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"There's a pretty big possibility that it could be causing some of the issues and I hope that's the case," Crosby said. "I hope that it'll improve and that's hopefully the end of it."
Crosby and Penguins owner Mario Lemieux met with spinal trauma expert Dr. Alexander Vaccaro in Philadelphia on Monday to review a series of recent tests on the 2009 NHL MVP.
Vaccaro determined an MRI and CAT scan indicated no evidence of a fracture in Crosby's neck -- as had been rumored during All-Star weekend -- instead confirming a California doctor's diagnosis that Crosby is dealing with a soft-tissue injury.
The news came as a bit of relief to Crosby, who hasn't played since symptoms resurfaced following a loss to Boston on Dec. 5. He missed more than 10 months last year after taking head shots in consecutive games in January, 2011. He returned on Nov. 21 and scored 12 points in eight games before going back on the injured list.
The tests could not determine when exactly the neck injury occurred.
"It's hard to pinpoint when this could have happened, whether this was an existing injury or it happened in one of the games in which he came back," general manager Ray Shero said.
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"There's not a lot of answers with this stuff," Crosby said. "They've been more than encouraging when going out and seeking other opinions."
The team called the injury "treatable," adding Crosby will return when he's symptom-free. Crosby skated with fellow injured teammates Jordan Staal and Simon Despres on Tuesday morning, though coach Dan Bylsma has stressed Crosby is nowhere close to being cleared for contact.
Crosby also met with chiropractic neurologist Dr. Ted Carrick in Atlanta earlier this month to deal with lingering motion issues, saying he was "happy" with his response to Carrick's treatment.
Just not enough to put any sort of timetable on a return, though he's hopeful the shot he received from Bray will not be required on a regular basis.
"It's something I'd rather not have to do to be honest with you," Crosby said. "I'd rather get work done here."
Crosby was vague on specific treatment but will focus on keeping his neck loose to help get rid of inflammation. Though he's skating, he claims he's "not where he wants to be." His plan remains to play whenever his body lets him, which could be sometime before the season ends.
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"There has never been any indication from any doctor over the last year that he'd have to shut it down for the season, that he'd have to retire," Shero said. "We're going to find a way to get a handle on this and get him back on the ice as safely and quickly as possible."
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Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, they say this would have kept the Earth cool for centuries.
The exact definition of the Little Ice Age is disputed. While many studies suggest temperatures fell globally in the 1500s, others suggest the Arctic and sub-Arctic began cooling several centuries previously.
The global dip in temperatures was less than 1C, but parts of Europe cooled more, particularly in winter, with the River Thames in London iced thickly enough to be traversable on foot.
What caused it has been uncertain. The new study, led by Gifford Miller at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, links back to a series of four explosive volcanic eruptions between about 1250 and 1300 in the tropics, which would have blasted huge clouds of sulphate particles into the upper atmosphere.
These tiny aerosol particles are known to cool the globe by reflecting solar energy back into space.
Depiction of the 1683 Thames' frost fair (Getty Images) The Little Ice Age saw an increase in cold winters in parts of Europe, but a small global change
"This is the first time that anyone has clearly identified the specific onset of the cold times marking the start of the Little Ice Age," said Dr Miller.
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So the plants provide a record of the icecaps' sizes at various times - and therefore, indirectly, of the local temperature.
An additional site at Hvitarvatn in Iceland yielded records of how much sediment was carried by a glacier in different decades, indicating changes in its thickness.
Putting these records together showed that cooling began fairly abruptly at some point between 1250 and 1300. Temperatures fell another notch between 1430 and 1455.
The first of these periods saw four large volcanic eruptions beginning in 1256, probably from the tropics sources, although the exact locations have not been determined.
The later period incorporated the major Kuwae eruption in Vanuatu.
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The extra ice in turn reflected more solar radiation back into space, and weakened the Atlantic ocean circulation commonly known as the Gulf Stream.
"It's easy to calculate how much colder you could get with volcanoes; but that has no permanence, the skies soon clear," Dr Miller told BBC News.
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They say a series of eruptions just cheap burberry 2012 before 1300 lowered Arctic temperatures enough for ice sheets to expand.
Writing in Geophysical Research Letters, they say this would have kept the Earth cool for centuries.
The exact definition of the Little Ice Age is disputed. While many studies suggest temperatures fell globally in the 1500s, others suggest the Arctic and sub-Arctic began cooling several centuries previously.
The global dip in temperatures was less than 1C, but parts of Europe cooled more, particularly in winter, with the River Thames in London iced thickly enough to be traversable on foot.
What caused it has been uncertain. The new study, led by Gifford Miller at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, links back to a series of four explosive volcanic eruptions between about 1250 and 1300 in the tropics, which would have blasted huge clouds of sulphate particles into the upper atmosphere.
These tiny aerosol particles are known to cool the globe by reflecting solar energy back into space.
Depiction of the 1683 Thames' frost fair (Getty Images) The Little Ice Age saw an increase in cold winters in parts of Europe, but a small global change
"This is the first time that anyone has clearly identified the specific onset of the cold times marking the start of the Little Ice Age," said Dr Miller.
"We have also provided an understandable climate feedback system that explains how this cold period could be sustained for a long period of time."
The scientists studied several sites in north-eastern Canada and in Iceland where small icecaps have expanded and contracted over the centuries.Cheap burberry 2012 new arrivals for sale, all designer bags, fashion clothing, luxury accessories and discount shoes are 60% off for men, women and kids, free shipping for orders exceed $200.
When the ice spreads, plants underneath are killed and "entombed" in the ice. Carbon-dating can determine how long ago this happened.
So the plants provide a record of the icecaps' sizes at various times - and therefore, indirectly, of the local temperature.
An additional site at Hvitarvatn in Iceland yielded records of how much sediment was carried by a glacier in different decades, indicating changes in its thickness.
Putting these records together showed that cooling began fairly abruptly at some point between 1250 and 1300. Temperatures fell another notch between 1430 and 1455.
The first of these periods saw four large volcanic eruptions beginning in 1256, probably from the tropics sources, although the exact locations have not been determined.
The later period incorporated the major Kuwae eruption in Vanuatu.
Aerosols from volcanic eruptions usually cool the climate for just a few years.
When the researchers plugged in the sequence of eruptions into a computer model of climate, they found that the short but intense burst of cooling was enough to initiate growth of summer ice sheets around the Arctic Ocean, as well as glaciers.
The extra ice in turn reflected more solar radiation back into space, and weakened the Atlantic ocean circulation commonly known as the Gulf Stream.
"It's easy to calculate how much colder you could get with volcanoes; but that has no permanence, the skies soon clear," Dr Miller told BBC News.
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2012年1月29日星期日
Tanks have gone in but they do not know where the Free Syrian Army is
"The Free Syrian Army has made a tactical withdrawal. Regime forces have reoccupied the suburbs and started making house-to-house arrests," an activist named Kamal said by phone from the eastern al-Ghouta area on the edge of the capital.
A spokesman for the Free Syrian Army of cheapburberryoutlet2012 defectors fighting Assad's forces appeared to confirm that account.
"Tanks have gone in but they do not know where the Free Syrian Army is. We are still operating close to Damascus," Maher al-Naimi told Reuters by phone from Turkey.
Activists said earlier on Sunday soldiers had moved into the suburbs at dawn, along with at least 50 tanks and other armoured vehicles. At least 19 civilians and rebel fighters were killed in that initial attack, they said.
Fighters had taken over districts less than eight km (five miles) from the heart of the city. The areas have seen repeated protests against Assad's rule and crackdowns by troops in the 10-month-old uprising.
"It's urban war. There are bodies in the street," said an activist speaking from the suburb of Kfar Batna.
Residents of central Damascus reported seeing soldiers and police deployed around main squares.
The escalating bloodshed prompted the Arab League to suspend the work of its monitors on Saturday. Arab foreign ministers, who have urged Assad to step down and make way for a government of national unity, will discuss the crisis on Feb 5.
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby left for New York where he will brief representatives of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to seek support for the Arab peace plan.
He will be joined by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, whose country heads the League's committee charged with overseeing Syria.
Elaraby said he hoped to overcome resistance from Beijing and Moscow over endorsing the Arab proposals.
A Syrian government official said the Arab League decision to suspend monitoring would "put pressure on (Security Council) deliberations with cheap burberry outlet the aim of calling for foreign intervention and encouraging armed groups to increase violence".
Assad blames the violence on foreign-backed militants.
The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported 41 civilian deaths across Syria on Sunday, including 14 in Homs province and 12 in the city of Hama. Thirty-one soldiers and members of the security forces were also killed, most in two attacks by deserters in the northern province of Idlib, it said.
State news agency SANA reported the military funerals of 28 soldiers and police on Saturday and another 23 on Sunday.
After mass demonstrations against his rule erupted last spring, Assad launched a military crackdown. Growing numbers of army deserters and gunmen have joined the protesters in a country of 23 million people regarded as a pivotal state at the heart of the Middle East.
The insurgency has crept closer to the capital. The suburbs, a string of mainly conservative Sunni Muslim towns, known as al-Ghouta, are home to the bulk of Damascus's population.
One activist said mosques there had been turned into opposition field hospitals and were appealing for blood supplies. "They (the authorities) cut off the electricity. Petrol stations are empty and the army is preventing people from leaving to get fuel for generators or heating," he said.
The Damascus suburbs have seen large demonstrations demanding the removal of Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that has dominated the mostly Sunni Muslim country for the last five decades.
In Rankous, 20 miles north of Damascus by the Lebanese border, Assad's forces have killed at least 33 people in recent days in an attack to dislodge army defectors and insurgents, activists and residents said on Sunday.
Iran said Assad must be given time to implement reforms.
Tehran at first wholeheartedly supported Assad's hardline stance against the 10 months of popular protests. It has since tempered its rhetoric, but it condemns what it calls foreign interference in Syrian affairs.
"They have to have a free election, they have to have the right constitution, they have to allow different political parties to have their activities freely in the country. And this is what he has promised," Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.
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Fighters had taken over districts less than eight km (five miles) from the heart of the city. The areas have seen repeated protests against Assad's rule and crackdowns by troops in the 10-month-old uprising.
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Residents of central Damascus reported seeing soldiers and police deployed around main squares.
The escalating bloodshed prompted the Arab League to suspend the work of its monitors on Saturday. Arab foreign ministers, who have urged Assad to step down and make way for a government of national unity, will discuss the crisis on Feb 5.
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby left for New York where he will brief representatives of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to seek support for the Arab peace plan.
He will be joined by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, whose country heads the League's committee charged with overseeing Syria.
Elaraby said he hoped to overcome resistance from Beijing and Moscow over endorsing the Arab proposals.
A Syrian government official said the Arab League decision to suspend monitoring would "put pressure on (Security Council) deliberations with cheap burberry outlet the aim of calling for foreign intervention and encouraging armed groups to increase violence".
Assad blames the violence on foreign-backed militants.
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State news agency SANA reported the military funerals of 28 soldiers and police on Saturday and another 23 on Sunday.
After mass demonstrations against his rule erupted last spring, Assad launched a military crackdown. Growing numbers of army deserters and gunmen have joined the protesters in a country of 23 million people regarded as a pivotal state at the heart of the Middle East.
The insurgency has crept closer to the capital. The suburbs, a string of mainly conservative Sunni Muslim towns, known as al-Ghouta, are home to the bulk of Damascus's population.
One activist said mosques there had been turned into opposition field hospitals and were appealing for blood supplies. "They (the authorities) cut off the electricity. Petrol stations are empty and the army is preventing people from leaving to get fuel for generators or heating," he said.
The Damascus suburbs have seen large demonstrations demanding the removal of Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam that has dominated the mostly Sunni Muslim country for the last five decades.
In Rankous, 20 miles north of Damascus by the Lebanese border, Assad's forces have killed at least 33 people in recent days in an attack to dislodge army defectors and insurgents, activists and residents said on Sunday.
Iran said Assad must be given time to implement reforms.
Tehran at first wholeheartedly supported Assad's hardline stance against the 10 months of popular protests. It has since tempered its rhetoric, but it condemns what it calls foreign interference in Syrian affairs.
"They have to have a free election, they have to have the right constitution, they have to allow different political parties to have their activities freely in the country. And this is what he has promised," Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said.
"We think that Syria has to be given the choice of time so that by (that) time they can do the reforms."
Syria has said it will hold a referendum on a new constitution soon, before a multiparty parliamentary election that has been much postponed. Under the present constitution, Assad's Baath party is "the leader of the state and society".
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2012年1月24日星期二
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Seen as Romney's to lose just days ago, South Carolina's primary has become a close contest between Romney, the former Massachusetts governor portraying himself as the best able to beat President Barack Obama, and Gingrich, the confrontational former House speaker and former Georgia congressman.
Both were scheduled to hold dueling campaign events at Tommy's, in Republican-rich Greenville, late Saturday morning. And neither campaign was stepping back from a primary day showdown.
It's "neck and neck," Romney declared Friday, moving to lower expectations for a race he led by double digits as of midweek.
Even as Romney was touting his electability in November, he continued to try to stoke doubt about Gingrich's ethics.
Gingrich, buoyed by the endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he left the race Thursday, called Romney's suggestion that his chief rival release documents relating to an ethics investigation from the 1990s a "panic attack" brought on by sinking poll numbers.
