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Pro Touring 1969 Camaro - Terror Yellow
Contradiction In Terms? No, Arguably The Slickest Pro Touring Car Built Yet.
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When you put car crazies Mark Stielow and Charley Lillard together the result is mayhem, albeit measured and designed to work as the situation warrants, but mayhem nonetheless. We're talking about a mountain of torque and power certainly, but we're also in the thick of a rigid chassis, precise and adjustable handling characteristics, huge brakes, and a killer wheel/tire combination that can handle the maelstrom with aplomb. Mark (whose day job is being a top-notch development driver at GM) used CAD/CAM, 2-D dimension drawing, and his own finely cultivated savvy to engineer the finest-driving Pro Touring car the world has yet witnessed. So of course, Charley calls it Jackass.
Charley is an affable middle-aged kid with a parts and information underground to rival the CIA and a seemingly bottomless pit of cash the size of the Grand Canyon. He's acquired a few of Mark's former "test" cars, including the infamous Mule. Charley also has a penchant for all domestic marques (from early Mustangs to traditional-looking street rods with all-aluminum big-inch big-blocks) as well as the decidedly insane.
His most bizarre bone crusher has to be the Pro Street-esque 1,650 ci Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine masquerading as a '55 Bel Air (twin, rear-fender mounted machine guns included). Editor Nick has heard it: "The thing is almost as loud as an alcohol Funny Car. Hearing an airplane and looking at a car is a freaky sensation." But Charley likes to regularly shock the sh*t out of the troops with tremendously capable power whirling within a fairly demure package, but this mega-cube monster is about as retiring as a T-Rex.
But we're here to discuss the latest charger bumping in Charley's stalls. This Charley original was executed by Mark, who admits that the Mule was a bumptious dude, not really refined for the street, simply because it was used for so many different qualifiers. Jackass has all the mannerly aspects you'd expect in a truly lovable road car, but one capable of merciless behavior: quiet idle, supple suspension, full interior with nothing where it shouldn't be, and air-conditioned comfort. It took Reiters Metalcraft in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, and Joe Borshcke from Stenod Performance in Troy, Michigan, and a few more key agents nearly two years to build and fit the parts, like the final product sprang intact straight from some cosmic pod.
Mark went to Nicky Fowler at Scoggin-Dickey Parts Center for the LS9 engine, accessory drive, fuel sender, intercooler pump used in conjunction with a supercharged Ecotec engine, ZR1 uprights, 15.5-inch carbon-ceramic rotors, six-piston Brembo calipers, and whopper rims. Reiters' crew packed in the necessary Art Morrison sub-frame complete with C6 suspension pieces and Morrison custom rack steering assembly. They massaged the inner fender wells to take the turning angle of the 285/30 Michelins Pilot Sport PS2 rubber as displayed on 19x10 ZR1 rims. Then they joined the front and rear sections of the car with DSE frame connectors.
The driving end of the Terror Yellow Camaro was designed around a DSE QUADRAlink. Reiters positioned the sub-assembly and welded in the new body-strengthening bar/upper attachment points for the coilovers, as well as pass-through openings for the exhaust system. The back wheels are 20x12 ZR1, so deeper, taller tubs, also from DSE, easily accommodate the zero wheel offset and the 335/25 tires. Between the quarter panels is a Currie aluminum-center axle a very appropriate choice for the occasion.
Supposedly the first hot rod to be motivated by a ZR1 crate engine, it is the most powerful production engine ever available from any domestic manufacturer. In the Corvette, its rating is 638 hp at 6,500 rpm and 604 lb-ft at 3,800 rpm. With calibration tweaks by Thomson Automotive down in Wixom, Michigan (and later a Ryan Kuhlenbeck-modified LS7 crate motor controller that was amended in the running car by Matt Harlan at DiabloSport), the power level grew like freakin' Jack and the Beanstalk. With no mechanical changes or modifications, it produced 703 hp at 6,300 rpm? Yikes! You'll also notice how the whole package fits neatly under the ZL2 hood, not a lump or a hint or a whisper of what terror lies just beneath the surface.
That slick Currie axle measures 56.9 inches in width, carries 3.89:1 gears, and is connected to the Viper T56 via a Cameron Coves Industries 3.5-inch steel driveshaft. D&D Transmission over in Wixom made an adapter from 0.890-inch aluminum to hook it up with the engine. The flywheel and clutch assembly are straight out the ZR1.
Fuel and other critical fluids and their coolers abound. To fit the Rick's stainless cell and clear the 3-inch stainless exhaust system, the front corners were cut off. The fuel cell carries baffles designed by Mark, and a CTS-V fuel sender that Kinsler Fuel Injection joined with a pair of high-flow fuel pumps and corresponding regulators. Since Charley loves to terrorize (even him) on track days, the transmission is fitted with an external cooling system designed by Mark, composed of a pump and a compact heat exchanger connected by braided-steel lines.
Likewise, the fluid in the Currie axle benefits from yet another cooling system with a trunk-mounted catch can. There's more at the front of the car. To maximize airflow to the radiator, A/C condenser, and heat exchangers required for the supercharger and the power steering, Mark used a Bottomfeeder.com (air dam) kit that redirects air that would normally flow beneath the car directly to the regions that need it most. It sits rearward of the normal location and also aids in aero flow.
If Mark insists on one thing, it is how the undersides of his project cars are packaged. Everything is up and out of the airstream, yet with optimum functionality and free of vibrations. The exhaust system is one such realm. The fuel tank was built to accommodate it and the floor where the rear seat once was (now a storage department for Charley's pounds of $50s) has been raised for the same purpose.
Joe Borchke turned a pile of Kook's stainless tubing into the exhaust system's essentials: the headers for which we have no measurements and the 3-inch stuff into a floor-hugging system. Joe positioned the short Borla mufflers as far to the rear as possible and brought the ends of the tailpipes even with the valance panel. But before Reiters took the car back for bodywork and the application of its PPG Daytona Yellow paint (OE code 76 color in '69), Joe welded in an 8-point cage.
