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"This was an amazing team job, " said Cancellara. "Everyone was against us and we just stayed focused. We came on the Oude Kwaremont for the last time and Gregy Rast said everyone looked tired, so I tried to do the first selection there. Peter (Sagan) and I came up to Roelandts then and I knew I had to go again to get away from Peter. It happened like we've been planning for months. Hard work from me and the team and sacrificing time with our families. I can count on two hands the number of days I've been home this winter. It hasn't been easy for my wife and kids but these are the hard choices we make. My career won't last forever so it's important to pick moments to enjoy. This victory is for my family and team. They gave me so much support. And for the fans – it was a perfect day. My second win in Flanders has been exceptional. I will relax now and recover from this effort and see what happens next week."
Peter Sagan said, ""Today's second place is a great result. I didn't suffer any problems and I was able to do my best to stay in the front of the race. Cancellara was simply the strongest today. I couldn't do more than this. I have understood I can win the 'Ronde'. I'm 23 years old, with many years in front of me to take it".
The best placed Italians, finishing in the first large group, were Daniel Oss (BMC Racing Team) in 12th at 0:01:39 and Oscar Gatto (Vini Fantini-Selle Italia) in 15th in same time. Gatto could have perhaps finished higher but suffered several flats.
Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) a favorite, finished 44th (4'56" to the winner Cancellara). "During the race I was quite good, even if I did not feel that I was at my best," said Pozzato after the race. "I tried hard to be in the head group, thanks to the support of my teammates, especially by Cimolai and Cattaneo. But, but on Paterberg I had a gear problem and so my hopes ended there."
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Yoga Poses for Your 50s, 60s and 70s — and Beyond
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En español l Thirty-eight years ago, cardiologist Dean Ornish, M.D., made headlines with his claim that yoga and meditation, when combined with improvements in diet and exercise habits, could reverse heart disease.
Since then, research into the health benefits of yoga, especially its effect on adults 50-plus, has exploded.
Here, a brief guide to the benefits of yoga (and some poses you can do) in your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond.
3 Reasons to Practice Yoga in Your 50s
1. Minimize hypertension
"Yoga has a powerful effect on stress and hypertension and can help people reduce the amount of medication they need," says Amy Wheeler, yoga professor at California State University at San Bernardino. In a review of 17 studies published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, researchers reported significant reductions in blood pressure for interventions incorporating three basic elements of yoga practice: postures, meditation, and breathing. Researchers speculate that the slow, controlled breathing inherent in yoga practice decreases nervous system activity, which helps manage blood pressure levels.
2. Strengthen bones
"People in their 50s often develop the beginning stages of osteoporosis and low bone density," notes Melinda Atkins, a yoga teacher in Miami. Studies consistently show that the weight-bearing activity of yoga helps slow bone thinning, reducing the risks of osteoporosis, particularly among postmenopausal women.
3. Keep excess pounds at bay
Yoga enhances concentration and determination in all aspects of life. Practicing it every day "improves willpower and shifts your focus toward wellness rather than instant gratification," says Larry Payne, yoga director at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In a 2014 study out of India, published in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, researchers reported that people with diabetes who did yoga 3-6 days per week for 8 weeks, shed more pounds and inches than those who walked for the same time period.
2 Poses for Your 50s
CHAIR POSE: Stand with your back against a wall, feet hip-width apart. Bend your knees and slide your back down the wall until your thighs are parallel to the floor, as if you were sitting on a chair. Gently pull in your belly button and hold out your arms in front of you.
TREE POSE: Stand tall and balance your weight on your left leg. Bring the sole of your right foot as high up your left leg as you can, holding your hands as if in prayer. Hold for 30 seconds, then switch sides.
3 Reasons to Practice Yoga in Your 60s
1. Reduce anxiety
Yoga induces the relaxation response, an alpha state between awake and asleep that helps modulate the way the body responds to stress. When faced with a potential threat (or ongoing stress), your heart beats faster, your muscles tense and you start to sweat. Yoga stops this process in its tracks, reducing your heart rate, lowering blood pressure and easing respiration. Case in point: A 2015 study published in the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine reported that women who participated in a 60-minute yoga class twice a week reported greater reductions in anxiety after the 8-week study period compared to those who didn't participate.
2. Protect your joints
During your late 50s and early 60s, you may begin to notice that your joints aren't as fluid as they used to be. Practicing yoga regularly can help lubricate joints, staving off debilitating disorders like carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. "It's important to start caring for your joints, to help maintain your independence and preserve your ability to perform daily activities as you get older — things like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, getting dressed," says Wheeler. Yin yoga, a type of practice where poses are held for up to 20 minutes, may be especially beneficial for lubricating and nourishing the joints.
3. Build strength and balance
Yoga's slow, measured movements and strengthening poses can help you achieve better balance and prevent falls as you age. Falls are the leading cause of injury among older adults; every 11 seconds, an older adult visits the emergency room for treatment related to a fall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yoga gives you the tools now to prevent a bad fall so you can still move around in your 80s.
2 Poses for Your 60s
COBBLER'S POSE: Sit with your spine straight and legs spread out. Bend your knees and bring your feet toward your pelvis, so the soles of your feet touch. Press your elbows on your thighs, coaxing them closer to the floor.
WARRIOR 1: Stand with your feet about hip-width apart. Keeping your right foot stationary, bend your right knee deeply and place your left foot about 3 feet behind you, pointing your left toes outward. With your front knee bent at a right angle, raise both arms near your ears and look up. Take three breaths, then return to a standing position. Repeat.
3 Reasons to Practice Yoga in Your 70s — and Beyond
1. Improve balance
Yoga tones muscles and works on your proprioception — your sense of position in space. Practicing postures that emphasize standing and balance can help build strength and confidence, too. "About 80 percent of proprioception is in your ankles, so standing poses are important, particularly for people in their 70s," explains Payne "As you get more sedentary, your sense of balance atrophies. 'Use it or lose it' really does apply."
2. Sharpens your mind
Unfortunately, as we age, our thought processes aren't as sharp as they once were. The upshot: A 2016 International Review of Psychiatry study reported that practicing yoga relaxation techniques for 30 minutes had immediate beneficial effects on brain function and performance among people with multiple sclerosis.
"Focusing on the breath and synchronizing it with movement helps keep the mind clear and engaged," Atkins says. Breathing exercises such as alternate-nostril breathing help harmonize the left and right hemispheres of the brain, which correlate to the logical and emotional sides of the personality.
3. Boosts mood
Yoga's combination of breathing, meditation and movement creates an overall sense of well-being. In fact, studies show yoga has a greater impact on enhancing mood and reducing anxiety than other forms of exercise. The reason? Yoga boosts levels of the brain chemical GABA, which helps calm nerves.
2 Poses for Your 70s and Beyond
HALF CHAIR AT THE WALL: Stand about 1 foot away from the wall, with your rear touching the wall. Raise your arms forward and up over your head, with your palms facing each other. Bend your knees and squat halfway to the floor. Hold for five breaths, then stand. Repeat.
ALTERNATE-NOSTRIL BREATHING: Put the tips of your right index finger and middle finger between your eyebrows; put your ring and little fingers on the left nostril, and your thumb on the right nostril. Press your thumb on the right nostril and breathe through the left. Then press on the left nostril and breathe through the right. Repeat for five minutes.
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A pose for any age
Here's a totally relaxing option everyone can do!
Lie flat on your back, pillow under your head, eyes closed. Allow your feet to splay to the sides. Rest your arms alongside your body, palms facing up. Then relax, surrender to the floor and breathe deeply.
