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Tony Stewart on Way Back to US After Reported Scuffle in Australia -- Motorsports FanHouse

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:09:00 PST

http://in.noticios.com/post/tony-stewart-on-way-back-to-us-after-reported-scuffle-in-australia-motorsports-fanhouse-post-1295294942Two-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is reportedly en route to the United States a day after reports that he scuffled with a track owner during his final weekend racing in Australia.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Stewart threw his helmet at track co-owner Brett Morris during an alleged dispute over track conditions at Sydney Speedway. The newspaper said Stewart received a black eye in return from Morris, who the paper described as "not slight in size.''
Stewart's public relations manager Mike Arning said Saturday he was still trying to sort through the news but had spoken with Stewart, who was reportedly detained briefly by the local Rosehill police department for questioning about the incident. Although he was released and cleared for his already-scheduled departure Saturday, the paper says a local official confirmed there is ongoing investigation..
Stewart has been in Australia for the past four weeks -- the second consecutive year he and several other prominent American sprint car drivers have spent the off-season racing sprint cars.
The owner-driver is scheduled to drive his No. 14 Mobil 1-Office Depot Chevrolet in a three-day test session at Daytona International Speedway beginning Thursday.
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Nice to hear the Aussie are not shy putting back little bratt in their place , guess the flight attendant will be having a lot of request for ice and someone will get off the airport wearing sunglasses ......Could this be the prelude for the season .
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Smoke's got a shiner and he's being investigated? For what, hitting the guy's fist with his face?
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That Aussie needs a pat on the back for smacking that loud mouth punk. Stewart needs that about once a week to get his act together and quit being a first class jerk...

I like Stewart as a driver, but this comes as no surprise. We all saw him poop his pants when Robby Gordon snatched him up by his drivers suit. The last thing Smoke wants is a physical altercation.
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Fortunately we don't have to worry about brain damage. It doesn't take much brains to drive around in circles.
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1/2 brain allready damaged by cheap booze is required.the other 1/2 has been shrunken by gravity .

A Aussie track owner didn't like being told his track was crap by a fellow track owner who also knows how to drive and groom a track!. If he can't groom a safe competitive surface, why would one want to race on it. Real racing is done here in in the States. why do you think they all come here?
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Doesn,t look like you have made much of any international touring of racing circuit , you should take advantage of the cheap flight and see the quality of other circuits ,. the reason a few pilots end up here is the same than for immigration, w3ay too many prima dona and not much result.

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If you've ever met Tony you'd realize what a competor he is. He above all people would know about track conditions. I'm not defending his repeated altercations that seem to follow him wherever he goes, but on a personal level you won't meet a more polite and generous individual.
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If this incident is as reported, and Stewart threw his helmet at the track owner before the track owner gave Stewart a black eye, I say all right! If the track was so bad that Tony became irate at its condition, he should simply have refused to race on it and publicly announced his reasons. We all know he is fiercely competitive (some would say he has a volatile temper), but if you throw your helmet at a man, you had best be ready to run like hell or stand and fight.
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can't run very far Australia is bordered by water and Tony does not know how to swim , tight spot there .
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Unfortunately, you can pull that crap in NASCAR but the Aussie's no how to fix childish behavior. Thanks to the Aussie's for fixing what we have not been able to fix for years. Maybe we can sell Daytona to the Aussie track owner!!!
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Ricky Gervais as Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility - NYTimes.com

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:03:00 PST

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The Golden Globe ceremony is a formerly marginal awards show that Hollywood takes very seriously — except this year, when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which sponsors the event, became a running joke.

Complete Coverage: Awards Season Articles, photos, video and more about the films and the stars at the center of this year's awards season.
Ricky Gervais, the master of ceremonies, broke the rule of paying homage to the obscure foreign journalists whose one lever of power are those awards. He was merciless from the start, mocking his hosts for nominating the stars of the badly reviewed movie “The Tourist.” “Everything is three-dimensional,” he said with a smirk. “Except the characters in ‘The Tourist.’ ” The comedian dismissed the charge that the members did so merely to lure Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp to the event. “Rubbish,” Mr. Gervais said. “They also accepted bribes.”
Later he mocked Phil Berk, the president of the association, joking that he had to help Mr. Berk off the toilet and “pop in his teeth.” Audience members tittered nervously. There was even less laughter when Mr. Berk didn’t pretend to be amused. “Ricky, next time you want me to help qualify your movies, go to another guy,” he said sourly.
For most viewers, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is a bit like the House sergeant-at-arms who introduces the president at the start of the annual State of the Union address — both have a moment of sudden prominence, then are forgotten and ignored the rest of the year.
But studios court the members with the kind of reverence that borders on cynicism. Many winners, including Steve Buscemi, Al Pacino and Claire Danes, dutifully thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in their acceptance speeches. But Robert De Niro, who received the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award, dropped the deference. “We’re all in this together,” he said. “The filmmakers who make the movies, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association members who in turn pose for pictures with the movie stars.”
Christian Bale also startled the room by sneering at the entertainment reporters who voted to give him the award for best supporting actor in a motion picture. Mr. Bale said that he never really knew anything about the association, and joked that on press junkets he wondered who “those awful characters” in the room were.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association used to be something of an open joke, best known for giving a Golden Globe award to Pia Zadora in the early 1980s, a choice so unlikely it was seen as proof that it had been corrupted by Meshulam Riklis, her millionaire husband at the time.
But the ratings of the awards show — and its importance to studios — made it slightly more respectable. That is, until the inclusion of “The Tourist,” in the category of best comedy or musical. That spy caper is most definitely not a comedy (or a musical).
Even Ms. Jolie, who sat with Brad Pitt and shimmered at her table in a sequined emerald dress, said she was a little nonplussed at being nominated for best actress in a musical or comedy. “I’m still shocked that I got acknowledged as being funny because I don’t think I’m funny,” she told a red carpet reporter on her way to the event. “But I am grateful.”
The ceremony itself is almost always a fast-paced orgy of fashion, frivolity and self-congratulation, and often more fun to watch than the Oscars, partly because viewers can expect the unexpected. But some of the participants might be treating it too much like the Oscars, or like the White House Correspondents Dinner. Mr. Gervais’s gibes at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association divided the room, as Stephen Colbert’s speech did at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2006; many there complained he went too far in roasting President Bush.
It’s so rare for presenters to be at open war with their host, and at times it almost looked as if Mr. Gervais and Mr. Bale were intent on bringing to Hollywood some of the incivility and extremism that veins political discourse.
Theirs was certainly the most conspicuous wisp of conflict of the night, and that is unusual. Almost every year some sort of crisis or calamity threatens to dim the event or challenge the winners to find an appropriate response. Last year several stars mentioned the Haiti earthquake. This year the attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords was perhaps too fresh and too horrible to invoke in that giddy, boozy setting.
Mostly, stars who spoke out didn’t stray far from show business. Diane Warren, who won for her song “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” from “Burlesque,” dedicated her victory to Ronni Chasen, the publicist who was fatally shot in Beverly Hills late last year. While accepting the best screenwriting award for “The Social Network,” Aaron Sorkin alluded to the culture wars, thanking the women in the room for proving to his daughter that “elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.”
Trashing the association that feeds you, on the other hand, is bad form, or bad politics. Tom Hanks and Tim Allen seemed to be signaling their disapproval of Mr. Gervais at the night’s end. Mr. Hanks said he could recall “back when Ricky Gervais was a slightly chubby but very kind comedian.” Mr. Allen replied sternly, “Neither of which he is now.”

 
Each side steps back from the brink of war, but neither accepts the opportunity to make a peace.

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Boston snow storm tweets - Boston.com

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http://in.noticios.com/post/boston-snow-storm-tweets-boston-com-post-1295294413This is a collection of messages from tweeters who are tracking the snow storm. This page aggregates the following snow-related #hashtags: #snowmygod (selected by Boston.com readers), #herewesnowagain (selected by Boston.com readers), #BOSnow, and #Bostonsnow. This is an unedited stream from Twitter; Boston.com does not control the content. There may be some inappropriate language.
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Iran takes OPEC presidency, says $100 per barrel a good price for oil - Jihad Watch

