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Thrór (Third Age 2542 – 2790, lived 248 years) was King of Durin's folk for 201 years, from 2589 to 2790. He was the eldest son of Dáin I, and with his younger brother Grór he led his people away from the Grey Mountains after a great Cold-drake killed both his father and brother Frór. Thrór led some of the Dwarves back to Lonely Mountain, where he became King under the Mountain. While Grór continued west with the a grwat following of Durin's folk to the Iron Hills, where he founded his own realm.
King under the Mountain
At Erebor, Thrór and his people were very prosperous. Gaining the friendship of the Northmen who lived along the river Celduin. These people later founded the town of Dale and had much trade of goods, beautiful trinkets, and weapons with the Dwarves. The Ereborians also had much traffic of ores with their kinsman in the Iron Hills. And the region had peace and prosperity for many years.
In 2770 though their prosperity ended. The Dragon Smaug heard of the wealth of Thrór and his people. And he came south from the Ered Mithrin and sacked the Lonely Mountain, killing many Dwarves. But from the destruction many escaped last of them being Thrór and his son Thráin from the hidden Side Door. So with a small company of kin and faithful followers they made the great wandering south, until they reached the hills of Dunland.
Dunland, and the journey to Moria
In Dunland, his people tried to make a living, but twenty years after the Sack of Erebor despondent and homeless, Thrór left his people and went north with a single companion, Nár, but not before giving his son Thráin II his Ring of Power, along with the map and key to the Lonely Mountain. Thrór wished to see the fabled city of his ancestors, Khazad-dûm. Eventally they made it over the Redhorn Pass down into Azanulbizar the Dimrill Dale. And when Thrór came to the East-gate of Moria he found it open. Nár begged him to beware, but he took no he of him, and walked through the gates as the heir who had returned. But he did not come back. Nár stayed nearby for many days in hiding. Then one day he heard a loud shout and the blare of a horn, and a body was flung down the steps . Afraid it was Thrór, he began to creep near, but there came a voice from within the gate saying: 'Come on, beardling! We can see you. But there is no need to be afraid today. We need you as a messenger.' Then Nár went forward, and found it was the body of the King, but his head was severed and lay face downward on the ground. As he knelt there, he heard Orc-laughter from the gate, and the voice said: 'If beggars will not wait at the door, but sneak in to try thieving, that is what we do to them. If any of your people poke foul beards in here again, they will fare the same. Go and tell them so! But if his family wish to know who is king here, the name is written on his face. I wrote it! I killed him! I am the master!' Nár then turned the head over and saw branded across his forehead in Dwarvish runes the name AZOG. Nár crouched to take it, but Azog said: 'Drop it! Be off! Here's your fee, beggar-beard.' The Orc then through a small purse of silver coins at him. Weeping, Nár fled weeping as he went down the Silverlode, but not before looking back and seeing the Orcs emerging and hacking Thrór's body into pieces and throwing them to the crows.
When Nár told Thráin what had happened, he declared war on the Orcs and called all the Seven Houses together for vengeance. Nine years later at the Battle of Azanulbizar, the climax of the War of Dwarves and Orcs the Thrór was avenged, and Thráin took the Azog's severed head and shoved the purse of coins into his mouth then set it on a stake.
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The RR 50, reigning Europoan Enduro Champion, will change tech specs and design for 2016. Just the capacity of 50 cc remains, the rest will become much more motorcycle than moped. The models will combine excellent handling and stability, a great riding experience and a spectacular new look.
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Nestled in a quiet corner of Florida's Heartland, The Hotel Jacaranda is the picture of Southern repose. Built in the 1920s and listed on the National Historic Register, Avon Park's "gracious lady" boasts high ceilings and quiet hallways. In years gone by, the Jacaranda played hostess to the likes of Babe Ruth and Clark Gable. Today, the hotel radiates unequalled elegance, with a lobby that invites visitors into the warmth of its green, mauve, and beige furnishings. Guest rooms are comfortable and spacious. A sprawling veranda overlooks tree-lined Main Street and serves as a favorite gathering place for avid card players. The Jacaranda lies within easy driving distance of Cypress Gardens, Historic Bok Sanctuary, and Orlando's numerous theme parks. After a day of sightseeing, guests can relax in the hotel's swimming pool. As a South Florida State College facility, the hotel and its grounds are tobacco-free.
As a true example of living history, The Hotel Jacaranda is one of the oldest continuously operating hotels in Highlands County. When the Jac opened in 1926, it took its name from a 150-year-old jacaranda tree that had been removed to make way for the hotel. Among its first guests were members of the St. Louis Cardinals, who came to Avon Park for spring training from 1927 to 1929. Photos of its famous guests, from Babe Ruth to Hollywood celebrities George Burns and Gracie Allen, adorn its hallways. During World War II, the grand hotel played a hand in the war effort by housing hundreds of servicemen who had come to the area to train as military pilots.
In 1988, the South Florida State College Foundation, Inc., purchased the Jac with an eye toward preserving its historic character. As part of that ongoing effort, the Foundation has undertaken a major restorative project that is returning a street-level business mall to its original design. Through a partnership with South Florida State College, culinary students perfect their talents by training in the Jac's modern kitchen.
The Hotel Jacaranda is convenient to the best in culture and recreation that Highlands County has to offer. Here, you can view art exhibits (South Florida State College Museum of Florida Art and Culture), enjoy hiking, picnicking, and bird-watching opportunities (Avon Park Air Force Bombing Range and Highlands Hammock State Park), take in seasonal lawn mower races (Avon Park Mower-Plex), attend live performances by renowned artists (South Florida State College Auditorium), and patronize community theater (Highlands Little Theatre). You can view Lake Placid's collection of nearly 40 murals and purchase arts and crafts created locally (Lake Placid Arts and Crafts Cooperative).
Special events go on throughout the year. Auto racing fans can get in on the excitement of the 12 Hours of Sebring (Sebring International Raceway), while art lovers and history buffs can enjoy music, entertainment, and shopping at Springtime on the Mall (Avon Park), the Highlands Art League's annual art festival (Sebring), the Civilian Conservation Corps Festival (Sebring), and the Caladium Festival (Lake Placid).
Unique gift and antique shops are sprinkled throughout the county, inviting shoppers to browse and buy specialty items.
In addition to seasonal attractions, Highlands County offers year-round recreational opportunities through its numerous golf courses, lakes, public parks, bowling alleys, bike trails, tennis courts, and playgrounds – all within the convenience of the historic Hotel Jacaranda.
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The all-you-can eat buffet features Southern-fried chicken and other regional cuisine along with daily favorites, a salad bar, a dessert bar, and a choice of coffee or tea. Guests are frequently invited to sample specialty dishes created by South Florida State College's culinary arts students.
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Eat less meat, tread more lightly on the Earth
I don't recommend the buffalo spring rolls in Kathmandu. I probably should have given them a miss after I walked by the nearby butcher shop, easily recognizable by the pile of bloody severed buffalo legs stacked outside the front door.
Needless to say, I didn't own the spring rolls very long and the experience put me off meat for more than a year. A second and third bout of food-borne illness in the months that followed — along with my temporary vegetarianism — had me treading lightly on the planet. More than fifty pounds lighter, in fact.
Eating meat can be a risky business. After the Maple Leaf listeria scare and the most recent E. coli outbreak traced to beef processed at a massive plant in Alberta, people are rightly concerned.
I want to be clear, though. Eating a hamburger in Canada is far safer than crossing the street, driving your car or swimming in a river. Your risk of death by burger is minuscule. Canada may have a deeply flawed food system, but it may also be the best in the world.
If you are considering eating less meat, I think that's just fine. But there are dozens of more compelling reasons than food safety to embrace the mighty lentil.
That's where Vancouver journalist turned academic and teacher and now author Eleanor Boyle comes in. Her newly released book High Steaks: Why and How to Eat Less Meat lays out the arguments in some detail.
"I want to stress that there are no villains in this story, not the ranchers, the processors or the inspectors," said Boyle. "And meat in small amounts is good for you."
Processing millions of animals with a 100 per cent safety record is very difficult. Dozens of talented scientists are working hard to make feedlots — where the beef cattle are fattened to the liking of shoppers like yourself — a safer place.
Rancher Judy Guichon, B.C.'s new Lieutenant-governor, once told me that cattle raised properly on marginal grasslands improve rather than degrade the environment.
"We convert sunshine into food and leave the land in better shape than we found it," she said.
But our appetite for meat is a problem. As Boyle points out, the beef industry is a substantial source of potent greenhouse gases.
Managing manure from industrial-scale concentrated animal feeding operations is tricky because it can contain the same pathogenic E. coli that recently sickened 11 unlucky Canadians. Recent E. coli outbreaks in lettuce and spinach were traced back to cattle manure.
Boyle also points out that fully one third of all crops grown in North America go to feed and that when you add the world's rangelands and feed crops together, food animals use about 70 per cent of the Earth's land surface.
It was not always this way.
A lot of beef used to be produced by small farms, where grazing cattle would improve pastures and supply manageable amounts of manure for crops.
One of my many critics once derisively asked me if I thought we should just shut down our modern urban lives and go back to subsistence farming. Since that moment a surprising number of young people in B.C. have done just that, many of them convinced that smaller-scale food production is the inevitable future of agriculture.
But governments are not convinced that smaller is better and you'll find a lot of support in both Victoria and Ottawa for agriculture on a truly massive scale. Food is big business and this country's massive inventory of productive land is one of the reasons that Canada is a relatively wealthy place. We spend far less of our income on food than people in almost any other place.
Boyle would like to see the full environmental cost of meat production reflected in its price, but that is territory few politicians care to tread.
With little obvious political will to change the system, Boyle reckons we will have to change ourselves. It's what I like to call voting with your wallet.
Choosing to eat smaller portions of meat or eating vegetarian meals a couple of times a week has an effect. The E. coli scare has already sent the beef industry into a dangerous state of oversupply. Cattle ready for slaughter have nowhere to go.
Choosing your meat differently can also make a difference. Grass-fed beef has far less environmental baggage than conventional beef: Less of the dangerous forms of E. coli, less deforestation to grow feed crops, no manure lagoons at the feedlot.
"Eat less, but better" is a concept that is gaining traction in Europe. That is, buy the more expensive organic or grass-fed meat, but less of it. Enjoy it more, without stuffing ungodly amounts of flesh into your face.
Boyle's book will give you a lot to think about and even a few facts to help you make up your own mind.
She's not a vegetarian. And she hates having to defend herself by saying so, but Boyle isn't coming at the question from the moral high ground.
She'd rather reawaken your instinct for survival. Boyle has come to the realization that the Earth cannot support food animal production on the scale that it is currently practised. That's a problem.


