Thursday, January 31, 2013

Tornado watch, flash-flood warning issued for region

A tornado watch and flash flood warning are in effect for the Baltimore region, with heavy rain and gusty winds expected through the night.

The tornado watch area includes all of central and southern Maryland and is effective through 2 a.m. Thursday. A tornado watch means conditions are favorable for tornado development but does not mean any have or will occur.

The Baltimore area is also under a flash-flood warning, coastal flood advisory and a wind advisory through early Thursday. Winds are expected from the south at 25-35 mph, with gusts up to 45-50 mph. Winds will shift to become westerly overnight.

A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect for Howard County, northern Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City and southwestern Baltimore County until 8:30 p.m.

Flooding and damaging wind gusts are a concern overnight, according to the National Weather Service's Baltimore/Washington forecast office. A cold front is causing the storms as it moves into unusually mild and moist air for January. Downtown Baltimore reached 73 degrees and BWI Marshall Airport reached 70 degrees by 3 p.m.

The weather service advises people to quickly move to higher ground if they see flooding and cautions against driving in areas where water covers the road, as most flash-flood deaths involve cars.

According to the Storm Prediction Center in College Park, hail up to half an inch in diameter, wind gusts to 75 mph and lightning are possible across the area if storms turn severe.

But local forecasters in the weather service's Baltimore/Washington office did not expect severe weather in earlier forecasts.

The cold front was still over Indiana on Wednesday afternoon, and when it reaches Maryland overnight could bring storms. Though they might not include thunder and lightning, damaging wind gusts and downpours are expected, according to forecast discussions.

The National Weather Service said tornadoes touched down in Sardis, Miss., and heavily damaged homes in Solsberry, Ind., wiping out power in the surrounding areas on Wednesday morning. At least one tornado was reported in the mid-section of Tennessee. In north Nashville, a man died when a tree fell on his garage apartment, according to Jeremy Heidt, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency.

Tornado watches extended from Mobile, Ala., across much of northern Georgia and eastern Tennessee into southeastern Virginia.

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is readying for possible storm-related outages. Customers are asked to report outages from mobile phones and devices through the mobile website at bge.com or by calling (877) 778-2222.

?Rain, combined with high wind and wind gusts, can weaken trees, bringing whole trees and tree limbs down onto power lines and other electric delivery equipment, and cause outages," Jeannette M. Mills, vice president and chief customer officer for BGE, said in a statement.

Local meteorologist "Eric the Red" writes that "the heavy-duty storms" forming closer to the cold front are not expected until after 10 p.m. in the Baltimore area.

Reuters contributed to this report. Have a weather question? E-mail me at sdance@baltsun.com or tweet to @MdWeather.

Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-wx-severe-storms-moving-eastward-20130130,0,534786.story?track=rss

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US regulator asks Boeing for full battery history

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 photo provided by the Japan Transport Safety Board shows the distorted main lithium-ion battery, left, and an undamaged auxiliary battery of the All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 which made an emergency landing on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan. Japan's transport safety agency says a lithium ion battery on a Boeing 787 that overheated during an All Nippon Airways flight earlier this month, prompting an emergency landing, was not overcharged. (AP Photo/Japan Transport Safety Board) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 photo provided by the Japan Transport Safety Board shows the distorted main lithium-ion battery, left, and an undamaged auxiliary battery of the All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 which made an emergency landing on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 at Takamatsu airport in Takamatsu, western Japan. Japan's transport safety agency says a lithium ion battery on a Boeing 787 that overheated during an All Nippon Airways flight earlier this month, prompting an emergency landing, was not overcharged. (AP Photo/Japan Transport Safety Board) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, an All Nippon Airways' Boeing 787 "the Dreamliner" parks on the tarmac as a Japan Airlines' Boeing 767 airplane takes off at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. ANA and JAL said they replaced lithium-ion batteries in their Boeing 787 Dreamliners on multiple occasions before a battery overheating incident led to the worldwide grounding of the jets. ANA said Wednesday, Jan. 30, it replaced batteries on its 787 aircraft some 10 times because they failed to charge properly or showed other problems, and informed Boeing about the swaps. JAL said it had also replaced lithium-ion batteries on its 787 jets but couldn't immediately give details. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

(AP) ? U.S. regulators said Wednesday they asked Boeing Co. to provide a full operating history of lithium-ion batteries used in its grounded 787 Dreamliners after Japan's All Nippon Airways revealed it had repeatedly replaced the batteries even before overheating problems surfaced.

National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said the agency made the request after recently becoming aware of battery problems at ANA that occurred before a Jan. 7 battery fire in a 787 parked at Boston's Logan International Airport. Boeing has already collected some of the information, he said.

ANA said it had replaced batteries on its 787 aircraft some 10 times because they failed to charge properly or showed other problems, and informed Boeing about the swaps. Japan Airlines also said it had replaced 787 batteries. It described the number involved as a few but couldn't immediately give further details.

All 50 of the Boeing 787s in use around the world remain grounded after an ANA flight on Jan. 16 made an emergency landing in Japan when its main battery overheated.

Lithium-ion batteries are prone to overheating and require additional safeguards to prevent fires. However, ANA spokeswoman Megumi Tezuka said the airline was not required to report the battery replacements to Japan's Transport Ministry because they did not interfere with flights and did not raise safety concerns.

Having to replace batteries on aircraft is not uncommon and was not considered out of the ordinary, she said.

Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, said in Washington that the agency was checking whether the previous battery incidents had been reported by Boeing.

With 17 of the jets, ANA was Boeing's launch customer for the technologically advanced airliner. The airline has had to cancel hundreds of flights, affecting tens of thousands of people, but has sought to minimize disruptions by switching to other aircraft as much as possible.

The battery problems experienced by ANA before the emergency landing were first reported by The New York Times.

Japanese and U.S. investigators looking into the Boeing 787's battery problems shifted their attention this week from the battery-maker, GS Yuasa of Kyoto, Japan, to the manufacturer of a monitoring system. That company, Kanto Aircraft Instrument Co. makes a system that monitors voltage, charging and temperature of the lithium-ion batteries.

