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I suspect there will be folks who open up new markets for rare earths. I believe there are a number of resources that are yet undeveloped on the African continent. Likely the replacement for Conflict Diamonds...Conflict Earths. (Sounds sorta like a scifi novel title, huh?)
Unlike Conflict Diamonds, it's really hard to trace where the Conflict Rare Earths come from. So, if they get funneled through China, it's very difficult to say where it orginally came from.
Unlike Conflict Diamonds, it's really hard to trace where the Conflict Rare Earths come from.
Blood diamonds may not be all they are cracked up to be. [wsj.com]
Besides, the conditions under which many "conflict-free" diamonds are mined ought to be enough to take the lustre off the stone too.
It's not because the the Europeans don't have interest, it's because China has strategic and political interests in making the entire continent of Africa politically-aligned with and dependent upon China. It wants to displace the US as the world hegemony, and Africa is currently a place where a foreign aid/investing cold war, of sorts, is occurring between the US and China. China is frequently beating out Western developers, however by offering huge sums of state-backed money in exchange for exclusive miner
Not to mention that there is a lot of potential ability to recycle Rare Earth metals from electronics yet for whatever reason we keep shipping them off to China to be disassembled.
If you don't want China to have all the Rare Earth Metals... STOP GIVING IT BACK TO THEM.
Hey I pull the magnets out of every drive I scrap. Not that I recycle them, I just keep them as toys
(my personal record for levitating a pencil lead is now up to 35 days), but don't blame me
Well, the reason why we do it is simple: The cost of disposing of them properly outweighs the value of any raw materials recovered from them.
Sure, but getting to and from is a bitch. And moving them into Earth orbit is the sort of thing you only screw up once. I'm all for mining the belt, but we need substantially better tech for both ground to orbit and in-system flight. Mind you, in the long run setting up such infrastructure is worthwhile for non-commercial reasons, so we really ought to be investing more in it on general principles.
Can never ever happen, I can't even get on a plane to fly to the next state over without an anal probe do you really think they are going to let terrorist fly to an asteroid? What if Al-Qaeda(tm) smashes it into east Texas? { discuss }
What if Al-Qaeda(tm) smashes it into east Texas?
Wait... that's a possibility? Well, then... I think we need to get moving on this "mine the belt" idea right away!
There are lots of rare earths in other countries. China is just the cheapest place to extract it. If the price goes up then other deposits will be able to be brought online economically.
The problem is that there aren't any other rare earth mines around, and they take a while to dig and bring online--ten years, from what I've read.
Consider having to go without new hard drives for ten years, and you know why people are suddenly becoming nervous about China suddenly deciding to embargo Japan.
Really? There are rare earth metals/materials recycling plants online right now today? Ones that don't exist only in china because of pollution controls and regulations make it generally otherwise unprofitable?
It's pretty much the same concept. If China embargoes the world for whatever reason, recycling isn't going to save us. Especially when exponential growth in demand means that we can't meet the needs of the new with the crap that is old and recycled. I mean seriously, how many people had an Ipod or the
The problem is that there aren't any other rare earth mines around
United states had a monopoly in rare earth metals back in the 80's. I'm pretty sure those mines can be re-activated on a short notice.
Bullshit. There's a pair of big rare earth mines in California that will be up and running by the middle of next year. One of them (Mountain Pass) used to provide the vast majority of the world's rare earths before China came on the scene and priced them out of the market.
There is no possibility of a long term shortage.
This is risk mitigation.
Apart from the fact that treaties pretty much bar any wide-scale development or extraction, simply put, it's damned cold down there, and even the limited amount of activity down there costs an exorbitant amount of money. Rare earth minerals would have to get really damned expensive before anyone would seriously consider it.
Treaties are only valuable as long as the cost of violating them is greater than the cost of abiding by them. In other words, if large deposits of rich mineral deposits were discovered in Antarctica, it would be far more profitable to forget about the treaties and one could then expect a land rush as nations colonize it and began cutting up the landscape.
I only wonder what lays yet undiscovered in the Antarctic, there is no telling what sort of things can be found there.
Geologist William Dyer, a professor from Miskatonic University writes to disclose hitherto unknown and closely kept secrets in the hope that he can deter a planned and much publicized scientific expedition to Antarctica. On a previous expedition there, a party of scholars from Miskatonic University, led by Dyer, discovered fantastic and horrific ruins and a dangerous secret beyond a range of mountains taller than the Himalayas. They found the remains of fourteen ancient life forms, completely unknown to sci
It's a small continent. Why would you think there's more there than in, say, Australia? Australia also has the distinct advantage that most of it isn't covered by a kilometre of ice.
Chorus Motors is working with Boeing to put their electric wheel motors in Boeing's new aircraft. They are powered by the plane's APU instead of using the engines.
Their technology results in a smaller motor with higher torque that does not require an assist from an ICE at higher speeds in an electric vehicle. It also does not use any rare earths.
Molycorp is restarting the rare earths mine in the U.S. but the industry to process the ore will take 15 years to redevelop.
"While U.S. deposits also exist in several states such as Idaho, Wyoming and Utah, they are still being explored and could take as many as 15 years before becoming fully operational, according the GAO report."
Molycorp is restarting the rare earths mine in the U.S. but the industry to process the ore will take 15 years to redevelop.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-28/molycorp-s-ipo-aims-at-chinese-grip-on-smart-bombs.html [businessweek.com]
"While U.S. deposits also exist in several states such as Idaho, Wyoming and Utah, they are still being explored and could take as many as 15 years before becoming fully operational, according the GAO report."
It's alot easier to get out of industries than it is to get in. I suspect this won't be the last industry we'll want to redevelop. It was foolish to get out of it in the first place. The same can be said for other industries.
It's alot easier to get out of industries than it is to get in. I suspect this won't be the last industry we'll want to redevelop. It was foolish to get out of it in the first place. The same can be said for other industries.
On the bright side, its bringing jobs - not just McJobs either - back home. The rise of China - especially if they ever let the yuan float - may turn out to be the best thing to happen to the US in decades.
Part of the problem is that rare earth's have been so cheap they are being used some places where they are totally not needed.
There are plenty of applications where a switched variable reluctance motor is just as effective and efficient, and those do not require any permanent magnets.
(I've often wondered what nanotech might bring to bear on ferromagnetic materials for transformers and motors, to reduce hysteresis loss and increase saturation points. Doesn't seem to be an area that gets as much glory as dev
You have two way of breaking the chinese monopoly :
You have two way of breaking the monopoly :
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3) make up a miracle new technology. Good luck on that one.
Your miracle new technology is ready. (You're welcome, and thanks for the luck.)
It's called the AC induction motor, and it uses no permanent magnets--only copper and/or iron and/or aluminum. A fine example was in GM's EV-1 in the 1990s, and its descendants live on at AC Propulsion, and, consequently, Tesla Motors. Permanent magnet motors are likely to retain slightly higher efficiency, but the difference in cost of the construction materials will allow the market to take care of the rare earth "problem".
A much simpler method would be to just drop China from the WTO and have nations around the world reinstate their trade barriers against their unfairly priced goods on the open market.
But that would be easy.
And direct.
Then they will stop importing wheat, pork, chicken feet, semiconductors, airplanes, and nuclear reactors from the US and Japan and really roll up their sleeves to do researches rather than dumping R&D money in the property market as they are doing now?
If China only exports and doesn't import, they would not have got their way so far. Most people don't seem to realize that almost everything they export have the "Made" in China labels outside whereas a lot of our exports do not even have labels, such as
Good luck. China has pumped tons of money into "anti-protectionist" candidates in the US, and they preach their free trade message through the #1 news network in the US, Fox News.
(In fact, Rupert Murdoch's nth wife is a former spy for the Chinese government and since she's about 40 years from his level of senility, she gets to call a lot of the shots...).
There is no such thing as a former spy for the Chinese government.
You meant she's supposedly on reserve status.
We must make sure they never take Alaska. Now is the time to invent PowerArmor.
But that would do away with two things:
1. We'll never find labour in our own countries as cheap as in China. Slavery (which Chinese labour conditions are very, very close to) is illegal here. We have all those pesky human rights obligations.
2. Being able to outsource our pollution is a major convenience.
Face it, we (the western world) are just one big NIMBY.
"Are there any modern Kremlinologists (the name for people who tried to divine the intent and inner workings of the former USSR) who have insight into the current resource strategy of the Chinese government and its origins?"
I'm no CIA expert but the strategy seems to be this
1) CCP win.
2) You lose.
3) Profit.
Hokey religions and ancient political ideologies are no match for a mercantalist blaster at your side, kid.
China didn't make a concious effort to corner the rare earth market.
Rare earths really should be called cheap ass low value earths. There isn't a lot of profit in it. The US, australia, and few other places mined them because they are needed but they are hardly masively profitable. China got into the biz because it is a cheap biz to get into and doesn't require a lot of skill (like say building jet planes or microprocessors).
As a result of china dirt cheap labor, utter lack of safety or enviromental stan
China didn't make a concious effort to corner the rare earth market.
No offense, but yes, they did. They apparently have been buying rare earth production in other countries.
Your belief that is some "master plan" is misplaced. If we were willing to use slave labor, discard miners when the job killed them without benefits, contimnate ground water with industrial toxins which will be around for couple centuries causing birth defects, and manipulate the dollar downward to destroy any standard of living for our citizens we too could be king of the shit pile. All that for a market which grosses less revenue globally than video games do.
You're operating on the naive principle that the rare earths market will stay its current size. They're also working to grab a big share of the oil market. I hear that's a bit larger than the video game market.
China's on the other side of the planet. If we dig deep enough, we can mine their rare earth.
Everyone knows it's just indestructible bedrock and the void beyond, if you go far enough.
No, the real solution is to sneak in, destroy all their torches, and knock a couple holes in their walls somewhere they won't notice, so they get overrun with creepers. Bonus if we can find a way to cut off their supply of flint so they don't have enough arrows to defend themselves.
Although well over 90 percent of the minerals are produced in China, they are found in many places around the world, and, in spite of their name, are actually abundant in the earth's crust (the name is a hold-over from a 19th-century convention). In recent years, low-cost Chinese production and environmental concerns have caused suppliers outside of China to shut down operations.
In other words, we (the West) have artifically created this situation by shutting down our own mines with labor and evironmental regulations, while allowing China (with no real enforcement of labor or environmental regulations, even if they are on the books) to dominate the market. I saw a TV spot about this a while back and apparently there was an operating mine in California as recently as 10 years ago, which simply wasn't able to compete with Chinese prices because the California mine had the expense of actually complying with the US environmental regulations. That gives the Chinese an artificial price advantage.
The market for these goods are mostly export markets in Japan, North America, and Europe, so this is in our power to control. To stimulate production in the west, we could do one of two things : 1) eliminate our own self-imposed regulations (perhaps unacceptabe from an environmental point of view) or 2) eliminate the artifical price advantage that the chinese have from not having regulations. I would choose # 2. We need only tax chinese imports and goods with chinese components. For example, say a motor from Japan uses magnets and is being exported to the USA, then the manufacturer would need to demonstrate that the magnet was made from non-chinese metals to be exempt from an import tariff. Once the artifical price advantage of the chinese component is nullfied, the manufacturer would be willing to pay higher prices from other non-chinese mines. Then other mines outside China would arise in the market. As an added side-effect, the Chinese might even begin regulating their own industry to get out from under the tariff.
In a world without trade treaties or the possibility of retalliation from China, that would be a possible solution.
Not a popular one, though. Tho dollars that pay those tarrifs end up coming out of consumers' pockets.
Unless they're used to allow for reducing other taxes (I know, fat chance).
Yes, yes, yes - and which congressmember do you think would step forward to introduce such legislation? Keeping in mind that they're only sent there on the financial graces of their corporate lobbyists (which are just as well invested in China's terrible practices)?
In other words, we (the West) have artifically created this situation by shutting down our own mines with labor and evironmental regulations, while allowing China (with no real enforcement of labor or environmental regulations, even if they are on the books) to dominate the market.
Uh, you're close, but you left out the part where we didn't ALLOW China to dominate the market, we CAUSED China to dominate the market by BUYING THEIR GOODS. We know they are slavers and polluters but we keep buying. A responsible government would cut off all trade with a government which permitted such wanton use of the Earth's resources.
"Where will these iron-cobalt magnets be made?"
Especially since the US has no cobalt mines. There was one once, near the Salmon river in Idaho. It's closed.
Rare earth metals aren't really that rare despite their name. China is good at mining them cheaply, which caused most everyone else shut down production. Some countries (U.S.A) are looking at reopening mines. By playing these games China may be shooting themselves in the foot. Time will tell.
You just can't compete with places where they put environment and worker protection at such low places in their priorities.
And we essentially circumvent our own priorities by accepting theirs; we ourselves are placing those priorities at the same low that they do by investing in their goods. If we really did stand behind placing such a high priority on these protections, then we'd enforce it by actually investing in and supporting it ourselves, rather than relying on those that don't to do it for us.
The principle doesn't change based on who's committing the action - if we can accept that others are showing such disregard for en
as others have noted, there are enough rare earths, they aren't that rare. it's just that china, wihtout any work force laws or legal protections for its workers it is allowed to treat like slaves of the state, is able to parlay that into cheaper prices. so mining elsewhere withers and atrophies
if push came to shove, we can start new mines rather quickly
what worries me is manufacturing know how and infrastructure. it takes a generation to have a good manufacturing base, at least. and i'm not talking machines, i'm talking people. the manufacturing base is dying in the west, as everything moves to china
this is where china can really squeeze us, and we won't be able to react fast enough, because in a decade or two, we won't know how to make anything, it will all be made in china
we need to keep our manufacturing base, the whole spectrum of technologies and know how and expertise, humming along here
a rare earth is a rare earth, whether dug up in california or inner mongolia
but that 70 year old guy who knows how all about phase transitions in the manufacture of specialty glasses, or that 80 year old guy who knows all about resistance settings on collodial separation equipment, or whatever: when they go, its gone, the only other brain with that info is in shanghai
it's like us in the west watching iran trying to build a nuclear bomb and stumbling in its lack of knowhow. in 20-30 years, in a conflict, china could be in the same position, just watching us try to manufacture all sorts of high specialized industrial applications and us over here going "how do you do this?" "i dunno, the guy who knew that died 20 years ago" "well where's his knowledge backup?" "well, the bank of china bought that portfolio 10 years ago and moved it all to guangzhou, no one at the time thought it was a big deal"
The attempted solution to that is documenting an ISO process for everything in manufacturing. From what I have seen, this only looks good on paper. Trying to start a new production line by the book without experience may take longer than learning from scratch.
Which means
It is no secret that rare earth is NOT rare at all, and China just have about 30-40% of the world's rare earth.
The only "monopoly" China has is selling them cheaply. The purported reason by Chinese officials is because the rare earth industry is heavily fragmented, and econ 101, with many identical sellers, big buyers from US and Japan can set the price so low that only razor thin margin remains. You are free to make up you own conspirac
Now, after getting a pittance for all the rare earth sold for the past few decades, China finally wakes up and realize that having a rare earth reserve is actually IMPORTANT in the long term. And surprise(!), they don't to continue to sell on the cheap. So they are now trying to consolidate the rare earth mining industry (which takes time), and in the meanwhile, use administrative means to limit the export (i.e. limit their losses).
I'm sure that your use of the world "finally" is unintentional. China, on the other hand, rarely does anything unintentionally:
Entering the 21st century, the pace of industrial and economic globalization is speeding up. As China enters the WTO, the Chinese government has begun the implementation of its policy to develop its western regions. Located in western China, Baotou is famous for its rich rare earth resources, thus being named "The Mother Lode of Rare Earth". In 1992, Chinese President Deng Xiaoping pointed out, "There is oil in the Middle East; there is rare earth in China...."
Given the fact that the OPEC model of monopolistic control of resources was firmly established by 1992, I do not believe that Xiaoping - and China - had any intention other than gaining a monopoly, or they would have compared rare earths to dà biàn rather than oil.
Given the fact that the OPEC model of monopolistic control of resources was firmly established by 1992
OPEC seems to have had its act together by 1973 [wikipedia.org]...
Sorry to reply twice, but the article title is just too silly.
There is plenty of rare earth all around the world. So if you don't want to buy from China (or China won't sell to you), just mine it yourself.
Instead of printing money to give to bankers, why don't the US government just setup and run mines to extract rare earth from US itself? It create real jobs and solve this problem in one go.
But actually doing something to solve a problem? Nah... it is easier just to find someone to blame while still giving out pork to corporate supporters. It keeps the problem alive so more people can be blamed, and keep the pork money flowing too!
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If their beliefs survive that, then those beliefs can be seen as genuinely earned and are probably all the stronger for it. Santorum's did. He went not only to college but also to two graduate schools, getting an M.B.A. from one and a law degree from the other.Apparently, Santorum used bulimia against those ideas that the academics attempted to pour into him. Others digest what they've been fed.
But to listen to him talk about universities is to get the sense that he doesn't trust others to emerge from such an obstacle course of unsavory influences as uncorrupted as he did. For safety's sake, he'll bless a little ignorance.
He'll also massage facts. In explaining his Kennedy-induced nausea, he claimed that the former president had said that people of faith had no place in public life. What Kennedy asserted was infinitely more nuanced than that. He said people of all faiths were welcomed, so long as they weren't slaves to their creeds.
Speaking of pukeworthy: "infinitely more nuanced." What is it about nuance that liberals love so much? And infinitely more nuanced? Ironically, that's quite crude. Infinitely? Kennedy had oodles and oodles of nuance. Or is it that Santorum, in Bruni's book, has zero nuance, so anyone with any nuance at all has infinitely more than Santorum?
And I love the way Bruni modifies his idea of challenging family and religious values with the phrase "in a healthy sense." There's no assurance of healthfulness!
And if challenge is so good, college students who were raised in liberal families with liberal or nonexistent religions are being horribly deprived!