Though the interior isn't sumptuous, it is pinpoint neat, functional, and completely accommodating for the long or short haul-we're talking proper ergonomics. Black usually accompanies yellow and there's plenty of it here. ACC carpeting defines the field and accumulates Recaro Sports seats in leather and Artista cloth. Facing front, Charley lightly grips a MOMO Tuner steering wheel and quickly evaluates the motor's disposition from Stewart-Warner gauges set in flat DSE panel, just to the left of the latest Vintage Air HVAC controls.
Charley scopes the recent past from an inside rearview mirror, featuring interior lights as well as a compass and depresses Solstice pedal pads annealed to the stock levers. Though there's enough torque on tap to totter smartly around in Fifth gear, Charley's always ready for some flash with his hand ready to flick the D&D shifter one way or the other.
So if you're looking to tatter somebody's shorts and you spot Charley in the mood for a little jive, remember that you might get your ass jacked.
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New Age Kaiseki at Hiroshi Eurasian Tapas
From left: papaya and seared foie gras, kampachi in a saffron-kaffir lime broth, kaffir lime and lemongrass bavarois
It's been more than six months since Hiroshi Fukui left Hiroshi Eurasian Tapas, and the new chefs (some of whom helped open the restaurant in 2004) have been experimenting with new menus and concepts. Earlier this month, John Iha, the executive chef, and pastry chef Cherie Pascua sent out small plates on dim sum carts wheeled through the dining room (an idea popularized by State Bird Provisions in San Francisco). And they introduced $35 prix-fixe menus (available Sundays and Mondays) focused on locally-grown ingredients, such as deep-fried Kauai shrimp on saffron-mentaiko udon.
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The international food debate has exploded over the last decade, extending from the many banal and trivial TV programmes - "food pornography" as some call it - to the proliferation of local food groups, the development of ideas of "slow food", and a burgeoning interest in all aspects of the food economy. A broader politicisation of food is evident in the emergence of some unusual political alliances and new political subjects - the gastronome, the dinner-lady and the small farmer (the last of which has reached almost cult status in the rapidly evolving food movements in the United States).
Indeed, I would argue that the movement around food in the US is one of the most significant of modern times, drawing as it does both on the traditions of the 1960s-1970s and the energy of the new social movements. Food has become - to use an older phrase now being recycled by contemporary activists - the "edible dynamic" at the heart of mainstream economic and environmentalist debates (see The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure [Pluto, 2008]).
Slow Food USA is becoming the most powerful political wing of the international Slow Food movement. It has a rapidly growing membership and a strong presence on university campuses, and is supported by an impressive range of writers and activists (such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser). The popularity of films like Food.Inc has touched a chord with a new generation; with more than 100,000 twitter followers, @SlowFoodUSA is now out-tweeting McDonald's.
Britain's Conservative-Liberal coalition government, in power since the election of May 2010, is pursuing a regressive health policy in regard to food. The health minister Andrew Lansley's decision to involve fast-food chains like McDonald's and supermarket monopolies in so-called "responsibility deals" threatens to halt encouraging initiatives to improve school dinners and tackle obesity and alcohol abuse.
Many of the new food movements have denounced the proposal. Jeanette Longfield of the food and farming group Sustain argues that this is the equivalent of allowing tobacco companies to decide on smoking legislation; the TV gardener Monty Don questions whether this is a "junk-food government. Yet the response from most of Britain's centre-left, from the Labour Party and trade unions to assorted intellectuals, has been (to say the least) tepid. There has been little attempt to galvanise opposition amongst the growing movements, or prioritise food as an area where the government is vulnerable. Food, compared to other issues - fundamental as it is to so many of them - remains marginal for many on the left.
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This reflects a deeper flaw on much of the left (and here too Britain is something of a exception in relation to much of Europe). The enduring suspicions of sensual pleasure on the left reach a different sort of peak where food is concerned. The tendency to miss the unifying and egalitarian potential of food politics - and see only the divisive aspects - has led to their removal from some of the new movements.
The cultural underpinning here is partly that the left in Britain often confuses "pleasure" with "luxury" - in direct contravention of one of its heroes, William Morris, who condemned luxury as the "sworn foe" of pleasure because the race it entailed to provide goods for the rich had replaced the simple pleasures of life with ugliness and waste. Moreover, historians like EP Thompson (Morris's biographer) and Raymond Postgate gave great attention to food in their accounts of early working-class movements; and Postgate went on to become the first editor of The Good Food Guide.
A positive sign here is Slow Food's commitment to the "universal right to pleasure", which draws on the energy of earlier social movements while arguing that everyone should have access to healthy, sustainable and good-quality food.
But more generally, the power of global capital and associated supermarket monopolies, the growing global divide between abundance and hunger, the conditions of workers in the food industry should all be at the centre of a sustained critique by the left about the new politics of food.
The food movement in the US has taken on these concerns, informed by post-1960s counter-cultural politics. Michael Pollan's seminal article "The Food Movement, Rising" (New York Review of Books, June 2010) reflects on the ideas of the "back to the land movement", Woodstock and the Diggers, to conclude that the current food movement encapsulates a similar focus on identity, community and pleasure.
The politics of food in the US also reflects the country's deep ideological divide, where initiatives to tax soft drinks (the "soda tax") go to the heart of the "cheap food economy" and its reliance on fast food and big global brands. At its simplest and most evocative, this politics is reflected in the idea of Slow Food Nation. This is more than a slogan, or simple opposition to fast food; it has become emblematic of an alternative way of living. After all, the idea as defined by Eric Schlosser expressed a form of domination that had entered into every "nook and cranny of American society" - implying that the alternative too needs to be be politically and culturally holistic.
