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An alleged gunman seized by members of the public after a failed bank raid was on day release from jail, it is understood.
A suspect, wielding what appeared to be an AK47 assault rifle, is claimed to have threatened staff at Barclays in Borough High Street and demanded cash before fleeing empty-handed.
Passers-by chased the man, still brandishing the gun, through the 17th-century pub the George Inn, sending about 40 drinkers diving for cover.
Security staff at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital joined the chase and the suspect was hauled to the ground. He was being questioned at a south London police station today. The Ministry of Justice refused to comment on claims that he was a prisoner on day release.
Teresa Byrne, 20, who works at a coffee shop near the spot where the suspect was apprehended, said: "I heard lots of shouting and saw people going full pelt after this guy. Three people jumped on him to get him to the ground. Crowds of people came out of the hospital to take a look."
Minutes later armed police arrived and arrested the gunman, described as black, bearded and wearing a baseball cap, yards from the entrance to the hospital.
ITV journalist Darren Burn, 27, said he was having "a nice quiet drink" with friends at the George Inn when the gunman came running through.
"At first I thought it was some kind of stunt, but then they shouted, 'Get down he's got a gun,'" he said. "There was no screaming or shouting, it was just deadly silent and we all got down on the floor."
Sam Luck, 29, manager at the nearby Heeltap bar, said: "One of my customers reckoned he got hit in the street by a vehicle and might have been limping a bit. There were quite a few people chasing him." Police said a weapon was recovered and is being examined to determine whether it was a real firearm or an imitation.
Scotland Yard praised the bravery of those who tackled the gunman. A spokeswoman said: "No shots were fired and no members of the public were injured."
Inquiries are ongoing but no one else is being sought in connection with the incident, she added.


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Learn how government resources can help your business sell services internationally. David Josephson, managing direct of the Export-Import Bank of...
Ask any water or wastewater facility manager and he or she will agree that the economic decline of the last few years has led to a significant shortfall of affordable funding for cities and districts that must complete critical infrastructure improvements in order to maintain compliance with federal and state regulations. And if funding challenges weren't enough, rising energy costs continue to put pressure on already tight operating budgets.
The U.S. population currently exceeds 311 million, according to the U.S. Bureau of the Census. As population growth spurs, so does the demand for water. This, unfortunately, leads to proportional energy demand, adding even more pressure to communities, especially those in water-starved areas.
It is a well-known fact that energy is closely tied to the treatment of water and wastewater, and energy use can vary widely among different municipal systems.
To avoid rate hikes, not to mention rolling blackouts—which lead to considerable socioeconomic and environmental stress on communities—many water and wastewater utilities have started to enact strict energy conservation and efficiency measures. Projects typically include anything from revisions of operation schedules to increases in water storage, installation of efficient water system equipment or installation of variable frequency drives and advanced equipment controls.
Certainly, energy conservation efforts don't come cheap. Many of these improvement projects require a lot of upfront investment—not only in new technologies, but also time and additional personnel. The long-term energy savings, however, tend to deliver a quick return on investment.
But utilities' efforts don't stop with conservation. As part of their plan to implement comprehensive strategies to reduce their energy use, some utilities have turned to generating the majority of their electrical needs through renewable biogas, energy generated on site and solar power. For more information on energy conservation and generation strategies, be sure to review this month's special section on Energy Efficiency (see pages 36 to 39), as well as WWD Managing Editor Caitlin Cunningham's Q&A with Lee E. Ferrell, water/wastewater energy and process consultant for Schneider Electric, on energy audits (see page 50).
As the water and wastewater industry continues to study the water-energy relationship and piece together the power puzzle, I am certain that we will continue to see increased commitments by utilities to reduce energy consumption and look for alternative means to supplement their energy needs.
On a different note, be sure to review WWD's News Briefs section (see page 50) to learn about the 6th Annual Water Buffalos motorcycle ride set for June, which will raise money for Water For People.
Neda Simeonova is editorial director of Water & Wastes Digest. Simeonova can be reached at 847.391.1011 or by e-mail at [email protected].
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Nearly half of divorced or separated U.S. adults say they regret not discussing their personal finances before taking their vows, according to a new survey by Couponcabin.com.
Forty-five percent of divorced or separated couples said that they discovered financial secrets about their spouse, compared to only 16% of couples currently married.
Of the many financial skeletons rattling around their ex's closet, one in five respondents said they had a low credit score, while 13 percent found their ex was hiding a huge debt load.
Finances might be a touchy subject early in relationships, but the conversation only gets more awkward after marriage – especially if you haven't had the forethought to draw up a prenuptial agreement.
"Marriages fall apart more for financial reasons than issues with fidelity," family law attorney Steve Mindel recently told Business Insider.
