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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard remained in
the race for an Ivy League Rolfe Division title Tuesday afternoon
as the Crimson swept Yale by scores of 7-4 and 3-2 at
O'Donnell Field.
Harvard received a three-run homer from Chris Rouches in the fifth inning of game one and an RBI single from Harry Douglas in the ninth inning of the nightcap to improve to 8-4 in league play, three games behind first place Dartmouth (11-1). With the losses, Yale falls to 5-7 in the league.
Harvard returns to action this weekend with a pivotal four-game set at Brown, which also sits at 8-4 in the league.
In the first game, Yale scored a pair of unearned runs in the first inning when the Crimson could not field a sacrifice bunt attempt and the Elis parlayed the extra opportunity into a pair of RBI singles. A leadoff single in the second paved the way for Yale to make the score 3-0 with a one-out sacrifice fly to right.
Harvard scratched for a two-out run in the third when Taylor Meehan fought off a tough 0-2 pitch and flipped a line drive single into left. With runners on first and second however, the inning ended on a caught stealing, allowing Yale to escape further damage.
Yale starter Vinny Lally ran into trouble in the fourth when he walked two batters and hit a third to start the inning. Dillon O'Neill followed with a line drive double to the gap to tie the game and chase the Bulldogs' lefty from the game with no outs. After a pitching change, Rouches gave the Crimson its first lead with a liner through the left side but reliever Chris Finneran worked out of further trouble with a bases loaded popup, strikeout and grounder.
Working against Harvard reliever Dan Berardo, Trygg Larsson-Danforth tied the game in the top of the fifth when a two-out, seeing-eye grounder up the middle to score Gant Elmore who had doubled to right with one out.
Finneran ran into some trouble in the bottom of the fifth when he issued a no-out and a two-out walk. Yale went to sidewinder Robert Gruber out of the bullpen to face Rouches with two outs. Rouches turned on Gruber's first offering and belted a three-run homer over the left field wall to give the home side a 7-4 advantage.
Those runs held up as Berardo worked his way through two innings of relief to earn the win while Tom Stack-Babich came in from right field to throw a scoreless seventh inning for the save.
In the second game, Harvard's Conner Hulse locked arms with Yale's Andy Magee in a pitcher's duel with each righty controlling the game with the exception of one inning.
Hulse's only real blemish came in the third inning when he issued a two-out walk to bring up Larsson-Danforth in the cleanup position. Larsson-Danforth connected with a first pitch fastball and deposited it over the left field wall for an opposite field shot.
In the bottom of the frame, Magee saw consistent control problems hurt him when he allowed two runs on three walks, including a bases loaded walk, and a passed ball.
Both pitchers remained in control from that point on until Magee was pulled in the sixth inning after allowing five hits with six walks and 108 pitchers. Hulse lasted into the ninth before walking Larsson-Danforth on a full count to start the inning. After striking out seven and scattering five hits, Hulse gave way to Will Keuper who got an out on a popup and then threw an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play with Douglas and Meehan making a fine turn. Moments later Keuper would emerge with his second win in three days versus Yale after finishing the weekend with 2.1 innings of one-hit relief.
In the bottom of the ninth, Yale reliever Eric Shultz got a strikeout to start the inning but cost himself an out with O'Neill at the plate. O'Neill bounced a chopper in front of the mound and the submarine-throwing Shultz could not make the overhand throw to first, instead throwing it into right field and allowing O'Neill to go to second. Yale intentionally walked Meehan who was enjoying a two-hit nightcap to set up a force play. Instead, Douglas drove a 1-2 pitch into right field to score O'Neill.
The win marked Harvard's fourth win of the season in its final at bat with three of them coming in the past two weeks at home in Ivy League play.
Douglas and Meehan had two hits apiece while no Yale batter had two hits in either game.
Broom Ball: Crimson Sweeps Yale In Tuesday Twinbill
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard remained in
the race for an Ivy League Rolfe Division title Tuesday afternoon
as the Crimson swept Yale by scores of 7-4 and 3-2 at
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Power forward BJ Anthony has been released from his contract with the Australian basketball league champion SkyCity Breakers.
Anthony's release is because of a surplus of talent in the position, with Mika Vukona signing a new contract at the club for three years, while Dillon Boucher is close to re-committing his future there too.
The Breakers say they've made the decision now to give Anthony the best chance of finding a new club ahead of the free agent period which expires on Tuesday.
Coach Andrej Lemanis says Anthony deserves the chance to show his worth and that's why they've let him go for the 2012/2013 season.

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February 4th, 2013
Which Super Bowl movie trailer is your fave?
In between the loud kissing in that Go Daddy commercial and Stevie Wonder promoting Bud Light, we got another look at some of the biggest movies being released this spring and summer.
In case you missed them, we've rounded up the trailers below. Did you have a favorite?
"Oz the Great and Powerful"
Disney's Super Bowl spot for March's "Oz the Great and Powerful" emphasized that this isn't your classic "Wizard of Oz." While a trailer released last fall took its time with exposition, Sunday's clip was packed with action. In the minute-long video, we see Rachel Weisz as Evanora telling James Franco's Oz that he's the "only one strong enough" to save their magical territory.
"Oz will amaze," the trailer promises. "The land you know, the story you don't." Release date: March 8
"Iron Man 3"
The clip heralding the return of Tony Stark was similarly fast-paced, beginning with an airplane explosion. Stark's Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) soon swoops in to save the passengers hurtling through the air, but unfortunately can only carry four of the 13.
Fans can find an extended look (quite literally) at Facebook.com/IronMan. Release date: May 3
"Fast and Furious 6"
For its sixth installment, the "Fast & Furious" franchise is taking it "to a whole new level."
Following their last mission in Rio, Dominic (Vin Diesel), Brian (Paul Walker) and their crew have scattered. But when Luke Hobbs (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) needs a team skilled enough to take on a criminal pack of highly coordinated drivers, the crew gets back together once again. Fans of the first film will be intrigued to see how Michelle Rodriguez's Letty plays into the new storyline. Release date: May 24
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
Benedict Cumberbatch's "Star Trek Into Darkness" villain still doesn't reveal his identity in Sunday's Super Bowl ad, but he's just as intense as he's been in past clips.
When Chris Pine's Kirk asks Cumberbatch to name himself, he instead offers a chilling response: "I am better. [At] everything." The trailer promises, amid several explosions, "our world will fall." Release date: May 17 (IMAX on May 15)
"The Lone Ranger"
Whereas prior trailers emphasized the action and the story of how the Lone Ranger (Armie Hammer) met up with Tonto (Johnny Depp), the Super Bowl ad shifted its attention to the masked hero's legend.
"There were rumors that sustained us. Stories of a man born in the desert," a voiceover says in clip. "A ghost some said. Some said, flesh and blood."
While the Lone Ranger's mission with Tonto - that would be riding for justice - was repeated from past clips, we did get to see some new action sequences. Release date: July 3
"World War Z"
The Super Bowl trailer for Brad Pitt's "World War Z" actually arrived online ahead of game day, showing a condensed version of the first trailer that arrived last fall. Release date: June 21
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Hello, not sure if this has affected any of you, but on Sunday I was stroking Mollies head and she had a dent in it, checked Ozzy's and his was fine.
When the vet checked it he said that that skull is made of platelets that grow and sometimes not correctly together, this was common in domed head dogs. Has anyone had a puppy with this and has it remained the same or been okay. The good thing is the vet advises that this is not problem and she will be fine.


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PPG Industries (PPG), a manufacturer of protective and decorative coatings, Friday said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the North American architectural coatings business of Amsterdam-based paints maker AkzoNobel, N.V. (AKZOY,AKZOY.PK) in a deal valued at $1.05 billion.
The North American architectural coatings business is reported in the AkzoNobel parent company's Decorative Paints segment. It currently operates more than 300 company stores in the U.S., 240 in Canada and about 50 in the Caribbean.
The deal includes all AkzoNobel North American architectural coatings manufacturing and distribution facilities, paint stores, product lines and employees related to the production, sale and distribution of architectural coatings in the U.S, Canada and the Caribbean.
The deal has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and it is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.
