EYES ON LONDON: A queen's approval, Chinese gold

LONDON (AP) ? Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:

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HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

Seems even the queen can't resist the opportunity to act with Daniel Craig.

The British monarch didn't need much persuading to take part in the brief flick that electrified the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, says Jackie Brock-Doyle, the spokeswoman for the organizing committee.

"She liked the whole concept Danny brought together," she says ? presumably right down to the detail of having the queen's corgis, Monty, Holly and Willow, similarly take starring roles.

The matter was presented to her majesty by organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe last year.

? Danica Kirka ? http://twitter.com/danicakirka

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CLOSE SHAVE

British gymnast Louis Smith knows a thing or two about making a statement. The eccentric 23-year-old ? the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist on pommel horse ? is known as much for his well-coiffed hair and elaborate tattoos as his elegant routines.

A couple of days before the biggest ? and perhaps final ? meet of his life, Smith slipped out of the Olympic village to his home in Peterborough to visit his barber.

"I could have used one in the village, but I didn't want to tell him he was doing it wrong," Smith said.

He returned with a distinctive do, with shaved sides and a meticulously groomed flowing flattop.

Smith says the "hip" cut is designed to grab the kind of attention he thinks the sport needs.

?Will Graves ? Twitter http://twitter.com/WillGravesAP

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AN AMAECHI MOMENT

Strolling through security to enter Olympic Park, former British basketball star John Amaechi says he has been quite pleased with how his home country has opened these games.

The center paired with gymnast Nadia Comaneci to take the torch to the roof of the North Greenwich Arena earlier this month and is eager to see how Britain opens against powerful Russia in its men's basketball opener on Sunday.

"It's been wonderful so far, but the real work hasn't even started," Amaechi says. "That will tell the tale."

?Jon Krawczynski ? Twitter http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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I SEE BY YOUR OUTFIT ...

Dressed head to toe in the British flag ? or, rather, AS the British flag ? Mick Burn wanted to find a spot along the road course to cheer cyclist Mark Cavendish.

But his outfit was so extreme, the man from Watford in Hertfortshire couldn't make it more than a few feet (meters) at a time without being stopped by fans wanting to pose for a picture with him.

"I've been mobbed all day," he says. And he's delighted by that fact.

It took him almost two years and 200 pounds (more than $300) to assemble the outfit, which consisted of everything from "posh golf pants," a waistcoat, his watch, eyeglasses and even his underwear. The toughest item was the sport coat, which cost him 50 pounds (about $75) on eBay.

Burn had thought his niece, rower Lucinda Gooderham, would be competing in these games. She didn't qualify, but he vowed to keep fine-tuning the outfit for Rio.

See a picture of him here: http://pic.twitter.com/IxF6WM7y

?Jenna Fryer ? Twitter http://twitter.com/jennafryer

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SMOOOOOOOOOOTH

"Louis Smith as smooth as strawberries and cream on pommel horse. It's like he's in slow motion, control in amazing." ? AP's Will Graves tweets from the gymnastics venue. A spectacular pommel horse by Britain's Smith capped the day for the British, who finished almost 2.5 points ahead of China with at a total of 272.420. Team finals are Monday.

?Will Graves ? Twitter http://twitter.com/WillGravesAP

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GHOST TOWN

On a Saturday lunchtime, London's main shopping area, Oxford Street should be packed. Saturday afternoon, it is surprisingly empty of the usual crowd of Londoners and tourists. Were there a lot of late nights last night at opening ceremony parties or are the crowds in different parts of London enjoying the events?

?Fergus Bell ? Twitter http://twitter.com/fergb

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SPIRIT WILLING?

Not everyone in London is infected with the Olympic spirit. A couple of hundred demonstrators have gathered to protest the gigantic corporate and security sides of the games. Among them is one woman with a home-made cross stitch sign declaring: "Bugger the Olympics."

Beneath it, a second one adds: "And the Jubilee." Apparently she's no fan of the monarchy, either.

Most of the protesters say they don't object to the sporting competition. But they resent being told they have to support the games.

?Jill Lawless ? Twitter http://twitter.com/JillLawless

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MY LEGS WERE SHAKING

American Timothy Wang is already out of his first Olympics.

He lost his first table tennis match in four straight games on Saturday to North Korean Kim Song Nam. The experience lasted just a few minutes, beaten 11-5, 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 in the knockout tournament before about 4,000 fans.

He probably spoke for many first-time Olympians ? and even experienced ones ? about being very nervous.

"I walked out and as soon as everyone started cheering, I started to get goose bumps. My legs were shaking while I was playing. The nerves definitely kicked in. I tried to focus before the match, but I really wasn't expecting it when I came out. Over here every match is like center court and all the eyes are on you. In tournaments in the U.S., very few people are there."

? Stephen Wade ? Twitter http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP

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ROYAL SIGHTING

It's just how she likes it. Princess Anne crossed the road in front of me in Green Park. And, despite the crowds, she went mostly unnoticed, although there was a smattering of cheers.