To help you avoid falling to the same fate that so many people have before, here are six key topics the survey participants said they wish they'd discussed:
- Spending Habits
- Credit Card Debt
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Every two weeks, Massively Mobile brings you the latest news, guides and analysis about MMOs on mobile devices. Covering iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad platforms, we're on the lookout for the next generation of MMOs.
Much has changed with Spacetime Studio's free-to-play, mobile, 3D MMO Pocket Legends since we posted our first impressions of the game last month. Since then, it has seen a number of updates, content patches, refinements and improvements. It has evolved from a multiplayer Diablo-esque dungeon runner to sporting the kinds of bells and whistles one expects to find in an MMO. In this inaugural Massively Mobile column, I catch up with the game that's blazing the trail for mobile MMOs.
Before I jump into the big patch that came out this week, I want to touch on a particular small improvement that was patched in recently. They restricted loot distribution and experience gains to only those within range of the monster kills. This prevents people from having their friends go /afk at the dungeon instance. But, for me, the main benefit is that it will hopefully stop parties from splitting up at intersections in dungeons. Seriously, people, it's a simple rule: follow the tank. Divided parties are dead parties. Ok, grumpy healer frustration vented. On with the show.
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The big patch that dropped this week introduced many new features players have been waiting for. Not only does the new banking system allow you to stash your extra loot, but it doubles as a way to get equipment to alts. The devs also put in a method to trade items with other players. You can't trade for or with in-game gold, but that's on the list of future game improvements.
While the bank system is a welcome addition, the in-game trading has already spawned a great deal of spam in the town chat channels. Also, as you can see in the image above, people are finding creative ways to sell their wares. For years now, WoW players have been selling slots in dungeon raids for gold. In a game like Pocket Legends where gold translates into real life money, it's only a matter of time before a secondary market pops up for this game as well.
There has also been a change in how in-game items are bought with in-game currency. Previously accessible through the Store tab on the character screen, that gold-bought gear has now been moved to NPCs that can be found in town. New goodies can be found on the new vendors as well. For example, the Enchantress vendor sells mana potions in packs of not just 5 & 25, but 60 & 100 as well. I can go through a few dozen potions on some runs, so this was a welcome surprise. You can still buy potions within the Character screen in case you run out while dungeon crawling.
The class vendors in town that have armor and weapons for sale have also been stocked with new items. When you click on the item for sale, you can now see how it affects your stats on your character. This equipment is different than the kind you can buy with real money. That is now handled in a new way.
Platinum currency has now been introduced. Before now, there was in-game gold and real money purchases through iTunes. iTunes was used to buy more gold, dungeon campaigns, extra character slots, etc. It seems Spacetime didn't like the inflexibility of the iTunes pricing system so instead of buying these in-game perks directly for money, you now buy the new in-game currency platinum and use that to buy the perks. Since you can get 5 platinum coins for US$0.99, Spacetime now has the ability to have weekly sales discounting certain items on the fly. That shiny robe for 5 plat is now only 3 plat for three days only! And of course, if you buy plat in bulk, it costs less per piece.
Other improvements include NPCs with flavor text, the ability to determine the difficulty of a mob by targeting them to display the level difference and a boot function to throw unwanted people out of your instance. And the fun doesn't stop there. Since the patch went live, they've patched a few more times and added new features such as the ability to expand your chat screen from three lines to nine or to one.
The Road Ahead
Spacetime Studios is currently developing a dungeon campaign taking us into a new environment. The Ancient Swamps will raise the level cap from 30 to 35 and bring in new bosses, new monster AI tricks (poisoning!) and, of course, new swamp-themed loot. Plus, they are introducing new environmental effects allowing for the creation of lakes, ponds and moving water.
After that, Spacetime has quite an ambitious list of features in store for the game. Longtime MMO players should be familiar with many of these features including PvP, mailboxes, guilds, quests, player housing, achievements and leaderboards. And, we assume, more dungeon campaigns.
This game came out of the gate strong and has only improved. With this latest patch and strong plans for the future underway, it's quickly winning over new fans every day. For fast-paced MMO fun on the go, Pocket Legends is the mobile game that's setting the standard for fun.
Dan O'Halloran covers the emerging fields of mobile and Facebook MMOs for Massively. For suggestions or tips, send an email to dano at massively dot com.


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You have checked and double checked, packed and repacked. You have been school shopping, grocery shopping and clothes shopping. You might even have a list that you will check again (that makes twice) before you take off for school. You're all set. Except for when those pesky classes start and you actually have to learn.
Fortunately, all the information you will need for your classes has been conveniently bound into one location: textbooks. You are already paying an arm and a leg or two for tuition, and many find themselves surrendering both arms in the aftermath of textbook shopping. There's no doubt that textbooks are expensive, but you can save yourself a little bit of money if you know what all your options are, and are willing to do a little leg work – assuming you still have both after paying tuition. Once you have all the information, you can decide what works best for you.
