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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Polar ecosystems acutely vulnerable to sunlight-driven tipping points
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Slight changes in the timing of the annual loss of sea-ice in polar regions could have dire consequences for polar ecosystems, by allowing a lot more sunlight to reach the sea floor. The research predicts biodiversity on some areas of the polar seabed could be reduced by as much as one third within decades, as the poles warm.
Oil prices slide ahead of data
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Oil prices have retreated as investors took profits ahead of a hectic stretch of economic news that could move markets more significantly.
United States benchmark West Texas Intermediate tumbled $US1.47 ($A1.61) to close on Tuesday at $US103.08 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
European benchmark Brent oil for September delivery dropped 54 cents to $US106.91 a barrel.
Analysts said recent trade data had shown a sharp increase in the number of "long" bets in crude, wagers that oil prices would go higher. Given that dynamic, it was time for some investors to sell back, at least until the economic signals are clearer.
"Some money is coming off the table," said Carl Larry of Oil Outlook and Opinions.
Larry predicted "risk-off" trades "until we get a better picture of where we're going in terms of economic numbers."
Many investors saw a good opportunity to take profits given that oil prices have risen for much of the last month or so.
Markets will get some major data points in the coming days, including second-quarter gross domestic product growth and the conclusion of a Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting, both on Wednesday, and the monthly US jobs report on Friday.
"The market was really long," said Andy Lebow, senior vice president at Jefferies Bache.
"There's no major (energy) fundamental news ... We're watching these other things."
Besides the macroeconomic data, energy investors will also be watching Wednesday's weekly inventory report from the US Energy Information Administration.
Analysts expect US crude-oil stockpiles fell 1.9 million barrels, according to a survey from Dow Jones Newswires. A series of unexpectedly large inventory declines in recent weeks has lent upward pressure to oil prices.
Source: http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2013/7/31/commodities/oil-prices-slide-ahead-data
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Afghan civilian deaths increase; more women, child victims: U.N.
By Jessica Donati
KABUL (Reuters) - Violence against civilians has risen by almost a quarter in Afghanistan as international forces hand security to Afghans, the United Nations said in a report on Wednesday, with insurgents striking in areas where troops have already left.
The report, presented by the Human Rights Director for the U.N. in Afghanistan, said the number of dead and injured civilians had increased by 23 percent in the first six months of 2013, compared to the same period last year.
Women and children are increasingly the victims of the 12-year-old war, the report said, noting a 30 percent leap in the number of children killed. The total civilian death toll stood at more than 1,300, with 2,533 reported injuries.
Mounting casualties are reinforcing fears about Afghanistan's ability to tackle the Taliban insurgency on its own, after most foreign troops leave next year. The Afghan army faces one of the highest desertion rates in the world and a chronic lack of logistical and medical support.
"The stepped-up transition of security responsibilities from international military forces to Afghan forces and closure of international forces' bases was met with increased attacks by anti-government elements...," Georgette Gagnon said in presenting the report.
The intensified attacks occurred "mainly at checkpoints, on strategic highways, in some areas that had been transitioned and in districts bordering neighboring countries".
Figures released in 2012 showed a decline in civilian deaths compared to the previous year.
The U.N. report said bombs, or improvised explosive devices (IEDs), remained the single greatest killer, claiming 53 percent more victims than last year, most of them children.
Fighting between security forces and insurgents had emerged as the second most significant cause of civilian deaths, with the report putting the death toll in crossfire at 207.
Both sides were responsible for civilian deaths, but the report said almost three-quarters were caused by insurgents, who were increasingly targeting civilians seen to be cooperating with the government, the report said.
Gagnon urged insurgents to "stop deliberate targeting and killing of civilians and withdraw orders that permit attacks" on legal personnel, clergy and government workers.
But the Taliban said anyone supporting President Hamid Karzai's Western-backed government was a legitimate target.
"We never consider those people as civilians who are directly involved in our country's occupation and work with sensitive organs of the enemy," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an emailed statement.
WOMEN, CHILDREN IN FIRING LINE
The rise in deaths of women and children maintained a trend marked last year.