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Jorge Cruise, author of 8 Minutes in the Morning for Extra-Easy Weight Loss (Harper Resource, 2004), works out to Latin beats, such as salsa and samba; Madonna; and music from the '80s.
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Basic Autotools
Using autotools for a very simple piece of software still requires
a few steps:
The Example - etuThe Enlightenment Thumbnailing Utility or etu makes use of a simple (but powerful) scaling API for jpeg images. Initially, etu was comprised of very few files:
Move the MakefileIf the
Makefile is relatively simple (as it is in the case
of etu) then it can just be moved to
Using autoscan
Running autoscan without results in the following:
[jrf@vela:~/proj/etu-notools$] ls configure.scan etu.c Makefile README test-images/ test.jpg ... [jrf@vela:~/proj/etu-notools$] autoscan autom4te: configure.ac: no such file or directory autoscan: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
One nice thing, however, it generates a
file which can be used as a starting point. First, the
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It's Christmas tree night at the Florio household. Which means that I'll be risking injury as I take an axe out to the back 40 and make like Jack Del Rio on the choicest trunk of pine.
Actually, the tree is in a box. But I could still get injured; those fake needles are quite pointy.
Speaking of injuries, here's our weekly look at the guys who are banged up for Sunday's games. Which I most likely won't get injured while typing.
Cardinals at Jets
Three Arizona wideouts are questionable, but none are named Larry or Fitzgerald. Andre Roberts looks to be the least likely to play with an ankle injury; he didn't practice all week. Running back Beanie Wells, back from IR, is now questionable with a knee injury. Jets receiver Clyde Gates is doubtful with a concussion. Tim Tebow reportedly will be inactive due to broken ribs that have him listed as questionable.
Panthers at Chiefs
Carolina running back Jonathan Stewart is doubtful with an ankle injury. Quarterback Cam Newton has a right wrist injury, but he is listed as probable and missed no practice time. Chiefs tackle Branden Albert is questionable with a back injury, as is linebacker Tamba Hali, who has an injured knee.
Bengals at Chargers
Receiver Mohamed Sanu is out with a foot injury that may require season-ending surgery. Running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis is probable with an ankle injury. Chargers wideout Eddie Royal is out with a hamstring. Safety Eric Weddle is probable due a concussion suffered on that 4th-and-29 block from Anquan Boldin.
Browns at Raiders
Cleveland quarterback Brandon Weeden has been cleared to play after suffering a concussion on Sunday. Running back Trent Richardson is probable with chest, rib, and finger injuries. Raiders running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson are questionable with ankle injuries. Two of Oakland's running backs, Taiwan Jones (ankle) and Marcel Reece (hamstring, quadricep), are probable.
Texans at Titans
A whopping 21 Texans are probable. Out are cornerback Johnathan Joseph (hamstring, groin) and linebacker Brooks Reed (groin). Titans linebacker Colin McCarthy (concussion) is out with a concussion. Receiver Kenny Britt is probable with a knee injury.
Colts at Lions
The Colts have no major injuries. Lions receiver Calvin Johnson (thumb) and running back Mikel Leshoure (ankle) are probable. Safety Louis Delmas (knee) is questionable.
Jaguars at Bills
Receivers Justin Blackmon (groin) and Cecil Shorts (hamstring) are probable after unexpectedly missing practice on Thursday. Twenty-two Bills show up on the injury report, with defensive ends Mark Anderson (knee) and Chris Kelsay (neck) out.
Vikings at Packers
Minnesota receiver Percy Harvin is doubtful once again with an ankle injury. Nine others are probable. Six Packers are out, including linebacker Clay Matthews (hamstring). Receiver Greg Jennings is slated to play for the first time since September, listed as probable after recovering from hernia surgery.
Patriots at Dolphins
Defensive end Chandler Jones (ankle), guard Logan Mankins (ankle, calf), and tight end Rob Gronkowski (forearm, hip) are out for New England. A total of 15 Patriots are questionable, including four receivers and tight end Aaron Hernandez (ankle). The Dolphins have no major injuries.
Steelers at Ravens
Receiver Antonio Brown (ankle) and safety Troy Polamalu (calf) are probable after extended absences. Receiver Jerricho Cotchery (ribs) is questionable to return to action after missing last week's loss to Cleveland. Four Steelers are out: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (shoulder), Byron Leftwich (ribs), linebacker LaMarr Woodley (ankle), and Mike Adams (ankle). Several key Ravens are probable. Tight end Ed Dickson (knee) is doubtful.
49ers at Rams
For San Fran, 11 players are probable. Safety Darcel McBath is questionable with a concussion, and tight end Demarcus Dobbs has been ruled out after an arrest. Rams receiver Danny Amendola, who played despite being doubtful last week, is doubtful again with a foot injury. Without him, the chances of a Rams loss become probable.
Seahawks at Bears
Seattle receiver Sidney Rice is questionable with a calf injury. Running back Marshawn Lynch is probable with a back injury. For the Bears, receiver Devin Hester (concussion) and guard Chris Spencer (knee) are out. Receiver Alshon Jeffery (knee) is doubtful.
Buccaneers at Broncos
The Bucs have only four guys on the list, and all are probable. Broncos receiver Brandon Stokley is questionable with wrist and hip injuries.
Eagles at Cowboys
Running back LeSean McCoy and quarterback Mike Vick are both out with concussions. Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray (foot) is questionable, but he's expected to play. Also questionable are receiver Miles Austin (hip) and running back Felix Jones (knee). Receiver Kevin Ogletree is probable with a concussion that kept him from playing in the Thanksgiving loss to the Redskins. Defensive tackle Jay Ratliff is doubtful with a groin injury.


