Friday, May 31, 2013

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

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If all you do is eat it, the food in your fridge and pantry isn't living up to its full potential. The latest research shows that everyday foods like vinegar and yogurt can be used as home remedies, for health and beauty challenges ranging from sunburns to a bout of the blues.

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

Use it to soothe a sunburn.

Soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar to treat fried skin, says Bonnie McMillen, a nurse at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

The Golden Rules of Sun Protection

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

Use it to boost your mood.

Aromatherapy research suggests that the scent of lemon oil can lift spirits. Add lemon zest to iced tea; inhale the aroma.

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

Use it to keep your skin looking fresh.

Use plain Greek yogurt as a mask: The live bacteria remove toxins, and the acidity balances the pH of skin, says Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD, author of Food as Medicine.

5 Foods for Healthy Skin

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Fighting ads: The top nine fighter commercials

When fighters aren't in the cage beating people up, many of them are also working as actors in commercials. In most ads, they're playing the tough role of fighters. Here are the best of the best.

9. Matt Hughes for Xyience: Matt Hughes is busy. Really, really busy. He doesn't have time to eat breakfast, so he's opting for a protein bar.

8. Fedor Emelianenko for Snickers: What's great about this ad is Fedor's bemused smile. It's the same smile that he wore during press conferences and before he walked out to win 34 times.

7. GSP for Sportscenter: In the first of his two spots in this list, the UFC welterweight champion dares ESPN anchor and University of Missouri alum Jon Anderson to walk into his cage-covered cubicle. Like all Missouri alums, Anderson is wise and decides to stay out of GSP's way.

6. Vitor Belfort for Gillette: Not only is Vitor Belfort watching you shave, his whole gym is watching you shave. And judging you.

5. Mirko Cro Cop for ... something: For some reason, Cro Cop is an executive who knocks out coffee beans. No clue what it's trying to sell, which makes it effective advertising.

4. Mark Coleman and Wanderlei Silva for Schick: Apparently, fighters make great pitchmen for razors. This is a classic from when these two men were the kings of Pride FC. Though Pride is no longer, Coleman is retired and Silva has many more fights behind him than in front of him, their ad is everlasting.

3. Clay Guida for Currie Ford: It's a shame you all don't live in Chicagoland, because you would be treated to these ads all the time. Next time I'm in a press gaggle, I will work hard to be as hilariously animated as the reporters in this ad.

2. GSP for Nexus: One of the most common criticisms of GSP is that he can be a little boring and doesn't show his personality. This commercial changes that. GSP shows off a goofy side in this ad.

1. Anderson Silva for Burger King: The pound-for-pound king is also the advertising king. He serenades a cheeseburger here, and yet is just as frightening as ever.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/fighting-ads-top-nine-fighter-commercials-204141678.html

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Martin Solveig Jokes He'll 'Kick Wolfgang Gartner's Ass' After Twitter Dis

French DJ tells MTV News Gartner opened up an important discussion but wishes he'd called him out by name in 'Beatport top 10' rant.
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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1708238/martin-solveig-wolfgang-gartner-beaport-top-10-dis.jhtml

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Surprising Health Uses for Everyday Foods

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If all you do is eat it, the food in your fridge and pantry isn't living up to its full potential. The latest research shows that everyday foods like vinegar and yogurt can be used as home remedies, for health and beauty challenges ranging from sunburns to a bout of the blues.

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

Use it to soothe a sunburn.

Soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar to treat fried skin, says Bonnie McMillen, a nurse at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.

The Golden Rules of Sun Protection

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

Use it to boost your mood.

Aromatherapy research suggests that the scent of lemon oil can lift spirits. Add lemon zest to iced tea; inhale the aroma.

Health Uses for Everyday Foods

Use it to keep your skin looking fresh.

Use plain Greek yogurt as a mask: The live bacteria remove toxins, and the acidity balances the pH of skin, says Dharma Singh Khalsa, MD, author of Food as Medicine.

5 Foods for Healthy Skin

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5 things learned from The Wanted's TODAY visit

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British/Irish boy band The Wanted dropped by the TODAY plaza Thursday morning to chat with the show's hosts -- and thoroughly charmed everyone present. But for those older than, say, 18, who might be wondering just who the handsome lads are and why they're so, well, wanted these days -- here's 5 things we learned about them during their visit:

1. The band is made up of Max George, Nathan Sykes, Tom Parker, Siva Kaneswaran and Jay McGuiness -- but youngest member Sykes couldn't be on the Plaza, due to throat surgery. "He's doing all right," Parker told Matt Lauer. "Probably won't know for a month or two what the outcome is, but he's in good spirits."

2. Their new show on E!, "The Wanted Life," is an inside look at what it's like for the five of them to live the bachelor life in a shared household. "There is a bit of nudity," noted George -- something that Savannah Guthrie noted may be a "selling point" for many of their millions of fans.

3. Ryan Seacrest, who executive produces the TV show, tweeted about them: "when I walked into @thewanted's living room, there was women's underwear hanging from the chandelier, no joke #wantedlife" -- and the boys confirmed that indeed, things have gotten a little wild in the house (even with girlfriends around).

4. Around since 2009, they're aware that they're part of a long tradition of boy bands wowing the masses with sweet pop tunes; McGuiness waved to the camera and said that bands like Boyz II Men, 98 Degrees and New Kids on the Block -- who will play on TODAY Friday -- are "inspirational and wondrous fellows."

5. Despite all the hinting at wild behavior, however, there's nothing they wouldn't let their mums watch. "They've seen it all before," said McGuiness.

