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- Obama's climate change moves put heat on Abbott
- Analysis: Is that a lump of coal or are you feeling happy?
- Politics Live with Judith Ireland
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been roasted on a satirical US TV show that presented a highlight reel of some of his stickiest slip-ups and cringe-worthy comments.
HBO satirical news program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver aired a segment mercilessly lambasting Mr Abbott, and presenting clips of his most embarrassing career gaffes in a tongue-in-cheek effort to explain why his personal approval rating may have plunged to 30 per cent.
Mr Abbott is due to meet US President Barack Obama next week on a trip to Europe, America and Canada.
The Prime Minister is introduced as the ''hard-line, right-wing'' politician who rose to power promising to be pro-business and religiously anti-immigration ... ''literally''.
The show cut to a clip from ABC's Q&A program in which Mr Abbott had said: ''Jesus knew there was a place for everything and it is not necessarily everyone's place to come to Australia.''
''Exactly,'' continued the voice-over. ''Australia is for real Australians like Tony Abbott, who was born in London, England.''
The four-minute segment jests that it is this kind of ''rhetorical consistency'' and the fact he has ''personally insulted everyone in the country'' that has won him admiration and popularity.
It also showed clips of Mr Abbott's remarks about women - ''what the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing''; to homosexuals - ''I feel a bit threatened [by homosexuality]''; and to 'that' wink while speaking to a cancer-suffering elderly sex line worker that most recently landed him in hot water.
When Oliver was previously employed on the Daily Show he called Australia 'comfortably racist' and won an Emmy for a segment interviewing John Howard on gun control.


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The second-longest active postseason drought is over. The Clippers are officially in the NBA playoffs this year. They had more than just making the NBA playoffs on their minds after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday night,
Monday night's heavyweight Western Conference bout ending in a surprising manner, as the LA Clippers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 92-77. The game locked up Lob City's postseason bid, marking the first time the Clippers have made the playoffs since 2006.
Los Angeles was lead by Blake Griffin who had 17 points and 11 rebounds but got some serious support from Nick Young off the bench who went for 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 3-of-4 from downtown.
The real turning point in the game came in the 3rd quarter where L.A. topped Oklahoma 23 to 14. Durant mustered 24 points, but James Hardin only had 12 while Russell Westbrook only managed nine points to go along with five turnovers.
The L.A. faithful were in attendance to celebrate their playoff qualifying night as the franchise enjoyed their 32nd consecutive sellout crowd.
There was a time, for example, the bulk of the team's existence that was merely making the NBA playoffs would have been the most a Clippers fan would dare to expect from a team that has finished with a record above.
The Clippers' 2005-06 playoff appearance represents the only time they've won a playoff series while playing in Los Angeles, and even then they didn't get beyond the second round.
The playoff berth was actually sealed in the first half when the Houston Rockets lost to the Denver Nuggets, but give the Clippers some style points for the win over the Thunder.
The Clippers rank first in the league in points per possession (PPP) on shots the ballhandler takes in the pick-and-roll, while Paul ranks sixth among all players. Point being, if Paul gets a favourable switch or the space to operate coming off a screen, he's one of the best point producers in the league.
To properly blow up a pick-and-roll, you need to have mobile, intelligent big men. The Lakers are a perfect example of this. Pau Gasol is one of the best in the business at showing hard on a screen, then recovering properly. He's a big reason the Lakers rank 9th in pick-and-roll ballhandler defence, even with the molasses-like duo of Derek Fisher and Steve Blake covering the ball most of the year.
Although they probably won't meet in the first round, offensively the Clippers would love a matchup against the San Antonio Spurs, who rank as the league's worst defensive team in PPP allowed to ballhandlers in the pick-and-roll. The Spurs have immobile bigs and cannot switch their bigs on to guards — a huge reason why the previous meetings between these two teams have been so high scoring.
The Denver Nuggets would be another favourable matchup, as they check in at the 20th best team in spot-up PPP, and 23rd in 3-point percentage. However, both the Grizzlies and Nuggets pale in comparison to one of the best matchups for the Clippers and one of the worst shooting teams in the league — the Utah Jazz. The Jazz is 28th in the league in spot-up opportunities and 29th in 3-point shooting at a woeful 30.7 per cent, which is almost ten percentage points lower than the first place Spurs. The Jazz is on the outside looking in at this point, but the Clippers would love to somehow see them in the first round.
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LOS ANGELES -- A little bit of tweaking to the starting lineup by coach Mike D'Antoni worked wonders for the Los Angeles Lakers, resulting in a dominant first half against the Atlanta Hawks.
