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Boater found dead in lake
ST. MARYS — Less than 24 hours after a drifting boat touched off a search for a missing boater, the body of a 59-year-old man was found near Riley Bay in Grand Lake St. Marys.
The body of James Price was found near Riley Bay Wednesday afternoon — less than a day after emergency personnel started searching for him after his 22-foot pontoon boat was found adrift Tuesday night. Price's body was found near where his boat was located.
"Last evening at 6:20 p.m., we had a report of a drifting boat on Grand Lake St. Marys," Ohio Department of Natural Resources West Central District Park Manager George Sholtis said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon. "Upon investigating the boat, it was determined the boater who was occupying the boat was missing and a search ensued that night."
Officials from the Division of Watercraft, state park office, Mercer County Sheriff's Office, St. Marys Township Fire Department and Montezuma Fire Department assisted in the search. Several K-9 units were brought in today to assist in the search for Price.
"The search resumed this morning," Sholtis said. "At approximately 2:20 p.m. today, a body was discovered in that area and was brought to shore and was confirmed as the victim who was missing."
Sholtis said the windy weather Tuesday night made the lake choppy. Sholtis declined to reveal if Price was wearing a life jacket.
"I'm not sure of the height (of waves) or wind speeds," Sholtis said. "It calmed down this morning but then it picked up."
Sholtis said the investigation into what caused Price to fall into the water will continue. He also declined to comment as to if alcohol played a factor.
"I believe he was an experienced boater," Sholtis said. "The Mercer County coroner was notified and an autopsy will be conducted."
Sholtis said Price's death was the first at Grand Lake St. Marys since 2005. That year, two Mercer County teens drowned in the lake when the rowboat they were in capsized. Sholtis said there have been six fatalities at state-operated lakes so far this year.


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MSU prof: Halloween evolved from roots
Robert Wolverton's orange ceramic pumpkin, which welcomes visitors to his house during October, shows how much Halloween has evolved through the centuries. Those who today associate the holiday with its orange and black theme would carve turnips if they were sticklers for authenticity. Instead, the holiday has evolved to traditions of pumpkins, plastic Jack-o-Lanterns, candy, and trick-or-treaters.
Wolverton, a professor of classics in Mississippi State University's department of foreign languages who specializes in mythology and Christianity, knows the roots of the late-fall celebration. He said the ancient Celts created traditions for the end of October, traditionally the end of the calendar year and a time when people thought they could communicate with spirits of those who had died.
The Celts used fire as a sign to spirits, especially those who had departed within the year, Wolverton said. "Many people believed these spirits could help or harm people still living, depending on the temperament of the spirits."
However, Celts didn't place candles in pumpkins as part of their rituals, since the cousin of the squash wasn't readily available in England.
"They'd put candles inside hollowed turnips to encourage good spirits and discourage bad ones," Wolverton said. "As well, fires were set in the hill tops to turn away possible evil spirits."
On this All Hallows Eve, Halloween, children would often dress as souls of the departed.
An authority on etymology, the MSU professor points out that the word "demon" was a Greek word for souls of the dead and did not originally have a negative connotation. Rather, these souls were to look after the living, much as many people think of angels today, Wolverton said.
While often associated with pagan traditions, Christians began to turn these into Christ holy days, especially after 40 priests from Rome moved to England in 597 A.D. to "re-Christianize" the area. Later, in 834, the festival of All Saints began to honor saints on Nov. 1, followed by the feast of All Souls on Nov. 2. Since these two days were sacred days, most Christians attended services. Thus, All Saints Day was the day Martin Luther nailed his famous 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenberg, Germany.
"He did it on a day where he knew nearly all people would attend services," Wolverton said.
Halloween was the eve of All Hallows, another word for saints. In earlier years, it had been the night before New Year, hence, New Year's Eve," Wolverton said.
But now back to Oct. 31.
In 1854, Halloween arrived in the United States and has become the third-most commercial holiday in the nation, and the largest secular holiday, in spite of its Christian roots.
Now people no longer limit costumes to black and white spirits. While ghosts, goblins and witches remain popular as costumes in the United States, Halloween also reprises a host of pop culture characters each year, from vampires to Richard Nixon to Lady Gaga.
"No matter how commercial Halloween grows," Wolverton said, "All Saints Day and All Souls Day have their roots in paying tribute to our ancestors."

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Best Olympic Program, Best Olympic Feature and Best On-Air Promotion win
NBC Olympics won four prestigious Olympic Golden Rings awards - three Gold and one Silver in the four categories it was eligible, including Gold for Best Olympic Program -in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the International Olympic Committee's biennial awards ceremony. The Olympic Golden Rings are awarded by the IOC to honor broadcasters for their outstanding coverage of the Olympic games. The awards were specifically for the London Olympics.
NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel was in attendance in Lausanne to accept the four awards on behalf of the entire NBC Olympics division, who won Gold in the following three categories for the Games of the XXX Olympiad:
•Best Olympic Program: NBC Olympics presented 5,535 hours of Olympic programming across numerous NBCUniversal's platforms. The 2012 London Olympics became the most-watched event in U.S. television history with 217 million viewers, and primetime on NBC averaged 31.1 million viewers.
•Best Olympic Feature: "Measure and Motion" opened NBCUniversal's coverage of the London Olympics. The film highlighted the major stories of the Games and London as the host city with collected work from around the world produced by the NBC Olympics Features Unit. It was voiced by British actors Ewan McGregor and Emily Blunt and aired on NBC just prior to the Opening Ceremony.
•Best On Air Promotion: NBCUniversal's campaign explored many of the unique themes of the Olympics, such as teamwork, global unity and perseverance, as well the compelling stories of high-profile U.S. athletes. While using contemporary music and editing techniques, the campaign was crafted to be human and personal while revealing the themes that make the Olympics the extraordinary event that it is.
NBC Olympics also won silver for Best Olympic Athlete Profile for its feature on Kenyan 800m world-record holder and gold medalist David Rudisha.
"To be recognized for our work among the best Olympic broadcasters in the world is particularly rewarding, and further validation of the tireless efforts and constant innovation of our entire Olympic team," Zenkel said. "These awards are a credit to the creativity, passion and commitment of our staff and to the support provided to us throughout Comcast and NBCUniversal. They are also a credit to the compelling stories and extraordinary feats of the Olympic athletes, whom we consider it a privilege to cover. We are grateful to the IOC and the international jury for these prestigious honors."
This year, an international jury judged clips from countries around the world, with winners receiving their prizes in Lausanne in the presence of IOC President Jacques Rogge. Members of the IOC Radio and Television Commission attended together with representatives from the Olympic rights-holding broadcasters, the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games in London, Sochi and Rio, International Sports Federations and the City of Lausanne.


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TOMS RIVER, N.J. - June 25, 2013 --Authorities say the deputy director of public works for Toms River is among 22 people arrested as part of an investigation into a $1 million-a-week gambling ring.
Another three suspects in the case remain at large.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office says the enterprise operated in Monmouth, Somerset, Essex and Hudson counties and in New York.
Authorities say the ring used websites to track illegal bets and records profits and losses.
Prosecutors also allege members sold marijuana and prescription drugs.
Anthony Benyola of Toms River is suspended from his job with the township's public works department.
Authorities say 55-year-old Richard Crossan of Hillsborough and 38-year-old Anthony Gagliardi of Monmouth Beach acted as co-conspirators.
Initial court appearances are scheduled in Freehold on Tuesday afternoon.


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Kelly Clarkson has opened up about her romance with boyfriend Brandon Blackstock, revealing she's committed to marrying the music promoter - and has been for years.
The couple started dating in 2011 after dancing around a romance for years, and the Since U Been Gone hitmaker insists she's determined to put their broken home backgrounds behind them one day and try marriage for themselves.
And she admits she first started thinking about becoming Mrs. Blackstock when she realized she and Brandon, her manager's son, hail from the same hometown in Texas.
In a Wednesday morning (10Oct12) radio interview with DJ Ryan Seacrest, Clarkson recalled, "We met years ago when I was working with Rascal Flatts, and he used to tour manage with them... I was like, 'Dude, I gotta know that guy'.
"We were just in a room together, and then he came up and said he was from the same hometown as me and I was like, 'Oh, we're so getting married.' I was so that girl. When he became single, I was on the prowl.
"It's weird how life kind of puts you in certain situations. We're taking it slow, and we're enjoying each other. I'm from a family of broken marriages, but we will definitely break that trend one day."
And Clarkson admits she's blissfully happy with her man: "Once you finally fall in love with someone and you are so comfortable with them, it makes you more comfortable in your skin. It makes you comfortable as an artist and it makes you more confident... I know that doesn't sound like the cool, hardcore, 'I'm Miss Independent' girl, but it's the truth. I'm completely head over heels for him, he knows that."


