American soldier who fled Iraq war weighing legal options after deportation order from Canada

TORONTO ? An American soldier who fled to Canada after she became disillusioned with the Iraq war is weighing her legal options after a ruling that would have her deported to the U.S.

?My biggest fear is being separated from my children and having to sit in a prison for politically being against the war in Iraq,? Kimberly Rivera told a news conference Friday.

Rivera was joined by a number of groups, including the War Resisters Support Campaign, Amnesty International and the Canadian Labour Congress, who urged Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to let Rivera, her husband and their four children stay in Canada.

Rivera?s lawyer Alyssa Manning said her client is considering appealing the ruling on her pre-removal risk assessment, which has ordered that she leave Canada by Sept. 20.

Manning said federal officials failed to consider the fact that Rivera has been outspoken about her opposition to the Iraq war when they evaluated her assessment.

Although the majority of those who flee the U.S. military are not jailed, the small percentage of soldiers who get sent to prison are those who are outspoken about their beliefs, said Manning.

?The risk that Kim faces as a public critic of the Iraq war has not been considered properly,? said Manning.

?We have spoken with the command at Fort Carson and they have explained to the Rivera family that they have every intention of detaining and then prosecuting (Rivera) upon her return.?

Manning said she expects Rivera would be sent to jail for two to five years.

But a spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the federal government does not believe the U.S. subjects its soldiers to persecution.

?Military deserters from the United States are not genuine refugees under the internationally accepted meaning of the term,? said Alexis Pavlich, the minister?s press secretary, in an email.

?These unfounded claims clog up our system for genuine refugees who are actually fleeing persecution.?

Rivera is also considering asking the government to delay her deportation while her humanitarian and compassionate grounds application is still being weighed, said Manning.

?That application raises concerns such as the best interests of the four minor Rivera children,? said Manning.

Rivera, who lives in Toronto with her family, came to Canada in 2007 to avoid further military service. She had initially arrived while on leave but then applied for refugee status.

Rivera said she grew to oppose the Iraq war while she was taking part in it, and even stopped carrying her rifle with her.

?I got in trouble for not carrying my rifle, so then I just secretly stopped carrying my ammunition,? said Rivera.

The War Resisters Support Campaign said two other Iraq war resisters who were deported, Robin Long and Clifford Cornell, faced year-long jail sentences upon their return.

Source: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/31/american-soldier-who-fled-iraq-war-weighing-legal-options-after-deportation-order-from-canada/

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Iran has doubled its underground nuclear capacity, watchdog says

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has doubled the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges it has in an underground bunker, a U.N. report said on Thursday, showing Tehran continued to develop its nuclear program despite Western pressure and the threat of an Israeli attack.

In the weeks and months when Israeli politicians increased their talk of air strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, the Islamic Republic was rapidly increasing the enrichment capacity of its Fordow site, buried deep underground to withstand any such hit.

The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency also said in its quarterly report on Iran that buildings had been demolished and earth removed at a military site the IAEA wants to inspect, in what Western diplomats see as a determined effort by Tehran to remove any evidence of illicit nuclear-linked activity there.

These "extensive activities" at the Parchin complex, the Vienna-based U.N. agency added, would significantly hamper its investigation there, if and when inspectors were allowed access.

In another sign of Iranian stonewalling of the IAEA's inquiry into suspected atom bomb research, it said "no concrete results" had been achieved in a series of high-profile meetings with Iranian officials this year aimed at allaying concern about the country's nuclear ambitions.

"Iran's continued enrichment activities ... serve to taunt all those in the international community concerned by Iran's nuclear program," a senior Western diplomat said.

The report said that the number of centrifuges at Fordow, near the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Qom, about 130 km (80 miles) from the capital Tehran, had more than doubled to 2,140 from 1,064 in May.

The new machines were not yet operating, it said.

Iran's supreme leader repeated this week that Iran's nuclear program was entirely peaceful. "Our motto is nuclear energy for all and nuclear weapons for none," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told a developing nations summit in Tehran.

But the expansion in enrichment infrastructure and the increasing in stockpiles of potent nuclear material revealed in the report will do nothing to ease fears or reduce the diplomatic and sanctions pressure on Iran.

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The IAEA report may strengthen a belief in Israel - which sees Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat - that the West's tougher economic sanctions against Iran this year are failing to make Iran curb its nuclear work.

"This report corroborates what (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu has been saying for years now," an Israeli official said, referring to his view that the diplomatic process had only given Iran more time to pursue its program.

The IAEA said that Iran had produced nearly 190 kg (418 pounds) of higher-grade enriched uranium since 2010, up from 145 kg in May. The total output of low-enriched uranium since 2007 stood at almost 6.9 tonnes, an amount which experts say would be enough for five bombs or more if refined much further.

Iran says it needs the higher-grade material - which is much purer than fuel needed for electricity generation - for a medical research reactor, but it also takes it significantly closer to making potential bomb material.

The amount Iran already has would be enough to fuel the medical reactor for 10 years, an official familiar with the report said, questioning the need for more such uranium.

The IAEA expressed deepening concerns about Parchin, a military site south of the capital that it wants to inspect for evidence of past nuclear weapons development tests. "Significant ground scraping and landscaping have been undertaken over an extensive area at and around the location," it said.

Five buildings had been demolished and power lines, fences and paved roads removed, the report said, activities that would hamper its investigation if granted access.

"The activities observed ... further strengthen the agency's assessment that it is necessary to have access to the location at Parchin without further delay", the IAEA said.

Iran says Parchin is a conventional military facility and has dismissed the allegations about it as "ridiculous".

In a letter to the IAEA dated August 29, Iran said "the recent activities claimed to be conducted" near the site of interest to the IAEA have "nothing to do with it."

Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, meeting U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Tehran on Thursday, was quoted by Iranian state television as saying: "The West has put sanctions on Iran for years, however the Iranian nation continues to resist and make progress."

(Additional reporting by Zahra Hosseinian in Zurich and Allyn Fisher-Ilan in Jerusalem; Editing by Myra MacDonald)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/iran-doubles-underground-nuclear-capacity-iaea-154316288.html

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PG&E settles with San Bruno victim for $2.5 million: report

(Reuters) - Court-sealed documents accidentally posted online by a California court revealed that PG&E Corp settled with a teenage victim of the 2010 San Bruno pipeline blast for nearly $2.5 million, according to a newspaper report.

The link to the "San Bruno Pipeline Coordinated Case" on the San Mateo County Superior Court website had been taken down as of Thursday. Tim Benton, director of information technology for the court, said it would be available again in the near future, and that the accidental document posting had been corrected.