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... it strikes me as unnecessarily playing ball with the journal publishers. I'd rather see OA simply enforced by the funding agencies. In my field, bioinformatics, the bulk of the funding in the US and UK comes from four sources: NIH (US government), MRC (UK government), HHMI (US private foundation), and Wellcome Trust (UK private foundation). All of them have open access policies for publications prepared with their money, and they don't much care how you do it: you can post the article in a public repository regardless of how it was published, publish in an OA journal--for which the funding agency will generally pay the publication fee--or publish in a traditional journal and make sure the publisher makes a copy freely available. You can bet the publishers grumble about that last one, but they've mostly gone along with the requirement, because the alternative is saying "we won't publish papers describing research funded by ___," and if they did that they'd cease to exist.
It's true that all the organizations you anme have OA mandates BUT, crucially, none mandate that you make the research publicly accessible from the minute the paper is published. I believe the NIH policy is actually 12 MONTHS after publication - that is of limited use to scientists.
http://publicaccess.nih.gov/ [nih.gov]
So these agencies are actually pandering to publishers even more (in some respects) than this consortium is - libraries will continue to have to buy subscriptions so that their scientists can access th
I don't actually have a big problem with the waiting period, although I prefer the 6-month policy of the other agencies to the 12-month policy of NIH. It's not true that year-old publications are "hardly of use to scientists"; e.g., looking at the reference list on a paper I submitted just last month, I find that out of 38 papers referred to, only 6 were published in 2011 or 2012, and half of those were published in OA journals. YMMV, of course, but I don't consider this an undue burden. I admit that I m
Open access journals like BioMed Central, PLoS, Oxford's OA journals, etc. all prove a OA business model can be successful (and profitable) if structured well.
Also by charging authors ~$1k per publication. But keep in mind that subscription fee journals typically charge hundreds of dollars for color and extra pages (e.g. most IEEE Transactions journals charges $300 per page over 8).
But keep in mind that subscription fee journals typically charge hundreds of dollars for color and extra pages (e.g. most IEEE Transactions journals charges $300 per page over 8).
Many journals do that though - not just subscription based journals.
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/cid/for_authors/charges.html [oxfordjournals.org]
"Open Access charges are in addition to any page charges and color charges that might apply. "
Why can't teachers for each subject get together every year andcoordinate the subject in textbooks?
Textbooks should be freely available to all (digitally) with NO copyright so that ALL can learn. It is insane to copyright facts, and their presentation when it is being used to educate the general populace. The *basis* of civilization is founded the core principle of sharing. Sharing goods, sharing knowledge, etc.
If only these guys had designed the World Wide Web!
As a physicist, my reaction to this article is
Among physicists, putting all your papers on arxiv.org has been standard since about 1999. I basically *never* need to go anywhere but arxiv for anything published in this century. The only exception I can think of is papers published in Nature, which always seem to be paywalled and not available on arxiv. I assume Nature is very stone-age and forces authors not to post on arxiv. But anyway, Nature isn't really a big venue for physics publications. I teach at a community college, so I have no access to subscription-based journals. Whenever a paper is paywalled, I need to drive to the nearest 4-year university and photocopy it. This basically only happens when I'm looking up golden oldies from decades ago.
What would be news would be if other fields besides math and physics started to do this.
You are incorrect about Nature policy on Arxiv:
http://www.nature.com/authors/policies/confidentiality.html [nature.com]
"Contributions being prepared for or submitted to a Nature journal can be posted on recognized preprint servers (such as ArXiv or Nature Precedings), and on collaborative websites such as wikis or the author's blog"
The problem with ArXIv is that papers have yet to be formally peer-reviewed. It's certainly true that physicists post there and you can find (nearly) all papers there in some form - but many
The problem with ArXIv is that papers have yet to be formally peer-reviewed. It's certainly true that physicists post there and you can find (nearly) all papers there in some form - but many papers posted there don't make it past peer review.
Why is that a "problem with arxiv?"
So that's why this is important.
I don't see the link between the first quote and the second quote.
This allows free access to peer reviewed literature for free. ArXiv does not.
Not sure I can be clearer than that...
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Tariana Turia has announced this will be her last term in parliament and Te Ururoa Flavell wants to be co-leader of the Maori Party.
That would be simple if it were not for the party's rule requiring male and female co-leaders.
Flavell can't succeed Turia and so has to challenge Sharples who doesn't want to go.
The requirement to have female and male co-leaders could cause more than enough difficulties for larger parties where the talent pool is larger.
What's happening in the Maori Party shows why it's even more of a handicap for the wee ones.
Complicating the issue is Hone Harawira's suggestion that the Mana and Maori Parties should merge, with him as leader.
The leadership of the Maori Party was thrown into the spotlight yesterday morning when Mana Party leader Hone Harawira announced he was open to talks to reconnect with his former party as leader.
He claimed members of the Maori Party had approached him around the country keen for him to take over. . .
Sharples appeared to be open to the idea of Harawira returning, saying there was no point in having two Maori parties. . .
Harawira and Sharples must have forgotten why the former left the Maori Party a few short years ago.
His vision for Maori was very different from that of the party's other MPs and theirs aren't the only visions.
There are Maori involved with other political parties who have very different ideas.
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If you want your child to learn cursive, then you better know it pretty well yourself.
Many schools aren't teaching it anymore, and now some basic handwriting skills are being taught through technology.
The electric pencil sharpener was once the hottest gadget in the classroom, but now it isn't getting much attention.
"Cursive has fallen off, and technology has sort of replaced it," Brett Meteyer said of teaching fourth grade at Explorer Elementary in Williamston.
In some schools handwriting isn't being taught the way you might remember. Instead elementary students are learning through technology, as part of the Common Core standards some districts are adopting
"Common Core really focuses on, in this regard, more on the twenty-first century skill development and the use of technology to both compose and publish writing, but also to be an effective medium of communication," Explorer Elementary Principal Adam Spina said.
To be clear, students still use pencils and paper, but there aren't lessons devoted to handwriting. Teachers focus on keyboarding skills and interactive programs. The idea is students already use it outside of the classroom, and this way teachers can help build a proper foundation
"Moving toward technology is going to prepare them for what they need to do in every day life, throughout middle school and high school, and then also as young professionals," Meteyer said.
Parents worry handwriting - even signing one's own name - isn't being valued enough.
"It's a skill they need to know. I hope they wouldn't phase it out completely," Reva Richardson said.
Teachers say they're happy to work with students who show interest, but people should also be realistic.
"The written language evolves enough, where we say some things can fall off, while other things are introduced," Meteyer said.
There are some things that should stand the test of time though.
"Like a letter to their grandma, like a thank you note, a real one," grandma Theresa Meyer said.
So far students have responded well to integrating the technology. Teachers say it helps to individualize education.
Explorer Elementary is hoping to get more iPads and Kindles for classrooms.


