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Central African Republic - Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita)
Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita) in Central African Republic was 154.70 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 14 years was 237.60 in 2008, while its lowest value was 144.70 in 2013.
Definition: Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
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Development Relevance: The economic health of a country is measured not only in macroeconomic terms but also by other factors that shape daily economic activity such as laws, regulations, and institutional arrangements. The data measure business regulation, gauge regulatory outcomes, and measure the extent of legal protection of property, the flexibility of employment regulation, and the tax burden on businesses. The fundamental premise of this data is that economic activity requires good rules and regulations that are efficient, accessible to all who need to use them, and simple to implement. Thus sometimes there is more emphasis on more regulation, such as stricter disclosure requirements in related-party transactions, and other times emphasis is on for simplified regulations, such as a one-stop shop for completing business startup formalities. Entrepreneurs may not be aware of all required procedures or may avoid legally required procedures altogether. But where regulation is particularly onerous, levels of informality are higher, which comes at a cost: firms in the informal sector usually grow more slowly, have less access to credit, and employ fewer workers - and those workers remain outside the protections of labor law. The indicator can help policymakers understand the business environment in a country and - along with information from other sources such as the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys - provide insights into potential areas of reform.
Limitations and Exceptions: The Doing Business methodology has limitations that should be considered when interpreting the data. First, the data collected refer to businesses in the economy's largest city and may not represent regulations in other locations of the economy. To address this limitation, subnational indicators are being collected for selected economies. These subnational studies point to significant differences in the speed of reform and the ease of doing business across cities in the same economy. Second, the data often focus on a specific business form - generally a limited liability company of a specified size - and may not represent regulation for other types of businesses such as sole proprietorships. Third, transactions described in a standardized business case refer to a specific set of issues and may not represent the full set of issues a business encounters. Fourth, the time measures involve an element of judgment by the expert respondents. When sources indicate different estimates, the Doing Business time indicators represent the median values of several responses given under the assumptions of the standardized case. Fifth, the methodology assumes that a business has full information on what is required and does not waste time when completing procedures.
Statistical Concept and Methodology: Data are collected by the World Bank with a standardized survey that uses a simple business case to ensure comparability across economies and over time - with assumptions about the legal form of the business, its size, its location, and nature of its operation. Surveys are administered through more than 9,000 local experts, including lawyers, business consultants, accountants, freight forwarders, government officials, and other professionals who routinely administer or advise on legal and regulatory requirements. Entrepreneurs around the world face a range of challenges. One of them is inefficient regulation. The indicator measures the procedures, time, cost and paid-in minimum capital required for a small or medium-size limited liability company to start up and formally operate. The Doing Business project of the World Bank encompasses two types of data: data from readings of laws and regulations and data on time and motion indicators that measure efficiency in achieving a regulatory goal. Within the time and motion indicators cost estimates are recorded from official fee schedules where applicable. The data from surveys are subjected to numerous tests for robustness, which lead to revision or expansion of the information collected.
Aggregation method: Unweighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.
Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators
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Opinion: Nissan's Cars from the Future
Business World columnist Holman Jenkins on Nissan's plans to roll out self-driving cars by 2020. Photo credit: Nissan.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... Nissan just get all the wonderful announcement this week that it's going to hope to be producing and selling driverless cars by the year twenty twenty ... meeting cars that are essentially driven by a computer ... well guess who may be camped out from one of those Nissan dealers trying to buy one of those cars ... none other than our own hell Holman Jenkins who for years has championed driverless Cars pilot was planes ... and even trains without engineer ... who has your ship so to speak of him home and I ... haven't come up with the captain the ship yet but the ... you know the reason ITC technology coming in and taking over these functions anyway in reducing the driver the pilot that ... the engineer to basically a bystander and someone who in a panic some the does something wrong in causes that ... so part of my preapproved perception is that if you have this much stick on him I will go the whole way because it has only been in a few more changes to the mishap fertile petri ... this clueless driver and a car that has a mind of it's up ... there a lot of promise with this though I admit ... the Johnson such as ... you know ... would you sue when there's an accident to who's at fault when somebody gets run over by a driverless car that is in a program not to run you over the course of in something you did then ... and you know ... where you're going to have this long transition period with rivals cars and cars with drivers ... here that that the driver in a see that car you know that whatever it's been happens it cannot cause an ax and Syngenta cutoff iteration for parking ... space or in a play chicken with it because people always do that either way well this raises for the most interesting aspects of all this I mean most people would probably say I can't believe there's gonna be a car ... that has no Crutcher whatsoever ... but the Nissan executives themselves said the technology is not the biggest problem here the problems are gonna be regulatory kind of along the lines you were to suggest that or liability is also things like ... we have this the tradition of the speed limits in this country ... there are speed limits and no one pays attention to what happens when suddenly twenty five or thirty percent the cars ... are religiously obeying the speed limits while the rest of us are trying to kill our normal speeds ... you know that we have this were a lot of things happen for really make sense to mix these cars with the normal thriving population ... what what what you do ... with the technology will talk little bit about the technology the kinds of technologies that already exist that awful while this sort of thing to ... be conceivable prices there are no braking system to break before you even get to put on the break everything that makes the driverless car an interesting idea ... can be applied toward normal car now and step in and save you from an accident ... you know that ninety percent actions are are drier air losses are simply inattention people taking their eyes off the road for two or three seconds at a time it happened it's not just texting its drinking coffee is slapping the kids in the backseat ... Destino grooming the dog that whatever the this is the main cause of accidental in a lot of acid simply by ... putting in the car the ability to knock it ... are we literally got me talking about a car that doesn't have a driving wheel which people can be sitting talking to one another playing cards texting that's a little better where we're going a long way off you know I would expect that to my last time I think you're police cars will have someone sitting in the driver's position you'll never be really totally irresponsibility and think ok this doesn't make sense at least not until we get all the other drivers off the road ... what about the issue of the technology where a now if you're putting your faith completely in sensors cameras and so forth why not worried that something's gonna go Alt as technology and we will enable the highway that the it you'll still have access to serve all the taxes you will have technology failures ... it just couldn't be better than what you have announced a thirty thousand people dying on the roads your mental be five thousand ... and there'll be undoubtedly unit disasters in which technology will ... bear the full blind but still on average be a better world in the world we have now presumably an amateur suggesting that will ... sort of put in motion an entirely ... different ... kind of lawsuit ... liability responsibilities ... that all these on a manufacturing boom there is that the driver of the maker of the technology that person sold in the car somebody will have to sort that ... you know they come with a private plane Navy store the private plane industry about twenty five years ago but limiting liability ... for the manufacturers and suddenly ... feel all you know we use to be too perturbed flying fifty girls says this is you couldn't buy a new one so XTEX terrain was worse ... until we reduce liabilities them give it new planes into the market yet so in some ways that the