BookMarq is the university owned and operated bookstore located just north of the Annex on 16th Street, the same street that McCormick Hall is on. Textbooks are always in abundance, and the convenience of being able to order your books online is very appealing to many students. Bookmarq's central location makes them very accessible to students on campus and if you order your books online, you can have them shipped to your home or pick them up at the store. The academic sections and books are well marked and easy to find.
BookMarq does not provide this level of convenience and ease for free; prices tend to be slightly higher than the alternatives. Students who choose the campus bookstore generally do so for convenience. "When I have to take my business to a campus bookstore, I take it to BookMarq because I can use my Marquette Cash there," said Amanda Wolff, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences. BookMarq's number is (414) 288-7317.
Sweeney's: If students are not willing to pay for that level of convenience, but do not want to look off campus, they generally head to Sweeney's. Located on the corner of Wisconsin and 17th streets, Sweeney's is campus's independently owned bookstore. Prices are generally cheaper, but books are harder to find and not always readily available.
Sweeney's tries to make their main customer the student and not the University, as they argue BookMarq does. Sweeney's will be relocating after the fall semester to 14th and Wells streets, a location that used to be a Chinese restaurant, if any of you were curious about the pagoda over the front door. Their store hours for August are Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. For more information about Sweeney's or to order books online, click here.
Online Options: Many students are beginning to explore alternatives to campus bookstores. Online textbook shopping has exploded in the past couple of years, with more and more students trying to save any amount of money they can. Some popular sites include Amazon.com, half.com, textbooks.com, barnesandnoble.com and chegg.com to name a few. "[Chegg.com] has definitely become my favorite," said Wolff. Chegg.com is a book rental site that rents books to students for the semester, then takes the books back with no return shipping charged. Many students, however, are weary to try online options because of the security risk involved; students are afraid that books will never be shipped or they might receive the wrong edition.
Whether you buy at BookMarq or Sweeney's, Barnes and Noble or Amazon, almost everyone suggests shopping around a little bit before pulling the trigger. "Wait until after the first day of classes to buy your books," said Andrew Schueller, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences. "A few times a 'required' book wasn't needed at all, so wait until your teacher personally hands you a book list and then buy those."
So no matter where you buy from, it is important to explore all your options first, and hopefully buying books doesn't have to be too painful.


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Since pretty much every young indie-rock band owes more than they probably want to admit to Wire, the daddies deserve their due, right? And if we continue to ride their awesomeness out as far as possible, we should probably concentrate on the years 1977-1980, during which they released their first three indisputably great albums -- Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154. Wire on the Box: 1979, a CD/DVD of a 1979 live performance for the German TV program RockPalast -- including a lively interview with RockPalast's host, Alan Bangs -- does just that. But most importantly, Wire on the Box sets a standard for what could be a revolutionary way to release live albums.
If you have a DVD player, the CD portion of this two-disc set will be relatively useless. The bored, seated audience of German longhairs is completely hilarious; they look like they just witnessed a car accident after Wire rips through "Another the Letter" so fast that their polite applause actually lasts longer than the song. The first three songs -- "Another the Letter," "The 15th" and "Practice Makes Perfect" -- sum up the three predominant moods of the band's emotional trajectory: furious, strangely lush and just plain strange.
They pull off all three beautifully, and it's refreshing to watch a rock band that isn't bent on preening and posturing. Wire doesn't force a performative element that isn't there. The band just tears through the songs, which almost all sound exactly like they do on the albums, except for a few of the eight 154 songs -- this footage was taken between Chairs Missing and that album. Not that these are particularly difficult songs to execute, but this package should debunk the impression of Wire as jokey tricksters who never played the same songs twice and honed their songs in the studio.
In the interview, Wire claims this one is the set they're about to go on tour with, and during the performance they display a hard-headedness about that predetermination. Bruce Gilbert deadpans to a few pleading fans, "We don't play requests." The band understands what their best songs are. The nervous dissonance of "Two People in a Room" causes goose bumps, "Blessed State" is pre-My Bloody Valentine gorgeousness, and the weirder songs (most from Chairs Missing) are pulled off with conviction instead of hackneyed silliness. By the end of this fifty-eight-minute performance, most of the frazzled German hippies look like they've had one Hefeweizen too many, but a wiry blonde herre in a trench coat leads the obligatory encore hooting, and Wire re-emerges for a sloppy and anarchic version of "Pink Flag."
Not only is it doubly entertaining to hear and watch Wire play, but it's also good for history books. I want to know which argyle sweater Mark E. Smith was wearing during the recordings of Totale's Turns (and I want to see how much he was drinking). Why shouldn't we get to see the performance too, now that DVD players are a relatively standard part of most people's home entertainment systems? Let's hope that Wire on the Box becomes the example for the future of live recordings.