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State that your expectation is that employees will only criticize when they can offer a proactive solution to correct whatever it is that they are complaining about.
Thanks - this is a good idea but would never fly in the culture we have. It's a very casual and relaxed kind of place and the last person that held a job close to my own was very ineffectual and basically did what other employees told her.
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The good-looking couple touched down in Hawaii Wednesday with their two-month-old daughter Vivian Lake, and we have the exclusive first photos of their bundle of joy, who, of course, is cute as a button.
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bug net sock like you're describing (cylinder, very uncomplicated), I have a ridgeline on my hammock, which supports the bug sock (I called it a bug bivvy).
It's just a cylinder, drawstrings on each end, zipper down one seam to get in and out (just for convenience). It was a good project, simple to make, and works very well at keeping the bugs at bay.


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"I've got more levels to reach in my running career. And (I thought) I'm just going to keep working this summer and it took me into this first week of cross country, in which I won by a pretty big margin which was pretty exciting," says Husky Invite winner, Ryan Kromer.
Starting the 2012 cross country season off with a win, lines up with one of Ryan Kromer's goals for the season, to go undefeated. The Hudson senior finished fourth at states last year but is settling for nothing less than first this year. Ryan is taking down school records and leading beyond racing.
"He's a strong leader, he's always making us run hard with him and he tries to take as many of us that will go with him," says junior teammate Don Clark.
"It really makes us try to stay with him as much as we can when we're doing runs, and hills and sprints and try to impress the coach and try to be that number one runner next year," adds fellow junior Jack Kadidlo.
Breaking records holds extra meaning for Ryan. His father held records here at Hudson High School before continuing his career at the University of Minnesota....Ryan is following in his footsteps.
"He enjoys watching me succeed and it's fun to compete with those times. And I look forward to even lowering them lower this spring,' Ryan says. "I'd like to stay in the Midwest, just because of the climate. Its a lot more favorable for runners. And Minnesota is definitely up there for one of my top choices
With a personal best mile time of 4:14 and a GPA Of 4.0, Ryan is the total student athlete.


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Problems with doing 'clean' business in some jurisdictions are almost insurmountable, yet the Bribery Act 2010 is clear that offering inducements can easily amount to unlawful activity.
It may be thought that where such activities are carried on by a subsidiary, the risk of penalty stays within the subsidiary, so if a contract is undertaken using a subsidiary company, the profits can be made there and passed up to the holding company by way of dividends.
However, the approach of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in a recent case should leave no one in any doubt that, where it is worthwhile, the SFO is likely to seek a confiscation order over the dividends as being the 'proceeds of crime'. In the case in point, the SFO has claimed more than £130,000 in dividends received by the holding company of an engineering firm.
SFO spokesman Richard Alderman has issued a stern warning to shareholders who have the ability to influence the behaviour of the companies in which they invest that, even if they are unaware of any inappropriate behaviour, the SFO is prepared to take civil action against them to recover income received that is the proceeds of crime and has warned investors – particularly institutional investors – that they must 'satisfy themselves with the business practices of the companies they invest in'.