"The Wanted Life" premieres on Sunday at 10 p.m. on E!

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/five-things-we-learned-wanteds-today-visit-6C10128164

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PSA: Dropbox is down, uploads not working

PSA Dropbox is down for some

Dropbox is down -- break out the FTP client. According to readers and Twitter, the service has been out of action for just over half an hour and while you might see the green tick of syncing joy on your PC, we were still unable to upload any new files through both the internet and desktop iteration -- in fact the web interface is completely down. We're not sure if this is a server issue or perhaps a delicious new feature with teething issues, but we've reached out to Dropbox and will update when we hear back.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/30/psa-dropbox-is-down-sickbox/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Gmail's Getting a Neat Freak Overhaul for Web and Mobile

Google just announced a new interface for you Gmail based around customizable tabs. The goal? To you help manage your goliath of an inbox. It looks pretty incredible.

The new inbox design is coming to both web and mobile. It's based around tabs that function much the way labels did before?except that they'll actually work this time. Why? Thanks to Google's smart automation that's already at work in your inbox determining what deserves priority billboarding and what should be sent to spam.

Your email filters into one of these five different categories?like priority, promotions, and social?and you click between the different tabs so that you're looking at more useful subsets of your mail instead of the firehose.

Here's what the new view will look like on your desktop.

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Here are Google's preview of the mobile application layout.

Gmail's Getting a Neat Freak Overhaul for Web and Mobile

The new inbox is rolling out over the next few weeks to Android, iOS, and desktop Gmail.

Updating...

Source: http://gizmodo.com/gmails-web-and-mobile-interfaces-get-an-organization-510287311

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Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC), Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL), Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR): Which Large-Cap Domestic E&P Play Should You Bet On?

I am currently conducting a broad study of the US oil industry from small- capitalization refiners to large-capitalization integrated-oil companies. The shale revolution has added to the industry a dynamism that it has not had since the 20th century started. The US will become one of the world's biggest gas exporters and an energy powerhouse. Here I present three great exploration and production (E&P) companies. Let's see if any of this companies?should?be a part of your portfolio.

No free lunch: Quality comes with a high price tag

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is one of the largest independent oil and gas companies engaged in the E&P of natural gas, crude oil, and natural-gas liquids. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) operates mainly in North America, Algeria, Venezuela and Qatar. The company has approximately 2.6 billion barrels of oil equivalent (bboe) of proved reserves and more than 740 million?barrels of oil equivalent (mboed) worth of production.

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is ameliorating its performance steadily. The company's adjusted 1Q 2013 earnings were 16% above consensus, up 18% year-over-year and 19% sequentially. Earnings benefited from?increased production, lower unit costs, and higher realized prices. The company's?continued growth in US?unconventional?resources has been?lifting production steadily and, hence, earnings.

Financially, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is also performing very well. Its net debt ratio fell to 31%,?from 33% at the end of last year. All of the above being said, the company trades at a relatively expensive level. At 2013 17x P/E and 6x P/CF, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is a great company trading at a very well-deserved premium to its peer group. I would buy it, if it was cheaper.

Successful asset diversification in progress but a bit too expensive.

Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL)'s? main domestic operations are located in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Rockies. Besides this, Noble has relevant international investments in Israel, where huge offshore-gas projects such as the Leviathan field are located.

The first thing we should note when taking a look at Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) is that the company continues to make good progress diversifying its asset portfolio and growing its reserves and production with an increased focus on oil and liquids. As a matter of fact, results are coming in better than what's expected by most analysts.

For the first quarter, Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL)'s adjusted earnings were 21% above consensus thanks to better-than-expected volumes and lower-than-expected costs and expenses. Earnings, however, declined 15% year-over-year and 10% sequentially on lower realized prices and lower volumes. Nevertheless, the company keeps on generating great amounts of cash. Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) should generate operating cash flow of approximately $3.2 billion this year and is expected to increase that number by 12% in 2014.

Having raised its quarterly dividend by 12% to $0.28 per share, Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) pays a 0.9% dividend yield and trades at 2013 17x P/E and 6.5x P/CF. Those multiples are a significant (I believe unjustified) premium to its peer group. Within this group of three companies, I think Noble is the least compelling alternative at the current market prices.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service over agents targeting conservative political groups could provide a much-needed boost to members of Congress working to simplify an outdated tax code that is so complicated most Americans hire someone fill out their returns. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this May 17, 2013 file photo, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Camp speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service over agents targeting conservative political groups could provide a much-needed boost to members of Congress working to simplify an outdated tax code that is so complicated most Americans hire someone fill out their returns. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

FILE - In this April 17, 2013 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service over agents targeting conservative political groups could provide a much-needed boost to members of Congress working to simplify an outdated tax code that is so complicated most Americans hire someone fill out their returns. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

(AP) ? The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to simplify U.S. tax laws ? a code that is so complicated most Americans buy commercial software to help them or simply hire someone else to do it all.

Members of Congress from both political parties say the current uproar ? over the targeting of conservative political groups ? underscores that overly complex tax provisions have given the IRS too much discretion in interpreting and enforcing the law.

"This is the perfect example of why we need tax reform," said Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Ark., a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "If you want to diminish and limit the power of the IRS, you have got to reduce the complexity of the tax code and take them out of it."

There are still formidable obstacles to completing a major tax overhaul this year or next. Democrats and Republicans start off with opposite views on whether the government should levy more taxes and on who should pay what share. The two sides also don't trust one another, making it difficult to envision agreement on which popular tax breaks to keep and which to scrap.

