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Lampard to City, Vermaelen to United?
Transfer Talk pushes on as we near the window's halfway point. As always, here are all the news and rumours from around the globe, updated throughout the day ...
TOP PICK: Manchester City are widely reported to be closing in on a loan deal for Frank Lampard.
- Arsenal were believed to be close to signing Juan Quintero from Porto but Arsene Wenger today rubbished rumours a deal was close. He also confirmed club captain Thomas Vermaelen is currently injured but could leave the club in the near future. He says he has not contacted Southampton about Morgan Schneiderlin and that rumours linking his side with Mario Balotelli were completely unfounded.
- Dani Alves' time at Barcelona looks to be up as boss Luis Enrique tells him to find a new club and make way for the arrival of Juan Cuadrado.
- Liverpool are close to spending 16 million pounds on Sevilla's Alberto Moreno and hope to tie up a loan deal for Atletico Madrid's Javi Manquillo in the next few days.
- Fernando Torres has been linked with a shock move to Wolfsburg by Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio. However German reports have branded the rumour first dubious and then unthinkable.
22.59 BST: That's all for today's edition of TT, but we'll be back before long with the latest gossip and transfer nonsense from around the football world.
22.57 BST: Frank Lampard's decision to join Manchester City on a short-term deal is a drama-free move for Chelsea supporters, Blues blogger Mark Worrall writes.
22.53 BST: Harry Redknapp looks to be eyeing Juve's versatile Chile international Mauricio Isla.
Queens Park Rangers are in talks with Juventus about a move for Chile international Mauricio Isla. #QPR http://t.co/UQp6AnZbhp
- Pete O'Rourke (@SkySportsPeteO) August 1, 2014
22.46 BST: Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal (and their army of right-backs) can compete with the big spenders these days.
"With the financial fair play added to the fact we have more financial power than five years ago, it gives us a better chance," he said. "The last two seasons it has changed because we had the financial power to do it; the seasons before we could not and I was sitting here saying 'Where do we go next?' but we managed to get into a better position."
22.11 BST: Apparently Arsene Wenger simply cannot get enough of agreeing deals for right-backs this summer, because Marca thinks Arsenal are in for Real Madrid's Alvaro Arbeloa.
21.38 BST: Darius Henderson has left Nottingham Forest by mutual consent and will be on the lookout for a new club.
21.14 BST: Crystal Palace have signed Brede Hangeland, and ESPN FC's Eagles blogger Jim Daly says it's a step up for Tony Pulis' side. Blog here.
21.09 BST: O Jogo is reporting that Samuel Eto'o is on the verge of joining Roma after leaving Chelsea.
20.27 BST: Read the full story here on the reports Chelsea legend Frank Lampard is on his way to Manchester City.
20.07 BST: Very interesting reports emerging that Frank Lampard is going to join Manchester City on loan. You'll recall that he's going to play for City-owned New York City FC when they start their MLS life in 2015.
BREAKING: Manchester City confident of signing Frank Lampard on loan http://t.co/U8GI6vdW4r pic.twitter.com/i8Lue3bWN8
- Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) August 1, 2014
19.49 BST: Newcastle have all but ended their interest in QPR striker Loic Remy. Story here.
19.06 BST: As mentioned earlier, Eintracht Frankfurt have signed Haris Seferovic from Real Sociedad, and you can read about that here.
18.51 BST: Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has made it clear Connor Wickham must sign a new deal soon or be sold. Story here.
18.17 BST: Stefan de Vrij says he is delighted to be joining Lazio and denied that Roma or Manchester United were ever in for him. Story here.
17.51 BST: Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is planning further signings, which is by no means a surprise.
Bartomeu (president): "Transfer window isn't over yet, it ends on 31 August. I think we still have some things left to do this summer."
- barcastuff (@barcastuff) August 1, 2014
17.40 BST: Torino president Urbano Cairo has dropped the biggest hint yet that his side will sell reported AC Milan target Alessio Cerci. Story here.
17.27 BST: It looks like Oscar Cardozo may be off to Turkey after Tuttomercatoweb claim the striker is close to joining Trabzonspor from Benfica.
17.22 BST: Brendan Rodgers had initially been thought to have been open to letting Kolo Toure leave Liverpool with Turkish club Trabzonspor supposedly keen. However the Liverpool manager has told reporters he expects the Ivorian to stay because he is 'a winner.'
17.15 BST: And this one!
Transfer: Maxi Lopez goes to Chievo Verona. Official statement (in Italian): http://t.co/1KvkdytQjE
- Calcio Catania (@Catania) August 1, 2014
17.12 BST: Our sincerest apologies for missing this one! Edson Braafheid signs for Lazio from FC Twente.
#EdsonBraafheid è un giocatore della @officialsslazio. Trovato l'accordo con la società.
- SS Lazio (@officialsslazio) August 1, 2014
17.05 BST: PSV have announced the signing of Andrija Lukovic!
PSV heeft zich versterkt met het talent Andrija Lukovic, een 19-jarige middenvelder uit Servië. #psv © PSV MEDIA pic.twitter.com/73ZJL88ok2
- PSV (@PSV) August 1, 2014
17.01 BST: A few links for you now. First up, the full story on Brondby's attempt to bring back Daniel Agger from Liverpool. We've also got the full story on Diego Lopez and his selection as the goalkeeper to LEAVE Real Madrid. And finally we have Brede Hangeland's new one year deal with Crystal Palace, right here.
16.55 BST: Burnley are set to make a difficult decision as to whether to sign a player from Non-League Tamworth. Kaiyne Woolery has spent the last few weeks on trial with the Premier League new boys and the Tamworth Herald claim Sean Dyche is set to make his decision as to whether to sign the youngster in the next few days.
16.46 BST: Rayo Vallecano add to their signing of Gael Kakuta yesterday.
Licá es oficialmente nuevo jugador del @RVMOficial para la temporada 2014-15. #QueTeCruceElRayo pic.twitter.com/7OCzWpvm9T
- Rayo Vallecano (@RVMOficial) August 1, 2014
Spanish club Rayo Vallecano sign Porto's Licá on one-year loan.
- Tom Kundert (@Portu_Goal) August 1, 2014
16.42 BST: SPANISH PLAYER REJECTS LIVERPOOL! But it is neither of Javi Manquillo or Alberto Moreno. No, young Fran Villalba of Valencia has decided to stay at the Mestalla to continue his tutelage than join Brendan Rodgers at Anfield, according to Super Deporte.
16.35 BST: Sporting Lisbon have released a rather bitterly worded press release explaining the departure of Eric Dier to Tottenham. It even has a go at his father! Read the whole thing here on Sporting's English translation website.
16.30 BST: From the horse's mouth!
#Isla: @juventusfc and @QPRFC are talking about a loan
- Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) August 1, 2014
16.21 BST: Torino reportedly continue their stance on Matteo Darmian in apparently turning down a nine million euro offer from Atletico Madrid. The full-back has pulled in speculation over his future in Turin this summer following his performances towards the back end of last season and his inclusion in Italy's World Cup squad. Gazzetta dello Sport claim the bid has been turned down and any firther interest from Roma will be met with similar fortitude.
16.15 BST: OFFICIAL! Mexico's cult hero goalkeeper moves to Malaga on a free transfer.
OFICIAL.El guardameta Guillermo Ochoa (@yosoy8a) se convierte en nuevo jugador del #MálagaCF. http://t.co/IvmmHhXPvl pic.twitter.com/nPll22M3If
- Málaga CF (@MalagaCF) August 1, 2014
16.12 BST: Napoli midfielder Blerim Dzemaili, who has been linked away from the club all summer long, fancies a move to Sevilla. Il Mattino claim the Swiss player is licking his lips at the prospect of playing against Real Madrid in the European Super Cup and wants his entourage to start speaking to Seville about a move as soon as possible.
16.06 BST: This translates along the lines of... Mathieu Valbuena has landed in Moscow and will sign for Dynamo.
L'affaire Valbuena touche à sa fin. Mathieu a enfin accepté l'offre de Dynamo Moscou et sera bientôt "bleu et blanc".
- Nobel Arustamyan (@ANobelito) August 1, 2014
16.00 BST: West Ham are being linked with a one million pound move to sign Stoke City forward Peter Crouch. It is thought Mark Hughes doesn't want to sell the lanky striker but the lure of returning to London could be too much for Crouch and a deal is possible, according to reports.
15.52 BST: Schalke have released midfielder Anthony Annan after three seasons with the club according to GhanaSoccernet. The midfielder is being linked with a move to Swedish side Malmo.
