Wednesday, July 31, 2013

IRS Targeting Scandal Rooted Deep in Washington

WASHINGTON -- At the beginning of the IRS Tea Party targeting controversy, the White House insisted the scandal was confined to a rogue operation in the agency's Cincinnati office. But now, it's clear the scandal was rooted in the nation's capital.

"We're following the facts; they undeniably now lead to Washington," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said.

During its recent hearing, the House watchdog committee uncovered a connection between the extra scrutiny of applications for tax exempt status of Tea Party groups and the IRS's Chief Counsel William J. Wilkins.

What does it mean now that the IRS chief counsel has been implicated in the Tea Party targeting scandal? Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice, answers that question and more on The 700 Club, July 30.

Wilkins is one of just two IRS positions appointed by the president.

Carter Hull, a lawyer who retired from the IRS after 48 years of service, told the committee he was directed to send his recommendations about the tax applications of Tea Party groups to the Office of the Chief Counsel.

"Look, we know how this works. We know that when you put this much discretion and this much discretionary power in the hands of the few, eventually, it may well be abused for partisan political purposes. That happened here and we've got to get to the bottom of it," Rep. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said.
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The White House now calls the IRS scandal "phony."

However, soon after it broke, President Obama appointed Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to investigate. Lew said there's no evidence of political wrongdoing.

"We have to look at the facts," Lew said. "There have been lot of investigations; there have been a lot of hearings, IGs, the Justice Department. There is no evidence of any political decision maker who was involved in any of those decisions."

But when pressed by the host of "Fox News Sunday," he wouldn't say if anyone has asked Wilkins if he was involved with targeting Tea Party groups.
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Tom McClusky, works for the Family Research Council, a non-profit conservative group that was audited.

He told CBN News political targeting by the IRS is nothing new. He said the agency has become little more than a political arm of the party in charge of the White House.

"These are American citizens being targeted," he said. "They're not phony people. This is not an Astroturf kind of scandal. This is a scandal that has actual roots and shows the inherent problems at the IRS.

Source: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2013/July/FRC-Real-People-Targeted-in-Phony-IRS-Scandal--/

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Volcano doctors check the pulse of Mexico's 'Popo'

In this July 23, 2013 photo, Moises Dominguez of Mexico?s National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory shows equipment used to monitor the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico City. Technicians keep a round-the-clock watch on Popocatepetl, analyzing data for signs of a full-scale eruption, which they can never fully anticipate. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this July 23, 2013 photo, Moises Dominguez of Mexico?s National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory shows equipment used to monitor the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico City. Technicians keep a round-the-clock watch on Popocatepetl, analyzing data for signs of a full-scale eruption, which they can never fully anticipate. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

FILE - In this July 23, 2013 file photo, smoke rises from the crater of the Popocatepetl volcano as seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico. The Popocatepetl, or ?Smoking Mountain? in the Nahuatl language, is a stratovolcano, a steep conical formation built from layers of thick, slow-moving lava and ash. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

FILE - In this July 23, 2013 file photo, smoke rising from the crater of the Popocatepetl volcano is carried away by wind, next to dormant Iztaccihuatl volcano, front right, seen from a Mexican Navy aircraft on a volcano monitoring mission in Mexico. According to Mexican legend, Popocatepetl was a warrior who sought the hand of Iztaccihuatl, a fair maiden whose reluctant father told her that her suitor had died in battle. The ?Romeo and Juliet?-style tale ends with the lovers turning into twin mountains east of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

In this July 23, 2013 photo, Gilberto Castelan, director of instrumentation at Mexico?s National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory, shows a seismic graph from Dec. 18, 2000 when a large eruption was recorded at the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico City. Sensors feed data to the constantly scrolling seismographs as the crew and volcanologists analyze the concentration of gases and changes in the shape of the mountain. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

FILE - In this July 10, 2013 file photo provided by the Mexican Navy (SEMAR), steam and ash rise from the crater of the Popocatepetl volcano seen from the cockpit of an aircraft on the outskirts of Mexico City as pilots approach the volcano. At times the only way to really see what?s going on inside is to fly over the crater, something Mexican officials do regularly, feeding Mexico?s National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory more data. (AP Photo/SEMAR)

MEXICO CITY (AP) ? In a clean, hushed room in the south of Mexico City, cameras, computer screens and scrawling needles track the symptoms of a special patient, as they have every second of every day for the past two decades. The monitors indicate that "Don Goyo" is breathing normally, even as he spews hot rock, steam and ash.

That kind of activity isn't unusual for the 17,886-foot (5,450-meter) volcano, Mexico's second-highest, whose formal name is Popocatepetl, or "Smoking Mountain" in the Aztec language Nahuatl. But this volcano, personified first as a warrior in Aztec legend and now as an old man grumbling with discontent, is in the middle of two metro areas, where his every spurt can put 20 million people on edge.

