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PRISA Media Group operates in 22 countries and reaches more than 50 million consumers through its global brands including Spain's leading newspaper, El Pais, as well as satellite television, radio and book publishing media holdings. The project is part of PRISA Media Group's efforts to improve insights into consumers' content preferences and expand the firm's reach to more than 700 million people worldwide.
IBM's advanced analytics technology will help PRISA quickly monitor and measure the flow of content and the preferences of media consumers. The integration of data will provide a better understanding of the business, assist in developing media products such as advertising and other editorial content focused on customer needs and behavior, and enable the business to identify and create new opportunities for monetization of its assets.
According to Kamal Bherwani, Chief Digital Officer of PRISA Digital, "We chose to work with IBM on this important initiative because of their long experience in the media industry and proven track record with innovation and change. IBM technologies will help PRISA continue its transformation into a 21st century media company that thrives on traditional and new media channels."
"As the media industry continues to undergo major transformation, advances in business analytics are enabling organizations to gain invaluable insights into consumer content preferences," said Michael Rhodin, IBM Senior Vice President. "The ability to more quickly understand consumer sentiment, and even predict future preferences, will help PRISA adapt and customize their media products instantly and improve the overall experience for their audiences."
IBM will deploy its Media Enterprise Framework for the project that relies on advanced analytics technologies to allow PRISA to gain deeper insights into its various business lines, and give the firm the ability to integrate more closely with business partners.
IBM's Business Analytics and Optimization practice has nearly 8,000 consultants including almost 300 researchers and a global network of analytics solution centers, backed by an overall investment of more than $14 billion in acquisitions since 2005.
The contract was signed in the first quarter of 2011.
About PRISA
PRISA is the world's leading company in the production and distribution of cultural, educational, news and entertainment content in the Spanish and Portuguese language markets, thanks to its multi-channel offer of top quality products. The Group is present in 22 countries, and reaches over 50 million users through its global brands El Pais, 40 Principales, Santillana and Alfaguara. As a leading group in general-interest press, free and pay TV, spoken and music radio, education, and publishing, it is one of the largest media groups in the Spanish speaking market, with an extraordinary range of assets. For more information, visit www.prisa.com.
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Two of the largest real estate investors in the country are manipulating home values across Southwest Florida through rapid price inflations that could form another bubble here, an analysis shows.
The Blackstone Group and rival Colony Capital have bought 522 single-family homes from Parrish to North Port since last fall, spending nearly $84 million on those deals, according to a Herald-Tribune review of property records.
The shopping spree — involving prices that are tens of thousands of dollars above free-market norms — is part of a larger plan by the two giant hedge funds to soak up an already tight housing stock, convert properties into rentals and ultimately dictate area rents.
The strategy has created a slew of potentially adverse impacts — from fewer short-sale approvals to a rise in home squatters and bidding wars among buyers — all resulting in what some analysts consider dangerously false inflation.
Most notably, experts fear that the private equity firms are squeezing traditional buyers out of the market through conditions that mimic those of the bubble-bust cycle that shook Florida's economy six years ago.
"They're out to buy as many homes as they can, and price is no longer a factor," said Jack McCabe, a real estate consultant in Deerfield Beach.
"We're shifting from a market controlled by individuals to one that's controlled by institutions, and that's very dangerous. They have great potential to manipulate prices."
Affiliates of Wall Street's Blackstone Group began buying real estate in Southwest Florida in October as part of a larger plan to acquire as many as 25,000 distressed single-family homes nationwide — residue of the Great Recession.
Its top U.S. competitor, California investment giant Colony Capital, joined Blackstone at the auction block this spring.
In all, Blackstone has spent $37.56 million in Manatee County acquiring 219 single-family homes — at an average price of $171,491.
It snapped up another 175 houses in Sarasota County, shelling out $23.68 million, or some $135,313 per property, according to a Herald-Tribune review of court records.
Colony, which began buying properties here after Blackstone and has been more active than its rival of late, has bought 88 properties in Manatee for a total of $15.6 million, at an average cost of $177,302 per home.
In Sarasota County, Colony has struck deals on 40 single-family homes for $7.03 million — $175,843 per deal.
If the Blackstone and Colony deals sound ambitious, it's because they are.
The 522 purchases by just these two companies during the past eight months equal roughly 9 percent of all the single-family homes in Southwest Florida that changed hands in that time, the Herald-Tribune analysis reveals.
Smaller copycat investors, including New York's Fundamental REO and Minnesota-based Harbors Investment Corp., have picked up hundreds more homes — pushing the corporate control of the market to higher levels than perhaps ever before.
While the purchases began as self-financed deals by well-heeled investment firms, lately the institutions have turned to banks for capital, borrowing billions to finance their deals.
At the same time, what started as bargain-basement buys at foreclosure auctions has shifted to higher-priced short sales, traditional Realtor listings and even purchases from local flippers.
If they continue, the deals could have widespread ramifications for individual buyers.
Most troubling to some, the firms routinely outbid owner-occupiers by paying significantly more for houses than what the same properties fetched just months earlier.
Colony, for instance, bought one home in May for $172,000. The same residence sold the previous November for $64,000 — a markup of 275 percent in six months.
The two-bedroom, one-bath home measuring 1,013 square feet was built in 1956 and valued by the county at $66,500 last year.
Colony took the same tack when it bought a home in Venice in April for $136,000 — an appreciation of $62,500 over its last sale, shortly before Christmas. Then, it sold for $73,500.
The company has done the same in Sarasota, with properties on Fiesta Drive and elsewhere; similar buying patterns can be seen across Colony's local transactions, records show.
Representatives from Colony Capital could not be reached for comment.
A spokesman for Blackstone's home buying and rental subsidiary said the firm does "an incredible amount of due diligence on every purchase."
But the Herald-Tribune's analysis shows Blackstone, too, has overpaid — sometimes significantly compared with market rates — for many of its homes.
In May, it paid $265,000 for a five-bedroom in Sarasota that was built in the 1980s. That same house changed hands just two months earlier for $185,000.
Blackstone spent $142,000 for a home on Radnor Place in Sarasota in January. Less than two months earlier, the 1,400-square-foot house went for $79,000.
More recently, Blackstone bought a three-bedroom Hawkshead Park house for $270,000. Five months earlier, another investor paid $200,000.
With dozens of similar examples of Blackstone purchases in excess of market rates, some Realtors fear the region could again be crippled by the artificial price appreciation that was a staple of the mid-2000s real estate run-up.
"These purchases are ridiculous," said Robert Goldman, a Realtor, real estate attorney and developer in Venice. "I think the strategy is going to backfire in their face. I just don't see how they can charge enough rent to recover these prices."
Skewed prices
Already market watchers say they are concerned that Blackstone's purchase prices have influenced so-called "comparables" — similar transactions that appraisers use to value homes.