15.45 BST: West Ham have backed out of signing Samuel Eto'o because the Cameroon striker's wage demands are far too high, according to the Mirror. Apparently he wants 120,000 pounds per week which the Hammers simply cannot afford. Considering some of the wage packets he has had over the years, that's him coming relatively cheap!
15.38 BST: Arsenal just can't stay out of the news! Even in Japan...
According to Japanese news paper Hochi sc Heerenveen are looking to sign Ryo Miayichi to replace Bilal Basacikoglu, who went to Feyenoord.
- Michiel Jongsma (@JongsmaJongsma) August 1, 2014
15.30 BST: Takeover from Peter Lim and now closing in on a real talent of a signing.
River need to sell their 80% of Eder Alvarez Balanta for at least $6m. Valencia still leading the chase for his signature. A real talent.
- Rupert Fryer (@Rupert_Fryer) August 1, 2014
15.26 BST: AC Milan's interest in Andre Ayew looks set to be firmed up with a bid to Marseille in the six million euro region, according to reports in France and Spain.
15.17 BST: Le 10 Sport are claiming an exclusive! They say Newcastle defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa is set for a sensational return to France with Marseille. The report suggests nothing concrete has been agreed yet but that the talks are serious and the club would like to tie up a deal quickly.
15.14 BST: The Fulham rebuild continues!
New signing Nikolay Bodurov speaks about his move to #FFC http://t.co/yUPj5BZiMp #ffc pic.twitter.com/J2yUoxYKh7
- Fulham Football Club (@FulhamFC) August 1, 2014
15.10 BST: Leeds may have missed out on a goalkeeper but they look to be attracting the interest of another very good Championship striker.
I understand Billy Sharp would be open to a move to lufc. Don't know if club interested in him though/ how wage expectations would tally
- Simon Austin (@sport_simon) August 1, 2014
15.07 BST: We'll call this 'The Non-Rumour'. According to Italian journalist Alfredo Pedulla, Diego Simeone is so infatuated by Spurs' Erik Lamela, he has sanctioned a 27 million euro bid for the attacker. Considering Spurs have already said they're not going to sell and the fact the player wnats to prove himself in England, this appears to be a very attention-seeking attempt at a transfer rumour!
15.00 BST: Reports suggest former West Brom loanee Morgan Amalfitano is set for a move back to the Premier League. The Daily Mail and L'Equipe say Crystal Palace, QPR and Sunderland are all keen on the Marseille winger who would cost in the region of three million pounds.
14.56 BST: It's almost like Jose Mourinho is still annoying Real Madrid officials even though he left twelve months ago!
Diego López severance package likely to be around 12 million euros. He has 3 years left on his contract.
- AS English (@English_AS) August 1, 2014
14.47 BST: There is going to be a rumour a day until he eventually signs for someone. Ronaldinho has been linked with a move to New York Red Bulls by Brazilian news outlet UOL. The report claims a deal is close to being agreed but Ronny's brother (and agent) won't say anything just yet.
14.40 BST: Il Mattino are reporting that Napoli intend to re-open talks with Tottenham about midfielder Sandro once they know which European competition they will be playing in next season. Basically, Champions League and they'll make a bid. Europa League and they wont.
14.32 BST: Lazio are about to launch an ambitious move to sign Real Madrid's Jese Rodriguez on loan for the season according to Tuttomercatoweb. Apparently Lazio have been admirers from afar for quite some time and are now going to launch a bid after receiving encouragement that the player may be available on loan.
14.25 BST: You see!
Wenger says reports of Porto playmaker Quintero coming to Arsenal are "wrong". #afc pic.twitter.com/fSdowfOc0d
- Sam (@samuelJayC) August 1, 2014
14.22 BST: Leeds United have missed out on signing former Roma goalkeeper Federico Viviani as he has decided to join Latina instead according to reports.
14.11 BST: Looks like Arsenal don't want to stop signing people! But could also be set to lose their club captain. Basically, it is all going on at Arsenal.
Wenger says he not spoken to Southampton about Morgan Schneiderlin
- Gary Jacob (@garyjacob) August 1, 2014
Wenger says never any truth in links to Balotelli but declined to comment on Madrid pushing Khedira to Arsenal
- Gary Jacob (@garyjacob) August 1, 2014
Wenger confirms Thomas Vermaelen is injured: "Its a possibility that he leaves the club." #MUFC
- Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland) August 1, 2014
Wenger says he is still open to do more transfer business and club ahead of what usually do as more players available and earlier
- Gary Jacob (@garyjacob) August 1, 2014
14.06 BST: Jermaine Jones' possible return to the MLS, and home, could be with the Chicago Fire who have offered him a two million dollar a year contract.
13.59 BST: Finally completed! He did his medical with Antoine Griezmann remember! Read the full story here.
Agreement with @fczenit_en for the loan of Cristian Ansaldi http://t.co/23oltesYhy #WelcomeAnsaldi pic.twitter.com/XxOYiEIwAv
- Atleti English (@atletienglish) August 1, 2014
13.57 BST: Sums up transfer windows quite well. One report claims Robert Koren's agent is going Down Under. Another saying Bojan Jokic's is going another.
You gotta love transfer windows! Koren's agent is on his way to Australia, Jokic's agent is reportedly in Spain. They have the same agent...
- Slovenian Football (@sloveniafooty) August 1, 2014
13.52 BST: Cordoba make their ELEVENTH signing of the summer in Aleksandar Pantic from Villareal on loan.
Aleksandar Pantic nueva incorporación del Córdoba C.F. #CCF http://t.co/0JhDCSkY00
- Córdoba CF (@cordobacfsad) August 1, 2014
13.49 BST: There are nine clubs chasing Stoke's Geoff Cameron according to reports. Nine whole clubs. Swansea, Hull, Sunderland, West Brom and Southampton are keen as well as four unnamed clubs from the Bundesliga. He could be available for around five million pounds.
13.44 BST: El Mundo Deportivo are reporting Granada are close to signing Espanyol striker Jhon Cordoba and ti could be announced today.
13.40 BST: Aston Villa youngster Jed Steer's career isn't going quite as he would have anticipated. Was expected to challenge Brad Guzan for the No.1 shirt at Villa.
#DRFC have snapped up Aston Villa goalkeeper Jed Steer on a three month loan. Details on http://t.co/Ji4161aDBf soon. pic.twitter.com/g7epjyEMHA
- Doncaster Rovers FC (@drfc_official) August 1, 2014
13.36 BST: Craig Dawson is edging closer and closer to an exit from West Brom as the Baggies are looking like they're going to accept a three million pound offer from Burnley, according to the Express and Star.
13.31 BST: Well I'm sure there would be a host of clubs looking to take advantage of this situation.
Miguel Veloso:"I'd like to leave Dinamo Kiev, I've expressed my desire to leave but it's not just up to me" via TMW
- David Amoyal (@DavidAmoyal) August 1, 2014
13.25 BST: Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu has touched down at the club's training camp at St George's Park in order to update Luis Enrique on the club's efforts to sign Juan Cuadrado and Marquinhos. El Mundo Deportivo claim they are confident over the Colombian from Fiorentina but may have to execute plan B with regard to Marquinhos and sign Thomas Vermaelen from Arsenal instead.
13.22 BST: Central defender Inigo Lopez is set to join Cordoba from PAOK in Greece according to reports. And now has...
Iñigo López nuevo jugador del Córdoba C.F. #CCF http://t.co/AyToiSkMLO
- Córdoba CF (@cordobacfsad) August 1, 2014
13.18 BST: Reports suggested it was going to happen today. And it has.
#CPFC are delighted to confirm the signing of central defender Brede Hangeland on a free transfer pic.twitter.com/PvZXdnHzHP
- Crystal Palace FC (@CPFC) August 1, 2014
13.16 BST: Real Sociedad lose Antoine Griezmann and Haris Seferovic in one summer!? Ouch.
Willkommen Haris Seferovic. Der 22jährige Schweizer Nationalspieler unterschrieb heute für 3 Jahre bei unserer #SGE! pic.twitter.com/ymsVTP8Hdx
- Eintracht Frankfurt (@Eintracht_News) August 1, 2014
13.13 BST: Hamburg's recruitment drive continues as Gianluca Di Marzio reports they had made a bid for Lazio defender Luis Pedro Cavanda but it fell well below the asking price of three million euros. The German side also tried to take the Sunderland target on loan but that too was rejected.
