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- October 16, 2012
The sun is shining, footy fans have gone into hibernation, and office party-animals are already choosing venues for the work Christmas Party.
That's right, summer is around the corner, and that means it's time to gear up for another huge cricket season.
From Test series' against South Africa and Sri Lanka and one-dayers with Sri Lanka and West Indies, to the best domestic cricket competitions in the world - Sheffield Shield, Ryobi Cup and KFC T20 Big Bash League - there are plenty of classic moments to look forward to.
Here, we've picked out 10 reasons why you'll be glued to your TV screen, and of course to foxsports.com.au, all summer long.
1. World No.1 title on the line
Early last year, Australian cricket reached its lowest ebb in decades, with the Test team ranked fifth in the world and still recovering from a traumatic home Ashes series defeat to England. It was with this sombre mood less than 12 months ago that Michael Clarke's men travelled to South Africa to take part in a battle between third and fourth in the world. Fast forward to the present, and the same two sides are now set to fight it out for the No.1 ranking in Test cricket. It's been a remarkable resurgence by Australia, winning eight of their past 10 matches. But now comes the ultimate Test, with the Aussies keen to prove they can match it with the best in the world. South Africa rightfully hold that title after their series victory over England earlier this year. The Proteas possess the top-two ranked bowlers in Test cricket (Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander) and three of the top five batsmen (Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and A.B. de Villiers). Many of their best players emerged as world-beaters under the tutelage of Australia's current coach, Mickey Arthur. This is the first time he has coached against his countrymen, and he'll be keen to show them just what they're missing out on.
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2. Ed Cowan to battle for his survival
Ed Cowan is the archetypal old-school Test opener, whose primary aim is to see off the new ball. Early on, runs are secondary. That doesn't fit well with today's cricketing public, and that, combined with his inability to convert good starts into substantial totals, sees his place under increasing pressure. He's likely to be retained alongside David Warner for the first Test against South Africa, but with Phil Hughes undergoing a resurgence at South Australia and Shane Watson also an option, Cowan will need all of his trademark grit and determination to make it through the summer.
3. Australia's pace attack ready to come of age
With Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus virtually assured of their spots for the time being, attention turns to the so-called up-and-comers - the likes of James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. Pattinson has shown he belongs at Test level, while the other two have offered glimpses of their potential. Consistency is the name of the game here. All three youngsters have the ability to form the core of Australia's pace attack for a decade, but if given the chance, it's time for them to show they're ready to start now. And what better team to test themselves against than South Africa, cricket's undisputed pace kings at the moment.
4. Nathan Lyon no longer just filling in for Warnie
Every spinner that has played for Australia since 2007 – 11, to be precise - has done so in the giant shadow of Shane Warne. After his impressive showing against the masters of spin, India, last summer, Nathan Lyon looked to have finally emerged out of that shadow. But a disappointing tour with Australia A and a below-par start to the Sheffield Shield season has thrown doubt over Lyon's future. A poor summer could see him consigned to the post-Warne scrapheap. A strong showing, however, could see him finally be known as Australia's spin bowler, rather than "the bloke filling in for Warnie".
5. Sri Lanka visit MCG for first time since that no-ball
A lot of water has gone under the bridge since Darrell Hair famously called Muttiah Muralitharan for chucking in the 1995 Boxing Day Test. Seventeen years later, Sri Lanka return to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first time since that fateful day. Despite many subsequent fierce battles, relations between the two sides have improved a lot since Arjuna Ranatunga was forced to withdraw Murali from the attack. Although with another unorthodox spinner, Ajantha Mendis, an option for Sri Lanka, you just never know what might happen ...
6. West Indies renaissance to continue, courtesy of Chris Gayle
For years, commentators and players alike have lamented how West Indies cricket has been on a 'downward spiral' since their world dominance officially ended in 1995. In truth, the Windies have slowly been making up ground over the past few years, but this resurgence was accentuated by their stunning victory at the World T20 in Sri Lanka earlier this month. They are genuine world-beaters in both Twenty20 and one-day cricket, but one man stands tall among them. Chris Gayle is the embodiment of a match-winner. In the shorter forms of the game, Gayle can single-handedly control the destiny of his team, and the match. Watching him bat will be worth the admission price alone.