The queen's daughter is as low-key as a British royal can be. And the British public seems to respect her wishes.

Here's the picture: http://bit.ly/QtNFwn

? Jenna Fryer ? Twitter http://twitter.com/JennaFryer

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TECH FAIL

Japanese volleyball coach Masayoshi Manabe is missing his trusty iPad. Turns out there's no wireless for the coaches to use at the Earls Court venue, something that isn't going over well.

"There is no wi-fi available here. All the teams are in the same condition. We are talking to the organizers," Manabe said through a translator.

Japan swept Algeria 3-0 in the opening match. For now at least, looks like they can do without technology.

? Anne M. Peterson ? Twitter http://twitter.com/anniempeterson

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FIRST GOLD

And the first gold medal has gone to China. Yi Siling has just triumphed in the women's 10-meter air rifle shooting.

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SLOW PHELPS

Michael Phelps was surprisingly slow in the 400-meter individual medley prelims Saturday. He barely made the field and will swim in Lane 8 in the final.

No big deal, right? All lanes are the same.

Not exactly, according to a tweet from former Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders: "Lane 8 is worse than Lane 1 because Phelps breathes to the right on the way home. He won't see the rest of the field."

?Jon Krawczynski ? Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/APKrawczynski

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I CRIED LIKE A BABY

London Mayor Boris Johnson says he spent all night dreaming about the opening ceremony and thinks it was better than China's stunning show four years ago.

"Call me chauvinistic, call me jingoistic, but I think we knocked the spots off Beijing last night," Johnson said.

"From the beginning I was crying like a baby. I just thought it was brilliant."

He lauded the cultural complexity of Danny Boyle's production.

"We weren't just Beefeaters and Big Ben. It was the real story of this country," he said.

? Shawn Pogatchnik ? Twitter http://twitter.com/ShawnPogatchnik

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BILL GATES

The table tennis venue is abuzz with talk that Bill Gates will show up on Saturday ? and he'd see a familiar face in young American singles player Ariel Hsing.

The 16-year-old Californian is friends with Gates and fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, having played demonstration matches against the two earlier this year at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting.

She knows them well enough to call them "Uncle Bill" and "Uncle Warren." Is that cool or what?

? Stephen Wade ? Twitter http://twitter.com/StephenWadeAP

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NEWSPAPER REACTION

"BLAST-OFF!" thundered the Daily Mail; "Quirky and eccentric ... oh, how very British," judged the Daily Express; "TORCH OF GENIUS: QUEEN IN SKYFALL," was the Daily Mirror's take.

The Times led with a screen grab of James Bond, the queen and her corgis strutting down the red carpet of Buckingham Palace. Its headline: "Shaken and stirred."

The Sun, world famous for its in-your-face headlines, simply said "WOW" on the front page, with "FLAMING FANTASTIC" inside.

? Shawn Pogatchnik ? Twitter http://twitter.com/ShawnPogatchnik

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WHO'S IN CHARGE?

There's a battle for authority at points along Saturday morning's cycling road course. Even soldiers are being ordered around.

A military man in uniform demanded to be allowed to cross the road. A female police officer told him he could go through the gate, but the volunteer refused to open it. They all argued before he climbed atop the gate, saying simply "I'm crossing!"

He then fell hard on his knees on the pavement.

? Jenna Fryer ? Twitter http://twitter.com/JennaFryer

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EARLY GOLD RUSH

The action's well underway, with Britain hoping for an early gold in the men's cycling road race. Elsewhere, swimming heats began, with Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the Beijing Games four years ago, looking to qualify for potentially his first of the London Games.

?Dennis Passa ? Twitter http://twitter.com/dennispassa

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HUGE AUDIENCE

Who says the collective television event is dead?

The BBC says 27 million people watched its coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony ? almost half the entire British population. That's even more than the 20 million who watched last year's royal wedding.

? Jill Lawless ? Twitter http://twitter.com/JillLawless

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EDITOR'S NOTE ? "Eyes on London" shows you the Olympics through the eyes of Associated Press journalists across the 2012 Olympic city and around the world. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item, and get even more AP updates from the Games here: http://twitter.com/AP_Sports

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Will the UN reverse its ivory ban?

Delegates overseeing a worldwide endangered species treaty have adopted a plan to allow ivory to be legally traded on the global market.

By Associated Press / July 27, 2012

In this 2011 photo, a sixteen-day-old elephant enjoys the sun at an elephant breeding center in southern Nepal.

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Delegates overseeing a 175-nation endangered species treaty adopted measures Friday intended to curb smuggling of elephant ivory and rhino horn, including a new plan to eventually allow ivory to be legally traded again in global markets.

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The plan for allowing ivory to be traded legally for the first time in more than two decades will be fine-tuned and presented again in October, then considered for final approval next March in Bangkok. It was among the most hotly debated items at a weeklong meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, known as CITES, that ended Friday.