Most taxpayers pay someone to do their taxes or they buy commercial software to help them file. In a report earlier this year, national taxpayer advocate Nina E. Olson ranked complexity as the most serious problem facing both taxpayers and the IRS. People simply trying to comply with the rules often make inadvertent errors and overpay or underpay, she said, while others "often find loopholes that enable them to reduce or eliminate their tax liabilities."

The IRS scandal has little, if anything, to do with most everyday taxpayers, yet some lawmakers hope the attention will help galvanize support for the first major tax overhaul since 1986.

A little over two weeks ago, the IRS revealed that agents assigned to a special team in Cincinnati had targeted tea party and other conservative groups for additional, often burdensome scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status. The targeting lasted more than 18 months during the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns, hindering the groups' ability to raise money, according to a report by the agency's inspector general.

The ensuing storm has cost two top IRS officials their jobs, and a third has been placed on paid administrative leave. Investigations by Congress and the Justice Department are underway.

The IRS was screening the groups' applications because agents were trying to determine their level of political activity. IRS regulations say that tax-exempt social welfare organizations can engage in some political activity but the activity cannot be their primary mission. It is a vague standard that agents struggled to apply, according to the inspector general's report. Lawmakers in both parties have complained for years that overtly political groups on the left and right have taken advantage of the rules, allowing them to claim tax-exempt status and hide the identities of their donors.

"There are countless political organizations at both ends of the spectrum masquerading as social welfare groups in order to skirt the tax code," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. "Once the smoke of the current controversy clears, we need to examine the root of this issue and reform the nation's vague tax laws pertaining to these groups."

Baucus' counterpart in the House, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, said he, too, thinks the scandal could boost efforts to simplify the tax code.

"The complexity of the law didn't require the IRS to target people for their political beliefs," said Camp, a Michigan Republican. But, he added, "I think giving the IRS less discretion is going to be important, and that's what a simplified code would do."

Camp and Baucus have been working for months on the herculean task of simplifying a tax code that has undergone about 5,000 changes since 2001. At nearly 4 million words, Camp likes to say the code is "10 times the size of the Bible with none of the good news."

Their committees have held dozens of hearings over the past two years and the two chairmen have started a website, taxreform.gov, where they solicit ideas from readers on how to change the laws. Camp has created bipartisan working groups of Ways and Means committee members to develop options for simplifying the various sections of the tax code. He has published several preliminary proposals.

Some Republicans hope to use an upcoming debate over increasing the federal government's borrowing authority to trigger action on tax change. The government is expected to reach the limit of its borrowing authority by early fall, raising the possibility of another debt standoff like the one in 2011 that brought it to the brink of default.

Details are fluid, but congressional aides have been working on mechanisms to streamline the process of passing a tax package, in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, perhaps guaranteeing floor votes on bills approved by the tax-writing committees in the House and Senate. Camp and Baucus chair those committees.

President Barack Obama, however, has said he won't negotiate over raising the debt ceiling.

Obama has called for an overhaul of corporate taxes, and he laid some groundwork to accomplish that in his latest budget proposal. The president has also said he wants to do comprehensive tax reform as part of a broad budget deal that cuts spending and reformulates entitlement programs. Such a grand bargain has proven elusive.

Camp and Baucus say they are open to a process that links tax reform to the debt ceiling. But Baucus warns, "I don't want to be part of something that's political or partisan. But I do want to be part of something that's practical and pragmatic that looks like it's going to advance the ball."

Baucus, who has been in the Senate since 1978, announced in April he won't run for re-election in 2014. He said he will focus much of his remaining time in the Senate trying to steer a tax package through Congress.

Camp says he is committed to passing a tax bill out of his committee by the end of the year. There is no guarantee the full House would take up the bill, but Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has signaled his support for the effort by reserving the prestigious bill number HR 1 for a tax overhaul measure.

Lawmakers in both parties are convinced that simpler, easier-to-understand tax laws would spur economic activity. But there are significant partisan differences.

The Republican recipe calls for reducing or eliminating tax breaks that benefit targeted taxpayers, and using all the additional revenue to reduce overall rates for everyone. At the end of the day, the tax system would raise about the same amount of money, but businesses could focus on being more efficient instead of trying to take advantage of targeted tax breaks, supporters say.

Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress also want to reduce or eliminate various tax breaks. Overall income tax rates would be lower, but the wealthy would pay more each year because they would lose certain exemptions, deductions and credits.

Choosing which tax breaks to scale back is a big hurdle. For all of the work Camp and Baucus have done building support for the idea of tax reform, they have yet to answer hard questions about which breaks to scrap.

That's because Americans like their credits, deductions and exemptions ? the provisions that make the tax law so complicated in the first place. In exchange for lower tax rates, would workers be willing to pay taxes on employer-provided health benefits or on contributions to their retirement plans? How would homeowners feel about losing the mortgage interest deduction?

Those are among the three biggest tax breaks in the tax code, according to congressional estimates. Together, they are projected to save taxpayers nearly $300 billion this year.

"We're going to have to come to that," Baucus said. "Those are very big important questions and we're going to tackle them."

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Which article should we feature on the home page of TechNet Wiki? Active Directory, Hyper-V R2, MSDN Forums, Wiki Community Council, or Windows Phone 7?

On the Tuesday topic of featuring articles, you're going to help us decide which article to feature on the home page of TechNet Wiki!

We've done this in the past, and we're at it again this week!

On the home page of TechNet Wiki, we feature four articles:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/

And, once again, you get to pick the next article! Just so you know, the basic process is we try to rotate in technologies that haven't been featured recently or at all. And that's how we come to these five articles (based on what's been nominated; you can add your own nominations in the Nominees section).

