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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European governments neared a deal on Wednesday to give the European Central Bank new powers to supervise banks across the bloc after Germany signaled a readiness to compromise on the scope of the ambitious financial reform.
Last week German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble had clashed openly with his French counterpart Pierre Moscovici over key elements of the plan, but with time running out to meet a year-end deadline, they narrowed their differences, raising hopes of a breakthrough.
Agreement on a common bank supervisor is a crucial first step towards a broader "banking union", or common euro zone approach to dealing with failing banks that in recent years have dragged down countries like Ireland and Spain.
"We think that we have a good chance to reach a deal today," Schaeuble told journalists ahead of a meeting in Brussels with his European Union peers. "My intention is that we find a solution to the banking union on time before Christmas."
Moscovici told his colleagues in the meeting that "all the parameters" for an agreement were in place.
Even if the bloc is able to settle most of its differences on Wednesday, other difficult issues remain.
At a summit in June, EU leaders pledged that once a common bank supervisor was in place, the bloc's rescue mechanism would have the power to directly recapitalize struggling institutions.
Countries like France, Italy and Spain are keen for those powers to be in place as soon as possible. But Germany, worried it could be forced to foot the bill for struggling banks across the bloc, is not in a rush.
In introductory remarks at the meeting, Schaeuble tried to kill any discussion about bank recapitalizations and said it could take more than a year for the new supervisor to be fully up and running.
In the longer-term, there is disagreement over how the burden of winding down failed banks should be shared.
A compromise document put forward by rotating EU President Cyprus, and obtained by Reuters on Tuesday, won broad backing at the meeting from the ECB and member states.
In recent weeks, Germany had argued against giving the ECB supervisory responsibility for all 6,000 European banks, concerned the new system could become unmanageable.
The new proposal recommends that banks with assets of 30 billion euros, or larger than one fifth of their country's economic output, be supervised directly by the ECB rather than national supervisors.
Critically, it also gives the ECB authority to widen its remit to smaller banks if problems arise.
Berlin remains worried about a potential conflict of interest between the ECB's roles as supervisor and as guardian of monetary policy. Such a conflict could arise if, for example, the ECB were to keep interest rates low to prop up banks.
But the tone of Wednesday's gathering was a far cry from a meeting last week intended to finalize the plan when Schaeuble clashed with Moscovici. France wanted a broad ECB remit, while Germany had reservations.
Schaeuble had objected to the ECB's Governing Council having the final say over monitoring banks, but said at the meeting on Wednesday that he thought a compromise could be found.
Reaching a deal, which EU leaders hope to sign off at a summit on Thursday and Friday, will also require the backing of others with vested interests such as Britain, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and the Netherlands.
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg spelled out his objections to peers, saying there was no way for non-euro countries to participate in the ECB-led scheme on an equal footing with countries in the currency.
He said that Sweden was unlikely to join but could allow the banking union go ahead for others, although he warned it could create "substantial division" in the European union.
Britain has similar worries, although its finance minister signaled at the meeting that a deal was possible.
George Osborne said one of his main concerns was avoiding a situation where the ECB might infringe on Britain's autonomy in monitoring the City of London, Europe's biggest financial centre.
"It would be very difficult for us to accept that the ECB could exercise certain powers for Deutsche Bank in London. That would be an unfair arrangement," Osborne said.
All 27 EU states must give approval for the project to go ahead, even if only those countries in the euro zone will fall under the banking union to begin with.
Under the Cypriot proposal, the ECB's Governing Council would keep the final say in supervision, but it also lays emphasis on the need for a clear operational separation between monetary policy and supervision. In a nod to Germany, it says the new supervisor may not be fully operational until April, 2014.
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Porsche's first V8-engined road car, the 928, was originally intended to replace the 911. That didn't happen, but today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe 911 has had its rear-mounted flat-6 replaced by a V8. That might make it an 829, but does its price make it irreplaceable?
If the ancient idiom that one man's meat is another's poison still holds sway, then fully 67% of you were willing to drink the Kool-Aid proffered by the seller of yesterday's oddly appealing 1992 Crown Vic-up. That fully framed Ford may not have worn its heart on its sleeve, but it most certainly unfurled its freak flag out back, in full stranger ranger fashion.
Today's candidate also sports something less than factory rump-wise, but it's a little more subtle, and a lot more potent in its execution. Are you a fan of Jerry Lewis? No? Not so French? Well, back in the sixties he starred in a comedy called The Bellboy, where he played, of all things, a hotel bellboy. In one scene he is tasked with bringing the luggage from a guest's car up to their room. Unfortunately the car in question was a Volkswagen Type I - uncommon in the U.S at the time - and in true screwball comedy style, Lewis ends up attempting to drag the flat four up the hotel's stairs. Today's 1975 Porsche 911 is similarly motivated from the rear, but any attempt by a hospitality employee to lift its engine would likely result in him busting a nut as this Slantnose is powered by a honkin' big SBC.
First off, what this car is not - this isn't a Porsche purist's wet dream. Based on a 1975 naturally aspirated 911, it's still non-pressurized, but instead of the 130-bhp of the original 2.7-litre aircooled flat six, the seller says it now rocks a crate motor EFI V8 that he claims to have dyno'd to the tune of 345 hp at the wheels. It's remarkable that you can even fit all 5.7 litres of V8 in the space originally planned for an engine half the displacement and three quarters the cylinder count - as well as being much flatter. But fit it does, obviously aided by the rubber duck spoiler sprouting from the engine compartment lid.
Helping get all those horses to the ground are a 930 Turbo gearbox and what the seller calls 'steamroller tires' in back, which are wrapped around Fuchs-centered BBS rims. The brakes are also claimed to be 930 parts, which if true should provide for impressively short stopping distances. The Turbo look extends to the rear fenders which are wide enough to claim Kardashian lineage. The car is a non-sunroof coupe, heartiest of the breed, and is covered in a coat of arrest-me red. The paint looks reasonable, and he says the window frames have been powercoated so they should remain feeling summer-fresh for a good while. The interior is likewise been renewed, with white-faced gauges, recovered seats and door panels, and an overall appearance that doesn't project the douchiness it possibly could have.
Usually car ads, whether eBay or Craigslist tend to go light on the description, typically ending up something like: Car for sale, not sure what kind, may contain chickens. This seller however, goes into extensive detail regarding every aspect of his Chevy-powered Porsche. Want to know the size of the anti-roll bar? He's got you covered. Condition of the pedal cluster bushings? Check. And it's all useful information about the car, not blowin' smoke up your ass history of the brand or why some particular rust bucket will make a perfect car for your next family vacation. No rust here, plus it looks like it has only done a little more that 3,000 miles since its rebirth as a push-rodder. And to top it off, at 2,615-lbs he claims it's lighter than the 260-bhp Turbo of the era. Check out the ad for the litany of changes that went into this beast.
Despite having gone on a diet, the seller says it still handles like a Turbo, and that means you might want to practice going backwards before driving it as just like Tiggers and bouncing, that's what those things like to do best. A lot of weight over the back end, and a too-light nose meant that when pushed the Turbos, and by extension this SBC-edition, will bite you like rattler in your skivvies. But hey, that's half the fun!
