Monday, October 7, 2013

PHOTOS: Lakers Vs. Warriors In Preseason NBA Game

Posted Oct 05, 2013

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Los Angeles Lakers faced Golden State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played Saturday at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario.

  • Lakers Jardan Farmar (1) evades Warriors Klay Thompson (11) in the first quarter of a preseason Los Angeles Lakers game against the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Lakers Jardan Farmar (1) evades Warriors Klay Thompson (11) in the first quarter of a preseason Los Angeles Lakers game against the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Los Angeles Laker Robert Sacre (50) fights for a rebound against Warrior defense during a preseason Lakers game agains the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Los Angeles Laker Robert Sacre (50) fights for a rebound against Warrior defense during a preseason Lakers game agains the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni speaks to Lakers point guard Steve Nash during a timeout in a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Los Angeles Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni speaks to Lakers point guard Steve Nash during a timeout in a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Los Angeles Laker forward Jordan Hill (27) and Golden State Warrior David Lee (10) avoid a collision during a preseason Lakers game against the Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Los Angeles Laker forward Jordan Hill (27) and Golden State Warrior David Lee (10) avoid a collision during a preseason Lakers game against the Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Los Angeles Laker Xavier Henry makes an attempt for the basket against Golden State Warrior defense during a preseason Lakers game against the Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Los Angeles Laker Xavier Henry makes an attempt for the basket against Golden State Warrior defense during a preseason Lakers game against the Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Pau Gasol supports his team from the sidelines during a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Los Angeles Lakers forward-center Pau Gasol supports his team from the sidelines during a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. (Photo by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

  • Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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    Game action between Los Angeles Lakers and Gold State Warriors in a preseason Lakers game played at the Citizens Business Bank Area in Ontario on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. Lakers defeated Warriors 104-95. (Photos by Rachel Luna / San Bernardino Sun)

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Argentinian president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner takes month off due to brain condition

  • Global Times - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Boca Juniors defeated River Plate 1-0 at a home game Sunday, winning Argentinean "superclassic" between the nation's two most popular teams in the 10th match of the national Opening Tournament.Forward Emmanuel Gigliotti scored the one and only goal of the game at Buenos Aires' Monumental Stadium, which was filled only with local fans, as the visitors were barred from ...

  • Argentina scrumhalf Landajo banned for stamping

    SBS - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Argentina scrumhalf Martin Landajo has been banned for a week for stamping after he was cited following the Pumas defeat by Australia in the Rugby Championship in Rosario on ...

  • ?Argentine president ordered rest after head injury

    Times of India - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    BUENOS AIRES: Doctors ordered a month's rest for Argentina's president on Saturday after they found blood on her brain due to a head injury. President Cristina Fernandez's spokesman said she had suffered a previously undisclosed "skull trauma" on August 12. ...

  • Argentine leader ordered to rest...

    KRQE - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Cristina Fernandez's government was moving into uncharted political territory on Sunday after doctors ordered the Argentine president to take a month's rest upon finding blood on her brain from a head injury.While the prescription may be good medicine, experts say removing such an important figure from the campaign trail just three weeks before ...

  • Buenos Aires City canvassing intensifies

    Buenos Aires Herald - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Buenos Aires City national and local candidates continued canvassing in groups yesterday through different City neighbourhoods ahead of the October 27 elections. UNEN coalition team, headed by its top Lower House candidate Elisa Carrio, went to the Palermo neighbourhood and urged voters to choose opposition candidates for the Senate in the midterms. "The City can?t provide Cristina ...

  • Rugby-Argentinas next step could come under foreign coach

    General Sources - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Santiago Phelan said. "The team grew in solidity and seriousness, we took a big step forward in the set pieces and discipline," Phelan told reporters. "We still have to improve our ball retention (and) physical fitness so we can withstand the game our opponents play and that we want to play," added Phelan, unlikely to have his contract renewed at the end of the year. ...

  • Brain hematoma forces Argentine president to take month off

    Irish Times - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Argentine president Cristina Fernandez (L) walks ahead of Lower House candidate Martin Insaurralde in Buenos Aires. Fernandez has been told by doctors to take a month off for health reasons. Photograph: Argentine ...