Benton said in an email that the court's redaction technology for sealed documents failed. "We are researching the cause of the technology failure and will implement an enhanced process that contains several checkpoints to ensure that these problems will not occur in the future," he added.

The San Mateo County Times reported that the documents posted on the court website showed the utility paid the teenager, a girl, $1.8 million, plus $677,700 to cover her attorneys' fees and $19,400 for medical expenses.

The pipeline blast on September 9, 2010, left her with second- and third-degree burns that required extensive treatment and would likely leave scars, the newspaper said, citing the lawsuit.

It was a year ago on Thursday that investigators released a report blaming PG&E's lax approach to pipeline safety and weak government oversight for the blast, which destroyed 38 homes, killed eight people and injured dozens more.

The documents, which had been sealed by court order, were filed on July 18, according to the newspaper.

(Reporting by Braden Reddall in San Francisco; Editing by Phil Berlowitz and Steve Orlofsky)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pg-e-settles-san-bruno-victim-2-5-233813335--finance.html

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Why Evangelicals Are Supporting Romney

Does evangelical support for Mitt Romney require them evangelicals elevate political partisanship over theological integrity? ?Does this show that evangelicals are willing to compromise their core theological beliefs in service to their political agenda?

I don?t think so ? but some have suggested it does. ?As the Republican national convention is underway, it?s worth revisiting this issue:

Jonathan Merritt wrote back in early June:

What?s surprising in 2012 is the relative lack of anxiety on the other [non-Mormon] side, among evangelicals who for years considered Mormonism a ?cult? that was to be feared, not embraced.

In fact, the relative ambivalence among prominent evangelicals about this new ?Mormon moment? ? and the fact that Romney?s campaign could mainstream Mormonism right into the Oval Office ? could radically shift the dynamics on America?s political and religious landscape.

My friend and Patheos blogger Scot McKnight?said that Merritt ?nails it.? ?He goes on: ?the evangelical voice has grown strangely silent on Romney?s Mormon faith, and it is for one reason: politics too often matters more.?

I disagree. ?Conservative evangelicals (progressive evangelicals are another matter, of course) are supporting Romney because they?re showing a measure of political maturity.

First of all, evangelicals like myself who supported Romney throughout the primary know that other evangelicals were hardly holding their fire when it comes to Mitt?s Mormonism. ?I can?t tell you how many emails and messages I received informing me that Mormonism is a cult and that supporting Romney for the GOP candidacy was doing the devil?s work. ?Robert Jeffress is commonly cited as the voice of the evangelical extreme on this issue,?but while I stringently disagreed with labeling Mormonism a ?cult,? what Jeffress articulated at the Values Voters Summit in 2011 was a reasonable position: Given two equally qualified conservatives candidates, one Mormon and the other evangelical, he would prefer an evangelical. ?But Jeffress made clear even then that, were Romney to win the nomination, he would have Jeffress? full support over against Barack Obama.

Let?s not forget that some Christian conservatives were so concerned by what looked like the increasingly likely prospect of a Romney presidency that they rallied in a Texas conclave in order to come to a consensus on an alternative to support. ?While Romney?s representatives were invited, the conclave was a microcosm of the primary, where social conservatives lurched from one bad candidate to another, in search of a Not-Mitt to support.

Once he won the primary, however, was it hypocritical of conservative evangelicals then to support Romney? ?Are they showing that they care more about the election of a conservative than the salvation of souls?

Of course not. ?There?s no compelling reason to believe that Mitt?s election would lead more people to convert to Mormonism. ?George W. Bush did not make Methodism more popular, and Barack Obama has not made the United Church of Christ more popular. ?There?s no evidence that John F. Kennedy swelled the ranks of the Mormon church, and no one seemed terribly concerned that Joseph Lieberman as Vice President would lead more people to become Jewish.

Granted, you might say, but Mormonism is on the fringe in a way that Methodism and Catholicism are/were not. ?This would ?mainstream? Mormonism, and thus would lead more people to take Mormonism seriously as a religious option. ?To which I say: So what? ?Let them learn about Mormonism and make a decision. ?I?m not afraid of people learning more about Mormonism and its distinctives from historic Christianity. ?And if Americans learn that Mormons are by and large ordinary and honorable people, that?s a good thing, in my book. ?Besides, a Mitt Romney presidency is just as likely to turn people off from Mormonism as it is to turn them on.

Perhaps evangelicals are supporting Romney because they understand that they?re voting for a President and not a Pontiff. ?Perhaps they?re supporting Mitt for the Presidency because, you know, they actually think he?d be a better President than Romney. ?Seems perfectly reasonable to me. ?While I would be uncomfortable with a satanist in the White House because I do fear that his fundamental values and beliefs would lead him to make decisions I would regard as morally objectionable, I have no reason to believe that the distinctive Mormon christology would lead Romney to make the wrong executive decisions.

Evangelicals are supporting Romney because they?re grownups. ?Many wanted someone else to win the primary, but evangelicals are not merely mashing their sour grapes. ?They?re supporting the man who is, by a hundred miles, a far better man for the White House than Barack Obama. ?We recognize the importance of evicting Obama from the White House; we understand they we?re not endorsing a theological but electing an executive; and we?re prioritizing issues like protecting the unborn and rebuilding a flourishing economy and culture over having someone in the White House who thinks about the Trinity in the same way we do.

That?s not hypocrisy. ?It?s maturity.

Romney?s speeches at places like Liberty University have made a difference, as Romney has begun to project the kind of full-orbed vision of American renewal, from its moral and cultural roots to its families and communities and businesses and economy, that conservative evangelicals are eager to support. ?Obama?s decisions and statements with regard to the HHS mandate and same-sex marriage have only strengthened evangelical support for Romney as well.

In the last analysis, evangelicals find themselves facing in this election just as they have for two generations this inexorable logic: (a) Abortion is the supreme moral issue of our time. ?(b) The Democratic Party is unequivocally the party of abortion. ?(c) Electing a Democrat (even a pro-life one, which Obama is not) is strengthening the party of abortion and prolonging the abortion regime in America. ?(d) Ergo, the only hope for serious progress on the abortion issue is in electing Republicans.

But it?s not only the abortion issue. ?On many issues, Romney gives conservative evangelicals the best chance for progress. ?When you consider the fact that he is also a man of extraordinary personal integrity, even more remarkable intelligence and competency, and an extremely successful business leader with precisely the kind of economic experience this country needs, there?s no question why conservative evangelicals would support Romney. ?Because they?re not stupid.