Some 300 delegates in Geneva agreed by consensus to a series of measures and sanctions on trade in endangered species. The ivory plan envisions a resumption in trading only from existing stocks gathered from elephants that have died as a result of natural causes.

A global ban on ivory trading took effect in 1989 to curb elephant poaching in Africa, but in the past decade the problem grew again with rising Asian demand for ivory chopsticks, statues and jewelry.

The long-running global debate over elephants has focused on the benefits of raising revenue from legal ivory sales that could be used to pay for conservation measures and ways of protecting local communities that live in close proximity to large and sometimes dangerous animals.

Proponents also have argued that legalizing the trade could dampen prices and, therefore, demand for ivory on the black market, but some conservation groups have said they remain skeptical that it will work and that in fact sales could only increase poaching. No culling or poaching would be authorized under the plan.

Much of the focus was on how to strengthen enforcement while also dampening consumer demand. Delegates agreed that effected nations must do more to control their markets and combat international ivory smuggling.

"You may say that there has been a sort of polarization here (over ivory) ? will you ban it totally, or will you allow something and if you allow something, you may also encourage smuggling," said Oystein Storkersen, the head of nature management in Norway who chairs one of CITES' main committees, told reporters. "As long as there is strong demand in the consumer countries, we probably will see people willing to risk going for ivory in the source countries."

Delegates also agreed to require that Vietnam, one of the biggest consumers of rhino horn, report back by September on how it is cracking down and to verify that rhino hunting trophies are taken for non-commercial reasons.

In parts of Asia, such as Vietnam, rhino horn can fetch the equivalent of U.S. street values for cocaine. It is crushed and consumed by people who believe it can cure diseases including cancer, fever and even hangovers, but doctors generally dispute that.

Delegates suspended trade in five reptiles ? the African chameleon in Niger, Fea's chameleon in Equatorial Guinea, the girdled lizard in Mozambique, and the yellow-headed temple turtle and orange-headed temple turtle in Laos ? and one African tree, teak, in Ivory Coast.

Delegates also decided to monitor crocodiles in Colombia, birds from the Solomon Islands, and a dozen other captive-breeding and ranching operations around the world.

But they agreed to lift previous suspensions and allow sustainable trade to resume for African teak and cherry in Congo, and for African grey parrots in Cameroon.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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Kidworth Aims to Help One Million Young Entrepreneurs Launch ...

Kidworth, a company that aims to help young entrepreneurs start their own businesses, is re-launching its site as Kidworth 2.0, with a new, ambitious goal to help over one million kids and teens launch startups.

Kidworth allows children and teens to launch a new company in just three minutes or less. Young entrepreneurs can offer products or services, manage payments, and even promote their new business all with the help of Kidworth?s easy-to-use platform. Kidworth 2.0 also offers an online marketplace where kids can set up a storefront and sell used goods or even handmade items.

In addition, Kidworth can help young entrepreneurs get business cards, start an email marketing campaign, and even set up promotions on Facebook.

Kidworth?s Founder, Rudy DeFelice, says:

?One of the things America has always done best is innovation and entrepreneurship. ?We look at our contribution as removing the barriers for young entrepreneurs to get started. ?Any teen or kid with ambition and a good idea can launch a business in 3 minutes ? no coding, no credit card relationships or legal filings required.?

Kidworth has just over 24,000 users so far. ?The youth-powered companies provide computer assistance, do yard work, create original artwork, and even offer design and marketing services for other companies. ?DeFelice says:

?We hope to empower a whole generation of Steve Jobs, Elon Musks and Mark Zuckerbergs, who will get their start on Kidworth and go on to transform our lives.?

When young entrepreneurs have set up their business, they can send their link to prospective customers, who can purchase goods and services via credit card. Then the young entrepreneur can reach out to their customer to discuss delivery of the product or service. Individual companies on Kidworth are not crawled by search engines and the URLs are masked, so the only people who can purchase goods and services from Kidworth entrepreneurs are those who have received the direct link. Kidworth also has other safety precautions in place to protect young entrepreneurs? personal information.

Kidworth gives parents the ability to create a master account for their children, which they can run on their own or give their children permission to run part of the business. Teens can create and manage their own accounts so they can learn the ins and outs of starting and running a business.

Child Entrepreneur Photo via Shutterstock

About Annie Pilon

Annie Pilon is a freelance writer specializing inmarketing, social media, and creative topics. When she?s not writing for her various freelance projects or her personal blog Wattlebird, she can be found exploring all that her home state of Michigan has to offer.

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Exclusive: Huff Post executive Lauren Kapp to exit after just three months

(Reuters) - Lauren Kapp, one of Arianna Huffington's key advisors at the Huffington Post Media Group, is leaving the company, effective August 1.

She is leaving for personal reasons, an AOL spokeswoman confirmed.

Kapp was hired by AOL's influential news site in April as senior vice president global strategy, marketing and communications.

Kapp did not immediately respond to calls for comment.