Amy Paturel is a freelance writer.
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The couple adopted the baby this week. Back in January, O'Donnell told Dr. Oz on his daytime talk show that Rounds, now 41, was "trying to get pregnant." After that interview, however, Rounds was diagnosed with desmoids tumors, a rare condition that requires multiple surgeries.
Though the women, who got engaged in December 2011, had planned on marrying last August, they bumped the wedding up to June 2012 in order to tie the knot prior to Rounds' first surgery.
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3 Ways to Boost College Access
Amid "big" ideas to reimagine Pell Grants and other federal student aid programs, let's not forget some "easy" changes that could have a big impact, Justin Draeger writes.
Today the Senate is holding a hearing on student aid and college access with a focus on simplification, in advance of the upcoming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Focusing on streamlining federal student aid and making the various programs more flexible is a well-reasoned approach in a fiscal environment where increases in federal funding for the programs appear unlikely. Here are three recommendations policy makers can apply immediately to simplify programs and increase college access:
1. Better align financial aid applications with college admissions by using prior-prior year
Each year a student is enrolled in postsecondary education, he or she must submit a FAFSA to be considered for federal student aid (grants, loans, work-study). Under the current structure, the FAFSA becomes available Jan. 1 and requires tax information from the prior year (PY). However, most students and families haven't even filed their taxes by then, making it difficult to complete the form in totality. This delay can cause an unfavorable chain reaction: a delay in submitting the FAFSA due to lack of tax information can result in a delayed financial aid award letter, which in some cases could lead to a reduced amount of financial aid, at least when it comes to aid that is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
The use of prior-prior year (PPY) income on the FAFSA would have multiple benefits for students and families. These benefits include the ability to: file the FAFSA earlier, often at the time they are applying to college; make better use of the current IRS data retrieval tool, which allows automatic population of a student's tax return data; receive notification of a financial aid package earlier; and streamline the college-going process by applying for financial aid the same time they are applying for admissions.
This would be welcome news for students who need financial aid the most -- who also happen to be the most likely to miss current financial aid deadlines and overestimate college costs, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an Illinois financial aid official.
The best part? The U.S. secretary of education was already given the authority to implement PPY over five years ago, so Congressional action is not needed to implement this idea.
While there are some concerns about using PPY as a proxy for current financial strength, it is important to remember that prior year information is also a proxy. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators recently released a study on the impact of using PPY data and found that for most of the lowest-income students, using PPY versus PY did not greatly impact the amount of Pell that a student received.
2. Implement an early Pell notification, or "Pell Promise"
Low-income students often decide at an early age that college is too costly and therefore just "not for them." Enrollment data underscore this pattern, with 52 percent of low-income high school graduates enrolling in postsecondary education compared to 82 percent of high-income graduates, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Even for low-income students who do go on to college, many are self-selecting out of competitive or elite schools that would have been less expensive than where they ultimately attend. (This issue of "undermatching" has recently attracted significant attention from President Obama, as well as the first lady.)
One recent study of a sample of high school valedictorians found that only 50 percent of those from low-income backgrounds even applied to a selective university, compared to roughly 80 percent of the valedictorians from upper-middle and high-income families. Unfortunately, when a student decides early on that higher education is not an option, it impacts their high school coursework choices and college enrollment behaviors.
A "Pell Promise" -- a commitment of funds from the federal government as early as the ninth grade -- would make low-income students aware of their Pell grant eligibility in much the same way that the Social Security Administration disseminates information to citizens about the amount of social security they can expect in retirement.
While not technically a promised income, Social Security statements allow individuals to plan for an eventual retirement. A Pell promise would assure low-income students that a specific amount of funds would be available to them upon successful completion of high school and incentivize early college-going behaviors and patterns. Early studies from similar state-based programs, such as the 21st Century Scholars Program in Indiana, have shown that when students and parents know there are funds available to them for higher education, there are noticeable increases in college preparatory coursework and college going rates.
Identifying low-income students early would not be difficult given IRS data and other federal and state means-tested benefit programs. This change would also be easy to implement since the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) already authorized a similar demonstration program, although funds were never appropriated to fulfill the program.
3. Provide flexibility in the Pell Grant program through a "Pell Well" of funds.
The current system of Pell Grant delivery is based on the traditional spring/fall calendar and the traditional student. A student may wish to move through their program at an accelerated pace by taking courses each summer, yet under the current Pell Grant rules, that student would run out of Pell eligibility and be forced into loans to cover academic costs or defer additional enrollment until the next year. This structure is outdated and confusing to families, particularly as nontraditional students and innovative programs with nonstandard academic calendars proliferate.
To increase flexibility and encourage students to complete at a quicker pace, lawmakers could implement a Pell Well system, whereby a student's lifetime Pell Grant eligibility would be calculated when the student initially applies for aid. The student would then be able to draw funds from their well of Pell Grant at their own pace, not to exceed a certain amount per payment period.
This is different than how Pell eligibility is currently calculated, which is based on telling students annually how much they qualify for in Pell funds and then trying to explain future Pell eligibility as a percentage of full time enrollment. Students and parents understand dollars, not percentages, and they increasingly require predictability and flexibility. Such a change would both simplify and streamline the program, and incentivize continuous enrollment and higher retention and graduation rates.
As Congress considers various proposals through HEA hearings, and as grant makers and college access advocates continue to think of ways to reimagine student aid, we should remember that manageable and realistic changes like these could have a huge impact on college access and success.
Justin Draeger is president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
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Well, that was another edition of Cooly Rocks On just finished today in Coolangatta. Unfortunate that rain came and interrupted a number of outdoor events today and the usually very popular Sunday markets. But up until Sunday, it was glorious sunshine commencing on Wednesday when Cooly Rocks On program officially started. Yes, there were patches of drizzle on Saturday but all programs and outdoor music gigs continued as normal.
In some ways, the organisers of Cooly Rocks On hit on a new marketing & programming strategy. The festival was shortened from 2 weeks to just under a week but I always thought a 2 week festival was just too hard to maintain ongoing interest. In the last couple of years especially I have noticed that hardly any interesting outdoor events were staged during day time in the first few days so one would have hardly noticed that there was a R&R festival going on.
The second big change the organisers have embarked on this year was to make all official events free entry. I think, from talking to many who were there, it was a popular decision and a big winner overall. There was no shortage of live music and dancing from morning on the streets of Coolangatta and at Cooly Sands hotel and it continued on at night in venues like Twin Towns and South Tweed Sports Club etc. There was of course the daily hotrod and classic cars display plus merchandise and various other stores during the day as well as the traditional Cooly parade and night cruise on the main streets of Coolangatta. A new addition which I think was very popular especially amongst families was the fireworks display on Saturday night.
All in all, it was a big success in my opinion. There was talk that Cooly Rocks On couldn't continue like it was in the last 2 or 3 years and credit to the organising committee for bringing in the changes for this year. I would be very happy to continue supporting Cooly Rocks On going forward.
In terms of music and bands, there were a lot more local Queensland bands participation and I think this was sensible in a climate of budget restraint. Melbourne was represented by Itchy Fingers, Robyn & the Rancheros and the Speedsters. From Sydney it was the rockabilly band, Voodoo Rhythm Shakers, whilst Adelaide was represented by Lucky Seven and the Coffin Rockers were from Townsville. The Retro Rockets were also there this year but played in a paid gig organised by a local Gold Coast based dance group. For me personally, I missed seeing many bands not being able to attend most days but on Saturday, I really enjoyed the music of Lucky Seven, Pat Capocci, Voodoo Rhythm Shakers and local Brisbane band, the Jive cats.