  • Argentine half cited after Wallaby Test

    SBS - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Argentina halfback Martin Landajo has been cited for alleged foul play during his team's 52-17 Rugby Championship loss to the Wallabies in Rosario. The citing commissioner took action against Landajo for alleged stomping after reviewing footage of an incident in which he made contact with Australian winger Adam Ashley-Cooper and hooker Saia Faingaa at a breakdown. Match referee Wayne ...

  • UPM conflict Argentine protestors will not be allowed to cross to Uruguay warn officials

    Merco Press - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Residents from Gualeguaych?, Argentina confirmed that on Sunday they will attempt crossing an international bridge to Uruguay to protest the production expansion of the pulp mill Botnia/UPM, authorized by the government of President Jose Mujica. This despite the fact Uruguayan officials anticipated that at the most "eight or nine" Argentine officials and representatives from the ...

  • Argentina vs Australia Result

    eTaiwan News - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    Australia 54 (Israel Folau 3, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Joe Tomane, Benn Robinson, Bernard Foley tries; Christian Leali'ifano 2 conversions, 2 penalties, Quade Cooper conversion, penalty, Foley 2 conversions), Argentina 17 (Marcelo Bosch, Martin Landajo tries; Nicolas Sanchez 2 conversions, penalty). HT: ...

  • A Months Rest Ordered for Argentine President

    VOA - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    A presidential spokesman said Saturday the Argentine leader had sustained a head injury on August 12, but tests at that time found nothing wrong. However, new tests have revealed a chronic subdural hematoma, suggesting the blood has been building slowly. The spokesman did not say whether Ms. Fernandez will try to keep managing the country or formally take medical leave and hand the ...

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    New York Times - Sunday 6th October, 2013

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  • Argentina leader diagnosed with brain hematoma

    MSNBC - Sunday 6th October, 2013

    By Maximilian Heath, Reuters BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has been told by doctors to take a month off because of a subdural hematoma on her brain, forcing her to abandon campaigning for important congressional elections taking place later this month.The 60-year-old president suffered trauma to the brain in August and had been given the all-clear at the time, her ...

  • Argentinas Leader On Leave Over Head Injury

    Sky News - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been ordered to rest for four weeks after doctors found blood on her brain, her spokesman has said. Alfredo Scoccimarro read a statement signed by the president's doctors saying Ms Kirchner had suffered a previously undisclosed blow to the head on August 12 and that tests at the time "showed nothing". But on ...

  • Argentine Leader Has Head Injury

    New York Times - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner , has been told by doctors to take a month off after recently suffering a head injury, her spokesman said ...

  • Argentina President Cristina Fernandez ordered to take a months rest after doctors find blood on her brain - AP

    Breaking News - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez speaks during a ceremony to launch a new catamaran ferry between Montevideo and Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013. The ferry that will begin operating Oct. 2 and will cut the travel time between the two capitals has been christened ?Francisco? in honor of the new Argentine pope. The vessel can carry up to ...

  • Blood on brain rest ordered for Argentine leader

    Tampa Bay Online - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Doctors have ordered a month's rest for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez after finding blood on her brain due to a head ...

  • Wallabies steamroll Argentina 54-17

    ABC Australia - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Argentina The Wallabies have harnessed the strike-power of fullback Israel Folau to surge to a 54-17 win over Argentina and avoid the Rugby Championship wooden spoon.Folau scored a hat-trick of tries among a seven-try haul as the Wallabies finally shook off the shackles and delivered their attacking promise.It was Australia's second win from six matches under new coach Ewen McKenzie and ...

  • Seven-try Australia crush Argentina

    General Sources - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Rosario (Argentina) (AFP) - Australia kept a pre-match promise to run the ball by scoring seven tries and sweeping aside Argentina 54-17 Saturday in the closing 2013 Rugby Championship Test.Full-back Israel Folau was the star, taking full advantage of a license to thrill from coach Ewen McKenzie to bag three tries at Estadio Gigante de Arroyito in Rosario.The Wallabies revelled in a ball-in-hand ...