Before joining AOL, Kapp spent a decade at NBC Universal where she was the top communications executive and a member of NBC News president Steve Capus' inner circle. She was instrumental in promoting and branding some of the news division's most popular programs including "Today," "Nightly News with Brian Williams" and "Meet the Press."

The differences between NBC and the Huffington Post are vast: NBC is part of a huge corporate conglomerate controlled by cable operator Comcast Corp and its news division has a long, storied history.

The Huffington Post, founded in 2005, is a scrappy upstart that has rewritten the rule book in how news is presented and consumed on the Internet with its mixture of aggregation, heavy use of photos, original reporting and commentary.

In 2011, AOL acquired the Huffington Post for $315 million. Under the wing of AOL, the Huffington Post has expanded internationally and editorially with a masthead with boldface names such as former New York Times editor Timothy L. O'Brien and former Newsweek political correspondent Howard Fineman.

This year it won one the most prestigious award in American journalism, the Pulitzer Prize, for David Wood's series about the challenges facing wounded American soldiers coming home from war.

NBC attempted to buy the Huffington Post before AOL made the blockbuster acquisition. "We tried for the last 18 months at NBC to buy the Huffington Post; we could never agree on price is why it never got done," Former NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said in February 2011.

(Reporting By Jennifer Saba; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)

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The Care and Feeding of Olympic Athletes

FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- It seems there's virtually no end to the power and stamina of Olympic athletes, which is due in part to the detailed guidance they get from experts about the right amount and type of food they need.

So what do Olympic athletes eat? A lot.

On average, they need to consume between 8,000 and 10,000 calories a day, compared to just 2,000 to 2,800 calories a day for the average moderately active man, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

The science of fueling athletes for elite sports goes way beyond caloric intake to include percentages of carbohydrates versus proteins, quantities of fluid and the timing of meals and snacks.

"There is a huge range of different needs, depending on the event and how much speed, endurance and strength the athlete needs," said Dr. Christine Gerbstadt, a registered dietician and anesthesiologist in Gaithersburg, Md.

The advice athletes get has changed a lot in the past 20 years, Gerbstadt said. "You used to see an NFL football team sit down to a huge steak dinner before a game," she said. "No more."

Instead, the new approach is designed to feed athletes not just a combination of foods they need prior to an event, but to ensure that they ingest the right nutrients to help repair their muscles for the next competition, Gerbstadt said.

There are three phases to consider when planning the nutritional needs of athletes, Gerbstadt explained. An hour or two before an event, the Olympians should have an easily digestible light meal -- ideally oatmeal and a banana with milk or yogurt. An hour or so before the competition, they also need 16 ounces of water.

Hydration is a big issue, said Amy Jamieson-Petonic, a registered dietician and director of wellness coaching for the Cleveland Clinic.

"Athletes can lose 2 percent to 3 percent of their body weight from dehydration, which can negatively impact their aerobic performance," she said.

Trainers and coaches regularly check their athletes' specific gravity and osmolality (measures of dehydration), she added.

Some sports are more likely to lead to dehydration than others, Jamieson said. Swimmers typically are at high risk for the condition because they typically can't grab a sip of water in the middle of the event.

If an athlete's event is an hour long or less, they shouldn't drink water during the competition, Gerbstadt said. If it's more than an hour, the amount of water they should drink depends on the temperature, humidity and how much they actually perspire.

Gerbstadt recommends drinking 16 ounces of water, juice or a sports drink anywhere from every 15 minutes to every hour, depending on the individual's needs.

"They shouldn't go overboard on the fluids," she said. "It's actually better to be under-hydrating than taking in too much fluid."

After the event, in the "recovery" phase, the goal is to help the athletes' bodies bounce back quickly. The average Olympian burns about 800 calories an hour, but that can be replaced gradually over four to eight hours, Gerbstadt said.

She advises athletes to eat a quick recovery snack as soon after the competition as they can -- preferably 20 to 30 grams of protein and carbohydrates.

"A fruit smoothie with protein powder would be ideal, or a turkey sandwich is great," she said. "Without the immediate snack, there will be a prolonged recovery time of broken-down muscle fibers."

For most Olympic athletes, one of the hardest aspects of nutrition is finding the time to consume all the calories they need, said Jamieson-Petonic.

"They're training so hard, they have to literally plan to eat and drink multiple times a day," she said. "Because their nutrient needs are so high, they have to schedule meals and snacks very carefully."

The guidance that nutritionists offer Olympic athletes is also highly individualized, going beyond their sport to their particular preferences. "Everybody's got something a little different in their sports bottle," Gerbstadt said.

Although most people will never experience the athletic demands Olympians face, there are some important lessons from the nutrition experts for everyone who exercises:

• If you wonder whether you get enough hydration when you exercise, try weighing yourself first thing in the morning and then again right after your workout. The decrease in weight will represent the amount of fluid you lost, Jamieson-Petonic said. You'll need to replace every pound you lost with 24 ounces of fluid, she added.
• Concerned you might be dehydrated? It will probably be evident through your performance. "You feel like you just can't go on, your body can't do what it's used to doing," Jamieson-Petonic said. "You can walk but you can't run."
• Don't roll out of bed and go straight to a 5K run without some breakfast, Gerbstadt said. "Be sure to get some carbohydrates, lean protein and fluid on board before you go."