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Combination of inositol and alpha lipoic acid in metabolic syndrome-affected women: a randomized placebo-controlled trial.
By I. Capasso et al.
BACKGROUND: Inositol has been reported to improve insulin sensitivity since it works as a second messenger achieving insulin-like effects on metabolic enzymes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the inositol and alpha lipoic acid combination effectiveness on metabolic syndrome features in postmenopausal women at risk of breast cancer.
METHODS: A six-month prospective, randomized placebo-controlled trial was carried out on a total of 155 postmenopausal women affected by metabolic syndrome at risk of breast cancer, the INOSIDEX trial. All women were asked to follow a low-calorie diet and were assigned randomly to daily consumption of a combination of inositol and alpha lipoic acid (77 pts) or placebo (78 pts) for six months. Primary outcomes we wanted to achieve were both reduction of more than 20% of the HOMA-IR index and of triglycerides serum levels. Secondary outcomes expected were both the improvement of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and the reduction of anthropometric features such as body mass index and waist-hip ratio.
RESULTS:: A significant HOMA-IR reduction of more than 20% was evidenced in 66.7% (P <0.0001) of patients, associated with a serum insulin level decrease in 89.3% (P <0.0000). A decrease in triglycerides was evidenced in 43.2% of patients consuming the supplement (P <0.0001). An increase in HDL cholesterol (48.6%) was found in the group consuming inositol with respect to the placebo group. A reduction in waist circumference and waist-hip ratio was found in the treated group with respect to the placebo group.
CONCLUSIONS:: Inositol combined with alpha lipoic acid can be used as a dietary supplement in insulin-resistant patients in order to increase their insulin sensitiveness. Daily consumption of inositol combined with alpha lipoic acid has a significant bearing on metabolic syndrome. As metabolic syndrome is considered a modifiable risk factor of breast tumorigenesis, further studies are required to assess whether inositol combined with alpha lipoic acid can be administered as a dietary supplement in breast cancer primary prevention
Source: Trials. 2013 Aug 28;14(1):273. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-273., Capasso I, Esposito E, Maurea N, Montella M, Crispo A, De Laurentiis M, D'Aiuto M, Frasci G, Botti G, Grimaldi M, Cavalcanti E, Esposito G, Fucito A, Brillante G, D'Aiuto G, Ciliberto G.


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BASF AND Dow AgroSciences have announced an agreement that will greatly expand availability of the Clearfield Production System herbicide-tolerance trait to the seed corn industry.
The agreement grants Dow Agro-Sciences' rights to market and sub-license the trait in corn. The pact combines BASF's expertise in herbicide-tolerant crops with Dow AgroSciences' insect-protection traits and skills in developing high-yielding hybrids. Broader distribution of these enhanced corn lines will benefit farmers by increasing production options.
"We are excited to move forward in this relationship," says Doug Vawter, general manager for Advanced AgriTraits LLC (AAT), Dow AgroSciences' crop genetics marketing subsidiary. "This is a significant step in our plan to provide a broad array of new and exciting products to the global corn industry. Licensing and marketing herbicide-tolerance traits for some of the world's best herbicides will complement our advanced portfolio of insect protection traits, corn hybrid technology and value-added crop traits."
"This agreement with Dow Agro-Sciences will greatly expand the availability of Clearfield technology in corn inbreds to other seed partners," says Scott Gaddis, BASF global director, herbicide tolerant crops. "By making this technology available to a broad base of seed producers, we can provide growers with access to advanced hybrids that are best for their region. This, along with the broad-spectrum, season-long weed control of Clearfield herbicides, will help farmers optimize yields."
Dow AgroSciences already markets the trait in corn hybrids it sells through its Mycogen Seeds business unit. Now the company can produce and sub-license the technology to third-party seed companies through AAT, its traits marketing subsidiary.
AAT, founded in 1998, offers a licensing network for companies to either offer or acquire new crop technology. "The benefit for farmers is greatly increased access to high-quality seed products and technology from local seed suppliers," says Vawter.
Herbicides such as Lightning (in the United States and OnDuty in Latin America are part of the Clearfield Production System. They belong to a unique family of crop protection products developed by American Cyanamid, now a part of BASF. These herbicides act on an enzyme that is present in plants, but not in mammals, birds, fish or insects. This selectivity, combined with low use rates per acre, makes the herbicides environmentally compatible while providing outstanding weed control.
Also, competitive treatments used for other herbicide-tolerant crops provide results only on emerged weeds. Clearfield herbicides control grass and broadleaf weeds on contact, plus continue to control weeds throughout the growing season. This advantage can help farmers reduce herbicide applications.
Clearfield corn is also export-market friendly. Current corn lines, and those that will result from the agreement, are based on traditional breeding methods. The grain faces no international grain market restrictions.
The herbicide-tolerance trait may be bred into corn in combination with other traits of transgenic origin, Vawter says. For example, he notes that Dow AgroSciences is currently developing a new class of broad-spectrum insect protection that will complement the offering of Clearfield traits in seed corn.
"Farmers will benefit from a complete package of herbicide-tolerance and insect-protection traits in high-yielding corn hybrids," he adds. "These products will continue to improve farmer convenience, protect yield potential and safeguard the environment. The technology is necessary in our collective efforts to feed a growing global population using the current base of arable land."
Vawter notes that the companies' agreement covers global licensing rights, and that Dow AgroSciences' initial efforts marketing the BASF trait will focus on the United States and the Western Hemisphere.


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(CNN) -- What has Big Bird ever done to Mitt Romney?! Did a young Mitt try to meet Big Bird and Big Bird snubbed him? Did Big Bird in essence give Mitt "the bird'? Or was Romney just channeling his inner Oscar the Grouch?
For those who may have missed it, during last night's presidential debate, Mitt Romney said that if elected president he would cut funding to PBS. He even mentioned Big Bird by name. (This is even more shocking because Mitt offered very few specifics on how he would cut the deficit other than slashing support for PBS.)
So what happens to Big Bird if Romney has his way? Will Big Bird be laid off? What jobs are out there for an 8-foot-2-inch yellow bird who sings slightly off-key? Will Big Bird become part of the 47% that Romney talked about who believe they are victims and are entitled to government funding?
And what about the other Muppets? What will come of them? How will they survive in this tough economic climate?
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Keep Texas Beautiful and Don't mess with Texas® Offer Scholarship for Texas Students
March 04, 2014
AUSTIN — Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Don't mess with Texas program are encouraging high school students across the state to share their litter prevention accomplishments. In an effort to promote positive litter habits among young Texans, the organizations partnered to announce the 11th annual Don't mess with Texas Scholarship contest.
The Don't mess with Texas Scholarship contest recognizes the achievements of high school seniors who have taken leadership roles to prevent litter in their schools and/or communities and build awareness of the Don't mess with Texas initiative. The contest, sponsored by real estate and oil and gas company Forestar and in partnership with Keep Texas Beautiful, is open to high school seniors currently attending public, private, or home school and planning to attend an accredited Texas university or college next year.
One $3,000 scholarship and two $1,000 scholarships will be awarded this spring to students planning to pursue a two- or four-year degree at an accredited university or college in Texas.
Applications are now being accepted for the scholarship. Applications must be submitted online or postmarked by midnight (CST) April, 4, 2014. Both digital and mailed applications will be accepted and will be judged based on student essays detailing creative solutions to litter problems.
"Texans 16 to 34 are the most likely to litter, so we want to shine a light on young Texans who are leading the charge to keep our state litter-free and beautiful," said Cathie Gail, Executive Director, Keep Texas Beautiful.
Applications and information can be found at www.dontmesswithtexas.org.
Keep Texas Beautiful
Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB), a statewide grassroots environmental and community improvement organization and affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, strives to educate and engage Texans to take responsibility for improving their community environment. KTB and its more than 360 affiliates work with government, businesses, civic groups and volunteers to ensure that every Texans has the opportunity to take individual responsibility for making Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation. For more information about KTB, visit www.ktb.org, follow us on Twitter at @keeptxbeautiful and like us on Facebook at @keeptxbeautiful.
Texas Department of Transportation
The Texas Department of Transportation is responsible for maintaining 80,000 miles of road and for supporting aviation, rail, and public transportation across the state. TxDOT and its 11,000 employees are committed to working with others to provide safe and reliable transportation solutions for Texas by maintaining a safe system, addressing congestion, connecting Texas communities, and being a Best in Class state agency. Find out more at www.txdot.gov. Fan us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/txdot; and follow us on Twitter, www.twitter.com/txdot. Don't mess with Texas® is a registered trademark owned by the Texas Department of Transportation. For more information visit www.dontmesswithtexas.org.


