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It’s been a strange year so far for American League power. Go back to your March projections, see what you expected from Paul Konerko, Ty Wigginton, Jose Bautista, Alex Gonzalez and Andruw Jones. Auction bucks have been trumped, at least temporarily, by waiver luck.

With that theme in mind, let’s talk about Luke Scott(notes). I’m not going to promise you anything long-term on this stock, but we’ve seen him go on power runs before and he’s smoking hot right now.

Scott knocked a pair of homers at Camden Yards Tuesday, giving him seven in 45 May at-bats. He wasn’t picking on a scrub pitcher here; the taters came against Kansas City ace Zack Greinke(notes). And both of the home runs were absolute rockets; the first one was more the towering type, while the second one left the park almost instantly.

Scott is never going to get into the All-Star Game without a ticket, but he’s not a bad power source in certain circumstances. He’s got 36 career homers over 521 career at-bats at Camden Yards. He’s a career .504 slugger against right-handed pitching. And he’s one of those notorious streak hitters; perhaps you remember the late May tear he went on last season (eight homers in 10 days). He’s not a perfect player, but if you need a power boost, there’s a case to be made for Scott.

The Orioles don’t have any home games left this week, but Scott still offers some short-term cachet. He’s a decent play at Texas the next two days (up against a pair of right-handed starters), and Scott should get some good hacks in against Washington’s Craig Stammen(notes) Saturday (the Nats throw lefties Friday and Sunday). Scott has been successful in both of these stadiums, albeit in small samples: he’s got two homers in 30 career at-bats at Arlington, and he’s gone deep twice in three games at Nationals Park.

If you’re looking for a National League version of Scott, how about Cincinnati’s Jonny Gomes(notes)? The hack-tastistic Red is on a 20-for-49 binge this month with three homers and 13 RBIs, and he’s got some nice matchups coming up (Kenshin Kawakami(notes) on Wednesday, and three games at Cleveland this weekend). Gomes is available in 93 percent of Yahoo! leagues as we go to press, while Scott is 88-percent available. Give these guys a tryout over the rest of the week.

There’s your lead (or lede) item, amigos. I’ll be back in a little bit with 850 more words, give or take a few.  

Possibly showing a change in how Toyota will now approach recall matters, the automaker has announced that it will be recalling approximately 11,500 Lexus LS models based on only 12 complaints surrounding the electronic steering system. The recall will affect the LS460, LS460L, LS600h and LS600hL sedans.

According to a report by Dow Jones, Toyota announced today that it will be recalling approximately, 11,500 LS model sedans worldwide due to a faulty electronic control system for the steering wheel.

Toyota says that approximately 4,500 on the LS460, LS460L, LS600h and LS600hL sedans are located in Japan, with another 7,000 vehicles in 50 world markets – including the U.S. and China.

To date, Toyota has received 12 complaints, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The electrical component that is causing the failure comes standard in the Japanese market LS sedans, while it is an option in other markets such as Europe and the U.S.

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Source: Leftlane

According to the latest reports, it appears that Ferdinand Piëch a.k.a. former Volkswagen chairman confirmed the fact that there will be a new supercar from Bugatti!

What it is more interesting is that this new vehicle will be even more powerful and will have around 1200 hp, as the 1001 hp found on the current Bugatti Veyron were not enough. For those who don’t know the Veyron is powered by a sixteen cylinder engine featuring four turbochargers and there are big chances to see a modified version of this engine on the new car. And regarding the new car there are big chances to see it, because if there is someone who knowns about it, then Ferdinand Piëch is that person!

[source autoblog via teamspeed]

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This hard to miss SUV with it’s tie-dye camouflage paint job are spy shots of Land Rover road testing its new premium compact the Range Rover LRX.

The LRX is expected to be unveiled next month to coincide with the 40th anniversary of when the original Range Rover was first revealed to the public and should be showcased at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

Production is set to begin in early 2011 and the LRX will be equipped with the Freelander drivetrain and will become the first Land Rover group product available with front-wheel drive.

Compare the spy pics with the video concept after the jump.

