Dow slides on home sales dip; markets await Fed meeting
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Stocks kicked off the week on a weak note as investors hesitated to jump in ahead of the Federal Reserve meeting and a series of key economic reports.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 36 points lower, dragged by Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard, after squeezing out its fifth-consecutive weekly rally last week.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq also closed lower. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, rose above 13.
Still, the S&P 500 remains on pace for its best monthly gain since October 2011.
Among key S&P Sectors, energy and financials led the laggards,while telecoms gained.
On the economic front, pending home sales dipped 0.4 percent in June, according to the National Association of Realtors, pulling back from a six-year high in the previous month.
About one-fifth of the S&P 500 companies report earnings in the coming week. About half of the S&P 500 has reported earnings so far, with 68 percent beating earnings estimates, and 56 percent topping revenue forecasts, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
However, market attention will mostly be on the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting, which starts on Tuesday and may give an indication of when the central bank's massive asset purchase program will be tailed back. The Bank of England and the European Central Bank will also meet this week.
"All of them are expected to touch on the subject of forward guidance, albeit to various extents," Credit Agricole analysts wrote in a research note. "The clarity of the symphony will determine the level of support to the risk appetite. Should any of them be more explicit (more dovish) about forward guidance, the market can be expected to react in a positive way."
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The gross domestic product for the second quarter will be reported on Wednesday and the key payrolls report on Friday.
Meanwhile, Asian equity markets declined across the board as renewed fears of an economic slowdown in China hindered gains. Japanese stocks fell to a new four-week low on the back of the strengthening yen. The dollar-yen hit a new one-month low of 97.61 leading to a sell-off across the export-heavy Nikkei index.
Why Can't Luggage For Adults Be As Wonderful As This Robo-Bag?
There's an unwritten rule that luggage for adults has to have a fairly mundane and boring design. But when you're waiting at the luggage carousel and realize that everyone else had the same idea to buy a red suitcase to stand out, you realize there has to be a better way. And there is, it's just too bad the $40 Luggo here is only big enough to store a child's wardrobe.
GULLANE, Scotland (AP) ? Two dozen cameras were in position Monday morning to capture the first big moment of this British Open, only they weren't anywhere near the golf course. They waited in the driveway as a silver station wagon pulled through the gate and stopped in front of the clubhouse at Muirfield.
Ernie Els climbed out of the back seat holding the shiny claret jug he won last year at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, and he promptly handed it over to Royal & Ancient chief executive Peter Dawson.
"Thank you," Dawson told him. "You've been a great champion."
Now it's up to the 43-year-old South African to reclaim the silver prize, and that doesn't figure to be easy.
Els won last month in Germany. He won the last time the Open was played at Muirfield in 2002. He has more top 10s in the British Open than any other major. But he has this piece of history working against him ? the last major champion in his 40s to successfully defend his title was Old Tom Morris, and that was 151 years ago.
The Big Easy is not a betting man, but he was asked to pick someone to wager a pound on at Muirfield.
"I'd have to look at the odds, wouldn't I?" he said, trying to buy time. "Maybe a long shot. I like to go for the long shots."
That's what he might have been considered last year at Royal Lytham. He was winless on a major tour in two years, failed to qualify for the Masters for the first time in nearly two decades and was No. 40 in the world. But he was close to flawless on the back nine and was the recipient of a shocking collapse by Adam Scott, who made bogey on his last four holes to finish one shot behind.
Back to the wager. He was asked who should be considered in the pole position.
"To name one, I'm going to have to name 20," Els said. "That's how close it is. I don't know. A guy who likes the layout. A guy who likes the bounces. I'm not sure."
That was a good start.
There is nothing like links golf, with its humps and mounds along the fairways, a landscape framed by tall grass and dotted with pot bunkers. It can be played in the air when the grass is green during wet summers, or played on the ground when the course is crusty and yellow, which is the case this year at Muirfield.
Els remembers his first experience with links golf, and he loved it right away.
"The sound is different. The divot into the fairways are different. The whole experience is different than anything else around the world," Els said. "So it's something you're either going to really like or you're not going to like. I was fortunate enough that I really fell in love with it."
A long shot?
Maybe someone like Jordan Spieth, the 19-year-old Texan who was headed toward another top finish on the PGA Tour until he holed a bunker shot for birdie on the last hole at the John Deere Classic, got into a playoff when Zach Johnson made bogey on the 18th, and won on the fifth extra hole. Next thing he knew, Spieth was on a charter flight to Scotland for his first British Open. He has experience with links golf, having played the Walker Cup at Royal Aberdeen in 2011.
And for those who believe experience is required, Ben Curtis won in 2003 in his first major championship, let alone his first time playing links golf. Curtis reunited this week with Andy Sutton, the local caddie he hired at Royal St. George's. Sutton was told of an American player looking for a caddie 10 years ago and had never heard of Curtis. Not to worry. A lot of Americans had never heard of him, either.
Tiger Woods is always a favorite, and he has the best odds this week, even though he hasn't won the claret jug since Hoylake in 2006.
Els is well aware of the quality of champions Muirfield tends to produce, from Harry Vardon and James Braid to Walter Hagen and Henry Cotton, from Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player to Lee Trevino and Tom Watson, along with Nick Faldo and Els.
And yes, he believes the course has something to do with that.