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Dude, drive my car for a day and try to manage any sort of beverage. It is worth it. Unless you have like a super big gulp, the drink is all over the place.
I also plan on having a garage day soon to do the cupholder mod. I will need help. It is very involved.
maybe we can hook up and swear like sailors.
Does Canada even have a Navy?
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Education, Advocacy, Action
On Campus Events:
Through educating ourselves and the wider campus community on justice issues, we can raise awareness and widen the support base for combating injustice. We strive to be leaders on campus in advocacy and awareness work and to serve as a resource for people wanting to learn how to integrate social justice work into their faith. In addition to others, we hold these events annually:
- Fair Trade Advocacy
- Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
Off Campus Opportunities:
We also offer many opportunities for our campus to act through our Justice Walking program and our Urban Plunges. Justice Walking is a group that commits to a service sites and visits that site every other weekend. Urban Plunges are 1 to 2 day service opportunities that we offer at least once per month.


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A group of city police officers is accusing the Police Department and city of discrimination by failing to promote minority officers to higher positions — an allegation city officials countered by saying that budget constraints prevented recent promotions. Contained in the complaint filed last month with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination are allegations that at least one minority officer was subjected to racist and derogatory notes left on his locker as he pursued a promotion to sergeant. Those allegations have spurred an internal affairs investigation.
Officers Charles Brace, James Guittar and Armando Garcia, along with Sgt. Kenneth Davenport, are accusing Police Chief Gary J. Gemme and City Manager Michael V. O'Brien of allowing the sergeant and lieutenant promotional exams to expire to deny minority officers promotions.
"It is really remarkable in my eyes and my clients' eyes that for a two-year period the second largest city in New England didn't make a promotion within the Police Department," Joseph L. Sulman, the officers' Boston-based lawyer said.
The city has a diverse population but only four minority supervisors, the officers noted in their complaint.
In response, Chief Gemme said, "I vehemently deny the allegation of racial discrimination as outlined in the MCAD complaint."
The last promotion to lieutenant was in 2009 and the last promotion to sergeant was in 2010. Chief Gemme said when finances got tough in the city his department reorganized and reduced the number of supervising officers in the captain, lieutenant and sergeant ranks from 95 to 83 in September 2009. It was decided then, as police patrol positions dwindled, that all new resources would go toward replenishing the police patrol ranks, the chief said.
Currently, the department has 52 sergeants, 23 lieutenants and eight captains.
"I believe over the next 12 to 18 months a third of the promotions will go to the minority ranks," the chief said. Attrition will open up supervisory positions in the department, he said. "The only reasons we will be able to make those promotions is because we will fall under the 83 threshold established in September 2009."
The chief said based on past test scores it is inevitable minority officers will be promoted. He said in fact one of the officers listed in the complaint, Sgt. Davenport, is third on the new promotional list and he expects the sergeant will be promoted in the next year or so. Lee Boykin, a minority officer, is also expected to be promoted to sergeant as attrition takes place under the new set of promotional exam results.Only a major financial crisis could hinder upcoming promotions within the department, the chief said.
All the officers in the complaint took the promotional exam in late 2010 and scored in the top 10, according to Mr. Sulman. That list has either expired or will expire this month. Mr. Sulman believes that Officers Brace, Guittar and Garcia did not take the most recent sergeant's exam.
"The reason is they feel they can't win," the lawyer said. "They are discouraged and even if they get high enough on the list they are not going to get promoted."
Officer Brace says in the complaint that sometime in the summer of 2011, when he was listed high on the sergeant's promotion list, he received notes on his locker using racial slurs toward African-Americans.
The complaint states Officer Brace notified Sgt. John Lewis, then the affirmation action officer. Around the same time, the Police Department was under pressure from the community for what many called racial profiling of a local teenager. According to the complaint, Officer Brace opted not to bring the notes directly to the chief's attention because he did not want to add to the controversy, and did not want it to appear he was trying to use the notes as leverage to get promoted. He and Sgt. Lewis agreed to wait until after the promotions, according to the complaint.
Chief Gemme said Thursday the complaint was the first time he heard about the racist notes. He also said the complaint filed with MCAD was rife with inaccuracies.
"The first time I became aware of those allegations is when I received this complaint," the chief said. The Bureau of Professional Standards has been notified and Sgt. Lewis and Officer Brace will be asked for a report on the issue.
The chief said Sgt. Lewis never transmitted the information about the notes up the chain of command.
The officers, in their complaint, contend the Police Department has a long history of "tolerating overt racial discrimination" and listed some incidents. Chief Gemme said in his 30 years on the force he is not aware of a long history of tolerating racial discrimination.
He did say in the list of allegations, where a black officer was called a racial slur, that the supervisor in that case was given a multiple day suspension by then Police Chief Edward P. Gardella.
Mr. Sulman said that in previous news articles Chief Gemme has expressed the desire to promote minority officers, but believes the city ignored the chance by not promoting his clients.
These gentlemen definitely want to be promoted," Mr. Sulman said. "This is really about them wanting to be promoted."
The officers went to MCAD because they believed there was an issue of discrimination. A battle could have been started through the Civil Service Commission. The city is already involved in litigation involving other minority officers claiming they should have been promoted.
Having the promotional exam results frozen is hard to achieve, Mr. Sulman said. The complaint notes that when budgetary or other constraints prevent promotions, the department has found away around it.
"In 2003, for example, the WPD, through the City's Human Resources Department, addressed concerns with budget problems by promoting four white officers and then immediately demoting them…," he complaint states. "This ensured that these white officers would remain next in line for promotions once the budget issues were resolved."
The chief said the complaint comes after the department graduated a diverse class of recruits. He also notified personnel in February that there were no promotional vacancies available and the pressing need was in the police patrol ranks. He wrote in a memo to staff that by the summer months the department would have 335 police officer positions. "Additional staffing at the police officer position is the most pressing need and the top priority of the administration," the chief wrote. "I will only recommend promotions when the number of supervisors falls below 83 and there are no anticipated vacancies in the near future."
Mr. Sulman said with the addition of police officers through the new recruit classes, which the complaint says totals 42 officers, there is a need for more supervisors.
An MCAD investigator sent a letter to the city dated April 8 notifying officials about the complaint. The city must file a position statement. An investigative conference is scheduled for July.