Before anybody can have that fun however, they'll have to plunk down $24,900 for the honor. A bone-stock '75 911 in similarly decent shape would probably set you back nearly half that amount, so figure you're paying 12-large for all the extra horses and the slanty nose, which is a take it or leave it item for some. Considering the whole package, what's your take on that $24,900 asking price? Does that make this a can't-lose Slantnose? Or, is that price make this car more Martin and Lewis than Martini?
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Drivers will see delays along Interstate 540 because construction has closed the road down to one lane between Porter and Wedington roads in Fayetteville.
With all the roadwork in the area, are there other ways to get around town?
"The traffic has been stopped a lot, I mean, just to a standstill on 540 and that's kind of a hassle," said Mike Williams of Fayetteville.
Crews are working on alternate routes as well, such as Garland Avenue. Along Crossover Boulevard, there are construction signs and more closed lanes at three different intersections.
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"I don't know what's going on with half of the construction," he said. "I don't know what it's for. It's just everywhere. Everyone's complaining about it. Pretty much the same sob story from everyone."
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MATTAPOISETT, Mass. - The inaugural Ivy League Match Play event at The Bay Club in Mattapoisett, Mass., was stopped short due to weather as Sunday's rounds were cancelled. As a result, Yale and Penn shared the title while Harvard and Columbia tied for third.
Dartmouth and Princeton will share fifth and Cornell and Brown will share seventh.
The format for the event consisted of a bracket similar to the one used in the NCAA Men's Golf Championships in which a team must win their match in order to advance to the next round. Within a round the team match consists of five individual matches. The team that wins the best out of the five matches advances to the next round. The winner of the bracket takes home the championship.
In this tournament the teams were seeded by their performance in last year's Ivy League Championship. This placed Harvard in the sixth seed pitted against the number three seed Dartmouth.
Leading off for the Crimson was junior Louis Amira who set a positive tone for the day by birdying his first two holes as well as three others in route to a decisive 9&7 victory over Dartmouth's Dan Egan. Sophomore Connor Wentzell continued the positive pace with several of his own birdies and a 7&5 victory over Teddy Overton. Dartmouth rallied in the third match as their team captain Davis Mullaney captured a 2&1 victory over sophomore Tony Grillo. Sophomore Mark Pollak sealed the victory for the Crimson with a 4&2 victory over James Pleat. In the Crimson's final match senior Greg Shuman led a spirited battle against last year's Ivy League individual champion, Peter Williamson. The two finished their 18 holes all square and agreed to conclude the match with a gentleman's tie. The Crimson's total of 3½ matches was good enough for a first round victory and secured a place in the semi-finals.
For the semifinal match the Crimson faced second seed Penn. The Crimson, again, began the match with a positive tone as Amira secured a victory over Penn's Dillon Hakes with an improbable up and down on the 18th green. Grillo followed with a 2&1 victory over Scotty Williams. Pollak and Shuman were unable to follow their teammates and lost 2&1 and 3&2 to Chance Pipitone and Colin St.Maxins, respectively. The team total of two matches apiece placed the team's fate in the hands of the second match between Wentzell and Bryant Williams. Their match was tightly contested and 18 holes proved too few to decide a winner.
The members of both teams gathered on the first tee for a sudden-death playoff as the two competed for the team victory. Both players hit excellent approaches into the first hole leaving short birdie putts. Neither player was able to convert their putts for birdie and settled for pars, pushing the match to a 20th hole. On the second playoff hole Wentzell hit a tremendous hybrid from 210 yards into a strong wind to within twenty feet and an easy two-putt par. Unfazed, Williams stuck a three iron on to the green and was able to curl in a 12-foot putt for birdie for a dramatic, 3-2 Penn victory over the Crimson.
The Ivy League Match Play marked Harvard's final tournament for the fall season. The team will begin their off-season training next week in preparation for the spring season and the eventual Ivy League Championship.
First Round:
Columbia d. Brown, 3-2
Harvard d. Dartmouth, 3-2
Yale d. Princeton, 3-2
Penn d. Cornell, 3-2
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Every Christmas, 60 000 Orthodox Christians make the pilgrimage to Lalibela in Ethiopia to visit eleven churches hewn into the rock there 800 years ago
The donkey knows the way. It trots along for hours over arid, yellow plains, our luggage on its back. My mountain guide, Fentaw Asnake, 30, and I pass through eucalyptus groves and roundhouse villages. He grew up here, and many people know his name. We hear children giggle on the other side of thick sisal hedges. Women sit outside their houses, grinding coffee and dried corn in wooden tubs on the ground. It is our first day on the trail through the highlands of northern Ethiopia, a landscape of craggy cliffs and deep canyons.
At the heart of the highlands lies Lalibela, a town of roughly 22 000 inhabitants. Its claim to fame is its eleven stone churches dating from the 12th and 13th century. Instead of rising into the sky, they are hewn into the rock floor, their roofs level with the ground. No bricks were used in their construction, either: Walls, pillars and windows are all carved from a single block of terracotta-colored rock. These rock churches form a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, which remains to this day one of the holiest sites for the over 1600-year-old Ethiopian Orthodox religion. At Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7, 60 000 people pilgrimage to Lalibela.
Stunning canyons and an early form of Christianity – Lalibela is a microcosm of Ethiopia
The town is a microcosm of Ethiopia, combining the earliest Christian history with breathtaking mountain landscapes. To explore both, do what the farmers in the area do and go on foot – with a donkey to carry your belongings.
My guide and donkey come courtesy of an organized group of young mountain guides called Tesfa (Tourism in Ethiopia for Sustainable Future Alternatives). Tesfa's goal is to use tourism to help the region, rather than just tourist companies, and it also manages accommodation in an ecologically sustainable way. Tesfa was started in 2006, and today, several dozen mountain guides are able to earn a living from it, as are hundreds of families in the mountain villages, who run eleven comfortable guesthouses for tourists.
Our donkey stops in front of Mequat Mariam, where we will spend the first night. The guesthouse consists of three roundhouses without electricity, a kitchen building and an outhouse with an outside shower, but the spectacular view is ample compensation. Right behind the huts the ground falls steeply away, several hundreds of meters into a gorge. I am standing on a rocky outcrop at its edge, looking down onto craggy ridges that remind me of the Grand Canyon. The setting sun bathes the entire valley in delicate shades of mauve.
My hut is simple, from its spotless white bedding to its unplastered walls. All the windows, even the outhouse, have a stunning view of the gorge. We spend the evening by the campfire. A priest has invited my guide and me to his nearby home, and his hut is full of guests when we arrive, people from the village. They sit in a circle, laughing and conversing. His wife whips up a meal of beef and injera, the typical teff-flour flatbread. Afterwards, a guests begins playing the masinko, a traditional Ethiopian string instrument. As soon as he begins to sing, people jump up and run to the fire, circling each other, hands on hips, shaking their upper bodies in time to the beat.
At dawn, we set off again along the narrow trail above the gorge, our pack animal leading the way. Gelada monkeys, aka bleeding-heart baboons, lurk between rocks, while bearded vultures circle overhead. We keep our eyes open for the rarest of wild dogs, the Ethiopian wolf. As we leave the highlands and enter the noisy, crowded streets of Lalibela, I am torn from my revery.
It's market day. Mounds of teff are piled up in front of countless stands, scarves with bright borders flutter in the wind, and the air is rich with spices. It feels like the entire town is gathered here: young men in jeans, priests in white robes and women in colorful dresses.