In one of the worst instances, 10 children, most of them infants, were killed in an aerial bombardment in the eastern province of Kunar that "appeared to serve no clear military/tactical purpose", the United Nations said.
An investigation by the NATO-led force in Afghanistan concluded it was not responsible for the deaths, though human rights groups and the U.N. have questioned that finding.
The threat to civilians has become a significant source of stress in relations between Karzai and his backers, particularly when civilian deaths are caused by foreign forces.
But questions have been raised about the ability of domestic forces not only to take on the insurgents but to win the trust and support of people in areas where insurgents operate.
Casualties caused by a security force known as the Afghan Local Police, set up in 2010 to operate in remote, insecure areas, rose more than 60 percent, the United Nations said. Force members had been accused of murder, torture and rape.
Many communities, however, reported that they owed an improvement in security to the police.
But the report also noted increased numbers of clashes between unaligned armed groups, a recurrence of the insecurity in the 1990s that enabled the Taliban to take control.
The report also revealed that the U.S. army had launched a fresh inquiry into allegations of war crimes committed between November and February in the strategically important province of Wardak.
That investigation comes on the heels of the arrest of an Afghan translator who worked with U.S. special forces who he said had killed civilians he helped capture. The bodies of as many as 10 civilians were found this year near the military base used by the special forces soldiers.
(Editing by Robert Birsel and Ron Popeski)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-civilian-deaths-increase-more-women-child-victims-071254373.html
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World's first 'test-tube' burger to be on menu in London
LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- A hamburger worth $380,000 -- or about $75,000 per ounce -- made with meat grown in a laboratory will be cooked and eaten in London next month, scientists say.
The 5-ounce burger will include a patty of made of synthetic meat, grown in a laboratory from the stem cells of a slaughtered cow, the scientist behind the faux burger said.
The costly patty, set for a public "proof of principle" consumption, will be made of about 3,000 strips of artificial beef, each the size of a rice grain, grown from bovine stem cells cultured in the laboratory, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.
It is the result of years of research by Mark Post, a medical physiologist at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Synthetic meat could help to save the world from the growing consumer demand for beef, lamb, pork and chicken, which could see the conversion of much of the world's remaining forests to barren, manicured pastures by the end of this century, Post said.
Stem cells taken from just one animal could, in theory, be used to make a million times more meat than could be butchered from a single beef carcass.
Post's research into synthetic meat, which ran up the $380,000 tab, has been funded by a wealthy anonymous backer who may reveal his identity publicly by volunteering to be the first to taste the test-tube burger, a source told the Telegraph.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Japanese stocks lead Asia lower as yen firms
By Ian Chua
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen rose to a one-month high against the dollar on Monday as investors braced for another round of disappointing economic news out of China, knocking Japanese stocks to four-week lows and pulling down regional markets.
Investors gave the dollar a wide berth as they also suspect the U.S. central bank will press home the message that it will keep policy loose for some time after its review on Wednesday.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.miapj0000pus> slipped 0.4 percent, giving back some of last week's 1.9 percent gain. Tokyo's Nikkei <.n225> slid more than 2 percent to its lowest since July 1.
Traders said there were concerns that manufacturing surveys from China later this week would point to more weakness in Asia's economic powerhouse.
"A sense of caution is looming in the market, especially because investors are worried about a slowdown in the Chinese economy. And when they see a risk in Asia, they tend to buy the yen, and the Japanese market is hit by that," said Kyoya Okazawa, head of global equities at BNP Paribas.
Indeed, the yen rose to a one-month high around 97.64 per dollar, while the euro fell back below 130.00 yen to two-week lows.
Against the dollar, the euro edged up 0.1 percent to $1.3290. The dollar index <.dxy>, which tracks the greenback's performance against a currency basket, slipped more than 0.2 percent to a five-week trough.
EASY POLICY
The Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and Bank of England are all expected to maintain their respective pledges to keep policy loose at meetings this week, a commitment that should provide a backstop for any market disappointment with data or earnings reports that are due out from major companies.
"The Fed is likely to reiterate that while it is considering tapering its monetary stimulus later this year, it is conditional on stronger economic growth and that interest rate hikes are still a long way off," said Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy at AMP Capital.
