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Researchers are developing a technology that could draw carbon dioxide directly out of the air. It's very expensive now, but it works, and one company is already trying to identify a market for all that captured greenhouse gas.

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Another Cheap Way for Kitchen Cabinet Doors & Cabinets | BBCWire

If you are remodeling your kitchen, money can be saved by buying cheap stock cabinets rather than replacing them with more expensive custom styles.

Planning Remodel

When you are planning any type of kitchen overhaul deciding what to do with the kitchen cabinet doors is always a major decision to make.

New cabinets often cost up to 50% of your entire remodeling budget and having cabinets that are functional can mean the difference between a kitchen that works and one that doesn?t.

Replacing Only Cabinet Doors

How about just replacing or refinishing the kitchen cabinet doors ? especially if the entire cabinets are in fairly good shape? If you can?t afford to buy all new cabinets this might be the way to go.

Stock, Custom and Semi-Stock

Finding kitchen cabinets that are cheap but don?t look cheap or have kitchen cabinet doors that don?t look cheap can be a real challenge but it is not impossible. Most remodeling specialists agree that cabinets take out a big hunk of your budget for the kitchen. Less money but still a fabulous look!

Cabinets and kitchen cabinet doors on a budget usually come in 3 types: stock, custom and semi-stock. In each of the types, there are variables of drawer quality, construction, wood type and finish. This is one way that you might be able to discover high value even in the less expensive stock cabinets. You only have to know what you are looking for.

Stock Cabinets

For stock cabinets and kitchen cabinet doors ? they are normally in almost any home improvement outlet and in many decorating styles than ever. These usually do not have to be ordered but are in stock at the store. Stock cabinets and kitchen cabinet doors are normally 34 and a half inches high and 24.5 inches deep. Wall or upper cabinets come 30 inches high and 12 inches deep.

To find the value you should wait until there are seasonal sales for discounts on stock. You can add crown molding to customize and this will create a look that is high-end.

Semi-Stock Cabinets

Semi-stock cabinets and kitchen cabinet doors can be ordered at your home improvement center through a kitchen designer. Usually they will be delivered in about a month, so you need to plan ahead with your project. These come in the same standard size as stock cabinets but with the option of being able to increase the width by 3 inch increments. Any old size space may be covered with a filler piece so that it blends with the remaining cabinets. They have solid kitchen cabinet doors and normally make of higher-quality plywood side construction. In addition customizable pieces such as pantries, plate racks, and spice racks can be ordered.

To find a value with these cabinets choose construction of drawers that is solid wood and more solid slides for longer cabinet life. The thicker the plywood of the side construction, the better value is the cabinet and the kitchen cabinet doors.

This is the cheapest way to go ? cabinet and kitchen cabinet doors that are in stock and already in inventory.

This is an article that tells about another way to remodel your kitchen cabinets and save. For further information check with Acme Cabinet Doors!

Summary:

To save the budget of a new kitchen you can find cheap cabinets and kitchen cabinet doors that are in stock at a home improvement store

Source: http://www.bbcwire.com/another-cheap-way-for-kitchen-cabinet-doors-cabinets/

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Nadal loses to 135th-ranked player at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) ? For the second straight year, Rafael Nadal is leaving Wimbledon early after a stunning loss to a little-known player ranked in the hundreds.

In one of the tournament's greatest upsets, an ailing Nadal was knocked out in straight sets Monday by 135th-ranked Steve Darcis of Belgium ? the Spaniard's first loss in the opening round of any Grand Slam event.

The free-swinging Darcis defeated the two-time champion 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4 on Court 1, ending Nadal's 22-match winning streak and eliminating one of the Big Four of men's tennis on the very first day of the grass-court Grand Slam.

After serving an ace down the middle on match point, Darcis conceded he was as surprised as everyone.

"Nobody was expecting me to win," he said. "So I had to play a good match, relax, and enjoy the game. That's what I did."

There were no surprises for the other big names: Defending champion Roger Federer, bidding for a record eighth Wimbledon title, and second-seeded Andy Murray both won in straight sets on Centre Court.

Nadal was sidelined for seven months with a left knee injury after losing in the second round of Wimbledon last year. He seemed to be struggling physically Monday. He was unable to turn on the speed or use his legs to spring into his groundstrokes, limping and failing to run for some shots.

Nadal declined to blame any injury and gave full credit to the 29-year-old Darcis, who had never beaten a top-5 player before and has yet to go beyond the third round of any Grand Slam.

"I don't ... talk about my knee this afternoon," Nadal said. "Only thing that can say today is congratulate Steve Darcis. He played a fantastic match. Everything that I will say today about my knee is an excuse, and I don't like to put any excuse when I'm losing a match like I lost today."

Darcis, who had won only one previous match at Wimbledon, played the match of his life Monday, going for his shots and moving Nadal from corner to corner. Darcis amassed a total of 53 winners, compared with 32 for Nadal.

"Of course, Rafa didn't play his best tennis," Darcis said. "I could see it. So I took advantage of it, tried to fight. Maybe he was not in the best shape ever. Maybe he didn't play his best match. But I have to be proud of me, I think."

Darcis said he didn't know whether Nadal was injured, or was just troubled by the grass conditions.

"Not the day to talk about these kind of things," Nadal said. "I am confident that I will have a good recovery and be ready for the next tournaments."

Darcis finished the match in style, serving his 13th ace as Nadal failed to chase the ball.

Darcis is the lowest ranked player to beat Nadal at any tournament since Joachim Johansson ? ranked No. 690 ? defeated the Spaniard in 2006 in Stockholm. Gustavo Kuerten, in 1997, was the last reigning French Open champion to lose in the first round at Wimbledon.

Nadal was coming off his eighth championship at the French Open this month. But on this day he never looked like the player who has won 12 Grand Slam titles and established himself as one of the greatest players of his generation.

Last year, Nadal was ousted in the second round by 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol, a match that finished under the closed roof of Centre Court.

After that loss, Nadal took the rest of the year off to recover from the knee problem, missing the U.S. Open and Australian Open. Since returning to action this year, he had made it to the finals of all nine tournaments he entered, winning seven.

After winning the French Open, Nadal pulled out of a grass-court tuneup in Halle, Germany. He came to Wimbledon without any serious grass-court preparation.

"The opponent played well," Nadal said. "I had my chances. I didn't make it. So in grass (it's) difficult to adapt yourself, to adapt your game. When you don't have the chance to play before, I didn't have that chance this year, is tougher. I didn't find my rhythm."

Ten years after his first Wimbledon championship, Federer opened play on Centre Court as defending champion and looked right as home as he dismantled Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-0.

This was a grass-court clinic lasting 68 minutes. Federer had 32 winners, seven aces and just six unforced errors. He won 90 percent of the points when he put his first serve in. When his serve is clicking, Federer usually is unbeatable. On this day, he won his first 15 service points and 24 out of the first 25.

"I'm happy to get out of there early and quickly," Federer said. "So it was a perfect day."

Last year, Federer equaled Pete Sampras and William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles. He is now contending to become the first man to win the tournament eight times, which would bring his total of Grand Slam titles to 18.

Federer came out wearing a white collared jacket with orange trim, then quickly got down to business. He never faced a break point and broke six times.

Federer has a habit of making things look easy. And so it was in the opening game when, stranded at the net, he reached behind him for a reflex forehand volley that landed in for a winner. In the third set, Federer lifted a perfect backhand lob over the 6-foot-6 Hanescu for a break and a 5-0 lead.

Murray, the U.S. Open champion who again tries to become the first British man to win the trophy since Fred Perry in 1936, got off to a strong start with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win over Benjamin Becker of Germany.

"It was a tough start for me. He is a very good grass player," Murray said. "I was ready and to win in three sets was a good start. There's always nerves at the start of a Grand Slam and I'm glad to get it out of the way and hopefully I can improve as it goes on."

It was Murray's first match on Centre Court since he beat Federer on the grass for the gold medal at last year's London Olympics ? a month after losing to Federer in the Wimbledon final. The two could meet in the semifinals this year.

The weather was mostly cloudy but dry for the beginning of the two-week championships. Among those in the Royal Box were former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of Prince William's wife, Kate.

In women's play, there was an early upset as fifth-seeded Sara Errani was eliminated by Puerto Rican teenager Monica Puig 6-3, 6-2.