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern swimming and diving teams kept hold of their place at the top of the team standings after another strong showing on Saturday at the 2014 SAA Championship, held at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
The Panthers won eight more individual crowns today, while 12 school records and five conference records were broken; three swimmers notched NCAA cut times.
BSC remains atop the team standings on both the men's and women's sides. The women have a score of 571, followed by Rhodes with 504.50 and Centre with 491.50. The men stand at 579, followed by Centre with 566 and Sewanee with 446. In the combined team scoring, BSC leads with 1,150, followed by Centre with 1,057.50 and Sewanee with 882.
Senior Cody Spradlin repeated as the one-meter diving champion today, and sophomore Hannah Busk won the 100-yard butterfly today with a school- and conference-record time of 57.54, which was also a NCAA national cut time.
The men's and women's 200-yard medley relay teams both also won conference titles today. The women's team, consisting of Busk and sophomores Peyton Langley, Lauren Kinsey, and Kristen Stempak, had a time of 1:48.16, and the men's team, made up of freshman Scott Taylor, sophomore Duncan Bonney, sophomore Saul Hack, and freshman Ben Hodde, recorded a time of 1:33.47.
Kinsey also won the 400-yard IM with a school-record time of 4:37.71, and sophomore Drew Priede won the men's 200-yard freestyle in 1:41.45. Bonney was also the 100-yard breaststroke champion with a school- and conference-record NCAA cut time of 55.20.
The men's 800-yard free relay team also won the conference title today with a time of 6:50.61, which was a school and conference record and yet another NCAA cut time for the Panthers. The team consisted of Bonney, Priede, sophomore Wil Cushman, and junior David Lutomski.
Other highlights today included:
- Sophomore Molly Waddell second in women's 200-yard freestyle with school-record time of 1:54.74
- Langley second in women's 100-yard breaststroke with school-record time of 1:07.27
- Taylor second in men's 100-yard backstroke with school-record time of 52.65
- Women's 800-yard free relay was third with school-record time of 7:56.86 (Kinsey, Waddell, Stempak, Ames)
- Freshman Jordan Ames sixth and sophomore Samantha Norman seventh in women's 400-yard IM
- Sophomore Matt Gonzalez fifth and freshman Sam Cook sixth in men's 400-yard IM
- Lutomski fourth and Hack fifth in men's 100-yard butterfly
- Cushman third in men's 200-yard freestyle
- Freshman Marilyn Rowell fifth in 100-yard breaststroke
- Freshman Samantha Laflin fifth in women's 100-yard backstroke
Competition continues tomorrow for the third and final day, with preliminaries at 9 a.m. and finals at 5 p.m. at the CrossPlex.


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Flavorwire has put together an interesting gallery of photos of authors in their young, pre-fame days.
Some drip with irony: a smiling Sylvia Plath, and Jack Kerouac (in a tie!) at Horace Mann. Others are disarmingly cute: Samuel Beckett on his high school cricket team, Madeleine L'Engle in her Smith College yearbook, and J.D. Salinger at military school.
One of the yearbook entries -- for Maurice Sendak -- is prescient. It reads: Your delightful drawings make us all gay/A famous arftist you'll be someday.


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A gunfight between Yemeni police and four armed kidnappers left a Norweigian diplomat dead, just hours after he and his young son were taken hostage, reported The Associated Press Sunday, quoting Norway's foreign ministry. Gudbrand Stuve, 44, was shot in the gunfight after his four captors were stopped at a police checkpoint, said the agency, quoting a ministry spokesman as saying.
"It turned into a shootout between the kidnappers and the police, and Stuve was hit," the spokesman said. "He died a short while later." Stuve's nine-year-old son was not injured, AP added.
The ministry said there were unconfirmed reports that one of the kidnappers was killed and the three others escaped.
Officials in Yemen could not be reached for comment.
Stuve and his son were kidnapped when they went to a repair shop in Yemen's capital, San'a. Stuve's wife alerted police, and about two hours later, police stopped the four kidnappers and their hostages on the outskirts of the city, according to the Norwegian foreign ministry, said AP.
Stuve had just completed a four-year assignment as a diplomatic secretary at the Norwegian Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia.
He and his family were touring parts of Africa and the Middle East by car before returning to Norway.
The official said that Norway would do everything in its power to see the kidnappers brought to justice, according to the agency - Albawaba.com
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A team of NOAA-supported scientists is predicting that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone could range from a low of approximately 1,197 square miles to as much as 6,213 square miles. The wide range is the result of using two different forecast models. The forecast is based on Mississippi River nutrient inputs compiled annually by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The smaller dead zone forecast, covering an area slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island, comes from researchers from the University of Michigan. Their predicted size is based solely on the current year's spring nutrient inputs from the Mississippi River which are significantly lower than average due to drought conditions throughout much of the watershed.
The larger dead zone forecast, the equivalent of an area the size of the state of Connecticut, is from Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University scientists. The Louisiana forecast model includes prior year's nutrient inputs which can remain in bottom sediments and be recycled the following year. Last year's flood, followed by this year's low flows, increased the influence of this "carryover effect" on the second model's prediction.
Hypoxia is caused by excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water.
During May 2012 stream-flows in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers were nearly half that of normal conditions. This resulted in a decrease in the amount of nitrogen transported by the rivers into the Gulf. According to USGS estimates, 58,100 metric tons of nitrogen (in the form of nitrite plus nitrate) were transported in May 2012 by the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers to the northern Gulf. The amount of nitrogen transported to the Gulf in May 2012 was 56 percent lower than average May nitrogen loads estimated in the last 33 years.
The two smallest recorded dead zones to date are in 2000 when it measured 1,696 square miles and a 15 square miles dead zone in 1988. Last year's dead zone measured 6,765 square miles. The largest hypoxic zone measured to date occurred in 2002 encompassing more than 8,400 square miles.
"This forecast is a good example of NOAA, USGS and university partnerships delivering ecological forecasts that quantify the linkages between the watershed and the coast," said Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. "Regardless of the size of the dead zone, we should not lose sight of the ongoing need to reduce the flow of nutrients to the Mississippi River and thus the Gulf."
"These forecasts are the product of decades of research, monitoring, and modeling on how decisions we make in the vast drainage basin of the Mississippi and its tributaries translates into the health of the coastal zone of the Gulf of Mexico," said USGS Director Marcia McNutt, Ph.D. "Comparing the actual eutrophic zone against the predictions will help scientists better understand the multi-year memory of this complex land-sea system, and ultimately better inform options for improving ecosystem productivity."
The actual size of the 2012 hypoxic zone will be released following a NOAA-supported monitoring survey led by the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium between July 27 and August 3. Collecting these data is an annual requirement of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force Action Plan. Additional NOAA-supported surveys led by the National Marine Fisheries Service and Texas A&M University will also provide an indication of the progression of the dead zone during the year.
The average of impacted waters over the past five years is approximately 6,000 square miles, much larger than the 1,900 square miles which is the target goal set by the Gulf of Mexico/Mississippi River Watershed Nutrient Task Force.
The hypoxic zone, that form each spring and summer off the coast of Louisiana and Texas, threaten valuable commercial and recreational Gulf fisheries. In 2009, the dockside value of commercial fisheries in the Gulf was $629 million. Nearly three million recreational fishers further contributed about $10 billion to the Gulf economy, taking 22 million fishing trips.
This year's forecast is just one example of NOAA's growing ecological forecasting capabilities, supported by both NOAA and USGS science, which allow for the protection of valuable resources using scientific, ecosystem-based approaches.
NOAA has been funding investigations and forecast development for the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico since 1990 and currently oversees the two national hypoxia programs authorized by the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act.
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Heated immigration hearing previews upcoming battle over Arizona law
(CBS News) Democrats in the Senate engaged in a pointed debate on Tuesday with the author of Arizona's controversial immigration law, with both sides accusing the other of distorting the facts and failing to serve their constituents.
The acrimony on Capitol Hill offered a preview of the political rancor that could erupt later this summer, when the Supreme Court rules on whether that Arizona law is constitutional. The Supreme Court is slated to hear arguments on Wednesday on whether the law, known as S.B. 1070, oversteps the states' authority on immigration law enforcement -- an obligation traditionally left to the federal government.
Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that should the Supreme Court uphold the law, he'll introduce legislation on the Senate floor to invalidate it and reiterate the point that Congress does not intend for states to enact their own immigration schemes.
"Immigration has not and never has been an area where states are able to exercise independent authority," he said at a hearing held by an immigration subpanel of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "It's simply too damaging to our economy and too damaging to our democracy having 50 states doing 50 things" on immigration.
At issue wasn't just the law's practicality. Opponents of the law who testified before the panel said the bill encourages racial profiling and has divided the Arizona community. Democratic state Sen. Steve Gallardo of Arizona called it "the worst piece of legislation ever passed in the state of Arizona."
Former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini, a Democrat from Arizona, said, "I'm embarrassed for my state" and apologized specifically to the Latino community.
Meanwhile, former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce -- the Republican who authored the legislation -- said "the invasion of illegal aliens we face today... poses one of the greatest threats to our nation." He cited the threat of terrorists entering the country illegally, as well as murders on the U.S.-Mexico border carried out by undocumented immigrants.
Pearce blasted the Obama Administration for attacking Arizona for "enforcing the law, protecting our citizens, protecting jobs for lawful residents, and protecting the taxpayers and the citizens of this Republic in attempting to secure our borders."
Schumer grilled Pearce on a series of controversial aspects of the law: For instance, he asked why law enforcement officials are advised to judge whether a person may be undocumented based on their clothing.
"What does an illegal immigrant dress like?" Schumer asked pointedly. The two sparred over whether the advisement came from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Pearce also locked horns with Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin over whether the DREAM Act provides "blanket amnesty" to undocumented youths. On top of that, the opponents of the bill who testified with Pearce called into question the data he cited to prove the law has been effective.
Even before the hearing began, it was a contentious scene: Schumer and Durbin were the only two lawmakers who attended, with Republicans dismissing the hearing as "political theater." Additionally, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, declined Schumer's invitation to testify.
Schumer said Republicans were "absent from this hearing just as they've been absent from every attempt we've made to... solve this problem [of immigration]."
While the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Arizona law's constitutionality on Wednesday, it will announce its ruling sometime in June -- right in the middle of the presidential campaign. Schumer mentioned the praise that Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney has given the law, a sure sign that the GOP contender will be hounded on the issue by Democrats for months to come.


