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Quake Summit 2011 UB-NEES Site Tour and Test Demonstrations
Saturday June 11, 2011following the Quake Summit closing sessions, UB-NEES hosted over 100 Quake Summit participants for a multi-hour tour of the
UB-NEES site. CSEE Professor Andre Filiatrault provided detailed descriptions and research applications of the major UB-NEES equipment systems including the
Twin Re-configurable Shake Tables, The Nonstructural Component Simulator (NCS), the 1-G Geotechnical Laminar Box and the Reaction Wall/Strong Floor/Actuator
testing systems. This was followed by Shake Table and NCS equipment system test demonstrations.
For more information please go here.
Quake Summit 2011-Student Mentoring Workshop
Thursday, June 9, 2011 A major EOT activity held during Quake Summit 2011, was the Student Mentoring Session
and Workshop on instrumentation, calibration and testing organized and hosted by the UB-NEES site. The workshop,
attracted approximately 56 domestic and international students
that were accompanied by many of the NEES site PI's and NSF's Dr. Joy Pauschke.
For more information please go here.
BEAM Grand Challenge 2011
May, 2011in conjunction with the UB-School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), UB-NEES
led and participated in a major event at the annual BEAM competition targeting Western New York High School minority students.
This year, approximately 90 local high school minority students participated, representing ~14 local high schools. This UB-BEAM
event involves all of the engineering departments in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (Civil, Aero-Mechanical, Electrical,
Industrial, Bio, Computer Engineering, etc…) each establishing a discipline specific venue challenging students to complete an engineering
task and answer engineering technical and trivia questions related to the specific engineering venue.
For more information please go here.
Congresswoman Kathy Hochul Visits the UB-NEES Laboratory
Tuesday, June 28, 2011: newly elected Congresswoman Kathy Hochul visited and toured the UB-NEES
laboratory, escorted by UB President Satish Tripathy. Her visit with President Tripathy was hosted in relation to
UB's 2020 program. This visit has afforded UB-NEES with some initial visibility, at the federal congressional level
with more anticipated during future visits, as Congresswoman Hochul indicated.
For more information, please, click here.
SEESL/NEES@Buffalo YouTube Channel
Thursday, May 20, 2010: A SEESL/NEES@Buffalo YouTube Channel has been created where you will be able to see videos and news coeverage of some the tests done here.
For more information, please, click here.
UB "Science Exploration Day" 2009 at SEESL
Wednesdau, March 11, 2009 Approximately 40 Western New York high school students, participating in UB's-23rd "Science Exploration Day" toured UB's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL), in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSEE). They also observed a simulated earthquake, employing a "Mini-Shake Table", subjecting a sub-scale 27-story building to a seismographic record from the 1995 Kobe Earthquake.
For more information please go here.
Instrumentation Society of America (ISA)
On Thursday, January 8th 2009, 24-members of the regional chapter of the "Instrumentation Society of America" (ISA) attended a presentation and tour of the UB-NEES/SEESL facility. Ms. Jenine Trzewieczynski UB's School of Engineering Assistant Director of Development attended the session to express the school's gratitude for a $500.00 scholarship just granted to the school by ISA.
Hutchinson Central Technical High School
On December 4th 2008, approximately 40 minority students from the Hutchinson Central Technical High School visited UB-NEES/SEESL for a presentation and facility tour to learn about earthquake engineering and career opportunities. The attending school councilors expressed their appreciation as the experience reinforced what the students were learning in the classroom and opening their eyes and minds to possible areas of endeavor.
Dedication of the University at Buffalo Nonstructural Components Simulator (UB-NCS)
October 12, 2007 MCEER, NEES and SEESL hosted a Symposium on Seismic Regulations and Challenges for Protecting Building Equipment, Components & Operations. This program marked the dedication of the University at Buffalo's new Nonstructural Components Simulator (UB-NCS). The Symposium, which was free and open to building equipment manufacturers, engineers and related practitioners, aimed to help improve understanding of recent changes to building design codes, which now require seismic qualification of mechanical and electrical equipment. The Symposium was followed by a dedication and demonstration of the UB-NCS, which provides unique capabilities to help address equipment qualification issues.
A Unique Educational Experience for Community College Students in the Engineering and Construction of Woodframe Structures for Seismic Performance
During phases 4 and 6 of construction of the NEESWood project, in July and August 2006 respectively, twenty-four (24) students from the SUNY-ECC "Construction Management Engineering Technology (CMET), Civil Engineering Technology and Building Management/Building Trades Programs," organized in three (3) groups, were responsible for the installation of the gypsum wall board on the interior walls (perimeter-phase 3; interior & ceiling phase-4) of the 2-story townhouse.
For more information please go here.
CIE616 - EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN STRUCTURAL ENG., University at Buffalo, 140 Ketter Hall:
Course intended to introduce students to experimental methods, test planning, model preparation, loading systems, instrumentation, data acquisition and data processing. The course covers aspects of static and structural dynamics problems. Advance methods of testing will include hybrid techniques for substructure testing which combine simultaneous physical and numerical simulations. Elements of modal testing and nondestructive methods will be introduced. The course provides several "hands-on" applications in laboratory using testing and computing equipment. The students get acquainted with the following subjects: (1) Similitude, modeling and dimensional analysis (1wk), (2) Measurement systems, statistical and error analysis (1wk); (3). Test Planing, design and implementation - test protocols (1 wk); (4) Structural and Materials testing - steel, timber, plastics, concrete, etc.(1wk); (5) Loading Systems - set-ups, loading devices, actuators, control, etc. (2wk); (6) Instrumentation - mechanical, electrical, electronic (2wk); (7) Data Acquisition - analog and digital (1wk); (8) Computerized data processing - numerical and graphical (1wk); (9) Data archiving and curating- data quality control (1 wk) Instructor: Prof. A.M. Reinhorn, Fall Semester 2004, Spring 2007
Seminar on State of the Art of Shaking Table Tests of Wood Buildings in Japan
Friday, August 25th, 2006: MCEER, UB-EERI, MCEER SLC and UB-CSEE have hosted a Seminar by Dr. Hiroshi Isoda
Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture & Civil Engineering Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan on "State of the Art of Shaking Table Tests of Wood Buildings in Japan". Which had complemented nicely the ongoing NEESWood testing in SEESL lab. For more information about the seminar and to view the archived webcast please go here.
Seminar on Seismic Analysis of Woodframe Structures
Friday, June 9th, 2006: MCEER, UB-EERI, MCEER SLC and UB-CSEE have hosted a Seminar by Dr. Bryan Folz, Program Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, B.C., Canada, on "Seismic Analysis of Woodframe Structures". Which had complemented nicely the ongoing NEESWood testing in SEESL lab. For more information about the seminar and to view the archived webcast please go here.
Thursday, May 18th, 2006:
Two UB Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSEE) undergraduate students, Dave Keller and Charles Ekiert, visited Hamburg Middle School in Hamburg, NY to discuss earthquake engineering, after a brief overview of civil engineering, to over 250 sixth graders. The visit was coordinated by 6th grade science teacher Sherry Pfohl, who approached Dave with the idea at a CSEE open house this past semester.
For more detailed information, please, click here
UB-NEES Training Workshop:
Research at the UB-NEES Versatile Large Scale Hybrid Testing Laboratory - "A Users Perspective"
This workshop is designed for researchers and industry members of the earthquake engineering community as prospective users of the UB-NEES Site. It will provide a comprehensive overview of UB's "Versatile Large Scale Hybrid Testing Facility" and include instruction and demonstrations on the applications, performance and operation of the twin 6-DOF shake tables, dynamic and static actuators, digital and analog controllers, data acquisition systems and instrumentation. Instruction in and the applications of Real Time Dynamic Hybrid Testing (RTDHT) will be included.