13.06 BST: Everton continue to make big strides in this transfer window.
#Everton's loan deal for Ghana & Chelsea winger Christian Atsu is not done yet but I'm told it's "very close". #EFC #CFC
- Greg O'Keeffe (@GregOK) August 1, 2014
13.02 BST: Stoke City have not given up on signing AIK winger Nabil Bahoui despite Everton fronting the queue to sign him. St Etienne, Southampton and Crystal Palace are also monitoring the situation according to the Stoke Sentinel but Mark Hughes retains hope he can convince the winger to join the Potters.
12.55 BST: Chelsea have one of the best goalkeepers in the world in Petr Cech. They have brought back one of the best goalkeepers in the world in Thibault Courtois from Atletico Madrid. And now they are looking to bring one of the top goalkeepers in the world in Diego Lopez. That is, according to a report in the Express which says Jose Mourinho wants to bring in the Spaniard, much like he did when he brought him to Real Madrid to displace Iker Casillas. Very odd indeed.
12.49 BST: AC Milan are hoping to catch glimpses of Joel Campbell at the Emirates Cup this weekend. The Daily Telegraph are reporting the Italian giants are keen to sign the Costa Rican but could face a battle as Campbell himself wants to fight for his place in the Arsenal squad.
12.45 BST: More reaction and insight from ESPN's Kristan Heneage on Newcastle's quest for strikers.
Loic Remy also still a target for #nufc. Hearing he's not as interested in the move, but if they pull it off it has been a good window.
- Kristan Heneage (@KHeneage) August 1, 2014
12.40 BST: Rafael van der Vaart has told Bild he is waiting on a phone call from Harry Redknapp to see if a move to QPR is possible. He spoke fondly of his time under the current QPR boss when at Spurs, scoring 24 goals in two seasons.
12.34 BST: Crystal Palace are taking a look at former QPR and Portsmouth youngster Sam Magri who has been on trial at the club. The Croydon Advertiser say he will have one last chance to impress the club in a pre-season friendly against Forest Green Rovers.
12.30 BST: The former Levante goalkeeper's deal may eventually be confirmed. Last week we heard it was going to be this week. Now it is Monday.
Keylor Navas to land in Madrid on Monday http://t.co/CTVO8XrWwU pic.twitter.com/yYpf1ON2sp
- MARCA in English (@MARCAinENGLISH) August 1, 2014
12.25 BST: Lyon star Clement Grenier has put to bed any rumours of his leaving the French club. The Daily Express report him as saying: ""I have no problem with the club and have never missed a training session intentionally. There is no controversy and my intention is to be back on the pitch and competing as soon as possible."
The French midfielder had been touted for a move after supposedly deliberately missing training sessions. But those rumours are now quashed and Newcastle, Arsenal and Southampton will have to look elsewhere.
12.17 BST: Exclusive from Tuttomercatoweb again as they claim Genoa have approached AC Milan over the signing of M'Baye Niang. The teenager has struggled to settle in Milan since his high-profile move two years ago and the report says if a deal can't be agreed then Atletico Madrid's Leo Baptistao will be approached.
12.12 BST: Will this stop Newcastle's pursuit of Loic Remy? Apparently not.
Newcastle agree a loan deal with Shakthar Donetsk for striker Facundo Ferreyra.They still want another main striker on permanent deal too.
- Graeme Bailey (@GraemeBailey) August 1, 2014
12.05 BST: Another gem from Gianluca Di Marzio as he claims Lazio are in for another defender and have identified Mexican legend Rafael Marquez and Uruguayan stalwart Diego Lugano as potential signings.
12.02 BST: Despite Jose Mourinho claiming yesterday Fernando Torres was not for sale, a report from Gianluca Di Marzio claims Wolfsburg are looking to sign him. The German club have made no secret of their desire to sign a forward this window and have apparently already sounded out Torres' agent about a move.
11.50 BST: Everton want to sign MK Dons youngster Brendan Galloway. The Mirror reports the teenager is in a contract wrangle with MK as he believes he is entitled to leave for compensation. Boss Karl Robinson is said to be fuming and is demanding one million pounds up front for Galloway. Everton are offering 400,000 pounds plus add-ons with a compromise seen as more likely than a tribunal.
11.45 BST: It had been in the pipeline for a while. And now it is done. Jose Basanta joins Fiorentina from Monterrey.
ACF Fiorentina comunica di aver acquistato, a titolo definitivo, il calciatore Basanta dal Monterrey. il video http://t.co/cg0a8Iui8x
- ACF Fiorentina (@ACF_Fiorentina) August 1, 2014
11.41 BST: Crystal Palace are hoping to sign Brede Hangeland on a free transfer after six-and-a-half years playing with Fulham. The Daily Mail claim a huge part of the move is the Norwegian's desire to stay in London amid rumours Hull City also wanted to sign him. A deal could be announced today.
11.35 BST: Bologna have made a last ditch attempt to sign Verona forward Daniele Cacia. Tuttosport say the forward had been set to stay at the relegated club but Bologna have made contact with the player's agent and hope to complete a deal soon.
11.31 BST: Derby County are hopeful of signing Chelsea's Nathan Ake on loan for the season according to the Mirror. However, with Chelsea short of home-grown players, the young Dutchman may be left in the Chelsea squad in order to meet quotas.
11.28 BST: Fiorentina are supposedly putting pressure on Sassuolo to sell them midfielder Jasmin Kurtic, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
11.24 BST: Ronald Koeman has stood defiant and told reporters Morgan Schneiderlin is a Southampton player and will continue to be. Slightly harder to believe him when he says the French midfielder hasn't asked for a move. The pair have apparently spoken about THAT tweet and the Dutchman told Schneiderlin that that kind of thing needs to be kept in-hosue. Read the full story here.
11.19 BST: Atletico Madrid have put the spoilers on a number of transfer rumours after declaring they are not interested in any of Fernando Torres, Javier Hernandez or Santi Cazorla. President Enrique Cerezo told Radio Marca, as quoted in the Daily Mail,: "Many names have been mentioned, but none of those players, neither Cazorla, Callejon, Torres nor Chicharito (Hernandez) are on our agenda."
11.11 BST: They're spoiling us over at Tuttomercatoweb today with their exclusives. According to their sources, Genoa have made a tentative approach to AC Milan over the signing of Colombian defender Cristian Zapata. The Rossoneri are said to be willing to listen to offers but will wait for Juventus to declare whether they are in or out of the bidding before negotiating with Genoa.
11.07 BST: According to reports in Leggo, Roma's move for Monaco forward Yannick Ferriera Carrasco could be in doubt after complications at the French club's end. If nothing materialises then Roma have identified Cagliari forward Mauricio Pinilla as a potential replacement. He's the one that cracked the bar for Chile at the World Cup in the dying moments against Brazil and then got a tattoo of the incident on his arm.
11.03 BST: Leeds fans, get excited. The boss is back and looks ready to sign some new players!
Cellino due back in Leeds today. Probably no coincidence that there have been no signings since he left for Miami #lufc
- Simon Austin (@sport_simon) August 1, 2014
11.00 BST: An exclusive from the folks over at tuttomercatoweb who claim Sunderland have been in contact with the agent of Palermo's Abel Hernandez about a possible transfer. Apparently the striker is keen on a move and would welcome a bid from the Black Cats but it has not been forthcoming yet.
10.54 BST: Tuttosport are reporting that one of the topics covered in the Juventus unveiling of Patrice Evra was long-time target Nani. However the Italian newspaper claims the Portuguese winger would be a luxury and that the club are more focused on bringing in Ezequiel Lavezzi.
10.50 BST: Artem Milevskiy was once regarded as the next Andriy Shevchenko. The former Gaziantepspor and Aktobe striker has now joined Hadjuk Split.
El #HajdukSplit ha fichado al delantero ucraniano Artem Milevskiy (29), libre tras dejar el #Gaziantepspor en Febrero pic.twitter.com/ntiHbPjppd
- 100% Fichajes (@mercatosphera) July 30, 2014
10.44 BST: And the club he is being linked with? Arsenal. Because they just want to sign everybody!
Arbeloa tempted by Premier League http://t.co/zREOyGCu5J pic.twitter.com/EQQuaaiOVF
- MARCA in English (@MARCAinENGLISH) August 1, 2014
10.34 BST: Confirmed! Sampdoria sign Gonzalo Bergessio from Catania.
L'abbraccio blucerchiato a @gonzabergessio. #BienvenidoToro, questa è #Genova, questa è la #Sampdoria! @SerieA_TIM pic.twitter.com/oJT4JdnWvy
- U.C. Sampdoria (@sampdoria) July 31, 2014
10.30 BST: A relatively flimsy link this one. But The Independent claim Manchester United's hopes of signing 20 million pound man Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund lies in whether Liverpool will allow Tiago Ilori to go to Germany for cheaper than their eight million pound asking price.
