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Monday, 31 October 2011
Ford launches ?new? ?65 Mustang
Everything old is new again ? especially when it comes to the classic 1964-1/2, ?65 and ?66 Mustangs.
Like many makers, Ford has a catalogue full of parts for those original pony cars, everything from brakes to seats. But now, it seems, you can even order all-new, factory-approved Mustang bodies rather than having to scrounge up rusted and dinged-up originals.
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?The 1964-66 Mustang is the most restored vintage vehicle,? said Dennis Mondrach, Ford Restoration Parts licensing manager. ?But the number of original 1964-66 vintage bodies is shrinking every year. Most of the original Mustangs left in scrapyards are rusted or wrecked beyond repair.?
So, for those determined to have an ?original? Mustang, Ford turned to Pennsylvania-based Dynacom International, which was given access to original technical drawings, blueprints and specifications for parts. The supplier is producing precise duplicates of the original body ? albeit with a few modifications that customers are likely to appreciate.
?The new body shell is made of virgin metal and uses modern welding techniques,? explained Mondrach. ?It comes rustproofed, and after final adjustment and finish preparation of the body panels, it is ready for painting and final assembly.?
In fact, the steel used in the new bodies is a higher grade than the original Mustang?s, according to Dynacom Vice President Jim Christina.
?We use a modern universal automotive-grade steel that is actually stronger than the original, and modern welding techniques along with more welds to strengthen the body,? he said.
The ?65 Mustang body includes virtually all of the original car?s sheet metal from the radiator support to the taillight panel, including trunk id and doors. The only thing missing are the hood and front fenders, which are sold separately.
The body kit costs $15,000 and is shipped directly to a customer.
The kit can be transformed into anything from the original ?64-1/2 Mustang ? which was introduced by one-time Ford President Lee Iacocca at the New York World?s Fair ? to a ?66, depending on the powertrain and trim parts.
Someone purchasing the body shell simply has to transfer the engine and transmission, electric systems and other parts from a beyond-repair original Mustang ? or they can order just about all the replacement parts to build an ?original? pony car from the ground up from Ford?s restoration catalogue, at fordrestorationparts.com.
Meanwhile, the maker also has body shells for the 1967-68 and fastback 1969-70 Mustangs available.
Ford will debut the new ?65 body shell at this week?s SEMA Show, the annual aftermarket extravaganza in Las Vegas.
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Maine Football Game
In a Murphy?s Season, where everything that could go wrong did, it was only fitting that the final game at Villanova Stadium would be covered in snow. The Wildcats planned to honor their seniors before the unusually-frozen October contest that brought the league?s top team, the Maine Black Bears to the Main Line. The ?Cats couldn?t overcome the Black Bears or the elements, losing the game 41 to 25.
?Maine is probably going to be champion of the league,? Villanova coach Andy Talley claimed. ?We?re just trying to reach the competitive level with a group of young players.
?I felt we could be competitive with Maine, I thought we did a good job running the ball, I thought our freshman quarterback Chris Polony played real well.?
Maine scored first on a 33 yard pass to Maurice McDonald in the first quarter. Villanova didn?t answer until the second quarter on an Austin Medley run from 5 yards out.
Maine would score three more times before Villanova would get on the board again. Not for lack of opportunities, however. Villanova was consistently driving downfield deep into Maine territory, but failed to score on many of those opportunities, including two missed field goal attempts. Prior to today, Mark Hamilton hadn?t missed a field goal this season.
Hamilton also missed an extra point on the first Villanova touchdown in the second quarter when it was blocked by Maine. Down big, the ?Cats didn?t bother to try another kick after their second touchdown, instead going for the 2-point conversion, which failed.
?The center snap, he was having trouble with the ball,? Talley explained of his team?s sudden inability to kick. ?The ball was wet, officials tried to do a good job with that. Its bad out there, those are the worst conditions I?ve played in in my career and that?s 44 years of football. I think that was part of it. The holder as well. Its hard to get your footing.
?It was slippery out there, I think the kicking game was really affected by the weather out there.?
Maine, meanwhile, tried two conversions, their first one failed, but the second one was successful.
Villanova was in the Maine red-zone six?times, but only converted one trip for a score until tacking on two more red-zone scores in the final quarter. The ?Cats moved the ball well for most of the game, going into the half leading Maine with 177 offensive yards to the Black Bears? 159. Even at the end of the game, ?Nova had 19 first downs to Maine?s 18.
Some of that has to do with Villanova giving Maine great field position to start two scoring drives. One score came in the second quarter after a Villanova kickoff sailed out of bounds at midfield. Another after a failed onside kick, where the kicker?s foot failed to do much more than graze the ball.
In the fourth quarter, the ?Cats scored two more touchdowns, but it was too little too late. Maine entered that quarter up by 16 points and tacked on 13 more before it was over.
?It was tough,? Maine safety Trevor Coston said of trying to defend in the elements. ?They had some big runs, but it was hard with the footings, so we had to break a lot earlier.?
One of those big runs was a 33-yard dash by Villanova?s Austin Medley, who finished the game with 102 yards and a touchdown. It was one of the best individual rushing games of the season for a Villanova tailback.
Chris Polony had a great game, given the elements. The freshman passed for 198 yards, completing about half of his passes and connecting on three touchdowns with just one interception. Senior slot receiver Mikey Reynolds grabbed two of those touchdowns for the first career game with two scores as a receiver. Dorian Wells had the other, along with 73 yards through the air, 60 of them on the touchdown reception that opened up when a Maine cornerback slipped in the snow and fell down.