I visit Bet Medhane Alem, the largest rock church. A narrow staircase leads down into the depths. Inside the church, I gaze up at the stone pillars rising more than ten meters above me. According to legend, God spoke to Lalibela, "King of the Bees" and lone ruler over the realm of Lasta in northern Ethiopia, nearly 1000 years ago, telling him to erect the holy site in Jerusalem's image. Within just a few days, the king carved the monumental structures out of the volcanic rock – with the help of angels during the night. At least that's what everyone here believes. Scientists believe that at least 40 000 laborers must have worked for several decades to hew the churches into the rock.
Legend also has it that the King of the Bees was responsible for tej, a sweet, highly intoxicating mead which I was served for the first time by Askalech Hailemelekot, the owner of the area's most popular bar, Torpido Tej. Fentaw and I enjoyed a second cup, and had the idea for what would become the highpoint of my trip.
Yemrehanna Kristos is another rock church in the mountains, some 45 kilometers away from Lalibela. Estimated to be 80 years older than the other churches, it is also the most beautiful. We need to cross the highlands. In a Jeep? "Anyone can do that," says Fentaw dismissively. He has a better idea: Wondimu Kebede's auto rickshaw. The young man drives people through town every day, but he has never ventured into the mountains.
Soon, the bright blue vehicle is puttering into the valley with me in the backseat… only to stall at the first incline. The road is too dusty, Wondimu explains, cleaning the dirty distributor. Four involuntary stops later, we purr down the serpentine track, passing through villages where people have heard of auto rickshaws, but never actually seen one. Children run after us, squealing with excitement. Four hours later we arrive: Unlike the other churches, Yemrehanna Kristos was built inside a cave from stone slabs and timbers, without using a single nail, as the priest tells us. Then he points to the darkest corner of the churchyard, to the mummified remains of over 700 pilgrims, who came to Lalibela to experience the sacred and never left. I will leave, but in the certainty that you don't have to be religious to sense the significance of this place, its buildings constructed nobody knows exactly how, flickering candlelight in the shadows of the church walls, mystical chants and joyful dancing – all against a backdrop of incredible natural beauty. The feeling that Lalibela is magical comes all by itself.
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They are one of only 9 Institutions in the UK to hold an Athena SWAN Silver award demonstrating the impact of their activties. They are actively working with their Schools and Institutes to achieve Athena SWAN accreditation. Seventeen academic units currently hold Athena SWAN departmental awards - including five Silver and twelve Bronze awards.
A focus on global research collaborations and continued success in attracting international students and academics has resulted in Newcastle University being in the world's top 50 universities for 'International Outlook' according to the most recent Times Higher Education World University Rankings.Other high rankings for its employability and student satisfaction collectively with the vast opportunities on offer for students, show that Newcastles student experience is amongst the best in the UK.
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Tom Izzo was pulling hard for Indiana when the Hoosiers faced Connecticut on Saturday. The Michigan State head coach obviously was disappointed when the undermanned Huskies stunned Indiana at Assembly Hall. Izzo probably knew the Big Ten's reputation among the pundits would take a hit again.
Tom Izzo was pulling hard for Indiana when the Hoosiers faced Connecticut on Saturday. The Michigan State head coach obviously was disappointed when the undermanned Huskies stunned Indiana at Assembly Hall. Izzo probably knew the Big Ten's reputation among the pundits would take a hit again. The perception of the league usually is not at an all-time high during the annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The ACC made it nine straight challenge wins without a loss this season. League-leading Indiana's 13-game winning streak was stopped by a UConn team missing two players suspended for violating team rules. Izzo does not think that loss or any other non-league defeat should hurt the Big Ten's image. "One game shouldn't determine Indiana or the Big Ten," Izzo said. "I think this league is a lot better, and it's a lot harder to win on the road than a lot of other leagues. "I'm always going to be sticking up for us. And I think I'm doing it in an educated way, not just because we're in the Big Ten." Izzo points to the rankings if anyone questions to Big Ten's legitimacy. Michigan State, Indiana and Wisconsin are among the top 13 in this week's Associated Press poll. "Other conferences have the same issues, but for some reason we constantly get that abuse in the Big Ten," Izzo said. "I'm not saying we don't get any respect. But you don't hear anybody talking that we have three teams in the top (13). I'm not sure anybody has that." Looking Ahead The way things are shaping up, the Big Ten could send as many as five teams to the NCAA tournament. Indiana, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State all have at least 15 victories and have reasonable shots at winning the league's regular season title. Almost six weeks remain in the season. "I said all along I think there's six teams that are going to have a good chance for an NCAA bid," Izzo said. Minnesota has lost three straight, but the Golden Gophers (12-6) can put themselves back in contention with a strong stretch run. Game of the Week All is not lost for the Hoosiers. They will hold on to sole possession of first place if they win Thursday at Wisconsin. "We're coming off a really tough loss on Saturday in a game we certainly could have played better across the board," Indiana Head Coach Kelvin Sampson said. "But we have a great opportunity coming up against a really good Wisconsin team. We have a chance to certainly right a lot of wrongs and play a lot better. We're going to need to." Wisconsin also is coming off a loss. Purdue dealt the Badgers their first league defeat Saturday. Starting Over Indiana's loss to UConn ended a streak of 29 straight home wins dating to Feb. 11, 2006. Sampson came in with a 27-0 record at Assembly Hall. He broke Branch McCracken's school record of 25 straight home wins to start a career set from 1938-41. Wooden Watch List Michigan State's Raymar Morgan (McKinley) and Indiana's Eric Gordon and D.J. White are among 30 players on the midseason list for the John Wooden Award Player of the Year and All-America Team. Neither Morgan nor Gordon appeared on the Wooden preseason watch list. The Wooden Award recognizes the nation's top collegiate men's basketball player. The All-America team will be announced April 12. Ohio State's Greg Oden and Wisconsin's Alando Tucker made the Wooden All-America Team last season. The league's last Wooden Award winner was Purdue's Glenn Robinson in 1994. 1-2 Punch Gordon and White have a chance to become the first teammates to finish first and second in the league in scoring since Michigan's Glen Rice and Gary Grant in 1987-88. Gordon went into the week averaging a league-leading 21.7 points. White was averaging 16.8 points. Fast Breaks - Minnesota has not had player record a triple-double since Jan. 26, 1976, when Mychal Thompson finished with 34 points, 12 rebounds and 12 blocks against Ohio State. - Gophers Head Coach Tubby Smith will try again for 400th career win tonight at Michigan. - Gordon, Morgan, Ohio State's Jamar Butler and Northwestern's Kevin Coble have scored 30 points at least once this season. Gordon has done it three times. Reach Canton Repository sports writer Mike Popovich at (330) 580-8341 or email@example.com.


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Communication with customers will key the agency's move forward
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part one of a three-part interview with Edward O'Hare, GSA's assistant commissioner of he Federal Acquisition Service's IT Services division.