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- There's a major surprise coming on the finale of The Little People. (OK! Magazine)
- Justin Bieber and Chris Brown are hanging out… that's scary. (Moe Jackson)
- Colin Firth has released a statement about "conscious uncoupling" from a role. (Lainey Gossip)
- Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield have a message for the paparazzi. (HuffPost Celebrity)
- Did Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears have the best breakup song in history? (PopSugar)
- Tamara Ecclestone showed off her post-baby body. (Celebrity Baby Scoop)
- Three people were arrested for throwing beer bottle at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home. (TMZ)
- Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino was arrested at his own tanning salon. (IDLYITW)
- Kendall Jenner has booked her first serious modeling campaign. (Evil Beet Gossip)
- Kris Jenner is not happy with Bruce Jenner's ponytail… or rumored sex change. (Celeb Dirty Laundry)
- Justin Bieber is also hanging out with Selena Gomez again… which is also not good. (PopCrush)
- Evelyn Lozada bought her daughter a car that cost over $100,000 for her 21st birthday. (Reality Tea)
- Olivia Wilde reveals why she named her son Otis. (Celebrity Babies – People)
- Britney Spears' and Kevin Federline's sons are headed off to summer camp! (Babyrazzi)
- Beyonce and Jay-Z are struggling to sell concert tickets. (ICYDK)
- Demi Lovato shared a gorgeous bikini snap! (Celebuzz)
- Robert Kennedy might be cheating on his fiance, Cheryl Hines. (Celebitchy)
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Cooking instructor offers tips for stocking your pantry
By Sarah Wojcik
Posted October 9, 2013
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — While many people think they may be practicing healthy eating, Lisa Howard, of Berkley, gave a presentation called "Getting to Know Your Groceries" at the Shelby Township Community Center Sept. 24 that might have given the audience new ideas about stocking their pantries and refrigerators.
Howard, a cookbook author, culinary speaker, recipe developer and cooking instructor, conducted the program as if traversing the aisles of a grocery store.
She began in the fruit and produce section.
She said that there is no such thing as "super fruit," or one magical fruit that will cure everything. In order to reap the benefits of fruits, a wide variety is necessary.
"You've probably heard 'eat the rainbow,'" she said. "It's a truism, because all the pigmentation in those products represents the antioxidant the plant forms that's beneficial to us."
For example, beta-carotene forms a red, orange or yellow hue and is turned into vitamin A when digested.
She also explained why she prefers organic produce.
"A plant that has to fight a little bit and is not just blanketed with spray is actually going to be a stronger plant and healthier option for us, so that's why I think organic plants have a higher nutritional value," Howard said. "And they taste better, too, I think, than their conventional counterparts."
She warned that the more broken down a fruit or vegetable is, the less nutritional value it contains, such as apple products. A whole apple will have a good amount of fiber and nutrients, while apple sauce will lose some of its nutritional value, and juice "is pretty much sugar."
Howard also encouraged shoppers to experiment with new types of produce. Anything downward-growing is generally starchier and can be prepared like a potato; green, unripened fruits can be prepared like vegetables.
The next section she addressed was nuts and seeds.
"Nuts are a really good source of fat and protein if you're on the run, and they're really satisfying," Howard said.
She also introduced chia seeds. People can eat the sprouts within two to three days of sprouting, sprinkle the seeds on cereal or salad, or even make chia chips by blending them with water and a little potato flour and drying the mixture on a baking sheet.
"They taste like potato chips, but they're totally chia and really yummy," she said.
Chia seeds, she said, along with flax seeds, are good sources of omega-3 and anti-inflammatory fats.
Another trick, she added, is to replace refined, processed flour by grinding up softer nuts, such as almonds or sesame seeds, to make a powder.
"All you need is a $10 coffee grinder to do it," she said. "It's half the price of buying almond flour and takes 10 seconds."
For baking, she recommended substituting half the amount of flour with the nut flour. Howard also said the nut flour is a tastier, more nutritious alternative for breading chicken or fish, especially mixing half almond flour and half grated parmesan cheese.
Next area: grains.
Again, Howard recommended getting a wide variety of grains in diets. She presented a visual aid with several grains that strayed from the normal wheat, corn and rice, including buckwheat, kasha, quinoa, teff, millet and amaranth.
Whole wheat flour, she said, is made from grinding up the entire grain, or wheat berry, and is a better option than "enriched" flours.
Howard added that manufacturers avoid sugar being in the first few ingredients on a nutrition label by adding several different types of sugars and listing each out separately. As ingredients are listed in the order of highest concentration first, sugar becomes lower on the list, but if all the separate sugars were combined, oftentimes sugar would be the first ingredient.
Howard next steered the conversation to the virtual oil section.
Unrefined oil, she stressed, is much better than refined oils, which can be recognized by their light golden color and packaging in thin, plastic bottles.
From oil, Howard transitioned to the dairy section.