Puig slugged 38 winners in overwhelming Errani in the first match on Court 18. The 19-year-old Puig, playing her first grass-court tournament as a pro, completely outplayed the Italian veteran with her hard-hitting baseline game.

Puig said she has been building on a recent run of success, including a third-round showing at the French Open.

"Definitely pulling off some big career wins and not being afraid to close out matches, which was my problem at the beginning of the year," she said. "Finally just having the confidence to close them out."

In other women's matches, second-seeded Victoria Azarenka overcame a right knee injury from a scary fall beating Maria Joao Koehler of Portugal 6-1, 6-2.

Azarenka screamed in pain after slipping and falling at the baseline in the second game of the second set. She sobbed on court and received medical treatment.

Playing the rest of the match with a heavy wrap on her right knee, Azarenka limped noticeably but managed to win comfortably against an opponent making her Wimbledon debut.

"I was in such pain at the beginning, it wouldn't let go," Azarenka said. "I think it calmed down."

Third-seeded Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, came through a first-set tiebreaker and beat 37th-ranked Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Sharapova drew attention over the weekend by delivering a sharp news-conference rebuke to Serena Williams over critical comments attributed to the top-seeded American in a recent magazine article. Sharapova swatted away questions about the feud Monday.

"I've said everything that I wanted to say about the issue," she said. "Wimbledon started. This is my work. This is my job. I'd really appreciate it if we move on."

Other women's winners Monday included No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 12 Ana Ivanovic and No. 16 Jelena Jankovic.

Advancing among the men were No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Marin Cilic, No. 15 Nicolas Almagro and No. 18 John Isner. Janko Tiparevic, seeded No. 14, lost to fellow Serb Viktor Troicki, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nadal-loses-135th-ranked-player-wimbledon-171755085.html

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Community sports & recreation datebook | Other ... - The Seattle Times

Originally published June 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM | Page modified June 23, 2013 at 9:06 PM

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Baseball

American Stars Baseball Select 9U-12U ?has open registration for 2014. Team training twice a week, plus summer tournaments. Does not interfere with Little League. $500 player fee. Details: Scott Watson at 425-422-1769 or visit www.wbisports.net ).

Baseball Elite Select Youth Tryouts ?for 2014 12U and 13U teams begin in August with coach and GM Michael Nagi . Focus is on player growth and development. Call with questions or to RSVP. Details: 206-973-9294 or e-mail Selectbaseballelite@gmail.com

Baseball Instruction with Steve Goucher ?and Baseball Jazz is being offered in the Greater Seattle area for players of all ages and abilities. See website for camps and lessons. Details: 206-230-9011 or visit www.baseballjazz.com ).

Baseball Summer Camps ?for ages 7-12 are now enrolling at Washington Baseball Instruction in Lynnwood. See website for more information. Details: 425-238-2002 or visit www.wbisports.net ).

Bellevue College Baseball Camps ?for ages 7-15 are offering sessions in July and August at Courtier Field on the Bellevue College campus. Discounts available. See website for camp details. Details: 425-564-2356 bellevuecollege.edu/athletics/Baseball ).

Big League Edge Summer Camps ?for ages 8U-18U are July 8-18 in Kent for position-specific training and overall mechanics. $150 to $250. Instruction from current SU and PLU coaches. Details: 253-333-2158 or visit www.BigLeagueEdge.com ).

Elite Pitcher's Velocity Training Camps ?is being instructed by a local college coach through Washington Baseball Instruction in Lynnwood. Limited enrollment. Contact for details. Details: Scott Watson at 425-422-1769 or visit www.wbisports.net ).

Hitting, Pitching and Throwing Lessons ?are being offered by local area college coaches through Washington Baseball Instruction in Lynnwood. Contact for more details. Details: Scott Watson at 425-422-1769 or visit www.wbisports.net ).

Nike Baseball Camp ?for boys ages 8-12 is Aug. 12-15 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dodd Field in Issaquah with Baseball Jazz and Steve Goucher. Details: 800-NIKE-CAMP or visit www.ussportscamps.com/baseball/nike/ ).

Pro Baseball Camp with Steve Goucher ?for ages 8-13 is July 22-25 or Aug. 12-15 at Newport Hills Community Park for instruction, games, scrimmages and much more. $140 to $168. Details: 425-452-6885 or visit myparksandrecreation.com ).

Pro Baseball Camp with Steve Goucher ?for ages 8-13 is July 8-11 or Aug. 26-29 from 9 a.m. to noon at Mill Creek Sports Park. $129 to $148. Bring glove, snack and drink. Cleats recommended. Details: 425-745-1891 or visit www.cityofmillcreek.com ).

Seattle Wave Baseball 13U-18U ?is holding 2014 private tryouts. No parent-coaches. Contact for tryout. $1,975 player fee. Details: Scott Watson at 425-422-1769 or visit www.seattlewavebaseball.com ).

Toyota Baseball Seeks Coaches ?for 14U, 15U and 16U for the 2014 season. Please e-mail your resume. We prefer coaches with college playing experience. Details: Kevin Frey at 425-591-5815 or e-mail kevin@toyotabaseball.com

Basketball

2013 Lorenzo Romar Camps ?for boys grades 4-12 are taking place at Edmundson Pavilion throughout the summer. See website for camp types, dates and prices. Details: e-mail romarcamps@hotmail.com or visit www.gohuskies.com/camps/wash-camps.html ).

Advantage Basketball Advanced Training Academy ?in Kenmore features team training and monthly training. See website for details. Details: 425-670-8877 or 425-814-2255, or visit www.advantagebasketballclub.com ).

Advantage Basketball Summer Camps ?are run at numerous locations, including Seattle and Kenmore, for different age groups. See website for specific dates and locations. Details: 425-670-8877 or visit www.advantagebasketball.com ).

Advantage Basketball Unlimited Training ?is available five nights per week for $140/month in Kenmore or Edmonds. See website for more information. Details: 425-670-8877 www.advantagebasketball.com ).

Basketball Open Gym ?is every Saturday year-round from 9-11:30 a.m. at Terrace Park School in Mountlake Terrace. $3.50 to $4. Details: 425-776-9173 or e-mail jbetz@ci.mlt.wa.us

Boys Basketball Camp ?for grades 6-10 is June 24-28 from 9-11 a.m. at Inglemoor H.S. in Kenmore. Contact for a registration form. Details: Greg Lowell at 425-408-7308 or e-mail glowell@nsd.org

Bulldog Monday Adult Basketball League ?starts June 24 in Everett. Featuring stats, playoffs and a great gym. See website for more information and to register. Details: Mike at 425-263-7222 or visit www.bulldogleague.com ).

Bulldog Sunday Adult Basketball League ?starts July 14 in Redmond and Bothell. Featuring stats, playoffs and great gyms. See website for more information and to register. Details: Mike at 425-263-7222 or visit www.bulldogleague.com ).

Bulldog Thursday Night Adult Basketball League ?starts July 11 in Seattle. Features stats, playoffs and a great gym. See website for more information and to register. Details: Mike at 425-263-7222 or visit www.bulldogleague.com ).

Harlem Globetrotters Summer Skills Clinics ?for ages 6-12 are at 24 Hour Fitness June 22-24 (Issaquah) and June 25-27 (Everett) from 9-11 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m. or 3:30-5:30 p.m. $59. Details: Ruby Ramirez at 602-258-0000, ext. 128 or visit www.harlemglobetrotters.com/clinics).

Hoopaholics Summer Camp ?for boys and girls grades 2-9 is July 23-26 and/or Aug. 13-16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ballard H.S. Groups will be based on age and skill level. Details: e-mail mike23johnson@hotmail.com or visit www.hoopaholics.com ).

Lorenzo Romar Mini Dribbler Camp ?for boys and girls ages 5-9 is July 1-3 from 9 a.m. to noon at Edmundson Pavilion to learn basic skills in a noncompetitive atmosphere. $150. Details: e-mail romarcamps@hotmail.com or visit www.gohuskies.com/camps/wash-camps.html).

NBI Summer Basketball Camps ?for boys ages 8-15 are July 15-19 or July 29 to Aug. 2 at Bothell H.S. from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. See website for more information. Details: 425-487-1342 or visit www.nwbball.com ).

NBI Summer Basketball Shooting and Ball Handling ?session is Aug. 5-9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Bothell H.S. for boys and girls ages 8-15. See website for more information. Details: 425-487-1342 or visit www.nwbball.com ).