?I think we?re making progress on that side of the ball,? Talley said about his offense. ?We needed to make progress at quarterback. Critical that we make progress at quarterback. [Polony] has to improve. I was worried about the snow day that it wouldn?t give him a chance to improve. We need to hang out hat on a quarterback.
?The difference between the Maine quarterback and our young guy is that he?s been around, he has experience, and I can remember when he was struggling.?
Defensively, the ?Cats couldn?t stop the big plays. Often missing a tackle or blowing coverage deep to give Maine a score. Maine had three scoring plays of 33 yards or more, including an 80 yards passing touchdown from Warren Smith to Arthur Williams. The Cats? forced and recovered two Maine fumbles, and were able to capitalize on the second one with a short TD catch by Mikey Reynolds in the 4th quarter.
?We had to sell a play-action, we rolled out and I saw Artie over the middle,? Smith said about his long toss of the night.
That second fumble was recovered by defensive tackle Antoine Lewis. It was his second career fumble recovery at Villanova and his first this season. Super-freshman Dillon Lucas didn?t lead the ?Cats in tackles in this contest, but recorded a few in the fourth quarter to lift him to third-place with five. Safety Eric Loper and freshman corner Jerry Miles lead in that category.
The defense still struggles with coverage breaking down, according to the coach. The young secondary hasn?t fully adjusted to the college game. Talley also hasn?t been impressed with tackling this season, which he referred to as ?shoddy.?
?It was a little bit of some of the same stuff we?ve done on the defensive side, we gave up some big plays. We?re still trying to put our finger in the dyke on that.
?At times we?re not always the physical defense that we?ve been because we?re still growing guys at the linebacker spot, so the pressure falls on Devon [Bridges], a guy that?s been around a little bit. We?re probably not as physical as we?ve been on defense.?
Maine holds on to it?s perfect conference record going into a meeting with the league?s other unbeaten, Towson. The Black Bears were a 4-win team last year, but turned it around and Talley sees a lot of his own program in that turn around.
?I think we gave [Maine] the blueprint. We won the national championship two years ago, and then we were a final four team last year and four years before that ?we were 4 and 7. I?ve been there, done that, don?t want to do it again. We cycle up. I told the guys last week, we?re not a football factory, I?m not going out getting transfers and J.C. players, we?re going out and doing it with freshmen, sophomores, you know, that?s the way we do it.?
Next week the ?Cats will take on the Massachusetts Minutemen in a game that won?t count in the CAA standings because of UMass? status as a program transitioning to the Bowl Subdivision. They likely won?t have senior captain James Pitts, who started today, but could not complete the game with his knee injury, nor will they have freshman running back Kevin Monangai, who missed the last two games with a case of mono.
What they will have, is a group that battled through the snow to keep a game close against the top team in the conference in the first half, and never quit, finding the endzone twice in the final seven minutes.
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Sunday, 30 October 2011
Faster-than-light test runs again
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Saturday, 29 October 2011
Napoli, Pujols swing deep into World Series lore (AP)
ST. LOUIS ? Those massive home runs that Albert Pujols hit at Rangers Ballpark, they'll be rattling around for years to come. Same goes for those long drives that Mike Napoli delivered.
A huge swing or two or three, a masterful job on the mound, a sparkling play in the field can do more than win a World Series game. They can create a legacy that lasts forever.
Just ask "Mr. October."
"It absolutely can define a career," Reggie Jackson said by telephone this week. "I'm not saying whether that's right or wrong, but that's how it happens."
Every fall, in fact. Someone steps up ? maybe a monster talent like Pujols, perhaps a good player like Napoli given a chance when the stars align. Might even be a fringe guy ? Allen Craig for St. Louis this year, Cody Ross for San Francisco the last time around.
Napoli and the Texas Rangers can close out the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 at Busch Stadium on Wednesday night. If they win their first championship, the catcher who was traded twice within a week in January is destined to part of the lore.
For a long, long time.
"What year did Babe Ruth call his shot? 1932? You still see kids out there, calling their shot," Jackson said. "That game wasn't on TV, those kids didn't see it. But they've heard about it, they know about it all these years later."
Jackson hit a Game 7 home run in a 1973 win for Oakland, then earned a nickname for life when he homered three times in the Yankees' Series-clinching victory in 1977.
Suppose he'd done a little less, say, hit three balls off the wall at Yankee Stadium on that signature night. Would he still be "Mr. October"?
"Probably not," he said.
Already a three-time NL MVP, Pujols put on what many called the greatest hitting show in postseason history when he tied Series records with three home runs, six RBIs and five hits during the Cardinals' romp in Game 3.
Those are Pujols' only hits in the Series so far, with Texas often pitching around him or simply issuing intentional walks. Yet if the Cardinals win the championship, chances are his pulverizing performance will be the featured shots in replays.
In Game 5, Texas manager Ron Washington made Pujols the first player in World Series history to receive an intentional walk with nobody on base, STATS LLC said.
"I've never seen Albert Pujols before other than on TV. It's my first time seeing him. And what he did the other night, no, I wouldn't mess with that," Washington said.
Not everyone gets to savor the big stage. Ted Williams slumped in his lone World Series, fellow Hall of Famer Ernie Banks never got close.
Nolan Ryan made 773 starts over 27 seasons, yet his total Series time amounted to a relief appearance of 2 1-3 innings for the champion 1969 Mets. The Rangers president and part-owner understands the October glare.