Mexico's National Disaster Prevention Center laboratory keeps a round-the-clock watch on Popocatepetl, with anywhere from six to 15 technicians analyzing data for signs of a full-scale eruption, which they can never fully anticipate.

Though lava or glowing rock would only travel so far, an explosion could be deadly for 11,000 people in three farming villages within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of the base because of landslides and hot gas. A spectacular plume of ash could also wreak havoc on one of the world's largest metro areas, much as it did in 2003, when the sky over Mexico City more than 40 miles (65 kilometers) away nearly went dark in the middle of the afternoon. The neighboring city of Puebla on the other side of the volcano from the capital would also be clouded over.

"The volcano is like a patient, and we observe the different aspects," said the center's technical director Gilberto Castelan. "Here we receive over 60 indicators in real time."

The 20-by-30-foot (6-by-9-meter) laboratory resembles those that once housed old giant supercomputers, everything plain white with a server at one end and screens all around. Five remote-controlled cameras positioned on the side of the mountain emit real-time images, while sensors feed data to the constantly scrolling seismographs as the crew and volcanologists analyze the concentration of gases and changes in the shape of the mountain. The loudest laboratory sound is a regular ping that alerts technicians to every seismic shift, at least a half dozen an hour.

The data helps set the "volcano stoplight," a three-color system in which green means little activity, yellow means warning and red starts the evacuation process ? something that has occurred only twice since 1994, when the volcano awoke again after sitting dormant for seven decades.

"It's one of the most advanced laboratories of its kind in the world, and the scientists in charge are using the best methods," said Michael Sheridan, a volcanologist at the University of Buffalo in New York who has studied Popocatepetl. "It is very difficult to predict the behavior of a volcano that has not had an eruption in recent history."

Earlier this month, Popocatepetl released ash that grounded plane flights and dusted cars, but it quieted down enough last week for the warning to drop from yellow-3 to yellow-2. The Mexican government has designated evacuation routes and shelter locations in the case of a bigger explosion.

Popocatepetl, nicknamed Popo or Don Goyo, is a stratovolcano, a steep conical formation built from layers of thick, slow-moving lava and ash ? the same type as Mount St. Helens in Washington state, scene of a 1980 eruption that was the most deadly in the U.S., killing 57 people.

Mexico's disaster prevention center says Popo has been active for at least 500,000 years and has had at least three eruptions as large as Mount St. Helens, the most recent 23,000 years ago. Unlike Hawaiian volcanos and their rivers of lava, the biggest dangers for those nearby are mudslides and swift-moving clouds of gas. For those farther away, it's the ash, which can ruin motors, stall airplanes, cover roofs with material heavy enough to make buildings collapse and cause respiratory diseases.

"Considering the number of people who would be affected, it could be considered among the most dangerous volcanos in the world," said Ramon Espinasa, director of geological hazards for the disaster prevention center.

According to Mexican legend, Popocatepetl was a warrior who sought the hand of Iztaccihuatl, a fair maiden whose reluctant father told her that her suitor had died in battle. The "Romeo and Juliet"-style tale ends with the lovers turning into twin mountains east of Mexico City. The dormant peak of Iztaccihuatl has since become part of a national park, while access to Popocatepetl is closed off.

Don Goyo, meanwhile, is the nickname for Gregory, a character who supposedly was the spirit of the volcano and would come to warn the locals of eruptions or to assure them that the mountain, despite plumes of smoke, was calm.

Today that's Castelan's job. He and his crew of technicians don't have much to say about the myths or legends, preferring to stick to the hard data in their laboratory, which opened right after Popo's reawakening two decades ago. At the time, Mexico was about to plunge into one of its worst economic crises. Since then, Mexicans say the eruptions are just Don Goyo showing his discontent with the course of his country, including blowing off smoke and ash a year ago, just before the presidential election.

Castelan prefers to look to the sensors to read Don Goyo's thoughts. The trick is monitoring the crater, where it's too hot for instruments, and that's where the seismographs offer clues.

Some tremors indicate an internal buildup of magma, while others result from expulsions of rock and ash. At times the only way to really see what's going on inside is to fly over the crater, something Mexican officials do regularly, feeding the laboratory more data.

The technicians are especially watchful of lava domes that can form inside the crater in hours, days or weeks, creating a pressurized cap.

The domes usually grow and then collapse. But they could also harden into a sort of bottle-stopper, allowing pressure to build until the volcano violently dislodges the cap in an explosion. What seems to be happening with Popo is lava settling inside, bringing the crater floor closer and closer to the rim, Castelan said.

"The volcano becomes more dangerous as the crater fills with lava, and the domes that form are closer in elevation to the crater rim," Sheridan told The Associated Press in an email. "Explosions can more easily throw red hot lava fragments over the rim and onto the volcano flanks."