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Venturing Silver Award
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|Venturing Silver Award
1. Silver Award medal is pinned just
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2. Knot is placed above the left pocket.
The Venturing Silver Award is the pinnacle of the Venturing program, developing from the precepts of the Gold Award. The Silver Award focuses on the three principles of leadership, ethics, and emergency preparedness. Its purpose is to provide a pathway for personal development; encourage Venturers to learn, grow, and serve; and recognize the high level of achievement of Venturers who acquire Venturing skills.
After completion of the Venturing Silver Award, a medal and a knot is awarded that is worn above the left pocket of the uniform for daily wear. This award may be awarded at a crew recognition ceremony (similar to a Boy Scout Court of Honor), organized by the youth Vice President - Administration. This award may be presented more than once; it may be awarded again at a school or other venues to promote awareness within the community.
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- Venturing Silver Award medal.
- The Venturing Silver Award knot worn above the left pocket of the uniform for daily wear.
Venturing awards include:
- Sports Bronze Award
- Religious and Community Life Bronze Award
- Arts and Hobbies Bronze Award
- Outdoor Bronze Award
- Sea Scout Bronze Award
- Venturing Gold Award
- Venturing Silver Award.
- Expert-level awards
In addition, four of the five bronze awards fulfill partial requirements for Venturers continuing on and earning expert-level awards:
- The Sports Bronze Award requirements are part of the Quest Award.
- The Religious and Community Life Bronze Award part of the TRUST Award.
- The Outdoor Bronze Award part of the Ranger Award.
- The Sea Scout Bronze Award is a duplicate of the Sea Scout Ordinary rank requirements, and is necessary on the trail to earning the Quartermaster Award.
When the Boy Scouts of America introduced the Explorer program (predecessor to Venturing) in 1950, the Silver Award program was the advancement program for older Boy Scouts. The award was restyled in 1954 and awarded through 1958 when the Explorer Program was renamed the Exploring program and advancement was dropped. Air Explorers continued to be able to earn this award through 1964.
The award was re-introduced in 1998 as part of Venturing and its current design is similar to its historic counterpart.
The Venturing Silver Award was discontinued December 31, 2014 and replaced by the Venturing Summit Award.
Venturing Silver Award requirements
Source: 1998 (2006 printing) Venturer Leader Manual (34655E)
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by Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders designed a collection of ceramic vases for Moooi, all vases are produced and decorated at 'Royal Delft', a Dutch company dating back to 1653 and the original producer of the beautiful Delft Blue ceramics. The vases are reinterpreting and revitalizing Delft Blue and old Dutch craft using new ideas for shapes and decoration.
Marcel Wanders is a product and interior designer who drew international recognition for his Knotted Chair produced by Droog Design in 1996. His work is ubiquitous; designing for leading international companies such as Flos, Alessi, Puma, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, MAC Cosmetics, Cappellini, B&B Italia, Moroso and Target. Wanders also designs for architectural projects, such as the Kameha Grand hotel in Bonn, the Mondrian South Beach hotel in Miami and the Villa Moda store in Bahrain. In addition to running his studio, Wanders is cofounder and Artistic Director of the successful design label Moooi (2001).
He exhibits widely and his work is included in such significant museum collections as MoMA New York, The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the V&A Museum, London. Wanders has further published numerous books and is extensively profiled in the global media, appearing in such publications as the New York Times, Domus, The Financial Times and Wallpaper Magazine.
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Ok a few things were discussed in the Board Meeting, thanks to everyone who participated, it was quite productive.
* Who Will Make up the board
Ive decided to restructure the board as follows
CEO: Simon
Chairman: Jamee
Vice Chairman: Cloete
Members: Greg and Andyc
Cloete will return to the board as i think his experience with WCC should be utilised. MikeW has left the board for reasons that i'll go into soon.
* Website
Mike was originally on the board to look after the website, he cant be committed to it anymore which is unfortunate but understandable, his education is a bit more important. For this reason the Website will be out of action for a while, id like to gradually get it going again and it will be sweet.
This concept has been scrapped and we will be returning to the three strike system. Jamee is now in charge of management changes, so if a job becomes available or a sign up comes through all this will be handled by Jamee now.
* FC Sim in season 8
At thie stage we are sticking with ITC. Mainly because there isnt a better alternative, there are still some concerns with it, but its got the gig at this stage.
* Retirements
Big talking point this one, there have been some concerns that players retiring too young isnt good for the game, as a result it has been agreed that the retirements that have been simmed will be run again with a lower likelyhood of young players retiring. However the players that have already been announced in the retirement thread will still retire.
* Rookies
It seems the new rookie system (e.g less skilled ones) are the prefered option. This way of generating rookies will remain the way for next season at least.
* The Draft
With larger squads we are still deciding what format to use for the draft, ideally we would like to see no more than 8 draft rounds. At this stage One rookie and only one rookie can and must be retained for next season, however this remains open for discussion.
ok these were the major talking points, discuss...