The more houses Blackstone buys at inflated prices, experts say, the more those prices will be used as a gauge to the value of all other similar properties nearby — a phenomenon that could skew prices throughout the market.
Institutional deals have also resulted in a sharp decline in housing inventory, prompting some buyers to make panicked offers out of fear that they will be priced out, said Drew Peterson, a foreclosure specialist with the Re/Max Alliance Group in Sarasota.
"I never thought this was a good thing for the housing market, and I'm concerned now more than ever," Peterson said.
"It's false inflation. These homes are becoming less affordable, and people are buying houses because they feel like they have to."
Peterson said institutional investors like Colony and Blackstone often rely on local real estate agents to scout properties.
But those agents may use formulas not based on worth, but on what a home can produce from collected monthly rents. The target is 8 to 12 percent.
Bulk buyers last year paid an estimated 45 percent more than assessed value for the 5,289 foreclosures they bought in Florida. As more of those institutions now turn to short sales and traditional listings, industry analysts believe prices will balloon marketwide.
"These big companies are paying way over market in general," said Shannon Moore, broker and owner of Green Lion Realty, which works with smaller competing investors in North Port. "What they're paying at auction is ridiculous. It definitely seems like they could be creating another false bubble."
Not on its best day
Philip Muzi sold his home, in the Wellington area of West Palm Beach, to a Blackstone subsidiary earlier this year.
He bought it new in 1999 for $250,000, and later added a pool. Even with five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,000 square feet under roof, it is among the smaller homes in his neighborhood.
When Muzi fell behind on his Bank of America loan, he tried a short sale but was unsuccessful on three different occasions. Bank of America ultimately transferred the mortgage to Bayview Loan Processing, in Miami.
Muzi got an offer to sell for $360,000, but Bayview rejected the sale, claiming it had just received an appraisal valuing the house at $440,000.
A couple of days later, a Blackstone representative offered Muzi $440,000.
"That house is not worth $440,000 on its best day," said Muzi, who works for Lexus in the automotive industry. "It's a whole twisted mix. The way I see it, it's just another run-up like we went through five years ago."
Although Muzi benefited from Blackstone's lofty offer, he fears the company is pricing other buyers out — at a time when the inventory of homes for sale is at its lowest level in a decade.
Some experts also contend that the "Blackstone effect" could cause banks to start to reject short sale offers and loan modifications to struggling borrowers, in favor of Blackstone or Colony money.
That is what happened to Janille McCall.
McCall tried to negotiate a short sale on her suburban Orlando home to avoid the scar of a default on her credit. She found a buyer who was pre-approved by the bank to borrow $225,000 and made an offer of $180,000. A contract was signed in April.
But Bank of America rejected the bid, and Blackstone bought the home for $194,000 at a Seminole County auction June 4. The hedge fund bought six other foreclosures at auction that day.
"We kept trying to reason with the bank," McCall said. "But they dragged their feet and dragged their feet and ultimately never went for it."
Buying and holding
Companies like Blackstone and Colony expect to collect rents on the homes they have bought, but their real windfall could come in three or four years, when they can sell the homes at a profit.
That buy-and-hold strategy comes as demand for residential rentals across Southwest Florida has climbed at one of the fastest paces in the nation.
Regionally, rentals have a 97 percent occupancy rate, according to the apartment data tracking firm Axiometrics Inc.
Many of those renters have little choice but to sign leases, because they were evicted from homes during the foreclosure crisis and have not established enough credit to buy again.
Blackstone's rental arm, Invitation Homes, now has 212 single-family houses in the Sarasota-Bradenton area listed for rent on its website. The monthly rates range from $895 to $4,200.
"People still want to get into a single-family house — what they might not be able to do is purchase," said Eric Elder, a spokesman for Blackstone's Invitation Homes. "People want the lifestyle, but they're not in a position to buy."
Elder expects his company's home acquisitions to continue for at least the near future.
"There's no magic line you can reach out and touch and say it's going to end on Dec. 13," Elder said. "It's kind of a cloudy window right now, with supply and demand. It's really all based market-by-market. We haven't abandoned our business model."
The operation has kept contractors busy because many of the homes require sprucing up and repairs to command higher rents.
But the lag between Blackstone's purchases and finding tenants could be spurring unintended consequences, including squatting, which became prevalent at the height of the foreclosure crisis.
Wes Kirkpatrick came face-to-face with the phenomenon this year when he sold his Kissimmee home to Blackstone to downsize after a divorce.
When Kirkpatrick left, squatters moved in.
His neighbors did not know where to turn to for help, and some experts suspect Blackstone could unintentionally be sparking the trend again.
"These investment companies open the door to people that don't belong there," Kirkpatrick said. "And you can't reach anybody from this massive company to notify them."
Shaky ground ahead
Most analysts expect the investment firms to sell their collections of homes when interest rates increase, which would make other financial investments more attractive.
That exit strategy could include selling properties in packages — as real estate investment trusts or by securitizing them in the way residential mortgage-backed securities are processed, analysts predict.
By sheer volume, the companies also can set market values on both rental rates short-term and home values when they wish to sell, said Joe Adamaitis, president of the Gulf Coast Mortgage Bankers Association.
But the firms could also cause the market to crash if they decided to suddenly flood it with inventory, Adamaitis said.
If any unexpected variables derail the economy, he believes the hedge funds could send the housing market into another slump.
That could be triggered by a fast rise in interest rates, an unexpected slow-down in the overall economy, or if people simply cannot afford the homes these groups want to sell and rent at much higher prices.
In the meantime, both companies have continued to raise money to fuel future purchases.
Blackstone this spring borrowed $2 billion from lenders, including Deutsche Bank and Bank of America, to help finance its single-family investments — more than tripling the size of its previous debt.
The firm has now spent an estimated $4.5 billion buying real estate.
Colony, meanwhile, has planned an initial public offering of its rental home division in the hopes of raising as much as $260 million.
In the past six months, Colony spent $177 million buying 1,242 Florida homes. Nationwide, it has invested $1.2 billion for nearly 8,800 houses in nine states, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
"This is not your fathers' housing market anymore," Adamaitis said. "It's a whole new ballgame because these guys are everywhere."
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Improve Xbox app for Windows 10 Game Streaming performance
By making a few adjustments to your home network, you can improve your audio and video quality when streaming games. Try the suggestions on this page to improve your game streaming performance when using the Xbox app on Windows 10.
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Use a wired network if possible
You'll always get the highest-quality video, lowest-latency gameplay and least interference when streaming over a wired Ethernet network. If possible, connect both your Windows 10 PC and your Xbox One console to your home network with Ethernet cables.
Note If you can't create a wired connection because of the distance between your console and your home networking device, the following two options might help. Consider investing in one of these to help you take advantage of the existing wiring in your home:
- Powerline network adapters. These adapters enable you to use the existing electrical wiring of your home as a high-speed wired network.
