself a former Poland goalkeeper, is adamant his son's problems date back to the end of last season, when he claims Wenger made the youngster play through injury.
"Wenger already started to look for the scapegoat," Szczesny told Przeglad Sportowy. "It is not the way the boss should behave.
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"Wojciech did not train the whole week and then a warm up on Friday and played the match on Saturday. He was naturally more susceptible to minor injuries and his form was going down.
"Wenger was playing with the young man's good health and Wojciech agreed foolishly.
"In my opinion Mr Wenger messed up a lot in April and May. I don't blame the young man who went along with his coach, his current lack of form is a result of those two months.
"Then in August there was a foot injury after which he played almost instantly.
"After seven weeks out Wojciech trained for just seven days and played the match. How on earth can he be on his highest form?"
Szczesny Sr believes his son will get back to his best, but hints he may have to disregard Wenger's instructions in order to do so.
"I told him 'Don't play, don't stretch your arm. Take a break, heal it. The time will come when you will pay the price for missing training sessions.
'You will be in worse form and Wenger will ignore you. He will not remember about your commitment.'
"This last period has not been successful for Wojciech, the fact that Arsene Wenger did not take him to Munich shows something.
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While getting her vaccinated may seem like torture -- for both of you! -- you don't have to sit there and "take it." Here's how to comfort your tot:
* Relieve the pain. Before the day of your appointment, ask your doc about topical anesthetics that can be applied to her skin before she gets the stick. Infant acetaminophen can be given before and after the shot to ease pain; ask about the right dose.
* Relax. Babies can sense anxiety, so try not to tense up when you see the needle.
* Distract her during the shot. Give her a paci to suck, or hold up a colorful toy.
Shot by shot: what you need to knowHepatitis B (Hep B): You can contract Hep B through unprotected sex, needle sharing, or from a transfusion of contaminated blood. This liver-damaging disease is also passed from mother to baby during delivery.
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP): Fever and difficulty breathing are signs of diphtheria, a bacterial infection of the respiratory tract that can be fatal; tetanus (or lockjaw -- where the mouth is held shut by a continuous spasm) damages the central nervous system; and pertussis (whooping cough) causes severe coughing and may progress to pneumonia and even death.
Vac fact: A recent upsurge of pertussis has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend that parents get a Tdap shot (the type similar to DTaP), since 55 percent of infants who get whooping cough catch it from a caregiver.
Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib): This shot fights haemophilus influenzae, which causes three potentially fatal illnesses: bacterial meningitis (infection of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord) and epiglottitis (swelling of the windpipe), and pneumonia.
Polio (IPV): IPV protects against the polio virus, which infects the central nervous system, causing paralysis and possibly death. Polio is nearly extinct in the U.S., but a single case from abroad could ignite an outbreak, so babies still need to get the shot.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR): Measles causes rash and fever and may lead to ear infections, pneumonia, seizures, and possibly death. Mumps brings on fever and swollen glands and can lead to deafness and meningitis. Rubella (German measles) can cause rash and fever, and if you get it while pregnant from an unvaccinated child it may lead to miscarriage or birth defects. The MMR vaccine has a trace of egg in it; see "Influenza" for more details.
Vac fact: For immunizations to fight disease effectively, a large number of children must be vaccinated (this is called "herd immunity"). To keep measles in check, 95 percent of kids should receive the shot, but unfortunately, only 75 percent of them do, which can lead to outbreaks like those seen recently in Colorado.
Varicella (Varivax): Chicken pox can mean more than just a rash. Serious cases may trigger bad skin infections, pneumonia, encephalitis, and even death, but since this vaccine's introduction in 1996, it has been almost 100 percent effective against the worst side effects of the disease.
Vac fact: Here are some good reasons not to attend a "chicken pox party," where one kid naturally infects the others: the complications listed above; missed work (you'll be with your sick tot); and dangerous infection risks to adults who've never had the illness before -- mainly those who are pregnant (they could get pneumonia) or have compromised immune systems.
Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV): PCV protects against bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, and bacteremia (a blood infection), as well as chronic ear infections.
Vac fact: The number of earaches and the need for ear tubes due to pneumococcal (which require surgery to be implanted) has dropped dramatically since 2000, when use of this vaccine became routine.
Influenza: Fever, muscle ache, fatigue, sore throat, and congestion are the common flu symptoms, and kids spread the illness at a very high rate. The vaccine can be given as early as 6 months and should be continued until age 5.
Vac fact: This shot, along with MMR, contains a trace amount of egg; if your child has had a rash after eating eggs in the past or you have this allergy in your immediate family, speak with your doctor (reactions are rare, but she may want your child to stay in the office for 15 to 20 minutes after the shot).
Rotavirus: The highly contagious rotavirus virus, which is particularly common in the winter months, can cause fever, extreme vomiting, and diarrhea. There is no evidence of an increase in intussusception (where one part of the intestine collapses into another) among infants who received this vaccine, the newest one on the schedule, though some press reports have suggested otherwise, and the AAP continues to recommend the immunization.


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I been using the daily builds for wii since regular releases have been abandoned.. on scummvm 1.4 I could load and play through unsupported games like KQ6, Gabriel knight, LSL6 cd.. etc..
I ended up upgrading to 1.5+ builds and nothing but constant coredumps!! on the games I listed above. Is there a way I can get code for 1.4 wii?? for the last couple of months I hoped 1.5 daily builds would eventually become more stable but this doesn't seem to be the case at all for Wii..
I have done clean wipes and ran on the default settings to produce these issues. Is anyone experiencing anything different?
ECSS made for me 1.5.0 build but there are some problems with it (Discworld and Discworld 2 don't work, but Loom is working awesome).
If you want I could send you link that you could see and make corrections
I upgraded to official 1.5.0 release and it is experiencing the same problems.
Scumm Engine games run awesome, but all SCI games result in codedump (SQ 3-5, LSL 5-6, etc). They ran fine in previous official build (1.3.1).
It is also still experiencing the issue I posted some months ago detecting SQ4.
Does anyone know if somebody is still maintaining this port? Since it looks like dhewg is out of the Wii scene. Does anybody know who was the responsible for the 1.5.0 official build? maybe he can take a look.
you're right the official 1.5 port for Wii still has these crashing issues..
Please is there anyone out there that can port code from 1.4 to Wii? I have no idea why I can't download a 1.4 version for wii anymore from the site.. I know the buildbot of 1.4 which no longer exists had far more support than the current 1.5..
if someone has a copy of it somewhere or could send me a build I would greatly appreciate it. I was able to play Gabriel Knight all the way to the end on it
Has this ever been resolved? Because I'm suffering from the same kinds of problems on 1.5 (completed Lara Bow 2 on it and now can't load my saves on the current version).
Firstly, we try to maintain savegame compatibility / loading of older savegame formats(as it helps regression testing), but it is not guaranteed as we occasionally need to break compatibility as the older savegame format for an engine had a bug causing corrupted savestates.
I suspect that the Wii port issues are related to problems in the libogc upgrade as newer versions are known to be buggy and our maintainer was having significant trouble trying to pin down and patch these:
However, I don't see that you have filed any formal bugs on these in our bug tracker... If you do so, we may be able to help investigate this and apply fixes.
If you really want to help fix the Wii port, then maybe you should take a look at debugging or fixing these issue yourself!
The following links should help:
This covers the basics of getting the source code, compiling and debugging a build:
This covers the specifics of setting up a cross compiler and toolchain for the Wii and building with it:
Automatically generated nightly builds for the stable (v1.5.0) and development master (v1.6.0git) branches can be found from here:
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A Warning Sign? Former RIM CEO Sells Remaining Stock
Investors may see former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie's stock sale as a sign he doesn't believe in the future of the company's new BB10 devices.
Still, it's hardly surprising he sold his position.