While many consumers shop for "low fat," Howard stressed that low fat equals high sugar, as the lost fat often is supplemented with sugar to bring the taste back.
Stacy Parke, of Sterling Heights, attended Howard's lecture at the Shelby Township Community Center and also attended one of her talks at the Warren Public Library.
"I follow her website and I use her recipes, and she's very valuable," Parke said. "We're all gluten-free. She helps you to try new things and expand."
For more information about Lisa Howard, recipes she's crafted or upcoming events she is involved in, visit her website at www.theculturedcook.com.
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Staff Writer Sarah Wojcik covers Shelby Township and Utica for the Shelby-Utica News. Sarah has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2013 and attended Oakland University. She won three Excellence in Journalism awards from the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Stokey Studs
Our spies tell us Harry Styles is a Stoke Newington local now, and you can spot the manboy himself comparing mung beans in the Church Street branch of Whole Foods or jogging around Clissold Park. But if you prefer a fella who has actually started shaving, hang around the park's café where nascent hipsters meet for bacon rolls and flat whites.
Do say: 'Fancy a falafel sometime?'
Don't say: 'Didn't you used to live in Clapham?'
Ghetto Girls
Glammies like Rita Ora can be found working the dancefloor at Dstrkt. The nightclub attracts pop stars, Premiership footballers and the occasional Kardashian. Book a table near the dancefloor to be in with a chance of bump'n'grinding with a popstrel. (dstrkt-london.com)
Do say: 'Another bottle of your finest Cristal.'
Don't say: 'Just a cranberry juice, please, I'm detoxing.'
Culture Clubbers
Born-and-bred Londoners like Idris Elba, whose interests range from music, to drama, to, um, partying, can be found at The Tabernacle off Westbourne Park Road. This hip intellectual hub is always a-buzz with everything from steel band rehearsals to poetry readings. Find Idris-alikes sipping a single malt whisky, pre-show. (tabernaclew11.com)
Do say: 'I am just loving Laura Mvula right now.'
Don't say: 'Where's that blue door where Julia Roberts lives?'
Foxy Ladies
If you want to catch a saucy minx like Scarlett Johansson, hunt her down in her natural habitat: Agent Provocateur, obviously. You might end up having to fork out a small fortune on tiny strips of silk and lace, but at least you'll have had the fun of watching the selection process first-hand. (agentprovocateur.com)
Do say: 'You look so good, it's indecent.'
Don't say: 'There's a sale on M&S control pants.'
Golden Girls
Not for the seductive older lady the fleshpots of Soho; if your idea of a good time is a night on the tiles with a Dame Helen Mirren type, you need to blag your way into the backstage bar at the National, where thespoids see in the early hours over plenty of mutual back-slapping and bawdy showing off.
Do say: 'Your Hedda Gabler was… visceral.'
Don't say: 'What's it called when you're too old to be a cougar?'
Dashing Darcys
Beg, borrow or sneak your way, ninja-style, into Robin Birley's exclusive nightspot Loulou's at 5 Hertford Street. Once in, you're sure to spot tons of sexy, solvent, Colin Firth types in sharp suits with glossy hair. Your dishy chap will be lounging in a velvet alcove or leaning against a taxidermy giraffe, sipping a Negroni. (5hertfordstreet.co.uk)
Do say: 'Is that suit Tom Ford?'
Don't say: 'Oi, Darcy, show us your breeches.'
Model Citizens
Every hot model worth her pay cheque secretly wants to be an actress or a photographer. The latter is likely to be marginally less high-maintenance, so to bag a Georgia May Jagger type, head to the Michael Hoppen Gallery in Chelsea, where you'll find her pondering a Bill Brandt vintage gelatin silver print of a nude. (michaelhoppengallery.com)
Do say: 'You're clearly a woman of discerning taste.'
Don't say: 'I'd rather see you naked.'
Flipping Hotties
Do you like your men to look good in a vest? If so, head to polysexual disco Room Service at Greek Street club Miabella every Thursday, where the boys are ripped like Louis Smith. And you can guarantee a star spot at this Soho institution. Even Jonathan Ross popped in recently, although thankfully not in a vest top. (clubroomservice.com)
Do say: 'I love that thing you do with your abs.'
Don't say: 'Is that tan fake?'
Power Politicos
What's sexier than Michel Roux Jr? Michel Roux Jr cooking for a room full of plotting politicos. We've always held a torch for the dashing David Miliband. Find fellow loyal lefties dining on rabbit terrine and roast quail at this Westminster dining room. (rouxatparliamentsquare.co.uk)
Do say: 'I just love europe, it's so sexy and cosmopolitan.'
Don't say: 'I think the Tories are really on to something economically.'