- Multimedia over Coax (MoCA). These adapters enable you to use the existing coaxial cable wiring of your home as a high-speed wired network.
If you're using a wireless network, use a 5 GHz 802.11 AC or N network if possible
Newer wireless technology will give you the best wireless experience when streaming games from your Xbox One console to your Windows 10 PC.
Some wireless routers will broadcast two SSIDs (network names): one as a 5 GHz network and the other as a 2.4 GHz network.
5 GHz networks are less prone to interference from things like cordless telephones and microwaves. Even though 5 GHz signals don't have the ability to penetrate dense walls like 2.4 GHz signals, it's always better to try using the 5 GHz band of your network before using the 2.4 GHz band.
Move your Xbox One console or PC closer to your wireless router
The closer your Xbox One console and PC are to your router, the better the connection. Choose a central place for your wireless router. Walls, floors and metal objects can all cause interference.
Reduce wireless interference
Many wireless electronics such as cordless telephones, microwave ovens, baby monitors and garage door openers use the 2.4 GHz band.
Using the 5 GHz band of your wireless network will help you avoid this interference.
Types of interference that can degrade your signal are:
Active interference
Active interference is caused when other electronic devices are broadcasting either a wireless signal or some other form of electromagnetic interference. Common causes of active interference are microwaves, ovens, air conditioners, CRT televisions, wireless headsets, baby monitors, other wireless networks, cordless phone systems and wireless speakers.
Note Many other electronic devices can also cause interference. Try to minimise potential interference by removing any electronic devices between your Xbox console and your wireless router.
Passive interference
Passive interference occurs when a wireless signal passes through objects. This causes the wireless signal to be weakened and refracted. Materials that cause passive interference include concrete, glass, lead and copper piping, insulation, mirrors, gun safes, filing cabinets, tile and plaster. The wireless signal also degrades over distance. Interference can also occur when the console is too close to the wireless router. The ideal distance from the wireless router for the Xbox One console is between 1.5 and 15 metres (5 and 50 feet).
Attenuation is a natural occurrence in wireless signals. It means that a wireless signal degrades over distance, causing what are commonly referred to as "range issues." Routers have a limited broadcast range, although this varies from device to device. A device's range will be additionally reduced when the signal passes through solid objects (see "passive interference," above).
Line of sight
When dealing with active or passive interference, a critical component to consider is line of sight. Draw an imaginary straight line from your router to your Xbox One console, and then see if you can turn off or move any devices along that line that could cause active interference.
You can also move the console or router to minimise passive interference. Moving the devices out from entertainment cabinets or desks can often help improve wireless signals.
After you've determined the best line of sight configuration for your devices and removed as many causes of interference as possible, check to see if your connection has improved.
USB 3.0 devices
Some USB 3.0 devices can also cause wireless interference for 2.4 GHz networks. If you must use 2.4 GHz wireless, avoid plugging in USB peripherals to your Xbox One and your Windows 10 PC as much as possible.
Use the least congested wireless channel and band as possible
Each wireless network has a channel over which it communicates. If a nearby wireless network is using the same channel, the two networks will interfere with each other. It's important to configure your wireless router to use a channel that won't receive interference from nearby networks.
Regional restrictions
In some markets, if a wireless device detects too much traffic on a specific wireless band, it will reduce its power in order to create less congestion on the wireless network. This results in worse wireless performance, so choose the least congested wireless band and channel as possible.
Below are tips for changing your wireless channel and finding a less congested one:
Change the wireless channel
For information about how to change the wireless channel, visit our Networking Hardware Information forums. There you'll find information about how to configure and update your specific network hardware. If our forums don't have information for your specific router, consult your router documentation or manufacturer's website to learn how to change your wireless channel.
Note Xbox Support Forums content is available only in English. To translate Xbox Support Forums content into another language, paste the URL into an online translation tool such as Bing Translator.
Select the most optimal channel
Most wireless routers have a channel width of either 20 MHz or 40 MHz available as a configurable option. This could also be shown as "Narrow" or "Wide." The Xbox One prefers a 20 MHz or Narrow setting.
Networks using 2.4 GHz have channels 1 through 11 (13 in Europe). A channel can interfere with other channels close to it, so you should always choose one 5 channels apart. The best practice is to select only channels 1, 6, and 11 to minimise channel overlap. Some wireless routers allow you to configure the width of the channel. By selecting 20 MHz or "Narrow" setting, you'll limit your interference with neighbouring channels.
On 5.0 GHz networks, the channels don't overlap.
After you've changed your wireless channel, check to see if your connection has improved.
Finding a less congested wireless channel
You can identify which channels are not being utilised in your neighbourhood. To find a listing of the wireless networks around your computer and what channels they utilise, try the following options.
- Use a graphical tool like inSSIDer Wi-Fi Analyzer (Android), among others. These tools are not endorsed by Microsoft.
- Use the Windows built-in command-line tool. Some command line expertise is required. Here's how to do it:
- Press the Windows key, type Command Prompt, and press Enter.
- From the command prompt, type netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid and then press the Enter key.
The output of this command shows a list of networks, including their signal strength and channel. If your network has the same channel (in 5.0 GHz networks) as any of these, or its channel is within 5 of an existing channel (for 2.4 GHz networks), you can improve your streaming quality by changing the wireless channel on your router's configuration page.
Update your wireless drivers and your wireless router firmware
Using the latest wireless drivers and firmware is always the best option. Here's how to do it.
Update router and gateway firmware
Routers, both wired and wireless, contain embedded software called firmware. The router firmware includes network protocol, security and administrative features. Routers with older information stored in the firmware may not work correctly.
Router manufacturers often provide updates that improve performance, stability, security and connectivity. Updating router firmware can resolve issues with slow performance or dropped connections.
You can download these firmware updates and install them yourself. Your computer needs to be directly connected to the router using an Ethernet cable so you can upload the new firmware file directly to the router.
For more information, visit our Networking Hardware Information forums to learn how to configure and update your specific network hardware.
Note Xbox Support Forums content is available only in English. To translate Xbox Support Forums content into another language, paste the URL into an online translation tool such as Bing Translator.
Update drivers and firmware for your PC
Here's how to search for and update the drivers for your PC:
- Press the Windows key, type Device Manager, then hit Enter.
- Select Network Adapters to see which hardware is installed on your PC.
- Right-click on your wireless network adapter and select Update Driver Software…
- Select Search automatically for updated driver software.
Disable older wireless protocols on your wireless access point
Some wireless routers and access points can be configured to disable older protocols like 802.11 a, b, and g. This setting is sometimes referred to as "Mixed Mode." Disabling these older protocols and setting the wireless router to explicitly use newer protocols (like 802.11 AC/N) will provide a better experience.
