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LONDON Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) has announced a so-called POP for its Mali-T600 series graphics processor units. The IP within the Mali POP will be available in January 2013, ARM said.
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A POP is a processor optimization pack, which is an additional piece of support, on top of the licensing of cores, that licensees can pay for, to speed their time to market. ARM has introduced POPs for several of its Cortex-series processors and is now extending the scheme to graphics.
The next POP will be for the implementation of Mali-T628 and Mali-T678 GPUs on the 28-nm HPM manufacturing process technology from foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
In essence through the POP ARM shares with licensees lessons learned as it has taken the cores to silicon in R&D. This allows POP users to use this optimized implementation as a starting point, rather like a reference design.
The POP includes standard cell logic and memory cache instances that are tuned to the processor and foundry technology. It documents the results ARM achieved for the processor implementation across an envelope of configuration and design targets. Finally, it includes the detailed implementation knowledge including floor plans, scripts, design utilities and a POP implementation guide.
"POP IP for Mali GPUs is not about pre-determined benchmarks, it's about giving our partners greater flexibility by leveraging ARM's holistic approach to explore and find the right optimization customized to the specific end-application," said Pete Hutton, general manager of the media processing division at ARM, in a statement.
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Understanding and Overcoming the Destructive Forces That Are Transforming America
In "How Evil Works," the best-selling author of "The Marketing of Evil" probes the ancient question of evil through a modern journalist's eye, once again demonstrating his uncanny knack for demystifying complex, elusive and intimidating subjects with fresh insights into the hidden mechanisms of seduction, corruption and power politics. Diving into today's most electrifying news stories – from terrorism and school shootings to high-profile sex scandals and political dysfunction – Kupelian explores such profoundly troubling questions as:
• What's really going on in Washington, D.C., today? (The Marxist strategy of manufacturing and exploiting crises is the central operating principle of the Obama presidency.)
• How does terrorism really work? (It's intended not just to frighten and intimidate, but to reprogram our beliefs, per the Stockholm Syndrome.)
• Why are big lies more believable than little ones? (Everyone tells little white lies, but not big, bold, audacious ones, and so they assume others wouldn't either – an assumption world-class liars use to their great advantage. More importantly, big lies possess an inherent power to upset us – triggering a key control mechanism.)
• Why are neo-pagan and New Age religions like Wicca becoming so popular? (America's increasing disillusionment with Christianity has created a giant cultural and spiritual vacuum, into which alternative religions are being drawn.)
• Why do so many entertainment celebrities that "have it all" – talent, fame, good looks, wealth, influence – end up self-destructing? (Being worshipped like gods is similar to taking a potent, intensely pleasurable drug like cocaine – it feels good for a time, but inevitably causes tremendous problems.)
• Why are boys doing worse in school today than girls? (As America becomes increasingly "feminized," boys, men and masculinity are being subtly but seriously maligned.)
• Why do we treat mental-emotional-spiritual problems like rage and depression with drugs? (We've been seduced by secular medical "experts" who tell us what all egos love to hear: "It's not your fault.")
"Using today's most sensational news stories as a starting point," writes Kupelian in the book's introduction, "together we will explore the actual mechanics, the inner workings, the 'operating system' of this most vexing and under-examined part of all our lives."
David Kupelian is an award-winning journalist and managing editor of online news giant WorldNetDaily.com as well as its monthly newsmagazine, Whistleblower. His bestselling book "The Marketing of Evil," currently in its 11th printing, has become a modern classic, widely praised for its uncommonly clear and powerful explanation of exactly what has gone wrong in America – and why.