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:21:00 PST

http://at.blogos.us/post/iran-takes-opec-presidency-says-100-per-barrel-a-good-price-for-oil-jihad-watch-post-1295292062 Economic Jihad. As I have said many times, it should have been job one on September 12, 2001, or even before that, to establish a Manhattan Project setting the best minds of this generation on the search for affordable, reliable and plentiful alternative energy sources. "Iran says $100 a barrel is appropriate price for oil," from AFP, January 16 (thanks to Sr. Soph):
Iran's oil minister said on Sunday that $100 for a barrel of crude was appropriate and there was no need to hold an emergency OPEC meeting to discuss the price.
"The price of $100 for oil per barrel is real ... OPEC does not need to hold an emergency meeting over the price issue," Massoud Mirkazemi told a news conference.
Brent crude prices rallied this week to around $98 a barrel while US oil futures were at about $91, well above the $70-$80 range that OPEC's top exporter Saudi Arabia says is comfortable for both producers and consumers.
One delegate from a Gulf OPEC member state said on Thursday OPEC could hold an emergency meeting if oil prices "exceed $100 and stay there"....
"None of the OPEC members find $100 concerning," Mirkazemi said, adding that some members of the producers' group would still not see any need for an emergency meeting if the price rose to $110 or $120.
Analysts are divided between those who see fundamental strength as the world economy recovers, driving up fuel consumption, and those who focus on differences between today's relatively well-supplied market and that of 2008, when oil prices raced to an all-time high of nearly $150 a barrel.
As I have said many times, it should have been job one on September 12, 2001, or even before that, to establish a Manhattan Project setting the best minds of this generation on the search for affordable, reliable and plentiful alternative energy sources.
We've had that all along: oil. Remember that it was the Geezers who have made America's oil largely unavailable to itself. Deepwater Horizon? The reason they were drilling so deep was that offshore rigs in shallow water have largely been outlawed for decades now. Same with the oil sands. Many of our best minds are sitting in Houston right now... unemployed. Too bad, cuz we have a wonderful infrastructure to deliver fuel to cars and trucks that get cleaner every year.
It's called California Dremaing when you put the "e" in upper case in the acronym GSEARS = Globo-Socialist Environmentalist Atheist Racist Sexist (pronounced Geezers).
The gubmint has been predicting that oil will be depleted since the late 1800s, and every time those predictions proved as wildly inaccurate as our reportage on Islam. It's a form of Fictive Reality. We use the term "proven reserves" because without exploration, nobody knows how much of the stuff there is. But with the Geezers running the show, as they have been for nearly 50 yrs now, we've systematically denied ourselves a proven supply with proven infrastructure.
The only thing we know for sure is that "global warming" is a scientific fraud serving as the basis for an unconstitutional political power shift to globalism.
Since Iran does not refine its own gasoline and downstream products, let's raise the prices on them 5X what they are now. I agree about reducing dependence on foreign crude, but we should be drilling in the Gulf and increasing our own refining capacity, something which the libs refuse to do!
I have been experimenting with hydrogen fuel cells for my auto, for some time now...I actually do get better mileage, depending on the cell, and the engine runs smoother and quieter...Youtube has lots of video's on how to build, or you can buy complete units on line...I did discover that the smog guy won't smog (CAL) unless I take the unit out, but that's no problem...I just reinstall after inspection...Takes five minutes...
1. No prohibitions or restrictions other than duties, taxes or other charges, whether made effective through quotas, import or export licences or other measures, shall be instituted or maintained by any contracting party on the importation of any product of the territory of any other contracting party or on the exportation or sale for export of any product destined for the territory of any other contracting party.
It is politics that allows the price to remain high, not economics. Big oil has no loyalty other than to mazimize the extraction of "economic rent," any which way they can.
I'm glad I don't watch that much TV these days. I'd hate to clean up the mess after puking my guts out upon hearing a MSM pundit wonder "why can't our oil-rich 'allies', such as Saudi Arabia and the UAE, agree to sell us oil at a lower price, despite OPEC's decisions? After all, they're our 'allies'."
Btw, the Kingdom of the Two Mosques is said by a growing consensus of esteemed scientific experts, and by recent production patterns in Arabia, that the House of Saud's oil future is fast waning as its giant pools are emptying and requiring new and more expensive extractiion measures to keep the PetroDollars flowing.
Along with few smaller pools, Arabia has the easiest-to-tap oil ever seen. It's not that deep to get at, and moves through high security pipelines over the barren flat desert there, and only needs to travel a short distance to the Persian Gulf, where global supertankers float in anticipation.
Iran and Iraq have a sustainable oil futures, especially Persia. But the King and his 2,200 princes are probably in trouble.
This fine country, Saudi Arabia, is led by a King who let a fatwa be issued right under his nose to authorize the acquisition and detonation of a nuclear device to destroy a major Western city.
Maybe when Prez Barack Hussein bowed to the Custodian himself, the great King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud, Hussein whispered "Please don't do D.C. or Chicago, your Highness, sir."
Another fine country, Persia, heard its leader speaking glowingly about the potential of buying a freighter, and tranporting the ship off the shore of America. From there they could use a old technology missile platform to detonate a electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) bomb over the eastern seaboard, thereby knocking out the power grid and all electronic devices, including most auto engines.
Prez Mock-Moood pointed out that this would be tremendously disruptive, would trigger an economic depression, and would present America with a staggering cost to repeair the damaged systems, their chips, their wiring, their controls, the works.
If the experts are always wrong on America's oil future running dry, why should we believe them on depletion of Arabia?
Cuz field depletions have been accurately predicted, observed, and measured, for over 100 yrs now.
It doesn't take a Manhattan Project. All it takes it the sensible exploitation of existing resources, and the sensible development of existing technology.
First, nuclear. France gets 75% of its electricity from nuclear power, using American reactor designs, and exports electricity to every one of its EU neighbors. America could have done the same, but we allowed the "environmentalists" to use litigation to harass all nuclear projects to death.
Second, use electricity to replace oil wherever possible. Every one of our metropolitan areas would benefit from expanded electric-powered mass transit: subways, commuter rail, LRT, etc. Virtually every European country has greatly expanded its urban rapid transit systems since the "oil shocks" of the '70's. The same applies to inter-city transport: up to distances of 500 miles or so, high-speed electrified rail is the way to go. When the electricity is provided by nuclear powerm there's no air pollution, no water pollution, and no use of oil.
Third, exploit our existing oil resources: the Bakken formation in ND, the eastern part of the Gulf, off-shore California, and the Arctic, including ANWR.
Fourth, the same for our natural-gas resources, like the Marcellus shale in NY and PA. Many fleet vehicles, like taxis, buses, street department trucks, garbage trucks, etc. could be powered by natural gas.
Fifth, encourage our NFTA partner, Canada, to further development of its oil resources. Recent explorations in Saskatchewan show that province has tar sands potential as great as Alberta, but the provincial authorities seem determined to prevent the development of these.
Sixth, enact legislation putting an end to the death by litigational harassment tactics used by "environmentalists" to stop any improvement of our energy situation. At one time the American nuclear power industry was the world leader: the French used an American design for their first series of reactors, and have since improved on it. The Chinese likewise. But we allowed our own industry to be destroyed. Last year, I read of a natural-gas pipeline from Alaska to central Canada finally being given approval for construction, having met all the environmentalists' objections. That was 20 years after the pipeline was first proposed; TWENTY YEARS!, and construction was just now starting. Two years ago an oil company announced plans to spend $4 billion to enlarge and re-design its refinery in Indiana to handle Canadian crude instead of heavy Venezuelan crude, only to face one lawsuit after another, so that construction has yet to begin. Apparently it's better to subsidize Chavez's tyranny than to buy from a free country.
Seventh, forget about solar- and wind-power for anything except for special-purpose niche applications. There's no way they can contribute economically to the national grid; they only generate power about 1/3 of the time at best, (and even that 1/3 is highly variable -- the sun doesn't shine at the same times every day) so that the steam plants are still needed for the base load, and since steam plants are still required, the solar and wind plants become an unnecessary and expensive extra. These are "competitive" only with massive tax subsidies; cancel the subsidies and use the savings to reduce the deficit.
Even all of these would probably not eliminate our oil imports from OPEC and the Arab terror-sheikhs. But we could probably cut our imports from these sources in half, from the current eight million bbl/day to four million. At $100/bbl, we'd cut OPEC's income, and our deficit, by ca. $150 billion/yr.
Eighth, levy a tariff on imported (non-NAFTA) oil and gas. Begin with $5/bbl on oil and the same on the energy-equivalent unit of natural gas, and stipulate that the tariff would increase every year by $1/bbl. That would work out to 11 cents/gal. in the first year. Use the proceeds to build electrified rapid transit.
And ninth - use the CHEAPEST way to save energy - not use it in the first place?! When we have internet access, teleconferencing, is there such a need to travel around the World for business needs? Likewise, most cities have plenty of interesting places to visit nearby... is there really such a need for every person to go on a trip round the world?
Every such journey funds our Saudi and Iranian "friends", and whoever they want to fund - to the tune of at least around $200 for a Europe-US return trip. Also, it creates more demand for oil, helping to raise the price even further.
Likewise, eating more - especially Big Macs at McDonald's - uses oil (modern agriculture, with its trucks and combine harvesters, uses it a lot). As does shipping goods.
So - why not eat less, buy less from China, and travel locally? Healthier, greener, and cheaper... and less money all the way. An ideal win-win situation. Or am I missing something?
My husband has ridden a bicycle to work all of his working life (only in wet weather does he take the train or the bus).
It keeps him fit...at 48 he has *no* heart problems, and his waistline is less than it would otherwise be.
When we moved cities, we deliberately bought a house near enough to a primary school that I did not have to drive the kids to school.
My older son rode a bike to his high school; my next child walked and caught a bus, resorting to the 'mummy taxi' only on occasion (and she lost all her puppy fat and became slim and fit, once she started the walk-and-bus commute); my third child will walk and bus to high school. Meanwhile, I and our youngest will do the 15 minute walk, to and from his primary school, each day. 15 minutes there to drop him off, 15 back, same again in the afternoon, and that's my 'bare minimum' 30 minutes' walk for fitness taken care of.
I intend to contact a few of our church organisations and suggest an all-denominations 'walk to church Sunday' (people either walk to their parish church or, if it is too far or their fitness level is such as to prohibit walking all the way, then drive, park and walk, or ride [bus or train] and walk). I think it would be fascinating to see just how many people would appear on the streets of our towns and suburbs from about 7 am Sunday morning, and then successively throughout the day, according to what times their respective churches held services.
I see all kinds of good reasons for civic authorities to find ways of making walking, cycling, and public transport more pleasant and practical for people than driving, for short local trips and commuting (to work, to school).
For one thing: fewer cars zooming about = less air pollution, less noise, and a much more welcoming and safer physical environment (when was the last time, in large suburbs of western cities, that kids could play ball on the street in front of their homes?). Secondly: if you are walking to and from school rather than driving, there is more opportunity for social interaction with your kids and with other people who are also walking. If you spot someone you know, you can stop and chat. And everyone gets less fat and more fit.
If public transport is well run, it should not be looked down upon. Many commuters use their bus and train time to catch up with reading; and often people strike up conversations. My son, riding on the bus one day with his art book, busy sketching, was spotted by the nice young lady opposite, who asked if he could do a sketch portrait of herself! An interaction that simply could not have taken place, had he been driving to university.
And one should not forget, in our car-centric society, that many elderly folks, at a certain point in their lives, lose their ability to drive, while still being mobile and compos mentis enough to use public transport. The better and safer and more accessible and comprehensive the public transport, the easier it is for such elderly folks to continue to get about (it should be noted that anything that makes it easier for a little old lady with a walking stick to get onto the train or bus, *also* makes it easier for a disabled person of whatever age, or a young mum with a stroller and shopping bag, to do the same).
In Australia there are many places - remote cattle stations, for example, and aboriginal communities in the central and western deserts and the tropical rangelands of the north - for whom grid power will always be prohibitively expensive. In those places, solar and wind power packs - and Australian and Israeli researchers are doing amazing things to increase efficiency of same, pace ebonystone's gloomy pronouncements - are very useful....and cut out the hideously expensive business of trucking or flying in diesel fuel for generators (which are also dreadfully noisy). Solar-powered lights are perfectly practical for street, garden and household lighting. One finds solar-heated showers and solar-powered path lighting at many a camp ground in remote-area Australian national parks.
My own father, residing in a farm in an out of the way location in the mountains, miles away from the nearest part of the state power grid, uses a solar power installation on top of his machinery shed, to run a washing machine, fridge, TV, and household lights - making a huge difference to his quality of life. He uses a generator for backup only occasionally, in long periods of cloudy wet weather. The cost of his solar pack was far, far less than would have been the cost of bringing conventional power to the farm.
I agree that conservation is also a useful help in our energy predicament. And the remark about teleconferencing and not needing so many meetings at distant locations is spot on. Just think of how much energy was squandered taking BHO and his cast of thousands to India a few months ago.
As for wind and solar, I don't think I exactly pooh-poohed them. I merely pointed that they are niche applications at best; the cattle station you mentioned is one such example of a niche application. Both wind and solar have their uses, but it's folly to rely on them for any major contribution to the national grid. Both are intermittent and unpredictable, and so both require the national grid as the standard electrical source. Thus they are unnecessary and expensive extras. As for technological improvements, well there will undoubtedly be some, but even if solar panels were to achieve 100% efficiency, which is an impossibility, there's only so much energy (and not very much at that) per square foot of sunlight, so one needs an awful lot of solar panels to get any worthwhile amount of electricity. And for the 16-plus hours/day when the sun doesn't shine, and the wind doesn't blow (or blow at the correct speed), then what? Well, for the cattle-station a hundred miles from the nearest high-voltage line, some kind of battery set-up is the sensible and economical answer; but for the houses in my suburb, it's not.
I might add that the Chinese are the leading producers of solar cells, but strangely, they're going nuclear in a very big way. They're also investing massively in electric rapid transit in their cities, and in electric high-speed inter-city rail. They recently took over the record for fastest commercial average speed from the French.
There are 2 things @ play here - industrial power & transportational power. The former would be things like public lighting, heating, etc that doesn't necessarily need oil or any fluid fuel, but can make do w/ other commercial sources - hydro, nuclear, and so on. If oil is taken totally out of the equation when it comes to this, a good portion of the problem is solved.
The other thing - transportation - is where a Manhattan project would be welcome. One such would be things like solar powered cars, although initially, they may well be hybrids: already, solar powered street lighting is available in places. In countries that have an extensive rail network, coal can work as well (please spare us the global warming concerns - it's been really cold of late... brrrrrrrrr) Unfortunately, all the fluid fuels, be it petroleum, natural gas, et al are to be found in dar ul Islam.
As for the above story, remember when gasoline hit $4/gallon? That was when people did start cutting on their driving, SUV sales froze while hybrids flew off the lots. Good move, Iran, do this, and let the West, for reasons having little to directly do w/ Islam, start accelerating its search for newer fuels.
One more thing - hope South Sudan doesn't join OPEC, but trades w/ the West on its own terms. Buy all their oil @ fair market price, and help them to develop their country into a relatively prosperous one. They're likely to be more Islam-wary than even Ethiopia to their south, and give them troops to help defend them against potential Muslim invaders like North Sudan, Chad & Somalia
Make it $200 for all West cares. We can pay it. Don't forget to use our money to help Egypt, Pakistan, and everbody's darlings; the Palestinians. Paying $10/gallon won't leave us any money to prop up your all sand, no oil muslim buddies. Your financial response to the floods in Pakistan, and the tsunami in Indonesia shamed us cheapskate Westerners. Don't forget the zakat!
One of the saddest tings concerning oil is this...America has barrels upon barrels of oil...in federal emergency reserve...what do we do with the oil we pump from Alaska, Wyoming and Texas? Well, before I retired from the Air Force, I was told that with all our own oil, the gov wants to save it for an emergency...what type of emergency I asked, the price of oil was getting outrageous..."basically WW III, for the military" was what I was told. So one possible fix to the problem we have is this...use the reserved oil now temporarily, while we drill some offshore rigs, then we would not be a dependent nation, that depends on our enemy for oil...after all, Iranian pres has vowed that he will annihilate the "great satan" which is the US, and the "little satan" which is Israel. But the sad part of my plan is this...Pres Obama, I mean king Obama (because he acts like one) does not want to upset his Islamic brother's (yes, believe it or not America, he is Islamic, why do you think some Islamic countries feel he's the prophesied Mahdi and some Islamic countries want him to be the global caliph, do the math) he feels he'll disrespect them if he cuts their oil throats.
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Consolidated Thompson Acquisition to Help Cliffs Expand Into Asia - Seeking Alpha