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The FTC ended its 20-month antitrust investigation into Google with a slap on the wrist – a gentle one.
Some Google critics are upset about this and say Google only got away with such a light punishment because the FTC blew its case.
According to a story by Edward Wyatt in the New York Times, these critics say the government screwed up when it built its case around the question of whether Google's near monopoly of Web search hurts consumers.
They say the FTC should have asked whether Google's massive market share in Web search hurts the businesses that buy Google search ads.
At issue were changes that Google made in recent years to its popular search page. Google makes frequent adjustments to the formulas that determine what results are generated when a user enters a search. Currently, it makes more than 500 changes a year, or more than one each day.
Users rarely notice the changes in the formulas, or algorithms, that generate search results, but businesses do. If a change in the formulas causes a business to rank lower in the order of results generated by a search, it is likely to miss potential customers.
What customers are now seeing reflects changes in the format of Google results. For certain categories of searches — travel information, shopping comparisons and financial data, for example — Google has begun presenting links to its own related services.
Ultimately, Google won over the FTC by showing that consumers preferrred Google search pages that included links to Google products at the top.
Meanwhile, the FTC didn't pay any attention at all to the fact that these search results pages featuring Google products pushed free links to competitors down the page. This move down the page costs competitors traffic. They make it back up the page only by buying more ads. Because they have to buy more ads, they have to charge consumers more.
Anyway, that's what critics of the FTC have to say.
Others (like me) say if you want to see Google's monopoly weakened, wait a few years.
Silicon Valley startups, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and as-of-yet unnamed companies are pouring billions of dollars into the project.
Get the latest Google stock price here.


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KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban militants launched a declared summer offensive across Afghanistan on Monday and a prominent think-tank forecast a bloody future as foreign combat forces prepare to leave.
In a report, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said the number of Islamist insurgent attacks had increased by 15-20 percent in 2013 from a year earlier, and a similar trend continued into the first half of 2014.
"The violence remains ferocious because there are so many grudges and grievances left over from a dozen years of war here," said Graeme Smith, the ICG's senior analyst in Kabul.
The Taliban, driven from power by U.S.-led forces in 2001, claimed responsibility for a series of attacks across the country on Monday at the start of their summer offensive.
Two rockets landed just outside heavily guarded Kabul airport and a roadside bomb barely missed a deputy minister, officials said. The U.S.-led coalition said four rockets hit the U.S.-run Bagram Airbase near the capital.
No one was killed in the attacks.
Insurgents also stormed a government building in the eastern province of Nangahar and about 300 militants attacked a number of checkpoints in the capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, officials said. About a dozen people were killed.
The Taliban have pledged to target Afghan and foreign forces as well as political efforts to end the conflict as Afghanistan prepares to return to campaign mode this week ahead of a second round run-off in the presidential election.
The United States has been trying for months to nail down a bilateral security agreement allowing a small American force to stay beyond a year-end deadline for all foreign combat troops to leave. The purpose would be helping in counter-insurgency operations and further training of Afghan forces.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign the deal, but the frontrunners to replace him, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, say they will push the pact through.
Smith said the cash-strapped Afghan government was unable to fund its 370,000-strong security force, and unless the international community increased financial assistance the violence would only worsen.
Smith said as foreign troops have pulled out, fighting has changed into a mix of ethnic, tribal and political conflicts. "Across Afghanistan there a thousand little wars playing out in so many ways," he said.
The Taliban threatened to derail last month's first round of the election, but a security crackdown by Afghan forces ensured the vote proceeded without any major incidents.
Insurgents are expected to pose a bigger threat during next month's second round of voting as the snow will have melted, giving them more freedom to move from their mountain hideouts.
The ICG report said the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan with an iron fist characterized by a fundamentalist form of Islam from 1996 to 2001, had shifted their rhetoric from resisting foreign occupation to an emphasis on confronting the "puppets" or "betrayers of Islam" in the government.
Additional reporting by Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni in Kabul; and Rafiq Sherzad in Jalalabad; Editing by Mark Heinrich


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It Could Happen to You!
As I flew home from Interop Vegas the other night – quick side note: the event was great, check out an overview and a few fun TechWiseTV Videos: Keynote from Padma Warrior , Managing Beyond BYOD, Is Your Network Ready for Cloud? – I realized that my kindle was not accessible, my laptop was dead and I'd already read the in-flight magazine. Given the close quarters of the commuter plane, I decided it would be okay to peek at what my neighbor was reading. As I glanced over, he turned to an article with a headline that screamed "It could happen to you!!" I then noticed it was a combat handgun magazine and decided I would give him some space.
With no reading materials, I started thinking about all of the situations that we as individuals and as organizations get into that feel secure, but which can actually be quite threatening. Those are the situations that make having insurance worthwhile. When it comes to security on the wireless network, nobody expects hackers and rogue attacks to infiltrate their network, but all of the smart network managers prepare for it anyway.
As technology becomes more advanced, there are so many opportunities for data on your network to be compromised. And not only is data at risk, but as a network manager, you've also got to consider compliance issues, RF performance and the time it takes to monitor and troubleshoot. That's where Cisco's Mobility Services Engine (MSE) and Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Software come into play. Where else can you get accurate threat detection along with efficient and scalable rogue mitigation?
With adaptive WIPS, you'll have reports on the full range of 802.11 attacks, with advanced forensics for threat analysis and prevention. With constant awareness of the RF environment you'll help minimize legal liability, protect brand reputation, and assure regulatory compliance-including PCI 2.0 standards.
For more information about potential threats to your network and an in depth look at deploying Cisco adaptive WIPS, check out the recent WIPS Training Session – including understanding the market, a discussion on WIPS deployment and demos!
And if deploying WIPS doesn't make your network more secure, get in touch. We should talk.
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Bernhard Langer might want to start campaigning for more Champions Tour events in the Pacific Northwest.
Langer pulled off a Seattle sweep with a final-round 69 as he pulled away from Nick Price down the stretch to win the Boeing Classic on Sunday.
Langer finished at 18-under 198 to earn his fifth Champions Tour victory this season, and the second in the greater Seattle area this year after winning the U.S. Senior Open at Sahalee Country Club in nearby Sammamish, Wash., a month ago.
In his last three events in Washington state, he's won twice and finished tied for third at the Boeing Classic last year. His score under par matched Loren Roberts' tournament record from last year.
"I think right now I'm playing almost as good as I've ever played," Langer said. "I think my golf swing improved. The technique is better. My caddie said he hadn't seen me drive the ball as well as the last few weeks ever."
Leading by two shots after a bogey at No. 11, Langer made consecutive birdies at Nos. 15 and 16 to stretch his lead to four strokes with just two to play at the TPC at Snoqualmie Ridge.
"My lead was only two at that point with seven holes to go, so we still had a lot of golf left," Langer said. "My caddie came over and gave me a pep talk and said 'let's play 2 under here the last five holes,' and I was able to go 3 under on the last few and increase my lead and have a (three-shot) lead coming into 18, which is a nice lead to have."
Price (71) wasn't able to find enough birdies on Sunday to keep up with the Charles Schwab Cup leader.
"In retrospect, I'm really happy with the way I played this week cause I played so poorly last week," Price said. "He's tough. I needed my 'A' game to beat him today and I didn't have it."
Langer gave Price opportunities early as Langer missed the first three fairways of the day. Langer drove his tee shot into a bunker on the uphill 439-yard third hole, opening the door for Price to apply some pressure trailing by just a stroke. But Price's drive found the same bunker as Langer.
Langer was able to clear the lip easily and put his second shot just through the green while Price was forced to lay up. Price couldn't save par and made bogey.
Price found the sand again off the tee on the fourth hole and his second shot caught the lip upon contact and landed in a greenside bunker. Price couldn't get up and down and made bogey, leaving a 6-footer short to save par.
"It was strange today actually because it was probably the best I drove the ball all week because I'd been struggling a little bit with my driver," Price said. "I missed my lines by probably 10, 12 yards on both of those holes and I paid the penalty."
After a big drive at the fifth, Price chunked a wedge and barely trickled on to the front edge of the green and three-putted from 50-feet for his third straight bogey.
But Langer allowed Price to hang around. A massive drive at the downhill 484-yard, par-4 11th left Langer just 86 yards out, but his second shot flew close to 20 feet past the hole and he three-putted for bogey. Price birdied the eighth and 11th to pull within two of the lead but couldn't get any closer to the methodical Langer.
"My hat's off to Bernhard," Price said. "He played super solid today. He's a tough, tough competitor."
Hometown favorite Fred Couples closed with a 67 to finish in third at 9 under. He struggled down the stretch on Saturday, shooting 4 over par on Nos. 15, 16 and 17 to fall out of contention. The Seattle native received a huge ovation after making birdie at No. 18 to close out his weekend.
"I don't come back to Seattle much at all, but to come back and play (here) two weeks has been truly remarkable," Couples said.
Mike Reid and Hal Sutton finished tied for fourth at 8 under par.