Source | autoblog.com via autoblog.it

Para completar la remodelación de sus modelos SEAT también ha actualizado las motorizaciones y los equipamientos de sus dos modelos más grandes, el Altea y el Altea XL. Si quieres consultar los cambios que introdujeron en sus modelos Ibiza y León los tienes en este post.

Seat introduce el motor 1.2 TSI de 105 CV con cambio de 6 velocidades en los acabados Reference y Style para ambos modelos, una vez más enfocada directamente a la reducción de consumos y de emisiones a la atmósfera, ofreciendo una rebaja de 7,3 litros a los 100 a 5,9 y de los alrededor de 180 gr/km de la anterior motorización a 139gr/km.

Además se elimina el acabado Sport en el Altea y en el Altea XL, eliminándose conjuntamente el motor 2.0 TDI de 170cv, que se ve que tanta potencia (y consumo) no tenían mucha salida en un mercado como el actual. Se introduce también en todos los acabados salvo el emoción el asistente de ayuda al arranque en pendientes y el Altea FreeTrack lo incluye de serie en las versiones de tracción a las dos ruedas y a las cuatro ruedas.

Los precios del SEAT Altea 1.2 TSI de 105 CV son 17.200 € para el Reference y 18.700 € para la versión Style, mientras que para el Altea XL, 18.200 € en la versión Reference y 19.700 € para la versión Style. Un lavado de cara a la imagen de estos modelos orientándolos a las nuevas demandas del mercado.

Fuente | SEAT

This is for the husbands out there whose wife is on their postpartum stage. Do you know that you too can be affected by the depression that your wife is experiencing during this stage?

As we all know, only the mothers who had just undergone labor are experiencing postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a depression that occurs soon after giving birth. During this depression, the mother feels worthless, fatigued, restless and anxious. The husband should understand the symptoms of postpartum depression but how if he experiences the symptoms as well?

A study revealed that one in ten fathers and one in five mothers experience postpartum depression. The researcher, James Paulson of Eastern Virginia, stated that depression affects both parents and both parents should be on the look out for it. According to the research that was released on Tuesday, the authors estimated that 10 percent of the fathers experience depression before or soon after the birth of a child. For comparison, about 5 percent of men in the general population will suffer depression over the course of one year. This suggests that depression in expecting or new dads “represents a significant public health concern,”

Yes, this is a public health concern since it affects every family in the community. Now, not only the mothers are being depressed but  the fathers too. This will not have good effect on children; since depressed parents will not be able to take good care of them. During the post partum stage, the fathers are the ones who are likely to be more involved in parenting. But with the findings of the study, we should be alarmed and try to avoid this kind of situations.

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Yesterday I posted about setting up a PGP key server in Ubuntu for use at work. That is one piece of the puzzle. The second piece of the PGP puzzle is integrating PGP with your email client so that you can easily send and receive encrypted messages.

I always recommend gpg4win for Windows users looking for a free OpenPGP solution in Windows. In Linux, GPG is built in, but in Windows you have to find 3rd party software to get the job done. In Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007, the Outlook plug-in that comes with gpg4win works great. The problem? We are now using Outlook 2010 in the office. Sometimes it sucks to be bleeding edge because old software isn’t always compatible.

You know what works well for PGP/GPG though? Mozilla Thunderbird with the Enigmail extension. The problem with Thunderbird is that it doesn’t natively support Microsoft Exchange. Sure there are tricks to get it to work, but in reality the best way is to enable secure IMAP and SMTP to your Exchange server. You can easily do that on ports 993 and 587 the way Google does with Gmail. If you don’t know how to do that, look it up because it is beyond the scope of this post!

Anyhoo, back on track. So I configured Secure IMAP/SMTP on my Exchange server, and got Thunderbird working fine… Well, except Calendar and Contacts. The contact issue wasn’t a big deal because I just imported them in from Outlook. My Calendar however is dynamic, and I like it to have a two-way sync with Exchange. Also, there isn’t a built-in calendar for Thunderbird. That is where Lightning comes in. Lightning is a calendar extension for Thunderbird and Seamonkey.