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In the field of journalism, we make light of or exploit all aspects. Many scoff, but that�s what we are supposed to do.
In the field of journalism, we make light of or exploit all aspects. Many scoff, but that�s what we are supposed to do.
In sports, if an athlete creates controversy off the field, isn�t it our job to report it? No matter what people believe, we have to stay unbiased.
We are not fans when it comes to our profession. Sure, we get into sports reporting because we enjoy covering sports on a daily basis, and we�ve grown up with favorite teams and athletes.
Cheerleaders, and Chicago White Sox analyst Ken Harrelson, do enough hooting and hollering for us.
My colleague Jordan Honeycutt addressed a few controversial issues, in regards to sports athletes, in his recent column, saying they are �stories for People, US Weekly, CNN or Good Morning America.�
I disagree.
Sports are more than just game stories. Sports are more than a quarterback passing for 3,000 yards or a basketball player averaging 30 points per game.
I want to know the whole story about a particular athlete, especially if they have an interesting story. Many have inspiring stories, others have off-field problems and others are all-around good people -- sometimes a rare commodity when talking about professional athletes.
So what makes them who they are today?
Jason Collins, a journeyman NBA player, recently announced he was gay.
In a homophobic, and macho, profession, it was a brave act for him to come out. He is the first active professional athlete to admit he is gay.
Whether you agree or disagree with his life choice, you can�t deny his heroic act. It opens the door for others to follow suit who were too scared to come out or afraid of getting bullied.
Anaheim Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton is overcoming drug and alcohol addiction. It�s a good story but how is it different than what Collins is going through?
Both are professional athletes. Both are dealing with obstacles. Both have inspiring stories. Both should be major sports headlines on ESPN.
The bombings in Boston occurred during the running of the Boston Marathon.
Is that not a sports story?
It brings up issues on sports safety. It was an attack on a national sporting event.
I certainly want to feel safe if one day I decide to attend a Super Bowl.
Sure, Tiger Woods is a scum bag. His adulterous ways are still making headlines.
He is one of the greatest, and well-known, athletes in the world. His immoral acts should be publicized by the sports media.
Do you want your children to idolize someone like that?
Tim Tebow, not a great NFL quarterback, should be celebrated for his actions off the football field. He is a devout Christian, well-spoken, and has never had troubles with the law.
Now that�s someone to look up to.
Why is that worth mentioning? With all the arrests and legal issues we learn about from many athletes, it�s refreshing to learn there are ones who do things the right way.
Michael Vick, and his dog-fighting ring, steroids, O.J. Simpson and serious trials involving athletes should be covered by the media.
Yes, I care about those issues.
There are more to sports than �what happens in between the playing lines.�
As a journalist, and as a fan of sports, I am interested in inspiring and emotion stories, as well as the negative ones.
Professional, and college athletes, are in the spotlight.
When/if I have a kid, there is no way it is going to be a fan of an athlete that disgraces their sport with continuous off-field issues.
The sports media is their to provide coverage of anything related to the athletes or teams it covers -- good, bad or ugly.
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We've written about the most conservative members of the Texas delegation. Then we covered the most moderate members. Now we bring you a graphic tool to see all the ratings — conservative, liberal, and moderate — from the National Journal.
The rankings show the liberal scores for Democrats and conservative scores for Republicans. Liberal scores are represented by negative numbers, in order to combine the stats into a single chart.
On the map of Texas, districts with new members such as Alpine's Pete Gallego are not shown, because National Journal did not have data to rank them. If you hover your mouse over a district you will see a breakdown of the scores, on economic, social, and foreign policies. An interesting example is Houston-area Republican Ted Poe. National Journal scored him a very moderate 55 and 57 on social and foreign policy, but a much more conservative 86 on economic policy.
On the map, use the buttons on the top left to zoom or focus on an area–they will appear when you move the mouse over the image. To return to the original view of Texas, press the home button.
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Immigration waits in the wings
Immigration reform is waiting quietly in the wings.
President Barack Obama promised top Latino leaders on a conference call Tuesday afternoon that once a deal is reached on the fiscal cliff, the focus of the call, he'll throw the full force of the White House behind overhauling the country's immigration laws.
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Top Obama aides are already laying the groundwork for a campaign-style operation to broaden the base of support for a mega-bill.
The White House will not only target Latino voters but also religious leaders, law enforcement and others, according to sources familiar with the administration's thinking. Officials have met in recent weeks with prominent Hispanic activists like Henry Muñoz on the issue of immigration reform.
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Latino leaders say the activity is a clear sign that Obama plans to keep his word and make immigration a signature policy of his second term — an unsurprising move after the Hispanic vote turned out in record numbers to propel the president to victory this fall.
"There's a strong commitment on immigration reform, but it is contingent on getting some stability around the fiscal cliff. He's made that pretty clear," National Council of La Raza President Janet Murguía told POLITICO. "If they have a deal that has some rationale around a two-step process or whatever, there is a genuine sense we'll see this issue queued up and that they'll put the force of the White House behind this."
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Murguía said Obama also addressed the issue a week after the election in a private meeting with civil rights leaders.
Brent Wilkes, executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, agreed.
"He did mention [comprehensive immigration reform]. As soon as he can get the fiscal cliff issues taken care of, he's committed to doing it," Wilkes said of Obama's comments on the call. Wilkes also said he believes Obama is going to be more interested in getting a law passed now that he isn't running for office.
"What he chose to focus on in his first term were things that benefit all Americans universally and he didn't really get to things like immigration reform that benefits a specific cohort of Americans. Now that he's free from having to run again, he's going to be worried about trying to do things like immigration reform that he really believes in," Wilkes said.
Cecilia Muñoz, director of domestic policy at the White House, is heading up the administration's effort. Muñoz is no stranger to the immigration issue. Before joining the administration, Munoz worked on immigration policy for 20 years at NCLR, the country's largest Latino civil rights organization.
But Murguía said the difference now is that Muñoz has the White House behind her.
A White House official said that while Obama has said on a number of occasions that immigration reform is a priority, he is focused on the fiscal debate.