10.27 BST: And another player playing for Spain's big two, Diego Lopez, is reportedly going to be forced out of Real Madrid to make way for Keylor Navas. AS report Carlo Ancelotti does not want three top class goalkeepers in his squad and has had to make a choice between Iker Casillas and Lopez. And it appears he has chosen to stick with Spain's number 1 because his pay-off is said to be considerably more than Lopez' at 12 million euros.
10.20 BST: Dani Alves' hopes of remaining at Barcelona look to have been dashed according to reports. Spanish newspaper Sport has claimed boss Luis Enrique has decided the Brazilian's time is up at Barca and will be sold this summer to make way for Juan Cuadrado to play at right back.
10.16 BST: So it is not actually because he is going to get any first-team football? (HG means Home-Grown).
Chelsea have rejected loan enquiries for Nathan Aké. They want to keep him for HG reasons. (Source: Voetbal International) #CFC
- Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland) August 1, 2014
10.12 BST: Want another update on Angel di Maria? Of course you do... BeIN SPORTS claim PSG and Real Madrid have struck a deal for Di Maria to join the Ligue 1 title-holders. With PSG hampered by Financial Fair Play regulations, the Argentina international would initially move on loan for the coming season, for which PSG would pay ten million euros, before completing a permanent transfer next summer.
10.08 BST: Wolfsburg's Europe-wide search for a new striker has found it's way to France. L'Equipe claim the German club are interested in Lorient forward Vincent Aboubakar, 22, and Monaco's teenage striker Anthony Martial.
10.04 BST: Liverpool have made contact with Ezequiel Lavezzi's entourage in an attempt to steal a march on Atletico Madrid and Juventus, according to football365.fr.
10.01 BST: Former West Ham midfielder Alou Diarra has said "it's possible" that he rejoin Bordeaux with whom he has been training in recent weeks, report RMC Sport.
09.57 BST: Fiorentina are set to play hardball over the signing of Modibo Diakite from Sunderland. The Sunderland Echo claim the only way a deal can be agreed is if The Black Cats resurrect a deal to sign La Viola left back Marcos Alonso.
09.53 BST: Sunderland are ready to offload Connor Wickham this summer if he doesn't sign a new deal. The Sunderland Echo are reporting Gus Poyet has given the player an ultimatum as he doesn't want the eight million pound man to go on a free transfer next summer when his contract expires. With interest from Southampton and Leicester, Poyet said: "For me, Connor's situation is clear. He needs to sign a new contract or we let him go - we sell him. There is nothing in between."
09.49 BST: I think we all share the sentiment.
Olof Mellberg retires. A light goes out in the universe.
- Tom McGowan (@tompmcgowan) August 1, 2014
09.48 BST: Swansea boss Garry Monk has finally admitted he is tracking Spurs full back Kyle Naughton. There had been weeks of speculation but nothing concrete but the Swans boss told the South Wales Evening Post: "We are looking at him, but we're looking at a number of players. We're talking about a player who's with another club, so I don't want to disrespect anyone."
09.44 BST: Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano has told reporters Manchester City's spending will be over after the signing of Elaqium Mangala can be made official. He said in the Manchester Evening News: "We have a new right-back, we having a holding midfielder, we'll have a new central defender and that's it. We don't need to sign new players for the sake of it."
09.40 BST: Here is something I didn't expect to read... Brondby chairman Jan Bech Andersen claims the club will do "everything in our power" to sign former player Daniel Agger from Liverpool. He told 3point.dk on Thursday: "We will work really, really hard to secure Daniel but as he has also said, when he was here with Liverpool, the timing has to be right."
09.33 BST: Rumours from yesterday were very much true then! Genoa have announced the singing on their website too.
We have reached agreement with Italian side Genoa for the transfer of Yago Falque.
- Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 1, 2014
09.30 BST: French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda is wanted by AC Milan according to Le Parisien. New Marseille boss Marcelo Bielsa has told the goalie he can leave Stade Velodrome and apparently just a fee needs to be agreed.
09.26 BST: Bayer Leverkusen would like to take Schalke defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos on loan according to Bild. Another Schalke defender set for an exit could be Felipe Santana who is wanted by Hamburg. Surely they won't let both go?
09.20 BST: Hamburg are set to announce the 3.2 million euro deal to sign Valon Behrami from Napoli at some point today, according to Bild.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis told Radio Kiss Kiss: "We are trying to perfect the ideal system of play for Rafa Benitez, and Behrami, who had asked us if he could play in situations where he could perform to his best, is consequently leaving us to go to Hamburg. Since he could not find any room in Benitez's system, we decided to grant his wish [to leave]."
09.17 BST: Sky Sport Italia claim AC Milan made an offer for Paris Saint-Germain's 19-year-old midfield prodigy Adrien Rabiot, but it was rejected by the French champions, who hope to convince the teenager to extend his contract beyond next June.
09.14 BST: Galatasaray would be happy to shed a defender and sign an attacker according to Mercato 365 who say the Turkish club would sell Aurelien Chedjou to Rennes in order to fund amove for Saint-Etienne's Mevlut Erding.
09.10 BST: Australian supporters will get to see a very underrated star next season!
Former Hull City star Robert Koren in Australia to tie up move to Melbourne City on a two-year deal. #hcafc
- Pete O'Rourke (@SkySportsPeteO) August 1, 2014
09.07 BST: La Provence claims Mathieu Valbuena will fly to Russia today to finalise his move to Dynamo Moscow. The 29-year-old France international is expected to sign a three-year deal worth three million euros per season.
09.05 BST: Saint-Etienne are hoping to sign Norwich City's Ricky van Wolfswinkel to bolster their front line following the departure of Brandao to Bastia, according to RMC Sport.
Quint while you're ahead?
Are Arsenal about to sign Colombian schemer Juan Quintero, the Porto star whose World Cup cameos -- including a nicely taken goal against Ivory Coast -- underlined the esteem in which he has been held for several years? Yes, said various media on Thursday afternoon. Not just now, says Quintero's agent, who, according to the Daily Express, has refuted claims that Porto are negotiating his client's departure.
"There are clubs interested, there is much interest in the player, the clubs in Spain and England," his agent said. "But to leave would be one willing to pay the termination clause of the club." Understandable, and it's apparently set at 32 million pounds, double what the Gunners are said to be offering -- but there's no indication in any of this that a deal is necessarily off.
Spreading the love
Liverpool are keeping us all in business this summer, and they're about to spread the largesse further by giving the Spanish economy a bit of a helping hand. Their long-running pursuits of full-backs Alberto Moreno and Javier Manquillo, a left-back from Sevilla and a right-back from Atletico Madrid respectively, are at the endgame stage according to ESPN FC's Mike Whalley, who says Moreno, 21, will cost 16 million pounds while 20-year-old Manquillo will arrive on an initial year-long loan. Next for Brendan Rodgers? Yet another forward.
Lav break?
And who will that be? Not necessarily Ezequiel Lavezzi, says the Daily Star, which says that the Argentine attacker -- who could be set to leave PSG as the Parisians prepare for Angel di Maria's potential arrival -- would prefer a move to Juventus despite Brendan Rodgers' sweet nothings.
Whether the Serie A champions can match Liverpool financially is a moot point; there's no doubt, too, that after the mysterious collapse of their bid for Loic Remy, the Anfield side are ready to pull out the stops in order to get another top-class front man on board.
Prolonging Pogba's stay
Talking of Juve: it's only a bubbling story, but Tuttosport points out that Paul Pogba is back at their training facility in Vinovo after taking his post-World Cup break, and has thrust the France midfielder's contract situation into the spotlight. His current deal runs until 2016, and the Old Lady want to nail him down for another three years, while agent Mino Raiola is unsurprisingly quiet on the matter. Chelsea, of course, are among those standing by.
Playing hard to get
When James Milner's tugging at your heartstrings, something's clearly gone askew -- but the back page of Friday's Daily Mirror says the Manchester City midfielder is playing with Manuel Pellegrini's mind by openly stalling over a new deal, something his club are pretty keen for him to sign, with homegrown player quotas proving an issue for them.
"I want to be here -- as long as I'm playing," said Milner, who played 31 times in last year's top flight but lacks the stardust of many of his teammates. He was linked with Arsenal earlier in the summer; with just a year left on his current deal, perhaps the Gunners won't be the only ones tempted to have a go now.
Saints swap?