Other favourite events amongst many people included the R&R and swing dance competition, various dance classes and the Miss Pinup competition. There was really plenty on for everyone so a week in Coolangatta is a great holiday taking in a R&R festival plus the surf and beautiful beaches and many great restaurants and bars.
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Would You Support A YouTube Sensation To Dance On Dancing With The Stars?
At John's request in the new Dancing With The Stars Season 14 Casting Suggestion post, here is YouTube sensation, iJustine. You might remember that she and her fans massively campaigned for her to dance on Dancing With The Stars in Season 12 as you can see from the video below. I remember a lot of fans campaigning for her at twitter last season as well.
She can bust some moves too. Below is a recent video of her dancing around Pittsburgh during Thanksgiving.
The question remains….if iJustine is still interested in dancing on the show (as one commenter hopes), can a YouTube sensation like iJustine (with over 1,299,000+ fans following her) be considered a true "star"? Would you support or not support iJustine's chances to dance?
I think I'd support her (and to dance with Derek too, lol). I hate to say it (and I didn't always feel this way)…but, reality stars and YouTube sensations are the sign of our times and the current pop culture.
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I actually don't think that DWTS will pick up someone like iJustine for the show, because many people won't understand that she's a star and that could hurt the image of the show. However, she's likely more widely known than a number of other "stars" that have been on the show.
Personally, I'm all for more Hot Blondes on DWTS, so I support her being on the show. Plus, I love the fact that she made a video of her dancing to basically capitalize on all her fans that want her on DWTS. I wonder what creative videos/social media methods she'd use to get people voting if she were on DWTS. Would be really fun to watch.


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Boogie Loogy ©
Joe Miller worked as a clerk in Hott & Tott Bank, Mombassa. Having worked some twenty years the same tasks and with the same customers he hated it. He wanted to see some well-fed faces for a change and he knew it made him feel better to receive compliments or some gifts from them. The Board members always got presents during Christmas and special days. Instead he got to see only the pensioners, widows and indigent store keepers who came always and asked with their pinched faces, 'Will the President give us an interview?
'No he is unavailable.' he always insisted. Mr., the president was in his narrow world the presiding deity and it was his duty to stop his customers from wasting his time.
One morning he said to his colleagues,' My daughter Lalwani is the cleverest girl. She is an accountant in a London Bank.' He narrated how she saved the bank from an imminent collapse. No one could make the books tally but she could. He relished the looks of their faces when he narrated the story. So he added, enjoying himself, 'She did what others thought impossible. In three days, mind you! My daughter Lalwani saved the bank.'
On the fourth day his hearers thought he would change the subject. But there within the Bank their accounts were totally out of line. It often came up in their conversation. So later in the day he found an occasion to repeat himself. 'She is a miracle worker, no doubt of it.' His coworkers giggled and made appropriate noises to tell him they believed everything he said. In fact they knew a girl of the stock of Miller could not be any better than one who wore a pith helmet even after the last white man had gone some thirty years.
The week's gossip however reached the ears of Mr. LG. He called his lieutenants and asked if there was some truth in Joe Miller's boast. No one was sure. The President of the Bank said, 'We are in a mess. What with a few revolutions we let the matter dither. We must make our books tally.' The president of the Bank's fears was well founded. The Auditors appointed by the dictator were expected to drop in any day. If they ever found the lapses the members of the Board would have been rounded up and shot. 'It is the book or our lives!' Mr. L.G shuddered.
So Mr. LG called Joe Miller next morning to his office. He insisted that his daughter put the books in order.
For once Joe Miller regretted he had spoken out of turn.
The clerk frantically got his daughter come to his rescue. When Lalwani came home all the books from the Bank dating from five years back were stacked in the parlor. She fainted when she heard what she was supposed to deliver. 'In three days, papa,' she cried,' impossible!' She stared at all the bills, vouchers, bonds not to mention the books that made a thick heap.'
'I am yet to pass one part in the examination for Negotiable Instruments in Practice and theory.'
But her father would hear none of it. He said, 'Go to work!'
She beat her chest and cried, 'Impossible!' Her father said, 'It is not a word Mr. LG will want to hear.'
He said the president would throw him to the gutter if he failed him. He shut the door behind him and went to the bank.
She wrung her hands in despair and cried. While she paused to catch her breath she saw a toothless bushman from Kalahari sitting on the pile of books. Swinging his feet in air he said her fairy godmother had called him up from the other world to assist her. 'I am a shaman.'
'But my god mother cannot add four and four!'
'Now in the world beyond she can count and write.' said the shaman, 'I will go in trance and she is going to make this little problem go away '.
'To whom do I owe thanks?' Lalwani asked somewhat cheerful, 'What is your name, little man?'
'I cannot utter my name myself lest I go up in flames.' he said terribly in a confused state. She said he could help her problem go away. He nodded.
The bushman went on and on reciting his spells while an unseen hand put the book in order. In three days she had made the books tally. 'Impossible!' Mr. LG gushed when he was told the books were ready. Joe Miller got a golden handshake and also a generous bonus that was amounts owed to him for ten years or so.
He retired to his village to buy more sheep and cattle. He had become a VIP in his village.
The dictator of the country Colonel Usambi came to know of Joe Miller and his daughter. He sent for Lalwani and treated her as though she were a talisman.
After supper he told her to make all his ill-gotten wealth disappear from record. 'I am Col. Usambi and not Charles Taylor'. He wanted her to make him look good and not as a crook. 'The world must believe I am a benefactor to my people and not a thief.' he added grimly. Lalwani thought her head reeled and death squad coming to get her.
Meanwhile the colonel took her to his office in his armored limo and showed the bonds, and other instruments he had in his hands. A thick sheaf of it was in fictitious names. He showed her bullion, blood diamonds and he said, 'All these must be made legit. Here are chests of currency derived from drug deals. You shall make it white.'
She pleaded headache and wanted time to think over. 'Oh no!' said the colonel, 'I have a pistol and once I pull the trigger it will not ask time to think over. It does what it must. Understand?'
She knew she was at his mercy. So she said she will get down to business. 'One week you have.' the dictator left her to work it out.
Lalwani cried, 'Oh little man from Kalahari Help!'
Instantly he was there. He laughed and said, 'I shall help but I want something in return.'
He wanted her for his bride.
'O I love the idea very much' she cried and thanked him. Only that as one who studied law of taxes she was sure always there were clauses by which one was exempted from paying taxes. 'Is there a way in which I can claim exemption?'
He understood the general drift and said, 'I cannot tell you my name but you can tell me what it is. Then you are free to do as you like'.
She agreed. She called the colonel privately for certain help. He agreed.
Lalwani sat with the bushman who was once again in trance. He said, 'The matter is much more serious. But I am holding a séance with Skilling, Lay, Madoff and a few others.' He assured the matter would be taken care of. 'I shall tell you how. You just do as I tell.' She agreed.
In the end she was ready. Her godmother's shaman had done it second time. She sat with the dictator and told how to keep his wealth she asked if he could find what she had asked. The colonel gave her a piece of paper.
The bushman was meanwhile waiting for his prize.
She read the name. 'Boogie Loogy.'
The bushman stamped his foot in anger and asked how she managed to find his name.
'You hold an account in Hott & Tott Bank, Kalahari. Is it not?'
He was disappointed and with a yell he disappeared. (Brothers Grimm)


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Today is a very important day to the people of the United States of America. It's election day. A day that has been four years in the making. As I sat down to collect some social data around the two candidates last night I saw many a pundit on television talk about how the race was looking a little too close to call. Well, social data seems to be telling that same story.
