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Buzz Out Loud
Best of Buzz Out LoudIntroducing the BOL digest! The biggest stories of the week from Google to Facebook smears, plus our favorite funny bits.
Say -- I'm Brian Tong and welcome to the very first episode of the best of buzz out loud. Now buzz out loud as our daily -- show featuring Hollywood our producer -- -- and myself along with cnet's top tech experts reviewing the day's tech news. In each episode we analyze interpret. Argue about what all this technology means -- what it's doing to us and sometimes will also you know occasionally burst out into song an offer some romantic advice. Now the best the buzz out loud brings you the highlights of the week's five shows and this one has -- been jam packed in the world -- So coming up on this we show face -- -- of busted in a clumsy smear of Google a US judge has an IP address is not a person. And there's a really cool iPad app which takes your music collection to a whole new level. But first let's just start with this -- biggest tech story mills -- event where they announced their next flavor of Android called ice cream sandwich. They also launched Google music beta -- cloud music service and a whole lot more to sit back and join the best a buzz out loud. Started off -- said -- was a Google IO's keynote here over -- -- Cisco just a few blocks away from less than and -- got to give them major -- first of all in an hour they were able to pump out like. About six feeble point of what they're gonna be doing moving forward. So are enough that they wanted to you know show their how impressive they were they -- off -- hundred million users activated worldwide on Android devices. Four point five billion app installs but some stuff that we saw here sign up with honeycomb. Three point one and we talked about how we are hoping to make get a little more polished and finish on it they didn't go deep. -- showing off their new flavors of honeycomb and ice can sell it but. They showed up more true multitasking involving more than just recent -- a lot of apps going on the same time -- widgets and a cool kind of interesting thing that data showed up with. Baylor you'll now be able use a tablet device or an -- device. Excuse me as -- USB host so you can directly connect keyboards mice even game had to had an Xbox controller directly plugged into. A tablet. And USB sticks offload. Digital photos directly on your Android device without some cool functionality it'll be rolling out to Zune users first through Verizon they said I believe. In -- out today as those -- three point one will be integrated into the next version of Google TV. And give you access to Android market place. -- -- really interesting because they they kept on that track about -- come being the very. The tablet device and then also being extended to that Google TV interface would like okay it would do and every -- -- But then they rolled out ice cream -- to it will be the first resident Android that's designed to run on all kinds of devices though it won't just be a tablet -- this will be. And open source Android version. They'll run on phones tablets and -- even like you said devices like Google really did a lot of hardware extension showing off at and at this particular. And 8101. -- -- on -- putting everything you know. The keynote presentation speech what wanted to state things they came out -- this is that you concede though they did an outright say it but there's a division between. Ice cream sandwich -- -- -- -- -- for tablets but -- seems like that's gonna be more of Google's controlled environment. They referred to ice can sell it as open source -- and it is compatible on tablets so the your -- -- a separation of the two. And they're at the same time they are bringing some of the interface and features from honeycomb on to ice cream -- as -- there's there's there's a little bit of it I don't know if you if you wanna see confusion everyone says fragmentation -- getting sick of -- but there's a division between the two products. Other announcements though today some upgrades to the Android market including the fact that you can now -- rent movies. In the Android market starting at a dollar 99 through your browser and your devices -- And that'll be that the usual 24 hour. Rental window we can't complain about them not having a multi media options now especially since they also announced the long awaited. Google music to -- -- calling it music beta by Google. It will reportedly function it will -- it will function rather as an online music -- that can store 20000 songs for free unlike -- -- 1000 songs. Because that -- when they remember the -- I read some tweet from somebody who said. Well I have nine gigs of music and I'm not gonna paid several thousand dollars a year to store it in there are those people out there. And this what Google does what they did with Gmail they came in offered a gig of free storage and everybody I'm offering -- the whole idea. -- this some of the cool things here also they showed up instant mix which is -- you could say very similar genius playlist and iTunes also -- play -- across devices again through the cloud. It does capture most recently played music -- about it that's always on the device. You can if you guys want to jump into it you go to music dot google.com. You can sign up to be invited or send an invitation into the beta. It's also downloadable today at least some some of the music features. On your Android phone devices on 2.2 and higher and there is like most of 20000 song upload for the beta right now I I don't -- -- in a statement that that's. That's pretty box and as we like to say that if you wanna talk about brilliant things we saw -- now. Google and their Android platform really trying to enter in not only the home but. Your life -- and every device you can think of they announced the Android open accessory -- initiative where planets and API. That allow Android devices to work with any device soloist. It what was -- about this is have you plugged in like for example here in workout machine at your gym in pure Android phone it would eight. Detect the device but the device would tell the Android phone -- Go to the Android market place and get an app that is compatible with this device camps and I are having. It you know physical products that are able to dictate okay get this app and then interact with data that was sweet. -- definitely part of that kind of embedded LS this to our idea and the idea of being the Android anywhere strategy and there's an interesting article on TV net today that's like top tech toys in reality -- And what -- reality -- they point out of every one is gunning to be the living room operating system. You know Microsoft wants to do it -- we'll get to that -- -- -- but they're trying to make the Xbox the hub Apple is trying to do it it's and they say it's really important. That Google is aiming to do this connected devices and the appliances that are not currently Wi-Fi enabled because of Google can be at the heart of the smart home. Then they've got it right you know. They say it it Android at home might have been one of that seemingly minor announcements from today but it's like going to be hugely -- Yesterday yeah -- that there was not 101000. Separate pieces of Google news yup they've they've -- -- a whole other passel of Google news for it right now there's a ton of -- -- kind of go down to just hit hit it right out of the bats. Chrome -- showed off the new browser in some thirty speed improvements they announced that 260 million active users. And it showed us some cool of their like ten X improvement for TD -- -- three rendering but you're literally every time I showed -- -- and -- drink made her the for -- under the -- how how ordinary -- is that how other possible it is possible angles and yet they also are showing off more of the Chrome. Or web store -- make -- available worldwide now what was interesting because we know how Google's kind of -- little -- with Apple now. They mention how to grow by putting in app payments in a Chrome apps. For their -- web apps they're taking only. 5%. Vs what some other companies take which is. There really says that -- now this again this is only for the web apps on any mobile laps but his -- -- wraps specifically between one of the when you know you're a web map now you know -- -- I don't even wanna say jumping the shark you're even beyond that and Angry Birds probably -- the law had the most spotlight -- the entire section. -- -- -- -- -- -- Dude that is also. Playing I know it's not -- -- your mouse -- have -- the you know that is that are a tyrant there Fermi. But the big news for the day was. At as not totally expected -- a little bit expected -- -- the Chrome book. They are actually launching a production version. Of the CR 48 but better you know kind of -- tweaked more polished two versions in fact. What Samsung will make one that will cost 429 dollars for the Wi-Fi only version. For 99 with 3-D built in and an Acer is gonna make another one that's 349. And they'll both be available on June 15. Yeah you'll be able to get them here in the US on Amazon and best buy and in the -- play around six European countries the only retailers these are the cloud based laptops. -- you know -- the storage is done in the cloud the apps are done in the cloud should there is some very small local storage but it's in the Chrome open itself doesn't even have a desktop. -- -- right it's a complete it's almost it's just an OS version of the browser you guys haven't seen this before but I did like that they showed off. Some improved capabilities because what I -- the Chrome -- was. And I -- -- as someone who adds that on the -- several times like I only living -- mean I live in the browser and never need. Software. Except for media management basically music photos and videos. And that was impossible but the Republican and that was the biggest complain about it and the crowd looked at the -- -- -- of the hard work. It was below the track pad fact. And the media management with the nightmare though they specifically addressed all three of those things like is that the revamped the track pad. Now they're dual core Intel processors plus support with Adobe Flash support -- the -- hot and and then also they basically built -- maps for media management so that it's not such an impossible task the you -- they they did sort of probably concede -- like I'm sure that is the geeks at Google live way in the future right they were to think you need to. But the fact is. People do still have media and they wanna manage it -- want to offload it may -- -- download