A final Anglo-Italian morsel for you now. Corriere dello Sport says Inter Milan are close to sealing the deal for Southampton's Dani Osvaldo, who didn't exactly cover himself in glory during his Premier League spell. Saints, whom you'd expect to be keeping us nicely busy over the next couple of weeks, wouldn't mind taking Algerian World Cup midfielder Saphir Taider home with them in return; this transaction has been suggested for the past couple of days now, and it appears to be getting closer.
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More RAM is utterly pointless. The slow CPU can hardly make good use of what's already there. Even with 2GB, it would still not become a usable desktop system. The Raspberry Pi is slower than your Mom's smartphone. It is a single core CPU with just 700MHz and a low end instruction set. Even slow ARM based NAS devices have beefier CPUs than the Pi. I own a Pi and other ARM devices. The only one I'm not using is the Pi.
However it's really good at doing things that use the GPU, it's a lot more stable and faster than the alternatives at that price point. A single core 700MHz CPU with 256/512MB RAM and 128MB of VRAM was all we had a couple of years ago and we did really well with it. Sure you won't drive the most modern accelerated GUIs with it but a static, usable GUI works pretty well.
Disclaimer: I have developed a professional embedded advertisement system on the RPi with currently about 50 Pi's deployed.
More RAM is utterly pointless. The slow CPU can hardly make good use of what's already there. Even with 2GB, it would still not become a usable desktop system.
Hello Mr. Monoculture.
Your MP3-player doesn't even have 256MB ram. Does that make it pointless to add more since it won't turn into a usable desktop system if you do?
The Pi was never meant to be a desktop system or even a media player. Just because a lot of hobbyists picked it up as a cheap replacement for HTPCs or the gazillion different ARM developer cards doesn't mean that 2GB ram would be pointless for its intended purpose.
It have been clear from the start that the Pi is intended to be an educational to
In the back of your mind, you havenâ(TM)t got Raspberry Pi 2?
No, not Pi 2. It must obviously be named 2 Pi.
Raspberry Tau?
Awesome idea. My hat is off to you, sir!
Where are my mod points when I need them!?
...how useless and overhyped the Pi is today - and has been since more than a year back - when compared to the some of the so much more capable "Android sticks" that cost not much more. Yes, everyone knows that the Pi has a composite video output and a dedicated ethernet output, but that's not what it all comes down to, especially since most of the "Android sticks" come with 2 (or more) USB ports and Wi-Fi these days. What are his thoughts on offering the barely usable amount of 256/512 MB of RAM and just a
Useless? Nope. It's not exactly a stellar performer, but it has a lot of uses. Remember, it's designed as an educational product, rather than as a PC replacement. It is not as powerful as your average desktop PC. But it is not useless.
My own Pi runs Samba4 (it's an Active Directory domain controller for my home Windows PC network, and runs a DNS service), it runs CUPS (for network printer sharing), it runs CrashPlan (for backing up my other PCs' data), and it runs the LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP) stack so that it can run some dynamic web-based services - the ones I use are Cacti and Observium (for graphing/monitoring my Cisco devices), and Horde Webmail/Groupware.
This is exactly what I used to use an old AMD Sempron box for. Granted, that AMD box was free, and more powerful - but it's bigger, noisier, makes more heat, and consumes more power than the Pi does.
I think the Pi is a fantastic project. It would be nice to see a more powerful ARM CPU and extra RAM on the next version of the board, but I'd be just as happy to see Ethernet being separated from the USB bus, and a SATA connector with the option to set your Pi up to boot from a hard drive out of the box (note that mine does run off a USB hard drive, but it still has to use the MicroSD card as a bootstrap - a SATA controller could also mean faster I/O throughput).
Presuming it can be plugged in - there's always the IOIO [github.com], though that does add another few $$ to the price. But since most people tend to use their RPi as little more than a media streamer or bitcoin mining host for FPGA's / ASICs, etc. then the Android devices are a better option - and GPIO can be added on later if they wanted to (and can then be re-used if they switch/upgrade their Android device, etc.).
If the latency included with IOIO was acceptable, then any USB I/O device could be used.
get one based on A10 and you will have plenty of GPIOs
I think you underestimate how useless the Android sticks are and how underpowered it's GPU. The RPi GPU clocks at whatever the CPU clocks at (700MHz), the Mali GPU at 500MHz, the MK802 clocks not at 1GHz but is underclocked to somewhere around ~780MHz to keep it relatively stable. Mind you that you can also clock the RPi to 1GHz if you don't mind a relatively unstable board (800MHz is typically okay).
I developed an embedded media platform on the Pi and I've tested some other designs as well, the Android stick while being $15-25 more expensive was slower doing ffmpeg tasks and had problems handling more than one video stream, at 100% CPU (ffmpeg conversion tasks) the Pi would chug along for hours while the Android would regularly reboot and heat up tremendously in the process, it also demands a lot more power (roughly double that of the Pi). The Pi overlays one video stream on the other without much of a hiccup. If the Android did any good it was detecting issues with my programs when they were unexpectedly interrupted.
But now you can get quad-core sticks for $100 or less. So while the Pi is still cheaper, it's not that much cheaper. The issue is as you say reliability. The cheap ones tend to be garbage.
Quad Core CPU, Single Core GPU vs Single Core CPU, Dual Core GPU. The CPU is not really the problem on most of these platforms, it's the GPU. With RPi now getting Wayland builds that finally use the GPU (mind you, everything (compositing etc) was done on that paltry 700MHz ARM CPU which is really only meant to be an interface to the GPU)
Yes, the RK3188 trails the competition (Exynos quad, Tegra 3) slightly in GPU performance, but spanks it in every other category but storage performance. Well, beats it in every other category, spanks it in a few. Still Mali 400, but they gave it a 25% clock boost. And meanwhile, the Mali is the only ARM GPU for which there are passable FOSS graphics drivers. If you want some assurance of being able to use the hardware for arbitrary purposes in the future, you should still be opting for a Mali-based solutio
When I first read about the Raspberry Pi I was excited because I thought they were going to recreate this boot to a BASIC interpreter-type of experience we used to have on Apple II's and TRS-80's and the like. That's the sort of experience that they claimed inspired the raspberry pi, and they claimed that sort of programming-based, learning-intensive experience was what they wanted the pi to be about.
So, I was very disappointed to see that by default, a raspberry pi really is "just a pc" that boots into your typical CLI, and the "getting started" instructions actually have the new user start up X right off the bat. Providing scratch and a python IDE are nice and all, but I feel like all the normal trappings of "just a pc" take focus away from the real point of the pi.
from the boot-to-emacs-for-maximum-terror dept
No. The basic functionality of Emacs is quite discoverable: You press a key, it appears.
For maximum terror, boot into vi. The original one, without visual clues in which mode you currently are (or that there are different modes at all).
Something like this should boot in python, with split screen, half of the screen for turtle graphics (yes python includes turtle graphics in its standard library).
Then we have something like the LOGO environment of old.
While running a long piece of code it should full screen the turtle graphics, with using ESC to terminate the run and return back to split screen.
> I can't think of any board that I could build at say $25 or even $35 that would be as good as Pi, let alone better.
Whole frickin Cortex-A8 Allwinter A13 tablet at $30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia50Fx0amE4 [youtube.com]
how about RK3066 android stick, Cortex-A9 Dual-core 1GB RAM, 8GB Flash at $35?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbAOnI1TR2k [youtube.com]
>But it's a push even at $45. $55 I could imagine that you'd start to get to the point where you can start to get better but it's interesting that there
You listed an Android tablet and two Android sticks. I think you missed the part where he said "as good as Pi", since none of those fit that criteria.
What you should have said was BeagleBone Black, $45:
http://beagleboard.org/Products/BeagleBone%20Black [beagleboard.org]
I'm genuinly interested in the BB Black, how is the GPU offloading? That's the big surprise I've found with the Pi. It outputs Full HD quite nicely for me, but the CPU could do with a touch more grunt.
Also the community that has sprung up around the Pi is something that shouldn't disregarded. The fact you can hit google and get detailed answers from people doing the same thing as you is quite invaluable.
So two products which don't exist (yet? maybe) and the world's cheapest and probably worst-supported RK3188 stick with clearly inadequate ventilation. And the only one which might have decent GPIO somewhere onboard, if you go to the trouble of hacking some leads on, is the tablet.
I'd love to buy one of those tablets. But this does not answer the question.
You should also be aware that RK3066 is still bad at 1080p, so is RK3188. RK3188 has overheating problems at 1080p so far. RK3066 is just bad at it. Also,
RK3188 has soo much overheating problem at 1080p that my retina android tablet
The point was hardware exists and can be manufactured cheaply (in china just like RPI was at the beginning).