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International miner Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) announced after markets closed on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire iron ore producer Consolidated Thompson Limited in an all-cash deal valued at approximately C$4.9 billion. The C$17.25 per share price represents a premium of 30% to the company's closing price on Monday. Consolidated Thompson, which currently operates in northeastern Quebec, western Newfoundland and Labrador, manages and operates Bloom Lake, an open-pit iron ore mine, and two adjacent development properties, Lamelee and Peppler Lake. The producing operations are currently ramping to an annualized production rate of 8 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate, with an expansion in progress that is expected to double the company's annualized production to 16 million metric tons. The company controls approximately 580 million metric tons of proven and probable iron ore reserves at an average grade of 30%. In addition, it has over a billion metric tons of measured and indicated resources, with potential additional resources to be proven via a near-mine drilling program. The deal, which is expected to close early in the second quarter of the year, is anticipated to position Cliffs as a producer of up to 30 million metric tons of iron ore pellets and up to 16 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate. Cliffs said the acquisition will allow the company to expand its steelmaking customer base into Asia, as Consolidated Thompson already has an existing strategic alliance with Wuhan Iron and Steel, China's third largest steel producer, and two large Asian commodity brokers. Once the transaction is complete and Consolidated Thompson has completed its production ramp-up, it is expected that over half of the combined revenue base of the two companies will be generated from customers outside of North America. "The acquisition of Consolidated Thompson will combine a low-operating risk profile with access to high-growth global markets and broaden our exposure to seaborne iron ore prices," said Cliffs chairman, president and CEO, Jospeh A. Carrabba. Indeed, Consolidated Thomposon is considered to have a low-risk profile as its assets are located close to a hydroelectric power grid, along with roads and a rail line that link the processing facility to deep sea ports in Quebec. This infrastructure, coupled with Consolidated Thompson's newly commissioned concentrator facility and absence of royalty payments, positions it as a low-cost iron ore producer. In addition, Consolidated Thompson's operations are located close to Cliff's property at Wabush Mines in Eastern Canada, a 5.6 million metric-ton rated capacity iron ore pellet operation with rail and port infrastructure that adds additional support to Consolidated's assets. Cliffs estimates that the proposed transaction could generate annual pre-tax operating synergies of approximately US$75 million, it said. After the acqusiition closes, Cliffs' global mine portfolio will include ten iron ore facilities, six coal mines and a pre-feasibility chrome-development project across North America, South America and Australia. The transaction, which has already been approved by Consolidated Thompson's board, will see the company rebranded under Cliffs' name, as part of Cliffs' North American iron ore business unit. Cliffs has already entered into lock-up agreements with Consolidated Thompson's largest shareholder, Wuhan Iron and Steel, which owns nearly 19% of its shares.Disclosure: None
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Tucson shooting victim held after alleged threat - Reuters

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TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Prosecutors have formally charged a victim of last week's Arizona shooting rampage with threatening a Tucson leader of the Tea Party political movement during the taping of an ABC News town hall-style...
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TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Prosecutors have formally charged a victim of last week's Arizona shooting rampage with threatening a Tucson leader of the Tea Party political movement during the taping of an ABC News town hall-style television program.
James Eric Fuller, 63, who was taking part in the televised forum, was involuntarily committed for psychiatric evaluation on Saturday after he grew agitated, stood up to snap a picture of Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries and shouted, "You're dead," police said.Fuller, a U.S. Navy veteran, will be held for at least 72 hours under observation at the hospital, authorities said.The incident came during a taping of a special edition of the ABC News program "This Week" scheduled for broadcast on Sunday.Charges of making threats, intimidation and disorderly conduct were filed against Fuller with the Pima County Attorney's office, but it is up to Humphries to decide whether to press for prosecution, sheriff's department spokesman Jason Ogan said.Humphries could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday.Fuller's outburst came exactly a week after he and others were caught in a hail of bullets fired by a gunman outside a Tucson supermarket. Six people were killed and 13 others were wounded, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot through the head and remains hospitalized in critical condition.Fuller was struck twice -- in the knee and back.A 22-year-old college dropout, Jared Lee Loughner was arrested and has been charged with five federal offenses, including the attempted assassination of Giffords. What might have motivated the shootings remains unclear.But the rampage intensified a national debate about gun control and civility in politics, and whether the vitriolic tone of partisanship in the United States may have contribute to violence.In a raw televised interview on the CBS "Early Show" three days after the shooting, Fuller's dazed description of the bloodbath touched on the debate over the right to own guns, enshrined in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.In Arizona, anyone at least 21 years of age is allowed to carry a gun in their pocket without special training or permits."It was a dream-like sequence, a bad dream-like sequence," Fuller said. "I didn't quite know how to react. I felt like we were in for more, and possibly to be given a coup de grace by this madman that was so vigorously exercising his Second Amendment rights."Fuller, who backed Giffords for her support of veterans and reportedly worked on her campaign, interrupted the town hall debate after Humphries rose to suggest that any conversation about gun control should be put off until after the funerals for all the victims.The news and commentary program "Democracy Now" reported the day before Fuller's arrest, how, after being hospitalized for his wounds, he stayed up most of the night, writing down the Declaration of Independence as he tried to organize his thoughts and reactions to the trauma."How many other people? How many other demented people are out there? It looks like (former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah) Palin, (radio and TV commentator Glenn) Beck, (defeated Nevada Senate candidate) Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target. Their wish for Second Amendment activism has been fulfilled."(Editing by Steve Gorman and Jerry Norton)
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Speaking as a personal friend of Mr. Fullers I would ask that everyone show some respect. Granted Eric has some very defined views however no one should be made a villain for his views. I will say Eric could have handled things differently but let us not forget he is one of the victims. Those of you who advocate the right to bear arms are asking us who disagree to accept your point of view. Well how about those of us do not believe everyone should have a firearm. Why are we made out to be crazy? And while it is obvious that Palin’s website was not the cause of this incident. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to tone things down a bit. No matter what side of the issues you are on, I think we can all agree that innocent American citizens do not need to die !
We are all part of the same planet so it would be better to come to a middle ground than throw digs at each other. I certainly recognize your right to bear arms. However, I would be more comfortable if less people had guns. I also recognize that my opinion is my own, as is yours. I will offer this. The right to bear arms was written in a time when this was a very different world. Since our current world is vastly different, perhaps we should revisit the issue so that both you and I can exist in a community that belongs to us both.
I certainly appreciate all of the comments, and I do agree that Eric has handled himself poorly. Additionally I am not an anti-gun person. I personally do not have an interest in guns but I do believe that if you indeed choose to have guns as a part of your life than more power to you.
That being said, I offer you this. Just this morning I went to the local Circle K to get some coffee, and lo and behold, two middle aged men came in to shop. Both men were armed. Why do we need to be packing heat to go get a cup of coffee? And why as a patron of the Circle K am I not entitled to shop without the worry or random customers (who are strangers in my eyes, who is to say they may not snap) carrying firearms. Why did these individuals feel the need to be armed at a Circle K. Was there a threat of some kind?
I am not a political radical, or a left wing extremist, I am just an average citizen who does not understand the need for everyday citizens to carry guns, just because they have a right to.
And also, I have done my best to be respectful in my posts and I ask that you do the same. We are all entitled to our opinion.
“I didn’t quite know how to react. I felt like we were in for more, and possibly to be given a coup de grace by this madman that was so vigorously exercising his Second Amendment rights”
Last I checked, killing people was still illegal, and the 2nd amendment only guarantees individuals’ rights to bear arms — not any supposed “right” to go on rampage killings, as is being insinuated by Mr. Fuller. Jared Laughner wasn’t exercising his rights when he shot and killed 6 people. In fact, he was acting against the law of the land and violating the constitutional rights of all those he harmed. Let’s not use this tragedy to enact even more laws that we don’t need and that are just going to be ignored by future mad men.
Oh my God. The truth of the gun nuts on the loose has finally come to the front. What did he do in the Navy? Must have been a cook or a clerk. This is exactly the kind of liberal #%! cases that cause this kind of problem. How about Pima county putting up some money for care of the mentally ill?
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MetroPCS Data Plans Violate Net-Fairness Rules, Groups Tell FCC | Epicenter | Wired.com

