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Italy and Spain see debt default cover soaring

Jittery debt markets turned the screw on Italy and Spain yesterday amid fresh signs of economic gloom for the struggling eurozone duo and more warnings of recession.

The cost of insuring against defaults in both countries spiked higher after survey evidence showed Italy and Spain leading a fourth straight month of decline for the eurozone's services sector in December.

Markets were also on edge as nervy banks parked a record ?453bn (?375bn) with the European Central Bank and borrowed ?15bn from its overnight lending facility, while Hungary cancelled a bond auction due to spiralling borrowing costs.

Italy looks to be plunging towards an all-but-certain recession after a deepening decline in its services sector, according to the financial information group Markit. Only Germany and France registered any growth at all during the month. The results underline the two-speed Europe developing in the eurozone after the latest rise in Spanish unemployment yesterday contrasted with falling German dole queues. Germany sold ?4.1bn in 10-year debt yesterday, paying 1.93 per cent for the cash in a strong recovery after a failed bond auction spooked markets in November.

Italy and Spain can expect a much tougher ride from markets next week when they attempt to raise billions. The cost of insuring against a Spain default blew out 35 points to 4.37 per cent, meaning it costs $437 a year to insure $10,000 in sovereign debt. Italian prices were up by a similar amount at 5.15 per cent.

Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson said: "Recession is already looking inevitable in Italy and is a growing possibility in Spain as well."

In Hungary the Fidesz party cancelled its fund raising.

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Burundi release 2 new rice varieties for better lives

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Farmers in Burundi will soon sow the seeds of hard work and international cooperation with the release of 2 new rice varieties set to boost rice production and meet the rapidly growing demand for rice in Burundi

Farmers in Burundi will soon sow the seeds of hard work and international cooperation with the release of two new rice varieties set to boost rice production and meet the rapidly growing demand for rice in Burundi.

Farmers and agricultural stakeholders chose the two rice varieties bred by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), called IR77713 and IR79511, over the country's locally grown varieties V14, V18, Watt, and Rukaramu because they produce more rice and taste and look better.

The varieties have been tested and evaluated in different regions across Burundi for three years in participatory variety selection (PVS) trials in which farmers choose the rice varieties they like most and that perform best.

One of the farmers who helped pick the new varieties, Ms. Scolastique Simbandumwe, shared, "I am happy that the varieties I selected are now released. I would like to get seeds now, to be among those who will multiply seeds, so that my income can increase."

The new varieties easily gained favor not only for their high yielding capability of up to seven tons per hectare, which is one to one and a half tons more than the locally grown varieties, but also because of their ability to mature two to three weeks earlier. Early-maturing varieties mean that farmers can grow a second crop, allowing them to produce more food for their families or to sell it. This is important in Burundi because more than 90% of the population depends on agriculture for livelihood.

The farmers also ranked IR77713 and IR79511 highest in grain quality of unmilled, milled, and cooked rice. In addition, a sensory test revealed that farmers find IRRI's new varieties tasty and better looking compared with the locally grown varieties.

"We congratulate IRRI for this achievement," concluded Director General of Agriculture Sebastien Ndikumagenge, Burundi Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. "By releasing these two varieties, IRRI contributes a lot to our efforts to find food for Burundians. We encourage IRRI to go forward."

Dr. Joseph Bigirimana, IRRI's liaison scientist and coordinator in Burundi, said, "We are very happy that IRRI has released these two new rice varieties in Burundi. The IRRI-Burundi team worked hard, with the support of the whole IRRI family at the regional and international level and our partners in Burundi. We are proud of that effective collaboration.

"We do, of course, still have a long way to go," he added. "We will actively assist Burundi's Ministry of Agriculture to multiply the seed of these new varieties so that they can reach farmers as soon as possible."

IRRI-Burundi developed the new rice varieties especially for Burundi after recognizing the urgent need for better rice varieties adapted to local conditions and matching farmer and consumer needs. In a first, IRRI-Burundi released the varieties after just four growing seasons usually it takes much longer.

The new varieties are targeted to be planted in lowland areas of the country (800 meters above sea level) and are expected to boost food production in Burundi.

"I am sure this is only the start of a major contribution by IRRI in Burundi in association with the University of Burundi and Burundi's government to develop the rice industry," said IRRI's coordinator for East and Southern Africa, Mr. Joseph Rickman.

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Contact: Lovely Merlicel Quipot
l.quipot@irri.org
63-258-056-002-587
International Rice Research Institute

Farmers in Burundi will soon sow the seeds of hard work and international cooperation with the release of 2 new rice varieties set to boost rice production and meet the rapidly growing demand for rice in Burundi

Farmers in Burundi will soon sow the seeds of hard work and international cooperation with the release of two new rice varieties set to boost rice production and meet the rapidly growing demand for rice in Burundi.