Oliver said the Fed might even consider adjusting its policy guidance to emphasize there will be no imminent tightening.
"The Fed's assessment of recent mixed data will clearly be watched as a guide to whether the start of tapering will be delayed beyond the September meeting, which was initially the consensus favorite as to when it would begin."
Worries about China kept commodities under pressure, although the weaker dollar helped limit their losses.
Copper reached three-week lows around $6,820 a tonne, while U.S. crude eased 0.3 percent to $104.40 a barrel, staying within reach of a three-week trough of $103.90 hit on Friday.
Gold was also a touch softer following a 3 percent rally last week. It stood around $1,328 an ounce, just off a five-week peak of $1,347.69.
(Additional reporting by Ayai Tomisawa in Tokyo; Editing by John Mair)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/japanese-stocks-knocked-lower-firmer-yen-005534103.html
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Saturday, July 27, 2013
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Friday, July 26, 2013
New health insurance markets: Not like Travelocity - seattlepi.com
WASHINGTON (AP) ? You may have heard that shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul will be like using Travelocity or Amazon.
But many people will end up with something more mundane than online shopping, like a call to the help desk.
Struggling with a deadline crunch, some states are delaying online tools that could make it easier for consumers to find the right plan when the markets go live on Oct. 1.
Ahead of open enrollment for millions of uninsured Americans, the feds and the states are investing in massive call centers.
"The description that this was going to be like Travelocity was a very simplistic way of looking at it," said Christine Ferguson, director of the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange. "I never bought into it."
"The bottom line is that with tight timelines ... states have had to scale back their initial ambitions for Day 1," said Paul Hencoski, leader of KPMG's government health practice, which is advising nearly 20 states. "A lot of the more sophisticated functionalities that might have been offered through the Web are being deferred to later phases."
When the markets first open, Hencoski said, "there will be a significant amount of manual processing of things that will later be automated." Translation: emails, phone calls, faxes.
The Obama administration, which will be running the markets or taking the lead in 35 states, has yet to demonstrate the technology platform that will help consumers get financial help with their premiums and pick a plan.
Officials say they always envisioned people would be able to apply in a variety of ways, from online to the mail. About 7 million are expected to enroll in the marketplaces by next year, and the administration says consumers will be pleased with the experience.
Also known as exchanges, the markets are supposed to transform the way individuals and small businesses buy private health insurance by increasing transparency and competition, bolstering government oversight of insurers, and injecting hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies.
The experience will be more like buying a new car than snapping up airline tickets on Travelocity or electronics on Amazon.
"Consumers see this as a serious product, and something that requires a serious amount of research," said Julie Bataille, overseeing the outreach effort at the federal Health and Human Services department. "It's something they see in a more serious way than (buying) an airline ticket."
It's a complicated transaction with different components, including arranging financing and picking the right product, each with its own choices and trade-offs. You may need a glossary of health insurance terms.
And there's another layer.
One part of the process involves applying for federal benefits ? with consequences if you lie to the government, or maybe just make a mistake.
Another involves using your federal subsidy to pick the right insurance plan from among competing carriers and four coverage levels: bronze, silver, gold or platinum.
You'll log on to the marketplace in your state, or the federally run exchange, and set up a personal account. You'll enter information about yourself and your family, including Social Security numbers and household income. The exchange will shoot your data to something called the "federal data services hub," an electronic clearinghouse that pings Social Security, Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service to verify your personal details.
The IRS will calculate the maximum health insurance subsidy that you're entitled to. It's set up as a tax credit, so the taxman can come back to collect if you claim too much. Discrepancies between the information you submit and what's in government records will take time to straighten out.
Once you've got your subsidy nailed down, then you're ready to pick a plan. Once you do that, the U.S. Treasury will send your insurer a payment on your behalf, and you'll pay any difference. Coverage begins Jan 1.