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STOCKTON - A teenager was shot while walking near Sandman Park in north Stockton early Saturday, police said.
STOCKTON - A teenager was shot while walking near Sandman Park in north Stockton early Saturday, police said.
The 16-year-old boy was in the 8800 block of Don Avenue about 2 a.m. when he heard three gunshots ring out nearby, authorities said. The victim then realized he had been struck once, officers said.
The victim walked to a friend's house to wash the wound and then walked home to tell his mother, police said. The boy's mother then drove him to a hospital for treatment, authorities said. The injury was not life-threatening, police said.
The victim was unable to provide authorities with a description of the shooter, police said.
STOCKTON - A 33-year-old man was stabbed during an altercation with another man in north Stockton early Saturday, authorities said.
The victim was stabbed after arguing with his assailant about 1:15 a.m. in the 6700 block of Plymouth Road near West Benjamin Holt Drive and Interstate 5, police said. He was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, officers said.
The assailant fled the scene in a silver Toyota Sedan, police said. He was described as a Latino man 20 to 30 years old, 6 feet tall and 200 pounds with black hair, a gray hooded sweatshirt and black pants.
STOCKTON - A man walked into his home to find an armed robber in his bedroom Friday night after receiving a call from his alarm company alerting him to an alarm activation at his residence, authorities said.
The man returned to his home in the 300 block of East Bianchi Road about 11 p.m. after receiving the call from his alarm company. When he entered the home, the robber pulled a knife on him before fleeing through the back door and running south, police said.
The robber was described as 25 to 30 years old wearing a black jacket and black pants, authorities said. The victim was not injured.


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NORTH CANTON, Ohio – The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team opened Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on the road at Walsh University on Thursday (Nov. 29). The Cavaliers took the first-ever matchup, 75-68.
Northern (1-3, 0-1 GLIAC) was the first on the board on a three-point jumper by junior forward Matthew Craggs with 18:36 to go in the opening half. However, it would be nearly three minutes before the 'Cats would score again after the Cavaliers went on an eight point run to lead 8-3. NMU tied the game at 12 with 10 minutes to go in the first half, and took the lead for the remainder of the half to go into halftime with the 34-24 advantage.
Craggs finished the first half with 13 points on nine points behind the arch, one shot in the paint and went 2-for-4 at the free throw line. Sophomore forward Kendall Jackson had 12 points off the bench for the 'Cats.
Walsh (4-0, 1-0 GLIAC) started off the scoring for the second half on a three-point shot by Davonte Beard in the opening seconds of play. NMU senior forward TJ Cameron answered back with a three-point shot of his own, to put the 'Cats up by ten (37-27). The 'Cats kept its lead until the 13 minute mark when the Cavaliers scored eight straight points to cut the deficit by just three (47-44). Walsh took the lead with 6:13 to go in the game on a made behind the arch shot by Ryan Vanderhorst, and kept the lead for the rest of the game.
Sophomore guard Quinten Calloway led NMU with 15 points on two three pointers, four field goals and was 1-for-2 from the charity stripe. Craggs was two points behind with 13, and led the team with 12 rebounds, 11 coming on defense. Jackson and junior forward Scooter Johnson each tallied 12 points. The 'Cats shot 25-for-56 on the night, and were 5-for-13 from the free throw line.
For Walsh, Jesse Hardin led the way with 15 points off the bench, while Brad Dupont had 14. Kenny Kornowski (12) and Hrvoje Vucic (10) finished out the double digits. Vucic led the boards for the Cavaliers with 10 rebounds, five each way. Walsh shot 28-for-62, and were 12-for 18 from the free throw line.
The 'Cats will continue play in Canton, Ohio, as they face Malone University on Saturday (Dec. 1) at 1 p.m.


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A Musical Search Perfected
Bill Manaris, computer science professor
Let's say you love music. Suppose you love Beethoven, Alicia Keys and Miles Davis. Now imagine being able to upload your favorite music to Google and have the search engine find similar pieces, many of which might be completely new to you.
That concept is behind the research project for which Bill Manaris, computer science professor and amateur musician, recently received a National Science Foundation grant. His co-principal investigator is Dwight Krehbiel, an expert in cognitive neuroscience and the psychology of music at Bethel College in Kansas.
Their research is based on the principles of Zipf's Law, which is named for the Harvard linguist who first proposed it in the 1930s. Zipf noticed that in any book, the most frequently used word (the, for example) occurs twice as frequently as the second most frequently used word (of), which occurs twice as often as the fourth, and so on. He also found that the total number of words that are used in any one piece is fairly small.
Something similar occurs in musical compositions.
The Classical Music Archives donated 15,000 MIDI-encoded pieces to the experiment. Manaris and his research team, which included graduate student Patrick Roos and senior Thomas Zalonis, used the data to analyze musical styles and "train" the computer to perform tasks such as classifying the pieces according to author, style and pleasantness. The computer can search through the 15,000 compositions in the database and recommend several musical pieces – not necessarily in the same genre – that "match."
Simply put, the computer program can do the job of analyzing what makes particular music pleasing to your ear in terms of the proportions of notes, harmonic intervals, pitch, etc., search the database, and provide you with a list of similar musical works.
Manaris and his team are excited with the preliminary results of their research. The people they have tested indicate that the pieces the computer recommends are very similar to the input piece in terms of the emotion they evoke and mood they create. And more importantly, they report that they like the recommended pieces even more.
To see where Manaris' research might be taking us, go to sger.cs.cofc.edu.


