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How do you sort the answers to a question by number of votes per answer?
I have seen that answers with many upvotes still remain at the bottom of the answers list. It is of particular importance, when many answers are there and also because such answers are most times better ones, well researched and probably better ones.
That said, the selected answer deserves the topmost position, but it only seems logical to promote answers with more upvotes to the top of the answers list, probably below the selected answer, but based on descending order of the upvotes.

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Fryatt set to make King's Lynn Town comeback at Stocksbridge Park Steels
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Defender Ryan Fryatt is finally ready to make his first King's Lynn Town appearance for six weeks.
The 20-year-old centre back has been sidelined – through a mixture of injury and suspension – after damaging his knee during the Linnets' 3-2 Norfolk Senior Cup semi-final loss at Wroxham during the first week of March.
But boss Gary Setchell has confirmed that the contracted youngster is fit and eligible to return to Lynn's squad for their trip to Stocksbridge Park Steels this afternoon.
Lynn's boss said: "It is a boost. He will feature at some point in the next two games, most of them will. Everyone will play their part with us having two games in three days (Stamford, home, Monday) over Easter.
"We've not got much to play for apart from pride but we'll be trying to get two wins to try and make sure we finish the season on a high."
Fryatt's return means it's just Ashley Timms (groin), loanee Gary Mills (knee), Chris Ward (reserves) and Jake Jones (banned) who are unavailable for today's visit to the already-relegated Evo-Stik Premier Division outfit.
Steels drew a sensational game 3-3 at The Walks in August – which saw both sides score in added on time – but since them have struggled miserably. They have not won in 20 outings and their last 14 league games have resulted in defeat. SPS have not managed a clean sheet at their Bracken Moor Lane ground this season.
With little at stake there's sure to be an end-of-season feel to proceedings and Setchell expects an entertaining fixture.
Lynn's boss said: "We can really relax and play, a bit like we did against Stafford and Skelmersdale. Whitby (4-0 loss) was a bit of a nightmare but Stocksbridge will give the players a chance to relax, enjoy it and me to try one or two things out.
"We'll try and get our best players on the ball in key areas and try and do our best to get a couple of positive results over Easter."
Back-to-back promoted Lynn sit 11th and still harbour hopes of securing a top-half finish on their return to Step Three of the non-league ladder.
Elsewhere, the club's promotion-chasing reserves will be looking to keep their sensational dreams of winning a fourth successive title alive at The Walks. The Peterborough Premier Division hopefuls host Pinchbeck United (2pm).


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On article Sony Alpha 7R Review (812 comments in total)
Are the A7 and A7r weather-sealed or not? Many review sites, including this one, make that claim, but I can't see where it says so in the specs list at sony.com.
On article Fujifilm introduces XF 27mm F2.8 'pancake' lens (88 comments in total)
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Zvonimir Tosic: Focusing ring made of metal. What about everything else? Plastic?
Metal barrel, metal mount, per specs.
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Fuji has in fact provided the necessary information to Adobe, it's Adobe that hasn't done anything with it.
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, L'idea del cavaliere, 1955,
Bronze, painted by the artist, 220 cm hoch, © 2011 ProLitteris, Zurich
At first glance it seems to be the sheer size of this bronze sculpture by Marino Marini that makes it so formidable. Nevertheless, one can also imagine it having the same expressive impact in a smaller format. The horse´s neck is stretched, its head high as though it were striving upwards; meanwhile, in an opposing movement, the legs and feet are pressing as hard as they can into the earth. Its rider looks rigid, almost immoveable. His arms are pressed tightly against his body as if he has given up all attempt of controlling his mount. Delicate colouring contrasts with the monumentality of the bronze, thus reinforcing the emotional nature of the depiction.
Marino Marini created "Idea for the rider" in 1955. Since the 1930s he had worked repeatedly with this motif, taking inspiration from classical images of the horse and rider as well as modern ones. He experimented in various materials such as plaster, stone, bronze and wood, always changing the depiction itself with a simplified and almost abstract use of elementary components. He explained his fascination with this motif: "My passion for the horse represents my personal quest for a kind of "visual architecture". The shape of the horse contrasts that of the person: the horse is horizontal; the person is vertical... Anyway, my concept changed over the years, and at one point what had previously been solemn and silent, became emotional and expressionist."
For Marini the turning point came with the Second World War and the ensuing Cold War between the eastern and western powers. Marini continued: "My rider figures are symbols of the anger I feel when I regard current events. Little by little my horses grew more restless and their riders less and less able to control them. Man and beast were both overwhelmed by a catastrophe that was very similar to the ones that destroyed Sodom and Pompeii."
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What Will The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Fans Get With A Regal Super Ticket?
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Super Tickets are the fad that wont die in Hollywood. After all, with movies like Captain America: The Winter Soldier guaranteeing opening weekends of record breaking proportions, fans practically are begging for a chance to own films like The Amazing-Spider Man 2 early. At least, thats what Regal Cinemas is counting on, as it offers the latest in a line of "premium priced, dwindling privilege" packages.
Which is what the Amazing Spider-Man 2 Super Ticket is offering: a $20 ticket to a movie youre not even sure youre going to like, with a complimentary digital copy of both films? This is distressing because if you werent a fan of the first one and dont end up liking the second one, your "incentive" is two digital films youll never watch. Even as a fan, you might already have a copy of the first film, and depending on how much you like the second installment, your value will vary. For a program that started out with larger scale beginnings, the Super Ticket is starting to turn into something thats not as super as theyd want you to think.
The Super Tickets origins can be traced back to Paramounts "Mega Ticket" offer for last summers blockbuster World War Z . Though it was a $50 package, it included goodies like collectors 3D glasses, a digital copy of the film, and early access to see the film in theaters in its bundle. Soon "Mega" tickets were scaled down to "Super" tickets that still managed to offer early access, digital copies and concession money (like Anchorman 2 ). However, its now gotten to the point where, much like the release of Pacific Rim in Canada, youre not even given early access anymore, just a digital copy of a film you might not even like.
Based on the pattern of films the studios have offered these packages for, it becomes possible that the reason studios are offering packages like these is so that they can possibly offset any opening weekend risk that the film might have of not turning a profit. Think about it: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has produced one of the best trailers in recent times. A trailer so good, even non-believers are starting to think of giving it a chance. If you can offer a slightly more expensive ticket that looks like its offering a good deal, on the weekend that your audience is most likely to impulse watch your product, you just might generate enough revenue to bring your second weekend upset of a film further into the black. Because, lets face it, Spider-Man will bring in money, but it likely wont bring in Captain America type numbers.
While the program may be confined to just the Regal Cinemas brand, this program could start becoming more common place if its successful enough. Even worse, this could re-ignite the previous experiment of pricing tickets to first weekend/big ticket films at a higher rate than smaller, lesser known films. A whole bunch of things could spiral out of this one offer. Audiences beware, you might be getting less than you bargained for, and you might be getting it a lot more in the future.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens on May 2nd, 2014. No word yet on whether The Amazing Spider-Man 3 Super Ticket will include "the possibility of keeping Shailene Woodley in the movie" or not. In the meantime, heres your chance to re-watch that sweet, sweet trailer and dream of an excellent Spider-Man movie.
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When I first started to practice Yoga, I was taught that how we moved our bodies was a reflection of how we saw ourselves as people. I discovered for myself, through my experiences on my mat, that through movement you could literally change how you experience the world. I would like to lead you to the door step of that experience. I can show the way, but you have to do the work.
In the West we seemingly disregard the mind/body connection when accessing exercise. However, with advances in modern western medicine and the timeless teachings of the ancient Yogis,we begin to discover that not only are our minds and bodies connected, but we can take control of our life experience through conscious movement.
Any movement is better then no movement at all, but join me in a journey on how moving your body back to a state of balance will reshape your heart and mind to a level of beauty you can't yet imagine.
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WHO: University of Pennsylvania students
WHAT: Grassroots volunteer efforts to rebuild New Orleans
WHERE: New Orleans
WHEN: March 7-16
Students from the University of Pennsylvania are passing up typical spring-break vacation experiences for a week of volunteer activities in New Orleans. Penn's Fox Leadership in New Orleans Louisiana program, or FLINOLA, is sending the largest contingent of students. Details are available at www.sas.upenn.edu/foxleadership/docs/civic_flinola_service.html.