The acquired business had 2011 revenues of about $1.5 billion and expands the company's customer reach in all three major North American architectural paint distribution channels.
The acquisition includes the addition of about 600 AkzoNobel-owned paint stores, creating a combined network of about 1,000 company-owned stores, serving the North American market.
The purchase also extends PPG's branded paint product offerings to more than 8,000 retail outlets and enhances the company's already strong presence in the independent paint dealer channel.
PPG CEO Charles Bunch said, "This acquisition continues the accelerated pace of our business portfolio transformation through further expansion of our coatings businesses. It is also an attractive way to significantly increase our scale in the North American architectural paint market, which we anticipate will benefit from a prolonged construction market recovery."
Brands that are part of the deal include GLIDDEN, FLOOD, LIQUID NAILS, SICO and CIL. PPG also will license the DULUX, DEVOE architectural coatings brands, and SIKKENS architectural wood products.
PPG expects to achieve significantly improved net operating earnings of about $160 million for the acquired business over a three-year period. This includes a $60 million improvement immediately upon closing and a total of $90 million by the end of the first year.
The $60 million expected improvement includes costs that will not be incurred by PPG relating to defined benefit pension expense, amortization expense relating to previous AkzoNobel acquisitions and some administrative costs that will not transfer to PPG.
The expected incremental savings of $30 million by the end of the first year and an additional $70 million by the end of the third year after the deal include cost synergies stemming from overlap in administration, distribution and manufacturing.
Further, the company expects a base level of spending between $500 million and $750 million for share repurchases during 2013.
Bunch added, "Additionally, and in recognition of our strong cash position, we plan to reinitiate our share repurchase program immediately, following the completion of the separation of our commodity chemicals business, which we expect to occur in early 2013."
Even after the acquisition and share repurchase, PPG said it would still have a high level of cash. The company expects to continue to pursue further earnings-accretive cash deployment actions during 2013.
PPG closed up 0.5 percent at $125.21 on Thursday. AkzoNobel settled at 45.46 euros in Amsterdam.
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Code Amendments Public Information Meeting
A Public Information Meeting on Amendments to the City Code is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Willamette Room at the West End Building, 4101 Kruse Way.
This meeting is an opportunity to provide information to the public and answer questions on the proposed amendments to following chapters of the City Code:
Chapter 12: Administration
Chapter 42: Streets and Sidewalks
Chapter 47: Sign Code
Chapter 50: Community Development Code
Annual amendments to the Community Development Code come from different sources. This year, they were identified through and as a result of the Phase 1 Code-Reorganization Project, from City Staff through use and application of the Code, and items identified in the Downtown Analysis by Michele Reeves. A portion of this project continues the work of the 2010 Community Development Code Audit and the Phase 1 Code Reorganization completed earlier this year.
These amendments will be considered by the Planning Commission in January 2013.
To learn more about the Public Information Meeting and to review reports, draft code language and exhibits from the Planning Commission work session go to www.ci.oswego.or.us/planning/pp-12-0018-annual-amendments-community-development-code.


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Alex Katz might have been a state champion had he been selfish and put personal goals ahead of those of the Riverview High swim team.
But the Rams' junior freestyler opted not to swim the 500-yard freestyle, an event he might have won at the FHSAA Class 3A state meet in Orlando, and instead competed in the 200-freestyle and 100-yard backstroke.
"He was all for the team," said Riverview coach Brent Arckey. "He wanted to try some other events so we could spread the points out."
Katz, this year's HTPreps Boys Swimmer of the Year, finished second in the 200 freestyle and third in the 100 backstroke, earning points that helped the Rams finish third in the state meet behind state champion Boca Raton and runner-up Palm Harbor University.
Katz also swam a leg on Riverview's two relay teams, which placed in the top eight in the state.
The 400-freestyle relay team, which also included Karl Hegwein, Liam McKane and Drew Clark, finished third in the state meet. The 200-freestyle relay team, which also included Carter Page, McKane and Patrick Wall, finished eighth.
"I thought if we won together, it would be a lot more cool than just another individual victory," Katz said. "It was good to have the work pay off. Our team did well. It was a good time."
"I'm proud of him because he made a real great decision for the team," Arckey said.
Katz would not have been a state caliber swimmer if not for his sister, Taylor Katz, who as a senior led the Lady Rams to a third straight 3A girls team championship with a pair of individual wins and a relay title.
Alex and Taylor began training together as children after she talked him into joining a swim club when the family still lived in Pinellas County. He was just 9 years old.
"I didn't like it at first, she pushed me to keep doing it," Katz said. "I was a little kid then. I'd rather be outside than in a pool all day."
Later, after Alex tried Little League baseball and football, he decided to concentrate his athletic ability on swimming.
"I just thought it would be a good way to stay in shape, kill time and meet people," he said.
"I eventually thanked her for it.
"It just took a little push from her to keep doing it and I'm glad she kept me going."
Even now, both still train together in the offseason at the Sarasota YMCA pool. They also swim for the Sarasota YMCA Sharks.
"She drives me to practice every day," Alex said. "We have to suffer through all this training together, so it's good when it pays off for the both of us."
Arckey said that Katz, like his sister, is driven by a disdain for losing.
"It's great to win, but it really sucks to lose," Katz said.
"When you lose, it's motivation. It helps you down the road."
Watching Taylor win six gold medals and two silver medals in her four-year high school career is driving Alex to attempt to approach her success. He has one more year to try to win a gold medal or two for himself in the state meet.
"This might sound cheesy, but it's kind of inspiring because she's my sister," Katz said.
He will return next year for one final go-round, hoping to lead Riverview to an improved finish in the 3A state meet.
Riverview will also have three other All-Area swimmers, McKane, Page and Wall returning next season.
"That's the goal," Katz said. "That's what we're aiming for."


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Liverpool must secure three marquee signings this summer if the club are to break back into the top four, says Anfield favourite John Barnes.
Speaking to talkSPORT's Drive Time show yesterday, the former England international winger was adamant that more investment is needed in order to close the gap on the leading sides in the Premier League.
Reds boss Kenny Dalglish has spent close to £115million on reinforcing his squad on Merseyside since returning to the Anfield helm early in 2011.
However, Barnes has called for Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group, lead by John W.Henry to pump more money into the project in order to re-establish the club as a powerhouse both domestically and in Europe.
"Liverpool need better quality players, not squad players," he said. "While they expected that to be [Andy] Carroll, [Jordan] Henderson, [Charlie] Adam and [Jose] Enrique, they need three players who are true first team players.
"Those new players should not be rotated, they should be the main players. Liverpool need more creative players because if [Luis] Suarez doesn't score and [Steven] Gerrard doesn't drive forward and score goals, [they struggle].
"They need more attacking players, someone with a bit of flair in midfield and another goalscorer, a real centre forward."
Barnes made no secret of his belief that Liverpool are too reliant on certain individuals within the squad, and wants the burden to be taken off the likes of Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez.
"When you look at the top five sides, Man United, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham I don't think Liverpool have a better squad than them," he continued.
"We've relied on Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in the past, now it appears we're relying on Steven Gerrard and Luis Suarez.
"Hopefully with Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, Charlie Adam and Jose Enrique they can show the form from last year which made Liverpool sign them in the first place. Let's wait for another season before we make judgements of them."
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DEARBORN, Mich. — Hundreds of people, including some of Michigan's political elite, gathered Monday to celebrate the late Rosa Parks on what would have been her 100th birthday by unveiling a postage stamp in her honor steps from the Alabama bus on which she stared down segregation nearly 60 years ago.
Parks, who died in 2005, became one of the enduring figures of the civil rights movement when she refused to cede her seat in the colored section of the Montgomery, Ala., bus to a white man after the whites-only section filled up. Her defiance and the ensuing black boycott of the city bus system helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. rise to national prominence.
The stamp ceremony was part of a 12-hour event at The Henry Ford museum complex in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Parks's birth that also featured speeches and live music.
USPS launched the series Jan. 1 with the Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp, which was issued at The National Archives in Washington. In August, the series will culminate with the dedication of a stamp recognizing the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington.