"It's just a wonderful design," Els said. "The par 3s are unbelievable. The par 5s have been changed a little bit ? they're longer. Each and every hole is a little bit different. There's left-to-right, right-to-left, and it all happens out there. Every links shot that you can imagine, you're going to play it this week."
Els returned to Muirfield a few weeks ago, and he played a quiet nine holes Sunday evening. He remembers much about Muirfield, a course where he tied for fifth in his professional debut in 1992 and won a decade later. And there are some shots he is trying to forget, such as the double bogey on the 16th hole that nearly cost him a chance at having his name on that claret jug.
Els had to make birdie on the par-5 17th and close with a par just to get into a four-man playoff over four holes, and he won in the first sudden-death moment in Open history over Thomas Levet on the fifth hole. Even then, Els hit into a bunker on the 18th and had to save par for the win.
He certainly is not ruling himself out this week, not after the victory in Germany and his tie for fourth in the U.S. Open. Els might not win as much as he used to, but he plays the hard courses well. And with a forecast for dry weather and strong wind, this might be hard.
The claret jug is the oldest trophy in golf, first awarded in 1873. Els took it around the world over the last year, as he did after winning in 2002. The jug stayed outside London the last two weeks, cleaned and buffed so it was shiny when he handed it back to the R&A.
Golf tournament benefits Palliative Care, Green Wood
The Northumberland Charity Golf Tournament organized by the Port Hope Knights of Columbus saw 75 golfers brave plenty of rain to finish their 18 holes at Ashbrooke Golf Course on June 22. During the event a hockey jersey donated by Shane O'Brien of the Colorado Avalanche was raffled off. The tournament raised $7,200 to be split evenly between the Northumberland Hills Hospital Palliative Care Unit and the Green Wood Coalition. This was the second annual fundraising tournament hosted by the K of C. Last year's raised $7,000 for the window restoration project of Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Church in Port Hope. Pictured are (from left) David Sheffield of Green Wood Coalition, Ross Fraser and Hugh Penney of the Port Hope Knights of Columbus, and Adrienne Barrie of the Northumberland Hills Hospital.
Dr. Valentin Fuster receives 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award
Dr. Valentin Fuster receives 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention AwardPublic release date: 15-Jul-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lauren Woods lauren.woods@mountsinai.org 212-241-2836 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Valentin Fuster honored for his lifelong contributions for the prevention of heart disease
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has honored Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, with the 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award at its SCCT Annual Scientific Meeting in Montral, Canada, on July 12.
The award, designed to promote the prevention of death from heart disease, recognizes individuals whose pioneering efforts have saved lives from a leading killer throughout the world, coronary artery disease. SCCT recognizes Dr. Fuster for his lifelong contributions to achieve disease prevention in the field of cardiology, in particular for his monumental work in unraveling the molecular and cellular bases for atherosclerosis development, providing a foundation for developing diagnostic and treatment approaches.
"I feel very proud to receive this award that wears the name of Dr. Arthur S. Agatston," says Dr. Fuster, who also serves as Physician-in-Chief, Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Jose and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Dr. Agatston was one of the first who had the vision to link a diagnostic tool (coronary calcification), with its use, to encourage prevention (Agatston Score). He is a visionary."
Dr. Agatston, is a pioneer in the field of noninvasive cardiac imaging and a leading preventive cardiologist. His scientific work, first reported in 1991 with Dr. Warren Janowitz, resulted in the Agatston Score, a method for screening patients for coronary artery disease by measuring the amount of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. The Agatston Score is currently used throughout the world and considered by many experts to be the single best predictor of future heart attack. To help his cardiac and diabetes patients improve their blood chemistries and lose weight, Agatston also developed a diet, which led to his first book, The South Beach Diet. Currently, Dr. Agatston serves as the Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention at Baptist Health South Florida.
"Dr. Fuster is a true gentleman and a scholar," says Dr. Arthur Agatston, the preventive cardiologist for whom the SCCT award is named and who presented the award to Dr. Fuster. "His ability to pioneer cutting edge research and then communicate it in a clear, concise and exciting manner is unparalleled in the field of cardiology. It is a great honor for me and for the SCCT to have Dr. Valentin Fuster accept our cardiovascular disease prevention award."
As a world-renowned cardiologist, Dr. Fuster has served with distinction in numerous leadership capacities in the cardiovascular community throughout the globe, including past President of the American Heart Association, past President of the World Heart Federation, member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, former member of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Advisory Council, and former Chairman of the Fellowship Training Directors Program of the American College of Cardiology.
In addition, Dr. Fuster has published more than 900 scientific articles on the subjects of coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis and thrombosis, and is the lead editor of two major textbooks on cardiology, "The Heart" (previously edited by Dr. J. Willis Hurst) and "Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease" (with Dr. Eric Topol and Dr. Elizabeth Nabel).
Past recipients of the SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award include: William P. Castelli, MD, of The Heart Center of MetroWest in Framingham, MA; Scott M. Grundy, PhD, MD, of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX; and Sanjay Gupta, MD, Neurosurgeon, Author, and CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent.
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SCCT is committed to offering support through research, education for physicians, and dissemination of information for the general public on the options available for the prevention of coronary artery disease. SCCT is the professional society devoted exclusively to cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT). With an expanding global membership, it is acknowledged and recognized as the representative and advocate for research, education, and clinical excellence in the use of cardiovascular computed tomography.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Established in 1968, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Icahn School of Medicine is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty members in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 14th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Mount Sinai is one of just 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and by U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
For more information, visit http://www.mountsinai.org.