a document from an email and so they showed off specific ways to be able to -- back and I think the Chrome look. Is super compelling first -- all I -- just take a crack at these guys for a week and see. -- I change or how I can actually adapt to it. Do I really like or not I wanna just -- throughout these but even more impressive as they talked about. You know we have all these -- slim portables and their battery life is key route and these are chunky. Laptops that you almost. I mean the Samsung has a twelve point one it's -- but has an eight hour battery life and all day on yeah. So you're you're -- -- competing. With some of these regular size laptops for battery power and it and use and if you're living in the cloud. You would you want as much power you want when your portable gap and so that that -- I've found that really it's an about the battery life that it's squeeze out on the laptop I -- it a compelling -- -- That is totally. -- -- month will also now let Iran Gmail offline like you said Dana hour battery -- which is often full size keyboard on the Samsung version. Plus doesn't SD card reader a web -- stereo speakers and two USB ports. Acer's as an eleven point six inch laptop the Samsung's and twelve inch. Machine we will obviously -- -- trying to get her hands on from those comes with a little earlier than that we can review give them the full review. But. Is that with them. With an interesting announcement and again Google thank you an hour for your keynote. Turns out according to Symantec 100000. FaceBook apps have been accidentally leaking your personal data. Four years. For years. Semantic and that third party FaceBook apps have accidentally had access to -- but user account including your profile photographs. Chat and that they also had the ability to post messages and mine personal information. Now the good thing about this is according to FaceBook. This exploit was not used by the third party apps because apparently they weren't aware of it but Symantec this. I don't know about that. I don't know about that you needed no week. Mac it was just all coming into our servers that we were harvesting and we -- the net but we did it you lose it. I use that I don't know about that but that what happened a semantic did some digging and in -- -- and applications they were inadvertently. Leaking the access -- to third parties like advertisers -- analytic platforms or a youth -- a pretty much like the spare key given a FaceBook app -- let the app. Do whatever it wants that. Laureate. Apparently when notified by the way FaceBook fixed the problem semantic -- I had no interest but -- Thank you only worked with them to address -- Immediately unfortunately they say. The resulting report has some inaccuracies -- they say they revealed no evidence in their investigation. Of it resulting in users' private information being shared. With unauthorized third party this -- find those find in addition this report ignores the contractual obligations of -- developers which prohibit them from sharing user information only that violate our policies area we trust them -- percent. -- -- than they are really scared that. Who got her -- there Gizmodo points out quite rightly that -- but probably dodged a pretty humongous size bullet there by accident -- And if they -- it is still do feel concerned you can just change your password and that will apparently kill off -- of -- left over access token that are tied to your. Google and Apple were in the hot seat yesterday on the hill on Capitol Hill they were testifying. In the -- these smart phone. Privacy hearings that have been called by senator Al Franken. And hilariously apparently the tone for the hearing with that early on when senator Patrick Leahy accidentally linked to -- the slip -- the -- referred to you iphones and Android does. IPhone and the -- few who -- her. -- 0101 of the distinctions that Apple continues say was that you know there was a bug and they -- tracking people's locations. They were rather tracking the location of cell towers and Wi-Fi spots around the user's. Where -- where I'm from. That's how the distinction without a difference. Which is kinda what -- -- what they pointed out that the they had a third party. Technology. Consultant on the panel to kind of way and so that when these guys that we're not tracking looking into attacking Iraq by the powers -- the -- spot near you. Near you and he said if you're in a dense urban area with lots of cell towers and -- I've I've been the location is actually pretty exact for example he said. My iPhone pinpointed my location this very morning -- within twenty feet of events and -- the city. Yeah yeah and -- so keep that one it's called like triangulation where you drop three lines in your yap at I mean they -- Basically they just yelled at them for a -- You know I think Google and Apple that while you can turn location tracking off and and offered him federal you have it you apparently Apple you have that bug where. It it would still -- after people turn it off like how can we trust Theo de. More than anything needs -- to have a conversation with the companies and really come to some sort of how do we move forward. To make this easy for users to understand them and if it's. If every app -- -- have a pop up that clearly states what's involved in locations. Location tracking or location information you give up. I think that's kind of good enough. Yeah but is is that it's never existed. Itself. If -- is that's is the quick little notification every time you pop. A sought insulin as a reader I'm sorry sometimes we say it's not you know -- -- enough but sometimes we actually have to read. So does have a little public health and -- a little -- Yeah I mean Apple has actually been okay with their transparency they've been pretty good about warning people about location tracking and now the Verizon phones -- -- -- sticker on it you know we're getting there. In other exciting is a US judge Harold baker has ruled that an IP address can not be considered. A person. For purposes of cross of the prosecution and in fact that it is not adequate evidence to -- at a crime on someone. This is an awesome precedent is a pretty big ruling -- this is. Also exciting because we just told you about the case yesterday. About how the copyright holders groups were going after something like 23000. BitTorrent people that -- downloaded the BitTorrent for -- expendable swat and you know about that later not happy that. But there are other but for them for the US -- identify that I could just not a person he leaned. On the case where we had talked about how I gentlemen -- believe it might have been in Boston or somewhere in the East Coast where someone was sniffing his Wi-Fi and downloading child porn. His home was raided because FBI authorities -- that it was his house I was doing it. But it was really a neighbor or someone nearby who was using his open -- Norton so that in itself. Is it is a case that has yet you can't pin and IP address to a specific person now and and usually in Florida if that's really cool. Yeah I mean they're big technical concerns about it -- -- -- long time but thankfully now there's some legal precedent as well. -- -- We -- kind of cat fight to report. -- you know right. If you didn't think that FaceBook and Google didn't like each other you can tell they really don't like each other so it had recently been revealed. From the USA today. Is that somebody seem to have hired -- mark mark marsteller one of the top PR firms to -- anti Google stories newspapers. Urging them investigate claims that Google was invading people's privacy and so -- in the PR firm also even offered help and in one of an infant influential blogger. Or write a I guess you call it Google bashing the op Ed which promised it would place it in you know Friday ballots as well so -- working together. And it was put it was a whisper campaign -- not only by the super high profile PR agency but also by -- the NBC news anchor and total Apple and board Jim Goldman. And a former political columnist John Mercury Mercury -- who both recently joined -- So the USA today basically was getting all these pages they were getting a proposal for this big op -- that we talk about Google's social circle feature. And what a massive privacy invader that is yes that's basically the feature that Google rolled out as as part of Gmail. That goes out and finds all your other social connections like Yelp and FaceBook and all those and kind of import that information. To make your social circle complete all -- -- facing directly to leave Google. However USA today when they investigated basically said there's no news here there's no there there to this story. And then as. They started to wonder why they were being pitched so hard to -- Is because they then ended up breaking a story about birth and spreading a whisper campaign about Google and try to -- -- -- the -- was. And -- client was. Based book. -- -- They work. -- -- PR firm. Just spread anti Google story that -- empty have been and other needs now and -- -- the -- -- so it was confronted with the evidence. And in a spokesman last night confirmed. Yes indeed FaceBook harbors and -- -- to the reasons. First because they believe Google's doing some things and social networking. That raised privacy concerns that they they had to bring that to light yeah and if it is super worried about our privacy I have noticed that many and then secondly the spokesman confirmed or at least said in their statements that. Because FaceBook presents Google's attempts to use Facebook's data in its own social networking service they wanted to bring with the light. Because they were trying to pulled it needed to treat that social graph right because what their -- because good. I prefer it that that that data that is -- -- that I put on FaceBook should be freely available to me across any service that I use. -- -- an attempt to scrape the web which -- -- -- Google doesn't don't appear on I'm not gonna make it out like Google is the number one to die here right they're not all about your privacy because they're not that good at it. But the fact is. FaceBook is the one who has built in Encino walled garden who will not let anybody access that data no matter what happens. Who try to lock it all up so that you never leave their little freaky suburb. And then they actually what does that -- the -- -- could look like that aren't gonna. -- all right granted until late life of that woman's stomach. The fact that they would just that I mean. If anything it shows that that they are just. Children. That this is just flat out childish and now they have