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ABC's Charles Gibson spoke with presumptive democratic nominee Barack Obama today. Below is the transcript of the interview.
GIBSON: Senator, I'm curious about your feelings last night. It was an historic moment. Has it sunk in yet?
OBAMA: No. You know ... you have been working so hard, 54 contests, so many months, meeting so many people, and then to suddenly walk into an auditorium with 17,000 people and realize you're the Democratic nominee. That's a pretty big dose to swallow all at once, but I will say that talking to my grandmother last night probably drove it home.
GIBSON: What'd she say?
OBAMA: Here's a woman, who, well, she just said she was really proud. And, I thought back to all the work she's put in, all the sacrifices she made, ah, she's now a little too fragile to travel and so she watches it on TV and she's going blind, so to hear in her voice, what this meant to her, that was a pretty powerful moment.
GIBSON: Public moments are not your own. There's a million people pulling you in a million different directions, but when everybody clears out, the staff is gone, you're in your hotel room at night and you're alone -- do you say to yourself: "Son of a gun, I've done this?"
OBAMA: You do say to yourself, "My, how far we have traveled." And, and I say a little prayer to not only thank God for the blessings, but also to make sure that you're worthy of the honor.
I've been -- there's something very humbling about this whole process. You know, you realize there are so many wonderful people in this country who are working so hard on behalf of their families and on behalf of their hopes and their dreams.
And when you run for president, you're -- you're saying to them, "I can help. I can make sure your children are safe. I can make sure you have a job that pays a living wage. I'm going to make sure that when you get sick, you've got some help." And you just want to make sure that you are doing everything you can to deliver on those promises.
And that's what keeps me awake at night. It's not so much the day-to-day politics -- it's sort of projecting into the future and saying to myself, you know, "How can I make sure that I'm bringing everything I've got to bear, but also all the talent and resources and energy of this country to move us in a direction where those individuals that you're meeting are actually getting the opportunities that they deserve?"
GIBSON: (inaudible) when you announced, did you truly, in your gut, think that a black man could win the nomination of a major party to be president of the United States?
OBAMA: Absolutely. I would not have -- I would not have run if I didn't believe that I could win. This is too hard a process.
You know, there's some races you get in just for, you know -- I know that politicians might say to themselves, "Well, I'll throw that trial balloon," or this or that.
No, being a presidential candidate is an enormous sacrifice for your family. I've got two girls that I love dearly. And to be away from them this much, I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think I could win.
And there was a feeling in my gut that not only were the American people ready for change, but that this country is a decent, generous place, and that people are going to make decisions based on who they think can actually lead, and that we're not in the same America that we were when I was born in 1961, that we've traveled a very long way. And I think that, you know, the outcome last night indicates how far we've traveled.
GIBSON: You don't get much time to enjoy this before people immediately start talking about the vice presidency.
On what criteria and what timetable will you choose a vice president?
OBAMA: Well, we have a committee that is going to be meeting with party leaders, is going to be working through lists of names. It will be a deliberate process.
You know, my charge is to cast a wide net. I will narrow it down. I will meet with a range of individuals and get my sense of whether they share a vision for where the country needs to go and whether they can provide me with the independent counsel and possess the integrity that I think are necessary for the presidency.
GIBSON: But there obviously is one name that looms over all. Hillary Clinton has already, to some extent, expressed her willingness. There are supporters putting out petitions. There is a drumbeat of pressure. There are those 18 million votes.
Is she a special case that you have to deal with before the others, or is she considered just like everybody else? How long can you let the "Hillary Clinton on the ticket" question linger?
OBAMA: Oh, I think Senator Clinton is a special case as a candidate. I mean, she's somebody who traveled this journey with me. She was extraordinarily capable and tenacious. I mean, she is just a great candidate. And she has really proven, not only to be an inspiring figure for women, but I think for people all across the country. So, yes, she's a special case. I think it's very important for me to meet with her and talk to her about how we move this party forward.
But I also believe that it's very important for me to, when it comes to choosing a vice president, to do it in a deliberative way.
GIBSON: Does there have to be a yes or no on the issue of Hillary Clinton before you get to the others, or can this issue linger on, because it pervades everything?
You want to move on to the general election. You want to pivot to a campaign against John McCain.
Can you do that while this question hovers over you?
OBAMA: You know, I am absolutely confident that Senator Clinton loves this country; she loves this party. She wants to win in November. And so, I'm confident that she and I are going to be unified in November.
In terms of the narrow question of the vice presidency, I'm going to do it in a deliberative way because I think that's one of those questions you want to get right, as opposed to get fast.
GIBSON: So, you won't do -- you won't deal with her first, get that out of the way, and then either move on or not?
OBAMA: You know, I'm going to have a conversation with Senator Clinton about how we can move the country forward. I don't, by the way, tend to -- no insult here, but -- do a lot of things through the press.
So, at some point, she and I are going to talk. I haven't heard directly from her, you know, how she wants to move forward. I -- my main goal is to make sure that the party is unified, so that we can unify the country around the issues that this campaign has been about, changing Washington, delivering on health care, making sure college is affordable, creating economic growth, keeping America safe.
GIBSON: As long as that question lingers, can you get about the business of unifying the party, or does that have to be taken care of first?
OBAMA: Oh, I think that we've got a lot of work, obviously, that has to be done in drawing a sharp contrast between myself and John McCain. And we already started seeing that happening tonight.
GIBSON: Did she squeeze you in any way by making known her interest in the job?
OBAMA: Well, as I said, I haven't heard her being quoted out there, I haven't heard her on television saying what she's interested or not interested in.
And, you know, I'm confident that she is going to be an integral part of the Democratic team as we try to win the presidency, more Senate seats and more House seats in November.
GIBSON: Should you choose her, how do you handle Bill Clinton?
OBAMA: All those questions are premature.
GIBSON: On what three issues will this campaign turn to you?
OBAMA: Issue number one, how we're going to keep America safe. John McCain has a vision that is very similar to George Bush's. He wants to continue in Iraq on the current course.
I believe that we need to begin a process of withdrawal, initiate tougher diplomacy and refocus our attention on Afghanistan. That's going to be a set of issues.
On the economy. John McCain's main economic platform is to continue the Bush tax cuts and then to add $300 billion worth of corporate tax breaks that aren't paid for.
I think that's not going to help ordinary American families who've seen their wages and incomes, on average, flat line or actually go down during the Bush presidency.
So, what we're going to talk about is universal health care, investing in clean energy, creating jobs through infrastructure development, making sure that we're making college more affordable. That's going to be a major difference.