Okay, so I installed Lightning, but it doesn’t automagically start working with Exchange. For that I needed yet one more extension. It comes as a private 3rd party extension called The Microsoft Data Provider for Thunderbird Lightning. Here are some of the features it provides:

• Creating, modifying, deleting calendar items.
• Inviting attendees to meetings and sending meeting requests.
• Free/Busy information when inviting other Exchange users to meetings.
• Notifications for meeting requests
• Configuration autodiscovery

Now, with the exception of accepting/declining inbound meeting requests (Still have to use OWA for that) I can fully manage my calendar through Thunderbird and have it sync with Exchange!

Are you using Thunderbird  with Exchange? Know of any other cool plug-ins and extensions to make it work better? Do you use PGP with Outlook 2010? What plug-in do you use for that? Let me know in the comments!

Um veículo compacto, urbano, com convergência de mídias e infotainment, fácil de estacionar e com zero emissão. Estas foram as solicitações dos mais de 1,5 milhão de internautas que já visitaram o www.fiatmio.cc, portal onde os consumidores ajudam a Fiat a construir o Fiat Mio, veículo de inovação aberta que inspira o Fiat Concept Car III, o FCC III, novo carro conceito da fabricante, que será apresentado no Salão Internacional do Automóvel de São Paulo.

O Design do veículo foi desenvolvido por uma equipe dedicada de 10 profissionais que interagiram com os internautas e tiveram seu trabalho final aprovado. As tecnologias que serão apresentadas também foram desenvolvidas a partir de conversas no portal do projeto.

A linha de design escolhida foi a Precision, que no exterior se caracteriza por um design clean, minimalista e funcional, onde a grande área envidraçada se destaca. Os contrastes existentes entre a lateral, as áreas envidraçadas e a região traseira, modular, propiciam uma leitura de robustez. O dinamismo da linha de cintura auxilia, visualmente, a alongar o compacto FCCIII. No frontal, uns dos destaques são as laterais que avançam na região inferior sobre a “cúpula” do pára-brisa que em conjunto com os faróis, criam uma imagem de força. As rodas do FCCIII estão cobertas por grandes calotas que propiciam uma melhora aerodinâmica ao carro. Na traseira as lanternas, assim como nos faróis, estão posicionadas atrás dos vidros trazendo simplicidade as formas do carro sem perder a beleza que o olhar dos faróis e lanternas dão ao carro.

As dimensões do veículo já estão definidas: 1560 mm de largura, 1530 mm de altura e comprimento de 2500 mm.

A construção do FCC III e do Fiat Mio podem ser acompanhadas por meio do www.fiatmio.cc/makingoff. Já são mais de 10 mil idéias cadastradas de usuários em mais de 40 países.

Fonte: Fiat

Eco Factor: Hotel constructed from sustainable and locally sourced materials.

Singapore-based architecture and design firm WOHA has developed the Alila Villas Uluwatu hotel complex in Bali, Indonesia. The complex is designed to be environmentally friendly and is constructed from materials found locally. The hotel has 50 hotel suites and 35 residential villas.

The architecture firm has combined traditional Balinese pavilion architecture and rural landscapes with a more modern treatment of space and form. Instead of using typical steep Balinese pavilions, the buildings are influenced by local farmers and their terraces of loosely piled limestone boulders.

All construction materials have been sourced locally. Local craftsmen in Java and Bali have made the interior furniture from coconut timber and bamboo. Other environmentally responsible systems included in the hotel complex are rainwater collection and water recycling system, collection of gray water and using it for watering plant and toilet flushing. Moreover, low energy lighting is used and dry-climate vegetation is included to reduce water usage.

Via: DesignBoom

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In a move that borrows a page from Intel’s “Rock Stars of Engineering” advertising campaign, a San Diego non-profit group is organizing a program that will bring the aspiring rock stars of San Diego’s life sciences industry into local classrooms.

The pilot program, funded by a $100,000 grant from the Cambridge, MA-based Biogen Idec Foundation, will recruit entrepreneurial founders of early stage biotech companies to talk about their breakthrough innovations and why they started their companies. The idea is to get young people excited about studying science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), says Duane Roth, who heads Connect, the 25-year-old non-profit organization that supports technology and entrepreneurship in San Diego.