Simply reply with a comment and let me know which article you want featured. Everybody gets one vote.

Your deadline is 2PM PST, Friday, 5/31/13.

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Here are your five candidates to choose from:

Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - by Kurt?

How to Increase the VHD Size in Hyper-V R2 - by Leandro

MSDN and TechNet Forum Support - by Ed?

TechNet Wiki Community Council - by Monica?

Windows Phone 7 Application With Federated Authentication?- by Alik?

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Marshall Fine: Movie review: Fill the Void

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Fill the Void is as interesting for the things it doesn't do as for what it does.

Written and directed by Rama Burshtein and set in the Hasidic community of Tel Aviv, it's a story about family and a sense of duty, informed by a devout faith. The faith itself doesn't dictate the characters' actions, yet it is the world in which they live.

At the center of the story is Shira (Hadas Yaron), who is 18 and being sized-up for a possible marital match by her mother Rivka (Irit Sheleg). Her older sister is married and expecting her first child and her best friend is eager to be married as well. Shira, however, seems both excited and ambivalent about the prospect, though it's what's expected.

But, in the midst of the family's Purim celebration, Shira's older sister goes into labor and dies during childbirth. Which leaves her husband, Yochay (Yiftach Klein), a widower with an infant.

Though Shira and her mother become Yochay's go-to babysitters and caregivers for the child, Yochay also finds himself leaning toward remarriage, to have a wife to raise the child. The matchmaker grapevine begins to coalesce around a candidate - a widow with children of her own, who lives in Belgium.

That, however, is like a knife in Rivka's heart: to lose her daughter and then to have her grandchild disappear to Europe. She believes she's found a solution when she hits upon the idea of having Shira marry Yochay. There's just one problem: Shira hopes to marry for love and, while she likes and admires her brother-in-law, she can't imagine marrying him.

What makes the film stand apart is that, while set in a religious community, it never addresses its issues as a matter of dogma or doctrine.

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'The Voice' Recap: Top Eight Show Off 'ThatPower' In Live Rounds

Amber Carrington channels her inner Adele and Michelle Chamuel puts her 'big voice' on display before two more contestants are eliminated.
By Natasha Chandel

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

CA-NEWS Summary

Syria fighting rages, more chemical attacks reported

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Damascus on Monday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on rebel areas. Intensified government offensives are widely seen as a bid to strengthen Assad's position before a peace conference proposed by the United States and Russia for next month.

More than 70 killed in wave of Baghdad bombings

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 70 people were killed in a wave of bombings in markets in Shi'ite neighborhoods across Baghdad on Monday in worsening sectarian violence in Iraq. No group claimed responsibility for the blasts. But Sunni Muslim Islamist insurgents and al-Qaeda' s Iraqi wing have increased attacks since the beginning of the year and often target Shi'ite districts.

Toronto mayor loses two more top aides after crack scandal

TORONTO (Reuters) - Two top aides quit Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's office on Monday as the embattled leader of Canada's biggest city faces lingering allegations he was caught smoking crack cocaine on video, accusations he has firmly denied. The departures of the mayor's press secretary and deputy press secretary came just days after Ford fired his chief of staff. The mayor confirmed on Monday that both George Christopoulos and Isaac Ransom left of their own accord.

On Memorial Day, Obama pays tribute to fallen

ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - President Barack Obama paid tribute on Monday to fallen men and women of the U.S. armed services during a Memorial Day ceremony in which he reminded Americans that the country was still at war. During a solemn visit to Arlington National Ceremony, the resting ground for many military casualties, Obama noted in remarks to visitors that next year would mark the last Memorial Day of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

Chile, Argentina order evacuation around volcano

SANTIAGO/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Chilean and Argentine authorities on Monday declared a red alert and ordered the mandatory evacuation of a 25-km (15.5-mile) radius around the active Copahue volcano, which straddles the border between the two Andean nations. The volcano - located some 500 km (310 miles) south of capital Santiago, between Chile's Bio Bio region and Argentina's Neuquen province - has seen increasing seismic activity in recent weeks but has not erupted, Chilean authorities said.

Riots put Sweden's open-door immigration policy in spotlight

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's worst riots in years might benefit a far-right party in elections next year if scenes of immigrants burning cars and smashing up buildings cause voters to rethink their traditional welcome to foreigners. Even before the week of riots in the poorer neighborhoods of Stockholm, immigration had become a hot political issue, as the number of asylum seekers reached record levels.

Historic mafia case to put Italian state on trial

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Sicilian mob bosses and high-ranking Italian officials, both former and current, went on trial on Monday over allegations they held secret negotiations to stop a wave of deadly mafia bombings in the early 1990s. The trial stems from a murky and tumultuous period in Italian history when the "Bribesville" corruption investigations t brought down the political establishment around the same time as a string of mafia bombs killed 21 people.

Egyptian presidency tries to ease concerns over NGO law

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidency will soon unveil a new draft law on civil society and NGOs that should ease Western and opposition concerns over proposals seen as a threat to the new democracy, a presidential adviser said. The opposition condemned an earlier draft law by the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party to regulate human rights groups and other private organizations, saying it was more restrictive than laws under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak.

Bashir threatens to close oil pipeline in row with South Sudan

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will close a pipeline carrying oil exports from South Sudan if Juba continues to support rebels operating on Sudanese soil, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Monday. The long-time foes agreed to resume cross-border oil flows in March but relations have worsened in the past days over Sudan's accusations, which are denied by South Sudan.