More information

For more on healthy diets, go to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/care-feeding-olympic-athletes-130511824.html

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Some rain but not enough to stave off crop losses

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Light showers overnight in the southwestern U.S. Midwest were too little too late to prevent further losses to corn and soybean yields, and next week will bring the return of high heat and drought, an agricultural meteorologist forecast Thursday.

Rain in the northern Midwest this week improved corn and soybean crop prospects, while heat and dryness in the southwestern section continued to stress crops, said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc.

"There should be some improvement in areas like the Dakotas and Minnesota. They have had some good rains of up to an inch or more, and there should be more rain and more improvement over the next week," Karst said.

Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois got some rains overnight, but they were too light to do much good. As a result, there will still be declining yields in those areas, Karst said, especially for corn.

"Corn is already brown so whatever yield has been established for corn that will be the final count," he said.

Karst said there had been forecasts for 1.5 to 3 inches in portions of the southwestern Midwest, but the rains were lighter than had been predicted.

There was generally a half inch or less, with locally heavier amounts, mainly in the north into Iowa of 1 to 1-1/2 inches. Heavier rainfall was very localized, he added.

"Shenandoah, Iowa got 1.5 inches, the biggest downpours were in the north into Iowa but they were pretty isolated," Karst said.

Karst said hot weather would continue in the southwest with highs in the 90s to low 100s degrees Fahrenheit, but more moderate temperatures in the 80s and low 90s would prevail elsewhere.

Commodity Weather Group (CWG) on Thursday said roughly two-thirds of the Midwest would get up to 0.50 inch of rain or more by Monday.

Thundershowers overnight in the southeast included at least a half inch of rain in 40 percent of Iowa and close to 25 percent of the Midwest overall.\

Scattered showers will extend eastward on Thursday into Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with additional rain likely in the central and northwestern Midwest Saturday through Monday.

CWG said the rains would temporarily ease moisture stress, mainly aiding soybeans.

Hot and dry weather is expected to return to much of the southwestern Midwest by the middle of next week, according to CWG.

(Reporting By Sam Nelson)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rain-not-enough-stave-off-crop-losses-124203996.html

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Wheaton Warrenville South advances to semis of Glenbard South baseball regional

Wheaton Warrenville South moved on to the semifinals of the Glenbard South regional in the summer baseball tournament, beating Hinsdale Central 4-3 yesterday.

The Tigers were scheduled to play Glenbard East today at 4:30 p.m. at Glenbard South with the winner advancing to tomorrow's final, also scheduled for 4:30 p.m.

Montini and Aurora Central Catholic make up the other side of the bracket.

Wheaton North bowed out with an 11-5 loss to Glenbard East while Glenbard West lost 8-7 to St. Joseph in the Fenwick regional.

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Watch the 2012 Emmy nominations here.

The 2012 Emmy Awards nominations will be announced Thursday morning, July 19 at 8:40 a.m. ET by "Parks & Recreation" star Nick Offerman and Kerry Washington, the leading actress on "Scandal." TV fans can watch a live stream of the ceremony here.

Last year's proceedings produced a classic live TV moment when "Mike & Molly" star Melissa McCarthy, who was hosting the nominations ceremony, found out she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. McCarthy, shocked and flustered by the honor, yelled out, "Yikes!" and coached herself to "keep it together."

In an interview with the AV Club, Offerman pondered how he might react if a similar situation presented itself this year. "I guess the first impulse would be to announce it while belching. Or maybe Kerry Washington could announce it while I vociferously pass gas. That would seem the most appropriate," he joked.

The 2012 Emmy Awards will air live Sunday, September 23 on ABC and be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

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Ambassador Bridge Bomb Threat: U.S.-Canada Span Reopens After 5-Hour Search By Authorities

July 16 (Reuters) - The Ambassador Bridge, a busy international border crossing linking Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, was closed for five hours on Monday following a bomb threat.
But investigators using bomb-sniffing dogs found nothing suspicious and the span reopened to traffic early Tuesday morning, authorities on both sides of the border said.
"No bomb or device was detected on the bridge," Detroit's emergency management agency said in a statement. It called the incident "closed."
Police on the Canadian side began removing barriers and allowing vehicles back onto the 7,500-foot (2,286-meter) bridge shortly after 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT), a dispatcher with the Windsor Police Department said.
The shutdown of the busy crossing came less than a week after the Detroit Windsor Tunnel, a nearby cross-border route, was closed by a bomb hoax.
In a statement, the Detroit International Bridge Company said Detroit police received the threat shortly before 8 p.m. EDT (0000 GMT).
The company said the threat was "similar" to the one that closed the tunnel last week -- but provided no additional details.
While authorities investigated the threat, traffic was diverted to the Detroit Windsor Tunnel as well as the Blue Water Bridge, said Scott Vetor, a supervisor with the Windsor Police.
The Ambassador Bridge, which opened in 1929, is the busiest commercial border crossing in North America and is a particularly important route for commercial traffic.
More than 25,000 vehicles, many of them trucks, use it every day to pass over the Detroit River.
The bridge is owned by Detroit billionaire Manuel "Matty" Moroun. (Editing by Philip Barbara and Lisa Shumaker)

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Will Robin appear in 'Dark Knight Rises'?