Pioneer and Swish Camp ?for grades 3-6 and 7-12 is June 24-27 at Emerald City Basketball Academy in Seattle at Interbay. See website for more information and to register. Details: 206-248-9730 www.ecbahoops.com/camps-clinics/camps ).

Sealth Basketball and Life Skills Camps ?for boys and girls grades 2-9 are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Chief Sealth H.S. in Seattle. Camps start June 24, Aug. 12 and Aug. 19 (advanced concepts). Details: e-mail caslingsby@seattleschools.org or visit chiefsealthhs.seattleschools.org).

Seattle Prep Girls Summer Hoop Camp ?for grades 7-9 is June 24-28 from 8:30-11:30 a.m. $100. See website for more information and to register. Details: 206-325-2400, ext. 9984 or visit http://www.seaprep.org/summerprep ).

Summer Basketball Camps ?for boys and girls grades 3-8 are July 15-18 and July 22-25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lynnwood H.S. run by Lynnwood players and coaches. Space is limited. Details: Michael Richards at 425-431-1373 or e-mail richardsm@edmonds.wednet.edu

Summer Slam Camps with Watts Basketball ?for boys and girls grades 2-8 are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (June 24-28, July 22-26, Aug. 12-16, Aug. 26-30) at Sound Mind and Body Gym in Fremont. Details: 206-300-1919 or visit www.wattsbasketball.com ).

Watts Basketball Year-Round Training ?is for competitive boys, girls, coaches and teams of all levels who want to advance their game. Pricing and locations vary. Details: 206-420-2064 or visit www.wattsbasketball.com ).

Coaching

WIAA Coaches School ?is July 26-27 at the Yakima Convention Center. $100 (or $120 after July 15). Register online. Details: Jim Meyerhoff at 425-687-8585 or visit www.wiaa.com/FormEntry.aspx?ID=8 ).

Cycling

Snoqualmie Tunnel Bike Ride ?and barbecue is June 29 with Explore the Greenway. See website for more information and to register. Details: 206-382-5565 or visit mtsgreenway.org/explore-the-greenway/trips ).

Tour de Kitsap ?bike ride is July 28 featuring 32 or 72 miles of routes once served by the historic Mosquito Fleet Ferries. Free T-shirt if you sign up by July 18. Details: Joyce LaRose 360-860-1126 www.westsoundcycling.com/tourdekitsap2013 ).

Football

Bulldog Adult Flag Football League ?plays Sundays starting July 21 in Everett. Featuring stats, playoffs and stadium field turf. $75 by July 1. Register online. Details: Mike at 425-263-7222 or visit www.bulldogleague.com ).

University of Washington Summer Camps ?are offering strength and condition camp, 7-on-7 passing camp, fundamentals camp and more. See website for camp types, times, ages, cost and to register. Details: visit www.gohuskies.com/camps/wash-camps.html ).

Golf

Jackson Juniors Golf Classic ?is Aug. 26 at Jackson Park Golf Course in Seattle for ages 6-12 ($30, 9 holes, 3 p.m.) and ages 13-17 ($40, 18 holes, 1 p.m.). BBQ and awards following. Register by Aug. 19. Details: 206-363-4747 or 206-245-0670, or e-mail danpuetz@comcast.net

Puget Sound Golf Association ?invites you to play at a variety of courses in the region at guest rates, including Fairwood (July 1), Mill Creek (July 29) and Sahalee (Oct. 14). Details: 206-226-5332 or 206-634-3251, or e-mail agagolfer@yahoo.com

Wayne Golf Course in Bothell ?is taking sign ups for Junior Golfers club ($125) that will meet on Fridays. Junior Players Card ($150) allows unlimited weekday play through August. Details: 425-486-4714.

Gymnastics

Gym Dawgs Camps ?are June 24, July 22 or Aug. 5 at the University of Washington. See website for more information and to register. Details: 206-799-2164 or visit www.gymdawgscamp.com ).

Seattle Pacific Falcons Gymnastics Center ?offers year-round training and summer sessions. See website for information about the recreational program and current team program. Details: 206-281-2883 or visit www.spu.edu/depts/fgc/ ).

Lacrosse

Lacrosse Camp ?for ages 6-12 is July 29 to Aug. 1 (9 a.m. to noon) at Civic Playfields. $112 to $129. Campers receive one-year Edmonds Boys and Girls Club membership. Details: 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org ).

Martial arts

Seattle Kung Fu Club International Grandmasters ?demo to celebrate its 50th anniversary is June 29 at 7 p.m. at the Westin Hotel Ballroom. Will feature acrobatic lions, dragons and performances by students. Details: 206-624-3838 or visit www.seattlekungfuclub.com).

Miscellaneous

Edmonds Summer Sports Camps ?for ages 3-14 include baseball, football, soccer, track and field, tennis and more, and are taking place throughout the summer. See website for details. Details: 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org ).

Highline Public Schools Summer Sports Camps ?are offering basketball, swimming, tennis, soccer, football, volleyball, wrestling and more in South King County. See websites for times, locations and cost. Details: 206-433-2418 www.highlineschools.org/athletics/ ).

Moyer Foundation Season of Camps for Children ?offers free bereavement camps for children who have suffered the loss of a parent, sibling or other influence (Camp Erin), or addiction in the family (Camp Mariposa). Details: 206-298-1217 or visit www.moyerfoundation.org).

Nike Sports Camps at Seattle University ?are offering tennis, soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming, golf, baseball and more this summer. See website for camp types, times and to register. Details: visit www.goseattleu.com ).

Rattlesnake Mountain Hike ?and barbecue is July 13 with Explore the Greenway. Enjoy views of the Snoqualmie Valley and Cascades. See website for details and to register. Details: 206-382-5565 or visit mtsgreenway.org/explore-the-greenway/trips ).

Seattle Pacific Summer Youth Camps ?will feature basketball, soccer, volleyball and running. See website for camp information, dates and times, and to register. Details: visit spufalcons.com ).

Seattle Prep Athletic Camps ?for grades 5-7 are being offered throughout June and July. All camps run by current varsity coaches. See website for camp types, dates, times and prices. Details: 206-325-2400 or visit www.seaprep.org/summerprep ).

Skyhawks Sports Camps ?for ages 3-12 for a variety of camps including baseball, flag football, volleyball, Tiny Hawk and Mini Hawk. See website for details. Details: 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org ).

Skyhawks Summer Camps ?for different ages are offering golf, lacrosse, baseball, flag football, tennis, soccer and more at Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion. Details: Jeff Betz at 425-640-3101 or visit www.mltrec.com ).

Step Up to the Plate for Todd McDougall ?is asking every head baseball coach in the state to raise $100 to help support McDougall, who has been diagnosed with an in operable brain tumor, and his family. Details: Brian Jackson at 253-683-6263 or visit bjackson@bethelsd.org).

West Sound Senior Games ?for ages 50 and up is July 10-13 in Bremerton for badminton, bowling, Ping-Pong, racquetball, tennis and more. $32 by June 15, or $42 after. Details: 360-473-5357 or visit www.facebook.com/WestSoundSeniorGames ).

Rowing

Paddle Bainbridge Island ?July 13-14 by kayak, canoe, row boat or something else. Food, camping site, showers and restroom provided. See website for to register. Details: 360-297-4659 or visit www.olympicoutdoorcenter.com/PaddleBainbridge.php ).

Running

Color Me Rad 5K ?is Aug. 10 at Marymoor Park in Redmond to benefit Seattle Children's Hospital. See website for information, prices and to register. Details: e-mail info@colormerad.com or visit www.colormerad.com ).

Cougar Mountain Trail Run Series ?returns to Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park with a new format that includes more opportunities to race through this one-of-a-kind park. Details: visit www.seattlerunningclub.org/CMTRS ).

Hot Foot 5K Race ?is June 30 starting 9 a.m. at South Kitsap Regional Park in Port Orchard. See website for details and to register. Details: visit www.hotfoot5k.com ).

Run of the Mill 5K ?to help support the victims of the Boston Marathon, local cancer charities and local high school athletics is July 6 in the Mill Creek Town Center. Details: e-mail info@cfundingmortgage.com or visit www.mcrunofthemill.com ).

Soccer

Sounders FC Scoring School ?for boys and girls ages 6-14 is July 19, July 26, Aug. 2, Aug. 9 and Aug. 16 from 5-6:30 p.m. at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila. $200. Details: 425-203-8315 or visit www.soundersfc.com ).