Farmers and agricultural stakeholders chose the two rice varieties bred by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), called IR77713 and IR79511, over the country's locally grown varieties V14, V18, Watt, and Rukaramu because they produce more rice and taste and look better.

The varieties have been tested and evaluated in different regions across Burundi for three years in participatory variety selection (PVS) trials in which farmers choose the rice varieties they like most and that perform best.

One of the farmers who helped pick the new varieties, Ms. Scolastique Simbandumwe, shared, "I am happy that the varieties I selected are now released. I would like to get seeds now, to be among those who will multiply seeds, so that my income can increase."

The new varieties easily gained favor not only for their high yielding capability of up to seven tons per hectare, which is one to one and a half tons more than the locally grown varieties, but also because of their ability to mature two to three weeks earlier. Early-maturing varieties mean that farmers can grow a second crop, allowing them to produce more food for their families or to sell it. This is important in Burundi because more than 90% of the population depends on agriculture for livelihood.

The farmers also ranked IR77713 and IR79511 highest in grain quality of unmilled, milled, and cooked rice. In addition, a sensory test revealed that farmers find IRRI's new varieties tasty and better looking compared with the locally grown varieties.

"We congratulate IRRI for this achievement," concluded Director General of Agriculture Sebastien Ndikumagenge, Burundi Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. "By releasing these two varieties, IRRI contributes a lot to our efforts to find food for Burundians. We encourage IRRI to go forward."

Dr. Joseph Bigirimana, IRRI's liaison scientist and coordinator in Burundi, said, "We are very happy that IRRI has released these two new rice varieties in Burundi. The IRRI-Burundi team worked hard, with the support of the whole IRRI family at the regional and international level and our partners in Burundi. We are proud of that effective collaboration.

"We do, of course, still have a long way to go," he added. "We will actively assist Burundi's Ministry of Agriculture to multiply the seed of these new varieties so that they can reach farmers as soon as possible."

IRRI-Burundi developed the new rice varieties especially for Burundi after recognizing the urgent need for better rice varieties adapted to local conditions and matching farmer and consumer needs. In a first, IRRI-Burundi released the varieties after just four growing seasons usually it takes much longer.

The new varieties are targeted to be planted in lowland areas of the country (800 meters above sea level) and are expected to boost food production in Burundi.

"I am sure this is only the start of a major contribution by IRRI in Burundi in association with the University of Burundi and Burundi's government to develop the rice industry," said IRRI's coordinator for East and Southern Africa, Mr. Joseph Rickman.

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?A Unique Look At Big League Baseball? A Must Have For Seamheads

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A Unique Look at Big League BaseballFor most normal people, New Year?s Eve is all about bidding the old year adieu and ringing in the new one with friends, family, Dick Clark, Times Square, Jenny McCarthy kissing a dude she?d just met and lots and lots of adult beverages.? But for me it was about methodically soaking in the information on all 374 pages of chocolatey goodness that is Joe Taxiera?s book, A Unique Look At Big League Baseball.? Dedicated?? Of course!? Pathetic?? Indeed!? But if I could go back and do it over again, I wouldn?t change a thing (except for listening to Clark count down the ball drop, which was just sad).

Taxiera sent me two complimentary copies (damn, I love this gig) and asked for my opinion.? The first one I cracked open was the ?Broadcasters Edition,? named so because major league broadcasters such as Dave Van Horne (Marlins), Dave Raymond (Astros) and Dave Flemming (Giants), among others, refer to it often during games.? Marty Lurie, Tim Kurkjian and Jayson Stark are also fans of the book, so you don?t need to be named Dave to enjoy it (just sayin?).

The ?Broadcasters Edition? differs from the ?Clubhouse Edition? only in that it includes colored tabs numbered 1 through 12 and carries a heavier price tag at $39.99 vs. $29.99 for the non-tabbed version.? You?d think that would be a steep price to pay just for colored and numbered tabs, but the more expensive of the two has actually been more popular, and I can see why: there?s something about the tabs that appeals to me, probably that they make it so much easier to find what you?re looking for.

And what exactly is that?? I?m so glad you asked.