7. Can South Australia break their winless streak?
Two years is a long time in sport. Some players have careers that don't last as long. But two years is the amount of time it's been since South Australia last tasted victory in the Sheffield Shield, as the Redbacks have gone winless for their past 18 matches. It took just one match for new captain, South African Johan Botha, to work out what the problem was. "I would say it's in the head," Botha said. The Redbacks' search for that elusive win will provide an intriguing sub-plot to the 2012-2013 season, during which you can watch a live stream of every Sheffield Shield match right here on foxsports.com.au.
8. Who will be this summer's Peter Forrest?
As Michael Clarke rightly points out, the only way for Australians to make it to the Cricket World Cup is to be performing in the Ryobi Cup. Clarke, Ricky Ponting and so many others before them proved that Australia's domestic one-day competition is the breeding ground for the future stars of world cricket. Last summer, Peter Forrest emerged seemingly from nowhere to force his way into the national setup. Who will be this summer's Peter Forrest?
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9. Imports to set Big Bash League alight
The inaugural KFC T20 Big Bash League was a roaring success on and off the field, and much of the success was owed to the smattering of foreign stars that came to our shores. Chris Gayle, Shahid Afridi, Herschelle Gibbes and the man with the best (or worst) mullet in world cricket, Rana Naved, brought excitement, character and flair to the Big Bash. They'll be joined this season by West Indians Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Kemar Roach, Sri Lankans Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga, England's Owais Shah and Luke Wright, and Kiwi veteran Dan Vettori.
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10. Ricky Ponting auditioning for an Ashes berth
When Ricky Ponting stepped down as Australia's captain after that humiliating home defeat to England, it seemed far-fetched to think he'd make it to the next series against the Old Enemy. But here we are, less than nine months away from the Ashes, and Ponting is one of the form batsmen in the Australia line-up. If he keeps scoring runs this summer, it becomes very difficult for the selectors to move him on, regardless of what people make of his age (he turns 38 in December). With Michael Hussey also in decent form, could it be possible that we'll take two men edging towards 40 into the most important battle Australian cricket has had in many years?
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Simmo of London says October 16, 2012 at 3:24 PM
not sure what our obsessions with spin bowling is.. warne was a freak.. how many bona fide top spin bowlers have we ever had at test level other than Warne?
slimjim of sydney says October 16, 2012 at 4:13 PM
number 10 should be number 1
MJ of Coogee says October 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM
I note there are several Australian female cricketers in the photo, but nowhere in the top 10!? They are the current T20 world champs and are an excellent cricket team are they worth watching this summer?
Paul of Wyong says October 16, 2012 at 5:13 PM
I noticed Usi's wearing an Aussie T20 shirt........BYE BYE MR CRICKET!
Ralph of Mount Isa says October 16, 2012 at 5:25 PM
Simmo makes a good point - no one compares to the great man!
Greg of WA says October 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Simmo of London - Stuart Macgill
Tez of Shellharbour says October 16, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Richie Benaud.
sam of blacktown says October 16, 2012 at 8:18 PM
nice to see Usman khwaja among these legends
Nope of NotAtTheGrounds says October 16, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Only if cricket was even slightly interesting to watch
SP of WA says October 16, 2012 at 9:42 PMDid you want to make a comment? Use our form below
Proteas v Australia will be an awesome series! Sheer pace on both sides.
Rahul of Melbourne says October 16, 2012 at 11:55 PM
Good to see Khawaja in the photo, I predict he will have a big summer for Australia as we need a stable batsman in the test lineup.
JP of GC says October 17, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Hope Ed Cowan makes runs and locks in a long term spot. We need a tough nut hardcore old skool opener - not inconsistent sloggers.
Jack says October 17, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Its not Ed Cowan's style that people don't like. its his return. He could be out there for 50 balls and make 20. While 'inconsistent' batsmen make 10 in 10 and next make 50 off 30. At least they are making runs whereas Cowan is not making the return for the length of time he is out there. Once he gets a higher strike rate all will be good. Just keep hoping for such. Something liek 30 off 50 would suffice, at least 50% strike rate but preferably something above 60.
DANIEL of Wollongong says October 17, 2012 at 9:10 PM
WHAT Jack? A test strike rate above 60? You have no idea. South Africa crushed England at 45 and until Australians realize tests need to be paced out then Australia will fail.
likes cowan of perth says October 18, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Jack... a 50ball 20 is a nearly 10overs of blunting the new ball and still scoring. that is what we need. Only thing id like to see cowan do better is hit gaps for more singles. his strike rate is fine though


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The video shows a dance performance at what was reportedly a Halloween event at Baylor in 2009. (The image to the right is a screen grab, not the video itself.)