  • Wallabies steamroll Argentina 52-17

    SBS - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    The Wallabies have harnessed the strike-power of fullback Israel Folau to surge to a 52-17 win over Argentina and avoid the Rugby Championship wooden spoon. Folau scored a hat-trick of tries among a seven-try haul as the Wallabies finally shook off the shackles and delivered their attacking promise. It was Australia's second win from six matches under new coach Ewen McKenzie and while far ...

  • Argentina 17-54 Australia | Rugby Championship match report

    The Guardian - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Rugby Championship wooden spoon.Folau scored a hat-trick of tries among a seven-try haul as the Wallabies finally shook off the shackles and delivered their attacking promise.It was Australia's second win from six matches under new coach Ewen McKenzie and while far from flawless, it was a marked improvement on last week's heavy loss to the Springboks."It's a real confidence ...

  • Argentine president enters hospital for routine checks government source

    Baltimore Sun - Saturday 5th October, 2013

    Argentina's President Fernandez de Kirchner listens to Uruguay's President Mujica while he addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New ...

  • Source: http://www.buenosairesnews.net/index.php/sid/217562967/scat/d9ed072d737073b4

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    Chinese president sees 'tortuous process' of world economic recovery

    NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday he expected a "tortuous process" of world economic recovery, while China's current economic growth rate was "within a reasonable and expected range".

    Speaking on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders summit in Bali, Indonesia, Xi said, "I'm fully confident in the future of China's economy."

    China's GDP grew at 7.6 percent for the first half of 2013, slower than in previous years.

    Xi brushed aside concerns of a hard landing for the Chinese economy, however, saying "(A) seven percent annual growth rate will suffice."

    He added, "The slowdown of the Chinese economy is an intended result of our own regulatory initiatives."

    (Reporting by James Pomfret and Randy Fabi in Bali, Indonesia; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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    High Intensity Exercise Good For People With Heart Disease ...

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    High-Intensity Exercise for People with Heart Disease

    20 September 2013 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

    woman running stadium stepsHigh-intensity exercise is shown to be protective against coronary heart disease (CHD) and is well known as a popular and time-saving approach to getting fit. But what about people who already have heart disease? Previously, these patients were told to exercise, but only at a moderate intensity to protect their hearts. More recently, however, researchers have found that high-intensity exercise is very beneficial for these patients. But how intense should these sessions actually be?

    A new study from the K. G. Jebsen ? Center of Exercise in Medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway examines this question in detail. Researchers analysed data from four randomized, controlled trials conducted at the center to try to determine what characterized the most effective high-intensity training programme for this patient group.

    The researchers used changes in VO2max, which is peak oxygen uptake, as a measure of the effectiveness of the different exercise regimes.? The study participants (n=112) were aged 18+ and all had coronary heart disease. The exercise period lasted for 12 weeks. The participants either ran/walked on a treadmill, walked uphill outdoors or trained in a group, all following the 4?4 exercise model. The 4?4 exercise model involves 4 minutes of high-intensity exercise followed by 3 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, repeated 4 times.

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    Interval Intensity Important
    I Love High Intensity Interval Training Graphic?When we compared VO2max before and after the training period, we found that the number of training sessions, the subject?s age or baseline fitness levels had no impact,? says Trine Moholdt, a postdoctoral fellow at the center and lead author of the study. ?But the intensity of the intervals had a significant effect, and seems to be the most important characteristic of an effective interval session.?

    The intensity of the training was categorized according to the participant?s heart rate zone (% of maximum heart rate (HRmax)). High-intensity training is when an individual?s HR during intensive periods is 85-95% of HRmax.

    Overall, VO2max increased by 11.9 % after an average of 23.4 training sessions during the 12-week period for all subjects. However, when participants exercised at an intensity that was greater than 92 % of their HRmax during the high-intensity periods, the effect was even greater than at the lower intensity levels, indicating that there is a dose-response relationship even in the 85-95% high-intensity zone.

    Answering Practical Questions
    Moholdt says that people who start exercising using interval training often have lots of practical questions. How much incline should their treadmill have? Can they shorten their lower-intensity time to just 2 minutes? Why 4 minutes and not 5?