On Tuesday, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it was conducting a chemical analysis of internal short circuiting and thermal damage of the battery that caught fire in Boston.

The probe is also analyzing data from flight data recorders on the aircraft, the NTSB said in a statement on its website.

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Joan Lowy reported from Washington.

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Free Pets to Good Home ? Blog Archive ? Pet Avian Playthings

It is actually vital to provide toys for your pet bird to stop boredom and to foster mind activity. Screaming, feather plucking and biting are some behavioural troubles a pet bird may possibly develop devoid of toys to help keep it entertained. It?s a great approach to enrich the atmosphere of your pet bird with selection and entertainment, irrespective of whether or not it belongs to a bird species that appreciate and play with toys or not.
It can be of prime importance to provide the correct toys for the distinct species that your pet bird belongs to as not all toys are made for every bird although they come in all shapes, sizes, components and colors. Though some toys for modest birds can be damaging to significant birds, the opposite might also be correct. To ensure that their physical and mental wants are met, pet birds want many different toys to keep them satisfied, healthful and well occupied.
Over-preening or feather plucking is exactly where bird pressure and boredom can lead to. Bird preening toys like ropes are wonderful outlets for birds to help keep their have to preen happy. Since nothing is additional enjoyable than to tear up a brand new toy, bird shredding toys are also excellent devices for the anxiety and boredom relief of the pet bird.
For the reason that chewing is often a major a part of the life of a wild bird, bird chew toys are excellent for pet birds. For the tension alleviation as well as the provision of a sense of security for pet birds, bird comfort toys, soft points they can cuddle with or crawl into, can serve as an alternative for the bird enjoyment of getting in physical get in touch with with other birds.
For movement and physical exercise encouragement, bird workout toys such as swings and ladders are great for pet birds. Pet bird toys are made for the provision of hours of fun, entertainment and intellectual stimulation for your pet bird. Various pet bird toys are obtainable at Bird Care Products.com.

Source: http://siscer.net/articles/pets/pet-avian-playthings/

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Three arrested during Mexico meth bust

About 1 gram of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were found.

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Three Mexico residents, each with an $11,000 bond, were arrested Tuesday evening for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Authorities arrested 19-year-old Shelby Martin, 38-year-old Teresa Lopez and 20-year-old Jacob Calvert while serving a search warrant in the 800 block of Fairground. About 1 gram of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia were found.

The search warrant was executed by the East Central Drug Task Force, the Mexico Public Safety Department, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Audrain County Sheriff's Office.

If you have information about illegal drug activity, contact the East Central Drug Task Force at 573-473-5801 extension 330, or the Audrain County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-392-TIPS.


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Source: http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=854430

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Fried foods increase prostate cancer risk

Even once weekly fried food raises risk up to 37 percent

Past studies have shown that high-heat cooking methods may increase the risk for prostate cancer. But when adding oil/fat as in deep frying it could be of particular concern and has not been expressly examined in association to prostate cancer, according to the study?s abstract.

Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center find not only do consuming fried foods such as doughnuts and french fries raise the risk for prostate cancer but that risk is slightly higher when it comes to more aggressive forms of the cancer.

For this study Dr. Janet L Stanford, PhD, MPH, and colleagues examined data from two prior population-based case-control studies that included 1,549 men with prostate cancer and 1,492 matched healthy men for control. The men were Caucasian and African American, aged 35 to 74 years and residents of the Seattle area. All participants filled out a dietary questionnaire concerning their normal food consumption including specific fried foods; french fries, fried chicken, fried fish and doughnuts.

The researchers controlled for factors such as age, race, family history of prostate cancer, body-mass index and PSA screening history when calculating the association between eating deep-fried foods and the risk for prostate cancer.

The research revealed men reported eating fried foods once weekly had an increased risk for prostate cancer in comparison to those men who reported eating types of fried foods less than once monthly.

For men who had consumed fried foods at least once a week had an increased risk for prostate cancer ranging from 30 to 37 percent.

Also revealed was weekly consumption of these fried foods were linked with a slightly greater risk of more aggressive prostate cancer.

In their conclusion researchers write; ?Regular consumption of select deep-fried foods is associated with increased prostate cancer risk. Whether this risk is specific to deep-fried foods, or whether it represents risk associated with regular intake of foods exposed to high heat and/or other aspects of the Western lifestyle, such as fast food consumption, remains to be determined.?

Dr. Stanford commented "The link between prostate cancer and select deep-fried foods appeared to be limited to the highest level of consumption defined in our study as more than once a week , which suggests that regular consumption of deep-fried foods confers particular risk for developing prostate cancer.?

Dr. Stanford hypothesizes that deep frying may trigger formation of carcinogens in food. Possible influence behind the risk for prostate cancer includes that fact that when oil is heated to temperatures suitable for deep frying, potentially carcinogenic compounds can form in the fried food.

According to Stanford these carcinogens include; acrylamide (found in carbohydrate-rich foods such as french fries). Acrylamide is known to cause cancer in animals and, in high doses, can cause nerve damage in humans, according to WHO, heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic (exposure to high levels of HCAs and PAHs can cause cancer in animals; however, whether such exposure causes cancer in humans is unclear, National Cancer Institute), the chemicals are formed when cooking meat at high temperatures, aldehyde (an organic compound found in perfume and essential oils) and acrolein (a chemical found in herbicides) with widespread exposure occurring due to the formation of acrolein during the heating of fats, according to Tox Guide.

Dr. Stanford continues that these toxic compounds are increased with re-use of oil and increased length of frying time. Foods cooked with high heat also contain high levels of advanced glycation endproducts, (AGEs) which have been associated with chronic inflammation and oxidative stress. Deep-fried foods are among the highest in AGE content. For example; a chicken breast deep fried for 20 minutes contains more than nine times the amount of AGEs as a chicken breast boiled for an hour.

?The first study of its kind "To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to look at the association between intake of deep-fried food and risk of prostate cancer, ?says Dr. Stanford. Because deep-fried foods are primarily eaten outside the home, it is possible that the link between these foods and prostate cancer risk may be a sign of high consumption of fast foods in general, the authors wrote, citing the dramatic increase in fast-food restaurants and fast-food consumption in the US in the past several decades.