been totally busted in the most -- As it's kind of wild is that there really lead to clumsy if smear ever -- out. Let you know what do your own dirty work you African babies if you wanna bash Google in the press than -- -- damped out you don't get to hide behind them PR agency. Molly was so sad about this he emailed me like I don't know what would memorial on vacation on vacation -- -- you know -- you gotta do this attack that -- They're gonna talk about this while I navigate the you'll wonder that is planetarium and so cool -- there is my brother Lincoln have been scattered and easily confused planetary out. And it's an iPad -- -- -- galaxies style visualize or for the music on your iPad it's free and it. It launched -- just it just launch early this month and it is against delisting everywhere look like on CNBC's. And it's all over the place and it -- it literally turns. The music on your iPad into this 3-D interface where. It's our universe and every planet is an album when it -- these are all these are alike artists and then I click on an artist here. Not that I was in the Blink-182 U2 lead to Atlanta on songs the songs are like mini planet of the hover around the sun album -- And then you can just -- -- it to speeding and there's all these stars and it's just. It's -- sweet visualization. Of your music gorgeous so here's here's American pine bill where's my songs on it. If they don't have it unanimously and -- -- on let's -- here. The Rio are right -- here's an example here's an album cut it up your pants and you know I mean and what on earth. So now this is the actual songs to take this out. In the rings around this planet. You'll see it increase in size and then you can zoom out and that's the whole ring and everything and all the songs are plotted on the ring. And then you can zoom into it I mean it's a big problem with the fact is the irony here but look at menaces like beautifully rendered planet Linda said it has been in the -- I love that it. It's so insane and then I I after nearly you guys you all know how I feel about -- And not deputies bagged the duties and that again but again a -- baby blue velour outfit but I gotta -- -- -- dvds bag have a little dongle or -- iPad display in the near the iPad display on the Big Three like me. -- making the planet -- and it's zooming through the galaxy in rounding things like I would be like. That's not needed each bag that -- you need. Good job planetary and it let me remind you that song happen to be an iPad I don't know how it got there it's not like Ellison that -- and insulin like -- like -- You know I would try to show use something cool and it was a. -- -- Don't -- I could have picked something sappy here but you know. Does this mean -- mean I'm not gonna show you my secrets of brilliantly -- actually I don't even know if it's on I've an argument -- -- for iPad. Yeah it's absolutely gorgeous -- It's in -- Angry Birds of music -- elevations where. I mean things fun but I'm not gonna use a -- -- music now that mean I think you'll like it will be around me it's physical it's called like impressed you know people like about that's not -- -- -- -- -- my brother is basically like -- I I put music on my iPad because of the this could be an iPad -- to get girls. I'm just saying -- serious are you -- as the amount needed each bag on it that you can win me over. This -- eager. I'm -- You have some division I can view but I'm never buying you -- really hard on my three -- case saying. -- -- -- -- -- -- So we have been on the video that we're gonna pull you might have to speak a little faster -- you know because it's on it happening yeah they don't have you -- to despite getting to that Roland but. Yes the -- -- -- the background here in case you didn't -- -- episode is that you know I -- it again maybe got a Mac can make an enemy like -- and then not only -- I like it but actually -- the -- app purchase keynote purchased keynote -- many to mean in a pre -- meeting -- -- that went crazy lust -- -- -- had to -- -- -- on the shelf and you like you're gonna love to see how easy it is easily got to make a presentation and I agreed to make a presentation about my spring -- -- it. So -- head and then exported as the quicktime movie although weirdly it would not export the movie with the music and packed them into -- separately and I can't -- them give them that move. Because oh no they don't have a we don't have a link to directly connect a laptop in the studio right now though we had -- YouTube -- wasn't the easiest thing ever redundant with pain. Anyway here we go. My feeling great that you all -- doesn't have music yeah I Astaro detractors and then we'll go into the dramatic. -- okay so I'll tell them I'll try to marry quickly -- the music at -- its -- Alaska. And only and Steve kind of an awesome Alaska. And new -- -- the elite. There is. Though Alaska stated moose pass legislation of this reason is that it's totally gorgeous that we had we had -- -- of these being and I finally is actually -- of the -- lot of attack they give it three. Life jackets for kids kids don't like -- -- endeavor there's an otter. And the glass and water -- -- wants -- -- and then. We thought or how my -- molecular whales right there in resurrection bay this phenomenal all my photos look like a coffee table book with a crazy and then also there were dolls purposes. And Eagles. And as -- -- and a glacier and ice -- At a mountain go way up on a mountain and -- -- line right there in the harbor and we viral event of math and look like 1139 there was salmon -- and -- am on the -- -- the -- I river with high bush cranberries and snow. I was actually better than it's. No -- Man and you -- those transitions. Those are amazing I have exhausted. And I'm okay so -- -- -- the special Thursday edition. You know it's not -- -- -- attract the mass within me. Okay. -- I -- and Hewlett -- -- of the last people they actually don't let the coming oh yes and meanwhile is here okay here we go computer to love it's this -- comes to our buddy -- I'm fourteen and the only nerd in my school and neighborhood it's hard growing up when people have most things that come with our. I hate to admit tech journalists and bloggers -- -- well I wanna be a tech journalists when I grow up but there's still for a physicist -- future. What I'm really concerned about is the president more precisely. An upcoming formal in three weeks there's this girl that -- been -- for a year now but things haven't gotten though there. She makes me laugh which is a rare thing in. I feel good about myself so I wanna ask -- but I don't know whether I should or how to. Any advice on the girl or how to grow up being a nerd. -- Nearly fourteen -- -- -- -- that the intimately video game that night I would've gotten a girl out with no kids -- so it's faster now. -- my man. -- assign you an out anyone out ever again because every time they do they get smacked down -- that's right. That's right. You know like 'cause it's hard being a guy -- its army -- -- You're only fourteen you're gonna grow from this ask her out. If you get heart broken and it's my fault you'll thank me later. Trust me than you NASA -- out. And he's gonna say yes. And it's -- be all looking. I mean you know our eyes and an excellent idea think it's important and actually in the morning for everyone rightly I think if you like -- you should ask you -- I think everybody does but. Just say doing an informal and there and no goal and Intuit. Every time we do this stuff got to be prepared for the very high possibility. They won't get what you want but doesn't mean you gonna look nick. If she says no you walk turn your back and say. You later our ranks are right on maintenance -- and better and it certainly but that. -- It as to how. Just don't make a big deal out of it. Give any you know what then it gets -- built up an awkward. You just gotta be like literally when you're asked our resident it's -- when I was fourteen and I had to ask you go to hang out I was like. Peeing myself it's hard it is hard but I'm just saying -- don't don't like -- a computer program to do -- don't bring your flowers don't be nice. All over intensity -- about it. To be cool about it like you're talking to -- already it's making you laugh or whatever the -- like anyone up formal opening. But like the practice this played out over and over hey you wanna learner. You -- -- -- that don't do that. Known and 00 Aurora you can do it became way I was just gonna save that -- what going through the -- on Friday night you should come with me. Glance -- the game like a -- I -- I thought the game it was like I am already do and it. Become if you want you. Yelp and that's that's how I asked most of my 2000 and hasn't worked out very well noted that it you know I just eliminated -- -- is -- it -- be really -- What that they were decisions that it was like announcing I'm having dinner at -- he said -- should join me in a -- wants a really wanted you can't you know. The ice that today -- don't really get your not gonna be able to do that whole company's -- they gotta be cool they still has got to be like. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- We got him to be filled and it over an hour when Elijah Anita played Mortal -- I'm going -- what you want debating. Not them and -- Worth it doesn't work computer at its computer encryption involves computers wide you know that -- now we are told we are eminently qualified evolved and -- -- -- equivalent. Probably had no idea we just want totally happy. And that's it for this we sell -- -- -- live each weekday at 10:30 AM Pacific time at cnet.com slash live. I'm -- -- This has been. But that's the -- Allah.


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It Really is "The Happy Isle"
I can count on one hand – and have fingers left over – the number of places in the world I've visited and later returned to, and this idyllic island in the Mediterranean is definitely one of them. After due consideration as to where to spend my summer vacation, I decided I just had to go back to Alghero, Sardinia, again. Such a fantastic place. People, food, drinks, weather, atmosphere, beaches, this place has it all. And I needed to experience it for yet another week this summer.
Third week of July, 2016. I packed up my suitcase with swim trunks, tank tops, sandals, Hawaiian-style shirts for my evening dining on the city wall and I was ready to go. The only Alitalia flight from Budapest was still in the evening, connecting through Rome and arriving in Alghero at 10:30 PM. So once more I arranged with my hotel to pick me up at the airport. I was ready for my summer beach holiday.