"Well, I think there's expectations that the media and the fan base have with certain players," he said this week. "You can't judge on a short series about players, but people's expectations are Albert Pujols is capable of doing what he did the other night, and that adds to his reputation and expectations."
Texas fans are hoping Josh Hamilton can provide the same sort of shot. The reigning AL MVP went 2 for 20 in last year's World Series; this time, hobbled by a strained groin, he's just 3 for 19 without a home run.
For Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter, the franchise leader in postseason wins, it's not really right how October efforts can frame a player. And that's coming from an ace who outdueled Roy Halladay 1-0 in the deciding Game 5 of the first-round NL playoffs.
"No, not at all. I don't think it defines who you are," he said. "I think what defines who you are is, one, the consistency you put in day in and day out as a professional, and two, how you go about your business on and off the field. That defines who you are."
"Postseason is just at a different level. I think the guys that are successful maybe might be a little more relaxed and able to deal with the distractions," he said. "But I don't think that it should define ? if you scuffle in the postseason, it shouldn't define what type of player you are. That could just be that series."
Orel Hershiser sees it differently. The former Dodgers star set a major league record by pitching 59 scoreless innings to close the 1988 season, then stamped his greatness by going 3-0 with a 1.05 ERA in the postseason and leading Los Angeles to the title.
"It is fair to judge someone that way because these are the most important games of your life," Hershiser said at Rangers Ballpark. "That's the way it is; that's what October means."
"When you're growing up, you're not with your brother in the backyard pretending it's the top of the sixth inning and the middle of the season and your team's in last place. No. You're dreaming that it's the bottom of the ninth inning, Game 7 of the World Series," he said. "You wind up, and here comes the pitch."
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Friday, 28 October 2011
NBA sides eager to get deal in next few days (AP)
NEW YORK ? NBA Commissioner David Stern says he would consider it a failure if the owners and players don't reach a deal to end the lockout in the next few days.
"There's no guarantee we're going to get it done," Stern said, "but we're going to give it one heck of a shot."
Union executive director Billy Hunter, too, struck a positive tone about the talks.
"I think we're within striking distance of getting a deal," he said after the two sides met for 7.5 hours Thursday.
The two sides will resume bargaining Friday morning.
"There's an element of continuity, familiarity and I would hope trust that would enable us to look forward to (Friday) where we anticipate there will be some important and additional progress," Stern said. "Or not."
"We're looking forward to seeing whether something good can be made to happen."
Small groups from both sides returned to a hotel Thursday less than 12 hours after finishing a 15-hour meeting that went until past 3 a.m.
Union president Derek Fisher said they're working through a number of different issues and trying to close the gap in each issue.
Stern said he expects the two sides to address the distribution of basketball revenue on Friday.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
"Shame" slapped with NC-17 rating (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? Director Steve McQueen's "Shame," a no-holds-barred movie about a man in the grip of sexual addiction, has officially received an NC-17 rating.
The rating was widely expected and Fox Searchlight knew the film, starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan, would likely receive an NC-17. It includes full frontal male and female nudity and graphic sex.
The movie opens in limited -- and with the NC-17, extremely limited -- release on December 2.
According to the Motion Picture Association of America, which rates movies, NC-17 films are "patently adult." Children are not admitted, even with their parents.
An NC-17 rating affects a movie's ability to make money for a number of reasons. Among the most important, many theaters won't show them. The rating also makes advertising difficult.
The movie is an Oscar contender, and Fox Searchlight is aggressively pushing it for a number of awards including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director.
"Shame" stars Fassbender as Brandon, a man who is addicted to sex, whose private life is disrupted when his sister, Cissy, played by Mulligan, shows up for an unannounced -- and indefinite -- visit.
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Romney reverses himself, supports anti-union law
Former White House Chief of Staff, and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, right, jokes with Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as he files his papers to be on the ballot for the nation's first presidential primary, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Former White House Chief of Staff, and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, right, jokes with Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, as he files his papers to be on the ballot for the nation's first presidential primary, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ? A day after he refused to endorse an Ohio ballot measure that limits public employee union rights, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he is "110 percent" behind the effort.
While he was in Ohio on Tuesday, Romney seemed to distance himself from anti-union measures that have lost popularity in recent months. Campaigning a day later, the former Massachusetts governor told reporters that he supports the ballot measure aimed at restricting collective bargaining rights for state employees.
"I'm sorry if I created any confusion in that regard. I fully support Gov. (John) Kasich's ? I think it's called Question Two in Ohio. Fully support that," Romney said after visiting a local GOP office in the Washington suburbs. "Actually, on my website, I think back as early as April, I laid out that I support Question Two and Gov. Kasich's effort to restrict collective bargaining in Ohio."
Romney's rivals criticized him for not supporting the measure, which he previously endorsed but has seen its popularity falter.
"As a true conservative, I stand with Gov. Kasich in promoting S.B.5 for fiscal responsibility and job creation in Ohio," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement. "Gov. Kasich and the Republican leadership of Ohio are to be commended for their efforts." Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman turned to Twitter to tweak Romney.
"Unlike (at)MittRomney, I stand with John Kasich in opposing the individual mandate and supporting public sector union reform," he said.
On Wednesday, Romney tried to answer the criticism.
"I know there are other ballot questions in Ohio. I wasn't taking a position on those," Romney said after meeting with volunteers. "I am 110 percent behind Gov. Kasich and in support of that question."