Source: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/philosophicalfragments/2012/08/28/why-evangelicals-are-supporting-romney/

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ACTU: More Workers Will Die Unless OHS Laws ... - LNG World News

The deaths of two workers on a drilling rig off the Victorian coast yesterday is a tragic reminder of the dangers of the industry, leading unions to renew calls for offshore petroleum workers to be given the same workplace health and safety rights and protections those on dry land.

While investigations are continuing into the circumstances of the deaths, ACTU Assistant Secretary Michael Borowick said it was not appropriate for the offshore petroleum industry to have a different health and safety regime than the rest of the workforce.

?We need to get to the bottom of this tragedy, but unfortunately, unions have been warning for some time that the offshore petroleum industry is an accident waiting to happen,? Mr Borowick said.

?The harmonised OHS laws should be extended to the offshore petroleum industry, so that workers in the industry can have the same standard of training and regulation as other workers.

?Occupational health and safety representatives in the offshore industry do not have the same rights to OHS training or access to OHS experts as on-shore representatives.

?The offshore regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), has taken a completely hands-off approach to policing its patch, putting workers at risk every day on the job.

?Until the new OHS laws are extended to the offshore industry, workers and their families cannot be confident they are protected as well as they could and should be.

?The lack of inclusion of offshore workers in these laws, combined with the hands-off approach of NOPSEMA, frustrates the involvement of workers and their unions in improving health and safety in a very dangerous industry.

?We cannot fathom why the Federal Government has one set of laws for workers on dry land, and a cavalier attitude and different laws in the dangerous offshore industry.?

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Marissa Mayer Picks iPhones over Androids for Yahoo Employees

Newly appointed Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is giving her entire staff new iPhones, which has to burn her former Google colleagues a little. She could have picked an Android device for the ten thousand-plus people who work at the company. But she didn't, instead suggesting spending a couple million on the Apple product, according to?Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson.?Mayer herself had an iPhone when she worked at Google, notes Carlson,?so maybe it's not that surprising. By forgoing Android devices, though, Mayer is showing that her loyalties are no longer with Google.

RELATED: Steve Jobs's 10-Word Defense of the iPhone's Location Tracking

It's worth noting that Google isn't totally anti-Apple, in the same way that Microsoft is. Microsoft doesn't let employees use things that don't run Windows, banning Macs and iPads, according to an internal memo. At Google, employees have been spotted using Mac computers, over Chromebooks. But the iPhone versus Android battle is an especially important one, with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt once riling a lot of fan boys after saying his company's creation was "ahead" of the iPhone. Mayer doesn't work at Google anymore, so she's released from any allegiance she once had to Google's products. We may never know why she chose to give her new employees an Apple phone: Is it because she just likes the iPhone better? Or is the big purchase order her way of giving a one finger wave goodbye to Google??

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/marissa-mayer-picks-iphones-over-androids-yahoo-employees-150023869.html

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New iPhone and mini iPad: What we expect from Apple

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Rumor is that Apple will hold a very special event on Sept. 12. Naturally, this means that we are compelled to gossip endlessly about what the Cupertino-based company might announce on that day.?Here's what we expect from Apple this fall.

The new iPhone
The main focus during Apple's rumored Sept. 12 event will most likely be the next-generation iPhone?? one that likely will not be called the "iPhone 5."?

According to the folks at?9to5?Mac, someone at Apple repair shop iLab?accumulated factory parts and assembled them,?producing the equivalent of a next-generation iPhone.?Additionally,?the staff of?iResq?has rounded up its own collection of allegedly leaked iPhone parts and found that they fit perfectly inside a body which has been floating around.

While these images, allegedly of new iPhones, are floating around, some of their?specs are more likely than others, based on additional reports ? from anonymous sources, naturally ??coming through reputable channels.

The next-generation iPhone may likely?look pretty darn similar to the iPhone 4S,?but it will probably have a?slightly thinner and larger screen?and a two-tone body. It sounds like the device's display will be?4 inches instead of 3.5 inches?in diagonal, and that it will be?more elongated (so that its aspect ratio is wider).

As far as the guts go,?9to5?Mac's Mark Gurman says?that prototype versions of the next-generation iPhone are rocking 1GB of RAM (which would double what is believed to be the current device's amount of RAM).?iMore's Rene Ritchie adds?that the device will be 4G LTE compatible???just like the new iPad.

Both prior reports as well as more recent part leaks suggest that the next iPhone will?likely?use a smaller 19-pin port?rather than the wider 30-in port found on current iPhones, iPads and iPods. (Say goodbye to your old chargers?? or hello to some awkward adapter???if that turns out to be the case.)

iMore's Rene Ritchie?? who has a credible track record when it comes to nailing down Apple event dates and topics?? suggests that the new smartphone will ship nine days after it is announced, on Sept. 21. This date?does line up with?what we've been hearing for a while, so we're keeping it circled on our calendars for the time being.

The smaller iPad
As if all the iPhone gossip isn't enough, there's also been much talk about a smaller iPad making an appearance during Apple's September event.

Based on the most reliable reports, this tablet should be close to eight inches diagonally (rather than 9.7 inches like the current models), offer a plain (non-Retina) display, and be priced in the $250 range (to compete with Google's Nexus 7).

Leaked parts suggest that the device will use a 19-pin connector like the next-generation iPhone and be offered in your choice of black or white.?Both 9to5?Mac's Seth Weintraub and Apple watcher?John Gruber?agree that chances are high that this smaller tablet will look a lot like a large iPod Touch, with?a smaller bezel.

The important thing to keep in mind
Apple rumors ? or tech rumors in general, for that matter???are frustrating beasts. They tend to come from anonymous sources who may or may not be familiar with matters, briefed on plans or even fully coherent. They can sometimes spin out of control and lead people to believe?that the next iPhone will cost $800?or be made of?a material that's not quite ready for primetime.

We try our best to assess rumors by using a magical formula which relies on the?track record?of a source or reporter, the habits of the folks in Cupertino, plain ol' logic, and experience.

We frequently reach out to the folks at Apple and ask them if they're feeling crazy enough to?chit-chat about their upcoming products, but it's their policy not to address such rumors.

So when all else fails, we often lean on this reporter's favorite movie quote: "A rumor's not a rumor that doesn't die."

Particularly persistent rumors tend to pan out ... except when they don't.?

So just pick your favorites and let's keep speculating until the cows come home?? or until?the Apple executives?come to the Moscone Center.