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:09:00 PST

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A coalition of public interest groups asked federal regulators on Tuesday to investigate whether new mobile internet plans from MetroPCS violate open-internet rules passed in late 2010.
Free Press, along with the Media Access Project and the New America Foundation, argue in their letter to the FCC that MetroPCS’ new plans, which limit the video and music sites users can visit, “will restrict consumer choice and innovation in a developing mobile market, all for the sake of further padding the company’s bottom line.”
At issue are new, tiered 4G data plans from the nation’s fifth largest mobile carrier, which specializes in pay-as-you-go mobile-phone service. The new plans offer “unlimited web usage” for all three tiers, which cost $40, $50 and $60 a month. But MetroPCS’s terms exclude video sites other than YouTube from “unlimited web usage,” and block the use of internet-telephony services such as Skype and Tango.
The terms of service also make it very unclear whether users would be allowed to use online-radio services such as Pandora.
Those restrictions seem to be in conflict with the recent net neutrality rules passed by the FCC on December 21, which prohibit mobile carriers from blocking websites or slowing competing voice service. Some exceptions exist for carriers attempting to manage network congestion.
But the interest groups say MetroPCS’ vague terms of service let the carrier choose winners and losers on the net, when the carrier ought to be working like a utility, delivering the content that users choose to see.
The service plans announced by Metro PCS create distinctions between different uses of the Internet that lack any engineering merit. By permitting YouTube videos and web sites to be viewed without limit, while simultaneously disallowing or restricting the use of other voice and video web sites and services, MetroPCSâ™s actions harm competition, consumer choice, and innovation. Current third party voice and video service providers, including Skype and Netflix, face a competitive disadvantage to the voice and video services offered by MetroPCS, because would-be subscribers must pay an additional fee per month to use them.
MetroPCS did not immediately reply to a request for comment, nor did the company respond to a request for comment last week following its announcement of the new plans.
The FCC’s net neutrality rules are stricter on DSL and cable internet service providers than on mobile internet providers. The FCC’s rationale is that the mobile internet market is still evolving, bandwidth is scarcer for such companies and that there is more competition among mobile carriers — making it easier for customers to switch and punish companies for anti-consumer decisions.
But net neutrality advocates argue that the mobile internet is already too important to consumers and innovators for it to escape the rules requiring ISPs to allow citizens to use the apps, services and devices of their choice.
The FCC’s new rules are not in effect yet, as they have not been published formally in the Federal Register. But the interest groups say the FCC should start investigating MetroPCS now, so that when the rules go into effect, there’s not already a violation under way.
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What do you expect.. MetroPCS is owned by AT&T.. one of the worst corporations on the planet..
… but I love their ads
Congratulations to the folks who jump the gun and freak out with out doing any actual research. If they had they would have seen that the phones that would be eligible for the $40 4G data plan aren’t smart phones and only feature phones or lower and would not be capable of viewing any video sites other than Youtube anyway, like other MetroPCs feature phones such as the Samsung Finesse & Caliber or the LG Banter Touch. Therefore they would have been paying for what they could access, not access what they paid for. Now Metro will most likely drop these lower cost plans and charge everyone $60 for 4G and those phones that would have been covered under the $40 plan still will only be able to use Youtube because that’s the most advanced thing they are designed to do. So, congrats activists you just f’d a bunch of people outta $20 a month!
Can we dispense with the name calling and vitriol here? The real issue is not who owns who, or the numerous little gotcha’s or the fine print in any contract, but why does cellular service in the US have to be so much more expensive than anyplace else? For the cost of the cheapest plan on the cheesiest network here, one could have unlimited, (albeit unlimited by anything other than political factors) calling, text and internet on a first class handset almost anyplace else in the developed world. Is the need to milk the consumer so strong, and necessary, that we the people get screwed on everything?
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The How and Why of Responsive Web Design

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:06:00 PST

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The web revels in its ability to defy definition and constraint. These days we design for more devices and browsers than ever before, with viewports getting smaller and larger simultaneously. From mobile browsers to netbooks and tablets, users are visiting your sites from an increasing array of devices and browsers.
Are your designs ready? How will your designs adapt? You need to think beyond the desktop. Your designs must anticipate and respond to your users' needs.
Responsive web design is a technique that will help your design scale with the ever-growing array of devices and browsers.
Ethan Marcotte will share ways to combine fluid grids, flexible images, and CSS3 media queries to create more responsive designs. But we'll also look at ways to determine whether or not a responsive approach is the right one for your project, as well as strategies for creating a more responsive design workflow.
This seminar will show you that a separate "mobile" site isn't the only option for designing beyond the desktop. Ethan will also give you options, in addition to CSS3 media queries, for building a "mobile"-friendly layout. You'll see examples from yiibu.com, thinkvitamin.com, hicksdesign.co.uk, and a number of others.
When you apply responsive thinking to the design process, both designers and developers will increase their vocabulary for addressing UI challenges on different devices and viewing contexts.
There's no better person to see both sides of the designer/developer relationship than Ethan Marcotte. He's greatly respected and known for his groundbreaking work. Ethan has worked with New York Magazine, Harvard University, Disney, and State Street Bank, just to name a few.
Ethan describes himself as a "designer/developer" hybrid. With talents in both disciplines, he's seen it all, and can relate to the challenges that exist at every phase of a project.
Ethan Marcotte is a web designer/developer living in Cambridge, MA.. He co-authored the third edition of Designing With Web Standards with Jeffrey Zeldman and worked with Dan Cederholm on their new book, Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design. Watch for Ethan's Responsive Web Design from A Book Apart, out in early 2011. Ethan is passionate about web standards, gorgeous design, and how the two intersect. You can follow Ethan on his blog and personal website, Unstoppable Robot Ninja.
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‘Cuddle Chemical’ Also Fuels Favoritism, Bigotry | Wired Science | Wired.com