RK3188 has soo much overheating problem at 1080p that my retina android tablet
What clock? What GPU clock? Is it actually running anywhere near the theoretical maximum? Hardware can be manufactured cheaply, but most of that cheap hardware is shit, as evinced by Raspberry Pi itself.
Cube U9GTV
probably 1.6GHz like all the rest
it cost me $200 and 'just works'
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The Sounders (5-2-1, 16 points) are firing on all cylinders. They have scored 18 goals in eight games. Clint Dempsey has eight goals this season, one fewer than the entire Union squad. (That's a Union squad that hasn't scored a goal from the run of play in three games.)
Dempsey (two assists) and Nigerian designated player Obafemi Martins (three goals, four assists) have formed the potent strike partnership that was envisioned last summer when the former arrived from English club Fulham. Add in major contributions from Lamar Neagle (three goals) and known Union killer Kenny Cooper (two goals), and the Sounders have a varied arsenal of ways to hurt opponents.
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That is a weird invitation. Putting on the invitation that you will vet some kids out to see if they can be accommodated? I would just make it an adult reception and leave it to the out of town guests to decide on their own how to handle it. In 13 years of working in the wedding invitation business, I have seen some interesting wording, but this is a new one!
To me it sounds like they want the out of town guests to basically justify why they need to bring their kids and the might let them bring them if they have a good enough reason. If I was an out of town guest I won't bother going. Either way it is something the HC should have only put on the invitations for the people it would effect, not everyone.
It doesn't sound like the invitation is saying, "local guests can't bring kids, out-of-townies can." It would probably have said as much. Saying that children of people travelling a long way can be "accommodated" sounds more like they are trying to be mindful of how hard it is to get someone to watch over children for a few days, and maybe they're going to help out with finding babysitters or something else of the sort.I read this as "no children at our wedding thanks, but if you're travelling a long way and that makes things difficult for you, let us know and we'll help sort things out." It really sounds like they're trying to be very hospitable.It's their wedding. If they don't want kids, there's nothing wrong with that. If they're going the extra mile by trying to help out those for whom children make attending the wedding difficult, good on them for that.
I don't mind their "policy," but they shouldn't put it in writing, especially in an invitation.
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The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Lawrence-area cellphone users heard repeated Amber Alert notifications last week when a 10-year-old Missouri girl was reported missing. But they only received one audible alert Tuesday after a missing Texas teen was thought to be traveling in Kansas.
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Refugees share stories, celebrate diversity through artwork
12/28/2013 1:03pmLocal refugees used white peace flags as a backdrop to illustrate their journeys to Utah. The art has been displayed throughout December in an exhibit celebrating diversity at the Salt Lake City-County Building.
Murray mayor Dan Snarr hardly looks the part
12/28/2013 1:34pmDan Snarr, Murray's outgoing four-term mayor, starts talking before he even sits down for a scheduled interview - and keeps talking for the next 2½ hours without coming up for air. He apologizes for this several times, blaming it on "ADHD," but then picks up where he left off.
State School Board member backs Count My Vote initiative
12/28/2013 1:57pmState School Board member Kim Burningham posted his hopes for education in 2014, which include increased financial support for schools and the success of the Count My Vote initiative, which he says will lead to a more representative Legislature.
Commentary: Utah State can't afford to lose Wells
12/28/2013 2:16pmMatt Wells is a key figure in keeping Utah State relevant.
Davis claims 500 spot when another skater is DQed at Kearns Oval
12/28/2013 3:24pmMitchell Whitmore won the men's 500 meters at the U.S. Olympic speedskating trials. The real drama came for the fourth spot on the team.
Fire on express train in India kills at least 26
12/28/2013 4:23pmA fire engulfed a coach of an express train in southern India on Saturday, killing at least 26 passengers, many of whom became trapped and suffocated after the doors failed to open, officials said.
A&E reverses decision on 'Duck Dynasty' patriarch
12/28/2013 4:31pmA&E landed in the middle of America's culture wars when "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson sounded off on gays and the Bible. The channel quickly found there was no safe ground.
Utah awaits FAA's year-end drone testing decision
12/28/2013 5:09pmOfficials in Utah, Nevada and 22 other states are eagerly awaiting the Federal Aviation Administration's selection of six drone-testing sites for the agency. A state's selection by the FAA will mean a major economic boost, both immediately and in the future.
Despite files, Conn. school shooter remains enigma
12/28/2013 6:00pmDespite the release Friday by Connecticut state police of thousands of pages of interviews, photographs and writings, the man who gunned down 20 first-graders and six adults at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, remains an enigma.
Denver gives out recreational pot sales licenses
12/28/2013 6:08pmThe first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday, the owners mugging for pictures and saying they never thought they'd see the day when they'd get a permit to sell pot.
Utah's continued use of Olympic venues a rarity in recent history
12/28/2013 7:23pmUtah is certainly on the map for winter Olympic athletes, and the state has the facilities to host three different Olympic trials this weekend. The fact that these facilities are still in use is no small feat, Olympic experts say.
People continue to 'pay it forward' at Conn. Starbucks
12/28/2013 8:55pmOver 1,000 Starbucks customers in Newington, Conn., have paid it forward in a goodwill gesture that's been going on since Christmas Eve.
Top stories of 2013: Draper Police Sgt. Derek Johnson shot and killed
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Plan for 5,750 new oil wells in Utah up for public review
12/28/2013 10:33pmThe Bureau of Land Management has released a draft environmental impact statement on a company's proposal to drill up to 5,750 new oil and gas wells over 16 years on an existing field in Duchesne and Uintah counties.
Over 100 gallons of animal fat spilled on US 189
12/28/2013 10:34pmA slick mess of animal fat forced the closure of westbound U.S. 189 near the mouth of Provo Canyon Saturday afternoon, slowing traffic to a crawl.
China formalizes easing of one-child policy
12/28/2013 10:41pmChina on Saturday formally allowed couples to have a second child if one parent is an only child, the first major easing of its 3-decade-old restrictive birth policy.
Blake Griffin scores 40, Clippers beat Jazz 98-90
12/28/2013 11:00pmBlake Griffin scored 40 points as the Clippers beat the Jazz in L.A. 98-90.
For New York lottery winner, $1M was blowing in the wind
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By JIM LITKE, Associated Press Sports Columnist
It says something, nearly all of it good, that on the day a male athlete in one of the major American pro sports came as out as gay, the reaction from the NBA, fellow ballplayers and fans was almost uniformly positive.
But let's not break an arm patting ourselves on the back just yet. There's some heavy lifting still to be done.
Stanford alum Jason Collins certainly did his part. In a powerful first-person account Monday in Sports Illustrated, the 34-year-old NBA backup center said he didn't set out to knock the sports world off its axis, although he "was happy to start the conversation." Now it's time for the rest of us to make sure it actually goes somewhere, to put our money and our actions where our sentiments have been for some time now.
KCBS Sports Fans: Jason Collins And The Big Out
NBA's Jason Collins Confided In SF Judge Before Coming Out
History isn't written overnight, no matter how much attention his announcement is generating. So it's worth remembering that Collins is hardly the first professional athlete to come out. Tennis star Martina Navratilova and Olympic diver Greg Louganis did so decades ago, former Major League Soccer and U.S. men's national team player Robbie Rogers did the same in February and barely 10 days ago, former Baylor and future WNBA superstar Brittney Griner was so low key about it almost no one noticed.
But all of them were retired, save Griner, and because there were plenty of WNBA trailblazers already, she risked very little. The same is true for those retired athletes with nothing left to lose in their professional lives and plenty to gain in personal terms, beginning with that all-important sense of self that made them stand out in the first place. They may have changed some minds in the long run, even banked a few bucks for baring their pain, and there's no dishonor in any of that.
But because they were no longer playing, they also did less to help sports – especially men's sports – get over its homophobia than they might have. And brave and tough as Collins has been throughout a long and useful NBA career – a dozen seasons as a 7-foot enforcer, including nine on playoff squads and one where he led the league in personal fouls – he's going to need help breaking down the same barrier his predecessors ultimately sidestepped.
For starters, somebody in an NBA front office has to give Collins a job next season.
He's a free agent with plenty of miles who saw only limited playing time for the lowly Washington Wizards last season. Collins is also a big man in a league where those are in short supply, and long before former coaches and teammates were lauding him for his courage, the prevailing opinion was that no one was better prepared to step into a game than the former Stanford grad. Herb Williams, a guy that Collins is often compared to, found steady work until he was 41.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been saying for some time that he'd be "honored" to have the first active, openly gay NBA player on his team. He didn't respond to an email Monday. But the Mavericks will be in the draft lottery this summer and along with a play-making point guard like Trey Burke of Michigan, one of their express needs is a defensive post player along the lines of Kentucky's promising 6-11 Nerlens Noel. Who better to teach a kid like that the ropes than Collins, often praised as a "pro's pro?"