Then came the second half, and they ended up fighting for their lives to escape with a victory.
Xavier Henry scored 18 points, Pau Gasol hit two tiebreaking free throws with 6 seconds remaining, and the Lakers beat the Hawks 105-103 on Sunday night after blowing a 21-point lead.
"There was a little bit of an energy drop in the second half and a lot of missed assignments, but we picked it up and a lot of guys made some good plays," Henry said. "I don't want to say it was because we wanted it more, but you could tell. When the game was on the line, guys were like: 'We were already up 20. We were not going to let this one slip by.' "
Henry started at forward for the first time as a Laker and the 19th time in 137 NBA games, while Nick Young came off the bench. D'Antoni's intention with the lineup change was to perk up the team at the outset, and also inject some energy into the Lakers' second unit while doing likewise for the cold-shooting Young.
"We're still trying to find the right combinations and rack up the wins while we do it," Henry said of the growing pains the club is going through without Kobe Bryant. "We have a lot of new guys, and a lot of guys still need to learn how to play with each other. We're trying new lineups and stuff, so we're still going to be working and trying to compete."
Henry, who received nine stitches in his forehead during Friday's loss to San Antonio after colliding with teammate Wesley Johnson's knee on a drive to the basket and missed all six of his shots that night, was 5 for 11 from the field against the Hawks.
"I've been playing those guys for a while, so I really didn't have to change anything," Henry said. "Basically I just had to go out there and still be aggressive and still be consistent."
Gasol had 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Steve Nash had 13 points and six assists and Young finished with 13 points.
Kyle Korver led Atlanta with 22 points, converting all six 3-point attempts, but his attempt at a tying 21-footer from the right baseline was blocked by Gasol as time ran out. Hawks point guard Jeff Teague had 14 points and six assists after missing his first five shots.
"We can't put ourselves in that situation, to always climb uphill," Hawks forward Paul Millsap said. "We have to do a better job of starting the game off."
Two nights after shooting only 37 percent from the field and blowing a 15-point lead against the Spurs despite the absence of injured center Tim Duncan in the paint, Los Angeles shot 42.7 percent against the Hawks. And for the first time this season, all five Lakers starters connected from 3-point range while the team went 9 for 25 from behind the arc.
Trailing by 12 points after three quarters, the Hawks narrowed the gap to 90-83 on a jumper by Dennis Schroder with 10:25 remaining. Chris Kaman then lost the ball out of bounds on the Lakers' next possession and committed his fifth foul on an offensive charge 34 seconds later.
Millsap got the last of his 14 points on an 11-footer that tied it at 103-all with 35.3 seconds left, after Korver's sixth 3-pointer made it a two-point spread.
"There's a few things they can do to get a guy like that open," Henry said of Korver. "If they want to get someone open, they can set enough screens to do that. He was running around them and finding his way."
Eleven Lakers got into the scoring column as they built a 62-49 halftime lead, without anyone on the team reaching double digits.
Young, who shot 6 for 22 over his first three games, made four of his first five field goal attempts -- including a 17-footer that capped a 15-2 run and gave the Lakers a 44-23 lead with 9:19 left in the second quarter.
"I think we came out with the right mindset, but they just came out and hit us first," Hawks center Al Horford said. "Coach (Mike Budenholzer) definitely challenged us in the second half, and we were much better. I think our second unit changed it early in the fourth, making plays and getting the momentum going our way."
The Lakers have beaten the Hawks eight straight times at home and have won 21 of the last 24 meetings at Los Angeles dating to Feb. 2, 1990 at the Forum. Last season at Staples Center, the Lakers won 99-98 on a layup by Bryant with 9 seconds remaining after they blew a 16-point second-half lead.
Game notes
Sunday was the 38th anniversary of the day the Lakers traded Pat Riley to Phoenix for two draft picks. One of the mainstays of the Lakers' first NBA championship team in Los Angeles (1971-72) he went on to win four more rings as Lakers coach, another as coach of Miami, and two more as the Heat's team president. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2008. ... Shawne Williams, the Lakers' other starting forward, had seven points before fouling out with 5:40 remaining. ... Eight Lakers hit a 3-pointer, the third time in franchise history that's happened and second time this season -- including the season opener against the Clippers. They also did it on Feb. 2, 2013 at Minnesota.