Sounders FC Summer Camps ?for boys and girls ages 4-15 are taking place July and August all over Puget Sound for half day ($160) or full day ($230). See website for dates and locations. Details: 425-203-8315 or visit www.soundersfc.com ).

Sounders Women and U23 Pre-match Clinics ?for boys and girls ages 6-18 begin two hours before each Sounders Women and Sounders U23 home match. $100. Includes two grandstand tickets. Details: 425-203-8315 www.soundersfc.com ).

UK Elite and Petite Soccer Camps ?for ages 4-5 ($118) and 5-12 ($160) take place July 8-12 or Aug. 12-16 through Edmonds Parks and Recreation. See website for details. Details: 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org ).

WestSound FC Soccer Camps ?are taking place in Silverdale and Bremerton. See website for different camp types, locations, costs and to register. Details: e-mail info@westsoundfc.org or visit www.westsoundfc.org/programs/camps/ ).

Softball

Champs Camps Youth Softball and Kickball Camps ?for grades 1-12 are being offered in Shoreline starting in June/July. See website for more information. Details: 206-420-4625 or visit www.champssportsleagues.com ).

University of Washington Softball Camps ?are offering a hitting clinic, pitching clinic, advanced skills position play clinics and more. See website for camp types, dates, costs and to register. Details: 425-736-7916 or visit collegesoftballcamps.com/softball/huskies ).

Swimming

Edmonds Yost Pool Swim Team ?for ages 5-18 practices Monday through Thursday June 24 to Aug. 15 with meets on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. $181 to $208. Details: 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org ).

Yost Pool Swim Lessons ?in Edmonds will register June 28 (8 a.m. in person, 11 a.m. by phone) for the July 1-11 session. Morning or afternoon times available. $46 to $53. Details: 425-771-1346 or visit yostpool.edmondswa.gov ).

Tennis

Aces Tennis ?of Renton is offering tournaments, flights and private lessons, and also putting together USTA mixed doubles and USTA junior teams. Details: 425-235-9495 or visit www.acestennis.net ).

Edmonds Adult and Youth Tennis Lessons ?start the week of July 9 for adults (Tuesdays and Thursdays, $36 to $42) and July 8 for youth ($33 to $38). See website for dates and times. Details: 425-771-0230 or visit www.reczone.org ).

Mountlake Terrace Adult and Teen Tennis Lessons ?for ages 13 and up are Tuesdays and Thursdays at Evergreen Playfields for beginners (6:30-7:30 p.m.) and intermediate (7:30-8:30 p.m.). Six lessons for $35 to $40. Details: Jeff Betz at 425-640-3101 or visit www.mltrec.com).

Mountlake Terrace Kids Tennis Camps ?for ages 7-9 (9-10:30 a.m.) and ages 10-13 (10:30 a.m. to noon) are Tuesdays through Fridays during the summer at Evergreen Playfields. $29 to $32 per week. Details: Jeff Betz at 425-640-3101 or visit www.mltrec.com ).

Mountlake Terrace Youth Tennis Team ?for ages 10-18 is Tuesdays through Fridays from 1-3 p.m. all summer long beginning July 2 at Evergreen Playfields. Weekly matches on Fridays. $90 to $99. Details: Jeff Betz at 425-640-3101 or visit www.mltrec.com ).

University of Washington Tennis Camps ?for advanced beginners and up ages 9-18 are Mondays through Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. $425. See website for dates and to register. Details: 425-205-5601 or visit abcsportscamps.com/uwtennis ).

Track and field

University of Washington Lil' Dawg Camp ?introduction to all track and field events is July 8-11 from 9-11:30 a.m. for ages 5-9 at the UW Outdoor Track. $145. Details: 206-790-6824 or visit www.washingtontrackcamps.com ).

University of Washington Summer Camp ?covering all track and field events is July 8-11 from noon to 5 p.m. for ages 10-18 at the UW Outdoor Track. $245. Details: 206-790-6824 or visit www.washingtontrackcamps.com ).

Volleyball

Champs Camps Youth Volleyball Participation Camps ?for grades 1-12 are being offered in Shoreline starting in June/July. See website for more information. Details: 206-420-4625 or visit www.champssportsleagues.com ).

Cougar Volleyball High School Team Camp ?is July 10-13 in Pullman with WSU head coach Jen Greeny and her staff. $315/person including overnight accommodations and meals. Details: 509-335-7169 or visit www.wsucougars.com/camps/volleyball.html ).

Cougar Volleyball Individual All-Skills Camp ?for grades 7-12 is July 7-10 in Pullman with WSU head coach Jen Greeny. $350 overnight, $295 commuters with meals, $245 commuters with no meals. Details: 509-335-7169 or visit www.wsucougars.com/camps/volleyball.html).

WSU Summer Satellite Camps ?are available with limited dates in June and July. Will take place at local schools and cost $100 to $150 depending on desired camp hours. Details: 509-335-7169 or visit www.wsucougars.com/camps/volleyball.html ).

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BlackBerry continues to baffle Wall Street as estimates swing wildly

BlackBerry Q1 2014 Earnings Preview

Wall Street?s views on BlackBerry 10 sales have been all over the map in recent months. As we approach the?company?s earnings announcement?for the May quarter on June 28th, wild swings have continued. Investors? reaction to the report is likely to be strong: more than 30% of the entire stock float for BlackBerry has recently been sold short. This could mean a violent short squeeze if BlackBerry OS 10 volumes beat estimates. However, the recent increases in estimates mean that investor expectations may have spiked over the past month: It is possible that?3.5 million Z10 and Q10 units sold during May quarter?is now a bar that BlackBerry has to clear in order to beat the consensus.

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Among the recent estimate changes, RBC?s Mark Sue hiked his BB10 projection from 2.75 million units to 3.5 million ? a 27% jump. A week ago, Societe Generale moved its BB10 projection to 5 million units, roughly 40% above Wall Street?s consensus. SG executed a rare move,?lifting its?rating on BlackBerry shares from?a Sell directly into a Buy. Jefferies is in the 4 million unit camp.

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Interestingly,?some houses rating BlackBerry?as Neutral are lifting their device volume estimates sharply: UBS has a lackluster share price target of $13, but raised its BB10 estimate from 3 million units to 3.7 million this week. This is another big swing; a 23% unit volume projection?hike in a single report.

Perhaps tellingly, many BlackBerry?bears like BMO Capital?have started talking about discrepancies between sell-in and sell-through, arguing that BlackBerry is shipping far more devices than consumers are buying. This could be a sign that bears are getting nervous about a possible May quarter upside surprise and have started rehearsing explanations about why?even a strong shipment?figure may not actually be all that relevant.

This article was originally published on BGR.com

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House investigators: Disability judges are too lax

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Social Security is approving disability benefits at strikingly high rates for people whose claims were rejected by field offices or state agencies, according to House investigators. Compounding the situation, the agency often fails to do required follow-up reviews months or years later to make sure people are still disabled.

Claims for benefits have increased by 25 percent since 2007, pushing the fund that supports the disability program to the brink of insolvency, which could mean reduced benefits. Social Security officials say the primary driver of the increase is demographic, mainly a surge in baby boomers who are more prone to disability as they age but are not quite old enough to qualify for retirement benefits.

The disability program has been swamped by benefit claims since the recession hit a few years ago. Last year, 3.2 million people applied for Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income.

In addition, however, management problems "lead to misspending" and add to the financial ills of the program, investigators from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say.

"Federal disability claims are often paid to individuals who are not legally entitled to receive them," three senior Republicans on the House committee declared in a March 11 letter to the agency. Among the signers was the committee's chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa of California.

Social Security acknowledges a backlog of 1.3 million overdue follow-up reviews to make sure people still qualify for benefits. But agency officials blame budget cuts for the backlog, saying Congress has denied the funds needed to clear it.

Social Security spokesman Mark Hinkle said the agency follows the strict legal definition of disability when awarding benefits. In order to qualify, a person is supposed to have a disability that prevents him from working and is expected to last at least a year or result in death.

"Even with this very strict standard, there has been growth in the disability program, and the primary reason for this growth is demographics," Hinkle said. He noted that approval rates have declined as applications for benefits have increased.

The most common claimed disability was bone and muscle pain, including lower back pain, followed closely by mental disorders, according to the program's latest annual report.