By Cody Delistraty

Spoiler warning: Possible clues to events in "The Dark Knight Rises" follow. A goofy sidekick who spews eye-rolling catchphrases has no place in Christopher Nolan?s upcoming ?The Dark Knight Rises.? Although the campy Dick Grayson (aka Robin)?doesn't fit?with Nolan?s gritty franchise, fanboys and fangirls still ceaselessly search through featurettes, trailers and TV spots for the slightest of clues that Robin will be a part of the series? finale.

While it is indeed possible that the Boy Wonder could show up in ?Rises,? he?d be altered so substantially to fit the film?s dark, epic tone that he?d be nearly unrecognizable as his comical comic book self. The young, acrobatic sidekick was a more serious character during the so-called Golden Age of Batman from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Yet, soon thereafter, he was given a campy demeanor, ?Holy (fill in the blank), Batman!? exclamations and a jubilant youthfulness that has defined his character to this day.

Cue Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the baby-faced star of ?(500) Days of Summer.? His?"Dark Knight Rises" role as police officer John Blake could be Robin?s daytime identity? -- at least, that's what Mark Hughes? Forbes piece claims. Yet Hughes? contentions are on less than solid ground. Among other things, he believes the bat-shaped chalk symbols shown in the featurette are drawn by Gordon-Levitt?s character; and, because of their vague resemblance to the Nightwing emblem (another of Robin?s identities) and the fact that, when flipped upside down, the chalk looks slightly like a robin, John Blake therefore must be Robin. ?Mind. Blown.? he writes.

Likewise, a well-circulated freeze-frame from the trailer shows fans of the fictional Gotham Rogues football team holding a ?Rogue? sign with the ?R? in the same shape as the ?R? on DC?s ?Robin? comic books. For many, this is ironclad evidence of Robin?s existence in the ?Rises? world. Empire Online, however, was quick to note, ?most of (the extras) brought their own props and costumes,? so the sign could be just one individual's design choice.

Then again, Gordon-Levitt seems like too?major of an actor?to simply play an idealistic cop, a relatively minimal part.

It?s generally agreed that if Robin were to show up in ?Rises? he would be in the form of his Golden Age self: a useful, responsible assistant to Batman and his fight against evil?-- embodied by Tom Hardy?s Bane in ?Rises.??A dorky, catchphrase-rattling?Robin wouldn't fly.

While it?d be essentially impossible to fully develop the Robin mythos in one movie (even one pushing three hours, as "Dark Knight Rises" does), his introduction?here?would allow Warner Bros. to create a spin-off franchise.

If there?s one sturdy clue that Robin?might show up, it?s the fact that his character can be later mined for profit in subsequent films.

"The Dark Knight Rises" hits theaters on July 20.

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More travellers are seeking cheap flights to Cuba and cheap Cuba vacation packages due to the allure of Cuba's amazing beaches, rich culture and heritage, outstanding ecological marvels, and magnificent diving. Havana is the capital of Cuba. The city is described as an exotic city and for hundreds of years it has been the entryway to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1982, Old Havana, the city's historic centre, was listed by UNESCO for its neoclassical and Baroque buildings. Havana's theatres, museums, concert halls, and galleries are a tourists dream and they are adjacent to the exciting night clubs and bars that serve the renowned mojitos. Havana is a very popular tourist destination.

Much more 'Caribbean' than Havana and world famous for its Carnival, the city of Santiago de Cuba, is an amazing city with a fascinating history, colorful music tradition, and gorgeous squares.
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Dialogue Between the Vatican and the Assyrian Church to Resume

Posted GMT 7-13-2012 23:58:46

Thrissur, India -- Talks between the Roman Catholic Church and Assyrian Church of the East (ACoE) on ironing out their differences and a possible merger would resume on October 4 at the Vatican.

"The main agenda of the third and final stage of talks would be about the Pope's stand if both Churches came together together," said Mar Aprem, Senior Metropolitan of ACoE and Patriarchal Delegate to India.

The noted Church historian and Aramaic scholar said a decision to resume the talks was taken at the recent eight-day 14th Holy Synod of the Assyrian Church at Chicago (USA), which was attended by 13 prelates from the US, Europe, Canada, Iraq, Australia, Iran, New Zealand, Lebanon and India.

Mar Yohannan Yoseph and Awgin Kuriakose were the other bishops from India at the synod, he said.