Please click here for more information
Announcing a Comprehensive Training Program on the Operation of a Structural Dynamics Testing Facility
The University at Buffalo NEES-Site, in conjunction with the Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory (SEESL), in the Department of Civil Structural and Environmental Engineering (CSEE) announced a training program hosting researchers or technical staff for intensive training in the operation of a structural dynamics testing facility. This hands-on training program includes two stages of instruction: one academic and the other practical laboratory experimentation. The first two candidates who successfully completed a six month program were Hassan Aknouche and Abdelhalim Airouche of the Algerian CGS (Centre National de Recherche Appliquée en Génie Parasismique, Alger, Algeria). For further details
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Man... another Serb here... boy oh boy... they're soon going to start booting us out, since putting too many Serbs together could lead to some heavy boozing!
James, There is always some Slivovica for our Romanian brother... no adoption required (but I'm not sharing the Cevapi). LOL
Well, slivovica is plum brandy like tuica isn't it? That's good. If I'm not mistaken cevapi are little spiced minced meat roll things cooked over charcoal? If so, that's pretty much what mici are. Why would you want to deny me those? (Now I'm tempted to turn Croat ). Do Serbs have something like sarmale? They're cabbage leaves (usually salted like sauerkraut) stuffed with minced meat, rice, herbs and cooked in a large pot with tomatoes. If so, denying me those would be tantamount to a declaration of war.James
It's Russian! Holupki, Holushki, kapusta...it's all cabbage, in the end.
O.K. People... what is wrong with you.. can you stop talking about this food... you are making me hungry...Sivi Sokol... actually I do not mind Pelinkovac..Hladetina is not nice... but it would go well after a night on Pelinkovac LOL.
www.pelinkovac.co.yu It is BITTER AS A SERBIAN MOTHER IN LAW It is Yugoslav, from Vojvodina (Northern Serbia)..Really really BITTER (acrimonious, poignant, acerb, unpalatable, austere).... very much so.
Rachiu=Rakija (Rakiya)Oh, James, Romanians and Serbs have much in-common...I think that it would be fair to say that we influence one another. Plus we all have a lot of greek-isms and turk-ism and german-isms... so... what can we do?... Use whatever you like LOLJust don't ask for more
You two have hijacked my technical problem!!!!
(we need the hard currency so we can evangelize the Greeks... they still think that their cheeze is better than ours... now that view needs a change.
SV,I'm going to get in big trouble here... but I prefer the Bulgarian, over the Serb and Greek Cheeses!!!
Cascaval?!! You mean Ka-ìkavalj (pron. CACHKAVALY) LOLAre you sure Romanians are not slavs? LOL
Does your name for eat mean anything in Serbian
WE BROUGHT CHEEZE WITH US!!! Everyone knows that! LOLAnd then you said:"Hmmmmmm this is so goooood" And stole it... shame on you!Funny thing is that Romanians being non-slavs and being surrounded by slavs (well atleast on Serbo-Bulgarian Side) never had any problems with Slavs (Southern Slavs that is - Serbs, Montengrians, Slavic Macedonians (Greeks please forgive, I jus dont know how to call them), Croats, Bulgarians). While we slavs managed to do lot of stuff that was not so nice to eachother.Also, Romanians are only Romanic (as a group of people, Anglo-Saxonic, Germanic, Romanic, Slavic, Hungro-Finish...) people that are Orthodox. This is a great thing. I am not very aware of the similarities. I come from Bosnia. But I am sure that Serbs from the border area (with Romania) would be able to witness a whole bunch of things that are the same or very similar. Faith is one of them.
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The New York Mets return home from a 7-4 road trip to face the Washington Nationals in a three-game series, with Matt Harvey going against left-hander Ross Detwiler.
The Mets are 5.5 games behind the Nationals in the standings, and four behind in the loss column. Yes, it sounds odd, perhaps premature to think, but a sweep could change the complexion of the NL East standings and maybe the Mets' season.
A strong close to the first half could get them inside ten games below .500, which could bring some fun to Citi Field after the All-Star break. Too early to say playing meaningful baseball in September, but better than we thought a month ago.
Harvey, at 7-1, is an integral part of what the Mets are trying to do, and from his personal objective, a win tonight could go toward his being named a starter in the July 16 All-Star Game.
Harvey leads the NL with 112 strikeouts and MLB with opponent's batting average (.188) and WHIP (0.88). If not for a lack of run support that has him with eight no-decisions, he might already have double-digit victories and his position as All-Star starter would be secure.
With Harvey going Friday and Zack Wheeler on Sunday, it could be and early version of the "Futures Game,'' this weekend.
Incidentally, Wheeler is working with pitching coach Dan Warthen on not tipping his pitches. Just wondering why the Mets in his debut or at Triple-A Las Vegas didn't pick this up earlier.
METS MATTERS: Doc Gooden will be at Citi Field tonight for a book signing. … Ruben Tejada begins a rehab assignment this weekend. Terry Collins said Tejada isn't assured his job when he returns, claiming he has to beat out Omar Quintanilla, who has done nothing to warrant losing the starting position.
Here's tonight's Mets' batting order:
Eric Young, LF: Hitting .556 (5-for-9) with RISP since joining the Mets.
Daniel Murphy, 2B: Hitting .276 (16-for-58) with RISP.
David Wright, 3B: Hit .326 (14-for-43) on the trip.
Marlon Byrd, RF: Has six homers in June, a career-high for him in any month.
Josh Satin, 1B: Hitting .273 while playing good defense. Is he a keeper?
John Buck, C: Is on a 2-for-24 slide.
Juan Lagares, CF: Looks as if center field job is his to lose. With his speed, I wouldn't mind seeing him getting a chance at hitting second and dropping Murphy into a RBI position.
Omar Quintanilla, SS: Takes a 0-for-13 slide into game.
Matt Harvey, RHP: Has reached the sixth inning or longer in 14 of 16 starts.
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The Laclede Group Announces the Sale of New England Gas Company to Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.
Feb 11, 2013, 06:20 ET
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Laclede Group, Inc. ("Laclede") today announced that Laclede has entered into an agreement ("New Agreement") with Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. ("APUC") that will allow an APUC subsidiary to assume Laclede's rights to purchase the assets of New England Gas Company ("NEG"), subject to certain approvals and conditions described below. NEG is a natural gas utility serving 50,000 customers in Massachusetts, an operating division of Southern Union Company ("Southern Union"), an affiliate of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Laclede announced on December 17, 2012 that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries had entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Southern Union to acquire the assets of NEG ("Initial Agreement").
"Algonquin shares our promise to maintain the high standards of safety, service and operational excellence for the customers and employees of New England Gas Company," said Suzanne Sitherwood, president and chief executive officer of Laclede. "While we had made plans for welcoming New England Gas Company into the Laclede family, Algonquin presented an offer to purchase New England Gas. In addition to being a strong utility operator like Laclede, Algonquin brings with it the advantage of already having operations in the region. Accordingly, this transaction will provide value to both our shareholders and NEG's customers, without affecting the rest of the acquisition."
APUC's acquisition of NEG is subject to approval from the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Laclede and Southern Union filed for regulatory approval with the department on January 24, 2013, and as a result of this agreement with APUC, the parties will work to amend that filing to include approval of APUC's acquisition of NEG.
The parties entered into a Consent Agreement reflecting, among other things, Southern Union's consent and agreement to facilitate APUC's acquisition of NEG by means of the New Agreement after all conditions to closing under the Initial Agreement as well as under the New Agreement have been satisfied. The Laclede subsidiary will remain obligated to acquire NEG pursuant to the terms of the Initial Agreement with Southern Union in the event that APUC is not able to satisfy all conditions to closing on or before October 14, 2013. The companies expect to close both of these transactions before the end of the third quarter of calendar 2013. The transactions do not impact Laclede's acquisition of Southern Union's Missouri Gas Energy division, also announced in December 2012. MGE is a natural gas utility serving over 500,000 customers in Kansas City and portions of Western Missouri.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is acting as financial advisor to Laclede.
The Laclede Group, Inc. (NYSE: LG), headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a public utility holding company. Its subsidiary, Laclede Gas Company, the regulated operations of which are included in the Regulated Gas Distribution segment, serves approximately 630,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in St. Louis City and parts of 10 counties in eastern Missouri. Laclede's primary non-utility business, Laclede Energy Resources, Inc., included in the Non-Regulated Gas Marketing segment, provides non-regulated natural gas services. Laclede Group is committed to pursuing growth through 1) developing and investing in emerging technologies; 2) investing in infrastructure; 3) acquiring businesses to which the Company can apply its operating model, and 4) leveraging its current business unit competencies. For more information about Laclede and its subsidiaries, visit www.TheLacledeGroup.com.