Acrylamide was first discovered to be present in food by the Swedish National Food Authority in 2002. According to Caring for Cancer; ?numerous research studies have examined possible connections between acrylamide in food and risk of cancer in people. These studies have included many thousands of people. They have looked at a variety of cancers, including cancers of the bladder, breast, colon and rectum, esophagus, kidney, larynx, oral cavity (mouth and throat), ovary, and pharynx. These studies have considered specific foods that are high in acrylamide, such as fried potatoes.?

Last year researchers from the University of Southern California and Cancer Prevention Institute of California found that cooking red meats at high temperatures, especially pan-fried red meats, may increase the risk of advanced prostate cancer by as much as 40 percent. The study appeared in Carcinogenesis, July 20, 2012.

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Egypt army chief warns state could collapse

PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) ? Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the weight of its turmoil.

Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi' strongly worded comments, his first since the crisis began, appeared aimed at pushing both sides in Egypt's political divide to reconcile and find a solution to the rapidly spreading protests and riots across much of the country the past six days.

But his breaking of his silence falls heaviest on President Mohammed Morsi, who has been unable to contain the unrest by trying a tough hand, as protesters defied his declaration of a month-long state of emergency and curfew in Port Said and two neighboring cities.

At least 60 people have been killed and hundreds injured since Thursday in clashes between police and protesters angry over what they call Islamists' moves to monopolize power and failure to address the country's multiple woes. In his comments, el-Sissi signaled the military would not move to put down protesters, saying troops are in a "grave predicament," forced to balance between "avoiding confrontation" with citizens and protecting state institutions.

In Cairo on Tuesday, rock-throwing protesters clashed with police firing tear gas for another day in battles that escalated after nightfall near Tahrir Square. The mayhem forced the nearby U.S. Embassy to suspend public services Tuesday, and the night before masked men tried to rob the neighboring five-star Semiramis Hotel, a Cairo landmark, trashing the lobby before being forced out.

Protesters in many cities around the country have battled police, cut off roads and railway lines and besieged government offices and police stations. But the most dramatic fraying of state control has been in the three cities along the Suez Canal, particularly Port Said, at the canal's Mediterranean end.

Violence exploded in Port Said on Saturday, leaving more than 40 dead since. The provincial governor has gone into hiding. Police are hunkered down. Tanks are in the streets by government buildings, but army troops have balked at enforcing Morsi's curfew order. Residents in all three cities flouted the restrictions with huge marches in the streets Monday and Tuesday night.

"The independent state of Port Said," proclaimed one protester's sign as thousands marched through the city Tuesday in funeral processions for two of those killed in the unrest.

"Down, down with the rule of the Guide," mourners chanted, referring to the Brotherhood's top leader, known as the general guide, who opponents see as the real power behind Morsi's government.

Mourners carried images of young men shot to death by police and accused Morsi of ordering the security forces to open fire. Many said the Islamist president should be put on trial like ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who was sentenced to life in prison in connection with the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising against his rule, though he has been granted a retrial on appeal.

"God wreak vengeance on Morsi, who gave the orders to shoot at the protesters of Port Said, the city that fought three countries," said Ayman Mohammed Abdel-Fatah, holding a picture of a slain 22-year-old relative who he said was shot four times by police during protests outside Port Said's prison.

"As long as the president's hands are stained in blood, he must leave," said Mohammed el-Assfouri, a lawyer, standing outside the Mariam mosque where mourners prayed for the dead.

Egypt's unrest began Thursday and accelerated the following day when clashes erupted nationwide amid protests by the opposition marking the two-year anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled Mubarak. Port Said's violence was touched off Saturday when a court issued death sentences against 21 people ? mostly local soccer fans ? over a bloody soccer riot in the city a year ago. Youths infuriated by the verdicts marched in the streets and clashed with police at a police station and the prison.

The verdicts were seen by residents as unfairly targeting Port Said. They also tapped into a vein of resentment in a city of 600,000 that prides itself as a national symbol of resistance after being on the front lines of multiple wars with Israel since 1956.

Many are convinced Morsi and the Brotherhood are trying to sideline the city because of a tradition of defying authority. They were further outraged when Morsi went on TV Sunday night and declared the state of emergency and curfew in Port Said, Suez and Ismailiya. Wagging his finger and shouting, Morsi supported the actions of police in confronting the protesters and warned of stronger measures if calm is not restored.

Mourners on Tuesday spoke of police on rooftops and roving in armored vehicles firing wildly during the weekend mayhem around the police station and prison in the city's al-Arab district, hitting bystanders blocks away. On Sunday, a funeral of some of those killed came under fire ? residents blame police ? causing panic as mourners dropped some of the bodies they were carrying on the ground.

Ayman el-Sherbini said his 23-year-old brother Osama was walking in the al-Arab district on the way to buy food when a bullet hit him in the face, killing him. El-Sherbini, who wore the beard of a conservative Muslim, blamed Morsi and said his Islamist leadership had brought shame on religious people. "Now people spit in the face of anyone with a beard because of Morsi," he said.

Women in face veils screamed anti-Morsi slogans in the funeral march. One woman, Faten el-Tahan, a government worker in a conservative Muslim headscarf, said she wished her "hands were cut off" the day she voted for Morsi in last year's presidential election.

"My children told me not to vote for him," she said. "I thought he was a faithful man who knows God. But he turned out to be not faithful and he doesn't know God. I made a big mistake."

The city now feels under siege. Shops are closed. Fearing the violence, trucks have stopped bringing in produce. Drivers refused to bring in oxygen supplies for a private hospital after their truck came under fire by unknown assailants, a worker at the hospital said. The city is awash with weapons and known criminals are seen on motorcycles brandishing automatic weapons.

Seaside hotels are totally empty during a mid-year school holiday when normally they are full of Egyptian tourists. Soot, shattered glass and burnt furniture are scattered outside police and army clubs which are located in front of the cemetery where slain protesters were buried and which were attacked by protesters.