Washington Technology contributing editor Sami Lais talked (mostly listened) to the assistant commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service's IT Services about his plans for ITS, the Networx transition, the Future Commercial Satellite Communications Acquisition, the evolutionary path of contracting at GSA, his interpretation of new administrator Martha Johnson's concept of customer intimacy, technology and security. Read Edward J. O'Hare's resume and it's easy to understand why he's been one of the General Services Administration's go-to guys since the mid 1990s; talk with him and the resume jumps off the page. He's got the look of a classic federal official — a stocky, ruddy-faced man of a certain age, with thin hair and wearing a charcoal gray suit, the plainest of white shirts and a discreetly patterned dark tie. You steel yourself for an hour of cautious governmentspeak. And then he starts talking, torrentially, he interrupts himself. He puts his whole body into the conversation. He leans far forward and jabs the air with his hands to emphasize a point, he fires questions and praise at staff. He throws back his head and laughs. A lot. Mostly at himself. At the end of the hour, you leave thinking, "This guy's orbit has some serious gravity." Q: You've been assistant commissioner for close to a year now— O'HARE: Eight months. I know because I ran into [former assistant commissioner] John Johnson the other day, and he said, "I've loved these past eight months!" [Laughs] Q: You came in with a plan of action; how has that changed? What's changed it? O'HARE: Let me start here. On the Schedule side, I've got 125 people who are part of my organization. Here's what they've seen over the past 12 to 14 months: three acting administrators, a new deputy administrator, a new assistant commissioner. The deputy assistant commissioner has left and within IT Services and its six divisions, three new division directors. Some might find that unsettling, but it should be no surprise. You've got a change of administration so a lot of that has to be expected. A lot of people retired; the workforce is getting older; we know that, too. It's part of my job to understand what this looks like from the GS13 perspective, because they're the people who get the work done, they award the contracts, they modify the contracts. Change in and of itself isn't bad, but you have to put the effort into communication. It's why [communications and customer engagement specialist Rick Ferguson] is here. That's why we're talking. Why I have a person in charge of communications to industry, to customers, to my employees. So that's the first thing. Second, my actual office is in Fairfax, Va., but a lot of my employees are here [in Crystal City] so I try to be here as much as I'm there. Q: What kind of direction or leadership are you looking for from new Administrator Martha Johnson? O'HARE: I read her testimony from the confirmation hearings, and she talked about customer intimacy. What customer means [at ITS] depends on who you talk to. When we do customer surveys, we survey the vendors and the federal people who are buying our products and solutions. But customer intimacy is clearly something that resonates with this shop. We need to get closer to our customer. Q: How do you mean? O'HARE: We need to do a better job with our customers, both industry and federal government customers. We need to execute the program. We need to do what it takes to get everybody transitioned to the Networx contract. We need to award Schedule contracts faster, and with great certainty so companies can plan on it. Actually, I'm a little less interested in raw speed and more interested in when we tell somebody it's going to take 110 days, that we do it in 110 days. Mostly we do; when we tell someone a mod[ification] is going to take 10 days, we do it in 10 days 95 percent of the time. We need to sell a line. We have got to make the award on 8a STARS II [Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services II]. We have got to continue to do our SmartBuy awards on a timely basis. We have got to support the administration on the acquisitions we're doing on cloud computing, etc. We need to communicate. That's Rick's job; that's why I brought him on board. We have to talk to our potential customers so they know who ITS is. Q: And that is? O'HARE: This goes back to when FAS was created. We combined the Federal Technology Service and the Federal Supply Service to create this organization. I have a big portfolio of services. I have the Schedules program — 5,000 vendors, $17 billion a year, based on commerciality. I have the governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWACs) program: Alliant, 8aSTARS, Veterans Technology Services (VETS). You might look at them and say, "Why two programs?" Good reasons. One is based on commerciality; that's the Schedules program. One is based on federally specified requirements; that's the GWACs program. We need to let people know what those programs are, what they can provide, what the value is, and — I should have led with this — what's our mission? what's our job? Our job is to provide IT solutions to federal government agencies to make it easier and faster, and reduce the risk to them to contract for IT service. We do it through this public-private partnership. We award contracts. Quality contracts for quality vendors, so when the federal government comes and uses our contracts, they know this is an upstanding vendor. They know when they buy something from us, it's going to comply with all the laws, rules and regulations, the Trade Agreement Act. We do that for people who use our contracts so they don't have to worry about that. When they use 8aSTARS or VETS, they know they've got a certified 8a vendor and they can take the socio-economic credit for it. In Part 2: With three satellite communications contracts between them set to expire in the next three years, GSA and the Defense Information Systems Agency teamed to offer a single replacement: the $5 billion, 10-year Future ComSatCom Services Acquisition contract. A bold move, but can it meet its goals? And how will cloud — and GSA — change the contracting landscape?
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With due respect to Mr. O'Hare and the other fine people at GSA over the years: doesn't the present situation, as described by him, sound like it has the characteristics of the last 15 years, or more? Structural issues inside GSA, e.g., insufficient horizontal communication, no matter how organized; excessive processing times, etc. Nothing changes much except the plaint about not enough staff, retirements, new executives, etc. GSA people spend an inordinate amount of time on coping with and trying to rehab GSA's internal institution. The long gaps in leadership at any level are not necessarily bad, because the inward focus only intensifies when new executives, including appointees, show up. Then they want to make a lot of changes. Why should we expect any more from GSA now than from the many "new" regimes at FAS, its former elements, and from the GSA front office. Same old, same old, eh?
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I've been looking into buying a transceiver, perhaps for the 20m band, but probably other things also in due course.
But all this stuff is way out of my price range. I don't really understand why it's so much more expensive than stuff designed for 2m -- my recollection is that electronic design becomes increasingly troublesome as frequency increases. 10m/11m transceivers can be had for < £200, much less if it's for the CB market. Why does halving the frequency double or treble the price?
Well, rant over. What I was wondering was:
1. Is there a manufacturer or HF transceivers that offers reasonable-quality, no-frills stuff?
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My Best Oatmeal Cake
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + standing Bake: 25 min. + cooling
Makes6 servings
- 1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1large egg, room temperature
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Confectioners' sugar, optional
- Place oats in a small bowl; add boiling water. Let stand for 20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, cream shortening and sugars. Add oat mixture and egg; mix well. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt; add to creamed mixture and beat until combined.
- Pour into an 8-in. fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 22-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 296 calories, 9g fat (2g saturated fat), 35mg cholesterol, 222mg sodium, 50g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.
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Jun 13, 2012
It gets 4 stars for flavor and texture, but loses one because I can't imagine how anyone got a bundt cake out of it! Would love to know why a fluted pan is necessary as I had a very smalll amount of batter once it was mixed, and it barely took up an inch's worth of space in my pan. I think I'll just put it in a square pan next time.That said, it had a lovely texture and was very delicious. (It's almost gone and I just made it last night.) I used whole wheat white flour, and used 2 heaping teaspoons of cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of freshly grated nutmeg, and a 1/2 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice. A really tasty treat, but definitely not the size & shape I expected after looking at the photo. Will definitely make it again though, it's a huge hit.
Oct 5, 2011
Should have realized that the cake would turn out to be very flat. Perhaps my bundt pan was too big. However, even if the pan was to large, the quality of this cake is very poor - too moist and lacks flavor. Also, directions should have indicated to flour the pan as my cake stuck to the bottom in a few places. All in all, a poor recipe.
Mar 29, 2011
Made this for the second time substituting Splenda for baking for the white sugar, white whole wheat flour for the white flour and an extra 1/4 tsp. of cinnamon plus 1/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice. A little healthier, a little spicier, more my personal taste.