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" Genre: Junior Books / Author: Robert Swindells / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 160 Pages / Book is published 1990-10-26 by Corgi Childrens "
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This is a spooky little tale aimed at children in the 8-12 age bracket. It tells the story of Fliss and her classmates who go on a residential school trip to Whitby. On the night before she leaves for the trip Fliss dreams of a hotel at night, where her feet seem to mysteriously develop a will of their own and take her past buildings and rooms where a spooky voice whispers things like 'The Gate of Fate', 'The Keep of Sleep', and 'The Room of Doom'. She is even more spooked the next day to have a boy in her class tell her that Dracula once lived in Whitby.
When they arrive at their hotel it is very like Fliss's dream. On the floor Fliss and her mates are sleeping there is a room 10, 11 and 12. Then there is the unnumbered linen closest. On the first night Fliss is disturbed by someone crying and decides to take a trip to the bathroom to see if she could use that as an excuse to investigate. On the way back she notices that the linen cupboard now has the number 13 on it. It is not there the next morning.
One of Fliss's classmates becomes ill, they see her sleepwalking in the middle of the night and on investigating Fliss discovers that there are two tiny puncture wounds on the side of her neck. As Fliss and her three friends get drawn further into the mystery they realise that they have to do something about the creature in Room 13.
The clues are very carefully drip-fed into the novel and the characters well-drawn and realistic, each with their own set of worries. The three teacher in charge of the class are also interesting and have distinct personalities. They behave in realistic and credible ways. The whole story is told with a good deal of suspense yet Swindells manages to mix in a fair amount of humour as well. I think it is this careful balance that makes it such a success.
I read this book to my class each year, usually just before we go off on our residential trip (I know, I'm a saddist!) and they love it. They laugh in all the right places, and when it gets to the climax of the story you can hear a pin drop in my classroom, they barely even breathe. If they only remember one of the stories I read them I can practically guarantee that this is it.
First published in 1989, this children's horror book became a sensation for my twelve year old friends and I after we discovered it in the school library. Word of mouth made this book so sought after that in order to guarantee getting to read it we had to share it between our groups of friends or read it out loud together. We had so little chance to get our hands on it that we had to read it on our journey home from school!
A few facts about the book make it tantalising to young fans of horror or chiller stories. Firstly, printed inside the jacket of the book is the claim that this story was inspired by a real school trip to Whitby in 1987. Furthermore, the author dedicates the book to a class full of pupils who he claims "were there too". Thirdly, there is a shocking feature of the book where the chapter 13 (unlucky for some!) has been completely left blank. This seemed to me, as a young reader, so daring and different from the norm that I felt this book must really be something special.
The story centres on a group of school children who are on a sleeping-over school trip to Whitby. During the trip the children learn about how author Bram Stoker was inspired to write the classic Gothic novel 'Dracula' when he saw the eerie ruins of Whitby Abbey. This is a brilliant learning experience and a subtle introduction to the adult literature. Readers who are unfamiliar with the existence of Stoker's novel are provided with a simple explanation of where and how the character of Dracula was created.
This story is really a paean to the classic Stoker novel with a similar tale of vampire suckings and night terrors ensuing. Although there is a high degree of horror and a quite often a feeling of dread there is also a margin of humour and lots of childish fun. The novel is as educational as it is enjoyable fun. To give the story credibility there are some references to eighties vampire movies although the relevance of this is now probably lost on today's readers. There are also a few references to historical events, to real life landscapes and works of art which may inspire some readers to investigate them further after reading the book.
I felt very close to the characters when I first read this book. There is definately a 'northern' feel to the language and manner of interaction between the children's characters. As someone who lives in the North of England I felt I could very easily identify with the setting of the novel and the atmosphere of the location and attitude of society. I think that all children could read this and imagine themselves in Whitby though - as the description is very deatailed with rich, poetic language detailing the experience of the senses.
I love this book so much that when I was a university student I found this in my local library and read it again for enjoyment! I have since bought the book and have given it to my neices to read, who have absolutely loved it. Although now twenty years old this story still translates to a new generation.
This book won the Children's Book Award in 1990, the winner of which is chosen by children - I can't think of a better endorsement! It is a relatively short story and I would say it's suitable for ages 8 to 12 and for all readers of all capabilities. This book has been re-printed numerous times and is currently published by Corgi Childrens Books. Also available as an audio CD.
After recently reading two novels by Robert Swindells – Brother in the Land and Abomination – I felt I had become quite a fan, even if he is a children's' writer and I'm 33! So I bought another of his and borrowed two more from the library. This is my review of Room 13, a novel published in 1989 and the winner of the 1990 Children's Book Award. Room 13 is a horror or thriller type of book for children aged around ten to fourteen, I would say. At just over 150 pages long, it is easy to read and after a slightly hesitant start, I finished the last hundred pages or so in one sitting. The chapters are fairly short throughout, which means they don't look too daunting for kids. Each one begins with a black and white illustration of a gate, each time featuring a different picture inside, which symbolises the content or theme of that chapter. The story is based round Felicity 'Fliss' Morgan. The night before her year go on the annual school trip to Whitby, she has a terrifyingly vivid nightmare about a room with the number thirteen on it and what lies within. In the morning, she feels much better and sets out for Whitby as planned with the rest of the second year of the school, which is amusingly(?) called Bottomtop Middle! As they reach their hotel in Whitby, the dream comes back to haunt Fliss as she sees familiar places and things, which remind her of aspects of her nightmare. She is allocated a room on the top floor, but thankfully there appears not to be a room numbered thirteen there. However, on the first night, when she needs to go to the toilet around midnight, things change. The number thirteen appears on a door which is supposedly a cupboard, there are strange noises coming from within the room and one of the pupils – Ellie-May – becomes ill. Fliss soon recruits her friend Lisa and two boys, Gary and Trot, to help her investigate what is happening. The
book follows their adventures over the few days they stay there, the mysteries of the night contrasting sharply with the usual paddling in the sea, sightseeing and shopping normally associated with school trips. Although I don't know Whitby personally, the descriptions seem authentic and it is easy to picture everything from the language used. Bizarrely, there is a note in the book, which explains the novel was inspired by a real school trip in 1987 and the novel is dedicated to all the pupils who were there. I suspect the true story might have been more captivating. Overall, I found this novel disappointing. It was well paced and easy to get into. Parts of it were written in a way which meant it was hard to put down, but the whole thing seemed unbelievable and predictable. While it was cleverly constructed, it seemed just too formulaic at times. It felt like it could have been the novel of any old Hammer horror film towards the end. Of course, these views are those of a cynical adult who has read countless novels and expects more from her reading material. Children will probably accept Room 13 more on face value and get more out of it. I intend to test this theory soon, by lending the book to my eleven-year-old son to read. He likes spooky stories and this one might fit the bill. Swindells writes very well and describes the characters of the children reasonably convincingly. I did find some of the slang rather grating though – I mean, do kids really call each other 'div' these days and has anyone ever used the phrase 'scared spitless' [sic] in their lives? Maybe they did when the book was written in 1989, but it sounds strange now. The teachers also seemed rather two-dimensional and often stereotypical. Would a teacher really get away with banging a child's head against a coach seat for misbehaving? Or seeming rather unconcerned at an apparent assault by four pupils on one, which
resulted in severe bruising? I think not. Perhaps a child would revel in these things being seen from their viewpoint or maybe they'd be so caught up in the action, they wouldn't notice these aberrations. But I did. If your child has grown out of Enid Blyton and likes something a bit more eerie for their bedtime reading, Room 13 may provide you with a few hours of peace as they devour it under the covers. It may turn out to be the best book they've read to date. For me, I found it an average kind of spooky story, written well in some respects but ultimately cliched and uninspiring. I recommend the author, but the jury's out on the book. ROOM 13 by Robert Swindells Published by Corgi Yearling ISBN 0-440-86465-8 Paperback, £4.99
After re-reading and really enjoying Robert Swindell's Post Nuclear story Brother in the Land I was inspired to read one of his other books (a boy returned it in the library and I snaffled it for myself) ~ Room 13. Room 13 is a very different story to Brother in the Land and I vaguely remembered reading it years ago. I once read that the reason that children, young adults and teenagers like Swindell's books is because they are not too long, keep your interest and are pretty easy to read (by this I mean the use of language and not the subject matter ~ I wouldn't call the images used in Brother in the Land particularly "easy"). Room 13 seems to fit this Swindells pattern; it isn't long, it is written for a young audience (Swindells was even aided by a group of young children to come up with some of the plot twists) and uses young people as its main characters. So, would I as a thirty something adult find something of interest in Room 13. ~~~THE STORY. Room 13 begins on the night before a school trip to Whitby. Fliss (the main character) has a really bad nightmare about a rather sinister looking house with an even more sinister looking secret room ~ Room 13. She is disturbed by the dream but puts it out of her mind until she arrives at their hotel in Whitby. The Crow's Nest Hotel looks suspiciously like the house in the dream of the previous night ~ her hair stands on end and she is very worried that her dreams of Room 13 will come true! On their first investigation Fliss and her friends can't find a room 13 ~ but once night falls spooky things start to occur. What follows is a scary story of Vampires and the realisation of the feeling Fliss had on arriving at the Crow's Nest. I don't want to give too much away, but it is full of suspense and the atmosphere of Whitby provides a good backdrop for the Vampire elements of the story. ~~~WHAT I THOUGHT. Room 13 is essentially a book for o
lder children and younger teenagers, so don't expect too much in the way of complicated plot devices. That said, it is still an interesting story with some good imagery, a very good sense of place (the backdrop of Whitby is well used) and the action ticks along nicely ~ you do get some twists and turns in there, but the story IS quite predictable. This is perhaps where the book lets us down ~ Fliss has a dream; low and behold THERE is the house from the dream and of course we can then all guess that there is going to be a Room 13 with some funny things going on! I did find that the story was good though and the minor irritation at the "obviousness" of the plot didn't prevent me from enjoying the adventure and the mystery of the School Trip. The story is written from the perspective of Fliss herself, so the words used are those that a young girl would use. We really only get to see things from her viewpoint, but because she IS pretty much a central element of the plot this works very well. There is a good mix between the spooky scenes and images of the children exploring and enjoying a school trip ~ eating rock, looking at the scenery, etc. You may find some of Swindell's descriptions of the trip irrelevant but I think they are necessary to introduce some normality to the children's trip and to provide a balance for the supernatural elements ~ it will make younger children remember that not everything is spooky and they shouldn't have nightmares! I would say this book is more suitable for an older child who is pretty good at reading ~ a younger child would still enjoy the story but may find some of the words difficult and the images a little scary (there are vampires and spooky things happening). I enjoyed it because I could identify with the setting; I have been to Whitby several times and love the place. It may be of interest to children who have also been to Whitby for holidays ~ I'm not sure if it would be a goo
d idea to encourage them to read it BEFORE they go on a trip there (you never know if the hotel they will end up staying at might look like The Crow's Nest!). I actually enjoyed Room 13 and found it refreshing after being depressed by Brother in the Land. Robert Swindells has an ability to write fiction for a young audience, but his work can also appeal to an older audience too. I would certainly recommend Room 13 as an easy reading story for those who want a little scare but don't want to be challenged too much. Take care and don't have nightmares ~ I went to Whitby at the beginning of June and I made sure I remembered to pack my garlic! Book info (courtesy of www.amazon.co.uk) Paperback - 160 pages (5 October, 2000) Corgi Childrens; ISBN: 0440864658 Hardcover - 160 pages (October 1989) Doubleday; ISBN: 0385269676
A spooky tale about a vampire that takes place at the Crow's Nest Hotel, where Fliss and her friends are staying. They think that there's no room 13, but are they sure? Winner of the Children's Book Award in 1990.


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McDaniel's office said he has directed $450,000 from the settlements to go toward the fund that pays for the trial court assistants. Beebe said the money will help avoid any furloughs through this fiscal year, which ends June 30.
"Attorney General McDaniel believed this one-time distribution was appropriate, given the unique circumstances and the necessity for our court system to operate effectively and efficiently," spokesman Aaron Sadler said Thursday afternoon.
The fund, which is financed by court costs, fees to file lawsuits and fines for drug and traffic violations, has been dwindling for years. Beebe has used $130,000 from his emergency fund during the past three months to avoid the furloughs of trial assistants.
Supreme Court Justice Jim Hannah told lawmakers earlier this year he likely would ask for one-time money to keep the fund solvent this year. Beebe has said he wanted a long-term solution to its funding woes before committing any money toward it.
While the court settlement money will help through the end of this fiscal year, Beebe said a long-term fix still is needed.
"We've got to work on other systemic adjustments to that fund to try to keep it sustainable and if that doesn't work then they're going to have no choice but to furlough some folks," Beebe told reporters after speaking to a group of county judges in North Little Rock.
Sadler said $404,827 of the money will come from a 2010 lawsuit settlement with Eli Lilly & Co. over off-label marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa. The remaining $45,173 will come from another 2010 settlement with Arkansas to settle allegation that the satellite provider engaged in deceptive and misleading practices.


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apart from lacking the customization of font type m& colours, this is very good!
Great widget, but i don't think that that date is correct. Needs some more work.
@aleksod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardate
It still doesn't explains much, so I have no idea how this widget works. For the movie, they used this:
According to Roberto Orci, stardates were revised again for the latest film so that the first four digits correspond to the year, while the remainder was intended to stand for the day of the year. For example, stardate 2258.42 would be February 11, 2258.
Then, there's this: http://www.trekguide.com/Stardates.htm
Today (Tue Jun 28 2011 09:39:00 GMT-0400) should be: 64954.5
The widget is showing [-4] 88570.97
I did notice that the last digit change quite often, so I assume it's minutes or representing a short time period.
I'd love an explanation from the author :)
Very cool indeed.
I like the idea, but more explanation about the date is probably needed. For example, what is "-4" before the actual date?