Using MAP, our social media monitoring and analytics platform, I delved into social conversations since October first around the election to try and make a prediction on a winner based on online chatter. The problem is, it appears to be a very close race for the presidency. Looking for mentions of Obama or Democrat versus Romeny or Republican we can see that they're neck and neck. In terms of overall mentions, Obama and the Democrats lead the way with just 51% of the share of voice. Romeny and the Republicans were very close though with the other 49%.
Even when I looked at those social mentions trended out over time we can see they've been very close for the last month and a bit. We can see that during the debates (which are the three large spikes we can see in the graph below) talk of Romney and the Republicans seemed to be the slight leader. However, for the past week and a half, Obama and the Democrats seemed to have gotten more talk.
However, as most of us have learned at some point in our lives, just because people are talking about you doesn't mean they're saying good things. So, I dug a bit deeper into each side of the election.
First I looked at Romney and the Republicans. Since October 1st I found 30.9 million mentions of them. 514,970 blog posts, 842,498 online news articles, 1,521,967 forum postings and 28,035,332 tweets. The top three states that were talking about him were California (11.56%), New York (10.37%) and Texas (7.1%). I also found that Romney and the Republicans have a 73% favourable rating. That came from having 27% negative talk and 24% positive talk.
I then looked at the same stats around Obama and the Democrats. They had a slight lead when it came to mentions with 32.7 million mentions. There were 626,307 blog posts, 992,778 online news articles, 1,933,088 forum postings and 29,236,730 tweets. Then, I found that the top three states talking about Obama and the Democrats were the exact same as their opponents; California (11.52%), New York (9.11%) and Texas (8.55%). And then came my big surprise. Obama and the Democrats were actually slightly behind in terms of sentiment. Their overall favourability rating was a 72%, coming in 1% behind Romney and the Republicans. While Obama matched him with 24% positive talk, the had slightly more negative talk with 28%.
Both the buzzgraphs and the word clouds around each side of the election doesn't reveal a whole lot more either. They are both filled with election buzz words and are incredibly similar.
Like I said at the beginning of this post, this election may be a little too close to call. I would have liked to predict a winner to end this post, but even after examining the data, I'm having a hard time declaring an actual winner. Anything I said at this point would likely come from my own personal bias, so I won't get into it.
We'll just have to wait and see how this day plays out. I'm sticking with the pundits in saying that this race is way too close to call.
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NEW YORK — Zipcar Inc., the car-sharing company that rents rides for as little as an hour, is expected to get a warm reception from Wall Street for its planned initial public offering this week.
Its supporters think skyrocketing gas prices will make car sharing more popular. They praise Zipcar's technological savvy and its plans for overseas expansion.
Zipcar is "one of the long-awaited hot tickets in the IPO valley," said John Fitzgibbon, founder of IPOscoop.com. Investors are warming up to IPOs again after the market sputtered in 2008 and 2009.
Still, Zipcar has never been profitable since it was founded in 2000. It expects to lose money again in 2011. Cars, its main expense, don't come cheap.
The IPO's value would total about $125 million at the midpoint of its expected price range of $14 to $16 per share. Of that, the company expects proceeds of about $89 million, $46 million of which it plans to use to pay down debt.
The company plans to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker ZIP. The offering is expected to price Wednesday night, with the stock to start trading Thursday.
Unlike a car-rental program, Zipcar doesn't require customers to visit a store to pick up keys. Rather, members pay a $60 annual fee and $25 application fee to join and get a keycard. Cars are parked throughout their city.
Members go online to reserve a car nearby, and their keycard unlocks it. Hourly rates vary but are usually less than $10. Customers don't pay for gas.
Although Zipcar says it has identified dozens more cities where it could succeed, there are questions about just how far it can expand. Its model works best in densely populated areas where many residents don't own cars.
Zipcar, based in Cambridge, Mass., is a giant among U.S. car-sharing programs, operating in 14 cities. Most of its competitors serve just one. It bought it major direct competitor, Flexcar, in 2007.
However, rental car companies Enterprise and Hertz have created their own car-sharing programs. Zipcar's smaller rivals also recently formed an alliance called The CarSharing Association.
Zipcar is quickly expanding on college campuses with cars at 230 colleges, up from 150 in June. Last year, it moved overseas by buying U.K. rival Streetcar Ltd.
Zipcar says it has pinpointed more than 100 metro areas worldwide and hundreds more colleges as attractive markets.
"If it works, then everyone's going to make a lot of money," rental-car analyst Michael Millman said. "If it doesn't, I suppose they can always contract to be smaller and profitable."
Millman said he's not sure if Zipcar's losses so far are a concern.
"I would assume that if they wanted to have a profit, they could have a profit," he said, "but then they might have to give up or delay growth."
Investment groups including Norwegian investment firm Smedvig Capital AS and a range of individual investors are also selling shares and will get part of the IPO proceeds.
Zipcar gets praise for its use of technology: For example, members can get text messages when their reservation is almost up and learn whether they can extend the rental.
The company counts two tech celebrities on its board of directors, AOL co-founder Steve Case and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman.
Skyrocketing gas prices may hurt Zipcar in the short term, said Dave Brook, a consultant who founded Carsharing Portland in 1998. But they could eventually drum up interest, he said.
Brook thinks the tipping point is when car owners drive less than 5,000 miles a year. "That's when you start thinking, 'I'm spending a lot of money on this car and not getting a whole lot of value out of it.'"
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Clemson vs. Jacksonville Postgame NotesLittlejohn Coliseum – Clemson, SCDecember 2, 2012
Team Notes* Clemson's 87 points in today's game is the most points in a game by Clemson since December 19, 2009 when the Tigers scored 89 in a win over Ohio.
* The Tigers won by 29 points in today's game. That is the largest margin of victory since last season when Clemson defeated SC State, 83-38, for a 45-point margin of victory.
* Clemson shot 50.8 percent (32-63) on field goals in today's game. That is the highest field goal percentage for the Tigers since January 30, 2011 when Clemson shot .519 percent (27-52) against Virginia.
* Clemson scored 47 points in the second half of today's game. That is the most points in any half by the Tigers this season. The Tigers also had 40 points in the first half, which was the most for half at the time.
* Clemson shot 51.4 percent (18-35) in the second half of today's game. That is the highest field goal percentage in a half this season and highest since February 16, 2012 when Clemson shot .522 in the first half against Boston College.
* The Tigers shot 66.7 percent (4-6) on three-point field goals in the first half, highest for any half this season. Clemson finished the game with five made threes, tied for the most this year.
* Clemson had 21 bench points in the first half. That is the most bench points for the Tigers in not only in a half, but also in any game this season. Clemson finished with 35 bench points, at least twice as much as they had in any other game this year.
* Clemson's largest lead in today's game was 29 points. That is the largest lead by the Tigers in any game this season.
* Clemson recorded 11 blocked shots in today's game. That is tied for ninth best in school history and is the most since January 3, 2011 against North Carolina A&T when they also recorded 11 blocked shots.
Individual Notes* Nikki Dixon scored a career-high 25 points in today's game. That is the most points by a Tiger since Shaniqua Pauldo scored 25 points against Charleston Southern last season. Dixon's previous career high was 21 points in the first game of career against Davidson last season.
* Kelly Gramlich scored a season-high 13 points in today's game. That is her most points since January 22, 2012 when she 13 points and 10 rebounds against Wake Forest.