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Dr. Valentin Fuster receives 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention AwardPublic release date: 15-Jul-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Lauren Woods lauren.woods@mountsinai.org 212-241-2836 The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Valentin Fuster honored for his lifelong contributions for the prevention of heart disease
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has honored Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, with the 2013 SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award at its SCCT Annual Scientific Meeting in Montral, Canada, on July 12.
The award, designed to promote the prevention of death from heart disease, recognizes individuals whose pioneering efforts have saved lives from a leading killer throughout the world, coronary artery disease. SCCT recognizes Dr. Fuster for his lifelong contributions to achieve disease prevention in the field of cardiology, in particular for his monumental work in unraveling the molecular and cellular bases for atherosclerosis development, providing a foundation for developing diagnostic and treatment approaches.
"I feel very proud to receive this award that wears the name of Dr. Arthur S. Agatston," says Dr. Fuster, who also serves as Physician-in-Chief, Director of the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute and the Marie-Jose and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Dr. Agatston was one of the first who had the vision to link a diagnostic tool (coronary calcification), with its use, to encourage prevention (Agatston Score). He is a visionary."
Dr. Agatston, is a pioneer in the field of noninvasive cardiac imaging and a leading preventive cardiologist. His scientific work, first reported in 1991 with Dr. Warren Janowitz, resulted in the Agatston Score, a method for screening patients for coronary artery disease by measuring the amount of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. The Agatston Score is currently used throughout the world and considered by many experts to be the single best predictor of future heart attack. To help his cardiac and diabetes patients improve their blood chemistries and lose weight, Agatston also developed a diet, which led to his first book, The South Beach Diet. Currently, Dr. Agatston serves as the Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention at Baptist Health South Florida.
"Dr. Fuster is a true gentleman and a scholar," says Dr. Arthur Agatston, the preventive cardiologist for whom the SCCT award is named and who presented the award to Dr. Fuster. "His ability to pioneer cutting edge research and then communicate it in a clear, concise and exciting manner is unparalleled in the field of cardiology. It is a great honor for me and for the SCCT to have Dr. Valentin Fuster accept our cardiovascular disease prevention award."
As a world-renowned cardiologist, Dr. Fuster has served with distinction in numerous leadership capacities in the cardiovascular community throughout the globe, including past President of the American Heart Association, past President of the World Heart Federation, member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, former member of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Advisory Council, and former Chairman of the Fellowship Training Directors Program of the American College of Cardiology.
In addition, Dr. Fuster has published more than 900 scientific articles on the subjects of coronary artery disease, atherosclerosis and thrombosis, and is the lead editor of two major textbooks on cardiology, "The Heart" (previously edited by Dr. J. Willis Hurst) and "Atherothrombosis and Coronary Artery Disease" (with Dr. Eric Topol and Dr. Elizabeth Nabel).
Past recipients of the SCCT Arthur S. Agatston Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Award include: William P. Castelli, MD, of The Heart Center of MetroWest in Framingham, MA; Scott M. Grundy, PhD, MD, of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX; and Sanjay Gupta, MD, Neurosurgeon, Author, and CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent.
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SCCT is committed to offering support through research, education for physicians, and dissemination of information for the general public on the options available for the prevention of coronary artery disease. SCCT is the professional society devoted exclusively to cardiovascular computed tomography (CCT). With an expanding global membership, it is acknowledged and recognized as the representative and advocate for research, education, and clinical excellence in the use of cardiovascular computed tomography.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Established in 1968, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Icahn School of Medicine is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty members in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by U.S. News & World Report.
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 14th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Mount Sinai is one of just 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and by U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
For more information, visit http://www.mountsinai.org.
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Piaggio to Launch Vespa 946 in India Later this Year
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Source: www.ibtimes.com --- Sunday, July 14, 2013 Vespa is gearing up to take the next big step in the Indian market with the launch of its Vespa 946 scooter. ...
Lac Megantic Oil Train Explosion: Consequences of Deregulation
This is a guest post by Phil Mattera.
Canada?s Transportation Safety Board is far from reaching a conclusion on what caused an unattended train with 72 tanker cars filled with crude oil to roll downhill and crash into the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, setting off a huge explosion that killed at least 15 people. But that hasn?t stopped Edward Burkhardt, the chief executive of the railroad, from pointing the finger at everyone in sight ? except himself.
Burkhardt first tried to blame local firefighters who had extinguished a small blaze in the train before the larger accident, and now he is accusing his own employee ? the person who was operating the train all by himself ? for failing to apply all the hand brakes when he parked the train for the night and went to a hotel for some rest after his 12-hour shift.
Whatever were the immediate causes of the accident, Burkhardt and his company ? Montreal, Maine & Atlantic (MMA) Railway and its parent Rail World Inc. ? bear much of the responsibility.
Burkhardt is a living symbol of the pitfalls of deregulation, deunionization, privatization and the other features of laissez-faire capitalism. He first made his mark in the late 1980s, when his Wisconsin Central Railroad took advantage of federal railroad deregulation, via the 1980 Staggers Rail Act, to purchase 2,700 miles of track from the Soo Line and remake it into a supposedly dynamic and efficient carrier. That efficiency came largely from operating non-union and thus eliminating work rules that had promoted safety.