    ?Knowing that pushing yourself to over 90 % of HRmax may save you from an extra training session that week encourages us to investigate even the small details,? says Moholdt. ?When people give priority to exercise in their otherwise busy lives, they want to know that they are doing it the right way. At the same time, I want to emphasize that all exercise is better than none! Some people are not able to exercise at high intensity because of other health problems, and one should then look for other alternatives.?

    The four studies, which were composed of patients who either had acute coronary syndrome or angina pectoris, confirmed previous findings that high-intensity exercise is safe, even for patients with CHD.? Moholdt says it would be interesting to see if these finding hold true for healthy subjects, as well as for patients with more severe heart disease.

    Source: http://www.nutritionnews.com/fitness/high-intensity-exercise-good-for-people-with-heart-disease/

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    Sunday, September 29, 2013

    Minnesota State University Homecoming 5K

    Minnesota State University Alumni Office

    Join Alumni & friends on a scenic 5K run/walk to kick off Minnesota State's Homecoming festivities! All ages are welcome and we encourage you to wear your purple and gold!


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    Even Lynton Crosby must know the Tories are on the wrong side of the energy debate

    By defending a broken energy market, the Conservatives have shown how out of touch they are with consumers.

    David Cameron with shadow energy secretary Ed Davey at the Clean Energy Ministerial Conference on April 26, 2012 in London. Photograph: Getty Images.

    There are only two explanations I can think of for the ill-judged and half-baked response of the Tories to the key announcements unveiled by Ed Miliband this week. The first is that Lynton Crosby has been on holiday. And the second is that they are even more out of touch than we imagined. I doubt, however, that David Cameron would give his pet lobbyist time off the week off before his party?s own conference. So, the latter must be true.

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    Yet even Lynton must have wondered at the hysterical response to Ed?s announcement that we would freeze gas and electricity bills in 2015, for 20 months, while we reset the market. Street lights would flicker and snuff out, companies would leave and investment in renewable energy would grind to a halt. The notion that the energy companies, which have increased average bills by ?300 over the last three years, are at risk of going bust if Labour freezes bills for 20 months is frankly ridiculous. And the idea that they need to make excess profits at the expense of the consumer to invest, ignores the fact that profits have gone up over the last four years but investment in clean energy has slumped from ?7.2bn in 2009 to ?3bn in 2012.

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    Take Centrica, for example, the company that has been most vocal about our proposal. They claim that "if prices were to be controlled against a background of rising costs it would simply not be economically viable for Centrica, or indeed any other energy supplier, to continue to operate and far less to meet the sizeable investment challenge that the industry is facing". The reality is that over recent years, Centrica has made the biggest profits of any of the Big Six but has invested the least in new plants. Rather than delivering the investment everyone agrees we need, they have been paying 74% of their profits out as dividends. The truth is that some of these companies have seen profits from their sales to households rise by 30% in a year, irrespective whether the cost of wholesale generation and purchase has risen or fallen. In fact, the only thing that?s fallen as far as customers are concerned is trust in companies that appear to be operating in a market which for them is more comfortable than competitive. And all this at a time when working people are an average of almost ?1,500 a year worse off under this government.

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    Labour?s proposal, advanced with such clarity in Ed Miliband?s inspiring speech at Brighton, is no more than a proportionate, just and necessary corrective to this situation. It will be an intervention on behalf of the people by a government fighting for the interest of the people. And the people should not be expected to stand by and be bullied, or held to ransom, by companies implausibly threatening job losses and capital flight.

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    We might recall the prophecies?of doom which accompanied the creation of the minimum wage ? a control on the price of labour itself, of course ? and the reality that unemployment didn?t increase and businesses were able to compete through higher skills and greater investment instead. A race to the top, instead of a race to the bottom, if you like. So let?s get this policy in perspective and hear no more nonsense about Seventies-style socialism. What Ed has suggested is just the right thing to do by a Labour government that welcomes market mechanisms where they function well and in the interests of consumers, businesses and the society which they inhabit. This is about resetting a broken market and injecting the competition and transparency that we need to restore fairness and trust.