And then, you know, I think that the American people are going to have to make some decisions about our personal qualities. Obviously, the presidency is more than just a set of talking points. It has to do with the American people lifting the hood and kicking the tires and seeing who do they trust, who do they think can lead us at this moment in history. And those are more intangible qualities, but, you know, those'll play into this race as well.
GIBSON: Do you worry that it could turn on race, age and class?
OBAMA: You know, I don't think so. I mean, look, we saw this in the primary, you know, -- will African Americans take pride over my candidacy? Of course. Will there be people who look at John McCain's military service and say, "Boy, we can identify with that"? Absolutely. Will they look at our respective ages and say, "We need new blood," versus, "We need experience"? Yes. You know, those are all going to be factors that people take into account.
But, ultimately, I think the American people are pretty wise, and they're going to, I think, look real long and hard and see who can deliver a -- who can create an America that continues to provide opportunity for everybody who's willing to work hard, that keeps us safe from very real enemies out there, but also makes sure that we're restoring our standing in the world and is managing this rapidly changing global economy in a way that's good for the American people.
Those are going to be the questions that they're going to have, and I trust that they'll have information by November to make a good decision.
GIBSON: John McCain has issued an invitation to do a series of town meetings (inaudible). Going to do it?
OBAMA: Oh, we're definitely going to be doing some town hall debates. I look forward to, you know, having more than just the three traditional debates that we've seen in recent presidential contests, so I'm glad that he's interested in doing it.
You know, we're going to have to figure out timing. I know that he wants to start, generously enough, a week from today. And since we just won the nomination, we may have to spend some -- a little bit of time over the next couple of weeks, you know, retooling for a general election.
GIBSON: (inaudible)
OBAMA: Well, we are definitely going to be debating with John McCain, and we will do more than the three that -- that have been promised. And so, some of those will have to be done before our respective conventions.
GIBSON: Will you go to Iraq?
OBAMA: I will, almost certainly, travel to Iraq and probably engage in some other foreign travel, as well, during the course of the next four or five months.
GIBSON: Public financing: Going to take it or going to say no?
OBAMA: Yeah, well, this is part of the conversation that we've got to have with the McCain campaign. I have already seen and I've expressed concerns before about the capacity of third parties to infect the campaign process with a whole lot of money and a lot of resources.
And, you know, we had one of John McCain's, I guess, finance chairmen say that they were counting on the Republican National Committee to spend tens of millions of dollars going after Senator Obama. We've already seen Web sites developed for that, in which I'm being attacked, and are purportedly not coordinated with John McCain.
So, we've got to work out -- and I've said this from the start -- I'm interested in making sure that we keep this process intact, but what I'm not going to do is unilaterally disarm and allow hundreds of millions or tens of millions of dollars worth of attack ads raining down on my head from outside groups.
GIBSON: But there's a dynamic on your side, as well. You originally said you would take it.
OBAMA: Yes.
GIBSON: That was before we saw a...
OBAMA: That's not exactly what I said. I mean, I don't mean to parse, but, you know, what I said was, I wrote a letter to the Federal Election Commission asking if we could preserve the right to potentially take public financing.
And what I said at the time was, I would like to work with my Republican counterpart to see what we could do to stay in the system and preserve it.
But what I also said at the time, and I've said repeatedly, is that, you know, we are not going to put ourselves in a situation where you've got tens of millions of dollars from outside groups that are...
OBAMA: ... in this campaign.
GIBSON: If you already see that money coming in, it seems to me you're saying...
OBAMA: Well, but I also have to -- you know, my belief is John McCain is now the leader of his party and that he's got some control over this process, just as I have some control over the Democratic Party and how they spend their money.
GIBSON: Is the hardest part of all this behind you or ahead of you?
OBAMA: I think that Senator Clinton was as good of a candidate as I've seen, politically. And before that, we had probably as good of a field, in the Democratic field, with people like Joe Biden and Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, and John Edwards -- extraordinarily talented people.
So, you know, this has been a pretty good test. I mean, you know, we got taken through the paces on this one.
But, obviously, you know, what really matter is whether or not we ultimately change policy in the White House. And so, now is the time for the Democratic Party to be pulled together.
We're going to have a tough fight. John McCain is a formidable candidate. But the thing I'll say is that I know the hardest part's ahead of me, because it doesn't have to do with campaigning. It actually has to do with getting something done. It has to do with governing.
And when I think about what keeps me up at night, and what I'm spending a lot of time thinking about already, is how do we structure a government that works, that reflects the decency of the American people, that has strong debates around issues but is not so fiercely partisan that we can't ever get anything done?
And we've got big challenges. So, you know, how do you -- I've got a plan for creating universal health care, shepherding that through Congress so that I can actually sign a bill, then executing and implementing that.
You know, those are things that -- those are things that I worry about.
GIBSON: The picture of you in the paper, this morning, with your wife, watching the Clinton speech. What did you think of the Clinton speech?
She didn't exactly acknowledge your victory.
OBAMA: Well, look, this is a tough -- tough thing for all of us. You know, you go through 16, 17 months; you've made enormous sacrifices; maybe you've been planning this race even longer. And to, you know, come as close as Senator Clinton did and then not get the nomination, I think, is something that has to be processed.
But I think very highly of Senator Clinton and her commitment to making this country better. And so I'm confident that we're going to be unified come November.
GIBSON: And finally your daughters. What did they say to you? Did they take it as a matter of course that Daddy could be nominated to be president? They never knew what older people know in terms of discrimination, although they may still feel some. What did they say about that?
OBAMA: Well, it's interesting, Michelle had a conversation with Malia, who's our 9-year-old, soon to be 10-year-old, and Michelle brought up the subject. She said, "You know, Daddy's about to be nominated for the presidency, and he'll be the first African American ever to have that happen."
And Malia said, "Well, that doesn't surprise me. You know, I mean, I've read these histories about how blacks were discriminated against with slavery and Jim Crow," and she sort of ticked it off.
But you could tell that there wasn't that emotional impact on her because she has grown up in this environment where she can take it for granted, in the same way that she can take for granted that a woman is running for president and is this incredibly capable political figure.
And the fact that they're taking it for granted is a measure of progress in our country. It says something really good about America. And you think about the distance we've traveled since I was born, 1961, and for me to be standing on that stage in Minnesota 46, 47 years later is a testament to this country's urge to live up to its ideals, as imperfectly as that is sometimes.
GIBSON: I watched closely your countenance last night, your mien, as you stood in that hall. You didn't smile much. Has the joyfulness of this hit home yet? Do you take joy from it?
OBAMA: You know, I'll tell you where I feel joyful. I feel joyful when I think about all those young people who volunteered for our campaign, and I see them high-fiving and seeing the work that they put into this thing bear fruit.