Wisconsin Central ? which also took advantage of privatization to acquire rail operations in countries such as Britain, Australia and New Zealand ? racked up a?questionable safety record. Burkhardt was forced out of Wisconsin Central in a boardroom dispute in 2001, but he continued his risky practices after his new company, Rail World, took over the Bangor and Aroostook line in 2003 and renamed it MMA.
Faced with operating losses, Burkhardt and his colleague Robert Grindrod targeted labor costs with little concern about the safety consequences. In 2010 the?Bangor Daily News?reported?that MMA was planning to reduce its crews to one person in Maine, which, amazingly, was allowed by state officials. Grindrod blithely told the newspaper: ?Obviously, if you are running two men on a crew and switch to one man, you?re saving 50 percent of your labor component.? The company also succeeded in getting permission for one-man crews in Canada.
Inadequate staffing may have also played a role in a 2009 incident at an MMA maintenance facility in Maine in which more than 100,000 gallons of oil were spilled during a transfer in the facility?s boiler room. In 2011 the EPA?fined?the company $30,000 for Clean Water Act violations.
MMA continued to have safety problems even before the Lac-Megantic disaster. The?Wall Street Journal?reported?that MMA had 23 accidents, injuries or other reportable mishaps from 2010 to 2012 and that on a per-mile basis the company?s rate was much higher than the U.S. national average.
The Lac-Megantic accident is prompting calls in Canada for a reconsideration of the policy of allowing a high degree of self-regulation on the part of the railroads. A review of lax regulation, including the elimination of work rules, should also occur in the United States. There?s also a scandal in the fact that railroads like MMA are still?allowed?to use outdated and unsafe tanker cars.
Yet some observers are seeking to exploit the deaths in Quebec by making the bizarre argument that the real lesson of the accident is the need to rely more on pipelines rather than railroads to carry the crude oil gushing out of the North Dakota Bakken fields (the content of the MMA tankers) and the tar sands of Canada. North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, for instance, is?using?the incident to argue the need for the controversial XL Pipeline.
How quickly these people forget that the safety record of pipelines is far from unblemished. Hoeven?s neighbors in Montana are still recovering from the 2011 rupture of an Exxon Mobil pipeline that spilled some 40,000 gallons of crude oil into the Yellowstone River.
The problem is not the particular delivery system by which hazardous substances are transported but the fact that too many of those systems are under the control of executives such as Burkhardt who put their profits before the safety of the public.
Chinese cooking and Chinese cooking sauces are the key ingredients of Chinese culinary culture and go hand in hand. Chinese cooking and Chinese cooking sauces probably cannot exist without complimenting each other.
Generally American Chinese cooking typically consists of vegetables and the Chinese cooking sauces are used for garnishing and preparing authentic Chinese cooking styles of Chinese cooking recipes. Most of the Chinese dishes involve the use of different types of Chinese cooking spices and Chinese cooking sauce recipes. Noodles, fried rice and Manchurian are three common dishes that are prepared with different Chinese cooking sauce recipes and taste delicious.
The Chinese cooking sauces are well known in America as a dipping sauces and a Chinese cooking sauce for pork and chicken. Earlier sweet and sour Chinese cooking sauce began as a simple Chinese cooking sauce that was used on fish in different parts of the globe. When this tradition came to America, the concept of ketchup was introduced and popular American Chinese cooking dishes such as sweet and sour chicken were created.
Chinese dipping sauce, chili oil, sweet and sour sauce, oyster sauce and garlic sauce are some other type of Chinese cooking sauces that are used widely with Chinese foods. The Chinese cooking sauces can also be used while preparing noodles or fried rice.
The Chinese dipping sauce is normally used with Chinese appetizers like pot stickers and spring rolls. These Chinese cooking sauces are normally served in a bowl along with other dishes. Chili oil which is made from chili peppers is normally used in stir fired dishes or noodles to enhance the taste of the dishes. Adding a few drops of this Chili oil to the meals can make them extremely delicious.
There are different kinds of Chinese cooking sauces which can be used for preparing every day Chinese meals. The sweet and sour sauce is a Chinese cooking sauce that has been used for many centuries to enhance the flavor of a Chinese dish. The main ingredient of the sweet and sour sauce sauce is sugar and wedding vinegar. Adding tomato sauce, along with sweet and sour sauce can help make mouth watering Chinese meal.
Chinese cooking sauces have proven to be one of the most important factors in enhancing the taste and flavor of the Chinese cuisine by their quick flavor adding capabilities. Often hot mustard is used as a dip in dishes like spring rolls and egg rolls. This dip goes well with many other appetizers as well. Garlic sauce is made by mixing oyster sauce and finely shredded garlic.
There are different types of Chinese cooking sauces that are very adaptable in nature for a variety of other Chinese dishes. One can experiment with the different versions by adding different ingredients to these Chinese cooking sauces. Many of the dishes and Chinese cooking sauces from China have evolved across the globe.
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) -Manchester United manager David Moyes says Wayne Rooney injured his hamstring before the club's preseason tour to Asia and Australia and dismissed suggestions the striker is set to leave the club.
Rooney returned home after only one day in Thailand and is expected to be out of action for a month, placing him in doubt for United's first match of the Premier League season against Swansea on Aug. 17.
"The day we left (Manchester for the tour) he just felt his hamstring tighten up right at the end of training and we thought there would be no problem," Moyes said. "But after the long flight we decided we'd get him tested and scanned and have a look at things, and there is just a small grade one injury there.
"We won't take any chances - there is no point in taking him any further round the world, so we've sent him back and he'll get treatment."
