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My friend, who works at a large hospital, called me this morning to alert me that a "bad virus" had taken down all of the hospital computers, and that it was happening across the nation.
I was busy w/ work, so I didn't have time to check into it. But when I got home, I found out that the problem with the computers wasn't a virus at all, but an antivirus.
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Boeing Co appears to be at least a year away from offering a new version of the 777, its most profitable jet, timing that would be later than some airline customers want and could push them into the arms of rival Airbus.
Carriers such as Dubai's Emirates Airline and British Airways had planned on the new mini-jumbo, provisionally called the 777X, entering service by the end of the current decade. That being the case, the industry widely expected Boeing to begin selling the new jet by the end of this year.
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With just seven weeks left in 2012, that timetable now appears increasingly unlikely, based on internal conversations between the planemaker and its customers.
"It's going to be way further off than people think," said a person familiar with the discussions who declined to be identified because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
"Boeing is in conversations about it," the person added. "But the launch date (for sales) is a year away at least."
The 777X is aimed at the market for long-haul jets, worth hundreds of billions of dollars for Boeing and Airbus over the next decade or so. But some think delay by Boeing in creating the new 777 could push airlines into buying Airbus' rival A350-1000 jet, due to enter service in 2017.
Emirates, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways <0293.HK> and United Airlines , big buyers of the 777, have been pressing for the 777X to come sooner rather than later. The 777 is one of the most successful jets of all time and airlines are eager for an amped-up version that can go farther on less fuel with more passengers.
Rather than wait, United started talks with Airbus about upgrading some of its 25 orders for the A350-900 to the A350-1000, industry sources said. Cathay Pacific chose the A350-1000 in July. Analysts say others may grow impatient and follow.
In contrast, the 777X may not enter service until 2021 or 2022, rather than the end of the decade, based on Boeing's recent statements, said Richard Aboulafia, an analyst at the Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia.
He was referring to comments by Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney on a conference call with analysts on October 24 in which he said, "We are looking at the end of the decade, beginning of the next decade" for entry into service.
"When you start throwing around 'early next decade' you're sending a message to customers to either buy our existing jets or go see Airbus," Aboulafia said. "You do not want to send that message."
A spokeswoman for Boeing said it hasn't changed the timing but declined to say if it will begin selling the first 777X by the end of the year.
"While we haven't set a firm timeline or launched the program, we've consistently talked about a potential market entry around the end of the decade and we are engaging with our customers to define the airplane and its ultimate timing," said Karen Crabtree, head of product strategy communications for Boeing. Boeing also said it always aims to balance spending between investment and shareholders.
Some analysts say the vague 777X timetable is fresh evidence of a bigger shift: a new reluctance by Boeing to plow capital into ambitious plane-development programs and an intention to instead return it to shareholders through higher dividends and share buybacks. Just five months ago, Boeing was seen by many as restoring an "engineering culture" that gave priority to new planes and production over immediate shareholder gains.
Also, linking "Boeing" and "delay" on the 777 serves as a painful reminder that the 787 Dreamliner, the world's first commercial carbon-fiber plane, arrived three and a half years behind schedule.
To be sure, Boeing and Airbus always do a delicate dance when launching new jets. Launch too early and they give their rival a chance to create a more technologically advanced jet. Launch too late and their rival has too much time to rack up sales, stealing the market.
In this case, the 777 delay frees up cash for other Boeing projects, such as the new 737MAX, aimed at the shorter-range market. It also avoids disrupting sales of the current 777 model, which is very popular.
And since timing and design of the 777X are must-win decisions, some say Boeing is wise to take time and get it right - even if that upsets some customers.
"We've all seen Boeing move quickly when they need to," said a person at a big Boeing customer who spoke on condition of anonymity. "If the industry is still asking this question (about timing) this time next year, then we may have some issues."
Last spring, the industry widely understood Boeing would seek board approval to begin selling the 777X by the end of the year or early 2013. That would mean work on building the jets could start in 2014, allowing the jet to enter service, or begin carrying commercial passengers, around 2019.
But the June resignation of Boeing's commercial airplane chief, Jim Albaugh - credited with solving many 787 production problems - and the ticking clock have raised concerns. Some analysts say Boeing is already at risk of waiting too long and losing its advantage in timing.
For its part, Boeing is keeping a wary eye on sales of the A350-1000, according to industry sources, and stands ready to pounce quickly if Airbus receives a surge in orders for its 350-seat rival model.
But if sales of the rival continue at a relatively sedate pace, Boeing will want to avoid moving too quickly and disrupting sales of its current-generation 777-300ER, while trying to catch the replacement cycle of 747-400s due to retire around the end of the decade, industry sources said.
Additionally, Boeing wants to be certain, before settling on the performance and economics of its 777X, that Airbus plans no further design tweaks to the A350-1000 to boost sales. Airbus has said it is happy with the design and there will be no further redesigns.
The A350-1000, the biggest member of the A350 family, is an all-new carbon composite design boasting fuel savings over the 777-300ER.
Boeing has limited margin for error. It also is juggling other complex programs such as the 787 and the stretched-jumbo Boeing 747-8. Airbus, too, has big programs under way, including smaller A350 versions and A380 superjumbo derivatives.
With order backlogs of more than 4,000 jets each, neither company faces a dire threat.
"When they get going, they'll do well," analyst Aboulafia said of Boeing. "But they'll miss a golden opportunity to deliver a knockout punch - launching the 777X quickly and badly damaging the A350-1000 before it gets traction in the market."
(Reporting by Alwyn Scott and Tim Hepher.)

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There is an old political joke in my business in which a reporter who doesn't much care for a particular candidate shouts out at a press conference, "Do you still beat your wife?" The candidate, who of course has never done such a despicable thing, quickly responds that the whole thing is a vicious lie. The next day, all the headlines read, "Candidate denies accusations of spousal abuse." Of course, he goes on to lose the election.