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Genes Identified as Unique to Specialized Colon Cells
Researchers at University of California, San Francisco found nearly a thousand genes that are expressed differently in different parts of the colon. The colon is constantly renewed via its own stem cells and understanding how these genes are expressed differently as the cells specialize will help understand what happens when this goes wrong as in colon cancer.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: September 25, 2007
CIRM-funded author: Cynthia Kosinski (T1-00002)
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In its first quarter of 2009, Henkel increased sales compared to the prior-year quarter by 3.1% to €3,258 million. The rise is attributable to Henkel's acquisition of the National Starch businesses in April 2008. In organic terms, or adjusted for foreign exchange and acquisitions/divestments, sales decreased by 7.0% within a difficult overall market environment. After adjusting for foreign exchange, the increase in sales amounted to 3.8%. Business development at the company's three business sectors was very mixed—with its cosmetics/toiletries business performing well.
"At the beginning of this new financial year, Henkel too has felt the effects of the persistently adverse economic climate, with our businesses turning in a very mixed set of results for the first quarter of 2009," said Kasper Rorsted, chairman of the management board, Henkel. "Our two consumer goods business sectors, laundry & home care and cosmetics/toiletries, continued to perform very well, while the adhesive technologies business sector suffered from the challenges encountered in major customer industries worldwide. We are dissatisfied with our start to fiscal 2009. However, we are convinced that, as a result of our early introduction of counter measures and based on our solid financial position, we will emerge from this still difficult economic environment stronger than before."
Despite the increasingly difficult market conditions and a very strong prior-year quarter, the cosmetics/toiletries business sector continued the positive trend of recent years, registering organic sales growth of 3.5%. Once again, according to the company, the division was successful in outpacing the growth of its relevant markets. Apart from Western Europe, all the regions contributed to the organic improvement achieved, with the regions of Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America in particular continuing to generate strong growth. In nominal terms, sales rose by 1.7% to €720 million. Operating profit reached €91 million, an increase of 4.1%, rising to 4.8% after adjusting for foreign exchange.
The hair cosmetics segment succeeded in expanding the market positions of all its categories. The hair care and colorants businesses turned in a particularly positive performance, aided by the international launch of the new Schauma line Q10, the introduction of the new hair care brand Syoss and also the launch of the new colorant brand Essential Colors. The body care segment continued its very encouraging performance in the U.S. under the Dial brand. This was based in particular on line extensions and the launch of a number of new body wash products. In Europe, the Fa brand specifically ensured a successful start to the year: in the deodorants business, the positive trend of the previous year was extended through the launch of new products for both women and men.
In the skin care segment, the focus was on the launch of the new Diadermine line Dr. Caspari and also the relaunch of the Diadermine core range Lift Plus Triple Lifting. In the oral care segment, the new Theramed variant Oxy White generated positive impetus. Against the background of an increasingly serious slowdown in the global professional hairdressing market, Henkel's hair salon segment significantly outperformed its sector. At the center of its activities were the continuing rollout of the new brand Essensity and the launch of the styling line Silhouette Gold.


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General Mills looks to tap cereal and snacks potential in BRIC countries and beyond
Speaking at the Barclays Capital Americas Select Franchise Conference in London on Tuesday, Company chief financial officer Don Mulligan said rising incomes in developing markets was creating a larger middle-class looking for convenience products like snacks and ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal.
"Consumers in these markets are shifting to urban living and the percentage of working women in growing. These trends drive strong demand for more convenient food options," he said.
Around two thirds of the company sales and a quarter of its profits come from the US, but with emerging markets projected to account for 95% of the world's population growth in the next decade, the company sees potential to expand further internationally.
Increasing cereal consumption in developing markets
RTE Cereal is General Mills' largest global business with big brands such as Cheerios and Nesquik. It operates outside North America through its Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) partnership with Nestle.
"Over the last decade category sales have been growing faster in international markets and today the majority of cereal sales occur outside of North America. We expect this trend to continue as international markets grow at a faster pace," said Mulligan.
CPW has grown in its share in international markets in recent years and is now the number two cereal company outside North America with a 23% value share.
"CPW is the number one cereal company in many emerging markets, including key ones like Russia and Turkey," said Mulligan. "We've been in these markets for more than a decade and have a great base to build from."
He said what really excited General Mills was that more than half of today's cereal consumption happens in just four countries: The US and Canada, the UK and Australia, which make up only 6% of the world's population.
"For the remaining 94% of consumers, cereal eating per capita is still quite low. With rising consumer demand for health and convenience foods and with growing interest in dairy products and whole grains, we see great opportunities to increase cereal consumption in many markets," he said.