I feel joy when a woman, this morning, tells me that her son teaches in an inner city in San Francisco and that during the course of this year, he's seen the behavior of the African American boys he's teaching change and them start thinking about their options and hitting the books a little harder. I take joy in that.
But -- but, look, there's no doubt that, you know, I tend to always be thinking a few steps ahead. I've been thinking about all the work that needs to be done. And I think it's good advice that I've received from several quarters to, sometime in the next couple days, sit back and reflect a bit.
GIBSON: Senator, thank you.
OBAMA: Thank you.


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WASHINGTON - (AP) Amid partisan conflict in Congress, dozens of lawmakers from both parties have united behind a bill that would encourage more adoptions of foreign orphans by Americans.
The bill reflects dismay that such adoptions have been declining, as well as impatience with current policies overseen by the State Department.
The Children in Families First Act was initiated by Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, and has been introduced in the Senate and House. Co-sponsors include Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a hero of the Democratic left, and Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, a favorite of tea party conservatives.
The bill would create a new State Department bureau assigned to work with non-governmental organizations and foreign countries to minimize the number of children without families. Adoption would be one of several means to achieve this.

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Scientists at MIT mimic plant processes to build solar cells that renew themselves like living beings.
Living things don't have that many advantages over machines. We're not as quick, or as precise, and we don't have as good a memory. Moreover, while they are made of tough stuff, we are mostly composed of things that go squish. One of the limited advantages we have is that when we go squish, we have built-in repair shops. When they go crunch, they're crunched.
Self-renewal has been a goal of many different technology manufacturers, but especially the makers of solar cells. For years scientists have looked resentfully at their solar cells, the components of which wear out or break, and envied plants, which have a built-in systems that take apart and renew any worn-out bits.
MIT researchers have found a way to imitate this process:
The complexes are made up of light-harvesting proteins, single-walled nanotubes and disc-shaped lipids. The proteins (which are isolated from a purple bacterium, Rhodobacter sphaeroides) contain a light reaction centre (carried by the lipids) comprising bacteriochlorophylls and other molecules. . . . The nanotubes also serve to align the lipid discs in neat rows, ensuring that the reaction centres are uniformly exposed to sunlight.
Or at least that's what they do when there isn't a surfactant present. Surfactants are chemicals which lower the surface tension of liquids. The most commonly used surfactants are in soaps and laundry detergents. By lowering the surface tension of liquids, they let water leak into and break apart grease and debris, as well as breaking up the debris itself. That's how soap cleans your hands - by using a surfactant to break things down.
The surfactant does the same in these solar cells. It breaks down the structures into pieces and stops the cell from working. When the surfactant is removed, the pieces reassemble on their own, like new. This process can be repeated without end. The result is a three hundred percent increase in efficiency and a limitless lifespan.
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A winner was selected from 92 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
WebDatamation is primarily a sitecore partner company, specializing in building Sitecore CMS for small to medium sized companies. We are very curious as to how 99designs.com will work out. We primarily use three designers for all of our clients projects but you know what they say "cobblers children have no shoes", that's exactly where we are now.
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Pregnant Anna Paquin and her husband Stephen Moyer are expecting twins.
In April, the True Blood actors confirmed they are set to welcome their first child this autumn and now their co-star Sam Trammell, who is a dad to 11-month-old twin boys, has leaked news Paquin is actually eating for three.
Trammell tells Us Weekly magazine, "I'm so excited for them. We sent them a special gift. It's so interesting that True Blood has become, like, the 'twins show.'"
The 43 year old also admits he and his wife Missy Yager are busy compiling advice to share with the pair ahead of its double delivery, adding, "It's harder having twins, but it's all we know. So we're trying to impart some decent wisdom. I told them to hold on tight!"
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Unquestionably, the most important item coming out of the New York Mets' spring training camp in Port St. Lucie was the news recovering pitcher Matt Harvey was cleared to throw.
"[Dr. David Altchek] said everything was fine and basically that I can start throwing,'' Harvey told reporters today. "So I don't know exactly which date that is, but in the next couple of days. That was obviously good news for me.''
Harvey acknowledged he can't afford to rush his rehab, and spoke specifically with Altchek about that issue.
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* Closer Bobby Parnell is taking it slowly in his rehab (Harvey, please take note). Parnell was supposed to throw off the mound today, but pushed it back until tomorrow.
* Manager Terry Collins said reliever Jeurys Familia has the stuff to be a closer. However, does he have the command and mental make-up?
* ESPN reported the Mets are monitoring the Seattle Mariners about shortstop Nick Franklin. Mets' back-up shortstop Omar Quintanilla reported to camp.
* Position players will have their physicals Friday, with the first full-squad workout scheduled for Saturday.


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European Commission
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Brussels, 18 September 2013
New measures to restore confidence in benchmarks following LIBOR and EURIBOR scandals
The Commission has today proposed draft legislation to help restore confidence in the integrity of benchmarks. A benchmark is an index (statistical measure), calculated from a representative set of underlying data, that is used as a reference price for a financial instrument or financial contract or to measure the performance of an investment fund. The new rules will enhance the robustness and reliability of benchmarks, facilitate the prevention and detection of their manipulation and clarify responsibility for and the supervision of benchmarks by the authorities. They complement the Commission's proposals, agreed by the European Parliament and Council in June 2013, to make the manipulation of benchmarks a market abuse offence subject to strict administrative fines (see MEMO/13/774).
The manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR) has resulted in multi-million euro fines on several banks in Europe and the US, and allegations of manipulation of commodity (e.g. oil, gas and biofuel) and exchange-rate benchmarks are also under investigation. The prices of financial instruments worth trillions of euro depend on benchmarks, and millions of residential mortgages are also linked to them. As a result, benchmark manipulation can cause significant losses to consumers and investors, distort the real economy, and undermine market confidence.
Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier said: "Benchmarks are at the heart of the financial system: they are critical for our markets as well as the mortgages and savings of millions of our citizens, yet until now they have been largely unregulated and unsupervised. Market confidence has been undermined by scandals and allegations of benchmark manipulation. This cannot go on: we must rebuild trust. Today's proposals will ensure for the first time that all benchmark providers have to be authorised and supervised; they will enhance transparency and tackle conflicts of interest. As a result, the integrity as well as the continuity and quality of key benchmarks will be ensured."
Key elements of the proposal
The proposal is in line with the principles recently agreed at international level by the International Organization for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and covers a broad variety of benchmarks, not just interest rate benchmarks such as LIBOR, but also commodity benchmarks for example. It covers all benchmarks that are used to reference financial instruments admitted to trading or traded on a regulated venue, such as energy and currency derivatives, those that are used in financial contracts, such as mortgages and those that are used to measure the performance of investment funds. It seeks to address possible shortcomings at every stage in the production and use of benchmarks.