Tuesday evening, Morsi's office issued a statement saying the curfew and state of emergency could be lifted or shortened if the security situation improves, apparently trying to ease the anger.

Throughout the crisis, presidential officials and the Brotherhood have depicted the unrest as caused by thugs and supporters of Mubarak's regime ? and they have suggested that the political opposition is using the turmoil to overturn the results of elections that Islamists have repeatedly won the past year, bringing them to power.

The opposition contends the crisis is caused by Brotherhood attempts to monopolize power and can only be resolved if it makes major concessions to loosen its grip, including forming a national unity government and rewriting contentious parts of the Islamist-backed constitution.

The Brotherhood has dismissed those demands, and Morsi has instead invited the opposition to join a broad dialogue conference. The opposition has refused it as mere window dressing.

The army chief's comments suggested the military's impatience with politicians' power struggles.

"The continuation of the conflict between the different political forces and their differences over how the country should be run could lead to the collapse of the state and threaten future generations," el-Sissi said, speaking to military cadets in comments posted on the armed forces' Facebook page.

He also spoke of a "realistic threat" facing the nation from its mounting political, economic and social problems.

El-Sissi was appointed by Morsi as military chief and defense minister last autumn when the president sidelined the armed forces' top brass, who had ruled the country for nearly 17 months following Mubarak's fall.

El-Sissi is widely believed to be against direct rule by the generals, seeing it as damaging to the armed forces' reputation. Throughout Morsi's 7-month-old administration, he and the Islamist leadership appear to have reached an understanding on working together.

There was an earlier instance when el-Sissi appeared to feel compelled to intervene in politics, when he invited politicians to an informal gathering to ease tensions amid protests and clashes in November and December. The gathering was called off and some Brotherhood officials later suggested they felt el-Sissi had overstepped his bounds.

His comments Tuesday raise the question of how strongly the armed forces will support Morsi if no resolution is found.

In Port Said, many residents said Morsi and the Brotherhood had shown they were not qualified to govern.

"Port Said has fallen from Morsi's grip," Ibrahim Nasr, an activist, said. "The calls for independence are a message to Morsi to forget about the Canal cities."

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Keath reported from Cairo.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-army-chief-warns-state-could-collapse-102521988.html

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Google maps out North Korea with crowd-sourced data

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While Google Maps feels like a solid mapping solution, it has some blank spots?? ?particularly when it comes to regions such as?North Korea. But that's all changing thanks to a group of "citizen cartographers" and a tool which allows Google to incorporate crowd-sourced map data into its product.

As?Jayanth Mysore, a senior product manager working on the Google Map Maker project,?explains in a post on the official Google Maps blog, the Map Maker tool?has been around since 2008 and allowed users to "update the maps of the areas they know, and improve their level of detail and accuracy." Crowdsourced data like this is how Google "will build the modern map," Mysore adds, reiterating that without these details, map data is currently "very limited" in some parts of the world.

Efforts to map out North Korea have been made over the last few years, but on Monday, Google was finally ready to officially update the region on Google Maps. "We know this map is not perfect," Mysore acknowledges. "We encourage people from around the world to continue helping us improve the quality of these maps for everyone with Google Map Maker." He adds that, from now on, any further "approved" updates to the North Korean maps will also appear on Google Maps.

The Wall Street Journal's Evan Ramstad points out?that the update of North Korea on Google Maps comes about three weeks after Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt visited the area (though a Google spokesperson tells NBC News that the visit was unrelated to the timing of the Google Maps update).?During his time in the country, "Schmidt encouraged officials he met in North Korea to make the Internet available to its citizens and end its attempts to restrict information," Ramstad writes.?The Verge's Sam Byford reminds?that Internet access in North Korea remains quite restricted nonetheless, and that odds are that the "vast majority of North Korean citizens" won't be able to access Google's freshly updated maps.

The crowd-sourced cartography includes mass transit, monuments and parks, as well as North Korea's massive gulags, which are signified on Google Maps with a slightly different shading. ?As?the Atlantic notes, "Naturally, the Hwasong Gulag, like any place on Google, already has some jokesters reviewing its?accommodations."?

Mysore dances around these detail in his blog post, and instead focuses on who will be able to take advantage of the information. "While many people around the globe are fascinated with North Korea," he writes, "these maps are especially important for the citizens of South Korea who have ancestral connections or still have family living there."

Want more tech news?or interesting?links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on?Twitter, subscribing to her?Facebook?posts,?or circling her?on?Google+.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/google-maps-out-north-korea-crowd-sourced-data-1C8157346

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BlackBerry 10 debuts on Wednesday ? strap in for a wild ride

Research In Motion (RIMM) is set to unveil its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform on Wednesday along with its first two next-generation smartphones, the BlackBerry Z10?and the BlackBerry X10. We?re not really expecting any major surprises at the event considering how thoroughly RIM?s new platform and devices have leaked, but just because we know what?s coming doesn?t make the response any more predictable. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue recommends that investors ?keep hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times? as the world straps in for what will undoubtedly be a wild ride.

[More from BGR: Leaked ?iPhone 5S? and ?iPhone 6? parts appear in new photos]

?A lot of information on RIM?s new BB10 devices has already been leaked so we expect the stock to settle back down post Wednesday?s launch,? Sue wrote in a note to clients on Monday morning. ?It?s an ultra competitive market and most consumers have made up their minds on BlackBerry, so we believe RIM really needs to wow the audience. Variability of future unit growth depends on RIM?s pace of future launches and innovation beyond the first two devices.?

[More from BGR: BlackBerry 10 browser smokes iOS 6 and Windows Phone 8 in comparison test [video]]

He continued, ?Our study shows major new devices typically see a pop of interest and then a fade at which point successful devices can pull ahead while those devices not sufficiently promoted can wither on the vine. Palm Pre, Nokia?s (NOK) original Lumia 900 and RIM?s Storm were hopeful devices which subsequently fizzled. In comparison, Apple?s iPhone and Samsung?s Galaxy became major franchise devices.?