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Romney, Gingrich and Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator vying to be the preferred conservative, all planned to campaign in South Carolina's conservative upstate as the voting got under way. Paul, the Texas congressman who has campaigned lightly here, had no campaign appearances scheduled but was expected to visit campaign volunteers cheap gucci outlet 2012.
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Even as Romney was touting his electability in November, he continued to try to stoke doubt about Gingrich's ethics.
Gingrich, buoyed by the endorsement of Texas Gov. Rick Perry as he left the race Thursday, called Romney's suggestion that his chief rival release documents relating to an ethics investigation from the 1990s a "panic attack" brought on by sinking poll numbers.
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Romney won the New Hampshire primary by a wide marign on Jan. 10, and was thought to have edged Santorum in a photo-finish in Iowa's leadoff caucuses. However, the certified count from Iowa on Thursday showed Santorum had received more votes, although a handful of precincts remained uncertain and no winner was declared.
Romney, Gingrich and Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator vying to be the preferred conservative, all planned to campaign in South Carolina's conservative upstate as the voting got under way. Paul, the Texas congressman who has campaigned lightly here, had no campaign appearances scheduled but was expected to visit campaign volunteers cheap gucci outlet 2012.
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2012年1月17日星期二
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But the reduced Consumer Price Index figure of 4.2 per cent for December – down from 4.8 per cent the previous month – is still well above the government’s target figure of two per cent, forcing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King to write a letter to the Chancellor to explain the situation for the 25th consecutive month.
“The decrease in inflation was driven mainly by falls in the prices of petrol and clothing, and gas prices which were unchanged in December compared to a rise last year,” said Daniel Solomon, economist at think tank Cebr.
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But the reduced Consumer Price Index figure of 4.2 per cent for December – down from 4.8 per cent the previous month – is still well above the government’s target figure of two per cent, forcing Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King to write a letter to the Chancellor to explain the situation for the 25th consecutive month.
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Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said Lohan had attended her required 12 sessions of community service at the moncler jackets county morgue and mandatory therapy sessions and was on pace to end probation in March if she completed her total of 60 days of community service.
"She has done it all on schedule," Sautner said Tuesday during a hearing at the Airport Courthouse. "Keep doing what you are doing. You appear to be doing it well."
Lohan must complete 15 more community service days and attend four therapy sessions by Feb. 22. Sautner said she expected the actress to have finished her morgue work and therapy by March 29.
Lohan, 25, has made more court appearances than movies in recent years since a 2007 DUI conviction and 2011 theft conviction. She has repeatedly violated probation and has been jailed five times for short periods.
But facing the prospect of a longer sentence from Sautner and experiencing an uptick in her career with a Playboy cover, she has received glowing probation reports.
At her last hearing in December, Sautner praised Lohan for fulfilling her scheduled responsibilities and said she could end her probation in February if she completed her community service early.
Last year, Lohan pleaded guilty to the theft of a necklace from a Venice jewelry store. But she violated probation by missing therapy appointments and required workdays at the Downtown Women's Center.
Sautner sentenced Lohan to 30 days in jail and ordered her to complete her community service at the morgue, where she is working as a janitor. She spent less than five hours in custody.
In the last couple of months, Lohan has appeared to be back on track.
"Miss Lohan, you have actually done your work," Sautner told her at the December hearing. "You are doing well, and I would like to see it continue."
Fox has announced the early season broadcast moncler jacket schedule for American Idol's eleventh season and confirmed the upcoming edition will, similar to last season's format, include a single semifinals performance round and the return of a "Wild Card" semifinals round.
Like its 2011 edition, American Idol's eleventh season will feature a single gender-balanced semifinals performance round which will end with home viewers and returning judging panel members Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler jointly determining the season's finalists.
American Idol's eleventh season -- which will premiere on Wednesday, January 18 at 8PM ET/PT and mark the beginning of the show's regular Wednesday/Thursday broadcast schedule -- will start with eight episodes covering last summer's audition tour.
After the two-night debut, Fox will air a special American Idol audition episode on Sunday, January 22 at 10PM ET/PT following the network's broadcast of the NFL's NFC Championship game.
The eight audition episodes will feature the judges traveling to Savannah, Aspen, Galveston, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, and St. Louis in search of talented contestants.
Then, beginning Thursday, February 9, Fox will air four additional episodes which will chronicle the competition's Hollywood Round and Las Vegas Round and conclude with the unveiling of the season's top male and female semifinalists moncler jackets 2011 outlet on Thursday, February 22.
The Las Vegas Round will feature the Hollywood Round's remaining contestants traveling to Vegas and performing additional songs and end with the judges narrowing the eleventh-season contestant pool down.
Once the semifinalists are revealed, American Idol will air a pair of back-to-back semifinals performance shows on Tuesday, February 28 and Wednesday, February 29 that will be followed by a live results show which will announce the season's finalists on Thursday, March 1.
The male and female semifinalists who receive the most home viewer votes will automatically advance to Idol's eleventh-season finals, however once they have been announced, the judges will also select an unspecified number of special "Wild Card" picks to round out the finalists, according to Fox.
American Idol's first eleventh-season performance show will then air on Wednesday, March 7 and feature the finalists singing for home viewer votes. One finalist will then be eliminated the following night during the season's first live elimination results show.
The following is American Idol's early eleventh-season broadcast schedule:
Sautner's tone in recent hearings has been far removed from the frustration she expressed in October. Last fall, Lohan admitted in court that she had violated probation by missing required workdays and appointments.
She missed 12 of the 20 scheduled workdays at the Downtown Women's Center that were imposed in May, when she pleaded guilty to the necklace theft.
Lohan also canceled 14 of 19 scheduled appointments for court-ordered psychotherapy, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case but not authorized to discuss it.
Sautner had warned Lohan that if cheap moncler she failed to meet the terms of her probation, she would be returned to jail for 270 days.
Lohan is required to report to the court each month and was seen last week visiting probation staff.
"She has done it all on schedule," Sautner said Tuesday during a hearing at the Airport Courthouse. "Keep doing what you are doing. You appear to be doing it well."
Lohan must complete 15 more community service days and attend four therapy sessions by Feb. 22. Sautner said she expected the actress to have finished her morgue work and therapy by March 29.
Lohan, 25, has made more court appearances than movies in recent years since a 2007 DUI conviction and 2011 theft conviction. She has repeatedly violated probation and has been jailed five times for short periods.
But facing the prospect of a longer sentence from Sautner and experiencing an uptick in her career with a Playboy cover, she has received glowing probation reports.
At her last hearing in December, Sautner praised Lohan for fulfilling her scheduled responsibilities and said she could end her probation in February if she completed her community service early.
Last year, Lohan pleaded guilty to the theft of a necklace from a Venice jewelry store. But she violated probation by missing therapy appointments and required workdays at the Downtown Women's Center.
Sautner sentenced Lohan to 30 days in jail and ordered her to complete her community service at the morgue, where she is working as a janitor. She spent less than five hours in custody.
In the last couple of months, Lohan has appeared to be back on track.
"Miss Lohan, you have actually done your work," Sautner told her at the December hearing. "You are doing well, and I would like to see it continue."
Fox has announced the early season broadcast moncler jacket schedule for American Idol's eleventh season and confirmed the upcoming edition will, similar to last season's format, include a single semifinals performance round and the return of a "Wild Card" semifinals round.
Like its 2011 edition, American Idol's eleventh season will feature a single gender-balanced semifinals performance round which will end with home viewers and returning judging panel members Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler jointly determining the season's finalists.
American Idol's eleventh season -- which will premiere on Wednesday, January 18 at 8PM ET/PT and mark the beginning of the show's regular Wednesday/Thursday broadcast schedule -- will start with eight episodes covering last summer's audition tour.
After the two-night debut, Fox will air a special American Idol audition episode on Sunday, January 22 at 10PM ET/PT following the network's broadcast of the NFL's NFC Championship game.
The eight audition episodes will feature the judges traveling to Savannah, Aspen, Galveston, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Diego, and St. Louis in search of talented contestants.
Then, beginning Thursday, February 9, Fox will air four additional episodes which will chronicle the competition's Hollywood Round and Las Vegas Round and conclude with the unveiling of the season's top male and female semifinalists moncler jackets 2011 outlet on Thursday, February 22.
The Las Vegas Round will feature the Hollywood Round's remaining contestants traveling to Vegas and performing additional songs and end with the judges narrowing the eleventh-season contestant pool down.
Once the semifinalists are revealed, American Idol will air a pair of back-to-back semifinals performance shows on Tuesday, February 28 and Wednesday, February 29 that will be followed by a live results show which will announce the season's finalists on Thursday, March 1.
The male and female semifinalists who receive the most home viewer votes will automatically advance to Idol's eleventh-season finals, however once they have been announced, the judges will also select an unspecified number of special "Wild Card" picks to round out the finalists, according to Fox.
American Idol's first eleventh-season performance show will then air on Wednesday, March 7 and feature the finalists singing for home viewer votes. One finalist will then be eliminated the following night during the season's first live elimination results show.
The following is American Idol's early eleventh-season broadcast schedule:
Sautner's tone in recent hearings has been far removed from the frustration she expressed in October. Last fall, Lohan admitted in court that she had violated probation by missing required workdays and appointments.
She missed 12 of the 20 scheduled workdays at the Downtown Women's Center that were imposed in May, when she pleaded guilty to the necklace theft.
Lohan also canceled 14 of 19 scheduled appointments for court-ordered psychotherapy, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case but not authorized to discuss it.
Sautner had warned Lohan that if cheap moncler she failed to meet the terms of her probation, she would be returned to jail for 270 days.
Lohan is required to report to the court each month and was seen last week visiting probation staff.
I think he made some good strides this year
What's not in doubt is his status cheap gucci outlet 2012 as the Denver Broncos' starter.
The team sought to curb the circus that's sure to surround Tebow over the next several months by declaring him the incumbent at a season-ending news conference Monday.
"Well, I think Tim's earned the right to be the starting quarterback going into training camp next year," Broncos vice president John Elway declared at the beginning of a 40-minute news conference in which 24 of the 47 questions were about Tebow.
"I think he made some good strides this year," Elway said. "He obviously played very well against Pittsburgh and played very well in a lot of football games."
The St. Louis Rams scheduled a news conference Tuesday to introduce Jeff Fisher as their coach, having finalized contract details.
The announcement came amid reports that New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has agreed to join Fisher's staff in the same role.
The Rams on Friday agreed to a deal with Fisher, who sat out last season after 17 seasons with the Tennessee Titans franchise.
Angels, Callaspo agree to one-year contract
The Angels avoided arbitration with Alberto Callaspo gucci outlet, agreeing to terms with the third baseman on a one-year, $3.15-million contract that leaves shortstop Erick Aybar as the team's only unsigned, arbitration-eligible player.
However, there is no immediate urgency to resolve Aybar's 2012 contract situation because the Angels are trying to secure the slick-fielding switch-hitter in a long-term deal. With Callaspo secured, the Angels now have 17 players under contract for $140 million next season. Their final 2012 payroll is expected to be about $150 million.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations said the Boston Red Sox and former Dodgers right-hander Vicente Padilla agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the club hadn't formally announced the deal.
Padilla, 34, pitched in only nine games last season with the Dodgers, the last on May 13, before having season-ending surgery for a bulging disk in his neck.
The San Francisco Giants and outfielder Angel Pagan agreed to a $4.85-million, one-year contract that avoided arbitration, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said.
A person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press that the Philadelphia Phillies and free-agent pitcher Joel Pineiro agreed to a minor league contract. Gucci boots for men, cheap gucci men boots outlet 2012.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement hasn't been announced, said the deal includes an invitation to major league camp for spring training.
The team sought to curb the circus that's sure to surround Tebow over the next several months by declaring him the incumbent at a season-ending news conference Monday.
"Well, I think Tim's earned the right to be the starting quarterback going into training camp next year," Broncos vice president John Elway declared at the beginning of a 40-minute news conference in which 24 of the 47 questions were about Tebow.
"I think he made some good strides this year," Elway said. "He obviously played very well against Pittsburgh and played very well in a lot of football games."
The St. Louis Rams scheduled a news conference Tuesday to introduce Jeff Fisher as their coach, having finalized contract details.
The announcement came amid reports that New Orleans defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has agreed to join Fisher's staff in the same role.
The Rams on Friday agreed to a deal with Fisher, who sat out last season after 17 seasons with the Tennessee Titans franchise.
Angels, Callaspo agree to one-year contract
The Angels avoided arbitration with Alberto Callaspo gucci outlet, agreeing to terms with the third baseman on a one-year, $3.15-million contract that leaves shortstop Erick Aybar as the team's only unsigned, arbitration-eligible player.
However, there is no immediate urgency to resolve Aybar's 2012 contract situation because the Angels are trying to secure the slick-fielding switch-hitter in a long-term deal. With Callaspo secured, the Angels now have 17 players under contract for $140 million next season. Their final 2012 payroll is expected to be about $150 million.
A person with knowledge of the negotiations said the Boston Red Sox and former Dodgers right-hander Vicente Padilla agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to major league spring training.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the club hadn't formally announced the deal.
Padilla, 34, pitched in only nine games last season with the Dodgers, the last on May 13, before having season-ending surgery for a bulging disk in his neck.
The San Francisco Giants and outfielder Angel Pagan agreed to a $4.85-million, one-year contract that avoided arbitration, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said.