It features a song, "All the Ben Taub Patients," sung to the tune of Beyonce's "All the Single Ladies." (Ben Taub General Hospital is the large public hospital in Houston.)
The audio is lousy, but the lyrics were displayed on a screen above the stage, and you can sometimes see them in the video.
The song makes fun of Spanish speakers, people who don't have insurance, teenage moms, and patients who get crappy medical care because they can't afford anything better.
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A spokesperson for Ben Taub says, "We are extremely disappointed that our patients have been portrayed in this way."
The Houston Chronicle says the video has been removed from YouTube, but, at least as of Wednesday afternoon, you could still watch it on the Fox26 site.

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Stem Cells & Telemore lengths & Mitochondrial DNAHi
I am trying to find information on what sort of research, if any, has been carried out into stem cell treatments/experiments, specifically relating to telomere length and the condition of the mitochondrial DNA in the new cells. What effects do these treatments/experiments have on the age of the new group of cells? Are any changes permanent? Are there any differences when using cells harvested from adults or embryonic stem cells? When using adult stem cells do the cultured cells have the age properties of normal cells in the adult specimen? The internet is a wonderful medium, but for every useful result on a search there seems to be a hundred or more useless results, this seems to become more of a problem the larger the internet grows, so any help that you can give pointing me in the right direction, or suggestions on where to look would be most useful. Many Thanks.
Stem cells, senescence, oxidative stressI don't know about mitochondrial DNA, but telomere length/stability is something people have looked at. One of the more interesting treatments people have tried is oxidative stress - this kind of stress increases the concentration of oxygen radicals in the cell, which causes DNA damage (double-stranded breaks). If the cell is stressed enough, it will enter senescence (the cellular dormancy associated with old age) prematurely.
There are two papers you could skim over to see if you're interested: Torella D, Rota M, Nurzynska D, Musso E, Monsen A, Shiraishi I, Zias E, Walsh K, Rosenzweig A, Sussman MA, Urbanek K, Nadal-Ginard B, Kajstura J, Anversa P, Leri A. Cardiac stem cell and myocyte aging, heart failure, and insulin-like growth factor-1 overexpression. Circ Res. 2004 Mar 5;94(4):514-24. Kamminga LM, de Haan G. Cellular memory and hematopoietic stem cell aging. Stem Cells. 2006 May;24(5):1143-9. Hope that helps! Vi veri veniversum vivus vici
Recent Nature papersActually, a paper just came out in Nature about the effect of the checkpoint protein p16 on stem cell ageing.
Janzen, Forkert, Fleming, Saito, Waring, Dombkowski, Cheng, DiPinho, Sharpless, Scadden. Stem-cell ageing modified by the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16INK4a. Nature. 2006:443, pp421-426. (Can't get the INK4a to be superscripted; apparently this forum doesn't let you embed HTML). A whole bunch of other p16 papers came out in Nature in September as well, along with a small note by Judy Campisi on the whole subject. Vi veri veniversum vivus vici
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A Chula Vista man who sliced the face of his attorney during his Dec. 13 trial pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated mayhem and faces 20 years to life in prison - which would be added towards two other sentences.
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As part of its commitment to scholarship and educational outreach, Penn State's George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center sponsors internships for undergraduate students at a variety of museums, national parks, and other public history institutions. Through these internships students learn the processes (and the challenges) of preserving historical artifacts and methods of historical interpretation. Today's blog comes to us from Kristen Campbell, a History major at Penn State who interned at Gettysburg National Military Park this past summer. She describes the hard work entailed in conserving century-and-a-half old artifacts for future generations.
"What Do You Even Do Down In that Basement?"
My Summer Interning In Museum Services at Gettysburg National Military Park
By Kristen Campbell
Archives and artifact collections are mysterious places. Buried down in deep basements, these large rooms and expansive shelves form dark and quiet gardens; the eclectic remnants of America's past serve as their curious flowers. The curators of these collections are their gatekeepers. They protect and preserve cherished items. They also add items and foster growth as well as perform a requisite weeding - removing items that do not add to our nation's historical memory. Curators also help share these artifacts, letters, and sites with the public by displaying them in museums, transcribing the contents of manuscripts, and making the gems of the collection publicly available on databases and online exhibits. I spent my summer behind these guarded doors in the collection at Gettysburg National Military Park. The collection is extensive, containing thousands of manuscripts, objects, and even structures. So what do curators do down in these dark realms? At Gettysburg, I was able to try my hand at their job - transcribing letters, cleaning and caring for artifacts, re-organizing and storing artifacts, and even preparing a few for display in the museum.