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Ryan Seacrest Talks to Billy Bush About the Genesis of 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians'
While he is best known for his hosting gig on 'American Idol,' Ryan Seacrest is also the mastermind behind 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians.'
But is the first family of reality TV really that crazy? Seacrest gave the lowdown to Access Hollywood's Billy Bush.
As it turns out, 'KUWTK' was inspired by another famous TV family: the Osbournes.
"I had seen the Osbournes and thought to myself …. This is popular, let's find something else in this vein," Seacrest explained. "And at the time we had heard that Kris [Jenner] was interested in doing something with the family. So, it was me and one other guy at the company, and I had to buy a video camera for this shoot to go up to a BBQ that they were having on a Sunday."
As you're probably aware, the show follows Kim & Co. in their day-to-day lives, capturing everything from photo shoots to family dinners. The attention-loving family is famed for its kooky antics, and it sounds like the eccentricity isn't an act.
"They were as crazy, as fun and as loving as they are, and they were throwing each other into the pool," Seacrest recalls of the first shoot. "I came back, we saw the tape and I thought, 'Oh, my god, we have got to show this to E!' and we took it up to the folks at E! and pitched it to them. And they said let's do it, let's go for it. We had no idea that it would become the monster pop culture business that it [has]."


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In a shock development, the Caterham F1 team has announced that the consortium behind the takeover of the Leafield squad has handed back control of the F1 team to the administrator of Caterham Sports Limited to allow it to prepare and continue operating at the "next events."
The announcement comes less than 24 hours before the Caterham cars and equipment are due to be shipped to Austin Texas ahead of next week's US Grand Prix.
The Caterham statement read: "Following a request of yesterday evening at 21.55hrs CET from Caterham Sports Limited's administrators and the legal advisors of Mr Tony Fernandes' related EXIM Bank, representatives of 1MRT/Caterham F1 Team have agreed, with all rights reserved, to hand-over management of the Caterham F1 Team to the adminatrator Mr Finbarr O'Connell in the higher interest of allowing the team to continue operating and preparing for the next events."
The news is a surprise because the consortium's adviser Colin Kolles has consistently claimed that he and his backers have no connection with Caterham Sports Limited and have legally acquired the right to run Caterham cars in the world championship.
However, Finbarr O'Connell of administrators Smith & Williamson seized control of the Leafield factory last week and refused to allow the cars to be released to the team.
It's not clear how the administrator could run the team in Austin even if the cars and equipment were at the track.
We'll have more on the story as it unfolds.
Bernie oils the machinery . . .?
Why is this dentist allowed into F1?..every time a team has dealings with him then its a black day for the staff. Just ask Toto how this works out (i wont go into details James and Mods,i know the court order :), but really..first he does not know whats happening, then a cleaner is a sole shareholder and now its handed back....
I just hope Tony F can keep his promise and look after his staff
Holy moly, it's well and truly hit the fan. I can't see how the hell they're going to be running in Austin now.
Want to run your own F1 team; consider a career as an Administrator. This gets murkier by the minute.
Get rid of all these backmarker teams and let all the big teams run three cars. Get rid of pay drivers and let real talent shine through.
Did somebody leave the light on ? 😀
It will destroy F1 very quickly. Real talent will shine through anyway, always has and always will.
Alonso started at Minardi, Schumi at Jordan, Vettel at Torro Rosso, Hakkinen at Lotus etc etc. Hamilton and Hill are the odd one's out that walked straight into a top team.
Healthy debate here, clearly.
This is beginning to look like a Whitehall Theatre production, with the stage being set as the CSL factory and four stage entrances for the protagonists.
(For youngsters under the age of fifty The Whitehall Theatre was renown for its farces)
Bizarre in the Extreme!
This is why I'm not a businessman. I haven't got a clue who owns what, or what all.the different companies do or are! Been trying to follow this story, but I'm giving up now.
If you don't understand who's running Caterham, try to understand who is running F1 as a whole. There's gazilion of companies being mentioned especially in last decade or so. God knows how many of them are Bernie's (FOM, SLEC, Bambino etc...) how are they interpolated, who owns who and what...let alone all the other companies, investment funds, banks etc. we read from time to time in association with F1.
Maybe, this is good topic for James to shed some light during off season.
Don't worry - No-one else has a clue either, especially the people involved 🙂
Stick with it, there's still a week to Austin and some interesting developments to come:
The now unemployed Ghurka soldiers will form a dance company and go on tour, delighting people all around the world.
Britney Spears will announce that she's buying Caterham.
Random 79 will announce his true identity.
Penny will discover that she's actually a cyborg sent from the future to kill Leonard.
Mercedes will withdraw from the championship on the grounds that it was just too easy.
Bernie's exo-suit will break revealing the fact that we was really an alien badger from Proxima Centauri sent to replace the original Bernie in order to destroy F1 once and for all.
So, good times ahead...unless you work for Caterham 🙁
We all know that you're Joe Saward . . .
Taking a light-hearted break from the burdens of journalism . . .
So you can cross that off your list.
A certain administrator would appear determined to make a name for himself here. It looks like that may have backfired.
His actions so far appear quite unlike the required duties of an Administrator (the maximisation of return and trying to retain the entity earning potential if possible) in the locking up of the money earning 'vehicle' etc.
I would guess this latest move is quite possibly as a result of a couple of late nights looking at the rules under which F1 teams continue to retain the right to race ie actually be there, the realisation that those padlocks and soldiers remaining in place will make the whole operation worthless if they lose those rights and his position and tenure will mostly likely last even less than the team if he actively reduces the worth of the entity simply because he is very impressed with himself!
Kimberley - that is what I said?
Trying to retain the entity earning potential is running the company?
Further if that is not possible then it is to take actions to extend that running period while returning the creditors the maximum value.
The administrator is not a friend here of anyone other than the people owed money.
I think you completely miss the point that the entire value of that team entity is that it owns two grid slots. That is the net worth right there given the rest is clearly either furniture, owned by someone else or mortgaged.
If they miss this race (something the administrator clearly had no idea about) then they put those grid slots at risk unless Bernie does a backtrack. That is in the rules.
That is the entire value and future income jeopardised right there because the administrator feeling full of himself did not really understand what he was doing. Hence my comment in that his actions were reducing any potential equity by the minute given today's cars can hardly be thrown on a truck and be expected to run without factory support and backup.
@drgrahamlewis...you seem to be forgetting that the team is 'insolvent' so who is going to put up the finance to keep the team operative? there is no chapter 11 operating in the UK to the best of my knowledge.
where i come from if an entity's liabilities exceed their assets they are technically insolvent and to continue to trade is illegal and a criminal offence. the administrators obligations are to protect the assets for the shareholders, not incur further debt.
They are not the required duties of an administrator. The administrators role is to run, if able, the company as a going concern under strict solvency rules, but for an F1 team where is the money coming from? I'm pretty sure they get very little from F1 itself unless they are one of the top constructors or liable to increased payments through some kind of deal with BE, but from racing at a given event? As far as I can work out, nothing or very little.
The only good news for Caterham is at least now the whole team appears to be together. The situation previously did no one any favours. Maybe a white knight group to buy now it's all in a single package?
What a mess ! What a pack of liars ! What a nest of vipers !
F1 really does attract some appalling people, surely there can be better policing than currently or is money the only god.
Maybe Finbarr O'Connell could give Eddie Jordan a call for a bit of advice.
I don't think the situation's that desperate yet is it?
"The news is a surprise because the consortium's adviser Colin Kolles has consistently claimed that he and his backers have no connection with Caterham Sports Limited and have legally acquired the right to run Caterham cars in the world championship."
It's certainly a massive backtrack, but I wouldn't say it's necessarily a massive surprise...
How's this a "shock" development?
It's a shock to the two sides who've finally stopped and read the fine print to discover the administrator is correct in what he is saying...Simples.
Let's band together and at least buy a team shirt to wear around the house.
Plenty on ebay for 10GBP or less. Those that know F1 will understand why you bought it. Those that don't know F1 will think you work at a catering firm specializing in pork dishes. Delish!
A big confusing this few days :
Now who is the real owner of Caterham F1?
The administrator...
Unless a deal is done with BE because not letting those cars race is putting all at risk as per my comment above.
I guess Finbar just figured out the rules...
Are you serious....An Administrator on the pitwall... I want to see the first pitlane interview with Finbarr O'Connell and Eddie Jordan!
So Fernandes and the other lot have gone from arguing over who owns the team to arguing over doesn't own the team to agreeing to hand ownership of the team they don't own over to the administrator? Wasn't the administrator already in control of the team? How are they going to get to Austin? And who's who's going to supply all the duct-tape to hold the cars together?
"It's not clear how the administrator could run the team in Austin even if the cars and equipment were at the track."
Fortunately that's one question I can answer: The Ghurka soldiers that were guarding the factory will now be in charge of race strategy and performing pit-stops with the administrator as team principle.
Love the photo of Kolles by the way - At this point he's even more confused than we are 🙂
It's a great big bloody mess if you ask me.
With the benefit of hindsight should the Caterham/Lotus project be shot at birth? That is very harsh on the good folks who work there, but you can't just go motor racing on a whim and idealism.
I reckon Fernandes started with the best of intentions but yeah, it went downhill fast.
Let's hope Haas can do better.
My goodness, did Eddie Jordan really say this?
"Sebastian Vettel has got to look over his shoulder and take a look at himself in the mirror, because today he's been blown off by a younger guy."
What has he seen as he walks into the RBR garage? Really, this should be kept private. 🙂
He's channeling Murray!
And I thought I was bad Sebee...well done! 🙂
I've worked as an Administrator in the past, if I had known there was a chance of owning an F1 team I wouldn't have studied engineering!
Nice idea to have Fnarr Fnarr interviewed by EJ! But he and the S&W team won't actually be managing operations, the role of an Administrator is more akin to a replacement financial controller. I don't know Fnarr bur I was 16 years at Smith & Williamson and they are a pretty competent bunch.
Wow, becoming an administrator sounds like a good job. Might get to play real life scalextric for a few weekends before packing up the whole thing and mothballing it in the loft.
What I don't understand is, considering how parts have already been seized from the factory, why did they return the cars there in the first place? Surely there was always a risk this could happen and they should have parked them somewhere not owned by whichever company is under the Administrators.
One they need the factory based support and two BE and the freight people deal with all transport to the door. You sort of have to have a door...
It was mentioned by Ted Kravitz that without access to the servers and other equipment at Leafield the cars were useless, so not a lot of point doing that.
Like at McDonald's?
OK, for those of you not in business, this is NOT a surprise. The only value in Caterham to extract is if the team finishes the season, otherwise if forfeits 50 million. That is in NO ONE'S best interest, either the past or future, or past/future/present owners.
What has happened is that an administrator is following the USUAL "Administrator's Playbook 101", which first calls for rounding up all the assets and taking control of them, for summary disposal at auction or sale. That would be Mr Finbarr. Of course the "Administrator's Playbook 101" doesn't have a chapter for "team must finish season or forfeits 50 million smackeroos". It DOES have a chapter for deploying guards and another on sounding tough.
So what has happened is that people that understand the missing "50 million smackeroos" chapter, including Fernandes and the new owners, and probably Bernie, have had a coming together and said enough is enough. Let's do the adult thing and salvage some races for all of our sake's.
The administrator will probably hold _title_ to the cars, or at least some form of control of them even if they race. But he has been told that he has to let them race to close out the season.
As for who will actually run the race, I expect to see none other than Tony F and his boys sitting on the pit wall in a week's time, as he is the only one that has a chance at running the race safely and with the fewest screw-ups. And Bernie would probably insist upon that - the show must go on, and it must be safe. Especially these days...
@ robert....'and for all of you not in the business........" infers that you 'are in the business' and we are all simply uneducated [ F1 ] prats. obviously your expectations/predictions have vanished into thin air re fernandes et al perched on the prat rail in texas and interlagos.!!!! so what's next from your crystal ball.........
And don't forget the value of those two grid slots which by my calculation is all that's left.
Don't turn up at a race... BE decides from there...
And the rest is furniture and some really unlucky skilled and competent people far better at their jobs than the 101 administrator...
Thank - apparently few understand these rules.
Including Finbar... At a guess 🙂
"The only value in Caterham to extract is if the team finishes the season, otherwise if forfeits 50 million."
How does it forfeit 50 million (pounds?)? I didn't think teams outside the top 10 got any money, and Caterham don't look like getting there.
No, I think it is their deposit with Bernie and F1, which they would forfeit if they do not complete the season. Basically it is a performance bond, to ensure that F1 has enough teams completing the season to fill the races.
I understand that the bottom line is that Caterham has to finsih the season to retain its F1 license and have something of value to sell at the end of the campaign. My question is, what exactly constitutes finishing the season? Does the team actually have to have one car on the track at the start of the race? If so, can they immediateky retire without running a lap (which would be rather easy if they do a pit lane start)? Would appearing during a qualifying session be enough to claim they "took part" in the race weekend? Or do they only need to have the cars at the track even if they never leave the garage? What exactly do they need to do in the coming weeks to retain the Caterham F1 franchise?
Why is it that F1 teams have to fold while football clubs can rack up debt and in some cases continue to spend big? Looking at the Premier League mid table teams like Stoke can compete in relative safety while in debt why can't the same mechanism be in place in F1?
Because football clubs have the ability to earn money to pay those debts back over time; Caterham doesn't. Also if they're in financial difficulties football clubs can massively downscale in a way that an F1 team can't.
I agree about the propensity for football teams to earn more and downscale but their debts are generally growing and it becomes a race to the bottom as they spend more though that bottom is never reached. The book Soccernonics tells us that football clubs just don't go bust that often despite increasing losses year on year. Leeds United were recently losing £1million every month and getting deeper into debt for nearly 2 years. Proportionally if a F1 team was in the same position it would be closed down rapidly.
Who cares whether Caterham F1,Marussia and to some extend Sauber fells of the bed, there were there believing in song and dance of Frankie going to Hollywood,we are living in mordern times , to be successful in anything it takes a money, real money and that includes your wife,that 's right your wife,girlfriend,mistress,those who believe otherwise are blowing to the wind!
Money makes money a fact of life,don't be envious of Bernie Elcconstone he may be a 5 ft + but he deserve 7 footer all day long, just look the woman past and present around him.
I say let the introduction of the third car begin like they used to have in real motor racing days,lift this crappy restrictions and reguations of and let the briliant minds of engineering show their ware!
Well said goggomobil 🙂
Your post had abit of Spirit behind it 🙂
Unhilt the sharp Sabres & Charge the hill for a last Hurrah .
Screaming "God SaveThe Queen & last man to get to the top
is a big girls blouse!!", Hahh there's nothing like abit of
Lord Flash Heart (Rik Mayal R.I.P.)
Yes its a tedious affair regarding the small teams but I'm afraid this will be a slow & stretched cull
as they try & survive (or they think they can survive. But deep down its just fantasy).
They will still fail just as Bernie has planned for their demise.