A person familiar with the deal told the Associated Press that the Philadelphia Phillies and free-agent pitcher Joel Pineiro agreed to a minor league contract. Gucci boots for men, cheap gucci men boots outlet 2012.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the agreement hasn't been announced, said the deal includes an invitation to major league camp for spring training.
2012年1月16日星期一
The foundation behind the site
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced on Twitter Monday that the popular community-based online encyclopedia will shut down its English moncler jackets versions for 24 hours in protest. Users of the site have discussed for more than a month whether it should react to the legislation and in the past few days, tried to decide how.
The foundation behind the site, Wikimedia, says it is still collecting input from users and expects to make its final decision later Monday evening on the details of the protest based on that feedback. However, a large-scale blackout is expected at this time.
“We are looking at a powerful protest,” said Jay Walsh, spokesman for the foundation.
The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act pending in Congress are designed to crack down on sales of pirated U.S. products overseas.
Supporters say the legislation is needed to protect intellectual property and jobs. Critics say the legislation could hurt the technology industry and infringe on free-speech rights.
Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others have questioned the legislation and said it poses a serious risk to the industry. Several online communities such as Reddit, Boing Boing and others have announced plans to go dark in protest.
Wikipedia is considering several different moncler jacket forms of response, from a banner across the top of the page to a black out in certain areas, up to a worldwide shutdown, Walsh said. If Wikipedia opts to black out, it would be the largest and most well-known website to do so.
“It’s not a muscle that is normally flexed,” Walsh said.
The Obama administration has also raised concerns about the legislation and said over the weekend that it will work with Congress on legislation to help battle piracy and counterfeiting while defending free expression, privacy, security and innovation in the Internet.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
A Chinese company has apparently called off plans to sell an action figure made in the likeness of the late Apple founder and tech wizard Steve Jobs, saying it was responding to pressure from Apple lawyers, as well as from the Jobs family.
A statement on the In Icons website said the doll was intended as an homage to Jobs, who died in October at 56 after a career spent changing the face of movies, music, computers and more. The company said it believed that its figurine would have survived any legal challenges.
But in the end, In Icons said, it decided moncler jackets 2011 outlet to stop production on the potential collectors item -- which would have sold for $99.99 -- because the Jobs family was said to be so distraught over it.
PHOTOS: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
"Unfortunately we have received immense pressure from the lawyers of Apple and Steve Jobs family," the statement said. "Though we still believe we have not overstepped any legal boundaries, we have decided to completely stop ... out of our heartfelt sensitivity to the feelings of the Jobs family."
The statement concluded: "Lastly, we wish to thank everyone for their admiration and appreciate of the figurine, and again we offer our sincere apologies to affected fans."
The company raised eyebrows this month when the media caught wind of plans to sell a remarkably realistic action figure that included all the Jobs trademarks: the New Balance kicks, the blue jeans, the black mock turtleneck, the silver-framed glasses, the beard.
The doll was scheduled to begin shipping in February. It was slated to arrive with plenty of accessories, such as extra glasses and two apples, including one with a chomp taken out of it. The figurine was to arrive in a box that cheap moncler mimicked Apple's clean, minimalistic white packaging.
A representative for Apple did not reply to a request for comment before this story
The foundation behind the site, Wikimedia, says it is still collecting input from users and expects to make its final decision later Monday evening on the details of the protest based on that feedback. However, a large-scale blackout is expected at this time.
“We are looking at a powerful protest,” said Jay Walsh, spokesman for the foundation.
The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act pending in Congress are designed to crack down on sales of pirated U.S. products overseas.
Supporters say the legislation is needed to protect intellectual property and jobs. Critics say the legislation could hurt the technology industry and infringe on free-speech rights.
Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo and others have questioned the legislation and said it poses a serious risk to the industry. Several online communities such as Reddit, Boing Boing and others have announced plans to go dark in protest.
Wikipedia is considering several different moncler jacket forms of response, from a banner across the top of the page to a black out in certain areas, up to a worldwide shutdown, Walsh said. If Wikipedia opts to black out, it would be the largest and most well-known website to do so.
“It’s not a muscle that is normally flexed,” Walsh said.
The Obama administration has also raised concerns about the legislation and said over the weekend that it will work with Congress on legislation to help battle piracy and counterfeiting while defending free expression, privacy, security and innovation in the Internet.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
A Chinese company has apparently called off plans to sell an action figure made in the likeness of the late Apple founder and tech wizard Steve Jobs, saying it was responding to pressure from Apple lawyers, as well as from the Jobs family.
A statement on the In Icons website said the doll was intended as an homage to Jobs, who died in October at 56 after a career spent changing the face of movies, music, computers and more. The company said it believed that its figurine would have survived any legal challenges.
But in the end, In Icons said, it decided moncler jackets 2011 outlet to stop production on the potential collectors item -- which would have sold for $99.99 -- because the Jobs family was said to be so distraught over it.
PHOTOS: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
"Unfortunately we have received immense pressure from the lawyers of Apple and Steve Jobs family," the statement said. "Though we still believe we have not overstepped any legal boundaries, we have decided to completely stop ... out of our heartfelt sensitivity to the feelings of the Jobs family."
The statement concluded: "Lastly, we wish to thank everyone for their admiration and appreciate of the figurine, and again we offer our sincere apologies to affected fans."
The company raised eyebrows this month when the media caught wind of plans to sell a remarkably realistic action figure that included all the Jobs trademarks: the New Balance kicks, the blue jeans, the black mock turtleneck, the silver-framed glasses, the beard.
The doll was scheduled to begin shipping in February. It was slated to arrive with plenty of accessories, such as extra glasses and two apples, including one with a chomp taken out of it. The figurine was to arrive in a box that cheap moncler mimicked Apple's clean, minimalistic white packaging.
A representative for Apple did not reply to a request for comment before this story
2012年1月15日星期日
As long as he sits down and rests
Heat coach Erik Spolestra said there would be no timetable for Wade’s return. Wade, who has a sprained right ankle worked out alone moncler jackets in another part of AmericanAirlines Arena. Meanwhile, on the main practice court, Miller, who has missed everything so far recovering from a sports hernia, participated in a semi-physical three-on-three game.
Though Miller once again said “I’m 100 percent ready to play,” Spolestra wouldn’t commit to Miller playing Tuesday. Still, Miller’s far more likely to see time than Wade, who has more dents than a ’72 Pinto.
“As long as he sits down and rests,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “He’s been pushing it, he’s been giving it everything it has. Unfortunately, last game [Friday in Denver], he turned his ankle. But, sometimes, things happen. He probably needed to sit down and rest in the first place. It’s a blessing in disguise. We need to be cheap moncler jackets healthy when it’s time to make a run in the playoffs. Chill out right now, get better and we’ll hold it down until he can come back.”
Old habits
And to hold it down, Heat forward LeBron James said he has to step it up at both ends while his pal heals.
“Revert back to some of the ways of where I was back in Cleveland where, for the most part, I had to be the No. 1 option offensively,” James said. “Not force it, but put a little more pressure on myself to be more in tune with the offense, knowing you’ve got a high-powered offensive player and defensive player sitting out.”
James said with Wade in he doesn’t downshift, but “It’s just knowing you have more options out there and you don’t have to force as much. You don’t have to worry, ‘if I don’t go out and get my 30 a night. … then we don’t give ourselves a good chance to win.’ ”
Spolestra did say if Wade misses games, guard cheap burberry bags James Jones, who played five minutes on the three-game road trip, gets a bigger role in the rotation.
“The last three or four games, I’ve tightened the rotation to help our guys be a little more consistent,” Spolestra said.
Alas, the Heat wasn’t and the team spent the majority of Sunday’s session in video review.
“It’s a good day to catch up, but also to do a lot of teaching,” Spolestra said. “Very detail-oriented, very specific. Tomorrow, more of a training camp-type of practice.”
Asked for a main talking point of the session, Heat forward Shane Battier said, “We’re forcing a lot of turnovers, which is great. But we’re cheap moncler giving up a lot of turnovers on our offensive end. It’s too tough to win giving the good teams in this league extra opportunities.”
Though Miller once again said “I’m 100 percent ready to play,” Spolestra wouldn’t commit to Miller playing Tuesday. Still, Miller’s far more likely to see time than Wade, who has more dents than a ’72 Pinto.
“As long as he sits down and rests,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “He’s been pushing it, he’s been giving it everything it has. Unfortunately, last game [Friday in Denver], he turned his ankle. But, sometimes, things happen. He probably needed to sit down and rest in the first place. It’s a blessing in disguise. We need to be cheap moncler jackets healthy when it’s time to make a run in the playoffs. Chill out right now, get better and we’ll hold it down until he can come back.”
Old habits
And to hold it down, Heat forward LeBron James said he has to step it up at both ends while his pal heals.
“Revert back to some of the ways of where I was back in Cleveland where, for the most part, I had to be the No. 1 option offensively,” James said. “Not force it, but put a little more pressure on myself to be more in tune with the offense, knowing you’ve got a high-powered offensive player and defensive player sitting out.”
James said with Wade in he doesn’t downshift, but “It’s just knowing you have more options out there and you don’t have to force as much. You don’t have to worry, ‘if I don’t go out and get my 30 a night. … then we don’t give ourselves a good chance to win.’ ”
Spolestra did say if Wade misses games, guard cheap burberry bags James Jones, who played five minutes on the three-game road trip, gets a bigger role in the rotation.
“The last three or four games, I’ve tightened the rotation to help our guys be a little more consistent,” Spolestra said.
Alas, the Heat wasn’t and the team spent the majority of Sunday’s session in video review.
“It’s a good day to catch up, but also to do a lot of teaching,” Spolestra said. “Very detail-oriented, very specific. Tomorrow, more of a training camp-type of practice.”
Asked for a main talking point of the session, Heat forward Shane Battier said, “We’re forcing a lot of turnovers, which is great. But we’re cheap moncler giving up a lot of turnovers on our offensive end. It’s too tough to win giving the good teams in this league extra opportunities.”
2012年1月13日星期五
Resveratrol has been linked to these benefits in a number of studies
A University of Connecticut researcher who worked on the health benefits of a chemical in red wine fabricated data in 145 separate moncler jackets research projects, a three-year investigation has found.
University officials have notified 11 scientific journal studies co-authored by Dipak Das, whose work focused on whether resveratrol -- an antioxidant found in grape skin -- can prevent coronary heart disease or kill cancer cells, according to the Boston Herald.
Resveratrol has been linked to these benefits in a number of studies -- just recently, Times health writer Melissa Healy explained a study that showed obese men who took resveratrol in high doses saw their metabolic function improve and evidence of inflammation fall -- almost as if they were becoming more "athletic" without raising a single dumbbell.
But Healy has also written about the hype around resveratrol. "The marketing frenzy surrounding resveratrol is a prime example of how cheap moncler jackets science can be distorted when it is mingled with hope, amplified for buzz and spun for profit," she wrote in a 2009 piece that took a critical look at the relative lack of solid science surrounding the antioxidant.
Those same pressures to market successful results also seem to appear during the process of the actual research.
"If you are blatantly honest about your failures, you will get nowhere," David Rowe, director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development at the university's health center, told the Boston Herald. "The fact is that reviewing agencies want success. Therefore you spin your data in the most favorable way. That’s where the dangers begin to come - that you spin it a little more than you can justify and then one thing leads to another. It’s a very mushy, very fuzzy line."
In fact, as I wrote in a story on Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel, who was found to have falsified dozens of papers over several years, cheap burberry bags questionable research practices may be more commonplace than thought.
In a study to be published in the journal Psychological Science, researchers surveyed more than 2,000 psychologists and found that many said they had engaged in potentially unsavory practices, including selectively reporting studies that 'worked' (50%) and yes, even outright falsification of data (1.7%).
The problem with these practices, study coauthor and Carnegie Mellon professor George Loewenstein said, was that many such practices fall into a defensible gray area, which allows researchers to justify their actions.
As general a problem as it may be in academia, the details of the case actually start to sound a lot like the case of Stapel himself. Like Das, he was also in a position of authority while he faked at least some of the data. A report detailing the deceptions detailed how Stapel would compartmentalize work in an effort to keep his research partners in the dark.
Unlike Stapel's case, however, cheap moncler there appear to be several researchers who were aware, and even complicit, in the faking of data in Das' studies.
University officials have notified 11 scientific journal studies co-authored by Dipak Das, whose work focused on whether resveratrol -- an antioxidant found in grape skin -- can prevent coronary heart disease or kill cancer cells, according to the Boston Herald.
Resveratrol has been linked to these benefits in a number of studies -- just recently, Times health writer Melissa Healy explained a study that showed obese men who took resveratrol in high doses saw their metabolic function improve and evidence of inflammation fall -- almost as if they were becoming more "athletic" without raising a single dumbbell.
But Healy has also written about the hype around resveratrol. "The marketing frenzy surrounding resveratrol is a prime example of how cheap moncler jackets science can be distorted when it is mingled with hope, amplified for buzz and spun for profit," she wrote in a 2009 piece that took a critical look at the relative lack of solid science surrounding the antioxidant.
Those same pressures to market successful results also seem to appear during the process of the actual research.
"If you are blatantly honest about your failures, you will get nowhere," David Rowe, director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development at the university's health center, told the Boston Herald. "The fact is that reviewing agencies want success. Therefore you spin your data in the most favorable way. That’s where the dangers begin to come - that you spin it a little more than you can justify and then one thing leads to another. It’s a very mushy, very fuzzy line."