Balsillie, who had held a 5.1% stake in RIM as recently as December 2011, stepped down early last year amid investor frustration over the company's failure to stem market share losses against Apple Inc.'s iPhones and Google Inc.'s Android-powered devices. His departure also came amid talk of disagreements over strategy between him and fellow former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis, who remains on the board.
RIM's share price was down around 7% in early trading but it has since recovered to trade up 5.2% to $14.70. The stock has rebounded since falling as low as $6.22 in September, although it remains well below where it traded during its heyday a few years ago.


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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ' Colts owner Jim Irsay isn't giving any new updates about Peyton Manning's neck injury.
As speculation continues to swirl about Manning's availability for Sunday's season-opener at Houston, Irsay used his Twitter account early Monday morning to deflect talk that Manning needs a second surgery.
Shortly after a local sports talk radio host tweeted that Manning would need a second surgery, ESPN reported Manning would see several doctors this week regarding the slow process of recovery.
Irsay responded on Twitter with this: "There is nothing2say on Peyton's status except we move cautiously n deliberately on projecting,beyond day2day,his healing process n recovery."
Manning, the only four-time MVP in league history, has never missed a regular-season start and his streak of 227 consecutive games including playoffs is second all-time for quarterbacks.


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IBM's recent Enterprise 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla., was the Systems and Technology Group's inaugural event focusing on high-end business solutions. So it was no surprise that the CIOs, partners and IT practitioners -- data center admins and managers -- who work with IBM's System z mainframe and Power Systems platforms were thick on the ground.
In a literal sense, these groups represent the company's core IT and business constituencies. With the IBM mainframe's 50th anniversary just around the corner (April 2014), the company is the only U.S. IT vendor still building these solutions, and System z constitutes more than 90 percent of the global mainframe market.
IBM's Power Systems owns well over half the market for enterprise Unix/Linux solutions, a position that neither of its chief competitors -- Oracle/Sun and HP -- seems ready or willing, let alone able, to challenge.
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However, those business-critical IBM markets are also under intense pressure. While sales of mainframe MIPS (the "millions of instructions per second" benchmark measurement for System z solutions) continue to ramp up year over year, revenues have been lagging. In short, IBM is selling more and more mainframe capacity but at lower cost/margin.
Similarly, sales of Power Systems and competing HP and Oracle/Sun platforms have fallen as customers move traditional Unix workloads and applications to x86-based servers and alternatives, including cloud computing services. So while Enterprise 2013 featured a wide range of System z and Power Systems technical sessions, the conference also focused a great deal of time and attention on pitching mainframe and Power for emerging cloud, Big Data/analytics and security scenarios.
For those of us who follow IBM regularly, this was old news -- the company has long espoused the value its traditional enterprise platforms represent in these new and emerging markets. In fact, some might argue that IBM's messaging around virtualization and cloud sometimes escalates from vociferousness to stridency, and thus plays into competitors' hands, but the stakes couldn't be higher.
Despite all its achievements in developing and delivering innovation, the IT industry tends to be easily distracted by shiny new things and queasily willing to abandon tradition without a backward glance. So it behooves vendors of deeply established technologies, like IBM, to clearly define the continuing, hopefully expanding value of those solutions to the people who matter most -- the data center professionals whose lives are touched and whose careers depend on the company's System z and Power Systems.
IBM's Transaction Leadership
Mainframe and Unix platforms arguably represent the epitome of enterprise transactional computing. System z occupies crucial data center positions in 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies and is the preferred backend system for a large majority of banks, credit card companies and financial services firms, IBM executives noted at Enterprise 2013.
In addition, the robust capabilities of Power Systems have made it the leading platform for enterprise databases, including Oracle and IBM's DB2, and related business warehouse, business intelligence and analytics applications.
That's all to the good, but do either or both product families deserve the strategic repositioning for emerging cloud, Big Data/analytics and security workloads? Yes, indeed.