F1 will be a closed shop affair with only the big boys competing such as giant car manufacturers & billionaires who have money to burn.
I know Fernández is rich but not on the same level as the elite rich like The Russian Oligarchs or the new oil rich countries.
So I take it you would be happy with four teams running 5 cars each? Because that has been tried before, in the States, and it was so dull for fans that they are trying like hell in NASCAR to undo it.
Racing is only fun if there is some element of chance and some drama. And some likeable losers to root for too. Otherwise F1 will just be a few manufacturers running nearly identically speced cars - kind of like DTM is today. And how many DTM races do you watch?
You sound like someone who hasn't watched too many other forms of racing to see what the alternatives really look like. I have, and they are boring as hell to watch.
WRT money, there is PLENTY of money - it's just not being distributed fairly. How can Caterham compete with Ferrari,when Ferrari get $100MM upfront before anyone else gets a dime? How can the bottom teams ever be successful when the top 4 teams take home the huge bulk of the money?
You talk about money as if these teams are inherently poor relations. They are not - some bright businessmen own them. But the issue is the division of the TV rights and gate fees, which is no where NEAR equal. All this talk of three car teams is to keep your eyes away from the fact that Bernie starves the bottom teams so that he and CVC can take huge amounts of money out of the sport and pocket it. The problem is that he is starving the product of re-investment, and the sport is poorer for it.
@Robert,Robert you are lovely man,but you have't answered my point.
Fact, money talks ,Don't be grumpy about Ferrari,over the years Ferrari had earnt it,a brand name that every hot blooded man/woman want to be part of, in US is the symbol of self made man / woman,F1 without Ferrari would be like a world without woman boring, boring period!
The other day Ron Dennis said,and in time a classic quote,Costumers cars can't win a WDC or the WCC,one tend to believe what he said.
Robert, I quote the very popular US presendent Roosenvelt who said if you can't heat in the kitchen get out!
My argument applys to F1 grid .
I agree with your fact that the way F1 is orchestrated by Bernie & CVC is a way both filter huge sums into their own pockets while very little goes toward the litfle teams.
Ferrari receive a huge lump at start of each year because of their status & that should not happen...as Ferrari always threaten to leave constantly when things are not going their way. But each year they are there....due to the huge lump of cash. Greed follows greed.
CVC & Bernie have too much power. But you have to ask... Why on earth did the teams hand him so much power?
Bernie has the knack of 'guilding the lily' while you are blind sided & before you know it
you've signed your soul away for a 100years. He is The Darkside...a Sith Lord perhaps !
+1 for the little guys
When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results
Bernie Ecclestone has given Caterham special dispensation to miss the U.S. and Brazilian GPs while they find a new buyer
Has anyone brought the flag down & blown a rendition of Ths Last Post" at Caterham HQ?
& set alight the two cars for posterity 🙂
About time this was brought to a swift close.
Time to move onto Marussia & then Sauber...
I can hear the sharpening stone grinding & see the sparking as the hatchets are being sharpened.
Slowly but surely a new age of 3 car teams is drawing closer.
Bernie is playing the long game & watching from his high tower...grinning like a Sith Lord as the lower teams fail.
I'm going to need a flow chart for this...
F1 needs the 'small teams'. They provide seats for the hopefuls - Fernando Alonso in Minardi, Danny Ric in HRT, etc. Realizing that there is a lot of greed, why can't someone in F1, who has the sport's interest above their own be statesmanlike enough to design an equitable revenue source for all teams?
Its yesterdays bread.
It would be really hilarious to now see Finbarr O'Connell dressed in Caterham's uniform and talking about car developments and scoring points towards the end of the year for "a big push next season".
The other bizarre thing is if it turns out O'Connell is actually a great team boss!
The more digging you do,the deeper you go,and for this one i needed a JCB but i think i have found the truth.
Its nothing to do with Caterham or Middle east investment but everything to do with Forza Rossa,the rumanian entry into F1.
The value of Caterham is next years entry and car design. We know that the 2015 car was being thought up in Germany,and who's factory is this?? Why its Dr Colin Kolles.
We know that funds have been syphoned off from this yrs revenue and channelled into the next design and only the bare minimum has been used for this yrs car.i would be very surprised if the Forza Rossa entry doe not look like the 2015 caterham.
It all makes sense once you put everthing together, the fake middle east investment came from Romanian investors, the sudden back swing when the cars are seized as this would have jeopardized next years entry and then there is the fabrication of next years car in another teams factory. I am not just pulling this from thin air, have a look at the Lotus wec entries this year, its a way of develping a race car on the cheap..its legal but its not ethical imho, i dont believe the staff knew what was happening as this guy has more Smoke and mirrors than Paul Danials.
Any thoughts James?
Well there is another possible way of raising revenue for the financially ailing Caterham team.
Sell the film rights. Sort of a "Carry On Caterham" or "Mr. Bean goes F1". Would Rowan Atkinson make a good senior administrator? Your thoughts on format and casting?
Geoffrey Faulks (Rowan Atkinson) is a bankruptcy administrator who finds himself thrust into the limelight when a bizarre turn of events sees himself named as Team Boss of an F1 team that had fallen into administration.
When a grave error by Geoffrey risks to implicate him in a Creditor Repayment plan which actually is not feasible, Geoffrey's only way out is to see the struggling team win a sizeable cash prize at the end of the ongoing F1 season.
Allied with an eccentric Technical Director (played by Jeremy Clarkson) and a driver line-up that includes a jaded old charger (Tiff Needell) looking at one last chance to ride into the F1 sunset, Geoffrey Faulks has no choice but to dive headlong into motorsport's infamous shark pit and compete with the world's toughest racing teams for victory.
"The Race is On!"
So, Gurkhas as extras maybe and there must be a guest appearance from Eddie Jordan!!
Voice overs from Murray, (James & Martin much too sane). Perhaps a previous F1 team principal character, who also had an interest in a football team which attracted some of his time and interest, (the speedo clad photo?) Stephen Fry?, as a suggestion.
Eddie Jordan will spend the first half of the film always saying Rowan's team is "Doomed to fail", and when they finally score ONE win that seals the much needed position and prize money (with Tiff at the wheel of course), Jordan suddenly says that he "always knew they would come good!".
Also repeating gags where Rubens Barrichello keeps showing up and asking if he can drive the car.
Jeremy Clarkson's character also comes up with a number of strange and unwieldly aero solutions, which finally come good in the last 3 races. It plays out so that the Team needs to win the double points finale to save Rowan's skin.
In the Epilogue we learn that the Jeremy Clarkson character went to Ferrari the following year, Tiff's character won the Laureus sportsman of the year award....
and in a cliffhanger...Rowan Atkinson's character, now seen as some kind of sports wonder-worker, is shown being hired to manage England's next stab at the World Cup.
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De La Torre claimed off waivers, optioned to Minors
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers added to their stable of relief options for 2014 and beyond when they claimed right-hander Jose De La Torre off waivers from the Red Sox on Friday.
De La Torre, 28 in October, made his Major League debut with Boston in May and June, pitching to a 6.35 ERA in seven low-leverage appearances, with 15 strikeouts and 10 walks in 11 1/3 innings. He is 12-5 with a 2.58 ERA in 104 appearances at the Triple-A level for the Mets, Indians and Red Sox over parts of the past four years.
"Three pitches [fastball, slider, changeup], at times every pitch above average. Ability to throw multiple innings," Brewers pro scouting director Zack Minasian said. "He's not a very big guy [5-foot-10], but a pretty good competitor. He's had a lot of success in the Minor Leagues, and it's just a matter of getting a chance in the big leagues."
Two Brewers scouts recommended De La Torre: special assistant Dick Groch, who saw De La Torre pitch in the Majors for Boston, and pro scout Tom Mooney, who saw him more recently in the Minors.
"We were fortunate to see him late, and we saw him pretty good," Minasian said. "It was good that they both recommended him separately, and we had our analytics people look at him, and they had good stuff on him, too."
The Red Sox had designated De La Torre for assignment to make room for pitcher Clay Buchholz's return from the 60-day disabled list. To make room on their own full 40-man roster, the Brewers shifted injured second baseman Rickie Weeks to the 60-day DL.
The Brewers were required either to bring De La Torre to the big leagues or option him to the Minor Leagues, so he was optioned to rookie level Helena, Milwaukee's only active affiliate. But he will not report to that team, which begins the Pioneer League Championship Series against Idaho Falls on Saturday night.
De La Torre will have two Minor League options remaining when he reports to Brewers big league camp in the spring. It is his second stint with Milwaukee; the organization originally signed him as a free agent out of Puerto Rico in January 2004, but released him that April.
Aramis hit by pitch, exits with bruised left wrist
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez, whose season has already been ruined by a left knee injury, exited Friday's game after being struck on the left wrist by a Mat Latos pitch in the first inning. X-rays were negative and he was diagnosed with a bruised wrist.
"I should be OK in the next few days," Ramirez said. "You never want to be hit around the hand, but if you are, I got hit in the right place. I got hit in the wrist, and that's a big bone in there."
Ramirez was in obvious pain after the wayward, 93-mph fastball knocked the bat from his hands. He remained in the game, and the Brewers took a 2-0 lead when Carlos Gomez flared a single to shallow right field, but Jeff Bianchi took over at third base at the start of the next inning.
It has been a terrible year for the middle of the Brewers' batting order. No. 3 hitter Ryan Braun is serving a 65-game suspension, No. 5 hitter Corey Hart is out for the season after surgery on both knees, and Ramirez has been limited to 10 home runs and 41 RBIs in 81 games as a result of his knee issue.
Ramirez will probably sit out Saturday's afternoon game against the Reds.
"He's going to be pretty sore tomorrow, I would think," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said.
Gorzelanny aims to return before end of season
MILWAUKEE -- Brewers left-hander Tom Gorzelanny reported progress in his comeback from rotator cuff inflammation, and he said he was intent on pitching again before the end of the season.
Gorzelany reunited with the team Friday for the start of its final homestand. He had missed the entire trip to Chicago and St. Louis while getting treatment on his shoulder, which forced him out of a relief appearance on Sept. 2, when Gorzelanny couldn't get loose.
During his absence, Gorzelanny's wife, Lindsey, gave birth to the couple's second child. Tom Gorzelanny said the family was doing well, and he was eager to get back to work.
"The goal is to get out there before the end of the year, even if it's on the last day," Gorzelanny said. "If it doesn't feel good, we won't do that. I'm not worried about it at all, as far as next year. But it would be great to get out there for little peace of mind going into the winter."
Gorzelanny has only thrown on flat ground since the Sept. 2 outing against the Pirates.
"Obviously, it's not as important as if we were in the race, but they want me to get out there and I want to get out there," Gorzelanny said. "As long as everything is going fine and going good, I'll get in there."
Brewers discuss tinting windows at Miller Park
MILWAUKEE -- There was little consensus Friday after Brewers players and executives gazed skyward at a series of tinted panels on the troublesome bank of windows high above Miller Park on the first-base side. Since the stadium's inception in 2001, those windows have caused shadows and glare troublesome to hitters and left fielders alike.
The windows are necessary to let light reach the natural grass, so the Brewers have considered a series of options, including moveable curtains, shades or blinds. All were dismissed because of cost and maintenance issues. Officials now believe tinting the windows beyond the infield is the best option, and installed four different samples during the team's just-completed road trip.
Manager Ron Roenicke strolled to left field on Thursday and picked his favorite. Others will weigh in during the course of the homestand.
"It doesn't darken it that much," Roenicke said. "You just have to take that glare off. ... This will improve as the game gets later on a day game, and if we ever have those three o'clock starts or five o'clock starts. This will make a difference."
The Brewers will make a decision after the season about whether to apply tint to a wider swath of windows. The bank on the third-base side, which faces north, will not be affected.
Last call
• Outfielder Khris Davis missed a seventh consecutive start Friday because of a sore left wrist, but he was scheduled to take full batting practice. If that went well, Roenicke said, "Hopefully [on Saturday] we can get him back out there."
• Weeks turned 31 on Friday. He is home in Orlando rehabbing from left hamstring surgery.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Are America's children overweight because of advertising? A new study suggests that banning fast-food ads would reduce the number of overweight children ages 3 to 11 by 18 percent and would reduce the number of overweight adolescents ages 12 to 18 by 14 percent. However, common sense — something often missing from research reports and very underrated in America today — reminds us that the single most important variable in child obesity is parenting.
There was a time in history when children would ask for things that they neither had the maturity nor the discernment to resist and their parents would simply say, "no." This new study tells us more about the deterioration of the American family than the likely effectiveness of advertising censorship. Can we just be honest? Television commercials do not make kids fat but parents surely can. (I leave aside the question of genetic predisposition to obesity, and mean to imply no blame to those who are blameless.) Children learn good or bad eating habits actively, through parental oversight, or passively, through parental neglect.
I had no idea that children ages 3 to 11 watch fast-food and junk food advertising on television, drive themselves to fast food restaurants, using money earned from working forty hours a week and their debits cards to stuff themselves on extra-large fries. I had no idea that kids 12 to 18 years old arrived at adolescence and randomly adopted unhealthy eating habits that were contrary to what was normalized during early childhood.
A glaring weakness of the study is its analyzing of data as an abstraction disconnected from the reality of the family. The hypnotic power of advertising is falsely believed to trump the power of a healthy family. In its focus on media, the study fails to ask other critical questions.
Do obese children come from homes where parents and children do not eat together at home regularly? Results from a study published in Obesity Research show that children eating with other family members are 15 percent less likely to be overweight compared to those who never or only sometimes eat dinner with another family member. In addition, the more frequently children ate dinner with their families, the less likely they were to be overweight.
This may explain why it is now internationally recognized that the most effective ways to decrease childhood obesity are daily family meals together coupled with increasing parental influence on children's food options.
In October, participants at the Children's Nutrition Research Centre conference in Brisbane, Australia, heard about a two-year health study showing parents and children who started a healthy food program lost more weight than those who focused solely on exercise. The survey by Clare Collins, a health school professor at the University of Newcastle, examined 165 obese children aged 5 to 9. It underlined the fact that parents were still the biggest influence on child nutritional health. "The most important thing you can do for your kids is to sit down at the table as a family," she said.
A July study by the American Medical Association recommends that families concerned with combating childhood obesity, "limit consumption of sweetened beverages and fast food, limit screen time, engage in physical activity for at least 60 minutes per day," and hold family meals on "most, and preferably all, days of the week."
Divorced and single parent families, understandably in light of the time challenges they face, often see fast-food as an easier option. Children raised by single parents are more likely to be overweight than those in two-parent families, according to a national study published in the International Journal of Obesity. Researchers studied more than 7,000 children aged 7 to 11 and found that those raised by one parent were 40 percent more likely to be overweight.
Adults in general may share blame, however, because of their own poor eating habits. Childhood obesity rates essentially mirror obesity rates among adults. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that overweight rates are 13.9 percent of children aged 2 to 5, 18.8 percent of those aged 6 to 11, and more than 17 percent of those 12 to 19. The most recent CDC data reveals that among adult men the prevalence of obesity was 33.3 percent, and 35.3 percent among women.
There is an ancient proverb, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Banning advertising will have no effect on the fact that childhood obesity is most often a function of the nature of the relationships of those closest to them, the people we call parents.