In fact, as I wrote in a story on Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel, who was found to have falsified dozens of papers over several years, cheap burberry bags questionable research practices may be more commonplace than thought.
In a study to be published in the journal Psychological Science, researchers surveyed more than 2,000 psychologists and found that many said they had engaged in potentially unsavory practices, including selectively reporting studies that 'worked' (50%) and yes, even outright falsification of data (1.7%).
The problem with these practices, study coauthor and Carnegie Mellon professor George Loewenstein said, was that many such practices fall into a defensible gray area, which allows researchers to justify their actions.
As general a problem as it may be in academia, the details of the case actually start to sound a lot like the case of Stapel himself. Like Das, he was also in a position of authority while he faked at least some of the data. A report detailing the deceptions detailed how Stapel would compartmentalize work in an effort to keep his research partners in the dark.
Unlike Stapel's case, however, cheap moncler there appear to be several researchers who were aware, and even complicit, in the faking of data in Das' studies.
2012年1月12日星期四
In this election you can't afford to lose any voters
Ron Paul's libertarian philosophy is resonating with voters and senior Republicans say the party needs to show respect for him and grant moncler jackets some concessions to make sure he does not run as a third party candidate, and take his supporters along with him.
With a tough battle ahead to prevent Democratic President Barack Obama's re-election in November, Republican politicians and strategists say Texas Congressman Paul - who has spouted his anti-establishment views for decades without much success - must now be listened to, at least in part.
"In this election you can't afford to lose any voters," said Tony Fratto, a Republican consultant and former deputy spokesman for President George W. Bush.
Paul pulled in about a quarter of the vote in the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday after winning about 21 percent of the vote in Iowa.
While this was not enough to win, it proved the strength of his loyal following, much of it made up of young people.
"It's really important for whomever the Republican nominee is ... to treat the Ron Paul constituency with respect, to not be dismissive, to appreciate their energy and enthusiasm," said Fratto.
Paul will not likely have as strong a showing in South Carolina on January 21 compared to Iowa and New Hamsphire, where voters relate more to Paul's libertarian, anti-establishment views. He is given a low chance of winning the nomination and many of his supporters may not transfer their votes to another Republican if Paul drops out.
What the party does not want is for Paul to moncler jackets women decide to run as a third party candidate. That would divide some Republicans and attract independents wanting a change, making it tougher to defeat Obama in the November 6 election.
A THIRD PARTY RUN BY PAUL COULD 'CREATE HAVOC'
Ed Rollins, a veteran RepubliciRepublicanan strategist who ran Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign and Michele Bachmann's for awhile in 2011, said Paul needs to know he is being heard.
"If for some reason he's not treated well and chooses to run as a third party candidate he would create havoc," said Rollins, who suggested the party have an establishment representative consult and liaise with Paul.
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, a favorite of the conservative anti-Washington Tea Party movement, said he thinks the Republican Party should embrace more libertarian ideas.
"I think one of the things that have hurt the so-called conservative alternative is saying derogatory things about Ron Paul," DeMint said on Wednesday in an interview with conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham.
"I don't agree with him on everything, but he is right about the out-of-control and unaccountable Federal Reserve," said DeMint.
"If the other candidates miss the wisdom in what he's saying on monetary policy and limited government, then I think we will see it's to their detriment because the 20 percent or 25 percent or so who are supporting him are people that we need in the Republican Party."
Some of Paul's proposals on monetary policy could be included in the Republican platform, suggested some strategists who all agreed no other Republican would adopt the radical foreign policy views Paul espouses like practically doing away moncler cheap with U.S. involvement overseas and massive military cuts.
Paul may already be impacting some candidates' policies.
Mitt Romney, the front-runner who has won in Iowa and New Hamsphire, has promised deep spending cuts, smaller government and a new Federal Reserve chairman - proposals that seem designed to appeal to the radicalized conservative base of the party enamored of the gold-standard ideas promoted by Paul.
Paul, who is running for president for the third time, and his supporters insist he is a viable threat to the nomination but in the end the former obstetrician may just want to be taken seriously. Perhaps even win a coveted speaking role at the Republican National Convention.
Rollins said the 76-year-old Paul, who is not likely to pull out of the race any time soon, could end up a second place finisher to Romney in the race for the Republican nomination.
"If he's second then you have to give him a speaking role at the convention," Rollins said, though the Republican establishment might cringe at the thought of what Paul could say in a prime-time televised speech.
"I think he will be a force in the convention that the nominee has to go to and ask 'What do you need not to be a problem?'" said Cal Jillson, a political analyst at the Southern Methodist Univeristy in Texas.
If Paul is looking for concessions as moncler men jackets a carrot to not launch a third-party bid, the eventual nominee could include him in studying the Federal Reserve or give him a role in choosing a new chairman, suggested Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak.
With a tough battle ahead to prevent Democratic President Barack Obama's re-election in November, Republican politicians and strategists say Texas Congressman Paul - who has spouted his anti-establishment views for decades without much success - must now be listened to, at least in part.
"In this election you can't afford to lose any voters," said Tony Fratto, a Republican consultant and former deputy spokesman for President George W. Bush.
Paul pulled in about a quarter of the vote in the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday after winning about 21 percent of the vote in Iowa.
While this was not enough to win, it proved the strength of his loyal following, much of it made up of young people.
"It's really important for whomever the Republican nominee is ... to treat the Ron Paul constituency with respect, to not be dismissive, to appreciate their energy and enthusiasm," said Fratto.
Paul will not likely have as strong a showing in South Carolina on January 21 compared to Iowa and New Hamsphire, where voters relate more to Paul's libertarian, anti-establishment views. He is given a low chance of winning the nomination and many of his supporters may not transfer their votes to another Republican if Paul drops out.
What the party does not want is for Paul to moncler jackets women decide to run as a third party candidate. That would divide some Republicans and attract independents wanting a change, making it tougher to defeat Obama in the November 6 election.
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Ed Rollins, a veteran RepubliciRepublicanan strategist who ran Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign and Michele Bachmann's for awhile in 2011, said Paul needs to know he is being heard.
"If for some reason he's not treated well and chooses to run as a third party candidate he would create havoc," said Rollins, who suggested the party have an establishment representative consult and liaise with Paul.
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, a favorite of the conservative anti-Washington Tea Party movement, said he thinks the Republican Party should embrace more libertarian ideas.
"I think one of the things that have hurt the so-called conservative alternative is saying derogatory things about Ron Paul," DeMint said on Wednesday in an interview with conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham.
"I don't agree with him on everything, but he is right about the out-of-control and unaccountable Federal Reserve," said DeMint.
"If the other candidates miss the wisdom in what he's saying on monetary policy and limited government, then I think we will see it's to their detriment because the 20 percent or 25 percent or so who are supporting him are people that we need in the Republican Party."
Some of Paul's proposals on monetary policy could be included in the Republican platform, suggested some strategists who all agreed no other Republican would adopt the radical foreign policy views Paul espouses like practically doing away moncler cheap with U.S. involvement overseas and massive military cuts.
Paul may already be impacting some candidates' policies.
Mitt Romney, the front-runner who has won in Iowa and New Hamsphire, has promised deep spending cuts, smaller government and a new Federal Reserve chairman - proposals that seem designed to appeal to the radicalized conservative base of the party enamored of the gold-standard ideas promoted by Paul.
Paul, who is running for president for the third time, and his supporters insist he is a viable threat to the nomination but in the end the former obstetrician may just want to be taken seriously. Perhaps even win a coveted speaking role at the Republican National Convention.
Rollins said the 76-year-old Paul, who is not likely to pull out of the race any time soon, could end up a second place finisher to Romney in the race for the Republican nomination.
"If he's second then you have to give him a speaking role at the convention," Rollins said, though the Republican establishment might cringe at the thought of what Paul could say in a prime-time televised speech.
"I think he will be a force in the convention that the nominee has to go to and ask 'What do you need not to be a problem?'" said Cal Jillson, a political analyst at the Southern Methodist Univeristy in Texas.
If Paul is looking for concessions as moncler men jackets a carrot to not launch a third-party bid, the eventual nominee could include him in studying the Federal Reserve or give him a role in choosing a new chairman, suggested Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak.
2012年1月11日星期三
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Several dozen tents occupy Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square, both just blocks from the White House, though it's hard to tell how many people are there on any given night. The group at McPherson Square was inspired by the protesters in New York, while the Freedom Plaza site — a generally older crowd — had a war protest that morphed into an Occupy encampment.
In New York, protesters have been holding meetings at various indoor spaces after tents and sleeping bags were banned from Zuccotti Park in mid-November. A police raid evicted protesters who had been sleeping there since Sept. 17.
On Tuesday, metal barricades that had surrounded Zuccotti Park were removed, and about 300 demonstrators "re-Occupied" the park. Most left, though, as the night wore on.
Ned Merrill was one of a handful of protesters around a day later.
"We need to have a symbolic presence," said Merrill, 52, a blanket draped over his shoulder.
In Seattle, sheriff's deputies evicted seven people early Wednesday from a vacant house that had been taken over as part of the movement. Deputies said they appeared to be squatters who did not have a political motive. However, the house is covered in graffiti, including "no banks, no landlords" and "capitalism is exploitation."
Other encampments remain, including in Portland, Me., and in Pittsburgh, where attorneys for the protesters argued in court Tuesday against eviction.
The D.C. demonstrators have been permitted to stay despite a string of recent clashes that might have triggered eviction in cities less accustomed to large-scale protests.
More than 30 protesters were arrested last month in McPherson Square after refusing to disassemble a makeshift wooden building they had erected in the middle of the night as a shed for the approaching winter. The building was torn down and removed.
Days later, a demonstration shut down K Street — home to the nation's largest lobbying firms — and ended with more than 60 arrests. A U.S. Park Police officer responding to a report of a fight inside a McPherson Square tent was kicked so hard in the crotch last month that he fell to the ground vomiting, court papers said. And on Wednesday, police found a bags of 2012 13-month-old baby alone in a McPherson Square tent and arrested a man who came forward later claiming to be the child's father.
But unlike other encampments on city or private property, the protesters are in federal parks — and enjoying special First Amendment protections as a result.
The demonstrators at Freedom Plaza have received a permit to stay through the end of next month — some have already moved their demonstration indoors — and under National Park Service regulations, the McPherson Square protestors won't need a permit if the crowd remains under 500 people.
"There's a very strong presumption and deference given to First Amendment free speech and, more specifically, political free speech," said National Park Service spokesman Bill Line.
There are signs of wariness.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, who was arrested in April while demonstrating in support of D.C. autonomy, initially supported the protesters, but has asked for federal funds to reimburse the city for Occupy-related costs. He said law-breaking won't be tolerated and that the protesters' cause is appearing muddled.
"It certainly has the patience wearing thin of those in the city and, to the extent that they've been able to express what their cause is, I don't think it helps their cause," Gray said.
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican and chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, has demanded answers from the Interior Department about why the protesters have been permitted to stay so long. He says they have damaged or destroyed McPherson Square upgrades, including new grass and refurbishments, paid for with stimulus funds.
The National Park Service spokesman says Issa's request is under review, but he followed up with a letter this week accusing the agency of being unresponsive.
There are health concerns too.
A growing rat concentration at the sites caused McPherson Square protesters to shut down their kitchen and alarmed health officials, who lack jurisdiction but are consulting with other agencies, said department spokesman Najma Roberts. She said the department had no immediate plans to recommend eviction unless there was an outbreak of an illness or an advancing Cheap burberry 2012 new arrivals for sale, all designer bags, fashion clothing, luxury accessories and discount shoes are 60% off for men, women and kids, free shipping for orders exceed $200. snowstorm.
Several dozen tents occupy Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square, both just blocks from the White House, though it's hard to tell how many people are there on any given night. The group at McPherson Square was inspired by the protesters in New York, while the Freedom Plaza site — a generally older crowd — had a war protest that morphed into an Occupy encampment.
In New York, protesters have been holding meetings at various indoor spaces after tents and sleeping bags were banned from Zuccotti Park in mid-November. A police raid evicted protesters who had been sleeping there since Sept. 17.
On Tuesday, metal barricades that had surrounded Zuccotti Park were removed, and about 300 demonstrators "re-Occupied" the park. Most left, though, as the night wore on.
Ned Merrill was one of a handful of protesters around a day later.
"We need to have a symbolic presence," said Merrill, 52, a blanket draped over his shoulder.
In Seattle, sheriff's deputies evicted seven people early Wednesday from a vacant house that had been taken over as part of the movement. Deputies said they appeared to be squatters who did not have a political motive. However, the house is covered in graffiti, including "no banks, no landlords" and "capitalism is exploitation."
Other encampments remain, including in Portland, Me., and in Pittsburgh, where attorneys for the protesters argued in court Tuesday against eviction.
The D.C. demonstrators have been permitted to stay despite a string of recent clashes that might have triggered eviction in cities less accustomed to large-scale protests.
More than 30 protesters were arrested last month in McPherson Square after refusing to disassemble a makeshift wooden building they had erected in the middle of the night as a shed for the approaching winter. The building was torn down and removed.