The Parks stamp went on sale Monday at post offices nationwide and at The Henry Ford, where dozens of people lined up to buy it, and nearby where collectors gathered to get their new stamps and other collectibles stamped by a postal service employee.
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The Minority and Women's Business Enterprises Division often hosts and participates in events around the state. Events that are currently on the MWBE 2011 schedule are listed below.
11 IMSDC 35th Annual Dinner Celebrations, The Roof Ballroom, Indianapolis, IN (6:30P-12A)
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Maria Damanaki
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"Maritime and Coastal Tourism: The Way Ahead"
European Tourism Day 2012/Brussels
27 September 2012
Dear Minister De Marco, honourable Members of the European Parliament, distinguished Speakers, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a great pleasure to be here with you today and celebrate European Tourism Day.
I'm happy to see the room filled with industry representatives, national and regional government officials, and even students. It means that you are all interested in coastal and maritime tourism. And you are quite right:
This sector is the largest not just within the tourism industry, but also within the whole maritime industry. It helps our economy with high employment numbers. Unquestionably it is and will continue to be a key factor for Europe's prosperity.
So, on this Day, I want us to envision the road ahead for Coastal and Maritime Tourism in Europe.
Over half the hotel capacity in Europe is concentrated along the coasts. Nearly two and a half million people work in coastal tourism; another quarter of a million are in yachting and marinas, while cruise tourism employs 150 000 jobs and generates a direct turnover of 14 and a half billion euro. Last year alone, the cruise industry operating in Europe hosted more than 6 million passengers, and even at times of crisis, the segment continues to grow.
Despite being a mature sector, coastal and maritime tourism still carries significant economic potential. In our vision, it has exactly what it takes for Blue Growth!
We have just published a Communication on Blue Growth in which we claim that our seas and oceans can be formidable drivers of the economy. We try to facilitate investment in those areas of blue economy, in which there is still dormant potential of new growth and jobs. We try to solve the bottlenecks' problems, in five areas: marine energy, biotechnology, aquaculture, bottom sea mining and maritime tourism.
If you think about a maritime and coastal tourism, you recognize the ingredients of success: Europe's coasts are many and diverse; their beautiful landscapes are complemented by unique cultural wonders; the coastal and maritime tourism sector is expected to grow by 2 to 3% by 2020, and the yachting one by the same amount each year! But there are challenges. Seasonality, that you discussed earlier today, and the dependency on sun-and-beach tourism are major ones. There are others: Poor accessibility of certain coastal destinations - especially islands – is usually an obstacle for further development. The lack of skilled professional is also a problem to be solved. Also we have to see the future: the impact of tourism on marine habitats and ecosystems, the impact of climate change to coastal erosion for example.
Nor can we neglect the competition from non-EU destinations, now that air travel is cheaper. And some remote areas are still underdeveloped… But it is often said that "where there's a will, there's a way".
Because we have the will, we are now building a European policy framework that will support and complement the initiatives of Member States. In an imminent Communication, we will give recommendations and suggest actions to reap the full potential of a sustainable and smart tourism industry.
The new Communication on Challenges and Opportunities for Coastal and Maritime Tourism in Europe will promote dedicated sea-basins approaches and synergies between regions and across borders. Joint initiatives can add to the strength of Europe's coastal and maritime offer: the Adriatic-Ionian Forum is undertaking a joint promotion of tourist-packages, and this is a perfect example of how to enhance the appeal of a region simply by joining efforts.
In view of the Communication, we held a public consultation that focused on four priority areas of a future strategy: competitiveness, sustainability, image and financial support.
We received a massive response - from stakeholders and from national and regional institutions, but also from businesses, academia and private citizens. The results will be discussed in the upcoming discussion panel, and will feed into the future Communication, planned for the first quarter of next year.
I said at the beginning that I want us to look out to the road ahead. High quality of our sector has to be secured. Any European strategy for coastal and maritime tourism has to be guided by environmental, economic and social considerations.
Two Europeans out of three choose already our own coasts and seas for their holidays. If we aim to attract more tourists – and we should, especially from outside Europe -, we will need to take environmental sustainability into account.
Moreover, a large share of our population – almost half the EU population, in fact - already live in coastal areas. So any policy for tourism needs to be designed not only with sustainability in mind, but also in a socially responsible and inclusive way. Our final goal must be to improve the income, the jobs and ultimately the quality of life of those who work with tourists.
We have already started working in this sense: for example, the European Fisheries Fund funds projects dedicated to 'fish-tourism'. Now we will promote the diversification of products and services even more. I'm thinking for example of underwater archaeological parks for diving tourism, of regional circuits for nautical sports, of regional branding for gastronomic products…
A good way to add a new dimension to the holiday experience is by coupling it with the maritime or industrial heritage of a region, which makes the destination interesting throughout the year and provides stable revenue.
To conclude, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Coastal and maritime tourism is doing well, but its true potential is still untapped.
Because the sector is highly competitive, to win we need clear political commitment. In a couple of weeks, in Cyprus, the Union's Ministers will be discussing a marine and maritime agenda for growth and jobs and a possible political declaration on the subject. In this framework I am sure that a highly-diversified and sustainable coastal and maritime tourism in Europe is a goal shared by all.
Our coasts are part of our common heritage, and they deserve to be used sustainably and to the benefit of the European people.
Thank you.
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Submission + - The Individual Midnight Thread 40
So if we can get this thread out of the Firehose, I was thinking that, as the 10th arrives for us in our respective locations, we could leave here what may be our final farewells to Slashdot.
Until Midnight, this is our meeting place, our City Hall, our town square.
(and yes, our playground)
After that I'm not sure where we can congregate to discuss how the Slashcott's going and whether it's time to move on.
I'm going to jump the gun and lay claim to "So long and thanks for all the Karma", and perhaps someone could do a Bob Hope and re-write the lyrics to "Thanks for the Memories".
In the meantime, a bit of housekeeping.
An AC beat me to the week-long boycott idea by a couple of hours, and suggested the date range of the 10th through the 17th.
As part of a group of people familiar with the concept of beginning a count with 0 instead of 1, I really should have spotted the mistake of putting 8 days into that particular week.
So, should Slashcott Week end as the 17th begins, or do we give Dice a bonus day?


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Baidu (BIDU) has gained 2.3% to $90.48 today following reports in the Chinese media that a Beijing court has decided to hear its lawsuit against Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU).
Oppenheimer has the details:
On February 8, a Beijing court has notices to both Baidu and Qihoo that it will hear Baidu's lawsuit against Qihoo. The lawsuit alleges that Qihoo has infringed on its copyright protection, illegally crawled and copied Baidu's content and provided the content directly to internet users via website "snapshots" Baidu is seeking RMB 100M in damages.


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"Common Sense Prevails" as Claims Process Timetable to be Reviewed
By: PR Newswire
Jan. 4, 2013 05:00 AM
LONDON, January 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
With just weeks to go before the proposed extension of the road accident claims process to include other injury claims was due to come into effect, the move is now being reconsidered.
The proposal to extend the 'RTA portal' claims system to include higher-value motor and employer's and public claims has been criticised by many as rushed and ill-conceived since it was first announced. Now, following a legal challenge to several of the proposed changes, lawyers representing the Government have said that the Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling has accepted that the decision to implement the changes in April this year "cannot stand."
Karl Tonks, a partner with Fentons Personal Injury Solicitors LLP and president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), welcomed the news as a victory for common sense.
"We have said from the outset that we do not object in principle to the introduction of changes which speed up and improve the civil justice system for the benefit of all parties," said Karl. "Our concern in this instance, however, is that proper consideration of key issues was being sacrificed in favour of an impractical ambition to introduce extensions to the RTA portal by next April."
The association instigated a judicial review process into proposed legal changes, and it is understood that as a result of this, the Secretary of State will consider afresh when the extended protocol will be implemented. The outcome of his deliberations will not be known until sometime this year.
Earlier in 2012 - following a call for evidence on proposals to extend the streamlined process for lower value RTA claims - APIL warned that unless proper time was taken to prepare the foundations for an extension, then the measures would seem doomed to fail.
"The Government is determined to extend the current streamlined process by April 2013, but none of the groundwork has been done properly and we are seriously concerned that most of the decisions appear to have been taken before the consultation has ended," Karl said last summer.