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/gadgetbox/new-iphone-mini-ipad-coming-soon-what-we-expect-apple-956251

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Why do the Caribbean Islands arc?

Monday, August 20, 2012

The Caribbean islands have been pushed east over the last 50 million years, driven by the movement of the Earth's viscous mantle against the more rooted South American continent, reveals new research by geophysicists from USC.

The results, published today in Nature Geoscience, give us a better understanding of how continents resist the constant movement of the Earth's plates ? and what effect the continental plates have on reshaping the surface of the Earth.

"Studying the deep earth interior provides insights into how the Earth has evolved into its present form," said Meghan S. Miller, assistant professor of earth sciences in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and lead author of the paper. "We're interested in plate tectonics, and the southeastern Caribbean is interesting because it's right near a complex plate boundary."

Miller and Thorsten W. Becker, associate professor of earth sciences at USC Dornsife College, studied the margin between the Caribbean plate and the South American plate, ringed by Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and a crescent of smaller islands including Barbados and St. Lucia.

But just like the First Law of Ecology (and time travel), when it comes to the earth, everything really is connected. So to study the motion of the South American continent and Caribbean plate, the researchers had to first model the entire planet ? 176 models to be exact, so large that they took several weeks to compute even at the USC High Performance Computing Center.

For most of us, earthquakes are something to be dreaded. But for Miller and Becker they are a necessary source of data, providing seismic waves that can be tracked all over the world to provide an image of the Earth's deep interior like a CAT scan. The earthquake waves move slower or more quickly depending on the temperature and composition of the rock, and also depending on how the crystals within the rocks align after millions of years of being pushed around in mantle convection.

"If you can, you want to solve the whole system and then zoom in," Becker said. "What's cool about this paper is that we didn't just run one or two models. We ran a lot, and it allowed us to explore different possibilities for how mantle flow might work."

Miller and Becker reconstructed the movement of the Earth's mantle to a depth of almost 3,000 kilometers, upending previous hypotheses of the seismic activity beneath the Caribbean Sea and providing an important new look at the unique tectonic interactions that are causing the Caribbean plate to tear away from South America.

In particular, Miller and Becker point to a part of the South American plate ? known as a "cratonic keel" ? that is roughly three times thicker than normal lithosphere and much stronger than typical mantle. The keel deflects and channels mantle flow, and provides an important snapshot of the strength of the continents compared to the rest of the Earth's outer layers.

"Oceanic plates are relatively simple, but if we want to understand how the Earth works as a system ? and how faults evolved and where the flow is going over millions of years ? we also have to understand continental plates," Becker said.

In the southeastern Caribbean, the interaction of the subducted plate beneath the Antilles island arc with the stronger continental keel has created the El Pilar-San Sebastian Fault, and the researchers believe a similar series of interactions may have formed the San Andreas Fault.

"We're studying the Caribbean, but our models are run for the entire globe," Miller said. "We can look at similar features in Japan, Southern California and the Mediterranean, anywhere we have instruments to record earthquakes."

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Inside the PAT testing Birmingham companies

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Request Reprint | Print | About Author | Report Problem | Tweet This Portable Appliance Testing is a mandatory process in the nations of the UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, etc. to ensure workplace and domestic safety. It is a certified test, given by authorised technicians designed to test the safety standards of the appliances in use. It was a regulatory directive issued through the Health and Safety at Work Act, dated back to 1974 when the legislation mandated testing of electrical equipments regularly. Since then, a league of PAT testing Birmingham companies has come up to offer PAT testing services. The installation services of electrical appliances are provided by the electrical installations Birmingham agencies that are similar to the former.

Later in the year 1999, further regulations were incorporated to the existing list to ensure complete safety of the workers in business organizations. Since then, the companies have introduced a range of new services to comply to the new regulations. The technicians working at the electrical installations Birmingham firms test the in-house appliances to check if they are in perfect working condition. Testers are trained and equipped with required knowledge and skills. The employees assigned by the PAT testing Birmingham companies have sufficient knowledge and understanding about the portable appliances powered by electricity. It is one of the decorum of the government that the tester should have a certified degree to perform the test. Hence, the employees have extensive knowledge about mechanical damage, thermal systems and electrocutions. Thus, the PAT testing Birmingham company technicians can easily judge if an equipment is a gimmick or an efficient one. There are four typical situations depending upon which the electrical installations Birmingham companies design their service packages. Type testing is the first and very basic category in which the appliances are tested to make sure that they are compliant to the designated requirements. The second category of testing performed by the PAT testing Birmingham company is the production caliber. In this, the appliances are tested at the production stage so that everything is ascertained before the items are deployed to different retailers for selling. Post repair test is another kind of examination where the units are studied when they fail to deliver satisfactory services, soon after a repair job. During the test, the electrical installations Birmingham agents probe into the system to check if the repair job was sufficient to restore the system back to order.

In-service test is another kind where a preliminary examination is run, followed by the continuity and insulation tests. Finally, the functions of the units are checked to affirm that the item is in good working condition. If the units fail the test, then they are certainly not up to mark in terms of its mechanism. The companies take a negligible sum of money as remuneration for the service rendered. Most of the companies operate online through the websites. Contact can also be established with them through the phone lines. They usually respond to calls made at anytime of the day.

Are you in search of a notable electrical installations Birmingham company? We are one of the prominent PAT testing Birmingham companies offering PAT testing and installations services for a reasonable price.

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Tell Your Life Stories With DC Startup: Monthsof.me INTERVIEW

Sure there are plenty of video apps out there and there are plenty of photo apps out there. Not it?s time to put everything together to tell a story. Scrapbooking grew to an amazing popularity in the 1990?s. ?There were scrapbooking classes, scrapbooking stores and more. There are still a few brick and mortar scrapbooking businesses, but like everything else scrapbooking has taken to the internet.

Monthsof.me is a Washington DC area startup that helps you collect, and organize all your photos, video and other media to tell stories that you can share with friends and family.

You can choose to tell the story of your life or stories of life?s precious moments. Baby?s first day, a wedding, the first day of school, soccer season, there are so many different ways that monthsof.me would come in handy.

Monthsof.me came about after co-founder RJ Johnston had his fourth child and came to the realization that he had hundreds of albums of digital photos and videos across several sites, but none of them really told a story. He immediately went to work on monthsof.me. Johnston has a varied background mostly in sales, even government sales and a performance at the rock and roll hall of fame. Now he?s turned hie business acumen to the home and the family. Monthsof.me is a platform that people everywhere will find meaningful.