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Can Apple Crack the Smartwatch Code?
Company Takes On Rivals Google and Samsung With Wrist Device to Launch Later This Year
Apple Inc. is ready to join Google Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and a host of startups making smartwatches and, potentially, other wearable computing devices.
But it isn't clear how much consumers want the devices. Those on the market so far haven't sold well, because most wearable devices only offer a limited set of features already found on a smartphone.


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WASHINGTON — While liberals seethed, President Barack Obama saluted a new spirit of political compromise Friday as he signed into law a huge tax bill extending cuts for the rich — benefits he had steadfastly denounced — along with billions of dollars in help for the middle class and jobless workers.
"It's a good deal for the American people; this is progress and that's what they sent us here to achieve," Obama said as a rare bipartisan assembly of lawmakers looked on.
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The package retains Bush-era tax rates for all taxpayers, from the working poor to the wealthiest. It also offers 13 months of extended benefits to the unemployed and attempts to stimulate the economy with a Social Security payroll tax cut for all workers.First Thoughts: Obama's big win
At a cost of $858 billion over two years, the deal contains provisions dear to both Democrats and Republicans. It represents the most money that Obama was likely to have been able to dedicate over the next year to a slowly recovering economy, at the same time increasing the federal deficit at a time when the country is growing increasingly anxious about the red ink.
"This is real money that is going to make a real difference in people's lives," the president said.
He conceded, however, that the White House and Congress face a difficult challenge when it comes to controlling the deficit and tackling the nation's debt.
"In some ways this was easier than some of the tougher choices we're going to have to make next year," he said.
'Good for growth'
Sweeping tax cuts enacted when George W. Bush was president are scheduled to expire Jan. 1 — a little more than two weeks away. The bill extends them for two years, placing the issue squarely in the middle of the next presidential election, in 2012.
The extended tax cuts include lower rates for the rich, the middle class and the working poor, a $1,000-per-child tax credit, tax breaks for college students and lower taxes on capital gains and dividends. The bill also extends through 2011, a series of business tax breaks designed to encourage investment that expired at the end of 2009.
Workers' Social Security taxes would be cut by nearly a third, going from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent, for 2011. A worker making $50,000 in wages would save $1,000; one making $100,000 would save $2,000.
"This legislation is good for growth, good for jobs, good for working and middle class families, and good for businesses looking to invest and expand their work force," said Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
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Some Democrats complained that the package is too generous to the wealthy; Republicans complained that it doesn't make all the tax cuts permanent.Obama talks tax cuts, business investment
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., called it "a bipartisan moment of clarity."
The bill's cost, $858 billion, would be added to the deficit, a sore spot among budget hawks in both parties.
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"I know that we are going to borrow every nickel in this bill," Hoyer lamented.
At the insistence of Republicans, the plan includes an estate tax that would allow the first $10 million of a couple's estate to pass to heirs without taxation. The balance would be subject to a 35 percent tax rate.Video: Kerry on tax deal: 'American people win' (on this page)
Many House Democrats wanted a higher estate tax, one that would allow couples to pass only $7 million tax-free, taxing anything above that amount at a 45 percent rate. They argued that the higher estate tax would affect only 6,600 of the wealthiest estates in 2011 and would save $23 billion over two years.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the estate tax the "most egregious provision" in the bill and held a vote that would have imposed the higher estate tax. It failed, 194-233.
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On the bill's final vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., did not vote; House GOP leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., voted for the bill, and Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-SC, voted against the bill, NBC News reported.
Boehner, after the vote, called the bill's passage "critically important."
"Stopping all the tax hikes is a good first step in our efforts to reduce the uncertainty family-owned small businesses are facing, but much more needs to be done, including cutting spending, permanently eliminating the threat of job-killing tax hikes, and repealing the job-killing health care law," Boehner, House speaker-designate, said in a prepared statement.
House Republicans who will move into powerful posts when the GOP takes control in January urged passage of the bill.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman withdrew a total of $1,200 from an ATM at a supermarket near his New York City apartment the night before he was found lifeless in his bathroom with a syringe still in his left arm, sources told NBC News.
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Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, in line to become majority leader, said the measure, while not perfect, marked a "first step" toward economic recovery.
Largely marginalized in the negotiations leading to the bill, Democrats emphasized their unhappiness with Obama.
"We stand today with only one choice: Pay the ransom now or pay more ransom later," said Rep. Brad Sherman of California. "This is not a place Democrats want to be. But, ultimately, it is better to pay the ransom today than to watch the president pay even more, and I think he'd be willing to pay a bit more next month."
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IWRG FILL (TUE) 11/13/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring]
1) Caballero Cid, Driger, Obscurio b Mercenario de la Muerte, Principe Infernal, Skullmetal
2) Infierno Kid, Radical, Súper Black b Alas de Acero, Atomic Star, Xtreme Boy
3) Fly Star, Seiya, Serpiente de Oro b Blue Monsther, Power Bull, Ranchero
4) Araña de Plata Jr., Dragón Celestial, Galaxy b Blasfemia, Fulgore, Matrix Jr.
Blasfemia replaced Guerrero Mistico.
5) Boykot, Flemyzeer, Halcón Diabólico, Jhon Crazy, Kimby, Mr. Leo, Rey Espacial, Rey Tabú b Alan Extreme, Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Eita, Eterno, Imposible, Saruman, Violencia Jr. [Copa Higher Power]
FILL trainees vs Gimnasio Fuerza Konkreto (Fuerza Guerrera). Kimby impressed of the Fuerza guys. Match came down to Mr. Leo vs Centviron, with Fuerza intefering to give his guy the win. Black Terry was very unhappy, and their were rematches and other challenges made.
CMLL (MON) 11/12/2012 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Akron & Siki Ozama Jr. b Black Tiger & Blue Center
Rudos took 1/3.
2) Dalis la Caribeña, Lady Afrodita, Marcela b La Vaquerita, Mima Shimoda, Zeuxis