The ultimate objective is to ensure the integrity of benchmarks by guaranteeing that they are not subject to conflicts of interest, that they reflect the economic reality they are intended to measure and are used appropriately.
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Central banks that are members of the European System of Central Banks are excluded from the scope as they already have systems in place that ensure compliance with the objectives of this draft regulation.
Annexes contain more detailed provisions on commodity benchmarks and interest rate benchmarks. Benchmarks whose input data is provided by regulated venues are released from certain obligations to avoid dual regulation.
See also MEMO/13/799
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A Coast Guard Auxiliary boat on patrol just off the coast of southern California responded to what appeared to be distress signal mirror last month only to discover it was a Mylar balloon, the type used for birthdays and other good wishes. But in this case, it diverted limited assets of the Coast Guard for naught.
Mylar balloons because of their reflective tendencies can be mistaken for a distress signal and cause rescuers to waste valuable resources investigating the source of what from several miles away can appear to be a distress signaling mirror.
Balloons in general are a particular nuisance because when exposed floating in seawater deteriorate much slower than those exposed in air, and even after 12 months of exposure still retained their elasticity. So remember with balloons - What goes up must come down! Balloons return to the land and sea where they can be mistaken for prey and eaten by animals. Balloons are hazards when they enter the aquatic environment because they can look a great deal like jellyfish-a major source of food for many animals. Sea turtles, dolphins, whales, fish, and seabirds have been reported with balloons in their stomachs. It is believed that they mistake balloons for jellyfish which are their natural prey.
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Many people and organizations are recognizing the importance of being "green." The Coast Guard Auxiliary is no exception. Protecting the marine environment has long been one of the Coast Guard, Active Duty and Auxiliary's, primary missions, and they are once again steeping up their outreach efforts to alert the public to the dangers of plastics in the marine environment. "The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary reminds boaters and the general public that marine debris is everyone's concern and everyone's problem," said Pacific Area Commodore Lois Conrado.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary recommends the following practices that everyone can take to reduce plastics in the marien environment. :
Never intentionally discard any item into the marine environment. In fact, make it a practice of following the Plus One" program, where you bring all your our trash back ashore, plus at least one other piece of trash you find during your journey.
Tie loose items down, secure it, stow it
Secure all plastic wrap and packaging - make sure they don't blow overboard
Practice the Three Rs - Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
Properly dispose of trash and fishing gear so that birds and other marine life don't become entangled in it.
Participate in, or better yet - organize a coastal cleanup programs in your community
Buy recycled products with little or no packaging.
Keep cigarette butts off streets and beaches
Cut the rings in plastic six pack holders
Set a good example and educate others about marine debris.
Under federal law, it is illegal for any vessel to discharge plastics or garbage containing plastics into any waters. Additional restrictions on dumping non-plastic waste are outlined below. Regional, state or local laws may place further restrictions on the disposal of garbage. ALL discharge of garbage is prohibited in the Great Lakes or their connecting or tributary waters. Each knowing violation of these requirements may result in a fine of up to $500,000 and 6 years imprisonment.
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Overwhelming Pictures, Perturbing Reportage
David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, opened a recent piece brilliantly titled 'Aflame [1]' thus:
"Because memory, particularly historical memory, fails unfailingly, this summer feels like a uniquely horrific season of dissolution and blood."
Wars seem to be kicking off or intensifying everywhere. States are unraveling in what someone called 'a great sorting out'. Global leaders and global institutions are struggling, unsuccessfully thus far, to contain, manage, and end not one conflict but several. And some of the conflicts are merging, evolving, transforming in ever more macabre ways. Above all, civilians are being killed in every one of these conflicts. Mortars are landing on homes. Women, children, the old and infirm are being slaughtered. The hard men – and they all seem to be men – leading these fights have welded iron into their souls. They have decided that they will not allow moral or legal niceties about protecting non-combatants to get in the way of an all-out drive for 'victory' by any means necessary.
Then there is the reportage about all these wars. Global media organs – both traditional and modern – are focused obsessively on all the wars. They are bringing the pictures into our living rooms everywhere, to our smart phones, our laptops, and our tablets. There is no getting away from the harrowing pictures of babies maimed or killed, of civilians blown away in the skies. And the reporters seem determined to make sure that armchair spectators of these wars are shocked out of their indifference. They are motivated to unquiet us. Says veteran war reporter, Christina Lamb [2]of the Sunday Times of London:
"If I see something that's really shocking that's happening I want people outside to know about it…because I hope that will change."
Unsurprisingly, as the world seems to go aflame this summer, a debate about journalistic ethics in the reporting of all these wars has erupted. Here is the question: should journalists report these wars, and the atrocities and horrors they see, in a calm, detached manner, or should they show emotion, cry, even rage? Writing in the Guardian of London, Giles Fraser argues [3]that:
"…in the midst of unimaginable suffering , the idea of calm objectivity feels like a desperate attempt to maintain some thin veneer of civilization protecting us from the total futility of it all […]Being calmly rational about dead children feels like a particular form of madness."
Strong, powerful words these.
But, writing in the same newspaper, David Loyn of the BBC, entered this counterblast [4]:
"This is a dangerous path. Emotion is the stuff of propaganda, and news is against propaganda. Reporting should privilege the emotional responses of audiences, not indulge journalists."
It is a difficult debate to moderate. My lived experience right now is that the great media houses are bringing us overwhelming pictures from these wars, even with all the editing we know they do; and the reportage is profoundly perturbing, even though we know that the reporters try to be restrained.
And how are we coping with all these pictures of killing and devastation? I can only tell you how I am reacting. What I am finding is the limit of my empathy bandwidth. As these reports and pictures come in, true empathy is putting yourself in the shoes of every victim – every child, woman, every devastated family – imaging what they are going through, what loss on that scale, with that horrific suddenness and brutality, must feel like. Each time you do so, the psychological impact is massive. But these are not rare instances. The cases, the macabre images, are piling one on top of the other. So, it gets to be too much. And you do have to tear yourself away and get back to work, and back to the demands of your own private life, of your own loved ones. Nevertheless, the pictures stay with you, weigh on you, prey on you, and haunt your wakefulness.
Finally, for me, two emotional responses predominate. The first is a sense of powerlessness. You see unbearable human suffering and it is not clear that there is anything that you can do to help. The ruthless men driving these different wars, and their equally Machiavellian backers, are not, it seems, open to persuasion right now. The second reaction is the gnawing fear that, perhaps, in spite of all the progress humankind claims to have made; in spite of how much more civilized we claim or pretend to be; perhaps, at bottom, in the words of W.H. Auden: "We are all barbarians."