“So many things have been tried before,” says Roth, who frets that American students just don’t relate to STEM education or see the career possibilities. “We think young people—7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th-graders—relate more to products than to lectures.” By arranging to have entrepreneurs talk about their technologies, Roth says, students can grasp how inventions gets commercialized, and what it takes to bring a product to market.

One early recruit, for example, is Jack DeFranco, CEO of San Diego-based Targeson, which invents ultrasound contrast agents used to detect disease at the molecular level, before someone who is ill even shows any symptoms.

The speaker program is reminiscent of last year’s Intel ad campaign that has swooning workplace groupies surrounding a wonkish, middle-aged man as a screen graphic reads, “Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of USB,” which is followed by a message that says, “Our rock stars aren’t like your rock stars.” (An actor was portraying the real Ajay Bhatt.) I’m also reminded of a photo spread in GQ magazine last year of the “Rockstars of Science” that paired Eric Topol, the prominent Scripps’ cardiologist and translational medicine researcher, with real-life singers like Seal, Sheryl Crow, and Josh Groban.

I think it is a great idea,” says Larry Bock, a longtime life sciences venture investor in San Diego who heard about the pilot program in March. As executive director of the non-profit USA Science & Engineering Festival, which is scheduled to take place this fall in Washington, D.C., Bock has focused much of his time on …Next Page »

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The finalists are revealed tonight on the Dancing With The Stars May 18 results show. The eliminated couple is no other than Chad Ochocinco and Cheryl.

After Disney superstar Miley Cyrus performed her latest single “Can’t Be Tamed,” the announcement of the bottom group came.

The first couple who were safe tonight was Evan Lysacek and professional dance partner Ana. The next safe couple was Nicole Scherzinger and Derek. Nicole and Evan tied for the top position on the DWTS leader board last night, with a score of 59 from the judges.

The bottom two couples were Chad Ochocinco and Erin Andrews. Erin Andrews took second position with a score of 56 and Chad Ochocinco landed at the bottom with a score of 52 last night.

After the votes were counted, it was time to say goodbye to Chad Ochocinco and his dancing partner Cheryl Burke. Sadly, they will not be going to the finals. However, Chad said he had a nice time on DWTS.

“This was awesome, I enjoyed the journey,” Chad Ochocinco said. “I met some wonderful people, and I got some great criticism that’s only made me stronger. In my eyes, I have already won.”

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Our very own Wilson Rothman teamed up with his friends “Addison Richards, a certified sommelier and the wine director of the Wild Ginger restaurant in Seattle, and Noah Musler, an avid wine collector” to review some bottle-top wine accessories for the NYT’s Diner’s Journal. The article is well worth a read even if you’re not ready to hop into #drunkmodo just yet. [NYT] More »










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May 18, 2010                                                              Contact: Frank Murray, 542-4835

Columbia Basin College will receive a $120,000 grant for scholarships for its nuclear technology program from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The funding is the same amount received last year by CBC from the federal agency. The grant will fund approximately 23 scholarships.

CBC began the program in fall 2009 without state funding. The College partnered with Energy Northwest, Washington River Protection Solutions, CH2M-Hill Plateau Remediation Company, and Mission Support Alliance.

The two-year program provides an Associate of Applied Science in Nuclear Technology degree with an Instrumentation and Control option. CBC President Richard Cummins says without state funding, it’s the partners that make the program go.

“The CBC Nuclear Technology program exists because of our partners, both public and private, who provide critical resources. The NRC grant will aid students and the community by filling the pipeline to replace the large number of nuclear workers.”

Energy Northwest CEO, Vic Parrish, says “CBC’s program will help ensure that many more people get a chance to enter a profession that is vital to our country’s energy future.”

The grant is part of $15 million to 59 institutions for nuclear education from the NRC.

Here it as folks, hot off the press, the first full-length trailer of Activision and Treyarch’s highly anticipated FPS sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops.
 

Eco Factor: Renewable energy charger for portable gadgets.