In 2000, Popo's floor was 150 yards (meters) below the rim of the crater, compared to 50 yards (meters) today, he said. In the case of Mount St. Helens, the summit slid away and a new crater was formed, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Mount St. Helens' huge eruption came just 15 to 20 seconds after a 5.1 magnitude quake.

Castelan, a 42-year-old father of three, has worked in the laboratory since 1997 and steadily moved up to technical director. The job has meant days without going home, or tending to equipment failures on nights and weekends.

Sometimes he thinks, "Not again," when he's called while off duty. But he said he does the work gladly because he knows how important it is that the people in the shadows of Popo stay alerted and safe.

"It's a very important relationship that we've established," he said. "We take care of this volcano."

Associated Press

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Borst will retire as Toyota finance chief - Automotive News

George Borst's move in 1997 to Toyota Motor Credit Corp. puzzled some Toyota insiders because of his lack of experience within the finance arm.

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LOS ANGELES ? George Borst, who led Lexus through the endaka currency exchange crisis of the mid-1990s and who has been CEO of Toyota Financial Services for the past 13 years, announced his retirement from Toyota today.

Borst will stay with the U.S. credit and insurance arm through the end of September, he told a meeting of top Toyota and Lexus dealers. He will turn 65 on Sept. 2.

His replacement will be Mike Groff, 58, the seventh employee hired by Toyota Motor Credit Corp. when the captive finance company was formed in 1983. Groff has been head of Toyota Financial Services' sales and marketing for the past five years.

Borst presided over massive growth in Toyota's finance arm ? from about $21 billion in assets in 1997 to $91 billion today, with its operating income jumping sixfold in that period, to $1.8 billion. Toyota's share of its dealers' finance business has soared from 37 percent in 1997 to 64 percent today.

In an interview, Borst said Groff is an excellent choice as his successor.

"Mike has worked in the branches and regions, in operations and strategic planning," Borst said. "His five years in sales and marketing have been the toughest five years ever, and we've had terrific results in that time."

Hired by McCurry

Borst was hired in 1985 by legendary Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. executive Bob McCurry to oversee the marketing department, a position that evolved into running Toyota's budding strategic planning department in 1991.

But his biggest challenge may have been as general manager of Lexus Division, a job he assumed in 1993. During his tenure, the dollar collapsed against the yen, making the cost of Japan-built vehicles sold in America much more expensive. The yen went from 115 to 80 to the dollar by 1995, and Lexus' launch momentum was derailed.

"I am most proud of my time at Lexus," Borst said in an interview. "When we started to struggle, we could have had bargain-basement sales and eliminated all those customer handling touches. This was our first test of who we were. And in 1995, even as our sales volume had dropped, we still swept the J.D. Power awards."

Borst's move in 1997 to Toyota Motor Credit Corp. puzzled some Toyota insiders because of his lack of experience within the finance arm. At the time, even Borst admitted he was a bit at sea. But his background in strategic planning helped meld an organization that has become a financial powerhouse.

In 2000, Toyota Motor Corp.'s 16 separate finance arms worldwide were absorbed by a new global finance unit called Toyota Financial Services Corp. Borst was named CEO of Toyota Financial Services U.S.A.

One of his first moves was to create a collaborative management committee to analyze strategies to help build the business. He also changed the unit's field structure.

In 2001, Toyota decided that its 36 finance branch offices should handle only dealer business and stop handling customer interaction. Instead, three call centers handled all customer service. About 1,000 people were affected, and some branch offices were closed. But with more than a year's notice, Toyota Financial suffered little loss of service in the move.

Award winner

The increased efficiencies allowed the unit's volumes to nearly double in five years ? growth that slowed only when the recession hit. Again, Borst made a tough decision, refusing to let Toyota Financial back out of leasing when the rest of the industry panicked. Toyota stood by its residual values, and dealers and retail customers stayed loyal to the brand.

As a result, Toyota has 345,000 off-lease customers returning to the fold within the next 18 months ? a significant opportunity for loyalty retention, Borst said.

"When you think of how competitive this market is, that's a significant advantage," he said. "Were giving dealers 18,000 leads a month from this."

Toyota Financial Services is now the No. 2 issuer of commercial paper in the world, behind General Electric. And the unit's in-house treasury department has won all four of the financial services industry's coveted awards for performance, stability, speed-to-market and risk management. No company, automotive or otherwise, has ever done that, Toyota said.

Those were key reasons why Borst was named an Automotive News All-Star in 2012.

Borst said he was proud that Toyota's finance arm ranked atop seven categories in the recent National Automobile Dealers Association survey.

"Toyota dealers can only get their cars from Toyota," he said. "But finance is a commodity product. It's a relationship business."