The Slow Food Nation idea - originally the title of an event held in San Francisco in 2008 - is driven largely by a new generation of student activists, environmentalists, small producers and farmers as well as politically engaged foodies. A leading student movement in the country is Slow Food on Campus, which organises a range of "eat-ins", boycotts of campus refectories selling GM or unsustainable food, and "buy-ins" of local organic produce from independent producers. These have had some success in changing catering policy but probably a bigger impact on what used to be called "consciousness raising". Student-farmworker alliances have also had some success in gaining better working conditions amongst migrant workers.
Slow Food Campus was created by the Slow Food USA movement under the visionary leadership of Josh Viertel, a former farmer and youth food activist. Slow Food USA operates in quite different conditions from Italy, where the movement was founded; it is fast becoming the international movement's most political arm in raising awareness of food poverty and inequality, and pressing politicians over the Farm Bill, school lunches, and other issues.
The taste revolution
There is no reason why the food movements should be the property of any ideological movement or political constituency. The politics of food has certainly brought together some unusual alliances, drawing in organic farmers, green activists, urban-guerrilla gardeners, and metropolitan gastronomes. The ecology of activism stretches wide, from (in Britain) the Soil Association and Sustain, which have forged effective alliances on the now-threatened school-food initiatives, to Slow Food UK, which has launched its own Slow Food on Campus.
Perhaps the one movement in Britain that embodies the energy of earlier decades is the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). This group, founded in 1971, focuses on a wide-ranging set of concerns that encompass support for local beers and historic pubs with opposition to the power of big breweries and defence of the pub's community role (an issue which relates directly to the availability of cheap supermarket alcohol and it association with many social problems). Camra's impact in mixing politics and pleasure has brought it over 100,000 members, 200 branches, sixteen regional associations, and 5,000 volunteers who organise 150 beer festivals a year.
The politics of food and its implications for the new movements have been explored on openDemocracy (including in a series in 2003, and in later articles) and elsewhere. The distinctive feature of these movements is the links they make between politics, the economy, the environment and health.
The "edible dynamic" provides both a holistic critique of the way society is organised and a prefigurative approach to the future (reflected in the rise of the Transition Town movement which invests in local and sustainable food producers). Perhaps more than on any other subject, debates about food concern ways of living and the future of the planet, where - from from farmers' markets to food festivals - citizens can taste what Alice Waters calls the "delicious revolution".
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns agreed to a sign-and-trade deal with the Sacramento Kings for point guard Isaiah Thomas, two people with knowledge of the situation said Friday.
The people, who sought anonymity because the deal has not been officially announced, say Thomas is signing a four-year, $27 million contract. In exchange, the Kings get the draft rights to center Alex Oriakhi, a second-round draft pick of the Suns in 2013, plus a $7 million trade exception.
One of the people who confirmed the deal said the Suns see Thomas as a "perfect third guard" to play with Phoenix's double point guard starting lineup of Goran Dragic and Eric Bledsoe. He is not envisioned as a replacement for either of them.
Thomas was a restricted free agent who was in Phoenix meeting with the Suns on Thursday and Friday.
The Kings were not expected to match any offer sheet for Thomas after agreeing to a three-year, $15sign free agent Darren Collison last week. With Friday's agreement, the Kings at least get something for Thomas.
Thomas was the 60th and final draft pick, out of Washington, in 2011 and became a fan favorite as he worked his way into more and more playing time in Sacramento.
He averaged career highs of 20.3 points and 6.3 assists in 72 games with Sacramento last season, 54 as a starter. In three seasons with the Kings, he played in 216 games, 153 as a starter, averaging 15.3 points and 4.8 assists.
"I'm excited for what the future holds here in Phoenix," he said in a tweet.
Thomas also thanked the city of Sacramento, saying the city "will always have a place in my heart."
"To the fans of Sacramento, words can't explain what y'all mean to me!," he said. "Y'all made me who I am in the NBA and I can't thank you guys enough."
He thanked Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, a former star point guard for the Suns, for "being by my side since Day 1."
The move leaves six point guards on the Phoenix roster. Ish Smith, the third point guard last season, could well be gone. Phoenix has two young point guards in this year's first-round draft pick Tyler Ennis and second-year pro Archie Goodwin.
Point guard play is critical to the high-energy, fast-paced system of coach Jeff Hornacek, who in his first season on the job led Phoenix to a big turnaround. The Suns, coming off a 25-win season in 2012-13, went 48-34 and barely missed the playoffs in the tough Western Conference.
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On Thursday, the Suns reached agreement on a three-year contract with their starting small forward P.J. Tucker, who was a restricted free agent.
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Last year's second-round pick, point guard Ray McCallum, showed signs of improving with more minutes in the final weeks of the season. And Sacramento has drafted a shooting guard with its last two first-round picks, Ben McLemore (seventh overall) out of Kansas last year and Michigan's Nik Stauskas (eighth overall) this June.
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns agreed to a sign-and-trade deal with the Sacramento Kings for point guard Isaiah Thomas, two people with knowledge of the situation said Friday.


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Thursday, August 02, 2007
Feta Watermelon Skewers
Feta Watermelon Skewers
This is so simple it's not even a recipe. It is however a brilliant idea. Just dice watermelon and the best quality feta cheese you can find. Stick them together on cocktail skewers and place in the fridge until you're ready to eat. Ta-da! It's really a great flavor combination. Add some other things too if you feel like it - mint or basil leaves would work, as well as Kalamata olives.
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- Dagmar said...
They are truly lovely, simple to make and very delicious.
- August 02, 2007 9:47 AM
I am from Greece and i have to say that this combinaton is very popular in Greece and it is my favourite dish for dinner during summer.You can also try to serve an alternative greek salad:cut melon and watermellon in small pieces, add olives ,some grapes, feta cheese and crumbled rye rusk (dakos)on top.
- August 02, 2007 11:56 AM
- Deborah Dowd said...
I would never have thought of these two together (but, then again, I have posted a recipe of watermelon in beer and orange juice). I am giving this a try!
- August 02, 2007 1:01 PM
- Jeanne said...