Don't use the same SSID (network name) for both your 2.4 GHz network and your 5 GHz network
Some wireless routers will default to using a single name (SSID) for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz networks, while other wireless routers will default to two separate names that help you identify the frequency band.
If your router uses the same network name for both networks, you can configure it to assign different names to each network. By creating separate names for each, you can explicitly configure the PC and the Xbox One to use a specific network and frequency band.
If streaming to a laptop or tablet, make sure it's plugged in
Some laptop or tablet devices will use power management techniques to lower the amount of power consumed by the wireless adapter when on battery power. These techniques can reduce the wireless network bandwidth of the device and introduce latency in the communications with the Xbox One. By using the device's power adapter, the laptop or tablet can use the full capabilities of the wireless adapter.
Put only your streaming devices on the 5 GHz network
By putting only your streaming device and your Xbox One on the 5 GHz band of your network, you'll minimise interference from other devices. Put other computers, phones, laptops and tablets on the 2.4 GHz network band.
Consider powering down devices far away from your wireless router
Devices trying to communicate with your wireless router from a distance or communicating through several walls can reduce the overall available bandwidth on your home network.
Consider moving those devices closer to the wireless router, or powering them down.
Enable WMM (WiFi multimedia mode) on your wireless router
WiFi multimedia mode (WMM) allows your wireless router to prioritise time-sensitive network traffic like Game Streaming over non-time sensitive traffic, such as web browsing. By enabling this, you'll improve your streaming games experience.
This setting can be found in your wireless router configuration and is sometimes referred to as QoS (Quality of Service).
Prevent unnecessary Internet traffic from your Windows 10 PC
Leaving a browser window open might cause unnecessary Internet traffic, even if that browser window is in the background. File-syncing services such as OneDrive and Dropbox might also utilise your computer's bandwidth, competing with Game Streaming traffic.
For the best experience, close unnecessary browser windows and limit file syncing and other bandwidth-intensive activities while streaming games.
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BALTIMORE – UMBC women's soccer returns home from its three game road trip to host Albany on Sunday, Oct. 6, as the black and gold celebrates Alumni Day at Retriever Soccer Park. Game time is set for 1 p.m., with all the live action available on www.UMBCRetrievers.com.
UMBC (6-4-2, 1-1-0 AE) picked up its first America East victory since Sept. 26, 2010 on Thursday night at Bearcats Sports Complex. Sophomore forward Alexa Quaranta (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) tallied her first collegiate game-winning goal in the 1-0 double overtime victory at Binghamton.
The Retrievers have registered 13 goals on the year, their most in a season since 2010, with Quaranta and red-shirt junior Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) heading the way with three scores apiece.
Goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) added five stops to her career total on Thursday against Binghamton. The senior has seen all 1144 minutes of action in net for the Retrievers this season.
Albany (1-9-1, 0-1-1 AE) is winless in America East action, dropping its league opener to Hartford, 3-1, and following with a 1-1 double overtime tie at New Hampshire on Thursday. Freshman back Alexa Schneider gave the Great Danes a 1-0 advantage in the opening period, but the Wildcats were able to knot the score at one 1:33 later.
UAlbany is being outscored, 33-9, thus far in 2013 and have 117 less shots than its opponents. Schneider is the only Great Dane to have recorded more than one goal on the season. The rookie leads the team with three scores and six points. Freshman Helena Olafsdottir and junior Stephanie Nelle have chipped in four points apiece for Albany.
Sophomore goalkeeper Alana Brennan leads the way in net, registering six starts and a team-best 41 saves, including 12 stops in Thursday's tie. Brennan sits atop of the conference in saves per game (6.83).
All-Time Series
-After 10 all-time meetings, UMBC and Albany have each won five apiece. The Great Danes have won the last four matchups versus the Retrievers.


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Climatologist; I have a system of undetermined complexity and undetermined composition, floating and spinning in space. It has a few internal but steady state and minor energy sources. An external energy source radiates 1365 watts per meter squared at it on a constant basis. What will happen?
Physicist; The system will arrive at a steady state temperature which radiates heat to space that equals the total of the energy inputs. Complexity of the system being unknown, and the body spinning in space versus the radiated energy source, there will be cyclic variations in temperature, but the long term average will not change.
Climatologist; Well what if I change the composition of the system?
Physicist; see above.
Climatologist; Perhaps you don't understand my question. The system has an unknown quantity of CO2 in the atmosphere that absorbs energy in the same spectrum as the system is radiating. There are also quantities of carbon and oxygen that are combining to create more CO2 which absorbs more energy. Would this not raise the temperature of the system?
Physicist; There would be a temporary fluctuation in temperature caused by changes in how energy flows through the system, but for the long term average… see above.
Climatologist; But the CO2 would cause a small rise in temperature, which even if it was temporary would cause a huge rise in water vapour which would absorb even more of the energy being radiated by the system. This would have to raise the temperature of the
Physicist; There would be a temporary fluctuation in the temperature caused by changes in how energy flows through the system, but for the long term average… see above.
Climatologist; That can't be true. I've been measuring temperature at thousands of points in the system and the average is rising.
Physicist; The temperature rise you observe can be due to one of two factors. It may be due to a cyclic variation that has not completed, or it could be due to the changes you alluded to earlier resulting in a redistribution of energy in the system that affects the measurement points more than the system as a whole. Unless the energy inputs have changed, the long term temperature average would be… see above.
Climatologist; AHA! All that burning of fossil fuel is releasing energy that was stored millions of years ago, you cannot deny that this would increase temperature.
Physicist; Is it more than 0.01% of what the energy source shining on the planet is?
Climatologist; Uhm… no.
Physicist; Rounding error. For the long term temperature of the planet…see above.
Climatologist;Methane! Methane absorbs even more than CO2!
Physicist; see above.
Climatologist; Clouds! Clouds would retain more energy!
Physicist; see above.
Climatologist; Ice! If a fluctuation in temperature melted all the ice less energy would be reflected into space and would instead be absorbed into the system, raising the temperature. Ha!
Physicist; The ice you are pointing at is mostly at the poles where the inclination of the radiant energy source is so sharp that there isn't much energy to absorb anyway. But what little there is would certainly go into the surface the ice used to cover, raising its temperature. That would reduce the temperature differential between equator and poles which would slow down convection processes that move energy from hot places to cold places. The result would be increased radiance from the planet that would exceed energy input until the planet cooled down enough to start forming ice again. As I said before, the change to the system that you propose could well result in redistribution of energy flows, and in short term temperature fluctuations, but as for the long term average temperature…. see above.
Climatologist; Blasphemer! Unbeliever! The temperature HAS to rise! I have reports! I have measurements! I have computer simulations! I have committees! United Nations committees! Grant money! Billions and billions and billions! I CAN'T be wrong, I will never explain it! Billions! and the carbon trading! Trillions in carbon trading!