The weather would be perfect for this time of year: 90 degrees during the daytime (30 degrees Celsius) and high 60s at night (20 C). A friend of mine who'd been to Sardinia last year after my visit told me about a great day trip to Corsica; an hour or two on a bus to the northern port city of Porto Teresa, then another hour across the Med to the fortress city of Bonifacio. I was ready for that. Also, last year I'd passed on another day trip by bus to the little town of Bosa, south of Alghero, so I hoped to remedy that situation this year. All in, all, I was ready for another fantastic week in Sardinia.
The only negative this year would be the loss of my newfound friends at the Alghero City Hotel. It turned out that bartender Tomaso, plus Server Antonio and Receptionist Alessandra (husband and wife team), had all departed for greener pastures. I was sorely disappointed when I found out, as I'd looked forward to seeing them all again. I only hoped their replacements were as friendly and welcoming. I guess I'd find out soon enough. My pickup was ready and waiting for me at the airport and the Alghero City Hotel still stood invitingly when I arrived. Easy check-in and in bed by 1 AM. Of course, before hitting the sack I had to set my watch for Mediterranean time, where the minute hand actually slows down and takes two minutes to go what was formerly four minutes. You know how things are much slower in the Med.
Friday morning I was up and out early. First stop: the tour agency with which I was booking my day trip to Bonifacio, Corsica. They still hadn't confirmed the trip, as they required a minimum of ten people, and I was the only one booked so far. I was to check back with them later that day to see if the trip was on. After a stop at the central bus station in town to get schedules for Bosa and the airport, it was time for the beach. I only stayed a couple of hours this time, as that waster was cold! An iceberg must have melted farther out in the sea.
A late lunch of calamari and fries at the Taverna Catalan, along with a few Ichnusa local beers. A light rain had started earlier, so any further beach time was out for the day. Then, when I checked back with the tour agency, it turned out they had booked 12 people for the Corsica jaunt, so it was on! Cool! I also made a reservation for that night's dinner at my "old buddy" Gianni's place near my hotel, Dietro il Carcere (literally, "Behind the Prison"). Gianni actually remembered me from my previous year's visits, and seemed happy to welcome me back.
Before my dinner at 8 that night, I stopped in at the Hotel Catalunya's Sky Bar for cocktails and a great view of the city and harbor. My waitress, Erzsébet, got me a mean Mai Tai from bartender extraordinaire Pasqualino, a friend of Gianni's. When my lovely young server told me her name, I asked her, "Magyar?" And it turned out, of course, she was Hungarian. They're everywhere!
I whiled away the time soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying the views and the drinks. Sardinia is such a great place to relax and just let all the cares of the world flow away. The people there are so happy and contented and easy-going. As I sat there contemplating life and my navel, I recalled snatches of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Ulysses I had read long ago:
"…Come, my friends,
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world…
… for my purpose holds
To sail beyond the sunset…..
…It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew."
The "happy isles" refers to the Islands of the Blessed, a place where big-time Greek heroes like Achilles enjoyed perpetual summer after they died. We might say Heaven. While the Happy Isles were supposedly in the Atlantic Ocean west of the Pillars of Hercules, I now firmly believe that the primary Happy Isle is none other than Sardinia.
This particular little bit of heaven is in the Mediterranean Sea, located just west of the Italian mainland and in between Corsica to the north and Sicily to the south. From the instant you arrive and begin to soak up the ambiance and feel the Sardinian lifestyle slowly begin to seep into your consciousness, this happy isle grabs hold of you and dares you ever to leave its warm embrace. I had settled in comfortably and was already snuggled safely in the island's charms.
Dinner with Gianni was, as always, fantastic. His tiny place only has around 12 tables or so, although for special guests he can trot out another table and take over more of the sidewalk or street. That night I opted for a light meal of Fregula, a sort of large cous-cous-style pasta balls covered with the local seafood.
Saturday's day-long "tour" was to start with a pickup at the agency's office at 6:30 AM. Yucchh! As it turned out, it wasn't a tour in the strict sense of the word. What I paid the agency 25 euros (about $27 US) for was two bus rides of two hours each, to and from the Port of St. Teresa Gallura on the northern end of Sardinia. There the "tour agency's" part ended. We were pointed in the direction of the ticket office for the Moby Ferry Line and had to pay a separate fee of about $55 US for the ferry ride to and from Bonifacio, Corsica. No tour guide, no assistance, no group rates, no nothing "extra." And no other costs included.
I strolled around a while, absorbing the atmosphere, then settled in for an anchovy pizza at one of the local restaurants, accompanied by a couple of nicely-chilled beers. The remainder of the afternoon was sent just strolling and enjoying the ambiance. I didn't even buy of the tatty tourist crap, a rarity for me.
The ferry left on its return trip at 5 PM, so I made sure I was there early enough to have my ticket checked and my passport validated. (Yes, even though we only crossed from one EU country to another, we still had to have our passports checked). We arrived back at Porto St. Teresa Gallura around 6 PM and boarded our mini-bus for the 2.5 hour trip back to Alghero. It was uneventful, which is just the way we like those kinds of trips.
Back in Alghero around 8:30, I walked along the Promenade at the beachfront and had a light dinner at one of the seaside restaurants: lasagna, Aperol spritz and seadas was just right. I was trying hard to keep my calorie intake to a minimum. An after-dinner stroll through the Old Town allowed me to make my dinner reservations for later in the week at Trattoria Romani and Mabrouk. OK, so my calorie intake would suffer slightly; I wasn't going to pass up any of those great Sardinian/Catalan dishes if I could help it. I'd skimp on breakfast and lunch, if need be.
And Sunday it rained! All friggin' day!! But it was my junior quest day, so I borrowed an umbrella from the hotel and went in search of my previous-year's friends. I found two of them, husband and wife Alessa and Antonio, working at the Hotel Riviera, along the main beachfront Promenade and, wonder of wonders --- they remembered me! It was great to see them again and I promised to stay at their new hotel when and if I returned to Sardinia. Unfortunately, I never did get to hook up with bartender Tomaso – maybe next time.
The remainder of the day was spent watching TV and reading and listening to the on-again-off-again rain and the thunder and lightning; bummer.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were sunny and hot and all were my beach days. I roasted in the sun and swam in the cool surf from morning till afternoon, relaxing and feeling the heat soak into my bones. I had lounge chairs at La Marina and was able to read a little, doze a little, people-watch a little and generally just have a good time.
Tuesday was, of course, my second-annual feast at Mabrouk. No menu, just a four-course tasting dinner (although I counted seven different dishes, so make of that what you will). My courses were:
½ liter of local white wine
Starters of shrimp, monkfish, dogfish and seafood salad;
Pasta with meat, covered by a zucchini and cheese sauce
Small pasta shells with tomato sauce
Seafood augusta (rice, clams, mussels, etc)
Shrimp and calamari (as opposed to a full baked fish)
Chocolate cake
Mirto digestif
And all that for only 41 euros (about $45 US). Probably pay $200 for that meal in London or Paris.
As you can tell, I once again didn't make it down to Bosa on the bus. The rain scuttled my schedule, but maybe next time around. We shall see.
Thursday's departure was painless. Local bus to the airport (1.5 euro!), late plane to Rome, connect with another late flight on Alitalia to Budapest, airport bus and metro to Kalvin Ter and a short walk home through a light rain. Will I return next year? Never can tell. I may need to revisit the Happy Isle just to touch base. I could happily die there.

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It was one of those games that neither team controlled until late in the game when the Blizzard sent around three runners on base hits.
The Blizzard started it off when Jimmy Martinez slammed one over the left field fence just under the scoreboard making it a 2-0 game. The Osos then followed when Wesley Jones put one over the center field fence for a 2-run home run.
In the seventh the blizzard pulled out three runs on base hits, while the Osos pushed one across in the seventh. By the last pitch in the ninth it was a 6-3 ball game to give Taos another mark in the win column.
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|What a night for Baseball at Gabrielle Field, light winds and warm temps made for a great time at the ball field.


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Q: My husband frequently has a nightcap before going to bed. He says Scotch relaxes him and helps him fall asleep. The only trouble is that he frequently wakes up in the middle of the night and then has a hard time getting back to sleep. That wakes me up, and it ruins my sleep as well.
I suspect the nightcap is to blame, but he disagrees. He says he just has to get up to urinate. Can you settle this argument, please?