I suspect that this old story is well-known over at Xcel.
For months now, the company has been shouting out one accusation after another about the city's inability to effectively run its own electric utility. And, proving that all humor is based in reality, each accusation or claim of city incompetence is duly followed by a daily newspaper headline and story consisting of the city refuting Xcel's most recent accusation, regardless of how baseless or insignificant it may have been.
While this he said/she said reporting may seem like a fair approach by the media, who are, after all, just reporting what is being said by both sides, it isn't.
In fact, it is exactly what Xcel needs to hang on to its Boulder customers.
I wish I could say it isn't so, but we live in a world where most of what the majority of voters understand about important issues has been derived from 30-second sound bites and 80-point headlines. And don't kid yourself; this is just as true in Boulder.
Xcel knows what it's doing. The truth is, in my opinion, the company isn't trying to persuade everyone in Boulder that it's the good guy, the right choice. It might sound like that, but Xcel knows what it needs to keep hold of its Boulder customers, and it isn't much. Remember, the last time around, municipalization passed by an eyelash, less than 100 votes.
Xcel is doing exactly what any good trial lawyer would do in a high-profile criminal case. It is trying municipalization in the court of public opinion before the voters' pencils ever make a mark. The company understands that it doesn't have to prove that it is the best choice for the environment or that it can sell its electricity for less than a city utility could. It simply has to make that claim in the media as often as possible in order to generate the slightest reasonable doubt in the public's mind with regard to the city's ability to provide cheap, green electricity.
Unfortunately, many who will be voting soon on the Xcel-backed, Xcel poll-tested ballot initiative simply view this daily debate as proof that there must be something to the arguments being made by both sides. Bingo, Xcel wins, because a few hundred people change their minds because they're afraid their electric bill might go up a buck or two a month.
You may recall that Boulder Weekly endorsed municipalization before the original vote. You may also recall that we wrote a very long, and I believe very thorough, piece on municipalization a few months back that some folks interpreted as our having taken a different position. We haven't.
In that article we raised questions about the city's plan to start an electric utility. Our biggest complaint with the city was that we found it to be too cavalier about its upcoming battle with Xcel.
Our questions about Xcel's legal presuppositions regarding what should and could be taken by the city were dismissed as irrelevant. City attorneys spoke with confidence in how their interpretation of the law was flawless and how the giant utility company with virtually unlimited resources didn't have a prayer.
I think we can all agree now that the city was naive when it came to how easily it thought this battle would be won.
While the city was working on its business model and dreaming of wind turbines, Xcel was poll-testing ballot language that, while sounding like an innocent exercise in democracy, is nothing more than tricky language to kill municipalization in Boulder once and for all.
You don't have to be right to win in this world, and we need to acknowledge that and respond accordingly. Boulder can't afford to be the guy who gets killed by a car while crossing the street legally in the crosswalk, and who then spends eternity shouting about how he had been in the right. Being right isn't worth jack if you're dead. Xcel knows how to win, and it doesn't intend to play by the city's rules.
It's time to move beyond the daily headlines that do nothing but benefit Xcel's ability to create reasonable doubt about city municipalization.
Can the city run an electric utility company? Of course it can. It just has to hire people who know what they are doing and things will go fine.
Can the city create a utility that is more effective at combating global warming? Yes it can, and it will.
Out of fear of losing its Boulder customers, Xcel now claims it can be greener faster than the city.
Intent matters. If Xcel says it can be better for the planet than the city, then it should've been doing it a long time ago.
I remember back in 1998 when BW first broke the story about how Public Service Company's (now Xcel) gas storage unit in an old mine south of Rocky Flats was leaking gas into shallow geologic formations and even nearby water wells. It was pretty obvious what was happening, and yet the company denied that its gas storage unit was the problem, even while it was buying up the contaminated lands. This went on for another five years, until the building boom encroached so close that it became clear that closing the storage unit was a cheaper option than dealing with potential lawsuits from homeowners. Five years after our first report, the company suddenly admitted that the unit was leaking and gas was migrating.
The lakes around Xcel's Valmont Station coal-fired plant on the east side of town occasionally discharge into the local watershed. They are also in contact with the groundwater aquifer to the east. We know that lead and other heavy metals from the historic Valmont Butte milling operations on the land now owned by the city were intentionally discharged into the lakes for decades. We know that coalfired plants create their own toxins, as does the fly ash from burning coal, which is now being dumped directly above the lakes to the north.
What we don't know is what contaminants are in the water. We only know that Xcel claims that it tests the water itself and everything is just fine. Why can't we get the water contamination information BW has asked for from an independent source? Just because the government isn't requiring the company to test for all toxins in the lakes and make the results public doesn't mean that Xcel, now that it is a huge supporter of all things green, couldn't voluntarily do so.
Is this really the company that Boulder should be putting its trust in to combat global warming? I doubt it. If the ballot measure backed by Xcel passes and the city can't municipalize, there will no longer be any leverage to push the company to be greener, faster, and without leverage, Xcel's history says it likes to take its time to do the right thing. The city may not be perfect, but its intent to be better environmental stewards is real, and will still be real even after the election. I'm not sure the same can be said for Xcel.
A recent report by the world's scientific community claims that global warming is much worse than we thought. Cities like New York and states like Florida could literally be under water in 90 years if we don't act radically right now, and it could already be too late.
So please, can we stop arguing over whether it's Xcel or the city that will be able to provide a kilowatt of electricity for two cents less than its rival?
I really don't give a damn about those pennies and neither should anyone else. They are as inconsequential as all of the arguments being made both for and against municipalization that are not centered on global warming.
We need to municipalize our electric utility because the city and the people of Boulder are always going to be more committed to saving our planet and our children's future than a giant, publicly traded utility company.
The choice is really that simple. Everything else is a distraction that serves Xcel's purposes.