System z and Power deliver highly robust and scalable virtualization, pooling and management features that are core to cloud computing functionalities and services. Both platforms support muscular analytics solutions and can be leveraged in numerous Big Data scenarios.
IBM System z's unequaled position in the financial services sector and in public sector agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, serve as testimony to its security capabilities.
Transactional Evolution
At Enterprise 2013, however, the benefits both platforms offer for emerging applications and workloads in these areas were striking. The fact is that businesses and business IT are in the midst of a transactional sea change. As more and more companies and the processes and services they depend on move online and become mobile, business relationships and activities are becoming increasingly abstract.
Signs of this elemental change are everywhere, from expanding volumes of Internet-based retail sales to the ramping revenues of online and mobile advertising, to the growing importance of social networking-enabled customer business ratings and complaints. As companies move from bricks to clicks and face-to-face dealings become less and less common, transactions reflect and will eventually come to represent critical business relationships.
Don't forget to add "for good or ill" to that last statement, because if any core transaction computing characteristics -- speed, accuracy, reliability, security -- falter or fail outright, then the processes they support suffer, the relationships they represent can be inalterably damaged, and the organizations that employ them face serious -- sometimes fatal -- consequences to their reputations and brands.
With the stakes so high, why shouldn't organizations employ deeply established, long-tested transaction platforms like IBM's System z and Power Systems? More to the point, with the stakes so high, why the heck should they trust lesser known or less able solutions?
Final Analysis
Similar to other technical IT conferences, Enterprise 2013 was designed to educate data center executives, managers and administrators and address the questions they posed about the IT platforms and solutions they use every day. But IBM STG pursued another, significant goal during the conference -- to get attendees to begin thinking differently about the company's enterprise platforms.
While System z and Power System solutions continue to reliably support the applications and workloads they always have, the platforms are also well-suited for use in emerging cloud, Big Data/analytics and security.
In fact, given the evolving nature of business IT, especially in sustaining and enhancing business relationships, it seems reasonable to believe that what is old in IBM System z and Power Systems transaction computing is on the way to becoming new again.


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There was rare good news from Washington last week, as eight senators—four from each party—announced a "Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reform."
The so-called Gang of Eight proposed a "tough but fair path" to citizenship for undocumented immigrants that would commence only after the federal government secured the borders and put in place systems to prevent foreigners from overstaying their visas and to help employers verify that any new hires are legal.
This "border-security first" approach would require those now in America without permission to surface, register with immigration officials, and pass a background check. Any person with a serious criminal record or who poses a national-security threat would be deported. The rest would have to pay fines and back taxes to earn "probationary legal status."
Then they would have to wait to begin the process of applying for a green card and (if they choose) for citizenship until after a commission of border-state governors, attorneys general and community leaders affirm that the border is under operational control.
This means the process of regularization could take years—perhaps longer than a decade. Meanwhile, these "probationary legal residents" would not be eligible for welfare, ObamaCare or other public assistance.
The Gang of Eight framework also calls for a market-driven guest-worker program. This isn't only important for sectors like agriculture. It is also critical to reducing pressure on the border and making operational control more likely.
The bipartisan plan would also increase U.S. competitiveness by giving a green card to foreign students graduating from American universities with a Ph.D. or master's degree in science, technology, engineering and math.
Gang of Eight member Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) was incorrect to say that this framework mirrors previous immigration proposals. Making any path to citizenship contingent upon first securing the border distinguishes this approach from earlier ones, including the 2007 legislation advocated by President George W. Bush.
Moreover, the ideas behind the approach are popular. A Washington Post-ABC News poll released Wednesday found 83% of those surveyed support stricter border control while 55% favor a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
The framework of the proposed reforms highlights the persuasive powers of Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), who reportedly helped convince Senate Democrats that "border-security first" and a difficult, lengthy but attainable path to citizenship are essential to making reform both possible and durable.
A bipartisan House group is also at work on immigration. Among the Republican congressmen reportedly involved are John Carter and Sam Johnson, both Texans generally skeptical of offering illegal immigrants a path to legal status. Also involved is tea partier Raul Labrador of Idaho and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida. The presence of these congressmen in the discussion suggests an understanding among House Democrats that border security is a necessary precondition for getting a bipartisan deal.