Protests over murdered British soldier, pressure on Cameron

LONDON (Reuters) - Around a thousand far-right protesters shouting "Muslim killers, off our streets" marched through central London on Monday against a backdrop of swelling anti-Muslim feeling following the killing of a British soldier last week. Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier, was hacked to death in broad daylight in a south London street by two men who said they killed him in the name of Islam. The attack has shocked Britain and stirred an anti-Muslim backlash, including attacks on mosques.

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Monday, May 27, 2013

CLIA's Cruise3Sixty approaches sell-out status - Breaking Travel News

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) announced that the ninth annual cruise3sixty conference and trade show is reaching near sell-out status, with nearly 1,300 national and international travel selling professionals registered to attend the event set for June 19-23 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Cruise3sixty is the largest cruise focused travel agent conference in North America, and is attracting participants from nearly all 50 states and Canadian provinces as well as international representation, including a contingent of 40 from Australia.? Approximately 46 percent of the agent audience will be Canadian while the total number of delegates at cruise3sixty 2013 is expected to surpass 2,000.

A comprehensive series of educational sessions and seminars will be offered alongside three days of general sessions led by industry leaders and a two-day trade show featuring more than 300 exhibitors and all 26 CLIA North America cruise lines. Agents also will have the opportunity to tour 10 cruise ships and attend a dedicated CLIA Specialty Cruise Collection Showcase on Thursday, June 20 that will provide an in-depth look at an increasingly popular and growing segment of the cruise industry. CLIA members and non-members can register now at www.cruise3sixty.com. Upon reaching sell-out status, cruise3sixty registrations will be managed by waitlist pending cancellations.

The general session programming at cruise3sixty kicks off Friday, June 21 with a keynote presentation from CLIA president and CEO Christine Duffy. American Express Travel Executives, Tony Gonchar, VP American Express Travel Network and Mark Cooper, VP and Associate Publisher of Departures Magazine, will present ?Insights? on trends in cruise, leisure travel and the luxury market.? An interactive discussion will follow featuring Vicki Freed, SVP Sales and Trade Support & Service, Royal Caribbean International, Dondra Ritzenthaler, SVP Sales and Trade Support & Service, Celebrity Cruises, Andy Stuart, EVP Global Sales and Passenger Services, Norwegian Cruise Line, Jan Swartz, EVP, Sales, Marketing & Customer Service, Princess Cruises/Cunard Line and Vicki Tomasino, Regional Vice President Community and Trade Relations at Carnival Cruise Lines. Joining these cruise line executives are travel agency leaders, Michelle Fee, CEO, CruisePlanners, Nicole Mazza, Chief Marketing Officer, TravelSavers and Karin Viera, CTC, Vice-President Sales, Vacation.com.

Saturday?s general session will feature a keynote address from renowned speaker and author Nolan Burris, presenting attendees with client and business-building advice titled ?From Agent to Advisor to Indispensable.? Burris will later facilitate a discussion between cruise line leaders and advisors including Randall Soy, EVP of Marketing & Sales for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Mark Kammerer, SVP of Marketing & North American Sales for Holland America Line, Ken Muskat, SVP of Sales & Marketing for MSC Cruises, and Scott Knutson, VP Sales & Marketing, North America of Costa Cruises.

On Sunday, June 23, cruise3sixty will feature motivation and education in an entertaining format with renowned speakers including; ?Golden Nuggets of Sales and Service? from Nancy Friedman, The Telephone Doctor, who will share 21 customer service and sales techniques to achieve excellence. Kathleen Passanisi, a noted speaker and ?therapeutic humorist? will also present on using laughter and life balance to boost employee productivity.

Featured evening events will include the Thursday, June 20, Welcome Reception at the Vancouver Aquarium located in the heart of world-famous Stanley Park, sponsored by Pacific Rim Cruise Association and American Express.

The annual Hall of Fame Dinner & Awards gala on Friday, June 21, will honor cruise industry individuals whose efforts and accomplishments represent a significant contribution to the development and growth of cruise vacations and feature remarkable cruise line entertainment. Celebrity Cruises, in partnership with 54 Below ? Broadway?s Nightclub, will feature a performance by stage and screen star and recording artist, Megan Hilty.? Sponsored by Royal Caribbean International, an innovative vocal collaboration, MOSAIC, combines elements of funk, pop, rock, jazz, R&B, and opera to create a musical experience produced entirely by the human voice. The evening closes with a chic GlowH20 nightclub-style after party, sponsored by Norwegian Cruise Line.

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) is the world?s largest cruise industry trade association with representation in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. CLIA represents the interests of cruise lines, travel agents, port authorities and destinations, and various industry business partners before regulatory and legislative policy makers. CLIA is also engaged in travel agent training, research and marketing communications to promote the value and desirability of cruise holiday vacations with thousands of travel agency and travel agent members. CLIA?s Associate Member and Executive Partner program includes the industry?s leading providers of supplies and services that help cruise lines provide a safe, environmentally-friendly and enjoyable holiday vacation experience for millions of passengers every year.

Source: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/clias-cruise3sixty-approaches-sell-out-status/

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Climate researchers discover new rhythm for El Ni?o

May 27, 2013 ? El Ni?o wreaks havoc across the globe, shifting weather patterns that spawn droughts in some regions and floods in others. The impacts of this tropical Pacific climate phenomenon are well known and documented.

A mystery, however, has remained despite decades of research: Why does El Ni?o always peak around Christmas and end quickly by February to April?

Now there is an answer: An unusual wind pattern that straddles the equatorial Pacific during strong El Ni?o events and swings back and forth with a period of 15 months explains El Ni?o's close ties to the annual cycle. This finding is reported in the May 26, 2013, online issue of Nature Geoscience by scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Meteorology Department and International Pacific Research Center.