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Sri Lanka managed to chase down a score of 293 against a confident looking English side.
Angelo Matthews won the toss and without hesitation elected to bowl first; the pitch was fresh and had a little bit of grass on it.
Both teams had a number of seam bowlers to bank on given the conditions of the game.
England started off well with Cook managing to get more than 50 runs on the board and giving his side a perfect start to the game. The batting side's top order did quite well to give Sri Lanka's bowling attack a run for their money and managed to put 223 runs on board together.
At the end of 45th over they had a commanding position with a score 245 at the loss of just three wickets.
Just when the batting side were warming up the crowd with their batting display, things started to dip when Malinga, starting the 46th over, dismissed Root and Morgan back to pavillion in consecutive deliveries.
He almost managed to get a hat-trick but Bopara was smart enough to read the slow yorker and got the bat down on time. But the bowling side continued to heap pressure on the middle order Buttler was out for a duck and followed by Bresnan in consecutive overs.
At one stage it looked as if England would manage to go past 300 runs, but were crippled and were looking to get at least a total of 280 plus. Bopara gave his side some hope by playing a gem of an innings in the end, scoring 33 from just 13 deliveries with three sixes and two fours.
Sri Lanka came on the ground knowing what needs to be done, to keep their hopes alive in the tournament. England got an early breakthrough when Perara tried to go for a big one, but hit with the toe of the bat and Bopara crouched it for a safe take.
Sangakkara continued his fine form after the first game and it was his knock that changed the course of the game. He stood firm against the English seam attack and dismantled them.
The team batting second was able to gain control of the game with all three experienced players in the side showing the team how to chase a big total against a home team. Dilshan and Jayawardene both made more than 40 runs to shake off any threat.
England's hope of a fight back after Jayawardene's dismissal were dashed when Nuwan Kulasekara was pushed up the order to make good use of power play.
Although the promotion looked misjudged while he struggled to fend off Anderson, but soon proved his worth with a classy knock of 58 to support the veteran.
Sri Lanka finished the chase with seven wickets and almost three overs to spare. India was the only team to have ever pulled off such a daunting target on this ground.
The tournament has been lit up by the result and it will be a tough fixture for both teams ahead as England take on New Zealand to whom they lost a ODI series recently and Sri Lanka face defending Champions Australia.
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Update: U.S. 258 re-opened around 11:50 a.m., according to N.C. Highway Patrol Trooper Matt Bryan.
Authorities rerouted traffic through Burton Park as crews fought the blaze, which was not extinguished until after 9:30 a.m., according to officials.
Onslow County Emergency Services Director Norman Bryson said Tuesday morning that U.S. 258 has been shut down since the call came in around 6:40 a.m. as crews fought the fire.
He said deputies from the Onslow County Sheriff's Office pulled in behind the tractor trailer, which was on fire mostly on its back end.
The N.C. State Highway Patrol, Rhodestown, Richlands, Backswamp and Southwest volunteer fire departments responded with Richlands Rescue and Onslow County EMS providing rehab for firefighters.
Trooper Matt Bryan said the truck was headed southbound on U.S. 258 to Camp Lejeune from Dunn, hauling furniture for Super Service LLC when the fire broke out.
�It appears the fire started in the passenger side rear tire of the tractor, possibly from the braking system,� Bryan said.
Bryan said the driver of the tractor trailer, Victoria Bradshaw, 22, of Dunn, was transported to Onslow Memorial Hospital with injuries to her back and left hand after she reportedly tried to fight the blaze with a fire extinguisher and also tried to disconnect the truck from the trailer.
Bryson said the tractor trailer was full of heavy combustibles including wood and furniture.
�There was a lot of product in there burning,� he said.
Bryan said the fire was out completely around 9:45 a.m., and both tractor and trailer have been deemed a total loss. He added that there does not seem to be any negligence on the driver's part, and no one else was injured in the incident.
Bryson said travelers should be careful, because there was also a wreck on the 120 block of Rhodestown Road causing delays. He said there were no major injuries in that wreck, and the Half Moon Volunteer Fire Department, Richlands Rescue and Onslow County EMS responded. Bryson said he did not know the nature of the wreck.
Bryson said the most clear path heading into Jacksonville from Richlands Tuesday morning would be Gum Branch Road.
As of 10:30 a.m., the Department of Transportation was cleaning up furniture debris which had been pulled from the trailer to fight the blaze. Bryan said they would re-open the roads soon as they cleared the debris from the road and a tow truck could remove the tractor trailer.
Traffic on U.S. 258 is delayed due to a reported vehicle fire. Traffic is being detoured along Pony Farm Road. Vehicles along U.S. 258 are virtually at a stand still. Emergency crews are on the scene. The Highway Patrol and Onslow County Sheriff''s Office are both directing traffic.


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Meromorphic Functions on the Riemann Sphere (Pt. II)
Point of Post: This is a continuation of this post.
Meromorphic Functions on the Riemann Sphere (Pt. I)
Point of Post: In this post we classify the meromorphic functions on the Riemann sphere .
If a random kid off the street asked you "what are the continuous functions ?" or "what are all the smooth maps ?" you would probably replay with a definitive "Ehrm…well…they're just…" This is because such a description (besides "they're just the continuous functions!") is beyond comprehension in those cases! For example, it would take quite a bit of ingenuity to come up with something like the Blancmange function–in fact, such crazy continuous everywhere, differentiable nowhere functions are, in a sense dense in the space of continuous functions.
Thus, it should come as somewhat of a surprise that after reading this post you will be able to answer a kid asking "what are all the meromorphic functions on the Riemann sphere?" with a "Ha, that's simple. They're just…". To be precise, we have already proven that , and we shall now show that the reverse inclusion is true! Now, more generally, we shall be able to give a satisfactory (algebraic!) of the meromorphic functions of any compact Riemann surface. While this won't be quite as impressive as the explicit, simple characterization of but still a far cry from our situation with trying to characterize , since we don't really even have an algebraic (ring theoretic) description of this (in terms of more familiar objects). This should be, once again, another indication that the function theory of compact Riemann surfaces is very rigid–they admit meromorphic functions, but not so many that the computation (algebraically) of their meromorphic function field is untenable.
