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Math nerds, heads up. Google has just added a full featured scientific calculator to Google search, thereby allowing you to perform complex scientific and trigonometrical calculations using only your mouse. Head over to Google.com, type in a simple calculation and you should see the 34 button calculator popping in, an example is shown below:
This is so very cool, far better than how Google used to show mathematical results previously. Moreover, you don't have to type the exact expression in the search box over and over again. Once the scientific calculator shows up, you can just key in numbers directly in the calculator and perform mathematical calculations on the fly. Now that this has happened, I won't mind unpinning Windows calculator from the taskbar. (related: use Google Chrome as a calculator)
Google's advanced calculator supports trigonometrical, logarithmic, factorial and basic arithmetic functions e.g Pi(π) and factorial of a number (!). Classical Google specific calculation techniques have gone nowhere, Google has only aggrandized the functionality by amalgamating all the core methods into a newer calculator UI that just works.
For example, you can type "square root of [number]" (without quotes) to find the square root of any real number through Google search. That still works, only difference is that now you get the result displayed in the calculator itself.
However, here is a little catch.
The new calculator does not support square root of negative integers. At least, not yet. Try finding the square root of -1 or any other negative integer in the new scientific calculator of Google and you'll get an error. (high school tip: square root of a negative number is the same as square root of a positive number, just add the imaginary "i" to it.)
But wait, you can still apply the old technique to get the square root of a negative number from Google search. Here is how:
The best part : Google's improved calculator supports voice commands, so you can use your microphone to type in numbers and the calculator will "listen". It might take you some time to get accustomed to but once you master the operation, you will love it even more.
The new scientific calculator is by no means limited to PC's or desktop computers; it works across all mobile devices e.g iOS, Android and so forth. Here is how the calculator looks when viewed from Android (just rotate your phone to get the full view)
Although separate from the new calculator UI, I am more excited about how Google has revamped the display of unit conversions. Previously, Google used to display the result of a conversion in the search result page, which has now been organized under a neat tabular format.
So when I am scratching my head over a math problem inundated with half a dozen different units, I can use the dropdown menu on the unit conversion page and convert the values in real time. Speed, mass, length, volume, area. temperature, time – Google has got you covered.


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Thank You, White Sox Fans
Monday, October 4, 2010
Here is the link for the end of season video created as a Thank You to the fans: http://bit.ly/9TKrRL
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Back home from driving the "Kids" back to Georgia and no baseball for the next two nights! BAH!! Go Texas!! As far as the Sox are concerned, it will be an interesting off season coming up. I won't speculate. I'll wait for KW to put a GOOD team together for us for 2011. Go Sox….j.k.

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As more people upgrade to smartphones there are growing fears that constant availability for work will destroy work-life balance. Maybe the question should really be how is it changing work? Life will go on, and people will find ways to make it fit with their technology.
As the head of distribution and customer relations for AA Insurance, Suzanne Wolton had to get down to the stricken city as soon as possible.
"What happened in Canterbury forced us to think differently. Although we were already using BlackBerries and iPhones, we had to get them going on a much larger scale than before," she says.
"Before Canterbury we had not had to mobilise large groups of staff at short notice and deploy them to a remote location where they didn't have access to power.
"When I came down with a team immediately after the September and February earthquakes, we had to bring our own generators to charge up the devices. We couldn't rely on being able to go into local internet cafes or anything like that or even our office because the office was closed, so we had to use smart devices."
That gave the team connectivity. It also gave them tools they had not had previously, such as the ability to take photos of damage to customers' property on the phone and send it straight to the office.
"It's also useful for things like really urgent situations such as when you see a wall in imminent danger of collapse, you could take a picture and send it through to someone else involved, the Earthquake Commission or another insurance company, and say this needs immediate attention, rather than having to describe it.
"Staff who come to Christchurch to check on customers are able send them documents and get assessments on a much more immediate basis.
"From a practical standpoint the fact they have these devices means we have been able to know they are safe and well and send other resources down to them when there have been aftershocks.
"We couldn't have done what we've done with the earthquake or any of the subsequent response to Canterbury without smart devices. Customers have become used to using them. They want access to you 24/7 and they expect you to have the tools they use themselves."
Even away from Canterbury, Wolton says her smartphone gives velocity and immediacy.
"Seventy per cent of emails I get are things I need to know but do not need to respond to. The smartphone allows me to keep on top of stuff when I'm walking down the street or when I'm home in the evening so by definition it makes both my non-desk time and my desk time more productive.
"I don't need to be in the office to keep on top of meeting requests and emails and information flows.
"The other major change is smart devices have changed email from being a pull channel to a push channel. Three years ago I would have had to make a conscious decision to go into my office, to log in and pull my emails to me. Now I know that emails that need to get to me will be pushed through by the sender and likewise if I need to get an urgent message through to members of my team, all I've got to do is send it and they will be pretty much on to it immediately."
The most urgent messages go out by text on the same device, such as when there is a strong aftershock.
"The whole thing has changed our ability to communicate and act but also to make sure the right people get the right information. You know you are going to be able to get hold of someone 24/7 because they are going to have their smartphone with them."
Unlike many who feel their smartphone takes away their family time, Wolton finds it reassuring.
"I can go away for the weekend or go home in the evening and worry less. I know that if someone wants to get hold of me they can, that I've got access to all of the resources that I need to deal with a particular issue.
"There is the constant temptation to be looking at one's phone and constantly checking it which I suppose is an evil we have to fight against."


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AMDs newest Bulldozer architecture Test of FX-8120 8Cores performance and OC 5G
During the second half of 2011, AMD has released two new architectures, one of which is FM1 APU platform released in early July.
This platform is mainly integrated with the built-in GPU in CPU by AMD for the first time, and the 3D performance thereof is greatly improved than before.
Regrettably, FM1 is incompatible with AM3+ pin under its own brand. I have already shared three articles about the test of FM1 platform.
FM1 mentioned above belongs to the product line of the medium-level or entry-level platform,
while Bulldozer is the new platform advanced than medium-level of AMD, which is a hot term on the Internet.
By following the design of the previous platforms, Bulldozers architecture adopts AM3+ pin.
CPU has three categories of 4-Cores FX-4100、6-Cores FX-6100 and 8-Cores FX-8120/FX-8150,
among which the two 8-Core categories are the most eye-catching. After all, they are the first products shown in the Desktop PC market.
After several delays, AMD Bulldozer is finally issued in the mid of October and has been sold on the market successively.
There is a lot of related information on the Internet and graphic magazines.
This time I bought an AMD FX-8120 Processor with 8-Cores, 32nm process and TDP of 95W.
The core name is Bulldozer, the clock is 3.2GHz and the specification from Turbo Core to 4.0GHz, L2 8MB and L3 8MB is supported.
The upper left is FM1 A8-3850, lower right is AM3+ FX-8120. The front side comparison between the CPUs of these two architectures
The rear side comparison
The left is FM1, and the right is AM3+. It can be obviously seen that the CPU pins of these two are incompatible.
Recently, some cyber friends mention that I shared little information about the CPU. Personally, I think CPU can be only described by specification and appearance photography.
As for other CPU information, it can be told from the software test below, which is the major part of this article.
Through the pictures of practical test, the CPU performance can be fully presented.
Therefore, this time I add the comparison of the two sides between the CPUs of these two AMD pins, thereby hopefully sharing more details about the CPU-related information.
Regarding the chipset, AMD provides the combination with the three types of 970, 990X and 990FX. 990FX was successively on shipment by major MB manufacturers in August.
FX-series CPU was however released in the mid of October, about over two months later. It is rare in the past PC market.
MB uses BIOSTAR TA990FXE, which is in red package, and belongs to the EXTREME EDITION version under its own brand.
Whole view of BIOSTAR TA990FXE
AMD adopts the dual-bridge chipset design as before instead of single chipset, combining the North bridge 990FX with the South bridge SB950.
This combination is the most advanced chipset of AMD, and most MB brands only release the ATX specification.
As for the color, it still uses black PCB, and other slots such as PCI-E or DIMM use red or white.
The advantage of white color is that it is conspicuous when installed in the PC.
Compared with the other advanced products that are just in black and red colors, it shows better texture.