* Quinyotta Pettaway tallied 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in today's game. That is her fifth career double-double and her first this season. Pettaway also recorded a career-high five assists.
* Jonquel Jones scored a career-high 15 points and 11 rebounds in today's game. That is her third career double-double in just seven games played. Jones also recorded five blocks, a career-high.
* Danaejah Grant scored 12 points in today's game. She has now scored double-digit points six of the seven games this season.
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Seven hundred and forty; no, that's not a horsepower number, but the number of 1 Series M Coupes sold in the US. And because it was a limited-edition, and because it launched to such acclaim, it was almost impossible to put your name on the waiting list and successfully secure a set of keys for what we consider the best BMW since the E46 M3. However, aftermarket styling specialist Vorsteiner not only bought one but proceeded to develop an exclusive line of additions for it. And like all the company's products, it flows flawlessly to make this little coupe look downright badass.
While most owners were content with a suspension drop and some bolt-ons, Vorsteiner accentuated the lines and added to the masculinity of the short-wheelbase coupe.
Since we're ass guys, we'll start at the rear – the Vorsteiner GTS-V carbon fiber boot lid tips the scales at a measly 11.5 lb, hinting at the original E46 M3 CSL trunk, although far more aggressively.
Despite selling very high quality carbon parts, Vorsteiner manned up and painted the trunk. It takes balls to hide your own output, but this one was dipped in factory Alpine White with just the lip revealing its carbon roots.
This tiny detail ties together the entire car, with other carbon parts, such as the carbon GTS-V diffuser and front spoiler using the same technique.
That front spoiler is something you'll need to try hard not to damage. Once the car is lowered you'll barely fit your iPhone under it.
The 1M is known for it's agile handling and taut ride, so there's little reason to swap to coilovers unless you want height adjustment or better track performance. Vorsteiner recognized the amount of engineering that went into the car, so opted to simply add a set of H&R Sport lowering springs. They provided a slightly firmer ride, diminishing the mild body roll and slimming the crucial gap between tire and fender.
Something truly unique from the Vorsteiner catalogue filled the fenders, though. While the wheels appear to be a monoblock mesh design, up close you can see they're actually a true three-piece. Made from forged aluminum, the VS-400 runs a step-lip along with deep concaved centers.
Up front, the M houses 20x8.5" wheels with meaty Continental 245/30 tires, while the rear-end is home to 20x10.5" and 295/25s, providing an easily grasped lesson in girth. Although these are big tires for a small car, the Coupe manages to remain tail-happy, thanks to the rush of power from the turbo inline-six.
And while the aerodynamic and aesthetic upgrades mean this 1M would never be considered all show and no go, Vorsteiner couldn't leave the motor stock.
The engine's brain was recalibrated with some Velos Designwerks performance software, effectively bumping the boost to 14psi from the factory 8psi. As well as razor-sharp throttle response, it better exploits the improved flow from Vorsteiner's titanium cat-back exhaust system.
The exhaust alone is said to be good for an extra 14hp and 10 lb-ft, while the software gains are even more amazing. Try 69hp and 85 lb-ft added to the N54 motor, transforming the 1M into a beast.
Oh, and the top speed limiter was removed, allowing you to let it rip on your nearest stretch of deserted road.
And let us assure you that the combined effect of these modifications would be apparent to any enthusiastic owner of the BMW 1 Series M Coupe.
A driver who knows his car intimately will feel the improved throttle response, not just from the upgraded software but from the weight reduction.
Replacing steel with carbon fiber and titanium has a wondrous effect on acceleration, cornering and braking. It makes the car more responsive, every input is measurably heightened.
So while it's true, you need to own a rare 1M Coupe to take advantage of Vorsteiner's aftermarket pieces, at least it spares you the embarrassment of pulling up next to another one and being exactly the same.
2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe
3.0L TwinPower Turbo inline six with Velos Designwerks software, Vorsteiner titatinum cat-back exhaust
stock six-speed manual
H&R Sport springs
Wheels & Tires
20x8.5" f, 20x10.5" r Vorsteiner VS-400 forged three-piece concave wheels with step-lips, 245/30 R20 f, 295/25 R20 r Continental ContiSportContact3 tires
Vorsteiner carbon fiber GTS-V front spoiler, diffuser and trunk lid


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Cheap Buzz: Signature Cocktails at Red Lobster
Editor's note: You may know John M. Edwards from his fast food reviews here at Serious Eats. We figured that if he's willing to try a Denny's Fried Cheese Melt, he's pretty much up for anything involving chain restaurants...even tasting his way through their signature cocktails. Introducing his new column, Cheap Buzz! Take it away, John. —The Mgmt.
Happy Gilmore forever immortalized Red Lobster. "Shooter! I'll be at the Red Lobster! God Bless!" I've always loved it: the cheesy biscuits, the enormous portions, the tanks of "pick-your-own" lobsters. (My friend Will once pointed out which lobster he wanted, then plunged his hand into the tank and pulled it out himself—much to the waiter's shock and dismay.)
We weren't planning to have that much fun on this Red Lobster visit, but we did want to check out the state of the sippables (along with a few snacks to line our stomachs.)
Stepping into the Red Lobster in New York's Times Square was like stepping into another world: one minute, scaffolding, sirens, hordes of people, and a nighttime electric glow; the next minute, the calm, aquatic feel of any of the other Red Lobster branches across the country. After a 45-minute wait (hey, this place is jumping on a Friday night!), we sat down and ordered cocktails and a few snacks.
The first cocktail I tried was the Sunset Passion Colada, a frozen pina colada with Malibu rum and strawberry syrup. The first sip surprised me, because I thought I had been served the wrong drink—I couldn't detect even the faintest hint of alcohol. In fact, I thought I had been served a milkshake by accident. The drink was thick and frothy, tasting of cream and coconut: picture yourself on a hot sandy beach, drinking a bottle of suntan lotion. Drinkability: Only approach this cocktail to prevent sunburn on your lips.
The backbone of the Triple Berry Sangria is Sutter Home Merlot with blueberry, strawberry, and blackberry juice—like all of the drinks we had, it was terribly sweet. In a dark room, you could probably tell that this sangria had wine in it, but it would be more from the smell than the taste. There were hints of orange, lime, and strawberry, but the blueberry stood out the most. Drinkability: Stick with a juice box.
The drink that interested me the most was the Lobsterita. (Don't worry: unlike many of this chain's offerings, there were no crustaceans harmed in the making of this drink.) It's just a strawberry, raspberry, or lime-flavored frozen margarita made with Sauza Gold. We ordered the raspberry version, and I found it tart and sweet, frothy with a lot of frozen-raspberry flavor. Was there booze in there? Who knows. The 18-year-old sorority girl in me liked its fruity freshness, but I'd need to spend days on the elliptical to work off the sugar. Drinkability: Tolerable.
Very low on my list were the Berry Mango Daiquiri—"a frozen combination of Bacardi rum and tropical mangoes topped with sweet, blended strawberries"—and the Red Passion Colada. The Red Passion Colada was just like its "Drive-thru Malt Shoppe" cousin, except less frothy and creamy; again, it was more like a coconut fruit shake than a cocktail. The Berry Mango Daiquiri would be a delicious (if sweet) fruit smoothie, tasting of mango and strawberry—except that it's supposed to be a cocktail. Drinkability: only as a dessert.