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MARLBOROUGH � A week after making the move into its new digs, officials at Boston Scientific say the sleek new facility is a physical representation of the company�s promising future.
"In the last week we have been here, the energy has been higher than I have seen it in seven years," Paul Donhauser, the company�s director of global facilities, said during a tour of the new building Tuesday. "This clearly represents where we are going."
The company, one of the world�s largest medical device development and manufacturing companies, is wrapping up the move of its global headquarters from Natick to Marlborough. Staff moved to the new headquarters building on June 23.
In moving the headquarters to Marlborough, Boston Scientific expanded the presence it already held in the city. The new corporate headquarters joins two other previously existing buildings on the 120-acre site, which have been home to the company�s endoscopy and urology and women�s health businesses since 2004.
The new global headquarters building has an open concept design and is meant to encourage collaboration, Donhauser said. Workspaces are open and seating areas, common areas and "huddle rooms," a smaller version of a conference room, allow employees to have impromptu meetings and work together. Each floor of the new building has a "town square" in the middle, which has a kitchen area and some couches, again as a way to encourage organic collaboration and innovation, Donhauser said.
"Innovation is now happening over a cup of coffee instead of in the conference rooms," Donhauser said.
The headquarters also has a focus on ease of communication, such as a telepresence room outfitted for virtual meetings with clients or other Boston Scientific offices around the globe, Donhauser said.
Site improvements were not contained to the new headquarters, however, Donhauser said.
The company made several changes to the campus at large, many of them increased amenities for employees. Around the campus are a new softball field, volleyball and basketball courts and horseshoe pits. The cricket pitch? That�s still under construction, but it should be wrapping up soon.
The campus also has dry cleaning and a hair salon and a daycare center should be opening up in about a month and a half, said Donhauser.
Donhauser said that by moving farther away from the city, the company has to provide a workplace that�s even more attractive to the caliber of employees they want to attract.
"If you do come to suburbia to create a campus � you need to offer a full-service campus," he said. "It�s all about getting that key talent and not only acquiring them but retaining them."
The site also features a fitness center, where company CEO Michael Mahoney happened to be working out Tuesday afternoon. Mahoney said the new space fits the goals of the company.
"We wanted to build a space that was more modern and collaborative," he said. "We are a global company - half our sales are outside the US - so there are a lot of technology tools and video conferencing that enable global collaboration."
Mahoney also said the company realized an obvious cost savings by consolidating the Natick headquarters and Marlborough facilities in one location.
"Natick was too big, too sprawling, so this is more cost-effective," he said. "It�s more efficient space for us."
The entire campus renovation cost about $45 million, Donhauser said, with about $34 million of that going to the new global headquarters building.
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A few months back I posted a poll asking "Which Factor most influences your EHR use?" I was really interested to see the results of this poll since I often think that most clinics are so blinded by the EHR stimulus money that they lose touch with the reality of running a clinic.
Here's the results from the poll:
As you can see, the results are pretty dramatic. At least the majority of readers of EMR and EHR are implementing an EHR for something more than the EHR incentive money. This is a very heartening thing for me. Not that any clinic should ignore meaningful use and the EHR incentive, but I'm glad that most are focusing on the benefits of an EHR to their clinic more than meaningful use and government handouts.
This gives me added motivation to start a series of posts on EMR and HIPAA about the various EMR and EHR benefits not related to EHR incentive money. I hope that series will help those implementing an EHR find all the benefits possible from EHR use. Watch for that over the next couple days.


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It's the "liquid lie of the desert," as writer Terry Tempest Williams describes it, a vast inland sea so salty it triggers retching when swallowed. Brine shrimp swarm its waters and brine flies blanket the shore. In the right wind and weather its putrid smell reaches Salt Lake City neighborhoods 16 miles away. Storms churn up waves that rival ocean swells.
So, it's just perfect for avid open water swimmers, people who shun confined and pristine swimming pools for the wild waters of lakes, reservoirs and even oceans.
"If you can swim here you can swim pretty much anywhere," says Stacey Schluckebier, a surgical technician out of scrubs and in a bright plaid swimsuit at the Great Salt Lake Marina.
"You have all the facets of difficult open water," Schluckebier says, including a "wide variety of temperatures, wide variety of wind direction [and] currents. And it's fun."
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"Fun" means weekly swims of 400 yards to 6 miles in the Great Salt Lake, in fall, winter and spring. There's plenty of room — 1,700 square miles — and plenty of salt. The lake is five times saltier than some ocean water, which adds unique challenges.
First, there's the taste of the lake. Gordon Gridley, a software developer, swam the English Channel last summer, so his taste buds can compare.
"The Great Salt Lake was like swallowing a battery," Gridley says, "whereas swimming in the ocean was like a glass of lemonade." He warns newcomers about swallowing lake water. "You could end up throwing your guts up."
So swimmers learn to keep their mouths closed as much as possible and to breathe out through their nostrils. That helps with another nuisance, especially in summer, when brine flies swarm in clouds on the surface of the water.
"They'll fly right in your mouth and sometimes right down into your lungs and then you're coughing up not water but brine flies," Gridley says. Most simply forsake the lake in the summer when the brine flies are thickest.
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Year-round, though — and there are swimmers who take to the lake no matter how cold the air and the water — the salt is painfully corrosive on bare skin.
"It's almost like sandpaper rubbing against you," Gridley explains. "It doesn't take long before you start to get blistered up, and in some cases it's just really, really painful. It burns. So that's why we put the grease on."
The "grease" is a mix of Vaseline and lanolin, and the swimmers slather it on in the parking lot. Goggles are a must, of course, along with bright orange inflatable bags that hold snacks, drinks, GPS devices and even cellphones. The bags drag behind the swimmers and make them visible to the rare passing boat and each other.
"There's very little boat traffic," says Goody Tyler, a schoolteacher who turned to the Great Salt Lake, in part, to avoid the motorboats and Jet Skis of the area's reservoirs. They stay away from the lake because the extreme salinity is tough on motors and hulls. "On a normal day you're lucky to even see one boat," Tyler says.