Lower left of the motherboard
3*PCI-E 2.0*16, ATI CrossFireX technology supported, bandwidth *16+*16+*4
Atheros AR8151 network chip
Realtek ALC892 audio chip, 8 sound channels HD Audio supported
Lower right of the motherboard
5*red SATA, SB950 chip provided, SATA3 specification, and RAID0, RAID1, RAID5 and RAID10 supported
Blue is the front USB 3.0 expansion slot, simple Power, Reset button, built-in Debug LED
Upper right of the motherboard
4*DIMM DDR3, support 800/1066/1333/1600/1866/2000(OC), with the maximum capacity as 16GB.
DDR3 2000 can be only achieved by CPU OC external frequency. The next is 24-PIN power input.
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Upper left of the motherboard
TA990FXE adopts 4+2 phase power supply. The upper left is 8Pin power input.
It adopts the black AM3+ slot exclusively for AMDs advanced MB.
1*PS2 keyboard
1*PS2 cursor
1*S/PDIF Out
1*FireWire IEEE
4*USB 2.0(Black/red)
2*USB 3.0(Blue)
1*RJ-45 Network hole
6*Audio Sound effect hole
View of the heat dissipation module on the heat pipe
It is not bad in the texture and the contact area, and the red aluminum sheet makes it look more beautiful.
The heat sink of North Bridge 990FX has large area for Aluminum extruded heat dissipation.
Its shape is also designed for the consideration of preventing the large VGA from being stuck
The heat sink of South Bridge SB950 is a little thin. If it is designed as North Bridge, they will be consistent in the view and texture.
Test platform
CPU: AMD FX-8120 8-Core Processor
VGA: msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II
POWER: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W
Cooler: CORSAIR Hydro Series H60
OS: Windows7 Ultimate 64bit SP1
There are more and more enclosed water cooled products in the market within the last two years,
which have advantages of unnecessary replacement of coolant booster, convenient installation and good performance.
Even the AMDs most advanced FX-8150 is integrated with solution of the water cooled heat sink.
Moreover, Intel has also started to buy water cooler heat sink since the series of Sandy Bridge-E.
The heat sink used in this test is CORSAIR water cooled module, with the module number as Hydro Series H60 that is featured by silence.
Below is the external package of H60. The warranty period is as long as five years, and the package size is much smaller than that of H80.
The attached accessories
The bottom is the installation manual and introduction of other product information.
The upper left side is a 12*12*2.5 cm fan, with the maximum rotation speed as 1700 RPM, fan flow as 74.4 CFM, sound volume as 30.2 dBA.
The upper right side is the buckles and installation screws for each platform. H60 supports the platforms of AMD AM2/AM3. Intel LGA 775/1155/1156/1366.
The left side is the entirely-black water cooled radiator, dimension of 120mm*152mm*27mm
H80 water cooled radiator is 38mm thick, while H60 is 27mm thick, whose dimension is different from these two.
The right side is the water block. There is a clear brand logo on the upper side. This picture is the view installed with Intel Buckles.
It can be seen from the rear side that the bottom of the water block is copper.
The stacked fin sheets in the middle of the water cooled radiator provide larger heat dissipation area.
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CPU default performance test
CPU 200.0 X 16 => 3200MHz
Hyper PI 32M X 8 => 30m 21.240s
Nuclearus Multi Core => 16066
Fritz Chess Benchmark => 20.75/9958
CrystalMark 2004R3 => 220281
CPU => 5.04 pts
CPU(Single Core) => 0.95 pts
PCMark Vantage => 14105
PCMark7 => 3884
Windows experience index - CPU 7.8
The single-core performance of FX-8120 presented in CINEBENCH R11.5 is almost the same as that of A8-3850 or Athlon II X4640,
and 10% lower than that of Phenom II X6 1090T. So the FX series needs enhancement in single-core performance.
Multi-task is still the major feature of FX-8120. The software of CINEBENCH can get score of about 5.04 under 8-core at full speed.
However, by taking a close look, we can see that it only gets 5.31x for MP Ratio. Compared with 3.89x of X4 640 and 5.22x of x6,
the best multi-task performance can only reach the level of the last-generation X6.
It may be correlated to the design of new architecture, or the performance will be enhanced by Windows 8 as mentioned on the Internet.
As for the best Windows experience index of above software, FX-8120 can get the high score of 7.8 under default configuration.
ADIA64 Memory Read - 13516 MB/s
Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 16554 MB/s
MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 12839 MB/s
DDR3 performance is obviously improved in AM3+ CPU. Compared with 1090T under DDR3 1600, it is improved by over 30%.
It should be the best improvement among FX series. It has gone through three generation of DDR~DDR3, from K8 DDR to the latest 1090T DDR3.
Regarding the DRAM bandwidth, the maximum Read keeps around 10000 MB/s. Over the past eight years, the AMD bandwidth has been increased finally.
Although a small step in PC market, it is a big one for AMD. It is hoped to catch up with the competitors platforms in DDR3 performance in the future.
Temperature performance (Ambient temperature is 22 Celsius)
System standby - 13~27
CPU at full speed - 22~33
LinX 0.6.4
In comparison with the temperature by touching the water cooled radiator, the burning temperature of FX-8120 under default frequency is lower than that of 1100T, so the temperature improvement is great.
It can be seen from the shared test of 32nm A8-3850 that the CPU temperature is always low according to much software.
It remains the same after I use A75 of more than three brands. However, the temperature is not so low when I touch the heat sink, which is about 50 Celsius according to my analysis.
The abnormal CPU temperature is also shown on FX-8120. As mentioned by some media abroad, it might be caused by the inaccurate temperature information provided by FX CPU to MB.
The above temperature data detected by various software is just for reference, but without representing the actual temperature of FX-8120 capably.
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Power consumption test
System standby - 74W
CPU at full speed - 157W
LinX 0.6.4
The power consumption of FX-8120 obtains rather good performance under default configuration.
The power consumption difference between standby and full speed is 83W.
The integration of 32nm process is greatly helpful to the CPU of AMDs new-era FM1 or AM3+ architecture.
Below will share the overclocking of FX-8120
BIOSTAR has integrated new UEFI graphic interfaces in 990FX BIOS.
Some power-saving functionality in the CPU information page can make some further adjustment.
O.N.E calibration page
Voltage page
CPU Vcore +0.050~1.450V
CPU-NB Over Voltage +0.050~0.200V
Memory Over Voltage -0.250~+0.490V
NB Over Voltage +0.010~0.490V
CPU HT Over Voltage +0.010~0.300V
SB Over Voltage +0.010~0.300V
NB HT Over Voltage +0.010~0.300V
CPU frequency multiplication can be adjusted here too. To increase the external frequency, it needs to lower NB FID first.
If you want to reduce CPU voltage, you can also start from the option of Core VID
As for the DRAM frequency and parameter settings, generally, smaller the values are, higher the performance is.
Different from the previous platforms, FX-8120 supports DDR3 1866 for the first time.
In the past, the maximum CPU of the version inferior to 1100T can be only adjusted as 1600.
Below it is set as DDR3 1866 CL8 10-9-27 1T
PC Health Status
CPU temperature detection data is higher than some software in OS, so this comparison is much closer to the actual temperature performance.
Above are the set values by windwithme to overclock FX-8120 to 4.7GHz and integrate with DDR3 1866.
The overclocking settings are easier than that of frequency-unlocked FX CPU. It just needs to adjust CPU frequency multiplication, and then adjust the CPU voltage to the acceptable value.
In comparison, the overclocking of DDR3 is also in the similar way, which requires adjusting DDR3 1600/1866 first, and then setting parameters or increasing DDR3 voltage.
If the operation voltage can be stabilized after overclocking CPU/DDR3, it means that the overclocking is successful.
Overclcoking performance test
CPU 200.0 X 23.5 => Voltage of 4700MHz at full speed is 1.452V
Hyper PI 32M X 8 => 22m 29.028s
Nuclearus Multi Core => 23265
Fritz Chess Benchmark => 30.51/14643
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CrystalMark 2004R3 => 282679
CPU => 7.62 pts
CPU(Single Core) => 1.15 pts
PCMark Vantage => 16970
PCMark7 => 4432
Windows experience index - CPU 7.8
After overclcoking FX-8120 to 4.7GHz, the performance of CINEBENCH is increased by about 20% in single core, and over 50% in 8-core at full speed.