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2012 on track to be worst wildfire year on record
With almost 7 million acres already burned this summer and the end of wildfire season still many weeks away, 2012 is shaping up to be the worst wildfire year on record, federal data show.
Currently, 2006 holds that title, with 9.8 million acres burned. 2007 follows close behind, with 9.3 million acres.
Already, though, the amount of land burned in the first eight months of 2012 has exceeded that of the same period for both those years, and forest officials predict an abnormally long fire season this year due to the summer's severe drought.
Large fires in the Rocky Mountain West ripped through parts of Colorado, Montana and New Mexico earlier this summer, severely damaging the city of Colorado Springs in early July. As the season wears on, forest managers expect to see fire activity shift westward, as it typically does in August and September.
"We've seen high levels of activity this year in the eastern Great Basin area, the northern Rockies, the South and the Southwest," said Jennifer Jones, a public affairs specialist at the Forest Service. "Typically, we see these [more central] regions getting out of the fire season this time of year and activity picking up in the California region."
Indeed, California and Idaho are the current hot spots for U.S. fire activity. A fire in Northern California has destroyed about 50 homes in a thickly forested region north of Sacramento, and a fire in the Boise National Forest has destroyed 94,700 acres near the town of Featherville, Idaho.
More fires, fewer resources to fight them
With climate change edging temperatures steadily higher, many scientists see a direct correlation between global warming and increased fire extent. According to a recent study published in the journal Ecosphere, 38 percent of the planet will likely see increased fire activity over the next 30 years.
In the United States, that could pose problems for forest officials already struggling with budget cuts amid an uptick in fires.
The current spate of wildfires, coming on the heels of an only slightly less severe fire season in 2011, has left federal forestry budgets stretched thin. Partially due to budgetary constraints, the Forest Service recently suspended its policy of letting smaller, natural fires burn out, citing the high cost of managing such fires (ClimateWire, Aug. 21).
Even given the long-term warming trends projected by climatologists, foresters are hopeful that the natural variability of the fire cycle will persist, creating buffer years when conditions are less ignition-prone and they can continue prescribed-burn restoration efforts.
Jones pointed to the years 2008 to 2010, when, after a spate of increased fire activity, levels dropped to well below the 10-year average.
"Even given long-term trends of climate change ... as well as fiscal constraints for the foreseeable future, there could well be years where we have more leeway for fires with restoration strategies because we don't have both factors occurring at once," she said.
Fires this year have already damaged 1,859 homes.