"In particular, the Government has failed to allow sufficient time to procure, build and test the necessary computer systems; they drafted protocols and rules for a committee to examine at a meeting which was scheduled to take place before the consultation period had even closed; and they repeatedly failed to publish an independent report which assessed the success of the existing streamlined scheme and its impact on access to justice.
"We know from experience that agreeing a process and developing a suitable IT system takes around 18 months," said Karl. "Rushing changes through for implementation in April 2013 was always unrealistic and risks undermining the justice system for thousands of very deserving people."
Following the Secretary of State's decision to reconsider the proposals, Karl said: "It would seem that common sense has prevailed."
"We look forward now to offering further input on what the implementation date may be."
APIL is currently considering its position in terms of bringing proceedings on other related matters raised with the Secretary of State as part of its pre-judicial review process.
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By Mark Lamport-Stokes
DUBLIN, Ohio, May 30 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy was left shaking his head in frustration and disbelief after battling his way to an opening six-over-par 78 at the Memorial Tournament on Thursday.
By Mark Lamport-Stokes
DUBLIN, Ohio, May 30 (Reuters) - Rory McIlroy was left shaking his head in frustration and disbelief after battling his way to an opening six-over-par 78 at the Memorial Tournament on Thursday.
The Northern Irish world number two had no real explanation for his struggles on a hot, humid day at Muirfield Village Golf Club but felt his overall game was in better shape than his score reflected.
"I'm pretty frustrated," McIlroy told reporters after mixing two birdies with six bogeys and a costly double at the par-three 12th where he four-putted from long range. "I'm trying not to let it get to me. It is what it is.
"A few bad rounds of golf isn't going to ruin anything, but I'd definitely like to start playing (better).
"I felt like it was really coming around at Charlotte and TPC, I started playing some good golf," he said, referring to the PGA Tour's Wells Fargo Championship and Players Championship where he recorded top-10s.
"And last week, Wentworth was bad conditions and stuff. It was sort of a weird week."
McIlroy missed the cut at the European Tour's flagship BMW Championship at a wet and cold Wentworth but was reasonably confident about his game ahead of this week's PGA Tour event hosted by Jack Nicklaus.
"I don't really have many explanations for this," said the 24-year-old. "I felt like my game was good. I felt like I was coming in here and hitting the ball well. I felt like I needed to hole some more putts and things would be okay.
"I'm still sort of struggling on the greens a bit, and I just missed a few too many shots out to the right and that cost me. That's sort of been my big miss all of this year."
McIlroy has also been frustrated by his winless start to this year, having stormed to the top of the rankings in 2012 after triumphing four times on the U.S. circuit, including a second major title at the PGA Championship.
"Of course you want to come into this year and try and do the same sort of things," said the mop-haired Northern Irishman, who also won the money list titles in both Europe and the United States last season.
"It just hasn't really happened. I haven't lived up to my own expectations this year, but I'm working hard to try to live up to them, working hard to try and get the game back to where I know it can be."
McIlroy said he had not been affected by off-course distractions, having been widely criticised for changing his club manufacturer earlier this year, then refusing to confirm reports last week he had parted company with his management group, Horizon Sports.
"No," he replied, when asked if there was any correlation between his erratic golfing form and what had been happening to him outside the ropes.
"Once I'm here I'm focused on what I need to do. Right at the moment it's not happening for me. I don't think I've played as bad as what this score suggests. It was just one of those rounds that sort of got away from me."
McIlroy, a six-times winner on the PGA Tour who missed the cut at last year's Memorial Tournament, ended the opening round a distant 13 strokes behind early leader Charl Schwartzel of South Africa. (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes; Editing by Frank Pingue)


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Health Departments Respond to H1N1 through Twitter, Facebook
December 14, 2009
Staying on Top of the Tech Curve: Using Social Media Tools during the H1N1 Response
Become a "fan" of your local health department on Facebook or follow its "tweets" on Twitter. In response to H1N1, some local health departments (LHDs) started using social media to provide up-to-the-minute information, including flu clinic schedules and mortality reports.
With lower staffing levels and decreased funding, some LHDs see social media technology as a quick and inexpensive way to communicate with residents.As shipments of H1N1 vaccine arrive, health departments can post notices about availability to certain priority groups and clinic schedules. Social media tools have also become an effective way to reach a younger audience, especially 18- to 24-year olds who fall into one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) priority groups for H1N1 vaccinations.
Since tweets from Twitter can be sent to cell phones as text messages, it has also become an easy way to reach mobile locations. This year, researchers at the University of California at Davis found that sending text message reminders about applying sunscreen helped increase sun protection among the message recipients.
The impact that social media has had during the H1N1 public health emergency has not been measured, but has been adopted as a strategy for quickly disseminating H1N1 and other health information.
Contra Costa Health Services in California
When introducing social media technology in public health departments, Fowlie recommends presenting Web 2.0 as part of a larger communication strategy—not a replacement or alternative. CCHS spent time developing a very clear policy regarding use and content to ensure quality control. Fowlie said that the best thing about these tools is that they are free and easy to use.
Some of CCHS'' recent tweets and posts included announcements on the expansion of groups eligible for vaccine, a call for volunteers at flu clinics, food handling tips, flu clinic schedules, and statistics regarding fatalities and hospitalizations.
Howard County used Twitter and Facebook as tools to reach one of the CDC target groups for H1N1 vaccination—college students. "Many of them do want to be vaccinated and are often not plugged into the media outlets that many health departments choose to use," said Claire Hutchinson, Communications Specialist with Howard County Health Department.
County health officials decided to host a clinic at the county's largest college, Howard County Community College, where 7,000 students are enrolled. With the college's help, they sent mass e-mails and text messages to students about the on-campus clinic, in addition to posting Twitter and Facebook updates. In a two-day clinic in November, approximately 2,500 young people in the priority groups were vaccinated.
"As a side effect, we have also begun to use Facebook and Twitter as a means for communicating to the public at large," said Hutchinson.
The Fairfax County Health Department let their constituents know about H1N1 vaccine clinic wait times by tweeting. They used social media as an interactive tool, taking comments and questions online.
On one recent Saturday, posts to Facebook and Twitter started at six in the morning, followed by almost a dozen posts throughout the day that provided real-time updates of vaccine clinics that were still open with approximate wait times.
They also launched a YouTube site with videos about flu season safety tips, flu vaccine shipments, and clinics.
"We use social media tools to meet a larger strategy—publish on platforms people are using everyday to connect with them and remain relevant," said Greg Licamele, Online Communications Director.
According to Licamele, more than 1,500 people joined Facebook and about 800 joined Twitter since the first mass clinic was held six weeks ago. He calls Fairfax County's fans and followers "information ambassadors," who help to spread information rapidly among their networks.
On social media sites, Licamele also stresses the importance of engaging people and answering their questions. His staff has taken the time to listen to feedback and addressed issues such as vaccine availability.
Overall, the response has been positive with several residents commenting that they were lured to H1N1 vaccine clinics by Twitter tweets and Facebook updates promising no wait times. "I think our government has gained a little more trust and credibility with many of our residents because of our social media use," said Licamele.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia fire officials say faulty wiring is to blame for a fire at a warehouse where a Mummers string band stores its props.
Commissioner Lloyd Ayers says Monday's blaze at the warehouse in south Philadelphia was caused by permanent wiring and originated near the back of an auto shop at the site. One adult was hospitalized with unknown injuries.
Members of the Fralinger (FRAY'-lin-jer) String Band said Tuesday they found their props wet, but not damaged. Fralinger is one of many clubs that participate in the Mummers Parade each Jan. 1. The band says it will definitely still participate in this year's parade.
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As franchise tags pile up, still no word from the Raiders regarding Nnamdi Asomugha, who is expected to receive that designation by Thursday's deadline.
Among those players who have been designated so far or have been told by their teams they will be tagged:
— Chiefs defensive end Jarred Allen. With his history of alcohol abuse problems, you could forgive the Chiefs for simply tagging him every year and paying him a hefty salary ($8.8 million this year) rather than break the bank with a signing bonus. Allen won't be happy about it, however.