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GIMME SHELTER-Lumpy mattress? Test drive new foam models
Anne Weaver, Mattress King
A: Given the fact that people spend nearly a third of their life sleeping, it's amazing how little thought most people put into buying a bed. In fact, people spend far more money on comforts for their cars than their beds. But try sleeping in your car!
Believe it or not, a normal person will change position during the night an average of 75 times! If you have a bad bed, your movements are more likely to wake you up during the night. Hence you'll sleep poorly. If you have a good bed, you're still going to move around, but you won't wake up.
First, you should go to a mattress store and do a comfort test. The best way to begin choosing a bed is simply to find out what feels good. Hard, soft, somewhere in the middle? You decide. Lie down on all the beds you can, and get a feel for what you want.
Of course, for good back support, you'll want a firm bed. Fortunately, beds are made with all kinds of high-quality foam that combines firmness with comfort. For example, Swedish foam– or "memory foam" as it's sometimes called– is a putty-like foam that shapes to your body contours. Latex rubber foam also offers that firm-but-soft feel.
One problem with Swedish and latex foams is that they heat up as your body heats up during the night. Fortunately, one company has come out with a new kind of foam, called "convoluted foam," that allows air to circulate within, making it both comfortable and cool to the touch.
A common problem for couples is that they have different comfort needs. In fact, I can always tell when couples have that problem because they come in and ask for two twin extra longs!
Fortunately, that company now makes a bed with an "air rest" system that allows couples to adjust the comfort levels on their side of the bed. Using a small hand-held pump, you can slowly adjust the left or right "cells" of the bed until you feel the right level of comfort. In addition, there's very little movement from one side of the bed to the other. These beds also feature the new "cool comfort" convoluted foam.
In the end, it's all about how a bed makes you feel when you lie down on it. If you're tired of sleeping poorly or waking up with a stiff back, maybe it's time to test-drive some new options.
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Miami Triple Slaying: Mother and Daughters Found Dead in Bedroom Closet
(MIAMI) -- Homicide police in Miami are investigating a triple slaying after a mother and her two daughters were discovered dead in a bedroom closet by a neighbor who smelled a foul odor.
The bodies were found at a home in northwest Miami Tuesday afternoon, said police, who have not publicly identified the victims.
But a family friend confirmed that Gladys Machado, 29, lived at the house with her two girls, Julia Padrino, 8, and Daniela Padrino, 6.
Olga Espinoza told ABC News that Machado also had a son, Michael, 6. The boy was found "safe and unharmed," according to police.
He was safe with his grandmother, the Miami Herald reported.
"She was friendly. She was outgoing, and a wonderful mother," Espinoza said through tears. "The little kids used to call me mom. Those kids were very friendly, very sweet. They were very attached to people. It's just devastating how someone so cold blooded and cruel could do something like this."
Miami-Dade police said they are investigating the deaths as a homicide. They have not yet released the cause or manner of death, which will be determined by the medical examiner. Investigators said that have not yet released the family's identities, pending notification of other relatives.
The bodies were discovered Tuesday when the neighbor, who has not been named, entered Machado's home and noticed an odd smell.
"The neighbor, who has access to the house, was in the house and smelled an odor that she wasn't familiar with," Miami-Dade Police spokesman Roy Rutland told ABC News. "She searched the house, and discovered the bodies inside the closet."
Rutland said investigators who responded to the scene learned that there was a son who lived in the house. Police at first believed he was missing, but were soon able to track him down, he said.
Espinoza said she had known Gladys Machado for about six years from the Lil' Pirates Learning Center, where both of their children attended child care. She said she last spoke with her Friday.
"I tried to contact her, and the phone went straight to voicemail, something that she never does, she would always call or text us back," she said.
Machado, who worked as an administrative assistant for the Beauty Schools of America, Espinoza said, posted a message on her Facebook wall hours earlier that read, "Where this road goes no one knows."
Machado had been separated from the father of her children for years, Espinoza said. She said Machado was dating someone else, but said she didn't know much about him.
Neighbors told the Miami Herald that Machado was living with a boyfriend who was recently released from jail.
Police said they are following several leads in the case.
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CEO of Billingsgate Seafood Training School CJ Jackson and wine expert Douglas Blyde give top tips to prepare seafood and advice on the perfect wine to accompany it.
When dining out with your friends or family do you want to feel confident when recommending a particular wine with fish?
Or have you ever wanted to recreate your favorite seafood dishes at home, with the right wine to complement them?
Watch as cooking enthusiasts take on the challenge of sourcing some of the best and freshest seafood in the UK's largest fish market. See how they learn from Billingsgate's CEO CJ Jackson how to prepare different types of seafood and wine expert Douglas Blyde shares his expertise on finding the perfect Muscadet to match these mouth-watering dishes.
For some fantastic fish tips watch our video and impress your friends, family and colleagues with your expert seafood and wine pairing knowledge.
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a bit of game breaking
Or at least that's what they'll have you believe, the old-timers. And in some ways they're right. The "Old Way" isn't going to stick around.
I haven't played at the big end, but at the little end the idea of a dedicated healer is, well, it isn't possible. The best you've got for frigates is spider tanking — think taking a warrior and giving each of them a healing wand that they use with some negatives. If every fighter pushes healing to everyone else, and on call focus on healing whoever's taking, it's almost as good. More or less. For PVE. And to a small degree PVP, but only if your opponents don't have their acts together.
What's going to change is the frigate healers. They're as fragile as any other frigate, so "kill the priest" is still valid. But like having healers they're really beneficial.
Numbers. The spider sacrifices one gun slot to throw 96 points of 'healing' (for shields) every 5 seconds, and the ships have to remain within 4 km of each other. The Burst (the shield healer) can be expected to throw up to 144 points per gun slot every five seconds. And since it's not shooting it can fill three gun slots. 432 points of healing over 5 seconds, or 4.5 'warrior' slots freed up. Let's assume a spider of 5 ships each with 3 gun slots – 2 guns and one healing device. That's 10 guns. We drop one fighter for a healer. We lose 0.5 healing and pick up 2 guns.
Oh, and I almost didn't mention. The healer gets to sit 24 km from the fight. In a knife fight brawl with short range weapons that helps, a lot — and a lot of frigate fights are knife fights. In long range fights the healer just keeps the fighting frigates between it and the attackers – not because they can stop the attack, but because the extra range can still be "out of range".
But that was an equal exchange. Where this is really going to make a difference is for duos and trios. A duo … 432 healpoints every five seconds neutralizes a hair over 86 dps. Good fits of T1 frigates do 200-250 — heck, Jester's FOTW Thrasher only gets 300. Provided the supported frigate can stand the alpha strike, the healer cuts a third to half the DPS of the attack.
Caveat here that should be obvious: Tier 2 and 3 frigates can get a lot higher. But that, like today's good healer ships, takes time to train and costs a lot of money. Right now you can pick up a Burst for under 70KISK. In case you don't play, that means you can buy several after any one of the training missions. They aren't quite gimme ships, but they're close.
There will be a lot of tweaking, of course, but players should be completely unsurprised to see frigate gangs with a handful of healers making old-fashioned heavy-hitter gangs cry. If you're a heal-oriented player, your opportunities to play have climbed significantly.
(before I go I'd also like to reference Jester's Healing Scimitar. It's a parallel – and to be honest the inspiration for this post – only at the cruiser level. Cruisers are also easy for new players to get into – certainly within the first couple of weeks – but it'll take a month or so to be really good with the skills due to various frigate-level prerequisites. I'm going to guess that eventually the Big Healers – the T2 Logistics ships that need Logistics skills – are going to be eye-opening. At the same time heal-oriented players can learn the basics before they jump into the epic battles.
But it's still going to change how things work. And that will bring tears to long-time player — well, some of them anyway.)