The analyst believes Wednesday?s press conference is more about RIM?s ?leap from legacy BlackBerry to a modern platform? than it is about the devices themselves, since they have both already leaked extensively. He is also looking for favorable release timing for the Blackberry X10 because ?BlackBerry loyalists are keyboard centric, so RIM must not delay its QWERTY version.?

In the end, Sue believes consumers seem ?ready for something new? and BlackBerry 10 might be that ?something.? Still, the analyst?s sales forecast likely won?t blow investors away.

?Our forecast calls for RIM to ship 500k BB10 units in the Feb-quarter and 10M in CY13,? Sue wrote. ?Timing is working to RIM?s favor and our study shows that mobile Operating Systems typically peak after five years. Our global Smartphone analysis details that the ?other? category may show the fastest rate of unit growth this year. Profits are another story and lower scale typically means lower margins.?

RBC reiterated its Sector Perform rating on RIM shares with a $19 price target. BGR will be covering RIM?s press conference live on Wednesday, so be sure to tune in for all the news as it breaks.

This article was originally published on BGR.com

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-10-debuts-wednesday-strap-wild-ride-160004113.html

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More Than Meets the Eye About Death, Dying, and Afterlife: The ...

By Nelson Berry

One of the hardest things in life that you have to deal with is death in the family. Perhaps you already know that there's no easy way to say good-bye. However, you also don't want to miss the moment to do so.

There are no golden rules, but you can take heed of the following steps:

1. Remind them of the good things they've done. Even at their last moments, you definitely want them to feel that their lives are not in vain. They have contributed something not just to you but to the rest of the world. Talk about the good things and the pleasant memories. You can create a scrapbook or an album you can show to the dying. He or she can then turn the pages if he or she wishes to reminisce.

2. Don't treat the person too differently. Families and friends tend to treat the dying with a lot of pity and sadness. Unknown to you, the dying actually has a very excellent observation skill. They can easily detect if it's too hard for you to let go. In turn, it will be hard for them to say good-bye. Don't see them as totally different person. As hard as it may be, act as you usually do when he or she is still completely well.

3. Allow them to say good-bye. It's not only you who has to say good-bye. A lot of dying patients want to take the opportunity to do that too. After all, they are the ones who are going to do the leaving. It's essential you give them the liberty to bid farewell. Don't say, "You are still not dying" or "You still have a lot of days to live." You are only making things harder for them.

4. Listen very carefully. There are a lot of things the dying would like to talk to you. Perhaps there are still some activities they wish to accomplish, people they wish to see, or they just want to reflect on the possible death they are going to experience. Just be there to listen. There's really no need to give some advice unless he or she asks you.

5. Be there when the time comes. The dying may tell you they want to go alone, but the truth is it makes them really scared. So be there for them at the moment of death. It's going to be quite difficult, but it's one of the best things you can do for the beloved. Your inner strength may also be needed by friends and family who have weaker hearts than yours.

6. Keep yourself strong. Strength is one of the things you definitely need when you're about to face grief. When you know that it starts to dissipate, just use subliminal messages. There are many subliminal messages you can recite before seeing the dying or when you're meditating. These subliminal messages may be the following:

I am blessed by the friendship and love of (name of the dying).
I accept the process of death and grief.
I embrace the pain.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Italy's Monte Paschi finds no evidence of takeover bribes

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's troubled Monte dei Paschi bank said on Monday it had no evidence of bribery in a 2007 takeover now under scrutiny over alleged corruption, but acknowledged accounting irregularities under previous management over derivatives trades.

Fabrizio Viola, appointed as chief executive last year after a clean-out of Monte dei Paschi's old management, said the bank had used complex refinancing deals to hide losses, leaving it dangerously exposed to interest rates swings.

"Today, we have the certainty that errors were made, whether it was due to negligence or deliberate fault remains to be seen," Viola told a meeting with foreign journalists in Milan.

The bank, founded during the Renaissance in 1472 and based in the Tuscan town of Siena, has run into deep trouble since its 9 billion euro cash purchase of rival Banca Antonveneta in 2007, just before the global financial crash.

A source close to the judicial investigation told Reuters that magistrates were looking at the possibility of a bribe being paid at the time of the purchase.

The Antonveneta deal weakened the bank and appears to have forced it to try to conceal past losses through complex derivatives operations, which magistrates are also investigating.

"We have found some financial contracts ... that were from the start accounted in an incorrect way. These contracts had probably been put in place to spread over time the impact of losses made at the time, possibly also through other financial operations," said Viola.

Turmoil at Italy's third-largest bank has rocked the financial establishment and raised difficult questions in the middle of an election campaign for the government and the Bank of Italy over how risky deals could have been hidden from regulators. At the time the Bank of Italy's governor was Mario Draghi, who is now president of the European Central Bank.

Monte Paschi revealed last week losses of up to 720 million euros ($970 million) from trading derivatives and structured finance transactions between 2006-2009.

Viola said a vital document linking two of the financial transactions in question had been concealed in a safe at the bank's headquarters and not revealed to authorities until he had discovered it in October.

The bank, which has a "junk" credit rating, was forced to ask Rome last year for state support after failing to fill a capital gap as required by European regulators.

The case has shot to the top of the political agenda, less than a month before the elections, because of close links between Monte Paschi and regional governments led by the centre-left Democratic Party, which is leading in opinion polls.

Viola said Monte Paschi (MPS) would not need any more state aid above a 3.9 billion euro ($5.26 billion) package approved by the Bank of Italy on Saturday, but he said that the bank's financial portfolio needed to be rebalanced.

"I did not consider that the dimension and structure of the MPS financial portfolio was appropriate for a commercial bank," he said.

DANGEROUSLY STRETCHED

The Antonveneta purchase left Monte dei Paschi dangerously stretched and it has struggled to meet tough new capital requirements. The latest state aid, made up of bonds to be issued by the end of February, should guarantee the bank's immediate funding needs.

But this has raised speculation that the bank could end up being nationalized it cannot turn the situation around.