Rooney wrote on his Facebook page: "Gutted to have picked up a niggling injury especially as training was going so well, heading back to Manchester to have it assessed fully but early indications are nothing to worry about."
The early return provoked further speculation about Rooney's future.
Previous United manager Alex Ferguson revealed Rooney asked to leave the club at the end of last season, while Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said Friday that the 27-year-old England international is a player he admires.
"People are entitled to talk about good players," Moyes said. "I am being asked plenty about Wayne, so I am sure Jose will be getting asked about lots of players as well.
"It is hard to keep repeating myself but I will do. Wayne is a Manchester United player and will remain that."
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LEGION BASEBALL: Plymouth has shot at top spot in Zone 10
The Plymouth Post 40 Legion baseball team barely snuck into the Zone 10 playoffs last season, winning a tie-breaker with Kingston to grab the eighth and final playoff spot. Things are going to be a great deal easier for both teams this time around as they speed into the final week of the regular season on a winning streak.
Plymouth improved to 11-5 Wednesday night with a solid 7-3 win at Whitman. With six games left on the schedule Plymouth is in a log jam for second place in Zone 10 behind defending champion Barnstable. Barnstable has a couple games lead on Kingston, Plymouth, Brockton and Orleans at the moment as the teams get ready for the final week of the regular season.
Plymouth starter Alex Rozak didn't get much support Wednesday night from a defense that made six errors behind him, but he didn't need much, either. After surrendering a pair of hits in the first inning, the Plymouth North and Mass. Maritime Academy product shut Whitman down over the next four innings and let his offense put the game away.
Rozak struck out five in five innings of work. Mark Mineo closed things out, allowing one hit and striking out three over the final two innings of the contest. Rozak and Mineo did the job at the plate, as well. Both had a pair of hits in the win.
Plymouth got an early jump on the home team with a pair of runs in each of the first two innings. Rozak got things going in the first with an infield single that plated Corey Boudreau. Cody Holmes scampered home later in the frame on the front end of a double-steal.
After Whitman answered with a run in the home half of the first, Plymouth put two more on the board in the second inning. Joe Kingsbury and Brendan Gallahue singled to get things going. Kingsbury scored on a passed ball and Holmes' groundout plated Gallahue with Plymouth's fourth run of the night.
Whitman cut it to 4-2 in the third, but Brian Christian got that run back on a sacrifice fly. Whitman got another run off Rozak in the fifth, but Post 40 answered back with two more runs in the sixth as darkness began to approach.
There was a scary moment in the fourth inning when Plymouth coach Paul Coffin took a direct hit to the forehead on a screaming line drive off the bat of a Whitman hitter. He never lost consciousness, but remained on the ground for several minutes while an ambulance was called. Coffin was taken to the hospital and released later that night after receiving 25 stitches in his head.
Monday night, Plymouth Post 40 players Christian, Rozak and Ted Savage traveled to Orleans to take part in the Zone 10 All-Star Game. The East squad lost to the West, 5-3.
E-Mail the reporter at dwolcott@wickedlocal.com and follow him on Twitter, @davidwolcott1.
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Brian Baker and college stars to play at Atlantic Station
ATLANTA -- The BB&T Atlanta Open will be Brian Baker's tour debut since suffering a torn lateral meniscus in January. The BB&T Atlanta Open will be held at Atlantic Station July 20-28 and is the first men's event in the Emirates Airline US Open Series.
Baker has written one of the best comeback stories in tennis history. The American had an outstanding junior career that included reaching the 2003 French Open finals and a world No.2 junior ranking. He also recorded wins over some of today's top players, including Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.
After turning pro in 2003, he suffered a string of severe injuries that caused him to miss six years of action. Upon his return in 2012, Baker proved he had not lost his talent by reaching his first career ATP World Tour final in Nice. The former Belmont University men's tennis assistant coach continued to excel, reaching last year's Wimbledon Round of 16 and No. 52 on the Emirates Airline ATP Rankings.
"We are thrilled to be Brian Baker's first tournament back since his Australian Open injury," Tournament Director Bob Bryant said. "Brian has persevered for one of the greatest comebacks in professional sports and the BB&T Atlanta Open is glad to assist him in the next chapter of his career by granting a wild card into our main draw. Additionally, two-time champion Mardy Fish will be returning to action in Atlanta after playing in just one tournament since last year's U.S. Open, giving Atlanta fans the opportunity to witness two great American tennis stories in 2013."
Two players from Georgia universities will be given the opportunity to compete against some of the top tennis players in the world, continuing a tournament tradition. Georgia Tech tennis standout Juan Spir and University of Georgia's Nathan Pasha will receive wild cards into the singles qualifier. John Isner, who will probably be the tournament's top seed, won an NCAA Division I championship with Georgia.
Colombian Spir achieved a No. 44 ITA singles ranking and a No. 10 doubles ranking with partner and Alpharetta native Vikram Hundal. The pair earned All-American honors by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2013 NCAA Doubles Championship. Spir's results earned him All-ACC Men's Tennis Honors for the third year in a row.
Georgia rising junior and Atlanta resident Pasha recorded a 14-1 record at the No. 6 slot as a freshman and was selected for the SEC All-Freshman Team and named ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year. Pasha finished 2013 with a No. 51 national ranking and a 32-15 record. The ITA named Pasha this year's Southeast Region Player to Watch.