Days later, a demonstration shut down K Street — home to the nation's largest lobbying firms — and ended with more than 60 arrests. A U.S. Park Police officer responding to a report of a fight inside a McPherson Square tent was kicked so hard in the crotch last month that he fell to the ground vomiting, court papers said. And on Wednesday, police found a bags of 2012 13-month-old baby alone in a McPherson Square tent and arrested a man who came forward later claiming to be the child's father.
But unlike other encampments on city or private property, the protesters are in federal parks — and enjoying special First Amendment protections as a result.
The demonstrators at Freedom Plaza have received a permit to stay through the end of next month — some have already moved their demonstration indoors — and under National Park Service regulations, the McPherson Square protestors won't need a permit if the crowd remains under 500 people.
"There's a very strong presumption and deference given to First Amendment free speech and, more specifically, political free speech," said National Park Service spokesman Bill Line.
There are signs of wariness.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, who was arrested in April while demonstrating in support of D.C. autonomy, initially supported the protesters, but has asked for federal funds to reimburse the city for Occupy-related costs. He said law-breaking won't be tolerated and that the protesters' cause is appearing muddled.
"It certainly has the patience wearing thin of those in the city and, to the extent that they've been able to express what their cause is, I don't think it helps their cause," Gray said.
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican and chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, has demanded answers from the Interior Department about why the protesters have been permitted to stay so long. He says they have damaged or destroyed McPherson Square upgrades, including new grass and refurbishments, paid for with stimulus funds.
The National Park Service spokesman says Issa's request is under review, but he followed up with a letter this week accusing the agency of being unresponsive.
There are health concerns too.
A growing rat concentration at the sites caused McPherson Square protesters to shut down their kitchen and alarmed health officials, who lack jurisdiction but are consulting with other agencies, said department spokesman Najma Roberts. She said the department had no immediate plans to recommend eviction unless there was an outbreak of an illness or an advancing Cheap burberry 2012 new arrivals for sale, all designer bags, fashion clothing, luxury accessories and discount shoes are 60% off for men, women and kids, free shipping for orders exceed $200. snowstorm.
We think FDA needs to do more inspections of imported food
The imports will be held temporarily while they’re tested and may be sold if levels are below trace amounts, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The fungicide, linked in studies to higher risk of liver tumors in moncler jackets animals, was found in trace amounts last month in products from Brazil, which produces almost one in every six glasses of orange juice consumed in the U.S., according to CitrusBR, an export industry association.
While the chemical, carbendazim, is used in crops in many countries, it isn’t approved for use in oranges in the U.S. The agency’s announcement spurred calls by a consumer group for the FDA to set standards on chemicals for testing going forward.
“We’re glad they will be testing for this fungicide, but we would like there to be standards they could enforce for residue levels in food -- for this chemical and others, like arsenic or lead that have been found in other juices,” said Patty Lovera, assistant director of the Washington-based Food and Water Watch, an advocacy group that works to ensure safe, accessible and sustainable food.
“We think FDA needs to do more inspections of imported food, including juice,” she said.
Frustration in Brazil
Brazilian growers expressed frustration with the testing.
“Our main concern is how this move will http://www.cheapmonclerjacketsfinder.com affect consumption and image of our product,” said Flavio Viegas, head of Brazil’s citrus growers association, known as Associtrus, which represents about 1,300 orange growers.
“Carbendazim is widely accepted for other crops, including apples, which are consumed fresh,” he said by phone from Bebedouro, Brazil. “I don’t understand what’s the deal with frozen concentrated orange juice.”
Carbendazim is used to combat black spot, a fungus that doesn’t affect taste or crop yields, but makes fruits less appealing to consumers, Brazil’s grower-run Fund for Citrus Plant Protection, known as Fundecitrus, said today in an e-mail to Bloomberg News.
The FDA is also screening juice that’s already for sale in the U.S. market, said Siobhan DeLancey, an agency spokeswoman. That’s because products often contain a mixture of imported and domestic juice.
No Previous Tests
Americans consumed 1.2 million gallons from the 2009-2010 growing season, U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows. The agency hasn’t previously tested for the chemical because it wasn’t a risk, DeLancey said. The unnamed company that reported finding the chemical has been tracking the compound for several years, she said.
Concerns about the pesticide started Dec. 28 when the FDA learned that an unnamed juice company had detected low levels in its own and other products, according to letter from the agency to the Juice Products Association, a Washington trade group. The fungicide was found in products from Brazil’s 2011 crop.
“Brazilian orange juice is safe and always has been,” said Dan Schafer, a spokesman for the Atlanta-based Coca Cola Co., which owns the Minute Maid brand, in an e-mail. “Second, this is an issue that impacts every company that produces products in the U.S. containing orange juice from Brazil.”
Orange juice futures rose the most in five years after the FDA investigation was announced, combined with freezing weather that’s damaged citrus crops in Florida.
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The “test and hold” policy extends to all orange juice imports, not only those from Brazil and the FDA doesn’t believe levels reported so far pose a public health risk, Delancey said,
The agency expects initial testing to be complete by the end of the week, DeLancey said. Imported juice that tests at concentrations of 10 parts per billion or higher will be refused or destroyed, DeLancey said.
For products on the market, the benchmark is below 80 parts per billion because the Environmental Protection Agency’s risk assessment says they don’t have safety concerns at that level, said Dale Kemery, a spokesman for the agency. This level is 1,000 to 3,000 times lower that the levels that would indicate a health concern, he said in an e-mail.
“Based on monitoring data provided to EPA by FDA, the EPA has no reason to expect that residues of carbendazim in oranges grown in Brazil would ever approach levels that would raise safety concerns,” Kemery wrote.
Apple Guidelines
Drinking orange juice with the levels of carbendazim reported “does not raise safety concerns,” according to the FDA letter to the industry trade group.
Ten percent of 88 samples of apple and grape juice tested had total arsenic levels exceeding federal drinking water standards, according to a November report by Consumer Reports.
As consumer groups called for new guidelines on the chemical, the FDA this year enhanced its surveillance for arsenic in apple cheap moncler juice. The FDA is working with the Environmental Protection Agency on steps the agencies can take to reduce overall arsenic levels in food, according to the agency.
While the chemical, carbendazim, is used in crops in many countries, it isn’t approved for use in oranges in the U.S. The agency’s announcement spurred calls by a consumer group for the FDA to set standards on chemicals for testing going forward.
“We’re glad they will be testing for this fungicide, but we would like there to be standards they could enforce for residue levels in food -- for this chemical and others, like arsenic or lead that have been found in other juices,” said Patty Lovera, assistant director of the Washington-based Food and Water Watch, an advocacy group that works to ensure safe, accessible and sustainable food.
“We think FDA needs to do more inspections of imported food, including juice,” she said.
Frustration in Brazil
Brazilian growers expressed frustration with the testing.
“Our main concern is how this move will http://www.cheapmonclerjacketsfinder.com affect consumption and image of our product,” said Flavio Viegas, head of Brazil’s citrus growers association, known as Associtrus, which represents about 1,300 orange growers.
“Carbendazim is widely accepted for other crops, including apples, which are consumed fresh,” he said by phone from Bebedouro, Brazil. “I don’t understand what’s the deal with frozen concentrated orange juice.”
Carbendazim is used to combat black spot, a fungus that doesn’t affect taste or crop yields, but makes fruits less appealing to consumers, Brazil’s grower-run Fund for Citrus Plant Protection, known as Fundecitrus, said today in an e-mail to Bloomberg News.
The FDA is also screening juice that’s already for sale in the U.S. market, said Siobhan DeLancey, an agency spokeswoman. That’s because products often contain a mixture of imported and domestic juice.
No Previous Tests
Americans consumed 1.2 million gallons from the 2009-2010 growing season, U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows. The agency hasn’t previously tested for the chemical because it wasn’t a risk, DeLancey said. The unnamed company that reported finding the chemical has been tracking the compound for several years, she said.
Concerns about the pesticide started Dec. 28 when the FDA learned that an unnamed juice company had detected low levels in its own and other products, according to letter from the agency to the Juice Products Association, a Washington trade group. The fungicide was found in products from Brazil’s 2011 crop.
“Brazilian orange juice is safe and always has been,” said Dan Schafer, a spokesman for the Atlanta-based Coca Cola Co., which owns the Minute Maid brand, in an e-mail. “Second, this is an issue that impacts every company that produces products in the U.S. containing orange juice from Brazil.”
Orange juice futures rose the most in five years after the FDA investigation was announced, combined with freezing weather that’s damaged citrus crops in Florida.
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The “test and hold” policy extends to all orange juice imports, not only those from Brazil and the FDA doesn’t believe levels reported so far pose a public health risk, Delancey said,
The agency expects initial testing to be complete by the end of the week, DeLancey said. Imported juice that tests at concentrations of 10 parts per billion or higher will be refused or destroyed, DeLancey said.
For products on the market, the benchmark is below 80 parts per billion because the Environmental Protection Agency’s risk assessment says they don’t have safety concerns at that level, said Dale Kemery, a spokesman for the agency. This level is 1,000 to 3,000 times lower that the levels that would indicate a health concern, he said in an e-mail.
“Based on monitoring data provided to EPA by FDA, the EPA has no reason to expect that residues of carbendazim in oranges grown in Brazil would ever approach levels that would raise safety concerns,” Kemery wrote.
Apple Guidelines
Drinking orange juice with the levels of carbendazim reported “does not raise safety concerns,” according to the FDA letter to the industry trade group.
Ten percent of 88 samples of apple and grape juice tested had total arsenic levels exceeding federal drinking water standards, according to a November report by Consumer Reports.
As consumer groups called for new guidelines on the chemical, the FDA this year enhanced its surveillance for arsenic in apple cheap moncler juice. The FDA is working with the Environmental Protection Agency on steps the agencies can take to reduce overall arsenic levels in food, according to the agency.
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Bogut scored 14 points on 7-of-15 Burberry bags, cheap burberry handbags outlet, buy 2012 burberry purse shooting from the field and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds for the Bucks, who were winless while Bogut was away for an undisclosed family emergency that forced him to fly home to Australia.
"It's a personal issue with family," Bogut told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. "It's something that doesn't happen to most regular people. When it does, you have to address it. Hopefully everyone will get well from it.
"When these kind of things happen, you realize basketball is a game. There was a family emergency involving a hospital and I'll just leave it at that. It opened up a whole lot of other issues.
"It has been addressed. I'm going to try to forget about it. The best way to forget about it is the basketball court. At least I can be back out on the floor, forget about these last three or four days and move on."
Bogut averaged 14.3 points and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes of playing time before his departure.
Bogut thanked his teammates at a meeting earlier in the day.
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Bogut also thanked team owner Herb Kohl and Bucks general manager John Hammond for giving him permission to return to Australia and miss the games.
"I appreciate the team, Senator Kohl and John Hammond, letting me go out there and do that. I appreciate everyone else giving me my personal space," Bogut said.
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"It's a personal issue with family," Bogut told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. "It's something that doesn't happen to most regular people. When it does, you have to address it. Hopefully everyone will get well from it.
"When these kind of things happen, you realize basketball is a game. There was a family emergency involving a hospital and I'll just leave it at that. It opened up a whole lot of other issues.
"It has been addressed. I'm going to try to forget about it. The best way to forget about it is the basketball court. At least I can be back out on the floor, forget about these last three or four days and move on."
Bogut averaged 14.3 points and 10 rebounds in 34 minutes of playing time before his departure.
Bogut thanked his teammates at a meeting earlier in the day.
"I just thanked them for cheap burberry sweaters understanding," Bogut said. "It was a tough road trip for them, professionally. But they all understood. We've got a lot of veterans on the team and guys have had similar issues before.
"I'm not a guy that has ever taken leave from the team before, for any other reason but an injury. This is the first time I've ever had to ask to go home, and hopefully it's the last."
Bogut also thanked team owner Herb Kohl and Bucks general manager John Hammond for giving him permission to return to Australia and miss the games.
"I appreciate the team, Senator Kohl and John Hammond, letting me go out there and do that. I appreciate everyone else giving me my personal space," Bogut said.
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2012年1月10日星期二
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But seconds later, his fighter is moncler jackets hit again, and it seems as if all the teaching, coaching and preparation evaporates with every crippling blow.
Saunders made the boxing analogy as he described what he sees on the court when he watches his team abandon its game plan time after time the moment the opposing team starts to pull ahead.
“It’s like the old Mike Tyson quote — everyone’s got a game plan until you get hit, and then all of a sudden it changes,” Saunders said. “So, you’ve got a game plan when you go out to play. Then when you get hit, what adjustments do you make? We’ve had some problems when we get hit a little bit. We haven’t reacted very well. We kind of slump a little bit.”
But ignoring their game plan is just one of the many problems facing the Wizards, the worst team in the NBA. Another is that Washington is in the middle of a full-scale rebuild, and many of the parts are not in place.
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A quick look at Washington’s roster, as compared with every other roster in the league, points out the obvious — there are very few teams in which a Wizards player would be favored in a position-by-position matchup, John Wall being the exception.
“Right now, we don’t have a lot of shooters on our team, so when things go bad, we don’t have people we can put out there and say ‘Listen, go get me eight points,’ because we’re having problems scoring,” Saunders said.
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Before joining the Wizards three seasons ago, Saunders posted a record of 587-404, and is used to coaching the more mature, seasoned players he had in Minnesota and Detroit. While answering questions after practice, Saunders paused noticeably, almost awkwardly, before acknowledging that he’ll rely on his veterans more if necessary.