I had this combo for the first time earlier this year and I'm hooked! It also makes an amazing salad with toasted seeds and a tangy dressing.
- August 02, 2007 2:43 PM
- Rose said...
Oh, hooray -- believe it or not, I was just looking for a good watermelon skewer idea!
- August 02, 2007 7:57 PM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
They look beautiful and I'm sure taste great, too, Anne!
- August 02, 2007 8:47 PM
- thepassionatecook said...
actually, this IS fancy! given that people like rick tramonto get away with watermelon cubes with nothing but a drop of balsamic vinegar! i can already taste it...
- August 02, 2007 11:20 PM
- Jacqueline Meldrum said...
My friend makes a good watermelon and feta salad. It is a great combination! He adds pomegranate and drizzles it with balsamic vinegar.
- August 03, 2007 12:23 AM
- kate said...
i love watermelon with basil, but i never thought to add the feta. interesting!
- August 03, 2007 3:15 AM
- test it comm said...
This sounds interesting. I have heard about sprinkling salt onto watermelon and feta is a nice and salty cheese. I will have tor try this combo this summer.
- August 03, 2007 4:57 AM
- Elle said...
What a great flavor combination. ALso, welcome to the DBs. Look forward to getting to know you.
- August 03, 2007 5:49 AM
- Anna (Morsels and Musings) said...
i remember when i was a kid and a greek friend of mine suggested this combination to me. i was absolutely horrified and then i tasted it and i was absolutely hooked. i love serving it as canapes the way you have. it always looks so impressive.
- August 04, 2007 3:11 AM
- Charley Foster said...
Just the other day at dinner at a friend's house I had my first encounter with watermelon cubes topped with basil, fresh mozzarella and balsamic vinegar. It was 85 degrees F out and muggy. They were fabulously refreshing.
- August 07, 2007 5:09 AM
I'm sorry. I got that wrong. Just now looking at the picture I took of the evening it was watermelon topped with basil, balsamic vinegar and CHERRY TOMATOES.
- August 07, 2007 5:44 AM
- Charlena said...
I tried these for a party this weekend. Everyone enjoyed it a lot, but I bought too much. I found a watermelon salad on the food network website. It calls for watermelon cubes, feta cheese, onion, red wine vinegar, fresh mint, olive oil and a little bit of salt & pepper. It sounds awful but it was really good to use up the leftovers.
- August 08, 2007 4:55 AM
- Charlena said...
My husband loved the skewers and the salad! thanks!
- August 08, 2007 4:57 AM
Yep, these are amazing, but when I do them I add red onion and a squeeze of lime juice on the top. That just gives them...that little bit of egde :) Try it...you might like it :)
- August 08, 2007 4:31 PM
I tried these with mint-infused olive oil... Refreshing and delicious... One of my favorite dishes!
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1. The Dodgers need starting pitchers. Presumably, they'll land at least one solid, in-his-prime pitcher for their rotation after losing Derek Lowe, Greg Maddux and Brad Penny this winter, and that will probably be either Randy Wolf or Braden Looper. However, the Dodgers may need more than one pitcher after suffering so many losses. While they are hopeful that talented youngster Chad Billingsley will come back quickly after breaking his leg slipping on ice in his home state of Pennsylvania, Billingsley's injury is yet another issue for a young, talented team that has a number of them.
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Here we are again ladies and gents. February 14th, 2013. Valentine's Day. One of the most anticipated and loathed days of the year. A made up holiday that has gone beyond being overhyped over the decades. A day when relationships can be bonded stronger than ever, or die a horrible excruciating death. A day when the flower companies, and even the sidewalk bodegas in NYC ridiculously inflate their prices to give us all forced anal enemas. The greeting card companies make a killing on this day with some of the most expensive and vomit inducing cheesy cards of the year. Don't even get me started on the mediocre candy companies that sell a ton of heart shaped boxes containing lousy tasting chocolate selections. Sheesh – just go into your nearest Duane Reade, CVS, Walgreens, or any other drug store chain and you will see rows upon rows of this stuff. Look for the aisles that are all decked out in pink and red. Some people are all gung-ho about V-Day. Some couples plan elaborate dinners and expensive gifts. Celebrities flaunt it in the newstand rags. Coworkers show off the nauseating flowers and gifts they received on their desks. People gush about how "my boyfriend" or "my wonderful wife" or "my hubby" got me this or that. "We're so in love!"
Gag me already. No, please, kill me now. Yet, as the sucker I am I still went out and did my part to support this horrible of days. Why? Well, because no man wants to be "that guy" that did not do something special for their gal. Plus, there is no way I want to feel the wrath of a woman scorned. Also, I gotta admit that I have a cool ass chick at home. She likes cards so that was an easy one. She also is a rocker chick so the KISS Pez Limited Edition Gift Set was a killer choice and no-brainer when I saw it in the store. When she unwrapped it this morning I asked if she liked it and with a big smile proclaimed "hell yeah!" "Screw flowers – this is way better!" Rock on! \m/
See boys, sometimes you just got to know what your gal really appreciates. It's not about giving flowers or candy, as those are lame and can be given at any day or time. Dinner out? Eh, we do that all the time anyway. There's no real thought in that. Give the perfect little gift that shows you appreciate and know her. Same thing goes for you ladies out there. Guys are simple and easy to please. We don't go for all that mushy nonsense. We like cologne, new shaving gear, tickets to a ball game, an ipod, a home cooked meal, sex, etc. Sex is always a good gift, by the way. Can't go wrong there. 😉
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The Frenchman has received intense criticism from Arsenal fans for his decision to leave the club for Eastlands, but Nasri had nothing but kind words for his former club and manager, insisting that Wenger was not the reason for his departure.
Speaking ahead of his side's trip to Emirates Stadium on Sunday, Nasri revealed the confidence gained from playing under the stewardship of his former boss and his enjoyment of the game whilst an Arsenal player.