This news release may include certain statements concerning expectations for the future, including statements regarding the anticipated benefits and other aspects of the transaction described above, that are forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the management teams of Laclede or APUC. Among those is the risk that the transactions described above may not be consummated or that the anticipated benefits from the transactions cannot be fully realized. An extensive list of factors that can affect future results are discussed in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Laclede. Laclede does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect new information or events.
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While I adore the color (it's the perfect soft white w/ no yellow undertones), I can't decide if I'm in love with the new white look. It's probably the tile that's throwing me off! Mr. FC prefers the wood look. Then again if he had his way, our home would look like a fraternity house.
Is white always right?
While I adore the color (it's the perfect soft white w/ no yellow undertones), I can't decide if I'm in love with the new white look. It's probably the tile that's throwing me off! Mr. FC prefers the wood look. Then again if he had his way, our home would look like a fraternity house.
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I like it! I bet you'll come around to it too after you live with it for a few days. Sometimes change is scary ;)ReplyDelete
It looks amazing in white, you definitely made the right decision. Once you get the tile done it will be absolute perfection!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSat Jan 24, 07:30:00 PM
I really like the white, I think it looks good.ReplyDelete
Agree that the tile is blah -- the new insert and tile will make a big difference.
I think the white looks much better! (and it will definitely look nicer with new tiles, etc).ReplyDelete
Nice work!
The white, for sure! Love it!ReplyDelete
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I love the white!!! =)ReplyDelete
I say put the kibosh on Husband Frat Boy's wood obsession-- the white looks great! :)ReplyDelete
Can't wait to see what it looks like with a new insert and tile.
White IS right. Sorry, Mr. FC, you don't know what you're talking about. :) It looks gorgeous. P.S. I just noticed that you're a Jane Austen fan. Be careful...we may have to be best friends. :)ReplyDelete
I LOVES the white. I think it looks incredible against your walls. Once you get the tile done, I think it will be absolutly fabulous!!ReplyDelete
Why is it that most men love all things wood? Such a strange ailment.ReplyDelete
I love it white, definitely the right decision. I also think the rug is a perfect match to the tile, makes blend more with the entire room, in a good way.
Thumbs up from me!
I love the white, but mine is white also so....It looks better that way to me.ReplyDelete
Ok, love it! It looks 1000% better in white. I may be biased because I grew up in house full of that orangy colored oak - cabinets, trim, floors - and I have always hated it. I think white is timeless.ReplyDelete
I love the white!! I think once you replace the tile it will be perfect.ReplyDelete
Absolutely perfect! I love China White - I'm using that for all of the trim in my house. What's up with men (except for Michael) and their love for stained wood?ReplyDelete
We had a similar situation with 80s tile (but my hubby had to build me a mantel). We wound up ripping out the tile, putting in new drywall and repainting the fireplace part with high heat paint. It made such a HUGE difference and I think taking the tile out will help here too.ReplyDelete
I also love the white. It already looks 100x times better!ReplyDelete
And, I just may be tempted to take down the mirror and lean it against the mantle with some other overlapping frames!
I think the white is a huge improvement! once the tiles are changed out, it'll look gorgeous I'm sure.ReplyDelete
Fantastic! I absolutely love the white! The detailing stands out more for me in the satin white!ReplyDelete
Much better girl! Much much better. It looks brand spankin new - and the white makes the detail actually noticable! I definitely think it looks 100% better. Great job girl!ReplyDelete
It looks gorgeous. I do love some pretty wood, nicely stained - but this time I think white was the best decision. yeah!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMon Jan 26, 08:05:00 AM
I LOVe it. Such an improvement and the mantle looks great against your wall color.ReplyDelete
I like the white..crisp and clean! I think after the tile is done u will be happy...however, I don't think the tile looks bad at allReplyDelete
- AnonymousMon Jan 26, 08:33:00 AM
I love the white! And with the right tile, it's gonna look perfect. You made the right choice!ReplyDelete
I like the white so much better. Oh, and I can relate with you on the pinky-looking tile. Our current rental has it, and while it doens't look bad in our place, it is a little blah. Our new house will have faux-stone clading for a bit of interest.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMon Jan 26, 11:36:00 AM
I think it's unanimous. The white is SO much better.ReplyDelete
Yep. Add another vote that says yes for the white. With new tile and insert, I know you'll make it really pop.ReplyDelete
So crisp and clean! I love it! I do think you will like it better with new tile! Great job!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog through ASPTL and love it! I also love the white! Even with this tile it will look great when you warm it up a bit with some simple accessories. And with new tile it will be smashing! Glad to discover you!ReplyDelete
I'm digging it and I don't even mind it with the tile!ReplyDelete
The white looks so crisp and elegant, too. I really like it! BTW - I just found your blog from Ducks in a Row. I love all your design tips! I can't wait to explore some more!ReplyDelete
WOW! It's unanimous--how can I NOT like the white even more now! Thank you so much for your support. And you're all right; it's growing on me and once we change out the tile, it'll be worth it. I do love how the detailing shows up more now.ReplyDelete
I'd like to say welcome to all my new visitors. Thanks for dropping by w/ your valuable comments! I'm so happy to have you all as readers. And thanks to those whose blogs brought me new readers--you're the best =)
I LOVE the white! I agree that once you put in new tile it will look better too :)ReplyDelete
I think it looks beautiful FC! Definitely an upgrade!ReplyDelete
I love how it even makes the existing wall color look more sophisticated. Nice, freckles chick, very nice.ReplyDelete
- priscillaFri Jan 30, 10:56:00 AM
I like the white much better too! It goes well with the trim and paint and makes the mantel pop.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure if this is something you'd want to do, but I think the metal/brass frame would look nice if painted white as well. It'll pull the look more together, even with the temporary outdated tiles.
I'm loving the white! What color is on your walls? I also have the same weird colored tile. What color are you planning on changing the tile to? So glad I found your blog.ReplyDelete
@ Thelnie: The wall color is Valspar's Arid Plains from Lowe's. It's a great warm latte color!ReplyDelete
Ideally I'd love to switch out the tile surround for carrara or calacutta marble mini subway tiles!


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Pictures of Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Zoe Saldana, and More at a Party For Michael Kors in Paris
Jennifer, Zoe, Mary J., and More Toast Michael Kors at His Paris Party
The US Embassy hosted a cocktail reception in honor of designer Michael Kors last night in Paris, with invitees including Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Zoe Saldana, Amber Heard, and Anna Wintour. The soiree marked his line's 30th anniversary, and Mary J. wowed the crowd when she performed "Family Affair" to celebrate the occasion. The get-together was one of many taking place during Paris Fashion Week. Several celebrities have been stepping out in the City of Lights for parties and runway shows, including Chanel spokesmodel Blake Lively and Kanye West. Jennifer, who shows off her newly svelte figure in the latest Essence magazine, didn't hang around long after the evening's festivities, though — the singer was already back in the States this morning!


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Mayor Bloomberg Launches NYC BigApps 2.0 Competition
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert K. Steel and Deputy Mayor for Operations Stephen Goldsmith today launched NYC BigApps 2.0, the second annual contest for software developers and members of the public to create web or mobile applications using City data. Building upon the success of the inaugural NYC BigApps Competition launched in October 2009, the City has roughly doubled the number of datasets available, bringing the total to more than 350. These datasets provide developers and programmers with additional material, including public safety data, buildings complaints, and real-time traffic numbers from which to create new digital applications. Last year's winning applications are today helping New Yorkers find mass transit routes, review public school information and gather an array of information based on their current location. This year's winning applications will receive cash prizes totaling $20,000. Deputy Mayor Steel will detail the program this evening at NY Tech Meetup, a monthly meeting of tech entrepreneurs where companies and developers demonstrate new technologies. Deputy Mayor Steel will be joined at the announcement by New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner Carole Post and Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver.