A Quinnipiac University poll this week showed the anti-union law is unpopular with voters; 57 percent oppose it in that poll.
Romney's arms-length stance seemed to reflect that on Tuesday.
"I am not speaking about the particular ballot issues," Romney said. "Those are up to the people of Ohio. But I certainly support the efforts of the governor to reign in the scale of government. I am not terribly familiar with the two ballot initiatives. But I am certainly supportive of the Republican Party's efforts here."
And on Wednesday, he still sidestepped questions about a separate ballot measure that would exempt Ohioans from President Barack Obama requirement that individuals have health insurance.
"I've said that should be up to individual states. I, of course, took my state in one direction. They may want to go in a different direction," Romney said. "I don't want to tell them what I think they ought to do in that regard."
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Schools brace for more budget cuts (AP)
LANCASTER, Pa. ? Educators are bracing for a tough reality: As difficult as budget cuts have been on schools, more tough times are likely ahead.
Even in a best-case scenario that assumes strong economic growth next year, it won't be until 2013 or later when districts see budget levels return to pre-recession levels, said Daniel Domenech, executive director of the American Association of School Administrators in Arlington, Va. That means more cuts and layoffs are likely ahead.
"The worst part is that it's not over," Domenech said.
Already, an estimated 294,000 jobs in the education sector have been lost since 2008, including those in higher education.
The cuts are felt from Keller, Texas, where the district moved to a pay-for-ride transportation system rather than cut busing altogether, to Georgia, where 20 days were shaved off the calendar for pre-kindergarten classes. In California, a survey found that nearly half of all districts last year cut or reduced art, drama and music programs. Nationally, 120 districts ? primarily in rural areas ? have gone to a four-day school week to save on transportation and utility costs, according to the National Conference of State Legislators. Others are implementing fees to play sports, cutting field trips and ending after-school programs.
Districts have little choice but to put off buying textbooks and technology and training teachers, said Rob Monson, a principal in Parkston, S.D., who is president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
On a recent day at Abraham Lincoln Middle School in Lancaster, teenage girls in ponytails and boys in long athletic shorts dashed across the gym, pausing their game of indoor tennis to motion "Y-M-C-A" with their arms as the Village People's song blares from the loudspeaker. It's a scene happening less frequently these days. Budget cuts and teacher layoffs have forced the school to cut some P.E. classes, reduce library hours and eliminate small literacy classes for struggling readers and Spanish for sixth- and seventh-graders.
Principal Josh Keene says he's worried ? not just about offering electives next year, but whether class sizes in core subjects will jump from around 25 to 35 or 40. His district received $6 million less from the state this year, which meant six staff positions in his school were cut. Even if state funding remains the same next year, the district expects to have from $5 million to $7 million less because of increased pension obligations and other expenses.
"I'm scared to death. As we continue to look at fewer and fewer non-classroom positions that are there, at some point it's going to impact core classroom positions and that's a very, very scary thing," said Keene.
Recognizing the reality districts face, President Barack Obama included $30 billion in his $447 billion jobs creation package to save teachers' jobs. The Senate rejected the jobs package as well as a separate measure focused on saving the jobs of teachers and emergency responders. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has said the plan resembles "bailouts" that haven't proven to work and only perpetuate economic problems.
Not everyone sees all doom and gloom in schools' budget woes. Some say many districts haven't wisely spent tax dollars or didn't adequately prepare for the end of the $100 billion in federal stimulus dollars for schools. And that while the number of students per teacher in America dropped from 22.3 in 1970 to 15.3 in 2008, according to the National Center For Education Statistics, they say the reduction hasn't made a noticeable difference.
Karen Hawley Miles, executive director of Education Resource Strategies, a nonprofit based in Watertown, Mass., that helps urban districts develop ways to more effectively use resources, encourages districts to use this time to make changes they have been reluctant to do. They include strategically raising class sizes to refocus on teacher quality and changing teacher compensation to be more tied to performance, she said.
"In tough days when it's incredibly urgent, sometimes these conversations can take place in a different frame. We see districts really thinking about how they can really do things differently and really focus in on their priorities," she said.
In Pennsylvania, at the urging of Gov. Tom Corbett, the legislature slashed public-education spending by roughly $900 million, or more than 10 percent, to avoid a state budget deficit for the year that began July 1 without raising taxes.
Seemingly overnight, thousands of education jobs in the state were lost. A survey of school districts by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials found that leading into this school year, 44 percent reduced elective course offerings and 70 percent increased class sizes. More than 30 districts said they either reduced or eliminated full-day kindergarten or pre-K programs.
The cuts hit many of the poorer districts harder because they are more reliant on state dollars.
In York, Pa., about a 30-minute drive from Lancaster, full-day kindergarten was saved when administrators and teachers agreed to a pay freeze. But art, music, and physical education teachers in elementary schools were eliminated, forcing classroom teachers to incorporate the electives in their classroom teaching, said Kim Schwarz, 45, a teacher and president of the York City Education Association. High school class sizes now are in the upper 30s, she said.
Schwarz said the changes are tough for kids who really shine in art or physical education and it's been hard on the morale of teachers.
"The district has scrimped and pulled and did everything they could to find additional funds ... and I think the teachers are doing an absolutely phenomenal job of educating the students and giving them the attention that they need given the circumstances, which just adds more to the stress and the level of exhaustion that we're all feeling," Schwarz said.