Penn student volunteers from NO REST, the School of Design, the Newman Center, Alternate Spring Break, the Campus Crusade for Christ, Civic House and the Hillel-Muslim Students Association will join them.
Ongoing Penn in the Gulf hurricane-relief efforts encompass those in Hancock County, Miss., conducted under the School of Social Policy and Practice's Feldman Initiative, which also includes the School of Nursing, School of Dental Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science. There are also School of Arts and Sciences and School of Design student service projects in New Orleans.
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text: Forget the sport..some of the most interesting things happening at the Beijing Olympics are coming from clever sponsors who have dreamt up creative ways to promote their brands at the mega global event. We're loving the offering from Mini Cooper, who have dragged traditional Chinese street transport into the 21st century with these great bike-powered Minis. Samsung has been equally creative, giving Olympics' fans a chance to view all of the action from their own "private" alien-like pods. Both of these offerings are a lesson to global brands: get creative and innovative in your marketing or risk being drowned out by the noise. - Laura Demasi


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Top 10 Blog Posts of August 2010
The usual summer doldrums didn't hit Techvibes at all this year - July and August traffic numbers blew away last year.
Here are the Top 10 blog posts published on Techvibes during the month of August.
- iPhone 4 sold out in Canada
- How getting dumped (often) taught me to be a better community manager
- PEER 1 Canada Startup Index - August 2010
- New Telus ad campaign smelling a lot like Old Spice... but far, far worse
- Brian Wong may be world's youngest entrepreneur to raise venture investment money
- Telus says its new fibre optic technology 'will transform the world'
- Lessons in Angel Investing: Don't be a Dick
- Tech-illiterate woman has nude pics exposed by Dell employee
- 5 Questions with... Melissa Smich
- Adobe says it doesn't need iPad's support, and Apple don't seem to need Flash
Thanks to everyone that wrote for Techvibes in August. Now that it's back to school (and work) time, let us know if you'd like to contribute a guest blog post in September.


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2015 Super Bowl commercials went beyond the usual humor in Doritos and Budweiser campaigns. These commercials pulled at the heart strings of many dads across the nation that may have inspired them to be more present for their children and teens. It appears that the commercials were tailored to the Dads and the importance of their roles. Toyota did


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Macro lenses for EOS 600D
I am buying a EOS 600D in a few days with a 18-55mm kit lense.
I really want to learn macro photography but I am unsure what lense to buy.
I look online and see many chouce but it is too many choice to know what to buy.....
Does any one have advice on a good canon macro lens I can buy for shottong macro photos.
I want to star taking photo flowers, insects butterfly, raindrops on leaves, etc very macro wit background defocussed and subject matter highly focuses....
can anyone recommend a lense for me please ?
Canon EOS 600D (EOS Rebel T3i / EOS Kiss X5)
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Are there some reasons of using Django with PyPy? I read PyPy increases perfomance.
Unlikely. A Django application is almost always I/O-bound, usually because of the database connection. PyPy wouldn't help with that at all, even if it was purely compatible (which I'm not sure it is).
PyPy does improve performance for all benchmarks that are in the PyPy's benchmark suite. This is only template rendering for now, but noone submitted anything else. It's however safe to assume that performance critical code will be faster (especially after some tuning).
Compatibility-wise databases are a bit of an issue, because only sqlite is working and it's slow (there is a branch to fix it though). People also reported pg8000 working with sqlalchemy for example, but I don't have a first-hand experience.
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I have done some experimentation with PyPy + Django. There are two main issues:
Theoretically PyPy might be a win if your server is doing interesting calculations, uses pure-python modules, and has large numbers of objects in-memory (because PyPy can reduce the memory used per-object in some circumstances). Otherwise the higher memory requirements of the JIT will be an impediment because it reduces opportunities for in-memory caching and may require extra servers to run enough server processes.


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EM5 update directions are not obscure
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EM5 update directions are not obscure
Of course I didn't read them: I just blundered ahead until it worked. However, a simple Google search (update firmware Olympus EM5) brings up this from Olympus:
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Scientists have discovered that most Marmoset are fraternal twins and that a
very high percentage are chimeras (They contain cells/DNA from their
siblings). Apparently this can lead to strange genetic consequences. For
example a twin can pass on genes from a _sibling_to his own children. In
effect fathering a child that is not genetically his. Researchers found that
in a third of 15 family lines they analysed individuals had passed on their
sibling's genome to their offspring" so it's not rare either... and
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As I predicted yesterday, the return of Kane and Hossa helped the Blackhawks beat Detroit, with each of them scoring a goal.
Rookie Ben Smith also scored for the Hawks and minutes later he was knocked unconscious from a hit to the head by Detroit's Brendan Smith. Smith was immediately ejected from the game. Here's the video...(sorry for the poor quality, I recorded it on my TV)


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The Los Angeles Film fest is looming large; tickets went on sale Monday. Fest director Rich Raddon and programmer Rachel Rosen are offering a wide swath of entertainment designed to pull in moviegoers of every stripe.
Raddon and Film Independent, which puts on the fest, feel strongly that they are not an indie film fest per se. I figure that with such a strong identification with the indies, the fest should stay within range of their indie brand--I never understood what the hell they were doing pulling Harrison Ford into their orbit, anyway--but Hudson insists that the Indie Spirit Awards are one thing and a popular, growing, well-attended summer film fest is something else. "We have not articulated well enough our message of what the fest encompasses," says Hudson. "It's serving both our purposes at Film Independent and building a great cultural even in L.A. We are uniquely positioned to help filmmakers get discovered in L.A. But the fest is designed to captivate not just the film industry but all the citizens of our diverse constituency."
Opening night pic Wanted, for example, a Universal summer actioner starring Angelina Jolie, is directed by Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, who was discovered by the fest back in 2004 with his wildly original fantasy-thriller Nightwatch. "Regular folks can buy passes and tics to red carpet premieres that are typically exclusive," says Hudson. "We want the fest to be in the spirit of flip-flops and accessible summer fun."
True, last year's Westwood block party for 4000 for Transformers had a fun summer energy quite different from the usual studio-run event. In the spirit of last year's Buffy the Vampire Slayer singalong, this fest boasts a Scarface Swearalong and an outdoor screening of Planet of the Apes in honor of Charlton Heston.
The fest's closing night film, Guillermo del Toro's big-budget, fantasmagorical Hellboy II: The Golden Army, also belongs in any fest lineup. Del Toro, who once served on the Indie Spirit nominating committee, will do a Q & A. The fest is also serving up a Journey 3-D event on a new screen at the Mann Village for Family Day. While indie films are part of the fest's cinephile-driven programming, obviously Hudson and Raddon have their sights on besting last year's record attendance of over 80,000. So far tic sales are up: they want 90,000 this year.
One event I'd like to catch is a father-son career talk between directors Ivan and Jason Reitman at the Geffen Playhouse on June 23.
Of the summer previews, many of them unveiled at Sundance, I recommend both the Canadian border-smuggling drama Frozen River and the well-made, thrilling criminal conspiracy Philippe Petit doc Man on Wire:
Here's a Sundance interview clip:
And I will definitely check out the New York-set narrative competition pic that was picked up by IFC out of Cannes, The Pleasure of Being Robbed, directed by rookie Josh Safdie, who stars in the pic along with his co-writer, Eleonore Hendricks.
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Egypt | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Egypt raises troubling questions for Egyptians—and other countries across the globe
When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, Egypt's president greeted him with a kiss. When the Iranian dictator visited a Cairo mosque on Wednesday, an angry protester greeted him with a raised shoe—a grave insult in the Arab world.
A cluster of bodyguards kept the protester from assaulting the Iranian leader, but the mixed reception underscored seething tension in Egypt: As Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi tries to deepen friendships with foreign Islamists, he continues to alienate Egyptian secularists and other minorities. And he leaves the U.S. and other Western powers wondering whether Egypt will remain an ally against Islamist threats across the region.
It's a conflict that comes on the heels of another crisis: Protests during the last two weeks in Cairo and other Egyptian cities—including areas near the Suez Canal—grew violent and killed at least 50 people.
The demonstrations began on the second anniversary of the 2011 revolution that ousted former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Two years later, a growing number of secularists and minorities say the new president is taking the country in a decisively Islamist direction that could silence other voices and threaten already-vulnerable minorities.