"NYC BigApps combines two of our Administration's important priorities: making civic information more readily available to New Yorkers and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in New York City," said Mayor Bloomberg. "The inaugural NYC BigApps competition yielded an array of creative uses for City data, and – with nearly twice as much data formatted for application use this year – there are even more possibilities with version 2.0."
"The most important thing that the public sector can do to help create jobs through technology innovation is to provide our talented entrepreneurs with the tools to create new products," said Deputy Mayor Steel. "The BigApps competition does this by providing open access to City Data. Through the competition, we encourage the development of applications that can then be commercialized, spurring job growth and economic development in New York City."
"NYC BigApps is redefining the relationship between City agencies and enterprising citizens, all while delivering value to the public," said Deputy Mayor Goldsmith. "Last year, NYC BigApps contestants came up with innovative applications that would have never been created in the normal course of business. There is more data available for use in this year's competition, so the potential for new and innovative tools that can benefit New Yorkers is even greater."
"Last year's Big Apps competition was an enormously successful way to achieve multiple goals: supporting the City's important technology sector, giving entrepreneurs opportunities to create new products, and increasing the accessibility and transparency of City government," said New York City Economic Development Corporation President Pinsky. "This year's expanded contest promises to promote even more innovation and creative thinking among the vibrant and growing tech community in New York. We look forward to seeing the results of their efforts."
"NYC BigApps, and the DataMine site that supports it, sits at the heart of the City's open data efforts," said Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications Commissioner Post. "This effort complements the many other ways we've worked to bring technology to life for New Yorkers, including 311 Online and the 311 iPhone app. Beyond today's competition, we'll continue enhancing the functionality of DataMine and expanding the amount of data available there for use across the City and around the globe."
"At the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, we're exploring new ways to share information about City resources and services across multiple platforms," said Commissioner Oliver. "Already we've reached new audiences through QR codes on the Staten Island Ferry and on the sides of sanitation trucks, and we're making the content of our online Video On Demand player available on various mobile devices. The NYC BigApps Competition is the perfect opportunity to further communication between the government and the public."
The NYC BigApps Competition is open to individuals, and companies and non-profit organizations with fewer than 50 employees. More than 160 datasets have been added to the 190 compiled for the inaugural competition. New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications coordinated with over 40 City agencies and commissions to provide the datasets, with 15 new City agencies, including the Department of Environmental Protection, the School Construction Authority and the Campaign Finance Board, participating in Data Mine for the first time. New data on public safety, the City budget, complaints to the Department of Buildings, and real-time traffic information will all be available for download today at www.nyc.gov/data.
The Data Mine was established for last year's competition and, as part of the City's efforts to promote transparency across agencies, all data will remain available for public use after the conclusion of the competition. Additional datasets will be made available throughout the year. Information and updates on the NYC BigApps competition, as well as official rules, can be accessed at the competition website: www.NYCBigApps.com.
Fourteen winners will be chosen in total, including two new prizes – best application created by a high school, college or full-time graduate school student; and a Large Organization Recognition Award for organizations with 50 or more employees, which will not eligible for a cash prize. A panel of judges from the technology and venture capital community will select winners for Best Overall Application (Grand Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize and five honorable mentions), Investor's Choice Application, City Talent Award, Student Award, and the Large Organization Recognition Award. Two Popular Choice Application awards will be determined by public voting. Judging criteria will include the benefit to residents, visitors and City government; the quality and implementation of the idea; and potential commercial value.
All submissions are due on January 12, 2011. The Popular Choice Application winners will be selected by public vote through www.NYCBigApps.com between January 26 and February 26. Winners will be selected and announced at an awards ceremony to be held in March.
Last year's winners included: WayFinder NYC – an application that allows users to find the nearest and best directions to New York City subway and New Jersey PATH stations; Taxihack – an application that allows users to post live comments on New York City taxis and their drivers via email ([email protected]) or Twitter (@taxihack); Big Apple Ed – an education application that provide residents with an easy-to-use guide to schools in the City, including school searches, top ten lists, analyses, comparison charts, and detailed school profiles; and NYC Way – an iPhone application that bundles more than 30 New York City resources and provides information sorted by the user's current location. The developer of NYC Way, MyCityWay, received the first investment by the NYC Entrepreneurial Fund, a $22 million seed and early-stage investment fund established by the City and managed by FirstMark Capital.
The judging panel is comprised of: Dawn Barber, Founder, Tech Meetup; John Borthwick, CEO, Betaworks; Chris Dixon, CEO & Co-founder, Hunch; Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder, Twitter; Esther Dyson, Chairman, Edventure; Stuart Ellman, Co-Founder & General Partner, RRE Ventures; Lawrence Lenihan, Founder, CEO and Managing Director, FirstMark Capital; Danny Schultz, Co-founder & Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures; Naveen Selvadurai, Co-founder, Foursquare; Kara Swisher, Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com; and Union Square Ventures Partner Fred Wilson.
"We are thrilled to be powering the second NYC BigApps competition, with significantly more data made available for software developers and the general public," said ChallengePost Founder and CEO Brandon Kessler. "We were wowed by the creativity of the apps in the first competition, and we look forward to giving new entrants the great exposure they deserve."
"New York is home to some of the world's best developers," said Foursquare Co-founder Naveen Selvadurai. "It is great to see the City rewarding this talent and taking advantage of it to increase transparency and make the wealth of information on NYC.gov more easily accessible."


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Memo to the President: Road Map for Secnd Term
Aired January 19, 2013 - 20:00 ET
FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST: Barack Obama is entering his second term. Only the third Democratic president to be re-elected in the last 75 years. He faces deep domestic challenges. Above all, a still weak economy. He faces a world in flux and in crisis from Iran and Syria to North Korea and China. Perhaps most visibly, he faces a domestic political deadlock that seems to overshadow all else. With this hand, what can he do? What will he do? I've asked for advice from the statesmen and women who have stood beside presidents as they have made their most difficult decisions. From Republicans like James Baker. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JAMES BAKER, SECRETARY OF TREASURY UNDER RONALD REAGAN: If we didn't have the dollar as a de facto reserve currency of the world we would be Greece. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: From Democrats like Robert Rubin. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ROBERT RUBIN, TREASURY SECRETARY UNDER BILL CLINTON: In a democracy you can only move forward if both sides are willing to come together to govern. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: And independents like Michael Bloomberg. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK CITY: When you have jobs that we need to get done but Americans won't take, letting the crops rot or letting the farms move south of the border is just insanity. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: And at the end, I'll write my own memo to the president. Let's get started. While most of the world was ringing in the new year with revelry, the United States Congress rang it in with anger, strife and confusion. The ugly battle over the fiscal cliff was emblematic of one of the biggest crises facing this nation. Politics in Washington is so divided, so bitter, that even kicking the can down the road is almost impossible to get agreement on. So what to do? Ronald Reagan faced an opposition majority in the House of Representatives. And he still got major legislation passed, including a major tax reform bill. James Baker was Treasury Secretary at the time. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BAKER: I think the only time it was -- has ever been done, maybe at least in 100 years, and we did it with Democratic votes. That was Ronald Reagan as president. We did it with Democratic votes. Danny Rostenkowski was chairman of Ways and Means. He was not going to come with a bill that wasn't very pro-Democratic, and so the question was whether we would sign on to that bill, passed it in the House and then try and fix it in the Republican Senate. Our Republican House members came to us and said, if you try and do that, we're going to roll you. Dick Cheney, Trent Lott, all, they came down to my office at the Treasury Department. They said, if you go forward with this, with this Rostenkowski bill, and we then say you're going to fix it in the Senate, we're going to roll you and they rolled us on the rule. They defeated us on the rule. And I went over to the White House, having been Reagan's chief of staff for four and a half years, and I said, Mr. President, you've got to come out forcefully in favor of passing the Rostenkowski bill so we can get to it to the Senate and fix it, and that means rolling out of our house Republicans. Well, guess what? After a little interregnum, he did it. He did it. And we did it. And that's how we got there. It was successful and initiated a period of extraordinary economic growth. ZAKARIA (on camera): But you're describing a situation where you had to do a lot of compromising. You stood up to House Republicans, you supported a Democratic bill. It's difficult to imagine in today's partisan climate. BAKER: I think that President Obama could do that. President Obama wants a legacy. He deserves one. He's not going to have a legacy if he can't fix our economy. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Kay Bailey Hutchison is the recently retired senior senator of Texas. KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, FORMER TEXAS SENIOR SENATOR: This is his time to step out from his base and away from the fringes on both ends and say, here is what our country needs right now. ZAKARIA: Ken Duberstein, chief of staff in Ronald Reagan's second term, thinks that point about stepping out from your base is even more important since Obama's re-election. KEN DUBERSTEIN, CHIEF OF STAFF UNDER REAGAN AND G.H.W. BUSH: The second term, it's the order of governing, not the art of campaigning. They're very different skill sets. In the art of governing, you have very much to -- almost makes love to your opponents and say no to your -- some of your fiercest supporters. In campaigning, it's the exact opposite. So you have to figure out ways that you can accomplish things realizing that time is an enemy. Get as much done as you can but don't overreach. ZAKARIA (on camera): What you're suggesting is that President Obama needs to make love to the Republicans and betray the Democrats who helped elect him. DUBERSTEIN: Well, I wouldn't use the word betray as much as I would say that sometimes it takes the ability to say yes to your opponents and no to some of your fiercest supporters. ZAKARIA: A lot of people say President Obama should be schmoozing a lot, he should be playing golf with John Boehner, he should have Republicans over. Do you think that kind of thing is atmospherics or does it produce real results? BAKER: No, I think it's not just atmospherics. If I'm negotiating with you and I have in the back of my head I can trust what you tell me we're much more likely to get to -- get to an agreement. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Steven Ratter, President Obama's car czar, says that Republicans in Congress today are just unwilling to cooperate. STEVE RATTNER, FORMER CAR CZAR: The president might have spent more time in the first term reaching out to congressmen, playing golf with them, having them to the White House, certainly couldn't have hurt, couldn't make things worse. That's for sure. Might have -- might have helped. But at the same time, I think people who went to see the movie "Lincoln" and said, well, if we only had Lincoln in the White House we could have passed any amendments to the Constitutions we wanted. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DANIEL DAY-LEWIS, ACTOR, "LINCOLN": Blood's been spilt at this moment. Now, now, now. (END VIDEO CLIP) RATTNER: If we only had LBJ in the White House we'd have the civil rights act again are kidding themselves. This is a different era. ZAKARIA: Robert Rubin was Secretary of the Treasury during another very partisan time. (On camera): How did you deal with Republicans on the Hill for something like the '97 budget agreement while they were trying to impeach President Clinton? RUBIN: The partisan divide was bad in that period. I think it's worse today. And in order to have a political system that's effective, I think we have to do exactly what President Obama said right after the election. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I want to be clear. I'm not wedded to every detail of my plan. I'm open to compromise. I'm open to new ideas. I'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges. But I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. (END VIDEO CLIP) RUBIN: In a democracy, you can only move forward if both sides, albeit having very different philosophical views, are willing to come together to govern. And that's what we've been lacking. Without it, I think we're going to be in terrible trouble. ZAKARIA (voice-over): John Podesta, Bill Clinton's chief of staff, says that presidents can make things happen even without congressional support. JOHN PODESTA, CHIEF OF STAFF UNDER BILL CLINTON: The president has enormous power under the Constitution and the laws of the United States. I'll give you an example. He has authority to change the mix of energy in the country through the use of existing powers that he has under the statutes, particularly the work that he could do through his EPA to move toward the more dirty forms of polluting fuels to cleaner fuels. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: It might be hard to make it happen but James Baker's point holds. President Obama will need to get some help from Republicans if he wants to get things done. Otherwise it's just talk. If he could get 30 to 40 House Republicans on his side, Obama would have created a governing majority, something every successful president has had. Next up, the economy. Is there a silver bullet that will get it going? We'll tell you when we come back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: Fixing the American economy is the most urgent crisis President Obama faces. Despite the recovery, unemployment remains high, growth isn't where we would like it to be and the national debt has grown to historic proportions. The bills signed in the wake of the fiscal cliff crisis is a small fix. Is there a larger one? Once again, James Baker. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (on camera): What would be your advice to President Obama? BAKER: Well, my advice to President Obama is, Mr. President, whatever happens in the second term, you're going to bear the consequences of. Our country is in sick shape financially. Economically, we are really in bad shape. We -- if we didn't have the dollar as he de facto reserve currency of the world we would be Greece and we have got to fix our economic problem and that's -- and it's not going to be fixed without leadership from you. The Republicans maintain control of the House. And so we have divided government. He's got to take the lead. He may score some short-term victories over the Republicans. In the medium to long term, it's his enchilada. ZAKARIA (voice-over): President Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin. (On camera): When people look at what President Obama should do, there are a number of people who say, well, he's got to get the fiscal house in order, he's got to deal with the deficit. Why is that important? RUBIN: I think it is imperatively important to design a sound fiscal program that both contributes to job creation and recovery in the short term and I absolutely believe a sound fiscal program will do that by creating confidence and by creating fiscal room for a moderate stimulus and also meets the long-term imperative for addressing what I believe is an unsustainable and dangerous fiscal trajectory. In order to put ourselves on a sound fiscal footing, we clearly are going to have to have substantially more revenues, and more revenues means higher taxes, whether it's the tax rates or it's reduced deductions, one or the other, and that clearly is going to be a cost absorbed by those who pay the taxes. And there also are going to have to be constraints on the various of our programs. Our political system has not wanted to face the difficulty of reducing expenditures, no matter where they are in the budget. And yet that's what you have to do if you're going to get on a sound fiscal path and the longer you wait the deeper your hole gets, the harder it is to regain confidence. ZAKARIA (voice-over): There are others who say we need even more fundamental economic reform. For example, it's time to redo the country's convoluted tax system. With all of its rulings and regulations, the U.S. Tax Code is now 73,000 pages long. Paul O'Neill, Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, has an idea. (On camera): You really wanted to scrap the entire U.S. tax code? PAUL O'NEILL, TREASURE SECRETARY UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH: I do. ZAKARIA: Why? O'NEILL: Because it's inefficient. It's ineffectively and it's fundamentally unfair. So I believe this. Revenue system should be used to raise money. It shouldn't be organized to distribute benefits. We should have -- ZAKARIA: So no -- no tax deductions? O'NEILL: No deductions, no credits, no nothing. It's to raise revenue. And ideally we should do it with a progressive value added tax. That means -- ZAKARIA: That's a national sales tax. Correct? O'NEILL: Well, it's not quite because I -- progressive is important to me. I don't want people to pay taxes if they have $20,000 a year worth of income. But it's $30,000, I might like for people to pay $1, just $1 so they have a legitimate claim for saying, I'm part of this society and I don't pay a lot but I do pay something. Everybody participates and there's no game playing. It's a very efficient way to raise revenue. Right now, it costs us $431 billion a year to administer the tax system we have and the tax gap, the money we're not collecting that's theoretically owed, is $400 billion a year. We could do better than that. We can think better than that. And the president needs to lay that out for us. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Even if we get more growth, we are still finding it difficult to get unemployment down. Elaine Chao served as George W. Bush's Secretary of Labor. (On camera): What would you do to create more jobs in America? ELAINE CHAO, LABOR SECRETARY UNDER GEORGE W. BUSH: I think you have to keep the tax rate low. They are a direct burden on the resources of an employer. The unemployment rate has dropped now to 7.7 percent but that's primarily because labor participation rate has dropped to 63.6 percent, one of the lowest rates that we have seen in current years so what we're seeing actually is a lot of discouraged workers, people who can't find jobs, and they've just given up and they're no longer working and they're not counted in the work force anymore. So we've got to do better on the job creation side. It's a private sector who does the bulk of the hiring and they've got to have the confidence and that confidence comes from a more reasonable taxation level, more reasonable regulatory reform and then also the fiscal discipline that we need in our country to restore our country's overall financial ratings. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Democrats say what's most important is a stable, predictable set of rules, whatever the levels of taxation. Steven Rattner helped General Motors get back into the black as President Obama's car czar. (On camera): One of the things people say that President Obama needs to do is to create a sense of confidence among the business community, which will drive investment, which will drive jobs. So how does he do that? RATTNER: I think the president is off to a much better start but I think we need to have a set of policies in place which does involve Congress that are long-term. We need to have long-term tax policy, long-term budget policy, long-term regulatory policy. Not doing this a few months at a time, not careening from a debt ceiling debacle to a fiscal cliff to some other issue with tax credits that expire every few months and all that kind of stuff. And so I think somehow the government as a whole has to come together in order to give business the confidence it needs. ZAKARIA (voice-over): The single most important cost that we need to get under control is health care, which now takes up 17 percent of GDP and still rises much faster than inflation every year. Peter Orszag ran President Obama's Office of Management and Budget during the first term. He says Obamacare moves us away from a bad model where doctors and hospital haves a financial incentive to sell you lots of services. (On camera): Getting health care costs down is absolutely fundament to the long-term fiscal health of the country. So what would it need to do in the second term. PETER ORSZAG, FORMER DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET: I think there's several things. I would point to moving much more aggressively away from fever service, even more rapidly. We don't need to wait until 2020. In addition I think the big gap that remains is medical malpractice reform and what I would favor is finding a safe harbor to a doctor. If you can show that you're following an evidence-based protocol put forward by a medical association, I shouldn't be able to sue you. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: Tax and health care reform would have huge benefits but getting them done will be hard. Coming up next, is there an easy win for the president and the country? Actually, yes. Immigration reform. Stay with us. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: I'm Fareed Zakaria. Welcome back to "MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT." On the domestic front, in addition to the economy, President Obama faces many pressing issues that will demand attention in his second term. But one seems ripe for a solution. Immigration reform. James Baker, Ronald Reagan's chief of staff, explains why. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BAKER: Nothing concentrates the mind like being out of power for four years. OK? So I think that Republican attitudes are going to change -- hopefully they'll change -- in the aftermath of this most recent electoral defeat because everybody knows that the Hispanic vote was very important to what happened. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: John Podesta, Bill Clinton's, chief of staff agrees. A grand bargain on immigration is now possible. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) PODESTA: Immigration, I think, we've seen just a sea change as a result of the election. And I think that really is because of just the collapse of the Latino vote for Republicans. You know, we saw it drop from 44 percent for President Bush in 2004 to 27 percent for Governor Romney. And that's the fastest-growing part of the voting population. And so I think the Republicans know they have gotten themselves in to a dark place and they need to come out of that place and they need to deal with the people who are here who are contributing to our society, get them legal, get them on a path to citizenship. BAKER: First of all, we need to beef up our border security. Republicans like that. You need some sort of a photo I.D., Social Security card with biometric identification. Item number three would be a guest worker program. And the fourth item ought to be registering the 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens who here in the country today and giving them the right to travel and to work. Temporarily. Provided, A, they're not criminals. B, they pay their back taxes. And C, they pay a small penalty for having broken the law in the first place. ZAKARIA (on camera): But let me push you on that because if you don't provide a path to citizenship -- BAKER: I don't think you have to say that they can become citizens. This -- that part of my four-point program's going to be attacked vociferously as amnesty by everybody -- by many people over on the Republican side. (CROSSTALK) ZAKARIA: But if they don't become -- BAKER: But it's not amnesty. ZAKARIA: But if they don't become citizens, what are they? BAKER: Well, they have a path to citizenship. They do the way every other immigrant does to become an American citizen. ZAKARIA: What would you say to the Republicans who will say, look, these guys should be deported? They should have -- BAKER: Yes. ZAKARIA: They should never have any path to -- BAKER: I understand that. And I think what you say to them was look what your position got us in this last election. We need to pay attention to demographics. OK? I said we need to be the party of hope and opportunity. Not the party of anger and resentment. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Illegal immigration is just one problem with our current system, says Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City and one of America's most successful businessmen. BLOOMBERG: Hey, good morning. ZAKARIA: Bloomberg believes that the current legal system is also hurting our international competitiveness. (On camera): We let in lots of people from all over the world to study at American universities. BLOOMBERG: Yes. ZAKARIA: Particularly in science and engineering. BLOOMBERG: Right. ZAKARIA: And then we throw them out. How would you fix the visa system? BLOOMBERG: Well, first thing is you attach a green card to the diploma for any graduate student that gets a master's or a PhD in any of the STEM areas, science and technology. Then you have more h1b visas so companies can use those to get people here, then you have to -- if somebody is willing to start a business and can get financing, you certainly want to give them a visa because they will go and start businesses for Americans. And lastly, when you have jobs that we need to get done but Americans won't take, like working in the fields, letting the crops rot, or letting the farms move south of the border is just insanity. We need to get people in here. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I here by declare -- ZAKARIA (voice-over): That's a sensible solution that might actually happen. There's also a sensible plan that alas seems a long shot. Both parties see the problem. Our nation's roads and power lines, bridges and water pipes, are literally falling apart. The problem is, nobody wants to do anything about it. ED RENDELL, FORMER CHAIRMAN, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: Good afternoon, everyone. ZAKARIA: Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania, has a new book out called "A Nation of Wusses." He says the solution is simple. RENDELL: As governor, I inherited a state that has the highest number of structurally deficient bridges in the nation. We had 6600 structurally deficient bridges. I borrowed a lot of money, put in it to bridge repair. The stimulus helped us mightily. That was one of the reasons that Pennsylvania had the lowest unemployment of any industrial state in the union. There was in stimulus something called Build America bonds. The federal government said to the states, if you want to do major development and major construction projects, we will help you defray 35 percent of the interest payments. But it ran out when stimulus ran out and in an effort to reauthorize it as a separate program was turned down. Now, the beauty of it is very little impact on federal treasury, the incredible impact on the amount of projects we could get going. This isn't rocket science. It's not like finding the disease -- a cure for Alzheimer's or Parkinson's or cancer. We know what the answers are. We know what the cure to the problem is, and all it takes is political courage. ZAKARIA: Kay Bailey Hutchison is the recently retired senior senator of Texas. HUTCHISON: I would ask the president to submit an infrastructure bank and it would leverage your public money with private money so about a 50/50 split and it would have a revenue stream so that you would be assured, the government would be paid back, and bring that money that is sitting on the sidelines into making a real effort to build highways. It would be bridges, it would be electricity grids. All kinds of infrastructure needs that are not being met now that could be done with lower amounts of taxpayer dollars and that would end up being a revolving fund. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: In fact, the president has submitted just such a plan. But Congress doesn't want a bank that would fund projects based on merit. Much as they protest publicly, congressmen and women actually like pork. Next up, foreign policy. Should we bomb Iran? Intervene in Syria? Quarrel with China? Stay tuned. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: The Middle East is in turmoil. Israeli and Palestinians bear fresh wounds from the recent conflict in Gaza. Iran continues to play games with the world regarding its nuclear ambitions. And the Arab spring continues to reverberate. In some good ways, for sure. But also in some troubling ways. And the civil war in Syria becomes a bigger humanitarian crisis by the day. That's a lot of problems in just one region. Here to give us his stake is Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (on camera): What should President Obama do with Syria as it continues its slow motion drift in to chaos? ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER UNDER JIMMY CARTER: I don't know. And I'm not being evasive. I literally don't know. We have to have better intelligence. Who's really fighting Assad? Who started the fight? How was it financed? Where did the initial weaponry for the beginning of that struggle a year ago or so originate? There doesn't seem to be any clarity on it. Secondly, what are the objectives of those who are really doing the fighting? For example, the suicide bombing in Damascus. Is that the work of the so-called more democratic group that we would like to see in charge? Doesn't that smack of certain forms of extremist terror that's associated with extreme groups? ZAKARIA: Would you intervene militarily? BRZEZINSKI: Well, I would intervene militarily if I knew that something has to be desperately prevented, or if I knew that the effort would not produce a regional war and would produce a desirable political outcome, and at this stage I don't see much evidence for a yes as the answer to either proposition. ZAKARIA (voice-over): James Baker served as Secretary of State for George Bush, Sr. (On camera): The president is going to face in his second term, unexpected challenges, but there's one challenge we know he's going to face which is what to do about Iran. How would you advise him to deal with it in the second term? BAKER: In my view, we cannot let Iran become a nuclear power. Not because of the threat to Israel or the threat to the United States or the threat to our moderate Arab allies in the Gulf, but because of the proliferation effect of that. Everybody in the region then will want their own weapon and they'll have the means to get it. ZAKARIA: You know what a decision like that would do to the presidency, however, if there were major military action and Iran is a big country, many times larger than Iraq. It could derail almost all the other initiatives. BAKER: It could. ZAKARIA: How would you think about that? BAKER: When I say you do what you have to do doesn't necessarily mean you're going to put boots on the ground in Iran, which I think would be a very, very bad mistake. And I'm talking about the potential for eliminating their nuclear program through surgical strikes and that sort of thing. We do have technologies now that the Israelis don't have that could be effective to do that I think. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Zbigniew Brzezinski sees the dangers regarding Iran quite differently. BRZEZINSKI: Get off the silly argument, all the options are on the table. What does that mean? We better commit suicide as one of those options? Start a war? The end of which we cannot foresee? That doesn't make any sense to me as a matter of national policy and I don't think the country would support it. And I don't buy the absolute ridiculous, irrational, argument that the Iranians are so suicidal that the country of 75 million people or 80 million people is going to rush into committing suicide the moment it gets the first prototype of its bomb. That even ignores the scientific fact that bombs have to be tested, that you have to have from a military point of view quite a number of them to be credible, et cetera, et cetera. So we're not dealing with an imminent threat, a reaction to which should be decided by somewhat else drawing red lines for us. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER: A red line should be drawn right here. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: What do you think going forward the president's strategy on Iran should be? BRZEZINSKI: I think a war in the region will be a total disaster for the region, which would be set aflame. It would make our withdrawal from Afghanistan much more difficult. The war would spread to Iraq, to Lebanon and to Jordan very predictably. The price of oil would skyrocket. These are calamities for us and we'd be stuck for another decade. I think that has to be avoided even if negotiations don't succeed. We have in my view a credible, historically tried, safe way of responding. Namely, to make it absolutely clear that any threat by them, the rife -- from their acquisition of nuclear capability will be viewed by the United States as an assault on the United States, if it is directed at our friends in the Middle East, and particularly Israel. I think that would contain and deter the Iranians. ZAKARIA: How would you handle Israel with regard to the Iran issue? BAKER: I would tell Israel the same thing the Obama administration already told Israel. We -- it is not in the national interest of the United States for you to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. We don't want you to do that. That's not in our national interest. And you let us take care of them. We have the potential to stop it. You have the potential only to delay it. And the consequences of your doing it are right now incomprehensible but they could be very, very dire. ZAKARIA: Do you believe that it's important that in President Obama's second term he try to make a renewed effort on the Middle East peace process, even though, let's face it, so far what he's done has been unsuccessful? BRZEZINSKI: I'll tell you why I think so. I think if we don't move and do what is necessary, the Arab masses will become more radicalized, more religiously driven and, therefore, eventually more jihadist, vis-a-vis Israel. And I don't think Israel can survive in the long run in that context. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: Handling Iran will be a delicate balance between toughness and restraint. And unlike other foreign policy crises, the clock is ticking. We know that President Obama will have to deal with this one and probably this year. From the most urgent foreign policy issue to the most important, the relationship between the United States and China. How to prevent a new Cold War, when we come back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) DREW GRIFFIN, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Drew Griffin. Let's get you caught up on the headlines. Gun rights activists on one side, people calling for tighter gun control on the other. This is the week those two sides butt heads again. When the vice president and his task force send gun violence recommendations to the Oval Office. The head of the NRA says he's ready to fight. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DAVID KEENE, NRA PRESIDENT: The likelihood is that they're not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRIFFIN: Police in San Diego were forced to shoot a man with a gun who ran inside a movie theater. The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance call yesterday when they chased that armed suspect in to a crowded theater. Moviegoers poured out as police raced inside. An officer shot the suspect, the suspect survived but is in critical condition. The NFL playoffs down to the final four now. The Atlanta Falcons kicked a game-winning field goal in the final seconds to defeat the Seattle Seahawks 30-20. Atlanta advancing to the conference championship next Sunday against San Francisco. Meanwhile, Tom Brady led New England to a 41-28 win over the Houston Texans. The Patriots play Baltimore in the AFC championship game. Those are the headlines this hour. I'm Drew Griffin. I'll see you back here 10:00 Eastern. ZAKARIA: The most important relationship in the world right now is the one between the United States and China. The world's number one and number two economies. Successful management of this relationship will be one of President Obama's most important tasks over the next four years. It's a mission fraught with potential pitfalls as the two powers compete economically and increasingly politically and militarily, as well. A little over a year ago, President Obama signaled a pivot to Asia. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OBAMA: The United States is a Pacific power and we are here to stay. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: A shift in America's attention toward the East. How's it working? (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (voice-over): Zbigniew Brzezinski helped to normalize American relations with China as Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. (On camera): You say the main challenge that the United States faces at a very broad level in foreign policy is the shift of power to Asia, both a challenge and an opportunity. BRZEZINSKI: That's just correct. I think our policy, historically, has been Europe focused. Today, the center of political gravity has shifted from Europe to Asia. In the sense that both are now important. We ought to think of our role in Asia, not in the fashion that because of two world wars, we are compelled to think of it in Europe, but more in the fashion that is similar to British role in Europe in the 19th century. Britain was not protagonist but a balancer in Europe, and I think that's the model for us in Asia. We should avoid getting involved in mainland contests. For example, the Vietnamese, when they offered us the use of Cam Ranh Bay, we're not acting out of charity. They were obviously trying to get us to be in Cam Ranh Bay so that our Navy would be in a sense a form of asserted political support for them against the Chinese. ZAKARIA: So the danger is -- BRZEZINSKI: Involvement which is not of the size of importance. I think what is important to us is that we be a balancer so that we discourage dramatic shifts or particularly the use of force. ZAKARIA (voice-over): James Baker served as Secretary of State under George Bush, Sr. (On camera): There are a lot of countries in Asia that are looking at China's rise with apprehension and they have asked the United States to get more involved, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Japan most importantly. BAKER: Yes. ZAKARIA: To a certain extent, Australia. How should we think about this pivot? BAKER: I think we're wise, for instance, to stay out of the disputes in the South China Sea. See if we can get the parties to resolve those disputes peacefully. Now if those disputes end up creating an impediment to free navigation, freedom of the seas or something, that's a different issue. That would affect our interests directly. If we ever wanted to build an alliance against the Chinese attempts to become hegemonistic in that part of world, we could do so. We could, for instance, ally with Vietnam probably today, interestingly enough. Our long-time opponent would be an ally of ours against China but I'm not sure that's the way to go. We will have to closely monitor China's military build-up. We plan to do that as I understand it. That's important to do. We must keep a robust military presence in the Pacific. We do that with the 7th Fleet. They have every bit as big an interest in getting along with us as we do with getting along with them. And, you know, where our interests don't converge, where we have differences, we stand up for our views and we stand up for our rights. ZAKARIA: When you look at U.S. relations with China, do you think we should be doing anything different going forward? BRZEZINSKI: I think we should certainly reassert publicly the importance of the relationship. We should avoid the kind of language that was used in our presidential campaign and particularly by the party that lost. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MITT ROMNEY (R), FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: On day one, I will label China a currency manipulator, which will allow me as president to be able to put in place if necessary tariffs where I believe that they're taking unfair advantage of our manufacturers. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRZEZINSKI: It sent a message to the Chinese to which then they started reciprocating in kind and with alarm and with anger, and I think that's the kind of stuff we have to avoid. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Robert Rubin, President Clinton's Treasury Secretary, says that China is often used as a whipping post during presidential campaigns. RUBIN: One thing I think I could say with absolute assurance and I believe nothing is absolutely assured in life, is that if Governor Romney had been elected president, he would not have declared China a currency manipulator on his first day or any day. The presidential campaigns, there has been a tendency to point at China. But China is our most important relationship, in my judgment at least. I think it is immensely in our economic self-interest as well as in their economic self-interest to have an effective relationship. I think a lot of what they complain about with respect to us, for example, our large fiscal deficits, one example. I think it would be in our interest to deal with. Similarly, a lot of what we complain about with respect to them, their export-driven strategy, the absence of domestic demand. I think it's critically important for their own self-interest if they're going to have sustainable growth going forward to deal with that issue. So I think we have a common self-interest in dealing with many of the issues that we complain to each other about. ZAKARIA (on camera): What should be the core elements of a U.S.