But there are potentially significant differences between President Obama and the Gang of Eight. An unnamed administration official told the Washington Post last week that Mr. Obama would not endorse a security-first proposal. The White House has also signaled that the president favors a fast, easy path to citizenship. And while Mr. Obama didn't mention guest workers when he spoke about immigration in Las Vegas last week, AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka—an avowed opponent of any guest-worker program—sat in the front row.
The president can sabotage a deal by insisting on provisions (such as automatic citizenship or protections for same-sex couples) that appeal to his base but make it impossible to earn passage through the Republican-controlled House. If he does so, he would show that he is more interested in using immigration as a political weapon than in finding a solution.
To resolve this issue, Mr. Obama should play it low-key. In this instance, unlike in foreign policy, the president ought to lead from behind. That means supporting the framework agreed to by members of Congress, not insisting on his own. That should be easy enough. After all, Mr. Obama hasn't offered a concrete immigration proposal for four years. It would be good if he didn't try now.
Being constructive also means cooling his rhetoric. That won't be easy for the reflexively polarizing president. The Gang of Eight rushed to issue its framework the day before Mr. Obama's Las Vegas speech to discourage him from saying something that might undermine a bipartisan effort. They largely succeeded: The president reportedly toned down his remarks. With Mr. Obama, this constitutes impressive progress.
Members of Congress from both parties know that Mr. Obama can't be counted on to lead in a way that narrows differences and brings people together. The best to hope for is that the president chooses not to make himself an impediment to bipartisanship. If that happens, it will be a first for Mr. Obama. Here's hoping.
A version of this article appeared February 7, 2013, on page A13 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: How the President Can Aid Immigration Reform and online at WSJ.com.


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NHS patients will be given the ability to scrub electronic records of their treatments and medical conditions from a proposed national medical database.
The concession to patient privacy and data protection follows negotiations between health service officials and data protection watchdogs at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), The Guardian reports. Patients - who already had the right to opt out of the scheme - now have the right to have their medical records deleted instead of simply masked once they are put onto the system.
Health officials have previously fended off security concerns about data transmitted over the NHS extranet, which is called the Spine. They also claimed as recently as last month that the cost of running a system for deleting individual summary care records (SCRs) would be too expensive, instead offering to put in place a system to hide records from general access while still retaining them on the database.
The summary care records are designed to provide NHS doctors and nurses with ready access to care records irrespective of whether a patient has visited a particular hospital or facility before. Details will include past treatments, notes of possible allergies, drugs being taken and medical conditions already being treated. The information would be particularly useful in cases where a patient is in no state to answer questions, or is responsive but unable to recall details of their medical history.
The same SCRs could be used to indicate a dying patient's preference not be be resuscitated in cases where they experience a heart attack, for example. Tens of thousands of these summary records have already been established during pilot schemes in Bolton and Bury.
Dr Gillian Braunold, a medical director of the programme, told The Guardian that although most people see the benefits of the scheme, a "significant minority" want no part in it. The change in deletion policy means that "the deletion option is there if [individuals] are not happy they can choose to have [their SCR] deleted physically".
One important exception remains, however. In cases where a patient's SCR file has already been used, then it would be archived rather than deleted for legal reasons, Dr Braunold explained.
Some GPs, as well as privacy activists, oppose the scheme. One of the main concerns is that data held on the system will be accessible to all authorised users instead of only clinical staff treating a particular patient.
The records system is run by NHS agency Connecting for Health (CfH), who people would need to contact with a request to have their medical records deleted. However its unclear what forms and red tape might be involved. Suspicion also remains that the simple act of a GP accessing the records, for example, might be used as a bureaucratic excuse to refuse deletion.
An ICO spokeswoman confirmed that deletion of medical records would now be possible following talks between the watchdog and managers from the CfH.