A visit by the Iranian dictator won't ease those fears. Ahmadinejad arrived in Cairo to meet with leaders from other Islamic nations in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, but his visit is historic: It marks the first time an Iranian president has visited Egypt since Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979. Relations between the two nations collapsed after Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1980.
Ties revived after Egyptians elected Muslim Brotherhood member Morsi as president last June. Morsi visited Iran shortly after his election, and Iranian leaders praised Egypt's revolution as reminiscent of their own.
The thawing ties raise red flags for Western countries—including the U.S.—that have seen Egypt as an important ally against Iran's influence in the Middle East and its deep hatred of Israel. It's unclear what a renewed alliance would mean for Middle Eastern relations.
The Obama administration has taken a decidedly hands-off approach to relations with Egypt, calling on renewed dialogue between battling Egyptian factions, but offering little clarity on U.S. policy in the region.
Meanwhile, Ahmadinejad seems to relish his new opportunity to turn a former foe into a potentially powerful ally. The Iranian leader greeted crowds in Cairo, said he would to visit Tahrir Square, and promised Iran would offer a generous line of credit to Egypt in its growing fiscal crisis. (It's unclear how Iran would finance such aid since the country is facing U.S. sanctions and a severe economic crisis of its own.)
But the friendship isn't tension-free: Many Egyptians in the predominantly Sunni Muslim nation resent Shia-dominated Iran over its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The raging conflict in Syria has killed at least 60,000 people.
On Wednesday, the top Muslim cleric in Egypt warned Ahmadinejad that he shouldn't seek to expand Shia influence across the Middle East. Such tension could slow the burgeoning friendship between Iran and Egypt, but leaders from both countries seem determined to move forward.
On the streets of Cairo and other cities in Egypt, pro-democracy demonstrators seem more worried about internal conflicts than Ahmadinejad's visit. Leaders of the National Salvation Front (NSF)—a secularist coalition opposed to Morsi's Islamic rule—said they expected demonstrations to continue until the president and other leaders included secular and minority voices in Egyptian rule.
NSF leader Mohamed ElBaradei tweeted: "Writing on wall: violence & chaos will continue until Morsi & co. listen 2 ppl's demands."


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Local veteran organizations will participate in an upcoming event to share information on their services.
The Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 9133 will host the Veteran Organization Fellowship Reception from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on March 20. The Disabled American Veterans, USO of North Carolina, Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital, Military Order of the Purple Heart, North Carolina Division of Workforce Solution and American Veterans will each put on a 10 minute presentation on their services available to active duty and their family members. The organizations will also discuss available services for recently separated veterans and widows of fallen troops.
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Top 9 Most Expensive California Wines
California is justifiably famous for its fine wines. So, is California wine expensive? Well, it turns out that some of the Golden State's most sought after wines are also made in limited quantities. These are the so-called California cult wines, the most famous – and most expensive – of which is Napa Valley's Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon, and yes, they are expensive.
Almost all of California's cult wines are Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. A couple of notable exceptions are Sine Qua Non – which sources its grapes from Santa Barbara County – and Paso Robles' Saxum Vineyards, both of which mainly produce Rhone style wines, and neither of which are as pricey as the Napa Cabs.
But the fact that these Napa wines are expensive is not really surprising given that, arguably, the best Cabernet Sauvignon in the world is made in Napa Valley. Also, you'll notice that the majority of these cabs are from the 2007 vintage. The reason for that is 2007 was a truly extraordinary year for California Cabernet Sauvignon.
Alright then, let's get down to brass tacks. How much will these puppies set you back? Well, the following wines are all current releases and are, as far as I can tell, the 9 most expensive California wines:
- No. 9: I'll start out easy with a couple of white wines. The most affordable wine on this list is the 2007 Kistler Cuvee Cathleen Chardonnay, a bottle of which can be yours for a mere $200.00. Kistler produces about 3,500 cases of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, released semi-annually. Both varietals are made in the traditional Burgundian style.
- No. 8: '05 Marcassin Estate Chardonnay, $300.00. Marcassin was one of the first cult wineries and is the personal winery of the legendary Helen Turley, and her husband John Wetlaufer.
- No. 7: '08 Hundred Acre ARK Vineyard Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, $350.00. Now we're getting to the Cabs. Howell Mountain is located in the northeast of Napa Valley, and was actually the first sub-appellation in the Napa Valley AVA. The winemaker is rising star Jayson Woodbridge. The Wine Advocate gave this rich and intense red a rating of 97-99.
- No. 6: '08 Grace Family Cabernet Sauvignon, $350.00. Grace Family Vineyards makes their wines in very limited quantities and, as is true of most cult wines, you have to be on their mailing list if you want to purchase their wines.
- No. 5: '07 Colgin IX Proprietary Estate Napa Valley Red, $450.00. The very influential Robert Parker gave this wine a full rating of 100 points, which fact of course drives up the price. 1,400 cases of this consistently excellent wine were made in 2007.
- No. 4: '07 Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, $500.00. The prices just keep edging up don't they? Helen Turley, the owner of the aforementioned Marcassin, was the consulting winemaker at Bryant until 2002. She and her husband were largely responsible for making Bryant Family Vineyard one of the top cult wineries, but the relationship ended messily. The couple ended up suing Don Bryant for "breach of written and oral contract; fraud – promise made without intent to perform; fraud and deceit; and negligent misrepresentation." Anyway, the wine is still good.
- No. 3: '07 Sloan Proprietary Red, $600.00. Even for a cult wine maker, Sloan Estate Winery sets itself apart by its exclusivity. The winery is not open to the public for tours or tastings, and it's nearly impossible to get on their mailing list. But if you can get your hands on a bottle of this wine, you'll be able to sample a great Bordeaux blend made in Napa Valley.
- No. 2: '08 Harlan Estate Napa Valley Red Wine, $800.00. No, that's not a typo, nor is it the case price. $800.00 is the release price for a single bottle of this wine. The total output of this winery is 1,800 cases per year. This is the flagship wine of this uncontroversial winery. "Uncontroversial" because their wine is universally loved.
- No. 1: Topping of the list of the most expensive wines in California, naturally, is the Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, 2007, the release price of which is a whopping $1,500. But seeing as Robert Parker gave the '07 a 100 point rating, and only 800 cases of this stuff were made, you'd be lucky to get your hands on a bottle for twice that price.
As far as I'm concerned, a discussion of the 9 most expensive California wines is purely an academic exercise. I've never spent even as much as $200.00 on a bottle of wine. I will occasionally spend over $100.00 for a really good bottle of Champagne, but I rarely spend more than $50.00 on anything else. There are so many excellent wines available in the $25.00 to $40.00 range that I don't generally find it necessary to spend any more than that even when I'm buying wine for a special occasion. Of course, some people see buying rare and uber-expensive wines as being an investment. Actually, the prices we've been discussing here are not that high compared to those that rare vintage wines can command at auction.
The most expensive bottle of wine every sold was a 1787 vintage Chateau Lafite, from Thomas Jefferson's collection. The gavel finally came down on it to the tune of $160,000 at Christie's London salesroom in 1985. It's of course undrinkable now, as it was in 1985, but it does have Thomas Jefferson's initials etched into its two-and-a-quarter-century-old glass. As for expensive and still drinkable wine, the dearest bottle ever sold was a 1978 Romanee-Conti, auctioned off in 2001 for the very estimable sum of $24,000.
But, as I was saying, wine doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg to be good. The Santa Barbara Wine Country, with its beautiful scenery, many excellent wineries, vineyards and tasting rooms is a great place to taste lots of world class wines, and it's only cost you a few dollars. For tips on which are the best wineries to visit on a wine tasting tour in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, just click on the link.


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MADISON, WI—John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Anthony Bonham, 44, Rock Springs, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 120 months (10 years) in prison for distribution of child pornography. Bonham pled guilty to this crime on April 24, 2012, and has remained in custody since his guilty plea.
A search warrant, premised on an undercover Internet operation, was executed at Bonham's Rock Springs, Wisconsin home on November 16, 2011. There, the agents found computers and electronic storage media containing thousands of child pornography images.
The charges against Bonham were the result of an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation with the crucial assistance of the Sauk County Sheriff's Department. The prosecution of the case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O'Shea.


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Retests have found no positive doping results "so far" in athletes' samples taken during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the International Olympic Committee's medical commission chair told AFP Thursday.
"So far we have no positive result from the retests," said Arne Ljungqvist, speaking on the sidelines of the World Conference on Doping in Sport.