All that's old is new again. In this raucous, high-tempo mash-up, Ezra Kleptone smashes three dissonant musical acts?the Ting Tings, Lulu, and Green Day? together like recombinant digital DNA. The result is an awesome new breed of auditory animal.
Report: Apple will use IGZO displays for new iPad, MacBook
Apple is reportedly in talks with LG and Sharp to provide IGZO displays for the iPad and MacBook. The new energy-saving technology would deliver better battery life to both portable machines and could arrive on Apple?s tablet as early as this year (or perhaps sometime next year) according to a report from Patently Apple.
IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) displays afford a few benefits over traditional panels. For starters, the thin-film transistors inside these screens allow more light to pass through the back which results in a brighter panel. Furthermore, this trait can also reduce the number of backlit LEDs used which helps to reduce overall cost. And since the panels use a high pixel density, they require less energy which leads to longer battery life in mobile devices like notebooks and tablets.
Sources claim that Sharp is already ramping up production of IGZO panels while LG is in the process of repurposing existing OLED and LCD production lines to build the screens. It was speculated by DisplaySearch analyst Charles Annis that Apple may use the technology from Sharp in the third generation iPad last year but as we now know, that didn?t pan out. Whether or not that decision was on purpose is still up for debate.
Most expect the next generation iPad to hit the scene either later this year or in early 2014 while a refresh of the MacBook line isn?t expected until sometime during the first half of next year. It is unclear whether the report is referring to the full-sized iPad, iPad mini or both, however.
Jealousy can drive us to view ourselves more like our rivals
[unable to retrieve full-text content]If you see your partner flirt with someone else, you may feel hurt, angry, and jealous. The last thing you might expect is to start thinking of yourself more like your rival. New research suggests just that: that jealousy can prompt people to change how they view themselves relative to competitors for their partners' attention.
Plain surfaces transformed into low-cost touch screens
[unable to retrieve full-text content]A low cost system, based on the principles of vibration and imaging that is able to track the movements of multiple fingers and of objects, can turn almost any surface into a touch-screen.
NBA free agency 2013: Mavs add Ellington, Harris to backcourt
DALLAS ? Wayne Ellington has become the third guard to join the Dallas Mavericks in free agency.
Ellington tweeted late Tuesday night that he had agreed to a contract with Dallas. The deal is reportedly for two years and $5 million.
PHOTOS: SN's Top 20 NBA free agents
The 6-foot-4 shooting guard split last season between Memphis and Cleveland. He was traded to the Grizzlies last summer and went to the Cavaliers midseason in a four-player deal.
The 25-year-old has never averaged double figures in four years, but did score 10.4 points per game in the second half of last season with Cleveland. His career scoring average is 6.9 points.
The Mavericks have also agreed to deals with Jose Calderon and Devin Harris. A fourth guard, Gal Mekel, is coming over from Israel.
Harris is headed back to Dallas nine years after starting his career with them as a high draft pick.
Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki tweeted Tuesday that Harris was rejoining the Mavericks, who ended up with him at No. 5 overall in the 2004 draft in a deal that sent Antawn Jamison to Washington. Harris' contract is reportedly for three years and $9 million.
The 30-year-old Harris averaged 9.9 points and 3.4 assists in Atlanta last season.
Harris spent his first 3 1/2 seasons in Dallas and played in the 2006 NBA Finals before going to New Jersey in the trade for Jason Kidd in 2008. The Nets sent him to Utah when they acquired Deron Williams in 2011.
Before it was called the "Xbox," Microsoft had some silly ideas for what to name its video game console.
Before Microsoft officially unveiled the Xbox One, the Internet was awash in speculation about the thing's name. Was it going to be the "Xbox 720?" Maybe just plain old "Xbox?" Or, God forbid, "Xbox Infinity?" Those are all well and good, but how about something like the "FACE 3?"
"FACE" (short for "Full Action Center," err, 3) is just one of the colorful monikers that very well could have been the name of Microsoft's upcoming next-generation video game device if some of the company's branding team had had their way. It could have just as easily been called ? no joke ? "MIND," an acryonym for "Microsoft Interactive Network Device." That's according to the video game magazine Edge, which recently compiled a list of the many other names for the Xbox that Microsoft's gaming team tossed around and eventually scrapped. Xbox may sound like a funny name in its own right, seeing how it originated as a contraction of the phrase "DirectX Box," a reference to the company's computer graphics software DirectX. But after scanning Microsoft's list, I have to admit that I'm glad the team decided to stick with it. You should really take a look at the full list, but here are some of our favorite highlights from what could have been:
O2 (Optimal Ozone or Optical Odyssey). Just imagine the horrible marketing campaign about how gamers need "Halo" and "Gears of War" almost as badly as they need oxygen.
MARZ (Microsoft Active Reality Zone). It's like a cross between that TV network and the red planet! I think it's fair to say that nothing that ever wants to be taken seriously should end with a stylized "Z."
EHQ (Entertainment Headquarters). It's almost like that video game company ? you know, THQ (Toy Headquarters), except hopefully without the rapid-fire changes in management and unceremonious decline into bankruptcy. Team Xbox must have been relieved they threw this one in the trash after THQ finally filed for Chapter 11 protection last year.
VIP (Virtual Interactive Player). On the plus side, I guess this one would have let "Call of Duty" bros rebrand their man caves as "VIP lounges."