Kiwi Choice has unveiled its new eco-charger for portable electronic devices. The device folds out into a tri-pointed device with a trio of solar panels ready to harness clean energy and store it in an onboard battery. The device ships with 11 different tips and can recharge iPods and iPhones as well.

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The Israeli government stated that they have made a “big mistake” by barring Noam Chomsky who is an American academic and political activist. The interior ministry said that a low-level border clerk had unjustly denied him his entry earlier this week. Sabine Haddad, a spokeswoman for ministry, said “He should have been allowed in, it was a big mistake.” “The clerk for some reason thought there was an issue of letting him in so denied him access. If he wants to come to the border he will be allowed in,” she added. Chomsky was barred by Israeli immigration officials when he attempted to cross the Allen Bridge from Jordan on Sunday. Border officials questioned him for hours and after which his passport was stamped with “Denied Entry” and was sent away. Chomsky said that there was no “official” guarantee that he would be allowed in despite Haddad’s statement and chose to give the lecture by video link form Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Tuesday. There were about a hundred students that attended the video link lecture at Bir Zeit University near the city of Ramallah.

Avi Chomsky, daughter of Noam Chomsky, said in an email, “We will not try to enter again.” Avi Chomsky, a professor at Salem State College, was also denied with her entry. “This is nonsense. It was quite clear in our interview that they knew we were going only to Ramallah. In fact, that’s what they were upset about — the guy kept saying, ‘Why won’t you go to Tel Aviv?’”

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American Idol Season 9 is quickly coming to an end. The top three finalists gave this performance their best shot and Lee Dewyze captured the heart of the audience as well as the judges.

Lee Dewyze performed Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” and Simon Cowell’s choice of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah“. The 24-year-old paint sales clerk from Mount Prospect, Illinois impressed the judges of his version of “Hallelujah”.

Lee delivered a standout performance, complete with great back-up singers. Randy Jackson said it’s his biggest song and called it “unbelievable,” Ellen Degeneres said it was “stunning,” Kara Dioguardi called him “the heart of the show this season,” and Simon Cowell said “I am very, very proud of you,” and called him a “fantastic singer.”

Lee Dewyze truly has what it takes to win American Idol. He has a good voice and he can play the guitar really well. Plus, he has the looks.

Tomorrow we will find out who will be eliminated and next week is the big day- the finale of American Idol Season 9.You are not allowed to edit this post.

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The miniaturization of electrical sensors coupled with the development of flexible silicon technology paves the way for a wide variety of medical sensors that can be implanted into the human body. One of the major obstacles facing the development of such devices, not to mention artificial organs, is how they are powered. Currently devices need to be constantly recharged via an external power source or, as is the case with battery-powered pacemakers, replaced altogether. Now a team of French researchers has implanted a new type of biofuel cell into rats that overcomes these problems by generating electricity from a potentially limitless source – sugar in the rat’s bodies…
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What is it?

The Countryman is Mini’s new and much-anticipated fourth model, the first Mini to boast a four-door layout–something officials are banking on to appeal to a wider buyer audience. It is also the first Mini to offer four-wheel drive as an option. But while the Countryman is billed a crossover, the emphasis is clearly skewed more toward on-road than off-road driving.

The Countryman will be sold in two versions, the Cooper and the Cooper S. A higher-performance Cooper S Works version is in the final development stages at BMW but isn’t expected to reach North American showrooms until a year from now.

Pictures fail to convey the real size of the Countryman. But at 161.3 inches long and 61.5 inches tall, the car is 15.6 inches longer and 6.1 inches taller than a Mini Cooper S.

The added dimensions provide the basis for the Countryman’s four-door hatchback layout. It is the first Mini model to offer space for four adults–or five on European versions, which gets a no-cost optional three-seat rear bench. The rear seat slides fore and aft, allowing you to vary the amount of legroom and luggage space.

The Countryman gets updated versions of today’s naturally aspirated (Cooper) and turbocharged (Cooper S) 1.6-liter, four-cylinder direct-injection gasoline engine.

Peak power for the turbo motor is put at 181 hp, while torque tops out at 177 lb-ft at 1,600 rpm, or 192 lb-ft for short bursts of full throttle acceleration, where the turbocharger boost pressure increases from 20.3 psi to 23.2 psi.