Two years ago, an open water swimmer was killed by a motorboat in Pineview Reservoir in Utah.
The lake mostly gets sailboats and racing sculls, which are generally not a problem. The swimmers hang a yellow warning flag at the marina so sailors and rowers know to watch out for churning arms and legs in the water.
Tiny brine shrimp are more of a curiosity than a nuisance. "I've had hundreds in my suit," recalls Sue Frehse, a coach for a suburban Salt Lake City swim club. "But they don't bite or chew or cling on to your body." But cuts or open sores sting unmercifully in the briny water.
Pristine Surroundings
So what's the big attraction? Why put up with the salt, the flies, the shrimp, the waves, the smell and the pain? Well, bragging rights and gnarliness, for starters.
"You're hard-core," Gridley explains. "When you're out here you're hard-core. ... You're the real deal."
There's nothing hard-core about gabbing with a reporter in the parking lot. So the swimmers adjust their goggles, grab their inflated orange bags, walk down the boat ramp and wade into the 66-degree water. Soon, orange floats and churning arms and legs become distant dots.
The swimmers seem minuscule and vulnerable. The water behind them reaches to a distant horizon. Snowcapped peaks offshore and mountainous islands in the lake rise thousands of feet above them.
That's the other big attraction — the setting.
"It's just a beautiful lake," says welder Chad Starks, standing in a Speedo on dry land. It's often clear and always clean, he adds. "The contour of the bottom is just different than you see anywhere else."
Tyler cherishes the view above the water as he swims. "You'll turn and you'll breathe and you'll see this huge mountain range that's still covered in snow," he says. "And it's just gorgeous."
After this swim, Josh Green, a commercial real estate appraiser, heads for a water pump and hose near the boat ramp.
"This is what you look forward to — the freshwater hose," he says, smiling, as he washes the salt and brine shrimp from his skin and swimsuit.
Part Of A Tradition
Green is one of the original modern-day Great Salt Lake open water swimmers, reviving a tradition that thrived in the 1920s, '30s and '40s. Three years ago, he, Ridley and Tyler began the weekly swims, in part because reservoirs and lakes were freezing in winter. The Great Salt Lake is too salty to freeze in all but the most extreme winters.
"We could just go out here as far as we wanted, as long as we wanted, with little disturbance, which was great," Tyler recalls.
The group began marathon swimming races and the next one is set for Saturday. About 30 competitors are expected. Some will swim a mile but others will start from Antelope Island, a brown and rocky mountain ridge in the lake, and swim nearly 8 miles to shore. That's 3 1/2 to four hours in the brine, enough to begin the curing process, especially for tongues.
"[They'll] be all wrinkly and pickled," Green says, laughing.
"Last year after the 8-mile race we gave out a special award," he says, chuckling, "a big jar of pickles for the most pickled tongue."
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And I'm Audie Cornish. The Great Salt Lake in Utah is, as its name suggests, very salty. It also emits a putrid smell and swarms with brine shrimp and flies. Still, this weekend, several dozen people are expected to race in a swimming marathon out on the Great Salt Lake. And some people swim there regularly. NPR's Howard Berkes tells us why.
HOWARD BERKES, BYLINE: This is a lake so great it covers 1,700 square miles. It's five times saltier than the ocean with storms that bring surf-able waves. It has brine shrimp that swim right into swimsuits and brine flies that fly right into mouths. The Great Salt Lake is the perfect place for a good long swim.
STACEY SCHLUCKEBIER: If you can swim here you can swim pretty much anywhere. You have all the facets of difficult open water, wide variety of temperatures, wide variety of wind direction, currents. And it's fun.
BERKES: Surgical technician Stacey Schluckebier stands in a circle of six swimmers in the parking lot of the Great Salt Lake Marina, about 16 miles west of Salt Lake City. They're all in swimming suits and they like the open water of reservoirs, lakes and even oceans. Once a week, at least, in the fall, winter and spring, they'll dip into this lake and swim from 400 yards to six miles.
GOODY TYLER: It's so huge and boat traffic is light. On a normal day, you're lucky to even see one boat, so it's a very safe place to swim.
BERKES: Safe from jet skis and motor boats, says schoolteacher Goody Tyler. The salt is tough on them and it's also tough on swimmers. Even the taste stands out, says software developer Gordon Gridley, who swam the English Channel last summer.
GORDON GRIDLEY: The Great Salt Lake was like swallowing a battery, whereas swimming in the ocean was like a glass of lemonade.
BERKES: And in some ways, the ocean is easier on the swimmers than the lake.
GRIDLEY: If you swallow the water, that could be potentially hazardous. You could end up throwing your guts up. And I guess the other main thing is getting chaffed because it's so salty. It's almost like sandpaper rubbing against you. And it doesn't take long before you start to get blistered up and, in some case, it's just really, really painful. It burns. So that's why we put the grease on.
BERKES: The grease is a combination of Vaseline and lanolin, and it glistens on the skin of the swimmers as we talk. They learn to breathe through their nostrils while swimming to avoid inhaling lake water. That also helps with brine flies.
GRIDLEY: They'll fly right in your mouth and sometimes right down into your lungs and then you're coughing up, not water, but brine flies.
BERKES: They get so bad in late summer, swimmers take a break from the lake. Still, the nuisances add up to bragging rights, to gnarliness for Salt Lake swimmers.
GRIDLEY: You're hardcore. When you're out here you're hardcore. You're not just a pool swimmer or - you're out here, no wetsuit, you're swimming in the salt, you know. You're the real deal. I think we're going by the boat ramp.
BERKES: And there's nothing hardcore about talking to me in a parking lot. So the swimmers walk down a concrete boat ramp and into the water, dragging inflated bright orange bags so they're easily spotted by sailboats and each other. The other big attraction for doing this is the setting, a vast and stunning inland sea, framed by snowcapped mountain ranges and its own mountainous islands.