"Pain cases and mental cases are extremely difficult because ? and even more so with mental cases ? there's no objective medical evidence," said Randall Frye, a Social Security administrative law judge in Charlotte, N.C. "It's all subjective."

Nearly 11 million disabled workers, spouses and children get Social Security disability benefits. That's up from 7.6 million a decade ago. The average monthly benefit for a disabled worker is $1,130.

An additional 8.3 million people get Supplemental Security Income, a separately funded disability program for low-income people.

If Congress doesn't act, the trust fund that supports Social Security disability will run out of money in 2016, according to projections by Social Security's trustees. At that point, the system will collect only enough money in payroll taxes to pay 80 percent of benefits, triggering an automatic 20 percent cut in benefits.

Congress could redirect money from Social Security's much bigger retirement program to shore up the disability program, as it did in 1994. But that would worsen the finances of the retirement program, which is facing its own long-term financial problems.

The House oversight subcommittee on entitlements is scheduled to hold the first of several hearings on the disability program Thursday. The hearing will focus on the role of administrative law judges in awarding benefits.

Most Social Security disability claims are initially processed through a network of local Social Security Administration field offices and state agencies, usually Disability Determination Services, and most are rejected. If your claim is rejected, you can ask the field office or state agency to reconsider. If your claim is rejected again, you can appeal to an administrative law judge, who is employed by Social Security.

The hearing process takes an average of a little more than a year, according to Social Security statistics. The agency estimates there are 816,000 hearings pending.

So far this budget year, the vast majority of judges have approved benefits in more than half the cases they've decided, even though they were reviewing applications that had typically been rejected twice by state agencies, according to Social Security data.

Of the 1,560 judges who have decided at least 50 cases since October, 195 judges approved benefits in at least 75 percent of their cases, according to the data, which were analyzed by congressional investigators.

"This is not one or two judges out there just going rogue and saying they are going to approve a lot of cases," said Rep. James Lankford, R-Okla., chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Energy, Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements. "This is a very, very high rate" of approving claims.

The union representing administrative law judges says judges are required to decide 500 to 700 cases a year in an effort to reduce the hearings backlog. The union says the requirement is an illegal quota that leads judges to sometimes award benefits they might otherwise deny just to keep up with the flow of cases, according to a federal lawsuit filed by the judges' union in April.

"I wouldn't want to suggest publicly that judges are not following the law or the regulations," said Frye, the North Carolina law judge who also is president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges , But, he added, "Would you want your surgeon to be on a quota system, to have to do so many surgeries every morning? Mistakes are going to be made when you force that kind of system on professional folks whose judgment, skill and experience are critical to coming to a good result."

The agency denies there is a case quota for judges, saying the standard is a productivity goal. The agency has declined to comment on the lawsuit. Former Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said he set the goal in 2007 to help reduce the hearings backlog.

Once people get benefits, their cases are supposed to be reviewed periodically to make sure they are still disabled. The reviews are called continuing disability reviews, or CDRs.

For people whose disabilities are expected to improve, CDRs should be done in six to 18 months, according a 2010 report by the agency's inspector general. If improvement is possible ? but not necessarily likely ? reviews should be done every three years. People with disabilities believed to be permanent should get reviews every five to seven years.

At the end of 1996, there was a backlog of 4.3 million overdue reviews. In response, Congress authorized about $4 billion to fund a seven-year effort to wipe it out, and the backlog was erased in 2002.

But after the funding dried up, the number of annual reviews performed by the agency decreased and the backlog grew. Last year, the agency conducted 443,000 continuing reviews.

President Barack Obama's proposed budget for next year includes $1.5 billion to address the backlog, a nearly 50 percent increase over present funding. With the increase, the agency says it would be able to conduct slightly more than 1 million reviews.

"We have completed every CDR funded by Congress, but our administrative budget has been significantly reduced, resulting in three straight years of funding levels nearly a billion dollars below the president's budget requests," Hinkle said. "As a result, we have lost more than 10,000 employees since the beginning of (fiscal year) 2011. We currently have a backlog of 1.3 million CDRs, which we would be able to address with adequate, dedicated program integrity funding from Congress."

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Lebanon clashes rage overnight; 12 soldiers dead

BEIRUT (AP) ? Lebanese army units battling followers of a hard-line Sunni Muslim cleric closed in Monday on the mosque complex where they were holed up in a southern coastal city, the national news agency said. It said a total of 12 soldiers had been killed since fighting erupted a day earlier.

The clashes in Sidon, Lebanon's third-largest city some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Beirut, is the latest bout of violence in Lebanon linked to the conflict in neighboring Syria.

It is the bloodiest yet involving the army ? at least three of those killed are officers. The Lebanese media has depicted the clashes as a test for the state in containing armed groups that have taken up the cause of the warring sides in Syria, whose sectarian makeup mirrors that of its smaller neighbor.

The fighting between troops and armed supporters of Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir has transformed the city, which had been largely spared the violence plaguing border areas near Syria, into a combat zone.

The National News Agency said the clashes also left fifty wounded. The report said it was not clear how many gunmen were killed or wounded in the clashes, nor whether there were civilian casualties. Local media said several gunmen on al-Assir's side had also died, but did not give specifics.

Machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenade explosions caused panic among residents of Sidon. Residents reported power and water outage.

The city streets appeared largely deserted Monday, and local media reported many residents were asking for evacuation from the area of the fighting, a heavily populated neighborhood in the city. The news agency said a government building was hit. The local municipality said that the city is "a war zone," appealing for a cease-fire to evacuate the civilians and wounded in the area.

Many people living on upper floors came down or fled to safer areas, while others were seen running away from fighting areas carrying children. Others remained locked up in their homes or shops, fearing getting caught in the crossfire. Gray smoke billowed over parts of the city.

The clashes erupted Sunday in the predominantly Sunni city after troops arrested a follower of al-Assir. The army says supporters of the cleric opened fire without provocation on an army checkpoint.

It tied the attack to the war in neighboring Syria and said it will hit back at attempts to sow strife with "an iron fist." Al-Assir is a virulent critic of the powerful Shiite militant Hezbollah group, which along with its allies dominates Lebanon's government. He supports rebels fighting to oust Syria's President Bashar Assad.

A few Hezbollah supporters in the city were briefly drawn into the fight Sunday, firing on al-Assir's supporters. At least one was killed, according to his relatives in the city who spoke anonymously out of concerns for their security.

But the group appeared to be staying largely out of the ongoing clashes. Last week, al-Assir supporters fought with pro-Hezbollah gunmen, leaving two killed.

Early Monday, al-Assir appealed to his supporters through his Twitter account in other parts of Lebanon to rise to his help, threatening to widen the scale of clashes.

The tweets did not give a clear statement on how the battle began. It came after a series of incidents pitting the cleric's followers against other groups in the town, including Hezbollah supporters and the army.

Fighting also broke out in parts of Ein el-Hilweh, a teeming Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, where al-Assir has supporters. Islamist factions inside the camp lobbed mortars at military checkpoints around the camp. Tension also spread to the north in Tripoli, Lebanon's second largest city. Masked gunmen roamed the city center, firing in the air and forcing shops and businesses to shut down in solidarity with al-Assir. Dozens of gunmen also set fire to tires, blocking roads. The city's main streets were emptying out. There was no unusual military or security deployment.

The army announced late Sunday additional force deployments around Beirut.

Sectarian clashes in Lebanon tied to the Syrian conflict have intensified in recent weeks, especially after Hezbollah sent fighters to support Assad's forces. Most of the rebels fighting to topple Assad are from Syria's Sunni majority, while the President Bashar Assad belongs to the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.

In Syria, activists reported fighting Monday between Syrian troops and rebels in the northern province of Aleppo as well as districts on the edge of the Syrian capital and its suburbs.

Clashes in Lebanon have also mostly pitted Sunni against Shiite. The most frequent outbreaks have involved rival neighborhoods in the northern port city of Tripoli, close to the Syrian border.

The clashes in Sidon centered on the Bilal bin Rabbah Mosque, a compound where al-Assir preaches and was believed to be holed up. The cleric is believed to have hundreds of armed supporters in Sidon involved in the fighting. Dozens of al-Assir's gunmen also partially shut down the main highway linking south Lebanon with Beirut. On Monday, they opened fire in other parts of the city, with local media reporting gunshots in the city's market.