"This atmospheric pattern peaks in February and triggers some of the well-known El Ni?o impacts, such as droughts in the Philippines and across Micronesia and heavy rainfall over French Polynesia," says lead author Malte Stuecker.

When anomalous trade winds shift south they can terminate an El Ni?o by generating eastward propagating equatorial Kelvin waves that eventually resume upwelling of cold water in the eastern equatorial Pacific. This wind shift is part of the larger, unusual atmospheric pattern accompanying El Ni?o events, in which a high-pressure system hovers over the Philippines and the major rain band of the South Pacific rapidly shifts equatorward.

With the help of numerical atmospheric models, the scientists discovered that this unusual pattern originates from an interaction between El Ni?o and the seasonal evolution of temperatures in the western tropical Pacific warm pool.

"Not all El Ni?o events are accompanied by this unusual wind pattern" notes Malte Stuecker, "but once El Ni?o conditions reach a certain threshold amplitude during the right time of the year, it is like a jack-in-the-box whose lid pops open."

A study of the evolution of the anomalous wind pattern in the model reveals a rhythm of about 15 months accompanying strong El Ni?o events, which is considerably faster than the three- to five-year timetable for El Ni?o events, but slower than the annual cycle.

"This type of variability is known in physics as a combination tone," says Fei-Fei Jin, professor of Meteorology and co-author of the study. Combination tones have been known for more than three centuries. They where discovered by violin builder Tartini, who realized that our ear can create a third tone, even though only two tones are played on a violin.

"The unusual wind pattern straddling the equator during an El Ni?o is such a combination tone between El Ni?o events and the seasonal march of the sun across the equator" says co-author Axel Timmermann, climate scientist at the International Pacific Research Center and professor at the Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i. He adds, "It turns out that many climate models have difficulties creating the correct combination tone, which is likely to impact their ability to simulate and predict El Ni?o events and their global impacts."

The scientists are convinced that a better representation of the 15-month tropical Pacific wind pattern in climate models will improve El Ni?o forecasts. Moreover, they say the latest climate model projections suggest that El Ni?o events will be accompanied more often by this combination tone wind pattern, which will also change the characteristics of future El Ni?o rainfall patterns.

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Rockets hit south Beirut after Hezbollah vows Syria victory

By Dominic Evans

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslim district of Beirut on Sunday, driving home the risk of spillover from Syria's civil war, after the head of Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah said it would keep fighting on the Syrian government's side until victory.

It was the first attack to apparently target Hezbollah's stronghold in the south of the Lebanese capital since the outbreak of the two-year conflict in neighboring Syria, which has sharply heightened Lebanon's own sectarian tensions.

The United States and Russia have proposed an international peace conference to douse a civil war that has killed more than 80,000 people, driven 1.5 million Syrians as refugees abroad and raised the specter of sectarian bloodshed in the wider region.

Syria's government will "in principle" attend the talks tentatively set for June in Geneva and believes it will be an opportunity to resolve the crisis, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday.

But in an apparent rebuff of Western calls for President Bashar al-Assad to cede power as part of any deal on transition, Moualem said: "No power on earth can decide on the future of Syria. Only the Syrian people have the right to do so."

The U.S. and Russian foreign ministers, striving to refloat a plan for a political transition in Syria, were due to meet in Paris on Monday to work out the details.

Whether the exiled Syrian civilian opposition will take part in the envisaged peace talks - and be able to negotiate effectively, given their internal divisions and shaky rapport with rebels inside Syria - remains in doubt.

The United States has been prodding Assad's opponents to unite before the conference. But the Islamist-dominated coalition has been hamstrung by power struggles during talks going on in Istanbul aimed at broadening its representation and electing a cohesive leadership.

The talks stalled on Sunday in a factional dispute over proposals to dilute Qatar's influence on rebel forces, with Saudi Arabia angling to play a greater role now that Iranian-backed Hezbollah was openly fighting for Assad.

Some observers have viewed the commitment by Hezbollah to Assad's cause as indicating the Lebanese movement does not see the United States weighing in against it. Asked whether the militia's role might alter Washington's reluctance to arm the rebels, a spokesman for President Barack Obama said on Sunday:

"The calculus that the president is making is something that is regularly reviewed and updated ... Our involvement and our assistance to the opposition there has steadily increased."

European Union foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss British and French calls for them to ease an arms embargo in order to help the rebels obtain weapons. Some other EU states oppose the move, at least until after any peace talks.

CONFLICT AFFLICTING LEBANON

Syria's conflagration has polarized Lebanon, a country of four million, in whose 15-year civil war to 1990 Syria was a major player and where Syrian troops remained until 2005.

Lebanese Sunni Muslims support the mainly Sunni insurgency against Assad, and Shi'ite Hezbollah stands by the president, whose minority Alawite sect derives from Shi'ite Islam.

In Sunday's attack, one rocket landed in a car sales yard next to a busy road junction in south Beirut's Chiah neighborhood, and the other struck an apartment several hundred meters away, wounding five people, residents said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Brigadier Selim Idris, head of Syria's Western-backed rebel military command, told Al-Arabiya Television that his forces had not carried out the attack.

He urged rebels to keep their conflict inside Syria.

But another Syrian rebel, Ammar al-Wawi, told Lebanon's LBC Television the attack was a warning to authorities in Beirut to restrain Hezbollah. "In coming days we will do more than this. This is a warning to Hezbollah and the Lebanese government to keep Hezbollah's hands off Syria," he said.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah had declared on Saturday night that his thousands of fighters were committed to the conflict against what he called radical Sunni Islamist rebels in Syria, whatever the cost.