You can reach Mark Rechtin at mrechtin@crain.com. -- Follow Mark on Twitter

Source: http://www.autonews.com/article/20130729/OEM02/130729894/borst-will-retire-as-toyota-finance-chief

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Florida's Jeff Driskel undergoes appendectomy

By Tom Fornelli | College Football Writer

Florida will be starting camp Friday, but it appears the Gators will be without their starting quarterback for at least the first few practices.

The school announced on Tuesday that quarterback Jeff Driskel had undergone an appendectomy. Not a major surgery, by any means, but one that his coach says could keep him out for a few weeks as he recovers.

?Jeff had acute appendicitis and fortunately the medical staff caught it very quickly,? said Will Muschamp in a release. ?His surgery went well and how long he is out will be determined by how his body responds, which could be two weeks.?

Now, the good news for Driskel is that with the transfer of Jacoby Brissett during the offseason, he's the unquestioned starter heading into camp, and that's not likely to change following the appendectomy. The bad news is that Driskel is the unquestioned starter and he could be missing out on a couple weeks of important practices as the Gators prepare for the 2013 season.

If Driskel's appendix wasn't so selfish it would have become inflammed and uncomfortable in June or something.

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Friends proud of amateur film on Snowden's HK stay

HONG KONG (AP) ? It was shot in single takes with amateur actors, hobbyist directors and about $650 ? mainly to pay for a room in the same Hong Kong hotel that briefly housed Edward Snowden.

But the short YouTube film some bill as the first movie about the National Security Agency leaker is a source of pride for the friends who made it, even as they acknowledge its limitations.

"Verax" gained much popularity at first, having been released just two days after Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow, where he remains, but praise of the film has given way to criticism, with many viewers berating the four directors for amateur work and bad casting.

The five-minute film is filled with Hong Kong scenery and melodramatic music and stars Andrew Cromeek, an American school teacher in Hong Kong with an uncanny resemblance to Snowden.

Cromeek is unfazed by the critics, noting none of the actors is a professional and that they didn't think the mere YouTube video would gain so much attention in the first place.

"I think the way it was shot was quite cool," he said. "We are all amateur actors. We all had one take. It was kind of like, shoot, go, OK, done. So it's fine. It's completely OK if people are like, 'It's the worst acting in the world.' It's totally fine with me."

Jeff Floro said he and the other directors, Edwin Lee, Shawn Tse and Marcus Tsui, had only wanted to hone their guerrilla filmmaking style and produce something that was relevant to Hong Kong at that time. Floro himself works in finance by day, and creates movies as a hobby.

Given the fact that little of Snowden was known at that time, the directors agreed to focus the film's attention on the relationships between different groups and agencies in Hong Kong.

They played with different ideas, "but in the end we felt like the tension is just there as it is, and we could just let it go through those circles and not actually highlight too much of Edward Snowden, considering we didn't have that much information about him," Floro said.

Money wasn't a concern of the filmmakers, who spent about 5,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$645) to make the film, most used to book a room at the Mira Hotel where Snowden stayed part of the time he was in Hong Kong.

"I think it was more about love of filmmaking, and we just thought it was relevant to Hong Kong," Floro said. "If we had wanted to cash it out, I think would have taken more time to really like, I guess put something longer together. And really like, try to pitch it, sell it in that way."

They plans to take "Verax" to film festivals and have been open about shooting a sequel.

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Odlanier Solis Could Return on October 18th in Mexico

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Cuxhaven - As previously reported, Arena Box Promotion returned to the Kugelback Hall on the German North Sea coast. Heavyweight Odlanier Solis, now 20-1, knocked out overmatched Yakub Saglam, 28-3, at 2:30 of the seventh to retain the IBF I/C title. Saglam was beaten to the punch whenever he tried so do so something but then he discovered that if he didn't punch then Solis didn?t punch either and referee Jean Pierre van Imschoot had to remind the fighters three times to fight and threatened Saglam with disqualification if he didn?t pick it up. Solis finally opened up in the seventh for a clean finish.

Next up could be a fight in Mexico on?October 18.

"He?s a lazy [son of a b*tch]," said promoter Ahmet Oener. "He only fights as hard as he has to. Solis is also an exellent boxer and can still be a threat."

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Hopefully he fights someone half decent then. He's a lazy and frustrating sob, but he's still a top fighter and exciting to see against top 30 HW's.

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lol Sounds like Oner is reaching unbearable heights of frustration with Solis. Can't say I feel sorry for him. :lol1:

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I don't know how Solis finds the time to box inbetween eating cheeseburgers and doing nothing.

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I had read he was fighting Oct 18 in MX in a Mexico City paper, participating in the WBC World Cup, along w/Fres Oquendo...