MAX (Microsoft Action Experience). The original Xbox was first released in 2001, so I'm guessing someone at the upper echelon's of Microsoft's gaming operation must have seen the classic 1999 Simpsons episode "Homer to the Max" to help come up with this gem. I imagine someone in the boardroom that day saying: "There are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way and the Microsoft Action Experience way!" Isn't that just the wrong way? "Yes, but faster!"
Yannick LeJacq is a contributing writer for NBC News who has also covered technology and games for Kill Screen, The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic. You can follow him on Twitter at @YannickLeJacq and reach him by email at: ylejacq@gmail.com.
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Women working shifts are at greater risk of miscarriage, menstrual disruption and subfertility
Women working shifts are at greater risk of miscarriage, menstrual disruption and subfertilityPublic release date: 9-Jul-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Christine Bauquis christine@eshre.eu 32-499-258-046 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
London, 9 July 2013: Shift work, which encourages sleep deprivation and patterns of activity
outside the circadian rhythm, has been associated with a greater risk of ill health and loss of
well-being in some (but not all) studies.(1) However, little is known about the effects of shift
work on reproductive health and fertility.
Now, a study reported today at the annual meeting of ESHRE, by Dr Linden Stocker from the
University of Southampton, UK, indicates that working shift patterns is associated with an
increased risk of menstrual disruption and subfertility.
The study is a meta-analysis of all studies on the subject published between 1969 and January
2013. It compares the impact of non-standard working schedules (including night-shift work and
mixed-shifts) with that in women not working shifts. The end-points were early reproductive
outcome parameters, including menstrual dysregulation, female fertility and miscarriage rates.
The study, which included data on 119,345 women, found that those working shifts (alternating
shifts, evenings and nights) had a 33% higher rate of menstrual disruption than those working
regular hours (odds ratio 1.22, statistically significant) and an 80% increased rate of subfertility
(OR 1.80, statistically significant).(2)
Women who worked only nights did not have a statistically increased risk of menstrual
disruption or difficulty conceiving, but they did have an increased rate of miscarriage (OR 1.29),
although this increased risk of miscarriage was not observed in women who worked nights as
part of a shift pattern.
The investigators describe their findings as "novel", but in keeping with other studies (which
found adverse effects in later pregnancy). "If replicated," they said, " our findings have
implications for women attempting to become pregnant, as well as for their employers".
On the implications of the study Dr Stocker said: "Whilst we have demonstrated an association
between shift work and negative early reproductive outcomes, we have not proven causation. In
humans, the long-term effects of altering circadian rhythms are inherently difficult to study. As a
proxy measure, the sleep disruption demonstrated by the shift workers in our study creates
short- and long-term biological disturbances. Shift workers adopt poor sleep hygiene, suffer
sleep deprivation and develop activity levels that are out-of-sync with their body clock.
"However, if our results are confirmed by other studies, there may be implications for
shift workers and their reproductive plans. More friendly shift patterns with less
impact on circadian rhythm could be adopted where practical - although the optimal
shift pattern required to maximise reproductive potential is yet to be established."
In noting that only some reproductive outcomes were affected by shift work, Dr Stocker
reported that the underlying biological disturbances involved in reproductive difficulties "are
complex and not the same across all the disease processes". "Indeed," she said, "it is probable
that completely different causes underlie menstrual dysfunction, miscarriage and subfertility.
This may explain why the effects of different types of shift work are seen in some groups of
women, but not others."
She added that one possible explanation for the overall findings is that the disruption of
circadian rhythm can influence the biological function of "clock genes", which have been shown
to be associated with changes in biological functions.
###
Abstract 193, Tuesday 9 July 17.15 BST
Do working schedules influence early reproductive outcomes - a metaanalysis
Notes
1. Most studies have concentrated on the association between shift work and cardiovascular
risk factors, with an emphasis on circadian rhythm, disturbed activity patterns, reduced social
support, psychological stress, stress, unhealthy behaviour (smoking, diet, alcohol, exercise), and
metabolic changes (cholesterol, blood pressure). Some studies have found a higher association
in shift workers, but results tend to be varied and the studies of inconsistent methodology.
Meta-analysis (as in this study) provides a way of pooling the data and applying a consistent
methodology.
2. Menstrual disruption was defined as a cycle which deviated from the normal 28
days; either a short menstrual cycle (32 days).
Shifts included all women who worked at any time other than a standard day-time schedule.
This could include night shifts, evening shifts, split shifts or rotating shifts.
* When obtaining outside comment, journalists are requested to ensure that their contacts are
aware of the embargo on this release.
For further information on the details of this press release, contact:
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Women working shifts are at greater risk of miscarriage, menstrual disruption and subfertilityPublic release date: 9-Jul-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ]
Contact: Christine Bauquis christine@eshre.eu 32-499-258-046 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
London, 9 July 2013: Shift work, which encourages sleep deprivation and patterns of activity
outside the circadian rhythm, has been associated with a greater risk of ill health and loss of
well-being in some (but not all) studies.(1) However, little is known about the effects of shift
work on reproductive health and fertility.
Now, a study reported today at the annual meeting of ESHRE, by Dr Linden Stocker from the
University of Southampton, UK, indicates that working shift patterns is associated with an
increased risk of menstrual disruption and subfertility.
The study is a meta-analysis of all studies on the subject published between 1969 and January
2013. It compares the impact of non-standard working schedules (including night-shift work and
mixed-shifts) with that in women not working shifts. The end-points were early reproductive
outcome parameters, including menstrual dysregulation, female fertility and miscarriage rates.