"If I play under the franchise tag, this will be my last year with the Chiefs," Allen told NFL.com at the Pro Bowl.
— Ravens defensive end/linebacker Terrell Suggs. Suggs figures to be disgruntled as well. He was expecting the $8.8 million defensive end tender, and instead will get the $8 million tender of an outside linebacker. Seems foolish for the Ravens to get one of their best players upset over $800,000.
— Bengals offensive lineman Stacy Andrews ($7.5 million). A mild surprise, in that Justin Smith, last year's franchise player, is now on the open market. Smith is coming off a two-sack season, but could make out in free agency since Allen and Suggs will both require two first-round draft picks to sign. Might be too rich for the Raiders blood.
— Cardinals linebacker Karlos Dansby. No impact for the Raiders, who have relatively inexpensive active linebackers in Kirk Morrison and Thomas Howard.
— Eagles TE L.J. Smith. Colts tight end Dallas Clark could also get a one-year, $4.5 million tender. Zach Miller looked good enough that he may one day himself get a franchise tag.
— Panthers RT Jordan Gross. The Raiders need long-term solutions at both tackles, unless they're convinced Paul McQuistan is the answer on the right side. Had Gross not been franchised, they probably would have at least placed a call.
— Tennessee DT Albert Haynesworth. Robert Gallery had an encouraging year as a left guard, but could do nothing with Haynesworth. Risky for the longterm because he produced in a contract year.
Green Bay hasn't tipped its hand yet regarding defensive tackle Corey Williams, who would break the bank in light of Haynesworth's tag.
Kiper call
For what it's worth, longtime draft guru Mel Kiper Jr. was available by conference call Tuesday through ESPN and had a few thoughts regarding the Raiders.
Whether you like Kiper or not, his recall regarding virtually any prospect, no matter how anonymous, is remarkable. On his Web page, Kiper had the Raiders taking Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, but conceded the landscape may have changed with the signing of Justin Fargas.
"That's the question. Fargas is a good back. You've got other guys in the mix as well," Kiper said. "So you've got a lot of guys, the question is do you have a lot of average guys? Fargas proved to be better than average. I don't think you necessarily have to take McFadden, and he could be gone anyway, depending on how the coin flip goes."
Kiper said he rates Glenn Dorsey as the top defensive tackle in the draft, but said there are people who like USC's Sedrick Ellis better.
"I could see Sedrick Ellis as a Raider," Kiper said.
Kiper said McFadden's problems with fumbling are an issue, but likes his overall skills set even if he is not the runner Adrian Peterson was last year.
Not everyone shares Kiper's feeling about McFadden. The NFL Network's Mike Mayock has Rashard Mendenhall of Illinois as his top back.
Kiper said the Raiders' 19-61 record over the past five years may have its roots in the draft.
"I think it's had a lot to do with it. You look back at it and say, `OK, how many of those guys actually became quality starters?,' " Kiper said. "I think you can always look at your football team, and if they're lacking, they're lacking because of the draft not being as beneficial as it should be."
Aging wideouts available
If the Raiders wanted to go retro to the days when Jerry Rice and Tim Brown were on their last legs, Keyshawn Johnson wants to make a comeback and Muhsin Muhammad was released by the Chicago Bears.
With Jerry Porter scheduled to become a free agent, the Raiders are extraordinarily thin at wide receiver with Ronald Curry, Johnnie Lee Higgins, Jonathan Holland, Todd Watkins, Drisan James and Will Buchanon under contract.
While no wide receiver attending the NFL scouting combine is thought to be a No. 3 or 4 selection, there are a few targets worth considering if the Raiders did what they never do and move back in the draft.
Cal's DeSean Jackson is the most explosive and a dangerous punt return specialist Larger targets include Oklahoma's Malcolm Kelly (6-4, 218 pounds) and Indiana's James Hardy (6-6, 220). Michigan's Mario Manningham is also considered a potential first-round pick. All are underclassmen, so none were scouted during the college all-star circuit.
Kiper thinks Kelly could be the first receiver taken by the time the draft comes around, and also said he thinks Cal's LaValle Hawkins could be an early second-round pick or even sneak into the first round.
Will be headed to the combine Wednesday and will file daily blogs from Indianapolis . . .


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St. Olaf senior earns NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 2, 2012
|Kateri Salk '12 will use a three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to further her work in aquatic environmental studies. Photo by Steven Wett '15
Kateri Salk '12 was recently awarded a prestigious three-year Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will support her work in aquatic environmental studies.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are extremely competitive and are used to support the most promising graduate students in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Fellows are expected to become experts in their field who can contribute significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering.
Past recipients of the award include numerous Nobel Prize winners, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Google founder Sergey Brin, and Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt.
"St. Olaf takes great pride in how well we prepare students for graduate school in the sciences and mathematics. Every time one of our students gets an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, it affirms how well our programs are perceived in the national STEM research community," says Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics Matt Richey. "It's also a reminder of how talented, focused, and hard-working our students are as they leave St. Olaf on their way to a highly competitive research career."
Salk will head to Michigan State University this fall, where she will work toward a Ph.D. in zoology with a specialization in environmental science and policy. A biology and environmental studies major at St. Olaf, Salk is interested in nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems and its impact on the interactions between organisms and their environment. Her main research project during the NSF fellowship will examine how nutrient inputs that come about through rain events affect the production of biomass (such as algae) in Lake Muskegon.
In addition, Salk is looking forward to the "broader impacts" portion of her NSF fellowship, which means communicating her scientific findings to a more general audience. Salk has chosen to develop an aquatic ecology curriculum for elementary school students.
"This is a hands-on way to get children interested in science and expose them to primary research in a way that is also rewarding to the teacher," she says. "I've had great learning experiences with elementary students in Northfield, so I look forward to continuing to work and learn with young students."
It's no surprise, then, that Salk plans to become a teacher. She says her goal is to become a professor at a liberal arts college where she will have plenty of opportunities to be involved in undergraduate research.
Three St. Olaf alumnae — Kelly Nail '07, Keeley MacNeill '08, and Elizabeth Speltz '09 — also earned NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year.
Nail is a Ph.D. candidate in conservation biology at the University of Minnesota. She is currently researching the effects of climate change on the migration of monarch butterflies. For the educational outreach component of her fellowship, Nail will recruit volunteers to help monitor monarch larva.
MacNeill is currently a Fulbright fellow, working with a professor at the University of Oslo to study microbial respiration in lakes. She will begin graduate work this fall at Cornell University, and her research will compare how microbes in streams in the Ecuadorian Andes and the Colorado Rockies are impacted by climate change. As part of her fellowship, she will also reach out to students in Colorado and indigenous Andean communities and teach them how to make inferences about water quality through simple and inexpensive observations of aquatic organisms.
Speltz is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University, where she is working to design proteins that recognize novel targets. She then wants to use them in cells (like E. coli) to modify, change, or create pathways.


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I want some new summit tires. I want something i can just put on. I need something bigger than stock for better off-roading. Any ideas?
browse 2.2 tires/wheels/rims on ebay. in 2.2 size tires there are many tread options. also browse the mini summit picture gallery to get another aspect on wheels. peace, and welcome to the forum.
I'm not krazy. My mother had me tested.
thanks, and is there any specific diameter of the whole wheel that is good? and what is the best tread?
Look for 2.2 size tires/wheels with a 12mm hex.
Then compare the spec on the canyon at tires with the ones u want
Diameter / width
2.2 canyon at
Width: 2.2" (56mm)
Diameter: 3.87" (98mm
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-2-12mm-Hex...item1c2edfd2e7 something like this is what i had. i dont have any new pics.
but be very careful on temperatures by going with a bigger tire.
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I'm not krazy. My mother had me tested.
ok, and those are for 1/10... do they make them for 1/16?
Only thing specific to the 16ths is stock.
Target height should be around 4" max.
Plan on regearing to go slower due to the added stress of the larger tire.
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
i don't think there is really anything bigger than the stock tires, they are pretty big size for this size truck. The stock 1/10th summit tires are pretty much the biggest truck tires around as well unless you get the cen tires that are made of unobtainium.