CPW has strong market shares in Asia with over 50% shares in some markets such as the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia and Thailand.
It also has a strong position in developing Eastern European markets, such as Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Poland and Hungary.
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Natural Hazards and Risk Management
Natural Hazards and Risk Management
- Ljubica Mamula-SeadonLjubica Mamula-SeadonSeadon Consulting and Research Ltd.
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. Please check back later for the full article.
Natural hazards risk management has developed in conjunction with broader risk management theory and practice. Thus, it reflects a discourse that has characterized this field, particularly in the last decades of the 20th century. Effective implementation of natural hazards risk management strategies requires an understanding of underlying assumptions inherent to specific methodologies, as well as an explication of the process and the challenges embodied in specific approaches to risk mitigation.
Historical thinking on risk, as it has unfolded in the last few hundred years, has been exemplified by a juxtaposition between positivist and post-positivist approaches to risk that dominated the risk discourse in the late 20th century. Evolution of the general concept of risk and the progress of scientific rationality modified the relationship of people to natural hazard disasters. The epistemology, derived from a worldview that champions objective knowledge gained through observation and analysis of the predicable phenomena in the world surrounding us, has greatly contributed to this change of attitude. Notwithstanding its successes, the approach has been challenged by the complexity of natural hazard risk and by the requirement for democratic risk governance. The influence of civic movements and social scientists entering the risk management field led to the current approach, which incorporates values and value judgments into risk management decision making. The discourse that generated those changes can be interpreted as positivist vs. post-positivist, influenced by concepts of sustainability and resilience, and generating some common principles, particularly relevant for policy and planning. Examples from different countries, such as New Zealand, illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the current theory and practice of natural hazards risk management and help identify challenges for the 21st century.
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A Northumbrian king, son of King Oswin; d. 14 December, 705. He succeeded his brother, Ecgfrith. William of Malmesbury says he received his education in Ireland, where he passed his early life, and imbibed there a love of learning and learned men. He was well versed in the Scriptures. His taste for literature is shown by his parting with a large piece of land as payment for a copy of the "Cosmographi". Adamnan, Abbot of Iona, on the occasion of his visit to England for the redemption of some captives, presented his book "De Locis Sanctis" to Aldfrith as a testimonial of the King's appreciation of learning, and Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, dedicated his work on "Metres" to him. Aldfrith restored Northumbria, which had been nearly ruined by warfare in the preceding reign, to peace and prosperity. He recalled St. Wilfrid to his Bishopric of Hexham, and later on to that of York, but afterwards became hostile to him. An effort at reconciliation, made some years later at the Council of Ætswinapath by Aldfrith, failed. The dissension between Aldfrith and Wilfrid was largely due to their respective advocacy of two different schools of learning—the Roman and the Irish — and of administration, one favouring the Roman and the other the Irish party. Just before his death, however, Aldfrith enjoined on his successor the necessity of becoming reconciled with Wilfrid. Little is known of the results of Aldfrith's rule. William of Malmesbury says Northumbria was considerably restricted through victories of the Picts, and Bede dates the deterioration of ecclesiastical administration in the kingdom from Aldfrith's death.
STUBBS in Dict. Christ. Biog., I, 77; HARDIMAN, Irish Minstrelsy, II, 372; TANNER, Bibl, Brit. Hib. (1748), 35, 245.
APA citation. (1907). Aldfrith. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280a.htm
MLA citation. "Aldfrith." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01280a.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Ramona Cooper.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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By Peggy Nelson
Pickpocket – 1959 – dir. Robert Bresson
He sidles up to her. A quick glance, suspicious, complicit. Does she know? Does she notice? Ostensibly they are betting on the horses. His long fingers spread, ever so slowly, over the purse. The pressure is subtle, slight, relentless. His fingertips tease the edge of the clasp. Gently, gently, yes! he pops it open. His eyes flicker. Her face is still calm, a nimbus of white against his dark intensity. The fingers slip inside the folds: one, two, three . . . we suddenly hear the horses thundering along the track. Louder, more insistent, until—he emerges with the money! The horses are unstoppable! The finish line is breached! And, it is over. The crowd disperses, he blends into the Brownian motion. He has gotten away with it! Drained by the effort, he walks/stumbles away.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Let's Talk about Knives
Now folks, do not judge me too harshly on my ignorance of knives, please. There is a story behind my lack of interest in learning about knives… When I was about nine years old, a friend and her family invited me out to dinner with them. We ended up going to a restaurant with table clothes and more silverware than I was accustomed to. When our meals arrived, I looked forlornly at mine and had to shyly ask my friends dad if he would cut up what needed cut up. You see, my dad had not allowed me a knife, other than a butter knife before. I confess to being a bit klutzy, so certain he had his reason! lol My husband tends to hover when I am using a knife also, so to be honest.. I have had this idea that using knives was just not a skill I had a need to learn. My husband had brought me home a set of knives awhile ago, so I finally got them out to see if they were more appropriate, according to what I was learning with my lesson. Knives are tools, and with this lesson I have learned quite a lot about them! The top one in the picture is a meat cleaver, for whacking through bones, and the bottom one is a meat carver. Both will hurt your hands if used much, and this I can attest to as these are what I have been using! Both are excellent knives, with the tang going into a wooden handle, and riveted. But, their blade shape and size make them both wrong for the apothecary work. Seems the ones my husband had brought home were ideal for my needs. Notice the different size and shapes. The top one is sometimes called a Chef's knife and then the smaller paring knife version of it, below.