Yummy Mammas
Oh, Nigella. How we have loved your second coming. Yes, yes, we know she's in the States now, sending couch-potato husbands in the Mid West into overdrive, but she's not London's only busty and lusty epicurean with a taste for a rustic Italian. You'll find the rest of them sipping Barolo and sucking on fleshy olives at Osteria Basilico in W11. (osteriabasilico.co.uk)
Do say: 'I'll have Nutella with that.'
Don't say: 'How many calories?'
Prince Charmings
You're never going to bag the big H but there's no shortage of (Prince) Hazz-alikes in Fulham if rosy cheeks and PlayStation get you going. Our warrior prince was seen at The Brown Cow pub, which has since filled with blondes and their frightfully jolly escorts.
Do say: 'A pink shirt with red trousers? That's so bold!'
Don't say: 'Can i call you Brew bitch?'
Sexy Sloanes
If turbo Yahs float your boat, you'll want to book a table at Colbert. Sloane Square's latest brasserie has lots of tightly packed tables, so it's easy to get chatting to a Millie Mackintosh type. (colbertchelsea.com)
Do say: 'Fancy hopping on my private jet to Verbier for the weekend?'
Don't say: 'Who is this Peter Jones character?'
Love Machines
Who doesn't want to wake up on 15 February with Michael Fassbender in their bed? If you just said, 'Me,' LIAR! Everyone else should head East to Hackney favourite The Kenton, where sexy Aryan creatives in plaid shirts and scuffed biker boots prop up the bar. We can't promise they're all as well-endowed as the Shame star, mind. (kentonpub.co.uk)
Do say: 'I couldn't live without a Guinness and a roll-up.'
Don't say: 'I had no idea things would be so civilised this far east.'
Fit Birds
You won't find anyone as fit — and fit — as Jess Ennis out on the tiles. No, women with six-packs tend to steer clear of daiquiris and stick to their strict regimes at London's first supergym, Equinox, in Kensington. We can't promise a date heavy on LOLs but a heptathlete's stamina is second to none. Just sayin'. (equinox.com)
Do say: 'I've just run a sub-three-hour marathon.'
Don't say: 'Do you want a go on my javelin?'
Lovely Luvvies
Every would-be star knows that if you want to schmooze with industry players, members' club Soho House is the place to do it. To snag your own pillow-lipped Eddie Redmayne, head down in the afternoon, when the real stars read their scripts over a cup of herbal tea. (sohohouse.com)
Do say: 'Would you like some help with your lines?'
Don't say: 'You be Romeo, I'll be Juliet. go!'
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LADERA RANCH – The modest office is filled with the sounds of timers going off, music playing softly, training equipment and therapy tables being used. On the wall is a picture of smiling football players.
Welcome to Johnny Stanton's new arena: a physical therapy office.
The senior quarterback from Santa Margarita High School has spent most of his free time in these past four months inside rooms like this one, putting in the gut-wrenching work needed to come back from a knee injury that ended his season and rocked a team that was ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time.
This room is far from the football fields and the cheering crowds and the teammates who like to call him "Johnny Tebow" because of the way he plays the game and how he carries himself. Now his "teammates" are physical therapists and there is no end zone.
But one thing hasn't changed: the determined look in Stanton's eyes, the look he displayed while leading the Eagles to CIF-Southern Section and state championships in 2011.
"I'm very ready to show people that I'm just as good as I used to be," Stanton said recently. "Even better."
It is just after 5 p.m. on a Monday, and Stanton is receiving a hamstring massage at M&M Physical Therapy, a family-run practice in Ladera Ranch.
To his right, a photograph of Santa Margarita's championship team two seasons ago adorns the wall. The cellphone in Stanton's hand features a bright, red Nebraska sticker, a reminder of where his future lies – playing football for the Cornhuskers. But for now, the massage signals the start of the fourth quarter of his latest 21/2-hour rehabilitation session.
"You're getting done early today, Johnny," jokes Pamela Monnahan, who runs the physical therapy business with her husband, Michael.
Stanton, 18, has racked up the hours in rehabilitation since his surgery Sept. 28 for a torn anterior cruciate ligament and torn meniscus. His surgery was performed by Laguna Woods-based Dr. Scott Graham.
Three times a week, Stanton, a Coto de Caza resident, heads directly to physical therapy after his school day ends at 2:05 p.m. Stanton forgoes the typical after-school diversions for most teens so that he can begin physical therapy at 2:30 p.m. His sessions grind to a conclusion between 6 and 6:30 p.m.
"He's very dedicated," Michael Monnahan said of Stanton. "He works harder than anyone in here ... and he's got school work (too)."
Stanton follows a regimented workout program designed by Michael Monnahan. Now in the fourth month of a six-month rehabilitation, Stanton's program takes him through a battery of exercises. He rides a stationary bike. He completes numerous stretches, lifts, shuffles and balancing exercises. There are strengthening and resistance drills.
The program schedule is printed out neatly for him and kept on a clipboard.
A day of rehab is followed by a day of rest. But then he returns to the office and goes through the entire list again.