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Serious question -- should you do whatever it takes to acquire Peyton Manning?
Obviously, you're not going to trade Adrian Peterson and Julio Jones for him (or probably even Peterson straight up), but how about, say, Cam Newton and Brandon Marshall? As good as those players are, they're unlikely to be as consistent as Manning, who's the most automatic player in fantasy football right now.
It's entirely possible that we've just seen Manning's best four-game stretch of the season, and it's likely that he's going to have a 250-yard, one-TD, one-INT performance within the next couple weeks. But it's still tough to imagine any fantasy player scoring more points than him, barring injury. If you have any sort of depth at RB or WR, trading your QB and top RB or WR for Manning isn't as crazy as it sounds. Fantasy football is all about winning weeks, and with Manning, you basically get at least a 25-point head start in each matchup.
Regardless of if you have Manning, there's plenty you can do to optimize your lineup. And that's why we're here to look at some risers and fallers at each offensive position after Week 4.
Also, don't forget to send your questions in for Friday's fantasy mailbag. Every Friday during the season, we'll tackle the best fantasy questions of the week and help you with roster, trade and strategy decisions. You can submit your questions by 5:00 p.m. CT every Thursday. Please specify players with common last names (e.g. Davis, Jackson, etc.) and include the relevant scoring parameters of your league (e.g. PPR, passing TDs worth 4 points, etc.).
Russell Wilson has two poor fantasy performances to go along with one mediocre one and one good one. We know the talent is there, but it's getting tougher to trust Wilson, especially when he's on the road.
Robert Griffin III (just 28.8 fantasy points in Washington's two "close" games) and Colin Kaepernick (27.6 points since Week 1) are in the same boat. It's likely no coincidence that all three are dual-threat QBs, which are generally more boom-or-bust than good pocket passers. Wilson, Griffin III and Kaepernick could easily put up 35-point performances in their next games, but none are sure things on a weekly basis right now.
Notable Riser: Philip Rivers has posted 30-plus fantasy points in three of four games this year. His 12.5-point Week 3 performance against Tennessee was a disappointment, but it's looking more and more like Rivers' big start isn't a fluke. Potential injuries to the players around him are a concern, but Rivers himself hasn't missed a regular season game since becoming San Diego's starter in 2006. With a mostly favorable remaining schedule (including the Giants and Raiders in Weeks 14 and 16 during the fantasy playoffs), Rivers looks like a good trade target.
Notable Faller: So far, the Eagles have played two good pass defenses (KC and DEN) and two bad ones (WAS and SD). Michael Vick has a combined 31.9 fantasy points against the good ones and 67.8 against the bad ones. Calling the Eagles "paper tigers" might be a little strong, but it's clear that their high-speed offense isn't exactly unstoppable. With injury concerns about Vick ever present, give him one more week (@NYG in Week 5), then try to sell high.
Running Back
There were plenty of big names who excelled last week, including Adrian Peterson, Reggie Bush, Matt Forte and Jamaal Charles, but under-the-radar guys like Danny Woodhead, LeGarrette Blount and even Fred Jackson continue to do well.
Owners are going to want to start these types of players, and it's tough to argue against it, especially during the bye weeks. The key is taking the full body of work into context. Woodhead and Jackson look like legit options, but would you start them over Maurice Jones-Drew or Chris Johnson? Jones-Drew has struggled all year, so it's a possibility, but Johnson, despite being an overall disappointment, has really only had one "bad" game -- it just happened to come last week.
If you trust Woodhead- and Jackson-types, which isn't unreasonable, then you might be better off just going all-in and trying to trade one of your starting RBs and getting a starter at another position. It's risky, but it could provide your team with more overall value while alleviating headaches with start/sit decisions.
Notable Riser: Pittsburgh's Le'Veon Bell had a successful debut, rushing for 57 yards and two scores on 16 carries. Perhaps just as important is that he caught four passes for 27 yards. With a bye week coming up, his injured foot should only get better, and Bell has the look of a workhorse. Pittsburgh's offense still has issues, which could limit Bell's scoring chances, but yards shouldn't be a problem as long as he's healthy.
Notable Faller: Get ready for a shocker -- Darren McFadden injured his hamstring on Sunday. He missed the rest of the game, though early reports say he avoided "serious injury." Rashad Jennings took over for McFadden and put up 116 total yards, and with Marcel Reece (knee) also getting injured this week, Jennings stands to see a lot of playing time against the Chargers this week. C.J. Spiller (ankle) and Alfred Morris (ribs) also left Sunday's games early, giving Fred Jackson even more value (as long as his gimpy knee holds up) and making Roy Helu a top waiver pickup this week.
Wide Receiver
Several new QBs have taken starting spots in recent weeks, but it hasn't hurt most of those teams' receivers. Minnesota's Greg Jennings and Jerome Simpson both excelled last week with Matt Cassel under center, and Josh Gordon has been just fine with Brian Hoyer throwing him passes. Mike Williams caught a touchdown last week from rookie Mike Glennon, and even though Vincent Jackson had just two catches for 27 yards, he was targeted 11 times, which is a good sign. Also, Nate Washington caught a 77-yard TD from Ryan Fitzpatrick, who will be taking over for Tennessee for at least the next four weeks while Jake Locker gets over a hip injury. Denarius Moore (66 yards) was also fine without Terrelle Pryor.
Obviously, we're dealing with small sample sizes here, and none of the above teams had great starters to begin with, but QB2s starting isn't exactly a death knell to receivers. In fact, in the cases of Browns' and Jaguars' receivers (and maybe Minnesota's), it looks like the backups might actually be an upgrade. All of the receivers mentioned above have at least WR3 potential in standard leagues.
Notable Riser: A fair amount of Alshon Jeffery's production last week came in garbage time, but it's pretty obvious that Jay Cutler trusts him almost as much as Brandon Marshall. Jeffery received a season-high 11 targets, and he's now gotten at least eight targets in three of four games. Jeffery might continue to be inconsistent, but the chances should be there. Same goes for Buffalo's Robert Woods, who's received 18 targets over the past two weeks, and St. Louis'
Notable Faller: Any time a receiver has a negative fantasy day, owners will overreact. Stevie Johnson had such a day last week, catching just one pass for negative-one yard. Before you get too discouraged, note that Johnson had six targets, and over the first three games, he averaged just under 10 targets and 12.5 fantasy points. Even with Woods emerging, Johnson is still a good fantasy play. Ditto for Indianapolis' T.Y. Hilton, who's only had one good game this year but had nine targets last week and remains a premiere big-play threat.
Tight End
Rob Gronkowski teased fantasy owners last week when it looked like he would make his season debut, but word came down Saturday night that he would miss his fourth straight game. Reports have surfaced that Gronk won't play until Week 6, but chances are he'll be a game-time decision this week against Cincinnati.
Obviously, we have to keep waiting this injury out, but Gronk owners are undoubtedly getting frustrated. Now's a good time to try to buy low, if possible. Gronkowski will be an injury risk even after he gets back, but when he's on the field, he'll be a top producer.
Notable Riser: San Diego's Antonio Gates has scored double-digit fantasy points in each of the past three games. He doesn't exactly looked like his "old self," but Gates still looks good, and he's definitely taken advantage of Philip Rivers' resurgence and San Diego's new offensive scheme. Injuries will be a worry, but Gates is back to being an every-week starter.
Notable Faller: Minnesota's Kyle Rudolph has been much more "bust" than "boom" this year, and last week he received just two targets. Perhaps Matt Cassel prefers to throw downfield more than Christian Ponder, but Rudolph is almost unplayable at this point. The potential for a touchdown is always there, but you could say that about a dozen tight ends who weren't drafted as fantasy starters. It's not crazy to drop him if you need roster space, but if you keep him around, feel free to play matchups with your backup every week.
Thursday Preview
Bills at Browns
Stat to know: After a poor start to the season in terms of run defense, Buffalo has gradually improved, and they're still yet to allowing a rushing touchdown to a running back. Willis McGahee received 15 carries last week and seems to be Cleveland's lead back, but he's still a marginal option in this matchup.
Sleeper: Bills D/ST (league-leading 9 INTs, Cleveland has allowed at least three sacks in every game.)