It was also decided to send a representative delegation comprising Metropolitan Mar Meealis Zaia, Bishops Mar Odisho Oraham, Mar Awa Royel, Synod Secretary and Archdecon William Toma for preliminary talks, he said.

The dialogue was established in 1985 with a view to ironing out some of their differences, he said.

In the first round of talks, Mar Dinkha IV, head of Assyrian church, and Pople John Paul II signed a common Christorlogical Declaration, which solved the vexed issue of Theotokos (Mother of God), held dear by Roman Catholic church and Christotokos (Mother of Christ), which the Assyrian church stood by, he said.

Another difference was on Vatican insisting on accepting the seven traditional sacraments like Baptism to five by the Assyrian Church. This was also solved with finalisation of a sacramental declaration in 2004, though not signed in the second phase, he said.

"The hitch in smooth finalisation of the issue will be the determination of the place of Pope and Catholicos patriarch, the supreme head of the Assyrian Church," he said.

The Synod also decided to have a dialogue with the Greek Orthodox Church, with about 200 million faithful the world over, with which there were some minor differences, Aprem said.

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FILE - In this July 12, 2007, file photo, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, left, talks with new incoming Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee after Gee spoke at the university Longenberger Alumni House, where trustees announced his return to the OSU presidency in Columbus, Ohio. As the country absorbs the independent report released Thursday, July 12, 2012, on the Penn State sex abuse scandal, some see it as more than an indictment of one school. They see it as underscoring how major-college sports, football in particular, have run amok. When Gee heard Tressel concede he had reason to believe several star players were taking money and free tattoos from a suspected drug dealer and yet he had told no one, Gee was asked if he had considered firing Tressel. "Let me just be very clear," Gee said with a grin, "I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me." The joke fell flat, but echoed around the country. It confirmed what many already believed about the balance of power in college sports today: some football teams run universities, not the other way around. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenoweth III, File)

FILE - In this July 12, 2007, file photo, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, left, talks with new incoming Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee after Gee spoke at the university Longenberger Alumni House, where trustees announced his return to the OSU presidency in Columbus, Ohio. As the country absorbs the independent report released Thursday, July 12, 2012, on the Penn State sex abuse scandal, some see it as more than an indictment of one school. They see it as underscoring how major-college sports, football in particular, have run amok. When Gee heard Tressel concede he had reason to believe several star players were taking money and free tattoos from a suspected drug dealer and yet he had told no one, Gee was asked if he had considered firing Tressel. "Let me just be very clear," Gee said with a grin, "I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me." The joke fell flat, but echoed around the country. It confirmed what many already believed about the balance of power in college sports today: some football teams run universities, not the other way around. (AP Photo/Columbus Dispatch, Doral Chenoweth III, File)

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, left, and university President E. Gordon Gee, second from left, listen as athletic director Gene Smith speaks during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. As the country absorbs the independent report released Thursday, July 12, 2012, on the Penn State sex abuse scandal, some see it as more than an indictment of one school. They see it as underscoring how major-college sports, football in particular, have run amok. When Gee heard Tressel concede he had reason to believe several star players were taking money and free tattoos from a suspected drug dealer and yet he had told no one, Gee was asked if he had considered firing Tressel. "Let me just be very clear," Gee said with a grin, "I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me." The joke fell flat, but echoed around the country. It confirmed what many already believed about the balance of power in college sports today: some football teams run universities, not the other way around. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam, File)

FILE - In this March 8, 2011 file photo, Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, right, and university President E. Gordon Gee listen as athletic director Gene Smith speaks during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. As the country absorbs the independent report released Thursday, July 12, 2012, on the Penn State sex abuse scandal, some see it as more than an indictment of one school. They see it as underscoring how major-college sports, football in particular, have run amok. When Gee heard Tressel concede he had reason to believe several star players were taking money and free tattoos from a suspected drug dealer and yet he had told no one, Gee was asked if he had considered firing Tressel. "Let me just be very clear," Gee said with a grin, "I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me." The joke fell flat, but echoed around the country. It confirmed what many already believed about the balance of power in college sports today: some football teams run universities, not the other way around. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam, File)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? It was a throwaway line, intended to lighten the mood after an ominous revelation by one of the most decorated college football programs in the land.

Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee had just heard his head football coach, Jim Tressel, concede that he had reason to believe several star players were taking money and free tattoos from a suspected drug dealer and yet he had told no one. Tressel started most of those players throughout the 2010 season and a bowl game anyway, failing to alert anyone in authority ? a clear violation of NCAA rules and his own contract.

Gee, an endowment rainmaker wearing his trademark bow tie, jumped in to defend Tressel and then, asked if he had considered firing his coach, uttered an off-hand crack.

"Let me just be very clear," Gee said with a grin, "I'm just hopeful the coach doesn't dismiss me."

The joke fell flat, but echoed around the country. It confirmed what many already believed about the balance of power in college sports today: some football teams run universities, not the other way around.