"If I'm here today it's because of him. I'll never forget what he did for me," Nasri told The Sun.
"I owe him a lot. He gave me confidence not just as a player but as a man as well.
"That is why I really respect him and really like him because he cared about the men, not just about the players. For some managers they want you to be on the pitch and that is it.
"For him he wants to talk to you, to know a little more about you to give you the confidence, it was like a second love for me.
"I played fantastic football for three years and I learned how to play at a high level with a lot of Champions League and I was always in the race for the title."
Nasri also explained that his reason for leaving Arsenal was purely due to a desire to win silverware.
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1. Eat the colours of the rainbow.
It's easy to identify foods with the highest levels of antioxidants, they're often the most colorful. Carrots and sweet potatoes have plenty of beta carotene; bell peppers, strawberries and tomatoes contain vitamin C; tomatoes and watermelon have lycopene; and dark leafy greens like spinach contain lutein. Blueberries have anthocyanins. Red grapes have resveratrol. And the list goes on, so banish the beige!
2. Plot out your plate wisely.
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3. Eat whole fruits first.
Pure fruit juice, though often rich in the same vitamins, minerals and cancer-fighting phytochemicals as the whole fruits they're made from, don't contain Fiber. Though you may feel full after snacking on an orange, you probably won't after drinking a glass of orange juice, but you'll end up consuming more calories, because juice condenses a fruit's calories into a small amount. A glass of juice here and there won't hurt, but stick with whole fruits first.
What's missing in "dressed-up" juices? Some fruit juices are now fortified with Fiber (it's added in the form of a thickening agent called maltodextrin), but you're still missing out on all of the other beneficial compounds whole fruits provide. If it's Fiber you're seeking, why opt for processed and bottled when you can enjoy fresh and whole?
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Rheumatoid arthritis patients are likelier than the average person to develop chronic kidney disease, and more severe inflammation in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis, corticosteroid use, high blood pressure and obesity are among the risk factors, new Mayo Clinic research shows. Physicians should test rheumatoid arthritis patients periodically for signs of kidney problems, and patients should work to keep blood pressure under control, avoid a high-salt diet, and eliminate or scale back medications damaging to the kidneys, says senior author Eric Matteson, M.D., Mayo rheumatology chair. The study is published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the National Kidney Foundation journal.
Researchers studied 813 Mayo Clinic patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 813 without it. They found that over a 20-year period, people with rheumatoid arthritis have a 1 in 4 chance of developing chronic kidney disease, compared with the general population's 1-in-5 risk.
"That might not seem like a lot, but in fact that's quite a big difference, and it has important implications for the course of rheumatoid arthritis and for the management of the disease," Dr. Matteson says.
In addition, heart disease is more common in rheumatoid arthritis patients who have chronic kidney disease, he adds.
Factors contributing to a higher kidney disease risk for rheumatoid arthritis patients include use of corticosteroids such as prednisone and cortisone; a higher "sed rate" — a blood test that measures inflammation — in the first year of rheumatoid arthritis; obesity; hypertension; and dyslipidemia, abnormally high cholesterol in the blood, according to the study.
There are currently no medical guidelines specifically for the management of chronic kidney disease in rheumatoid arthritis, says Dr. Matteson, adding that he hopes the research will make physicians more alert to the risk of kidney disease in rheumatoid arthritis and lead to guidelines.
Dr. Matteson recommends that physicians be careful about the medications they give people with rheumatoid arthritis, to reduce the risk of medication-induced kidney disease. Rheumatoid arthritis patients should have blood tests and urine analysis once a year or more often to detect kidney problems, depending on the medications they are taking and on other conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure they may have, he says.
"Kidney disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis can be detected very simply, and the techniques are the same as are used in the general population," Dr. Matteson says.
To reduce their risk of developing kidney disease, patients should be attentive to their blood pressure and keep it under control, maintain a diet that isn't high in salt; avoid or reduce use of medications that are directly toxic to the kidneys; including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; and get their rheumatoid arthritis and inflammation under as good of control as possible, he adds.
More research is planned to understand contributors to kidney disease in rheumatoid arthritis and how to intervene to reduce the risk, Dr. Matteson says.
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1.LaTonya J. Hickson, Cynthia S. Crowson, Sherine E. Gabriel, James T. McCarthy, Eric L. Matteson. Development of Reduced Kidney Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2014; 63 (2): 206 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.08.010
Mayo Clinic. "Vigilance for kidney problems key for rheumatoid arthritis patients, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 April 2014. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140410083339.htm>.


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Edwards pleaded guilty to the charges before U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle on April 29. He is set to be sentenced August 19. Before he decided to plead guilty, Smith's case had been set to go to trial next week.
Federal prosecutors say that Smith and Edwards — known by their hacker handles Zook and Davus — created a botnet they called Nettick, which they then tried to sell to cybercriminals, asking US$0.15 per infected computer.
To prove that they really controlled Nettick, the two allegedly trained it on a system hosted by The Planet, launching an August 2006 DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on the ISP.
Six weeks later, the two allegedly broke into Texas Web hosting provider T35 Hosting, stole the company's database of user names and passwords and then defaced T35's Web site, posting this data to the public. T35 is best known as the free ISP that had hosted the Web site of Joe Stack, who crashed his plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, earlier this year.
Shortly after the attack, Smith allegedly posted a message to the HelptingWebmasters.com, pretending to be an innocent witness to the incident. "I found out today at around 11:40 PM that the t35 Website was Completly [sic] defaced," Zook wrote in the post. "I posted it to a few news sites and noticed after posting them that the Mysql dumps were actually up for grabs… How are all the users going to be compensated? Im [sic] sure EVERYONES [sic] password was in that file…"


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A recent survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy showed that Republicans and right-wingers are much more likely to give charity than liberals – and it's not at all surprising. As a self-made entrepreneur, I give charity and nearly every self-made entrepreneur I know gives considerably. People who work hard give and understand the importance of giving – but don't they have the right to give as they see fit?