The OP is talking about his 1/16th Summit... since this is a 1/16th Summit forum.
There are LOTS of tires that are bigger... most of which are way too big for the 16th platform. The challenging part is finding a tire that is just the right size to do what the OP wants without severely overworking the power system so he has to gear down to 5mph.
Whatever it is I just typed... could be wrong.
Gotcha... I didn't understand before.
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Macon Man Shot in Home Invasion | Crime
Just before 6 a.m. Sunday, a man was asleep on his couch when two men, dressed all in black, kicked in the front door, according to a news release from Macon police.
The victim told police he was ordered to the ground. He was then shot in the leg with a small caliber pistol.
Nothing was taken from the apartment at 1716 Crystal Lake Circle, between Chambers Road and Log Cabin Road, the victim says.
The suspects fled around the backside of the apartment on foot.
This case remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is urged to contact MPD or Crimestoppers at 751-7500 or 1-877-68-CRIME.


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Monday, February 27, 2012
NYRA NOTES: Sunday, February 26, 2012
OZONE PARK, N.Y. – In her first workout since returning to New York from Palm Meadows in Florida, Godolphin Stable's It's Tricky breezed four furlongs on the Belmont Park training track in 48.77 on Sunday with exercise rider Renzo Morales aboard.
Winner of the 2011 Grade 1 TVG Acorn and Grade 1 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks, It's Tricky is slated to commence her 2012 campaign on Saturday in Aqueduct Racetrack's Grade 2, $200,000 Top Flight Handicap, a 1 1/16-mile race for fillies and mares. It will be the 4-year-old's first start since finishing second to Royal Delta in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic in November.
The McLaughlin barn admits It's Tricky, who is accompanied to her workouts by a pony, has her eccentricities, but Magnuson said she has been better behaved in recent months.
"She's really into a good routine," said Magnuson. "Even toward the end of last year and right now, she's not being very tricky at all. She's a quirky filly who is acting very well."
The Top Flight is part of the undercard for the Grade 3, $400,000 Gotham, with the McLaughlin barn set to send out Godolphin's Consortium in the 1 1/16-mile event for 3-year-olds. Consortium, who in his lone 2012 start finished last of six over a sloppy track in Gulfstream Park's Grade 3 Holy Bull on January 29, covered four furlongs in 49.76 in company with Redding Colliery on Sunday. Redding Colliery, winner of the January 28 Evening Attire for owner Mrs. Fitriani Hay, is targeting the Grade 3, Excelsior $150,000 on March 17 and was clocked in 49.65.
"[Consortium] went very well," said Magnuson. "Just in hand, just what we wanted: a nice half with Redding Colliery."
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Raconteur, winner of two straight on the inner track, completed major preparations for the Gotham with a 48.89 four-furlong breeze on the Belmont training track on Sunday.
Owned by Dogwood Stable, Raconteur went in company with Mike Repole's Calibrachoa, who will attempt to remain unbeaten in five stakes starts on the inner track when he defends his title in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap at six furlongs.
"I thought it was a decent move today; I was pleased with what I saw," said Michael McCarthy, assistant to trainer Todd Pletcher, of Raconteur's work. "He got into a nice rhythm and maintained it throughout the work, and he galloped out well."
McCarthy also expressed satisfaction with the drill posted by Calibrachoa, who repeated in the Grade 3 Toboggan on February 4.
"The horse seemed to come out of the Toboggan in decent order," said McCarthy. "He worked nicely today. He's on schedule."
Green Hills Farm's Love and Pride, victorious in the Affectionately on January 29, was also on the worktab, breezing four furlongs in 50.55 as she tunes up for Saturday's Top Flight.
"She does not need a lot," said McCarthy. "She got over the racetrack well, galloped out well, and came back in good order."
The stable's other Gotham contender, Grade 3 LeComte fourth-place finisher Dan and Sheila, breezed five furlongs in 1:00.92 on Sunday at Palm Meadows, quickest of 29 moves at the distance. The Zayat Stables color-bearer is expected to arrive in New York on Wednesday, McCarthy said.
Additional New York-based Gotham workers were Hardened Wildcat (five furlongs in 1:02 at Belmont), King and Crusader (five furlongs in a bullet 1:01.30 at Aqueduct), and My Adonis (five furlongs in 1:01.32 at Aqueduct).
On the worktab in Florida was Two-Year-Old Champion Male Hansen, who worked five furlongs, handily, in 1:00.95 at Gulfstream for trainer Michael Maker and owners Dr. Kendall Hansen and Sky Chai Racing.
In addition to Hardened Wildcat, Andrew Byrnes, stakes coordinator for The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), added Suns Out Guns Out and Went the Day Well to the list of Gotham probables. Chief Energy is no longer under consideration for the race.
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Jockey Cornelio Velasquez, who was taken to North Shore University Hospital Saturday complaining of neck and back pain after being unseated in the day's final race, is expected to return to riding on Wednesday when live racing resumes at Aqueduct, according to his agent, Matt Muzikar
"All the tests were negative," said Muzikar Sunday morning. "He's just body sore. Obviously, he took off his mounts today, but he plans on riding Wednesday."
Velasquez, 43, is in second place on the Big A's inner-track jockey standings with 73 winners behind reigning Eclipse champion jockey Ramon Dominguez.
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The Whispers is the name given to a ruined castle in the Crownlands, the region controlled directly by the Iron Throne in King's Landing. The castle is located north-east of King's Landing at the very tip of Crackclaw Point.[1] The Whispers are named for the eerie sound the sea makes as it crashes into the holes in the cliffs below the castle.[2][3]
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Whispers was the former stronghold of House Crabb. Ser Clarence Crabb is said to have beheaded every enemy he slew in combat and brought them back home, where his wife kissed them, restoring them to life. Crabb kept the living heads - including an alleged King of Duskendale - in the castle, seeking their counsel. The Whispers is named in legend for the sound of the heads' whispering their advice to the knight.
In reality, the castle is most likely named for the sound of the water pouring through holes in the cliff below the castle. Coastal erosion has seen the castle's beacon tower collapse into the sea within the last two generations.
The lords of Crackclaw Point - including those of the Whispers - were a quarrelsome lot, refusing to accept the authority of any of the Andal kings. During the War of Conquest, Visenya Targaryen flew to the area on her dragon Vhagar and won the allegiance of the people, promising they would hold fealty to the Iron Throne alone.
See also
- The Whispers on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (spoilers from the books)
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King's Landing (Red Keep · Great Sept of Baelor · Guildhall of the Alchemists · Flea Bottom · Dragonpit
Antlers · Rosby · Castle Stokeworth · Duskendale · The Whispers · Claw Isle · Dragonstone · Driftmark · Sharp Point · Stonedance· Rook's Rest · Sow's Horn
|Geographic Features:
Blackwater Rush · Blackwater Bay · Crackclaw Point · Claw Isle · Dragonstone · Driftmark · Spears of the Merling King · The Kingswood


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**********SPOILERS************ Bella can't take the pain anymore......what does she do about it?
this story is a one-shot. it is in Two different views. I hope you like it.
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Right now is one of those moments you wish you were dead. Like you never lived. Life isn't fair. It seems to take the things you love the most. You lay there in your bed wondering if you should do it. If you should take your own life. Maybe you can sleep. Maybe the pain will go away. I struggle to move every morning. Wondering if he will come if I wait. My heart lost my soul torn and my body limb.
" Bella move on." the sweet voice said in the back of my crazy mind.
" No, I can't......I won't!" I screamed. Here comes the pain. The pain that makes me want to die even more. The ghost hole in my chest throbbing as it tries to get bigger. The wounds around it burn and my heart aches. I move to fetal position hoping this unbearable pain eases. Food has no taste, flowers have no smell, and life has no meaning. I should end it. I should die right here....right now!
"How do I do it?" I whispered to myself.
" Don't do this to me!" the voice said in pain.