Besides, MP Ratio is also increased to 6.63x, which should be an important factor to cause the significant improvement of the multi-core performance.
The performance of other software in the entire platform is significantly improved as well.
It seems that the performance of FX-8120 after overclocking is comparatively outstanding.
However, the Windows experience index is still 7.8 scores. The simple test software built in Windows7 is necessarily enhanced in the accuracy aspect.
ADIA64 Memory Read - 14194 MB/s
Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 18627 MB/s
MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 13985MB/s
FM1 APU released by AMD in July, if without overclocking, can be maximized to DDR3 1866.
The architecture of AM3+ Bulldozer this time has the same specification. It is unlike the previous platforms that can only support DDR3 1600 at most.
The improvement in frequency is also the feature of this new platform, and the bandwidth is slightly increased after it is adjusted to DDR3 1866.
Power consumption test
System standby - 79W
CPU at full speed - 401W
CPU test items in CINEBENCH R11.5 running
For the power consumption duing system standby, it just increases 5W once overclocking.
It may be resulted from enabling C&Q power-saving technology. This part is fairly good.
However, the power consumption amount after overclocking increases a lot.
When I tried 4.3GHz by using LinX burning, the power consumption reached around 380W.
It couldnt conduct burning by using LinX under 4.7GHz. When I tested the 8-core capabilities by CINEBENCH R11.5, it still got the data of 401W.
The power consumption of FX-8120 after overclocking is quite high, which is one of the factors in need of improvement in the future.
I dont share more about the temperature test after overclocking.
The first reason is that LinX can be only running under 4.3~4.5GHz.
After replacing it with Thermaltake advanced air cooler or CORSAIR H80 to enhance the heat dissipation capabilities, the overclocking stability couldnt be improved as well.
Another reason is that displayed temperature is only around 42~46 Celsius, which should not be the actual temperature.
When I disassembled the tower air cooler after burning at 4.3GHz, the heat dissipated from the heat sink shocked me a lot.
3D test
msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II
3DMark Vantage CPU SCORE => 58318
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StreetFighter IV Benchmark
Above is the performance of three kinds of 3D software under 4.7GHz, which is also affected by the CPU performance.
Regarding the 3D scores, it is 10% less than that of 2500K OC 5GHz. It needs to be further improved in the future AMD architecture.
990FX provides the bandwidth of ATI CrossFireX X16+X16, which can get better performance than the dual-VGA of the same specification.
External frequency of FX-8120 also gets good performance. If you want to increase the DDR3 performance more, the most direct way is to increase the CPU external frequency.
In this way, it can probably reach the level of DDR3 2000~2200.
CPU 262 X 18 => 4716MHz
ADIA64 Memory Read - 14914 MB/s
Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 19369MB/s
MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 15013MB/s
The external frequency of FX-8120 can be stable around 255MHz. CPU external frequency within the overclocking range also performs well.
After increasing DDR3, it can almost reach 15000 MB/s in AIDA64 Memory Read.
Compared with the previous AMD platforms, the bandwidth performance when overclocking is increased by about 40~50%, which is also one of the greatest feature for this new platform.
Reaching 5GHz
Super PI 32M X 1 => 16m 49.743s
5GHz is not easy to reach for FX-8120, even if the heat dissipation system is enhanced.
The key is whether the physical quality of the CPU is excellent or not. Generally, it can reach almost 4.8~4.9GHz, thereby making operating system (0S) run smoothly.
Although reaching 5GHz in OS, it cant be stabilized, which can be only reached under single PI and 32M.
If it requires running 8 PIs simultaneously, it cant be reached even if it is 1M.
Thats why the overclocking should consider whether each core of the multiple cores has the same excellent physical quality.
BIOSTAR TA990FXE uses the AMDs most advanced 990FX integrated with SB950 chipset.
The price in U.S. is about US$115(no more than NT$3,500), which is affordable to most people.
The performance is also one of the major features of BIOSTAR, which gets good performance in the test after overclocking.
Moreover, 990FX has the advantage of dual-X16 and built-in native SATA3 and USB 3.0, which is quite advanced in the hardware specification.
1. The package and materials are both above the level, and the price is still fair among 990FX series.
2. Its BIOS has been integrated with UEFI interfaces, with rich options, and a large voltage range as well as excellent overclocking capability.
3. It includes Japanese solid capacitors, built-in POWER/RESET buttons and simple debug LEDs.
4. It adopts Atheros AR8151 network chip, which is a renowned brand among the network chip brands.
5.It has the built-in and native SATA3 and USB 3.0,and provides two PCI-E X16s and conventional PCIs for extension.
1. CPU voltage is fluctuated greatly when system is standby and at full speed.
2. BIOSTAR has no distribution channel in Taiwan.
Performance ratio ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Material ratio ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Specification ratio ★★★★★★★☆☆☆
Appearance ratio ★★★★★★★★☆☆
Performance vs. Price ratio ★★★★★★★★★☆
In AMDs Bulldozer platform, we can see the improvement brought by the new architecture, and the shortcomings as well.
The advantage is that AMD integrates new 32nm process, and launches the 8-Cores design in the common PC consumption market for the first time.
When FX-8120 is not in the overclcoking state, the power consumption and temperature both get good performance.
The overclocking degree also pushes the AMD CPU and DDR3 clock to higher field, and the DDR3 performance is improved greatly as well.
The shortcoming is the price which made AMD proud all the time. This time FX-8120/8150 will make the consumer feel some kind of expensive.
The single-core performance is a little bit lower than that of 1090T, so are the multi-task performances of some software.
When overclocking FX-8120 to 4.3GHz or higher, the temperature and power consumption amount will increase a lot.
These three aspects should be strengthened by AMD to increase the efficiency under multi-task environment through architecture optimization, BIOS modification or software support.
I think many AMD fans have been waiting for Bulldozer architecture for more than one year,
who can only know the 8-core performance from the hearsay news on the Internet or the test information revealed by media abroad during this period.
In this article, windwithme spent nearly two weeks to make calibration for overclocking.
Initially, I hoped it could reach the level of stable burning by 4.6GHz or higher to present the best performance of FX-8120. However, it didnt make it, which is pitiful.
Bulldozer brings about surprises and some disappointment. Personally, I think the disappointment is more than surprises.
When writing this article, I got some complicated feelings. Maybe it is because I still have the passion of pursuing K7 high C/P and K8 high-performance CPU.
When can we see the unsurpassed magnificence of AMD when the performance of K8 Athlon 64 3000+/3200+ was overwhelming on the market again?
When will AMD make us crazy about it again, and make some new-era architecture that is really perfect in overall aspects?
I still hope AMD can perform better in the medium- and high-order market in the future, and have the glorious period as before.
I believe that it is also the expectation of many consumers...
This article is also posted in my blog WIND3C. 3C fans are welcome to visit and propose suggestions.
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A two year profile of drinking water quality in the US
Just Add Water: Weakening the Safe Drinking Water Act
According to experts from the Centers for Disease Control, nearly one million people get sick each year from drinking water, and almost one thousand of these people die (Bennet 1987). Indeed, not quite a year ago, the Centers and the federal Environmental Protection Agency issued a guidance document advising anyone with a compromised immune system to consult their physician before drinking ordinary tap water. The American Water Works Association took this warning one step further, advising HIV infected individuals in the United States to boil their tap water before drinking it (AWWA 1994).
At the same time, toxic by-products of chlorine disinfection, the so-called trihalomethanes, are linked to more than 10,000 cases of urinary bladder and rectal cancer each year, according to an analysis of more than a dozen peer-reviewed, published, epidemiological studies (Morris, et. al. 1992). Other contaminants in America's tap water including pesticides, radioactivity, Giardia, E. Coli, and lead, take a certain but less easily quantified toll on the health of millions more Americans.
During 1994-1995, the most recent two-year period for which federal data are available, more than 45 million people drank water from public water supplies that failed to meet at least one, and often several, federal health standards. Not surprisingly, major outbreaks of waterborne disease continue long after Cryptosporidium in the drinking water of Milwaukee killed more than 100 people and made 400,000 seriously ill in 1993. More recently, outbreaks of waterborne disease have occurred elsewhere in the U.S., including a little publicized major outbreak in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994. The most likely culprit, again, is Cryptosporidium. But because the fecal-borne parasite is not regulated and is thus not routinely tested for by the local water utility or public health officials, it has been difficult to identify the specific water contaminant responsible for the outbreak.