Experts say the technology to facilitate online shopping among health plans is difficult to engineer. Some online tools are getting pared back and the refusal of congressional Republicans to provide more implementation funds for "Obamacare" probably isn't helping. Some examples:
? The Rhode Island marketplace will postpone a feature that allows consumers to enter the names of their doctors and instantly find out what insurance plans they accept. Consumer advocates say such a tool is important to help winnow choices. Instead, shoppers will be steered to the doctor directories of individual plans. The federally run marketplaces will also lack "all-plan" doctor directories.
? The marketplace in Washington state is delaying its online-chat capability, as well mobile device features that would enable consumers to check their enrollment status. "These are some of the top items that we will focus on for the next version," said spokesman Michael Marchand.
? The Minnesota exchange is delaying a feature that would allow consumers to update their coverage to reflect life events such as the birth of a baby because that information won't be needed right when sign-up begins.
? It's unclear how sophisticated online calculators will be at helping consumers pick the best-value plan. For the federally run exchanges, officials said the calculator will automatically subtract the consumer's tax credit from plan premiums ? a help. But it won't provide an estimate of likely out-of-pocket costs that the plan doesn't cover, a feature consumer advocates say is closer to the true bottom line.
State officials say things will improve as the new program takes root.
With time, "it's going to get a lot more user friendly and effective," said Ferguson, the Rhode Island director. "Were there things I would have liked to see delivered on Oct. 1 that are going to be delayed? Yes. But is that something that I think is horrible? No."
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Associated Press writers Rachel LaCorte in Olympia, Wash., and Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis contributed to this report.
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Imax, Chinese partner plan 120 new cinemas
BEIJING (AP) Imax and a Chinese partner plan to open up to 120 giant-screen cinemas in China's fast-growing film market.
Imax Corp. and Wanda Cinema Line Corp., Asia's biggest cinema operator, said Thursday the agreement will make Wanda the biggest international Imax operator, with as many as 210 screens.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Wanda Cinema is a unit of Wanda Group, which in 2012 acquired U.S. cinema chain AMC Theatres.
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Thursday, July 25, 2013
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A Kiwi property developer living in Las Vegas, who a High Court judge accepts was predisposed to taking "unacceptable risks with other people's money", is to stay a bankrupt until at least November 2015.
Rod Nielsen was declared bankrupt in September 2009 over a personal guarantee on $14.5 million owed to failed finance company Bridgecorp.
While the loan that sank him was to fund Queenstown's Lake Esplanade development, the 45-year-old was already known for his involvement in substandard and incomplete terraced housing projects.
The Official Assignee opposed Nielsen being discharged from bankruptcy and pushed for him to stay adjudicated for another three years.
As part of this process, Nielsen appeared in the High Court at Auckland via videolink from Nevada earlier this month before Justice Geoffrey Venning.
In his decision released yesterday, the judge ordered that Nielsen should stay bankrupted until at least 23 November 2015.
It was not in the public interest to discharge Nielsen, who Justice Venning said had not met his obligations as a bankrupt.
"Mr Nielsen has failed to understand or appreciate the consequences of his actions that led to his bankruptcy in the first place," the judge said.
"I accept the submission made on behalf of the Assignee that Mr Nielsen has a clear predisposition to incur credit and take unacceptable risks with other people's money."
The judge described the bankrupt developer's personal circumstances as "hopeless".
"If Mr Nielsen was to be discharged from bankruptcy now, I consider it almost inevitable, despite his suggestion otherwise, that he would engage in further commercial property development in New Zealand, with further loss to banks, financial institutions, their investors and other creditors," he said.
Justice Venning said the only way to protect the public was to extend the bankruptcy.
"His attitude towards the obligations he has as a bankrupt and his conduct between now and [November 2015] will determine whether he will be discharged at that time," the judge said.
- By Hamish Fletcher of the New Zealand Herald
Source: http://www.odt.co.nz/news/business/266099/property-developer-remain-bankrupt
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Dutch court blocks extradition of terror suspect
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ? Dutch judges blocked the extradition Tuesday of a terror suspect to the United States, saying he was tortured in Pakistan after his 2010 arrest and it is unclear whether American authorities had any involvement.
The Hague Court of Appeal ruling was a significant victory for the man identified only as Sabir K. in his attempts to avoid being sent for trial in America, but Dutch authorities can still launch a final appeal to the country's Supreme Court.