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Kurt Busch Starting 38th In Season Finale At Homestead
November 14, 2008
"We're really disappointed with that, that's for sure," said Busch, who was third on the practice speed chart with a lap of 31.634 seconds. "We just didn't have any grip at all out there. We haven't won a pole this season and we were really going for it. We got in really hot down there in Turns 1 and 2, didn't have any grip and drifted on up into the fence.
"We scraped the Miller Lite logos right off the rear quarter-panel, but we didn't do any damage to the car; it was just cosmetic," said Busch. "We tried to gather it up and make something decent out of the second lap, but it just wasn't enough.
"We have a good race car and it's a shame that we'll have to start pretty much in a hole with the track position. We'll get our Miller Lite Dodge really dialed in here during Saturday's two practice sessions. We're already talking about some strategies we might use during the early part of the race in order to gain back some of the track position we lost by having to start the race way back there at the back."
Busch was one of the drivers having to deal with getting an early draw in the qualifying order, having to go out sixth. Several other top competitors, including teammate Ryan Newman (starts 29th), Jeff Gordon (starts 36th) and Jimmie Johnson (starts 30th) were also in that group.
David Reutimann was among the drivers on the other end of the order and he used it to his advantage. Going out 32nd of the 47 drivers and enjoying more cloud cover, Reutimann claimed his first career Cup pole position with his lap of 31.462 seconds (171.636 mph).
The Red Bull Toyota Teams switched drivers this weekend in their effort to get both cars into the starting field. Scott Speed enjoyed the security of having Brian Vickers' No. 83 owners points when he took to the track 34th in the order. He turned in a surprising lap of 31.494 seconds (171.461 mph) to take the outside-front-row starting spot.
Matt Kenseth (31.500 seconds/171.429 mph) starts third, with Carl Edwards (31.502 seconds/171.418 mph) fourth and Kevin Harvick (31.571 seconds/171.043 mph) fifth. David Ragan, Jamie McMurray, Kyle Busch, Reed Sorenson and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out today's top-10 qualifiers.
It wasn't a good day at the track for the Penske Racing Team drivers. Newman (who went out first after clocking in with the second-fastest practice lap) did earn the 29th starting spot with his lap of 31.900 seconds (169.379 mph). Rookie Sam Hornish Jr. was one of three drivers who did not make the starting field for Sunday's race. Not holding down a spot in the top-35 in car owner points, Hornish's lap of 32.072 seconds (168.371 mph) was not fast enough to make the field on speed. Max Papis and Ken Schrader were the other drivers not making Sunday's starting field.
The biggest news story of the day here at the track was NASCAR's announcement that testing at all sanctioned tracks holding Camping World Series events all the way up to Sprint Cup races would be banned, including all the pre-season testing historically held in Daytona in January.
"It's got pluses and minuses," said crew chief Pat Tryson. "Times are tough right now, so it's probably not that bad a thing for most people. Obviously, we'd like to be testing but at the same time, it (testing policy) is the same for everybody. I think it will be fair. It may make the racing better with nobody having the opportunity to test.
As far as Daytona goes, it's going to make it harder to pick a car. You'll have to use wind tunnel data to see which is your better car. Other than that, it will be the same old thing. We'll just be home a lot more than we are now."
Saturday's schedule here at Homestead-Miami Speedway includes a first practice that will go from 1:30 p.m. till 2:15 p.m. and the final "happy hour" practice session is on the card from 2:50 p.m. till 3:50 p.m. Sunday's Ford 400 (400 miles, 267 laps) has a scheduled 3:45 p.m. EST starting time here on this 1.5-mile speed plant located at the north end of the Florida Keys. ABC-TV and MRN Radio will provide live coverage of all the action.


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"small hotel but good"
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Feel your worries melt away as you lounge on the sun-drenched white sandy beaches soaking up rays reflecting off the sapphire waters of the Caribbean. For a more adventurous vacation, choose from an assortment of onsite activities or venture out to the bustling city of Cancun.
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"small hotel but good"
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This is a small hotel compared to the ones I have seen but small is just the size, it doesn't begin to compare with the kind of experience I had here, it was a huge and fabulous one. The hotel is located about 10 minutes from downtown and 20 minutes from the main town centre. It is an all inclusive hotel that had all the modern decorations and my room was very spacious even though the hotel in general is small in size. The room I was in had a nice king size bed which was big enough for me, firm enough with clean bed sheets. The bathroom is clean, large and has a nice shower that works well. The housekeeping staff seemed to be hardworking and very efficient in their job of keeping the room clean. The room has a mini bar that was easily topped up every time the room service staff was present; it was a nice experience for me. I advise you to take or book a room that is central in case you want to stay in this hotel because taking a room situated at the back of the hotel can be uncomfortable because of the noise that is there during the day but it's not noisy from evening time. The food was good and the restaurant staff was ever ready and attentive to get you orders right. The buffet was really nice so were the a la carte restaurants in the resort.
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Fue algo muy bonito desde la llegada al aereopuerto de cancun hacia el hotel la llegada fue exelente el servicio perp lo que mas me gusto fue el bufette la comida es deliciosa.
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fue lindo porque a la llega al areopuerto ya habia algien esperandonos para llevarnos al hotel
fantastica teniamoas tele con cable el baño contaba con una mini secadora que nos sirvio de mucho y el burro de planchar ademas del mini refrigerador
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el bufette tiene una comida deliciosa y buen servicio
la playa es preciosa y la alberca exelente
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fuera fuimos al parachute y a bucear :)
"My stay at Barcelo Costa Cancun in april 09"
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Arrival: 27 March - 4 April Excellent arrival at the Airport, nothing unusual here.
Outstanding room, marble throughout, Clean, great view, Bar fridge stocked every day with booze, pop, water and snacks.
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Three restaurants and a buffet, very good food in all three restaurants. Mexico restaurant the best.
Beach is a little small, lots of chairs both pool and beach, white sand and cool clear water was great. Grounds were very clean.
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We didn't do any activities in the resort, just lounged by the beach every day. We did the Xel-Ha tour. This one is a must. It is a little pricy, but worth it.
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This is our third time to Cancun, first time to this resort. A must return. We had a great week, Weather was 85 - 90 all week.
"Jean stay at Barcelo Costa Cancun in february 09"
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Arrival Arrived Late at night, after long wait in line at airport we were on our way to Resort,not a long drive.
Rooms are nice, all marble, spotless clean, took afew tries til we got a room that was suitable for 3 girls.
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3 Restaurants... only tried 2 out, food was good, always something good to eat, and I am a picky eater...Loved the breakfast buffet,a lil noisy but great staff and they get to know yu after a day.
Beach is not big at all and a lil crowded, but hey was better than snow :) Pool was nice lots of chairs, umbrellas,very clean.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Lots of pool activities. There were many tours to choose from,Mayian Ruins, etc.. We did a catamaran tour to Isla Mujeres or Island of Women.. there was snorkling, shopping,Beach, Spiniker rides..was nice and a full day of activities, guys on Catamaran made for a fun filled trip..Yu must go to Coco Bongo night club,It is Vegas style show as well as disco and Bar.. worth the money.
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Staff at this resort were amazing and went out of their way to accomodate, they love a good joke and appreciate an Hola.The hotel when we were there had quite a few younger people and they love to party, so if yu want quiet Id check for spring break times..I had no complaints except for first room we were given but next day was rectified.. For the money is was clean good food great staff.