"We hope that it will be ready by the end of the year," he added.
"We want to have it done before the Sochi Games so we don't have an overlap of testing to do."
The IOC keeps samples taken during Olympics for up to eight years in its refrigerators in Lausanne, hoping new technology will catch culprits many years after they competed.
Such later tests have been fruitful in identifying cheats -- up to seven Olympic medals have been affected up to now.
Two medallists from the 2008 Beijing Games were stripped after Cera, the third-generation erythropoietin product, was discovered in their blood. Three other athletes also tested positive for the drug.
In 2012 retests led to the disqualification of five medallists from the 2004 Athens Olympics, just before the allowed term to keep the samples expired.


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Posted over in commuting, thought I'd post here, too. I have an '08 CrossCheck as my main bike. I also recently bought a steel Salsa El Mariachi 29er (essentially 700 wheels instead of 26 in) for MTB. I am 5'5-5'7, so ride ~50-52 frame.
I picked up the CC used on CL last summer, didn't know a lot about bike components, but the bike was near new. Very lucky to find one in my size on CL and an awesome color (misty Gray). Doo Doo Brown (aka Beefy Gravy) is atrocious. Anyhow, I later learned the bike was built from the frame and didn't have the gearing for me. I definitely need lower gearing for climbs and I am no roadie racer.
I am a fair weather commuter (~3-5 miles each way), ride to eat, small grocery runs, after work cruise along the beach, and weekend rides. Eventually a century and a tour down the coast. I was camping up on the NorCal coast and discovered touring for the first time and that is what got me back in to riding after 16 years.
Here is the problem. I need lower gearing. With the Dura Ace components I can't add a small ring and long cage derailer and bigger cassette won't work. So, I have to swap everything. LBS was talking over $600. The whole bike was only $800. Needless to say I started thinking if I'd just be better off trying to sell on CL and get close to the $800 that I paid and then buying a CrossCheck or LHT with the right gearing. Seems I'd come out ahead, assuming I could sell it.
The LHT I wasn't sure about for the riding I do and I like the 700 wheels. I also saw that REI has the Randonee 20% right now and I have a dividend. However, reading the forum it seems a lof of people don't like the drivetrain and REI is saying MTB components won't work. Long story short, thoughts on best solution?


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|VW GOLF MK4 2002 - REAR HATCH DOOR LOCK FAULT - cliffy
Hello. The key on my son's Golf mk4 will not enter the hatch boot lock. Have tried to free with WD40 but will not enter the barrel. The alarm. electric window, interior light, and boot light circuit now blows the fuse. Have checked the wiring to the doors and boot but cannot find any breaks. Have taken off the boot fairing and cannot see any signs of leaking from the wiper tube or corrosion. When my son fits a new fuse the system is ok until he opens the boot, the alarm sounds and fuse blows.
Is it easy to replace the boot lock, can I keep the same barrel, will the lock have to be coded ... if I remove the lock should I beable to free the barrel so that I can once again open the lock manually with the key. Would appreciate your help as my son has had to replace the dash because the immobiliser unit failed... after that expense I hope to solve this problem myself.
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Lucas Pavement Maintenance & Construction LLC; 3603 Hillandale Drive; Agent: Brian I. Lucas
Ugam Incorporated; 919 Lynn Drive, 215 Henderson Drive; Agent: Milan C. Patel
Soso Land Development LLC; 750 Dyke Smith Road; Agent: Terry B. Butler
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Stoke man wants to usurp Chelsea, Spurs, Everton & Man City stars
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Stoke's Ryan Shawcross is hoping to win his first England cap against Sweden and wants to cement his place in Roy Hodgson's side for the long-term.
Shawcross earned his third call-up to the national team for tomorrow's friendly and he is aiming to see off competition from the the likes of Gary Cahill, Phil Jagielka, Steven Caulker and the currently injured Joleon Lescott in the future.
He told FATV: "It's always good to come away with the national team and now I've been a few times I'm starting to feel at home.
"If you're playing well, you get noticed. At Stoke last year, we played in Europe and that got us a few headlines.
"On a personal note, if I'm doing okay and being consistent, then I always felt that I had enough to hopefully break into the England squad and luckily enough I have done, so I want to stay in it.
"There's a lot of experienced players ahead of me and it's up to me to perform well in training. Hopefully I can play well when I get a chance."
The 25-year-old, who was handed his first call-up by Fabio Capello in 2010, could have had the opportunity to represent Wales but insisted chose England.
"When I was a schoolboy, I played for Wales because I went to school in Wales but when I turned 16, there was a rule that said I couldn't play for Wales," he said.
"But in recent months, that rule changed and I could play for Wales again. But I decided years ago I wanted to play for England and I spoke to Chris Coleman, and Gary Speed before that, and made it clear that I wanted to play for England, so there was never any choice really."


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MRSA Spread in Several States; Severe Weather Alerts; Bhutto Back in Pakistan
Aired October 18, 2007 - 09:00 ET
TONY HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: You're in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Tony Harris. HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: Hi, everybody. I'm Heidi Collins. Watch events coming to the NEWSROOM live on Thursday morning, October 18th. Here's what's on the rundown. A wide stretch of the country, on alert today for severe storms and tornadoes. Do you live in the target zone? HARRIS: And exiled prime minister returned. Benazir Bhutto hopes to restore democracy in Pakistan. COLLINS: And a Maine middle school will offer birth control for children as young as 11. What do you think? We're taking your e-mail, on campus contraception, in the NEWSROOM. HARRIS: Boy, first up this hour: Dangerous storms plowing across the plains. And if you live in the eastern half of the country, take a look at this. This could be in store for you. Lightning lit the sky over much of the region last night, but this was the pretty part of the storm. This was the ugly reality: Early this morning, a tornado killed at least two people in Missouri. Winds tore through their trailer and threw their bodies some 400 feet. In Oklahoma, more than two dozen buildings damaged, almost all them, mobile homes. Across the state, dozens of people were hurt -- many of the injuries, at an Oktoberfest celebration at Tulsa. Fierce winds suddenly tore into the massive tents. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MICHAEL SANDERS, TULSA OKTOBERFEST ORGANIZER: It started raining. It was a very light rain, so I ran for cover, as other people did, into the beer garden. As soon as I got in there, within seconds, without warning, there was this huge gust of wind, possibly a microburst, not sure, and the tent started collapsing. And it was just one of those chaotic scenes here at Oktoberfest that we've never seen before. (END VIDEO CLIP) HARRIS: In Kansas, no injuries reported, but lots of damage, high winds, heavy rains and hail the size of golf balls. Trees were uprooted and streets flooded. In Andover, two businesses and several homes were damaged. Man! COLLINS: Yes. Rob Marciano, of course, is watching all of this for us. Now, and Rob, as many times as we see that tornado video, and even video from any type of severe weather, you really get reminded each and every time of what Mother Nature can do. ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: It does have a tremendous amount of power. We had over 200 reports of severe weather last night, 14 reports of tornadoes. A lot of those were probably the same storm, but nonetheless, you've seen the damage. And a lot of the reports that we had were from straight line wind damage. I mean these microburst downdrafts that come through a thunderstorm and can blow 60, 70, even 80 miles an hour at times. And that alone could do some damage. You don't need a twister to do that. That said, we had tornado warnings out in New Orleans just a few minutes ago and just east of Biloxi and from (INAUDIBLE). They have since been allowed to expire, but this storm, it's from coast to coast or at least from Canada to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. Starting to get some much-needed rain into the areas that need it, but this is not going to be a huge rain event. It's going to be more of a severe thunderstorm event and at times you'll get spotty downpours as what we've seen in places like, well, Indianapolis. Let's take a look at that. I think we have a live shot. We had some rough weather move through just there and now some dark clouds in the skies beginning to brighten. But the more those skies brighten, the more instability we'll get this afternoon. You folks may get another round of thunderstorms. Thanks, Wish. Let's go up to Detroit. Another live shot for you, probably from the other side -- probably from Canada looking over the river there. WDIV, thanks very much there. You are under the gun for some severe weather as well. Right now, though, it's probably an hour away from you. The bigger story, by the way: There's still a tornado watch-out for parts of Southern Indiana. The big storm is in through here. Heavier, more moderate rainfall across the northern part of it. But, when we see clear skies before the main part of it or the upper level part of it gets through, we may very well see a second round of severe weather. So here's the red highlighted areas: Indiana, Ohio, Michigan -- you folks are under the gun. But of course, the South as well. We've already seen some of that action across parts of New Orleans and the panhandle of Florida. Meanwhile, near record-breaking high temperatures from D.C. to New York to