In a statement, the ICO explained the thinking behind the procedure:
People want the assurance that they can restrict who can access their personal details in NHS electronic records.
We met recently with Connecting for Health (CfH) to discuss the permanent deletion of summary care records once a patient requests their summary record no longer appears on the database.
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CALIFORNIA, U.S. - While speculations are rife that Apple might be planning to counter Netflix by launching its own video subscription product this year - some analysts think otherwise.
According to analysts at Citi, Apple is more likely to take advantage of U.S. President Donald Trump's corporate tax cut and acquire Netflix.
Citi analysts Jim Suva and Asiya Merchant said that there is 40 percent chance that the iPhone maker will buy Netflix, considering that the company has nearly $250 billion in cash.
Under the new taxing rules, Apple will be able to repatriate about $220 billion in cash to the U.S.
Suva and Merchant were quoted as saying, "The firm has too much cash - nearly $250 billion - growing at $50 billion a year. This is a good problem to have. Historically, Apple has avoided repatriating cash to the U.S. to avoid high taxation. As such, tax reform may allow Apple to put this cash to use. With over 90 percent of its cash sitting overseas, a one-time 10 percent repatriation tax would give Apple $220 billion for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) or buybacks."
Meanwhile, one report noted that iTunes has been a huge hit for the company, but viewers have migrated increasingly to services like Netflix, Amazon or Hulu to watch their favourite shows leaving Apple struggling to offer a compelling TV or movie offering.
In September last year, reports claimed that Apple might lease the Culver Studios in California as it plans to pour $1 billion into TV and movie productions.
With the battle for good movie scripts and television projects intensifying in the Silicon Valley, Apple has already hired top Hollywood talent duo Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg to lead its Hollywood push.
The tech giant is reportedly also developing a new TV show that will star Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.


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Pearce's homer helps Orioles seal sweep
ST. PETERSBURG -- When Steve Pearce re-signed with Baltimore after being released, he cited the opportunity, with first baseman Chris Davis on the disabled list, to be able to contribute to an organization he was comfortable with.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- When Steve Pearce re-signed with Baltimore after being released, he cited the opportunity, with first baseman Chris Davis on the disabled list, to be able to contribute to an organization he was comfortable with.
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A night removed from rookie Jonathan Schoop's decisive two-run homer, the O's keep getting contributions from all over the lineup with Pearce -- also the center of a game-changing play -- connecting for a two-run homer to seal Thursday's 3-1 series sweep over Tampa Bay.
"To me it's huge to finally get the opportunity to play and show guys what I can do," said Pearce, who is batting .300 over that stretch with two doubles, two homers and five RBIs in place of Davis. "It was a great team win. We needed that."
Baltimore, which has dealt with a host of early-season injuries to key contributors, including Davis and Manny Machado, remains atop the American League East and ends a six-game road trip with a very respectable 4-2 record.
"Stevie's had some big hits for us," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He's a professional baseball player. He's a strong young man who cares about doing things right. He's always been a pleasure to have around because of the way he carries himself. It means a lot for him to win and contribute."
Pearce's offensive effort, coupled with Schoop's tack-on RBI, helped O's starter Ubaldo Jimenez win his second consecutive start and first over a divisional opponent this season.
While Jimenez's stay was again short -- he lasted 5 1/3 innings -- he held Tampa Bay to one run and a bullpen of Ryan Webb, Brian Matusz and Darren O'Day picked it up from there.
"It was a good one because when I saw myself have 50 pitches in the second inning I was like, 'Wow. This is going to be a long one,'" said Jimenez, who struggled with command. "So I told myself I have to find a way to cut back on it and go as long as I can."
After allowing a a first-inning run on Evan Longoria's two-out single, Jimenez settled in a little bit. The righty retired 9 of 10 before Jimemez got into trouble in the fifth with a one-out walk to Ben Zobrist and Desmond Jennings' infield hit. Jimenez hit Matt Joyce with a pitch to load the bases for Longoria, but got the Rays' cleanup hitter to bounce a ball to shortstop J.J. Hardy. Hardy fired to second baseman Ryan Flaherty, who turned and threw off the mark to Pearce, but the first baseman lunged and completed the double play with an outstretched glove.