Tecnicos took 2/3, Marcela defeating Zeuxis for the win. Vaquerita, working against Afrodita, looked lost at times.
3) Skándalo b Metatrón [lightning]
Reyna Isis accompanied Skandalo. Skandalo won with the Skandalo Driver. Metatron had one of his better performances.
4) Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado, Triton b Misterioso Jr., Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
Tecnicos took 1/3, Fantasma surprising Misterioso with a roll up.
5) La Sombra, Máximo, Rush DQ Tama Tonga, Terrible, Tiger
Tecnicos took 1/3, Terrible fouling Sombra in the third fall. Sombra challenged Terrible to a singles match, but Terrible just left.
6) Mephisto b Mistico
Mephisto won the first with a powerbomb, Mistico came back in the second with a torito. Mistico landed his rope crossing dive late in the ring, then landed a shooting star press once without being able to get the pin. Moments later, he went for another, but his feet hit the the ropes on the way down and Mistico crashed shoulder first into the mat. Mistico attempted to cover Mephisto anyway, but Mephisto put him in an armbar and Mistico immediately gave up. The doctor and Tirantes attended to Mistico after the match.
CMLL hasn't said anything about Mistico's status, but the local promoter in Durango says Mistico has suffered a shoulder injury and will not be wrestling at their show on Sunday, though he will be appearing to sign autographs. Hope he didn't hurt his signing shoulder. Delta replaces him on that card. Mistico is supposed to be on Friday night's Arena Mexico show, and no replacement has been announced yet.
CMLL (TUE) 11/13/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring, Yahoo Deportes (Photos)]
1) Espanto Jr. & Herodes Jr. b Metatrón & Oro Jr.
2) Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior b Astral, Bam Bam, Pequeño Halcón
Rudos took 1/3. Bam Bam's latest return, though it ended with Demus dropping him with his piledriver so he could be gone again. Olimpico also submitted Ultimo Dragon.
3) Fuego, Stuka Jr., Triton DQ Hijo del Signo, Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis
Stuka & Okumura are feuding (or maybe this is the Coliseo tag team feud again.) Stuka beat fall 1, then the rudos were DQed for excessive violence in the second.
4) Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada, Valiente b Niebla Roja, Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
Straight falls for the tecnicos when the rudos fell apart. Polvora sided with Rey Escorpion and Niebla Roja wasa left without his mask.
5) Negro Casas b Ángel de Oro [lightning]
Negro continued his dominance over Angel de Oro with a win in 8:49.
6) Tama Tonga & Terrible b Atlantis & Diamante Azul [CMLL TAG]
Atlantis & Diamante Azul came in as champions, but Tonga & Terrible pulled the shocking upset, taking falls 1/3 to win the titles.
Aerostar, Dark Dragon and Fenix won the main event over Difunto I, Monje Negro Jr., and Potro Jr. by DQ in Monterrey, with Dark Dragon refused to help his teammates.
MedioTiempo has an interview with Mesias. He talks a bit about his match with Texano, but also calls LA Park his toughest rival since coming to Mexico, and trashes Carlito as someone's been handing everything and used his influence to keep Mesias from going to WWE.
I will be losing AYM Sports from my cable system on 12/12. AYM has broadcasts Sobre el Ring (the Javier Llanes/Jaque Mate interview show) and various independent groups (Revolution Free Style! FULL!), but is most notable for broadcasting IWRG's Sunday shows the last couple months. I'm going to miss those, there's been some really great and fun matches during this short run. The show drives me crazy because I'm up until way too late to put it together for the Tuesday post, but I've been thrilled to share the matches with everyone else. We've got four more Mondays to go.
I think it may be a case where everyone in the United States is losing AYM; this is not a surprise, one of you mentioned a month back they tried to sign up to get the channel only to be told AYM was going away by their cable system. The channel that replaces it is "Latin American Sports", and is owned by the same parent company, so they may have simply decided to change which channel they wanted to transmit to the US. AYM Sports itself will still keep broadcasting in Mexico and continue the lucha libre shows, I just won't be able to share them. The channel description for Latin American Sports says it too broadcasts wrestling (possibly from Puerto Rico?), but does not say what. It's supposedly already on DISH Network, but I can't find a guide with a programming listing and there is no website.
Murder Clown is upset the Infierno Rockers would attack them from behind. That's not very gentlemanly! There's also talk about the Psycho Circus wanting the trios titles back. It's seemed like AAA may be doing a Psycho Circus vs Consejo trios title rematch (with Silver defending the title instead of Texano), and that's suggested in this article agian, but maybe it'll turn out to be three way with the Rockers?
Joe Lider & Kaientai will face off in a hair vs mask match on NGX's 10th anniversary show.
DTU luchador Tacubo will be given an award for his anti-bullying campagin.
R de Rudo has a podcast talking about Eddie Guerrero, 7 years after his passing. Perros del Mal will also discuss Eddie Guerrero on their podcast.
AAA's website has an article about how AAAwesome AAA is. If they really want talk about how they have zero taboos, maybe they can mention Extreme Tiger leaving.
AAA also has part one and part two of their interview with Psycho Circus.
X-Project is doing it's annual toy drive, this one for Fray Tormenta.
El Hijo del Santo was part of a press conference to promote a film festival in Mexico City later this month.
CMLL (TUE) 11/20/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Halcón de Plata & Metatrón vs Exterminador & Magnum
2) Gallo, Sensei, Starman vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Cancerbero, Raziel
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Estrellita, Silueta vs La Comandante, Princesa Blanca, Zeuxis
4) Atlantis, Hijo del Fantasma, Máscara Dorada vs Morphosis, Psicosis, Tama Tonga
5) La Máscara vs Volador Jr.
This is the seventh La Mascara/Volador Jr. match this year, and third in Guadalajara. They've split the other two.
A increasingly rare Morphosis appearance! His first match in CMLL in two months, his first appearance in Guadalajara since February. Mophosis seems to spend most of his time in Texas/northern Mexico, where he's still working as Histeria.
More loaded card than usual means Metatron is down to the opener here.
IWRG (SUN) 11/18/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Astro Rey Jr. & Serpiente de Oro vs Dragón Celestial & Epidemia
2) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Trauma II vs Carta Brava Jr., Eita, Oficial Fierro
3) Dinamic Black, Golden Magic, Saruman vs Alan Extreme, Imposible, Jack
4) Hijo de Pirata Morgan vs Veneno, Trauma I, Oficial AK47, Cien Caras Jr., Relámpago, Canis Lupus, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 [#1 Contenders, Rey de Ring]
5) el Ángel vs Oficial 911 [IWRG IC WELTER]
It's been a long six days since the last IWRG tournament. Relampago is going to keep going into these until he finally wins a match. Last #1 contenders match meant an immediate title match, not sure if that's the same here.
911 vs Angel looks really good, as do the 2nd and 3rd match. It looked like Cerebro Negro was headed towards the rudo side in last weekend's tournament, something to watch here. Interesting to see Trauma II scheduled for a segunda.
They're doing a 3 for a price of 2 ticket deal.