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Ramos homers in return; Nats top Brewers 8-5
- Article by: JOSEPH WHITE
- AP Sports Writer
- July 4, 2013 - 3:20 PM
WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals' attempts to jump-start their season have so far been false starts. Perhaps, on the Fourth of July, the return of Wilson Ramos and an "epiphany" change in the batting order provided the final pieces that can sustain some momentum.
Back after missing 44 games with a strained left hamstring, Ramos hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning Thursday, leading the Nationals to an 8-5 matinee win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
"He's a statement player," shortstop Ian Desmond said. "And definitely somebody who's waiting for his turn in the spotlight."
Ramos put a 1-0 slider from Brandon Kintzler into the left-field stands and received a curtain call. He finished with three hits and a career-high five RBIs.
"I'm excited, happy for this day, for me, for my family, for my team," Ramos said. "They were waiting for me for my return, and I'm happy for this day, and hopefully I will help the team to win a lot of games."
The Nationals earned a split of the four-game series and moved back above .500 in their seesaw season. They've already had plenty of emotional wins this year that might have sparked a chase at the first-place Atlanta Braves in the NL East, but each time they've fallen flat within a few days.
Getting desperate to try anything, manager Davey Johnson joked before the game that he was "going crazy" figuring out how to get the bats going and said he was "having a problem" with his Ouija board.
He decided to flip-flop Desmond and Jayson Werth, batting Desmond second and Werth sixth. Asked why, he said: "I don't know. Because I'm supposed to do something. I had an epiphany last night about 9:30 and I called Desi, and I said, 'Desi, I'm changing something.'"
For at least one day, it was managerial genius.
Desmond had three hits, stole two bases and scored two runs and ignited two scoring rallies. Werth had three hits, an RBI and scored twice.
"Yeah, that came out all right," Johnson said after the game. "You know, once in a while I have a great idea."
Taylor Jordan allowed two runs over 5 2-3 innings in his second major league start, and Drew Storen (3-2) got the win despite blowing a 5-2 lead by allowing two home runs in the seventh inning.
Ramos and the Nationals quickly bailed out Storen with a two-out rally. Werth singled off Tom Gorzelanny (1-1). Brewers manager Ron Roenicke then brought in Brandon Kintzler to face Anthony Rendon in a righty-righty matchup.
The move backfired. Kintzler walked Rendon and gave up the homer to Ramos.
"Just hung a slider," Kintzler said. "What are you going to do? It'll not be the last slider I hang, either. I just didn't make the adjustment quick enough."
Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 22nd save, but he allowed the tying run to come to the plate with two out. It might have been Carlos Gomez, who had homered earlier in the game, but Gomez had been taken out in the double switch that brought Kintzler into the game.
Roenicke said he made the switch because Gomez's bothersome shoulder had tightened up after a collision with the outfield wall. Gomez said he was fine.
"It surprised me when I got out of the game," Gomez said, "especially after I hit a home run."
It was a star-spangled day in the nation's capital. The game began at 11:06 a.m. and featured a national anthem sang by Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a new "Freedom Song" performed by Neil Diamond.
There would be fireworks on the later on the National Mall, but only after Ramos had lit up Nationals Park. Johnson essentially called the shot while chatting with bench coach Randy Knorr.
"I was talking to Randy, I said, 'He's had a good day, he might as well just hit one out here,'" Johnson said. "And, boom, sure enough he did."
NOTES: Ramos must love national celebration days. His last three-hit game came on Cinco de Mayo. ... Desmond was doing so well that he was intentionally walked to put Bryce Harper at the plate with the bases loaded and two out in the sixth. Harper grounded out to first, and he is 1 for 15 since returning from a knee injury, and the only hit was a home run in his first at-bat. ... The Brewers were hurt by minor league mistakes. They failed to execute a rundown when Harper was caught between first and second in the third inning, and Juan Francisco strayed too far off first and was thrown out by the cutoff man after an RBI single in the sixth.
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The CDC has posted the following description of a study it is sponsoring that will involve 450 patients of seven top ME/CFS specialists dedicated to forging a solid case definition with well characterized subsets.
Multi-site Clinical Assessment of CFS
CDC has begun a multi-site clinical assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to characterize patients with CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in clinical practices of clinicians with expertise in CFS/ME.
The study will examine the differences and similarities between CFS/ME patients in the clinical practices of experienced CFS clinicians.
We are using a standardized approach for data collection, meaning that all clinic sites will use the same type of forms or instruments to gather information. This will help us to describe the differences and similarities among CFS patients.
The data collected using a standardized approach from expert clinical practices will be used to address the CFS case definition.
Ultimately, this study aims to improve how we measure illness domains of CFS. This may:
• Allow patients to be sub-grouped to improve therapy
• And allow the underlying biology to be discovered.
There are seven participating clinical sites:
• Pain and Fatigue Study Center, NY [Benjamin Natelson, MD]
• Center for Neuro-Immune Disorders, FL [Nancy Klimas, MD]
• Open Medicine Clinic, CA [Andreas Kogelnik, MD]
• Sierra Internal Medicine Associates, NV [Daniel Peterson, MD]
• Fatigue Consultation Clinic, UT [Lucinda Bateman, MD]
• Hunter-Hopkins Center, NC [Charles Lapp, MD]
• Richard Podell Clinic, NJ [Richard Podell, MD]
The study started in 2012 and aims to enroll 450 patients. Any patient (aged 18 to 70 years) that is managed or diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, post-infective fatigue (PIF) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) at any of seven participating clinical sites is eligible for participating in this study.
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Melissa Clark's Spiced Maple Pecan Pie with Star Anise
- Merrill
Melissa Clark's new book, Cook This Now, is one of those rare cookbooks that you'd be just as happy curling up with before bed as putting to work on the front lines when the time comes to make dinner. Conveniently arranged by month, it's inspired by Melissa's weekly trips to her local farmers' market (which happens to the same as mine) and is chock-full of seasonal, flexible recipes that you won't think twice about attacking on a weeknight -- for example, Whatever Greens You've Got Salad, Barley with Carrots, Scallions and Maybe Parmesan, and Seared Wild Salmon with Brown Butter Cucumbers. Focused throughout on making the most of what the the vendors at her market have to offer, Melissa even includes her own recipe for something near and dear to my heart: A Perfect Tomato Sandwich.
There are also some ever-so-slightly more ambitious-sounding recipes like Mallobars, Braised Leg of Lamb with Garlicky Root Vegetable Puree, and Spiced Maple Pecan Pie with Star Anise, but even these won't set you back too much in terms of time and effort. Last week, I made the pecan pie, with very happy results. The recipe calls for maple syrup instead of the more traditional corn syrup, which you reduce until thick and infuse with a generous amount of star anise. A splash of dark rum adds a little punch to the subtly smoky filling, and the crust is a sheer joy: tender and flaky, it's also supremely easy to handle. I have a feeling this pie may make it onto my Thanksgiving table this year.
Spiced Maple Pecan Pie with Star Anise
Adapted from Cook This Now by Melissa Clark
Makes 1 (9-inch) pie
Serves 8
For the piecrust:
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into ½-inch pieces
- 2 to 5 tablespoons ice water
For the filling:
- 1 cup maple syrup
- ½ cup Demerara or raw sugar
- 8 whole star anise
- 2 cups pecan halves
- 3 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons dark aged rum
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Whipped crème fraiche, for serving
See a slideshow and the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
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Common Responds To Drake (Shade 45)
"He already embraced it, so wear it"
Days after Drake's rant at Cali Christmas, Com appeared on Sway In The Morning this morning and admitted that his record "Sweet" was aimed at him and anyone under that category. Yikes!
Shortly after, Drake's go-to producer, Noah "40" Shebib chimed in via his Twitter account.
@common, I remember being called a bitch in grade 9 cause I had your cd. Good thing I also had 456 by kool g rap on me. Now that's real ; ) After "one day it'll all make sense" came out I spent months arguing weather or not @common was hip hop. Everyone was saying it was too rnb. I'm not dissing, just facts. I love common. I also love swv and John b.
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ROME (Reuters) - Church leaders in southern Italy have demanded a cleanup of waste dumped illegally by the mafia in a racket that has polluted farmland and earned the region the name the "Triangle of Death".
The Camorra mafia has been dumping and burning toxic waste for decades in the area between Naples and the province of Caserta.
Ten million tonnes have been buried there in the last 22 years, according to environmentalist group Legambiente, and the World Health Organisation says that higher congenital abnormalities and deaths from cancer are "positively correlated" to waste exposure in the area.
"The environmental disaster... has turned to a real humanitarian tragedy," the Archbishop of Naples and bishops of local dioceses wrote in an open letter to President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday.
"Too many are paying the price for the arrogance, abuse, incivility, greed and stupidity of criminals," the letter said, adding land had been poisoned causing "tragic and irreparable damage".
Authorities say the waste comes mostly from the industrial north and is dumped by mafia gangs for a fraction of the cost of legal disposal.
In recent months protesters have taken to the streets of Naples to demand the government do more to clean up the region. Residents have banded together on social media to document the dumping of waste and burning of trash amid growing fears over its impact on health.
The government banned the burning of rubbish last month in a decree aimed at tackling the crisis, but the clergymen's appeal called for a wider response including a clean up, health screening, financial support for those affected, and programs to persuade businesses not to operate illegally.
(Reporting by Naomi O'Leary; Editing by Rosalind Russell)


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Hat Cha-am
The premier beach resort of Phetchaburi, Hat Cha-am is just as beautiful as the neighboring Hua Hin Beach. Located approximately 163 kilometers south of Bangkok, 40 kilometers south of Phetchaburi and 20 kilometers north of Hua Hin, the beach is famous for being long and clean. In addition, it serves excellent fresh seafood.


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Ever since archaeologists announced last week that they have found two ancient skeletons in Bulgaria with iron rods thrust through their chests, the media have been reporting how Bulgarians once did that to prevent the dead from emerging from the grave as vampires.
On Saturday, one of those 700-year-old skeletons will be put on display at the National History Museum in Sofia, and its director, Bozhidar Dimitrov, says he expects there to be a big turnout.
Dimitrov said Thursday that some people who were believed to have led evil lives were treated that way when they were buried in parts of Bulgaria as recently as the beginning of the last century.
The media have reported that because vampire tales remain popular in Balkan countries such as Bulgaria some people in the Black Sea resort of Sozopol, where the skeletons were found in a graveyard, are having trouble sleeping at night.