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Men given a dose of oxytocin, a hormone known to promote feelings of love and trust, have revealed the chemicalâ™s dark side: It made them more ethnocentric.
When asked to resolve a moral dilemma, such as choosing to save five lives from a runaway train by sacrificing one life, oxytocin-sniffing Dutch men more often saved fellow countrymen over Arabs and Germans than those who didnâ™t get a hormonal whiff.
âœEarlier research of oxytocin paints a very rosy view of it. We thought it was odd a neurological system that survived evolution would make people indiscriminately loving toward others,â said social psychologist Carsten De Dreu of the University of Amsterdam, co-author of a Jan. 10 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. âœUnder oxytocin we saw an increase of in-group favoritism, which has the downside of discrimination against people who are not part of your group.â
Oxytocin is a hormone made in the brain and some reproductive organs. The body releases the biggest doses of it into the bloodstream during intimate situations (such as caressing), and from there it can dampen fight-or-flight instincts and calm down organs such as the heart.
As a neurotransmitter, itâ™s also intricately involved in social behaviors such as mother-child bonding, feelings of trust and love, and group recognition.
De Dreuâ™s “research flies in the face of how weâ™ve thought about oxytocin for decades. Itâ™s not all about free love and warm fuzzies,â said neuropsychologist Sarina Rodrigues of Oregon State University, who was not involved in the study. âœIt complements recent data showing oxytocin can promote envy when someone you donâ™t like wins something, or gloating when you win over someone you donâ™t like. Itâ™s key to defining where and who we are in society.â
To see how oxytocin influenced behavior, De Dreu and his team rounded up several groups of 60 to 70 Dutch men and sat them in front of computers that led them through one of five experiments. All of the experiments were designed to reveal biases toward or against in-groups, such as fellow Dutch, and out-groups, such as Arabs and Germans (people seen as rivals by many Dutch).
In all of the experiments, men who snorted a dose of oxytocin showed stronger and more frequent favoritism towards their countrymen over rival groups. Men who whiffed a placebo still showed signs of favoritism, but less frequently and at weaker levels.
âœIn a runaway-train scenario, they were more likely to save men with Dutch names than Ahmeds or Helmuts,â De Dreu said. The men who sniffed oxytocin were also more likely to sacrifice other nationalities, but not at scientifically significant levels.
De Dreu said the work is a starting point, and that he and his colleague would like to do experiments in more true-to-life settings to see how other conditions affect the oxytocin-induced favoritism and subsequent discrimination.
âœWeâ™ve shown an increase in ethnocentrism under oxytocin, and we tested this in controlled yet artificial conditions,â he said. âœOxytocinâ™s effect might be weaker when youâ™re with your friends walking down the street, but it may be stronger. Thatâ™s something we donâ™t know yet.â
Dave is an infinitely curious Wired Science contributor who's obsessed with space, physics, biology and technology. He lives in New York City. Follow @davemosher and @wiredscience on Twitter.
I think we have a problem Dave… your ‘F’ key might be malfunctioning… rom = From, ight-or-flight = Fight-or-flight… If you guys are looking for a new editor, I am available.
Does this article have a point? What are they looking for instead…a chemical that ‘eliminates bigotry’ by having the subject save those unlike them?
With that said, messing with the chemical functions (however slight) should be expected to have a negative effect. Seems like too many scientific ‘tinkerers’ have forgotten that.
Considering the attention paid to hormonal imbalances in women, I think it’s time some attention is paid to hormonal balances in men. It’s clearly an issue . . .
Thanks Cris — the “f”s went missing after we published the piece, so thanks for the catch. All patched up now.
Let’s get this straight. One of the findings was weak and the other was not statistically significant. Why is this an article?
I dunno what the case suggest to the “common” reader… more than comparison, I just could re-call “zero casualties”…
This is not a hormonal “imbalance” in men. It is a hormone mostly produced by women (they’re talking about men smelling it here, rather than producing it in their own bodies) that, as suggested by this story, has an effect that would inspire her mate to protect his clan, which would especially mean her and her baby. That’s a good thing.
The point of the article is that oxytocin has been thought of very one-dimensionally, as this chemical that just indiscriminately amps up the good feelings & warm fuzzies. And now we’ve got it connected to a very unexpected outcome: discrimination and prejudice. The picture gets more complicated, the pool of knowledge expands … and it’s worth covering.
The point of the article is that oxytocin has been thought of very one-dimensionally, as this chemical that just indiscriminately amps up the good feelings & warm fuzzies. And now we’ve got it connected to a very unexpected outcome: discrimination and prejudice. The picture gets more complicated, the pool of knowledge expands … and it’s worth covering.
The point of the article is that oxytocin has been thought of very one-dimensionally, as this chemical that just indiscriminately amps up the good feelings & warm fuzzies. And now we’ve got it connected to a very unexpected outcome: discrimination and prejudice. The picture gets more complicated, the pool of knowledge expands … and it’s worth covering.
There are Two Things I Canâ™t Stand in This World: People Who are Intolerant of Other Peopleâ™s Culture, and the Dutch.
I understand there is no direct reference to any “imbalance,” but my point, is that it is indeed, an important point and a step in the right direction.
I understand there is no direct reference to any “imbalance,” but my point, is that it is indeed, an important point and a step in the right direction.
I understand there is no direct reference to any “imbalance,” but my point, is that it is indeed, an important point and a step in the right direction.
Isn’t it natural to choose to save ones countrymen over strangers? My guess is that such a natural attitude is likely the norm except on Wired.
thomas – The Dutch probably “can’t stand” you either. Speaking of cultural intolerance, does that include the cultures of ALL people? So, surely you are tolerant of those African cultures which practice female genital mutilation as part of their religion and “culture?” (-: signed: “think well before you speak foolishly”
I’m afraid this is one of the reasons I no longer read Wired (the magazine; sometimes I find something of interest here on the website, which is free)- poor reporting. If Dave Mosher had really read the article rather than skim it for a marketable headline, he would have noticed that the study supports the idea that oxytocin enhances in-group favoritism, but that there is little to no support for it increasing out-group derogation (the bigotry mentioned in the title to get attention).
Experiment 1 and 2 [...] Thus, there is support for the hypothesis that (i) oxytocin creates intergroup bias because (ii) oxytocin promotes in-group favoritism. Mixed support was obtained for the hypothesis (iii) that oxytocin promotes out-group derogation.
Experiment 3 thus supports the hypothesis that (i) oxytocin creates intergroup bias because (ii) oxytocin promotes in-group favoritism. There was no support for the hypothesis that (iii) oxytocin promotes out-group derogation.
Experiment 4 and 5 [...] Together, these results provide additional support for the hypothesis that (i) oxytocin creates intergroup bias because (ii) oxytocin promotes in-group favoritism. There was no support for the hypothesis that (iii) oxytocin promotes out-group derogation.
curio – Thomas’ statement is a famous line from Austin Powers… he’s not being serious. Also, I agree with you that it’s completely natural to save countrymen over strangers, and to reiterate that one finding was weak and the other was statistically insignificant… bogus study.
Fair enough. Actually, looking again, I just noticed that you wrote “hormonal balances in men” rather than *imbalances*, and I agree that more study should be done on how hormones affect men.
Mostly I just wanted to say that this seems like a useful effect that the hormone produces in men. In general it’s good when we see others more as potential friends than potential enemies, but there are times when it pays to be more cautious, and this sounds like it promotes extra caution as well as stronger family bonding at such critical times.
Fair enough. Actually, looking again, I just noticed that you wrote “hormonal balances in men” rather than *imbalances*, and I agree that more study should be done on how hormones affect men.
Mostly I just wanted to say that this seems like a useful effect that the hormone produces in men. In general it’s good when we see others more as potential friends than potential enemies, but there are times when it pays to be more cautious, and this sounds like it promotes extra caution as well as stronger family bonding at such critical times.
The question stems from the understanding of chances and p-value. The p-value of 0.05 is created as a “barrier of good chance” where two things will always “most likely” happen. this may not be good enough for some situations where life and death are at stake, and we may move the chances to 0.01. But it can also work the other way, where we don’t need to be as stringent to have 95% probability of occurance, So the probability of chance occurance increases. But that cannot take away from the value of the increased occurance… Besides, we cannot say that p-value from a bivariate test is the end all, without further testing… which is not mentioned in this magazine
We are biologically engineered to be in relationship. It is not surprising that administering a hormone geared towards calming our stress response would in turn make us more inclined to demonstrate an affinity to those of the same culture. Furthermore, as it relates to oxytocin, vasopressin is the sister hormone which has a greater presence in men, thus causing them to be more protective of their familial group. The only thing surprising about the findings of this study is the negative spin it presents on natural neuro-biological processes. There are many straightforward research studies available at Oxytocin Central.
We are biologically engineered to be in relationship. It is not surprising that administering a hormone geared towards calming our stress response would in turn make us more inclined to demonstrate an affinity to those of the same culture. Furthermore, as it relates to oxytocin, vasopressin is the sister hormone which has a greater presence in men, thus causing them to be more protective of their familial group. The only thing surprising about the findings of this study is the negative spin it presents on natural neuro-biological processes. There are many straightforward research studies available at Oxytocin Central.

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iPad reviews of the week: Space Miner, Madden NFL 11, BIT.TRIP BEAT, Undead Attack! Pinball, Flick Golf | GamesRadar

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iPad reviews of the week: Space Miner, Madden NFL 11, BIT.TRIP BEAT, Undead Attack! Pinball, Flick Golf
iPad reviews of the week: Space Miner, Madden NFL 11, BIT.TRIP BEAT, Undead Attack! Pinball, Flick Golf
Venan Arcade's Space Miner: Space Ore Bust earned largely rave reviews when it debuted on iPhone and iPod Touch early last year, blending Asteroids-inspired gameplay with truly amusing dialogue and considerable ship customization. Following further success with Ninjatown: Trees of Doom! on both iPhone and iPad in the months since, Venan has returned with a polished iPad version of the original game that put them on the iOS map.
While the in-game action starts simply enough with straightforward asteroid blasting and collecting the resulting space ore, subsequent stages switch things up, letting you blast aggressive enemies, rescue free-floating tourists, and battle large boss characters. Moreover, all of these actions earn you cash to upgrade and customize your ship, which becomes its own sort of obsession, as the little tweaks actually improve your offensive, defense, and storage abilities, enhancing the gameplay in the process. Space Miner HD feels like a very different game after a couple hours of play, as the newer gameplay mechanics and significant ship upgrades make for a more frenetic and fun experience.

But what really cements Space Miner as an interesting and worthwhile download on both iPad and iPhone is the skilled writing and overall refinement of the product. Unlike some bite-sized games (on both phones and consoles) that use text and dialogue just to fill gaps, Space Miner's conversations are legitimately funny more often than not, and it feels like Venan really recognized the power of a well-written script and ran with it. Everything comes together for an iPad game that offers quick-hit play sessions, yet rewards long-term investment with enhanced gameplay and personalization; a real feat that helps make Space Miner one of the better games on the platform.

It's that time of year again -- the major holidays are in the past, resolutions are being decimated left and right, and the NFL playoffs are starting up again in the grand march towards the Super Bowl. And whether you're a fan of the awesome Chicago Bears or one of those others teams (Ed - we kid; but seriously, how about those Bears?), chances are you're looking for additional ways to satisfy your love of football over the next few weeks.
Enter the iPad version of Madden NFL 11. EA Sports wisely did not rush out a quick-and-dirty iPad port of last year's Madden when the device shipped in April, instead focusing its efforts on a pretty solid new iteration custom-made for the larger touch screen. Madden NFL 11 for iPad isn't primarily made for hardcore fans of the console versions, as the difference in visual and gameplay quality will likely put off hardened series aficionados, unless they're desperate for a portable fix. Instead, the iPad game seems best for the casual fan or iOS-centric gamer that doesn't flinch at the sight of numerous touch commands and majorly simplified animations. Madden plays well enough in this first iteration, though you'll want to pay close attention to the tutorials to soak in the numerous button commands, and the game includes the new GameFlow option that speeds up the experience for less discriminating play-callers.
And while it lacks a franchise mode, Madden NFL 11 for iPad does offer several other play options, including season and playoff modes, local Bluetooth multiplayer matches, and the exclusive Vintage Voltage mode, which riffs on the classic electric football tables. Just like those tables, it's wildly primitive and ridiculous, yet remarkably entertaining to sit back and watch. Madden NFL 11 offers enough options for pigskin-loving players to justify the $6.99 cost, even this deep into the NFL season, but considering EA's recent penchant for dropping dollars off iOS prices, keep an eye out for a deal on this one before and after the season officially concludes.