Performing conservation and restoration work on an artifact requires one to be both a chemist and historian. Since Gettysburg does not have these specially trained individuals on site, we send artifacts greatly in need of repair and restoration to the Harper's Ferry Conservation Center, one of the few National Park Service Conservation Centers in the country. During my internship I was able to visit that facility with curator Paul Shevchauk. Thanks to some donations from private citizens, we were able to take the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Battle Flag in for conservation work. This was quite a task - this particular flag was currently on display in the museum. It is an enormous flag protected in an even larger frame. Since, like most items in our collection, it holds a lot of meaning to a lot of people, we were careful to package it neatly in furniture blankets and soundly secure it in the back of a Uhaul. Graduate schools offer entire courses on how to package artifacts for transport - there are even companies who specialize solely on shipping museum items! However, on the job I learned that experience counts for more than any class one might take. In reality, supplies are limited and you have to use what is on hand. The ideal vehicle is the one you have access to! We had to rent from Uhaul since the Park Service did not own any trucks large enough to transport the flag. The sturdy frame and carefully taped furniture blankets hopefully would protect it in the back of the truck.
Although there were only a few of us, we were able to load up the truck with the heavy frame and drive down to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, which is only about an hour and half away from Gettysburg. Paul, Lynsey (one of the seasonal museum aides), and I had just crossed the state line when all of the sudden, the lights in the Uhaul went out. Then it started making some strange sounds. We crossed a bridge safely and then the alternator went out! By sheer good fortune, Paul was able to drift the truck into the parking lot of a gas station. Here we were, one ranger, one aide, and one intern stranded along a strange highway with a truck full of valuable government property. So we did what anyone in such a situation must do - called Uhaul and had a tow truck sent. We realized however we couldn't send the flag off to some random mechanic, so thankfully our friends at the Conservation Center found another Uhaul and drove to meet us. And in the middle of a gas station parking lot we had to unload the flag from the first truck and onto the second. Fortunately, the tow truck driver was kind enough to help with the heavy lifting. If only he knew the value of what he was moving! Quite a few hours later, we finally made it to the conservation lab. There we unframed the flag and waited to receive the 149th Pennsylvania Flag, which had been cleaned and restored earlier by the conservators. Very, very carefully using a team of people and lots of little white gloves we lifted the restored flag into the museum frame. Using tiny spatulas we combed the fringe out straight and laid little pieces of colored fabric behind the flag to minimize the appearance of holes. We took a break for lunch, and when we returned we picked up our newly restored 150th Pennsylvania flag. We placed it onto a textile roll, a giant padded tube used to store any fabric artifacts, and slid it into a protective tube. Every few years the fabric items on display in the museum are rotated out and different ones put in their place. Since fabric is incredibly sensitive to light, these artifacts must be moved out of museum lighting in order to be preserved for generations to come.
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I have a BD project using 4 video files. I dragged them to the main menu page as four different chapter selections.
The only thing that isn't working the way I want it to is the Prev / Next buttons to skip from one chapter to another while the BD is playing. Doesn't work either with the Preview function within DVDAS or on a set top player. (Sure am glad I popped the $20 for a rewritable BD!)
Within each item I have Prev/Up and Next set to "On". Shouldn't this make the Prev/Next buttons work?
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I had a similar problem until I added chapter marks. Try inserting a few chapter marks in each video segment and see if your prev/next button works.
I also found out that if you put the chapter marks in while editing in Vegas, they may move when you load the rendered files into DVDA. Mine had moved several tens of seconds. I put them back in the rights spots in DVDA, and they stayed put. I'll be using DVDA to locate chapter marks going foward...
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Recently, in the case of Nyle J. Hooper v. Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled for the first time that underbidding or making false estimates in bids or proposals submitted in response to federal government solicitations may constitute violations of the False Claims Act. The agencies administering Federal contracts are in-creasingly insistent on enforcement of the requirement. The stated rationale is to assure the general contractor's "adequate interest and supervision of the work."
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Welcome to the "Hotel Transylvania," where you can check out any time you like, but you will never laugh.