TYLER: Swim was good. It felt great.
BERKES: Back at the marina, Goody Tyler rinses off the salt and issues a challenge, a way to sense some of what the swimmers experience without actually slipping on a Speedo and joining them.
TYLER: Go down to the water and just get a handful, put it in your mouth and then spit it out. Just try it.
BERKES: Oh, man, that is salty. Oh.
TYLER: You'll never forget it.
BERKES: I won't. No, I won't. I won't. I haven't. It took a gallon of sweet tea to get rid of that skanky taste, which won't deter the marathon swimmers this Saturday. They'll wade in at a brown and jagged island in the distance. It's eight miles from there to here. That's more than three and a half hours in the brine, enough to begin the curing process.
Last year, after the race, the swimmers stuck out their tongues. The most wrinkled, reddened and pickled flesh won a special prize, a jar of pickles. Howard Berkes, NPR News, at the Great Salt Lake. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Reports suggest the Gunners have been closely watching the French international, but Barcelona and Juventus are also reportedly interested in the 23-year-old.
Yanga-Mbiwa is a product of the Montpellier youth academy, and club president Nicollin insists the versatile defender will be going nowhere when the transfer window opens in January.
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HOUSTON (AP)—Andre Johnson saved the Houston Texans and their shaky defense again.
Johnson caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Matt Schaubith 28 seconds left to give Houston a stunning fourth-quarter comeback in the Texans' 35-31 win over the Chiefs on Sunday.
The Texans (4-2) scored touchdowns on their final four possessions to make up for another rocky day for the defense. Houston gave up 228 yards rushing, could not force a turnover and yielded a 100-yard receiver for the fifth time in six games.
Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson (80) celebrates his game-winning touchdown with fans during the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010, in Houston.
"We've got to tackle better, we've got to cover better, we've got to do everything better," Houston coach Gary Kubiak said. "We're really struggling. The key right now is we've got to play really big offensively as a team."
To make matters worse, All-Pro linebacker DeMeco Ryans was lost for the season when he ruptured his left Achilles' tendon late in the first half.
The Texans seemed to be on their way to losing the game, too, trailing 31-21 with just over 7 minutes left.
But Schaub threw two long passes to Owen Daniels and Arian Foster scored with 3:30 left to cut the Chiefs' lead to 3. The Texans quarterback went 9 for 15 in the fourth quarter.
"Our quarterback was absolutely spectacular," Kubiak said. "You can't win games like that in this league unless your quarterback is special, and ours was special today."
Houston regained possession after a punt with just over 2 minutes left. Schaub found Johnson across the middle for a 15-yard gain, then hit him down the sideline for 31 more to the Chiefs 24.
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"Once we get into a rhythm as an offense," Johnson said, "we can go out and score points."
The Texans rebounded from a 34-10 loss to the New York Giants and now head into a much-needed open week.
"We didn't want to go into the bye week 3-3," Johnson said. "Guys were determined that no matter what happened, we were going to go out and get this victory."
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IMF Survey: Asian Youth Speak Out
October 12, 2012
- Unemployment still biggest challenge facing young people
- Asian youth want more voice and influence
- IMF's Shafik warns of legacy of global crisis
Young people need greater voice in the global economic debate as they will inherit the legacy of choices made today, IMF Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik told a seminar on Asian youth held during the 2012 IMF–World Bank Annual Meetings in Tokyo.
Youth Dialogue
"The combination of debt, pensions, and health care costs makes me wish that young people had a bigger voice in politics today, because part of the reason that we keep pushing these problems into the future is because you are not complaining," Shafik said.
"There is a real urgent need for younger people to have a greater voice and vote in elections and express their preferences, because otherwise you risk facing a future in which you are going to have to clean up the mess we've left you behind," she pointed out.
In its second year, the Youth Dialogue reflected the same concerns as the year before: the effects of the global crisis on the youth, in particular, unemployment. Youth from Asia participated in the October 10 debate, "Asian Youth, Voicing their Future." Five students from Japan, China, Thailand, and Korea—all members of the IMF-sponsored Youth Fellowship Program—talked with Shafik about the challenges they face.
Unemployment: the common thread
Although Asia has been an important engine of growth for the world economy, signs now indicate a slowdown. Youth unemployment is at 12.7 percent globally, according to the International Labor Organization. While youth unemployment is lower in Asia, it remains high, at 9.5 percent.
Japanese panelist Tomoko Kaida, a student from Kanasawa University, said that back home the biggest concern is indeed unemployment. "I have so many friends who are working but struggling…their job is not the thing which they want to do or they are having a hard time finding the next job," she said.
Lei Wen, a student at the University of International Business and Economics, said this concern is echoed in China, where the growth rate is below 8 percent for the first time in three years. "Every year, the number of graduate students can reach 7 million, but at least 1.5 million cannot find a job," she said.
Lee Hyo Jin of Seoul University noted that the 1997 financial crisis changed the mentality of Korea's youth, which may affect today's unemployment rates.
Today's youth want to just have jobs in the government because those jobs are more secure, she said. And those opting for the private sector look for jobs in big corporations. "That is why our youth unemployment rate is high—because they actually don't want to work for small and medium-sized enterprises," she added.
Legacy of the crisis
Shafik said she was struck at how similar the panelits' concerns were. And she offered them some hope—and a warning.
"I have absolutely no doubt that you're all going to find very good jobs," she said. However, Shafik pointed out that some of the problems the world faces today will leave an unpleasant legacy.
"Many of the countries have huge debts which they are not dealing with. And if we don't deal with that now, your generation is going to pay the taxes to repay that debt. It's very simple arithmetic: someone has to pay it. It will come out of your future incomes," she warned.
The role of the IMF
"I want the IMF to be more proactive," said Kenji Nakada, a Tokyo University student.