"That was huge," Pearce said of the play, which was confirmed after a two-minute replay review challenge issued by Rays manager Joe Maddon. "It was bases loaded at the time. If that ball had gotten past … it could have cleared the bases."
Instead, it meant Jimenez started the next inning and he exited with runners on the corners and one out -- after a pair of singles -- in favor of Webb. The O's got a break in Machado fielding Yunel Escobar's grounder and catching Will Myers trying to score, and they got him in a rundown for the inning's second out. Webb got Ryan Hanigan to ground out sharply to end the threat and recorded the first two outs of the seventh before Matusz came on to throw 1 1/3 scoreless. O'Day finished the game, with closer Tommy Hunter pitching back-to-back nights prior to Thursday.
"We have some confidence that people who are right-handed can get left-handed hitters out and the left-handers can get right-handed hitters out," Showalter said of a relief corps that has been relied on heavily this season. "That's kind of what we're going to expect from our guys, too, sometimes, to keep everybody healthy. You've watched. I'm not going to put them in harm's way. We've got to keep our guys healthy down there."
Added Jimenez: "As a starting pitcher, we want to go deep. We are not doing it right now, but hopefully we will find a way to turn it around because we are putting a lot of it in their arms right now."
Pearce has handled his workload incredibly well, putting the Orioles on the board Thursday with a two-run homer in his first at-bat in the second inning. He sent Rays ace David Price's full-count fastball into left field to also score Hardy, who doubled. Schoop, the hero in Wednesday's contest with a two-run homer, drove in Baltimore's third run with a two-out single in the fourth.
"David was right around the zone and they were fouling balls off," Hanigan said. "It wasn't like he walking a bunch of guys."
The O's chased Price after five innings, loading the bases on the lefty with a pair of singles from Adam Jones and Matt Wieters and Hardy's walk. While reliever Brad Boxberger struck out the side to keep the score there, the O's had already done enough to ensure a happy flight home to Baltimore.
"It's way better," Pearce said of the long flight after a sweep. "It's nice to have that, especially going back home to play Houston. I'll take that."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @britt_ghiroli.


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Our pal Charles C. Johnson passes along a pointer to a new video series that Arthur Laffer is doing at the moment called "Laff Tracks." This first one calmly dissects Obama's dismissal of Mitt Romney's tax plan:
And my pals at PERC have edited down the conversation I had with author Charles Mann on Monday afternoon in Bozeman (I'll have some other outtakes from this conversation custom for Power Line in a couple of days):
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Brazil beat Croatia 3-2 (25-16, 25-18, 19-25, 23-25, 15-12) - duration 1:55
13-Aug, start time: 10:00, end time: 11:55 - Attendance: 150
Head coach of Brazil, Moura Luizomar:
"That was an exciting match from the very beginning until the end. My team started very well taking the first two sets most of all because of good blocking. In the following parts we were defeated due to some problems with concentration. Fortunatelly we came back in the tie-breaker. For me it is not so important which team we are going to draw for the quaterfinal. All twelve present very high level of volleyball".
Thaisa Menezes, player of Brazil:
"The Croatians are very strong and it was really hard to beat them. I believe we prevailed most of all because of a good blocking".
Nino Matjacic, head coach of Croatia:
"That was only a seeding match but we did not have problems with motivation because we played against one of the volleyball superpowers. Respect was our first feeling. We hardly existed on a court in the first two sets but as the game went on we improved a lot. About the drawing of lots for the quaterfinals - I have only one wish: to avoid Italy".
Captain of the Croatian team, Dijana Rescic:
"The match was not so very important but we tried our best. In my opinion we overcame Brazil in the third and fourth sets due to an improvement in spiking, since our reception kept the same, good level, for all the time".