But this isn't solely Cuban's fight, nor even the rest of the – generally speaking – old boys' club that run the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. They've been saying all the right things in public and preparing for this day for some time, not just because of what might be in their hearts but because of how it will affect the bottom line. Anybody who needs to be reminded of that can check out the movie "42."
While nearly everyone knows the Jackie Robinson story, the number of folks who can name the next black major leaguer (Larry Doby) is considerably lower. Jim Buzinski, co-founder of Outsports.com, noted that out during a conversation Monday afternoon. Real progress, he said, is always incremental and judging how welcoming sports truly becomes for gay athletes can't be measured solely by "firsts."
"It will be a big story if he's the first to play, because that first game will get covered like Jason's announcement was and there will be someone to point to. And there's so many other signs of progress already. Just for starters, how many people and athletes who used to be comfortable shouting this slur or that who are keeping their mouths shut now?
"You wouldn't have seen that just a few years ago. I mean, when a guy like Kobe tweets he's proud and standing behind Jason, well, how can anybody else say anything?" Buzinski added.
"But if Jason winds up not playing, the truth is it's just a nice story. Then you have to wonder whether all those other athletes who would be encouraged and emboldened by that, by seeing him out there, will take away the opposite message if he's not part of the game."
Colllins' momentum likely won't be slowed at the top. His prospects would be better if he were, say, 25, and already an accomplished star. He's not a must-have player, but he's still big, skilled, motivated and enough of a "character guy" to deserve a spot on an NBA bench. His acceptance is likely to be decided at the next level, by teammates who share the locker room and by fans who fill NBA arenas at home and on the road. That's where the rest of us come in.
Toward that end, I asked Buzinski whether it was fair to take a completely cynical view of Collins' declaration – that maybe he was just an NBA journeyman trying to get a lot of attention and sign one last deal.
"It's cynical, sure," he laughed, "but in a weird way it's a sign of progress. Think about it: Coming out a few years ago would have been a career-killer. If it's become a way to extend a career, then we truly have reached the tipping point.
"And the good thing is that Jason did this, he wrote, because he was lonely and felt isolated, so he's already a better, happier man than he was. And that," he added, "is a victory either way."
(Copyright 2013 CBS San Francisco and the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)


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NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- An increased demand estimate helped push crude oil prices above $86 per barrel in New York Wednesday.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration's monthly report pushed its demand estimate for 2013 to 90.5 million barrels per day.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate crude oil gained 98 cents to $86.77 per barrel. Home heating oil gained 0.3 cents to reach $2.9698 a gallon. Reformulated blendstock gasoline added 0.1 cents to $2.6475 a gallon. Natural gas gained 1.9 cents to $3.401 per million British thermal units.
At the pump, AAA reported a national average price for regular unleaded gasoline at $3.315 per gallon, down from Tuesday's $3.328.


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Web.com Tour Championship Will Issue 25 PGA Tour CardsSeptember 24, 2013
Now that the FedEx Cup has been decided and Henrik Stenson has seen his bank account grow by $11.4 million, 125 golf professionals will compete for the last chance at 25 PGA Tour cards for next season.
The Web.com Tour Championship is the last stop on the Web.com Tour Finals and will decide the fate of hopeful professionals.
The Web.com Tour Finals is a series of four 72-hole tournaments that has joined 75 PGA Tour veterans that finished the 2013 season outside the top-125 with the top-75 Web.com money earners for a shot at 25 PGA Tour cards for next year.
Each of the four tournaments offers a $1 million purse with $180,000 going to the winner. These are nice numbers, but a far cry from the millions available on the PGA Tour.
Trevor Immelman won the Hotel Fitness Championship, Andrew Svoboda won the Chiquita Classic and Seung Yul Noh won the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. Their wins have guaranteed them PGA Tour playing privileges for 2014.
Players currently ranked inside the top-13 on the Web.com Tour Finals rankings should be safe and onto the 2014 PGA Tour.
The pressure will build for the players outside the top-25 to turn in low rounds to move up. Players No. 14-25 also need to perform to maintain their position and earn a promotion to the big tour.
PGA Tour Q-School has been replaced by the Web.com Tour Finals and, it appears to be successful for the players, as well as golf fans.
Rather than the six-round pressure cooker that was the old Q-School, the opportunity to earn one of the 25 PGA Tour cards has been spread out over 288 holes in four tournaments.
Veteran professionals are trying to hang on to their jobs for one more season, while young players are trying to make it to the big purses and bright lights of the PGA Tour.
The Web.com Tour Finals offers the consummate struggle between the aging veteran athlete and the aggressive youngster trying to knock him down.
The Web.com Tour Championship will be held at Dye's Valley Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra, Florida. Although not as famous as the Players Stadium Course, it will provide a true test and identify worthy PGA Tour members.
The Web.com Tour Championship can be viewed on the Golf Channel Thursday-Sunday at 3:00-6:00 p.m. ET.
Although the prize money is not as large as the FedEx Cup, the players will be just as serious and the pressure just as intense.
The ultimate reward of a PGA Tour card for next year is a very big prize.


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POLICE are disgusted with the actions of a man who allegedly mowed down a kangaroo at the Heathcote Golf Club.
Leading Senior Constable Karl Kerschbaumer from Heathcote police said an 18-year-old man would be charged on summons with aggravated animal cruelty and trespass.
"It happened on Thursday night at the Heathcote Golf Club about 8.30pm," he said.
Police allege that the man was driving and chasing roos and ran one down, killing it. It was a female and had a joey that was left abandoned.
Leading Senior Constable Kerschbaumer said the joey stayed with its dead mother overnight before hopping away in the morning when help arrived.
He said a golf club member had witnessed the incident on Thursday night and reported it to police.


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Dear Editor:
What is the old saying, "The more things change the more they remain the same"? This is the perfect phrase and scenario with undisputable identification towards our newly elected Mayor of Jersey City, Steve Fulop. Steve was suppose to be our new "Lone Ranger" single handedly battling cronyism and corruption, with new innovated transparent ideas, using his miraculous powers to banish the political demons, exorcising all that is unholy within our municipal government into oblivion. How foolish we must feel now?
Mr. Fulop came to the conclusion that the Jersey City Parking Authority must be eliminated transferring all its duties and reassigning it into the newly established Public Safety Department. We as citizens of Jersey City have been constantly complaining, naturally to deaf ears that this monstrosity has been eternally corrupt and used as a political dumping ground. Yet we had to be lectured from a Healy holdover and present Steve Fulop spokesperson, Jennifer Morrill, that the agency is "A cesspool of political patronage", if we didn't know this already. I wonder if she would have made the same statement or come to the same conclusion about the Agency if she was still working for Mayor Healy.
The dismantling of this agency has long been overdue, but will it be business as usual if its duties are moved into Public Safety? What, if any, are the checks and balances that corruption and political patronage will stop? Will there be a citizen's review board as watchdog? Or will the politicians and their cronies monitor it using it as their own personal political golden calf.
Mayor Fulop also stressed the elimination of, "no bid contracts" in his administration, before the election, yet he is about hire the law firm of Weiner Lesniak with city council approval "without a bid" to handle all aspects in the possibility of dissolving the parking authority. Mayor now that you are the new boss of Jersey City anything you command is legitimate. All that was said before the election can and will be changed to meet your needs. The people, your constituents are secondary to your wishes and desires. Everything changes when you are the victor; even your word is meaningless? Could there also be a strong possibility that this "no bid contract" law firm you selected has some friendly acquaintances with some of your elite political circle of friends in power?
Last month I challenged Mayor Fulop to re-establish the Jersey City Ethic's Board; this might have stopped some of this non-sense. The mayor could have answered this suggestion, with a simple "no" or "yes", but with his silence I could only assume his answer was "no"? That's right Mr. Mayor to the victor goes the spoils. What was good for the Healy administration is perfectly acceptable in your administration? Why have a government of, by and for the people, when you can have Jersey City.
William P. Frasca
Jersey City, N.J.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 16th Jul 2012 22:24 UTC
Microsoft has released a consumer preview for Office 2013. Highlighting the age-old internal tug-of-war between the Office and Windows divisions within Microsoft, it's just a desktop application, no Metro, and the only nod to that whole touch/tablet-thing is a special mode that does very little. So, Windows 8 is just around the corner, and still not a single serious Metro application. Not even Microsoft's own flagship suite - heck, not even a single application within that suite - could be adapted to Metro in time. Serious vote of confidence from the Office division there.