“We’re going to have to start using those guys more, because we need to give our younger players an opportunity to have success and have some stability on the court,” he said.
In full analogy mode, Saunders also compared his players to children, with himself and his coaching staff in the role of parents trying to cheap moncler balance patience with discipline.
“It’s like with anyone who has kids. They keep on wanting to reach for the fireplace,” Saunders said. “Eventually, if you keep on slapping their hand they’re going to figure it out.”
Saunders made the boxing analogy as he described what he sees on the court when he watches his team abandon its game plan time after time the moment the opposing team starts to pull ahead.
“It’s like the old Mike Tyson quote — everyone’s got a game plan until you get hit, and then all of a sudden it changes,” Saunders said. “So, you’ve got a game plan when you go out to play. Then when you get hit, what adjustments do you make? We’ve had some problems when we get hit a little bit. We haven’t reacted very well. We kind of slump a little bit.”
But ignoring their game plan is just one of the many problems facing the Wizards, the worst team in the NBA. Another is that Washington is in the middle of a full-scale rebuild, and many of the parts are not in place.
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A quick look at Washington’s roster, as compared with every other roster in the league, points out the obvious — there are very few teams in which a Wizards player would be favored in a position-by-position matchup, John Wall being the exception.
“Right now, we don’t have a lot of shooters on our team, so when things go bad, we don’t have people we can put out there and say ‘Listen, go get me eight points,’ because we’re having problems scoring,” Saunders said.
Saunders also stressed poor defense, moncler and injuries to Ronny Turiaf, Maurice Evans and Jan Vesely as reasons for a lack of scoring options and overall depth. But it’s hard not to notice the lack of touches for veteran Rashard Lewis, or that Roger Mason Jr. isn’t getting a lot of court time. But Saunders knows better than anyone that the mandate is to develop the young players.
Before joining the Wizards three seasons ago, Saunders posted a record of 587-404, and is used to coaching the more mature, seasoned players he had in Minnesota and Detroit. While answering questions after practice, Saunders paused noticeably, almost awkwardly, before acknowledging that he’ll rely on his veterans more if necessary.
“We’re going to have to start using those guys more, because we need to give our younger players an opportunity to have success and have some stability on the court,” he said.
In full analogy mode, Saunders also compared his players to children, with himself and his coaching staff in the role of parents trying to cheap moncler balance patience with discipline.
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2012年1月9日星期一
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"How about instead of shouting, why don't you say what you think, say your view. What’s your view madam, what do you think?" Romney asked.
While the question was unclear - the protester was deep in the crowd - Romney's answer unambiguously laid the elevated role of money in presidential politics squarely at the feet of President Obama.
"The answer is, this president is spending money and has spent money, we have had over the history of this country a public funding plan for our presidents, and you know what? This president has been the first one to throw aside the public funding program to break all those barriers and to spend massively more than any president in history burberry handbags," Romney said. "This country is too important to hand over to President Obama for a second term."
In 2008, then candidate Obama chose to forgo matching public financing for his campaign, and ultimately spent a record $747 billion dollars pursuing the White House - a controversial decision at the time. Romney had spent $17.6 million dollars this election cycle through the end of September, according to the latest filing data available. Burberry men t-shirts, cheap burberry t-shirts for men 2012 outlet.
With the crowd energized, the frontrunner Romney closed out his stump speech by urging the supporters to vote in tomorrow's primary, telling them "you're going to make a big statement tomorrow."
"How about instead of shouting, why don't you say what you think, say your view. What’s your view madam, what do you think?" Romney asked.
While the question was unclear - the protester was deep in the crowd - Romney's answer unambiguously laid the elevated role of money in presidential politics squarely at the feet of President Obama.
"The answer is, this president is spending money and has spent money, we have had over the history of this country a public funding plan for our presidents, and you know what? This president has been the first one to throw aside the public funding program to break all those barriers and to spend massively more than any president in history burberry handbags," Romney said. "This country is too important to hand over to President Obama for a second term."
In 2008, then candidate Obama chose to forgo matching public financing for his campaign, and ultimately spent a record $747 billion dollars pursuing the White House - a controversial decision at the time. Romney had spent $17.6 million dollars this election cycle through the end of September, according to the latest filing data available. Burberry men t-shirts, cheap burberry t-shirts for men 2012 outlet.
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Novartis is the most recent company to suffer from production problems
Novartis is recalling 1,645 lots of its Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X medicines because the products could contain stray capsules moncler jackets or caplets from other products, or "contain broken or chipped tablets."
The plant in Lincoln, Neb., where the products are manufactured was shut down last month. The plant also makes some opioid prescription painkillers for Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., including Opana, Percocet and an extended-release version of morphine tablets.
Both Novartis and the FDA said they weren't aware of any adverse events in patients from any mix-ups. Novartis said it was offering customers a refund.
Novartis is the most recent company to suffer from production problems. Just last month Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit recalled 12 million bottles of Motrin, saying some pills may not dissolve as quickly as intended. That company has been plagued by manufacturing quality problems since 2009 and has dozens of product recalls including Tylenol and Benadryl.
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Novartis said it would take a charge estimated at $120 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 related to the recalls and the work needed to fix the Lincoln facility.
"We are committed to a single quality standard for the entire Novartis Group and we are making the necessary investments and committing the right resources to ensure these are implemented across our entire network," Joseph Jimenez, the Swiss company's chief executive, said.
Edward Cox, a director in FDA's office of new drugs, said there's a potential for tablets to be retained in a machine involved in the product packaging process but said the FDA couldn't comment further on the ongoing investigation into the plant's problems.
Mr. Cox said the agency opted against asking for a recall of Endo's prescription pain products because the potential for drug mix ups appeared to be low and pharmacists can screen for any problems before the pain pills reach consumers. He said there's been three reports of mix-ups since 2009 that were caught by pharmacists. Endo cheap moncler jackets on Monday said there may be a short-term disruption in the supply of some of its pain products and recommended that doctors refrain from starting new patients on the extended-release version of Opana to preserve supply for existing patients.
A July inspection report released by the FDA cited several consumer complaints of certain formulations of Excedrin being mixed up. For example some consumers said they found Excedrin Migraine Tablets being mixed with Excedrin Migraine caplets or geltabs.The agency said Novartis failed to adequately investigate 166 complaints related to "foreign tablets in your drug products since 2009."
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The plant in Lincoln, Neb., where the products are manufactured was shut down last month. The plant also makes some opioid prescription painkillers for Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc., including Opana, Percocet and an extended-release version of morphine tablets.
Both Novartis and the FDA said they weren't aware of any adverse events in patients from any mix-ups. Novartis said it was offering customers a refund.
Novartis is the most recent company to suffer from production problems. Just last month Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit recalled 12 million bottles of Motrin, saying some pills may not dissolve as quickly as intended. That company has been plagued by manufacturing quality problems since 2009 and has dozens of product recalls including Tylenol and Benadryl.
However, "given existing inventories, Moncler Men Vest - Cheap Moncler Jackets the expected restart of Novartis production and our ability to shift production to other facilities we believe the supply constraints of our products should be limited," said Julie McHugh, the company's chief operating officer.
Novartis said it would take a charge estimated at $120 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 related to the recalls and the work needed to fix the Lincoln facility.
"We are committed to a single quality standard for the entire Novartis Group and we are making the necessary investments and committing the right resources to ensure these are implemented across our entire network," Joseph Jimenez, the Swiss company's chief executive, said.
Edward Cox, a director in FDA's office of new drugs, said there's a potential for tablets to be retained in a machine involved in the product packaging process but said the FDA couldn't comment further on the ongoing investigation into the plant's problems.
Mr. Cox said the agency opted against asking for a recall of Endo's prescription pain products because the potential for drug mix ups appeared to be low and pharmacists can screen for any problems before the pain pills reach consumers. He said there's been three reports of mix-ups since 2009 that were caught by pharmacists. Endo cheap moncler jackets on Monday said there may be a short-term disruption in the supply of some of its pain products and recommended that doctors refrain from starting new patients on the extended-release version of Opana to preserve supply for existing patients.
A July inspection report released by the FDA cited several consumer complaints of certain formulations of Excedrin being mixed up. For example some consumers said they found Excedrin Migraine Tablets being mixed with Excedrin Migraine caplets or geltabs.The agency said Novartis failed to adequately investigate 166 complaints related to "foreign tablets in your drug products since 2009."
Specifically Novartis is recalling three types of Bufferin, an aspirin product, and Gas-X Prevention, a food-enzyme supplement, with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2013 or earlier. The company is recalling certain bottle sizes cheap moncler of its pain medicine Excedrin and NoDoz products with expiration dates of Dec. 20, 2014 or earlier. NoDoz contains caffeine and is marketed as an alertness product.
2012年1月8日星期日
Ron counters that his far-right views
Is the former governor -- unlike Nixon in '68, Reagan in '80, Bush in 2000 -- a "weak front runner in a weak field"? Mary thinks not. She believes that "conservatives like this field... we've never had a race like this in our lifetimes -- we have a choice!" Ron, however, argues that "voters... do... not... like... him. They think he's a phony". In any event, he's happy to see "this rolling carnival keep going burberry outlet."
*On Santorum. There's consensus that he's a hard-working, good retail politician whose county-by-county, person-to-person yearlong-effort in the Iowa Caucuses worked great. And now? Mary's of two minds -- while she thinks it likely that Romney's organization and financial advantage will steamroll Santorum after New Hampshire, she doesn't discount the appeal of the ex-senator's grandson-of coal miner/David v. Goliath narrative.
Ron counters that his far-right views on prosecuting abortion doctors for murder and famous obsession with gays would doom him in big states in any general election. Answers Mary: voters are not "pro-abortion" and are "pro-traditional marriage" but, in any event, the issues next fall will be the economy and maybe foreign policy, where his blue-collar middle-class credentials are fine. *
*On Gingrich. Both are dismayed but not shocked by a "concession" speech that made him more a kamikaze than a contender. Ms. Matalin: "he was Lazarus but now risks being Icarus. Coming across as angry is not good for him or the party." Mr. Reagan: "Does he care?" The Host: "What happens if Romney doesn't win in South Carolina?" There's speculation about whether "Jeb" (last name Bush) would reconsider or whether, for first time since 1940, there would be a draft/brokered convention ("We Crave Christie!")
*On Super Pacs. Many pols and pundits are decrying how the results in Iowa, perhaps even the nomination itself, are being determined by a tidal wave of negative ads from anonymous Super Pacs. Ron condemns the Citizens United decision of last year permitting such unlimited spending (three times more than the candidates themselves) because "money is not speech, it's property. Even Republicans are now saying, 'What have we unleashed?'"
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Ron counters that his far-right views on prosecuting abortion doctors for murder and famous obsession with gays would doom him in big states in any general election. Answers Mary: voters are not "pro-abortion" and are "pro-traditional marriage" but, in any event, the issues next fall will be the economy and maybe foreign policy, where his blue-collar middle-class credentials are fine. *
*On Gingrich. Both are dismayed but not shocked by a "concession" speech that made him more a kamikaze than a contender. Ms. Matalin: "he was Lazarus but now risks being Icarus. Coming across as angry is not good for him or the party." Mr. Reagan: "Does he care?" The Host: "What happens if Romney doesn't win in South Carolina?" There's speculation about whether "Jeb" (last name Bush) would reconsider or whether, for first time since 1940, there would be a draft/brokered convention ("We Crave Christie!")
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There will not be a 'Glee' spinoff
But "Glee" fans will likely be pleased that Lea Michele, one of the show's leads, will still be part of the show's upcoming season in which moncler jackets the characters graduate, said Kevin Reilly, president of entertainment at Fox at the Television Critics Association panels held in Los Angeles.
"There will not be a 'Glee' spinoff, but those characters will graduate and it's led to a really interesting idea that I think is going to give us something really cool to dig into next season," he said, referring to the fates of the lead characters after they graduate high school.
While the popularity of shows including "Glee" and "New Girl," helped the network tie with CBS in the top spot for the 18-49 demographic, Glee's ratings have dropped compared to last season. Reilly said they were yet to make key decisions on the long-running "House," as well as "Terra Nova" and "Fringe."
Fox said it reached the top spot for the No. 1 reality series overall with "The X Factor," despite the new singing competition's rocky start not quite living up to creator Simon Cowell's predictions with a show that underwhelmed critics.
Reilly said he was "thrilled" with the show's standing in the crowded singing competition market alongside such shows as "American moncler jackets men Idol" with popular host Ryan Seacrest and "The Voice," but did reveal that there were going to be some changes from the "relentless" Cowell.
"Hosting, as we know, it is a much harder job than meets the eye. I think everybody now has come to realize the value of Ryan Seacrest," he said, adding of "X-Factor" host Steve Jones -- "whether Steve's the guy or not, it comes under the heading of growth in general so there will be some tweaks to the show."
While Jones may not be winning as many votes, Reilly said he was eager to retain Seacrest, whose $45 million contract with "Idol" is up for renewal. NBC is also determined to keep Seacrest and expand his role within their network.
"It's very hard to imagine the show without Ryan, we certainly want to keep him, there's no creative discussion there, it is a deal issue, it's a tough negotiation and one that will come to conclusion pretty quickly," said Reilly.
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The future of hospital drama "House" starring Hugh Laurie, sci-fi drama "Terra Nova" and FBI thriller "Fringe" was currently undecided, he said.