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at Buffalo biomedical researchers have created adult stem
cells that do not age, and have the ability to grow continuously
in culture.
Lee, PhD, leader of the study and associate professor of biochemistry
and biomedical engineering in the School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at
University at Buffalo, along with his team, has genetically altered
mesenchymal stem cells in an effort to grow
adult stem cells for clinical purposes.
problem with using mesenchymal stem cells that are not genetically
altered is that they have a short life span in lab cultures. When
using these mesenchymal stem cells, doctors and scientists must
continuously replenish the samples in order to use fresh, new stem
cells. But the stem cells come from bone marrow donors, and the need
to use new samples all the time can be difficult, time-consuming and
now, the University at Buffalo researchers have engineered new cell
lines that they are calling "MSC Universal," which work
exactly like normal mesenchymal stem cells, but do not age in lab
stem cell research is application-driven," said Lee. "If
you want to make stem cell therapies feasible, affordable and
reproducible, we know you have to overcome a few hurdles. Part of the
problem in our health care industry is that you have a treatment, but
it often costs too much. In the case of stem
cell treatments, isolating stem cells is very expensive. The
cells we have engineered grow continuously in the laboratory, which
brings down the price of treatments."
addition, Lee's discovery will consist of injecting the altered
mesenchymal stem cells directly into skeletal muscle, which is a
"less invasive procedure" than have the cells injected
right into the damaged organ. Lee has also proved that this type of
injection improves heart chamber function and reduces scar tissue.
the creation of ageless stem cells isn't the only hot news that could
make stem cells clinically-friendly. Researchers from the Centenary
Institute, the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
have to stretch
stem cell growth, allowing the number of blood-forming stem cells
to increase. To do this, researchers replicated the environment where
stem cells live inside the body, mixed cell hormones with
tropoelastin, which is a new elastic-like substance, to coat the
plates where the stem cells were grown, and then allowed the stem
cells to pull on the stretchy surface, expanding the number of cells
by up to three times more than traditional methods. This
particular study was published in the journal Nature
research has, for the first time, successfully demonstrated that
physical forces created by elasticity play a key role in
blood-forming cell growth and may mimic the environment of stem cells
inside our body," said Professor John Rasko, Centenary Institute
Head of Gene and Stem Cell Therapy. "What we've discovered is
that blood-forming stem cells like it to be super stretchy because,
like a cat on a sofa, they like to pull on their environment."
both expanding the number of stem cells used and creating ageless
mesenchymal stem cells, researchers are coming closer to allowing
these cells to be used clinically because these two new discoveries
make it cheaper and easier for people to utilize.