My favorite drink was the Bahama Mama: "a frozen blend of tropical fruit flavors mixed with Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum and topped with a splash of Myers's dark rum." Like most of the other drinks, it was a smoothie with alcohol, but at least I could taste the rum. It wasn't biting or harsh, and the drink ended up being cool in my mouth, but warmer in the stomach. The sweet thickness of the smoothie complemented the rum quite well—sure, it's a sugary cocktail, but one that tasted like a cocktail. Drinkability: Better than tolerable.
If you want something to go with your drinks, I'd recommend the Lobster Pizza—a grilled flatbread pizza with cheese and lobster. The Bacon-Wrapped Scallops can be good, but ours were almost undercooked, and the bacon was very inconsistent: burnt in some places, totally pliant in others. I do not recommend the Coconut Shrimp, easily half breading and unnervingly sweet, like they wrapped each butterflied shrimp in a macaroon and threw it in the fryer.
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When we stood up from the table, we all felt a little sick. Nobody was drunk, but we all were a little green, like we'd eaten one too many pieces of candy on Halloween night. Watch out for some of these cocktails—they'll do more damage to your blood sugar than to your liver!
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I was acctualy hoping that Wraith would get the 3rd so it would be:
1. Finland
2. Germany
3. France
I was acctualy hoping that Wraith would get the 3rd so it would be:
1. Finland
2. Germany
3. France
And as I pointed out, fth's kill is still there and it's a world second. So that's not the case obviously. It's because people just argue about it.Originally Posted by Jeina
First kills. Not necessarily the first one only.Originally Posted by Aet
Also, discreditation was heavily implied in your statement. I would say about 90% of the time, the people against ensidia fanboys are worse than the actual supposed fanboys themselves. Believe it or not, not everyone interested in how the top end of the game is going is obsessed with one guild or another succeeding.
Honestly who cares? and if you really do care, you might need to get your priorities together.Originally Posted by Carlash
To answer the 40 new threads a day on this topic:
Pre 401 haste: Haste.
Pre 42% crit: Crit (fully buffed, in combat)
Post these caps: Haste = crit
Tier 10 and with the above: Slight favor to haste, but generally close to each other.
(Thanks Qieth)
I'm tempted to say troll.Originally Posted by M4d2m0A
So I'll use the french word for it, "American".
Lol jk jk.
Personally I don't care for the world "3rd" official kill, especially after the golden aura of Ensidia aka SK-gaming/Nihilum was tainted by their cheating before and subsequent fail in ICC.
I mean, it's not fail, but there's no reason people should be defending any reason as to why they couldn't get a world first etc. Either or, I haven't done it, you haven't done it, and they have. GG
L2P or GTFO
- Gear isn't free, earn it
- I also have opinions regarding this game, you're not special
- LFG Heroics.
Guys, this is obviously a world first kill.
World first Ensidia kill of the Lich King.
Congrats to them for 3rd place, bronze medal :>.
Please trolls/fanboys/antifanboys stay the fuck out of this thread.
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At least the acted classy and congratulated Paragon.
Simpson's already did it.
sorry to see them after 2guilds filled with raiders from only one country. but a world 3rd is good for any guilds and as others has mentionet they are the best overall guild with a BIG setback in wrath.
Here you post EU FIRST KILL you know that the third kill is not the first kill
TY bye
Stop the best guilds threads then, also 1st kills, etc.Originally Posted by Grunthunter
I wonder if Ensidia would've killed it if Paragon hadn't released their tactics and vid..
Probably not.
@Asriel: Can you kill it with videos and tactics?No,unless you are part of Paragon/FTH.
OR it says -Originally Posted by Killuhtin
Raids EU First kills
Post about your EU First kills in Raids here!
Learn too read first, then post
TY bye.
Yes, First kills, like first Yogg, first LK, first heroic LK. That's first killsOriginally Posted by Contri
It doesn't say "Post about your EU First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth kills in Raids here!"
Saying "Post about your EU First kill in Raids here" would be wrong, because there are more than one raid boss to claim "EU First" on.


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The latest in an ongoing series of themed collections of creative projects assembled by Prosthetic Knowledge. This edition brings together projects that make use of the Oculus Rift, a device that has reignited interest in virtual reality and provided creative inspiration for hackers and artists alike.
Kim Laughton, Timefly.
Every year, there is usually at least one piece of technology that stands out, that captures the attention of engineers and creatives, that inspires new ideas and makes new experiences possible. At various times in the past, you could have said this in relation to (for example) the Kinect, Arduino, 3D printing, the Processing programming language, or projection mapping software. This year, one piece of tech stood out, one which reinvigorated an idea from the 1980s and 1990s, making it exciting and within the reach of anyone with a computer or console: the Oculus Rift.


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These CONTINENTAL all weather tyres really can be considered as the icing on the cake as far as the appearance of your vintage Vespa goes. With its open-block tread pattern combined with modern 'Lamelle' tyre tread profile technology the K62 offers an optimal performance in wet weather conditions and can convince with its hard wearing properties and high load capacity.
Important information concerning the running direction:
After extensive testing, CONTI changed the running direction of some tyres. Especially scooters with a high center of gravity showed an increased wear of the front tyre. So don't be irritated if the running direction of new CONTI tyres differs from the present one.


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With the release of the ATI Stream SDK 1.0, the OpenCL implementations from both AMD and NVIDIA contain functionality for using the ICD so that we can use both platforms in a single binary. Has anyone actually done this? If so, how? I found some sparse information on AMD's site here: http://developer.amd.com/support/Knowle … aspx?ID=71
This addresses how to query different platforms. However, how can we make the platforms detectable by the runtime? Must we link the multiple OpenCL implementations during compilation?
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding some fundamental point here, but, in my defense, I have had great difficulty finding information about this very important feature in OpenCL.


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Graham Nash would like to tell you about a right jolly old elf. Photo from Graham Nash Facebook page.
Couture Cupcake Cafe is having a grand opening celebration for its new location in Palatine tonight from 5:00 to 9:00PM. In addition to a variety of regular, gluten-free, vegan, organic and low-sugar cupcakes, the cafe will offer smoothies, wedding cakes, coffee, espresso, teas, and assorted cold beverages. Part of Couture Cupcake Cafe's mission is to donate to local churches and charities. It's currently raising funds to provide cupcakes to young patients in hospitals. It looks like Couture Cupcake Cafe's Palatine location will be sharing space with the Rock n' Roll Ala Mode ice cream parlor at 45 N. Bothwell. There's another new location opening soon in Wilmette, and the original Couture Cupcake Cafe can be found in Kildeer.
Now that he's covered his career with The Hollies and Crosby, Stills And Nash in his recent Wild Tales autobiography, Graham Nash is ready to tell us about Santa Claus. He joins Emma Thompson, Jamie Oliver, and some successful Penguin Books UK authors in reading Clement Clarke Moore's 'Twas The Night Before Christmas as part of the publishing company's holiday promotional film.
Speaking of Christmas, here are a few more gift ideas:
The official Fender website has some fun gift ideas for musicians or people who enjoy music. One of my favorites is the Fender Custom Shop lunchbox. I saw one through the window at The Music Room in Palatine, and immediately knew it had to be on my wish list this year. You can also buy a guitar shaped cutting board at The Music Room, or find it and other instrument-related accessories and trinkets online at Fender.
The Hard Rock Cafe Shop on Michigan Avenue has a new limited edition t-shirt that honors John Lennon with its "Imagine There's No Hunger" slogan, and will help fight child hunger around the world through the Grassroots Solutions organization. It was made with permission from Yoko Ono. The design on the dark chocolate colored t-shirt also features a hand flashing the peace sign and the Hard Rock Cafe logo.