  • Chapter One discusses baseball?s history and includes timelines for each era loaded with information about rules changes, statistics and how the game was played.? Then it segues into home run feats, such as the average number of home runs hit in each MLB venue over the last 15 years; home/road splits for the top 15 single-season home run kings (in 1938, Hank Greenberg hit 39 of his 58 homers at home, whereas Babe Ruth hit 32 of his 60 1927 homers on the road); home/road splits for ballparks (Coors Field appears on the list six times, but doesn?t rank #1 in home/road HR differential; you also won?t be surprised to see which park ranks first in fewest homers allowed as opposed to those hit on the road).? The rest of the chapter has other fantastic lists, including an annual progression of salaries and the first night games in 16 different parks.
  • Chapter Two is all about team franchise and ballpark history.? Here you?ll find years of operation for all active franchises; expansions and relocations; and information about each franchise and every ballpark they?ve ever called home.? There are also some great photos featured.
  • Chapter Three is about teams and managers, and here you?ll find a list of pennant and World Series winners in chronological order; World Series career batting and pitching records; World Series single-season batting and pitching records for four-, five-, six- and seven-game series for both players and teams.? Then the real fun begins with lists of teams that spent the entire season in first place, or fewest days in first place, or earliest to clinch a pennant or division.? There are 100-win seasons listed by team as well as 100-loss seasons (the Phillies have won 100 games in a season only twice, but have lost a hundred 14 times); consecutive wins and losses, extra-inning games, longest and shortest games by time, most one-run games won and lost in a season, and other fun lists like ?Teams with most infielders with 100 runs scored? (the 1950 Red Sox hold the record with four).
  • Chapter Four features career batting records but goes beyond the typical and includes things like ?Runs as % of Times On Base,? ?Hits Per Game Played,? ?2+ Home Run Games,? ?3+ Home Run Games,? ?Lead-Off Home Runs,? ?Walk-Off Home Runs,? (not surprisingly the top five are all-time greats but one active player has a chance to set the record with one more walk-off piece), ?Fewest Strikeouts per Home Run,? and many others.
  • Chapter Five boasts single-season batting records and, again, goes beyond what you?d normally find in a record book.? Taxiera lists the most at-bats, hits and RBIs with runners in scoring position since 1950, along with juicy nuggets like ?Fewest Runs Scored in a Single Season (min. 3.1 plate appearances per team game)?; most and fewest hits, singles, doubles and triples; a whole slew of home run lists; Power/Speed Numbers; and any other offensive category you can dream up.? In 2010, Mark Reynolds fanned once every 2.36 at-bats, but that?s still not the single season record.? You?ll have to buy the book to see who holds it.? Oh, by the way, Joe also includes Sabermetric batting records as well.
  • Chapter Six is dedicated to home runs and includes more lists than you?ll know what to do with (but that?s a good thing).? Home runs by position and by month; ?Fewest Games to HR Increments from Start of Season? (in other words, it took George Bell, Tuffy Rhodes and Dmitri Young only one game to reach three home runs; it took Barry Bonds only 89 team games to reach 40 in 2001); homers by decade, by age, at certain ages, in first major league at-bat; and a comparison by age of players with 500+ homers through 2010.
  • Chapter Seven is about batting streaks and single game feats, and includes lists of seasons with 80, 100, 120 and 140 RBIs and/or runs scored; 150+ and 200+ hit seasons; seasons with at least 100 walks, 50+ and 75+ extra base hits, 20+ intentional walks, slugging .600, batting .300, reaching base at a .400 clip, and on and on (the most home runs hit in a six-game span was 10 by Frank Howard, in 1968 of all years; Sid Gordon grounded into a double play in six straight games in 1943; Joe Sewell went 115 straight games and 439 at-bats without striking out in 1929; Craig Biggio was caught stealing in five straight games in 1993 without recording a stolen base; from July 1, 1951 to June 14, 1953 Pete Runnels was caught stealing 16 consecutive times without recording a stolen base).
  • Chapter Eight is where the pitchers start to get their due, and here you?ll find the usual suspects?Cy Young at the top of the wins and losses lists, Ed Walsh leading in ERA, Walter Johnson the king of shutouts?but you?ll also find stuff you probably didn?t know.? Among pitchers with at least 2,000 innings, Kid Carsey has the worst ERA at 4.95; Rollie Fingers allowed the second most walk-off home runs in his career, but isn?t close to the all-time leader; Ricardo Rincon was especially adept at keeping inherited runners from scoring, but Dale Murray was not; Jack Lynch (no relation, as far as I know) completed almost all of his 217 starts, while Jimmy Haynes completed only two of his 203 starts; of the runs my buddy Curt Schilling allowed in his career, 95% were earned, while only 57% of Pud Galvin?s runs allowed were earned; Eddie Plank tossed 4,496 innings without ever surrendering a grand slam.
  • Chapter Nine features single-season pitching records, including most wins and losses and lowest and highest ERA, but also some fun stuff like ?Most Wins with No Losses or Losses with No Wins,? ?Most Games Started with No Complete Games,? most blown saves and worst ?Saves-to-Blown Saves Differential since 1988,? lowest opponents batting average with runners in scoring position, ?Most Innings Pitched with No Hit Batsmen or Wild Pitches? (you?ll NEVER guess who holds that record), most stolen bases allowed and best SB% (you think Luis Tiant was great in 1968?? You?re right. Nine runners attempted to steal with him on the mound and all nine were gunned down).
  • Chapter Ten lists pitching streaks and single game feats, such as Plank?s 14 straight years of ERA?s under 2.99; Christy Mathewson?s 12 straight 20-win seasons; Anthony Young?s 27 straight losses without a win; Pedro Martinez?s 130 strikeouts over a 10-game span from August of 1999 to April of 2000; Curt Young allowing a home run in 19 straight starts in 1987; Lefty Gomez walking 11 in a 9-0 shutout on August 1, 1941, and Milt Gaston walking only two but allowing 14 hits in a 9-0 shutout on July 10, 1928; and, of course, Tippy Martinez picking off all three runners who reached first against him on August 24, 1983.
  • Chapter Eleven covers fielding and breaks things down by position so that we can see that Eddie Collins played more games at second base than anyone else (2,650), Placido Polanco has the best fielding percentage among second sackers with a minimum of 1,000 games (.993) and fielded 911 straight chances without an error between 2006 and 2008, ?Laughing Larry? Doyle committed the most errors (443) and Bill Mazeroski turned the most double plays (1,706).? And before we anoint Johnny Bench and Ivan Rodriguez the greatest defensive catchers of all-time, let?s give Roy Campanella his props?according to Joe?s book, Campy threw out more than 60% of opposing basestealers in 1948, ?49, ?50, ?51 and ?52, and twice tossed out more than 67%.
  • Chapter Twelve finishes things off with awards, All-Star games and Hall of Famers, and provides lists like ?Career Triple Crown Winners,? or those who led his respective league in all three categories at different times in his career (Albert Pujols, for example, paced the NL in AVG in 2003, home runs in 2009 and 2010, and RBIs in 2010, but never led in all three in the same year).? You?ll also find a list of All-Star selections and games played (Warren Spahn was on the NL?s All-Star roster 17 times, but appeared in only seven games); batting and pitching records; and a list of MVP and Cy Young Award winners with the fewest All-Star selections (who would have guessed that Kirk Gibson was never an All-Star?).? And finally, the book concludes with lists of Hall of Famers with the highest percentage of votes received, and inductees by year with their vote percentages.