"He is very satisfied that the role of the Americans is finally being looked at in a critical light," his lawyer Andre Seebregts said. "He has said from the very beginning that the Americans were involved."
Sabir K., who has Dutch and Pakistani nationality, was arrested in Pakistan in 2010 and expelled to the Netherlands in 2011. U.S. authorities accuse him of working with al-Qaida from 2004 to 2010, and of plotting a suicide attack on an American military base in Afghanistan.
In a statement, the Hague appellate court said that U.S. authorities had issued an arrest warrant for K. three days after his detention in Pakistan.
But it went on to say that circumstances of K.'s arrest and detention "raised questions" among the judges, who cited international human rights groups as saying terror suspects are "almost without exception tortured" if detained in Pakistan.
"If the U.S. asked Pakistan to arrest K., knowing he would be tortured by the secret service, this would be a reason to block the extradition," the court said.
Judges had asked the Dutch government to seek clarification from U.S. authorities about their role in the detention, but Dutch justice and security ministry officials refused, saying they did not see the necessity of the request.
The government's refusal meant "uncertainty remained about the involvement of the U.S. in the torture of K.," the court said as it blocked his extradition.
Dutch Security and Justice Ministry spokeswoman Sentina van der Meer said officials were studying the ruling and had no further comment.
Sabir K. was released from Dutch detention earlier this year.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dutch-court-blocks-extradition-terror-suspect-093210340.html
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
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Windows 8.1 First thoughts
Windows 8.1 is an improvement to Windows 8.
It is still the fastest Desktop operating system that I have used and I still don't use W7 any more other than to update it.
It's always 'interesting' to read what the critics who have never used W8/W8.1 will have to say and whether 'they' will accept it.
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Chuck Hagel: Furloughs For Military Could Continue
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel was grilled during his confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee today. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ? The audience gasped in surprise and gave a few low whistles as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the news that furloughs, which have forced a 20 percent pay cut on most of the military?s civilian workforce, probably will continue next year and might worsen.
?Those are the facts of life,? Hagel told about 300 Defense Department employees, most of them middle-aged civilians, last week at an Air Force reception hall on a military base in Charleston.
Future layoffs also are possible for the department?s civilian workforce of more than 800,000 employees, Hagel said, if Congress fails to stem the cuts in the next budget year, which starts Oct. 1.
On the heels of the department?s first furlough day, and in three days of visits with members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, Hagel played the unenviable role of messenger to a frustrated and fearful workforce coping with the inevitability of a spending squeeze at the end of more than a decade of constant and costly war.
The fiscal crunch also lays bare the politically unpopular, if perhaps necessary, need to bring runaway military costs in line with most of the rest of the American public that has struggled economically for years.
?Everybody?s bracing for the impact,? Army Master Sgt. Trey Corrales said after Hagel spoke with soldiers during a quick stop at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Corrales? wife, a military civilian employee, is among those furloughed, and they have cancelled their cable TV and started carpooling to work to save money.
The furloughs have hit about 650,000 civilian employees but also have slowed health care and other services for the uniformed military, which has stopped some training missions and faces equipment shortages due to the budget shortfalls.
Troops were told this month they will no longer receive extra pay for deployments to 18 former global hot spots no longer considered danger zones.
Troops already are facing force reductions, and the Army alone has announced plans to trim its ranks by 80,000 over the next five years.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
Big 12 commissioner suggests new 'federation' within NCAA
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks to the media Monday at the Omni Dallas Hotel. Bowlsby called for a reconfiguration of NCAA governance to better group schools of like resources.(Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports)
Secession from the NCAA isn't on the way ? but a so-called "super division" might be.
Suggesting a special convention might need to be called to achieve "transformational change" in the NCAA, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby suggested Monday it's time to consider a new "federation" of schools with like resources ? and perhaps separation by sport.
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"It's probably unrealistic to think that we can manage football and field hockey by the same set of rules," Bowlsby said. "I think some kind of reconfiguration of how we govern is in order."