"It's hard to imagine the network without 'House'," said Reilly, who said that the show would not suffer from an "unceremonious finish" and did not rule out that the show could move to another network.
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"It was an exciting bet to take, and I think it's proven that it was worthwhile," said Reilly. "The show looked fantastic, it's clearly a conceit that people wanted to watch, they had ample opportunity to reject it and they didn't."
Fox is expanding its comedy with a new division to create alternative animated content in a late night programming block on Saturday nights, with plans to distribute it across television and multi-platform digital networks."
The move towards producing more animated content comes after the cancellation of Jonah Hill's short-lived comedy "Allen Gregory," which Reilly said was not returning although there were plans to work with Hill on other show ideas, including a live-action comedy already in the works.
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While the popularity of shows including "Glee" and "New Girl," helped the network tie with CBS in the top spot for the 18-49 demographic, Glee's ratings have dropped compared to last season. Reilly said they were yet to make key decisions on the long-running "House," as well as "Terra Nova" and "Fringe."
Fox said it reached the top spot for the No. 1 reality series overall with "The X Factor," despite the new singing competition's rocky start not quite living up to creator Simon Cowell's predictions with a show that underwhelmed critics.
Reilly said he was "thrilled" with the show's standing in the crowded singing competition market alongside such shows as "American moncler jackets men Idol" with popular host Ryan Seacrest and "The Voice," but did reveal that there were going to be some changes from the "relentless" Cowell.
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While Jones may not be winning as many votes, Reilly said he was eager to retain Seacrest, whose $45 million contract with "Idol" is up for renewal. NBC is also determined to keep Seacrest and expand his role within their network.
"It's very hard to imagine the show without Ryan, we certainly want to keep him, there's no creative discussion there, it is a deal issue, it's a tough negotiation and one that will come to conclusion pretty quickly," said Reilly.
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The future of hospital drama "House" starring Hugh Laurie, sci-fi drama "Terra Nova" and FBI thriller "Fringe" was currently undecided, he said.
"It's hard to imagine the network without 'House'," said Reilly, who said that the show would not suffer from an "unceremonious finish" and did not rule out that the show could move to another network.
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"It was an exciting bet to take, and I think it's proven that it was worthwhile," said Reilly. "The show looked fantastic, it's clearly a conceit that people wanted to watch, they had ample opportunity to reject it and they didn't."
Fox is expanding its comedy with a new division to create alternative animated content in a late night programming block on Saturday nights, with plans to distribute it across television and multi-platform digital networks."
The move towards producing more animated content comes after the cancellation of Jonah Hill's short-lived comedy "Allen Gregory," which Reilly said was not returning although there were plans to work with Hill on other show ideas, including a live-action comedy already in the works.
Quirky animated comedy "Napoleon Dynamite" cheap moncler will be joining new seasons of "Bob's Burgers" along with Fox's Sunday night animation domination shows "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," "American Dad" and "The Cleveland Show."
2012年1月6日星期五
Christian Watford scored 25 points
Christian Watford scored 25 points, Cody Zeller had 18 and Zack Novak’s desperation heave bounced high off the backboard, sealing a 73-71 victory for No. 12 Indiana cheap burberry.
“We’re a tough group,” Novak said. “Even when we’d make runs, their crowd would get into it, try to hype their team back up which a lot of crowds don’t do. But I thought we did a good job of fighting through that, and I thought we stayed pretty poised for the environment we were in.”
No. 16 Michigan (12-3, 2-1 Big Ten) is 1-14 at Assembly Hall since 1996, but at least they had a chance in the latest meeting.
Despite never holding a lead, Tim Hardaway and Trey Burke scored all the points in a 13-3 run that tied the score at 68 with 3:02 to go. It was only the second tie of the game.
But the Wolverines didn’t score again until Stu Douglass’ 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left.
Hardaway finished with 19 points, Douglass had 11 and Burke had 10 points and eight assists.
It still wasn’t enough to break the Hoosiers’ hex.
“I’m really proud of our team, I thought they played really hard and did some of the things we needed to do to win,” Wolverines coach John Beilein said. “But we needed a couple more possessions or have a few possessions back. It didn’t go our way.”
The Hoosiers (14-1, 2-1 Big Ten) have won 11 straight at Assembly Hall, three times over ranked foes — their highest season total since beating four Top 25 teams in 2005-06. The 14 wins are already a season-best for Crean, who in his fourth season in Bloomington.
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He hit the game-winning 3-pointer against No. 1 Kentucky in mid-December, sealed Saturday’s victory over No. 2 Ohio State with two free throws in the closing seconds and had the most complete game of his three-year career Thursday.
Watford led the Hoosiers with seven rebounds, was 8 of 11 from the field including 3 of 4 on 3-pointers, made 6 of 8 free throws and had four assists. Zeller had 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting, and Verdell Jones scored six of his eight points in the critical closing stretch for Indiana.
It impressed their toughest critic.
“I thought you had to recruit for grit and you had to recruit someone with grit,” coach Tom Crean said. “But I’ve learned with these guys that grit can be developed and grit can come out. Verdell Jones and Christian Watford are developing grit. And Cody Zeller came with it. They are playing with it.”
The Hoosiers had no choice on a treacherous night.
Indiana led by as many as 15 points late in the first half and seemed poised for a blowout until the Wolverines rallied within seven points at halftime. Michigan trimmed the lead to 44-43 early in the second half, and finally tied the score at 46 when Evan Smotrycz connected on a 3-pointer burberry bags cheap.
“We’re a tough group,” Novak said. “Even when we’d make runs, their crowd would get into it, try to hype their team back up which a lot of crowds don’t do. But I thought we did a good job of fighting through that, and I thought we stayed pretty poised for the environment we were in.”
No. 16 Michigan (12-3, 2-1 Big Ten) is 1-14 at Assembly Hall since 1996, but at least they had a chance in the latest meeting.
Despite never holding a lead, Tim Hardaway and Trey Burke scored all the points in a 13-3 run that tied the score at 68 with 3:02 to go. It was only the second tie of the game.
But the Wolverines didn’t score again until Stu Douglass’ 3-pointer with 2.9 seconds left.
Hardaway finished with 19 points, Douglass had 11 and Burke had 10 points and eight assists.
It still wasn’t enough to break the Hoosiers’ hex.
“I’m really proud of our team, I thought they played really hard and did some of the things we needed to do to win,” Wolverines coach John Beilein said. “But we needed a couple more possessions or have a few possessions back. It didn’t go our way.”
The Hoosiers (14-1, 2-1 Big Ten) have won 11 straight at Assembly Hall, three times over ranked foes — their highest season total since beating four Top 25 teams in 2005-06. The 14 wins are already a season-best for Crean, who in his fourth season in Bloomington.
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Watford led the Hoosiers with seven rebounds, was 8 of 11 from the field including 3 of 4 on 3-pointers, made 6 of 8 free throws and had four assists. Zeller had 18 points on 8-of-10 shooting, and Verdell Jones scored six of his eight points in the critical closing stretch for Indiana.
It impressed their toughest critic.
“I thought you had to recruit for grit and you had to recruit someone with grit,” coach Tom Crean said. “But I’ve learned with these guys that grit can be developed and grit can come out. Verdell Jones and Christian Watford are developing grit. And Cody Zeller came with it. They are playing with it.”
The Hoosiers had no choice on a treacherous night.
Indiana led by as many as 15 points late in the first half and seemed poised for a blowout until the Wolverines rallied within seven points at halftime. Michigan trimmed the lead to 44-43 early in the second half, and finally tied the score at 46 when Evan Smotrycz connected on a 3-pointer burberry bags cheap.
Russia's Federal Space Agency launched the Phobos-Grunt probe in November
Satellite sleuth Thierry Legault captured the impressive video of the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe Jan. 1 from moncler jackets the Calern Plateau observatory above Nice in the French Riviera.
Russia's Federal Space Agency launched the Phobos-Grunt probe in November, only to see it fail to depart for Mars shortly after reaching Earth orbit. It has been stranded in orbit ever since.
Legault reported on his website that his new video shows no sign of the spacecraft tumbling.
"The unexpected thing that I realized when I looked carefully at the video is that Phobos-Grunt is moving backwards," Legault said, "with its solar panels deployed but at the opposite of the sun. It's not surprising that it had no energy to communicate!"
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Spotting the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe
Legault's observation spurred Ted Molczan of Toronto, a leader in the amateur satellite- spotting network, to study the spacecraft's orientation.
"The orientation revealed in Thierry Legault's video — propulsion module leading, solar arrays trailing — may possibly be explained by analogy with the shuttlecock used in the sport of badminton," Molczan told SPACE.com. [Photos of the Phobos-Grunt mission]
Shuttlecocks are roughly conical, consisting of a heavy mass at the tip (called the cork) and trailing feathers forming the cone. This configuration results in highly stable flight through the air, with the heavy end leading, Molczan noted.
Molczan said that most of Phobos-Grunt's massive 14-ton bulk consists of fuel, located in tanks in the main propulsion module at one end of the spacecraft, similar to the heavy cork of a shuttlecock.
"Although Phobos-Grunt does not have feathers, it does have solar arrays, mounted on the end opposite the fuel tanks, which may produce a similar effect," Molczan said. "An essential requirement for shuttlecock flight is the presence of air, of which there is exceedingly moncler men jackets little in space; however, at the very low altitude of Phobos-Grunt, the combination of atmospheric density and high orbital velocity is sufficient for aerodynamics to dominate the forces affecting the orientation of a spacecraft."
When will it fall?
Phobos-Grunt launched into space early Nov. 9 (Nov. 8 in the United States) and was intended to land on Phobos, one of two moons circling Mars. The spacecraft was designed to snare samples of Phobos' surface and rocket the specimens back to Earth in 2014.
But the Mars probe failed to boost itself out of Earth orbit on an interplanetary trajectory. Russian engineers have been unable to re-establish control of or contact with the spacecraft.
There is a convergence of tracking predictions that places Phobos-Grunt's uncontrolled fall into Earth's atmosphere in the Jan. 15-16 time period.
"That's about what we have as well … but there are uncertainties of several days still," said Holger Krag, deputy head of the European Space Agency's Space Debris Office, at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.
As for media reports of the disabled spacecraft crashing into any specific place, Krag said, "This is, of course, nonsense. It can come down at any place."
Krag told SPACE.com that because our planet is covered by about 73 percent water, "there is a rather small chance that there would be a land impact."
That being the case, the message from Krag for ground-dwellers is clear-cut.
"Relax," Krag said. "The likelihood of somebody being hit is enormously low. It is way smaller than to be struck by lightning. If you have a thunderstorm above your city you would also not worry too much."
A massive falling spacecraft
When compared with last year's uncontrolled re-entry of NASA's defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite on Sept. 24, followed by the downfall of Germany’s dead Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) on Oct. 23, Russia's Phobos-Grunt is a special beast.
According to the Federal Space Agency (also known as Roscosmos), the Mars probe is filled with tons of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide. All that fuel is stored in the probe's propellant tanks, which are reportedly made of aluminum.
“It's heavy – more than 13 tons is what Roscosmos is reporting. But most of it is fuel. This is a major difference between UARS and ROSAT. They were Earth-bound spacecraft and they had their fuel more or less spent," Krag said. [6 Biggest Spacecraft to Fall Uncontrolled From Space]
It is not clear whether or not the huge quantity of fuel onboard the marooned Mars craft is in frozen or liquid form.
"It depends on how the tanks are built … how much volume the tanks have. This is very hard to say," Krag noted. The expectation is that the onboard propellant will be released and burn up at high altitude as the craft’s fuel tanks break apart during re-entry, he said.
While the re-entry event will be a spectacular light show, "you'd have to be really lucky to see it," Krag added.
"I would think that the chance moncler vest of somebody seeing it is very low. If one does see it, it'll look like every other re-entry," he said. "Fragments would be falling off from time to time. But in addition to this, you might see little explosions now and then, making it brighter for a few microseconds and then relieving a few more fragments."
The most likely Phobos-Grunt component to survive the fiery plunge to Earth is the probe's descent space vehicle — a sample-return capsule outfitted with a thermal protection coating. If all had gone well with the Mars mission, that nose-cone-looking hardware was designed to beat the heat of re-entry, then make a hard landing without a parachute in the Sary Shagan missile test range in Kazakhstan.
New re-entry target
The Phobos-Grunt re-entry is a new test target for the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee, Krag confirmed. The committee (IADC for short) is an intergovernmental agency that coordinates research related to orbital debris in space, as well as man-made objects that re-enter the atmosphere.
Since 1998, the IADC has performed re-entry prediction tests. Data-sharing between countries has helped sharpen skills for calculating the re-entries of spacecraft, rocket stages, even hardware discarded from the International Space Station.
"This object will be followed by the IADC. It is a test object of this year," Krag said. A number of agencies cheap moncler will take part, he added, with European, U.S. and Russian sensors providing coverage of the Phobos-Grunt fall from space.
Russia's Federal Space Agency launched the Phobos-Grunt probe in November, only to see it fail to depart for Mars shortly after reaching Earth orbit. It has been stranded in orbit ever since.
Legault reported on his website that his new video shows no sign of the spacecraft tumbling.
"The unexpected thing that I realized when I looked carefully at the video is that Phobos-Grunt is moving backwards," Legault said, "with its solar panels deployed but at the opposite of the sun. It's not surprising that it had no energy to communicate!"