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Services for Women Are Not Disposable!
March 26, 2014
New Orleans, La. -- Just a few weeks ago, President Obama's budget for 2015 was released, proposing the elimination of Part D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides family-centered medical care and supportive services to women, infants, children and youth (WICY) living with HIV. Positive Women's Network - USA is deeply concerned about this proposal and demands to see the evidence that drove this decision. Within the Ryan White Program, and across the spectrum of care for people living with HIV, services and care designed to meet women's needs are not disposable.
Part D-funded programs provide coordinated care and support services to women living with HIV who may be juggling caregiving responsibilities to family members and children. While not all women living with HIV are eligible to receive care through Part D, more than 90,000 WICY access Part D services each year, according to a recent report by the AIDS Alliance for Women, Infants, Children, Youth and Families, which has criticized the proposed cuts. These programs are often entry points into care for underinsured women living with HIV -- and for youth, the fastest growing population living with HIV in the U.S.
"As a woman living with HIV, it appears as if the unique, coordinated care and services provided by Part D programs are of little concern to the President and his Administration, when the reality is that these services are vital to our survival," says Janet Kitchen, a member of PWN-USA who accessed case management and women's health services through Part D early in her diagnosis, and now serves as a consumer quality advisor to a Part D program in Florida.
"There are usually specific gender-related experiences for women living with HIV that create unique barriers to accessing and remaining in care," explains Susan Rodriguez, a woman living with HIV and founding director of SMART in New York City, which provides services to women and youth impacted by HIV. "These barriers are addressed in part through supportive services such as peer-based programming, transportation, housing, childcare, nutritional support and non-medical case management. These services are not extras -- they are essential for many women to be able to receive consistent, high-quality health care."
Programs delivering these services to women through Part D are precisely those at risk of being cut under the proposed elimination. Professional associations of medical providers, including the Ryan White Medical Providers Coalition and the HIV Medicine Association, have expressed grave concern about this change.
"Part D services helped me to save my life, and enabled me to be a leader in my community and a healthy mother to my children," says Evany Turk, an Illinois-based PWN-USA member who works with University of Chicago's Care 2 Prevent Program. Part D's success in helping to drastically reduce rates of perinatal HIV transmission was made possible, in part, through coordinated care for pregnant women living with HIV and their families.
"When I was pregnant, a small agency funded by Part D sent a community worker to my home to help me learn how to take my meds so my baby would be free from HIV," Turk recalls. "That same agency came out to help me give my baby HIV meds the first six weeks of his life to be certain he had no chance of contracting HIV. Eliminating these important Part D-funded outreach services will make it harder to retain women in care."
Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s HIV care continuum illustrates that only 41% of women living with HIV nationally are retained in care, 77% of female Ryan White Program clients stay in care, according to a recent report by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). These successes must be maintained and expanded if the U.S. is to reach the National HIV/AIDS Strategy's goals of increasing access to care and improving health outcomes for people living with HIV.
At a critical moment when the Affordable Care Act is already changing health care delivery for people living with HIV, the Ryan White Program needs to remain stable, not be taken apart. To that end, the 30 for 30 Campaign -- a coalition of leaders working to ensure that the unique needs of women are addressed in the national HIV response -- sent a letter last week to Dr. Laura Cheever, associate administrator of HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau, requesting an explanation of the Administration's rationale for the change, as well as the data which drove this decision.
"When I was pregnant and diagnosed with HIV, in 1991, there were no supportive services for women as well as their families," says Margot Kirkland-Isaac, a Maryland-based PWN-USA member and past Part D program client. "I was admonished and advised to abort my daughter, and even threatened with the removal of my other children. Meanwhile, women in similar positions to mine would take the food they got from the food pantry for themselves and give it to their babies, and would literally starve to death. Twenty-three years later, we're still fighting for the same thing.
"Far too many women do not seek or will fall out of care simply because programming does not provide a comprehensive, welcoming environment free of judgment, and one that addresses their specific needs," says Kirkland-Isaac. These kinds of environments must become and remain the norm not just in Part D programs, but in all places where women living with HIV receive care.
PWN-USA urges stakeholders and allies to share this statement with your networks, and use our talking points to speak out about the proposed change. Check out the growing collection of Part D advocacy resources on our website; and sign up here to stay informed of our forward action to protect and augment care and services affecting women and young people living with HIV in the U.S.
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One of my favorite books is about fishing for catfish using your bare hands. It's called "Noodling for Flatheads," by Burkhard Bilger.
He is a master at telling stories about average people doing cool things. Tonight I ran across an article he wrote in 2009 about a group of people who have the goal of building a better stove. I'm not talking about a fancier La Cornue. These folks are trying to build stoves for the other 50%. The 50% of people who burn solid fuel every day for warmth and for cooking.
According to the article,"The average cooking fire produces about as much carbon dioxide as a car, and a great deal more soot, or black carbon—a substance 700 times as warming ," that's atmosphere warming not by the fire warming.
With four billion people building a fire this way every day, it's a huge impact, on fuel, on the atmosphere and on their lungs. Well to make them better and make a global impact they need to:
1. Reduce fuel use by more than 50 percent.
2. Reduce black carbon by more than 60 percent.
3. Reduce childhood pneumonia by more than 30 percent.
4. Be affordable (US$10 retail or less).
5. Cooks love it.
6. Gets funded.
The problem is described as "Building a stove is simple. Building a good stove is hard. Building a good, cheap stove can drive an engineer crazy."
No problem. Um no. I'm fascinated by this. This applies to marketing as well. Marketing is easy. Good marketing is hard. Good marketing on a tight budget can drive people like me crazy.
I'm going to see how I can participate. Who wants to try and build some stoves?


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New Icelandic Passports
As of May 17th 2006 Iceland starts issuing new Biometric Passports. From July 2006, Icelandic Citizens will be able to apply for the new Biometric Passports through Icelandic Embassies in Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, London and Washington.
Other Icelandic Embassies and Icelandic Consulates can not accept applications for Icelandic Passports as of May 17th 2006. Consulates can prolong the validity of Icelandic Passports but only for one year as of the date that it expired. Emergency Passports are only issued to Icelandic Citizens that are not able to apply for new passports through Icelandic Embassies. It should be noted that Emergency Passports are not ideal travel documents.
For more information see the website of the Icelandic Ministry of Justice.


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Lock your Hot Tub Cover – Prevent Unauthorized Soaks!
I saw this funny story (a little sad too) about a guy who used a hot tub to get warm. I think he was using it more as a warm bath.
Here's the short story:
Maybe the judge thought it was an anemic defense claim. A man told a Broward County judge he was found trespassing and in a hot tub at a luxury beachfront condo in Hollywood because he got chilly due to his anemia.
Torey Leonard, 23, was charged with trespassing Tuesday after taking an early morning dip in a hot tub at The Diplomat Oceanfront Residences, 3535 S. Ocean Dr., according to a Hollywood (Florida) police report.
According to the report, Leonard jumped over a fence and was found bathing in the hot tub sometime before 8 a.m. Leonard, who has no local address, was forced from the tub after refusing to get out, police said.
Leonard told the judge he was just trespassing because he was cold: "I'm anemic," he said.
"Can you take care of your anemic condition without going into the hot tub at The Diplomat?" Broward County Judge John "Jay" Hurley asked.
"I didn't do nothing but trespass," Leonard said.
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Perhaps Drew Tate has the lyrics from the smash hit Titanium locked on repeat in his mental MP3 player.
For the Calgary Stampeders quarterback has a concrete game plan for the 2013 football season that draws firmly on the theme of the David Guetta anthem.
To that end, the oft-injured pivot is training this winter with retired UFC 13 lightweight champion Guy Mezger in Dallas, TX.
"I want to be bulletproof this year," Tate was saying on Thursday afternoon. "The guys in that sport are pretty close to it, if not all the way.
"It's the direction I'm trying to go this off-season, and hopefully it works out."
The schedule involves two sessions a day (one at 9 a.m., one at 4 p.m.) designed to condition Tate's body to absorb blows even when he doesn't see them coming.
Kettlebells are key. Same goes with deadlifts.
Anything, in fact, to give Tate the wherewithal to stay healthy for an 18-game season.
"I'm not punching things,' he said. "On Fridays, we do kick-boxing. Like three rounds in three minutes, but that's the only punching I do, because I can't do anything with my wrist or elbow."
For the record, the right wrist and elbow (in fact, the entire forearm) are recovering nicely from a bone fracture suffered in the Western Semifinal victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
And that's a good thing, considering John Hufnagel confirmed Thursday that Tate is slated to open training camp atop the depth chart at quarterback.
But Hufnagel made it clear: no one is guaranteed a job, and Tate can expect a fierce battle from Kevin Glenn and Bo Levi Mitchell.
"Well, I think with what has transpired last year, it would only be fair to say that it will be open competition with Drew Tate being the No.1 quarterback going into training camp," said the Stamps head coach/general manager. "I think everyone understands how I feel about Drew and the things that he can bring to an offence.
"That makes him the No. 1 going into training camp."
Hufnagel, of course, telegraphed that decision last October when Tate returned to the lineup from a separated shoulder that sidelined him for 15 games. Performing beyond expectation as the relief starter, the cagey veteran Glenn had the Stamps poised for the playoffs.
Regardless, Hufnagel handed the ball back to Tate — only to see his starter go down yet again against the Roughriders.
Glenn took over and led the Stampeders to the Grey Cup, where they fell 35-22 to the Toronto Argonauts.
For the record, Hufnagel said Glenn, 33, has not put in a request to be traded in hopes of getting a better shot at the starting job somewhere else.
"I know I'm hard of hearing," Hufnagel said with a wry grin. "But I haven't heard of one.
"I don't think any of the three quarterbacks who were on the roster last year was unhappy. I believe it will be great competition by all three players. They understand our philosophy here that who plays is decided on the football field. So, they're preparing very hard to come in and have a great competitive battle. They're all friends. They get along very well."
At 28, Tate realizes this is a crucial season. The time is nigh for the University of Iowa product to seize the opportunity and establish himself as a full-time starter in the Canadian Football League.
No one doubts his ability. Durability is the issue.
"I don't even think about it," said the six-foot, 192-pounder. "As long as I am on the field, all I care about is doing my job the best I can possibly do it. All that other stuff is out of my control, so I don't waste emotions, thoughts, feelings, towards that."
Instead, he channels his emotions, thoughts and feelings to doing everything possible to create the bullet-proof body.
These are early days, but the returns are encouraging.
"About three weeks into it, I could already tell my body was changing," he said. "My parents and my brother and my trainer were like, `oh, it's changing pretty quick.'
"So it's a good deal. I think I've got a good deal going."
Stamps fans need not fear losing Tate to mixed martial arts, as the quarterback figures his head is too wee to absorb the constant blows that come with the sport.
"Those guys have big mugs," he said. "They can take those shots."
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Later this evening, Friends of the High Line will debut Richard Galpin's Viewing Station, a new interactive public art exhibit that offers abstracted views of buildings and streetscapes adjacent to the High Line. Viewing Station invites park visitors to peek into a view finder that aligns with a screen cut with geometric shapes. The resulting view emphasizes neighboring buildings' texture and color.
Following the debut, artist Richard Galpin will speak in the Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line about the evolution of Viewing Station and his other work.
With its clean lines and sharp angles, Viewing Station encourages park visitors to see and experience the views from the High Line in a whole new way. Viewing Station is located on the High Line between 17th and 18th Streets. It is free and open to all and will be on display through Spring 2011.Read the press release.
Viewing Station is the latest exhibit in High Line Art, a program that commissions new and innovative artwork for the High Line. With more than 2,000,000 visitors to the High Line since it opened less than a year ago, High Line Art introduces contemporary artists to a wide audience and provides park visitors with a unique and enriching experience.
Interested in learning more about Galpin's Viewing Station and other public art on the High Line? Join Lauren Ross, Friends of the High Line's Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator & Director of Arts Programs on a walking tour on Sunday at 10:30 AM as part of New York Gallery Week. Space is limited to the first 25 people who arrive. Meet at the Gansevoort Place (under the High Line at Gansevoort and Washington Streets.)