Alan Wolfe, a political science professor at Boston College was quoted in the Associated Press that liberals give by "paying higher taxes", and thereby funding government programs. He said they "view the tax money they're paying not as something that's forced upon them, but as a recognition that they belong with everyone else, that they're citizens in the common good." Excuse me – but why is the government in my pocket don't I have the right to decide where to give?
Not fair, not right, and decidedly un-American. According to philanthropy.com,: Utah tops the list of giving, with residents donating 10.2 percent of their discretionary income to charities. Utah is a solidly red state, and blue state New Hampshire's residents give only 2.5 percent of their discretionary income to philanthropic organizations.
There are many different causes people give to – whether health, religious, educational, or organizations involved with: Quadriga Art – but whatever they are, I believe people have the right to choose whatever charity they want to give to, and not have it forced upon them.
Unsurprisingly, leading addiction recovery center: Morningside Recovery: has started a special counseling group to help people deal with social media addiction. In today's world people find it easier to deal with abstract far-away people rather than those in front of them.
America should be about free choice and free enterprise – not having choices forced upon us.
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Norway's government, which sets the strategy for the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, signaled it will probably abide by sanctions against Russia agreed by the European Union and the U.S. "In such a situation we have to react," Foreign Minister Boerge Brende said in a statement today. The government of Norway, which isn't an EU member, will now "study the measures carefully" before arriving at a final conclusion, he said.
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Vedoutie Hoorbraj of Ardsley - also known as Shivonie Deokaran - is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. She faces up to 20 years behind bars, though a lighter sentence is expected.
Hoorbraj after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud earlier this year following her arrest in Orlando. She admitted to engaging in an elaborate scheme to solicit donations for two years in Westchester by representing that she had terminal cancer and required money for living and medical expenses.
Hoobraj obtained donations and checks through two GoFundMe fundraising campaigns that were set up in 2014 and 2015, according to the Westchester County District Attorney's Office.
Those pages stated she had 18 months to live and her family was suffering financial burden from chemotherapy treatments and other medical and living expenses. Hoobraj publicized her alleged struggles online through email and social media.
In total, Hoobraj admitted to stealing more than $50,000 from more than 300 people in Ardsley and elsewhere.
Between October 2014 and December 2015, Hoobraj transferred $32,600 from an Ohio bank account operated by the GoFundMe payment processor vendor to her own personal bank account.
Additionally, in November 2015, Hoobraj deposited two donation checks totaling nearly $20,000 from the Student Activity Fund of Ardsley High School.
Officials with GoFundMe have since stated that donors would be refunded if they contributed to Hoobraj's cause.
Hoobraj told police in Ardsley that she had been diagnosed by a doctor at Sloan Kettering Medical Center who died in an earthquake in Nepal and was currently being treated by a new physician.
"Vedoutie Hoobraj allegedly concocted an elaborate story about having cancer when she did not, using GoFundMe pages and accepting money raised by a local high school, all supposedly to fund her medical care," officials said. "Hoobraj even falsified medical records for donors to conceal the fraud.
"Vedoutie Hoobraj went to great lengths to hide behind her self-fabricated cancer diagnosis. Not only did she allegedly allow the people of her community to hold fundraisers on her behalf, including a local high school football team, but sat idly by as they showered her and her family with their love, money, and unwavering support," William Sweeney, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the FBI said at the time of her arrest.
To further aggravate the matter, as alleged, she actively peddled her story in an effort to make more money; falsely claimed that she received treatment from legitimate doctors and hospitals; and produced fake test results to support her claims.
"Hoobraj's/Deokaran's alleged crime is not only an injustice to those who were kind enough to help her, but also to those who do truly need the support of their communities and may now be met with suspicion because of Hoobraj's alleged behavior."
Ardsley Woman Who Faked Cancer Diagnosis In $50K Fraud Pleads GuiltyAs a result, GoFundMe spokesperson Bobby Whithorne offered an apology to donors and noted that the organization plans to pay back any misappropriated funds.
"First, our platform is backed by the GoFundMe Guarantee, which means that in the rare case that GoFundMe, law enforcement or a user finds campaigns are misused, donors are fully protected and will get their money back," he said in a statement following Hoobraj's arrest. Additionally, it's important to remember that misuse is extremely rare on our platform. Campaigns with misuse make up less than one-tenth of one percent of all campaigns.
"With that said, there are unfortunate and rare instances where people create campaigns with the intention to take advantage of others' generosity. In the small handful of cases where misuse occurs, GoFundMe takes action to resolve the issue. The user has been banned and GoFundMe will offer refunds to all GoFundMe donors."
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Blackhawks blow out Wild, advance in playoffs for first time since 2010
CHICAGO -- Marian Hossa scored twice to back a strong effort by goalie Corey Crawford, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 Thursday night to win their first-round playoff series 4-1.
Chicago is moving on in the postseason for the first time since the championship run in 2010, and will face either San Jose or Detroit if the Red Wings get past Anaheim.
"We knew we hadn't done it in two years," Hossa said. "Minnesota, they still have a great team and are missing some players. We found a way. Now we get ready for the next round."
The way the Blackhawks have dominated, anything less than a trip to the Stanley Cup finals would be a disappointment for them.
They got off to a record start and captured the Presidents' Trophy for finishing with more points than any other team.
Now, they're eyeing the biggest prize of all. And after bowing out in the first round the past two years, they sure are looking good.
Hossa scored off a feed from Jonathan Toews late in the first period. Marcus Kruger made it 2-0 with a wraparound early in the second, and Hossa chased the Wild's Josh Harding when he knocked in a rebound minutes later.
Then, after Torrey Mitchell scored for Minnesota, Chicago's Andrew Shaw scored against Darcy Kuemper. Patrick Sharp added his fifth goal of the series early in the third period, and that was more than enough for Crawford.