Drinking water standards have many other shortcomings beyond their failure to regulate common drinking water contaminants such as radon, Cryptosporidium, and pesticides like cyanazine. One of the most serious is the fact that most current federal drinking water standards do not make any specific accommodation for the special risks and heavy consumption of water by infants and young children.
One-year-olds drink more than twice as much water relative to their size as adults. Measured in terms of total fluid intake, an adult would have to drink 35 cans of soda per day to match the drinking habits of the average one-year-old. Because of this, infants and young children are exposed to more water-borne contaminants, relative to their size, than adults. This higher exposure combined with the increased vulnerability of infants to many chemical and microbiological contaminants, means infants and young children face increased risks from virtually all contaminants in drinking water, and that current standards almost always do not provide adequate protections for this vulnerable portion of the population.
In October of 1995, the EPA announced a new policy to protect infants and children from exposure to toxic substances. At that time, EPA Administrator Carol Browner noted that the policy:
"...will, for the first time, ensure that we consistently and explicitly evaluate environmental health risks of infants and children in all risk assessments, risk characterizations, and environmental and public health standards that we set for the nation." (emphasis added) (EPA 1995)
In justifying the need for this new policy the EPA cited two National Academy of Sciences studies (NRC 1993, NRC 1994) that called for major policy changes at the EPA to integrate explicit protections for children when evaluating health risks from environmental contaminants.
To date, just two (lead and nitrate) of the more than eighty drinking water standards have been set explicitly to protect infants and children from immediate or long term health risk. No standards have been modified since the EPA policy was announced.
Similarly, drinking water standards do not account for multiple contaminants in a single glass of water. Instead, they are set as though people are exposed to one contaminant at a time, which very often is not the case.
The Public Right-to-Know
People have the right to know what is in their tap water. More importantly, individuals at high risk, such as people with compromised immune systems, need this information so they can protect their health and the health of their families, and intelligently participate in the local debate over what to do about the contamination.
Under current law, the public must be notified only when an enforceable drinking water contaminant standard is violated. Consumers do not have a practical right to know if their tap water contains common contaminants which are not regulated (such as Cryptosporidium, the pesticide cyanazine, or radon), or even if it contains contaminants that are regulated, when levels fall below federal health standards.
Technically, under current law utilities must provide the public with test results for regulated contaminants (but not things like Cryptosporidum or radon) upon request. In practice, most utilities do not maintain even this limited information in a way that is understandable to the public, and most citizens probably are not aware that this information is available. When asked, utilities often demand payment for staff time and other costs to generate the information. As a result, it is not unusual for a request for information on drinking water contamination to cost the average citizen $100 or more. Typically the information is presented in technical tables and terms not readily understandable to non-experts.
In many cases, tap water contamination that does not violate an enforceable health standard poses a significant health risk to infants, young children, the elderly, and immune compromised people such as organ transplant patients and individuals undergoing cancer chemotherapy.1 This is particularly true with unregulated contaminants such as Cryptosporidium or the pesticide cyanazine. It is also true for contaminants where standards are inadequate to protect the public health, such as for arsenic (which has a weak, 53-year old stantard set before arsenic was known to cause cancer) and the cancer-causing by-products of chlorination, collectively known as disinfection by-products (which are linked to about 10,000 cases of rectal and urinary bladder cancer each year) (Morris et. al. 1992).
Risks from unregulated Cryptosporidium are so severe that the American Water Works Association recommends that all HIV infected individuals boil their water and that all utilities inform their customers and the medical community of any detection of the parasite even though Cryptosporidium is not regulated and notification is not required by federal law (AWWA 1995). Such notification is rare, however, in spite of the unprecedented recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in June, 1995, that due to concern about Cryptosporidium, seriously immune compromised individuals should always consult with their physician about the safety of their water supply and may want to consider boiling their water (CDC 1995).
California law currently requires all water systems in the state to issue an annual report in plain language to their customers about contaminants found in their drinking water at levels that may pose a health risk. These reports cost customers about a dime per household per year.
The National Drinking Water Advisory Council, a Congressionally-chartered group of experts from the water industry, state and local officials, and public health advocates, unanimously recommended in May 1995 that the federal law be amended to require California-like annual reports nationwide.
A bill introduced by Henry Waxman (D-CA), would implement the California right to know standard nationwide. Under the Waxman amendment, states could waive the requirement for utilities serving less than 3,300 people, as long as the utility notified customers that the information would be available upon request.
Making Polluters Pay
Another improvement to current law is a "polluter pays" amendment sponsored by Reps. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ). This change in current law would require polluters who substantially contribute to contamination of drinking water, rather than rate payers (the public), to pay for drinking water treatment and testing to remedy the contamination they have caused.
Currently individuals or corporations who pollute drinking water bear none of the costs of making the water drinkable downstream. Agricultural pollution provides an excellent example.
Pesticides, fertilizers and animal waste from farms and feedlots cause substantial pollution of drinking water, particularly in the midwestern states. In fact, runoff of fertilizer and pesticides from farm fields is the most significant source of so-called "non-point" water pollution, accounting for half of this type of pollution and 25 percent of all water pollution nationwide. Runoff from farm fields, however, is not regulated under the Clean Water Act, and existing educational programs to help farmers prevent pollution have been extraordinally inadaquate. Consequently, farmers bear no responsibility, and have little incentive to reduce runoff from their farms. Instead, the drinkers of the water bear both the health risks of this contamination and the cost of cleanup.
The polluter pays amendment described above would give water utilities the clear authority to sue significant upstream polluters to recover the costs of all testing and treatment needed to bring the water into compliance with SDWA standards.
Ongoing Efforts to Weaken the Law
Despite continuing health threats posed by contaminated drinking water, and many notable successes of the Safe Drinking Water Act in improving the quality of tap water in some communities, chemical and water industry lobbyists and key members of the House of Representatives are pushing for major rollbacks of the health protections in current law.
Rep. Thomas Bliley (R-VA), Chairman of the House Commerce Committee, has circulated a draft drinking water "reform" bill that would substantially weaken the level of health protection and information provided to the public under current law. The full House of Representatives is slated to take up drinking water "reform" legislation in May 1996. Many of the changes in the Safe Drinking Water Act that have been advocated by the chemical and pesticide industries are contained in the Bliley draft.
As this report goes to press, the most egregious provisions in the Bliley bill would:
Weaken the basic public health standard in current law. Under current law, contaminant standards must protect the public health to the greatest extent feasible. The Bliley bill subverts this clear priority to protect the public health, by adding new cost benefit provisions that would explicitly allow a certain number of illness and even deaths to occur, depending on the cost of treating the contaminant in question. If enacted, polluters and water utilities could use these cost benefit provisions to force the EPA, when setting standards, to balance the costs of making the water drinkable against the economic value of the human illness and even death that may result from a certain level of drinking water contamination. The bill also adds complex, new evidentiary and procedural hurdles that the EPA must clear before setting a health standard, and creates new opportunities for industry to challenge these health standards in court.
Allow more arsenic in drinking water. Arsenic contaminates the drinking water of more than 50 million Americans. The Bliley bill delays a court ordered update of the safety standard for arsenic and applies the weakened standard setting provisions when the arsenic standard is finally set. The current arsenic standard was established during World War II (1942), when scientists knew nothing about arsenic's now well documented ability to cause cancer in humans.
Allow high levels of radon in drinking water. Radon, a "known human carcinogen," contaminates the drinking water of 80 million Americans. The Bliley bill would mandate a standard (3,000 picocuries of radon per liter of water) 10 times less protective than the standard proposed by EPA in 1992.
Allow up to 50 million people in small communities to drink water with higher levels of chemical and microbial contaminants than people in large cities. The Bliley bill requires waivers ("variances") of health standards for both microbial and chemical contaminants to be issued upon petition by the nation's smaller water systems (those serving fewer than 10,000 people each) if they meet certain newly broadened criteria. About 90 percent of the water systems in the country would be eligible for these variances. The Bliley bill deletes the Senate's requirement for EPA guidance on variances, and eliminates the Senate's citizen objection and EPA oversight provisions. Exemptions would not need to include schedules of compliance for additional control measures.