It's a good-looking, laugh-starved farce that puts Dracula (Adam Sandler) in charge of a hotel for monsters — "Human-free since 1895" — and makes him an overprotective single father with a teenage daughter.
She's turning 118, and is ready to see the world. But all Daddy Drac can think to do is stage a "visit" to the human village, where they all want to "eat your toes" and "shove garlic in your face."
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Monsters like Frankenstein (Kevin James), The Mummy (CeeLo Green) and The Invisible Man (David Spade) are honored guests.
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The best gags come from quick cuts — Drac zipping hither and thither to keep Mavis fooled, his sudden and shocking transitions to scary. The rest of what is most decidedly a "boys" comedy is humor of the fart/ butt/ toilet variety.
Sandler's Dracula voice isn't awful. Nor is it distinct or funny, and he is given precious little funny to say. This "Hotel" was never going to earn a 4-star rating. But maybe under different management ...(PG, 91 minutes)
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The year is 2044, and America has fallen into a state of stylish squalor. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character, Joe, is a junkie and former criminal who makes ends meet in this depraved world by working as a ''looper,'' a hired gun. Time travel hasn't been invented yet, but it will be 30 years further in the future. A powerful mob boss known as the Rainmaker sends his enemies back in time to have them obliterated with no bodies to dispose of and no loose ends.
All Joe and his fellow loopers have to do is stand in a certain place at a certain time and the victim will show up, hooded and kneeling. One quick blast and it's over. But sometimes, future versions of the loopers themselves show up on the spot; this is known as ''closing your own loop,'' and it means getting a handsome payout and a set period of 30 more years to live it up. Trouble is, when Joe's loop arrives in the form of Bruce Willis, he hesitates, then watches as his future self runs off.
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''Looper'' keeps changing effortlessly and taking you to unexpected places — past, present and future. (R, 2 hours)
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Frustrated by bureaucracy and politics, two mothers (Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal) decide to do something to save their kids' failing inner-city school. (PG-13, 115 minutes)
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Karl Urban stars as the stoic Judge Dredd, the baddest bad-ass of them all in a dystopian future where enforcers like him serve as judge, jury and executioner. Olivia Thirlby has a calm yet confident presence as the rookie Judge Anderson, who happens to have been assigned to Dredd for training upon one particularly bloody day.(R, 98 minutes)
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House at the End of the Street
A mother and daughter (Elisabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence) move to a new home and discover the girl who lived next door murdered her parents. There goes the neighborhood! (PG-13, 101 minutes)
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Cardinal Mooney High seniors Christina Warren, Hannah Howard, Victoria Krupa and Trey LaPorta all signed national letters-of-intent this morning.
Warren will be heading to Princeton University to row for the Tigers lightweight boat. Warren, who has been rowing for the Sarasota Crew for nearly two years, chose Princeton over Stanford, Duke and Notre Dame.
"I'm really excited," Warren says. "It's a huge relief. I'm looking forward to it. It'll be fun."
Howard, a forward on the Cardinal Mooney girls soccer team, will be heading to Elon University in Elon, N.C. The Lady Cougars leading scorer over the past three years visited Elon last July and instantly felt right at home.
"Honestly I just fell in love," says Howard, who plans to study nursing.
Krupa, a four-year varsity lacrosse player, became the first Cardinal Mooney girls lacrosse player to earn a scholarship to play at the next level. Krupa will be heading to Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala. Krupa, who plans to study business, chose Huntingdon College over Stone Hill College.
"It's really exciting," Krupa says. "When I moved here there was no lacrosse, so to be able to help build the program and be the first player to go on to play in college is really exciting."
Trey LaPorta also will be continuing his lacrosse career next year after signing with Rollins College.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The U.S. Census Bureau estimates North Carolina's capital will outstrip the banking center atop the list of largest counties.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday the Census Bureau projects that Wake County will pass Mecklenburg County as the state's most populous in a few years if trends continue.
The Census Bureau released the estimated populations of every county and metropolitan area in the country as of last July. Wake County's population was estimated at just under 900,000, compared to 914,000 in Mecklenburg County. Wake is home to Raleigh. Mecklenburg County's seat is Charlotte.
North Carolina has six of the country's 100 fastest-growing counties. They are Union, Brunswick, Wake, Johnston, Hoke and Currituck.
The state's estimated population was almost 9.4 million, up 16 percent.