By Sunday evening, the army had laid siege to the mosque, sealing off access to it from all directions.

The military openly linked the clashes of Sidon to the conflict in Syria. In a statement Sunday, it said the attacks on its forces by al-Assir supporters were unprovoked, and accusing the cleric of seeking to "incite strife" in Lebanon.

President Michel Suleiman called for an emergency security meeting later Monday.

Headlines of Lebanon's newspapers were all dominated by the violence in Sidon, with many seeing it as a test for the state to impose order. "An attempt to assassinate Sidon and the military," read the headline of the daily al-Safir. "Al-Assir crosses the red line," read another headline in al-Jomhouria daily. A third headline in al-Nahar read: "Yesterday war in Sidon. Today, decisiveness or settlement?"

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San Onofre closure generates mixed feelings

The picturesque beach city of San Clemente has hummed along for decades just up the highway from the ominous concrete domes of the San Onofre nuclear plant.

To residents, there were always reminders of their neighbor's presence ? the quarterly emergency siren tests and the potassium iodide tablets that local agencies kept on hand to distribute to residents in the 10-mile emergency planning zone around the plant.

But for the most part, the 63,000 residents of this city on the southern edge of Orange County ? known for its proximity to legendary surf spots and the rolling coastal hills of Camp Pendleton Marine base ? went about their daily lives for years with little thought of the nuclear generating station four miles down Interstate 5.

The tide began to shift in 2011, however, when a tsunami inundated Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, leading to equipment failures and meltdowns at three reactors and raising new concerns about the safety of Southern California's own coastal nuclear plant. A year later, a tube in one of San Onofre's newly installed steam generators leaked a small amount of radioactive steam, setting off a chain of events that led to Edison's announcement this month that the facility will be retired for good.

Residents in San Clemente greeted the news with a mix of feelings ? relief; sadness that the jobs of hundreds of utility workers who lived, shopped, and ate and drank in town will be lost; and worry about replacing the plant's energy and about the nuclear waste that will remain at the site.

"Every year, I have to sign a waiver so if something happened or leaked while the kids are in school, we give the school permission to give them iodine tablets," said Alicia Lopez, a mother of three who waits tables at the OC Tavern, a restaurant and sports bar in San Clemente that is popular with San Onofre workers.

"That's crazy," Lopez said. "I had to ask my pediatrician if I should do it. I'll be glad when we don't have to deal with that."

But Lopez's relief was tempered with regret at the thought that many of her longtime customers will lose their jobs as the plant is mothballed.

Over the next year, the plant's workforce will be cut from 1,500 to about 400 ? who will be charged with securing the plant during the potentially decades-long decommissioning process.

Daniel Dominguez, business manager for Utility Workers Union of America Local 246, said the employees were disappointed but will now focus on keeping the facility safely shut down:

"We're all professionals," he said. "It's unfortunate the plant was shut down, but it is what it is."

A plant employee, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said many workers hadn't expected a decision on the plant's fate until later in the year and were caught off guard. The plant's workforce has already been cut by about 700 in the last year.

"We just went through a very painful reduction in force," he said. "Some people just barely made it through, and they celebrated."

The employee said he expected that many of his colleagues would leave Southern California to find jobs elsewhere with comparable pay. With San Onofre gone, the two nearest nuclear plants are Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo and Palo Verde in Arizona.

San Clemente officials said about 400 of the plant's employees live in the city. On top of that, contractors stay for months at a time during the plant's regular refueling outages and other projects ? including the steam generator replacement that ultimately led to the plant's permanent closure.

Eric Moser, general manager at the Best Western Casablanca Inn in San Clemente, said San Onofre contractors made up about 3% to 4% of the hotel's overall business; but during the winter months when the plant generally scheduled its refueling outages, they could account for 30% or more.

Some suggested that the plant's closure could boost property values. Median home prices in San Clemente are about half that of nearby Laguna Beach, according to real estate firm DataQuick, and lower too than in neighboring Dana Point, which also is within San Onofre's emergency planning zone but a few miles farther from the plant.

"We have disclosures we have to give to people. Sometimes it's an issue, sometimes it's not," said Debbie Ferrari, who owns a local real estate business and has lived in San Clemente since 1981. She said it is difficult to determine whether the plant has been a factor in real estate decisions.

"We might have more people willing to come here now that it's closed, and willing to pay a higher price."

San Onofre's first reactor began operating in 1968, and Units 2 and 3 followed in the early 1980s. Unit 1 was shut down in 1992 rather than undergo expensive upgrades. The other two units were expected to continue generating power at least until 2022, when the plant's license expired. But the leak and unusual wear on hundreds of other tubes led to a complex regulatory process that had dragged on for 16 months while the plant sat idle. With no end in sight, Edison threw in the towel.

There have always been those who viewed the plant with suspicion.

In 1970, residents argued that an expanded plant would be in danger of sabotage because then-President Nixon's home ? the so-called Western White House ? was about 11/2 miles away. A decade later, about 15,000 people attended a festival in Laguna Niguel, calling for San Onofre to be shut down and replaced with renewable energy.

San Clemente City Councilwoman Lori Donchak said community concerns about the plant surged after the Fukushima disaster. The council sent letters to federal officials asking them to find a permanent off-site storage place for spent fuel before relicensing the plant. But city officials stayed out of the more recent debate over restarting the plant.

"I felt like we should let the experts decide how to operate this thing and how to do the restart," said Mayor Bob Baker, who characterized the activists opposed to the plant as a "very vocal minority."

Activists celebrated the plant's closure but expressed lingering concerns about the waste that will be left behind, perhaps indefinitely.

"We'll probably never do anything more important in our lives," said Gary Headrick, co-founder of the group San Clemente Green, who along with his wife has devoted his life since 2009 to shutting down the plant.

Gene Stone, 66, a local activist who launched an effort to outfit residents with portable Geiger counters so they could post real-time radiation readings online, called the permanent closing of the plant a "good step" for safety, but said: "The bad news is the easy part is over. We need to work to make sure it's decommissioned properly. There's no way in the world that we will allow this to be a nuclear waste dump."

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Wing walker, pilot die in crash at Ohio air show

CINCINNATI (AP) ? A plane carrying a wing walker crashed at an air show and exploded into flames Saturday, killing the pilot and stunt walker instantly, authorities said.

The crash of the 450 HP Stearman happened at around 12:45 p.m. at the Vectren Air Show at Dayton International Airport. No spectators were hurt.

A video posted on WHIO-TV shows the plane turn upside-down as the performer sits on top of the wing. The plane then tilts and crashes to the ground, erupting into flames as spectators screamed.

Ian Hoyt, an aviation photographer and licensed pilot from Findlay, was at the show with his girlfriend. He told The Associated Press he was taking photos as the plane passed by and had just raised his camera to take another shot.

"Then I realized they were too low and too slow. And before I knew it, they hit the ground," he said.

He couldn't tell exactly what happened, but it appeared that the plane stalled and didn't have enough air speed, he said.

"I'm still shaking," Hoyt said. He said he had been excited to see the show because he'd never seen the scheduled performer ? wing walker Jane Wicker ? in action.

On the video, the announcer narrates as the plane glides through the sky and rolls over while the stuntwoman perches on a wing.

"Now she's still on that far side. Keep an eye on Jane. Keep an eye on Charlie. Watch this! Jane Wicker, sitting on top of the world," the announcer said, right before the plane makes a quick turn and nosedive.

Federal records show that biplane was registered to Wicker, who lived in Loudon, Va. A man who answered the phone at a number listed for Wicker on her website said he had no comment and hung up.

One of the pilots listed on Wicker's website was named Charlie Schwenker. A post on Jane Wicker Airshows' Facebook page announced the deaths of Wicker and Schwenker and asked for prayers for their families.

A message left at a phone listing for Charles Schwenker in Oakton, Va., wasn't immediately returned.

Airport spokeswoman Linda Hughes and Ohio State Highway Patrol Lt. Anne Ralston confirmed that a pilot and stunt walker had died but declined to give their names. The air show also said it wouldn't immediately release their identities.

The show was canceled for the rest of the day, but organizers said events would resume Sunday and follow the previous schedule and normal operations. The National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the crash.

Another spectator, Shawn Warwick of New Knoxville, told the Dayton Daily News that he was watching the flight through binoculars.

"I noticed it was upside-down really close to the ground. She was sitting on the bottom of the plane," he said. "I saw it just go right into the ground and explode."