Deny the Public's Right to Know. The Bliley bill weakens monitoring requirements for contaminants in drinking water so utilities and their customers will know even less about contaminant levels. The bill then delays the start of an EPA database on drinking water contaminants that would help inform the public and assist the EPA in setting priorities for health protection. And when repeated violations occur, the Bliley bill severely limits a citizen's right to sue a water utility to enforce the law to clean up tap water. Finally, the bill denies the public the right to know what their utility found in their drinking water.
Maintains current unsafe levels of known carcinogens in tap water. The Bliley bill would delay and likely weaken standards for cancer-causing chlorination by-products. These standards were formally agreed to by the EPA, the water utilities, and the consumer and environmental community. Chlorination by-products contaminate the drinking water of about 150 million people and are linked to 10,000 cases of urinary bladder and rectal cancer each year.
Weakening protection of source water. Preventing pollution of drinking water sources in the first place is by far the most cost effective way for cities and towns to supply safe drinking water. The Bliley bill hamstrings communities and states, giving them few powers to prevent contamination of drinking water supplies.
Methodology and Contents
Just Add Water focuses solely on health standard violations (not monitoring violations or "paperwork" violations), meaning that water drinkers in all of the communities reported in Just Add Water were exposed to chemical, radiation, or biological contamination at levels that federal health authorities consider unsafe, or to drinking water that was not adequately treated to reduce health threats. Also listed in these tables are water systems that have been deemed "Significant Non-Compliers" with EPA's health standards. EPA places systems on the Significant Non-Compliers list if they have repeated or severe violations of health standards.
All information presented in this report is from data contained in the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) database. The Environmental Working Group obtained the SDWIS database, which contains more than 16 million records of information on drinking water monitoring, enforcement actions, and violations of health standards.
EPA maintains the SDWIS database as a computerized repository of information on compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act. States are responsible for entering all violations information into the database, and correcting any data errors. All information on the name, city, and population served by the water system are also provided by the states to the EPA.
The EPA data presented here significantly underestimate the number of systems out of compliance with the Act's health standards. First, many water utilities are not performing required testing, and thus are almost certainly not detecting and reporting the full range of drinking water problems. In 1993-94, 52 million people, 20 percent of the nation's population, were served water by a utility that violated a SDWA monitoring requirement. Second, many states are failing to report drinking water systems that are in violation of federal health standards. A 1990 GAO investigation found numerous instances where violations of the SDWA known to states were not reported as violations to EPA (GAO 1990). A 1988 investigation by EPA's Inspector General reported similar findings (EPA Inspector General 1988). Simply put, the fact that the EPA is unaware of any violations does not necessarily mean that a given drinking water system has not exceeded EPA health standards.
1 For a summary of some of the contaminants found in tap water about which customers rarely are told, see, Natural Resources Defense Council, You Are What You Drink (June, 1995) (documenting that many water systems have found Cryptosporidium and NRDC, CWA, and U.S. PIRG, Trouble on Tap (October, 1995) (documenting similar findings of widespread contamination with arsenic, radon, and trihalomethanes.
2 U.S. EPA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Guidance for People With Severely Weakened Immune Systems June, 1995).


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Dancing Queen: Chelsie Hightower's Workout
Chelsie Hightower does these 5 firming moves no matter where she is — at home or on the road — to tone her legs, abs, and butt.
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Wall Sit with Leg Lift
Targets: Butt and quads
- With back against a wall, stand with feet hip-width apart so that heels are about 2 feet from wall.
- Bend knees and slide down wall until thighs are parallel to floor. Lift left foot and straighten left leg so that it's parallel to floor; hold for 30 seconds. Gradually build up to 60 seconds.
- Switch legs and repeat to complete 1 rep.
- Do 3 reps.
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Passe to Second Position
Targets: Abs, butt, and legs
- Stand with feet together, left hand holding on to a chair back, right arm slightly bent with hand in front of belly. Rise onto toes.
- Bend right knee out to side to bring right toes to left knee.
- Sweeping right arm out to side, extend right leg out to side at hip height; hold for 30 seconds.
- Do 3 to 5 reps. Switch sides and repeat.
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Targets: Abs and obliques
- Lie faceup on floor, legs extended, arms by sides.
- Lift shoulders and legs a few inches off floor and bring extended right leg toward chest, grasping calf lightly with both hands.
- Keeping shoulders lifted throughout, switch legs and repeat to complete 1 rep.
- Do 15 to 25 reps.
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Ballroom Swivel
Targets: Abs and obliques
- Stand with feet together facing a wall, elbows slightly bent and palms on wall at shoulder level.
- Lift heels to stand on tiptoes, then, keeping palms planted on wall and head facing forward, pivot on toes to rotate hips left and then right.
- Continue twisting for 1 to 3 minutes.
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Triceps Push-Up
Targets: Chest, triceps, and abs
- Start in modified push-up position (balancing on hands and knees, hands slightly in front of shoulders), forming a diagonal line from head to knees.
- Keeping arms close by sides, bend elbows directly behind you, lowering body and forearms toward floor; press into palms to push back up.
- Do 10 to 12 reps.
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Rep. Maxine Waters defends "Obamacare"
UPDATE: U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, weighs in.
Rep. Maxine Waters defended "Obamacare" on the eve of the U.S. Supreme Court making a decision on its constitutionality, saying health-care reform is necessary but Republicans will do anything to criticize President Obama.
The California congresswoman talked about a range of topics when she addressed fellow Democrats at Denver's House District 7 unity dinner Saturday night, including what she sees as a war on the middle class and a war on women.
"We're doing everything we can do to deal with this but I want you to know we're being confronted with a very, very difficult Republican Party that is being led by the Tea Party," Waters said.
"The first salvo on that war was the attack on health-care reform. Republicans nicknamed it 'Obamacare.' They said it was unAmerican and unconstitutional. They said it would lead to death panels and would lead to the end of freedom in American as we know it. Of course, it wasn't true," Waters said.
"Where this 'Obamacare' came from and this constitutional argument came from, I think was not borne out of a concern about whether or not people had health care, but because a decision was made to attack whatever this president does."


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A's to lean on solid core heading into 2014
With most key players returning next season, Oakland eyes another division title
OAKLAND -- Past the disappointment of another Game 5 loss to Justin Verlander and the Tigers in the first round of the playoffs is a highly accomplished season built by the low-budget A's.
A year after taking home 94 wins, the A's came away with 96 victories in 2013, along with another division crown. And they see no reason why they can't tally just as many next year.
That's because little turnover is expected this winter with so many players under club control. Here's a breakdown of all the pieces in play entering the offseason:
Contract issues
Free agents: Right-handed pitchers Bartolo Colon and Grant Balfour
Eligible for arbitration: Right-handed pitchers Jesse Chavez, Fernando Rodriguez, Pat Neshek ; left-handed pitchers Jerry Blevins ; outfielders Josh Reddick, Seth Smith ; infielders Brandon Moss, Jed Lowrie, Daric Barton, Scott Sizemore ; catcher John Jaso
Club options: Outfielders Coco Crisp ($7.5 million, with a $1 million buyout), Chris Young ($11 million, $1.5 million buyout); left-handed pitcher Brett Anderson ($8 million, $1.5 million buyout); catcher Kurt Suzuki ($8.5 million, $650,000 buyout)
Non-tender possibilities: Barton, Rodriguez, Neshek, Sizemore
Position-by-position breakdown
Catcher: The A's enter the offseason carrying four catchers, but that number will more than likely slim to three by the time camp opens, since Suzuki's hefty $8.5 million option isn't expected to be picked up. Oakland's brain trust has always envisioned Derek Norris as an everyday player, but the platoon may very well remain intact behind the plate again with left-handed hitters Jaso and Stephen Vogt sticking around.
Jaso is expected to make a full recovery from a July concussion that kept him off the field for the entire second half. If he's healthy, Vogt would be the odd man out and begin the year at Triple-A.
First base: Like Norris, the A's believe Moss has the potential to be an everyday player. But Nate Freiman hit left-handers well this year, so it's very possible they stick with a platoon here, too. Barton also remains in the mix, though the A's could opt to part ways with the first baseman by non-tendering him.
Second base: The cast of characters here will look familiar, with platoon duo Alberto Callaspo and Eric Sogard coming back. Sizemore, who missed each of the last two seasons because of a knee injury, could be a wild card, but the A's will first have to decide whether he's a risk worth taking again. Otherwise, they can non-tender him.