A: This question is more complicated than it seems. Conventional wisdom is that alcohol before bed helps people fall asleep but disrupts sleep in the second half of the night. There's surprisingly little research on this issue, however.
The best study we could find examined sleep in 20 healthy people, half of whom were insomniacs. A modest dose of alcohol before bed did not seem to have a negative impact on sleep later in the night (Neuropsycho pharmacology, March 1999). On the other hand, it didn't make people fall asleep faster either.
Many men do have to get up at night to urinate because of an enlarged prostate. His doctor may be able to assess this and prescribe a drug to ease this symptom if it is waking him.
Q: My father takes atenolol to control his blood pressure. He has had terrible difficulties with respiration in addition to low-grade depression and a lack of energy. Is there an alternative class of drugs that he could try? He is by nature a very active, energetic man and feels virtually immobilized by this drug, so he's very eager to seek out better options.
A: Although beta blockers like atenolol, metoprolol and propranolol are frequently prescribed, such drugs are rarely appropriate as first-line blood pressure medications (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Aug. 15, 2012). They may not reduce the likelihood of heart attacks or strokes (Archives of Internal Medicine, Oct. 8, 2012).
Beta blockers can make breathing more difficult, especially for people susceptible to asthma (Journal of Asthma, November 2012). Fatigue and depression also are potential side effects.
We discuss the pros and cons of beta blockers plus various other blood pressure medicines and nondrug approaches in our book "Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy" (online at www.PeoplesPharmacy.com). Your father must not discontinue atenolol without medical supervision.
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I began to cover the entire spider-vein area with the urea cream, and now they are almost completely gone. Have you heard of using urea cream to treat spider veins?
The change was really dramatic. I assume it was due to the action of the urea on these superficial veins.
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"I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.."
Translated: "Syria: Obama's War.Once again, the US becomes the protagonist of an international conflict in a complex power play." For me, this newspaper headline is just one example of how differently the US is portrayed in Argentine media than in … Continue reading
Growing Up, Five Thousand Miles Away from Home
When I was young, the world was small and beautiful. To you, that may sound trite or simplified, and yet for me, that was just the way things were. My life, and everyone I knew in it, fit into neat little boxes that were easily understood.
The funny thing is, I don't actually remember much about my childhood. Besides the trivial memories in which my small world was temporarily shaken, my brain remains hazy about those years. Getting angry with my sister Megan, sticking gum in her hair, and then subsequently smearing peanut butter through it to get it out. Being childishly devastated when I learned that my dad was one month younger than my mom. Feeling guilt when I accidentally overfilled the upstairs bathroom sink, causing our kitchen ceiling to partially collapse. These were the small, harmless (and in hindsight rather comical) events that I considered upsetting enough to destabilize my otherwise balanced world. Continue reading


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The Economist article on "Ma the bumbler" certainly got plenty of reactions in Taiwan and provided Taiwanese with a new buzzword. Intentional or not, there was more.
The ironic result of this article has been that it did more than suggest President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is a bumbler: It has exposed and pointed out what really lay at the heart of the current ineptness and incompetency of the Ma administration.
It is not so much what the article suggested, namely, "If it looks like a bumbler, talks like a bumbler and acts like a bumbler, then it is a bumbler." Nor was it that, "A bumbler by any other name is still a bumbler." No, what the article revealed was something worse and more deeply rooted.
The article pointed out how the Ma administration continues to operate under placating and image-saving focal constraints. These constraints remain basic elements of its core philosophy, and unfortunately for Taiwan, that philosophy is the antithesis of progress.
At the start of his administration five years ago, Ma gave a seemingly wise yet placating promise. Indicating that his general aim would be to please all sides, Ma gave the first of his three noes. With this benchmark decision, his administration stated it would henceforth guide itself by being defined by negatives.
Thus, it would not seek unification, nor would it seek independence and it would also not use military force to attack the People's Republic of China (PRC). While the third no was probably put in just for balance, it proved to be humorous and even ludicrous in its attempt to be serious. One finds it hard to imagine that the leaders of the far superior PRC military forces would be quaking in their boots and saying to themselves, "Thank heavens, Ma has declared that he will not attack us."
For the simple minded as well as those happy to see Ma reveal such a placating nature so openly, these first three "noes" were welcome words.
In effect, Ma was going to please everyone; certainly he could be counted on as someone who would not rock the boat, regardless of any sacrifice for Taiwan's progress. Instead he would maintain a facade of stability in the realistic, ever-changing world of the imaginary status quo. Ma would do this by "doing nothing." Even Taiwanese were buffaloed into believing this would bring them progress.
Of course, Ma's words did not advance the nation. Nevertheless, now one year into his second term and with his approval rating at a dismal all time low, we still find him relying on placating negative mantras.
In working with his strongest ally, the US, Ma, instead of stating how he will build the strength of Taiwan's half of the alliance, he has resorted to more negatives. In effect, Ma promises that his subordinates will, like him, present the image of "good little boys."
In dealing with the US, there will be "no surprises, no time lags and no errors." Those are pleasant but impossible words in the demanding give and take of diplomacy and they certainly do not spell progress by a man who should have Taiwan's interests and not his image as its top priority. Nonetheless they again show that Ma's administration has chosen to define itself by negatives.
The wisdom of defining any form of leadership by negatives or even defining the role of any government by negatives can be open to debate.


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Picture this: a sandy beach track winding its way through groves of coconut palms gently swaying in the sea breeze. A hammock is slung casually between two palms and a ahead lies an of sparkling azure water. White yachts glisten on the water as colourful local fishing boats manoeuvre between them. Local kids laugh and splash in the waves and the beach cafe serves up local fish marinated in coconut milk follwed by freshly sliced pineapple, mangoes and paw paw. This kind of laid back holiday appeals to me where the sun never stops shining and the water is always warm.
Melissah xox
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Wang Leehom and Wong Fu Productions spotted filming in NYC
This past week was a doozy for Wang Leehom, but he's back in the states to work! After publicly announcing his girlfriend's name for the first time on Facebook, Wang Leehom also revealed that the two registered for marriage in New York a few days later. Now the Taiwanese superstar is back stateside for Thanksgiving with the family and work. Not to mention we know he has one more reason for coming to New York too, as his new 27-year-old wife, Lee Jinglei, is a Columbia University student (pictured above).
Here he is, discreetly filming an HTC commercial in Times Square with friend and colleague, Wong Fu Productions. We're excited to see this collaboration, and even more excited for Leehom's new life chapter! Jia you (Chinese for fighting) Leehom!


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SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (IFR) - Asian credits were steady in muted trade as markets awaited the outcome of the central bank meetings in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for fresh indications of monetary policies.
"Traders are sidelined and it's all very quiet," said one Singapore-based credit trader.
The market tone was constructive as Asian credit spreads tightened marginally with the iTraxx Asia investment-grade index narrowing 1bp to 79bp/80bp.
Traders said the new bonds that China Great Wall Asset Management priced yesterday were still not free to trade by the early afternoon. Great Wall and its leads were heard working to readjust the pricings to take into account a leap year in 2020.
As for cash bonds, Hyundai Capital 2022s and 2027s tightened 5bp-7bp from the respective reoffer spreads of 135bp and 155bp over US Treasuries.
Cheung Kong Infrastructure's perpNC5 were at 99.10/99.40, reflecting a gain from 98.75 on Monday, but still below reoffer at par.
Among high-yield credits, Gajah Tunggal's 8.375% 2022s saw a slight bounce after Moody's yesterday upgraded its corporate rating to B2 from Caa1. The 2022s were at 100.9/101.4, up from 100.22 on Wednesday.
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EA Sports Leaves the Brazilian Club Botafogo Outside FIFA 16
Botafogo will be another Brazilian clubs that not be present in FIFA 16, they unveiled the carioca club by a press release published Friday, lamenting the fact and ensuring that it is a "unilateral decision last minute "from Electronic Arts, the game's producer.
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Botafogo thus joins the list of Brazilian clubs left out of the next installment in the FIFA series, and will be "exclusive" Konami and PES 2016.
Corinthians decided not to sign with EA due to a monetary issue, accepting the offer of Konami which was twenty times more than the supply of Electronic Arts.
Meanwhile Goias club players were those who did not accept assign its rights to the Canadian developer although the club was interested in appearing in the game. Finally the club Sport Recife also confirmed that FIFA would not be 16 but chose not to reveal the reasons for this decision.