"Sometimes it does feel really monotonous and sometimes I feel like, 'Why am I still doing this certain exercise?'" Stanton said. "But when we do a new exercise, I guess it's kind of exciting knowing that I have progressed to the point that I can do other stuff."
Jogging on the treadmill is currently the hardest exercise for Stanton. Light jogging was introduced to his recovery about a month ago, and as expected, his knee is sore from the pounding.
Stanton's commitment to rehabilitation is paying off.
"I think (Johnny) will come out of this very well," Michael Monnahan said. "He'll be ready to roll July, June, when he goes over to Nebraska. He should be 100 percent."
Stanton relaxes on the therapy table, looking fit in blue shorts and a black T-shirt from the Elite 11 quarterback camp.
When Stanton started his rehabilitation, his primary color was green. The first two weeks of his therapy were brutal exercises in pain tolerance. Stanton's knee was swollen as he grimaced his way through basic movements.
"He was as green as a ghost," Pamela Monnahan recalled of Stanton's complexion.
Stanton said he took pain medication after his surgery and eventually began to feel better.
"They always say the first two weeks are the hardest part," he said.
Stanton began his physical therapy just five days after his surgery. The aggressive approach to recovery is common for knee injuries today, Michael Monnahan said.
"Rehab has changed and orthopedics has changed over the years to where we start getting more aggressive a little bit sooner," he said. "Twenty years ago or so, they were still doing some casting."
Stanton's recovery continues on the days he is not at physical therapy. He is training three days a week with former Cincinnati Bengals and Mission Viejo High quarterback Jordan Palmer, brother of Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer. Stanton wears a knee brace during his throwing sessions, but he has progressed enough to go paddleboarding with Palmer in Dana Point.
Palmer has heard the "Johnny Tebow" nickname. He believes the comparison is accurate, at least in terms of work ethic.
"He's off the charts in terms of how hard he works," Palmer said of Stanton. "I think he's going to come back better because he's never had to train this hard."
Stanton vividly remembers his reaction to the news that he had torn his ACL.
After Stanton's virtuoso performance in a 35-27 victory against St. Bonaventure of Ventura on Sept. 21, Graham delivered the results of an MRI the next day.
Buoyed by a strong support system at home and school, Stanton has remained positive in his recovery. He listened when Elite 11 coach Trent Dilfer encouraged him not to feel sorry for himself. He prayed with Palmer, whose brother overcame a career-threatening knee injury with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2006.
"I think Jordan helped me through a lot of it," Stanton said. "He told me to stay strong in myself, stay strong in my (Catholic) faith and take solace in my family because if things don't work out with my knee, they'll always be ones who support me."
Nebraska stuck with its scholarship offer to Stanton despite his injury. He committed to the Cornhuskers over the summer. Stanton is expected to sign with Nebraska on National Signing Day on Wednesday.
He knows some wonder what type of quarterback the Big Ten school will be receiving, but that only provides more motivation for Stanton.
"Once I get to Nebraska, the only thing that's ever going to be a sign that I had a hurt knee will be the scar on my knee and the brace around my leg," he said.
Stanton also will arrive in Nebraska with a newfound sense of appreciation. His injury provided him that.
"There's a new appreciation that I have for being able to play," he said. "This is the game that I love."
Yes, not everything has changed for Johnny Stanton.
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A Washington Post editorial reprinted today in the Denver Post calls for a moratorium on the deportation of gay immigrants who are legally married or in civil unions until after federal courts decide the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The editorial tells the story of Paul Wilson Dorman, an immigrant from the UK who came here on a visitor's visa in 1996 and never left -- and is now in a civil union with an American man.
Dorman has been targeted for deportation but is fighting it on the grounds that he should be able to stay because he is in a long-term, committed relationship. Two immigration courts ruled against him because same-sex relationships aren't recognized by DOMA. But the future of DOMA is questionable; the attorney general announced earlier this year that his office will no longer defend the law in court.
Dorman's case is now before the Virginia-based Board of Immigration Appeals, which hears appeals of immigration cases from around the country.
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The UK's faster payments service, designed to provide customers with near real-time transfer of phone, Internet and standing order payment instructions - has finally gone live.
The multi-million pound system, developed by VocaLink and backed by 13 clearing bank members, went live just after midnight on Tuesday - some six months later than originally scheduled. UK payments association Apacs says by 7 am this morning, 898 payments had been made to a value of £461,383.43.
Participating banks have been testing the VocaLink Real-Time Payments Platform over the last week by making hundreds of penny payments.
However not all the founding banks are providing the service to customers at launch. Customers of Barclays, Citi, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Northern Bank and RBS are able to use the system to send and receive payments. But customers of Alliance and Leicester, HBOS, Nationwide, and Northern Rock will only be able to receive payments to begin with.