Singer-guitarist Madeline Adams will be performing original songs, including tracks from her 2006 album, The Slow Bang, at Café Mustache on Thursday, December 12th. Originally from Athens, GA, Adams is also a graphic artist, and is currently offering a special package deal combining a vinyl edition (with download code) of The Slow Bang, her long-out-of-print 'zine What The Devil Don't Know, and a custom-designed pillowcase for $25. The Slow Bang is also available by itself in CD or LP format for $12. Bill Tucker and blues rock singer-songwriter Shaina Hoffman will also be on next Thursday's bill at Cafe Mustache.
Kim Shattuck may have been pushed out of The Pixies, but she's rebounded nicely with her original band, The Muffs. The trio has a gig at The Satellite in Los Angeles on December 21st. Peach Kelli Pop and honeychain are also on the bill.


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One year old male guinea pig needs a loving home. Linney has the most playful and funny personality! He loves to be held and cuddled. He even tolerates bath time and having his nails clipped. Unfortunately, I am allergic to him and we need to get rid of him. He comes with his cage, water bottle, food, etc. He is used to being around children and dogs and loves attention. We had to move him into the garage due to my allergies and he isn't too happy out there. Please help!
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Meg -- a garage is not safe. Is there any place in the house you can put him that will cause you minimal problems until you can find a good home for him? A spare room, den, guest bathroom even? Can any other member of your family help you with his care to minimize your contact with him?
Also, do you have any pictures of him? Even cruddy ones from an old cell will do just fine. Pictures always generate interest.
Also, do you have any pictures of him? Even cruddy ones from an old cell will do just fine. Pictures always generate interest.
- Catie Cavy
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Wooooops, thanks Catie Cavy. For some reason I thought she described him as white with brown, must have been mixed up with a different post...
He. Is. Adorable.
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The climate/energy crisis begins to hit home
As readers of this newsletter recognise, we are collectively caught in a bind - as we become ever better at extracting and burning the more easily accessible fossil fuels, we are left scraping the barrel for what remains. Prices rise accordingly. The natural response is to "drill, baby, drill" in search of more supplies, hence the previously unthinkable drive
to frack England's green and pleasant counties
. Yet from a climate change and wider environmental perspective, successfully unlocking new fossil fuel reserves is a disaster. The only sensible approach is to rein in our usage, yet our economic system will not countenance such an approach, and our politics is firmly in hock to it.
Hence it comes as no surprise to hear that
the UK and US security forces have been bracing for ever more protests over these issues
, as
Ofgem warns of increased risk of blackouts in the next couple of years
, and the public begins to realise the extent of the energy and climate shocks that existing policies are locking in for us. The protests over
fracking in Balcombe
are the latest example (and their concerns are legitimised by
bans on the process in France
the Netherlands
). Yet systemic attempts to undermine legal protesters (categorised by the police as "domestic extremists") are nothing new, as
recent revelations of immoral undercover police tactics
have shown. As Franny Armstrong, director of films McLibel and The Age of Stupid, pithily
put it
, "If eco protestors had not been targeted by destructive police tactics for 50 years, would the climate be on the brink of collapse today?"
Yet the chasm between the reality observed by scientists and the response decided on by politicians is becoming lethally vast. We have
an Environment Minister who doubts the severity of climate change
in a world where
9,500 tonnes of ice
per second
are melting from the ice sheets,
half a million species
have gone extinct just since the start of the year 2000 and
ever more parts of the world are becoming officially "uninsurable"
due to the rising likelihood of weather catastrophes...
Perhaps we should consider bridging the divide (and physics remains implacable - it is politics that will have to change), rather than suppressing those who dare to point out its existence?
The new TEQs team
With that in mind, the big news for TEQs is that we have appointed two new team members, Heather Bennett and Matt Finch, to help drive our campaign forward. Their profiles will be added to the website in the coming weeks, but they have written a little here to introduce themselves:
Matt Finch
: I recently returned from living in Paris and wanted to work at the juxtaposition of the environment and politics, so TEQs was a fairly easy choice and a good fit. I also previously set up a company, and enjoyed being in at the beginning of things, so it's a good time to join as the TEQs campaign ramps up. I think TEQs is an eloquent scheme that solves a lot of problems, so am happy to get behind it.
Heather Bennett
: I'm currently in the middle of completing my MSc in Environmental Management, writing my dissertation about the effect of wind turbines on birds and bats. I believe in TEQs - It offers us a clear path to reducing our emissions and has the potential to play a central part in our environmental future.
is also still seeking one further member with inside experience of policy change. Candidates should contact <email@example.com>
Spreading the word
Meanwhile, team members have given presentations on TEQs at events as diverse as
the 2nd International Conference on Complementary Currency Systems
in the Netherlands, the Resource Cap Coalition's
workshop on innovative tools for limiting resource use in Brussels
, and the
annual meeting of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums
. We have also submitted an abstract for the Tyndall Centre's forthcoming
Radical Emissions Reductions conference
this December.
Translating the word
The final versions of both the Spanish and Italian translations of the Parliamentary TEQs reports have
now been uploaded to our website
. All versions (including the English pdf) have also had their links updated. Any help volunteered with further translations will be much welcomed.
Finally, apologies to anyone who tried to sign up for our mailing list between November and February - it seems that our webform was having technical difficulties. If you know anyone who did not receive email acknowledgement of their subscription they're not on the list and won't have received this email.
Thanks, as ever, for all your support and encouragement,
Shaun Chamberlin and Heather Bennett
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"A concept of brilliant simplicity, offering a predictable and orderly reduction of greenhouse gas emissions year-on-year, with flexibility in an enclosed system, independent of taxation and providing complete transparency between goals and delivery."
- Colin Challen, Founder Chairman, All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change
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Abstract: This document tells you how to download, install, and use the QualityCentral(QC) Java client. The client allows you to create bug reports and feature requests, view reports, and comment and vote on the reports.
QualityCentral provides a community process for resolving, clarifying, and tracking quality issues regarding CodeGear's products and services. CodeGear Developer Network members can create bug reports and feature requests, view other members' reports, and comment and vote on the reports most important to them. CodeGear personnel also participate in QualityCentral, providing a permanent link between CodeGear customers and the teams who produce CodeGear's products.
You can download the QC Java client from http://qc.codegear.com/opentool.zip. The QC client can be run inside our Primetime-based IDE's and also as a standalone client when using JDK 1.4.x or higher.
There are several jar files included in the download zip file. QCClient.jar is the actual QualityCentral client. The other included jar files contain libraries that are required by the client. Standalone operation requires additional jar files that can be downloaded from http://qc.codegear.com/deps.zip.
The QualityCentral Java client can be run as an OpenTool inside CodeGear IDEs that use our Java-based "Primetime" IDE technology. The QualityCentral Java client has been tested with JBuilder 2006 but will likely work with previous versions as well.
To add the client as an open tool to your current Primetime-based IDE, simply copy the jar files that are included in the zip to the lib\ext directory of your installed IDE. Restart your IDE and you should see QualityCentral listed underneath your Tools menu.
If you would prefer to keep the QualityCentral files separated from other OpenTool extensions, you can also install them in another directory such as the lib\qc directory of your installed IDE. Then create a qc.config in the lib/ext directory as shown below. NOTE: the .config file must be in lib/ext, not the directory in which the QualityCentral files were installed.