"We will continue to the end of the road. We accept this responsibility and will accept all sacrifices and expected consequences of this position," he said in a televised speech on Saturday evening. "We will be the ones who bring victory."

Though numbering only in the thousands compared to the tens of thousands of troops and many more irregular Syrian militiamen that Assad can draw on, Hezbollah's fighters, seasoned in urban warfare against Israel as recently as 2006, are a potent force.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius condemned the violent spillover into Lebanon. "The war in Syria must not become the war in Lebanon," he told reporters in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Until recently, Nasrallah insisted that Hezbollah had not sent guerrillas to fight alongside Assad's forces.

Syrian government forces reinforced by Hezbollah launched an onslaught last week on Qusair, a rebel-controlled town close to the Lebanese border that rebels have used as a crucial supply corridor for weapons coming into the country.

For Assad, taking Qusair would help keep Damascus, the capital, connected to the Alawite coastal heartland and also hinder links between the rebel-held north and south of Syria.

Lebanese authorities, haunted by Lebanon's own civil war and torn by the same kind of sectarian rifts as Syria, have pursued a policy of "dissociation" from the Syrian turmoil.

But Hezbollah is arguably a stronger force than Beirut's government, which has been unable to stem the flow into Syria of Sunni gunmen who support the rebels or of Hezbollah fighters who back Assad. It has also struggled to absorb nearly half a million refugees coming the other way to escape the fighting.

At least 25 people have been killed in Tripoli in the north of Lebanon over the last week in Sunni-Alawite street fighting triggered in part by the battle for Qusair across the frontier.

In Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, residents said three rockets landed on Sunday close to the mainly Shi'ite border town of Hermel, without causing injuries. Rebels have targeted Hermel from inside Syria several times in recent weeks.

Nasrallah's speech was condemned by former prime minister Saad al-Hariri, a Sunni who said that Hezbollah, set up by Iran in the 1980s to fight Israeli occupation forces in south Lebanon, had abandoned anti-Israeli "resistance" in favor of sectarian conflict in Syria.

"The resistance is ending by your hand and your will," Hariri said in a statement. "The resistance announced its political and military suicide in Qusair."

Hariri is backed by Saudi Arabia, which along with other Sunni Muslim Gulf Arab monarchies has strongly supported the uprising against the Iranian-backed Assad.

The extent to which Hezbollah's support for Assad has alienated Sunni Arabs who admired its battles against Israel was demonstrated on Sunday when the foreign minister of Sunni-ruled Bahrain used unusually strong language to call Nasrallah a "terrorist" and said it was a "religious duty" to stop him.

(Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis in Istanbul, Laila Bassam and Erika Solomon in Beirut, Ahmed Rasheed and Suadad al-Salhy in Baghdad and John Irish in Abu Dhabi; Writing by Mark Heinrich; Editing by Will Waterman and Alastair Macdonald)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/two-rockets-hit-hezbollah-held-district-beirut-residents-045444191.html

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The most fuel-efficient diesel, gas, plug-in, and hybrid cars: meet the winners

Our vehicles are getting better and better gas mileage, but there are a few that stand above the rest. Here are the most fuel-efficient vehicles in every category.?

By Antony Ingram,?Guest blogger / May 26, 2013

A man walks by Toyota Motor Corp's successive models of Prius hybrid cars at the company's showroom in Tokyo last month. Prius still the gold standard among hybrids, and the 2013 model ranks highest in fuel efficiency.

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Not that there isn't a long way still to go, but virtually every month statistics emerge to suggest the average fuel efficiency of vehicles in the U.S. has gone up another few fractions of a percent.

There are still winners and losers though, so we decided to think positive and look at the winners--just what are the most efficient gasoline, diesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles available right now?

Gasoline: 2013 Scion iQ
?36 MPG city, 37 MPG highway, 37 MPG combined

The 2013 Scion iQ sticks to a simple formula to achieve the gas mileage it does: A small, light body, a small-capacity gasoline engine, and that's about it.

Several regular gasoline vehicles beat the iQ's 37 MPG highway figure--40 MPG is now not uncommon--but with a continuously-variable transmission and 1.3-liter engine it fights back with strong city mileage.

The compact size makes it easy to drive in the city too, and even easier to park by the curb. Don't expect to take too many passengers though--it may be a four-seater by trade but you'll realistically fit no more than three, and you're better folding the rear seatback down and improving its luggage space.

Diesel: 2013 Volkswagen Passat TDI
?31 MPG city, 43 MPG highway, 35 MPG combined

It's a Volkswagen-Audi washout at the top of the diesel charts, though that might change when the Chevrolet Cruze Clean Diesel and Mazda Mazda6 Sky-D both go on sale.

Until then, the Passat TDI is the most efficient diesel model you can buy, and it's a particularly excellent highway performer. It uses the same 2.0-litre TDI engine as every other VW and Audi of this size or smaller, and offers a surprising turn of pace and excellent refinement for a diesel.

Not a fan of the Passat's size or shape? Worry not--you can find the same engine, with barely lower fuel efficiency, in everything from the classy Audi A3, through the practical Jetta wagon, to the funky Beetle and Beetle Convertible models.

Hybrid: 2013 Toyota Prius C
?53 MPG city, 46 MPG highway, 50 MPG combined

Both the Prius C and its larger, more iconic Prius stablemate achieve 50 MPG combined, and each offers slightly different strengths.