Physicist; (gasp!) How much grant money?
Climatologist; Billions… Want some?
Physicist; Uhm…
Climatologist; BILLIONS!
Climatologist; Hi. I used to be a physicist. When I started to understand the danger the world was in though, I decided to do the right thing and become a climatologist. Let me explain the greenhouse effect to you…
Dialogue posted in a comment yesterday over at The Telegraph by aelfrith.


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These Colorado State seniors leave a basketball legacy to be celebrated
LEXINGTON, Ky. – No matter how many years I do this, the tears are always tough to see. Colorado State's seniors had plenty of them in the locker room after their season – and careers – came to an end with brute force in the loss to Louisville here in the NCAA Tournament.
What those seniors – Pierce Hornung, Wes Eikmeier, Dorian Green, Greg Smith and (this season) Colton Iverson – did for a dormant CSU basketball program can be nothing but celebrated. If the Rams end up being an annual participant in the NCAA Tournament, if they someday make a deep run in this tournament, whoever those players are will have these to thank.
"They're the foundation," CSU coach Larry Eustachy said. "They are the first steppingstone to greatness. They got everything out of what they had, and more. And more. Make no mistake about it; and more. We'll have a nice locker room because of them, we'll have better facilities because of them. They can come back in their five, 10, 20-year reunion and they'll see big changes and it will be because of them."


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Books for Grades 5 and 6
Article in Juvenile Fiction,
A printable version of this booklist is available in Word format here
Notable New Titles
J Angleberger, Tom. Horton Halfpott
- Horton, an upstanding kitchen boy in a castle in nineteenth century England, becomes embroiled in a mystery surrounding a series of thefts.
J Blakemore, Megan Water Castle
- After his father's stroke, Ephraim and his family move to the Water Castle, their family's ancestral home. Interspersed with the present-day story are flashbacks to events taking place in the past.
J Broach, Elise Treasure on Superstition
- Hoping to find the Lost Dutchman's Mine, brothers Henry, Simon and Jack rejoin their friend Delilah in researching local history and visiting a ghost town. Missing on Superstition Mountain is the first book.
J Funke, Cornelia Ghost Knight
- Jon resents being sent to boarding school, but his problems get worse. He's accosted by a terrifying band of ghosts with a centuries-old ax to grind.
J Liu, Na Little White Duck, a Childhood in China
- In this graphic novel, a young girl describes her experiences growing up in China, beginning with the death of Chairman Mao in 1976.
J Schlitz, Laura Splendors and Glooms
- A viciously vengeful witch, a devious puppeteer, two orphans, and an unwitting young heiress become entwined in a complex tale in this Victorian, gothic tale of suspense.
J Turnage, Sheila Three Times Lucky
- Who has murdered one of Tupelo Landing's most unlikable residents? Intrepid Mo and others in Tupelo Landing have a puzzle on their hands in this book filled with quirky characters.
Old Favorites
Most of these authors have written other wonderful books.
J Avi Seer of Shadows
- Horace, a photographer's apprentice, becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs.
J Baliett, Blue Chasing Vermeer
- Petra and Calder try to find a stolen painting by Vermeer.
J Baskin, Nora Anything But Typical
- Jason, an autistic boy, relates the differences between himself and 'neurotypicals.'
J Clements, Andrew Lunch Money
- Greg teams up with his rival Maura to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
J Creech, Sharon Castle Corona
- Two orphaned peasant children find their lives transformed at Castle Corona.
J 523.88 DeCristofano, Carolyn A Black Hole is Not a Hole
- Take a look at one of the universe's deepest secrets.
J DeFelice, Cynthia The Ghost of Fossil Glen
- Is a ghost trying to communicate with Alice?
J Evans, Lissa Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms
- Stuart Horten is on a qauest to find his great-uncle Tony, a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth.
J Gantos, Jack Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
- Joey has trouble paying attention and controlling his mood swings.
J 599.885 Goodall, Jane The Chimpanzees I Love
- Jane Goodall describes her work with champanzees.
J/YA Hale, Shannon Rapunzel's Revenge
- In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel uses her hair as a lasso and to take on outlaws.
J SC Half-Minute Half-Minute Horrors
- This book has some very short stories sure to give you shivers.
J Holm, Jennifer Boston Jane: An Adventure
- Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia travels to the Oregon territory in 1854 in this humorous adventure.
J Holm, Jennifer Turtle in Paradise
- Turtle is ssent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida in the 1930's.
J Ibbotson, Eva Star of Kazan
- Orphaned Annika goes to live in a strangely decrepit mansion in Germany.
J Jonell, Lynne Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
- Emmy can hear the class pet rat talk.
J Kelly, Jacqueline The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
- In central Texas in 1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate studies the natural world with her grandfather which leads to an important discovery.
J Key, Watt Alabama Moon
- WShen his survivalist father dies, Moon leaes the forest and sets out on his own.
J Klise, Kate Trial by Journal
- Lilly keeps a journal of her experiences on a jury in this zany story.
J Kurzweil, Allen Leon and the Spitting Image
- Can Leon survive a school year with Miss Hagmeyer?
J Lasky, Kathryn Hawksmaid
- Matty (Maid Marion) is a master falconer in twelfth-century England.
J Law, Ingrid Savvy
- When Meg's father is injured, she hopes to heal him using her "savvy."
J Lawrence, Caroline The Case of the Deadly Desperados
- It's 1862 and P.K. Pinkerton finds his stepparents brutally scalped. He realizes that vicious outlaw Whittlin' Walt and his two henchmen now have their sights set on him.
J LeGuin, Ursula A Wizard of Earthsea
- Ged confronts the terrible evil he unleashed as a student of wizardry.
J 797.23 Lourie, Peter First Dive to Shark Dive
- Suzanne Lourie, the author's daughter, learns to scuba dive.
J McCaffrey, Anne Dragonsong
- Menolly runs away from home and discovers a group of fire lizards.
J Mack, Tracy The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas
- The boys known as the Baker STreet Irregulars help Sherlock Holmes.
J McKay, Hilary Saffy's Angel
- Saffy learns she was adopted and wants to understand who she really is.
J Mass, Wendy Candymakers
- Four 12-year-olds compete in a candymaking contest.
J Myklusch, Matt Jack Blank and the Imagine Nation
- Jack's dull life ends when he is whisked off to a floating island populated by superheroes.
J Napoli, Donna Jo Three Days
- A trip to Italy turns into a terrifying experience.
J Oppel, Kenneth Silverwing
- Shade is separated from the rest of his colony of bats and must fight for survival.
J Potter, Ellen Kneebone Boy
- The three Hardscrabble siblings set out to learn the identity of the Kneebone Boy and the truth about their missing mom.