Chairman Alessandro Profumo, appointed last year with Viola to turn Monte dei Paschi around, told a newspaper on Sunday that his bank was looking for a long-term investor, a project which received the endorsement of Prime Minister Mario Monti.

"It makes sense to say that it needs more capital," Monti said during a talk show on Italy's La7 television channel.

On Monday, MPS shares, which lost some 20 percent of their value at the start of last week, rose 5 percent as investors focused on the prospect of a change of control at the bank.

"The return of interest from investors can, in our view, be associated with the possibility of radical changes in governance that the current earthquake at the bank may trigger in the medium term," ICBPI bank said in a broker's note.

Italy's main banking association ABI is due to meet later on Monday to discuss a successor to former president Giuseppe Mussari, who was chairman of Monte Paschi at the time of the deals and who resigned from his position at ABI last week.

Monti has called for the links to be broken up but he repeated his backing for the Bank of Italy and its former governor Draghi. "I want to confirm my full confidence in the Bank of Italy and in those who are in charge of it and who have been in charge of it," he said.

Economy Minister Vittorio Grilli is due to address the parliamentary finance committee on Tuesday on the Monte Paschi affair. Italy's financial stability committee, made up of representatives of the government, Bank of Italy and regulators is also expected to meet on Tuesday. ($1 = 0.7421 euros)

(editing by David Stamp)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/monti-repeats-backing-bank-italy-over-monte-paschi-073302296--finance.html

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Why are there redheads? Birds might hold the clues

Jan. 28, 2013 ? Red coloration -- historically seen as costly in vertebrates -- might represent some physiological benefit after all, according to research published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

Pheomelanin, which is responsible for red hair and freckles in humans and orange and chestnut coloration in other animals, is known to increase the damage to skin cells and melanoma risk when present in large amounts. Furthermore, its creation involves the consumption of glutathione, a beneficial antioxidant.

In an attempt to unearth the factors favoring the evolution of pheomelanin in spite of its costs, Ismael Galv?n and Anders P. M?ller of the University of Paris-Sud examined the survival from one breeding season to the next of a wild European population of barn swallows, as well as the annual survival rates of 58 species of American birds.

A recent hypothesis claims that the consumption of cysteine (a component of glutathione) that occurs when pheomelanin is produced can be beneficial under conditions of low stress. Cysteine, which is mainly acquired through diet, can be toxic at high levels, so the production of pheomelanin may help to sequester excess quantities of this amino acid.

Galv?n and M?ller measured birds' blood levels of uric acid and analyzed the coloration of their chestnut throat feathers (an indication of pheomelanin content). When they compared birds that had similar uric acid levels (and therefore similar capacities to excrete excess amino acids), they found that both the European barn swallows and the American birds with larger amounts of pheomelanin in their feathers survived better.

This study is the first to propose that the costs/benefits of pheomelanin may depend on prevailing environmental conditions, and its results suggest that the production of this pigment may even be beneficial in some circumstances. Given that all higher vertebrates, including humans, present pheomelanin in skin, pelage, and plumage, Galv?n and M?ller's findings increase the scant current knowledge on the physiological consequences of pheomelanin and open new avenues for research that will help us understand the evolution of pigmentation.

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Such great heights

HOUSTON ??If there is one guiding tenet of Jurgen Klinsmann?s philosophy that he has poured as a foundation of his program, it?s the constant drive for individual improvement.

Doing well with your club? Fantastic. Now do more!

Doing well enough to join the national team? Wonderful! Now do more.

Getting into some games for our United States of America? You go, boy! Now what else you got?

A bigger club wants you? Suh-weet!? But, uh, you still gotta keep improving.

We saw the very same thing under Bob Bradley, who pulled the first-timers aside and explained in no uncertain terms that arrival into the team was a starting point. Loose translation: ?You are not there yet, kid ? so don?t think you are.?

Klinsmann has just made that comprehensive crusade for personal advance ? I like to call it the ?blessedness of discontent? ? a bigger slice of the overall program management pie.

(MORE: Who is this year national team breakout player?)

We see it again today with Mix Diskerud, the technically gifted and versatile midfielder who is pushing his way up the order. His nearby competition seems to be Benny Feilhaber (also in the current camp) and Sacha Kljestan (not in the camp).

All are roughly the same kind of player, technically gifted ?tweeners? who aren?t really midfield hard men, aren?t really classic playmakers and aren?t really two-way linking men or hell-bent work horses. But they all have some qualities of each position.

At any rate, Klinsmann clearly sees something in Diskerud, 22, who recently moved to Norway?s top side, Rosenborg. Klinsmann says the coaches see Diskerud?s good qualities ? but that they notice his current limitations, too.

Mix brings a lot of qualities, but he also needs to learn to become more robust, to become more physical, to not be kind of just moving around and not getting into real battles. You know, battles are everywhere; we all go into battles. This is something he will pick up the more he is playing in a certain environment, and so we are there to kind of guide him in that process.?

By the way, none of this is ever said with a derisive lean. For Klinsmann, it?s always about going farther, about pushing ahead.

Which is why I would imagine last week?s comments from Klinsmann on Clint Dempsey probably sounded surprising. They did sound harsh. But anyone who has followed the preternaturally positive U.S. manager has heard him say the same thing. Over and over. It?s never about criticizing the last move, although you could certainly have read his comments on Dempsey in last week?s Wall Street Journal piece that way. Rather, it?s Klinsmann?s colloquial way of saying ?Great! Now what? Where will you take it from here.?

Source: http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/28/jurgen-klinsmann-mix-diskerud-and-comments-that-may-sound-harsh-but-probably-arent/related/

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San francisco chiropractor health updateMental Attitude: Vitamin D and Alzheimer's Disease. Higher vitamin D dietary intake is associated with a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Women who developed Alzheimer's disease had lower baseline vitamin D intakes (an average of 50.3 micrograms per week) than those who developed no dementia at all (an average of 59.0 micrograms per week). Journals of Gerontology, December 2012

Health Alert: Pesticides and Food Allergies. Dichlorophenols are chemical compounds commonly found in pesticides and used for tap water chlorination. A recent study of 10,438 Americans showed 24.4% had dichlorophenols in their urine. Researchers found those with dichlorophenols in their urine were more likely to suffer from food allergies. Further research is needed to determine whether or not dichlorophenol exposure is a cause of food allergies.
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Diet: Risks of Obesity! Being obese or overweight heightens the risk of diabetes, some cancers, high blood pressure, stroke, coronary heart disease, infertility, some forms of arthritis and respiratory problems.
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Countries, Races, Seas, and the planet.