While standard versions of the Countryman come with front-wheel drive, buyers can opt for a four-wheel-drive system known as ALL4. Developed in an engineering partnership among BMW, Getrag and GKN, it uses an electrohydraulic center differential to constantly vary the drive to the end with the most traction.

Under normal conditions, up to 50 percent of the engine’s power can go to the rear wheels, but up to 100 percent can be sent to either end when required. Under a trailing throttle, the clutch for the rear differential cuts drive to the rear wheels–a measure Mini says is aimed at providing predictable cornering properties.

A six-speed manual gearbox is standard, and a six-speed automatic with steering-wheel-mounted paddles is optional.

How’s it drive?

With large door openings, the Countryman is easy to enter. The cabin is similar to other Mini models, thanks to the familiar dashboard and switchgear.

The big difference from other Mini models is the height of the driver’s seat. It is set 2.8 inches higher than in the Hardtop. It provides you with a commanding view of the road, which is not something you could say about other Mini models. A more heavily raked windscreen also places the driver further back in the cabin.

We weren’t allowed to take the lightly disguised prototypes out on the open road, but a combination of low-speed handling and high-speed track work revealed the Countryman to be easy to drive with a taut ride and responsive steering feel.

But with a curb weight of 3,042 pounds, the Cooper S Countryman never feels as nimble or quite as edgy as the Mini Cooper S. The Countryman’s larger body and greater ride height contributes to greater levels of roll in corners. However, the inclusion of four-wheel drive ensured that grip remained strong, both in wet and dry conditions. Pushing hard induces predictable understeer that can be easily controlled via the throttle.

Mini claims a 0-to-62-mph time of 7.9 seconds and a top speed of 131mph for the Countryman–0.9 second and 11 mph slower than the Mini Cooper S. However, the willing nature of the engine and well-matched gearing makes it quite entertaining to run hard.

One thing that affected the preproduction prototypes was poor shift quality. The action of the six-speed manual on examples we drove felt rather notchy and lacked the weighty springing of other Mini models.

Do I want it?

It’s an interesting alternative to Europe’s traditional hatchbacks. The Cooper S Countryman offers satisfying performance and is quite engaging to drive quickly. Still, we can’t help but wonder how much better it might be if Mini dispensed with the allusion that it is capable of heading off-road in any big way and simply concentrated on honing the on-road qualities even more.

With 5.7 inches of ground clearance, the Countryman sits 0.7 inch higher than the Mini Cooper S for no apparent reason other than to give Mini’s marketing department the ability to call it a crossover. Lowering the ride height would clearly bring dynamic benefits, the likes of which we’ll likely see on the upcoming Cooper S Works Countryman.

For many prospective buyers, however, all this will be beside the point. The fact that the Countryman has four conventionally hinged doors, sufficient space for four adults and a good deal of luggage capacity will be enough reason to lay down their hard earned cash. Image is everything, right? It’s a Mini after all.

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. – Senator Blanche Lincoln and Lt. Governor Bill Halter will head to a June 8 run off election, extending their bitter Democratic primary race for an additional three weeks.

With 89 percent of precincts reporting Lincoln had 44.6 percent of the vote while Halter had 42.4 percent.

Lincoln, a two term incumbent senator, has been widely referred to as the most vulnerable Democrat in the entire 2010 midterm election.

“They wrote us off…”a clearly excited Lincoln told the crowd at her victory party, “they’ve got another thing coming!”

Halter framed the runoff as a victory for his campaign, “In eleven weeks we’ve conquered eleven years of incumbency.”

“So if you believe if Washington works for you, then Senator Lincoln should be your choice,” said Halter.

Lincoln said she understands Arkansans are frustrated with Washington, but assured her supporters that she’s part of the solution, not the problem.

Lincoln challenged Halter to change the tone of the race, which has been among the most bitter in the country.  “I want to call on Halter to end his negative ads, and I will too,” said Lincoln and added, “I Call on these outside groups to take down their negative ads and go home!”

Halter will thank voters in Little Rock Wednesday morning, while Senator Lincoln will rush back to Washington for votes.