J Roberts, Willo Davis The Kidnappers
- No one believes Joey when he claims to have sen a kidnapping.
J Ryan, Pam Munoz Paint the Wind
- Maya discovers a love of horses.
J Saunders, Kate Beswitched
- On her way to a boarding school in present-day England, Flora suddenly finds herself in the year 1935.
J Schlitz, Laura A Drowned Maiden's Hair
- Maud is delighted to be adopted by three sisters, but why is that she cannot let their neighbors see her?
J Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- Hugo, an orphan, lives in a Paris train station.
J Sherry, Maureen Walls Within Walls
- When a family moves into a new apartment building, they discover clues to a decades old mystery.
J Springer, Nancy The Case of the Missing Marquess
- Meet Enola Holmes, the sister of detectives Sherlock Holmes.
J Stead, Rebecca When You Reach Me
- Miranda experiences several space and time mysteries.
J Stewart, Paul Barnaby Grimes series.
J Taylor, Laini Blackbringer
- Magpie Windwitch must defeat an ancient evil creatures, the Blackbringer.
J Teague, Mark The Doom Machine
- After a spaceship lands in Vern Hollow in 1956, juvenile delinquent Jack and studious Isadora form an unexpected alliance as they try to keep a group of extraterrestrials from stealing eccentric Uncle Bud's space travel machine.
J Van Draanen, Wendelin Shredderman series.
J Wiles, Debbie Love, Ruby Lavendar
- Ruby misses her grandmother in this funny and sensitive story.
J Willingham, Bill Down the Mysterly River
- Top notch Boy Scout Max "the Wolf" cannot remember how he came to be a strange forest, but soon he and three talking animals are on the run.


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In an effort to spread positivity and pay it forward, "The Rachael Ray Show" gave every audience member $100 bill and asked them post photos or videos of their good deeds on social media using the hashtag #HundredDollarDeeds.
Watch the story of one man with a habit of doing good deeds, a teacher with a big heart and how we helped our entire audience pay it forward.
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Forever Living Packs Over 1 Million Meals for Rise Against Hunger
Phoenix, Arizona - The sales force and staff of Forever Living Products, the world's largest producer of Aloe Vera and manufacturer of Aloe-based health and beauty products, have committed themselves to participate in volunteer meal packing events around the world. They have teamed up with the NPO Rise Against Hunger with the goal to reach 1 million meals by the end of 2017. In just over six months, Forever Living Products has already reached that goal, showing the enthusiasm and overwhelming outpour of support that its staff and sales force have had for the organization. "1.5 million meals is now our new goal" says Aidan O'Hare, Executive Vice President of Asia, Europe and Marketing. The meals are donated to children in countries like Zimbabwe, India, Turkey and have even gone to the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot – Dubai to assist in case of natural disasters. In other countries, Rise Against Hunger provides free meals in schools, which means schools do not need to spend their budget on nutrition and can focus on education of teachers, learning aids and sanitary facilities instead.
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President and CEO of Rise Against Hunger, Rod Brooks, shared this message with Forever Living Products in honor of completing 1 million meals.
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Vibration (pager motor)
The 3 kinds of motors currently in the Cyborg parts bucket. Some specs on these are in the vibromotor spreadsheet
Spreadsheet explanation
The first number in the 'at this V' column is the lowest voltage we were able to get the thing to go on at all. We usually had to help it get started. The next column, 'draw at (mA),' is the draw at that voltage, according to the really lovely fancy power supply upstairs with the digital outputs. The ohm values are just division according to Ohm's Law, V / I = R . The thinking behind 'starts from Most Stuck' is that the point at which it stops on its own is the stickiest point, and it would be good to know how much voltage it takes to overcome that. The process we used is this:
- get the motor running
- drop the voltage until it stops
- raise the voltage until it starts on its own
- repeat once or twice
It is likely to vary on a motor-to-motor basis but this is at least a starting point. Likely PWM is going to be a more consistent and cleaner way to vary the feel of the vibration. I'd like to come up with some PWM specs, not sure yet what those would be exactly.


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Is this your Met Best? Diane Kruger&Joshua Jackson
Have been hearing from many of you over email and Twitter this morning. Almost everyone is into Diane Kruger as styled by Jason Wu. No, it certainly doesn't suck. But I can't say it's my best. Maybe it's because Jason Wu, while popular and talented and very, very appealing, doesn't do it for me in the way of pure originality. I mean, here's the thing about this dress: it's a state dinner dress. Some wife of some ambassador, or maybe even the first lady of France, someone hosting China – the enemy! as Donald Trump would say – in the White House or some such, and the lady at head table glad-hands in this, maybe without the thigh action.
It just doesn't make me want to punch myself in the face from excitement.
And sometimes Diane Kruger just, she looks the same a lot of the time, non? Just me?
Having said that...
Let's give some love to Joshua Jackson, easily the boss of the night among men. And I can hear him saying it, because he's actually said it to me several times on carpets - she picks, he wears, end of story. As far as boyfriend accessories go, no one is as content to stand there and wait while his girl gets photographed as Joshua Jackson. It's maybe my favourite thing about him. He's just not threatened that way by silly chauvinistic standards which, as corny as it sounds, actually makes him more of a dude that the roid juicer who won't hold his wife's purse.
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Improv comics make quite an impression
Scott Henry can prank people with his voices.Although this week's headliner at Harveys Improv doesn't use these voices in his stage act, Scott will use them when accenting a funny set-up. On radio he'll bring out the voices that have different accents depending on what part of the country he deems should be heard first. I tend to hear the Midwest a lot probably because Scott's originally from Wisconsin. His comedy was the ticket out but first Scott had to do open-mic nights, host events for free and get as much stage time as possible. You have to remember he was doing this while maintaining a job as a machinist (which his father also was). He didn't keep that job for long once he started winning comedy competitions around the state. A year later he left Milwaukee for good. Scott still incorporates his family upbringing as part of his act as a reminder of where he came from and to this day keeps him grounded. It's also a reminder of how fleeting this line of work can be. His body of work is impressive. He has appeared on Comedy Central, "The King Of Queens," "Chelsea Lately" and "Sports Soup." And remember those voices I referenced? They have been heard in more than 100 commercials he's done for companies like Net-Flix, Michelob, Toyota, Argent, Ingram Micro and Wells Fargo. Scott has also performed for Fortune 500 companies such as 3M, Verizon, Lexus and many more. David Janollari, former president of the WB Network, said, "Scott is one of the top comedians working today." Like many of us, Scott has performed for the troops all over the world, including including Afghanistan and Iraq with the USO and "Comics On Duty" tours. This is his first time back in some time, so you can count on new stories based on his on-the-road experiences and, who knows, maybe he'll have a couple of new voices.