Now that has been underscored by the independent report former FBI Director Louis Freeh issued on Thursday. The report said Penn State officials, including widely admired coach Joe Paterno and the university president, protected their cash-cow football program instead of young boys who were assaulted by former Nittany Lions assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

The report indicated a clear choice was made by those running the school.

"The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized," Freeh said.

Freeh's report said that Paterno and other officials hushed up allegations against Sandusky for fear of bad publicity and, by implication, all that bad publicity could bring ? a loss of power, prestige, fame and money.

"People have attached a $50-million price tag on Penn State football," said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of Sport In Society at Northeastern University. "Obviously, people made an egregious decision to err on the side of the $50 million rather than on the side of the rights of children."

To those who may be shocked the situation in State College got so out of hand, people who study sports have a message: Don't be so surprised.

College coaches and their teams bring in truckloads of cash, feeding a beast that sometimes overwhelms many of the loftier goals of a university. Examples have been around since the first leather helmet, but seem to have multiplied in recent years.

"In these small towns, in these bubbles, the main thing is these sports teams and the coaches," said Murray Sperber, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of several books on the negative effects of big-time sports on higher education. "I can't believe people didn't know, but they didn't want to know. So there were huge amounts of deniability."

The Penn State debacle is just the latest example of problems that skeptics blame on the culture of major-college athletics.

Ohio State ultimately vacated all its wins from that 2010 season, including a Sugar Bowl victory over Arkansas. Tressel was forced out for his actions, though fans still held a pep rally supporting him at his house. He has now landed at the University of Akron, as a vice president outside of athletics.

Southern California was hammered by the NCAA for allowing an agent to pay Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush and his family. The Trojans lost their 2004 BCS national title, 30 scholarships and two years of bowl eligibility. And yet the penalties may ultimately amount to a speed bump for USC, which is expected to contend for a national championship this season as it returns to bowl eligibility.

Dozens of Miami Hurricanes took money from a shady booster now in prison for running a pyramid scheme. The payouts and gifts went on for years, and the NCAA is still investigating the case.

How does all this happen?

The answer can be found partly in packed stadiums on autumn Saturdays. Two weeks after Sandusky was charged last November, for instance, Penn State beat an Ohio State team still under the shadow of the "Tattoo U" scandal before a sellout crowd of more than 105,000 people in Columbus.

Neither scandal could stop the passion of fans, whose love for their schools brings in not millions but billions of dollars across the country, paying for other sports, building natatoriums and rec centers, and luring the coaches who win with salaries of as much as $6 million for 12 games each fall.

Those same coaches ? including Paterno, who won a major-college record 409 games ? have incredible power and must police themselves to do the right thing. Sometimes there are few other checks.

In the Freeh report, a janitor at Penn State told investigators why he did not report an incident in 2000 when a colleague saw Sandusky molesting a boy in a Penn State shower room.

"(It) would have been like going against the President of the United States in my eyes," he said. "I know Paterno has so much power, if he wanted to get rid of someone, I would have been gone."

The janitor, who was not identified, added that "football runs this University" and that the "the University would have closed ranks to protect the football program at all costs."

Many in the community did close ranks last year. When Paterno's job was in peril, students rallied at his home and then poured into the street after he was fired.

Somewhere along the way, Penn State's officials apparently lost their way, the Freeh report said. At some point, maintaining King Football and keeping the machine running overtook the most basic human emotions.

Bobby Bowden, the retired Florida State coach who is second to Paterno in all-time wins at the Division I level ? and whose team was sanctioned for a major academic cheating scandal ? said he thinks the Sandusky case will spark new vigilance, particularly around child abuse.

"I think it has awakened everybody in the country. I don't think there is a college professor, a college administrator or college coach that has seen what's happened who wouldn't say this must never happen again," he said. "You can't let things like this slide by."

The feeling was much the same in Columbus, where the Buckeyes will not be eligible for a bowl game this season.

"Creating an environment where everyone is empowered to communicate, share and report any incident, real or perceived, is important," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said.

Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon maintains it is possible to run big-time athletic programs ? specifically football teams ? and avoid letting it get too big, partly by using tight campus communities not to insulate but to keep close tabs on what's happening.

"These programs are not spread out over large expanses of geography, there are a limited number of people connected and they're typically a short walk from the administration office," Brandon said.

"There's no reason in the world that big-time college football programs can't have the appropriate controls. It doesn't mean there can't be problems from time to time, but there's no reason the model can't be properly supervised like any other organization."

Sperber, the professor at Cal, wasn't so sure.

"I feel sorry for Penn State. If you say 'Penn State' to the average American, they're going to say 'Sandusky' and 'pedophilia,'" he said. "Eventually they'll go back to Penn State and Nittany Lions, and all of that. I would hope people would learn (from this), although I've lived long enough to see so many instances where nobody learned anything."

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AP Sports Writers Brent Kallestad in Tallahassee, Fla., and Larry Lage in Ann Arbor, Mich., contributed to this report.

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