Gaijin Games' retro-stylized, chiptune-addled BIT.TRIP games are an absolute highlight of the WiiWare service, offering challenging gameplay experiences that test your skills while sending your brain aflutter with alluring aesthetics. The first entry in the planned six-game series, BIT.TRIP BEAT, is now available on iPad from Namco, and it's a sharp adaptation that takes advantage of the large touch interface.
Essentially a hyped-up riff on Pong, BIT.TRIP BEAT puts your single paddle up against an armada of blocks to bounce back towards their unseen point of origin. At first, the blocks fly on the straight and narrow, but as the music amps up and seconds pass, they zip by in elaborate patterns, crisscrossing the screen in an effort to trip you up. Missing several blocks results in aesthetic devolution, as the game adopts a no-frills, monochromatic approach with muted tunes until you work your way back into the good graces of color and sound.
BIT.TRIP BEAT requires skill, endurance, rhythm, and tenacity, but it rewards all of those qualities with a memorable and entertaining experience that feels both classic and thoroughly modern. Using the touch screen to manipulate the paddle works perfectly, and this version adds online and local multiplayer, as well as multiple remixed versions of the three original stages (using music from the other series entries) available as in-app purchases. It's the first BIT.TRIP title to hit iOS, but we're very seriously hoping it's not the last after experiencing BEAT all over again on iPad.
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SoundClick artist: Downtown music - page with MP3 music downloads

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:12:00 PST

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Why this name?

Band History:

Special Leasing $9,99
Leasing $19,99
Special Exclusive $79,99
Exclusive $119,99

Name of the beat

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Asmyco: Each iOS Device Has Downloaded More Than 60 Apps

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Asmyco, the Helsinki-based app developer / industry analysis advisory firm founded and led by a longtime Nokia manager, has just published a new report on its blog with notewrthy data on the increase in iOS downloads by device.
The company reports that more than 60 apps have been downloaded for every iOS device sold. That’s up from 10 apps downloaded for every iPhone/iPod touch in 2008, says Asmyco. So how did the firm get to that number? As the Apple App Store approaches 10 billion total downloads, App downloads are increasing at a faster rate that iTunes music downloads (of course, not all iTunes users are getting their music from iTunes).
Asmyco then determined that around 30 million Apps are currently being downloaded per day. The firm then divided the cumulative apps downloaded by the cumulative number of iOS devices sold, which includes iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches. Asmyco says that from that equation, each iOS device sold has downloaded more than 60 apps.
Of course, much of this information is subjective, considering Apple doesn’t publicly update its total number of iPhones, iPads and iPod touches very often. And as more devices are sold, more Apps will be downloaded.
But the Asymco does raise an interesting trend-App downloads are growing at an alarmingly fast rate, overtaking digital music along the way. Last fall, Asmyco reported that iOS App download were set to pass the total number of music downloads by the end of 2010. The firm says that this happened yet, but it’s coming close. And Apps will reach 10 billion downloads in less than half the time it took songs (31 vs 67 months for Apps, says Asmyco.)

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Mac on... soaring petrol prices

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:06:00 PST

http://at.blogos.us/post/mac-on-soaring-petrol-prices-post-1295287562I don't know what's funnier: The salivating dog in the cartoon or the comments of outraged, humorless busybodies debrying the cartoon.
What kind of IDIOT would ever show this bit of garbage??? Depicting animal abuse....this you call humour?? FIRE this creep! This is absolutely disgusting and highly inappropriate!!!!!!!!!
Petrol more expensive, oil finite, so let's cook the cat. Still don't get the connection and never will.
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OnLive Playback game catalog free to all users through Jan. 31 | Joystiq

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by Randy Nelson on Jan 14th 2011 4:50PM

When OnLive began testing its flat-rate $10 per month back catalog game offering, Playback, at the beginning of December, the company said that it would officially launch January 15, aka tomorrow. That's not happening -- instead, the Playback beta is being opened up to all users free-of-charge through the end of the month.
Initially, the Playback beta was accessible only to those users accessing the service via the OnLive MicroConsole system; it will now be available to everyone, on every platform, during this extended period. OnLive has promised that the catalog will include around 40 titles when it's out of beta (and people are being charged for it). Right now, it features about a dozen.

Alien Shooter: VengeanceDefense grid goldF.E.A.R. 2: Project OriginFrontlines: Fuel of WarKing's Bounty: Armored PrincessLEGO BatmanNBA 2K10Ninja BladePrince of PersiaPuzzle ChroniclesSawTom Clancy's H.A.W.XTomb Raider: UnderworldTropico 3Unreal Tournament III: Titan PackWheelmanWorld of GooZombie Shooter 2The full list of games you can play for free for these two weeks from Onlivefans.com.... Apparently they're adding "Trine" and "Supreme Commander" over the weekend (http://onliveinformer.com/onlive-playpack-collection-welcomes-supreme-commander-and-trine/)

@ariskanyevan Where did this article go? It's in my reader, but I can't find it on the main Joystiq page... Weeeird

@The Aquacharger Yeah, free's free's free. Whether you can max out the settings or not isn't really the point when it comes to this offer.

@Vidikron since the point of Onlive is to be able to play these games without needing a good computer. Since I can max all those game out, most of which aren't even demanding in the slightest, there's no point.

There are a bunch of games on that list I'd pay a couple bucks to rent or replay. Onlive keeps trying to win me over, I just wish I could leave my 1Mb internet connection and run away with it.

Worked surprisingly well over wifi here DC. Not sure where the nearest data center is but curious to hear anyone else in the area's impressions. Wired would be a lot better but that's not an option for me, unless I want to run a cable from my roommate's closet, and it's not really worth all THAT.

I think a hidden gem of a use for this service, if you install the windows client is as a way to demo games. No downloading of huge multigig demos. Just play the full game for 30 minutes or whatever the limit is. Instantly into any game to try it out.The list of games has to get much bigger but we can see that is happening and its a relatively new service. Must be tough aquiring the licences for all these games. Having online embedded into cable set top boxes and such will surely help there.As far as being able to play live with other people, I've found the lag too great and I'm on a 20mb Virgin cable connection. The fuzziness does grate on you after a while too but as a way to just demo games, I think it's unbeaten.

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"Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik" and related posts

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Opinion: Preventing a Blasphemy Pandemic

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:03:00 PST

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This week's rally in which more than 40,000 Pakistani citizens declared their support for blasphemy laws makes one wonder: Do Pakistan's blasphemy laws have the potential to turn into a pandemic for the Islamic world?
These laws sprung into the limelight in November 2010 when Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five, was sentenced to death after she was accused of blaspheming Prophet Muhammad.
The stakes were raised when Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's largest province, Punjab, publicly called for Bibi's release and an amendment to what he called a "black law." Taseer's bodyguard shot him 27 times on Jan. 4 for his opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws, creating a perfect storm for a pandemic.
Who cares if neither Bibi nor the governor actually committed blasphemy? One was accused and the other killed simply because of a difference of opinion. And ironically, it was Prophet Muhammad who said, "Differences of opinion in my community are a blessing."
Let me emphasize that as a "Muslimerican," I do not condone brazen insults of the Prophet Muhammad (or any prophet, for that matter). But like most moderate Muslims, I condemn Pakistan's mechanism for dealing with such insults.
Take novelty first. While the idea of the "rights of the sacred" is frequent in the history of religion, providing strict punishments for violating such rights, in Islam, is a rarity at best. The Koran prescribes absolutely no punishment for blasphemy, and goes further to say, "And if thy Lord had enforced His will, surely, all who are on the earth would have believed together. Wilt thou, then, force men to become believers?" [10:100].
Prophet Muhammad himself pardoned his bitter opponents on more than a dozen occasions. That is precisely why one would be hard-pressed to find similar state-sponsored atrocities committed under the guise of blasphemy laws over the past 1,400 years of Islam. Using a country's penal code to settle personal vendettas in the name of religion is a dangerous yet novel concept.
Pakistan's clerics celebrated New Year's Eve by holding nationwide rallies in support of Pakistan's blasphemy laws. Newspaper columnists, talk show hosts, college students and even street vendors are dyed-in-the-wool supporters of these clerics. More than 500 religious leaders hailed Mumtaz Qadri, the coldblooded guard who murdered the governor, as a hero. As Pakistan's clerics urged the masses not to offer funeral prayers for the late governor, hundreds glorified his assassin on a Facebook fan page. And when Qadri was brought to a court in Islamabad for his first hearing, a group of lawyers showered rose petals on him.
Just how poisonous were those rose petals is a question for the oblivious Muslim world, which is incapable of seeing that these laws could be a prelude for terrorism in its own backyard. Many American-Muslim groups were swift to issue statements condemning New Year's Eve bombing attacks at a Nigerian army barracks and a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. But the majority of those same groups have been silent since the assassination of Taseer, who valiantly shed his own blood to protect the life of one innocent Christian woman.
A heralding sign of this pandemic appeared last year when Indonesia's Supreme Court declared blasphemy laws to be constitutional.
Now the Muslim scholars around the world could help by answering one simple question: Does Islam seek to honor Prophet Muhammad by killing in his name? If the answer is no, then the time is ripe to develop a "vaccine" against this infectious agent within the Muslim world.
Then America should be worried. A potentially lethal infectious agent of extreme religious intolerance may have been unleashed globally.
Remain oblivious and soon this pandemic, loaded with guns and fatwas, might be coming to a church, synagogue or temple near you.
Faheem Younus, M.D., is a clinical associate professor of medicine/infectious diseases at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a former national youth president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, USA.
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Man discovers glasses-free 3D tech in the blink of an eye (video) -- Engadget

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http://at.blogos.us/post/man-discovers-glasses-free-3d-tech-in-the-blink-of-an-eye-video-engadget-post-1295218802 By Sean Hollister posted Jan 15th 2011 3:40PM
Who's got two thumbs and needs glasses to see 3D? Not this guy! Francois Vogel's figured out a way to remove those pesky spectacles from the equation, and he's ready to revolutionize the stereoscopic industry forever. Sure, you'll need a monitor with a 120Hz refresh rate, but that's a prerequisite these days anyhow, and the rest is sweet, sticky gravy dished directly to your eyeballs. Get a sneak peek at the game-changing tech in the video above, and keep an eye out for unicorns (we're sure they're around here somewhere). You'll never look at 3D the same way again, we promise.
Francois Vogel
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Capcom Store offers free shirt with Marvel vs. Capcom 3 pre-order | Joystiq

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:24:00 PST

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by Griffin McElroy on Jan 15th 2011 3:30PM
Are you looking for a fashion statement which will inform passersby that you could air juggle their pathetic frame for entire days with little to no effort? Good news: The Capcom Store is offering just such a shirt with pre-orders for Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Special Edition.
The deal is only available to North American shoppers -- fortunately, this regional exclusivity means shipping for both the game and shirt is on the house. We're not sure how long the pre-order offer will be available, so you might want to strike while the iron is still hot.
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@bigotis I'm getting tired of how everyone has taken to bashing Gamestop like they're some evil empire intent on taking over the world, and that gaming is still some underground movement and Gamestop is too mainstream. Guess what? They are a company that wants to make money, just like any other. More importantly they are an outlet to video games, which I'm sure everyone on this site enjoys. You're just losing that outlet by "not supporting them." I'm pretty sure they'll get by just fine without you.