Check out our interview below with Johnston about monthsof.me and the hot startup ecosystem in our nation?s capital.

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What is Monthsof.Me?

MonthsOf.Me is home to visual stories about life?s moments where members easily organize their digital life, share their stories and collaborate on content. Media such as pictures, text and videos which has been shared on existing social networks or stored on their desktop or portable devices is chronologically organized and available for creating visual stories. Members create visual stories to share moments around specific topics such as births, ballgames, weddings, concerts, and events.

Who are the founders and what are their backgrounds?

RJ Johnston has a life-long passion for information technology. In 1995 he started a website promoting electronic music which quickly became an industry staple earning international notoriety. Prior to founding MonthsOf.Me, RJ developed applications for Government, cyber security and location tracking companies. RJ has held executive positions at nationwide mortgage lenders, built multiple sales and operation centers across the country and even performed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Josh Abraham has engineered multi-tiered network infrastructures supporting millions?of users. As CIO of a Hosting Provider, Josh was responsible for the delivery of media in?a resource efficient manner across multiple networks on global scale. He has trained

and managed teams of developers, support personnel and network engineers.

Dan C. started his first start-up in 2003, but that, as all new inexperienced entrepreneurs, didn?t get him very far. In 2004, gaining a bit more experience he start his second venture: along with two former colleagues from PCNet , they start `Internet Link`, which goes through the phases of being a Wireless (WiMax) , to DSL provider, and finally becomes a FTTH (fiber to the home) provider. After a successful exit two years later, Dan ventures to Africa, working with local telecom companies in Angola, and shortly after, for BP. In 2008 he crosses the ocean (yet again), to work with a small telecom company.

Where are you based?

Virginia, DC Metro Area

What?s the startup scene/culture like where you?re based?

Vibrant and growing. ?Our friends at Fortify.vc have been actively working to accelerate this growth and we?re proud to be a part of it.

How did you come up with the idea for Monthsof.Me?

The idea for MonthsOf.Me (internally known as ?MoM?) came shortly after the birth of RJ?s fourth child, Genevieve. Like most parents RJ was taking hundreds of photos and videos to document Genevieve?s early months and share them with family and friends. It didn?t take long for him to realize existing networks were not designed to fulfill his need; they lacked privacy, organizational options and provided little to no personalization. MonthsOf.Me was born.

What problem does MonthsofMe solve?

MoM aims to solve three problems, 1) Easy organization of memories posted on multiple services and devices. ?2) Simplify the selective sharing process without negatively impacting relationships (ie ? in one click with no additional setup you can connect with a person and show them only public items). ?3) My favorite, personalizing groups of memories into what we call visual stories. ?Members can group selective memories into a story, share and/or invite friends to collaborate on the story and personalize the display similar to a Tumblr blog.

What?s your secret sauce?

?Franks Redhot Sauce

What?s one dilemma you?ve encountered in the startup process?

Whether to launch early on a sub-par UI or wait. ?This was a tough decision, we had all the backend functionality ready to go but our front-end design and user experience was awful (IMHO). ?Most advice you get and articles you read say launch and release early and often. ?I absolutely agree with this?Philosophy?however, I also believe in making a good first impression. ?This was an internal battle (with myself) whether or not we should launch and keep improving. ?The decision was made to revamp and launch. ?This is what we?ve done, I think it was the right decision, our testers have responded positively and commented on the improved approach. ?To be taken seriously as a company on the web these days UI is up front and center? if people dont like how you look they will click away without giving the application a chance. ?We?ll see how it all turns out.

What?s one challenge you?ve overcome in the startup process?

Just one? ?My gosh, creating a startup is the most challenging?endeavors?one will undertake. ?Personally, having to take a step back to move two forward. ?At the end of 2011 we were out of funds, had several thousand dollars in legal and design bills, I had no personal income coming in and had used every ounce of savings to get us to that point. ?We also were expecting our fifth child in December, had birthdays and of course the holidays to provide for my four other children. ?It was a dark time but we made it through. ?I had to pick up side work to support my family, pay the bills and most importantly continue to move the product forward. ?Some people might ask why we didnt simply go raise more funding, and we did this a little bit but personally I?m not going to ask someone to invest for the first time or follow on?s until I?m confident we can deliver on our promises. ?At that point I was questioning just about everything to do with the business including my personal capabilities. ?They say sometimes you have to fall down to pick yourself up and move forward. ?This was a tough?exercise?but one personally I?m stronger for having gone through and in the end we?re delivering a far superior product. ?I hope once your readers visit monthsof.me and test it out they will agree.

What?s the first thing you would do for Monthsof.Me with a one million dollar investment?

Hire our contractors! ?We?ve been blessed with finding some amazing people and they know the first thing we?ll do is hire them. ?After that continue focusing on our UI in a tablet first way and build out native applications for various platforms including television.

What?s next for Monthsof.Me?

We have one more large release to push out and then open the doors for people to signup. ?Actually they can right now by selecting login and create account on our site but buyer beware there is still allot of front end user experience flow we need to release and bugs to clear.

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Business Venture Hana McQuinn, of Community Wellness Center ...

Name of Entrepreneur: Hana McQuinn
Name of Business: Community Wellness
Location of Business: 941 Palm Court Oakland, CA 94607
Business Activity: Non-profit meditation
Number of years in business: 2

I was able to have a second interview with the founder of Community Wellness Center who also started several other non-profit centers in the past. Hana McQuinn, shared some insights on being a Founder, Executive Director and PR all at once.

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Mrs. McQuinn, please tell me about you and how long have been in the non-profit business?

I have been in the non-profit sector for about thirty years and have help, developed and open about eight non-profits in the last twelve years.

What is Community Wellness Center?

Community Wellness is a transformative movement to help heal and strengthen our communities through intentional and proactive mindfulness our ?inside out? approach provides a framework that connects our mind, body, and actions towards dignity, sustainable mindfulness, and community connectedness. Community Wellness believes in self-transformation through meditation and does not practice any religion.

How do you balance your position as a small business owner?

Life is a balancing act by itself. Going to work, getting the kids to school on time and just finding time for yourself, it?s like walking on a tightrope you constantly have to re-balance yourself. The key I found is just focus on the right thing at the right time. What I mean is when you are focusing on marketing your business,? just focus on that and let everything else go. Don?t worry about what?s around you, just be fully present at you?re doing right now. As a small business owner you will wear many different hats.

How do you Market (PR) a non-profit that is a startup?