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Staples office supply stores will sell the Nexus 7, a computer tablet that Google designed to compete against the Kindle Fire and iPad.
Monday's announcement makes Staples Inc. the second major retailer to embrace the Nexus 7 since Google unveiled the device last month. Video game retailer GameStop Corp. also plans to stock the Nexus 7 in its U.S. stores.
Other merchants are expected to agree to add the Nexus 7 to their store shelves when the tablet ships later this month.
Adding more stores as sellers exposes the Nexus 7 to more shoppers as Google Inc. tries to make a bigger dent in the increasingly important tablet computer market. Google is also peddling the Nexus 7 through its own online store, Google Play.
The Nexus 7 will sell for $199 in an 8-gigabyte model and $249 in a 16-gigabyte model.
The less expensive model matches the same price as the Kindle Fire made by Amazon.com Inc. Like the Kindle Fire, the Nexus 7 has a seven-inch display screen and is tailor-made for video, pictures, books, magazines and newspapers. Both Amazon and Google have set up their devices to funnel sales of books, movies and music to their websites.
The iPad, made by Apple Inc., is larger and more expensive than the tablets from Google and Amazon. It has a 10-inch screen with prices starting at $399 for an older model.
Software maker Microsoft Corp. also is expanding into the tablet market this October when it is planning to release its own iPad alternative, the Surface. Microsoft hasn't announced a price for the Surface yet. So far, Microsoft hasn't identified any other places to buy the Surfaces besides its own website and brick-and-mortar stores.
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Nuplex misses forecasts, annual guidance cut on strong kiwi, weak trading
Specialty chemicals maker Nuplex Industries missed expectations as its net profit more than halved and the company cut its forecast for annual earnings, blaming the strength of the currency and weak trading conditions in Australia and Europe.
Net profit sank to $11.5 million, or 5.8 cents per share, in the six months ended December 31 from $24.1 million, or 12.3 cents, a year earlier, the company says in a statement. Sales gained 11 percent to $828.7 million, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation increased 0.5 percent to $57.6 million, including restructuring costs.
Underlying profit, which strips out the restructuring costs, fell 9.6 percent to $24.5 million.
That missed First NZ Capital's forecast profit of $18.6 million and ebitda of $66.1 million and Forsyth Barr's estimates for underlying profit of $13.7 million on sales of $887.6 million.
Last year Nuplex flagged four plant closures and cut as many as 80 jobs in a bid to counter the rising cost of manufacturing in Australasia. The cost-cutting initiatives were expected to remove $30 million in expenses in the 2013 financial year and Nuplex said it is still on target to meet that.
"While these restructuring and procurement initiatives impact this financial result, I am confident they will strengthen Nuplex's operations and start to deliver benefits as soon as the second half of this financial year," chief executive Emery Severin says.
"Keeping our focus on what we can control remains key to navigating the ongoing challenging business environment."
Nuplex cut its forecast annual ebitda to between $135 million to $140 million, from a range of $135 million to $150 million, blaming the strong kiwi dollar and weak Australian and European trading conditions. The guidance assumes exchanges rates and trading conditions remain the same in the second half.
The board declared a partially-imputed interim dividend of 10 cents per share, unchanged from a year earlier. The dividend will be paid on April 2 to all shareholders on the register on March 15.
The company flagged a $34 million contingent liability over a claim it faces relating to the supply and installation of materials at the Botany Town Centre in Manukau between 2000 and 2001. Nuplex is named as one of 17 defendants and will vigorously defend the suit, it says.
Nuplex's resins segment, which makes up the bulk of its earnings, lifted sales 13 percent to $671.1 million on 17 percent growth in volumes. Ebitda fell 3.6 percent to $45.2 million. Nuplex expects a stronger second-half, with typically bigger sales in the Northern Hemisphere.
The specialties segment increased sales 5 percent to $157.6 million, with ebitda up 19 percent to $12.4 million.
The shares rose 0.3 percent to $3.47 in trading yesterday and have gained 9.5 percent this year. The stock is rated an average 'hold' based on six analyst recommendations compiled by Reuters with a median target price of $2.98.


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Editor's note: We asked the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition and U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn to answer the question: "Is it acceptable for the Obama administration to enact what is essentially a chief component of the DREAM Act despite repeated failures in Congress?"
By Doug Lamborn
On June 15, President Obama unilaterally changed immigration policy by announcing he will halt all deportations of hundreds of thousands of young people brought here outside of the law by their parents. No matter his intentions, this latest power grab by President Obama, is a short-term, cynical political ploy that has far-reaching implications for the rule of law and the Constitution. President Obama's move is yet another attempt to distract from his dismal record on jobs and the economy, and could leave the states on the hook for millions in new unfunded mandates.
I am sympathetic to the desire of young Hispanics or any other immigrant group wanting to pursue the American dream. But what everyone must understand is that the American dream is only possible because we are a nation of laws. If our president picks and chooses which laws to enforce, he threatens the very protections that allow us to exercise our inalienable rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
It would be just as wrong if a President Mitt Romney, for instance, were to pick and choose which environmental or tax laws to enforce.
This new policy, affecting an estimated 800,000 young people brought to this country before the age of 16, deserves a full debate and vote in Congress. Instead, Obama bypassed Congress and acted on his own. The president actually acknowledged the limits of his authority just a year ago after the Senate rejected the DREAM Act, partly because it failed to increase immigration enforcement. He said "there are laws on the books that I have to enforce. And I think there's been a great disservice done to the cause of getting the DREAM Act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow, by myself, I can go and do these things."
A year later, right before an election, hedoes indeed do it by himself. This willful disregard for the people's elected representatives in Congress is part of a disturbing pattern with President Obama. Last year, he unconstitutionally overstepped his executive authority with four "recess" appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to the National Labor Relations Board. The only trouble is, the Senate was not in recess. These appointments undermined the confirmation process and Congress' critical responsibility to check the power of the executive branch.
The Obama administration has yet to give Colorado or other states any guidelines as to what new benefits or social programs these individuals are entitled, and what that could cost the already cash-strapped states. For instance, Colorado has cut spending for higher education for the last three years, but could now be forced to admit thousands of young students at in-state tuition rates. The state could also be forced to pay for millions of dollars in new spending to support Medicaid, unemployment insurance, and worker's compensation claims. Additionally, the state may be required to issue driver's licenses that do not comply with federal secure ID laws to these individuals.
How will those who apply for this temporary, two-year status prove their claims? The federal government has no way of verifying whether their claims are true.
This new immigration "policy" is simply a decision to selectively enforce some laws but not others. President Obama's unwillingness to enforce all the laws, and his the separation of powers in our Constitution. In the long run, his ill-advised power grab will provide no stability or assurance for those who come to America outside of the law. The best thing we can ultimately do to ensure that the American dream is achievable for those who come here wanting a chance to work or to become citizens is to protect the rule of law.
U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn represents the 5th Congressional District of Colorado.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - With just 5:57 left in regulation, a long pass by Cassie Smith (Spartanburg, SC) to a breaking Mary Stanton (Greenville, SC) proved to be the only goal needed as Newberry College tallied a 1-0, season-opening victory over Pfeiffer University in non-conference women's soccer action on Thursday afternoon. The win keeps Newberry unbeaten against the Lady Falcons in the last seven contests moving to 5-0-2.
The Wolves held a 17-6 advantage in shots with Stanton's in the 84th minute being enough. From deep in the defensive zone, Smith flew a pass over midfield and to a streaking Stanton who chipped her shot over charging keeper Jamie Alcala (Fredericksburg, VA) for the lone goal.
Both teams got off to a slow start in 2011 as neither team fired a shot early on. Newberry's Brayden Miller (Lyman, SC) took the season's first attempt in the 17th minute as her blast went wide right. The Wolves controlled the first half in the shots category 5-1 while the Lady Falcons were whistled six times for being offsides. Sheena Regan (Chesapeake, VA) took the lone shot of the first 45 minutes for Pfeiffer on a header in the 23rd minute.
Pfeiffer had play stopped eight times for being offsides compared to Newberry's two. Six different Lady Falcons took each of the half dozen shots on the day with half of those being on frame. Alcala turned away seven shots in the defeat.
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Bathily ushered the customers into a cold storage room, then switched off the refrigerator and the lights. "I told the customers to stay calm. [I said:] If the terrorist comes down here he must not hear you." Bathily said once everyone had quieted down, he decided to go outside to help the police. Initially, police thought he was one of the gunmen, but he convinced them he…
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