@Burnflare Just because they're a company that wants to make money doesn't change the fact that they're an evil empire.

@Cypher FDP You know what was an evil empire? The Mongols. I bet you don't go comparing Gamestop to them.

@Burnflare dude just let them, i donno where exactly the hate originated from.. i think its from the employees selling games to the casuals or asking them if they want to buy/sell/trade games then selling them for twice the price... truth be told, its a company. Then when you add angry uptight gamers in the mix it doesn't sit well. My gamestop is the sh!t, i know the people and we game occasionally. They got me my GI subscription which i didn't even know i would like. Yeah the used games are over priced but so fuking what, go to ebay or amazon, its that simple.

@Burnflare "We'll give you $25 for your new game." Then you see it on the shelf for $55. That's evil."Do you want to preorder Halo 4? New Call of Duty? Do you want an Edge Card? Do you want some insurance for your game?"And let's not forget how they unwrap new games and still sell them as new even though they have scratches. I don't want a new game b/c nobody used it, I want a new game b/c it has no scratches. And there have been several times where they sold me a game with lots of scratches and when I try to trade it back in they take off money cuz it's too scratched. Yeah, Gamestop is evil.

@JIAGPOS Again, let me reiterate that they are first and foremost a COMPANY whose goal is to make a PROFIT. So of course they rip you off when you sell them your games. How else will they make money off of them? And seriously? You're complaining about scratches on the case? That makes them evil? Then that means the grocery store across my street must be evil, those apples I bought were bruised!

@bigotis I dont think anyone realizes that Gamestop is just a free game rental establishment. You know the newest games will be in the used game pile 24 hours after the game's release date. Buy the used version, beat it in 7 days and then return it for a full refund. That's how you stick it to Gamestop.

@Burnflare I don't hate Gamestop just because it's a company. I hate them because they do rip you off with used games and trade ins (Amazon is infinitely better, even though you have to) and because every time I've been to one, the associates are slow, inept, and like to argue with me if I say I'm not interested in a game.

@Burnflare I'm guessing you've never heard the term "customer service." I'm sorry that you're somehow completely oblivious to the fact that there are ways for a company to make money without ripping off their customers. Oh and you must be complete moron if you think he was complaining about scratches on the case, and not the disc. You know, the more important part?

@Burnflare Oh and for the record, I don't think GameStop is evil, I just think it's a shitty place to buy games and generally don't like to do business with them.

@Burnflare I guess you never tried to do a pre-order with them and have them sell your pre-order on you to someone else who didn't even have a pre-order.

@evanset6 I beat it in a week, and still dropped about 80 hours into it.And by beat it, i mean got to one of the possible endings.

Already pre-ordered. With a code you get from registering an store account, you get %10 off. I pre-ordered the special edition, and total was $67.40 shipped. Only four bucks more than if I had gotten the regular edition at a retail store.

No thanks. I'll make my own game called MaXel vs CaXcom 3 and give the original creators no credit.Pre-order cancelled BTW.

I tried emailing them to see if we could choose a size for this, but to no avail. I figure it'll be an XXL like every other giveaway shirt. As cool as the design is, no thanks.

@profbobo My friend called it a picture of Shuma gorath haveing tentacle sex with a bunch of servebots... which is a better shirt that I might ACTUALLY make.

A free t-shirt never entices me to buy a game. Yes I will be getting MvC3, easily but a t-shirt, I don't care....Though I don't even wear band shirts, well...thats a lie...I do have a "Devil Wears Prada" and "Senses Fail" shirt. I dunno.....I would feel funny wearing a videogame shirt, but thats me.

@The Minn I would be embarrassed to wear a scremo/metalcore shirt! Just kiddin, wear what you want :0)

I pre-ordered the regular edition for super cheap on amazon, but I want a Special Edition, too. I guess I may as well buy this and then sell one of my copies to a friend.

THANKYOUTENThat promo code will get you 10% off either version of MvC3 (PS3/360, Standard/Special) as well as free US Economy shipping.Just ordered it for PS3, woo.

@Tacowavable Tax? I didn't get charged any tax... It was $62.99 for me. Maybe you're in the same state as one of their distribution centers?

did you guys (joystiq) already note the two dlc characters featured on the capcom store in the special edition advertisement? if not theyre right there.

So do they have this In actual gamer sizes? (2-3X)Not making a crack at gamers just curious since most preorder shirts are in a Large, if even that.

Please find out with some investigating, what size the shirts are!!!! I want to preorder but I can't where an XX Large!

Ugly shirt of a character that no one cares about, plus they don't specify what size the shirt is. No thank you.
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Senado - UCR

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http://at.blogos.us/post/senado-ucr-post-1295216282Presidente de la Comisión de Comercio Exterior, Mercosur y Política de Integración Regional
Sigue bloqueo de vías en Pehuajó y piden que intervenga la Justicia
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El jefe de Gabinete de la Nación, Aníbal Fernández, afirmó ayer que todavía "no están cerradas" las candidaturas de la presidenta Cristina Kirchner y del gobernador bonaerense, Daniel Scioli, para la reelección en sus respectivos cargos.
Por ahora buscan propuestas comunes sobre cuestiones bonaerenses pero apuntan a generar un frente electoral
¿Alianza en puerta entre Julio Cobos y Ricardo Alfonsín? No tanto, pero los alfonsinistas deslizaron esa posibilidad en una reunión que mantuvieron ayer emisarios de ambos, en el caso de que el vicepresidente decidiera abandonar su postulación.
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Paddington Bear left with a bitter taste in the mouth after marmalade sales fall | Mail Online

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:15:00 PST

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It is a trend that will surely send Paddington Bear scurrying back to Darkest Peru.For a report suggests marmalade – the favourite of the much-loved children’s character – has fallen out of favour on the British breakfast table.Winnie the Pooh will be upset too, as figures show that honey has also suffered a slump in sales – while chocolate spread and peanut butter surge in popularity.Sales of chocolate spread rose by 7.5 per cent and peanut butter by 8 per cent last year as they cashed in on the changing tastes of adults and children, said the report by trade magazine The Grocer.And it showed that honey price increases of more than 10 per cent last year led to a slump in sales of 1.9 per cent on top of a drop of 5.4 per cent the previous year.Marmalade posted an identical fall in volume sales last year as in 2009 – 2.8 per cent – and was the worst performer in the jams, spreads and honey sector. The magazine said: ‘People seem to have fallen out of love with marmalade and honey.’It suggested the spread suffered because of demographics, as more than half of those buying it are the over-65s and attempts to broaden its appeal appear to have had limited success.The data shows that jam has fared better but it is not exactly in rude health. Volume sales were up only marginally at 0.3per cent despite heavy advertising and promotional activity. New products are said to be partly to blame.Jam makers could do worse than take a leaf out of the chocolate spread makers' book.The perennial kids' favourite continues to go from strength to strength and Nutella has seen sales grow by a fifth in the last year to pounds £24.1million.
Love Marmalade, on a side note, if I do buy peanut butter, I will ONLY buy SKIPPY peanut butter as that is British. I refuse to buy Kraft peanut butter after what that horrible company has done to the British.
Maybe people can't afford to buy this product anymore. Think about it, we're all in a sticky situation.
Can't say I like marmalade, sorry, but why on earth would people not like honey? Honey on toast, or freshly made bread is one of life's pure joys. We go through lots of honey in our household. None of us likes Nutella, horrid stuff it is.
The reason marmalade sales have fallen is that there are no longer Golly***s on the jars, so children have no incentive to try it. As a bitter sweet jam it is an aquired taste. Perhaps the PC brigade will think this is a victory, I think it is proof that the PC brigade are a bunch of idiots.
We just had a fancy for marmalade a short while ago, hadn't had it for ages. On hot buttered toast, real butter of course, it is delicious.
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BBC Sport - Cricket - Cricket World Cup venues behind schedule

mudahkaya@gmail.com (Dony Chandra) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:12:00 PST

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ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has revealed that preparations at five of the host stadiums for the cricket World Cup are behind schedule.However, Lorgat is confident all venues for the tournament in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be ready on time. "I'm sure they will be ready," said Lorgat. "All of our reports do not indicate anything like what transpired during the Commonwealth Games." The opening match between India and Bangladesh takes place on 19 February. Of most concern is the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which is to host the final on April 2, but which is still undergoing major renovations.
There are similar problems at the 80,000-seat Eden Gardens in Mumbai. Indian sport is still smarting from the debacle of last year's Commonwealth Games, when several teams threatened to pull out because of unfinished or substandard facilities. However, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council is playing down any concerns. "The stadiums are slightly behind," he said. "There are four in particular, but they'll be done before the start of the World Cup." Lorgat also denied suggestions that the outcome of the spot-fixing hearings against three Pakistan players, due to be announced on 5 February, could tarnish the ICC's showpiece event. "There is some time between the verdict and the start of the tournament," Lorgat added. "It is one of the reasons why we were keen to have it well before the start of the World Cup." Lorgat would not discuss details of the case against Salman Butt, Mohammed Amir and Mohammed Asif, but expressed himself happy at the way the matter had been dealt with.
I'll stick my neck out and say South Africa are gonna win the World Cup this time around. South Africa and Australia would be the finalists
"I believe we have done very well to get to this position with a six-day tribunal that has sat and now we await a judgement," he said. Lorgat also confirmed that the ICC would consider whether to introduce the Umpire Decision Review System in one-day internationals after it is trialled at the World Cup. "We will be using it during the World Cup and post the World Cup we will consider it at the next committee meeting," he stated. England and Australia will become the first sides to use the review system in one-day internationals in their seven-match series which starts on in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Miracle on the Hudson: Impact Still Felt 2 Years Later