His remarks, made Monday morning during an annual state of the Big 12 address, followed strong comments last week from SEC commissioner Mike Slive, who said of the NCAA: "Moving forward, there are important questions that must be answered." Also Monday, ACC commissioner John Swofford told USA TODAY Sports significant structural and governance changes could come in January. Swofford suggested a separate division for the five power conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC).
Bowlsby went further than Slive did last week. But Bowlsby said commissioners of the five power conferences have "unanimity" on the subject, and said, "I don't think anything I said was inconsistent with what (Slive) said."
"When I think about John Swofford and (Pac-12 commissioner) Larry Scott and beyond that as well, I think we all have a sense that transformative change is going to have to happen," Bowlsby added. "This is not a time when trimming around the edges is going to make very much difference."
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The gap in resources within college athletics has never been greater, and it's growing. An analysis by USA TODAY shows the average SEC public school's operational expenses in 2011-12 were $88.5 million, according to the most recently available information reported by the schools to the NCAA. The average Mountain West school spent $41.3 million. The divide is expected to grow dramatically with the advent of the College Football Playoff.
"Northern Iowa and Texas aren't much alike," said Bowlsby, formerly the athletic director at Northern Iowa, Iowa and Stanford before moving to the Big 12 a year ago.
Bowlsby said he did not see a complete separation from the NCAA as a viable option, but said the threat of secession must be retained as leverage "as a last resort."
"I really think that leadership and the rank and file believe that there's a solution within the NCAA, and it's been along those lines that we've had the conversations," he said. "Could that change to something that's a little more harsh down the road? Possibly could, sure."
The problem, as Bowlsby and his peers see it, is two-pronged. Initiatives proposed by larger schools ? the easiest example, he noted, is the idea of a stipend, or full cost-of-attendance scholarships ? have no chance of passing because schools with fewer resources vote them down.
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"It's virtually impossible right now to configure legislative proposals that have any chance of getting through the system intact that would accomplish anything in the way of meaningful change," Bowlsby said. "I think all of us are feeling that."
At the same time, the NCAA's governance structure, with its emphasis on presidential control, is seen as out of touch. The people who work daily in college athletics "feel like they're on the outside looking in," Bowlsby said. Bowlsby said he wasn't directing criticism specifically at NCAA president Mark Emmert, but said "we need to reconfigure the leadership of the organization," with athletic directors and commissioners as voting members of the NCAA's board of directors, which is currently populated by presidents.
"We need to reengage the practitioners," Bowlsby said. "The athletic directors, commissioners, people that work in athletics every day. I think it's unrealistic to think that people that spend hours a month on athletics can come up with the right agenda and have the time to move it through the system."
George Schroeder, a national college football reporter for USA TODAY Sports, is on Twitter @GeorgeSchroeder.
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Yankees say A-Rod won't rejoin team this week
BOSTON (AP) ? New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez isn't ready to rejoin the team.
The Yankees said Rodriguez has a Grade 1 strain of his left quadriceps muscle and won't be able to return this week in Texas, as had been planned. Instead, Rodriguez will remain on the disabled list and return to Tampa, Fla., "for rest and treatment," the Yankees said in a statement issued before their game against the Boston Red Sox on Sunday night.
Rodriguez and manager Joe Girardi had said they were hoping he would return for Tuesday night's game against the Rangers. But he was sent to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for an MRI on Sunday, and team Dr. Christopher Ahmad diagnosed the injury.
Girardi told reporters at Fenway Park at about 5:50 p.m. that that Rodriguez was likely to make his 2013 debut on Tuesday.
"I would be surprised if he played Monday. Tuesday's possible," he said.
But at 7:37 p.m. ? about a half-hour before Sunday's game ? the Yankees sent reporters an email saying the nearly 38-year-old three-time AL MVP "will not be joining the team for its series in Texas."
Rodriguez had surgery on his left hip in January and hasn't played a major league game yet this season. His 20-day minor-league rehab assignment expired on Sunday, and the Yankees had to activate him or leave him on the disabled list.
The team said it might petition Major League Baseball for an additional rehab assignment because of the new injury.
"I think we're all a little bit anxious to see how he looks physically and how he's moving," Girardi said before the results of the MRI were announced. "I've talked to people that have seen him and said he ran good yesterday. ... I am anxious to see. He hasn't played in a while and he's almost 38. You kind of want to see what you've got."