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A Medford man was arrested Tuesday on charges he murdered an Ashland resident and stole property from him last week.
Merlin Elmo Bound III, 34, of the 500 block of Boardman Street, is being held without bail in the Jackson County Jail on charges of murder, first-degree assault and first-degree robbery, jail records show.
Bound is suspected of killing Frank Ronald Damiano, 62, also known as Tony Della Penna. Damiano was found dead in his home in the Bear Creek Mobile Home Park on Corral Lane in Ashland at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department.
The mobile home park is between Interstate 5 and South Pacific Highway outside Ashland, close to Exit 19. Detectives had been performing a welfare check at the home when they found Damiano's body inside.
Sheriff's detectives aren't revealing whether Bound and Damiano knew each other, how the homicide was carried out, or what property was stolen from Damiano's home. Sheriff's officials said they will release more information on the investigation soon.
"The investigation is still ongoing," said Detective Julie Denney. "We're very confident that Mr. Bound was involved in the victim's murder. We're still following up on some of the information related to the crime itself."
Those who knew Damiano described him as a "bright" personality known to favor eye-catching clothing everywhere he went.
He also was active in the local music scene, having been a tenor in the Rogue Valley Peace Choir and the Rogue Valley Gay Men's Chorus.
"He was an excellent tenor," said Ginger Gough, spokeswoman for the Rogue Valley Peace Choir. "He loved singing and he was so full of spirit. He had a gentle spirit."
Gough spoke with people who joined Damiano in the choir and asked them to provide her with reflections on his life.
"I took notes when I spoke to them and they just described him as being so full of spirit," Gough said. "He actually took care of one of our members when she was sick. He took care of her right up until she died."
Damiano was proud of his sexuality and believed in equality for everyone, Gough said.
Bound's Facebook page said he had been a line cook at Elmer's Restaurant in Medford prior to his arrest. His profile said he was from Port Orford and attended Pacific High School there.
A friend of Bound's who wished to remain anonymous said he was a hard worker who valued his connection to his family.
"But he started going through a real hard time," the woman said. ... "I'm still just shocked that Merlin could be involved in something like this."
The Major Assault and Death Investigation Unit, a multi-agency team of investigators from the sheriff's office, Oregon State Police and Medford, Ashland and Central Point police, is conducting the investigation.
Court records indicate Bound had no prior criminal history in Oregon. Detectives said he will be arraigned today in Jackson County Circuit Court.
Anyone with information pertaining to the case is asked to call the Jackson County Sheriff's Department tip line at 541-774-8333.
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Bulls sign free agent guard Daequan Cook
Shooting guard Daequan Cook said he didn't mind leaving Houston, because he wasn't going to get a chance to play much for the Rockets. Then he joined the Bulls.
Cook, 25, has been known as a 3-point shooting specialist during his six NBA seasons. He won the 3-point contest in 2009, but his career percentage from long range is a mundane .365.
The Bulls average just 4.5 made 3-pointers per game, last in the league. As a team, they shoot 34.7 percent from behind the arc. So, needless to say, 3-point shooting is not a strength.
"Everybody goes in a slump from time to time," Cook said Sunday after his first practice at the Berto Center. "I wasn't pinpointed on that. I just came over and figured out what team I could help the most."
What's not clear is how the Bulls will create playing time for Cook. Because he signed before Jan. 10, when all NBA contracts are fully guaranteed, he will be paid for the rest of the season.
The Bulls currently are splitting time at shooting guard between Richard Hamilton and Marco Belinelli. Jimmy Butler usually gets the call when there's a tough defensive assignment, and Luol Deng rarely leaves the floor.
So when is Cook going to play?
"Right now we're pretty much set with our rotation," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "You have to learn, get ready and you never know -- over the course of the season, you need everybody."
Thibodeau has hardly used long-range shooter Vladimir Radmanovic this season. So maybe Cook can help when the Bulls need a 3-point basket. Or maybe he's insurance in case the Bulls trade Hamilton before the Feb. 21 trade deadline.
By signing Cook, most of the Bulls' cap space is spoken for, and they could have a need for frontcourt depth down the road. For now, Cook figures to watch and learn.
Since spending one season at Ohio State, Cook has had a knack for landing on good teams. He started his pro career with three years in Miami, then spent the past two seasons with Oklahoma City. He has played in 40 playoff games and went to the Finals with the Thunder last season.
The 6-foot-5 guard moved to Houston in the James Harden trade and appeared in 16 games for the Rockets before being waived last week.
"He's got to come in, learn his teammates, learn the system and just get ready," Thibodeau said. "He's a pretty good team defender. I think he still can improve with his individual defense. We'll see where he is once he gets going a little bit.
"He's been around a little bit, so we know what he's capable of. He can come in and knock down a couple 3-point shots in a very short amount of time, so I think he complements the players we have."
Cook played with current Bulls Nate Robinson and Nazr Mohammad in Oklahoma City and drew a laugh when he mentioned Robinson has told him more about his new team.
That seems appropriate, since Robinson is one of the league's most avid talkers. "Being around Nate, that's one of the things you have to roll with," Cook said. "He's a great guy."
Dealing with Thibodeau's demanding defense and rigorous practices shouldn't be an issue, considering Cook's history.
"I played for Pat Riley, one of the best in the league, so I don't think he (Thibodeau) would be that much tougher than Pat," he said. "I'm just looking forward to having the opportunity to play for both of them."