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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Portland guard Bryce Pressley figures he started losing his voice at some point during the second half against Gonzaga.
Leading the scrappy Pilots with 16 points, Pressley's voice was totally gone by the raucous postgame celebration after Portland beat the No. 22 Bulldogs 82-73 on Thursday night.
The victory snapped a 20-game losing streak to Gonzaga.
"I mean, it's Gonzaga. Naturally, you're going to get pumped up," Pressley said, mustering barely a whisper. "But it was a team effort, coaches and players included. We all just got fired up and we took care of business."
The last time Portland (10-7, 2-3) beat Gonzaga at home was in 1996 and the Pilots' last victory in the series came in 2003 in Spokane. Portland had not defeated a ranked opponent since 2009 against then-No. 22 Minnesota.
Gonzaga (14-3, 4-1) had won four straight to open the conference season after a 72-62 loss to Kansas State on Dec. 21.
Playing in their first league game away from home, the defending conference champions were coming off an 86-54 victory over Pacific last Saturday. The Zags won their first four conference games by an average margin of victory of 21.5 points, and they'd held their last six opponents to fewer than 62 points.
However, the Pilots (10-7, 2-3) were determined from the start, stretching their lead to as many as 17 points in the second half.
"They were flying around and beating us to pretty much every ball that was available," Bulldogs coach Mark Few said. "I thought they outplayed us on offense and they outplayed us on the defensive end. We didn't execute very well until there at the end and they deserve a lot of credit.
Back-to-back jumpers from Riley Barker and Bryce Pressley put the tenacious Pilots up 49-37 with 15:26 left. Portland pushed the lead to 53-37 on Kevin Bailey's falling-down jumper and a free throw -- and Gonzaga appeared to be pressing.
Gerard Coleman's layup and two free throws narrowed it to 76-65 for the Bulldogs before Drew Barham's layup made it 78-71 with 1:05. However, Portland held off the Zags as time wound down and Portland's purple-clad fans rushed the court in celebration.
Alec Wintering, who retreated to the locker room in the second half because of cramping in his legs bur returned before the finish, had 14 points for the Pilots and Bailey added 13.
Sam Dower led Gonzaga with 14 points off the bench. Leader scorer Kevin Pangos was held to 12 points.
"We never quite got our feet ready and Portland did a great job of making shots and flying around and basically just outplaying us all night," Few said.
The Pilots were coming off a 72-63 loss to St. Mary's. The game against Gonzaga wrapped up a five-game conference homestand for the Pilots.
Before the game, coach Eric Reveno told the team: "Have the courage to take it.
"I'm glad we beat them when they're pretty good. They're maybe not as dominant as the No. 1 seed they were last year, but they're a good basketball team," Reveno said. "It would have soured it for me if they weren't a good basketball team. I do enjoy beating a good basketball team, darn straight."
After the game, Reveno -- now 1-14 against Gonzaga -- said Few came over with a genuine smile and told him, "Nice job."
Portland is now 7-54 all-time against ranked opponents. Earlier this season the Pilots fell 82-67 at then-No. 1 Michigan State.
Portland jumped out to an early 11-5 lead, paced by Bailey with six points, but Pangos hit a 3-pointer and Angel Nunez dunked to narrow it for the Zags.
It was as close as they could get, and Portland stretched the lead to 20-13 after a pair of free throws from Bailey. With all the momentum on their side, the Pilots pushed the lead to 30-19 following Pressley's layup.
The Zags looked like they were caught off guard by Portland's energy and trailed 39-31 at the half.
"Awesome. It's almost surreal," said 6-foot-11 Portland center Thomas van der Mars, who finished with 11 points and five rebounds. "My teammates had so much confidence. When you play like that it's really fun."
Gonzaga's 7-foot-1 center Przemek Karnowski battled the flu earlier this week but started. The Bulldogs remain without guard Gary Bell, who broke his hand against Santa Clara on Dec. 28 and is expected to be out up to six weeks.


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- Gabriel Wu 17:34, 25 February 2013 (EST): In your timeline, add the species name where the rhodopsin was found.
- Gabriel Wu 17:40, 25 February 2013 (EST): There's a reasonable amount of history of optogenetics in synthetic biology as well. Here's a few papers to check out (there's even a UT connection!). [1] [2]
- Evan Weaver 17:06, 26 February 2013 (EST): I edited the History section for readability. There were lots of grammar errors in that giant paragraph.
- Alvaro E. Rodriguez M. 21:35, 28 February 2013 (EST): Another comment, it's important to say what an acronym means, example, I don't know what PRC,RBS mean, etc....I googled it but you get the point, I bet. Also in the table you might want to add the wavelength (i.e. ....nm) that each of these rhodopsins absorbs, meaning if it says Yellow (600 nm). Also do all bacteriorhodopsins absorb yellow light only?


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Chapel: Al Yoder - April 10, 2013 - Calendar - Cedarville University
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April 10, 2013 from 10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
We welcome to chapel Mr. Al Yoder. Al and his wife, Kim, have served as missionaries with ABWE for over twenty years. They live on a home constructed on the Amazon River and minister to surrounding towns. Their ministries are broad and include avaiation, Biblical counseling, Church Planting, seminary teaching, children/youth ministries, and discipleship. Al and Kim Yoder have also played host to a number of Cedarville MIS Teams. Learn more about ABWE and their work around the world.
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Anyone have a recommendation on a good VPN router? Before I go diving into what looks decent, I'm open to suggestions. Dealt with lots of the Linksys E routers before, wondering if D-Link or Netgear perhaps have anything on par or better. Price range is $100-$200 each (needing two). Will be setup 300+ miles away connecting two offices with a Server 2008 R2 thrown into the mix. Very mild traffic as there will only be 3-5 machines using the connection tops.
Unsure of which VPN protocol I'm going to be using, also open to suggestions there as well. Any downside to using L2TP/IPSec over PPTP. I've also had to use RADIUS a few times, but was "informed" by someone that RADIUS transmit authentication in plain text , please tell me they were full of it


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A cold front is projected to move through the state on Sunday, clashing with warm, moist air over the southern part of the state.
The National Weather Service in Little Rock says the best chance for severe storms is south of a line from Texarkana to West Memphis.
Up to 2 inches of rain could fall in places in the southeast, where localized flooding may be possible. Rain is forecast across most of the state as the system moves through.
A second storm system is expected to reach Arkansas on Tuesday, with precipitation ending as light rain and a snow mix over the central and north of the state, with minimal accumulations.


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New French President Francois Hollande is putting the pieces in place to forge ahead with "a new path" for the European economic power.
Aides announced Wednesday the formation of the new French Cabinet, one day after the Socialist politician was sworn in as president during a rain-soaked ceremony in Paris.
The new assignments include former Socialist prime minister Laurent Fabius as foreign minister and Pierre Moscovici as finance minister. Moscovici is a former minister for European affairs and had served as Hollande's campaign director.
Other key ministers include new Labor Minister Michael Sapin, new Interior Minister Manuel Valls and Defense Minister Jean-Yves Drian.
Hollande named Jean-Marc Ayrault on Tuesday to be his prime minister. The parliamentary leader of the Socialist party speaks German.
Hollande also appeared to make good on a campaign pledge to have women equally represented in the Cabinet. While most of the top posts went to men, 17 of the 34 positions have been filled by women.
One of the country's leading women politicians, however, is not part of the Cabinet. Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry - a rival of Hollande - said she agreed not to take
a consolation post as it made little sense.
After his inauguration Tuesday, Hollande flew to Berlin for key discussions with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The two leaders pledged to work together on proposals to generate economic growth in Europe and avert a currency crisis.
During his election campaign, Hollande criticized the austerity deal forged by his predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the German chancellor. The new French leader said he wants to spur growth and reduce debt without measures that hurt people. Merkel has said the recent eurozone treaty, which imposes budget austerity among its 17 member nations, is non-negotiable.
European leaders will meet informally next week and at a summit in June.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.