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Spotting the Phobos-Grunt Mars probe
Legault's observation spurred Ted Molczan of Toronto, a leader in the amateur satellite- spotting network, to study the spacecraft's orientation.
"The orientation revealed in Thierry Legault's video — propulsion module leading, solar arrays trailing — may possibly be explained by analogy with the shuttlecock used in the sport of badminton," Molczan told SPACE.com. [Photos of the Phobos-Grunt mission]
Shuttlecocks are roughly conical, consisting of a heavy mass at the tip (called the cork) and trailing feathers forming the cone. This configuration results in highly stable flight through the air, with the heavy end leading, Molczan noted.
Molczan said that most of Phobos-Grunt's massive 14-ton bulk consists of fuel, located in tanks in the main propulsion module at one end of the spacecraft, similar to the heavy cork of a shuttlecock.
"Although Phobos-Grunt does not have feathers, it does have solar arrays, mounted on the end opposite the fuel tanks, which may produce a similar effect," Molczan said. "An essential requirement for shuttlecock flight is the presence of air, of which there is exceedingly moncler men jackets little in space; however, at the very low altitude of Phobos-Grunt, the combination of atmospheric density and high orbital velocity is sufficient for aerodynamics to dominate the forces affecting the orientation of a spacecraft."
When will it fall?
Phobos-Grunt launched into space early Nov. 9 (Nov. 8 in the United States) and was intended to land on Phobos, one of two moons circling Mars. The spacecraft was designed to snare samples of Phobos' surface and rocket the specimens back to Earth in 2014.
But the Mars probe failed to boost itself out of Earth orbit on an interplanetary trajectory. Russian engineers have been unable to re-establish control of or contact with the spacecraft.
There is a convergence of tracking predictions that places Phobos-Grunt's uncontrolled fall into Earth's atmosphere in the Jan. 15-16 time period.
"That's about what we have as well … but there are uncertainties of several days still," said Holger Krag, deputy head of the European Space Agency's Space Debris Office, at the European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.
As for media reports of the disabled spacecraft crashing into any specific place, Krag said, "This is, of course, nonsense. It can come down at any place."
Krag told SPACE.com that because our planet is covered by about 73 percent water, "there is a rather small chance that there would be a land impact."
That being the case, the message from Krag for ground-dwellers is clear-cut.
"Relax," Krag said. "The likelihood of somebody being hit is enormously low. It is way smaller than to be struck by lightning. If you have a thunderstorm above your city you would also not worry too much."
A massive falling spacecraft
When compared with last year's uncontrolled re-entry of NASA's defunct Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite on Sept. 24, followed by the downfall of Germany’s dead Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT) on Oct. 23, Russia's Phobos-Grunt is a special beast.
According to the Federal Space Agency (also known as Roscosmos), the Mars probe is filled with tons of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide. All that fuel is stored in the probe's propellant tanks, which are reportedly made of aluminum.
“It's heavy – more than 13 tons is what Roscosmos is reporting. But most of it is fuel. This is a major difference between UARS and ROSAT. They were Earth-bound spacecraft and they had their fuel more or less spent," Krag said. [6 Biggest Spacecraft to Fall Uncontrolled From Space]
It is not clear whether or not the huge quantity of fuel onboard the marooned Mars craft is in frozen or liquid form.
"It depends on how the tanks are built … how much volume the tanks have. This is very hard to say," Krag noted. The expectation is that the onboard propellant will be released and burn up at high altitude as the craft’s fuel tanks break apart during re-entry, he said.
While the re-entry event will be a spectacular light show, "you'd have to be really lucky to see it," Krag added.
"I would think that the chance moncler vest of somebody seeing it is very low. If one does see it, it'll look like every other re-entry," he said. "Fragments would be falling off from time to time. But in addition to this, you might see little explosions now and then, making it brighter for a few microseconds and then relieving a few more fragments."
The most likely Phobos-Grunt component to survive the fiery plunge to Earth is the probe's descent space vehicle — a sample-return capsule outfitted with a thermal protection coating. If all had gone well with the Mars mission, that nose-cone-looking hardware was designed to beat the heat of re-entry, then make a hard landing without a parachute in the Sary Shagan missile test range in Kazakhstan.
New re-entry target
The Phobos-Grunt re-entry is a new test target for the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee, Krag confirmed. The committee (IADC for short) is an intergovernmental agency that coordinates research related to orbital debris in space, as well as man-made objects that re-enter the atmosphere.
Since 1998, the IADC has performed re-entry prediction tests. Data-sharing between countries has helped sharpen skills for calculating the re-entries of spacecraft, rocket stages, even hardware discarded from the International Space Station.
"This object will be followed by the IADC. It is a test object of this year," Krag said. A number of agencies cheap moncler will take part, he added, with European, U.S. and Russian sensors providing coverage of the Phobos-Grunt fall from space.
2012年1月5日星期四
Well what about three men?
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The issue sparked what was, at several points over the course of an almost hour-long question and answer session, a contentious back and forth between Santorum and New Hampshire college students on social issues.
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Santorum initially welcomed the exchanges with several students. Then he tried to move on to other subjects as the audience interrupted and cheered the questioners rather than the candidate. The former Pennsylvania senator said he welcomed the state’s legalization of same-sex marriage because it was decided by the legislature.
Defending Marriage
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Medical Marijuana
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Pressed on his stance on medical marijuana, Santorum mistakenly identified the drug as a narcotic before being corrected by the audience.
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The reference to what he may or may not have done during his days at Pennsylvania State University didn’t quell the majority of those in the audience, whose boos trumped any applause Santorum received at the end.
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The issue sparked what was, at several points over the course of an almost hour-long question and answer session, a contentious back and forth between Santorum and New Hampshire college students on social issues.
“Well what about three men?,” Santorum responded to a female student who asked him about his position on gay marriage. “If reason says that if you think it’s OK for two, then you have to differentiate with me as to why it’s not okay for three.”
Santorum initially welcomed the exchanges with several students. Then he tried to move on to other subjects as the audience interrupted and cheered the questioners rather than the candidate. The former Pennsylvania senator said he welcomed the state’s legalization of same-sex marriage because it was decided by the legislature.
Defending Marriage
Still, he defended his position to keep marriage a union between a man and a woman: “Because I believe we are made the way God made man and woman and man and woman come together to have a union to produce children which keeps civilization going and provide the best environment for children to be raised,” Santorum said. “I think that is something society should value and should give privileged status over a group of people who want to have a relationship together.”
The reception was an anomaly of sorts for Santorum, who arrived in New Hampshire last night to large and receptive crowds fresh off his second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
At his other events today, Santorum connected with his audiences, focusing on his economic prescriptions and his personal narrative of coming from a Catholic, working-class family with immigrant grandparents. So, it seemed an odd choice to address a crowd of students speaking about American exceptionalism and focusing on conservative social values.
Medical Marijuana
About 40 minutes into the questions, the audience clapped when another student asked Santorum whether, as president, he would allow state gay marriage and medical marijuana laws to operate without federal government interference.
“I don’t believe that we can have 50 definitions of marriage,” Santorum said. “Just to say that we should have 50 definitions of what life is. I don’t think that works either. I think there are certain things that are essential elements of society upon which society rests that we have to have a consensus cheapburberryoutlet2012.”
Pressed on his stance on medical marijuana, Santorum mistakenly identified the drug as a narcotic before being corrected by the audience.
“I don’t know my medical marijuana laws very well,” he joked. Still, he called the drug a hazard to society, and when someone shouted a question asking him how he formed that opinion, Santorum said: “I form that opinion from my own life experiences and having experiences, I went to college, too.”
The reference to what he may or may not have done during his days at Pennsylvania State University didn’t quell the majority of those in the audience, whose boos trumped any applause Santorum received at the end.
He's someone who lost his mother very early in a surprising way
The "Watch The Throne" rapper spent more than three hours posting numerous tweets discussing his struggles in the fashion moncler jackets industry, his views on politics and infrastructure, and being inspired by his late mother Donda to start a design company in her name.
"We need to take what Michael Jackson felt and Mcqueen and Steve Jobs and we need make things better," West said on Twitter during the early hours of Thursday morning from London, referring to the late singing legend, fashion designer Alexander McQueen and Apple's founding visionary.
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"He's a mad genius," said Ian Drew, music editor of Us Weekly. "His ideas are grandiose, but if you look at the history of Kanye, he would tweet an idea and it would happen. He's trying to be understood and heard."
This is not the first time West has made headlines for broadcasting his thoughts. In 2005, the rapper deviated from a script on live television at a benefit for Hurricane Katrina to criticize then U.S. president George Bush.
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"We need to take what Michael Jackson felt and Mcqueen and Steve Jobs and we need make things better," West said on Twitter during the early hours of Thursday morning from London, referring to the late singing legend, fashion designer Alexander McQueen and Apple's founding visionary.
Media outlets tried to interpret West's posts in various ways, with publications such as Slate focusing on moncler jackets men West's announcement of design company DONDA, while others like MTV opted to highlight tweets telling readers what was on the rapper's mind.
"He's a mad genius," said Ian Drew, music editor of Us Weekly. "His ideas are grandiose, but if you look at the history of Kanye, he would tweet an idea and it would happen. He's trying to be understood and heard."
This is not the first time West has made headlines for broadcasting his thoughts. In 2005, the rapper deviated from a script on live television at a benefit for Hurricane Katrina to criticize then U.S. president George Bush.
More recently in 2009, West jumped onto stage during the MTV Video Music Awards and stole the microphone from country singer Taylor Swift, who won an award for best female video, to declare that R&B star Beyonce had "one of the best videos of all time."Moncler jackets for kids, buy cheap moncler 2011 kids down jackets.
"In general, Kanye is someone who thinks he is incredibly important," said Cooper Lawrence, author of "The Cult of Celebrity."
She said the Twitter posts "showed insight into who he really is," and speculated on the rapper's mental condition, saying she "wouldn't be surprised if Kanye was suffering from depression."
"He's someone who lost his mother very early in a surprising way. He's gone through a lot of pain and he might not have someone to talk to," said Lawrence. "His life is lonelier than people realize."
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2012年1月4日星期三
The mission of the observers
The league said on Tuesday that it would send more monitors to Syria to shore up its heavily criticized mission. In a statement, Adnan Khudair, the chief of the observers’ operations room, said that 50 more monitors would be sent to Syria by the end of the week, to join the 60 who are already there. Cheap burberry - designer bags, shoes, accessories, clothing outlet 2012.
The mission of the observers is to ensure that the embattled government of President Bashar al-Assad lives up to its promises, including to withdraw troops from cities and to release political prisoners.
But Syrian activists say that at least 150 people have been killed in the country since the observers started their work a week ago. The activists argue that the Arab League monitoring effort is far too small to be effective; hundreds or perhaps thousands of observers would be needed, they say.
Meanwhile, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France issued a new call on Tuesday for Mr. Assad to step down because of massacres carried out by his government, The Associated Press reported. The killings “rightly arouse disgust,” said Mr. Sarkozy, who in August joined other Western powers in asking Mr. Assad to “step aside.”
Opposition activists in Hama said that government troops opened fire on a demonstration there on Tuesday.
The Arab League recently set up an office in Hama to hear complaints from citizens, but an activist who uses the name Abu Faysal said: “Frankly, who dares go there? It’s completely controlled by government people; there are bodyguards downstairs searching people.”
Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the State Department, said in a news briefing on Tuesday that “the Syrian regime has not lived up to the full spectrum of commitments that it made to the Arab League when it accepted its proposal some nine weeks ago,” and noted that “the violence hasn’t stopped — far from it,” Reuters reported.
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On Tuesday, Col. Riad al-As’aad, the leader of an opposition militia, the Free Syrian Army, said that his group might soon intensify its attacks because the Arab League observer mission had proved ineffective.
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The mission of the observers is to ensure that the embattled government of President Bashar al-Assad lives up to its promises, including to withdraw troops from cities and to release political prisoners.
But Syrian activists say that at least 150 people have been killed in the country since the observers started their work a week ago. The activists argue that the Arab League monitoring effort is far too small to be effective; hundreds or perhaps thousands of observers would be needed, they say.
Meanwhile, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France issued a new call on Tuesday for Mr. Assad to step down because of massacres carried out by his government, The Associated Press reported. The killings “rightly arouse disgust,” said Mr. Sarkozy, who in August joined other Western powers in asking Mr. Assad to “step aside.”
Opposition activists in Hama said that government troops opened fire on a demonstration there on Tuesday.
The Arab League recently set up an office in Hama to hear complaints from citizens, but an activist who uses the name Abu Faysal said: “Frankly, who dares go there? It’s completely controlled by government people; there are bodyguards downstairs searching people.”
Victoria Nuland, a spokeswoman for the State Department, said in a news briefing on Tuesday that “the Syrian regime has not lived up to the full spectrum of commitments that it made to the Arab League when it accepted its proposal some nine weeks ago,” and noted that “the violence hasn’t stopped — far from it,” Reuters reported.
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On Tuesday, Col. Riad al-As’aad, the leader of an opposition militia, the Free Syrian Army, said that his group might soon intensify its attacks because the Arab League observer mission had proved ineffective.
“Thugs and security people are escorting them all the time,” Colonel As’aad said. “We haven’t seen snipers leaving the roofs of buildings. The killing has increased with the presence of the observers.”
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