Ok, now that we have had some discussion about the philosophical implications of actually being able to describe let's discuss how we are actually going to prove . The basic idea comes from the fact that we can actually find a function which has prescribed zeros and poles such that and for any –namely, the function given by . Thus, if is a meromorphic function on with zeroes and poles described as in the last sentence we see that is a meromorphic function on and which has no zeros or poles on . In particular, is a function meromorphic on but holomorphic on , and with no zeros. Now, it's a common fact from complex analysis that the only entire function with a pole at infinity (recall that the somewhat confusing definition of pole at infinity now makes a lot more sense!) is a polynomial. Thus, is a polynomial, but since has no zeros on we know from the fundamental theorem of algebra that is constant. Thus, is really just a constant multiple of ! Note that the key to this proof is that ability specify poles and zeros of a given multiplicity, except perhaps specifying a pole at infinity, and that the point infinity is well-behaved (in the sense that things that have poles there are pretty tame).
Meromorphic Functions on Riemann Surfaces (Pt. III)
Point of Post: This is a continuation of this post.
Meromorphic Functions on Riemann Surfaces (Pt. II)
Point of Post: This is a continuation of this post.
Meromorphic Functions on Riemann Surfaces (Pt. I)
Point of Post: In this post we define meromorphic functions on Riemann surfaces and discuss several properties of such maps, including the correspondence between holomorphic functions and holomorphic maps to the Riemann sphere.
So, up until this we've point we've defined Riemann surfaces and the structure preserving maps between them (the holomorphic ones). We should feel accomplished, no? I mean, we at least have the bare basics to start trying to do complex analysis on surfaces/use complex analysis to analyze the surfaces, right? Well, anyone who has taken a serious course in complex analysis should be vehemently shaking their head (you are, right?). Indeed, looking only at holomorphic functions leaves out a huge part of complex analysis. In particular, we should be weary of any discussion of complex analytic concepts that ignore meromorphic functions. Indeed, without considering meromorphic functions we wouldn't have things like Cauchy's integral formula, the theorem that enriches all of our study of holomorphic functions.
Another very obvious reason that we would want to study meromorphic functions comes from our previous revelatio that compact Riemann surfaces admit no non-constant holomorphic functions! We saw, looking at the proof that, perhaps the issues with this is that for globally defined functions into their is a boundedness is the issue. Thus, allowing functions with singularities (and consequently for functions to get unbounded near these singularities!) will perhaps allow us to create meaningful (non-constant) functions from compact Riemann surfaces into , which should be useful in the study of the compact Riemann surfaces themselves. Of course, such functions would be (if we were doing regular complex analysis!) meromorphic functions.
So, now that we have figured out why we would want to study meromorphic functions on Riemann surfaces, it remains to figure out precisely how to define them. Well, unsurprisingly, we define them like we define all local concepts on Riemann surfaces–via charts. Namely, just like in the case of holomorphic functions, we shall say that a function on a Riemann surface is meromorphic at if when we pretend that locally around and we are dealing with subsets of , and when we pretend that is a mapping between these two subsets, that is meromorphic at . Of course, this is rigorously done by checking the meromorphicity of 's coordinate map associated to a chart. We then have to verify that this meromorphicity of coordinate map is independent of chart transformation, but this is clear since if one conjugate a meromorphic map by biholomorphisms one gets a meromorphic map.
Ok, fine, so this is the obvious, not new definition of meromorphicity. But, as we have said before, not only does using abstract Riemann surfaces allow us to study such objects (you need to have Riemann surfaces and their pursuant concepts to study Riemann surfaces!) but it allows us to illuminate some old concepts. In particular, suppose that we wanted to try to extend a meromorphic function to a holomorphic function? To put this on less confusing terms, we know that there is a discrete set of poles of such that is holomorphic, and we want to extend this to a holomorphic map . Well, naively, if this is to be holomorphic, it better be continuous. Thus, we have no choice but to define for . Now, there is an obvious issue with this since (by definition!) , and so (with this definition) is not a well-defined element of . Ah, but therein lies the rub. Namely, is not a well-defined element of the complex numbers. This doesn't stop us from thinking about as sitting inside a bigger Riemann surface and trying to extend (given by the composition ) where, perhaps, may exist!
Thus, we are left looking for a Riemann surface with an embedding and a notion of an "infinite complex number". Hopefully you aren't thinking too hard. Namely, the extended complex plane is exactly such a Riemann surface! Not only does sit comfily inside of , but the topology on allows us to think of as an element for which defining makes sense! In particular, the knowledge that gets arbitrarily large tells us that as we have that lies in discs for arbitrarily large values of . Now, if one starts looking at what the discs on the Riemann sphere one sees that the only point in all such discs is ! Thus, it actually makes topological sense to define . Thus, we see that meromorphic mappings really correspond to maps , and if there is any justice in the world, these maps will be holomorphic. Luckily for us, this is in fact true (the just world part might be pushing it though), and we shall see that meromorphic mappings (where is any Riemann surface!) correspond exactly to holomorphic maps . Well, almost, the only thing we need to watch out for is the condition that poles are discrete. But, since preimages of holomorphic non-constant maps are discrete we see the only trouble map is the map , which we shall just ignore.
Well, once we have the notion of meromorphic functions, the most basic thing we'd want to do with them is inspect how "bad" of a singularity they have at a given poin, or more specifically, how bad of a singularity either they or their inverse has at a given point. This leads us naturally to the notion of the order of a meromorphic function at a point. If we were doing plain old complex analysis on subsets of this would be as simple as expanding our function as a Laurent series and finding the smallest non-zero coefficient (the integer attached to this coefficient would be the order). Simpleminded as we are, we would like to do the same thing here. Of course, the issue with this is the one that we have encountered at least fourteen times now–the fact that a Laurent series doesn't make sense for a map when is an abstract Riemann surface. And, like the fourteen other times, we fix this by thinking locally. We will define the Laurent series of at , relative some chart , to merely by the Laurent series of at . Now, in a perfect world of sunshine and lollipops, the Laurent series of would be the same with respect to any chart. Sadly, this is not true, for if it were true then one would have that the Laurent series of a function at is the same as the Laurent series of at for any biholomorphism (on a neighborhood of )–you can find counterexamples to this. But, the key is that while the Laurent series is extremely chart dependent, the integer at which its lowest non-zero coefficient appears, does not. Thus, we get the well-defined notion of order that shall play such a pivotal role in our later studies.
Holomorphic Maps and Riemann Surfaces (Pt. IV)
Point of Post: This is a continuation of this post.
Holomorphic Maps and Functions (Pt. III)
Point of Post: This is a continuation of this post.
Holomorphic Maps and Functions (Pt. II)
Point of Post: This is a continuation of this post.
Holomorphic Maps and Functions (Pt. I)
Point of Post: In this post we define holomorphic maps between surfaces and prove various properties that such maps possess. We then specialize this to looking at holomorphic functions.
Now that we have defined Riemann surfaces and given ample examples we can define the arrows in our category–in other words, the structure preserving maps between Riemann surfaces. Of course, these should just be the maps between Riemann surfaces that are holomorphic locally, where this makes sense since locally Riemann surfaces are just open subsets of .