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Time and time again, the game of football has proven its worth as a source of unity and solidarity in times of trouble. Iraq's victory at the AFC Asian Cup in 2007 is just one example of this force at work. Despite their differences and the political problems that plagued their country, the entire Iraqi population got behind their team as they progressed through to the final. Now it is the turn of the Syrian national team to unite their people behind them, despite the current conflict in the west Asian nation.
The conflict has had a profound impact on the game in Syria. Two years ago FIFA halted all training and educational initiatives in the country and the organization's Financial Assistance Programme (FAP) disbursed no financial aid for 2012 and 2013. Furthermore, the security situation has prevented the installation of a full sized turf pitch in Damascus (Goal project 3). Before the conflict, the Syrian FA was very active in terms of benefitting from FIFA development programmes. They had four Goal projects, several technical activities organised in various areas, and were participating in the Performance programme. However, this all had to stop unfortunately due the conflict.
Yet two months ago, the national team managed to shrug off these difficulties to win their first ever West Asian Football Federation Championship and this week they began their qualifying campaign for the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015, taking on Group A rivals Oman. *FIFA.com *caught up with coach Hosam Al Sayed to talk about Syria's West Asian triumph and discuss the role of the game in uniting a people divided by recent events in the country.
"Football always gives happiness and joy," the former Syrian international said, "and it has a positive effect on people. It puts a smile on the fans' faces. Winning the West Asian trophy had a really positive impact and one we felt ourselves, and I hope we can contribute to reviving the Syrian people's spirits by our performance in the Asian Cup qualifiers."
We have brushed off our personal suffering and achieved some excellent recent results. This has raised our morale and given great joy to all Syrians.
But while Al Sayed and his men have claimed a number of crucial victories, and gave a creditable performance in their recent 1-0 defeat to Oman in Muscat, the situation at home has hampered their preparations. They have hardly any warm-up games under their belts as they come into the qualifiers, but Al Sayed is optimistic that this will change in the near future.
"We've had a problem securing friendly matches for the side given that other teams are still working with the previous schedule," he admitted, "but we should overcome that problem shortly. We're hoping to play a number of games in the days set aside for international friendlies to help us get more accustomed to match pressure."
The Syrian league, which was suspended for a considerable period and had the start of its new season repeatedly delayed, finally got underway again this Tuesday, with a number of games being staged in the capital Damascus. This season the league is made up of two groups of nine teams and the matches will be played in front of empty stands.
For the 41-year-old coach the revival of the domestic football scene is vitally important: "The league gives players a chance to develop. They need games to improve their standards and retain fitness, and this helps the national team perform at a consistently high level."
*Football and society
*It is common knowledge that such instability often leaves many victims in its wake and can gravely affect social cohesion. Football has a proven track record of being able to heal these wounds, as Syria's inspirational captain and goalkeeper Mosab Balhous explained.
"Football can help to some degree in restoring people's spirits and social cohesion," he told FIFA.com, "especially between the members of the team itself. Despite the situation, we have brushed off our personal suffering and achieved some excellent recent results. This has raised our morale and given great joy to all Syrians."
The 29-year-old Balhous conceded that the lack of domestic matches has affected the side and things are especially grave for those players whose sole source of income is the beautiful game: "The suspension of play in Syria has affected both players and clubs," explained the four-time league winner, "especially when it comes to the absence of financial support. Previously clubs relied on investors and subsequently the income generated by the fans themselves. Now that the supporters are not there, the clubs have been seriously affected."
But Balhous remains confident that the national team will remain relatively unaffected: "Lots of the guys play abroad and that's a positive for us. We have attended training camps in Egypt and Jordan that have helped bring the players together to help us through this crisis."
With confidence and determination, the Syrian captain ended the interview with a fervent wish to see stability return to his homeland. Until it does, he has faith that football can continue to play a positive and powerful role in uniting his people. On the FIFA side, a request coming from the FIFA Vice-President and FIFA Executive Committee member H.R.H Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein to provide football equipment to Syrian children that are in refugee camps in Jordan will be discussed next March at the Finance Committee meeting.


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a) Prayer meetings
b) Halloween festivities
c) Transcendental Meditation
d) Yoga
a) Weems International Artfest
b) Walter White's fictitious funeral
c) The MTS production of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd
d) The Zia Marching Band Festival
a) Reduction of instructor's portions at school cafeterias
b) An 8 percent across-the-board pay cut
c) Education reforms spearheaded by a minion of la Tejana
d) Cancellation of summer vacation, forever
a) "Sweet Jane" and "Perfect Day"
b) "Foggy Notion" and "Andy's Chest"
c) "Satellite of Love" and "Egg Cream"
d) "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Metal Machine Music, Part III"
a) Meg White
b) Maureen Tucker
c) Tobi Vail
d) Patty Schemel
1) D. During a legislative committee meeting on student health and obesity, Representative Alonzo Baldonado said he was concerned about students doing yoga in public school, because yoga "is linked to Eastern religions."
2) C. Graham Gentz at the Daily Lobo burnt the latest MTS production to the ground in his review, published on Oct. 23.
3) C. For the past couple weeks, teachers from across APS have vigorously protested the reforms proposed by Education Department Secretary-Designate Hanna Skandera. Skandera was brought in from Florida to remake New Mexico's failing public education system in the image of her corporate masters.
4) A. When Velvet Underground founder and rocanrol god Reed played Santa Fe in '06, his encore included two tunes; one from the final VU album, Loaded, and one from his landmark solo album Transformer.
5) B. Mo Tucker played drums in the Velvet Underground.


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HA NOI (VNS) — Around 150,000 Vietnamese lives may be at risk and another five million may contract harmful diseases due to global warming, according to research from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The information was released in a workshop called "Mainstreaming an ecosystem based approach (EAB) to climate change into biodiversity conservation planning in Viet Nam" held on Tuesday. It was jointly organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
According to the WHO's research, the number of affected people may double by 2030, posing serious threats to the country's economic development and human life.
For his part, ADB director Tomoyki Kimura said climate change posed serious threats to Viet Nam, adding that around 8.5 million people would be displaced and 30 per cent of traffic infrastructure would be destroyed if water levels rose one meter higher than current levels.
"At the same time, at least 25 per cent of agricultural land would become salt-marsh", he added.
According to Raji Dhital from the WWF, climate change also posed a devastating threat to biodiversity. In the Greater Mekong Sub-region alone, between 133 and 2,835 species of flora and 10 to 213 species of spinal fauna were said to be in danger of extinction.
Dhital also emphasised the need to recover mangrove forests and develop sustainable forestry to adapt to the effects of climate change.
An ecosystem-based approach is a strategy for integrating the management of land, water and living resources. EBA promotes the equitable conservation and sustainable use of resources and helps people and biodiversity adapt to the adverse impacts of environmental change, including climate change.
The mainstreaming of EBA into policy provides a cost-effective way to improve the management of natural resources. Apart from generating social, economic and cultural benefits, the strategy may also help to boost ecosystem resilience.
According to experts, Viet Nam has achieved positive results from the use of EBAs in small and medium projects but has little experience mainstreaming EBAs into development planning. — VNS


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First we asked our readers to help us determine the top summer event in each province and territory. The results of that survey can be found in the photo gallery above or in the list below.
Last year's overall winner, Seafest in Nova Scotia took the title of top summer event in Nova Scotia, while the Calgary Stampede won by a landslide once again in Alberta. Toronto's CNE narrowly beat out Ottawa's Canada Day festivities as the top summer event in Ontario, while the PNE in B.C. took the title of top summer event in that province.
Want to see 2013's winners? Check out the events named the best in each province or territory in our gallery here and see the overall winner for Canada in our gallery here.
Are you ready to cast your vote again, as we determine what the top summer event for 2014 in all of Canada is? We've listed all the provincial winners in the poll below. Ready, set, vote! We'll reveal the winners on August 29.
Provincial Winners (Event, percentage of votes received, total number of votes for that specific poll)
Newfoundland & Labrador: Newfoundland & Labrador Folk Festival, St. John's. 51% of 637 votes.
Yukon: 24 Hours of Light, Whitehorse. 45% of 627 votes.
Nunavut: Inummarit Music Festival, Arviat. 50% of 567 votes.
Northwest Territories: Yellowknife Summer Solstice Festival. 67% of 612 votes.
British Columbia: PNE, Vancouver. 48% of 856 votes.
Alberta: Calgary Stampede. 88% of 1,233 votes.
Manitoba: Winnipeg Folk Festival. 54% of 739 votes.
Saskatchewan: Craven Country Jamboree. 59% of 742 votes.
Ontario: CNE, Toronto. 43% of 1,180 votes.
New Brunswick: Moncton Highland Games and Scottish Festival. 56% of 662 votes.
Quebec: Just for Laughs Comedy Festival, Montreal. 52% of 824 votes.
Nova Scotia: Seafest, Yarmouth. 46% of 1,027 votes.
Prince Edward Island: Cavendish Beach Music Festival. 70% of 692 votes.