-China relationship going forward? BRZEZINSKI: The core elements of a cooperative U.S.-Chinese partnership is in many respects in the communique that was issued in January 2011 by Presidents Obama and Hu Jintao of China, went the great length in itemizing and then developing numerous ears in which we ought to be cooperating. Because it sets a framework, a framework in which the word partnership is really given meaning and a framework for something unprecedented in the history of human affairs, namely, when two major powers arise, they almost never to be collide. For the first time in history, America and China have the opportunity to avoid that, to be partners and thereby do themselves well because in the present circumstances worldwide if China and America collide, if America and China collide, both will suffer. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: So the lesson is to be careful not to drift into a hostile relationship with China. When we return, I'll give you my own memo to the president. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: We've heard from senior statesmen and women on what President Obama needs to do to have a successful second term. And a successful legacy. Here are some of my own thoughts. Most presidents get just a couple of lines in history. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 32ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We face common difficulties. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: FDR revived the country after the Great Depression and won World War II. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 36TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Its purpose is not to punish. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: Lyndon Johnson created the great society. And escalated the war in Vietnam. The first line of President Obama's legacy has already been written. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OBAMA: We are done. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: He helped usher in universal health care in America. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Take a deep breath in and out for me. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: That is a historic achievement. But it remains to be seen whether it is the beginning of a path toward a more humane and sustainable health care system or one more step down a path of fiscal ruin. Having expanded access to health care in his first term, Obama must now concentrate on bringing costs down using some of the mechanisms within Obamacare but expanding them and creating others. Getting health care reform right will be more important to our fiscal future than any other set of policies. Beyond this, Obama has opportunities to make large moves. He could and should tackle immigration because it does seem ripe for resolution. He might even be able to find common ground on reforming the tax code, something most Americans agree needs to be reformed. But none of these efforts will rise to the level of that second line for Obama's legacy. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. (END VIDEO CLIP) ZAKARIA: That will depend on the future of American growth. The president inherited an economy in free fall. He helped prevent a second Great Depression. But he also inherited an economy that was fundamentally unbalanced. For over 20 years, economic growth in America has been slow, recoveries have been jobless and median wages have declined. We need a new strategy for growth based on reform and investment. We need major reforms of regulations and tax policies to make America competitive and growth oriented but we also desperately need new investments for the future. We need a world-class infrastructure, not one that is now ranked 25th in the world according to the World Economic Forum. We need highly trained workers. We need to rebuild our great state universities to be centers of access and excellence so that every American has a path to success. In the 1950s and '60s, America spent 5 percent of its GDP on investments for the future. Today, that number is 3 percent. And it's likely to fall in the years ahead as entitlement spending crowds out everything else. We now spend $4 for every American over 65 compared with $1 for every American under 18. We are demonstrating vividly our preference for consumption over investment, for the present over the future, and for our own interests over those of our children. If President Obama can change this trend, he will probably not get much applause today, but he will restore the American economy, secure America's place in the world and his own place in history. Thank you for watching "MEMO TO THE PRESIDENT." If you have an idea for the president, join us in the conversation online on #ObamMemo on Twitter or go to CNN.com/fareed. And don't forget, you can see our regular show on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Thank you for watching.


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A 17-year-old was arrested after stabbing her 28-year-old ex-boyfriend with a steak knife, after allegedly spending the day and evening drinking with him in Langley on Friday.
The suspect, who can't be named because of her age, had been drinking with the man during the afternoon and into the evening when the pair took a bus from Langley and headed to SkyTrain in Surrey, said Transit Police.
The two argued on the bus, and it continued when the teen followed her ex-boyfriend onto SkyTrain at King George station.
The pair argued until the train arrived at Gateway station. As the victim stepped onto the platform, the girl produced a knife and stabbed him in the leg, said Transit Police.
A fight broke out with the victim sustaining defensive wounds to his hands and a cut to his forehead. The girl ran from the platform but was apprehended by Transit Police while on the exit stairs. She was held in custody and appeared in court on Monday. A steak knife was recovered at the scene, said Transit Police.
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Doesn't matter between Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, Baseball or Football and doesn't matter which company will agree to do it, I just want a college sports video game so bad!
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PKP 2011 Hackfest - Open Reviews Project
What is this?
Open Reviews is an alternative to the standard double-blind peer review process. In a double-blind process the editor typically chooses reviewers, and reviewers do not know who authored the article, and the authors do not know the names of the reviewers. In an open review, reviewers can typically self-select and comment anonymously on any article they choose.
Open Reviews have long been a topic on our FAQ.
What might be done in this project?
There are many different models for open review processes, and all are experimental. For example:
- http://www.nature.com/nature/peerreview/debate/nature05535.html
- http://www.livingreviews.org
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_peer_review
The goal of this project would be to choose a model and implement it somehow within OJS. This could be something as simple as reviewing existing features -- i.e. anonymous commenting on published articles -- and coming up with a detailed guide on how to perform an open review by combining those features as they currently exist, or as complicated as rewriting the double-blind review system to incorporate a new review model.
See also the related Liquid Publishing project.
Socially Networked Open Peer Review
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Anaheim Public Utilities (APU) offers several Business Efficiency Incentives Programs to commercial facilities interested in energy efficiency. Eligible businesses may apply for rebates for efficient lighting, heat pumps, exit signs and various custom measures. Contact APU to learn more about initiating the rebate application process. Incentives are available for the following measures:
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- United States Grand Prix
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Sebastian Vettel continued his domination of free practice for the US Grand Prix by topping second practice by 0.757s from his team-mate Mark Webber.
Vettel's time was all the more impressive because he spent a large proportion of the session in the garage as Red Bull addressed some concerns with his water system. When he did get back on track it didn't take him long to get back up to speed on the medium tyres and he soon blitzed the best efforts of his rivals.
The delay cost Vettel a lot of running as he completed 19 laps less than Webber, and he did set his time later than the rest of the field as he was out of sync with the rest of the field. His problem was the second water leak for Red Bull after Webber suffered a similar issue at the end of FP1.
Behind Vettel the pack was quite closely matched, with Fernando Alonso 0.010s off Webber and Lewis Hamilton a further 0.263s off. Jenson Button was 0.038s off his team-mate before a 0.3s gap back to Felipe Massa in sixth. Vettel's time in FP1, however, would have been quick enough to top the times in the second session.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix winner Kimi Raikkonen was 11th quickest - 2.4s slower than Vettel - as the Lotus team focused on evaluating upgrades having been one of six teams to participate in the Young Driver Test last week.
Mistakes were still being made as the grip level remained low, but drivers were also eager pushing on the medium tyres. Webber dived up the inside of Vitaly Petrov in to turn 11 when the Caterham tried to turn in, leaving Petrov waving his fist. It was Heikki Kovalainen who had the more serious incident, however, as Jean-Eric Vergne clipped his left rear trying to pass in to turn 19 and leaving Kovalainen to complete a whole lap with a puncture.
Pastor Maldonado's session came to a slightly early end as he appeared to suffer an engine failure exiting turn 19 in the final minute. Maldonado managed to roll down the pit lane having switched his engine off following a brief fire in one of the exhausts, with the engine due to be replaced overnight anyway.
At the back of the pack, the HRTs of Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan were slowest after running a reduced program due to a lack of spare parts. It was especially tough on Karthikeyan who had to sit out FP1 as he was replaced by Ma Qing Hua.