At Keene's school in Lancaster, about 60 percent of the students are Latino and 80 percent are considered low income. Many are sent home on Friday nights with donated groceries and recipes for cooking them. Among the staff members cut was someone who did home visits to follow up on children who weren't attending class. The school was able to continue an after-school program only after a non-profit agreed to run it.
Keene said he wants his children to have a full life, and he thinks music, art and physical education are part of that. He just hopes those classes will be offered in the future.
"You know the old adage sometimes you need to work smarter, not harder? We're frankly at a point where we just need to work harder and more hours, and with the reductions in staff, that's what needs to happen because otherwise, kids are going to suffer, and that's unacceptable," Keene said.
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Online:
American Association of School Administrators: http://www.aasa.org
Compass Mark: http://www.compassmark.org/
Education Resource Strategies: http://erstrategies.org/
National Association of Elementary School Principals: http://www.naesp.org/
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators: http://www.pasa-net.org/
York City Education Association: http://ycea.psealocals.org/
School District of Lancaster: http://www.lancaster.k12.pa.us/
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Strong earthquake hits Turkey, up to 1,000 feared killed (Reuters)
VAN, Turkey (Reuters) ? As many as 1,000 people were feared killed on Sunday when a powerful earthquake hit southeast Turkey, destroying dozens of buildings and trapping some victims alive under rubble.
As night fell, survivors and emergency workers battled to pull people out of the debris in the city of Van and town of Ercis, where a student dormitory collapsed.
Residents in Van joined in a frantic search, using hands and shovels and working under floodlights and flashlights, hearing voices of survivors crying for help under mounds of shattered concrete in pitch darkness and bitter cold.
"We heard cries and groaning from underneath the debris, we are waiting for the rescue teams to arrive," Halil Celik told Reuters as he stood beside the ruins of building that had collapsed before his eyes.
"All of a sudden, a quake tore down the building in front of me. All the bystanders, we all ran to the building and rescued two injured people from the ruins."
At another site, three teenagers were believed trapped under a collapsed building. People clambered over the masonry, shouting: "Is there anyone there?"
An elderly rescue worker sat sobbing, his exhausted face covered in dust. Police tried to keep onlookers back. Ambulance crews sat waiting to help anyone dragged out of the debris.
Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said the magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck at 1041 GMT and was five km (three miles) deep. It was among the strongest in Turkish history, and the worst since 1999.
Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said a dozen buildings collapsed in Van, an ancient city with a population of 1 million. Turkish media said 80 buildings, including a student dormitory, came down in Ercis, a city of 100,000 people near the Iranian border.
"Ambulances, soldiers, emergency teams are everywhere now, working on getting people out of collapsed buildings. I have seen many dead bodies being taken out, the teams are trying to find people alive," said a Reuters photographer in Ercis, some 100 km (60 miles) north of Van.
Kandilli Observatory general manager Mustafa Erdik told a news conference he estimated hundreds of lives had been lost. "It could be 500 or 1,000," he added. He said he based his estimate on the magnitude of the earthquake and quality of construction.
A nurse at a public hospital in Ercis said hospital workers were attending the wounded in the hospital garden because the building was badly damaged.
"We can't count dead or injured because we're not inside the hospital. There should be more than 100 dead bodies left next to the hospital. We left them there because it's dark and we didnt want to step on bodies," Eda Ekizoglu told CNN Turk television.
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan was traveling to Van and the cabinet was expected to discuss the quake on Monday morning.
"A lot of buildings collapsed, many people were killed, but we don't know the number. We are waiting for emergency help, it's very urgent," Zulfukar Arapoglu, the mayor of Ercis, told news broadcaster NTV.
"We need tents urgently and rescue teams. We don't have any ambulances, and we only have one hospital. We have many killed and injured," Arapoglu said.
Turkey's Red Crescent said one of its local teams was helping to rescue people from a student residence in Ercis. It sent had sent 1,200 tents, more than 4,000 blankets, stoves and food supplies, along with two mobile bakeries.
More than 70 aftershocks shook the area, further unsettling residents who ran into the streets when the initial quake struck. Television pictures showed rooms shaking and furniture toppling as people ran from one building.
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Dozens of emergency workers and residents scrambled over a multi-storey building in Van as they searched for anyone trapped inside.
Elsewhere, dazed survivors wandered past vehicles crushed by falling masonry.
Some 50 injured people were taken to hospital in Van, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.
Turkish media said phone lines and electricity had been cut off. The quake's epicentre was at the village of Tabanli, 20 km north of Van city, Kandilli said.
International offers of aid poured in from NATO, China, Japan, the United States, Azerbaijan, European countries and Israel, whose ties with Ankara have soured since Israeli commandoes killed nine Turks during a raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip in 2010.
Serzh Sarksyan, the president of Turkey's longtime regional rival Armenia, phoned Turkey's President Abdullah Gul to offer his condolences.
Major geological fault lines cross Turkey and there are small earthquakes almost daily. Two large quakes in 1999 killed more than 20,000 people in northwest Turkey.
An earthquake struck Van province in November 1976, with 5,291 confirmed dead. Two people were killed and 79 injured in May when an earthquake shook Simav in northwest Turkey.