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Simon Grayson claimed daylight robbery 'would be an understatement' in describing Nottingham Forest's fortunate FA Cup victory over his Preston side.
Former North End boss Billy Davies made a victorious return to Deepdale and saw his Forest side extend their unbeaten run to 14 games in all competitions with a 2-0 victory thanks to Jamie Mackie's first-half strike and substitute Darius Henderson's late goal.
However, before the fifth-round date at Sheffield United was set in stone, Preston threw the proverbial kitchen sink at their opponents, who survived a couple of penalty shouts for handball and needed two dramatic Jamaal Lascelles blocks late on and the assistance of the woodwork to keep out Grayson's spirited team.
"We said to the players before they went out 'do yourself justice, do the club justice and put on a performance' and we certainly have done that," Grayson said.
"Everybody saw the commitment, the effort, the quality. To limit such a strong, powerful team as Nottingham Forest to the number of chances they had and to create the chances we did.it was an understatement that it was daylight robbery today."
Grayson avoided attributing defeat to the decisions which the Lilywhites failed to benefit from, even if he was adamant Greg Halford's handball in the area from a Kevin Davies shot should have been awarded as a penalty.
The ex-Leeds boss added: "It didn't bounce for us; we certainly didn't get decisions that we felt could have gone our way - penalty shouts, two handballs, a push in the back on Kevin Davies from Halford. Decisions didn't go our way but if you're going to lose a match you go down with a fight, and we certainly did that."
There was sympathy too from Billy Davies, who twice came so close to leading North End to the top flight when he was in Grayson's position only to suffer play-off heartbreak on each occasion.
The Forest boss has, though, now only lost once to Preston in his 10 games against them with either his current club or Derby, although he counted this result as perhaps his luckiest escape to date.
"I think the best team lost," the Scot claimed.
"On the night we didn't show enough quality, we didn't compete as well as the home team and you've got to feel sorry for them because they deserved to win the match. End of."
Conditions were more conducive to an old-fashioned spirited cup tie, and Davies added: "It was a typical cup tie night of football, the rain was pouring down, the wind was blowing, the pitch was soggy and they handled it better.
"Their attitude was excellent, their energy was good and the best team lost."
The Blades are next up for Davies' side and that fixture will be an intriguing one given their manager Nigel Clough's ties to both Forest and their bitter rivals Derby.
"It doesn't matter (who it is), we're in the next round," Davies countered.
"Home or away I'm just delighted to get in the next round, it'll be a very difficult game again and we look forward to another cup game."
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And, last night, she brings it up, again, that Christmas was all our fault, and she was just going to purchase her own Mother's Day gifts because we were obviously incapable.
<snip>But the core of the problem seems to be that your mother is determined to be unhappy about *whatever* you get her, and that's not something you can resolve yourself.
While the complaints about the gift are rude, is it possible that she wants your dad to want to be involved in the picking out of the gift that's coming from him? He's her husband - I'd be a bit offended if someone else picked out and bought a gift that he just put his name on it - like I wasn't worth the effort.
Your mother has a Grievance. Sounds like she will always have a Grievance. She's Unappreciated, and you aren't Respectful of all the Sacrifices she has made. (emphasis mine)You aren't going to change her. A bright, perky - "I'm sorry you didn't like it, Mom. We really thought you would, since you're such an avid reader. Did you hear that the neighbor's cat had kittens?". For Mother's Day, pick out a nice card and maybe some cut flowers. When (not if) she complains, another bright, perky - "Well, I'm terrible at finding things you like, and I didn't want to get you something you wouldn't use. Want a kitten?"Do NOT react. Do not show her that her evil plan is working ... don't reward the whining.
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Please welcome special guest Henry Middlebrook to the virtual offices today! Henry is the red-hot hero of Theresa Romain's It Takes Two to Tangle.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in five words or less.
[Henry] Determined. Embattled but not defeated.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you share a typical day in the life of Henry Middlebrook?
[Henry] I wish such a thing as a typical day existed for me. During my years in the army, I could rely on a steady routine of early rising, marching, camping, shouting, helping, and any other verb that might occur to a person. Since selling my commission, I have found life among the ton in London to be less dangerous but more unsettling. At the moment, I reside with my brother the Earl of Tallant and tolerate his excessive helpfulness. It is kindly meant—and with one arm useless, I need more help than I care to admit. Nothing from correspondence to paying calls to dressing to dancing is the same as it used to be before wartime and my recent injury.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words come to mind when you think of Frances?
[Henry] Stubborn, brilliant, unexpected.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you find most exasperating about her?
[Henry] She wants my trust, but she won't give me hers. In the years since she was widowed, she has relied on her own wits and scraped by at the edge of respectability as companion to her wealthy cousin. She is proud of the life she's built on her own terms, and quite rightly. But secrets have become a habit with her. How I shall ever convince her to trust me, I don't know. I shall probably have to spill a few secrets of my own…
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ClubCorp welcomes to its family Elizabeth Barker-Pinapfel, the new General Manager at Countryside Country Club in Clearwater, Florida.
Elizabeth comes to Countryside from New York, where she most recently served as General Manager at Pelham Bay and Split Rock Golf Courses located in Pelham Bay Park, New York City's largest park. In her role there, Elizabeth was not only responsible for club facility operations but for the initial club set-up after an $11 million renovation as well as branding the property and building awareness for the newly created banquet facility.
During that time, she also served on the Bronx Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and as the Chairwoman of the membership committee. Additionally, she played active roles in The Boy Scouts of America, Irish Business Organization, The Mount Vernon Chamber, and the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee and was on the Board of Advisors for the American Lung Association. Dedicated to working with and for the local community, Elizabeth has been honored several times, including being named by The Irish Voice as one of The 50 Most Influential Women 2011.
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People in the Lower Valley who need help with sleeping issues can find relief thanks to a new specialist and sleep lab at Sunnyside Community Hospital.
Dr. Bryan Santiago, a specialist in sleep medicine, is currently working at the Grandview Medical Center. He is able to conduct home sleep tests now, and will be able to do more once the new lab is completed on the Sunnyside Community Hospital campus.
The new facility, which will cost more than $600,000, including recruitment, construction, equipment and training, is slated to be completed in early February 2014. It's located on hospital property at the corner of Edison Avenue and 11th Street.
The building will feature two sleep center suites with private baths. Each suite will be able to serve two patients each night, monitored by the polysomnographic technologists who conduct overnight studies on those with suspected sleeping disorders.
Spokesperson for the hospital, Sandra Linde, said there is a high demand in this area for sleep studies. There are waiting lists for the sleep centers in both Yakima and the Tri-Cities, and now there is an increasing demand for "clearance" studies for commercial truck drivers, airplane pilots, train conductors and boat captains due to sleep deprivation standards.
"The addition of this facility to our area should greatly increase the turnaround time for diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders for patients in the entire region," said Linde.
Santiago's sleep expertise is already helping area residents. He has been interpreting home sleep studies, which allow patients to remain in the comfort of their own homes while being tested for sleep apnea. When the new sleep center is completed, Santiago will have a complete set of tools to diagnose a wide variety of sleep issues in patients.
Sleeping issues can cause serious health problems, affecting a person's quality of life. With the new center, more people in the Lower Valley will be able to have sleep issues diagnosed and treatment prescribed.
"The Sunnyside Community Hospital & Clinics has made expanding services to the region a goal," said Linde. "Our patient population should not have to wait for and travel great distances to receive service. We are striving to increase access to care for the entire region."
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Doughnuts in space!!
chute work
At least link the guys [copenhagen...bitals.com] that made it happen.
liftoff went well, tho it was a bit wobbly there early on but at least it didn't flip over or sink back down like some of those entertaining V2 and other rocket test movies on youtube.
The parachute failed to deploy properly, so hard to say what they will have for recovery, and hard to say if they have some flotation devices, but I assume so.
But well done all the same. A lot better than pretty much everyone else has done on their first rocket test.
Apparently the parachute problem happened because the launch was aborted. This made the parachute deploy at high speed, rather than at top of the trajectory where speed is low. It is ok to lose the parachute for the booster this way, but obviously they need to solve the problem for the crew module. Controlled abort is one of the great things about their current rocket, and it would be a bit counterproductive if an abort ended in impact after a few km of freefall.
and hard to say if they have some flotation devices
If they had used Bender instead of a dummy, they could have used his ass as a flotation device!
Have you been able to find what altitude they reached?
I can't seem to find that information anywhere.
Video from the launch.
(Danish commentary, but english "on air" sound).
I love the sound of booster rockets
For an amateur effort, this was great! You learn from your failures, and I'm sure they will have better success with their next launch. My best wishes to them!
I never understood why people with your mindset would ever read a site like slashdot.
Vonce rockets go up, who cares vhere zey come down?
Zat's not my department! Says Werner von Braun.
Q: How many IBM CPU's does it take to execute a job? A: Four; three to hold it down, and one to rip its head off.


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Case 3 never ends, yet now comes ...
CASE 4 - The World-Honored One Points To The Earth
A temple is built by a blade of grass, every grass-tip and every grain of dust holding all the earth, all the Buddha's body, all time and space ...
Our theme here at Treeleaf is "All of Life is our Temple" ...
Can we learn to see every bit of this life and world, every inch, as Sacred, one's Practice Place, the Temple?
QUESTIONS: What place, action or person in your life could you come to see as Sacred, one's Practice Place, the Temple, though presently hard to see as such?
In fact, what part of your life do you feel could never be Sacred, one's Practice Place, the Temple, no matter how much you try?
Gassho, J
PS - A couple of notes:
- We've decided to close (lock) the discussion on older 'Book of Equanimity' threads after 2 or 3 weeks so that we all are together, and don't have a dozen conversations going on at once. Newcomers can just jump in where we are, and also read the Koans and discussion that came before.
- Taigu and I think the hard schedule of posting a new Koan each Friday is a bit forced, so we will let the schedule be a bit more fluid and organic. In other words, we may let some threads go on for some days or longer ... until the moment is right to move on.