" Why does it even bother you.......you left me here with no soul, no heart........you left me here to die slowly anyways...why not do it now?" I screamed to myself. Bella the voice doesn't help. It only makes it that much difficult. Look, the voice didn't even answer. I jumped to my feet and went to the bathroom. I looked in the cabinet and found sleeping pills. I took five and threw the rest away. I turned the water on in the tub. Temperature didn't matter. I didn't even bother to undress. It filled up with cold water. I waited until it was filled then put myself in it.
"Bella, please don't do this!" the voice screamed. It was getting farther and farther away as I was slipping away.
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I know I shouldn't be doing this. I know checking on her is not the right thing to do, but I have to see her. If I didn't check on her once in awhile I would be dead right now. She always tosses, turns, and screams in her sleep now. She always screams my name. I wish so bad to touch her and soothe her, but I promised her that she would not be bothered by us. That was the hardest day of my life. I struggle remembering her face. It pained me to see her believe I got over her....and didn't want her anymore. I went up in her tree. I looked in her window and saw her bed and she wasn't there. SHE WAS NOT THERE!!!!!!!! Where the hell is she? I opened the window and went in. I smelled her bed and it was fresh. She was in it. What would she be doing at this hour of night? She would be sound asleep right now. At that moment I heard running water.
"No!" I whispered to myself. Check on her. Just peck in. I opened Bella's bedroom door with no noise. I walked fast threw the hall. I came to the bathroom door. There was no steam. Bella couldn't have been in the shower.
" But why is water running?" I asked dazed. Please, Bella, no. I looked into the bathroom and saw Bella under the water and a pill bottle on the ground.
" Bella why!" I whispered in pain. My heart dropped at the site. She tried to kill herself. I pulled her out of the water and listened closely for her pulse. She still had a pulse. She lived!
"She lived!" I whispered in pure joy. I carried her to her room making no sound. I wrapped her in a blanket and put her on my back. I jumped out of her window. Right when I hit the ground I was off running. I ran as fast as I could. I ran into my house and put her on my couch. I called the others as soon as I could. They all came within five minutes. Carlisle was checking her out, Esme was looking at her stuck in old memories of when she tried to commit suicide, Alice was watching praying she was ok, Jasper was standing next Alice trying to calm her down, and Emmett was sad, but trying to talk to Rosalie.
"Edward she is very lucky. She could have died. Not just from being in the water, but from taking to many pills. If she would have had one more she would have been dead." Carlisle said pained. I stared dazed from the idea of her almost dying and me not being there.
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Microwaves take up a disproportionately large amount of space for the job they do. Such a large metal box to reheat a mug of coffee. Despite its full name - microwave oven - reheating and defrosting is the most we usually ask of it.
The conventional microwave has never risen to the exalted place once promised.
When they appeared in homes from the late 1960s, cooks loved their speed but language such as ''zap the food'' played to health fears. There was a sneaking suspicion something so fast that used radiation couldn't be good for the food - or you.
Then there were fires. Infernos begun by aluminium foil and forks abounded. A few days ago, The Guardian reported that a hapless man in England set fire to his apartment while drying underpants and socks in the microwave.
The microwave as a clothes dryer and defroster? Whatever happened to The Jetsons-esque future kitchen, where this miracle oven would cook all our meals?
It never happened, but I've given it a go of late. Since my own minor kitchen fire (hapless, yes, but at least I wasn't cooking undies), I've been reduced to the microwave and barbecue.
At Gleebooks on Glebe Point Road, I looked for a microwave cookbook. Vegan Cupcakes Take over the World promised a future I don't relish, and Hash Cakes had a handy recipe for lemon and poppy-seed cake with black hash, but I saw no microwave cookbooks, new or used.
I found Gourmet Microwave Cooking at home. There is no publication date but the recipes give it away. Spinach dip using French-onion soup mix and crunchy camembert chicken with the cheese pressed beneath the bird's skin scream 1980s.
I settled for Mediterranean chicken with classic ingredients such as basil leaves, bacon, semi-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives and a dash of red wine. It is simple, it worked and everyone liked it - sort of.
But it highlighted why microwaves will always be relegated to pot warmers. Microwaves don't caramelise, so the onions remained raw-ish pellets. The can of crushed tomatoes provided a liquid but there was nothing rich or satisfying about it.
It didn't have to be this way. Conventional microwaves can do more but the manufacturers made a fundamental error in the early days when they failed to create a standard model. Because the power varies from 700 watts to 1000 watts, no single recipe applies to all machines. One machine's high is another's low. A high from a hash cake probably has more guarantee of success.


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North Adams First-Grader Named Heart Association Ambassador
Six-year-old Meghan Schrade was recognize by the School Committee for her activities with the American Heart Association. Meghan was named this year's Art for the Heart Ambassador for Western Mass.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Meghan Schrade has spent much of her short life undergoing painful procedures for a heart condition.
Now the cheerful 6-year-old is a poster girl for the American Heart Association of Western Massachusetts and its Art For The Heart Ambassador.
Meghan, daughter of Tracy Bassette and William G. Schrade Jr., was also recognized by the School Committee for her efforts on behalf of the association in sharing her story.
Bassette said she had submitted Meghan's story to the Heart Association, which was seeking "Go Red Leading Ladies" with positive attitudes to help raise awareness among women about being heart healthy.
Meghan didn't make leading lady, but was instead selected as the 2013 Ambassador for Art for the Heart, a healthy heart educational and arts program for children. She's featured on a poster for the activity in a new red dress and professionally photographed in East Longmeadow like the Leading Ladies were.
She was chosen because "she has a passion, even at such an early age, to get the word out about heart disease and shares her story with all that listen," according to the assocation.
Meghan's been very open about the procedures she's gone through. She went through open heart surgery at 6 days old and is on her third pacemaker. She's talked to her classmates at Brayton Elementary and others about her heart issues and pacemaker.
"It helps her explain what it is that happened to her heart," said Bassette.
She's also a top fundraiser for the annual Jump Rope for Heart event organized by teacher Karen Daigle at Brayton. This year's event takes place on Monday.
"From what I hear she's probably going to be the top fundraiser again this year," said Mayor Richard Alcombright in introducing her to the School Committee on Tuesday. "I want to wish you continued good health and I want to wish you continued good work in all you do for the American Heart Association."
First-grader was at little shy despite a contingent of friends and family backing her up. She presented the mayor with a red ribbon lapel pin and answered a few questions.
"Are you looking forward to the jumping rope?" asked committee member Heather Boulger. "What's the best part about it?"
Meghan responded, "I get to jump rope with my class."
She will present the awards for the art competition on March 1 at the annual Go Red For Women Luncheon in Holyoke. The luncheon was set for Friday but postponed because of the Nor'easter bearing done on the state.
Bassette said it was difficult to determine what had Meghan more excited — the luncheon or getting a day out of school. With Friday's snowstorm, Meghan might end up with an extra day off.
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Not really.
It sounds like a much more professional attack than previously considered.
Varying speed by itself should have just sent yield to hell. Varying speed properly with the full knowledge of the centrifuge design and construction allows to select resonating frequencies (which each centrifuge has) and keep it at those until it disintegrates. In my "previous life" doing biotech I have seen what happens when a rotor goes off balance at 50000 rpm. The effect is more or less similar to that of a hand grenade in a closed space.
Add to that the fact that a broken uranium enrichment centrifuge will leak UF6 all over the place which is highly toxic and corrosive and you have your perfect sabotage method.
There is one more question to be answered here which puts the final dots over Is and crosses the last Ts. The people who have analysed the source so far in AV companies were malware professionals, not chemists or industrial automation experts. So they left one question open - does it try to determine the frequencies or it knows them already. If it is the latter, this means that the attacker has managed to obtain the exact design of a centrifuge with the actual improvements used by Iran so Iran's nuclear programme is way leakier than we thought and everyone and their dog has that centrifuge design now (with the actual improvements done by Iran after they got it from our "allies" in Pakistan). If it is the former, the same attack can be applied to all kind's of industrial automation equipment and Siemens kit provides enough telemetry to run the attack. That is probably even scarier than the first possibility. Resonance is lovely stuff... Nothing can withstand it for a sufficiently long time.