Coming off his second career playoff shutout, he saved 21 shots, and the Blackhawks became the third team to advance in this postseason, along with San Jose and Ottawa. They also bucked a recent trend of early exits for Presidents' Trophy winners.
The team with the most regular-season points had been eliminated in the first round in three of the previous four years. The Wild were hoping to replicate what the Los Angeles Kings did last year and win the Stanley Cup as the eighth seed, but the Blackhawks simply had too much skill, speed and depth.
The Wild were also short-handed after losing one of their top scorers in Dany Heatley to season-ending left shoulder surgery late in the season. They also had to get by without goalie Niklas Backstrom after he suffered a leg injury in warm-ups before Game 1.
That forced the Wild to go with Harding, who played in just five games during the regular season after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last summer. And he also got banged up in this series. He left Game 4 after a collision with Toews in which his legs got straddled around the left goal post, and he wasn't sharp in this one, allowing three goals on 18 shots even though he was deemed well enough to start.
Coach Mike Yeo turned to Kuemper after Hossa's second goal. He also insisted the injury in Game 4 wasn't a factor in Harding's performance in this one.
"It wasn't," Yeo said. "I don't want to pin this loss on Josh, either. Credit them and their team."
There was also a question about Yeo's job security after this loss. The Wild were widely considered Stanley Cup contenders after they gave free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter identical 13-year, $98 million contracts last summer. But they never quite lived up to expectations.
"I can't answer that," Yeo said. "All I can say is if you want to look at it objectively, statistically, if you really want to look at it properly, then there've been a lot of improvements in our organization and our team. I feel that we're going in the right direction."
For a moment, the Wild looked like they might get back into this one.
Moments after Minnesota's Jared Spurgeon hit the right post, Mitchell ripped a one-timer past Crawford midway through the second period. But Shaw answered 35 seconds later with his first career playoff goal when he swept the puck in from a bad angle just to the right of the net, making it 4-1.
Crawford, meanwhile, continued to erase doubts about his ability to perform in the postseason. That was a big question coming into this series after he let in several soft goals in last year's first-round loss to Phoenix. He's been nothing but solid in this series.
"He's making saves that he needs to make and he's making saves that he shouldn't be making," Sharp said. "When he does that, it breeds confidence throughout the lineup and it filters through everybody."
He even had the fans chanting his name at several points. For example, when Crawford stopped a routine shot by Jason Pominville from the wing and scrambled back toward the middle of the net for a neat pad save against Mikko Koivu on the rebound. That foiled another power play by the Wild after they went 0-for-15 in the first four games.
The Blackhawks took a 1-0 lead late in the first period when Hossa took a feed from Toews in the left circle and fired the puck between Harding's glove and the post. The assist gave Toews his first point of the playoffs.
Kruger made it 2-0 when his wraparound deflected off Harding's pad and into the net for his first career playoff goal.
Game notes
Blackhawks C Dave Bolland and G Ray Emery remain sidelined by lower body injuries, although coach Joel Quenneville said they're "real close." Bolland said it's 50-50 he would have been able to play if "it was do-or-die" for the Blackhawks, but he expects to be ready in the next round. ... Quenneville moved ahead of Mike Keenan and took sole possession of second place on the Blackhawks' playoff wins list with 34. Billy Reay is the club record-holder with 57 from 1963-77.
CHI Wins 4-1
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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.
What was the subject of their praise? They praised God for what they had heard -- for the good tidings of great joy that a Saviour was born unto them. Let us copy them; let us also raise a song of thanksgiving that we have heard of Jesus and His salvation.
They also praised God for what they had seen. There is the sweetest music-what we have experienced, what we have felt within, what we have made our own -- "the things which we have made touching the King." It is not enough to hear about Jesus: mere hearing may tune the harp, but the fingers of living faith must create the music. If you have seen Jesus with the God-giving sight of faith, suffer no cobwebs to linger among the harpstrings, but loud to the praise of sovereign grace, awake your psaltery and harp.
One point for which they praised God was the agreement between what they had heard and what they had seen. Observe the last sentence -- "As it was told unto them." Have you not found the gospel to be in yourselves just what the Bible said it would be? Jesus said He would give you rest -- have you not enjoyed the sweetest peace in Him? He said you should have joy, and comfort, and life through believing in Him -- have you not received all these? Are not His ways ways of pleasantness, and His paths paths of peace?
Surely you can say with the queen of Sheba, "The half has not been told me." I have found Christ more sweet than His servants ever said He was. I looked upon His likeness as they painted it, but it was a mere daub compared with Himself; for the King in His beauty outshines all imaginable loveliness. Surely what we have "seen" keeps pace with, nay, far exceeds, what we have "heard."
Let us, then, glorify and praise God for a Saviour so precious, and so satisfying.
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Toshiba's new robot pal is basically a voice-operated infrared universal remote control, heavy on the cuteness. Programmed to be fairly smart, he'll wait until you use a controller for your electronics, then ask you what you were doing: the next time you want to perform the same action, you just have to tell ApriPoko to do it for you. He'll then wave his IR transmitter arm and *bing*, on goes your TV. He's even equipped with a camera to identify users, presumably to learn their habits. For now he's just an R&D demonstrator device, and is limited to simple commands. We hope we're right in expecting the technology to make its way into consumer gadgets soon. [Robot Watch]
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The two Russian men spun an unlikely tale of hapless tourists defeated by grim British weather: They travelled more than 1,000 miles to see England's famed Salisbury Cathedral but were turned back by slush and snow, then returned the next day and spent two hours exploring the "beautiful" city.
British officials had a more sinister explanation: Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were highly trained military intelligence agents sent by the Kremlin to Salisbury to smear a deadly nerve agent on the front door of a former Russian spy.
Petrov and Boshirov, both charged in absentia by Britain last week for trying to kill Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, with the nerve agent Novichok, went on the Kremlin-funded RT satellite channel Thursday to proclaim their innocence, deny they were agents of the military intelligence service widely known as the GRU, and say they were merely tourists in the city southwest of London.