Aug 8, 2010
Delicious! Not too sweet, and moist. Will try with whole wheat flour to make it even healthier


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Abstract: We make the case that psychologists should make wider use of econometric methods for the estimation of structural models. These methods involve the development of maximum likelihood estimates of models, where the likelihood function is tailored to the structural model. In recent years these models have been developed for a wide range of behavioral models of choice under uncertainty. We explain the components of this methodology, and illustrate with applications to major models from psychology. The goal is to build, and traverse, a constructive bridge between the modeling insights of psychology and the statistical tools of economists. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7800
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Abstract: The most popular models of decision making use a single criteria to evaluate projects or lotteries. However, decision makers may actually consider multiple criteria when evaluating projects. We consider a dual criteria model from psychology. This model integrates the familiar tradeoffs between risk and utility that economists traditionally assume, allowance for rank-dependent decision weights, and consideration of income thresholds. We examine the issues involved in full maximum likelihood estimation of the model using observed choice data. We propose a general method for integrating the multiple criteria, using the logic of mixture models, which we believe is attractive from a decision-theoretic and statistical perspective. The model is applied to observed choices from a major natural experiment involving intrinsically dynamic choices over highly skewed outcomes. The evidence points to the clear role that income thresholds play in such decision making, but does not rule out a role for tradeoffs between risk and utility or probability weighting. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7798
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In Reply to: Heath Robinson posted by R. Berg on June 04, 2003
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about phrase origins - two today, of which one came from a reporter
with Esquire magazine in New York.
: : The other author was intrigued why I hadn't included the phrase 'It's a bit of a Heath Robinson' in my list (for those of you who are unfamiliar with this phrase, it's well known in British English and means a situation of apparent muddle, mess, over complication etc). It is named after a famous English cartoonist whose work was characterised by drawings of pieces of equipment, often very over-elaborate, designed to perform apparently simple/unnecessary tasks.
: : The author supplied a link to many of the Heath Robinson drawings - a wonderful site and well worth a visit. I thought you all would like to know of it and so I've posted this message. Other parts of the site are also worth a look.
: : Is the expression known elsewhere in the English speaking world?
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: I hadn't heard of Mr. Robinson. In the U.S. we speak of "a Rube Goldberg contraption." Mr. Goldberg's cartoons similarly illustrated fanciful, overelaborate devices for doing something simple.
"British English from A to Zed" by Norman Schur (FirstHarperPerennial edition, 1991) says Mr. Goldberg is the equivalent of Heath Robinson.


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Petition is first-ever to be filed by a U.S. citizen alleging torture and abuse
By Peter James Spielmann
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NEW YORK (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has asked the Organization of American States' human rights commission to investigate the U.S. government for allegedly violating the rights of convicted terrorism plotter Jose Padilla by labeling him an "enemy combatant" a decade ago and subjecting him to interrogation that amounted to torture, including sleep and sensory deprivation in solitary confinement.
The watchdog legal group filed a petition Tuesday morning to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which serves as the human-rights investigation arm of the
Washington-based OAS. The regional international organization promotes cooperation among the 35 independent countries of the Americas.
Jamil Dakwar, the ACLU's human rights program director, said this is the first-ever petition to be filed to the OAS commission by an American citizen against the U.S. government alleging torture and abuse.
It asks the OAS body to recommend that the United States publicly acknowledge the violations and apologize for its unlawful conduct.
The State Department and the Justice Department were contacted about the issue, but did not have an immediate response on Monday night.
Among the allegations in the ACLU's petition are that:
—Padilla's interrogation included "painful stress positions, sleep deprivation and sensory deprivation, which caused him severe physical and psychological trauma that persists to this day." It characterized these as "physical and psychological torture and abuse."
—Padilla was denied contact with his lawyers or family during interrogation.
—He was not allowed to practice his religion, Islam. The copy of the Quran he was initially allowed was confiscated.
—His mental state has deteriorated so badly that he often refused to meet with lawyers or his family, fearing that would result in his return to military custody.
The ACLU said it was filing the petition on behalf of Padilla and his mother Estela Lebron, contending her rights were also abused when she was not allowed to communicate with or visit her son for years. It said her health also had been damaged by the ordeal.
Padilla, now 42, a one-time Chicago gang member and car thief, converted to Islam and had lived in Egypt for four years prior to his arrest. He was detained in 2002 in Chicago when he flew back to visit his mother. He was designated an "enemy combatant" — a status applied by the administration of President George W. Bush to al-Qaida and Taliban terror suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. It meant that he was placed in military custody and denied access to the U.S. civilian justice system.
Padilla was initially held as a "material witness" to the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Authorities at the time said he was on a terrorist mission to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb" in a major U.S. city, but he was held at the Navy brig in South Carolina for more than three years without being charged. Padilla eventually was added to an existing South Florida terrorism indictment, and was convicted in U.S. federal court in 2007 of supporting terrorism in Kosovo, Bosnia and Chechnya and is serving a 17-year sentence.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights can undertake investigations of complaints, and in the past has probed massacres in Peru, Colombia and Guatemala. It can also issue "precautionary orders" to ask for the protection of the rights of people in cases under review, and has done so in the case of several Guantanamo detainees who were not U.S. citizens.
"The United States has its obligation under the Constitution and federal law, but it also has its obligations under international law. The U.S. will have to formally respond to the allegations in that petition as if it was filed in a federal court," said Steven Watt, the ACLU attorney filing the petition.
Watt said the OAS commission would probably give the U.S. government about six months to prepare a response, reflecting the legal complexity of the case, which churned through U.S. courts for 10 years and reached the U.S. Supreme Court twice.
The ACLU's filing says those initial accusations against Padilla, according to a sworn U.S. declaration, were based on statements "made by two unnamed suspected terrorists who had been detained and interrogated outside of the United States," one of whom later recanted and the other who had been drugged during interrogation.
In 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Padilla's case against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other U.S. officials in which he claimed he was being held illegally and denied due process. The high court ruled he should have taken the case to a federal court in South Carolina and that the brig commander should have been the target of the case. In June of this year, the Supreme Court declined to hear another appeal of the case.
"Denying Jose Padilla his day in court makes a mockery of United States' commitment to human rights and sends a dangerous message to nations in the Western Hampshire that impunity is an acceptable norm rather than the exception," Dakwar said.
"What incentive will Cuba or Venezuela have to follow the rule of law when the United States denies victims of torture, including its own citizens, access to justice?"
In September, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Padilla's original 17-year sentence was too lenient for a trained al-Qaida operative who also had a long criminal record as a Chicago gang member. The appellate court granted a request by the Justice Department that Padilla be resentenced. Padilla, according to trial testimony, trained at an al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan.
Last month, Padilla's resentencing was postponed until Jan. 29 by a federal judge after his defense attorney, Michael Caruso, argued his client is deteriorating psychologically after years of isolation and needs more time for family visits.
Caruso said Padilla's family in South Florida has only been able to visit him one time since 2008 at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, where he is kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day and allowed no contact with other inmates. His mother and sisters were able to see him more regularly after he was taken to a Miami detention center to await resentencing.
Caruso called the harsh prison conditions at the Supermax akin to torture, which was rejected by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Frazier. "He is not in some black hole of Calcutta," Frazier said.
Counting time off for good behavior, Padilla's current prison release date is Jan. 4, 2022.


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A Gigaremo is an advanced machine invented by Team Dim Sun to control all the Pokémon in Almia. The types of machines and their colors vary. The Gigaremo units ran on tiny black shards that, if removed, stopped the Gigaremo's functionality.