I'm a chemist and I actually did some freelance investigation into UF6 centrifuges a while back - quite fascinating. They're tall thin cylinders, barely a handsbreadth wide, with maglev vacuum bearings and a rotation speed in excess of 100,000 RPM. The outer wall of the centrifuge experiences a million G's of acceleration, and a sweaty thumb-print can off-balance one enough to self-destruct. Also, one cylinder only enriches uranium by 1% or so, so you need to daisy-chain many hundreds together flawlessly to get pure 235 out the end.
I imagine with a system that fragile, you don't need to find the precise resonant frequency. IIRC, all stuxnet did was blip the frequency down to 0 Hz for a short time - which I imagine would eventually throw the drive off-center and cause it to fail noisily.
My guess is that you don't have to aim for a resonance. More likely the centrifuges run at the highest anti-resonance that still damps vibration below a critical threshold. A little variance in speed could send the centrifuge out of anti-resonance and reduce damping enough that bad things happen. Especially if it was done slowly.
These suckers must be able to spin up fairly quickly in order to transition through resonance points before they can self destruct.
I wonder how cyber defense will counter it.
Hmmm. I've got a stunning idea! How bout not plug your centrifuge into a PC based ethernet network?
My doctors blood centrifuge does not have an ethernet port. Nor does my dentist's xray machine. Nor my doctors stethoscope, nor that hammer thingy they hit your knee with to test your reflexes.
The argument used to be that the DSP based controller software required to balance the rotor required a rather high end server grade PC at least $3000 worth of pentium 75s, so we need to spread that PC cost across mu
Most likely the blood centrifuge and the x-ray machine have ethernet ports these days. My dentist gets the X-Ray results from 1 machine right on the computer in one of the rooms. I am subscribed to an IT Support mailing list from a hospital and there are regularly 'system updates' for Windows XP systems running everything from fetal monitoring systems to sleep center monitors and these days bedside e-health systems.
Probably the centrifuges weren't connected to the ethernet. What was connected to the net was the computers where people developped the software that they put on the controllers. That is what the virus infect, and your PIC based solution would have the same problem.
That said, connecting the centrifuges to the net seems to be a great solution to contain the damage of such attacks (and of random bugs).
Somewhere, some guy working for the CIA/NSA/TLA just shat himself laughing.
What antivirus software would have protected the victims of this virus? Kaspersky? AVG? Windows Security Essentials? ClamAV?
While on the one hand, it is important to prevent infections from becoming a massive swarm with the ability to hammer away at particular locations in a DDOS, in this particular case it seems like specific machines were infected with the goal of harming them directly. Since these machines are running on specialized hardware, it doesn't really make sense to consider StuxNet a "swarm" vir
Better computer hygine like not taking media from lower security systems to higher security ones would have prevented the infection of the vulnerable machines but even the NSA has admitted that they do not have 100% control over such procedures.
No kidding [wikipedia.org]
None. No AV kit can protect you from a single target attack.
One lesson of Stuxnet is clear:
If you are going to run thousands of centrifuges, you need to migrate from Windows to a Linux distro.
Dupes are one thing, but, wow, this is new territory.
Iran Admits Stuxnet Affected Their Nuclear Program [slashdot.org]
If the submitter had gone straight to the Google [google.com] none of this ever would have happened.
The IR-1 is an older model centrifuge. It's basically a copy of an old URENCO design. Iran has an IR-2 and an IR-3 model, which use carbon fibre rotors, and new installations use those. Iran has at least three enrichment plants, incidentally, and they're all different. Various reports indicate replacement of the older models by newer ones, so some of this might be a routine phase-out.
Is that even 10% of their entire production capacity?
The answer is no.
Because even if it was true (what is extremely unlikely), any confirmation of this would encourage idiots at Pentagon and similar places to write idiotic viruses and trojan horses that will end up doing nothing but creating massive epidemies among completely unrelated Windows computers.
So no it is.
Oh, and to Iranian nuclear engineers: keep all information about your facilities secret. What kind of kindergarten are you runnung there?
I think Iran -- or any other country -- would be pleased to have these kind of rumors about the damage done circulating. Disinformation or uncertainty as to the present condition of their activities can only benefit them, especially if it causes the enemy to underestimate their power. This assumes that Stux wasn't feeding back information about its activity or that another good source doesn't exist.
Disinformation or uncertainty as to the present condition of their activities can only benefit them, especially if it causes the enemy to underestimate their power.
More importantly, it causes people to doubt their capabilities. If there existed a consensus that the Iranian nuclear project poses a danger to the whole world, there would be pressure to stop that project at any cost. If they are perceived as incompetent bunglers no one will take them seriously and the nuclear program will continue.
Not for nuclear weapons. The whole point of nukes is to let other people know you have them; no-one wants to have to actually use the things.
Not for nuclear weapons. The whole point of nukes is to let other people know you have them; no-one wants to have to actually use the things.
Dr. Strangelove: Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?
Ambassador de Sadesky: It was to be announced at the Party Congress on Monday. As you know, the Premier loves surprises.
I sincerely doubt that the OIA, the CIA, the Mossad and the like will evaluate the success or failure of Stuxnet based on what anyone posts in Slashdot, or some journalist post (unless he is recognized to have expertise in the field and/or good contacts). So the ones understimating Iran would be, at the very maximum, the general public (and now we know/have confirmation from wikileaks how little are we informed/taken in account by our governments)...
My take on this story was that the Siemens controllers were the problem. The centrifuges quit working right because the controllers went nuts, and then the controllers were careful to hide their defect.
So if Iran examined the controllers and centrifuges and figured (wrongly) that the centrifuges were the problem and replaced them, wouldn't the controllers just wreck the new ones as well? And if so, wouldn't that cause Iran to spend a lot of time replacing centrifuges again and again? It seems like that could account for some of the buying.
And of course, once the actual problem is figured out, then you need to replace the controllers and probably the centrifuges that got broken the second or third time around, and of course figure out how to keep the whole thing from happening again. Sure, you can replace the rogue controllers but how did they go bad to start with? If you don't know, this could cause a lot of extreme paranoia.
How Iran actually reacted is not clear to me, but I know what would happen if this occurred in a US factory.
If a machine broke, you'd replace the machine. If it broke again, you'd replace it again and start getting mad. If it broke again, then maybe you'd look at the controller. If it tests OK -and why would it lie to you- then you replace the centrifuge again. Etc. It might take a relatively long time to figure out that the controller is actually the problem AND that it was deliberately being subtle about it to avoid detection. The assumption with machines is that they don't lie to you. If they are good or bad, generally they will be straightforward to sort out via testing or diags.
So to start with, you have to accept the concept that yes, they can lie, before the source of the problem can begin to be understood much less dealt with.
Plus, since they are working with Uranium, everything gets hot and becomes rather hard to handle, repair and dispose of.
Hex is not very impressively radioactive. Not pour it on your breakfast cereal harmless, but not very impressive at all. It is almost exactly fiestaware breakfast cereal bowl level of scary. It is however horrifically toxic and usually has some unreacted HF in the process stream.
Its about a zillion times more likely a typical accident will chemically dissolve your flesh, rather than radiation burns.
I think you are also describing neutron activation which is not relevant at a U fuel processing plant. A p
The assumption with machines is that they don't lie to you.
Naaah what got them was every mechanical engineer whom spins stuff around, from steam turbines to windmills to centrifuges knows the likely failure modes are, in order:
1) material failure / bad specs / bad material / bad machining / bad maintenance intervals
2) Everything else in the freaking universe from earthquake tremors to houseflys in the process stream to electrical surges
3) RPM / timing inaccuracy (failure is common, inaccuracy is incomprehensible)
So they started with line item #1 and probably spent
An aspect of stuxnet's damage that has not yet been publicly recognized is that stuxnet's activities have created a drain on the pool of available centrifuge technicians.
Someone has to clean up after one of the spinners breaks. And there is only so much UF6 that the human body can tolerate.
Over the past year or more, Slashdot has been providing posts about the Stuxnet Worm. There have been several countries who have been accused of the creation of this worm, US being on the top of the list and I believe Israel being the second most accused. Just a week or two ago, China has been named as a possible suspect as well. I'm sure if you search upon Stuxnet you'll be able to find many links to many articles to find out a lot more information about the worm.
It's rather an interesting story to follo
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