Also look for Lowrie to get in work at second base during camp, with one of baseball's top prospects, Addison Russell, seemingly not far off from a Major League callup. Beane said Russell will begin the season in either Double-A Midland or Triple-A Sacramento.
Third base: There's no doubt who the A's will count on to lock down the hot corner. Josh Donaldson is coming off an outstanding breakthrough season, one that points to continued success. Defensively sound at third base and consistent at the plate, Donaldson looks like the long-term answer at third base this club has been searching for since Eric Chavez's healthy days.
Shortstop: Outside of the re-signing of Colon, acquiring Lowrie from the Astros in February proved to be the A's best decision last offseason. Though initially expected to play all around the infield, Lowrie stuck at shortstop, and that's where he figures to stay until Russell is deemed big league ready.
The A's can play Lowrie at second base, too, though his defense at both middle-infield spots is only average.
Outfield: One of the best defensive trios in baseball will return to Oakland in 2014. The A's view the decision to pick up Crisp's club option as a no-brainer, so he'll be back in center field sandwiched between Yoenis Cespedes in left and Reddick in right. Smith gives them another option in the outfield, as does prospect Michael Choice, since the A's aren't expected to give in to the $11 million price tag to bring back Young, who hit just .200 this year.
Designated hitter: The A's haven't employed a true designated hitter in quite some time, and they don't plan to in 2014 either. Smith figures to get the most at-bats at DH, and the A's are expected to reel in a right-handed bat to complement him. With Young likely departing, that bat could very well come from within via Choice.
Rotation: Sonny Gray turned heads in the postseason, thriving on a national stage a little more than two years after being drafted by the A's in the first round. They're seeing the makings of an ace, and Gray will surely be front and center in an enviable rotation next year that also includes Jarrod Parker and Anderson, who will return to a starting role.
Colon will likely be asked back, and if he agrees, the A's would retain the type of veteran leadership that's proven to be invaluable on such a youthful staff. If Colon, who turns 41 in May, opts to go elsewhere, the A's would do well by bringing in a veteran arm.
A.J. Griffin, Dan Straily and Tommy Milone will all be in the running for a rotation spot.
Bullpen: Oakland's relief corps will likely have to forge on without closer Balfour, who is expected to explore the free-agent market. That means Sean Doolittle or Ryan Cook could be closing in 2014.
The rest of the bullpen is expected to return, notably Dan Otero, Blevins and Chavez. Like most teams, the A's will add an experienced reliever or two by Spring Training.


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Last night at CinemaCon 2012, Paramount and DreamWorks Animation showed off footage from their upcoming 2012 movies including director Christopher McQuarrie's One Shot (starring Tom Cruise), Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Rise of the Guardians, and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
In addition to the footage, if you're a fan of J.J. Abrams Star Trek and anxiously awaiting the sequel, during a tribute to a retiring Paramount executive, Abrams was interviewed on set wearing a very cool Star Trek 2 crew hat. While he was only on screen for a few seconds, it was clear he was on the deck of the Enterprise, the hat had a number 2 in the front, and I immediately wanted to own one. Hit the jump for more.
Shortly after watching the footage, I recorded a video blog with Peter from Slashfilm which you can watch below. We both agreed the footage of One Shot looked great. During the presentation, Paramount showed three scenes from the film. One featured Cruise saying some nasty stuff to a woman and then kicking the shit out of a few people. Another was an awesome car chase that felt gritty and real. It also featured a classic car getting pummeled. While I didn't know that much about the Jack Reacher book series, after seeing the footage, I might have to pick up the books.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The corruption trial for ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife plunged Tuesday into the sordid details of the couple's marriage and the former first lady's "crush" on a businessman who, according to prosecutors, lavished them with gifts and cash in exchange for promoting his company.
The McDonnells are charged in a 14-count indictment with accepting more than $165,000 in loans, designer clothes, vacations and a Rolex watch from Jonnie Williams, the CEO of dietary supplements maker Star Scientific. If convicted, they could face decades in prison.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber said during opening statements that McDonnell and his wife betrayed the public's trust by lining their pockets with "secret gifts and cash." McDonnell, a once-rising star in the Republican party who left office in January, had a duty "not to sell the power and influence of his office to the highest bidder," Aber said.
Attorneys for the McDonnells told jurors the governor did what any of his predecessors would do for a Virginia-based company. They questioned Williams' character and said the couple couldn't have been scheming together because their marriage was falling apart.
Maureen McDonnell's lawyer, William A. Burck, said the former first lady was "duped" by Williams into thinking he cared for her and she and her husband were pretending to be a happy couple.
"They were barely on speaking terms," Burck said.
A lawyer for the former governor said Bob McDonnell will testify on his own behalf and read an email in which he begged his wife to work things out with him.
"It fell upon blind eyes and deaf ears because that evening, Maureen was distracted by other interests," defense attorney John Brownlee said.
Brownlee said the government went to great lengths looking for people to say bad things about his client, even sending investigators to interview former presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, and "came up empty." McDonnell was widely mentioned as a possible Romney running mate in 2012.
Brownlee said the long hours Bob McDonnell spent at work fueled Maureen McDonnell's anger and resentment.
"She hated him for not being around, for serving the public night and day and not having anything left for her," Brownlee said.
The McDonnell's daughter, Cailin McDonnell Young, testified that she had to go through her father's scheduler in order see him. He would sometimes he take days to return phone calls.
"I barely ever saw my father," she said.
Young testified that Williams paid about $15,000 for catering at her wedding reception at the Executive Mansion.
"Our wedding now has a black cloud over it because of all that has happened and you can't look back at it with a happy memory," she testified.
The McDonnells arrived separately at federal court over the past two days, a sharp contrast to the united front they showed when they were indicted 10 days after he left office in January. Before the trial, they often held hands in the courthouse.
The McDonnells' attorneys sought to have them tried separately, but the judge refused. The former first lady's attorneys have suggested that she was not an elected or paid official and therefore not tied to the same scrutiny as her husband.
Burck said Williams and Maureen frequently exchanged text messages and phone calls, and that Williams often visited the Executive Mansion. Burck said the pair had a relationship that "some people would consider inappropriate" and that one potential witness may describe Williams as Maureen McDonnell's "favorite playmate." He did not indicate that their relationship was physical.
Joseph E. diGenova, a former federal prosecutor not affiliated with the case, said the defense team is airing details of the couple's troubled marriage as a way "to create some sympathy" and show that Bob McDonnell could have been unaware of the dealings between Maureen McDonnell and Williams.
"There's always a risk the jury will think it's a ploy," diGenova said.
Aber, the prosecutor, told the jury that the gifts and frequent text messaging between Williams and Maureen McDonnell were "always just a business relationship and nothing more."
She showed the jury a photo of Bob McDonnell, smiling broadly and wearing sunglasses, driving Williams' Ferrari during a vacation at Williams' lake house.
The former governor is accused of setting up a meeting between Williams and a state health official, hosting a product launch reception at the Executive Mansion and attending a dinner and seminar aimed at persuading doctors to recommend a Star Scientific product.
Brownlee said McDonnell, whose campaign slogan was "Bob's for Jobs," spoke favorably of all Virginia businesses.
"Bob McDonnell eats Virginia ham, he drinks Virginia wine, and my guess is if he smoked he'd smoke Virginia cigarettes," Brownlee said.
Brownlee attacked Williams' credibility, calling him a "master manipulator" who deceived the McDonnells and the government to receive immunity. Williams may have illegally sold $10 million worth of Star Scientific shares to a friend in secret, according to Burck.
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Agricultural producers in Morgan County saw little damage from the flood overall.
Most of the areas in which flood waters overflowed the banks of the South Platte River were pastures, and cattle producers had plenty of warning to get their stock out of those and other fields, said Morgan County Extension Agent Marlin Eisenach.
Crops that are in standing water may rot before the water dries up, but more than 95 percent of crops in the county were not touched by the flooding at all, he said.
In fact, there may be a bonus from the weather for some growers. The county saw from 1 to 2 inches of rain during the storm, which should help those who are ready to plant winter wheat, Eisenach said.
There were places where flood waters covered the roots of crops in the fields, but not many, he said, since there are few cultivated fields close to the South Platte.
The largest impact was seen in the Orchard, Goodrich and Weldona areas, Eisenach noted.