How do we make this rigorous? Precisely the way we did with smooth maps between smooth manifolds. Namely, if we have a map between two Riemann surfaces, and a point then should be holomorphic at if, when we pretend that is just an open subset of locally around , and that is just an open subset of around , and then pretend that is just a map between these open subsets of , that we get something holomorphic. Of course, we need to unravel this to make it slightly more rigorous. The first rigorization (new word?) we would like to perform is to make explicit what we mean by "pretending" things look, locally, like an open subset of . In particular, choosing charts and at and allows us to pretend that and are just the open subsets and of (we need to, for set theoretic technicalities, assume that –but this is just technical, and should [intuition wise!] just be ignored). Fine, but, how do we "pretend" that is a map ? Well, it's fairly obvious that we would want the method of "pretending" to be consistent with the method of "pretend" we performed on the identifications and . In particular, we should pull back to a map on a subset of the same way we pulled back–using . Similarly, we should use to pull to a map on a subset of . Putting this all together we see that the map we should be considering is . Thus, this is the map we want to be holomorphic at (the "pretend" ).
Of course, just as in the case of smooth manifolds, the somewhat unsettling aspect of this definition is the idea that, a priori, this definition depends on our method of "pretend". In particular, why can't we pick different charts and get a function which is not holomorphic? Well, this is precisely why Riemann surfaces aren't defined as just topological manifolds of one complex dimension. Namely, the requirement that our complex structure be internally (holomorphically) compatible is precisely so that this definition is independent of chart choice.
Ok, now that we have a notion of holomorphic mappings between Riemann surface we can start to ask how many of the theorems from complex analysis transfer over to this context? Does the Open Mapping Theorem hold? Does the Identity Theorem Hold? It turns out that the meta principle that (almost!) any mapping property that holds for true for holomorphic mappings between domains in holds true for mappings between Riemann surfaces. This should be intuitively true since holomorphic mapping properties are most often local theorems, and locally Riemann surfaces and the maps between them, are just holomorphic mappings between domains!
Of course, this is a meta principle, and as my parenthetical disclaimer indicates, things don't always hold true for Riemann surfaces in general. What are some of the issues that would prevent us from carrying over a true statement about holomorphic maps between domains to a true statement about holomorphic mappings between Riemann surfaces? Probably the most egregious issue, and one of the simplest conceptually, is that perhaps there isn't even an obvious analog for the theorem! For example, the Maximum Modulus Principle involves the notion of . Now, if we have a mapping for abstract Riemann surfaces and , what does even mean? That said, most of the issues are ones where we really only require to be not-so-abstract. Thus, we are naturally led (via trying to generalize theorems in complex analysis) to consider the special case of holomorphic mappings . Such holomorphic mappings shall be called (for historical reasons) holomorphic functions (i.e. the word function is reserved [instead of mapping] for when the codomain is ).
Now anyone familiar with smooth manifold theory will be saying to themselves "of course, holomorphic functions will undoubtedly be extremely important in our studies!" This intuition comes from the fact that in real manifold theory, this is very much true. Studying the smooth functions can tell us a surprisingly, fantastically huge amount of information about (pronounced Morse theory). This is, in fact, not entirely true. For example, we shall see that the only holomorphic functions on compact Riemann surfaces shall be constant maps (intuitively, this makes sense because any function shall have to assume it's maximum from where [using our intuition given by the Maximum Modulus Principle on domains] we should guess our map is contant). This shall be the first indication of a very fundamental fact of Riemann surfaces. Namely, there are two types of Riemann surfaces: the compact and the non-compact. To be less cryptic, we shall see that the theorems/techniques used in the study of compact Riemann surfaces shall vary greatly from those in the study of non-compact Riemann surfaces. A good rule of thumb is that the study of compact Riemann surfaces feels algebraic/algebraic geometric (this has very precise, rigorous categorical statement) that the study of non-compact Riemann surfaces feels much more analysis/ geometric analysis like.
Loci of Holomorphic Functions and the Inverse Function Theorem (Pt. III)
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 1, 2009) - After not showing any firepower or intensity in the first 20 minutes against Cumberlands, the ETSU women's basketball team dug deep and made a statement in the second half, as the Lady Bucs downed the Patriots 74-61 in the exhibition opener inside Memorial Center on Sunday afternoon.
The Lady Bucs had three players score in double figures, as senior TaRonda Wiles (
"We have focused on defense from day one every day; that's the majority of our practice," commented head coach Karen Kemp. "In the first half, our defense was very disappointing. Cumberlands came out shooting the ball very well, and they were more ready to play as far as intensity was concerned. Our focus at the break was to find that intensity, because we can't give up 40 points in one half every night. In the end, I thought the team responded to the challenge and played extremely well on the defensive end in the final 20 minutes."
For the second straight year ETSU was trailing to Cumberlands at the half, as the Patriots closed out the final five minutes and seventeen seconds on an 18-7 run to take a 40-39 lead into the locker room.
Fortunately, after letting Cumberlands shoot 48.1 percent (13-27) in the first half, ETSU buckled down on defense and turned up the heat in the second half. In the final 20 minutes, the Lady Bucs limited the Patriots to a frigid 19.4 shooting percentage (6-31), and ETSU outscored the visitors from
ETSU scored the first four points to open the final 20 minutes, and regained a 43-40 advantage with 18:57 left to play. However, Cumberlands didn't back down and led 47-43 after Lauren Wombles hit a jumper at the 16:11 mark. From there, the Lady Bucs rattled off nine unanswered points and took control of the game with ten minutes remaining in the contest.
The Lady Bucs never trailed after Evans' jumper at the 12:35 mark, and ETSU finally took a double digit lead for the first time in the half when Wiles sank a pair of free throws with less than six minutes to go in the contest. Eventually the Lady Bucs saw their lead grow to as many as 16, 72-56, thanks to another Wiles freebie with 2:57 showing on the clock.
Each team shot an identical 32.8 percent from the field for the game, but ETSU used 28 Patriot fouls to its liking - going 29-for-40 (72.5 percent) from the charity stripe. Cumberlands went to the line 11 less times than the Lady Bucs and connected on 19 (29 attempts). Both ETSU and Cumberlands finished with 48 rebounds, but the Lady Bucs turned 24 Patriot turnovers into 24 points.
The Lady Bucs received solid minutes from freshman post Tosha Austin (
Both teams opened the contest on fire as the clubs combined to hit six of their first nine shot attempts. Then, with the game tied at 8-all, ETSU found some breathing room by posting a 14-4 run over the next five minutes and led 22-12 after Wiles drilled a three-pointer with 11:59 remaining until intermission.