Here the press release published by the Botafogo club:
The Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas clarifies their fans who will not be present in the video game FIFA 16, by unilateral decision last minute and Electronic Arts. Even after months of negotiations, the company opted to skip the club, who regrets this strange conclusion.
Negotiations began five months ago, with Botafogo fulfilling all stages of the bureaucratic process, such as sending individual signature of all players in the cast. However, this week, the club received with surprise a statement from Electronic Arts that only Serie A teams (not all) will be included in the game. A change of plans that harms the Botafogo and their fans.
Moreover, Botafogo reports that it has signed an agreement with Konami and will be in Pro Evolution Soccer 2016. The game's release date is scheduled for September.
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With narration by Tiago Leifert and comments by former player Caio Ribeiro Brazil, FIFA 16 it will be released in America and Europe on 22 and 24 September respectively, for PC platforms, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3.


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Sarah Gim certainly didn't invent food porn. But she's perfected it.
Gim runs TasteSpotting, a virtual buffet showcasing some of the most arresting food images available online with a collection that tops 140,000 stunning photos. The majority of the 5 million clicks logged each month come from visitors who graze with their eyes and gobble up kitchen inspiration and recipes. They drool. They lose themselves in the aspiration of it all. A red beet salad adorned with chives that were sprinkled just so. A snowflake cookie with impossibly perfect pink icing. And a plump fig, torn open and lovingly captured in a photo that is so simple, so transporting that it borders on heartbreaking.
It all looks so artful, so effortless. But there's a grittier side to the site. If you could pull back the curtain, you'd see food bloggers worldwide relentlessly vying for an audience with all those readers. As the gatekeeper, Gim can get as many as 1,000 submissions in a single day. But, alas, only a fraction land that coveted spot on TasteSpotting's home page. And the angry emails — "Why didn't you post my apple tart?" — can quickly pile up.
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(Beirut) March 26, 2015 – At a time of increasing extremism, people drift apart. Consumed by war and subjugated by fear, it is difficult to hold onto hope. As the specter of violence and terror has crept into all of our homes; we must make a great effort not to give in to despair.
January and February brought a grim start to the lives of millions of people in the Middle East. The violence in Syria and Iraq has escalated. Living conditions in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have become more difficult for refugee and local host communities. The bad news seems to flood in non-stop. The cold and bitter winter challenged people's resilience to the elements, and also to the war. The prospect of peace seems further away.
I am often asked if I find working at Jesuit Refugee Service in this environment depressing. In some ways, if I allow it, it can be. The context in which we work is anything but cheerful. It is easy to be overcome with a sense of failure, loss and grief for what we have lost as a worldwide community, for how we have failed the Syrian people.
Usually when I feel that way, something happens – a conversation, an email, a random encounter – to remind me that I am privileged enough to work with people who defy this madness every day. They inspire me, even after four years of the same senseless violence. Across the region, my colleagues are working tirelessly to deliver vital emergency assistance, education, emotional support, care and most importantly, hope, to those who suffer and are threatened by the banality of death daily.
They do so without complaining, without demanding much. They do so because they believe it is their civic duty from one citizen to another. While we are all of different faiths and nationalities, we share a deep belief in our common humanity.
The home-visits teams spend time with people who are suffering intensely. These simple gestures reaffirm a sense of solidarity between people that the war has all but destroyed.
The children in our projects are taught the value of tolerance, dignity and respect for all, with the hope that as our future generations, they will repair what is now being broken.
Our teachers and staff lead by example, working in teams of mixed backgrounds, religions and ethnicities. Every day, they are the proof that violence and divisive rhetoric is not the only way to exist, nor the way forward for the region as a whole.
JRS teams in the Middle East carry out their work under immense pressure and often at great risk to themselves and their loved ones. Mothers, fathers, daughters and brothers, they are the embodiment of interfaith dialogue and cooperation. To put it simply, they are faith in action.
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With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:
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Baker Street is one of London's – if not Britain's – most famous roads. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's masterpiece, Sherlock Holmes, was based at 221B. In real life, Marks & Spencer was headquartered here up until recently and Madame Tussauds wax museum remains a fixture along the street.
This space is on the corner of the building and features wrap-around windows at the front. It's an ex-gallery that opens into a huge room on the ground floor. The walls are clean white, the floors are wooden and there's a small cupboard for storage. Downstairs, the basement features a similar layout – great for a showroom – with a stockroom, toilets and a kitchen.
Baker Street station is an 8-minute walk to the north and Bond Street is 10 minutes to the south. So thousands of London's shoppers will also be on your doorstep.
Capacity is 300 standing (200 Ground floor, 100 Lower Ground) or 260 seated (160 Ground floor, 100 Lower Ground)
Access provided from 7am and events can run through until 12am.
This venue can provide high spec AV equipment, catering, security and a dedicated duty manager if required.
Ask your concierge for a floor plan of this space.
This space has huge window exposure so think about how best to use this for maximum impact.
At Appear Here we believe in the personal touch, which is why everyone gets matched to a Concierge who is there to help you find the perfect space for your idea.


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The asbestos companies abjectly refused to admit that their products are causing cancer.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 19, 2012
In June 2012, the family of a mesothelioma patient was awarded $48 million by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury after finding Dow subsidiary Union Carbide Corp., Riverside Cement, CalPortland and others responsible. This mesothelioma verdict is the largest in the nation in 2012 (Bobbie Izell, et al. v. Union Carbide Corp., et al., Los Angeles County, Case No. 4674).
Baron and Budd mesothelioma attorneys John Langdoc and Christine Tamer represented the patient during trial.
"The asbestos companies abjectly refused to admit that their products are causing cancer," said mesothelioma attorney John Langdoc. "But documents used in this case said not only that their products caused cancer — but that they also spent millions hiding that fact."
Union Carbide presented several paid expert witnesses during a six-week trial who argued that its asbestos –trade named "Calidria asbestos" – didn't cause cancer. But confidential internal documents disclosed that Union Carbide staff physicians criticized the marketing and sales groups for telling customers its asbestos did not cause cancer.
Two other defendants in the case, Riverside Cement and CalPortland, also employed the use of expert witnesses to attest that the amount of asbestos released from their products was inconsequential. Quadrillions of fibers of asbestos, however, were scientifically revealed to be in bags of their construction products.
The jury ascribed $18 million in punitive damages to Dow Chemical's subsidiary Union Carbide for its corporate cover-up of asbestos dangers, even though all defendants were found at fault.
"The jury awarded punitive damages against Union Carbide of $1 million for each year that it continued to supply asbestos after a 1967 internal memo where the company admitted that asbestos caused cancers," said mesothelioma attorney Langdoc.
For over 30 years, Baron and Budd has been a leader in meaningful mesothelioma litigation. The firm was originally established to protect the rights of asbestos cancer patients. Baron and Budd was also one of the first law firms to fight the asbestos companies and continues to fight today. The firm has a long history of substantial mesothelioma verdicts, including a $11 million verdict in Dallas, TX, $17 million in Philadelphia, $20 million in San Francisco, $55 million verdict in El Paso and many others throughout the nation.
To learn more about the mesothelioma attorneys at Baron and Budd, call 1.866.855.1229 or visit the firm's dedicated mesothelioma website Mesothelioma News.
The national mesothelioma law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. has been "Protecting What's Right" for asbestos sufferers and their families for nearly 40 years. As one of the first law firms to successfully litigate an asbestos lawsuit, Baron & Budd continues to actively represent veterans, industry workers and others who are suffering as a result of exposure to asbestos. Contact Baron and Budd at 1.866.855.1229 for additional information on mesothelioma treatments, mesothelioma cancer doctors and treatment centers and mesothelioma attorneys. http://www.mesotheliomanews.com


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The PS1 Poster Stand Display is one of the discounted poster stands and comes in $19 less than the retail price.
Glendale, Calif. (PRWEB) January 23, 2013
Digital Pre-Press Services, Inc. is now offering a discount off the retail price of two popular poster stand styles available on the DPSBanners.com site. This discount is a continuing discount that makes DPS one of the most affordable places to shop for advertising materials both online and in store.
The PS1 Poster Stand Display is one of the discounted poster stands and comes in $19 less than the retail price. The stand provides a single viewing area and is made of a high quality aluminum frame. The A-frame poster stand has a snap open and close style, is very lightweight and dons a large viewing area. The stand is available as hardware only or a hardware and graphic combination.