Most of my marketing has been people-to-people word of mouth. It is a two way communication between individuals rather than a speech from my organization.? I found word of mouth marketing has put more credibility in my fundraising campaigns. I have also utilized all forms of social media with the help of an outside consultant.

Has Social Media help your business?

Yes, it has put the word out there about my business and has grabbed some new supporters, which otherwise I would not have.

What difficulties have you faced as a non-profit entrepreneur?
I have been in business for about a two year and as you known non-profits depend on grants from government and local business. The hardest part is convincing them we need this kind of non-profit service in this area.

What advice would you give up-coming non-profit entrepreneurs?
Be patient because being a non-profit business you have to wait for funding. Love what you do and help as many people as you can.
Miss McQuinn, thank you for the interview.

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Taking the Gold: BMW Group Design Sweeps the Automotive Brand ...

Continuing to dominate the automotive market in both already-developed cars and concept cars, BMW had an impressive showing at the German Design Council?s Automotive Brand Contest 2012. Taking home a grand total of 48 awards, BMW Group Design showed again the exceptional design quality and painstaking effort that goes into every single BMW vehicle. Here are just a few of the designs that stood above the competition:

BMW i8 Concept Spyder

Combining incredible fuel efficiency and a futuristic, sleek design, the BMW i8 Concept Spyder is truly ?the car of the future?. An intelligent lightweight design and BMW?s highly researched cutting-edge hybrid technology make the Spyder the world?s first ?hybrid-sports car?. The Concept Spyder was celebrated by the German Design Council for its use of technology and overall, impressive design.

BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe

A model that is now available, the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe represents BMW?s attempt at combining the comfort and aesthetics of a classic Coupe with the luxurious and exceptional performance of a sports car. The attempt has paid off, and the new 6 Series Gran Coupe has quickly come to be considered one of BMW?s best looking cars. In a competition that praises aesthetics above all else, the Gran Coupe still managed to astound and inspire.

BMW Zagato Coupe

Flaunting a style that is decidedly?nontraditional?for BMW, the new Zagato Coupe is truly a product of collaboration. Conceived as a BMW seen through the eyes of Italian coachbuilder Zagato, it presents a visually arresting and emotive exterior design. With Zagato?s famed sculpting of the vehicle and BMW?s attentive treatment of surfaces, its not surprising that the Coupe surprised and awed those at the 2012 Automotive Brand Contest.

BMW S 1000 RR

When one thinks of BMW, the mind may not immediately gravitate towards motorcycles. But, with fresh, alluring new designs, BMW has set out to change that. Lending patented technology to a motorcycle allows BMW to produce a sleek, lean new take on a performance motorcycle. With the addition of side aperture grilles to the center air box cover and a discreet revision of the asymmetrical side panels, the new S 1000 RR is shaping up to be a landmark effort for BMW and motorcycle enthusiasts alike.

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Britain on course for more economic stimulus

Britain's recession-hit economy remained on course for more cash stimulus despite an improving employment picture, minutes from the Bank of England's latest monetary policy meeting showed Wednesday.

Minutes from the BoE's meeting at the start of August revealed that all of its nine policymakers voted to keep the central bank's main interest rate at a record-low 0.50 percent.

They also voted unanimously to keep the central bank's quantitative easing (QE) cash stimulus programme at a level of ?375 billion ($584 billion, 476 billion euros).

However, the decision to refrain from more QE cash was "finely balanced" for some members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), according to the minutes.

Markets are also pricing in the prospect of fresh stimulus measures from the European Central Bank, US Federal Reserve and Beijing as the global economy falters.

A positive for Britain meanwhile came Wednesday in the form of an improving jobs market. Official data showed the country's unemployment rate fell to 8.0 percent in the quarter to June from 8.1 percent in the three months to May thanks to an Olympics jobs boost.

The number of unemployed people fell by 46,000 to 2.56 million, the Office for National Statistics added in a statement.

Thousands of temporary jobs were created as a result of the London Olympics that ended on Sunday -- providing a boost to Britain's recession-hit economy.

"Although these numbers may have been helped a little by the Olympics, the broad story is that the labour market continues to outperform the economy, which official data show has been declining for three quarters," said Investec bank analyst Philip Shaw.

Amid rising inflation and negative gross domestic product (GDP) output in Britain, Shaw said he felt the "MPC will give the green light for another ?50 billion of QE, most likely when the current programme expires in November."

The MPC had already voted in July to increase the QE asset-purchasing programme by an extra ?50 billion over four months to November -- bringing the total to ?375 billion since it began the stimulus project in 2009.

The committee maintained the status quo in August as it also sought to gauge the impact of the government's ?80-billion 'Funding for Lending' (FLS) scheme that is also aimed at lifting retail bank lending.

Under QE, the Bank of England creates new cash to purchase assets such as government and corporate bonds with the aim of boosting lending and stimulating economic activity.

"The committee discussed whether it was appropriate to expand or continue with the programme of asset purchases it had agreed at its previous meeting," the minutes read.

"For some members the decision was nevertheless more finely balanced, since a good case could be made at this meeting for more asset purchases."

The BoE added that recent indicators for the manufacturing and services industries had been weak, suggesting GDP output would remain pressured between July and September, or third quarter.

The Bank of England last week slashed its forecast for British growth this year to close to zero percent, saying the greatest threat to recovery came from the eurozone crisis.

Britain is not a member of the eurozone but the bloc is its major trade partner. The country meanwhile escaped a deep downturn in late 2009 but fell back into recession at the end of 2011.

Latest official data showed GDP slumped 0.7 percent between April and June from the first three months of this year.

Annual inflation in Britain meanwhile rose unexpectedly last month to 2.6 percent -- above the BoE's 2.0-percent target.

"Inflation was... likely to remain close to the target in the coming months," the bank's minutes said.

"The minutes of August's MPC meeting support our view that more policy stimulus is likely before long," said Vicky Redwood, an analyst at Capital Economics research group.

"Admittedly the vote to leave policy unchanged this month was unanimous, but this was always likely given the asset purchases currently underway won't be completed until November," she added.

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Arkansas, NC ask EPA to waive ethanol mandate on high corn

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. governors asked the United States government on Tuesday to waive this year's mandate for making ethanol from corn, adding pressure on it to relieve meat producers from high corn prices spurred by the worst drought in more than 50 years.

Governors Mike Beebe from Arkansas and Beverly Purdue from North Carolina sent the requests to the EPA administrator

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Home foreclosures ? What are the Unique Features and Important ...