The Co-operative Bank is not set to offer the service for another six weeks, while Abbey will also be late in offering the service.
As part of the phased rollout, some banks are placing lower initial limits on the value of payments that can be sent or may be choosing to phase rollout across their customer accounts. Standing orders are not scheduled to start being processed through the faster payments service until 6 June.
The new infrastructure will eventually process Internet and phone payments of up to £10,000 and standing orders of up to £100,000.
However volumes on launch day are being "carefully managed", says Apacs, which means only five per cent of members' Internet and phone payments are set to be processed as faster payments today. Apacs says over the summer the overall volumes are expected to increase to over 50% of peak-day processing volumes.
Says Paul Smee, chief executive, Apacs: "Although the initial rollout will be gradual, and some customers may not be using the new service immediately, we expect that in the coming months this will ramp up to enable large numbers of customers to benefit from it."
Apacs says there were 27.5 million Internet or telephone banking users in 2007 and this is expected to rise to 40.9 million by 2017. Last year there were 124.5 million Internet and phone payments and 347.3 million standing order payments. In ten years these numbers are forecast to rise to over 300 million and 422.3 million respectively.
To mark the launch of the system, all 13 founding members joined together to make a charity donation of £10,000 to Oxfam for the Disasters Emergency Committee's (DEC) Burma Cyclone Appeal. Apacs says this was one of the very first payments in the early hours of this morning and it arrived at the charity within a couple of hours rather than taking three working days as it would have done in the past.
The platform was developed in response to calls from the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for an alternative to the existing Bacs and Chaps clearing systems.
Martin Wilson, chief commercial officer at VocaLink, says the platform is "one of the most revolutionary infrastructures the payments industry has seen in recent decades and has the potential to transform consumer banking behaviour and business practice across the globe".
Vocalink says the launch of the Faster Payments scheme is generating interest in its real-time platform from major banks around the world.
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Scarab of Protection: This device appears to be a silver medallion in the shape of a beetle. If it is held for 1 round, an inscription appears on its surface letting the holder know that it is a protective device.
The scarab's possessor gains spell resistance 20. The scarab can also absorb energy-draining attacks, death effects, and negative energy effects. Upon absorbing twelve such attacks, the scarab turns to powder and is destroyed.
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BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German exports began the year strongly with a 1.4 percent rise in January over the previous month.
Exports rose to €91.9 billion ($120.3 billion) in January from €90.6 billion in December 2012, according to figures Monday from the Federal Statistical Office, which adjusts values for calendar and seasonal effects.
With imports up 3.3 percent to €76.2 billion, Germany had a trade surplus of €15.7 billion in January.
Compared to January 2012, exports were up 3.1 percent in unadjusted terms.
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By Jeanna Smialek
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WASHINGTON – Industrial production climbed 0.2 percent in June, capping the strongest quarter in almost four years and indicating manufacturers are providing a bigger spark for the U.S. economy.
The gain in output at factories, mines and utilities last month followed a revised 0.5 percent advance in May, figures from the Federal Reserve showed Wednesday in Washington. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 0.3 percent advance. Production rose at a 5.5 percent annualized rate from April through June, the most since the third quarter of 2010.
The fastest pace of motor vehicle sales in eight years and a recent pickup in bookings for business equipment indicate further gains in output. An improvement in overseas markets would also contribute to busier assembly lines and propel the economy in the second half of the year.
"For the moment, it seems like production is on a pretty good roll," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Pierpont Securities LLC in Stamford, Conn., who correctly projected the June gain. "Demand for autos has been very strong in recent months, but it's still the case that firms have been pretty aggressive in terms of their inventory buildup."
Estimates of the 82 economists surveyed by Bloomberg ranged from a drop of 0.1 percent to an increase of 0.6 percent after a previously reported May gain of 0.6 percent.
Stocks advanced amid deals and earnings reports, while data showed economic growth in China topped forecasts. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.4 percent to 1,980.97 at 9:45 a.m. in New York.
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Manufacturing, which makes up 75 percent of total production, grew 0.1 percent in June, less than forecast as automakers cut back and factories slowed output of nondurable goods such as energy and clothing. The median projection in the Bloomberg survey called for a 0.3 percent June increase.
In the second quarter, factory production advanced at a 6.7 percent annualized rate, the fastest since the first three months of 2012.
"Things slowed down a little bit in June," Sweet said. "The auto plant production schedules point to a pickup in auto manufacturing over the next couple of months."
Other data on manufacturing, which accounts for about 12 percent of the economy, show sustained progress. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index was 55.3 last month, little changed from a five-month high of 55.4 in May, the Tempe, Ariz.-based group reported July 1. Readings above 50 signal expansion. The ISM's gauge of orders climbed to the highest level of the year.
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Wednesday's Fed report also showed that capacity utilization, which measures the amount of a plant that is in use, held at 79.1 percent in June.
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