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United States GP 2012
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Sebastian Vettel (1st, 1:37.718): "It was slippery this morning and a bit like driving on ice. It wasn't so easy, but we managed to get into a rhythm. We had a bit of a problem this afternoon and so couldn't run as much as we wanted, but we got two good runs which is important for tomorrow and Sunday. I think there were a couple of surprises today in terms of pace, so we'll see tomorrow. The track will constantly improve '' ® it's good that we are amongst the guys at the top, now we'll try to improve the car to make sure we stay there."
Mark Webber (2nd, 1:38.475): "It's a pretty good track, it's quick, especially the first sector which is quite full on, although sectors two and three are more traditional and similar to other tracks. It was very slippery to start with, which was quite frustrating probably for all of us, but in the end the track rubbered in pretty well and we got into a good rhythm. As with all new circuits, you've got to work out where you can prioritise your time and where to compromise. It's got a bit of everything really, so it's good."
Lewis Hamilton (4th, 1:38.748): "What a great turn-out for a Friday! I never expected to see so many people in the grandstands '' ® it makes me feel even more excited for Saturday and Sunday. This is a great drivers' track '' ® it's very tough to pull together three perfect sectors. Personally, I find the final two sectors easier than the first; those high-speed changes of direction need a good set-up, and balancing that requirement against the demands of the slow-speed stuff is tricky. Turn One probably looks more exciting from the outside than it does from inside the cockpit '' ® it's certainly not easy, though. You can get oversteer, or lock up, and it's tricky to get a perfect line through there. Overall, we've had a good day. Our main difficulty this morning was switching on the tyres in the cooler conditions. But we'll make some changes overnight '' ® there are definitely some improvements we can make."
Jenson Button (5th, 1:38.786): "The circuit was very slippery this morning '' ® as all new track surfaces are, particularly as it was also very cold. But this afternoon's warmer temperatures meant we could get a better feel for the circuit in FP2. Turn One to Turn Nine is a brilliant and free-flowing section '' ® particularly if the car is working well. Turn One is a strange corner though '' ® with a very wide entry rather like Turn Three in India. Turn Three here '' ® the start of the esses '' ® is fantastic though. It's quicker than Becketts at Silverstone. It's very unsuual to find a section of corners like this on a modern Formula 1 track. I love it. Nevertheless, I don't think overtaking is going to be easy here, because it'll be so tricky to stay close to the car in front of you. But the circuit is great fun to drive, and I hope we can put on a great race."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "It's easy to turn up at a new grand prix facility and almost take it for granted; I don't think anybody in the F1 paddock did that here. Make no mistake: this is a world-class facility '' ® built from nothing '' ® and I'm sure it will quickly earn a reputation for being one of the greatest racetracks in the world. The scale of achievement '' ® on both a human level and an engineering level '' ® is truly astonishing. The high-speed esses in the first sector are a real test for both man and machine, whilst the excellent facilities '' ® for teams and spectators alike '' ® make it feel like a very 'human' place. Most of all, the people who have visited here in their thousands this weekend deserve our recognition and respect. We've been made to feel very welcome in this beautiful city ever since we started arriving earlier in the week, and it's very heartening to see a community so strongly supporting the success of their event. Overall, the return of Formula 1 to the United States is a massively positive step '' ® and, after an encouraging first day of practice, let's hope we can put on a show that will make everyone proud."
Fernando Alonso (3rd, 1:38.483): "It's no surprise to see the two Red Bulls ahead of the field: in the last few races they have had the best package, therefore today's result is logical. We know what are our strengths '' ® team work and reliability '' ® and we will make the most of them in the fight. The updates we have brought here seem to work, but we still need to look more closely at the data before having a definite answer. I am happy about this, but it's also true that while we are making small steps forward with each passing race, so too are the others, so the distance between us remains unchanged. Would I be happy to be third again tomorrow afternoon? Sure, but this is only Friday and we have been in this position before and then on Saturday other cars have got ahead of us. The circuit? A nice surprise, even if we had an idea of what to expect from the simulator: it's very demanding, especially the first sector which is very fast and where you can really feel the acceleration of a Formula 1 car. The track is very smooth and not at all porous: it reminds me a lot of Portimao in Portugal, so if it was to rain, it could be like driving on glass."
Felipe Massa (6th, 1:39.029): "Today was given over above all to getting to know this new track: we did a lot of laps, mainly with this in mind. In the morning, the track was dirty and very slippery: I can't remember ever driving on a surface that offered so little grip! Then the situation improved and we began to get a bit more confidence and find the right lines. I like the track a lot: it's fun driving here and I think we will see a great show over the weekend. The tyres? Definitely hard! It will be important to work out how to get them up to temperature, especially as far as qualifying is concerned."
Pat Fry: "We got through almost all our planned programme, which is always a good way to start a race weekend. We had some aerodynamic components to try and the first signs seem positive, but we will have to evaluate the data carefully, before making choices for qualifying and the race. The track is technically all encompassing and demanding, both for the drivers and the cars. Obviously, with a brand new track, the grip level on this first day was very low and the low temperature certainly didn't help in this respect. Tyre degradation seems pretty light, even if we have really little data to work with. One of the areas we will have to work on extensively seems to be that of how quickly we manage to get the tyres to the best operating temperature, which will be crucial, especially for qualifying."
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Nico Rosberg (7th, 1:39.448): "I like the new track here at the Circuit of the Americas very much and they have done a great job with the layout. We've also had a really nice welcome for Formula One in the US as you can see how many fans are at the circuit already on a Friday. The grandstands looked really packed. We had a good start to our programme today, and the car felt better than at the last race. The conditions were tricky, particularly this morning, as it was very cold which meant that the tyres were really on the edge."
Michael Schumacher (10th, 1:40.115): "I have to say it is nice being back in the US, and I hope that the fans appreciate Formula One being back too. The circuit will certainly help to showcase how attractive our sport can be. It has a very nice layout, and the good thing is that it is very challenging. Yesterday I went out to explore the track on a scooter, and it was very different from today when the low seating position of our cars compromises your vision a lot. But then, it takes just a bit of time to understand what you have to do and where the biggest challenges are. The track is still very green, especially offline, but it delivers lots of potential for a good show. As for our programme today, we had some tyre issues in the second session with a puncture which affected our plan a little. However, I will just try to do my best tomorrow and in the race on Sunday."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "We've had a very useful first day here in Austin and have enjoyed discovering the intricacies of the Circuit of the Americas. The track has changed a lot over the course of the day. The cold ambient temperatures this morning combined with the fairly conservative tyres meant that it took a little while to get temperature into the tyres. This should improve throughout the weekend. The circuit has a very exciting track layout which is a challenge for the drivers and engineers, and should create some great racing opportunities. All credit to the organisers for their hard work, and I am sure that the United States Grand Prix will be a fantastic addition to the Formula One calendar."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "This race is certainly a milestone in the history of Formula One and, first of all, we have to congratulate the organisers and Bernie for getting this event and the United States Grand Prix on the calendar and for building such a unique race track. This challenging circuit has the potential to become one of the best race tracks in the world. Our programme today went as we had planned and, whilst our lap times looked consistent during our long runs at the end of the second session, we do not think that our competitiveness is different compared to the last races. Having said that, we still have room for improvement which we will try to use tomorrow."