I have since told my husband about this lesson and he said that he was just hoping to get me to stop dulling his knives when he brought home the others! I told him what I have learned and he said, "Well, I am certain my grandmother would have just used these I have also!" I said, well maybe, but I bet she would appreciate the weight and design of these new ones. He then actually hefted mine and looked them over and was surprised and understood where they would be the better choice for my apothecary purposes and would be much nicer to use:) With a nudge from this lesson, I intend to learn how to sharpen my own knives also.
Now where to store those knives, to keep them clean and sharp? Some of our knives have been stored in this wooden block , which is fine, except for one thing,
When you look at the picture of the block I will be using, see if you can spot the main difference between the two, other than the lovely painted scene by my favorite local artist, Ray Phillips,
Do you see what the difference is? It is the the angle of the slot the knives go in. With the old block, the constant pressure of the knives on the wood, (when not in use), and the drawing out of the knives,(when going to be used), both dull your knives! The pretty one, (I had got for a gift), will now be used for my apothecary knives, rather than being put up just as a decorative.
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Hi Leslie,
This is great advice- good tools are the basis for any trade. You've inspired me to ask Father Christmas for some good herbal apothecary knives this year! It's lovely to follow your progress on your herb course :)
Love Lucinda x - November 22, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- Comfrey Cottages said...
Thanks Lucinda:) This lesson has been very useful in the tool department, of what is need in the apothecary. I am loving this process:) Sweet you are inspired to ask for good knives:) big hugs and love and thanks for visitingxx
- November 22, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Hi Leslie~
Great point, if you would see the knives I use to cut soap! :0. I really liked that picture by your friend very pretty.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Rosemary... - November 24, 2010 at 2:57 PM
- Comfrey Cottages said...
You have a wonderful Thanksgiving also Rosemary! thanks for visiting xx
- November 24, 2010 at 6:38 PM
- Lemon Verbena Lady said...
A Renaissance woman you definitely are, Leslie! Who knew you would be teaching us about knives. Now if we can just work the herbs in somehow! Happy Thanksgiving! xxoo Nancy
- November 24, 2010 at 7:30 PM
- Comfrey Cottages said...
But we have worked in the knives with the herbs, Nancy! These will be the knives I use for chopping up herbs, roots and other things in my home apothecary:) Happy Thanksgiving to you sweetheartxx
- November 24, 2010 at 9:19 PM
- Steph said...
Wow - thanks for this info! Glad you liked the sweater cozy idea, too. Happy winter!
- November 30, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Comfrey Cottages said...
thanks for stopping in Steph:) That cozy is adorable:) xx
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"The problem of the stars is larger than most people realize."
James Benford, Microwave Sciences, on the challenges of interstellar travel, The New York Times, October 17, 2011
"In the last few days we have started to send a different time structure of the beam to Gran Sasso. This will allow Opera to repeat the measurement, removing some of the possible systematics."
Sergio Bertolucci, CERN, on efforts to recheck OPERA's results that indicated faster-than-light neutrinos, BBCNews.com, October 28, 2011.
"In science we like surprises. We like big surprises. This one is too big to be true… We really like things that rock the boat and turn us in a new direction, but this one turns the boat upside down and fills it with water."
Michael Turner, University of Chicago, on faster than light neutrinos, The Washington Post, November 14, 2011.
"It would mean that the underlying assumptions of Einstein's theory are not precise, they're just approximate."
Lisa Randall, Harvard, on the implications of faster than light neutrinos, The Washington Post, November 14, 2011.