Shafik agreed, and explained that one of the dilemmas for the IMF is that when times are good, it is very hard to get people to pay attention to potential problems. "We often joke that it's like being at the party and everyone is having a good time and someone has to come and say, 'Okay, the party is over'…but we must keep trying," she said.
"I want the IMF to take more powerful and visible actions toward youth," said Kaida. "I think one of the reasons youth is not interested in politics is because we feel that we are so weak, and have no power to change society," he lamented.
Shafik noted that events like this debate are opportunities for youth to have a voice. "We're also trying to be savvier about social media as a way for us to connect with young people more readily," she said.
Asia as a community
Panelists debated ways in which Asian countries can come closer together and be the region that leads the global economy.
Thitiwat Kaewwattanaborworn, a student at Thammasat University in Thailand, said that free trade among Asian countries would benefit the region. "The economic growth in Asian countries is high. This would give them more potential to be even better off."
Shafik remarked that one of the most impressive things about the Asian economy is the degree to which the supply chains of companies are interconnected across the region.
"There is huge scope to build on that increasing interdependency across Asia to build other forms of cooperation," she said.
True wealth
Saki Yagi, broadcaster for Nippon Television Network, who moderated the event, asked panelists to write down what, in their view, is true wealth.
"Faith and trust," said Nakada. "We've seen this great disaster in the northern part of Japan, but at the same time, we heard lots of beautiful stories of recovery…more than economic growth, human relations such as trust and faith are very important."
For Jin, true wealth is harmony. "Material wealth can be easily achieved but if this material wealth is not equally distributed into the world, probably psychological wealth is not achieved. The true realization of wealth is harmony."
"Sufficiency," noted Kaewwattanaborworn. "If people have sufficient wealth, we will not take advantage of each other and the world will be a better place."
"Happiness," said Wen. "People are facing a lot of problems like unemployment…maybe happiness can reflect the true feeling from the bottom of people's hearts."
"Dream, in Japanese, is 'Uma'," said Kaida. "A wealthy society is one where people have dreams of getting a good education, getting jobs, and dreaming that their kids are going to have a happy life."
"I vote for happiness," said Shafik. "I've spent time at various points in my life with people who have had very little and yet they often had very happy relationships with the people around them and have a sense of purpose and peace in their life."
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KICKING OFF EARNINGS: Wells Fargo reported fourth-quarter earnings Friday, the first of the U.S. megabanks to do so. Profits shot to a record, up 25 percent from a year ago. Revenue climbed 7 percent.
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Philippe Dupasquier is an author and illustrator of children's books. He was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, but he went to art school in Lyon, France from 1976 to 1979. He then became a freelance illustrator in London, England. He has published several books with Walker Books, such as 'The Airport', 'Dear Daddy', 'The Factory', etc. He also illustrated Anne Fine's 'Bill's New Frock' in 1989.
Together with Martin Waddell he created the large picture book 'The Great Green Mouse Disaster' for Andersen Press in London in 1981. In this picture book, the comic panels are constructed as rooms in the hotel and each page gives a further accounts of the events as the result of a troupe of escaping performing mice that wreak havoc all over the hotel.


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With roots that date back to 1890, Kubota has grown and now in 2012 celebrates its 40th anniversary of doing business in the U.S. Kubota Corporation has subsidiaries and affiliates that manufacture and/or market products that are sold in more than 130 countries.
The company was founded by the Kubota family in the cast iron pipe industry. And in 1960, Kubota manufactured its first tractor in Japan. Kubota Corporation introduced its first tractor to the United States in 1969 (the Kubota 21 horsepower L200), then in 1972, Kubota Tractor Corporation was founded in California with 18 employees. At that time, the company had 441 dealers and four tractor models.
By 1982, the company grew to 600 dealers, and introduced the first compact four-wheel-drive tractor with a hydraulic shuttle transmission. Shortly thereafter in the mid-80s the company's product range spanned more than 50 models, including the first diesel lawn and garden tractor, the M50 series, and L series.
In 1988, the company opened its manufacturing facility in Georgia.
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Errr... not really. I agree with tjal on this one.
Awai's power is this.
When she calls a kan, those will become the four dora she needs. Thus, really it is only the FIRST FOUR URA DORA that is covered by Awai's power. If Saki calls for more, it will open another dora indicator but it does not necessarily mean that those ura dora will be in Awai's hand. It can be in another person hands or Saki's hand. That and I find it highly unlikely that Saki will call more kans if she knows that it will only make another player's hand raise value.
Looks at Quarter's match
Looks at the second to the last hand specifically Kyouko's ...
Well, unless its part of her plan or she wants that player to win.
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Actually about that, it is possible for Saki to win in 3 shanten.
Anyway, this is only a specific scenario assuming that Saki will have her winning tile on the dead wall which Awai will draw. Its more likely it isn't, unless Saki specifically aimed for it. Admittedly, there is a high chance that Saki will do it. In my rewatch, Saki actually got making your opponent's ability do the work for you in artform. Besides, the scenario is more or less moot, the person that Awai will be focusing on is Shizu and not Saki. Awai did have that big declaration of defeating her a 100 times in the finals.
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So then, any thoughts on how far Zenkoku-hen is going to cover? I have a feeling that it's going to go up to the end of the semis. If that goes well we'll probably have a one cour season 3 to cover the finals.
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Saki - Teru connection that some teams are speculating on...
In QF, Saki uses a kan to unlock a dora indicator for Kyouko, giving her hand more dora.
In SF, although Toki focuses on the more flashy 'rinshan kaihou,' Teru actually does the same as Saki. She unlocks a dora indicator for *another* player, which gives Kuro's hand more dora.
Of course, they have quite different reasons for doing so (like two sides of one coin) but the mechanic is the same.