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Billy Crystal talks 'Monsters University' (interview)

When Billy Crystal was pitched a prequel to the Pixar hit ?Monsters, Inc.,' he didn't have to think twice about coming aboard. The first movie not only grossed $290 million, making it one of the biggest hits of Crystal's career, but playing walking eyeball Mike Wazowski was also one of the actor's most enjoyable assignments.

?Mike is fearless so he's my favorite character I've ever played in anything I've done,' says Crystal, 65. ?I've really missed doing him.'

Pixar missed the ?Monsters' hitmakers too. So, a dozen years after ?Monsters, Inc.' debuted, the company is releasing ?Monsters University,' a prequel that checks in with Mike and his blue furball buddy Sully (John Goodman) when they're students at the School of Scaring.

In many ways, ?Monsters University' is a typical college movie, except with a distinctive Pixar-esque touch. There's fraternity pranks, rivalries with other schools and run-ins with the discipline-obsessed Dean (Helen Mirren).

?It was so much fun to revisit Mike and Sully at this time in their lives,' says Crystal. ?It was such a brilliant idea to put them into that time period where they're about to become who they're going to become. That's what was so interesting to me.'

Crystal appreciated the attention to detail paid by the animators tasked with bringing the younger Mike Wazowski to life.

?The first day reported to work together, they showed us renderings of the guys,' said Crystal. ?We just started laughing because oh, sure, they made us look younger ... Sully's a little trimmer and a little slimmer. has this retainer, but there's a little more youth in the eye. And they just carrythemselves differently...it's just subtle, but it's there.'

Traditionally, when it comes time for actors to record their performances, they work alone in the sound booth. But, in the case of the ?Monsters' movies, Crystal and Goodman have always toiled side by side.

It's a method that allows them to riff off each other and create a one-of-a-kind dynamic between Sully, a natural scare machine, and Mike, who tends to overthink scaring.

?I love , and playing off of him is phenomenal,' says Crystal. ?When we work together in the studio, we're not just reading lines, we're performing them, and we feel them. I think that's why their relationship on screen is really great because it's a real thing.'

Asked what gives him a bad case of the scares, Crystal names two things: ?Psycho' and his Aunt Shelia.

?Mr. Hitchcock knew what he was doing,' says Crystal. ?To this day, it's still a terrifying movie. It's the music and the lighting and the . It's all of that. It's genius, just genius.'

And Aunt Shelia?
?Aunt Sheila was terrifying because she'd put a napkin in her mouth, and go, `You've got something on your face, dear! Let me just scratch that off your face!'

When he was making ?Monsters University,' Crystal flashed back to his own college days. Growing up, he could always make his folks and his friends laugh but after he graduated from Long Island's Long Beach High School in 1965, he opted to attend Marshall University in West Virginia on a baseball scholarship before winding up taking classes at Nassau Community College.

He eventually became a film major at New York University and graduated in 1970 from the college's Tisch School of the Arts.

?I have to admit that, in college, I was a little bit of a misfit,' says Crystal who's been married to wife Janice for 43 years. ?I'm still not sure why I became a directing major when I was really an actor and a comedian but there was something that drew me to . I had made a few films on my own, and I loved it.

?But I felt like I was a misfit, in a way, and out of it because all those other people in my class ? Oliver Stone, Christopher Guest, Mike McKean - were film people. Our professor was Marty Scorsese. It was 1968- 1970, he was an intense guy with long hair, a big beard and granny glasses.

?Marty was a graduate student at the time but we had to call him Mr. Scorsese, and I still call him that when I see him because he gave me a C. ?

After graduation, Crystal found his true calling when he began performing stand-up at such New York nightspots as The Improv and Catch A Rising Star.

?It's like being a gym rat but you're a theater rat and then that becomes your fraternity house,' said Crystal. ?That becomes your extended family. I still see a lot of those people to this day because they owe me money. No, seriously, that's when became my thing.'

In ?Monsters University,' Mike and Sully go through a similar transformation when they discover exactly what they're good at.

?In this movie, they find out who they are,' said Crystal. ?That's the most important element of this movie to me. Mike has a dream, and the dream may not work out, and then he has to readjust and

recalibrate. He does that with the help of his friend, who tells him who he thinks he is, and he starts to

believe it himself.?
Crystal's career took off in earnest after he landed the role of Jodi Dallas on TV's ?Soap.' Playing one of the first homosexual characters in the cast of a sitcom raised his profile, and in 1984 he joined ?Saturday Night Live.'

In the '80s and '90s, Crystal graduated to movies. He appeared in a handful of hits, including ?The Princess Bride,' ?Throw Momma From The Train,' ?When Harry Met Sally,' ?City Slickers' and ?Analyze This.' He even put his degree as a filmmaker to good use by writing, directing and starring in ?Mr. Saturday Night' and ?Forget Paris.'