The PS2 Poster Stand Display is the PS1 counterpart. This design is very similar to the PS1 but boasts a double sided viewing area. The savings on this A-frame poster stand is $30.
Customers can continue to save with promotions such as free standard shipping with purchase over $149. Following DPS on Twitter and "Liking" the company on Facebook is also a great way to save. The company releases new product updates, sales and promotional information through these social networks.
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Founded in 1996, Digital Pre-Press Services, Inc. is visible online at DPSBanners.com and on location in Glendale, California. The company provides simple, affordable and professionally designed banners that can be personalized and customized exclusively online. Through the site, DPS has a wide array of products including banner stands, window clings, car magnets, retractable banner stands, sidewalk signs, pre-designed banners and more.
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The Fujairah Fort was built in 1670 but was badly damaged by British bombardment in the early 20th century. Fortunately the main structure has recently been renovated and restored. Considered the oldest fort in the UAE, it has served as a defensive building and a home for the ruling family. The Fujairah Fort is a mud brick structure with three major sections, several halls, one square tower and two round towers. For many centuries it was the only stone building along the Fujairah coast. Located on a hill at the edge of date gardens, the Fujairah Fort is surrounded by the remains of some old houses. People can walk around the grounds, free of charge and explore some early town walls, fortifications, gates; towers, monuments and sights from an observation deck.
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How To Install Xbox Live
Playing video games has it benefits and some of them include improvement of eye to hand coordination, allows one to relax and further more it is one of the best ways to spend your leisure time. Purchasing an Xbox console means getting to play some of the major gaming titles like Halo among others.
Apart from playing video games, it provides you with an opportunity of sharing your gaming experience with other gamers around the world. In order to do so, you will need to set up Xbox live and below is how to install Xbox live.
Step One – Purchase an Xbox
In order to share your gaming experience and also play some of the best video games available, you need to have an Xbox console. The current model on sale is the Xbox One and you can get to purchase it from both online and retail stores.
Once you have bought the console, you need to make all necessary connections in order for you to enjoy one the best gaming experience. If you are unsure, consult the manufacturer's manual for directions.
Step Two – Step up an internet connection
After purchasing the right console, you need to have internet in your home so as to create an Xbox live account. For home owners who don't have internet, you can request any of the internet service providers around your area to connect you. Do research in order to come up with the right company that will supply with high speed internet at a reasonable price.
Once you have internet in your home, connect your Xbox to it. This can be achieved through different ways namely using a wireless adapter or using a network cable. The cable should be connected in the appropriate port at the back of the console. Remember, your internet bandwidth should be above 2Mbps in order to make the set up flawless.
Step Three – Turn on the console
In order to install Xbox live, you need to turn on your console. Once you do so, on your TV screen, you will be able to view a dashboard. The dashboard will provide you with content and a way of navigating through Xbox One content.
Step Four – Create account and sign in
Using your controller, you need to navigate to the home tab. From there, you will have the option of creating a new profile, signing in to your account and also being able to recover your gamertag. To create an Xbox live account, you need to select sign in. To do so, you need to press on the A button.
Note, at the bottom of your TV screen, you should be able to see different functions with matching button headers at the start. This helps to provide information for first time users.
Once you have selected on the sign in button, you will have the option of choosing add new therefore getting a chance of creating a Microsoft Account if you have none. Creating a Microsoft account is free and once you have the credentials, you need to sign in on Xbox live. The credentials include an email address and password of your Microsoft account.
Step Five – Make changes
Once you have signed in, you can be able to view your profile window which hosts different information namely your avatar, your rep, gamescore, zone, messages and an option of managing your account among others.
From here, you can change the theme color, customize your avatar, change your gamer tag and even switch profiles if you have several.
That's how to install Xbox Live.
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Winging Scapula
Winging scapula is the description for a condition where the shoulder blade
protrudes from your back, giving the impression of a wing. In most cases, only
one shoulder blade is affected. However, although less common, it can affect both
shoulder blades at the same time.
Why does winging scapula happen?
A variety of causes, ranging from injury to muscle dysfunction and nerve damage
can lead to winging scapula. Because it is often symptomatic of another
condition, evidence of a winging scapula should be investigated carefully and
The shoulder blade itself (scapula) is the largest bone in your shoulder and has
the greatest number of muscles attached to it. Each muscle works together to
enable you to move your arm in different directions. If any individual muscle fails
to work correctly, it can lead to dysrhythmia, which is a break in the rhythmic
motion of your shoulder blade. This can prevent the muscles from supporting
your shoulder blade properly and lead to a 'winging' of your scapula.
The classic cause of winging scapula is the dysfunction of a muscle called the serratus anterior muscle. This is an uncommon condition which arises out of damage to the long thoracic nerve which supplies the serratus anterior muscle.
An injury, or a lesion leading to inflammation, may cause damage to the nerve (e.g. Parsonage Turner Syndrome also known as brachial neuritis). Damage to the spinal accessory nerve in the neck will result in paralysis of the trapezius muscle and will also result in a type of winging of the scapula.
Winging scapula can also be a symptom of another condition. For example, if you have dislocated your shoulder several times, the muscles that move and support your shoulder blade may become damaged or prone to dysfunction.
Sometimes, if you have pain in another part of your shoulder, you may find yourself compensating for it by moving or holding yourself in an unnatural posture. This could in turn lead to a weakening of the muscles that support your shoulder blade.
How common is it?
Winging scapula is actually very common, but because it often causes no pain or other symptoms, it can tend to get overlooked.


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The original meaning is still current in Scottish usage, but from the early 19th century the word has developed a more general sense of giving an impression of vague unworldliness, having supernatural powers of clairvoyance.
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Anxiety is a real problem, and not just one that affects people. For dogs and cats that suffer from anxiety or a phobia, it may be difficult to calm them down without medical assistance. Buspirone HcL is an anxiolytic, or anxiety reducing, drug that doesn't act as a muscle relaxant or impair psychomotor activity in the same way as other anti anxiety medications, making it one of the only effective anti anxiety drugs that doesn't sedate the recipient. Buspirone HcL is useful in the treatment of phobia related behavior and chronic anxiety in dogs and cats.
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FREE Youth Drop-in Basketball 11-15
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Weekly on Tuesday, until December 5, 2017
1014 Ford Rd, Coombs, BC V0R 1M0 (map)
Calling all youth 11-15! Swing by the gymnasium at the Coombs Fair Grounds on Tuesday nights for a 90 minute basketball session.
All equipment will be provided. No registration required.
For more information, contact Kristine Stephenson at [email protected].
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BridgeSTOR unveils data reduction appliance
FRAMINGHAM 16 NOVMBER 2010 - Start-up BridgeSTOR emerged from its development mode today and announced a data deduplication and compression appliance for VMware and third-party backup utilities.
BridgeSTOR announced two versions of its Application Optimized Storage (AOS) appliances: the BridgeSTOR AOS Appliance for VMware Virtualization, which is certified VMware Ready, and the AOS Backup Exec 2010 Deduplicating Backup Appliance, an all-in-one that includes the Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Deduplication Suite.
BridgeSTOR's AOS appliances are based on two virtual storage technologies: Virtual Storage-Advanced Data Reduction (VS-ADR) that performs inline data deduplication, compression, thin provisioning and encryption and Virtual Storage-Network Attachment (VS-NA), a 10GbE technology that delivers high throughput and reduced latency for both VMware virtual machines and hypervisor tasks, including vMotion and Storage vMotion.
BridgeSTOR's founder and CEO John Matze -- one of the inventors of the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol -- said he wanted to price the appliance aggressively for the small-to-medium-sized businesses it's targeted at. An appliance running Symantec's Backup Exec software has a retail price of just under $20,000. BridgeSTOR plans to begin shipping by the end of the month.
The BridgeSTOR AOS Appliance for Backup Exec 2010 combines Symantec's Data Deduplication Suite with BridgeSTOR's hardware-accelerated data compression to reduce backup data by as much as 90%. That effectively delivers the equivalent of up to 200 TBs of virtual backup-to-disk capacity in 2U (3.5-in) of rack space containing 25 2.5-in. disk drives.