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Last night's Academy Awards ceremony was chock-full of drama as the Oscar winners were announced. Sandra Bullock won Best Actress, beating out acting icon Meryl Streep, who has been nominated a record 16 times. "The Hurt Locker," a very tiny film that has barely made $21 million worldwide, won Best Picture over the global juggernaut "Avatar," now the highest-grossing film of all time. And, yes, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman in 82 years of Academy history to walk off with the Best Director statuette.
"It's a great validation for women directors," said composer and former Academy governor Charles Bernstein as he made his way from the awards ceremony in Hollywood's Kodak Theater to the nearby Governor's Ball. As he spoke by phone, he walked past a not very jubilant, "though not sad," James Cameron. "He has nothing to feel bad about," noted Mr. Bernstein. "It's a wonderful David-and-Goliath story and after all, he's got the highest grossing film of all time so both sides win."
Young female voices around town were unequivocal. "It's officially groundbreaking," says box office analyst Karie Bible at Exhibitor Relations. While it's not clear how much the win will help Ms. Bigelow's film, which is already out on DVD ("it may get a rerelease," she suggests), it will definitely help open doors for other women, Ms. Bible adds.
IN PICTURES: Oscar winners 2010
"This gives me hope," says 18-year-old Chloe Miller, an aspiring director who plans to begin film school next fall. "This win makes me think that Hollywood is not as closed a place as it has been and that maybe doors are opening for more diversity of all kinds."
The time for change in Hollywood indeed has come, says Howard Suber, UCLA professor emeritus and author ("The Power of Film"), who maintains that Bigelow's win was more about Hollywood's desire to recognize a woman director than the inherent quality of the film. "Five or 10 years from now, I seriously doubt anyone will view 'Hurt Locker' as a classic or enduring film," Mr. Suber says. Unlike a film such as "Avatar," which pushed technical and stylistic boundaries, "The Hurt Locker" is a very conventional war film. While it is gritty and intense, employing what has now become standard techniques such as a cinéma verité style created by shooting with a hand-held camera, it does not break any new ground.
"Mainstream filmmakers have been using this for decades," Suber says, adding that this is all about history. "If this film had been directed by [a male director such as] Ridley Scott, this film would never have won Best Picture," he adds. It may have little impact on the film's box office, but, he says, it will certainly immeasurably improve Kathryn Bigelow's chances of getting a meeting at major studios for her next project.
Here are the top five winners with links to their acceptance speeches (for a complete list, go to the Oscar site):
Best Picture
"The Hurt Locker"
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds"
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"


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Google seems to be testing out Digg-like features which would allow users to rate and comment search results. Building social features around it's search is to many the next step for Google. This would essentially add human-powered indexing to Google's engine — huge. See the video.
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Me.dium's Social Search, which leverages the Yahoo! Search BOSS platform, provides an entirely new level of information on top of traditional search. Me.dium's Social Search harnesses the activity of the crowds to let you find information that has relevance based on what people are actually surfing right now.
Me.dium's technology lets the inherent activity of real people – not robotic crawlers – determine relevance. Me.dium's Social Search results show what people are surfing and find interesting, right now. While other search engines base relevance on how content links across pages, Me.dium's Social Search shows you the most popular news, reviews, pictures and videos that other people are actually looking at in relation to your search term. And as the activity of the people online changes, so do the search results.