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The Freshman College provides one-on-one and group tutorial sessions to freshmen at Claflin University. Tutoring is available in the Bowen Hall Freshman Computer Laboratory Monday thru Thursday between the hours of 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Upper class students majoring in subject areas assist students in biology, chemistry, computer science, english, and mathematics. TFC promotes and encourages individuals who are experiencing difficulty in specific subject areas to utilize the tutorial service. TFC tutorial program walk-in hours are 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. daily.
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Daryl Rouson on using props in the state legislature listen
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St. Petersburg House Democratic Representative Daryl Rouson is an admitted former drug addict. Since he beat his addiction, he's been at times zealous in trying to ensure that others don't make his mistakes.
In 2005, he stood trial on a charge of misdemeanor trespassing for a 2004 incident in a St. Pete head shop called the Purple Haze. He claimed that he had gone to the store to protest the selling of drug paraphernalia, which he called "death utensils."
And on one of the last days of...
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In anticipation of a meeting on immigration between members of Congress and President Barack Obama tomorrow, advocates for getting immigration reform spoke today on a conference call.
Tamar Jacoby is president & CEO of Immigration Works, a business oriented organization.
Mark Lauritsen is vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers. He spoke angrily of some high profile immigration raids made last year by the Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE). Frank Sharry, ...
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Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed a bill that would have deregulated rates for some residential property insurance policies. The bill (HB 1171) would have let homeowners pay higher, unregulated rates for insurance covering hurricanes, fires and other hazards from highly capitalized national companies.
In his veto message today, Crist wrote that the "Consumer Choice" bill "actually gives the choice to a select group of property insurance companies." He wrote that "It would have let them choose ...
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Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan appeared in St. Petersburg last night.
Speaking at Nova 535, Sheehan spoke for approximately an hour, where she touched on a variety of subjects, including many in her new book, Myth America.
Sheehan moved to San Francisco a couple of years ago, specifically to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her bid for re-election last year, a topic she discussed last night.
Sheehan's home state of California is in serious financial difficulties. The state f...
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As the health care debate heats up in Washington, two new reports arguing that an essential employer health mandate be part of any health care reform plan were released today.
Also a statement signed by more than 330 health care experts and economists was published today echoing President Barack Obama's call for health care reform happening this year.
MIT Economics professor Jonathan Gruber was one of those signatories. He said that getting rid of the current employer based insurance sy...
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Politico.com reported earlier this year that Democrats have defeated so many vulnerable Republicans over the past four years that there are few obvious targets left for them in 2010.
In some cases, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hoping some longtime incumbents might retire. Such is the case in Florida's 10th Congressional District – that's the Pinellas County seat that's been owned by C.W. Bill Young for nearly four decades.
Nationally, Democrats think they might be ...
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Miami area Democratic Representative Kendrick Meek added to his growing list of supporters today when fellow Congress members Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Ron Klein endorsed him.
All three Representatives have worked together for years, beginning in the Florida House and Senate, and now in Congress.
Wasserman Schultz was enthusiastic in announcing her support for Meek.
Broward County area Democrat Ron Klein knocked out longtime Republican Clay Shaw in 2006, and was rumored at one poi...
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Excited by Barack Obama's victory in the Sunshine State in last year's presidential election, Florida Democrats hope to win some of the Cabinet positions currently held by Republicans.
Kendrick Meek and Alex Sink are by far the frontrunners in their races for senator and governor, respectively. The Democrats will have a contested race for Attorney General, as two South Florida senators, Dan Gelber and Dave Aronberg, have announced their candidacies.
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Muhammed Sahimi is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Southern California and a blogger for the Huffington Post and other publications.
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Apple lawyer smacks Gawker with Mac tablet hint
Wins 'fabulous' gift pack
Super-secretive Apple has provided some of the best evidence yet that its long-rumored tablet is on the way. No, not by leaking photos or specs, but instead by threatening a website about soliciting said photos or specs.
On Wednesday, Gawker Media's Valleywag blog announced its Apple Tablet Scavenger Hunt, which offers hefty cash awards to anyone who could provide concrete evidence of the existence of the elusive tablet.
Thursday, Gawker received a letter from Apple's lawyers warning them against soliciting "photos, video, or a sample of an unannounced and highly confidential Apple product."
The wording of that warning seems to infer that there is, indeed, "an unannounced and highly confidential Apple product" that Apple wishes to protect.