Pastures could see some benefit from the moisture, he said. Of course, those pastures could have erosion, debris and silt on them, and sometimes they will have different shapes due to the river changing its stream. The river may flow where the pasture once sat.
One local resident recounted how a corn field near Morgan County Road 5 and Highway 144 was inundated by the rising waters. The water left behind a layer of muddy silt.
He said an official convinced him to leave just in time. As he was preparing to depart, the waters reached the area where he normally parks his pickup.
A small, nearby dike was destroyed, as were other structures.
On Thursday, the river was still running outside its banks near Highway 144 and MCR 12, noted Morgan County Sheriff Jim Crone, who was on the scene.
Waters still rolled around the trunks of trees that had been far from the banks of the river before the flood, although the flow was considerably reduced from earlier this week, he said.
Crone said the county was lucky that the impact of the flood was not greater.
Orchard still had standing water and a covering of mud across the ground, and a nearby bridge was still closed.
However, most of even the Goodrich and Weldona area looked like nothing had happened beyond a rain storm.
While cattle producers had the option to take stock from the area to the Morgan County Fairgrounds, few chose that action, since they had plenty of time to move livestock, Eisenach said.
Producers will not have to worry about contamination of crops by sewage, because so few crops were affected, and because that much water greatly dilutes any contamination, he noted.
Eisenach said the crop conditions are pretty good overall.
Corn fields are coming along, and some of that crop is starting to ripen.
The rain did slow up some corn growth, and perhaps 15 to 20 percent of county corn will go to silage, he said.
The moisture the county saw likely will not slow up the drying of corn prior to harvest, since the soil will just absorb it.
Corn could use more heat units to finish out the year, but it has had plenty of sunshine this year, Eisenach said.
Despite the flooding, many fields were still short of moisture, according to the Colorado Crop Progress report put out by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
About 31 percent of growers reported that their top soil was short or very short of moisture. 59 percent reported that subsoil moisture is short to very short at the end of last week.
However, 54 percent of growers said they had adequate top soil moisture and 15 percent said they had surplus moisture.
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To be fair, the new search looks (and operates) a lot like OS X's Spotlight: instant indexing, suggested results, and file type sorting. But the smoothness with which you can slide from the traditional Windows desktop to the Metro-fied Start Menu is terrific, and gives you a fullscreen look at what's inside your computer, and a fast means of grabbing ahold of it. Settings, movies, programs — all available from one search pane. It's great design, and another part of why I'm excited as hell for Windows 8. Something I never thought I'd write. [MSDN Blog]


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19 January 2012
SABMiller plc Trading Update
SABMiller plc today issues its interim management statement for the group's third quarter ended 31 December 2011. The calculation of the growth rates in this update excludes the effects of acquisitions and disposals on volumes and revenues, unless otherwise stated.
Lager volumes for the third quarter were 3% ahead of the prior year with good growth in all our regions with the exception of Europe and North America. Soft drinks volumes grew by 6% for the quarter with growth across all regions. Organic, constant currency group revenue grew 7% for the quarter. Group revenue per hectolitre grew 3% on the same basis supported principally by price benefits, with mix gains achieved in all regions except Europe. Overall, financial performance for the quarter was in line with our expectations.
In Latin America, lager volumes continued to show robust growth with volumes up 8%. Colombia's lager volumes increased by 6% with premium lager growth in excess of 30% due to successful seasonal offerings and campaigns. Continuing price restraint, improved weather and economic growth also contributed. In Peru lager volumes grew by 9% as consumers traded up from the informal alcohol sector supported by the national roll-out of the renovated Pilsen Callao brand and successful Cusquena campaigns. Ecuador's lager volumes increased by 15% supported by the implementation of the direct service model and a focus on festivals and events which encouraged consumers to move into the beer category. In Central America lager volumes were up 6% with a particularly strong performance in El Salvador following the introduction of larger packs as part of our "affordability strategy". Soft drinks volumes in Latin America grew by 8%, with our non-alcoholic malt brands up 21% and now rolled out into Central America.
Europe's lager volumes were down 2%. Beer markets remain affected by intense competition, which continued negatively to impact mix, as well as fragile economic conditions. Volumes in Poland and Romania were both down by 6% reflecting the impact of planned de-stocking of wholesaler and distributor inventories as well as continuing competition in pricing and promotions. In the Czech Republic, domestic volumes grew by 2% reflecting the continued strong performance of brand and package innovations. Volumes were down 6% in Russia in a declining beer market. Strong growth continued in Ukraine where volumes increased by 20%.
MillerCoors domestic sales to retailers (STRs) declined 3.3% in the quarter on a trading day adjusted basis. Premium light brand volumes fell by low single digits with Miller Lite down mid single digits and a low single digit decline for Coors Light. The Tenth and Blake division saw double digit growth driven by the success of craft brands and beer merchants' programmes. Below premium volumes were down mid single digits. Domestic sales to wholesalers (STWs) were down 1.6% in the quarter compared with the prior year.
Lager volumes in Africa grew by 11%, despite cycling strong comparatives (third quarter volumes grew by 12% last year) and capacity constraints in a number of markets. In Tanzania lager volumes grew by 13% driven by both solid growth in premium brands and the strengthening of mainstream brands due to expanded and intensified sales and distribution. Continued extension of market penetration grew lager volumes in Uganda, up 17%. In Zambia lager volumes increased 16% underpinned by robust growth of our mainstream portfolio against a backdrop of strong economic conditions. Lager volumes in Mozambique grew by 8% benefiting from the launch of the Impala brand, a cassava based beer, and strong growth in the north of the country. In Zimbabwe our associate delivered lager volume growth of 19% supported by further improved product availability. Our associate Castel grew lager volumes by 9% with a strong performance in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Soft drinks volumes grew by 9% driven by solid performances from South Sudan, Ghana, Zimbabwe, and from our associate Castel.
In Asia Pacific lager volumes grew by 7% on an organic basis. Volumes in China grew 5%, despite cycling a strong comparative period. Including the impact of regional acquisitions, China's volumes were up 11%. In India volumes were up 21% benefitting from the lifting of trading restrictions in Andhra Pradesh, which had constrained volumes in the same quarter of the prior year, as well as good growth in the focus states of Karnataka and Haryana.
On 16 December 2011, the group completed the acquisition of Foster's in Australia for a total cash consideration of approximately A$10,483 million (approximately US$10,465 million), and the Asia segment was renamed the Asia Pacific segment. Volumes for Foster's are not included in third quarter group or divisional results. On a pro forma basis, Foster's volumes for the quarter ended 31 December 2011 were 6% below the same period in the prior year. The beer category overall is estimated to have declined at a slightly slower rate in the quarter.
In South Africa, in a challenging economic environment, lager volumes grew 2%. Growth was driven largely by momentum from our core power brands, particularly Castle Lite and Castle Lager, as we continued to make targeted investments in our portfolio and focused on improving retail execution and customer service. Soft drinks volumes increased 1% despite tough trading conditions and cycling strong growth of 9% in the comparative quarter. The performance was buoyed by growth in two litre PET and immediate consumption packs.
On 19 October 2011, the group announced its intention to form a strategic alliance with Anadolu Efes. The group intends to transfer its Russian and Ukrainian beer business to Anadolu Efes, and to take a 24% equity stake in the enlarged group, which will be the vehicle for both groups' investments in Turkey, Russia, the CIS, Central Asia and the Middle East. The alliance will result in the enlarged Anadolu Efes strengthening its market position to become the number two brewer, in value terms, in the large Russian beer market. It is already the leading beverage producer in Turkey, with 89% of the beer market and a 69% share of the carbonated soft drinks market, and it has leading market positions in the growth beer markets of Kazakhstan, Moldova and Georgia. Subject to finalisation of the definitive legal agreements and relevant regulatory approvals, the group expects to complete the transaction before the end of the financial year ending 31 March 2012.
On 4 November 2011, East African Breweries Limited launched a public offer through the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange for the sale of its 20% interest in Tanzania Breweries Ltd, the group's subsidiary in Tanzania. The offer closed on 25 November 2011. SABMiller Africa BV applied for all of the shares offered, but the offer was substantially oversubscribed, and after priority allocations were made to applicants who were Tanzanian residents or East African residents in accordance with local securities laws, SABMiller Africa BV was allocated shares representing an additional 4.72% of Tanzania Breweries Limited, increasing its interest to 58% (36% group effective economic interest).