Than Tran, of Fairfield, said he could see a look of concern on the wing walker's face just before the plane went down.

"She looked very scared," he said. "Then the airplane crashed on the ground. After that, it was terrible, man ... very terrible."

Wicker's website says she responded to a classified ad from the Flying Circus Airshow in Bealeton, Va., in 1990, for a wing-walking position, thinking it would be fun. She was a contract employee who worked as a Federal Aviation Administration budget analyst, the FAA said.

She told WDTN-TV in an interview this week that her signature move was hanging underneath the plane's wing by her feet and sitting on the bottom of the airplane while it's upside-down.

"I'm never nervous or scared because I know if I do everything as I usually do, everything's going to be just fine," she told the station.

Wicker wrote on her website that she had never had any close calls.

"What you see us do out there is after an enormous amount of practice and fine tuning, not to mention the airplane goes through microscopic care. It is a managed risk and that is what keeps us alive," she wrote.

In 2007, veteran stunt pilot Jim LeRoy was killed at the Dayton show when his biplane slammed into the runway while performing loop-to-loops and caught fire.

Organizers were presenting a trimmed-down show and expected smaller crowds at Dayton after the Air Force Thunderbirds and other military participants pulled out this year because of federal budget cuts.

The air show, one of the country's oldest, usually draws around 70,000 people and has a $3.2 million impact on the local economy. Without military aircraft and support, the show expected attendance to be off 30 percent or more.

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Thomas reported from Philadelphia. Associated Press writers Kerry Lester in Chicago and Randy Pennell in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

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Syrian regime, rebels step up offensives

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian government forces stepped up their attack against rebel strongholds north of the capital, Damascus on Saturday, while opposition fighters declared their own offensive in the country's largest city Aleppo.

The fighting in Damascus came as the Syrian government announced salary increases for state employees and members of the military, days after the Syrian currency dipped to a record low of 210 pounds to the dollar compared with 47 when the crisis began more than two years ago. The raise also covered pensions.

Both sides intensified operations as an 11-nation group that includes the U.S., dubbed the Friends of Syria, began meeting in Qatari capital of Doha to discuss how to coordinate military aid and other forms of assistance to the rebels seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The donors agreed on Saturday to do more to help the embattled rebels trying to overthrow Assad, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said. While he offered no specifics, Kerry said the assistance would help change the balance on the battlefield. Kerry also denounced Assad for inviting Iranian and Hezbollah fighters to fight alongside his troops, saying the Syrian president risked turning the civil war into a regional sectarian conflict.

Activists, meanwhile, reported heavy shelling of many districts north of Damascus, apparently an attempt to cut links between rebel-held districts that have served as launching pads for operations against the capital. Three children, including two from the same family, have been killed in shelling of the outlying district of Qaboun since Friday, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on an extensive network of activists in Syria.

The Lebanese TV station Al-Mayadeen, which had a reporter embedded with Syrian government forces in the offensive, quoted a military official as saying that the operation aims to cut rebel supply lines, separate one group from another and secure the northern entrances to the capital. The regime's forces have struggled for months to regain control of these suburbs.

The Observatory said the neighborhood was being attacked from several different sides, while the shelling has caused structural damage and started fires. Activists from Qaboun posted on Facebook that government forces had deployed new tanks to reinforce its positions outside the neighborhood, and the bombardment had brought buildings down.

The Observatory said rebels targeted a police academy in the nearby Barzeh area Saturday, pushing back against a government attempt to storm the neighborhood. One rebel was killed in overnight fighting, it said.

State news agency SANA said troops "inflicted heavy losses" among rebels in several suburbs of Damascus.

The uprising against Assad began in March 2011 as peaceful protests but morphed into a civil war as rebels took up arms against a government crackdown. The Syrian regime has gained momentum in recent weeks with the help of Iran and its proxy group Hezbollah. The opposition is hoping the Obama administration's decision to begin supplying them with arms will help swing the tide in their favor.

Rebels say they have already received new weapons from allied countries? but not the U.S. ? that they claim will help them to shift the balance of power on the ground. Experts and activists said the new weapons include anti-tank missiles and small quantities of anti-aircraft missiles.

It was not clear if any of the new weapons have made it to the Damascus area. A spokesman for one of the main groups fighting outside of Damascus, the al-Islam brigade, said his group had none of the new weapons. The spokesman, who declined to be named for fear of government reprisals, spoke to The Associated Press on Skype.

He said government forces were shelling Barzeh from Qasioun mountain overlooking Damascus. Syria's main Western-backed opposition group said Thursday that 40,000 civilians in the two northern districts of Damascus are suffering from shortages of food and medical supplies.

Rebels and government also clashed in and around the northern city of Aleppo, where government forces launched an offensive earlier this month. Activists reported clashes in southern and western neighborhoods.

The Observatory also said rebels pounded a military academy in the area, causing a fire in the compound. No casualties were immediately reported. In Rashideen, rebel forces have pushed government forces out from parts of the neighborhood, according to the local Aleppo Media Center network and posts on Facebook.

A statement by a coalition of rebel groups, posted on the Center's page, declared that the fighters are launching a new operation to seize control of the western half of Aleppo.

Also Saturday, Syrian forces fired a dozen shells that landed in a northern Lebanese border town, causing a panic among residents, the Lebanese news agency reported.

SANA said government troops were targeting a group of infiltrators across the border. It gave no further details.

Rockets from Syria fall regularly into towns and villages near the border.

In Damascus, a presidential decree said that the raise for the public sector could reach up to 40 percent depending on the salary of the civil servant. Pensions could rise by up to 25 percent, according to the decree.

It said those who make 10,000 pounds ($54) a month will get a 40 percent raise, while those who make double that amount will get a 20 percent boost. People making 40,000 pounds a month will get a 5 percent raise, it said.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-regime-rebels-step-offensives-195431439.html

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Mass. man who ordered tie gets SS numbers instead

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? With a little more than two weeks to go before their wedding, Emily Dreyfuss' fiance ordered a tie and pocket square from Gap chain Banana Republic's website to go with his Navy blue suit.

What the couple got in the mail instead on Thursday would make an identity thief giddy: the confidential files of about 20 former employees, including Social Security numbers and W4 tax forms.

"We totally laughed," Dreyfuss, 29, said on Friday from her home in Cambridge, Mass.

She had misgivings about the package as soon as it arrived. It was really heavy and didn't say Banana Republic, but Gap Inc.

She and her fiancee have been buying each other presents, and she thought it may have been a really heavy piece of clothing with catalogs, said Dreyfuss, the daughter of actor Richard Dreyfuss.

Inside were three folders sealed with tape and labeled "HR Administration." They contained tax and Social Security information as well as handwritten resignation letters, doctors' notes and salary information ? seemingly the employees' entire record at the company. The employees were sales support associates and at least one made $9 an hour, Dreyfuss said.

The resignation letters were mostly from March. They were polite and positive, expressing thanks for the chance to work for the company.

Dreyfuss, who runs the home page and also writes for technology website CNET said she didn't look through everything.

"I got a queasy feeling and felt like I should stop looking at this," she said.

San Francisco-based Gap Inc. blamed the mix-up on a human mistake.

"We're taking immediate action to evaluate and strengthen our processes to prevent mis-mailings in the future and apologize for the error," spokeswoman Edie Kissko said in a statement.

Dreyfuss said a Banana Republic representative has since responded to a tweet about the mix-up and apologized. Dreyfuss was told clothing and employee information is sent out in the same type of gray plastic bag, and the two packages appear to have been mislabeled. It wasn't clear how that happened. The representative told Dreyfuss the store would look into what went wrong and inform the affected employees.

The company is sending her a self-addressed, stamped envelope to return the information.

Dreyfuss said the episode with Banana Republic raised concerns about how well the company is safeguarding customer information.

"People should know about this because it's crazy and scary," she said.

In her statement, Kissko said the company takes the confidentiality of personal information very seriously.

Dreyfuss was offered a free tie and pocket handkerchief ? a $61 value, but said she declined.

Associated Press

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US: ball is in Taliban's court for Afghan talks

DOHA, Qatar (AP) ? U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday urged the Taliban not to let differences on names and flags scuttle hopes for talks on ending 12 years of war in Afghanistan, saying the opening of an office in Qatar was an important step toward reconciliation that should not be squandered.