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Gongylosoma mukutense
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Gongylosoma mukutense Grismer, Das & Leong, 2003
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|Taxonomic Notes:
|G. mukutense has been recently described and differs from all other species of the Gongylosoma genus in having a single, enlarged, posterior temporal; chinshields of equal size, and a thin nuchal band that contacts a vestigial vertebral stripe (Grismer et al. 2003).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A3c; B1b(iii) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Iskandar, D., Das, I., Inger, R.F. & Grismer, L.
|García, N. & Bowles, P.
This species is only known from a single location on the island of Tioman, a patch of less than 100 km2 which is all that remains of the original forest. This forest is not legally protected and deforestation is already becoming a problem. As the island itself has an area of little over 130 km2, ongoing commercial development activities are likely to further accelerate habitat loss. In addition, due to the very small size of the population, there is also the potential for stochastic events to lead to extinction (R. Inger pers. comm. 2011). The species is listed as Critically Endangered as it is confined to an area of less than 100 km2, it is found in a single location at risk from development, and there is a continuing decline in the quality and extent of remaining forest habitat. In addition, as it is projected that the present rate of habitat loss due to deforestation could lead to the destruction of the entire forested area, and hence a reduction in the population of this snake by as much as 100%, in the next 10 years.
|Range Description:
|The species is restricted to Tioman Island in Malaysia. Despite being known only from the type specimen, it is reasonable to assume that this species is confined to Tioman since the island is a defined biogeographic area with its own endemic fauna.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia)
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|Population status is not known as all the information available is based on the type specimen. However, it is presumed that this species is dependent on forest habitat, and it is therefore likely that the species is or will soon be in decline. Due to the current rate of forest loss, which may result in the removal of all forest on the island within the next ten years (and therefore also within the longer of ten years or three generations), this species is likely to become extinct without preventative action to preserve its habitat.
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Although information is limited, the species is known to be a forest floor dweller and thought to feed on spiders. The habitat where the species was recorded is lowland forest.
|Use and Trade:
|There are no reports of this species being utilised or traded.
|Major Threat(s):
|The forests of Tioman are not protected and are currently subject to private management. The island is a well-known tourist destination and development for both residential and tourist areas is both ongoing and expanding, which is degrading and removing this species' forest habitat.
|Conservation Actions:
|Twenty additional lizards and snakes are endemic to the same forest patch, making this a priority area for conservation in Malaysia (I. Das and G. Vogel pers. comm. 2011). Conservation measures should be undertaken, along with further research into trends in abundance and impact of altered habitat on this species. Due to the number of endemic species known to be present in the island, the distribution should be included within the national protected area system.
|Iskandar, D., Das, I., Inger, R.F. & Grismer, L. 2012. Gongylosoma mukutense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192078A2037004. . Downloaded on 20 August 2018.
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SOURCE: Riverbed Technology
January 22, 2013 09:00 ET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 22, 2013) - Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the performance company, today announced it has been named to CRN's 2013 Data Center 100 list. This annual list recognizes technology vendors for powering, supporting, and protecting today's data center services in an environmentally and economically friendly manner, while boosting efficiency and productivity. Organizations worldwide leverage Riverbed® solutions to address performance challenges as they re-architect their IT infrastructures in pursuit of cost efficiency, manageability, and flexibility.
Key IT initiatives, such as virtualization and cloud computing, are challenging existing network designs and fueling a new wave of data center transformation. New virtual, cloud, and software-defined data center architectures enable global IT organizations to effectively consolidate infrastructure and reduce costs, but also introduce new complexities and performance bottlenecks that can cause the end-user experience to suffer.
By providing partners with the broadest portfolio of performance solutions that span wide area network (WAN) optimization, application-aware network performance management (NPM), application delivery, web content optimization (WCO), and cloud data protection, Riverbed enables organizations to increase productivity and efficiency, enhance business resilience, and control costs.
"The Riverbed partner program provides our partner community with performance solutions, training and incentives to support their continued growth," said Johnna Bowley, senior director, Global Channel Strategy and Programs at Riverbed. "Being recognized as one of the CRN Data Center 100 underscores our commitment to delivering the performance solutions and programs that help our partners deliver the speed, cost savings, and control global IT organizations need to optimize their next generation data centers and deliver a superlative user experience."
"The 2013 Data Center 100 list recognizes vendors that, over the course of 2012, have shown a dedication to the innovation and advancement of today's data center services," said Kelley Damore, vice president and editorial director for UBM Channel. "The recent upsurge in cloud computing has solution providers searching for new ways to ensure their clients maintain connectivity while mitigating costs and security threats. We congratulate each vendor on the 2013 Data Center 100 list for providing a significant growth opportunity for solution providers to build their business by offering cutting-edge products and services to customers."
Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2013 Data Center 100 list is featured in the January issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.
About Riverbed
Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization. Additional information about Riverbed (NASDAQ: RVBD) is available at www.riverbed.com.
About UBM Channel: (www.ubmchannel.com)
UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at www.ubmchannel.com.
UBM plc (www.ubm.com)
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected demand for Riverbed's products and services, and statements relating to Riverbed's ability to grow market share and meet the needs of distributed organizations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include our ability to react to trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; our ability to anticipate market needs or develop new or enhanced products to meet those needs; the adoption rate of our products; our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our distribution partners; our ability to compete in our industry; fluctuations in demand, sales cycles and prices for our products and services; shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; general political, economic and market conditions and events; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on October 25, 2012. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Any future product, feature or related specification that may be referenced in this release are for information purposes only and are not commitments to deliver any technology or enhancement. Riverbed reserves the right to modify future product plans at any time.
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The GINA for Missing Persons FOUNDation's mission is to educate the public by utilizing entertainment to create awareness and media attention for missing persons world-wide, and to offer a source of information to help people whose family members become missing. GINA's goal is to uncover "missing pieces to find the missing." By opening their hearts and doors, those in the music industry and the sponsors who participate are promoting an ongoing effort of raising awareness of the missing while being a bridge to all forms of media. GINA was created in honor of musician Gina Bos, who disappeared from Lincoln, Nebraska on October 17, 2000 after aperformance. Her case remains unsolved.
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The PlayStation 4 launch is happening tonight, right here. We've already made a list of 5 things to expect from the PS4. Now we've had a sit down to decide what we really want. Whether it'll show up or not is another matter entirely.
Luke Edwards – multimedia journalist
Power. Unrelenting power. And maybe Sony can tether user PS4s together again to create a supercomputer for curing cancer. Also on my wish list: a controller that isn't a Wii Motion (or Wii U GamePad) and launch titles like 1313 and GTA V. Those, and a sub £350 pricetag.
Tom Parsons – reviews editor
I want even more power. I want games to be available for download on day of release for the same price as the boxed copies. I want it to look better than all of those mock-ups that have been doing the rounds. I want the games to be 4K (they won't be). I want the controller to be more comfortable and I want it to have triggers and a touchscreen. I want the link between the PS4 and Vita to allow me to play my PS4 games in bed. I want it to cost less than £300. I want it to have Movies Unlimited as well as Netflix and Lovefilm. Most of all I want it to be released in the UK at the same time as everywhere else and I want that release to be in 2013.
Stephen Graves – online deputy editor
I want a PlayStation 3, but better. So, no waving a glowing stick with a ball on the end to sprinkle pixie dust over the furnishings in my online house. Give me a weightier controller – with actual triggers this time – and a spec boost to deliver next-gen graphics, and I'll be happy. Though, truth be told, I use my PS3 more as a media hub than a games machine – what has me really excited is next year's PC title Star Citizen. Roll on the Steam Box!
Esat Dedezade – staff writer
I don't want fancy glowing waggle sticks or motion controller nonsense. I want moar RAM, moar GHzs and moar power. I don't want the empty promises of amazing graphics with unrealistic tech demos. I want to see some actual amazing graphics, with no jaggies or screen tearing or pop-ins. There's nothing worse than trying to envelop yourself in the world of Skyrim before a bunch of trees and bushes suddenly pop into existence. And try to get rid of the ridiculous load times while you're at it. Tom's same-day digital download suggestion is good, so I'm stealing that. Oh and I also want a an online experience that matches that of Xbox Live. But none of this really matters because I'm bound to Halo.
Adam White – sub-editor
I'd like better controllers, non-mandatory system updates, a size that's comparable to a 'slim' console now, and full backwards compatibility. Or just an Xbox 720.
Tom Wiggins – deputy editor
I want the updates to take less time and a controller that isn't designed for tiny little fingers.
Paddy Smith – online editor
I don't want a PS4. At least, I don't think I do. My PS3 retains its place below my TV only as a media centre and Blu-ray player. Not that I doubt the PS4 will have media smarts, but I can't imagine it'll do much the PS3 can't - at least not without plugging into the rest of Sony's world (Unlimited, Xperia, Bravia, etc). Of course, I'm almost always wrong about these things, so I'll probably end up queueing up to buy one on launch day. I'll then play the new MotorStorm title for a week and try to install Linux before putting my new console out to pasture as a media centre that does exactly what my PS3 did. Bah.
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