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Holiday Gift Guide: ErgoMotion Laser Mouse (Giveaway)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
I'm sure you have noticed, but I spend A LOT of time on the computer. Between a full-time job, constant emails coming in, and working on this blog, I'm on the computer probably half of my life.
Even though I'm pretty young, I still have noticed some indications of carpal tunnel. My wrists have been in such pain before that I had to take a few days off of the computer. (Not to mention, other body parts!)
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I took this mouse to work since I'm technically on that computer more than at home (although that could be disputed).
I love that the USB connector is small and doesn't run the risk of getting run into by items on my desk (or if I was home, my kids!) I also love that it moves WITH my hands and wrist and I don't have to do so much work. It reduces the strain on my wrist and that's GREAT! I've definitely noticed the difference since I've been using this mouse versus my regular mouse!
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Wolves Sign 1st-round Pick Zach LaVine
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed first-round draft pick Zach LaVine.
The Timberwolves announced the signing on Tuesday on the second day of a camp to prepare LaVine and others for the team's summer league competition in Las Vegas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
LaVine was the 13th overall pick out of UCLA last month. He averaged 9.5 points and 2.5 rebounds as a freshman last season. But the Timberwolves believe LaVine's versatility and athleticism will eventually make him an impact player in the NBA.
Team president and coach Flip Saunders called LaVine "exceptional" after the team's first workout on Monday and says he has no doubt the 19-year-old can play both guard positions.
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Mus Musculus - Deletions
Deletion length: 3750 bp
Breakpoint flanking sequences
more information in Documentation - Flanking regions
|Two-dimensional scatterplot showing the location of the selected deletion (red diamond) versus the full dataset (grey dots). Each point represents an mtDNA rearrangement with the 5' breakpoint on the x-axis and the 3' breakpoint on the y-axis.
Circular mtDNA plot specifying the location of the deleted region (black bar).
|Length distribution of the deleted region in the selected deletion (red bar) versus the full dataset (grey bars) .The cases were grouped 100-nt windows.
[14] Vermulst, M., et al., DNA deletions and clonal mutations drive premature aging in mitochondrial mutator mice.Nature Genetics. 2008. 40(4): p. 392-4.


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As Hitler's armies vanquished country after country in the late 1930s and early 1940s, they also emptied European museums, churches and private households of countless paintings, sculptures, relics and other irreplaceable works of art. Hitler, a failed painter, was obsessed with amassing the world's largest collection of fine art for his planned Führermuseum in the Austrian city of Linz, and pillaging was a state priority for the Reich.
Ahead of the Allied invasion of Europe, the American government devised plans for the protection of cultural treasures. Toward this end, the U.S. military recruited a division of specialists — the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section, a.k.a, "Monuments Men" — charged with locating stolen art and returning it to its pre-war owners. Unlike so many armies throughout history, the Allies did not systematically abscond with the cultural treasures of their enemies. Instead, over the course of their operations, the Monuments Men found and returned more than five million stolen works.
This picture, made by LIFE's William Vandivert in the spring 1945, shows American soldiers loading recovered paintings and sculptures — reportedly stolen by Hermann Goering himself — into the back of a truck, in hopes that they might be returned to their rightful owners. It is an image that movingly captures a small attempt to undue one of the many original sins of the war.
Christopher A. Casey is a doctoral student studying history and international law at the University of California, Berkeley.