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The Orchid is sometimes described as the mirror of the Plum Blossoms always trying to take the place of or fill in the gap of something missing but doesn't fully succeed. Like the plum blossom, its fragrance is never overpowering, symbolizing humility and nobility.
Maybe Awai is trying to substitute Saki in Teru's life.
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Awai: Arrgoant, snobbish, and condescending girl who thinks she's the best thing since sliced bread with the exception of Teru.
Saki: Meek, passive, and socially awkward girl who can trip over nothing and be mistaken as a doormat when she's not on rare occasions making girls piss themselves when she walks by.
Not too much in comparison there really unless Awai is the girl Teru wishes Saki would be? No...I still can't see it.
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i think in the captain match, awai, saki, and the other player will become the players who fighting tightly. shizu is the netral person because she is superior in the defense rather than attack. Based on this, shizu will be the second. Then, the winner from among the three players it will be a champion.
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Before the meal of turkey, dressing, chicken and dumplings, and all the trimmings is served, it all starts in the kitchen.
Nancy Lozano-Mulvaney has it down to a science.
"It's all about timing," said Lozano-Mulvaney.
She works two full-time jobs, yet has volunteered to be the master cook for seven years.
"I get here about six in the morning and get it started," said Lozano-Mulvaney. "It's so rewarding. Words can't describe how you feel at the end of the day. It's a feeling of great pride."
She's one of dozens of volunteers who made it possible for the Salvation Army to feed more 600 people on site and nearly 1000 others throughout the community.
"I'm just so happy with what I have I want to share," said Bill Jones.
Bill and his wife, Kimberley are famous for bringing their chicken and dumplings to the feast.
"It's a lot of work but that doesn't matter," said Bill. "I love hearing somebody enjoyed what we cooked."
"It feels good because that's what Thanksgiving is all about," said Kimberley. "Giving is so important. It's all about giving to others. It makes us feel very blessed and thankful."
"It's just an overwhelming joy to help," said Pam Koehler. She brought three of her six children to share the experience, Trey, Raelyn, and Kiya.
"It feels awesome," said Raelyn.
"I am thankful most for my family," said Kiya.
Many families say serving together has become a tradition. Darlene Allen was one of the original volunteers in 1983. She now serves with her children.
"It makes us feel proud," said son, Kelly Allen, a local firefighter.
"It's just something we like to do," said Darlene. "It's a tradition for us."
"It makes us feel very fortunate and reminds us not to take anything for granted," said Wendy Allen-Wilson, her daughter.
Other volunteers say giving becomes addictive.
"I've been doing this for nine years," said Randy Mulvaney. "We like to see people well fed."
People say the food is wonderful, but knowing others are willing to help is the best blessing of all.
"It saves me from having to stand up and cook," said Helen Dickerson. "I've had lung cancer and this saves me a lot."
"Last year there was this man here and he made me feel so welcome," said Kassie Callander. "Everyone is so nice."
"I'm so thankful for all the people here," said Trudia Mae Brooks. "It's good to be with people and not be alone."
"People who aren't from here may not realize that it is a blessed community in that when you say we need help the community responds in a positive way," said Major Ben Stillwell, of the Salvation Army. "We are so thankful for all of our volunteers."
The Salvation Army hopes the community responds big this year. They have a fund raising goal of 320,000. They expect to help 435 families. That's 1300 people. Meanwhile, the Salvation Army's coat drive continues all week Monday through Friday. You can stop in from nine to noon, and one to four.
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The Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries thrived in Deerfield, Massachusetts, home to an annual show and sale of arts and handcrafts produced by town residents. In 1906 the show included artists whose paintings portrayed the beauties and phases of nature among other subjects, and took the exhibit of painting to new heights. Several exhibit artists that year were known nationally, if not also internationally. Two of the most well-known were Augustus Vincent Tack and Willis Seaver Adams (misspelled "Seever" in this newspaper report). Tack, whose wife was Agnes Gordon Fuller, daughter of Deerfield artist George Fuller, summered in Deerfield and wintered in New York City. He started as a portrait painter and later painted landscapes and abstracts. Adams was born in Suffield, Connecticut, and moved to Greenfield, Massachusetts (north of Deerfield) in 1906. Like Tack, Adams started as a portrait painter. After the turn of the century, he moved to painting haunting landscapes.
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President Obama's poll numbers have hit just about the lowest point of his presidency.
They started sinking after the Obamacare website's miserable debut last month. Now, only around 40 percent of Americans think Obama is doing a good job. More than half disapprove of his performance. (A year ago, the numbers were the opposite.)
It seems obvious to say that a high approval rating helps a president, while a low approval rating hurts him. But here are five reasons Obama's numbers might not be as troublesome as they sound.
1. He Was Never Popular With Congress Anyway
A high approval rating can give a president's initiatives a boost in Congress. "The willingness of members of Congress to take risks," explains Republican strategist Kevin Madden, "is usually proportional to the president's popularity."
Key word: Usually.
Even when Obama's popularity neared its high point, the president had a hard time getting bills through Congress. Just after his re-election, with approval ratings above 50 percent, Obama pushed immigration and gun control policies that seemingly had a lot of public support. Neither one became law.
Obama expressed his fury at the gun bill's failure during an emotional event at the White House Rose Garden, saying, "There were no coherent arguments as to why we wouldn't do this. It came down to politics."
In other words, Obama has governed like an unpopular president even when he was popular.
At least the guy is consistent, says Ann Selzer, president of the nonpartisan Selzer & Co. polling firm in Iowa. "He has problems when his poll numbers are high in terms of getting legislation passed, and problems when his poll numbers are low."
2. Bad Poll Numbers Are Relative
Sure, only around 40 percent of Americans think Obama is doing a good job. But Congress would love to have that kind of approval rating. They're looking at single digits — and Republicans in Congress are doing even worse.
That makes some Democrats optimistic about their party's chances in 2014, even though the party of the president typically loses seats in a midterm.