Joe Taxiera?s A Unique Look At Big League Baseball is a Seamhead?s dream and will be within arm?s reach for a very long time.? The most recent edition is updated through 2010 and newer editions won?t come out until sometime in 2013 (damn publishers), but this book, especially the ?Broadcasters Edition? is a must-have for any baseball fan.? Just ask Jayson Stark, who called Joe?s book ?The greatest baseball record book ever,? or Tim? Kurkjian, who is also a big fan of Joe?s work and wrote, ?[Joe's] wonderful book sits prominently in my office.?? Well, it now sits prominently in my office as well.? Do yourself a favor and plunk down the $39.99, and make sure you have a prominent spot in your office for Joe?s wonderful book.

Disclaimer: I was provided with a free copy of the book being reviewed by the publisher, but received no payment or other consideration for this review.

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Capitals' center Backstrom returns to practice (AP)

ARLINGTON, Va. ? Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom is practicing again, two days after taking an elbow to the head.

Backstrom took part in the Capitals' full workout Thursday before departing with the team for a West Coast road trip. Washington plays at San Jose on Saturday.

Backstrom was elbowed by Rene Bourque in the third period of the Capitals' 3-1 win over Calgary on Tuesday. Bourque has been suspended five games by the NHL for the hit.

Backstrom underwent tests to determine if he suffered a concussion. He said he felt fine after practice, and coach Dale Hunter said the 24-year-old forward is doing better than expected.

Backstrom has a team-high 42 points for the Capitals this season.

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Study in monkeys raises hope for HIV vaccines (Reuters)

CHICAGO (Reuters) ? An experimental vaccine helped protect monkeys from an especially deadly form of the AIDS virus, raising new hope for an effective vaccine in people, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

The vaccine reduced the risk of infection by 80 percent among monkeys exposed to a primate version of the virus, while monkeys that became infected had lower amounts of the virus in their blood, the team reported in the journal Nature.