What a difference a year makes. Darryl Lenox was last here in late 2011 and then last year just exploded for him. Stagetime Magazine named his CD "Blind Ambition" "one of the Top 5 Comedy Albums of 2012," joining Louis CK, Reggie Watts, Tig Notaro and the late Patrice O'Neal. Along with the album release on Stand Up! Records, last year also saw the release of his hourlong standup special of the same name on the Starz network. That marked the first time that an original feature comedy special has ever appeared on that network. Some background here: the title of his CD, "Blind Ambition," is named in part because of his visual impairment in his left eye that lead to a very risky eye surgery. "The doctor that performed the surgery is my hero and was incredibly inspiring," he said.Darryl has a cool, sullen approach to his comedy, almost a monotone where you cling to almost every word he is delivering. He's very intelligent which carries through as part of his stage act. I'd have to stay that it's his keen sense of observation and uncanny knack for energizing an audience that makes him a delight to watch. His humor is extremely insightful, incisive and pushes some topics close to the edge commenting on the absurdity of everyday life. I also like his Morgan Freeman impression. It is so good that when I played it for Dana Carvey in-studio, Dana said, "Well I guess I'll be taking that impression out of my act." Nice testimonial. Like so many comics Darryl hadn't planned on a life of stand up but it just sort of happened. After a friend challenged him to stop talking and start living, he entered an open mic competition in Seattle and the rest is history. Admittedly his first set wasn't exactly flawless, but it did plant a seed that would grow into lifelong obsession. He now tours the globe and entertains at world-renowned comedy festivals such as HBO's Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen and Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. Some of his credits include A&E's Evening at the Improv, Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Jamie Foxx's Laffa Pallooza, BET's Comic View and Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival. He won first place in Seattle's Comedy Competition and the Vancouver Fringe Festival's Best New Play Award.


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Phillies release veteran right-hander Cook
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- The Phillies entered Spring Training expecting veterans Aaron Cook and Rodrigo Lopez to pitch in the Triple-A Lehigh Valley rotation.
Both are gone.
They released Lopez last week. For Cook, the Phillies had a deadline of noon on Tuesday to decide whether to promise a him a spot on the 25-man roster, pay him a $100,000 retention bonus to pitch in Triple-A or release him. Phillies assistant general manager Scott Proefrock said after a discussion with Cook's agent they decided to release him.
"We decided that was the best thing to do," Proefrock said. "It was our decision, but I think Ruben [Amaro Jr.] was cognizant and considerate of the player's feelings of the circumstances."
Cook went 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA in six Grapefruit League appearances, but went 13-29 with a 5.54 ERA the previous three seasons, including 20 strikeouts in 18 starts last year with the Red Sox. Cook's departure sets up a Triple-A rotation with right-handers Tyler Cloyd, Jonathan Pettibone, Ethan Martin and B.J. Rosenberg and left-hander Adam Morgan, although Proefrock said nothing has been finalized.
If the Phillies needed a sixth starter immediately, Cloyd could have the edge based on experience, but Morgan has impressed the Phillies this spring. It simply may be the hottest hand at the time.
"I think it remains to be seen, but we do have options," Proefrock said. "And that's the positive aspect of it. I think we feel pretty good about the depth we have. It is experienced? Probably not as experienced as you'd like, but they've got to get experience somehow."
Of course, there is a possibility that Cook could return to the Phillies if he doesn't find a better situation elsewhere.
"I don't think we've closed any doors, and I don't think he did, either," Proefrock said. "You just have to wait and see how things play out. But at this time, we thought it was the right thing to do for all involved."


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Researcher finds possible clue to children's early antisocial behavior
Both nature and nurture appear to be significant factors in early antisocial behaviors of adopted children, a Wayne State University researcher believes.
Christopher Trentacosta, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, recently examined data from 361 linked triads (birth mother, adoptive parents, adopted child) in order to assess externalizing behavioral problems such as aggression and defiance when children were 18, 27 and 54 months of age.
The triads were part of the Early Growth and Development Study (EGDS), a nationwide, prospective study of birth parents and adoptive families that is supported by grants from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health—all part of the National Institutes of Health—to Trentacosta's colleagues at the Oregon Social Learning Center and the Pennsylvania State University. The EGDS is aimed at investigating how families can help their children develop to their fullest potential.
In "Examining the Interplay of Birth Mothers' and Adoptive Parents' Antisocial Behavior in Predicting Growth in Externalizing Problems During Early Childhood," adoptive parents' antisocial behavior played an important role in the development of children's externalizing problems. His study was presented at the 2012 meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association in Edinburgh, Scotland.
That finding may not come as a surprise to researchers who have studied environmental precursors to such behavior. However, Trentacosta said a great deal of other research that examined sets of twins holds that genetic factors play a role as well.
Part of the problem with environmental studies, he said, is that the people providing the parenting are the same ones providing the genes. Using an adoption design, Trentacosta said, allows researchers to disentangle genetics from environmental influences by collecting data from both birth and adoptive parents.
His team found that adoptive parents reporting on their own antisocial behaviors predicted children's initial level of externalizing at 18 months, suggesting a direct environmental connection.
"That can be tricky, however, because it is those same parents reporting on the child's behavior," Trentacosta said, "so we aggregated both parents' reports to increase confidence somewhat. But even with the reporting limitation, there is something to be said for the environmental piece, at least initially."
His team's main finding is that there is an interaction between birth mother characteristics and adoptive parent antisocial behavior that is especially problematic for growth in externalizing behavior problems across early childhood.
"Compared to birth mothers with lower levels of antisocial behavior, children of birth mothers with higher levels of antisocial behavior showed steep growth in externalizing problems when raised by adoptive parents with higher levels of antisocial behavior," Trentacosta said. "Both genetic characteristics and environment matter, but it's especially the combination of the two that seems to make a difference over time."
Trentacosta believes further study of the next age group, 54 to 72 months, may help to better determine the most salient predictors of externalizing behavior levels by the time children reach school age.
Previous research has shown that such behaviors typically decrease across the preschool years and as children transition to elementary school. A logical next step, he said, would be to assess behavior levels from the cohort used in his work as the children get older to obtain a more complete picture of how genetic and environmental considerations play out across development.
"Behaviors that start out at fairly normative levels but still more than most can cause problems for children as they get to school age," Trentacosta said. "For prevention purposes, it's helpful if we can identify these children earlier and possibly get extra help for these families."
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A winner was selected from 437 designs submitted by 75 freelance designers.
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We need a winning design for our 2011 catalog. We have been an industry leader in sample libraries and virtual instruments since 1986. We need a classy and sophisticated catalog for 2011.
This catalog will distributed mainly to music producers, composers, and musicians. Our customers range from award winning professionals to the casual hobbyest.