The Prius C is cheaper, naturally, but it's also a little more agile and even better suited to city driving, with the higher city EPA rating. The regular Prius is the more spacious, and its superior aerodynamics and larger engine help it manage better highway figures.

Plug-in hybrid: 2013 Toyota Prius Plug-In
?51 MPG city, 49 MPG highway, 50 MPG combined, 95 MPGe blended

The plug-in hybrid market is still relatively small right now, awarding the Prius top spot almost by default.

It's selling in modest numbers and doesn't really break any new ground, but based on the already-efficient Prius it's always going to be inexpensive to run, particularly when that 11-mile electric and gas blended mode is considered--over which the Prius achieves 95 MPGe.

Driving thrills aren't on the agenda, but the Prius should be trouble-free to own and relaxing to drive.

Electric: 2013 Fiat 500e
?122 MPGe city, 108 MPGe highway, 116 MPGe combined

There are actually four answers to the question, "what's the most efficient electric car on sale?"

Technically, the 2013 Scion iQ EV is--at 121 MPGe combined, or just 28 kWh per 100 miles. Only you can't get one for love nor money, which is poor even by compliance car standards. The Honda Fit EV is next up at 118 MPGe combined, but while you can at least put one on your driveway, it's lease-only.

The 500e is the most efficient electric car you can actually buy and own, which is why we've awarded it the top spot. But if you wanted to go further, the 500e is still a compliance car and therefore only available to a very limited number of people--meaning the 115 MPGe, 29 kWh/100mi 2013 Nissan Leaf would actually come top. But for those who have access to one, it's the 500e that wins here. More fun than the Leaf, too.

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Ultimately, many of the photos and cellphone records of Trayvon Martin released online Thursday by George Zimmerman?s defense attorneys ? indicating that the slain teenager smoked marijuana, got into fights at school, and had an interest in, and perhaps access to, guns ? may be ruled inadmissible in court. But they are already making the rounds in the court of public opinion, which can influence everything from fundraising efforts to the mind-set of potential jurors in Mr. Zimmerman's murder trial.

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Check out UFC 160 picks from Kevin Iole, Maggie Hendricks and Cagereaders like you

With UFC 160 in less than two days, it's time to make picks. Thank you to all the Cagereaders who made picks and voted in polls on Cagewriter's Facebook page. If you want to join in the fun, check out Cagewriter on Facebook here.

Kevin Iole: Cain Velasquez TKO3 Big Foot Silva -- I believe Silva will be more competitive and won't make the mistake he made last time. But as the fight goes on, it swings even more in Velasquez's favor, given his vastly superior cardio. I expect him to slowly wear Silva down and stop him around the fight's midpoint.

Maggie Hendricks: Cain Velasquez W5 Antonio Silva --Velasquez has better wrestling and better cardio than Silva, and it will pay off as he defends his belt.

Cagereader: 92 percent of Cagereaders said Cain Velasquez will win.
Cain has to much heart unless you knock him out he's not going! And Big Foot doesn't deserve another shot yet anyway!! -- Michael Gabbard

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Kevin Iole: Junior dos Santos Sub1 Mark Hunt -- Junior would be a fool to stand and trade with Hunt. I think he'll look to get it to the ground and finish it there.

Maggie Hendricks: Junior dos Santos W3 Mark Hunt -- JDS has the footwork to exhaust Hunt and wear him down.

Cagereader: 68 percent of Cagereaders said Junior dos Santos will win.
Dos Santos will use superior speed and footwork to outclass Hunt. Too much credibility is given to Hunts striking because of the mythological "K1 Striker" label. Truth be told, he won that title with technically sound striking with a lot of power, not exceptionally good striking. Most of his wins in MMA have had nothing to do with his savvy striking but his chin and insane power. Honestly thought those who don't think Dos Santos is on another level with his speed and footwork are lying to themselves aside from Cain who has touched him? I know this logic isn't very sound but it took Hunt a while to put away Struve, and JDS took less than a minute and the logic truly is his speed, timing, and explosive nature outweigh the punchers chance Hunt brings to the table. It will be a pick apart clinic Hunt swinging at air getting battered by a fighter who will dart in and out like a heavyweight Machida. -- John Hensley

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Kevin Iole: T.J. Grant W3 Gray Maynard -- More of a hunch than anything, but Grant has been on a roll and he might catch Maynard looking past him.

Maggie Hendricks: Gray Maynard W3 T.J. Grant -- Maynard is very good at neutralizing his opponents' skill.

Cagereaders: 83 percent of Cagereaders think Maynard will win.
Maynard is going to use lay and pray to get his title shot. I see a boring fight ahead. Maynard via decision. -- Christopher Walder

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Kevin Iole: Glover Teixeira TKO3 James Te Huna -- It will be tougher than expecrted, but Teixeira's varied game will win out in the end.

Maggie Hendricks: Glover Teixeira TKO2 James Te Huna -- It's been an impressive start in the UFC for Teixeira, and that won't stop on Saturday. His power will be on display.

Cagereaders: 76 percent of Cagereaders think Teixeira will take it.
The well-rounded skill set and chin will allow him to weather the storm, get Te Huna to the ground and grind him out. -- John Hensley

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Kevin Iole: Donald Cerrone W3 K.J. Noons -- It should be an explosive fight, but if Cerrone remains under control, he'll handle Noons.

Maggie Hendricks: Donald Cerrone W3 KJ Noons -- Cerrone will be looking to come back after his loss to Anthony Pettis.

Cagereaders: 87 percent of Cagereaders say Donald Cerrone will win.

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Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/check-ufc-160-picks-kevin-iole-maggie-hendricks-150251508.html

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