"It is an important advance in knowledge," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a telephone interview.

Scientists are especially excited because the study helped identify a key part of the immune system that is needed to offer protection from the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV that causes AIDS.

"It is nailing down in a more precise way what kind of an immune response a vaccine needs to induce to protect against the acquisition of infection as well as suppression of virus if someone happens to get infected," Fauci said.

The result is promising enough that the researchers are planning to test the vaccine in humans next year.

Efforts so far to make an AIDS vaccine have not been successful but a 2009 study in Thailand involving 16,000 people showed for the first time that a vaccine could safely prevent HIV infection in a small number of volunteers.

The researchers used weakened versions of two viruses commonly used in vaccine development -- a common cold virus called an adenovirus and a smallpox virus -- to deliver the primate version of the HIV antigen into the body and trigger an immune response.

"The vaccines we tested have had very extensive experience in the clinic, which means the transition from the animal work to the human work will be very easy," said Colonel Nelson Michael, director of the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, who worked on both the study in Thailand and the latest effort.

After vaccinating the monkeys, the team exposed the animals to an aggressive version of simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV.

"This was really a high bar to get over," Michael said in a telephone interview. "We were excited to see these vaccine types protected these animals."

After repeated exposure to SIV, eventually most of the animals did become infected but even then, the vaccine appeared to offer added protection.

"We saw two things that were really important. A protection against infection but even in animals that became infected, we saw reduced levels of virus," Michael said.

Next, the team did a series of tests to see what parts of the monkeys' immune system became active. They found that a key portion of a gene called an envelope, which the virus uses to get inside cells, was critical to protecting the animals.

"This is going to be the anchor for a next generation of vaccines that will propel us past Thailand," Michael said.

He cautioned that the studies so far are in monkeys and the real test will be human trials, which he expects to start in January 2013.

The group is working closely with vaccine maker Crucell, a unit of Johnson & Johnson.

There is no cure for AIDS but cocktails of drugs can keep the disease at bay for many years. New research shows they can prevent the virus from spreading to sexual partners.

But because HIV is spread in so many ways -- during sex, on needles shared by drug users, in breast milk and in blood -- there is no single easy way to prevent infection and a vaccine is still considered the best hope for conquering the virus.

Some 34 million people globally are infected with HIV and more than 25 million people have died of AIDS, according to the United Nations agency UNAIDS.

(Editing by Bill Trott)

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Unnamed Teammate Called Santonio 'Cancer' | thejetsblog.com

Apparently Santonio?s act yesterday was the culmination of a lot of frustration with him by his teammates this season. ?One Jet has publicly made one of the harshest comments anyone can level in the current sports phrase lexicon. ?My Santonia was called the dreaded ?c word? by one of his teammates anonymously.

?He quit a long time ago,? one Jet, who requested anonymity, said. ?He?s a cancer.?

[...]

According to a source, many players felt Holmes ?checked out? a few weeks ago. He was not showing the same practice habits and did not seem interested in the remainder of the season, even as they fought for their playoff lives.

Take those comments and think back to the Eagles game. ?The lack of ball control, the stupid end zone dance ? it takes on a whole new light.

So do the comments that Sanchez made this past week to his team about spending extra time after practice. ?I can guarantee Kerley and Keller logged the time ? maybe that?s why he was actually effective in the game. ?Did Holmes? ?Doubtful. ?Maybe this is revisionist, but it might be that Sanchez was talking to everyone, but really was trying to cajole Santonio into logging extra time. ?Who knows, who really cares anything this frittata does anymore ?

The real issue of course is that the Jets might not be able to do anything with him. ?As it looks right now, the Jets stand to take an $8.5 million cap hit should they cut him, so there?s little chance that the Jets can cut, or even trade him without it costing them a fortune.

I?d expect the Jets to mend fences with this trainwreck, because it might be the only thing the team can do. ?Of course, for Santonio, there?s no incentive to do anything positive ? he?s going to get paid either way, and he knows that. ?Right now, this guy is a necessary evil for them ?

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Price of oil spurts higher

Associated Press

Posted on January 3, 2012 at 3:02 PM

NEW YORK (AP) ? Crude oil futures prices ended sharply higher on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The near-month contract for the benchmark grade rose $4.13, or 4.2 percent, to end the day at $102.96 per barrel.

Prices climbed as soon as exchanges opened for the first day of 2012 trading. Commodity prices tend to rise at the beginning of January as investors start the new year with a fresh round of trading. This year prices were driven up by heightened concerns that Iran might try to close the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf to oil tankers, if Western nations impose new sanctions.

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