Rodriguez told reporters in Scranton, Pa., on Sunday that he expected to work out on Monday and be back in the lineup on Tuesday. He wasn't sure if he would play third or DH on his return, he said.
If Rodriguez can regain his MVP form ? rather than the one that got him benched during the 2012 playoffs ? his return would be a boost for a lineup that has been without most of its biggest stars.
Shortstop Derek Jeter on Friday was placed back on the disabled list, where he has spent all but one game this season. First baseman Mark Teixeira (wrist surgery), outfielder Curtis Granderson (broken pinkie) and catcher Francisco Cervelli (broken hand) are also injured.
During the offseason, Rodriguez's name surfaced in an investigation of Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic in Florida linked with the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs. He met with investigators from Major League Baseball earlier this month.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/yankees-rod-wont-rejoin-team-week-235258268.html
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Tongzhou Central Business District by UNStudio - Dezeen
Dutch architects UNStudio have designed a concept for a new business district at Tonghzou in Beijing, consisting of skyscrapers linked by aerial bridges (+ slideshow).
The proposal features?six towers atop a large podium that are linked by bridges topped with gardens and swimming pools.
The development, proposed for the Tongzhou district twelve miles east of central Beijing, would create a million square metres of retail, apartments, offices, hotels and transportation infrastructure.
Located at the confluence of two waterways, the Tongzhou Central Business District's waterfront podium would house shops while the towers would accommodate apartments and offices.
Here's some text from UNStudio's website:
Tongzhou, China, 2011-2016
The design of UNStudio?s CBD development is a dynamic composition created by introducing asymmetry in plan, orientation, clustering and fa?ade treatment. This build-up of asymmetries has a far-reaching urban effect whilst simultaneously relating to users on a more personal scale.?The six towers form three lively groups which interact according to a layered choreography.
In relation to the ground and subterranean levels the towers are grouped in three pairs, each standing on a joint platform. As defined by the bridging connections between them, the towers are grouped as a couple, a trio and a single volume.
The silhouette of the towers is derived from a combination of substantial differences between the lower and the upper parts of the buildings and the binding together effects of diagonal wrappings. On the lower parts the towers are marked by dense stacking, whilst towards the top they become smooth and reflective. This textural contrast is mediated by the strong diagonals running the entire length of the towers.
The bridges have numerous roles. They help to cluster the towers and to form interconnections between them which can house many different semi-public functions. They also provide an artificial ground for users of the highest floors.? In addition to the application of active sustainable measures at different scale levels, passive design tools were incorporated from the initial design of the six towers and the podium clusters. Driving features are the winter gardens and green surfaces.
Client:?Perennial Real Estate & Maxon Group
Location:?Tongzhou, Beijing, China
Building surface:?1 million m2
Building site:?108,700 m2
Program:?Office tower, Hotel, Service apartment, Residential towers, Retail podium, Waterfront Landscape, Transportation hub
Status:?Concept
Source: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/07/20/tongzhou-central-business-district-by-unstudio/
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Steve King tells Univision host: Comparing immigrants to dogs is ...
By David Edwards
Sunday, July 21, 2013 13:12 EDT
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Comprehensive immigration reform opponent Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Sunday told a host of the Spanish-language network Univision that his speech comparing immigrants to hunting dogs was intended to be ?complimentary.?
Speaking to a crowd in Pocahontas, Iowa in 2012, King had said that the U.S. should only allow the ?pick of the litter? when selecting immigrants.
?You want a good bird dog? You want one that?s going to be aggressive? Pick the one that?s the friskiest, the one that?s going to be engaged the most, not the one that?s over there sleeping in the corner,? he explained. ?You get the pick of the litter and you got yourself a pretty good bird dog.?
On Sunday, Univision?s Jorge Ramos confronted the congressman about the comparison.
?No I didn?t, that?s a mischaracterization,? King insisted. ?Look at the original source. That didn?t happen.?
?I read it,? Ramos pointed out. ?And many people found it offensive.?