Boston. Temperatures there will be in the 70s, in some cases, the lower 80s. Unreal stuff. Heidi and Tony, back up to you. COLLINS: Wow! HARRIS: We're going to be riding your back today. That's a lot of weather on that map, Rob. MARCIANO: Yes, sir. HARRIS: OK, I appreciate it. Thank you. And, of course, when the weather becomes the news, boy, you were really great at sending us I-Reports. And it looks like there's going to be plenty of severe weather for you to capture today. Here's what you do. You go to the cnn.com and click on I-Report or type I-Report at cnn.com into your cell phone, and please, by all means, be safe, but share your photos or your video with us. COLLINS: Staph infections in schools. Reported cases spreading now in several states and concern growing today over a dangerous form of the bug that can stand up to antibiotics. Schools in Virginia, where a student died of drug-resistant staph, are back open this morning. Brianna Keilar is in Moneta, Virginia now with more on the story. Brianna, what are the students saying? Are any of them afraid to go back to school? BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, some of them certainly feel much better because the school has been cleaned. The schools were shutdown yesterday to be cleaned. But the feeling that you get from these students, they're still in shock. They lost a classmate. They are still in morning. So we're going to be talking with the principal of Staunton River High School here shortly, to see if maybe attendance has been affected today. But the student parking lot did fill up pretty good this morning. Meanwhile, schools all across the U.S. are watching and learning from what happened here this week. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) KEILAR (voice-over): Health officials hope it won't be a recurring site. Cleaning crews at schools, disinfecting locker rooms, desks and more, all to prevent a deadly infection from spreading. In Virginia, the cleanup followed a 17-year-old student's death, after he was hospitalized with an antibiotic-resistant staph infection. RYAN EDWARDS, BEDFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS SPOKESMAN: We have been dealing with MRSA for the better part of the past month and we have had cases appear steadily since then. KEILAR: It's called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus or MRSA and it's not just in Virginia. Health officials in Connecticut are on guard. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This point is one confirmed case and one other possible case. KEILAR: Cases are being reported in Ohio, Michigan and other states. Experts estimate about 90,000 people get the infection each year. Most infections occur in hospitals, but often, they spread in schools, among members of the same gym class or sports team. DR. JULIE GERBERDING, CDC DIRECTOR: But there are some serious strains of staph out there. Some of them are very drug-resistant. KEILAR: Maryland officials confirmed a case in Bethesda yesterday. New Hampshire officials blame the infection for the death of a 4-year-old girl last week. And last March, in Texas, a 14-year- old boy with MRSA died from pneumonia. (END VIDEOTAPE) KEILAR: And just this morning, CNN has also learned that two high schools in Connecticut are each reporting one case of MRSA. So more and more cases that are coming to light. But, meanwhile, a couple of things that students can do to cut their risk of contracting MRSA. For instance, not sharing things like towels or soap or deodorant -- things that touch the skin -- and also washing their hands. That is the big thing that teachers here will be reminding kids to do. That's what it really comes down to -- Heidi. COLLINS: Yes. We talked about that quite a bit yesterday. But, you know what? We just need to keep reminding people of that fact. I do wonder, though, Brianna, as the schools are cleaning things up, so to speak, we heard yesterday from the principal of where the student died, the principal of that high school, he said they were sort of wiping down the knobs on the doors and, obviously, those mats that they talked about and the floors and so forth. Is that really enough? KEILAR: Well, apparently it's not enough. They are establishing a cleaning regimen here. They're considering doing it monthly or maybe quarterly. But when you talk with school officials, one told us it really comes down to what the kids do. Because MRSA can be spread by skin-to-skin contact, they're really emphasizing to students the things they need to do. For instance, hand sanitizer, washing their hands. And hand sanitizer has been made available to the classrooms. Also, the students here have been given hygiene packets, but they're reminding students that a lot of this falls to them to make sure that they keep themselves safe -- Heidi. COLLINS: Personal hygiene, we're talking about with a 6-year-old right now. It's a constant battle. That is true. Thanks so much. Brianna Keilar for us from Virginia this morning. A closer look now at staph infections and the drug-resistant form, known as MRSA. Staph is short for staphylococcus aureus. The bacteria commonly found on the skin and in the noses of healthy people. MRSA is a strain of staph bacteria that does not respond to penicillin or related antibiotics. It can be treated with some other drugs, though. The infection can spread from skin-to-skin contact or through sharing an item with an infected person. That could include items like towels or sports equipment found in gyms and in locker rooms. HARRIS: Overseas, a hero's welcome in Pakistan. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is back in her homeland this morning. Her return, raising lots of questions about what's next for a key U.S. ally in the war on terror. CNN's Dan Rivers, live from Karachi now. And Dan, some amazing pictures this morning. Why such an outpouring for Bhutto's return? DAN RIVERS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, her supporters have been bussed into Karachi by the thousands. And it's been eight years that she's been in exile. Her supporters think that she could lead Pakistan back to democracy -- to full democracy. They see her as a real hero of the moderate movement here, away from extremism and back to a secular moderate functioning democracy. The scenes are incredible on the streets here. Thousands of people mobbing her motorcade, which has barely even moved, really, away from the airport. It's been four hours now and they've barely made any progress at all into the city here. We caught up with her just as she landed and this is what she had to say about coming back home. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BENAZIR BHUTTO, FMR. PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER: I've been very, very emotional coming back to my country. I dreamt of this day for so many months and years. I counted the hours. I counted the minutes and the seconds just to see this land, to see the grass, to see the sky. I feel so emotionally overwhelmed. I came down the stairs and the airline trade union was there to welcome me. And they waved their hands and I was just overwhelmed. And I hope that I can live up to the great expectations, which people here have. (END VIDEO CLIP) RIVERS: We're waiting for her to address thousands of people, actually, a mausoleum to the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. That may be several hours away. But she's come back, really, as part of a power-sharing deal with General Musharraf. A deal that was controversial and it irritated a lot of her supporters, but that has been cut, hopefully, she thinks, so that it can mean that she can come back and serve Pakistan, a third time, as prime minister. HARRIS: CNN's Dan Rivers for us. Dan, appreciate it. Thank you. So, who is Benazir Bhutto? The 54-year-old entered the political scene in 1986. She led the party founded by her father, a prime minister who was executed. In 1988, she won her first of two terms as prime minister, becoming the first woman to lead a Muslim nation. Her administration dogged by allegations of corruption, Bhutto was thrown out of office in 1996. She was convicted of corruption in 1999, while she was out of the country. The conviction was overturned, but she didn't come back, until getting an amnesty deal with Pakistani president, General Pervez Musharraf. Like Mr. Musharraf, Bhutto supports the U.S.-led war on terror. COLLINS: Showdown on Capitol Hill. Supporters of a bill to expand a children's health insurance program will try to override a presidential veto today. About two dozen lawmakers would have to change their vote to reach the two-thirds majority. That prospect dimmed. Even if the override fails, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will keep fighting for the expansion. President Bush has appointed a team to try and work out a compromise with congress. And our Congressional Correspondent Jessica Yellin is closely watching developments on Capitol Hill this morning. She'll be joining us a little bit later with more live updates. Meanwhile, you've heard so much about this. We wanted to give you an idea, a little bit more about what SCHIP is. SCHIP stands for State Children's Health Insurance Program. It was created 10 years ago, to help children from families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid, but too low to afford private insurance. That's typically people who earn about $41,000 for a family of four. Right now, the program covers more than 6 million children for routine checkups, immunizations and the like. The bill would expand the program to about 10 million children at a cost of $35 billion over the next five years. The president has recommended a $5 billion increase to cover 500,000 children who are not covered now. BARBARA STARR, PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: I'm Barbara Starr at the Pentagon. The air force is about ready to explain just how it lost track of six nuclear weapons. I'll have that next in the NEWSROOM. COLLINS: Also, passion over the pill. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You all better consider that down the line, because you all are going to be responsible for that, these devastating effects on young women when this goes through. (END VIDEO CLIP) COLLINS: How young is too young, for a school to give out birth control? HARRIS: Plus, he is accused of gunning down a judge and three other people, but his trial is on hold, again. Two legal experts discuss the court controversy. You are in the CNN NEWSROOM. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COLLINS: You are in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Heidi Collins. Good morning, everybody. Sniffle season. People are reaching for cough and cold medicines, but are they safe for your kids? We're going to talk about it with CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen in just a moment. HARRIS: And, I'm Tony Harris. Ad's bad word, billboard owners says it's for a bad man. Highway name calling in the NEWSROOM. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COLLINS: New developments this morning, in a story we told you about, here. It's a case of an air force bomber, like this one -- it will come up shortly. There you go. B52. The plane flew across the heartland, armed with nuclear warheads and no one knew it. CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr has been working her sources on the story. Barbara, tell us a little bit more about what you've learned since this happened. STARR: Well, Heidi, this has now been a matter of investigation for the air force at the highest levels since late August when this incident occurred. What we now know is the investigation is essentially done. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expected to be briefed as soon as tomorrow about how all of this happened. And after that briefing, it is expected that the air force will make public at least some of its findings. Our understanding, from a source very close to this matter, a U.S. military official familiar with the investigation, is perhaps as many as five air force personnel will be fired, removed from their jobs. That will be the beginning of what may be additional disciplinary action that may take place. And the air force has not foreclosed the possibility that some personnel will face the possibility of criminal charges in all of this. Basically, it appears to be a matter of massive negligence, failure to follow safety and security procedures regarding nuclear weapons -- of course, the weapons that the U.S. military guards the most closely -- Heidi. COLLINS: Yes. Obviously, this is something that caused quite a bit of concern in the military community and citizens. But, let's remind everyone, Barbara, just in case they didn't see the story, to begin with, about the warheads themselves and the danger to the people on the ground at that time. STARR: Well, what this was, was a case the air force was loading some missiles on to a B52 in North Dakota, flying it to Louisiana, and inadvertently, those missiles were carrying nuclear warheads -- six of them. That's not supposed to happen, because there are very significant security procedures, any time nuclear weapons are moved, transported, flown anywhere. None of those procedures were in place, because nobody realized they had nuclear weapons on board. What the air force says is -- God forbid -- there was an accident, if the plane had crashed or anything had happened that the weapons would not have detonated, there would not have been a nuclear incident. They always wanted to assure people of that. And that is one of the reasons they're even talking about this at all. They do feel very strongly. They have a need to inform the public that there would not have been a nuclear explosion, but it could have been a serious environmental disaster and something that, simply for the military, is not acceptable -- Heidi. COLLINS: All right, CNN's Barbara Starr from the Pentagon this morning. Barbara, thanks. STARR: Sure. HARRIS: Law and disorder? He is accused of gunning down a judge in court and murdering three other people, but his trial is on hold indefinitely. The problem? Paying for Brian Nichols defense. Huh? Let's bring in some legal experts to discuss the case. Avery Friedman is a civil rights attorney and law professor. He is in Cleveland. Avery, good to see you. AVERY FRIEDMAN, LAW PROFESSOR/ATTORNEY: Hi, and Tony, nice to see you. HARRIS: Good to see you, Doctor. And here in Atlanta, Defense Attorney Ed Garland. Ed, great to see you, as always. ED GARLAND, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Good to be here. HARRIS: Well, hang on a second here. There would appear to be, gentlemen, a mountain of evidence in this case against one Brian Nichols. Let's see some of the surveillance video here, Sarah, if we could. There is all kinds of consciousness of guilt activity here. A legal parlance there for you. He's on surveillance tape in the CNN parking deck stairwell -- video right here -- where he is not supposed to be. We have eyewitnesses. We have Ashley Smith's testimony. Avery, let me start with you. Why are we spending $1.8 million, so far, on this defense? FRIEDMAN: Yes. It's actually more to come. Blame it on the founding fathers, Tony. Under our bill of rights, Brian Nichols is innocent. It's the burden on the government to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. So, under the Bill of Rights, under the Fifth Amendment, the due process laws and the sixth amendment, the right to counsel, Brian Nichols has the right to put on the best possible defense and there's no... HARRIS: A taxpayer expense here! FRIEDMAN: That's exactly right. HARRIS: How much is too much? The best -- Ed, help me here. Help me here. What are we paying for, $1.8 million for this capital defense? Is he setting a new standard here? GARLAND: What you're paying for is an effort to get justice for people who are poor and indigent. The real issue here is, is the state going to provide justice? What happens in our state is we spend money on fishing programs and funding investments, and not on justice. And you can't get justice without paying for it. You have a brilliant judge, a courageous judge and you're going to have a showdown between the executive branch and the judicial branch. HARRIS: And, I don't think anybody has a problem with the fact that he should be provided a real defense. But the cost of this defense -- let me ask you something. What is -- what is so difficult about defending this case? What are we talking about, in terms of -- of the materials needed, the resources needed? What are we talking about -- a specialized test? What are we spending this money on? GARLAND: You're spending this money, first, of a very important issue. Are they going to kill this man, or not? They have 54 different charges, so the state has lined up massive effort against him. Now... HARRIS: So they don't overcharge? GARLAND: And so... HARRIS: That's part of it? Right? GARLAND: So what you have is a defense lawyer trying to fight back, not as a (INAUDIBLE) not as somebody just gets on the execution train and rides it to the man's funeral, but who says we're going to get a fair jury. And we're going to select some jurors that will think before they will kill. The real trial here is in the selection of this jury. HARRIS: All right. Avery, you want to jump in here? FRIEDMAN: Yes, yes. Actually, from a prosecution's perspective, the truth is, Ed's absolutely right. But in order to achieve integrity -- so this verdict, one way or the other, is bulletproof on appeal -- you have to have those rights. And the fact is, there's going to be a constitutional smackdown in the Judge Fuller's courtroom on Monday... HARRIS: What do you mean by that -- a constitutional smackdown? FRIEDMAN: What it means is that Sonny Perdue, the governor has money in the public defender's budget. He doesn't want to let go of it. At least the head of it doesn't want to let go of it. And so, the Judge Fuller is going to require the public defender to explain, "Look, you got money, spend it on this case!" And it's not unprecedented. This is not unusual. HARRIS: Ed, do you see this happening? GARLAND: I see it happening. And this judge has the guts, the intellect and the constitutional prerogative to do it. He ought to put the governor in jail. (CROSSTALK) HARRIS: What? Wait a minute! What? GARLAND: Put the governor in jail if he won't provide the defense. HARRIS: All right. Isn't there a simple solution to this? Why can't this case be tried in the federal system? We have a federal agent, a nice agent, immigration agent that was killed. Avery, why not just take this case and try it in the federal system? FRIEDMAN: Well, you know what? That might be a solution. It's not going to be particularly palatable, because you have a state court judge who is purportedly murdered -- I think he was. The federal court does have jurisdiction, because of the murder of this federal agent. That may be a way out, but it's unpalatable. The fact is that Ed is right. If justice is going to prevail, let's make the system work in the Georgia courts. HARRIS: What do you think about that, Ed? Why not just transfer this to the federal system? The state can always take a bite at it once the federal prosecution is over. GARLAND: The state system is really set up to handle these kinds of cases. This system in Georgia is not properly funded. This is a great moment, because it's going to determine... HARRIS: It doesn't feel like a great moment. It feels like there is a chance down the road here. Look, the judge has said there is a chance this case may not go to court. GARLAND: Yes. HARRIS: Do you know how outrageous that sounds on the face of it? GARLAND: Yes. If the state wants to have a just trial, in which they attempt to kill another human being, they're going to have to fund the system. And it's symbolic of a greater problem. They're not funding it across the states. So everybody rights are at stake here. FRIEDMAN: And Ed, they're not funding it across the nation. Georgia is really microcosmic of a much larger problem. But again, from a prosecution perspective, we want Brian Nichols to have an adequate defense. You know what... GARLAND: Yes. FRIEDMAN: There's not even enough money for the mental health experts that his counsel will need in this case. HARRIS: Oh, boy. Is this case -- Avery, last word, and then, Ed, to you -- is this case going to get tried in the state system or the federal system? FRIEDMAN: I don't know. HARRIS: You don't know? FRIEDMAN: I don't know. That's the truth. I have no idea. We'll find out on Monday. HARRIS: Will it be tried? FRIEDMAN: It has to be tried, but whether or not Sonny Perdue winds up in the (INAUDIBLE), we're going to know on Monday. We're dealing with, as I