# lib/ext/qc.config
addjars ../qc
To run the client in standalone mode, first extract the files from both the opentool.zip and deps.zip files into the same directory. Then make sure that Java is either in your path, or that you have pointed to the Java executable for your platform, and use the following line of code to invoke the client jar:
java -jar QCClient.jar
The behavior of the client varies slightly depending on whether you're running standalone or inside the IDE as an open tool. The file attachment viewer built into the client is only used in standalone mode. When running the client as an open tool, the IDE editor is used to view file attachments. Using the IDE editor allows you to view images and XML documents and other types of attachments with a much better viewer than the default one included with the client. Similar differences exist when viewing the client's help files.
Before using this QualityCentral client, you must create your QC user account. You can register for QualityCentral by opening the location http://qc.codegear.com/qc/BCDownloadCGI.exe/ChangePassword in a browser that supports cookies. Opening this URL brings you to a page where you can change or set your QC account password. You can use the same password you've used for your BDN membership, or use a different one. If you are not currently a BDN member or don't have your BDN user cookie set in your browser, you will be redirected to the BDN account signup page automatically to get your cookie, then brought back to the QC password page.
BDN membership is free, and gives you access to the services offered on the CodeGear Developer Network, including QualityCentral.
After you have created your QC user account information, select Login from the File menu in the QualityCentral client, or click the Login button to enter your email address and password.
Make sure you use the same email address you used for setting your BDN user cookie and/or registering your QC account, and use the same password you entered for your QC account.
If you are using a proxy server, you will need to configure it before attempting to log in to the QC web service. The User|Preferences menu option allows you to set your:
When you set them, the client will attempt to reconfigure your proxy information so both web service calls and straight HTTP downloads (for example, when downloading client updates) will respect the proxy settings. However, you may need to restart the client for the proxy settings to activate.
If you run into any issues with this client, or have ideas for improving it, please submit them to the QualityCentral project in QualityCentral itself, under the appropriate Client Interface area. Just be sure to set the Platform to "Java".
Use the File menu for logging in and out of the QualityCentral web service, closing your current data view, and exiting the application.
Use the Reports menu for finding reports with a variety of search options, and for adding new reports to QualityCentral.
Use the User menu to view and change your user information and preferences.
Use the Scoring menu to find the top rated and top voted reports for any QualityCentral project.
Use the Help menu to display the QualityCentral help or view the client about box.
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Gainward's GT 520 SilentFX runs at reference GPU clocks – 810MHz. However, Gainward increased the memory clocks from reference 900MHz to 1070MHz. Nvidia did not want to intrude on the GT 430 but we'd still like to have seen a bit better performance by the GT 520.
Video processing and power consumption
Most users who want Nvidia?s GT 520 will use it for viewing HD movies, off of their own media servers or online, i.e. they'll utilize to the max solely for multimedia. Linux users on the other hand will prefer Nvidia to AMD due to the former's superior driver support. Relatively low consumption, passive cooling and enough juice for postprocessing effects are the pros for GT 520 because, as you've seen yourself, it's not quite tailored for gaming. The cheaper GT 430 on the other hand would be much better for this purpose.
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[Warning: This story contains major spoilers from Wednesday's episode of American Horror Story: Asylum. Read at your own risk!]
It's the question fans have been wondering all season: Will consummate survivor Lana Winters (Sarah Paulson) actually make it out of American Horror Story: Asylum alive?
She survived Bloody Face's (Zachary Quinto) death dungeon, the car accident and even made it out of Briarcliff alive, but when faced with her own son's quest for vengeance, will she come out victorious? That's the question she'll be faced with in next week's Season 2 finale. But this week, there were plenty of other burning questions raised in an Asylum episode told in three parts. Let's take a look:
American Horror Story: Asylum's Sarah Paulson talks Lana's fate
Kit, Alma and Grace: In Kit's (Evan Peters) portion of the story, he is living happily in a polygamous family dynamic similar to Big Love, with both Grace (Lizzie Brochere) and Alma (Britne Oldford), along with their kids, in the home the aliens originally abducted them in. But because of Grace's inability to let go of the past — namely, the aliens — Alma decides to take matters into her own hands by hacking Grace, ironically, with an axe.
Burning Questions: Alma feared the aliens would someday return for Kit and the children, so will that actually happen? Why were the aliens so intrigued with Kit in the first place?
Sister Jude: Jude (Jessica Lange) is still, unfortunately, stuck in the asylum, but she's now been renamed Betty Drake. Before Timothy Howard (Joseph Fiennes) leaves Briarcliff to be a cardinal in New York, he promises to get Jude released. With his exit, Briarcliff has been turned over to the state and is overrun with the filth of the era, essentially being turned into more like a prison — even Alma is one of the inmates! Before Jude realizes it, more than two years has gone by in the blink of an eye. Howard has not returne,d and Jude has begun to lose her mind and imagines the Angel of Death (Frances Conroy) constantly around.
Burning Questions: Will Jude ever get out of Briarcliff? Even if she does, will she ever really be sane again? And what's the event that finally forces Briarcliff to shut down?
Get Committed: Can anyone save Sister Jude on American Horror Story: Asylum?
Lana Winters: Her book, Maniac, has been at the top of the bestseller's list for 10 weeks, which is why we find Lana at a reading. However, the events in her book don't seem to match up with what we know happened. Turns out that Lana has fabricated some aspects, such as Bloody Face bringing in another victim and that Wendy (Clea DuVall) was only her "roommate." Lana is haunted by visions of them during the reading, but her tears only make the crowd love her more. When Kit reunites with her at the signing, he implores her to finally take down Briarcliff and reveal that Jude is still alive. But she's changed her tune, saying that Jude made her own bed with that awful place. She's much too interested in being famous, and her next book is about Leigh Emerson (Ian McShane), the crazy Santa. What she doesn't know is that in the present, her son Johnny (Dylan mcDermott) has tracked down a signed copy of her book and steals it from a woman so he can present Lana's "book of lies" to his mother, then kill her so he can finish his father's work.
Burning Questions: Will he get to kill her? How will Lana react to meeting the son she says died in her book? Will she change her mind about saving Jude? And will her investigation lead to the eventual shutting down of Briarcliff?
Do you hope Lana survives? Should Jude be set free? Hit the comments with your thoughts!
American Horror Story: Asylum's season finale airs Wednesday at 10/9c on FX.


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When a dolphin shows off a high dive or flip, or holds still to practice an important medical behavior and you respond with applause or cheers, you're helping the dolphin know that he or she did a great job. Your response is positive reinforcement.
In between sessions when you hang out around the lagoons talking to or waving at the dolphins, you are also contributing enrichment to their lives. As you can see from their response, when they "scream" or wave back, they love it when you visit.
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Everything you need to know for 2014 Findlay Market Opening Day Parade
For live coverage of Opening Day from the parade, the crowd and around the city click here. To watch from mobile, click here.
Monday is the 95th annual Findlay Market Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Parade and we have everything you need to celebrate Opening Day. WLWT will be live on air, WLWT.com and on your mobile device until 2 p.m.
The parade will begin at Findlay Market and travel down Liberty Street Street then turn left onto Elm Street down to Central Parkway. It will then go back to Race and then proceed to 5th. To see a map of the parade route, click here.
The Opening Day Parade includes more than 180 floats this year. To see the full parade float order, click here.
In order to accommodate the staging area of the parade, streets in the Findlay Market area will close at 8 a.m. Other roads along the parade route will close at 11:15 a.m. To see a full list of road closures, click here.
Parking will be limited along the parade route. To see a full list of parking options, click here.
To join our Live Wire coverage of Opening Day from the parade, the crowd and around the city, click here. Or to watch from your mobile device, click here.
Upload your Opening Day photos to our uLocal site. Click here to show us your Reds spirit!