The actor says even though he's in the midst of a career resurgence thanks to December's ?Parental Guidance,' he still wonders if he made the right choice to become an actor all those years ago.

?I still have doubts,' Crystal, who's hosted the Oscars nine times, said. ?You always do. Every time we finish doing something, we don't have something else, except John. He did 14 movies last year. He's the new Michael Caine.

?But what is so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is you're constantly, in some ways, starting over all the time, and I love that. `All right, I did that, but right now I don't have a job.' Then something happens, or you make something happen.'

Source: http://www.dailydemocrat.com/ci_23744440/billy-crystal-talks-monsters-university-interview?source=rss_viewed

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Saturday, July 27, 2013

Global warming to cut snow water storage 56 percent in Oregon watershed

[unable to retrieve full-text content]A new report projects that by the middle of this century there will be an average 56 percent drop in the amount of water stored in peak snowpack in the McKenzie River watershed of the Oregon Cascade Range -- and that similar impacts may be found on low-elevation maritime snow packs around the world.

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New Sony RX1R and RX100MII tests (and Adobe support) + in Stock status update.

The RX100MII is finally in Stock and climbing the Amazon ranking (Click here to see the list). Let?s ee if it becomes the number one sold camera in USA largest store!

And before to post the new in Stock status list there are plenty of new tests obout the new RX cameras:
Focus Numerique (google translation) compared the RX1R vs RX1 JPEG resolution. And the RX1R is the clear winner. Review at PDnonline. Sony RX1R test at DSLRmagazine. Sample shots at ePhotozine. EosHD tested the RX100MII camera with a focus on the video quality. An unboxing video by Sonyelectronics. Adobe?s Lightroom 5.0 added support for two Sony cameras.

The RX1R is in Stock:
in USA/Canada at Adorama, Sony Canada,
in Europe at Sony Deutschland, Amazon Deutschland, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Spain.

The RX100MII is in Stock:
in USA/Canada at Amazon, Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Sonystore US,?Sony Canada.
in Europe at Sony Deutschland, Amazon Deutschland, Sony UK, Amazon UK, Sony FR, Sony Italy, Sony Netherland, Sony Belgium, Sony Austria, Sony Sweden, Sony Finland, Sony Spain.

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: Inherited virus can cause cognitive dysfunction and fatigue

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Many experts believe that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has several root causes including some viruses. Now, researchers suggest that a common virus, Human Herpesvirus 6, may cause some CFS cases.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Weak China manufacturing hits Asia stock markets

HONG KONG (AP) ? Asian stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday after a survey showed Chinese manufacturing fell to its lowest point in nearly a year.

Stock benchmarks in Japan and China sank after HSBC said its preliminary China purchasing managers index for June declined more than expected to an 11-month low, another sign of a deepening economic slowdown.

The widely watched private report is one of the earliest indicators for clues to the health of China's economy, the world's second biggest. Analysts say the preliminary report paves the way for more disappointment when the full version and an official PMI are released next month.

The Shanghai Composite Index in mainland China tumbled 1.3 percent to 2,018.00 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index fell 0.5 percent to 969.16.

Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped 0.5 percent to 14,699.94 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.3 percent to 21,853.42. Benchmarks in Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia also slid.

South Korea's Kospi was 0.1 percent higher at 1,906.56 and Australia's S&P ASX 200 was up 0.2 percent to 5,027.50.

The HSBC PMI survey, which covers 420 businesses, found that output, new orders and employment all decreased at faster rates.

"Whenever we see bad economic data from China that's not good news," said Jackson Wong, vice president at Tanrich Securities.

While the disappointing manufacturing report dragged down Asia stocks, it also raised investors' hopes that Beijing would consider new stimulus for China's economy following two straight quarters of declining growth. A day before, newspapers reported on comments by China's top economic official, Premier Li Keqiang, who promised that growth would not fall below 7 percent.

"We believe that such a negative scenario will not materialize and that China will announce new stimulus measures soon ? modest and targeted ones but sufficient for growth to achieve this year's 7.5 percent goal," Credit Agricole CIB strategist Dariusz Kowalczyk said in a report. "The worse the PMI the bigger the measures would be."

However, Wong was more skeptical that Beijing would take action.

"If we don't see any concrete evidence that anything will be rolled out in short time, the market is reluctant to speculate on that," he said. "They won't buy into this hype."

In the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.1 percent to close at 15,567.74. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 dropped 0.2 percent to 1,692.39 while the Nasdaq composite fell 0.6 percent, to 3,579.27.

In currency markets, the dollar rose to 99.67 Japanese yen from 99.41 yen late Tuesday. The euro fell to $1.3210 from $1.3226.