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Two years ago today, Amy Jolly stood on the wing of a 70-ton Airbus in the middle of the frigid Hudson River, trying not to panic over what had just happened.
US Airways Flight 1549 had been aloft less than 100 seconds after taking off from New York's LaGuardia Airport when it hit a flock of Canada geese. Both engines were knocked out. Less than three and a half minutes later, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely crash-landed the plane on the river. Jolly and the 154 others on board scrambled outside. All survived.
Jolly, a department store clothing buyer who travels regularly for work, had never been a nervous flier, but the ordeal turned her into a terrified one. For months afterward, she met a therapist at a local airport where, amidst the clatter of wheeled carts, they worked to help Jolly conquer her fear.
As she marks the second anniversary of what became known as the Miracle on the Hudson, Jolly is back in the air, if not entirely comfortably, at least regularly. She feels like she has moved on. Life overall is on the "up and up."
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was hailed as a hero after an emergency water landing in the frigid Hudson River two years ago.
Over the past two years, the passengers' efforts to absorb the enormity of what upended their lives have changed them in uncountable and surprising ways. There have been few tangible changes – career shifts, a couple of divorces, an adoption, and at least three marriages and a birth. More has happened inward. Some have explored spirituality as they searched for the reason why they survived the event at all. Others felt euphoric and invincible.
Jay McDonald, a Charlotte software salesman, already had survived surgery for a benign brain tumor before he found himself staring at a burning jet engine on Jan. 15, 2009. Friday, he e-mailed from Tanzania to advise that he planned to mark the anniversary by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
The love birds, Ben Bostic and Laura Zych, who began dating after the accident and were featured in New York magazine on the first anniversary, are still together and not afraid to fly. They spent Christmas with her family in Minnesota.
"We both feel like we're going to be together for a long, long time," Bostic said. That Zych, a fashion merchandiser, would end up in a romance with a fellow passenger from the flight seemed like something out of the movies.
"The first thing I wanted to do was quit my job and move to Africa and feed starving babies," she said. "My counselor said, 'Yeah, wait, don't do that right away.'"
They met months afterward, at a passenger reunion in Charlotte, where most of the passengers live.
Eric Stevenson, an American who lives in Paris, planned to celebrate the second-year milestone watching the sun set on an Australian beach. The marketing executive did what half of American workers secretly aspire to: He quit his job and spent last year traveling through Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Stevenson's adventure is not entirely whim. He had faced death once before, 27 years earlier aboard a Boeing 767 when both engines went out over the Pacific after taking off from Los Angeles. By the time the pilots got them restarted, the passengers had donned life vests and were reviewing crash procedures with the flight attendants.
That experience convinced him that life's uncertainties are nothing to fear. He quit his job and moved to Europe. When it happened all again over New York, walking away from a job he had tired of was not a hard choice.
"Friends ask me if I would be doing the same thing if I hadn't been aboard Flight 1549? Yes, probably. I was ready to do something different," he said. "But events on the Hudson certainly give me the strong confidence that life is short and precious. Each day counts."
For all of the good feeling born of the events, there has been its angst and despair. Martin Sosa, a successful architect in Manhattan who once traveled the globe with his wife, Tess, has not been able to force himself to step back onto a plane.
"You'd think after two years, it would fall into the background, but it's something we reflect on every day" he said. "We go about our business, but there is this ominous foreboding feeling that something is going to happen. There is this thing that's always there. How do you get rid of it?"
Passengers stand on the wings of US Airways Flight 1549 waiting to be rescued from the middle of the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009.
Sosa had thought that "man was not meant to fly" long before he boarded Flight 1549 with Tess and their four-year-old daughter and nine-month-old son. The couple couldn't get seats together and he ended up with his daughter three rows behind Tess, his six-foot-one, 250-pound frame wedged into the tiny middle seat, 23B.
His two biggest fears had been falling out of the sky or drowning. That day, within minutes, he faced both.
"Look, we've got three great kids. Life moves on," he said. "But I can't say that life will be the same."
Sosa first described what he had endured on Flight 1549 to William Prochnau and me for the book, "Miracle on the Hudson," which recounts the story of their experiences during the flight and how the accident affected their lives afterward. He was one of 118 passengers we spoke to that first year. The conversations were somber, often wrenching, and occasionally celebratory as they relived the terror of the descent, and their joy at surviving almost certain death. More than equated the experience with living through a dream sequence, it was so surreal.
Capt. Sullenberger became a national hero for gliding the landing the crippled Airbus into what could be called a Hollywood parking place – almost in front of the New York Waterways ferry terminals, where flabbergasted ferry captains and crew members watched the touchdown out the window and then raced to the scene.
The first passengers to be rescued didn't even get their feet wet. They were back in Manhattan within minutes and on their way to instant celebrity-hood. The drama, enhanced by images of the passengers standing on the wings as if waiting for the subway, became the feel-good story of the year.
For months afterward, many passengers struggled to make sense of the sequence of events that aligned themselves so perfectly to create a good outcome. A pilot with the "right stuff" flying the plane. The morning snowstorm giving way to clear skies. The river being free of boat traffic and ice. The lack of wind that would have created chop that could have caught a wing tip. The ferries near by.
Tripp Harris, a banking consultant who lives in Charlotte, told us in 2009 about talking over all the whys with his pastor.
"There were so many things that had to line up and happen correctly, why didn't God just move the geese?" he wondered.
The pastor had two answers. First, God moves birds for a lot of other planes, he told Harris. But perhaps in a time of such economic despair, the country needed such a happy moment.
"I do wonder, why did this happen?" said Steve O'Brien, a recruiter from Charlotte. "Why in the grand, huge sky did a flock of geese hit our plane and everybody survives? It was a one in a billion shot. An unbelievable experience. I would go crazy if I tried to figure out why."
But for much of that first year, that's what O'Brien tried to do. O'Brien escaped out the left over-wing exit and jumped into the water behind seven passengers ahead of him who had leaped fearing the sinking carcass of the Airbus was out to explode.
Many on the flight thought the plane would return to LaGuardia until it passed just 600 feet over the arches of the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson -- just 1,235 feet above the river. But O'Brien, who grew up north of the city, knew all during the descent exactly where the plane would end up.
Once in the water, he lost his bearings. It became an out-of-body experience. For months after the accident, O'Brien became consumed with trying to fill in the holes in his memory. He tracked down Pam Seagle, a Bank of America executive, who swam with him out beyond the nose of the plane thinking they could make Manhattan. She remembered even less of their swim than he did.
He talked to the others who'd been in the water and the passengers who hauled him into the life raft, trying to match up glimpses of waving arms, a shock of black hair as if fitting together puzzle pieces. He spent hours reviewing the Con Ed video tape until he'd identified each of the fuzzy figures bobbing in the river.
"I still don't know what happened in the water," O'Brien said. "It frustrates me that I won't get that back."
Over time, the accident created an almost imperceptible barrier that separated O'Brien from his family and friends. Other passengers have described the same divide.
"Look at it this way, 150 of us have been to a place that even your spouse hasn't seen," O'Brien said. "You can talk about it six million ways from Sunday to your spouse or your therapist and they still haven't been there. It's like trying to describe the Grand Canyon to somebody who hasn't seen it."
The accident consumed Denise Lockie, an office supply company executive, in a entirely different way. She has become friends with a group of Charlotte passengers and spent Christmas Eve with her seatmate, Mark Hood, a tough ex-Marine who hauled most of the swimmers into the life raft.
"It is my life. It's not an event you can put away," she said. It was Lockie's shock of black hair that sticks in O'Brien's memory. She helped pull him into the life raft.
She still flies weekly for work, nervously. She won't fly out of New York after dusk and has walked off planes when she felt uncomfortable before takeoff. She also joined the National Air Disaster Alliance, a non-profit organization for families and survivors of plane crashes.
"This is my calling," she said. "This is what I need to do. There hasn't been another large event in the United States. But it's only a matter of time and I want to reach out to the family members make sure they are not alone."
At a dinner last fall, she met a woman whose daughter died on the commuter plane that crashed in a snowstorm outside Buffalo about a month after Flight 1549 glided onto the Hudson.
"She asked me, 'how did our daughter feel and did she know?'" Lockie said. "I felt so guilty. I said, she probably was very much at peace and probably wasn't afraid. And I speak from experience."
Lockie may be the exception. For most of the rest of the group, life returned, if not to normal, to a new normal.
Brian Moss, a business analyst in Charlotte, had been a hang glider pilot for years before taking Flight 1549. Despite having one of the most harrowing experiences on the plane, he was determined not to let the trauma drive him from the sport he loves.
He had been assigned to last row, window seat. As water filled the rear of the plane after touch down, Moss was quickly forced to climb up on the seat back in front of him, with only inches of headroom to spare. He reached down into the water to get his wallet out of his laptop bag and tuck it into his pocket so his body could be identified. Below he could see nothing but water. Far ahead, he could see light through a wing exit, but for what seemed an eternity, he couldn't see a way to get there.
Three months later, when the weather warmed, he strapped back into a glider. But getting across that threshold of fear was tougher than he'd imagined.
"I couldn't wait to get up and float around," he said. "It was not until I was hooked in and staring down a five-foot launch ramp that I felt 'it.' I'm sure my fellow pilots standing nearby could see my hands shaking. I've never been afraid to launch before and I haven't been since. But that day, I was afraid."
John Howell, an executive with an international tax and accounting firm, does not consider it a defining, terrible moment in his life, but "an extremely positive event." He has flown 230 times since.
"It's a great story to share," he said. "People are intensely interested in it. They all ask the same thing: what was it like?"
After the plane hit the geese, Howell became visibly angry on the descent. His brother was a New York firefighter who had died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Howell felt was about to perish in the Hudson.
"Of all the places to be killed, I could not believe I could inflict this terrible thing on my family," he said. "They had suffered enough."
These days, he wonders about the connection between the events. "How are they related? What does it mean? Do I feel guilty about it? Sometimes.
("Miracle on the Hudson: The Extraordinary Real-Life Story Behind Flight 1549" by William Prochnau and Laura Parker is available in paperback.)
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