said... (CROSSTALK) HARRIS: All right, all right, Avery, hang on a second, because I'm long in the segment. Ed, last word to you. GARLAND: This case will be tried in the state system. The State of Georgia will ultimately fund it and there will be a just trial. And the lawyers who are doing it are good lawyers. The judge is a great judge. And the state needs to get off the dime and pay for it and move on. (CROSSTALK) HARRIS: OK. Avery, great to see you. Great to see you, my friend. FRIEDMAN: Nice to see you too. HARRIS: And, Ed, as always. Always great to talk to you. (CROSSTALK) COLLINS: We have some news just in to us here in the CNN NEWSROOM. Bear with me, as I've just pulled it off of the printer here to give you what we know. These pictures coming in, about a train derailment from our affiliate in Seattle, Washington, in KIRO. What we understand is, according to the Associated Press, Burlington, Northern Santa Fe officials are saying that this derailment has now blocked both sets of tracks in an area south of Tacoma actually. They are a little bit concerned, I imagine, at this point, about what is inside that train, the cargo, as I continue to read on here about what that could be. I can tell you or have you look at those pictures. You can see that the train is right across the tracks there, or off of the tracks, obviously. A 95-car freight train, four locomotives, is going, apparently, less than 45 miles an hour, when 13 of those cars -- 13 of the 95 -- jumped the tracks. It happened at about 3:00 a.m., local time. At this moment, there are no reports of injuries. And the cause of why it all happened in the first place is, obviously, still under investigation. So this is going to be something that people are going to have to be looking at, obviously, in this area, in Washington today, as they continue to try to make their way into work, as the morning continues on. It says here that one of the derailed cars actually does contain a hazardous substance, but did not leak or pose any threat, right now, to that area. So, again, we will continue to watch these pictures, coming out of Washington, for you today, from our affiliate there, KIRO. HARRIS: And still ahead this morning in the CNN NEWSROOM, he worried the Feds would deport him, so he deported himself. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I could face jail time, which I'm not willing to, you know, to do jail time, you know, I'd rather be free, you know? (END VIDEO CLIP) HARRIS: Illegal immigrant leaves legal family behind. ALI VELSHI, CNN SENIOR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: And, I'm Ali Velshi in New York, "Minding Your Business." While I've been worrying whether we're headed toward a recession, seems like half of you already think we're in one. Stay with us in the NEWSROOM, I'll tell you about that when we come back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) HARRIS: And good morning again everyone. Bottom of the hour, you are in the CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Tony Harris. COLLINS: Hi there everybody. I'm Heidi Collins. We want to get directly to the weather situation for you at the top of this half hour I should say. The calendar does say October. The weather though packing the power of spring. Severe thunderstorms ripping through the plains and heading east. This is a photo of one of the 14 tornadoes ripped through the night. One twister was a killer. Police say it tore apart a trailer in southeastern Missouri. A man and a woman were inside. Their bodies were found some 400 feet away. In Oklahoma, dozens of people there were hurt, many of the injuries at an Oktoberfest celebration in Tulsa. Fierce winds suddenly tore into the massive tents and made them collapse. One of the people injured is in critical condition this morning. HARRIS: Let's get another check of weather now. Rob, you are the top story today. Maybe you can offer up a little hope or at least some warning signs and news for the folks in the Midwest staring down the barrel of this storm system. MARCIANO: Well, a bit of a break right now. But then this is coming up. And do some more adding of fuel to the fire. Want to show you, first off, the forecast high temperatures for today. That is really the first ingredient to trigger off the storms; 75 New York and 83 degrees D.C., 81 degrees Nashville and 79 degrees Chicago. These numbers are 10 and in some cases, 15 degrees above average. So you got some warm air. You got some cooler air. Where those two do battle in the spring and the fall, not so much in the fall but this is certainly our secondary severe weather season. So we've got the severe storms ahead of the cool front and we've got a pretty potent dynamic upper level system that's really giving lots of energy to this system from the Canadian border all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. Because of that, we've got fairly widespread severe weather outbreak, although for as big and as strong as this system is, it could have been a lot worse last night. We still have today to get through. Showers and storms pushing ahead of the front but clearing skies behind this I don't want to say front but clearing skies behind the first band of showers that could trigger more in the way of showers. Do you want some good news? There's some rain falling across parts of north Georgia and eastern Tennessee. Not a lot but at least some. They're in a severe drought as you know and the panhandle of Florida, some thunderstorms rolling through your area. Here's the back end, the upper level part of the system, general rains but cooler air. This will drive to the east and that will bring in some more thunderstorms potentially. Strong system across the Pacific Northwest, I wanted to touch on that. Live shot of Atlanta for you. Some showers just to the north of Atlanta. Again, not a whole lot. There shouldn't be a tremendous amount of severe weather here but anyway, it's a real boring shot. You don't want to see it, besides you guys live in Atlanta and see plenty of Atlanta as it is. COLLINS: Thank you, Rob. Very good. All right. Thanks. HARRIS: We've got a bit of breaking news we want to share with you right now. We're understanding reports coming in according to the Associated Press that Senator Sam Brownback is expected to drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign. We're expecting that we will get this announcement from the Brownback campaign tomorrow. Two people close to the campaign are telling us once again and telling the Associated Press that republican Senator Sam Brownback is expected to drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign tomorrow. Our political unit is working this story and we will get you additional information shortly on this news just in to CNN. Republican Senator Sam Brownback expected to drop out of the 2008 presidential campaign tomorrow. Let's take you to the New York Stock Exchange now. Get you started on this business day. The Dow starts the day at 13,892 after dropping 20 points yesterday on some shaky housing news but earnings reports are coming in. EBay and Nokia looking pretty good but possibly offset today by jobless claims, the biggest jump since February. We are following the day's business news with Susan Lisovicz all morning long right here in the CNN NEWSROOM. COLLINS: One of those very big business stories, oil. It's breaking another record on the trading floor. Crude prices hit a whopping $89 a barrel so is there any relief in sight? Ali Velshi is here "MINDING YOUR BUSINESS" this morning. I'm looking for your barrel, Ali. VELSHI: Well, here is the thing. Oil prices didn't settle at a record high which is why I don't have the barrel. I usually use that only when is there a record but it did trade up to a record high before coming down. It settled at $87.40 a barrel which is actually a little bit lower than the day before. Look at that trading high. $89 a barrel. That's got everybody concerned. With all of those things Tony was talking about, we've got jobless claims, we've got earnings, we've got oil prices. What does it all mean? What it means is it's all got people worried about recession. It's got people worried about how much money they're going to have to spend. When you keep taking it out of their pockets in terms of gas, heating oil and things like that, we're heading into that holiday spending season, Heidi, and if people decide not to spend we're going to have a problem. COLLINS: Yes. Absolutely. And, also, I think people are still waiting to hear more, aren't they, Ali, about the possible second interest rate cut? VELSHI: October 31st, we've got another interest rate cut. But CNN and Opinion Research did a poll released this morning about Americans and about how they feel about the economy. You and I are talking about whether we're headed for a recession. Look at this. 46 percent of respondents said we're already in a recession. And if you break it down by race, it becomes even more interesting. A smaller proportion of whites say we're in a recession, 42 percent. 69 percent of blacks think we are already in a recession. This is very interesting. There are Americans already worried. Recession is one of those things where it doesn't officially matter if you are in one or not. If you think you're in one you might hold on to your wallet. We will bringing our viewers more and more information so that they can make good decisions about how to handle their money, their debt and how to spend more effectively. COLLINS: What about the book we've been hearing about basically slower economic growth at least in some areas? VELSHI: In between fed meetings they put out what is called a beige book which is sort of anecdotes from across the country about how things are looking in terms of the economic situation and it confirms what we already know that things are slowing down. Consumers are slowing down. Home prices continue to get a little bit lower so, again, this all works toward October 31st. If the fed cuts interest rates again and the betting is that they will, maybe we see another pop in the economy but it's all up in the air at the moment, Heidi. COLLINS: All right. CNN's Ali Velshi "MINDING YOUR BUSINESS" this morning. Ali, thanks. VELSHI: My pleasure. HARRIS: A Superbug in schools, cases of staph infection recorded across the country and concern spreads over dangerous drug-resistant form. COLLINS: A junior high in Maine will make contraception available to girls as young as 11. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A 13-year-old girl does not belong on the pill, in my opinion. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If kids are needing the service, then they should have access to it. (END VIDEO CLIP) COLLINS: Birth control. Is it the business of the public schools? HARRIS: Coming home and poised for a comeback. What did Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan mean for this key ally in the U.S. war on terror? You're in the CNN NEWSROOM. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) HARRIS: Virginia schools closed because of a deadly staph infection. Back open today. The schools in Bedford County were closed yesterday for cleaning and disinfecting, this after a 17-year- old high school student died from a drug resistant staph infection. Schools across the country are reporting outbreaks of staph infection including the dangerous drug resistant form. MRSA is a strain of staph that does not respond to penicillin or related antibiotics but it can be treated with other drugs. COLLINS: Pupils and the pill. A Maine school district approves a plan to give birth control pills and patches to students beginning in the sixth grade. Jeff Peterson of affiliate WGME has the details. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JEFF PETERSON, WGME: No matter what side of the debate you were on, there was emotion to say the least. DIANNE MILLER, PARENT: There is the ramifications of what you are considering is mind boggling to me. I just can't believe we would be this irresponsible. PETERSON: According to the directors of the health center, only a very small amount of girls would need the prescription. And the reasons for making them available are to protect, safety and learning in school. RICHARD VEILLEUX, PARENT: But for those kids who are not getting that guidance, I think it's important for all of us to make sure that those kids have access to the resources they need. PETERSON: Directors of the center add they have made condoms available for the past five years and birth control pills would fill a piece of health care at the school that has been missing. CAROL SCHILLER, PARENT: We're not talking about a stampede of kids coming in asking for birth control. We're looking at a segment of the population that, for whatever reason, are being abandoned by adults in their lives. PETE DOYLE, PARENT: You all better consider that down the line because you all are going to be responsible for that, the devastating effects on young women when this goes through. PETERSON: In the meantime some parents felt the discussion and the OK to receive birth control pills belongs at home, not at school. ILIA ADHAM, PARENT: If I knew my kid was going to King school and the first thing I was told she will get birth control, I wasn't going to register there. RICHARD GILETTE, PARENT: I would say we're not educating our kids. We're actually avoiding our responsibilities. And that is sad. (END VIDEOTAPE) COLLINS: So we want to know what you think about this. Should contraceptives be offered to kids as young as 11? E-mail us your thoughts at the CNN NEWSROOM at email@example.com and we will read some of your responses later on right here in the NEWSROOM. HARRIS: Ahead still ahead, sniffle season. Folks are reaching for cough and cold medicines but are they safe for your kids? There's a question. CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen will take a look. COLLINS: Also ads, bad word. Billboard owner says it's for a bad man. Highway name calling ahead in the NEWSROOM. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) HARRIS: Cold and cough medicines, are they safe for young children? Do they even work? The FDA taking a close look today and tomorrow. CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen taking a good look right now. She joins us from New York. Elizabeth, good morning! ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, good morning. What they are going to be talking about at this FDA meeting today and tomorrow is this. Manufacturers have already said they will stop making over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children under the age of 2. But the big question is health experts say that's not nearly enough. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) When Dimitria Alvarez's baby got a cold, she did what any good parent would do. She took him to the doctor. DIMITRIA ALVAREZ, MOTHER: He just started coughing and it was in his chest. He had a little bit of a fever and so I took him to the doctor and the doctor told me to give him the medicine. COHEN: The medicine was an over-the-counter cough syrup. What happened to Devin Melberg Alvarez when his mother gave it to him shook his family forever. DR. JOSHUA SHARFSTEIN, BALTIMORE HEALTH COMMISSIONER: You're talking about millions of dollars spent convincing parents to buy these drugs, that they need these drugs when, in fact, they are not safe or effective. COHEN: Dr. Joshua Sharfstein says the cough and cold medicines we see on the drugstore shelves are dangerous for children under the age of 6. Sharfstein, the health commissioner for the city of Baltimore, is scheduled to testify today at an FDA hearing. The irony, he says, is these drugs don't even work for kids under 6. SHARFSTEIN: I don't think these products have any role in helping little kids get over colds. COHEN: The Consumer Healthcare Product Associations, which represents manufacturers of these drugs, says they "are safe and effective when used as directed, and most parents are using them appropriately." Dimitria Alvarez said she did exactly what her pediatrician recommended. She gave her son an over-the-counter cough medicine, put him down to sleep, and seven hours later, she found him dead. ALVAREZ: He was just -- just beautiful and I just -- I miss him so much, and I loved him so much. COHEN: On Devin's death certificate, dextromethorphan intoxication. Dextromethorphan is a key ingredient in cough medicines like the one his mother gave him before he died. (END VIDEOTAPE) In the past four decades or so, 123 children have died after taking over-the-counter cough medications and many more have ended up in emergency rooms -- Tony. HARRIS: So Elizabeth, let's take a step back here. The doctor in your story said these medicines don't work for children under 6 but many parents swear by them. So how could this be? COHEN: I know, that does seem confusing. When I asked doctors about that, they said, look, in these medicines is this ingredient, is often this ingredient called dextromethorphan and it's a derivative of an opiate. So it sedates the child. The child gets sleepy and parents are glad the kid is getting their rest but it doesn't actually help the kid feel better. The cough and cold doesn't go away. It just sedates them. HARRIS: CNN's Elizabeth Cohen for us. Elizabeth, appreciate it. Thank you. COHEN: Thanks. COLLINS: Still ahead this morning, a noose hanging from a rearview mirror in a city worker's truck. Prank or a malicious act? Mad in Monsey, we will tell you all about it. Also, rough weather could hit today. Live at the CNN severe weather center, meteorologist Rob Marciano has the watches and warnings. Stay tuned right here to CNN NEWSROOM. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COLLINS: Thinning of the bones, also known as osteoporosis, 10 million Americans have it, Eighty percent of them are women but there are some things you can do in your 30s, 40s and 50s to prevent it. Judy Fortin explains. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JUDY FORTIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Dr. Lisa Flowers works so hard now because she wants to avoid becoming a statistic in the future. Half of all women over 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis, losing bone mass due to estrogen loss. DR. ETHEL SIRIS, PRES. NATL. OSTEOPOROSIS FND.: The more bone loss that you have, the greater probability that down the road you may fracture. FORTIN: Up until you're 30, you're still building your skeleton but in your 30s natural bone loss starts. However, the estrogen women produce helps reduce the amount of bone loss. Now is the time to establish habits that will help maintain as much bone mass as possible. SIRIS: You shouldn't smoke. You shouldn't drink too much. You should stay physically active. FORTIN: Also, make sure you get enough calcium in your diet, about a thousand milligrams, which is the equivalent of three servings of dairy. And about 400 to 8800 units of vitamin D, which helps your bones absorb the calcium. Do weight-bearing exercises. Walking, jogging, tennis all are good exercises for you in your 30s. In your 40s, you want to continue a healthy lifestyle. Get enough calcium and vitamin D and exercise. Something Dr. Flowers now, in her early 40s, knows is essential. DR. LISA FLOWERS: I work out about five days a week, approximately one hour in the morning before I go to work just to kind of keep myself in reasonable amount of shape and strength. FORTIN: When you hit your 50s, you're entering or in menopause. Which means you stop producing protective estrogen and you will start to lose bone mass. SIRIS: You wind up with less bone, thinner bones are easier to break. FORTIN: Some of the most common fractures among the elderly occur in the hip. SIRIS: Hip fractures can kill you. There's a 20 percent increased risk of dying in the year after a hip fracture. FORTIN: Something that may be avoided earlier in life. FLOWERS: I'm really trying to be proactive! Now at this time and, hopefully, I'll reap the benefits when I get in my menopause era, which, hopefully, won't be as soon as I can imagine it to be! FORTIN: Judy Fortin, CNN, Atlanta. (END VIDEOTAPE) HARRIS: And still to come in the NEWSROOM, a deadly storm pounds the plains and is now headed east. Are you in its path? Meteorologist Rob Marciano tracking the storms and is live ahead. COLLINS: A Virginia school district washes down and opens up again today. Are all traces of a deadly bacteria gone? We'll have a live report just ahead. HARRIS: He worried the feds would deport him, so he deported himself. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I could face jail time, which I'm not willing to, you know, do jail time. I'd rather be free, you know? 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