The letter, from the Menlo Park, California law firm of Orick, Harrington, and Sutcliffe, goes on to note: "While Apple values and appreciates vibrant public commentary about its products, we believe you and your company have crossed the line by offering a bounty for theft of Apple's trade secrets. Such an offer is illegal and Apple insists that you immediately discontinue the Scavenger Hunt."
Gawker is taking the threat in good humor, however, congratulating the lawyer who sent it for providing "the most concrete evidence (from Apple itself, no less!) yet that there may indeed be a tablet in the works."
And although the lawyer didn't win the Scavenger Hunt's $100,000 grand prize, to be granted to the worthy who provides an Apple tablet to the Gawkers and lets them "play with it for one hour," he's not walking away empty-handed. To show their appreciation, the Valleywags are sending him a DVD of Legally Blonde 2, a $25 Zune Marketplace giftcard, and "a fabulous set of steak knives!" ®
A Zune gift card to an Apple mouth piece. That has got to hurt!
'Today, here it is, the very first electric car made by Apple, the i5'
A revolution in transport history. Now if any of you have any questions, could you direct them to our project lead, Clive, come up here...
Paris, touch sensitive.
This is just part of Apple's marketing machine bellowing the coals in preparation of the launch. They knew full well their actions would feed the rumour mill and get more people talking about it, ensuring huge anticipation by the time it arrives - to a press frenzy. Expect any iSlate to be on the front page of the BBC news website and reported on the 6 and 9 O'Clock news.
Seriously... This is the main BBC News bulletin... Earthquake in Haiti, Obama follows Brown by imposing big taxes on banks, Teddy Pendergrass has died... and Apple, the computer company who have been making computers since the 70s, have made a computer. It looks like a big iPhone but is a proper computer instead, with high failure rates due to too many dum-dums crushing them.
Like iFlavor iFlav used to say before reaching his 50s, Don't believe the hype, fanBooooyyyy!
So this action by Apple "has provided some of the best evidence yet that its long-rumoured tablet is on the way"?
Tell that to Think Secret (if it was still going that is). Apple didn't release any Garageband breakout box (codename Asteroid) that the rumour site reported - but did take legal action about the reports, which led to Think Secret's demise.
Also, after Jobs returned to the Apple fold, Apple employees became far more tight-lipped and took leaks/rumour sites far more seriously (Think Secret being an example) - so I don't think Apple is going to take kindly with a site offering cash rewards for information about a future product, regardless whether the product is real or just the result of fevered speculation.
Not wishing to be a pedant (but I will), in the sentence, 'The wording of that warning seems to infer that there is, indeed, "an unannounced and highly confidential Apple product" that Apple wishes to protect,' it would have been more appropriate to use 'imply' instead of 'infer.' The person making the message implies, the receiver infers.
So maybe some people missed a point...
Inciting people to attempt corporate espionage is at least civilly liable, if not criminal. Most assuredly a tablet isn't the only thing Apple is secretly trying to develop, and wouldn't it just be bad for their ability to surprise competitors if the new device they are going to present isn't a tablet but IS something quite revolutionary? Apple doesn't want Gawker to have people looking for a needle in the haystack just to have them end up finding the farmer's daughter. Imagine if some bounty had been offered for some device back in the early 2000s and someone going for that had managed to stumble upon Apple's long secret Intel machine running OS X?
Apple saying 'don't incite onerous behavior' doesn't prove there's a tablet, it just reinforces that Apple likes it's secrets and has plenty to concern itself with.


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We are in the centre of the High Street in St Ives, between the HSBC and Lloyds bank. We will always be pleased to see you while you are in St Ives, our opening hours are:
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During an emergency calling 911 can save your life. If you or someone in your family needs to communicate over the phone by a TTY or has a disability that may hinder evacuation or transport, you may want to join the "Disability Indicator Program". With this program, codes are displayed on the 911 dispatcher's screen automatically giving the first responders (ambulance, police and fire) the facts needed to safely provide the help needed. Visit the Disability Indicator Program web page for more details and the required form.
The City of Lowell works together as a team to plan for emergency events such as the ice storm of 2009. Check back in the fall for videos and more details of just how the City of Lowell is preparing to keep the community safe in disasters.
Does your family have an emergency plan?
Planning before an emergency happens can save lives. Every home should have an emergency bag in the event your family needs to evacuate. Many people forget medications. When you use up a bottle of medications, you should place the bottle (with one or two pills) into the bag. Change every couple of months so they do not expire and remember to add new medications as prescribed. Remember your pets too. Make a plan now.
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