Benchmark crude for September delivery was down 12 cents to $107.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 29 cents to settle at $107.23 on Monday.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/weak-china-manufacturing-hits-asia-stock-markets-051115647.html

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Oldest European fort in the inland U.S. discovered in Appalachians

[unable to retrieve full-text content]The remains of the earliest European fort in the interior of what is now the United States have been discovered by a team of archaeologists, providing new insight into the start of the U.S. colonial era and the all-too-human reasons spoiling Spanish dreams of gold and glory.

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Over 60 percent of all devices talk to Google every day: Study

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More than 3 in 5 Internet-connected devices sent data to Google every day on average.

It's no secret that Google casts quite a shadow on the Internet, but the numbers from a new study may surprise even the most bullish of analysts. In North America, not only does 25 percent of all traffic goes through the search giant, but three fifths of all Internet-connected devices in North America touch base with Google every single day, says new research.

The most interesting number in the report from Deepfield, an Internet tracking firm, is the touching-base one: on average about 62 percent of all connected devices ? be they smartphones, game consoles, or desktop computers ? sent traffic to Google servers at some point during every day, arguably upwards of a billion devices. It may only be a quick search, a YouTube video, or even a link going through Google's link shortener service (goo.gl), or it could be more, like spending the day on Google Docs.

As for total traffic, even at 25 percent Google is actually still behind Netflix during peak hours (the video network accounts for about a third of traffic at those times, according to Sandvine). But what's impressive here is Google's growth. Deepfield notes that in 2010, the last time the firm conducted a traffic survey of this scope, Google only made up 6 percent of traffic.

Are that many more people Googling things? Perhaps not, writes Deepfield's Craig Labovitz:

By far the most striking change in Google?s Internet presence has come with the deployment of thousands of Google servers in Internet providers around the world. With little press coverage or fanfare, Google has deployed (Google Global Cache) servers in the majority of U.S. Internet providers.

So although Google has unquestionably grown larger, some of the increase in traffic is tied more to infrastructure changes than increased popularity ? while Netflix's numbers and growth are more easily explained: More people are watching more movies and TV online.

Information on how the study was conducted can be found at the Deepfield blog post.

Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.

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Meyer disciplines 4 Buckeyes, including Hyde, Roby

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has disciplined four players for legal problems, including suspending leading-scorer Carlos Hyde from all team activities in the wake of an alleged assault against a female over the weekend in Columbus.

In addition, star cornerback Bradley Roby, who was arrested in Indiana for an altercation with a security guard at a bar this past weekend, will not represent the Buckeyes at this week's Big Ten media days. He was one of the players initially selected to speak to reporters at the annual event.

Freshmen recruits Marcus Baugh, a tight end, and defensive lineman Tim Gardner were also disciplined on Monday.

"I have a clear set of core values in place that members of this football program are constantly reminded of and are expected to honor," Meyer said in a statement issued by Ohio State late on Monday afternoon. "There are also expectations with regard to behavior. I expect our players to conduct themselves responsibly and appropriately and they will be held accountable for their actions."

There were published reports earlier in the day that Hyde had been kicked off the team for being listed as a person of interest in the alleged assault of a woman at a downtown Columbus bar. The Columbus Dispatch cited sources saying Hyde was dismissed from the team over the incident early Saturday.

Hyde, a 6-foot, 242-pound senior from Naples, Fla., rushed for 970 yards on 185 carries last season, second best on the team behind quarterback Braxton Miller, and was the unbeaten Buckeyes' leading scorer with 17 touchdowns and 102 points.

He came within just 30 yards of becoming the first running back to reach 1,000 yards in a season in Meyer's 12 years as a head coach at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and his lone year at Ohio State.

Roby, one of the team's top returning defensive players, was involved in a separate incident.

Court records in Monroe County, Ind., indicate Roby was arrested early Sunday morning in Bloomington, Ind., and is facing preliminary charges of misdemeanor battery resulting in bodily injury. He posted bond.

Roby, a 5-11, 192-pound redshirt junior from Suwanee, Ga., was Ohio State's third-leading tackler last year. He had two interceptions, one for a touchdown, to go with two tackles for minus yardage, one sack, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick.

He had considered jumping into the NFL draft after Ohio State's 12-0 season but decided to return to the team.

Pending further investigations of Roby's actions, he could receive more punishment from Meyer.

The Bloomington police report charged that Roby tried to start a fight with one patron of the bar and was forced out of the bar. Hoping to get back inside with his friends, he attempted to re-enter the bar and was told he could not. The report states, "Mr. Roby then struck one of the security guards in the chest, causing a complaint of pain. He was then wrestled to the ground and detained until police arrived at the scene."

The two freshmen were considered promising prospects.

Baugh, like Hyde, was removed from all team activities and will also sit out the first game of the season, Aug. 31 vs. Buffalo, for his arrest last weekend for underage possession of alcohol and possessing a fake identification. The Riverside, Calif., native's actions will also result in the loss of his financial aid this summer.