(Additional reporting by Seda Sezer, Ece Toksabay and Seyhmus Cakan, writing by Ibon Villelabeitia and Daren Butler; editing by Andrew Roche)
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Monday, 24 October 2011
Falcons win 2nd straight, hand Lions 2nd loss in a row
Ryan runs, passes for scores as Atlanta (4-3) slows Detroit offense
Getty ImagesRoddy White, left, celebrates his touchdown catch with Tony Gonzales. The Falcons beat the Lions on Sunday.
By LARRY LAGE
updated 6:53 p.m. ET Oct. 23, 2011
DETROIT - The Falcons might've found their groove in Motown.
Matt Ryan ran and threw for touchdowns to give Atlanta a double-digit lead in the first half, and the Falcons held on to win 23-16 in Detroit on Sunday.
The defending NFC South champion-Falcons (4-3) won consecutive games for the first time this season because they finally played well in all three phases on the same day.
"Good teams go on streaks," Atlanta coach Mike Smith said. "You can't just keep yo-yoing up and down."
The Lions (5-2) have lost their luster with two straight losses - both at home - after their perfect start. Their formerly fired-up fans have started to boo, moan and groan.
"We don't deserve their cheers if we're going to play like that," Lions guard Rob Sims said. "It's just that simple."
The Lions had a chance to get Ford Field back on their side.
But on Detroit's final drive, a pass-interference penalty against Atlanta was overturned because instant replay showed defensive tackle Corey Peters had slightly grazed the ball."I didn't see the tip, but the guys in the booth were in my ear about it right away," Smith said. "With less than 2 minutes, we had to rely on the officials, but they did a great job. They didn't let the Lions snap the ball, so the replay official could get a good look, and they made the right call."
Instead of having the ball at the Falcons 26, the Lions were backed up to the 41 and Matthew Stafford threw an incomplete pass on the next play to turn it over on downs and injured his right ankle, knee - or both.
"To tell the truth I can't really tell right now," Stafford said.
Stafford said he was going to try and play if Detroit's defense got the ball back, but the Falcons made that a moot point by picking up a first down and running out the clock.
Ryan's 1-yard plunge and 18-yard pass to Roddy White put Atlanta ahead 17-6 at halftime.
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Calvin Johnson caught his 10th touchdown pass late in the third quarter - to pull Detroit within four points - and finished with five receptions for 115 yards.
Matt Bryant's third field goal gave the Falcons a seven-point lead midway through the fourth quarter on a drive extended when safety Louis Delmas was called for holding on fourth down.
The Lions, who struggled against Atlanta's aggressive defense all day, had the ball at their 13 with 3:20 to go and three timeouts left with a chance to send the game into overtime.
Stafford converted a fourth down with a pass to Brandon Pettigrew, and a personal foul against Atlanta left the Lions 41 yards away from the end zone. They wouldn't get any closer.
Detroit didn't get another chance to come back because it couldn't tackle rookie running back Jacquizz Rodgers on third-and-4 near midfield.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz and Smith met at midfield after the game in traditional fashion a week after Schwartz had to be separated from San Francisco's Jim Harbaugh in a charged scene.
Ryan was 20 of 34 for 218 yards with a TD and two interceptions and scored on a 1-yard plunge to break a 3-all tie late in the first quarter. He left the game briefly when teammate Will Svitek stepped on his left ankle, tweaking his knee.
"It hurt, but I don't think it was bad as it must have looked on television," Ryan said.
Atlanta's Tony Gonzalez caught five passes for 62 yards, giving him 1,104 career receptions to trail only Jerry Rice in NFL history - by 445 catches.
"Trust me, Jerry Rice will never be caught," the 35-year-old Gonzalez said. "I'm very happy with second place."
Michael Turner ran 27 times - including a 50-yard gain - and finished with 122 yards rushing for the Falcons.
Stafford was 15 of 32 for 183 yards and a TD against consistent pressure, getting sacked three times and hurried after several more snaps.
"I was very pleased with the way we made it hectic and chaotic for the quarterback," Smith said.
Detroit's Maurice Morris and Keiland Williams combined for 94 yards on 18 carries, filling in for Jahvid Best, who was out with a concussion.
The Lions struggled on special teams. They gave up long returns - one of which went for a score but was negated by penalty - and Stefan Logan fumbled on a kickoff to set up Ryan's TD run.
Schwartz said Detroit couldn't overcome missed opportunities on offense, defense and special teams against the Falcons.
"They were 13-3 last year and they're going to be a good team again this year," he said.
Notes: Gonzalez moved past Cris Carter (1,101) and Marvin Harrison (1,102). ... Scheffler and Lions LB Justin Durant played after being out with concussions and Lions CB Chris Houston aggravated his back injury. ... Atlanta WR Julio Jones (left hamstring) and LT Sam Baker (lower back) were inactive. ... Johnson has the most TD receptions (10) through the first seven games of a season since Randy Moss had as many with New England in 2007 and is one short of the total Elroy Hirsch had with the Rams in 1951 and Frank Clarke in 1962 with the Cowboys, according to STATS LLC.
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This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
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- Espier Launcher Makes Your Android Phone Look Just Like iOS (Android) Android has some great advanced features, but if you prefer the simple, beautiful home screen look of iOS, Espier Launcher gives you the best of both worlds by recreating the iOS experience on your Android device-without Apple and their walled garden.
- BluePoison Disables Windows 8 Immersive Start Menu, Unlocks Hidden Features (Windows) BluePoison is a handy program for Windows 8 Developer Build that can unlock hidden features such as Moonrea (a multimedia storage and creation utility using a metro interface) and has the ability to disable Windows 8's Immersive Start Menu.