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    David Cameron and his grossly out-of- touch colleagues would do well to stop defending the profits of the energy companies and instead read David Sainsbury?s excellent new book Progressive Capitalism. There, the PM might learn from someone who was at the heart of the New Labour about the necessity of government intervening to set rules and create institutions that can manage markets in the interests of the people, not of the profiteers. And he might also decide the right thing to do is to pinch our proposal and freeze prices sooner than 2015. Consider it a freebie, Mr Cameron, a policy gift from Labour. Keep it; we?ve got plenty more to spare.

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    Source: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/09/even-lynton-crosby-must-know-tories-are-wrong-side-energy-debate

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    Valve's Controller Has Been Tested. Here Are Some Impressions.

    Valve's Controller Has Been Tested. Here Are Some Impressions.

    Game creators who have tried Valve's unusual new game controller tell Kotaku that the device holds a lot of promise. But make no mistake, they also say it feels pretty different from what we're used to.

    Read more...


        

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    Saturday, September 28, 2013

    Invitation to receive our free HR Professionals Week goodies ...

    [unable to retrieve full-text content]During HR Professionals Week (Oct. 7-11), we'll be recognizing HR pros for their hard work and dedication in the workplace. Throughout the week, we're offering free special reports, tools, videos and an invitation-only ...

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    Greater desertification control using sand trap simulations

    Greater desertification control using sand trap simulations [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 27-Sep-2013
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    A new simulation will help improve artificial sand-control measures designed to help combat desertification

    In the fight against desertification, so-called straw checkerboard barriers (SCB) play a significant role. SCB consists of half -exposed criss-crossing rows of straws of wheat, rice, reeds, and other plants. The trouble is that our understanding of the laws governing wind-sand movement in SCB and their surrounding area is insufficient. Now, Ning Huang and colleagues from Lanzhou University in China have performed a numerical simulation of the sand movement inside the SCB, described in a paper just published in EPJ E. China is particularly affected by desertification, which affects 18 percent of its territory. The results will help us to understand sand fixation mechanisms that are relevant for sandstorm and land-desertification control.

    The authors relied on a simulation of large eddies, which are circulations around an obstruction such as the SCB walls, to study the turbulence stress. They also used a discrete particle-tracing method to numerically simulate the wind -sand movement inside the SCB. Specifically, they described the sand as a gas, using equations to describe their space-averaged hydrodynamics. They also analysed in detail the movement characteristics of sand particles, the transverse velocities of sand particles and wind-sand flow within the SCB using a model taking into consideration the coupling effects of wind field and sand particles.

    Huang and colleagues found that the SCB contributed to a decrease in the sand transport rate in its interior, thus helping the sand fixation. What is more, as the transverse distance increases, the strength of wind-sand flow eddies decreases. Meanwhile, the sand accumulates near the interior walls of the SCB. Finally, as the number of SCBs increases, the wind is less able to transport sand.

    Future studies will be designed to optimise SCB design, based on the authors' theoretical analysis. These findings could also be used to study the evolution to sand dunes.

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    References

    N. Huang, X. Xia, D. Tong (2013), Numerical Simulation of Wind-sand Movement in Straw Checkerboard Barriers, European Physical Journal E,DOI 10.1140/epje/i2013-13099-6

    For more information visit: http://www.epj.org

    The full-text article is available to journalists on request


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    Greater desertification control using sand trap simulations [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 27-Sep-2013
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    Contact: Franziska Hornig
    franziska.hornig@springer.com
    49-622-148-78414
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    A new simulation will help improve artificial sand-control measures designed to help combat desertification

    In the fight against desertification, so-called straw checkerboard barriers (SCB) play a significant role. SCB consists of half -exposed criss-crossing rows of straws of wheat, rice, reeds, and other plants. The trouble is that our understanding of the laws governing wind-sand movement in SCB and their surrounding area is insufficient. Now, Ning Huang and colleagues from Lanzhou University in China have performed a numerical simulation of the sand movement inside the SCB, described in a paper just published in EPJ E. China is particularly affected by desertification, which affects 18 percent of its territory. The results will help us to understand sand fixation mechanisms that are relevant for sandstorm and land-desertification control.