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Getting stuck traveling on the roads in and out of Central London at rush hour is a frustrating experience.
With 8 million people living in the city and another 1 million commuting to work each day, it is no wonder that some people have decided that taking to the air by helicopter is an excellent way to escape the congestion. So, as in many cities across the world, wealthy individuals and business executives increasingly use helicopters to ensure that their time and money is not wasted in traffic jams. The work is a critical source of income relied upon by helicopter charter operators.
But now there are concerns that these operators could face pressure if tighter restrictions come into play. Politicians in London, including Mayor Boris Johnson, have called for a review of helicopter operations over the city following the fatal crash of an Agusta A109 helo on Jan. 16. Two people, including the pilot, were killed and several more on the ground were injured when the aircraft—operated by executive charter company Rotormotion Ltd.—struck a tower crane in poor visibility as it was diverting into the London Heliport in Battersea. Video footage and images on social media websites showed chaotic scenes of burning wreckage and flame-charred vehicles.
Although an interim report by U.K. accident investigators highlights that the operator's client that day suggested abandoning the flight because of inclement weather, companies understandably fear that any review coming out of such high-exposure events can bring tightened regulations that further squeeze their operations, which have already dwindled in the wake of the U.K.'s economic woes.
And their fears are well-founded. When a light aircraft flew into an apartment building in New York in 2006, the FAA placed tougher restrictions on light aircraft using some aviation corridors around the city.
According to Civil Aviation Authority statistics, helicopter traffic across London has dropped compared with 2007 and 2008. In July 2008, the number of helicopter movements traveling through or using the heliport was more than 4,300, while the highest recorded in 2012 was less than half that, with just more than 2,000 movements.
Londoners already hate helicopters, a view shared by residents of New York, Los Angeles and other major cities worldwide. This dislike has been further heightened by concerns over the recent crash, despite it being the first helicopter accident ever recorded in urban London.
"Any review raised over helicopter operations in London is a knee-jerk reaction," says Michael Hampton, managing director of helicopter operator Capital Air Services. "London's airspace is extremely well-controlled and tightly regulated and the helicopter routes are very well-defined.
"Any changes or reductions from a review would be very damaging to the helicopter charter industry, which depends on flying customers into London. We are only just getting over the impact of the economic downturn of 2008, and more recently the Olympics, which forced a reduction in helicopter operations into London. It would also send a very sad message to the business community and rest of the world," adds Hampton.
Helicopter operations over London are among the most tightly controlled in Europe and the world. Busy airspace over the city means helicopters are required to use heli-lanes that follow the River Thames. There are limits imposed on capacity, timing and routes, while local authorities routinely hold statutory consultative committee meetings to air any specific concerns. Single-engine helicopters face restrictions and can operate only a short distance away from the river as a precaution against engine failure. Twin-engine types have greater freedom of operation, and so are used by the Metropolitan Police and London's Air Ambulance. But even these vital services are criticized for their noise levels. The Metropolitan Police Air Support Unit has a Twitter account to justify the noise it makes to upset Londoners.
Politicians have tried to regulate the use of helicopters over the city in the past. In 1991, a parliamentary bill was tabled to create greater planning controls on heliports, to restrict noise levels and control the use of helicopters. Back then the concern was the increase in ad-hoc landing sites appearing across the city, while planning committees in different parts of London were investigating the potential for more heliport locations, such was the demand for helicopters.
The bill was unsuccessful, but so too was the plan to build more heliports, leaving Battersea Heliport, now known as the London Heliport, to deal with the inbound helicopter traffic alone. U.K. operators and those in other major cities anxiously await any review of regulations.


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OXNARD (AP) — Mike Jenkins insists he never asked to be traded by the Dallas Cowboys, even as the former Pro Bowl cornerback did his rehabilitation elsewhere during the offseason while the team added two prominent players at his position.
There were numerous reports that Jenkins wanted to be dealt while he stayed home in Florida after offseason shoulder surgery. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones repeatedly said that wouldn't happen, and Jenkins said nothing to dispel talk of a trade demand while at the team's mandatory minicamp in June.
"Y'all haven't gotten any quotes out of me yet. As long as it hasn't come from my mouth, I don't understand how a lot of people come up with a lot of things," Jenkins said Monday, the first day of training camp practices. "But that's not my job. My focus right now is to get better and to help the team out."
Jenkins, a first-round pick in 2008 who went to the Pro Bowl the next year, is going into the final season of his rookie contract. It comes after the Cowboys signed free agent Brandon Carr to a $50 million, five-year deal in March and traded up in April's draft to get LSU All-American cornerback Morris Claiborne sixth overall.
Claiborne was working with the first-team defense when training camp opened.
Third-year receiver Dez Bryant was back on the field two weeks after his arrest on suspicion of assaulting his mother during an argument. His mother, who made a 911 call, has since said that she doesn't want authorities to pursue family violence charges against her son.
With pending legal issues, and still the possibility of NFL or team discipline, Cowboys officials said Bryant wasn't available for interviews. Bryant walked off the field after practice without talking to reporters.
While Bryant didn't talk, Jenkins spoke publicly for the first time since last season, when he started 12 games in an injury-decimated secondary and missed all four November games with a hamstring injury.
Jenkins acknowledged that the additions of Carr and Claiborne were a bit of a shock to him and that "at first" he got a sense that the Cowboys weren't happy with him.
"At the same time, I understand. It's a business" Jenkins said. "There is nothing I can do about it. You've got to respect (Jones). He brought me in. I respect him. He gave me a chance to showcase myself."
The reason Jones is steadfast in wanting to keep Jenkins is that the owner envisions him being part of a formidable cornerback rotation even if he's not starting.
"We won a Super Bowl (in the 1990s) with a real rotation in the defensive line. Some really fine player," Jones said. "What if Mike could be a part of a corner group that, because of the skill level, could be an outstanding corner group? He's a free agent. He could be part of quite a story and, in doing so, greatly enhance his stature as far as the NFL is concerned. We know that he's capable physically of doing that."
Jones also raised the possibility of Jenkins remaining past this season.
When asked about the idea of staying in Dallas long term, Jenkins said that wasn't part of his thought process now.
"Wherever I end up, I'm just ready to play and help that team out. I don't know if it's here. If it's anywhere else, I just have to go with it," he said. "I'm not really worried about that right now. The only thing I am worried about right now is to get myself healthy. … Wherever I am at, I'm just ready to help out."
Coach Jason Garrett said Jenkins is getting his shoulder stronger and that his range of motion is better. The coach expressed hope that Jenkins could practice in the next week or two and get into a game before the end of the preseason.
Jenkins expects to have a better idea on that after returning to Florida later this week to meet with Dr. James Andrews, the doctor who did his shoulder surgery. Jenkins said he remained in Florida instead of returning to Texas for his rehab to be close to his doctor.
"I was familiar with him. It was only right for me to stay with the guy who was doing my surgery," Jenkins said.
Now that he is back with his teammates, Jenkins plans to be positive, even though he doesn't know how things will turn out and is unsure on Jones' contention that his value could be enhanced as part of a cornerback rotation.
"I am here with the Cowboys. I am a part of this organization. I am just going to start focusing with that," Jenkins said. "I don't care whatever everybody else says. I just care about this organization because this is where I am at."
NOTES: RB Felix Jones, WR Andre Holmes and newly acquired S Brodney Pool failed the team's conditioning test and have not been cleared to practice. Jones is coming off shoulder surgery. When asked if he was surprised, Garrett responded, "We anticipate all of our players being able to pass our conditioning test.'" The trio worked on conditioning with a trainer during practice. They will have to pass the conditioning test, a series of timed dashes, before being able to practice. … S Gerald Sensabaugh, who had what he called a minor right knee procedure two weeks ago, was on the field. He passed the conditioning test but isn't cleared to do everything yet.