On 25 November 2011 SABMiller Africa BV disposed of its 20% interest (12% group effective economic interest) in its associate Kenya Breweries Limited to East African Breweries Limited for cash consideration of US$205 million.
During November and December 2011 two of SABMiller's African subsidiaries, Zambian Breweries plc in Zambia and Nile Breweries Ltd in Uganda, launched rights issues to raise approximately US$70 million each, and in January 2012 the group's subsidiary in Mozambique, Cervejas de Mocambique SARL, launched a rights issue to raise approximately US$40 million, in each case primarily to fund recently announced capacity expansions. The rights issues in Uganda and Mozambique remain open, and, following closing of the rights issue in Zambia, SABMiller Africa BV's interest remains unchanged at 87% (group effective economic interest unchanged at 54%).
With effect from 1 January 2012, the group and Castel implemented a number of organisation changes in their African operations as part of their strategic alliance agreement. The changes involve the combination of the operational management of the Castel and SABMiller businesses in Nigeria and Angola, with the Nigerian businesses being managed in future by SABMiller, and the Angolan businesses being managed by Castel.
On 13 January 2012, the group completed the acquisition from Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCA) of CCA's 50% interest in the group's Australian joint venture, Pacific Beverages (Pte) Limited, for cash consideration of A$326 million. Pacific Beverages is now a wholly owned subsidiary of SABMiller.
On 17 January 2012, the group successfully completed a US$7,000 million bond issue in four tranches: US$1,000 million 1.85% notes due 2015, US$2,000 million 2.45% notes due 2017, US$2,500 million 3.75% notes due 2022 and US$1,500 million 4.95% notes due 2042. The net proceeds were used to repay in part the bank borrowing incurred to finance the acquisition of Foster's.
In December 2011 the group announced the appointment of Ari Mervis (who had been Managing Director, SABMiller Asia since 2007) as Managing Director, SABMiller Asia Pacific and Chief Executive Officer of Foster's, with effect from 16 December 2011. The group also announced the appointment of Harald Harvey as Managing Director Asia, with effect from 1 February 2012. Harald will report to Ari Mervis and will oversee SABMiller's businesses in India and Vietnam, and its ongoing regional business development and export operations, as well as providing support to CR Snow.
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SABMiller plc is one of the world's largest brewers with brewing interests and distribution agreements across six continents. The group's wide portfolio includes global brands Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft and Grolsch, as well as leading local brands such as Aguila, Castle, Miller Lite, Snow, Tyskie and Victoria Bitter. SABMiller is also one of the world's largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products.
In the year ended 31 March 2011, the group reported US$4,491 million adjusted pre-tax profit and group revenue of US$28,311 million. SABMiller plc is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
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Residents across much of eastern and southern Newfoundland and sections of the Prairies will continue to trudge through deep snow today.
Newfoundland is being lashed by a blizzard that could dump up to 70 centimetres of snow in some areas before it moves out over the ocean.
Environment Canada said the Avalon and Burin peninsulas were expected to see the worst of the storm overnight before it spread to the Bonavista Peninsula.
The snow, combined with strong winds, could create near-zero visibility in some areas and cause even more flight cancellations at St. John's International Airport.
Blizzard warnings are posted from Alberta east to Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan near Regina, with up to 30 centimetres of snow expected in some spots. Gusty winds, heavy and blowing snow prompted a winter storm warning from Regina and regions east to the Manitoba boundary.
The RCMP said there was reduced visibility and icy roads across southern Saskatchewan and have urged drivers to stay off the highways until the storm passes.
In Newfoundland, RCMP Sgt. Marc Coulombe says there had been several accidents on slippery roads across the Avalon Peninsula, but nothing serious.
In addition to flight cancellations, intercity bus service has also been disrupted and some schools and businesses planned to remain closed today.
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These were amazing!
I was sick this past week and all I wanted was a blueberry muffin. I had been craving one for a while after eating a less them impressive muffin from Au Bon Pain. I was not about to let a little sickness (actually it was a lot of sickness) keep me from making a muffin. I researched a several recipes online and ended up making my own. These muffins turned out better than I could have ever imagined. In my opinion they are the best muffins I have ever made and much better quality than anything you could find at the local coffee shop. They were even better than the Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins I raved about last October. This recipe is simple and delicious so if you love blueberry muffins you have to try this recipe.
Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins
2 eggs
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cups sour cream
1 1/2 cups blueberries
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper muffin liners.
In a medium bowl mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a large bowl beat together eggs, white sugar, and brown sugar. Mix in oil, vanilla, and sour cream. Mix dry ingredients into wet mixture (be sure not to over-mix, batter will be lumpy). Gently fold in blueberries. Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups so they are 2/3 of the way full.
To make the topping: mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.
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A list of eight "most-wanted" criminals suspected of offences including drug smuggling and rape who are thought to be hiding in the Netherlands has been released.
The rogues gallery includes accused or convicted members of organised crime networks who have fled justice in the UK and are thought to be hiding in or around Amsterdam.
The list, published by charity Crimestoppers, features Robert Gerrard, 50, and Michael Moogan, 28, from Liverpool, who are suspected of having links to a drugs cartel that imported cocaine to Britain.
They were connected to a cafe in Rotterdam that was used by international drug lords as an operations centre.
Fellow Liverpudlian Mark Fitzgibbon, 42, is also on the list, suspected of being part of an organised crime gang that was linked to 84.4kg of cannabis and 57.6kg of amphetamine found in his home town.
Another suspect, Mark Liscott, 53, who is originally from Birmingham, is accused of drug dealing connected to gangs in Nottingham and London.
Two more of the wanted men are from Greater Manchester - Thomas Tooth and Liam Fynes.
Tooth, 30, who uses the alias Thomas John Quinn, was convicted of unlawful wounding and affray over a fight in The Angel pub in Royton, Greater Manchester in 2008 where a man was left with permanent eye injuries.
Fynes, 56, is suspected of drug smuggling.
Iraqi Rezgar Zengana, 31, is being hunted by Police Scotland after he posed as a taxi driver and raped a 25-year-old woman.
The last of the eight is James Tarrant, 58, who is wanted by Scotland Yard after being convicted in his absence of drug and gun crimes.
Head of International Operations for the UK's National Crime Agency Hank Cole said: "The NCA and its partners continue to pursue fugitives relentlessly. Many believe they can use the Netherlands as a base to continue their illegal activities, which still have an impact on the UK, but they are finding out that it is not a safe haven.
"The exceptional level of collaboration and intelligence sharing with the Dutch authorities has resulted in many of our most wanted being captured. Last year alone, 20 fugitives linked to Return and other operations were captured in the Netherlands and brought back to the UK to face justice.
"However, the most important thing is the support of the public. Be our eyes and ears and let us know if you have any information, no matter how small or trivial, on the whereabouts of our targets."


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Aus 97 Designs von 27 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
mansjett.no will be a webshop that focus on men's accessories with primary and most focus on cufflinks in the start.
The name mansjett have the meaning cufflinks in norwegian.
We are aiming to create a simple design on our webshop. A modern, proffessional looking fashion website. The design itself will be simple, with a white or black background. Text and menu ++ will be the opposite of the background and products and small banners will be the only element showing colors.
We target primary men and will deliver men's accessories products.
Productline will be cufflinks, pendandts, passport holder, credit card holders, bracelets and so on.
The logo should consist of a graphical part and the text mansjett.no. mansjett.no will be the website promotional name.
The graphical part: We have a vision of the graphical part in a black/white/graytone of a very classic cufflink or something that is similar. Attached is my own example of a logo which is the direction we want. Another example is the logo to cufflinks.com (http://www.cufflinks.com/).
The text: mansjett.no should be presented on the right side and the below the the graphical part.
Slogan optional; "Tilbehør for menn" is norwegian translation accessories for men. This text is on my example, but this should be a optional feature and will no be required for the final design. If problem with character use the text Accessories for men instead.
Color: The final logo should be presented on a black background and a white background and should be looking proffessional on both backgrounds.The logo should be created so it can be inverted when using the different backgrounds. Logo should be white on a black ground and black on a white background or grayscale.
Final logo should be delivered with follwing requirements
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- Optimized for black background and white background.
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