?People write things on the internet all the time,? King argued. ?But did you watch the video, the full video? That speech was about celebrating legal immigration.?
?It was not a celebration,? Ramos observed. ?In a town hall meeting in Iowa, you actually compared immigrants to dogs. And many people would find that offensive and racist.?
?I thought you would probably repeat yourself on that. I told you if you watch that video you would know that was a speech celebrating legal immigrants,? King shot back. ?Legal, not illegal immigrants. Legal immigrants. And I said they are the cream of the crop.?
?So you don?t want to apologize because of that comment?? Ramos wondered.
?I said that speech was about the vigor of legal immigration,? the Iowa Republican replied. ?It was a very complimentary speech and no I did not do that.?
?You know it is not complimentary to compare a group of people ? immigrants to animals,? Ramos concluded.
Watch this video from Univision, broadcast July 21, 2013.
(h/t: Think Progress)
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Google Working on an Android App to Control a PC Through Chrome
One of the best things about a modern Android phone is that it has so many features and capabilities such that it easily integrates with most other home electronics.? For instance, you can use your Android phone to control your TV. ?Now, imagine if you can use your phone to control your computer?? Google knows just how many people would love to control their computers remotely using their phones and they are working on an app for that.
Some time ago, Google demonstrated a new Chrome remote desktop application that enables users to take control of a computer or to hand over the control to someone remotely, for instance when they need help with something.? Since chrome and Android are now under one management after a merger back in March, it shouldn?t have been too difficult for the team to port the application to Android.
This information comes from Fran?ois Beaufort, a Google Chromium evangelist, who dug the open source code of Chromium?and posted an image a screenshot of the installed application on his Android device on his Google+ page.? Fran?ois posted ?the chromium team has just started to build a Chromoting Android app? showing that the app could be available for testing soon.
The app is still in development and is now capable of only a fraction of the tasks including authenticating a Google account on the Android phone, establishing peer-to-peer channels to communicate with the host service, connecting and communication with the service over XMPP/ICE and querying and displaying the host list on the Chromoting directory server.
As of now, the application can only connect with the remote server but it cannot take any user input nor show the host desktop.? This means the app is currently useless, but it is great to know that Google is actually working on such a tool.? This device is expected to work on most Android devices including smartphones and tablets but its size could mean it is better suited for tablets.
We will wait and see how it develops.
Sources: Fran?ois Beaufort on Google+?via Android Headlines?
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Sun. on Political Connections: Dennis Ross says GOP can't be just party of No
U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland,? appears Sunday on Political Connections on Bay News 9 in Tampa Bay, where he talks about immigration, Marco Rubio, food stamps, and some of his frustrations with Washington. Here's a clip. The full interview airs at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Chinese banks to set their own lending rates
Updated at 7:14 am today
Chinese is giving the domestic banking industry greater freedom by allowing banks to set their own lending rates.
People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan at a financial forum in Shanghai on 28 June.
AFP (file)
Previously they were not allowed to lend at rates below a certain level set by the People's Bank of China.
The People's Bank said it hoped the move would lead to lower costs for companies.
"The People's Bank of China has decided, as of 20 July, 2013, to completely relinquish control of the lending rates of financial institutes," the bank said on its website on Friday.
As of Saturday, institutions will be allowed to "set lending rates themselves based on commercial principles".
The moves will lower financing costs for businesses and support China's long-term economic restructuring, the bank said.
The bank added it would not adjust policies on mortgages in order to promote "healthy development of the housing market".
A BBC correspondent said the announcement is seen as a significant part of the government's plan to make the economy more market-oriented.
President Xi Jinping promised to reform the country's economy to encourage more balanced growth when he came to power in March.
Chinese banks have had some freedom to lend at rates below the official level, but very few do so.
The BBC reports analysts think the move is an important step towards allowing China's currency to float freely on currency markets.
There remains an upper limit on how much interest banks are allowed to offer depositors. It currently stands at 3% with a small amount of leeway to go higher.
The People's Bank said controls on mortgage lending will also remain in place, to maintain the "healthy development of the housing market".
Copyright ? 2013, Radio New Zealand
Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/214935/chinese-banks-to-set-their-own-lending-rates
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