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Horror spoofs have become something of a spawning menace these days, especially when horror movies themselves are often ridiculous enough to warrant laughter. At least "Hell Baby" has the distinction of coming from two funny parents — writers-directors-stars Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon ("Reno 911!") — and emphasizes a gallery of amusingly offbeat characters brandishing shtick over ripped-off-from-classic-movies sight gags.
The simple set-up has eager parents-to-be Jack (Rob Corddry) and Vanessa (Leslie Bibb) moving into a questionable New Orleans fixer-upper where, according to their ever-present neighbor (a hilarious Keegan Michael Key), "nobody has been murdered in a lo-o-o-ong time" — by which he means months. When Bibb shows signs of not being entirely herself, chain-smoking Vatican-dispatched priests (Garant and Lennon) arrive for what can only be described as an exorcism/birth that resembles a kind of devil-child hot potato.
"Hell Baby" isn't what anyone would call a laugh riot or a defining poke in the eye at horror movies, but its modest (if occasionally gross-out) stabs at genre parody rarely insult our intelligence and even allow for the kind of retro deadpan silliness Mel Brooks used to underline his louder punch lines.
"Hell Baby"
MPAA rating: R for bloody violence, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.
Running time: 1 hour, 34 minutes
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The RV industry has picked up and those who were hesitant to buy an RV in the past have decided now's the time, according to a report by KEZI TV on the 43rd Annual Oregon RV Show & Sale that ran March 2-5 in Eugene.
Organizers said this year's edition was a success, not only drawing thousands of people but also generating sales.
"I think the confidence level in the economy is back, I think people are feeling a little better about things, interest rates are terrific so you can really get excellent values," said Oregon Show Promotions Owner Dave Weinkauf.
That confidence was seen at last weekend's show. Managers say all eight of their dealers reported sales are up this year compared to last. "Some are up 10% to 15%, and some of them are up 50%," Weinkauf said.
So why is now the time to buy? Managers say there's several reasons for that.
"It's 23% to 59% cheaper for a family of four to go out in an RV than it is to go on other kinds of ways of travel," Weinkauf said.
"You're always looking to save money when you go on vacation so if you don't have to pay for a place to stay it's always a little nicer," added Chris Davis, an RVer attending the show.
Weinkauf also says time is a commodity. Many just don't have time to take long vacations, so instead they'd rather stick close to home. "You can be in a whole different land in a half hour of your home in an RV on a lake next to a river," he said.
Many out shopping the show said having that "still at home feeling" on vacation is one reason why they're thinking of buying an RV.
"It's your home and you're taking it with you and you have a dog and you can just bring the dog and not have to pay extra for the dog," said Lori Thompson.
"We thought if we had an RV we could kind of go here and there and take our home with us if you will, temporary home anyway, and kind of enjoy the scenery," said Ron Cote.
While others say it's just more reasonable for their situation.
"We kind of got a growing family and we like to camp but I'm a little more of a rough camper and my wife's not so we're looking at a trailer," Davis said.
Many out at the show said they weren't quite ready to buy just yet, but say it's always good to go to shows to see from many different dealers what types of RV's there are to choose from.
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Republicans preparing for confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor see little prospect, barring surprises, of blocking her nomination to the US Supreme Court.
But many GOP lawmakers are acutely aware that the tone and content of the hearings could help to redefine the Republican Party after two punishing national elections – or further weaken it.
If Republicans are seen as unfairly attacking Judge Sotomayor, who would become the high court's first Hispanic justice, they risk alienating Latino and female voters the party will need to mount a comeback.
On the other hand, conservative activists, in a letter released Monday, say they expect Senate Republicans to "rise to the extraordinary educable moment that a Supreme Court nomination represents." They urged GOP lawmakers to "mobilize" their forces to give a full-throated debate of the nomination "from this moment until the final floor vote."
Dangers of attack
Sotomayor, who has served on the federal bench for 17 years, this week begins meetings with senators on Capitol Hill in her bid to replace retiring Justice David Souter. It's a tough issue for Republicans, probably one of several epic debates ahead as Democrats propose to overhaul healthcare, energy policy, and government oversight of industry and financial markets.
"If they attack her or bring her down in Bork-like fashion, they paint the worst picture of the Republican Party at a moment that the party needs to change its approach and its message," says Julian Zelizer, a congressional historian at Princeton University in New Jersey, referring to Senate Democrats' blitz of Judge Robert Bork, a Reagan nominee to the Supreme Court, in 1987.
"The attackers are going to come out of this nomination process much more bruised than the Democrats," he adds.
Rifts between conservative activists and GOP senators over how to deal with the Sotomayor nomination emerged early in the process.
Senators speak out
Senators appearing on Sunday talk shows distanced themselves from conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh's charge last week that Sotomayor "brings a form of bigotry or racism to the court."
"I don't think that's an appropriate description of her," said Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
"We should not demagogue race. It's an important issue in our culture and our country. We need to handle it with the respect that it deserves and the care that it deserves," he added.
The comment that has sparked much of the controversy came in a 2001 speech in Berkeley, Calif., on how personal experiences affect a judge's perspective. "I would hope that a Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life," Sotomayor said.
Questioned on this quotation Sunday on CBS News' "Face the Nation," Sen. Jon Kyl (R) of Arizona said: "I'm sure she will argue that you have to look at the entire context of her speech, and all of the decisions that she has rendered – the opinions that she has written – and that's a fair point."
Senator Kyl is the minority whip and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Republicans' 'simple principles'
So far, Senate Republicans are solidly united on the message heading into these hearings. In a floor speech Monday, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said that he had assured Judge Sotomayor that she would be treated "fairly and respectfully."
"Throughout this process, Republicans will be guided by a few simple principles. But perhaps the most important ones are these: Americans expect and should receive equal treatment under the law, and Americans want judges who understand their role is to interpret the law, not write it," he added.
While stopping short of threatening a filibuster, Mr. McConnell said that Republicans expected adequate time to vet her record of some 3,600 cases. "For Justice Alito, the Senate had 70 days to prepare for an informed hearing. And like Judge Sotomayor, Justice Alito had thousands of cases for senators to review," he said.
President Obama has asked for a vote on the nomination by the end of July.
Conservatives' memo
But what troubles conservative activists in this scenario is the prospect that Senate Republicans, facing a nomination they are likely to lose, may be tempted to contain the fight within the Judiciary Committee, rather than use the fight to build up the conservative movement.
In a June 1 letter, the Third Branch Conference, a coalition of conservative groups, called on Senate GOP leaders to "mobilize all Republican members and staffs and create opportunity for comment and debate, in and out of the Judiciary Committee, on and off the Senate floor, and in and out of Washington, from this moment until the final floor vote."
"The times have changed, and we expect more from you than once we might have," the letter concludes.
"From a partisan point of view, there's no issue that better unites us than this," says Manuel Miranda, a former Senate Judiciary Committee aide who chairs the Third Branch Conference. "Somehow our elected officials haven't gotten this memo."


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|ACM CSCW 1994 Issue 87 - CSCW for Government Work: POLIKOM-Video;
This video reports on a field study of the procurement, implementation and use of a local area network devoted to running CSCW-related applications in an organization within the U.K.'s central...
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|ACM CSCW 2000 - StickyChats
In this video we describe a tool called "Sticky Chats". Sticky Chats bring together text-based conversations and digital documents. Our observations from field work suggest that chat spaces...
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The Sun SharedShell tool allows multiple people to work together in a command line terminal, even though they may be separated by geographical distance and network firewalls. SharedShell was...
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They describe the iterative design of two collaborative storytelling technologies for young children, KidPad and the Klump. They focus on the idea of designing interfaces to subtly encourage collaboration so...
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The Actuated Workbench is a device that uses magnetic forces to move objects on a table in two dimesions. It is intended for use with existing tabletop tangible interfaces,...
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The research area of Single Display Groupware (SDG) looks at how to best support multiple users collaborating around a single computer. One outstanding issue in SDG research concerns how to...
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The MIT Design Studio of the Future is an interdisciplinary effort to focus on geographically distributed electronic design and work group collaboration issues. The physical elements of this virtual...
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Quidsi may be known for operating the online retail store Diapers.com. But now the Amazon.com unit is looking to leverage its relationships with moms and dads for a slightly older demographic.
On Thursday, New Jersey-based Quidsi plans to launch two new sites — Bookworm.com and AfterSchool.com — that will sell a wide range of books, sporting goods and other items for school-aged children, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Bookworm will sell about 45,000 books, offering free shipping on orders of more than $49 and providing recommendations to kids based on past reading habits.
AfterSchool.com will sell a variety of outdoor and sporting gear, pitting the company against retailers like Dick's Sporting Goods and REI. We wrote about AfterSchool.com earlier this year.
Amazon.com bought Quidsi for $500 million in 2010, and it has continued to add new niche retail sites such as Wag.com (pets) and Casa.com (home decor). Last month, it opened a site for environmentally-friends products called Vine.com. The Wall Street Journal notes that Quidsi runs independently from Amazon.com, even operating its own warehouses.