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|Assistant Athletic Trainer
|3rd Year
|Alma Mater:
|Northeastern University '09
Katie O'Sullivan, ATC, LAT is now in her third year as the assistant athletic trainer at the University of Massachusetts Boston. O'Sullivan serves as the primary contact for player rehabilitation, acute care, and game day coverage for UMass Boston's 18 varsity programs.
Since arriving at UMass in October of 2010, O'Sullivan has helped establish new protocols for the department as well as conduct research which has paved the way for facility upgrades including a brand new gym floor in the Clark Athletic Center.
No stranger to the Division III world, O'Sullivan served as the Assistant Athletic Trainer at Simmons College before making the jump to the harbor campus. Prior to her arrival at Simmons she served as an Athletic Training Co-Op Student at Division I Harvard University.
Known throughout the athletic training world as a tireless worker, O'Sullivan has also worked with the Cape Cod Baseball League, which is regarded as one of the top professional prospect leagues in the country. She has also worked as a Physical Therapy Aide at Sports Center Physical Therapy in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
O'Sullivan graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in Athletic Training. In her senior year she served as a presenter for the Northeastern University Research and Scholarship Expo. O'Sullivan currently holds multiple athletic training certifications from both the state of Massachusetts and from the national organization.


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There's no denying that Rush have been around for a long time. I know a lot of bands who would enjoy just one-tenth of the longevity Rush has seen over the past decades.
So, what's the band's secret to staying around? Speaking with Grammy.com, Rush bass player and vocalist Geddy Lee said that he's not exactly sure!
"It's a little mysterious to me," Lee said. "There's a particular obvious chemical reaction we have with each other as players. We all like making the same kind of music, which I think is the one thing that kills a lot of bands: the fact that their tastes start changing, and the thing they want to put in their music is not something the other guys agree with. We don't have that problem here.
"The other thing that breaks up most bands is interpersonal relationships. We don't have that problem either, because we do get along well and we respect each other. Most of the time the biggest concern we have is, who is going to say something funnier? Where we get into one-upmanship is in the comedy department, not the music department. I think those things combined have really helped keep this band going."
Geddy Lee recently claimed the top spot on Gibson's list of the Top 10 Metal and Hard Rock Bass Players. Check out the full list here.


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Also at Monday's meeting, the commissioners learned that plans for a new town hall are at a standstill
The Belville Board of Commissioners heard a plea from residents for a town recycling program Monday but didn't hold out much hope that one would be started.
Resident Stuart Smith said there was "no communication from the town" regarding the matter, adding that recycling is "the right thing to do" to divert waste from landfills.
Another resident, Warren Frazier, said Belville is alone in failing to host a curbside recycling program.
But Mayor Pro Tem Charles Bost said the town did approach residents with a recycling proposal in the past, and the response was minimal at best.
"It was an all or nothing proposal" he said. "Everyone participates in it or no one participates in it."
Also at Monday's meeting, the commissioners learned that plans for a new town hall are at a standstill because the proposed purchase of two properties – one a vacant lot on Poole Road, the other condominium space at their current location on Olde Waterford Way – would come with provisions that Town Attorney Jim Eldridge and board members deemed too restrictive.
The town is now trying to renegotiate the deal.
The commissioners also discussed the Brunswick Riverwalk project, which will be presented to the public at a meeting in September, and heard about reservations some residents have about it.
The riverwalk is a proposed walking trail along the Brunswick River with a restaurant and shops. It's projected to cost $4.8 million, with the town's share at $680,000 before grants.
Mayor Mike Allen read part of a letter sent in from resident Mike McAllister that expressed some of his concerns about the riverwalk project's budget impact. "This (budget) money should not be used on a project that has been not be approved by the people," he wrote, adding he thinks the money "should be spent on other things that are needed in our town."
While most people in attendance at Monday's meeting agreed that the riverwalk project would be a great addition to the town, some agreed with McAllister when it came to the priority of the project.
Resident Donna Ibbs told Allen, "The riverwalk – that's fine, but we need to concentrate on more important things right now."
But Allen said investment in the project will have a high return rate for the town, adding, "The revenue will be a big asset to Belville and keep the tax rate low."
Allen pointed out the budget that the commissioners approved Monday for the coming fiscal year keeps the property tax rate at the current 6.883 cents per $100 of value. The budget was set at $765,000.
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Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the deficit-reduction champions, have dominated the fiscal-cliff conversation in the media so far, after having co-chaired a committee designed to find ways to slash the nation's debt.
But has the public really been paying attention? And what if the public was presented with a totally made-up plan, using the names of another pair of Democratic and Republican ex-lawmakers, like, say, Leon Panetta and Conrad Burns?
The polling firm Public Policy Polling decided to test the latter proposition. An amazing 25% of Americans in a national poll say they have an opinion on the Panetta/Burns plan — which again, to stress, doesn't exist. So far 8% approve and 17% disapprove, and interestingly, that is a lot worse than the actual Bowles-Simpson plan, which has the support of 23% and the disapproval of 16%.
Also unknown by Team America: Grover Norquist. Only 15% have a favorable opinion of the anti-tax crusader to 37% with a negative one. Some 48% don't have a view at all.
- Steve Goldstein
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Not long after our return from Sydney in 1968, Christine and I decided to rent a small house out in the country, in a commune named Houdan, 43 km west of Versailles. This morning, I was thrilled to discover that the neighborhood in which we lived, named Mocsouris, can be seen through Google Maps. Here's the setting as you leave Houdan on the road towards Gambais:
This is a view from the street of the actual house that we rented:
I remember above all that it was a terribly chilly house. The water in our radiators was heated by a coal-fueled stove, which I had to stoke up every evening, and the thermal efficiency of this archaic system was not far above zero.
I traveled daily to my work in Paris by train. After six months or so of this rural existence, we decided to get back to civilization. So, we bought an old flat right in the middle of Paris, in the rue Rambuteau. But I retain fond memories of that brief stay out in the country, near the main highway between Paris and Brittany.


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Genealogy Society wins award for book
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- Published on 11 November 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Franklin County Genealogy Society won third place in the Partner Society book awards at the Texas State Genealogical Society's annual conference in Round Rock in October.
The group won the award with their book Fairview Church and Cemetery by Martha Hare and Veronica Jordan. Wayne and Linda Bryan and Veronica Jordan accept an award for local genealogy group. For more information, see the Nov. 7 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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The first plywood bat? Came out of an execs office when they shut down the Cooper plant. Looks like something they may have tried but never got out into the field. If any body knows something, feel free to pass it on. Always looking for info on it, so far no luck.


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I'm confused again. I think I'm not seeing things that others do see. Which is probably better than seeing things that others do not see, at least psychiatrically speaking.
i WANT bieber to be the dad. purely for my personal amusement. and for the record, if someone came out and said my man was their kid's dad, i would make them take the paternity test because if he has nothing to hide, it should be no trouble what-so-ever. if he didnt take it, it may be grounds for a break up.
yesterday on sabado gigante. yes i watch that with my mami. lol. there is a "maury" segment where they do paternity tests and this dude was 15 when the kid was born and he was now 33 and the kid is 18. The kid suspected that this man (on the show) was his dad and demanded a paternity test. The kid looked soooooo much like the man, but as it turned out, the man was NOT the father.
Justin Bieber
Will Take DNA Test
And Then Sue His Accuser
Justin Bieber will take a DNA test in two weeks when he returns to the United States to prove he is not Mariah Yeater's baby daddy -- and after that, Justin and his team are going after her in court ... sources directly connected with Justin tell TMZ.
Justin is in Europe now so he can't take the test until he returns ... but he is determined to put an end to what he says is a bogus scandal.
Our sources say Justin's lawyer, Howard Weitzman, contacted Yeater's attorneys Friday and conveyed the DNA test WILL happen. We're told Justin and his team are so serious ... they directed Weitzman to find a lab to do the test and Weitzman has already selected one.
Once the test shows Justin is not the daddy, Justin and his team will sue her. We're told Yeater's lawyers appeared "nervous" when they heard the news. This may explain why Yeater's lawyers went underground yesterday and did not return TMZ's calls.
Sources say Bieber and his team think it's important to file a lawsuit against Yeater to show there are consequences when somebody trumps up phony, hurtful allegations against a celebrity.
The 10 Sexiest Pictures Of Justin Bieber?s Dad
He looks good for his age/like a huge d bag.
I read Selena did break up with Justin. Did I read that here? Or am I making things up?
According to TMZ, hes taking the test and then suing the fuck out of her
That's good, he needs more money. Especially from a crazy single mom.
How is the little fucker going to get any money out of her? What a prick. You wanted to be a star, you little talentless fuck, this is what comes with it. Grow some stones and move on.
She should lose the kid.
She will still incur court costs. I don't doubt for a second that Bieber uses his celebrity to take advantage of people, especially young women.
And since he's the one with the power and the money, I don't consider him a victim.
-Cap-n Meow upon finding out Beiber has a baby-
-Cap-n Meow will then proceed to not give a fuck-
If he's the daddy I hope he sues for custody and has the kid raised by a nanny. Or wolves, which would probably be preferable to what he's being raised by now.
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