    The authors relied on a simulation of large eddies, which are circulations around an obstruction such as the SCB walls, to study the turbulence stress. They also used a discrete particle-tracing method to numerically simulate the wind -sand movement inside the SCB. Specifically, they described the sand as a gas, using equations to describe their space-averaged hydrodynamics. They also analysed in detail the movement characteristics of sand particles, the transverse velocities of sand particles and wind-sand flow within the SCB using a model taking into consideration the coupling effects of wind field and sand particles.

    Huang and colleagues found that the SCB contributed to a decrease in the sand transport rate in its interior, thus helping the sand fixation. What is more, as the transverse distance increases, the strength of wind-sand flow eddies decreases. Meanwhile, the sand accumulates near the interior walls of the SCB. Finally, as the number of SCBs increases, the wind is less able to transport sand.

    Future studies will be designed to optimise SCB design, based on the authors' theoretical analysis. These findings could also be used to study the evolution to sand dunes.

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    References

    N. Huang, X. Xia, D. Tong (2013), Numerical Simulation of Wind-sand Movement in Straw Checkerboard Barriers, European Physical Journal E,DOI 10.1140/epje/i2013-13099-6

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    AP Source: Florida Panthers sold to NY businessman

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    Viola will replace Cliff Viner, a longtime Panthers fan who became a co-general partner of the team in 2009 and took over as general partner, chairman and CEO the following year.

    Viola is the chairman and CEO of Virtu Financial, an electronic trading firm with offices in the U.S., Singapore and Ireland. He's buying a franchise that has been to the playoffs only once since 2000 and finished with the fewest points in the NHL last season.

    Viola graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1977, was a major in the U.S. Army Reserves and is a graduate of New York Law School. He's also long been involved with philanthropic projects and is a past winner of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

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    Drought Forces New Mexico Ranchers to Better Manage the Land

    Severe drought has forever changed the landscape in New Mexico. Grasslands have been replaced by desert, and ranchers to reduce the number of cattle grazing open fields. Recent rains have brought some relief, but it's not enough to reverse desertification.

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    Just two months ago, New Mexico was dry. Nearly the entire state was classified as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought. Well what a difference September makes. Now most of New Mexico has received above-average rainfall, even record rainfall in some places. It's a big relief, but as any climate scientist will tell you: One month does not end a drought. In fact, this drought and others before it have permanently changed the land and the way it's used. NPR's Ted Robbins reports.

    TED ROBBINS, BYLINE: It's drizzling near Deming, New Mexico, as Steve Willmeth stops to show me part of his ranch.

    STEVE WILLMETH: We're going to get mud on you.

    ROBBINS: We pull over on a dirt road next to a pasture of wild grasses. Willmeth is dressed in jeans, a checked shirt and a white cowboy hat. His family's been ranching for generations, but he bought this grazing allotment 10 years ago. Since then, he says he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars installing pipes to get water from wells to cattle in dry times. He also rests pastures to let the grass grow. There are no cattle on the land right next to us. Still, if these rains hadn't interrupted the 10-year drought, he'd have faced a tough decision.

    WILLMETH: That decision would have been to liquidate more cattle. And if it hadn't rained at all, then the decision would've been made to liquidate everything.

    ROBBINS: The biggest change on Willmeth's land and all over the arid Southwest is that ranchers routinely own fewer cattle than they used to. Now, most realize the land just can't handle more.

    WILLMETH: We are in a land of drought and that is just the fact of life we face. And we have to adjust to the conditions of it.

    ROBBINS: For more than a century, southwestern New Mexico was habitually overgrazed. The Bureau of Land Management, which administers most of the land, still allows twice as much cattle as the 600 ranchers in the area now own. The effects of that former overgrazing have been gradual yet stark.

    KRIS HAVSTAD: We're on a site right here that has just slowly changed over the last hundred years.

    ROBBINS: From the top of a steel tower, Kris Havstad looks over the Jornada Experimental Range, managed by New Mexico State University, northwest of Las Cruces. The Jornada is an area of grassland, mountains and desert the size of New York City. It's used to observe the effects of ranching practices and of climate change. There's more than a century of data now. Havstad, the lead scientist here, says much of the area used to be grassland. Then came the drought in the 1930s and again in the 1950s, and the overgrazed land changed.