We are in need of a design for the cover of our 2011 product catalog. Since 1986 we have been an industry leader for music loops, music sample libraries, and virtual instruments. Our products have been featured in thousands of chart-topping songs, film scores, and television soundtracks. The title of the catalog is "2011 Product Catalog"
The design should be eye catching, classy, and professional in its look. The title, "2011 Product Catalog" should be prominent in the design so that it is the main focus of the catalog cover. The cover concept should not include any imagery of fish, but we'd like it to appeal to the professional side of the music industry. We are the largest sample library company in the industry and we need a catalog design that displays our stature in a sophisticated and classy way. The imagery can be semi-abstract and can incorporate musical themes, but we'd like to stay away from direct representations of instruments or musical notes.
The design can be created using any graphics program(s) you like, but we would like final delivery in PSD or PNG format, layered, at 300dpi. It will be used as the front cover for our 2011 product catalog. Dimensions are 5" x 9 " with 0.25" (1/4") bleed.
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Mitt Romney and the weird and sinister beliefs of Mormonism.
By Christopher Hitchens
I have no clear idea whether Pastor Robert Jeffress is correct in referring to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more colloquially known as the Mormons, as "a cult." There do seem to be one or two points of similarity. The Mormons have a supreme leader, known as the prophet or the president, whose word is allegedly supreme.
Read More: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/10/is_mormonism_a_cult_who_cares_it_s_their_weird_and_sinister_beli.html
Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Abadi once asked: "If a country is not involved in a war, do the people of that country live in a green peace?"
For me, as the Greenpeace Peace Advisor, that is a very personal question. And one I reflected on this week, as the Institute of Economics and Peace released the 2012 Global Peace Index. This is a well-known and reputable index, ranking countries according to how peaceful they are. It is calculated by examining 23 indicators across 158 countries. Indicators, for example, include the number of deaths from internal and external conflicts, weapons imports and exports, or military expenditure compared with GDP.
For the second year running, Iceland is the No. 1 most peaceful country in the world. It is followed by Denmark and New Zealand. Also for the second year running, Somalia is the country least at peace, followed by Afghanistan. Parts of the world are getting more peaceful: for the first time since the Global Peace Index was launched in 2007, Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer the world's least peaceful region. The Middle East and North Africa have now gained this dubious crown.
Reporting on the index, the media usually focuses on the big 'winners' and 'losers', producing headlines such along the lines of 'Somalia is the worst country in the world!' or 'Iceland is No 1!' (Which is impressive, in a way, given the economic crisis they have faced in recent years.)
But there is a more complex story not being told. Just as important as what is measured by the index, it turns out, is what is not.
Let me illustrate: in this year's index, Norway dropped out of the top 10 to 18th position due to the horrific attack by Anders Breivik in July 2011 in which 77 people were murdered and more than 300 injured.
Japan, on the other hand, remained one of the top five safest countries. This surprised me, as I was expecting that last year's devastating tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster, would have impacted Japan's status in the index. It did not.
Nearly 16,000 people were killed and almost 3,300 people are still unaccounted for and the vast social and environmental damage is likely to impact the country for years to come. 2011 was clearly an extremely unsettled and un-peaceful year for millions of Japanese citizens.
Nevertheless, Japan was last year ranked the 3rd most peaceful country in the world and this year it is still ranked 5th. The slight decline was not directly related to the disaster, but was due instead to an increase in the number of heavy weapons and a slight increase in military spending as a proportion of GDP.
The reason Japan remained peaceful as measured by the Global Peace Index, but Norway was considered un-peaceful, is because 'terrorist acts' are one of these 23 indicators. Environmental disasters on the other hand (or any type of disaster for that matter) are not assessed as part of the index. So it is possible for a country like Japan to experience the worst destruction since World War II, but still be classified as being "at peace".
There couldn´t be a better illustration of why we need to broaden our understanding of what peace and security really are. We need not just the absence of war, we really do need a green peace.
It is now broadly accepted that climate change is one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) threats to both international and national peace and security. This has been acknowledged by the security community at least since 2003 when the Pentagon produced a report warning that climate change threatens the world more than terrorism.
Many other reports followed. Climate change causes droughts, storms, fires, and sea level rise. These all lead to increased vulnerability, famine, poverty, migration and conflicts. Yet somehow we don't factor that in when we rate a country's peacefulness.
The people behind the peace index acknowledge that defining peace as the 'absence of war', what they call 'negative peace', is rather limited. This year, for the first time, they have made an attempt to build a complementary index – the Positive Peace Index (PPI). Indicators include infant mortality, gender inequality, life expectancy, GDP per capita, levels of education and unemployment.
This is a step in the right direction. But how is it possible that within the 23 indicators measuring 'negative peace' and the 21 indicators measuring 'positive peace', there is not even one 'green' indicator?
Why not include greenhouse gas emissions, which increase the likelihood of extreme weather events, or deforestation, which undermines the livelihoods of millions? Surely, it is time to start factoring in these elements into what we consider is a peaceful existence. What indicators would you choose?
Jen Maman is the Peace Advisor of Greenpeace International. She is based in Istanbul
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Life is not what it use to be....I'm guilty of getting caught up and not always sure if i am making the right decisions and so I decided... I will focus on being a better version of me each day and allow the people around me to be my whiteness. Unemployment , loss of houses and the current economic crisis... If you believe we are in a reccesion we are not prepared... The change of currency without a assets based printing is the course of our situation and I say ours because as a Earth the world changing.
Selfish maybe psychotic even but now we must help those that want help.. Help mean's work. We must stand united ready and willing...
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When you're winding down at the end of the day, let your beauty products kick into high gear. "Your skin is most receptive to absorbing nourishing ingredients and repairing itself while you sleep," says Fredric Brandt, MD, a dermatologist in New York City. Put these p.m. pamperers to work on the night shift.
Exfoliate at night to avoid exposing fresh skin to UV rays. Simply add Wei East Pomegranate Exfoliating Grains, $26 for 24 packets, to a dollop of your favorite cleanser to slough away dead cells.
Heat styling and product overload can be a stress to strands. Let an after-hours conditioning treatment, such as John Frieda Frizz-Ease Overnight Repair Formula, $10, hydrate dry, overprocessed hair.
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Smooth on Neutrogena Relaxing Overnight Body Cream, $9. The velvety-rich formula transforms rough patches into soft-as-silk skin in time for your morning cup of coffee.
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A gay New Jersey couple plans to hire a lawyer after learning a conservative political group used one of their engagement pictures in attack ads in at least two Colorado legislative races.
The original shot features Brian Edwards and Tom Privitere kissing with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline in the background. Their image was superimposed over different backgrounds and used in mailers ripping Republicans Jean White of Hayden and and Jeff Hare of Greeley. Both lost in Tuesday's primary election.
"I'm furious," Edwards said Wednesday night.