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Disappointed but for userbase
by runjorel on Mon 16th Jul 2012 22:41 UTC
I have to admit I was very disappointed. I was expecting a Metro-Office. Then someone reminded me if MS made a Metro Office they would have eliminated the upgrade path for those who choose not to upgrade to Windows 8 and it was probably difficult to create a classic Office and a Metro-Office at the same time.
till, it's weird to see Microsoft push Metro so much and then put one of their flagship products on the 'classic' desktop. It's almost as if they are saying the 'classic' desktop is for business and productivity, and the Metro is for fun as if they cannot be both. Then again, I don't imagine businesses and enterprises embracing Metro despite the fact that every C-level executive is in love with 'dashboards'.
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Just had this problem presented to me from a student and thought I would share the story and see if anyone would like to comment on a solution, or what is causing the problem.
The homeowner has a fireplace insert, more like a wood stove. It doesn't have any type of blower. The homeowner uses it all winter long. I guess they think it is saving them fuel but it is not a sealed unit and gets all its combustion air from the living space.
Last fall the HVAC contractor took out their standard vented furnace and water heater and installed a 90% furnace and electric water heater. The furnace and water heater were in a separate tile liner in the same chimney with the fireplace.
Ever since they stopped using the fireplace this spring or at starting using it less, they are getting constant smells in the house and the fireplace chimney is drawing into the house. This didn't use to be a problem. When they turned on their A/C the spillage and smells got worse. They do sometimes use the fireplace when the A/C is running but that's personal preference.
To date the contractor added some outside make-up air to the duct system, tried to reduce the return air in the room and increase the supply air and the problem hasn't improved. It is an older 2-story house that is loose. Tightening the house is not an option at this time.
As an HVAC contractor, being told they caused the problem, what would you do? Hearthman, I know you understand this better than myself, but let's see if anyone else wants to think this out and figure out why this is a problem now and what could be done to alleviate the problem.
Don't use the fireplace, leave all the windows in that room open and tightening the house are not options. This is certainly not your normal summer A/C problem.


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Kids from all over the county will gather together for a fun spring tradition today.
This year's annual Easter egg hunt in Pella will was rained out last weekend and postponed to tomorrow at 10am in Central Park by the Tulip Toren. Children ages 1-8 are invited to bring their own Easter baskets and participate.
Knoxville's Easter Egg hunt is hosted by the Noon Kiwanis club and will begin at 1pm on the northwest corner of Madison and Lincoln streets. All area children and visiting children are invited to participate.
Attica will also host an Easter egg hunt tomorrow at the Gavel Lodge at 10am.


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Apparently If You Work For The AP, You're Not Allowed To Criticize Newspaper Management
from the keep-quiet,-peon dept
It seems like the ones who orchestrated the whole mess should be losing their jobs or getting pushed into smaller quarters. But they aren't.Apparently that was enough to get an official reprimand letter put on file (though, the union is now protesting this). However, it shows the way the AP still views the journalism business, where actually expressing some sort of opinion is somehow seen as an offense. In this case, it wasn't even in his capacity as a reporter, which makes the whole thing even sillier. I'm going to trust someone who is free to tell me their opinion over someone who has to pretend he has no opinion, any day.


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The WMS-2000 product family provides railroads with a range of wayside messaging server options, from standardized WMS solutions to full-featured platforms with options for internal 3G, GPS, IP-KVM switch and IP routing capabilities. The Red Hat certification complements Lilee Systems' progressive technology with the Positive Train Control architecture being defined by Interoperable Train Control committees. The WMS-2000 product family also supports Lilee Systems' TransAir, a mobile-IP based 220 MHz software defined radio system. In addition to being certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the solution also incorporates Red Hat Enterprise MRG Messaging technologies to optimize throughput for its messaging workloads.
"Earning certification from a company such as Red Hat that built its success on providing interoperability of open source software and related systems is a significant tribute to the feature set we have built into our product family," said Jia-ru Li, CEO, Lilee Systems. "We are continuing to collaborate closely with our customers on the evolution of the standards required by the rail industry as they implement Positive Train Control systems."
Red Hat launched the Red Hat Hardware Certification program in 1999. Working with its hardware partners, Red Hat certified hardware solutions give customers the assurance that their hardware platforms have been tested and are compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems. Red Hat has certified thousands of systems from hardware vendors worldwide.


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Developing Europe's policy skills to advance disability rights
Most Member States of the European Union (EU), and the EU itself, have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). However, while the Convention will mark a major advance both for disability rights and also for European business, the necessary changes to turn it from vision into reality will not happen overnight. Adopting the Convention imposes numerous legal obligations on signatories affecting many areas of daily life.
In the words of the DREAM (Disability Rights Expanding Accessible Markets) project coordinator, Professor Gerard Quinn of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway: "EU Member States need a lot of new skills and competences to drive this forward."
The DREAM project began in 2011 specifically to address this need by training the 'next generation' of disability policy researchers and entrepreneurs. Supported by funding from the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ITN) Programme, the project recruited 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) to spend three years carrying out practical research to help the EU and its Member States develop policies that would allow them to implement the necessary changes most effectively.
The researchers are hosted by one of the seven full ITN partners (NUI Galway, Maastricht University, the University of Leeds, NOVA Norwegian Social Research, the University of Iceland, Swiss Paraplegic Research and Spanish ICT company Technosite). Working towards eventual PhDs, the ESRs carry out research into specific practical areas. These include employment law and policy affecting disabled people in the private sector, the implementation and enforcement of national e-accessibility law and policy, the nature of corporate cultures and how these impact the inclusion of people with disabilities into the workforce, and the development of specific tools and indicators to monitor and measure progress on disability rights implementation.
A key driving force behind DREAM was the idea that disability rights are not only a good in themselves, but also that they help create economic opportunities for more than 80 million European citizens with disabilities and expand markets for European businesses. For this reason, researchers are also provided, as part of the programme, with placements in commercial organisations or civil society organisations such as the European Disability Forum in Brussels, Interights in London, DIGITALEUROPE in Brussels, the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre in Budapest, and the World Health Organisation. The intention is that the researchers will be able to generate policy recommendations that are well grounded in experience – for example, by understanding how e-commerce might be used more extensively and effectively to empower people with disabilities.
"The practical focus of the DREAM project and its aims," says Professor Quinn, "made it a perfect fit with the Marie Curie ITN, both as a philosophy and as a platform. We did not want to produce PhD books that remain on the shelf. We wanted to impart skills to people to become real agents of change and to perform useful roles in the future. That might be within governments, but it could also be in civil society or in commercial organisations," adds Professor Quinn.
The DREAM project focuses on three main research themes. The first of these, under the heading 'Core Rights', deals with the issues of empowerment, participation and social inclusion. "It is about re-imagining the model of the welfare state," explains Professor Quinn. "Instead of warehousing people with disabilities at the edge of society, it is aimed at assisting in restoring their voice and giving them the right to live independently in the community."
The second research theme, 'Harnessing Market Forces', focuses on the role of people with disabilities as market participants and ways of expanding accessible ICT markets. Researchers spend time within commercial organisations in order to experience the constraints they work under. The intention is that Europe's future policymakers will have a better understanding of how to make change suit all parties and grow business opportunities rather than, in Professor Quinn's words, "seeking to impose a blueprint for change and meeting predictable counterarguments".
The third focus of DREAM's research, 'Sustaining Change', concentrates on ways of embedding change for the future by addressing issues such as the monitoring mechanisms that might be used, and how to craft indicators that would allow objective assessment of the impact of changes made.
"The researchers are already developing a common instinct for where the opportunities for change may lie, and indeed they are starting to create that space themselves. It is beautiful to watch," says Professor Quinn. "The phrase I use to sum it up is 'policy entrepreneurship' – developing people who can really bring about change that transforms the lives of our citizens with disabilities," he concludes.
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is set to meet later this month to discuss removing a significant barrier to Royal London's planned acquisition of the Co-op's life assurance business, according to reports.
The Financial Times reported that Royal London needs to secure a waiver from the regulator's usual rules to make a profit from the administration of the Co-op's life assurance unit and that this was the last remaining regulatory hurdle to be cleared, 18 months after the Co-op entered talks with Royal London.
According to the FT the delays to the deal are in part because Royal London requires a waiver from restrictions on what insurers can charge with-profits funds to administer their assets.