    HAVSTAD: Less ground covered, more exposed surfaces.

    ROBBINS: Much of the grassland has changed, more or less permanently, to desert.

    HAVSTAD: And the impact of that in terms of the environment is those surfaces contribute tremendous amounts of dust to the atmosphere.

    ROBBINS: Research shows that dust in the atmosphere can in turn further cut the chance of rain. And that's not just a problem here. That dust can spread in the atmosphere all over the continent. Not much can be done to reverse what's already happened to the land here. But the change to desert is being slowed, if not stopped. The Jornada has gone from 20,000 down to 200 head of cattle.

    As we bounce over the dirt roads through patches of desert and grassland, Kris Havstad tells me that's really made a difference over the last decade.

    HAVSTAD: Think about the widespread Dust Bowl of the '30s. We had a drought now in the last few years that's similar. But it came nowhere close to the kinds of devastation of the '30s.

    ROBBINS: Ranchers in southwest New Mexico who haven't adapted to drought are out of business. Those who are left are better land managers. They have to be. Otherwise, they'll have no grassland left to graze. Ted Robbins, NPR News.

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    (AP) ? The Obama administration is telling colleges and universities they can continue to use admissions to increase diversity among their students, even in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that could potentially open the door to more challenges.

    "Racially diverse educational environments help to prepare students to succeed in our increasingly diverse nation," the administration said Friday in a letter to the schools.

    The Supreme Court ruled June 24 that schools should approve the use of race as a factor in admissions only after concluding "that no workable race-neutral alternatives would produce the educational benefits of diversity." The 7-1 decision, stemming from a case challenging the University of Texas admission plan, did not question the underpinnings of affirmative action.

    Civil rights advocates celebrated that the door on affirmative action had not been slammed shut. But at the same time, the decision appeared to embolden challengers who feel they've been discriminated against.

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    A&E throws out 'Hoarders' after six seasons

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    After six seasons and 82 episodes, A&E is putting "Hoarders" out on the curb.?

    A spokesperson for the network confirmed to TODAY that the docuseries has been canceled. While the news is no doubt disappointing to fans who've followed the show that was at times equal parts revolting and inspiring ? as well as heartbreaking and uplifting ? it may not come as a shock to them.

    In February, just moments before what proved to be the final season wrapped, "Hoarders" organizing expert Matt Paxton told his Facebook followers that the end could be nigh.

    "We have not been picked up for a 7th season," he wrote. "So this could very well be the LAST episode of HOARDERS - EVER!"

    And so it was.

    When "Hoarders" first premiered in 2009, it exposed a serious problem that many dealt with, but many more were simply unaware existed. That's to be expected. As the many hoarding experts and psychologists who appeared on the show explained over the years, it's not unusual for hoarders to remain completely private, hiding the towering stacks of collectables, the accumulation of trash and the resulting insect and rat infestations away from even their closest loved ones.

    The fact that "Hoarders" was able to convince those same subjects to expose their situation on national television, and take enormous steps to overcome it, is part of what made the show remarkable.

    For those who'll miss "Hoarders," there may still be hope when it comes to seeing similar personal stories on the small-screen. TLC's "Hoarding: Buried Alive" also looks into the lives of those overwhelmed by the clutter and chaos of their own environment. "Buried Alive's" fifth season wrapped earlier this year. There's no word yet on whether or not TLC plans to bring the series back for a sixth season.

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    Fourth oil discovery announced by Tullow in Kenya

    Albuquerque News.Net Friday 27th September, 2013

    Wildcat drilling, also known as exploratory drilling usually occurs in areas where potential for oil and gas has not been explored.

    The Ekales-1 well is located between the Ngamia-1 and Twiga South-1 oil discoveries and the reservoir properties at this location appear similar to those previously encountered,

    Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluid indicate a potential net oil pay in the Auwerwer and Upper Lokone sandstone reservoirs of between 60 and 100 metres. Future flow testing aims to confirm productivity from these zones, said Tullow Oil statement said.