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GMO And YouThursday, November 13th, 2014
Another big misinformation problem I'm seeing in posts has to do with GMO. After all, aren't you a GMO?
People are just fear-mongering these days. Years ago, burpee did a bunch of stuff right in Bucks County … with the lima bean. [He basically resurrected the lima bean which is one of the more nutritious uses of land]
I'm not saying there aren't risks with GMO's. I'm saying there needs to be a reasonable debate about the risks — http://www.washingtonpost.com/…/40e4fd58-3132-11e3-8627…


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It'll be interesting to see how our Offense does against Buffalo; We are getting a Offense overhaul so I doubt it give him any advantage.
It'll be interesting to see how our Offense does against Buffalo; We are getting a Offense overhaul so I doubt it give him any advantage.
This is going to spice up the rivalry.
Scott...Thomas...Pace...Smitty...maybe some of these players the Jets plan to cut, could end up playing with the Bills.
Pettine is the D coordinator and Paul Hackett's kid is the offensive coordinator
Maybe Pettine got tired of doing all the work while Rex got all the credit. The fact that O'Neil is going with him instead of trying for Pettine's DC position with the Jets is interesting.
Why does Rex gets all the credit for the Jets' Defense anyway? He's supposed to be the HC, not a glorified DC. He's had 4 years to learn the Offensive side of the game and failed. After sh*t-canning Schotty, Rex's excuse was that he'd turned the Offense entirely over to Schotty. He said he'd never do that again, and promised to study and get up to speed on the Offensive side of the game. Instead he hired Sparano and turned it all over to him! Yesterday he had the nerve to use the Schotty Excuse again.
These coaches have seen the behind-the-scenes Rex; maybe they know something we don't. Last year he lost the locker room. This year it looks like he lost the loyalty of the coaching staff.
Rex Ryan is a bad HC, but if you think that Defense isn't his baby then you have admitted that you know nothing about him or the team.
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Riiiiiiiiiight, sure you weren't...Originally Posted by JaxSuzy
Last edited by McGinley; 01-09-2013 at 12:20 PM.
It certainly will suck if it turns out that "Rex Ryan's Defense" was actually "Mike Pettine's Defense".


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text: In "Journey's End" Picard was, reluctantly, willing to remove a group of aboriginals from this planet they moved to, because it was claimed by the Cardassian Union. In Star Trek Insurrection, Picard was ordered to remove the Ba'ku, aliens who looked like white people, from an a planet they moved to, Picard actively fought against his superiors. That seems like a contradiction to me. Why is Picard willing to removed the aboriginals from their adopted home, but he fights the removal of the Ba'ku with every fiber of his being. Removing the aboriginals from their new planet was done to appease a morally repulsive dictatorship who had no real desire for peace with the Federation. Removing the Ba'ku could have resulted in medical cures that would have helped billions of people, one of these goals sounds better then the other. So is Picard a hypocrite on this issue?


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ive found a little bit about her and this is what it says:
Ameyuri was relatively short in comparison with the other members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. She had long, red hair, and together with a forehead protector, she also wore a simple cloth around her head, distinctively tied at both sides so as the ends of the material protrude upwards, while the remainder of hair is allowed to flow downwards. She wore a loose, pin-striped long-sleeved shirt with a dark obi around the waist, black pants which got much looser near the ends, resembling hakama, and striped leg-warmers. Like all the other members of her generation of swordsmen, she wore bandages loosely tied around the neck and had jagged teeth.
Ameyuri wielding the Kiba.
As one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Ameyuri was one of the most powerful shinobi produced within Kirigakure. Her generation of swordsmen was even noted to be the strongest in the village's history. She was also capable of using Silent Killing, as seen when fighting the Third Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces while under the effect of Zabuza Momochi's Hiding in Mist Technique. She is very well versed in the use of Lightning Release techniques, and was apparently a skilled tracker, as Kayui stated "she never lost her prey". According to Might Guy she was so strong that not even one hundred chūnin could beat her.
Kenjutsu Edit
Ameyuri was very skilled at utilising the Kiba, twin swords imbued with lightning, which are claimed to be the sharpest swords ever made, having the ability to cut through anything, by apparently functioning in a similar manner to Lightning Release-based chakra flow which she wielded with great dexterity. In the anime, it was shown that Ameyuri uses the Kiba in combination with agile spinning movements, sweeping through her targets while rotating around herself, hitting all enemies around her. She could use many techniques using the swords, such as a technique that surrounds her enemies with lightning and also herself in order to perform a close range attack. She could shoot individual lightning bolts with great precision and could also use a technique that can devastate a whole landscape.
Shinobi World War Arc Edit
The previous generation of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist reincarnated.
Amidst the battle with the Third Division the reincarnated previous generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are summoned by Pakura and Gari, under Kabuto Yakushi's instruction, with the intention of overwhelming the opposition. Amongst their number was Ameyuri, who after being futilely bombarded by various techniques and weapons, retrieved Kiba from within a scroll in Mangetsu Hōzuki's possession. Entering the fray whilst concealed by a thick mist, Ameyuri began a silent massacre, masterfully dispatching several shinobi as electricity crackled around the blades. With Zabuza Momochi's defeat, the mist cleared exposing Ameyuri to the enemy. By the time Kakashi Hatake and Might Guy departed for Naruto Uzumaki's location the following day, she had been sealed by the Third Division.
Ameyuri fighting Omoi.
In the anime, at dawn of the war's second day, Ameyuri reappeared on the battlefield. Ameyuri slaughtered countless shinobi that have crossed her path and noticed there are survivors who have escaped. Tired of fleeing and wanting to avenge Yurui's death, Omoi stays behind to fight the kunoichi. Impressed with Omoi's skills, Ameyuri spares him until she disposes of his comrades. After attacking Nurui and Kayui, Ameyuri pursues the persistent Omoi, who leads her into a bottomless marsh, trapping them both when the Kumo shinobi baits her in using her strongest technique. Kakashi and Might Guy came to back up Omoi and have Sai pull him out while Ameyuri sinks into the marsh. Before she sunk in the marsh completely, Omoi gives her one of his lollipops as a thank-you gift, who gave him her swords in return.
Later, with the release of the Impure World Reincarnation technique, Ameyuri's soul was returned to the afterlife.
her justsus:
Lightning Release: Depth Charge
Lightning Release: Lightning Fang
Lightning Release: Thunder Gate
Silent Killing
Thunderswords Technique: Thunderbolt
her nature:
Lightning Release
WTHWTHWTHWTH she is reallllllyyyyyyyyy SSSSSTTTTTRRRROOOOONNNGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Sol 282 Update On Curiosity From USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Self Portrait23 May 2013
I was MAHLI uplink lead again for Sol 282, and helped plan images of the SAM and CheMin sample inlets to verify that samples were delivered properly. The plan also included sample dropoff to CheMin and overnight analysis. It's nice to see that the updates to the MAHLI "self portrait" of the rover that I helped plan on Sol 270 have been incorporated


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Police are looking for a suspect believed to be responsible for shooting a 14-year-old girl in the leg Friday afternoon as she was walking home from school.
Surveillance tape images captured a man, shown above, running through a gas station in East New York and firing three to four shots in the direction of the girl. The suspect then ran off, police said.
The girl's parents told reporters Friday night that their daughter was waiting for the light to change to cross the street when she suddenly felt a pain in her leg and realized she'd been shot.
The bullet had hit the girl just above the knee. She did not see a shooter or witness any altercation before the shot was fired, her parents said.
The girl's injuries were described as not life-threatening.
"I didn't expect this, but thank God she's OK," said the girl's mother, Charisse Tucker.
The victim is a straight-A student at Benjamin Banneker School, where she is a freshman, according to her parents. The girl loves to draw and wants to design clothes, they said.
The family did not want their daughter identified out of fear of retaliation.
Community advocate Tony Herbert joined the girl's parents in expressing anger.
"Again, another gun goes off in our community and another child in our community is shot because of some stupidity, someone who wants a pistol in their hand for a sense of power," Herbert said.