Kimi Raikkonen (11th, 1:40.166): "It's a nice circuit to drive; the sectors are quite different so there's a good challenge there. Of course, like with any new track there was no grip at the start of the day which doesn't give you a very good feeling, but as the grip improves it will be more fun to drive for sure. This morning was very slippery, this afternoon less so but you still can't really push and it's a bit tricky to find the limit. There's a lot of improvement to come - from the track surface and from the setup of the car - so qualifying will be pretty interesting."
Romain Grosjean (13th, 1:40.286): "The most noticeable thing about the circuit at this stage is the lack of grip; it's really, really slippery out there. The layout itself looks very nice but we're a long way off being able to push the car anywhere near the limit, particularly through Turns 7-9 and towards the end at Turn 19 where it's tricky to predict how the car will behave. The good thing is that the car felt comfortable on long runs with the hard tyre so we have a good starting point, but there is still a little bit of work to do with the mediums. We still have tomorrow morning and I think the track will continue to improve right until the end of the weekend, so qualifying will be interesting for sure."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "Despite being an all-new track, it's been a fairly normal Friday for us. The morning session delivered the expected low levels of grip with the surface improving hugely later on making any comparison tests very difficult. This meant we concentrated on keeping the cars balanced and spending as much time out on track as we could. FP2 was a mix of setting the cars up and then carrying out high fuel work, however both struggled to get a clear lap on the medium tyres. Neither driver was particularly happy with their set-up so we've got a little bit of work to do. Our high fuel pace looks okay, and we're confident we can deliver more on low fuel tomorrow."
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Nico Hulkenberg (17th, 1:40.700): "I think the organisers have given us an awesome circuit. It's good fun to drive and there is a nice variation of corners, which gives a nice rhythm to the track. In terms of the new generation of tracks, I'd say it's one of my favourites. The day was pretty smooth and we had to make sure we collected lots of data because we don't have any historic information to draw upon. We looked competitive this morning and seemed to struggle more in the afternoon, so we need to try and find some more grip overnight."
Paul di Resta (18th, 1:41.430): "I said yesterday that getting the tyres working was going to be difficult '' ® and so it proved today. The track surface is very smooth and the temperatures were not especially high, which probably didn't help us. We've identified some issues and haven't found the best direction with the set-up yet, so we need to work hard to make the car easier to drive. In terms of the layout of the track it's very open and there are some nice corners, especially the first sector which has a great flow. A lot of the corners are off-camber, which also adds another challenge."
Jakob Andreasen, Chief Engineer: "It hasn't been the easiest day of practice for us and we need to work hard tonight to make the car perform better on this challenging circuit. We struggled in the first session with low grip '' ® just as everyone did '' ® but we didn't find much improvement in the afternoon session. The layout here is a bit like Suzuka with a mix of high and low-speed corners, but it's fair to say we haven't found the right compromise with the set-up to cope with these two extremes. On the positive side our long run performance looked quite encouraging and when we go over the data tonight I'm sure we will find the clues to help us make the right decisions with the set-up going into tomorrow."
Kamui Kobayashi (9th, 1:39.653): "The high speed corners of the new circuit are very enjoyable, I really like driving here. The first session was about getting familiar with the track and waiting for the tarmac to improve for a better grip level. In the beginning of the second session I did a 20-lap long run on hard tyres before we then had a break due to a broken exhaust. But the mechanics fixed the car quickly and I was able to go out on medium compound tyres as well. I must say I have big warm up problems with both compounds. It just doesn't work in qualifying if you need ten laps to get the tyres to work. We will now go and look for solutions."
Sergio Perez (14th, 1:40.326): "We had a good day in terms of getting all the programme done without any issues. The track is amazing, and I especially like the first sector a lot. I really believe we will see a great race here and I can't wait to race in front of so many Mexicans. Nevertheless I am not happy with the balance of my car yet, but I'm confident we will manage to improve it."
Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Head of Track Engineering: "Given that this track is all new, we produced a different programme for the two cars in order to cover as many variables as possible. Although we had a broken exhaust on Kamui's car we managed to complete our task list. The biggest challenge is to get the tyres to work, as they are definitely too hard for the circuit. Otherwise everything went fine today."
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Daniel Ricciardo (15th, 1:40.435): "The new track lived up to the expectations we had before coming here, although the lack of grip spoilt it a little bit. But as the track rubbers-in and cleans up, I'm sure it will get even better. The grip level did improve from morning to afternoon but I'd expected a bit more. In fact I reckon next year, we could find a completely different circuit, although by this Sunday I think it will be much more fun. The slippery conditions meant it was difficult to understand what our car was doing. We improved it from the first to the second session, but we need to keep on down doing that tomorrow. The tyres are taking a long time to warm up and that is one of the most complex aspects of the package that we must look at. It will definitely be an important factor tomorrow afternoon in qualifying."
Jean-Eric Vergne (16th, 1:40.516): "I have to say this is a really nice track and I like it very much. It is very challenging with a lot of places where you can overtake, even without DRS I can see some corners where you can pass, which will be good for the show and it is also excellent purely from a driving point of view. There was not one corner where I felt it wasn't interesting. Technically, it was quite a difficult day, because this morning there was no grip at all, but I'd say we maybe look a little bit better than at the previous grand prix. We saw some interesting things on the data today and I am sure we can have an okay day tomorrow."
Laurent Mekies, Chief Engineer: "The layout here is fantastic and you really appreciate seeing it for real, after previously only looking at the simulation. It's been very enjoyable for everyone to tackle this new challenge for the first time today, even if grip level gave everyone a bit of a surprise to start with! It's normal for a new track to have low grip, but this was beyond what we had expected, however by the end of the day, the situation had improved and we were able to carry out our normal programme to validate the car set-ups and configurations we had calculated before coming here. Both cars ran trouble free, apart from having to change the nose on Vergne's car after Kovalainen made contact with him. Overall, it was a good day for us, during which we learned a lot. I think it is more difficult today than at any other time this season to draw a conclusion about the order down the pit lane, but I feel we have all the data we need to analyse tonight, in order to be stronger tomorrow."
Bruno Senna (8th, 1:39.531): "The track is really challenging so it was great to gets lots of running in today. It's very fast and flowing, and also a bit slippery at the moment but the grip is coming. It was a tough session as there is a lot to get used to with the car and the tyres. We need to keep pushing to try to understand the car better and improve to make sure we are in the points this weekend."
Pastor Maldonado (12th, 1:40.230): "The circuit is really nice and it was fun to drive. It was very slippery, particularly this morning on the hard tyres, but it's the same for everybody. We struggled a bit today with the car which we need to look at tonight in order to be ready for tomorrow."
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "The drivers and engineers are extremely impressed with the new track layout. Track evolution in FP1 was high with the initial grip levels being extremely low. We made a number of set-up changes to both cars to account for the track conditions. Bruno's FP2 running on lower and higher fuel levels was strong. Pastor was less happy with the balance in the car and we have a lot of work to do tonight to further optimise the car set-up. On Pastor's last run we had to stop the car with an engine air leak."
Heikki Kovalainen (19th, 1:42.476): "The first lap we did in FP1 was on a track that probably had less grip than anywhere else I've ever driven! As we're at a new circuit that was to be expected but the track layout lived up to expectations '' ® it's a proper driver's track and as it keeps evolving it's going to get even faster which will give us a chance to really find out what it's all about. In the morning session we were mainly focussed on the normal P1 program, running through baseline setups and aero work and then in the afternoon we went onto more tyre work and longer runs on both compounds. We need to work on improving the grip levels but I'm ok with where we ended up and with the amount of information we have from both sessions I think we can find more time tomorrow."