"Independent voters more than anybody are really fed up with the Republicans," says Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh. "For the first time in I think modern history, you have polls out there showing that almost 65 percent of voters want to get rid of their member of Congress. That has never been the case," she says.
She's referring to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll from last month showing widespread damage to the GOP from the government shutdown.
Rutgers University political scientist Ross Baker says disapproval of Congress casts Obama's position in a different light.
"Usually you have a situation in which the president is up and Congress is down, or the president is down and Congress is up," says Baker. "People liken it to a seesaw. But, in a sense, what we have now is a kind of rubber seesaw in which both sides are down."
Says pollster Selzer: "In a relative world where people are feeling that Washington's not moving, getting things done, or passing legislation, there's a sense that Obama is actually really surviving with the rosiest scenario."
3. There's Not Much Purple On The Congressional Map
In the midterm elections, Obama's approval rating can only really tilt the outcome in purple, or highly competitive, congressional districts. And there are fewer of those than ever before. Redistricting has wiped out swing districts in favor of safe zones for Republicans and Democrats.
"Majorities are built in Congress based on a much smaller universe of swing districts," says Republican Madden. "But in those swing districts, it's the president's popularity that usually makes the difference between whether a Democrat can win or a Democrat will lose."
Political scientist Baker says winning the 17 seats necessary to regain control of the House from Republicans "has always been an uphill prospect for the Democrats," no matter what the president's approval rating might be.
Still, this week's gubernatorial election in Virginia showed that Obama could be a drag on Democratic candidates in purple areas. Terry McAuliffe was forecast to carry the state by double digits. Instead, he won by a much smaller margin.
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Although Obama is at a low point now, his approval rating hasn't really varied all that much. After his initial election spike in 2008, his favorability numbers have settled into a band between the low 50s to around 40 percent. Not great, but not really terrible either — especially compared with his predecessor.
President George W. Bush had a high of 90 percent approval just after the 9/11 attacks, and a low of 25 percent late in his second term.
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Perhaps the biggest reason presidents chase high approval ratings is to win re-election. As Obama often tells audiences with evident relief, that's not something he ever has to worry about again.
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And I'm David Greene. President Obama's poll numbers have reached almost the lowest point of his presidency. They started to dip with the Obamacare website rollout, and they've been slipping pretty steadily since then.
Today, around 40 percent of Americans think he's doing a good job, compared to more than 50 percent who disapprove of Obama's performance. A year ago, those numbers were the exact opposite. NPR's Ari Shapiro looks at what impact, if any, this has on the president.
ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: OK, it sounds obvious - a high approval rating helps a president; a low approval rating hurts him. But just because something is obvious, that doesn't mean it's true. Let's look at some of the reasons a high approval rating might help a president.
Kevin Madden is a Republican political consultant.
KEVIN MADDEN: The willingness of members of Congress to take risks, risks that are often required when it comes to forging major compromises on legislation, is usually proportional to the president's popularity.
SHAPIRO: In other words, a popular president can often get his agenda through Congress.
MADDEN: Right now, the president is unpopular, so his low poll numbers have made dealing with an already challenging Congress that much more of a difficult task.
SHAPIRO: But look back at what happened when the president was popular. Just after re-election, Obama's approval rating was above 50 percent. He pushed immigration and gun-control policies that had a lot of public support, and neither bill made it through Congress. Obama expressed his fury at the gun bill's failure during an emotional event in the White House Rose Garden.
SHAPIRO: Ann Selzer runs a nonpartisan polling firm in Iowa. She says you can say this for Obama: The guy's consistent.
ANN SELZER: He has problems when his poll numbers are high - in terms of getting legislation passed - and problems when his poll numbers are low.
SHAPIRO: So it's not as though hitting rock-bottom will suck the momentum out of Obama's legislative agenda. It didn't have momentum in the first place. Political scientist Ross Baker, of Rutgers University, says low poll numbers are also relative. Consider the president's approval ratings compared to other leaders in Washington.
ROSS BAKER: Usually, you know, you have a situation in which the president is up and Congress is down, or the president is down and Congress is up. And people liken it to a seesaw. Well, you know, in a sense, what we have now is a kind of rubber seesaw, in which both sides are down.
SHAPIRO: Congressional Republican numbers are so far down into the single digits, that Obama's approval rating actually looks good by comparison. This could be important for the 2014 elections. Typically, in a midterm, the president's party loses seats. Nobody's sure what will happen this time. Democrats would have to gain 17 seats to take back the House of Representatives.
MARY ANN MARSH: Independent voters, more than anybody, are really fed up with the Republicans.
SHAPIRO: Mary Anne Marsh is a Democratic strategist in Boston.
MARSH: For the first time in, I think, modern history, you have polls out there that show that almost 65 percent of all voters want to get rid of their member of Congress. That has never been the case.
SHAPIRO: She believes that number could be more important than Obama's favorability number.
Here's another unique fact about Congress right now: Today, there are fewer swing districts than at almost any time in history. Most places are solid red or blue. In those districts, it doesn't much matter how popular or unpopular the president is. Still, Republican strategist Kevin Madden says the president's standing will be a powerful force in the few purple districts that remain.
MADDEN: Majorities are built in Congress based on a very limited, a much smaller universe of swing districts. But in those swing districts, it's the president's popularity that usually makes a difference between whether a Democrat can win or a Democrat will lose.
SHAPIRO: Look at purple Virginia this week, where governor-elect Terry McAuliffe beat his Republican opponent by a much smaller margin than expected. Many say Obama's weak standing contributed to that outcome.
Although Obama is at a low point right now, his approval rating really has not varied that much. It bounces from the low 50s to around 40. In contrast, President George W. Bush had a high of 90 percent approval, and a low of 25 percent.
There is, of course, one other reason presidents chase high approval ratings: to win re-election. As Obama often tells audiences, that is not something he ever has to worry about again.
Ari Shapiro, NPR News, Washington. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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