The global real estate market has been witnessing a growing reputation in the field of foreclosure homes for sale for homebuyers and investors alike. But before going in for buying homes in foreclosure it is advisable to understand some of their unique features as well as important guidelines on buying.

Unique features of Home Foreclosures

Low asking price ? The major reason behind the popularity of home foreclosures are their low asking prices. Foreclosed homes are usually available at great discounts ranging anywhere between 20-50 % lower than the prevailing market prices which make homes in foreclosure a great buy.

Public auctions ? As most of these home foreclosures are bank and government owned properties they are put on public auctions which are a great platform to buy a home in foreclosure at an affordable cost for residential as well as investment purposes.

Diverse foreclosure homes for sale ? With a large number of home foreclosures flooding the real estate market the buyer has a wide range of cost efficient home in foreclosure to consider ranging from small family houses to large properties in prime locations.

Short sales ? In order to avoid the added costs of the homes foreclosures process, banks sell the seized properties in pre-foreclosure through short sales at a great discount.

Following the steps listed below will make your experience of searching for foreclosure homes relatively easy while ensuring you a safe and satisfactory purchase through foreclosure homes for sale.

* The first step in looking for homes in foreclosure is to decide a budget and the preferred area to move ahead efficiently through home foreclosure listings.

* For finding homes foreclosure looking through online home foreclosure listings is a great way to begin your search to get a list of suitable properties.

* You can now narrow down your options of home foreclosure listings to a selected few homes foreclosure and then inspecting the property and the neighborhood and consider facts like the distance from your office, quality of schools and various other amenities available before deciding on homes foreclosures.

* When you have finally decided on the homes foreclosure that suits you evaluate the renovation costs before making the final offering price.

* Always remember that the asking price of a home in foreclosure can be negotiated further and you have a good chance for getting a good discount on homes foreclosures.

Summary ? The unique features of opting for foreclosure homes for sale include low asking prices, public auctions, high choice availability and short sales. When buying homes in foreclosures important steps like deciding your budget and other requirements, searching online listings, inspecting the neighborhood and the property as well as negotiating on the asking price goes a long way in ensuring a safe and secure purchase.

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Euro economy shrinks 0.2 percent in Q2

BRUSSELS (AP) ? Europe edged closer to recession Tuesday after official figures showed the region's output shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter of the year.

Had Eurostat, the European Union's statistics office, also recorded a contraction in the first quarter too, instead of staying flat, the region would be in recession ? officially defined as two straight quarters of falling output.

The continued strength of Germany, Europe's biggest economy, helped lift the region out of another recession. Its economy grew by a quarterly rate of 0.3 percent in the second quarter. Though down on the 0.5 percent recorded in the first quarter, the advance was a little more than expected ? most economists thought Germany would only grow by 0.2 percent.

Though Germany continues to benefit from a still-growing global economy, its high-value exporters are finding it increasingly difficult to tap international markets. The other 16 countries that use the euro are its biggest market and six of them are in recession. The U.S. is also coming off the boil, with growth in the second quarter down at a quarterly rate of 0.4 percent, according to Eurostat.

Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus and Portugal are all in recession and all five are at the front-line of Europe's debt crisis. Bailed out Ireland could join the grouping when it publishes its second-quarter figures.

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THE CONNING TOWER: Four-medal night for Team USA

Four-medal night for Team USA

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LONDON - Team USA had its biggest track & field night thus far at 2012 Olympic Games, bringing home three silver medals and one bronze - including some from unexpected sources - at Olympic Stadium.

Dawn Harper (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Kellie Wells (Orlando, Fla.) went 2-3 in the 100m hurdles, Erik Kynard (Manhattan, Kan.) was second in the men?s high jump, and Leo Manzano (Austin, Texas) grabbed a dramatic silver in the men?s 1,500.

Double medals in hurdles

One of the sport?s most highly anticipated finals, the 100m hurdles played out in spectacular fashion, pitting the defending gold medalist, Harper, against the heavily favored world champion, Sally Pearson of Australia. At the gun, Wells got out well, matching Pearson of Australia. Harper and Lolo Jones (Baton Rouge, La.) followed.

Harper soon found her form and looked strong as Pearson edged into the lead. Harper was closing on the Aussie over the final hurdle, but Pearson made it to the finish line first in an Olympic-record time of 12.35. Harper ran nearly two-tenths of a second faster than her 2008 Olympic gold medal performance to win silver in a personal best of 12.37. Harper?s time is the best mark ever for any second place finisher in the 100m hurdles and ties her with Joanna Hayes as the second-fastest American in history, behind Gail Devers. Keeping her composure and finishing strong, Kellie Wells (Orlando, Fla.) rounded out the podium in a personal-best time of 12.48m. Jones ran a season best as she took fourth in 12.58.

Earlier in the evening, Harper had set a personal best in handily winning her heat in 12.46. Jones was the fastest qualifier on time, placing third in heat 2 in 12.71, and Wells won heat 3 in a then-season best of 12.51.

Another historic medal

Thanks to a brilliant stretch run in the men?s 1,500m, American men have won two medals at 1,500m or over for the first time at an Olympic Games since 1968 - coincidentally, the last time the U.S. won this event at the Games.

Manzano took home the first U.S. medal in the 1,500 since Jim Ryun in that year. Tuesday night?s race came down to a furious sprint for the finish line, and Leo Manzano (Austin, Texas) was able to capitalize on his renowned closing speed to sixth to second in the last 150m of the race. Manzano crossed the line in a season-best time of 3:34.79, the fastest time ever by an American at the Games, finishing behind gold medalist Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria (3:34.08).

2011 World Outdoor bronze medalist Matthew Centrowitz (Eugene, Ore.) also had a strong stretch run. After running at the front for most of the race, Centrowitz had fallen back heading into the final stretch. He closed hard and finished fourth in 3:35.17, only two-hundredths of a second behind Abdalaati Igulder of Morocco, on whom he was closing. Centrowitz?s fourth place finish gives the U.S. the best 1500m result since 1936 when Glenn Cunningham and Archie San Romani finished 2-4.

Kynard surprises

Sporting American flag knee socks, 21-year old Kynard (Manhattan, Kan.) entered the high jump final tied with the seventh-best personal best in the field. His skill, with perhaps a motivational assist from the socks, propelled him to an unexpected silver medal with a best clearance of 2.33m/7-7.75, behind gold medalist Ivan Ukov of Russia (2.38m/7-7.75). Kynard had only one miss in the competition while clearing four heights.

Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, Derek Drouin of Canada and Robert Grabarz of Great Britain ended in a three-way tie for third at 2.29m/7-6. Jamie Nieto (Chula Vista, Calif.) placed sixth, also with a clearance of 2.29m/7-6, and 2011 World Champion Jesse Williams (Eugene, Ore.) tied for ninth at 2.25m/7-4.25.

Finals Countdown

It was smooth sailing for American 200 meter runners in the women?s semifinals. Two-time silver medalist Allyson Felix (Santa Clarita, Calif.) looked effortless in easily winning heat 2 in 22.31, 400m gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross won heat 3 in 22.30, and 100m silver medalist Carmelita Jeter (Gardena, Calif.) was second in heat 1 in 22.39, behind defending gold medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown (22.32). The final will be contested Wednesday evening.

For the first time since 1992, the U.S. will have two men running the final of the 800m. Nick Symmonds (Springfield, Ore.) and Duane Solomon (Los Angeles, Calif.) squeaked through to the final as the duo took both the qualifying spots on time. The U.S. has not had anyone in the final of this event since Solomon?s coach, Johnny Gray, ran in the final in 1996. Symmonds took third in heat 2 in 1:44.87 and Solomon took third in heat 3 in 1:44.93.

In women?s long jump qualifying, Janay DeLoach (Fort Collins, Colo.) made it to the final on her first jump with a mark of 6.81m/22-4.25. World champion Brittney Reese (Gulfport, Miss.) let it come down to the last jump after fouling on her first two attempts. Reese jumped 6.57m/21-6.75 to earn her way into the final. Chelsea Hayes (Ruston, La.) had a best mark of 6.37m/20-10.75 and did not advance.

Team USA Medal Count - 13 total
Gold (2)
Jenn Suhr (Churchville, N.Y.), WPV, 4.75/15-7
Sanya Richards-Ross (Austin, Texas), w400, 49.55

Silver (6)
Leo Manzano (Austin Texas), M1500, 3:34.79
Dawn Harper (Los Angeles, Calif.), W100H, 12.37
Erik Kynard (Manhattan, Kans.) MHJ, 2.33m/7-7.75
Michael Tinsley (Round Rock, Texas), M400H, 47.91
Carmelita Jeter (Gardena, Calif.), W100, 10.78
Galen Rupp (Portland, Ore.), M10,000m, 27:30.90

Bronze (5)
Kellie Wells (Orlando, Fla.), W100H, 12.48
Justin Gatlin (Orlando, Fla.) M100, 9.79
DeeDee Trotter (Orlando, Fla.), W400, 49.72
Will Claye (San Diego, Calif.), MLJ, 8.12m/26-7.75
Reese Hoffa (Athens, Ga.), MSP, 21.23m/69-8

Athlete Quotes

Dawn Harper, 100m Hurdles: ?Oh, definitely a smile. I came back with some hardware and a personal best of 12.3, you can not be mad at that. To come here and know I had this kind of pressure on me, ?can she do it, did she deserve it in ?08?? I think that I pretty much showed out today on a big stage.?

Kellie Wells, 100m Hurdles: ?It?s amazing. To know I came and got a bronze medal and a PR and to have just achieved so much. And to think where I have came from, I was a 13.1 hurdler when I came to my coach and he?s transformed me, and I?m so, so thankful for him. I carry my mother with me every day, and to know that she got to watch down on me and see me get a bronze medal and PR and to do something that she had so much passion for makes me feel so good in my heart.?

Lolo Jones, 100m Hurdles: ?I?m just kind of in shock right now. I didn?t keep it together. At least this time it was a clean race. It was my season best but obviously I am crushed. I struggled with maintenance (of my body) all year. I am not going to blame it on injuries but I obviously wasn?t as healthy.?

Leo Manzano, 1500m: ?I?m really excited, so thrilled and so pumped. It was an insane race. It was probably the toughest race physically and mentally that I?ve ever been in.?

Matthew Centrowitz, 1500m: ?Coming in here, I wanted to make moves that put me in medal position. I did all I could. I was so close to that medal.?

Erik Kynard, High Jump: ?I?m here. I medaled so that is all I could do. Pressure doesn?t burst my pipes. I have faith in my abilities. No stage is too big. This is the best second place I have ever had.?

Jamie Nieto, High Jump: ?It could be anybody?s day. A lot of guys had pressure on them. The conditions weren?t bad. I gave it my best. I was the old guy of the field so finishing sixth wasn?t bad.? (on Erik Kynard): ?He is amazing he is the future and the present. We all have the same coach, who is a great coach. Erik is a great testament to that.?

Jesse Williams, High Jump: ?First of all I want to say congratulations to Erik Kynard. He deserves this. I under-achieved big time. I?m in unbelievable shape right now. It hurts. I know I?m much better than what I did today. I had some decent attempts. I wasn?t using the power that I had. It?s disappointing.?

Brittney Reese, Long Jump: ?I was on the board but had a lot of small fouls. All were over the qualifying mark, I just couldn't put it together. I had two toenail fouls over the qualifying mark. Tomorrow I have to get it done. This is the Olympics you have to bring it.?

Janay Deloach, Long Jump: ?That was the plan, to do one and done so I can stay as fresh as I can so I can go for the gold tomorrow...I?m looking forward to a lot of good jumps tomorrow, we already got three auto qualifiers at 6.80 so those are just on one jump, it?s going to be pretty good tomorrow..?

Chelsea Hayes, Long Jump: ?I guess I just let me nerves get to me. Competing here is a lot different than competing in the U.S.?

Nick Symmonds, 800m: ?I?ll take it. I made a final. It was a scary way to do it but I did it. I feel fantastic right now. I have 48 hours to recover. I have proven that I get better as I go through rounds. I?m ecstatic. I feel really, really good.?

Duane Solomon, 800m: ?I feel great. It?s great to have two Americans (advancing to finals). A lot of people counted me out from even making the team and I made finals. I didn?t get out as aggressive as I usually do. Finals are going to be great. I believe I am a finals runner when it comes down to it. I?m going to make something happen.?

Carmelita Jeter, 200m: ?I?m just getting ready for the next round. I feel good.?

Allyson Felix, 200m: ?I felt good. I have been waiting for this. I don?t put too much weight on it (semi-finals). I just want to execute and that?s what it is all about.?

Sanya Richards-Ross, 200m: ?My coach told me to be patient. I'm happy I got the win. I feel good. I have been mentally been preparing for this since I made the team.?

For more information on the 2012 Olympic Games, visit www.usatf.org

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Source: http://theconningtower.blogspot.com/2012/08/four-medal-night-for-team-usa.html

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