Vitaly Petrov (21st, 1:42.846): "I'm really enjoying my time in the US! It's my first time in America and as soon as I arrived I spent some time walking around Austin and found it's a great city, really cool. In P1 We had to make a couple of minor changes to the floor but it didn't hold up the program too much and we found an OK balance relatively early on. In the afternoon we had the first runs on the medium tyres and then put in a lot of laps on the long runs. We definitely need to do some work on how we can get more heat into the tyres and how to improve the rear of the car but we'll work on that tonight and hopefully have a better day tomorrow."
Pedro de la Rosa (23rd, 1:44.453): "This is a beautiful and technical circuit. There are all sorts of corners and you have to drive with confidence, as there are quite a few blind turns. The asphalt is brand new and the car slides a lot but it improved immensely throughout the day. Our main issue is that we struggle to get the tyres up to temperature, which doesn't make driving easy. However, the cars' basic set up is good and we only need to cover as many kilometres as possible to improve on that tomorrow."
Narain Karthikeyan (24th, 1:45.114): "The circuit is quite nice. It has a lot of fast corners, like the first S's, and it is very technical and demanding. It is not easy to learn but I did my best with the limited number of laps we had. Grip level was quite low over the first laps and I couldn't manage to keep the tyres' temperature high enough, which made driving quite challenging. But, as laps went by, it got better and going out with options also helped. We still have a lot to improve but I'm confident for tomorrow."
Ma Qing Hua: "Driving a Formula 1 is always special but doing it at a brand new track like this one is thrilling but also a great responsibility. The fact of it being a new track means that there is quite a lot of work to do as we have no previous data or experience apart from what we got from the engineers' simulations. Therefore, the program was to go out and run from the beginning in order to work on the car's basic set up as well as learn the track. Conditions were quite tricky this morning as the track was very dusty, slippery and cold which made it hard to drive. But it improved lap by lap and so did our lap times and feeling. It was important to gather as much data as possible but also not to take any unnecessary risks. Although there is still room for improvement, I am quite happy with the job we have done."
Luis Perez-Sala, Team Principal: "All teams and drivers had their first taste of the new track this morning and caution was advised especially because of the track's cold and slippery conditions. Both Ma and Pedro did a good job in the morning and so did Narain in the afternoon, completing their programs without any issues. We worked on short programs for each driver and session but we managed to run all necessary checks and also tried both tyres options. We can still improve but we are already heading in the right direction."
Timo Glock (20th, 1:42.652): "A very difficult start to the weekend - for everyone I think! The track was very dirty this morning and in FP1 we just had to wait until it got into reasonable shape. In the end the car was quite okay but there was traffic in the last few laps and when you lose the temperature in the tyres because of that, with it being so cold at the start of the day it's difficult to recover the time. FP2 was a little confusing as the car was just very difficult to drive in the first 15 minutes and then at the end we got a reasonable balance into the car. It's quite difficult to get the lap together here and find the grip though; we saw a few cars going off track because of this. We ended the day with quite a bit more confidence in the car, but we need to look at the data and the new developments and see how we can move things forward for tomorrow. In light of the challenges we experienced, I'm quite happy with where we ended the session."
Charles Pic (22nd, 1:43.538): "It has been a very interesting day, driving here at the Circuit of The Americas for the first time. It was very close to the simulation work we have done, which is always very encouraging. I like it a lot; the first sector in particular is quite exciting to drive. This morning the track was so slippery that we just had to focus on getting to know the layout and finding more grip, as both were key to improving the lap time. We made steady improvement and it was pleasing to finish the session ahead of both Caterhams. This afternoon we had a lot of work to do to get the tyres working and this was our focus with different fuel levels. Tomorrow will provide us with a clearer picture, but I'm quite happy with the first day here."
John Booth, Team Principal: "An unusually early start for the Team this morning led into a particularly cold FP1 session, when we got our first taste of the Circuit of The Americas. We realised fairly early on that the grip level was extremely low to start off with - a combination of the low temperature at that time of day and a brand new surface - which led us to quickly modify our programme and allow the drivers more time to get used to the rather difficult track conditions. Unfortunately, this made things a little more difficult since we had some rear suspension developments which required a substantial amount of running to facilitate as much data-gathering as possible. This afternoon, in FP2, our attempts to knuckle down to that evaluation work were thwarted once again by the requirement to complete much longer runs in order to get the tyres to work in the conditions, preventing us from completing the full programme with the new suspension. However, we have collected some good data on both cars, with lighter and heavier fuel levels, and tonight we will evaluate how we implement the new developments during the rest of the weekend. Whilst the track has proved rather difficult to get to grips with, experiencing its characteristics for the first time has been quite fascinating. It offers up a good mix of high speed corners and elevation changes which certainly mark it out from the crowd amongst the newer circuits on the calendar."


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The Homeland Security Department says it's re-evaluating plans to furlough border agents and cut overtime because of the automatic federal government spending cuts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday the agency will postpone previously announced plans to furlough border patrol agents and officers for at least 14 days.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has previously said the forced budget cuts would mean the equivalent of losing about 5,000 border patrol agents.
In a statement, the agency said a provision of a spending bill that Congress passed last month allows it to "mitigate to some degree" the impacts of the reduced budget on operations and on the workforce."
The furloughs were expected to begin as soon as later this month.


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Electronic Arts' $1.3 billion deal to buy PopCap Games may have been the only way the video game company could take on Facebook staple and casual gaming company Zynga.
The Seattle-based PopCap, best known for its games Bejeweled and Plants Vs. Zombies, has been profitable almost since its inception. Last year, the company made $100 million in revenue, with more than 50 million units of Bejeweled sold across several platforms, according to the New York Times.
"PopCap has been on the top of our list forever," John Riccitello, Electronic Arts' chief executive, told the Times. "We didn't get to determine the timing, but we've admired them for a long time."
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Riccitello also said that buying the company meant battling Zynga for casual gaming dominance. "We're not going to knock down Zynga tomorrow — they've got a great business — but we've got an opportunity to close that gap."
Zynga, which filed for a $1 billion IPO July 1, is currently the industry standard for casual gaming on social networking sites, but PopCap is a solid competitor known for Bejeweled Blitz, Zuma Blitz and Baking Life, all appearing on Facebook.
If EA wanted a slice of the casual gaming pie, it found the best available property for sale. We like the idea that Zynga has some competition, if for no other reason than it will break up the constant barrage of FarmVille and CityVille requests sent by game-addicted friends.


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Did that headline get your blood pumping? Good. In the future you'll make a great battery.
This is because, in the future, scientists seem to think that piezoelectric nanowires could find a nice home inside our blood vessels. There, they'd use the energy created by blood flow to power our gadgets, pacemakers, or any number of other people-powered devices future inventors can think up. That sounds great in theory, but I assume that, like with most things I put in my body today that sound great and feel good, it will probably cause cancer or something.
Regardless, the scientists want to let us know there are no practical or commercial uses planned for these zinc oxide nanowires. Not for a long while anyway. This means you can stop digging around for that vein now. Oh, that's for the heroin? Nevermind then. [Live Science via Engadget]