"Our friends had been suggesting for quite a long time that we visit this wonderful city," Petrov said in the interview.
"They have a famous cathedral there," Boshirov said, adding studiously: "It is famous for its 123-meter spire."
James Slack, spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May, derided their claims as "lies and blatant fabrications."
"More importantly, they are deeply offensive to the victims and loved ones of this horrific attack," he said.
Britain said the attack was almost certainly approved "at a senior level of the Russian state," an allegation that Moscow has vehemently denied.
Skripal, a Russian military intelligence officer turned double agent for Britain, and his visiting daughter fell ill March 4 from what Britain says was a Soviet-developed nerve agent; an investigating police officer also was hospitalized for about three weeks. In June, two area residents who apparently came across a discarded vial that contained the poison fell ill, and one of them died.
Britain identified the Russian suspects last week and released security-camera photos of them in Salisbury on March 3 and 4.
The surprise TV appearance by Petrov and Boshirov came a day after President Vladimir Putin said Russian authorities know the identities of the two men but insisted that they were civilians and there is "nothing criminal" about them. He urged to contact the media, and Petrov said he heard Putin's statement on the radio and contacted Margarita Simonyan, RT's editor-in-chief who conducted the interview.
Petrov said that on their first trip to Salisbury, they were unable to make it from the train station to the cathedral — about 800 metres (half a mile) — because of snow and slush. Much of Britain suffered such weather that day.
The weather was better the next day, when the two were caught on camera at the Salisbury rail station at 11:48 a.m. Ten minutes later, another camera found them walking in the direction of Skripal's house — the opposite direction from the cathedral.
They again were recorded in the centre of town an hour later and were at the station by 1:50 p.m., two hours after arriving.
"We walked around, enjoying those beautiful English Gothic buildings," Boshirov said. They got a flight back to Russia later that evening.
The men, who appeared to be about 40, claimed they did not know who Skripal was or where he lived.
Britain alleges the nerve agent used to poison the Skripals was carried in a perfume vial, which Boshirov dismissed by saying "Don't you think it's kind of stupid for two straight men to carry perfume for ladies?"
He bristled when Simonyan asked why the two men spent so much time together.
"Let's not breach anyone's privacy. We came to you for protection, but this is turning into some sort of interrogation," he said.
They declined to give any other details about their lives, except to say they work in the nutritional supplements business.
"The whole situation is an incredible, fatal coincidence, and that's that," Petrov said. "What is our fault?"
Both men looked composed during the interview, but Boshirov said, "We fear for our lives."
Boshirov did not react to the interviewer's request to show the pictures they took on that trip, only saying that he found Salisbury Cathedral "very beautiful."
John Glen, the Parliament member for Salisbury, offered a wry comment about the pair's visit to his town, tweeting: "Delighted to see that Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov were able to see the world-class attractions that Salisbury has to offer. But very strange to come all this way for just two days while carrying Novichok in their luggage."
Lawless reported from London. Associated Press writer Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow contributed.
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Google Sees Smartphones As Advertising Goldmine
Smartphones are used by consumers when they are shopping to help make buying decisions, according to a Google survey.
Smartphone users find their devices to be a versatile tool, according to a Google survey of 5,000 U.S. adult smartphone Internet users conducted at the end of 2010. The main uses include Internet browsing (81%), general search (77%), app use (68%), and mobile video consumption (48%). When it comes to search, many users also rely on their smartphone to find general information, local information, and specific retail information regarding products/services.
Google found that 72% use their smartphones while consuming other media, with a third while watching TV, and 93% of smartphone owners use their smartphones while at home. In other words, we're multitaskers. We use our smartphones everywhere, all the time, and often use them while (supposedly) participating in some other activity.
But of course, Google is most interested in how we use our smartphones to search for businesses and how those searches affect our purchasing decisions. Breaking down search patterns, Google identifies several key groups. First are the action-oriented searchers, then the local information seekers, and finally, the purchase-driven shoppers.
Looking at each in detail, Google discovered that the action-oriented searchers hit up search engine websites (Google, Yahoo, Bing) most often. Following search engines, the next most visited were social networking, retail, and video content web sites. Amazingly, 90% of respondents indicated that a smartphone search resulted in a direct action, such as visiting a store or making a purchase. One in four respondents recommended a brand or product to others as a result of a smartphone search.
Almost everyone--95%--said that they use smartphones to look up local information, such as the location of a restaurant or other business. Many--88%--use that information to take some form of action within about a day. Three-quarters of respondents admitted to contacting a business as a result of a search, with 61% making a phone call and 59% traveling to the business in question.
Perhaps the most telling results from Google's survey tell us what we do with our smartphones when shopping. Four out of five respondents indicated that they used their smartphones to aid shopping, such as looking up prices. I did this just yesterday after I noted a price discrepancy at a local retailer. Three-quarters of people who use their smartphone while shopping end up making a purchase, and 70% actually use them in the store.
With so many people paying attention to their devices while shopping, Google wanted to know what sort of role advertising plays in the decision-making process. About 82% of respondents indicated that they notice mobile advertising, and 33% say they notice the ads that accompany mobile searches. Of those who notice the ads, half take some form of action, whether it is visiting a website or making a purchase.
What does all this data tell us? Advertising on mobile phones has the potential to pay off big, as Google believes there is a direct correlation between advertisements and purchasing.
"The findings of the study have strong implications for businesses and mobile advertisers. Make sure you can be found via mobile search, as consumers regularly use their phones to find and act on information," said Google.
On a personal level, I never click on mobile ads. If I do, it is by accident because the ad and nearby content are positioned to close to one another. If I do accidentally click on an ad, I close the browser, hit the back button, or do whatever I need to do prevent the ad from loading on my phone.
It would be great to have similar data points from Yahoo and Bing to see how their users take advantage of mobile search. Would they exhibit the same behavior patterns? The answer to that question would give advertisers and marketers all the information they need to run amok with ad campaigns on our phones.
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