- Focusbar Intelligently Reminds You to Avoid Procrastination (Mac) If you find that procrastination often gets the best of you and you need help focusing on your work, Focusbar is a free utility that can help you out. It pays attention to what application you're using to do your work and bugs you when you sneak off to do other, less productive things.
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- ChatON, Samsung's iMessage-Like App, Offers Free Messaging for Android (Android) Samsung's alternative texting, multimedia messaging, and chat app is now available in the Android Market. Similar to Apple's iMessage and BlackBerry's BBM service, ChatON could possibly help you save on messaging fees-once Samsung starts sending verification codes, that is.
- Text by Voice for Android Reads Incoming SMS Messages Aloud, Sends Them Using Your Voice (Android) There are a lot of apps out there that can send text messages using your voice, including Google's own in-built Voice Actions. However, not many read your incoming messages out loud when they arrive. That's where Sonalight's new app, Text By Voice, comes in.
- 500px for iPad Is a Gorgoeus Photo Browser and Slideshow Creator (iPad) 500px is a new iPad app that lets you browse some of the web's most interesting and attractive photos, and then use your iPad as a digital photo frame to display your favorites, the best from the 500px community, or your own photos, set to a soundtrack from your iTunes library.
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Sunday, 23 October 2011
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan dies (Reuters)
DUBAI (Reuters) ? Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan has died, the royal court said on Saturday, and Interior Minister and reputed conservative Prince Nayef was expected to become the new heir to the throne in the world's biggest oil exporter.
Sultan, whose age was officially given as 80 and who died in New York of colon cancer early on Saturday Saudi time, had been a central figure in Saudi decision-making since becoming defense minister in 1962 and was made crown prince in 2005.
Saudi analysts predicted an orderly transition at a time when much of the Middle East is in turmoil after mass uprisings against autocratic leaders by citizens demanding democracy.
Saudi King Abdullah reacted to the "Arab Spring" by ordering spending of $130 billion on social benefits, housing and jobs, but he and his new crown prince face challenges from al Qaeda militants, a restless Shi'ite minority and civil conflict in neighboring Yemen.
Saudi Arabia is also locked in a confrontation with Shi'ite Muslim power Iran, accused by the United States of plotting to kill the kingdom's ambassador to Washington.
Earlier this month, the Saudi Interior Ministry accused an unnamed foreign power, widely assumed to mean Iran, of instigating protests by the Saudi Shi'ite minority in which 14 people, including 11 security officers, were injured.
Sultan's health had declined in recent years and he spent long periods outside the kingdom for medical treatment. A 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks described him as "for all intents and purposes incapacitated."
King Abdullah is now likely to summon the untested Allegiance Council of the ruling al-Saud family, set up in 2006 to make the succession process more transparent, to approve his preferred heir. In the past, the succession was decided in secret by the king and a coterie of powerful princes.
Most analysts believe the new crown prince will be Nayef, who was appointed second deputy prime minister in 2009, a position usually given to the man who is third-in-line to rule.
"The problem is (the Allegiance Council) is a secret organization that consists of members of the royal family and Saudi society has no say," said Madawi al-Rashid, author of A History of Saudi Arabia and critic of the ruling family. "Some sections of Saudi Arabia are worried. Nayef is known for security solutions. His rhetoric always invokes the sword."
Nayef has been interior minister since 1975 and has managed the kingdom's day-to-day affairs during the absences of both the king and crown prince.
He has gained a reputation as being more conservative than either King Abdullah or Sultan, with close ties to the country's powerful Wahhabi clergy. But as king he might follow a more moderate line in keeping with the al-Saud tradition of governing by consensus, analysts say.
"The succession will be orderly," said Asaad al-Shamlan, a political science professor in Riyadh. "The point of reference will be the ruling of the Allegiance Council. It seems to me most likely Nayef will be chosen. If he becomes crown prince, I don't expect much immediate change."
"Things are in order, thanks to the wise leadership represented in King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz," Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, a brother of both Abdullah and Sultan and member of the Allegiance Council, told reporters.
King Abdullah, who is in his late 80s, underwent back surgery earlier this month but left hospital on Saturday to continue treatment at a royal clinic, the Royal Court said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency. He has been pictured since his surgery in apparently good health.
"The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud ... left the King Abdulaziz Medical City this Saturday evening ... after God graced him with health to continue treatment in the clinic of his palace," it said.
ALLEGIANCE COUNCIL
When the Allegiance Council convenes, the 34 branches of the ruling family born to the kingdom's founder King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud will each have a vote to confirm the king's nominee for crown prince or appoint their own candidate.
Saudi television broke its normal schedule early on Saturday to broadcast Koranic verses and footage of pilgrims circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, before announcing the crown prince's death.
"With deep sorrow and sadness the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz mourns the death of his brother and his Crown Prince Sultan... who died at dawn this morning Saturday outside the kingdom following an illness," said a Saudi royal court statement carried on official media.
The Saudi stock market was unaffected by the news, and the TASI all-share index closed nearly half a percent up. Shops, schools and universities were open as normal. Funeral services for Sultan will be held on Tuesday in Riyadh.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed her condolences over the death, saying U.S.-Saudi ties are strong.
"The Crown Prince was a strong leader and a good friend to the United States over many years, as well as a tireless champion for his country," Clinton said during a visit to Tajikistan, in the first official U.S. comment on his death.