The Great Profecy on the planet Koroth...

5,000 years ago on another planet ruled by monsters and animals of all kinds, even ones from earth a profecy was born.

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Renalo: The safest country, free-est country, and all above most likeable country on Koroth. It's the most stable and it's the home of the Elder Dragon. It's home to diverse creatures, infact immagrants from everywhere around the world are allowed here. It consists of a large, main island, then a smaller, but still large, island to the east of it. At war with no countries at the moment.
Krai'in: A weaker country, but supported by Renalo in many ways. Seen as Renalo's brother country and is similar to Renalo in more ways than not.
Sorot Kled: A very weak and unstable country, filled mostly with poverty and ghettos, it's constantly at war with other nations including the Deserts, Kilod, and the Fire Nation. NOT at war with Renalo, Krai'in, or any of the Air's Isles.
Ka'awii: Sister nation to Iceworld Island.
Iceworld Island: Home to many water and ice tribes, it's for those who prefer cold yet not extreme cold.
Killod: A country losing it's land. The Eastern Desert, Western Desert, and Warlands all used to be a part of Killod, until they seceded by force and crippled Killod.
Fire Nation: Home to volcanoes, fire and lava creatures alike, this is THE evil military nation. At war with half of the world, and winning, they are seen as the bad guys. They are trying to take over Killod, Sorot Kled, Warllands, both Deserts, and failing at Eastern Renalo.
Eastern Deset: Commonly known as the Red Desert, for being the hottest place on the planet and for having red sand, they are a seceded part of Killod, and fighting their border nation, Fire Nation. The desert nomads and fire creatures who live here are extremely dangerous and hostile.

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Team flag waves as 49ers arrive

A flag is seen outside the plane carrying the San Francisco 49ers as they arrive at the Louis Armstrong International Airport for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A flag is seen outside the plane carrying the San Francisco 49ers as they arrive at the Louis Armstrong International Airport for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The San Francisco 49ers arrive at the Louis Armstrong International Airport for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Street performer Ruben Moten, a San Francisco native, wears a San Francisco 49ers visor as he performs as a robot on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. The 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens are scheduled to play in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game on Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

The NFL Super Bowl XLVII NFL football game logo is seen past the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on the face of an office building as preparations take place on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers are scheduled to play in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

A worker in a San Francisco 49ers hard hat walks outside of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome as preparations take place for the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in New Orleans. The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers are scheduled to play in Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

(AP) ? With a team flag waving from an open window of their chartered plane, the San Francisco 49ers arrived at their first Super Bowl in 18 years on Sunday.

The players walked off the airplane in a businesslike manner ? no video recorders or cameras, no waves to onlookers. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, wearing a red wool cap sporting "49ers" on it, mouthed the words to a song on his head phones as he calmly walked on the tarmac.

Most of the team's veteran players disembarked first, including center Jonathan Goodwin, who won a Super Bowl three years ago with the Saints.

The 49ers will play Baltimore next Sunday, seeking their sixth Super Bowl crown but first since the 1994 season. The Ravens arrive Monday.

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Monday, January 28, 2013

France: Mali military enters town of Timbuktu

SEVARE, Mali (AP) ? Malian soldiers entered the city of Timbuktu on Monday after al-Qaida-linked militants fled into the desert having set ablaze a library that held thousands of ancient manuscripts ablaze.

French Col. Thierry Burkhard, the chief military spokesman in Paris, said that there had been no combat with the Islamists who have ruled Timbuktu for nearly 10 months, but that the forces did not yet control the town as of Monday afternoon.

Burkhard said French paratroopers landed north of the city as ground forces headed up from the south.

"The helicopters have been decisive," he said, describing how they aided the ground forces who came from the south as French paratroopers landed north of the city.

News of their arrival came just hours after Timbuktu's mayor confirmed that the fleeing Islamists had in earlier days torched ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu, long revered as a center of Islamic learning.

The militants had occupied Timbuktu for almost 10 months, imposing the strict Islamic version of Shariah, or religious law, across northern Mali while carrying out amputations and public executions.

"In the heart of people from northern Mali, it's a relief ? freedom finally," said Cheick Sormoye, a Timbuktu resident who fled to Bamako, the capital.

The French said Mali's weak military must finish the job of securing Timbuktu. But they have generally fared poorly in combat, often retreating in panic in the face of well-armed and battle-hardened Islamists.

The French-led military operation against the Islamists, who seized the northern half of Mali last year, began 17 days ago when the insurgents encroached further toward the south.

It has scored several successes, but hard questions remain about how the Mali government will hold the cities that have been wrested from the Islamists, and whether there is the will and the ability to chase them into the Sahara which is home to many of these desert fighters.

On Saturday, French forces secured key installations in the northeastern town of Gao. Then overnight Sunday troops secured the Timbuktu airport without firing a shot.

Ground forces backed by French paratroopers and helicopters took control of Timbuktu's airport and the roads leading to the town in an overnight operation, a French military official said Monday.

"There was an operation on Timbuktu last night that allowed us to control access to the town," Col. Burkhard said Monday. "It's up to Malian forces to retake the town."

The mayor of Timbuktu said Monday that the Islamists had torched his office as well as the Ahmed Baba institute ? a library rich with historical documents ? in an act of retaliation before they fled late last week from the city of mud-walled buildings.

"It's truly alarming that this has happened," Mayor Ousmane Halle told The Associated Press by telephone from Bamako. "They torched all the important ancient manuscripts. The ancient books of geography and science. It is the history of Timbuktu, of its people."

He said he didn't have further details as communications to the city have been cut off.