Gardner, from Indianapolis, was sent home and will not be a part of the 2013 team after he was charged Saturday night by Columbus police with obstruction of official business.

It was not immediately known if he was linked to Hyde's arrest or that was yet another incident.

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith praised Meyer's actions.

"Swift, effective and fair discipline is the standard for our entire athletics program," Smith said in the statement. "I applaud Coach Meyer for his immediate actions."

Meyer has been forced to defend his judgment after former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who played for Meyer at Florida, was arrested and charged with murder.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/meyer-disciplines-4-buckeyes-including-hyde-roby-204240122.html

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Summer Slow Cooker Recipes | Hellobee

You guys, it is HOT outside. Like, heat advisory hot. We?ve been drawing our shades, seeking out cold bodies of water, and keeping cooking to a minimum. The thought of the open flame on our gas stove or cranking up the oven draws a bead of sweat to my forehead, but I?m really not one to drink a smoothie for dinner. Enter: the slow cooker.

The slow cooker doesn?t heat up the house the way an oven does, but still has the power to break down hard-working cuts of meat into succulent fillings for summer?s lettuce wraps and tacos. It?s my new favorite way to cook in bulk on the hottest days of the year, whether I?m entertaining or planning family meals for the week.

First I want to share a recipe for a melt-in-your mouth brisket perfect for stretching a dollar because its richness goes a long, long way. Just a palmful in a lettuce wrap topped with crunchy veggies is enough to treat your taste buds.

Next is a pork barbecue recipe that?s easy to throw together but absolutely brimming with flavor. It most closely relates to Carolina-style BBQ, with just enough sweetness to keep the acidity from overwhelming.

Slow Cooker Asian-Spiced Brisket

3 lb brisket
1 large onion, thinly sliced
2 c chicken or beef stock
2 cinnamon sticks
1 star anise
5 cardamom pods
2-inch piece ginger, peeled and finely chopped
Canola or other neutral oil
Salt and pepper

1. Rub both sides of the brisket generously with salt and pepper. Coat the bottom of a large skillet with oil and place over medium-high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the brisket and cook until a dark brown crust forms, about 4 minutes on each side. Move the brisket to a plate, add the onion and a pinch of salt to the pan and saut? until translucent. Move the onions to the plate with the brisket.

2. Add the stock to the pan, turn off the heat, and use a wooden spoon to scrape off any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Pour the liquid into the slow cooker, add the cinnamon star anise, cardamom, ginger then top with the brisket and onions. Cook on low for 8 hours.

3. Move the brisket (and onions, although they will largely be unrecognizable) to a large bowl and use two forks to shred it into bite-size pieces. Strain the liquid from the slow cooker into a medium saucepan over high heat and boil until reduced by half, or 10-15 minutes. Pour over the brisket and toss to combine. Serve warm.

How we served it: We froze half of the cooked meat and served the other half to 6 adults and 2 babies as lettuce wraps. Wash and dry leaves from 2 heads of Bibb lettuce and serve with sliced poblano peppers, orange bell peppers, sliced green onions, and lime wedges. Sour cream would be nice here too.

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork BBQ

3 lb pork shoulder
1 c barbecue sauce
1/2 c apple cider vinegar
1-2 tablespoons sugar (optional)

1. The night before cooking, add the pork shoulder barbecue sauce, and cider vinegar to a gallon-size zip-top bag. Seal the bag, use your fingers to evenly distribute the sauce over the pork, and move to marinate in the fridge overnight.

2. The next day, move the entire contents of the zip-top back to the slow cooker and cook on low for 8 hours.

3. Move the pork to a large bowl and use two forks to shred it into bite-size pieces. Strain the liquid from the slow cooker into a medium saucepan and boil until reduced by half, or 10-15 minutes. Give the sauce a taste and if it needs some balance (it should be vinegar-y but have a little sweetness) add a tablespoon or two of sugar and boil for another minute to dissolve. Pour over the pork and toss to combine. Serve warm.

How we served it: Again, we froze half of the meat and out of the second half had two dinners (for 2 adults and 1 baby) and lunch for one. Served on warm corn tortillas with coleslaw (recipe below) and hot sauce.

Simple Coleslaw
adapted from Cook with Jamie

1 small head Napa cabbage, cored and shredded
1/2 lb carrots, peeled and shredded
1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
1/2 c loosely packed parsley leaves, roughly chopped
1/2 c mayonnaise
1 lemon, juiced
Salt and pepper

In a large bowl, whisk together the mayo, lemon juice, and a big pinch each salt and pepper. Add the cabbage, carrots, onion, and parsley, and toss until the dressing is evenly distributed. Serve cold.

How do you beat the heat when preparing summer meals?

Source: http://www.hellobee.com/2013/07/23/summer-slow-cooker-recipes/

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