The study, which included data on 119,345 women, found that those working shifts (alternating
shifts, evenings and nights) had a 33% higher rate of menstrual disruption than those working
regular hours (odds ratio 1.22, statistically significant) and an 80% increased rate of subfertility
(OR 1.80, statistically significant).(2)
Women who worked only nights did not have a statistically increased risk of menstrual
disruption or difficulty conceiving, but they did have an increased rate of miscarriage (OR 1.29),
although this increased risk of miscarriage was not observed in women who worked nights as
part of a shift pattern.
The investigators describe their findings as "novel", but in keeping with other studies (which
found adverse effects in later pregnancy). "If replicated," they said, " our findings have
implications for women attempting to become pregnant, as well as for their employers".
On the implications of the study Dr Stocker said: "Whilst we have demonstrated an association
between shift work and negative early reproductive outcomes, we have not proven causation. In
humans, the long-term effects of altering circadian rhythms are inherently difficult to study. As a
proxy measure, the sleep disruption demonstrated by the shift workers in our study creates
short- and long-term biological disturbances. Shift workers adopt poor sleep hygiene, suffer
sleep deprivation and develop activity levels that are out-of-sync with their body clock.
"However, if our results are confirmed by other studies, there may be implications for
shift workers and their reproductive plans. More friendly shift patterns with less
impact on circadian rhythm could be adopted where practical - although the optimal
shift pattern required to maximise reproductive potential is yet to be established."
In noting that only some reproductive outcomes were affected by shift work, Dr Stocker
reported that the underlying biological disturbances involved in reproductive difficulties "are
complex and not the same across all the disease processes". "Indeed," she said, "it is probable
that completely different causes underlie menstrual dysfunction, miscarriage and subfertility.
This may explain why the effects of different types of shift work are seen in some groups of
women, but not others."
She added that one possible explanation for the overall findings is that the disruption of
circadian rhythm can influence the biological function of "clock genes", which have been shown
to be associated with changes in biological functions.
###
Abstract 193, Tuesday 9 July 17.15 BST
Do working schedules influence early reproductive outcomes - a metaanalysis
Notes
1. Most studies have concentrated on the association between shift work and cardiovascular
risk factors, with an emphasis on circadian rhythm, disturbed activity patterns, reduced social
support, psychological stress, stress, unhealthy behaviour (smoking, diet, alcohol, exercise), and
metabolic changes (cholesterol, blood pressure). Some studies have found a higher association
in shift workers, but results tend to be varied and the studies of inconsistent methodology.
Meta-analysis (as in this study) provides a way of pooling the data and applying a consistent
methodology.
2. Menstrual disruption was defined as a cycle which deviated from the normal 28
days; either a short menstrual cycle (32 days).
Shifts included all women who worked at any time other than a standard day-time schedule.
This could include night shifts, evening shifts, split shifts or rotating shifts.
* When obtaining outside comment, journalists are requested to ensure that their contacts are
aware of the embargo on this release.
For further information on the details of this press release, contact:
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
Mumbai:?Marks & Spencer (M&S) hosted a fashion parade to mark the launch of its first standalone store in Mumbai at Lokhandwala?in a remarkable style. A troop of 8 foreign models dressed up in M&S top to toe sashayed down the streets of Lokhandwala and Link Road for about 15 minutes in the evening of 6th?July ?13. The curious crowd was amused at this unusual yet picturesque event while a bunch of them kept following the parade clicking pictures and making videos of the same till they returned back to the store. This new flagship store marks the 5th edition to Marks and Spencer stores in Mumbai.
With over 18000 sq ft of selling space of two floors, the new format store aims to make the store more inviting, inspiring and easier to shop for customers with an exciting new take on fashion displays.
Store address: Level G & 1, Samartha Aishwarya, Near Tarapore Towers, Oshiwara, Andheri (W), Mumbai- 4000
Mobile Travel App WorldMate Now Makes Checking In To Flights A Snap
If you are a frequent flyer, you have probably developed some kind of strategy to make checking in to your flights while on the go somewhat bearable. But mobile travel app Worldmate,?which was?acquired by Carlson Wagonlit Travel?last year, now makes it a snap to check in to your flights in a few seconds.
GoldieBlox, The Toy That Aims To Get Girls Hooked On Engineering, Is Coming To A Toys ?R' Us Near You
Move over, Barbie -- there's a new toy in town now. GoldieBlox, the San Francisco Bay Area startup that has created an engineering-focused toy aimed specifically at little girls, has inked its first nationwide distribution deal with retailing giant Toys 'R' Us. The company's flagship toy, the story-oriented construction set called "GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine," is now available at every Toys 'R' Us store in the United States for $29.99.
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Mumbai:?Marks & Spencer (M&S) hosted a fashion parade to mark the launch of its first standalone store in Mumbai at Lokhandwala?in a remarkable style. A troop of 8 foreign models dressed up in M&S top to toe sashayed down the streets of Lokhandwala and Link Road for about 15 minutes in the evening of 6th?July ?13. The curious crowd was amused at this unusual yet picturesque event while a bunch of them kept following the parade clicking pictures and making videos of the same till they returned back to the store. This new flagship store marks the 5th edition to Marks and Spencer stores in Mumbai.
If you are a frequent flyer, you have probably developed some kind of strategy to make checking in to your flights while on the go somewhat bearable. But mobile travel app 
Move over, Barbie -- there's a new toy in town now. 