"UNESCO is very concerned about the reports coming out of Timbuktu as to damage on cultural heritage there," said Sue Williams, UNESCO chief spokesperson, on the phone from Paris.

"We're following the situation very closely, and we are in constant contact with the Malian and French authorities on the ground."

Timbuktu, long a hub of Islamic learning, has been home to some 20,000 manuscripts, some dating back as far as the 12th century. It was not immediately known how many of the irreplaceable manuscripts had been destroyed.

Owners have succeeded in removing some of the manuscripts from Timbuktu to save them, while others have been carefully hidden away from the Islamists who seized Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal in the wake of a coup last March.

The Islamists, though, still maintain control of the provincial capital of Kidal further north and are believed to have a complex system of desert bases including self-constructed caves to which they can escape, only to launch attacks at a later date.

The AP reported last month that they have used bulldozers, earth movers and Caterpillar machines left behind by fleeing construction crews to dig what residents and local officials describe as an elaborate network of tunnels, trenches, shafts and ramparts.

Timbuktu, which lies on an ancient caravan route, has entranced travelers for centuries. During their rule on Timbuktu, the militants systematically destroyed UNESCO World Heritage sites.

A spokesman for the al-Qaida-linked militants has said that the ancient tombs of Sufi saints were destroyed because they contravened Islam, encouraging Muslims to venerate saints instead of God.

Among the tombs they destroyed is that of Sidi Mahmoudou, a saint who died in 955, according to the UNESCO website.

The destructions recall tactics used by the Taliban in 2001 when they dynamited a pair of giant Buddhas carved into a mountain in Bamiyan province. Around the same time, the Taliban also rampaged through the national museum, smashing any art depicting the human form, considered idolatrous under their hardline interpretation of Islam. In all, they destroyed about 2,500 statues.

The al-Qaida-linked militants had forced women to wear veils or else face public whippings and people were also lashed for possessing cigarettes. A couple accused of adultery was stoned to death in Kidal, and one man convicted of murder was executed in public in Timbuktu.

The harsh conditions forced many of the town's 50,000 residents to flee south.

Nana Toure, a native of Timbuktu now living in the capital, said she is delighted to hear that the French have arrived but worried how long the Malian soldiers could hold the town without help.

"Frankly, if they secure the city today, I am ready to return immediately to Timbuktu," she said. "French troops must not leave us alone then because those (Islamists) who fled may come back and cause problem to us. French troops have to stay a bit to stabilize the place."

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Hinnant reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Carley Petesch in Johannesburg, Thomas Adamson in Paris, and Rukmini Callimachi in Sevare, Mali contributed to this report.

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Where Can I Go Ice Skating In New Hampshire? - Nashua, NH Patch

You Ask ? Patch Answers?is a weekly column for locals looking for solutions to community problems, issues and those "only around here" situations that you want solved. Have a question? Send it to carolyn.dube@patch.com.

Nashua has several ice skating parks where time is divided between public skating and ice hockey, as note.

1. Roby Park ? Spit Brook Road

General Skating ?10 a.m. ? 8 p.m. (No hockey during these hours)

Hockey Hours ? 8 - 10 p.m.

2. Four Corners ? Manchester St.

General Skating ? 11 a.m. ? 4:30 p.m. & 6 - 10 p.m.

Hockey Hours ? Before 11 a.m & 4:30 ? 6 p.m.

3. Labine ? Cleveland St. next to Fairgrounds Middle School
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? 11 a.m. ? 10 p.m.

4. Park Social- Central & Pine Street
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?????????Hockey Hours - Before 11 a.m. & 4:30 - 6 p.m.

Ice Skating Conditions are subject to current weather conditions.

Want to find a quality indoor ice skating experience? Look no further than these chilly options right near you:

Conway Arena?(Nashua)

The Conway Arena offers figure skating opportunities for everyone. Basic Skills classes are the foundation for both Learn to Play Hockey and Freestyle Figure Skating. The Basic Skills levels are developed by the United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA) and are designed to be the best beginning ice-skating program. This program caters to the need of both the recreational and the competitive skater. The Learn to Skate program allows skaters of all ages and abilities to learn the fundamental skills necessary to play hockey, figure skate or just recreational skating. Conway Arena is confident that you will find the Basic Skills program to be a fun and encouraging skating experience. Each skater will develop their own individual coordination and balance skills as well as learn the correct techniques of skating. The Walk on Rate is $15 for 60 minute session. Check availability on their website.

JFK?Memorial Coliseum?(Manchester)

JFK?Memorial Coliseum is located at 303 Beech Street, in between Beech and Maple streets and Auburn and Valley streets.? The arena is open late September through March.? Skate rentals are available for weekend public skating. Public skating is $3 for children under 12 and senior citizens and $5 for adult. JFK?Coliseum is Handicap Accessible. The arena and parking lot are available for off season rental.

Douglas N. Everett Arena?(Concord)

The Everett Arena will open for winter ice skating until March 17, 2013. Hours are?Sunday afternoons from 5:30 7:30 p.m. and Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.?Admission is $5.00 and children 3 and under get in free.?Ice skate rentals are available for $5.

Ice Center?(Salem)

Check their public skate and open hockey schedule.

The Rinks At Exeter?(Exeter)

The Rinks At Exeter is a state of the art twin ice rinks facility that is open to families year round. The Rinks offers public skating, youth hockey, girls hockey, adult hockey, competitive hockey and figure skating, Learn to Skate and Learn to play Hockey programs, an in-house hockey league, camps and clinics, tournaments, private lessons, group rentals, birthday parties, batting cages and an arcade. The public skating schedule can be found here.

Cyclones Arena (Hudson)

20 Constitution Drive

Phone: 603-880-442

Admission- $5
Skate Rentals - $3

Public Skating Schedule

Tuesday, Wednesday and?Thursday 12:00pm - 1:20pm

Friday Nights 8:30pm - 10:00pm

Saturday & Sunday 3:00pm - 4:20pm

Check the Rink Schedule for cancellation dates!

*Adult &?Youth?rental skates available*

Source: http://nashua.patch.com/articles/where-can-i-go-ice-skating-in-new-hampshire-a58dc46d

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