"Primary and secondary storage data reduction are among the most in-demand technologies in IT departments, but the SMB customer has been shut out of the market until now by price and complexity," Matze said. "If we're successful, we'll be able to do for storage what VMware did for servers."
BridgeSTOR's AOS appliance consists of a Hewlett-Packard server with 10TB of disk capacity, along with two solid-state drives (SSDs) for database tables in order to speed data retrieval. The appliance has its own encryption for data at rest or for replicating data to the cloud. While the appliance has 10TB of capacity, the native deduplication and compression algorithms allow the box to present 30TB of capacity to application servers through a thin-provisioning application.
"We don't require the customer to buy all 30TB up front. We'll start out with nine disks and as they run out of capacity, the thin-provisioning (software) will alert them and they can buy an additional license," Matze said.
Thin provisioning is a mechanism by which storage capacity is allocated on an as-needed basis to application servers. By using thin provisioning, storage administrators can tell an application server it has more capacity than it actually does.
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BRADENTON, Fla. -- Unlike most Florida golf courses, you don't have to worry about getting soaked at Waterlefe Golf & River Club south of Tampa. The course features water on almost every hole, but it rarely comes into play.
That doesn't mean that the course is any easier than some of Bradenton's toughest tracks. With a backdrop of the Manatee River, Waterlefe is scenic and tough, playing to 6,908 yards from the tips. There are five sets of tees, but even the shorter ones are tough with bunkers everywhere and a 429-yard 18th hole that plays to an island green.
Designed by Ted McAnlis, the golf course features plenty of scenic holes, including the signature 17th with a long carry over water into a green guarded by bunkers on the left and the right.
If you check the Waterlefe scorecard, yes, water can possibly come into play on most of the 18 holes, but rarely does it affect your score. It is more important to look out for the oaks that line most fairways. The oaks, along with the Manatee River that is visible for several of the holes, make Waterlefe one of the more picturesque courses in west Florida. You can get a good look, because the fairways are wide and an experienced golfer is not likely to post a big number.
Waterlefe Golf & River Club's greens are large but tricky, and hitting it to the right tier is important. With the wide fairways and few hazards to navigate, it isn't too demanding for the slightly above average golfer to reach the green in regulation, but read the greens carefully. At Waterlefe, speed and direction both count since they are very fast. Make sure to spend some time on the practice green since, unlike many courses, they offer a true reading.
The course starts out with a par 5 that's 547 yards from the tips. There's plenty of water on both sides but a generous landing area. Only the best can go for it in two, but the layup areas are large enough that a pitching wedge should get you home in three.
The 199-yard, par-3 fourth is surrounded by water that actually does come into play. There's water all along the left and the back of the hole, but there are bushes to stop anything that goes too far. It could get dicey if the pin placement is on the left-front, kind of like No. 16 at Augusta National. You can make up any lost strokes at the easy short par-4 fifth.
It continues along like that with plenty of water that really doesn't come into play, wide fairways and little shade. If you can putt, you are looking at a decent score, but if you are looking for decent scenery, Waterlefe Golf & River Club provides it. You will find plenty of wildlife all along the course and the water, and the boats make for a pleasant afternoon.


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ONTARIO, Calif. — Andre Ward returned from a 14-month ring absence with a lopsided unanimous decision over Edwin Rodriguez on Saturday night to retain his WBA super middleweight title.
Ward (27-0) won nearly every round in a dominant effort against the previously unbeaten Rodriguez. The judges favored Ward 118-106, 117-107 and 116-108 over Rodriguez, who failed to make weight for the bout, thereby missing the chance to win a title.
"It's not always going to be a spectacular performance, but a win is a win," Ward said. "I felt like I did great (after) being off for 14 months, and I'm happy to be back."
Ward outclassed Rodriguez (24-1) by using his jab and fighting inside to control the pace of each round. Rodriguez responded with increasingly desperate tactics, punching Ward in the clinch and in the back of the champion's head.
Referee Jack Reiss became angry after an exchange in the fourth round, taking away two points from both boxers for hitting on the break.
Ward continued to punish Rodriguez, who grew increasingly desperate with inaccurate punches against Ward's superior defense.
"No disrespect to Edwin, but he didn't really come to win, he came to get lucky," Ward said. "He wants to hold and make it ugly, and hopes he catches you with something big. You've got to learn how to fight those kind of guys."
Ward hadn't fought since September 2012, when he stopped former light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson in arguably the most impressive performance of his pro career.
The U.S. Olympic gold medalist rose to prominence with a victory in the Super Six 168-pound tournament before beating Dawson to join the world's top pound-for-pound fighters.
But Ward spent the past 14 months out of the ring. He had surgery on a torn right rotator cuff before getting into a spat with his promoter, Dan Goossen, and struggling to find a suitable opponent for his comeback fight.
Ward settled on Rodriguez, an unbeaten 28-year-old getting what would have been his first major title shot. Instead, Rodriguez missed weight by 2 pounds on Friday, costing him a reported $200,000.
■ GLAZKOV-WILSON — At Verona, N.Y., Russian heavyweight Vyacheslav "The Czar" Glazkov scored a 10-round decision over short-notice opponent Garrett Wilson in the main event of a nationally televised card at Turning Stone Resort Casino.
Using his jab efficiently, Glazkov (16-0-1, 11 knockouts) won by scores of 97-93, 98-92 and 99-91.
The undersized, 5-foot-9-inch Wilson (13-7-1) took the fight on a few days notice after Tomasz Adamek dropped out with flu-like symptoms.
■ FIGHTER SURGERY — At Hamilton, New Zealand, Kiwi boxer Daniel McKinnon had emergency surgery for life-threatening injuries after losing to compatriot Robert Berridge in a WBO Oriental light-heavyweight title fight.
McKinnon, 30, was listed in a serious but stable condition in Waikato Hospital.
McKinnon and Berridge were knocked down in the fight that Berridge won by a technical knockout in the 10th round.
McKinnon complained of head pain about 15 minutes after the fight and was rushed to the hospial.


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I have enjoyed so many swaps lately, but I find myself gravitating toward the wonderful sewing projects that are often linked to fabulous tutorials. There are some amazing people and projects to find online.
Here is an example of a fun swap I recently did using the Circle Zip Pouch Tutorial from Erin Erickson of Dog Under My Desk. I love this pattern and the resulting pouch was fun to share.


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You know, looking closer at the Lens Align, the quality is the reason for the cost. It is really well made with features that make it better than do-it-yourself methods.
I'd be most interested to hear what these features are?
I use a focus test chart I printed for free. At 50x FL there's no need to have the focus target exactly parallel to the sensor plane so it's easy to eyeball it. There's no need for an inclined ruler, just take a series of shots at different MFA values and see which is the sharpest.
So what would I gain by paying $260?


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November 17, 2018
November 17 @ 8:30 am - 11:00 am
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We hope to see you at our next meeting!
- Saturday, November 17, 2018 – Monthly Meeting
- 8:30am
- FREE! All are welcome.
- Expert presenters cover a new job search / career management topic each month.
- Address: St. Gregory the Great Church Community Parish Center (rear of the parking lot), 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, New Jersey, 08690. Directions Website
- January 20 "Uncovering the Hidden Job Market" with guest presenter, David Schuchman
- February 17 "Apply the Breakthrough Roadmap to Landing Your Next Job" with guest presenter, Doug Berger
- March 17 Guest presenter, John Hadley
- April 21 Guest presenter, Abby Kohut
- May 19 "LinkedIn: It's About Being Found" with guest presenter, Alex Freund
- June 16 Guest presenter, Marty Latman
- July 21
- August 18
- September 15
- October 20
- November 17
- December 15
ABOUT the CAREER SUPPORT GROUP (at St. Gregory the Great Parish)
For 10+ years, the Career Support Group has been an active support group where job seekers and jobholders connect to move forward in their careers and where participants are willing and committed to providing help to one another in the job search process. We meet on the third Saturday of the month at 8:30am at St. Gregory the Great Church , 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton Square, NJ, 08690 (directions). Meetings begin at 8:30, are FREE to attend, open to all, non-denominational. Each month a new job search or career management topic is presented by a career expert that is geared towards professionals. Ideal for those seeking to manage and advance in their career, job seekers, recent graduates, those re-entering the job force, and those wanting to stay abreast of current employment / career trends. www.careersupportgroup.org