"I would expect consumption in the future gets larger, but we also learn how to do things more efficiently… so the raw material consumption may well go down."
Klaus Lackner, Columbia University, National Public Radio, November 1, 2011.
"Many people say it's a religious question, but I've been trying to say it's a scientific one."
Lawrence Krauss, Arizona State University, on discussions about whether the universe came from nothing, BBCNews.com, November 7, 2011.
"Don't say there's nothing there to a physicist. Space has a seething quantum structure to it. I like to think of it as a pot of water on the stove with bubbles coming out. Space is like that. It's always bubbling. We could see it if we had a powerful enough microscope."
S. James Gates, University of Maryland, The Washington Post, November 8, 2011.
"[W]hen they are working on a concept and somebody says, 'Yeah, but it's going to cost too much for the customer in the end,' that's sort of like a non-issue for a government researcher… I really think that venture capital might just come in at this point and pick the best fruits off the tree and run with them."
Richard Siemon, formerly at Los Alamos, on private fusion experiments, National Public Radio, November 9, 2011.
"When we started getting results that showed that it was not slowing ... [that] in fact it wasn't slowing at all–it was speeding up–it was a pretty big shock…At the time, when you first get those results, it doesn't worry you too much...because you know you haven't finished doing the calibration. The more we did the calibration, the more the results didn't go away."
Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, on discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, National Public Radio, November 14, 2011.
"Over the course of Solyndra's loan guarantee, I did not make any decision based on political considerations… My decision to guarantee a loan to Solyndra was based on the analysis of experienced professionals and on the strength of the information they had available to them at the time."
Steven Chu, Department of Energy, testifying before Congress, CNN.com, November 17, 2011.
"So it seems like there is probably chemistry going on that we don't know about yet."
David Graves, University of California Berkeley, on finding that ionized plasma could be used to sterilize water and turn it into an antimicrobial solution, MSNBC.com, November 17, 2011.
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text: In 2003 a little-known author named Dan Brown published a sensitive, lyrical literary novel called The Da Vinci Code, which achieved critical success but only modest sales. Ha. O.K., Brown's follow-up thunders into bookstores in September, reuniting legions of symbology-starved fans with their spiritual leader, Robert Langdon. The bar is both low and high for this book: it will sell jillions of copies (the first printing alone is rumored to be over 6 million), but it will have to outperform its predecessor in order not to be judged a disappointment no mean feat. Little is known about the book, except that it follows 12 hours in the life of Langdon and that it takes place in Washington, D.C., and involves Freemasonry. And also, probably, a symbol. That has been lost.


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"For pioneering work in the area of ultra-fast laser science, including development of ultra-fast optical and coherent soft x-ray sources."
Background:Margaret Murnane is a Fellow of JILA and a Professor in the Department of Physics and of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado. She runs a joint research group with her husband, Professor Henry Kapteyn. She received her B.S and M.S. degrees from University College Cork, Ireland, and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989. She joined the faculty at Washington State University in 1990, moved to the University of Michigan in 1996, and to Colorado in 1999. Prof. Murnane and her group use coherent beams of laser and x-ray light to capture the fastest dynamics in molecules and materials at the nanoscale. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the AAAS. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2004, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006. She received a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2000, and the Ahmed Zewail Award of the ACS in 2009. Prof. Murnane is very interested in increasing diversity in science and engineering.


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I'm pretty excited to have this app on my phone. It reminds me of what I used to imagine while reading the sequel books to Enders Game.


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Going Solo on Safari
By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Note: This is a second in Linda's series of three articles detailing the Ultimate Safari experience with Overseas Adventure Travel, aka OATS, in the countries of Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia. She notes that the fantastic images accompanying her story are courtesy of Tom Schwab. When I told friends I was going on the Ultimate Safari that would take me to Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Zambia, their first question was, "Are you going alone?" Well, yes, but not exactly. I told them that I would join a group of 14 other travelers upon... Read More


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Forum Post: The problem with a lie
Posted 10 years ago on May 24, 2013, 1:23 p.m. EST by Exhausted
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
is that you'll never be able to cover every angle.
Energy should be up, not stagnate or dropping. As more people are traveling, on the ground and air, crude should be and normally is up this time of year. Travel is up both on the ground and in the air by every estimate. So what is offsetting this increased consumption enough to nullify it?
Even though you will troll this post before pushing it out of sight, it still needs to be said. This is where the lie runs out and this fall you will all pay the piper. America will end this year worse than the recession and maybe even the depression. Pat yourselves on the back, you've done wonders.