"Our relationship with Saudi Arabia is strong and enduring and we will look forward to working with the (Saudi) leadership for many years to come," she told a news conference.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in statement carried by the official news agency WAFA, said: "We have lost ... a friend and defender of the Palestinian cause."
Kuwait, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey and Oman sent messages of condolence.
King Abdullah has gained a reputation as a cautious reformer since becoming de facto regent of the conservative Islamic country in 1995 and as king since 2005.
He was absent for three months in late 2010 and early 2011 following treatment for a herniated disc that caused blood to accumulate around his spine.
Unlike European monarchies, the line of succession does not move from father to eldest son, but down a line of brothers born to the kingdom's founder Ibn Saud, who died in 1953.
"The stability of Saudi Arabia is more important than ever," said Turad al-Amri, a political analyst in Saudi Arabia. "All the countries around it are crumbling. The balance of power is changing in the Middle East."
Sultan's death also means King Abdullah will have to select new defense and aviation ministers, key posts in a country that spends billions of dollars on weapons procurement.
Prince Khaled bin Sultan, the son of the late crown prince, has been deputy defense minister since 2001 and is one candidate to replace his father as minister.
"There traditionally has been a way of balancing the power relationships within the family that are important," said Robert Jordan, U.S. ambassador to Riyadh from 2001-03. "So I don't think we should automatically assume that Khaled bin Sultan will become the defense minister, although he has much experience and his father was in place for many years."
(Additional reporting Sami Aboudi in Dubia, Asma Alsharif in Abu Dhabi, Tom Pfeiffer in Amman and Andrew Quinn in Dushanbe; Editing by Sami Aboudi and Rosalind Russell)
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Saturday, 22 October 2011
The nations weather (AP)
Weather Underground Forecast for Friday, October 21, 2011.
Active weather diminishes in the Northeast, but returns to the Northwest on Friday. A low pressure system over the Great Lakes continues moving northeastward and into eastern Canada. Thus, scattered showers will diminish across the Great Lakes and Northeast as this system exits the region throughout the day. Expect a few light showers with rainfall totals around an inch. Meanwhile, the back side of this system continues to pull in cool air from Canada. Frost and freeze advisories remain in effect along the Mississippi River Valley as overnight lows will dip into the mid- to upper 30s, possibly into the 20s in the Upper Midwest. Expect daytime highs to remain 10 to 15 degrees below seasonable across the Eastern Valleys.
In the West, a ridge of high pressure remains the dominant weather feature for the Rocky Mountains and Plains. This will allow for plenty of sunshine with warm temperatures. Highs will range in the 50s and 60s across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, while the Southern Plains remain in the 70s and 80s.
Active weather returns to the Pacific Northwest as a cold front stretches in from British Columbia. This will kick up scattered rain showers across Washington and Oregon, with snow anticipated at higher elevations. Expect 1 to 3 inches of snow above 7,000 feet across the Cascades. Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Thursday have ranged from a morning low of 15 degrees at Rock Springs, Wyo. to a high of 91 degrees at Gila Bend, Ariz.
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C Spire to become fourth U.S. Apple iPhone operator (Reuters)
(Reuters) ? C Spire Wireless, a privately held regional U.S. mobile phone network operator, will become the fourth U.S. operator to sell the Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPhone in "coming weeks" beating much bigger rival T-Mobile USA to a Apple deal.
C Spire, which recently changed its name from Cellular South, has about a million customers in four states, making it more than 33 times smaller than No. 4 U.S. operator T-Mobile USA, which has 33.6 million customers.
Mississippi-based C Spire said the device would be for bill-paying subscribers rather than pay-as-you-go customers, but declined to give further details about its deal with Apple.
T-Mobile USA, a unit of Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), said in September that it has told Apple it would like to sell the iPhone and referred additional questions to Apple.
No. 3 U.S. mobile provider Sprint Nextel (S.N) became the third U.S. operator to offer iPhone earlier this month, after AT&T Inc (T.N) and Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L).
T-Mobile USA is fighting in court for regulatory approval to be bought by AT&T in a $39 billion deal that U.S. regulators have sought to block.
(Reporting by Sinead Carew)
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James and Rupert Murdoch in London on July 10, 2011. (AP/Sang Tan)
When News Corp. executives gather for their annual meeting in Los Angeles on Friday, things could be pretty contentious between the shareholders and executive suite.
Some shareholders, following the recommendation of Institutional Shareholder Services, an advisory firm and corporate governance watchdog group, are expected to withhold their votes from News Corp. directors now seeking re-election--including chairman Rupert Murdoch and his sons James and Lachlan.
The phone-hacking scandal that engulfed the company earlier this year "laid bare a striking lack of stewardship and failure of independence by a board whose inability to set a strong tone at the top about unethical business practices has now resulted in enormous costs--financial, legal, regulatory, reputational and opportunity--for the shareholders the board ostensibly serves," ISS said in a note last week.
But dissident shareholders may not be able to force boardroom change. Rupert Murdoch, News Corp.'s chief executive, owns approximately 40 percent of the voting shares, according to the Wall Street Journal. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns 7 percent, has publicly supported Murdoch during the scandal.
And despite questions about News Corp.'s executive leadership, the company's shares have jumped about 10 percent since the phone-hacking scandal broke in July--a positive performance that likely won't motivate "swing" shareholders to press for change.
Meanwhile, the New York Times asserted that "infighting" among the Murdoch clan, brought on by the phone hacking episode, is clouding News Corp.'s future:Read More ?
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