The announcement that U.S. officials and Taliban would begin formal peace talks in the newly opened office raised hopes the long-stalled process would finally get underway, but the plans quickly ran aground when Afghan President Hamid Karzai objected to the wording of a sign with the name of the former Taliban regime and their former flag.

A Qatar Foreign Ministry statement said the Taliban had violated an agreement to call the office the "Political Bureau of the Taliban Afghan in Doha." The Obama administration also said the U.S. and Qatar never had agreed to allow the Taliban to use that name on the door.

The Taliban have removed the sign and lowered their flag but are divided over whether to keep them down.

Kerry, in the Qatari capital for separate talks on Syria's civil war, said the Americans and the Afghan government's High Peace Council were ready, and he encouraged the Taliban to remain in the process.

"Nothing comes easily in this endeavor, we understand that. The road ahead will be difficult, no question about it, if there is a road ahead," he said at a press conference.

He said the U.S. hoped the opening of the office would be "an important step in reconciliation, if possible" but added "It's really up to the Taliban to make that choice."

"It remains to be seen in this very first test whether or not the Taliban are prepared to do their part," he said.

Meanwhile, James Dobbins, the U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, arrived in Doha on Saturday, suggesting the U.S. remains hopeful about the talks despite the recent flap.

Shaheen Suhail, the Taliban's spokesman in Doha, told The Associated Press that his office had received no word about when a meeting with Dobbins might be held.

Suhail also prevailed on all sides to calm the tensions over what he deemed a secondary issue.

"Everyone should save the process. Give a chance to the process. In one day everything cannot be resolved," he said in a telephone interview. "This is a very secondary thing and not important. I am also surprised that it should derail the process."

Karzai temporarily suspended participation in talks Tuesday angered by a sign identifying the office as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the name used by the Taliban during its five-year rule that ended in 2001 after the Islamic militant movement was ousted by the U.S. invasion for its support of al-Qaida. The Afghan president also suspended separate negotiations with the United States over a security agreement aimed at providing a framework for some U.S. forces to remain in Afghanistan after the Americans and their NATO allies withdraw combat forces by the end of 2014.

The Taliban spokesman said the spat has frustrated and angered some within the militant movement who said the Taliban have been meeting with representatives of dozens of countries and holding secret one-on-one meetings with members of Karzai's High Peace Council on several occasions, always under the banner of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

"There is an internal discussion right now and much anger about it but we have not yet decided what action to take," told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "But I think it weakens the process from the very beginning."

In Kabul, a member of the government's negotiation team said it was still prepared to begin talks in Qatar and called the removal of the sign and flag was a positive sign.

High Peace Council member Shahzada Shahid told the AP Saturday that it was too early to say when members of the council would travel to Qatar for talks. He also welcomed the participation of countries in the international coalition in Afghanistan and said they would have their own issues to discuss.

"Peace is very important and vital for us so we will take all measures for it," he said.

Meanwhile, as the "internal talks" continued over the sign, the Taliban were still cobbling together a negotiating team, the spokesman said.

The Taliban already have agreed to hand over U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, in Afghanistan in 2009, in exchange for five Taliban members held in the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Suhail also said that a cease-fire and women's rights could be part of negotiations.

"It can be part of the agenda and be discussed, also foreign troops in Afghanistan after 2014 can be discussed as part of the agenda as well as the general concerns of the Afghan people," he said. "How can we achieve all those things if even from the first day there is so much public criticism?"

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Gannon reported from Islamabad, Pakistan. Associated Press writers Rahim Faiez and David Rising contributed from Kabul.

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Kathy Gannon is AP Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan and can be reached at www.twitter.com/kathygannon

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-ball-talibans-court-afghan-talks-142122623.html

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Jennifer Grace: Y.A.K.: You Always Know

Sometimes it's a whisper. Other times, it's a scream.

But in all of us, there is a voice of wisdom to help guide us. It's called our intuition. We are all born with it, but like everything else, if we don't use it we lose it.

The secret to living wisely is to live intuitively.

So often, my students say to me, "I'm such a bad decision maker."

I tell them, "Life isn't made up of decisions; life is made up of experiences."

It is time to change our vocabulary. The root of "decision" -- literally, from a linguistic perspective -- is "to kill off." What we really need to talk about are choices: The ones we make, and how to make the right ones.

We all have the right to choose. If that choice doesn't work, or no longer resonates with us, we also have the right to choose again. Many of us are so fearful of making the wrong choice that instead of accessing our own wisdom, we take a poll.

When we stand at one of the great crossroads of life, instead of listening to our intuition, we listen to everyone else.

"What do you think I should do?"

We ask our mothers, our partners, even our therapists. The result? We get 20 different answers to the same question. Then we end up confused, stuck and unable to move forward in the best possible direction.

Even more frustratingly, we often hear competing advice from our own inner voice, too. We might hear "Follow your heart; go for it!" one moment and "Don't be a fool; that's too risky and you'll never succeed" the next.

That second voice is our inner critic, or what I lovingly refer to as our "Itty Bitty Shitty Committee." The committee, and our voice of wisdom, are fighting in a constant back-and-forth. It then becomes challenging to distinguish which voice is the one we should follow.

But, alas, there is hope!

There are many wonderful ways to cultivate your intuition and differentiate between the two. Once you clearly identify your intuitive voice, you can always trust it. It is mistake-free, and will never lead you astray.

You can cultivate that intuitive voice by journaling and meditating. When you give the intuitive voice a blank page to write on -- or a blank space of silence to center on -- you create a space for the voice to reveal itself to you.

Other ways of finding your voice of wisdom include taking some "alone time" in nature, to contemplate and listen. If your voice of wisdom is at work, you will feel calm, centered and relaxed. You'll soon learn the stark difference between this place of piece and the negative emotional charge that accompanies your "Itty Bitty Shitty Committee."

Remember: You always have the ability to guide yourself toward a destiny filled with what you desire and need. Just trust, and understand. The secret lies in three little letters: Y.A.K.: You Always Know.

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'Space wedge' performs drop test

20 June 2013 Last updated at 05:18 ET By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Paris

A successful "drop test" has been conducted on Europe's experimental re-entry vehicle, the IXV.

A 1:1 scale model was released from an altitude of 3km by a helicopter, and then descended to a splashdown in the Mediterranean on a parachute.

The IXV is a project of the European Space Agency that aims to develop an autonomous atmospheric re-entry system.

A flight model will be launched on a Vega rocket next year and will have to descend from an altitude of 420km.

The ultimate goal is to develop a vehicle not dissimilar to the American mini spy shuttle called the X-37B, which operates robotically in orbit for a period of time before making an automated return to a runway.

Europe's version will be developed under the name of Pride.

"X-37B is big vehicle launched on an Atlas rocket, while Pride will be launched on a smaller rocket. It should be a much cheaper mission," explained Roberto Provera from Thales Alenia Space (Tas), the French-Italian company that will lead the project industrially.

"The idea of the two vehicles is very similar, but the size and the costs of the projects are very different," he told reporters here at the Paris Air Show.

IXV (Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle) is the initial step towards Pride. This car-sized, two-tonne spacecraft will launch from French Guiana in South America in August 2014. It will fly an arc reaching 420km above the Earth before coming down to a splashdown zone in the Pacific.

IXV is a lifting body; it has far more manoeuvrability than a standard cone-shaped, re-entry capsule. It has flaps and thrusters to control its descent trajectory. A ceramic heatshield on its underside will prevent the vehicle from burning up.

Its suite of sensors should give European engineers new insights into how objects fall back through the atmosphere and provide them with the data they need to design the next generation of space vehicles.

"We are one year away from launch and Wednesday's drop test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia was important to validate this part of the chain," said Mr Provera.

The flight model should be delivered to the European Space Agency (Esa) in May of next year.

Esa member states approved Pride (Programme for Reusable In-orbit Demonstrator in Europe) at their recent ministerial council in Naples, and the agency has just sent Thales Alenia Space a request for quotation (RFQ).

The company will have to detail its initial design thoughts and the likely cost for the project, which has an envelope of about 400m euros.

The Pride vehicle will have to be compatible with the small Vega rocket, also. This means Pride must stay within 5m in length and have a maximum mass no greater than about 1,900kg.

"Pride represents the next step after IXV. You see the shape - it has wings. The mission envisages several orbits, not just an arc over the globe. And it will land on an airstrip," said Mr Provera.

Pride would fly no earlier than 2018.

Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

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