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U.S. Nuclear Safety Agency Chief, Accused Of Being A Bully, Resigns
By Ray Henry and Matthew Daly
The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday that he is resigning amid accusations by fellow commissioners that he acted like a bully. NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko said in a written statement that it was the right time to step down, adding that he hoped his successor would keep a strong focus on safety.
Jaczko, 41, did not mention the bullying allegations in his statement, but he has been dogged by criticism that his unyielding style had created a chilled working environment at the nuclear commission, which oversees safety at the nation's 104 commercial nuclear reactors. The four other commissioners on the five-member panel had accused Jaczko (pictured above) of intimidation and bullying and said women at the agency felt especially threatened.
The commissioners -- two Democrats and two Republicans -- sent a letter to the White House in October expressing "grave concern" about Jaczko' s actions, which they said were "causing serious damage" to the commission and could adversely affect safety at the nation's nuclear power plants.
White House spokesman Clark Stevens said President Barack Obama appreciates Jaczko's service and efforts to further the mission of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "A strong and effective NRC is crucial to protecting public health and safety, promoting defense and security, and protecting the environment, and we intend to nominate a new chairman soon," Stevens said. Jaczko, who has denied any wrongdoing, was the agency's public face during its response last year to an earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan.
He also took responsibility for recommending that U.S. citizens living in Japan evacuate an area larger than what U.S. communities near nuclear facilities prepare for, a decision that lawmakers and the NRC's advisory board questioned.
An inspector general's report released last summer said Jaczko had intimidated staff members who disagreed with him and withheld information from members of the commission to manipulate their decisions on critical votes. Jaczko, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, was appointed by Obama in 2009 to lead the independent agency.
Since then, he has made a series of decisions to delay or halt work on a proposed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, a project Obama promised to kill in his 2008 campaign for the White House. Jaczko's actions have been criticized by House Republicans, by his own scientific staff and by the NRC's inspector general.
The IG report found that Jaczko acted within his authority and broke no laws. But it also concluded that to get his way on the issue he failed to be forthcoming with other commissioners.
Reid, the leading opponent of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site, praised Jaczko's service to the commission on Monday. "He dedicated his tenure to improving the safety of nuclear energy, and his leadership during the Fukushima nuclear crisis protected millions of Americans," Reid said in a statement.
Jaczko had served on the commission since 2005. His term was due to expire next year.
Henry reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Dina Cappiello in Washington contributed to this story.
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On Saturday, hooligans in the Eintracht Frankfurt fan block forced their team's 3-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen to be delayed by six minutes after lighting flares and setting off fireworks.

Referee Wolfgang Stark marched both teams off the pitch amidst safety concerns for the players after the pyrotechnics started landing on a corner of the pitch.

"It is absolutely unacceptable when a game needs to be interrupted like that," said Löw, who was in the stadium.

"When missiles are thrown thereby endangering other spectators, it's extremely important to take action against these people with all the power available."

After clubs in Germany's top two leagues voted on December 12 to adopt controversial new security regulations, outlined by the German Football League (DFL), safety at football grounds remains a hot topic.

A contentious point of the new regulations involves the clubs' right to demand full body searches for any fans suspected of carrying pyrotechnics.

The images of masked Frankfurt fans waving flares at Leverkusen's BayArena only strengthens the argument for strip searching all fans going to attend a game, says Jürgen Klopp, coach of German champions Borussia Dortmund.

"We thought we had a result we could live with," said Klopp referring to the regulations, which were modified after fans' protests last year.

"It's bad when you see images like this. There is nothing more detrimental to a discussion than if you see pictures like those."

The German Football Federation (DFB) are expected to impose a six-figure fine and insist Frankfurt play a game behind closed doors, as this is not the first time Eintracht have appeared before the DFB's disciplinary committee.

According to German magazine Kicker, the Hessen club has already paid €473,000 in DFB fines for their fans' behaviour since 2002.

Leverkusen chairman Wolfgang Holzhäuser has said he wants to pass any fines his club may face, for their part as hosts, onto the fans responsible and wants to increase the price of tickets for away fans.

"The rockets flew directly onto the pitch, near to players. It didn't look so dramatic, but if it hit one of the players that is an attempt at grievous bodily harm," said Holzhäuser. "Imagine if something like that happened in the middle of Frankfurt? "Why should it suddenly be possible in a stadium?

"The stadium isn't a place just open to the public," said, adding that "nobody, especially the fans who light those fireworks, are above the law."

Eintracht can escape heavy punishment if they help identify those responsible for Saturday's pyrotechnics.

"Only if the culprits are tracked down and pointed out to the disciplinary committee can clubs escape heavy punishments on a regular basis," said DFB vice-president Rainer Koch. "Eintracht are on board with that."

But Holzhäuser said punishing clubs for the actions of individual fans is not the answer.

"The dynamic of punishing clubs by reducing the number of away tickets, games behind closed doors or reducing points, in extreme cases, punishes the wrong people," he said. "But at the moment, there are few alternatives."

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New study fundamentally alters our understanding of lung growth
A ground-breaking international study into the ways lungs grow and develop has challenged existing medical understanding that our lungs are completely formed by the age of three.
The researchers, led by a team at the University of Leicester, put forward a theory for the first time based on research evidence that new air sacs, called alveoli, are constantly being formed. This contradicts information in most medical textbooks that explain that the tiny air sacs begin to develop before birth (around the 6th month of pregnancy) and continue to increase in number until the age of about 3 years.
Dr. Manjith Narayanan, one of the leaders of the study from the University of Leicester, said: "It was believed that there was no further increase in the number of alveoli beyond that age, and that the existing alveoli just expanded as the lungs grew bigger until final adult size was reached."
"Our study has challenged this by suggesting that new alveoli continue to be formed as the lungs grow."
The study, published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, was a collaboration between researchers in the Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, and the University of Bern. It was funded by The Wellcome Trust1.
The researchers studied over 100 healthy volunteers aged between 7 and 21 years. Each volunteer had a range of breathing tests in Leicester, and was then accompanied to Nottingham for a special magnetic resonance (MR) scan, during which they breathed in hyperpolarised helium and held their breaths.
Dr. Narayanan, a Clinical Research Fellow, explains:
"The helium is hyperpolarised, which means that the molecules all line up in one direction and it then behaves like a magnetised gas. Within the scanner, we can measure how the magnetism decays, and this in turn depends on the size of the air sacs alveoli which contain the helium. The technique is safe and not painful or uncomfortable in any way."
Senior Lecturer at Leicester Dr. Caroline Beardsmore describes the study:
"We studied small children, whose lungs contain approximately one litre of air, and full-grown adults with lung volumes of around four litres. We found very little difference in the size of the alveoli across everyone we studied. If the size of the alveoli are hardly changing, this can only mean one thing as our lungs increase in size, we must be growing new alveoli."
Professor Mike Silverman, Emeritus Professor of Child Health at Leicester, adds:
"This research has important implications. If we can continue to develop new alveoli beyond early childhood, going on through adolescence, there is the potential for lung repair following injury that was never realised before. Conversely, external factors (possibly including inhaled pollution) could have a negative impact on lung development. We now have the basis for looking at many factors with the potential to impact on lung health in the future."
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