    This is the fourth consecutive wildcat discovery, in the first oil basin opened in Northern Kenya, since our drilling commenced in 2012. Once operations have completed the rig will move to drill the exploration prospect Amosing-1 south of Ngamia-1.

    "This success at the Ekales-1 wildcat is further evidence of the exceptional oil potential of our East African Rift Basin acreage. Having opened the first basin with the Ngamia-1 well last year, we are now increasing the pace of exploration in Kenya aiming for 12 wells over the next 12 month," said Angus McCoss, Exploration Director,

    Tullow operates the Ekales-1 well and Africa Oil with 50% stake has a non-operated interest.

    Elsewhere in Kenya, the Agete-1 well, also in block 13T, commenced drilling in mid-September and we expect a third rig to be operational in Q4 2013.

    So far, the British exploration firm is the only company among those that are licensed for exploration for oil and gas in Kenya that has struck oil in the country.

    In its half-year report, Tullow said that local oil deposits, which they estimated to be in excess of 300 million barrels, meet the threshold for commercial exploitation, an indication it could consider starting the production process once the necessary infrastructure such as pipelines is set up.

    The Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum has however is insistent that oil exploration companies need to drill a certain minimum number of wells, which in most industry practices can be as many as 40, before production can start, reports BBC News.,

    Exploration interest in Kenya has surged since Tullow made the first oil strike discovery in Turkana, followed by a second find in the same region. It has led to several international oil and gas companies to snap up what remained of Kenya's 46 exploration licenses.

    "We have mapped eight blocks and forwarded them to be included in the official Kenya Gazette," former Energy Permanent Secretary Patrick Nyoike told journalists.

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    iPhone 5s carries USD 199 BOM, manufacturing cost

    Apple?s iPhone 5s features some advanced components that represent pioneering achievements for the smartphone market while maintaining a nearly identical cost compared to the iPhone 5. The low-end version of the iPhone 5s with 16 GB of NAND flash memory has a bill of materials (BOM) of USD 191, according to the preliminary results of a physical dissection of the device conducted by the Teardown Analysis Service at IHS. When the USD 8 manufacturing expense is added in, the cost rises to USD 199. The compares to a USD 197 total cost for the original iPhone 5, based on the completed IHS teardown analysis from one year ago.

    Although other smartphones have included 64-bit graphics processors, the 5s is the first model with a 64-bit applications processor. Report authors believe that the move to the 64-bit apps processor is largely driven by the need for greater computational power to ensure that the smartphone?s fingerprint sensor works quickly and seamlessly. The processor also boosts the performance of the iPhone 5s?s camera, allowing 120 frame-per-second (FPS) video and 10 FPS photo capture. This design change is forecast to set the stage for 64-bit processors to be used in upcoming Apple products, including new models of the iPad, the Apple TV and even MacBook Air PCs.

    The 64-bit processor is part of the Apple-designed A7 apps processor, based on a core from ARM. The new 64-bit processor core is called ?Cyclone?, as opposed to the 32-bit version used in the iPhone 5 and 5c, known as ?Swift?. Despite the well-publicized feud between the companies, Samsung is the manufacturer of Apple?s A7. This likely is because Samsung has a license to ARM's 64-bit core. The A7 used in the iPhone 5s costs USD 19, significantly higher than the A6 used in the original iPhone 5 and 5c, which currently carries a cost of USD 13.

    In addition, Apple has updated the memory of iPhone 5s to LPDDR3, marking the first time that the IHS Teardown Analysis Service has identified this advanced type of DRAM in an electronic product. Apple probably used this high-speed memory?as opposed to the LPDDR2 employed in the original iPhone 5 and 5c?to support the fast processing speeds of the A7. The 1 GB of LPDDR3 costs USD 11, up from USD 9.50 for the same quantity of LPDDR2 in the 5c.

    The report further indicates that the addition of the fingerprint scanner also represents an increased hardware cost for the 5s. The user-interface segment of the 5s, which includes the fingerprint scanner, costs USD 15. This compared to just USD 8 for the user interface for the 5c, which has no fingerprint scanner.

    The combined BOM and manufacturing cost for the midrange iPhone 5s with 32 GB of NAND flash is estimated at USD 208. The 64-GB model?s cost totals USD 218.

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