Unfortunately, a 30-second timeout by the Patriots paid off, as the Cumberlands cut its deficit to two, 22-20, on Wombles' lay up with less than ten minutes left before halftime. The Lady Bucs responded with an 8-0 run over the next two-plus minutes, but Cumberlands took the wind out of ETSU's sails in the final five minutes to lead 40-39 at the break.
Cumberlands was led by Amber Neace's 16 points; while Wombles and Brittanie Ware each netted 10 in the losing effort.
ETSU returns to action on Saturday, Nov. 7, when the Lady Bucs close out exhibition play with
For more information on Lady Buccaneer basketball, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.


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Join the Company necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 168 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small startup working on a new shopping site that will combine FUN + SHOPPING. We call the concept Kudu, which is an African antelope-type creatures with distinctive curved horns.
Kudus graze and browse for their hunt on the plains of the Savanna just like shoppers do in a mall.
Our company is a 3 person team based in DC.
Women 30-55
We need a new logo for the site.
It should look clean, fun and easy to read. Simple and crisp vs frilly and curvy. We like web 2.0 look and feel, but know they come a dime a dozen so still want to be distinctive in a sea of random other brands.
I'd like to see the mark or shape of the Kudu horn (or horns) in it if possible.
It shouldn't look like a game reserve, pet store, or golf course though. It should be badass, modern and cutting edge while still being a bit playful. I would avoid obvious iconography for the concept like a game controller or shopping cart.
No color preferences but not mechanical, dark or ominous, grungy, or manly. Think bright, but not pink or too feminine.
It should look good on a dark or white background.
The copy is as follows:
Save Money. Have fun.
The tag line may evolve, so feel free to play with any other short line of text there. Extra points for creativity and humor!
Can't wait to see some creative entries, and have fun!
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The College of Arts and Architecture's Reuben and Gladys Golumbic Scholarship is awarded annually to three students in the areas of Performance Achievement, Design Achievement, and Humanistic Achievement. Faculty members nominate students to apply for the prestigious scholarship, which was established in 1978 by Ed Eckl, a Penn State chemistry alumnus, in memory of his adoptive parents.
Performance Achievement
John Livingston is a senior with double majors in musical arts (piano) and English. A Schreyer Honors College Scholar, Livingston is a member of the Penn State Glee Club and the Concert Choir, both of which he has accompanied for several semesters. In addition to serving as the president of the Glee Club and vice president of the Concert Choir, he is the current Penn State Dance Marathon chair for the Glee Club. Even though he became a music major in his sophomore year with a walk-in, un-recruited audition, he has won numerous awards, including a Presser Scholarship (2013), William J. and Lois Kesterson Leight Memorial Award (2012), Even Pugh Scholar Award (2012), and Eleanor Beene Memorial Award (2011). Livingston is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society and Phi Kappa Phi national honor society. At the conclusion of his undergraduate study at Penn State, he plans to pursue a master's degree in collaborative piano.
Humanistic Achievement
Jessica Paholsky is a Schreyer Honors College Scholar who expects to graduate in 2014 with bachelor of arts degrees in Visual Journalism and Photography, and minors in International Arts and International Studies. As a visual storyteller, Paholsky focuses on the marginalized and under appreciated, recognizing that differences (cultural, lingual, sexual preferences, and physical limitations) give rise to social barriers that isolate and dehumanize. She strives to celebrate differences while shattering barriers with the click of her shutter. With an eye toward her career goal of being a photographer for the National Geographic Society, Paholsky has participated in study abroad programs that allowed her to be immersed in the local cultures. In Puebla, Mexico, she lived with a host family and photographed local craftspeople, laborers and farmers. In Italy, she decided to avoid the obvious tourist centers and instead chose Perugia, a typical Umbrian town where she could more easily observe the Italian people in their natural environment. A member of Phi Eta Sigma honor society and Douglas A. Anderson Chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha communications honor society, Paholsky has served as president of the College of Arts and Architecture Student Council, vice president of the Penn State National Press Photographers Association, and member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and University Park Undergraduate Association. Upon graduation her goal is to earn a Fulbright Fellowship to Bangladesh to continue her mission to record life across the cultural spectrum and expose barriers through the universal language of photography.
Design Achievement
Dustin Julius is a fifth-year architecture student who has taken his passion for design and turned it into a teaching experience. When only a sophomore, he served as the teaching assistant for Assistant Professor of Architecture James Cooper's Architecture 121 Visual Communications class, helping instruct students only one year younger. He also leads informal tutorials for second-ayear students. Julius has competed in several prestigious national competitions, earning first place with the National Concrete Masonry Association (2011), Design Collective Scholarship and Internship Opportunity (2012) and Foreman Competition (2012). He received an A. William Hajjar and Anne Bortz Hajjar Memorial Scholarship in 2012. Following graduation, Julius will continue his studies at Penn State in the integrated master of architecture program.


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The Rock choir, Resonate, meets Tuesday nights from 7:30 - 8:30 PM in the sanctuary. All are welcome to attend. Childcare is provided.
Luke 19:40 says If they keep quiet the rocks will cry out. Even the rocks cry out praise to God. We want to be louder than the rocks. We want our lives and our voices to Resonate Gods glory. Our prayer is that our ministry will resonate throughout these walls and reach the city of San Diego.
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William Francis Giauque, (born May 12, 1895, Niagara Falls, Ont., Can.—died March 28, 1982, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.), Canadian-born American physical chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1949 for his studies of the properties of matter at temperatures close to absolute zero.
After earning his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1922, Giauque joined the chemistry faculty there and held posts at the school until 1981. In 1927 he proposed a new method of achieving extremely low temperatures using a process called adiabatic demagnetization. By 1933 he had a working apparatus that obtained a temperature within one-tenth of a degree of absolute zero (−273.15° C). His research confirmed the third law of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy of ordered solids reaches zero at the absolute zero of temperature. In the course of his low-temperature studies of oxygen, Giauque discovered with Herrick L. Johnston the oxygen isotopes of mass 17 and 18.


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Miguel Rodriguez necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
BestOne Realty http://www.bestonerealtypr.com Este año compro mi casa
Brief Overview
We are a real estate company in Puerto Rico. We are currently setting up the a new image and website and we need a logo asap so we can start promoting it.
Brand Name
BestOne Realty
Target Audience
We are especifically targeting home buyers with our company. Currently our focus lies on making easy to home buyers to find and buy their new homes. Although we definitely work with home sellers too. We are looking for people think getting a home is a dificult task to help them and make it easier
Obviously the logo should contain the text " BestOne Realty ". Further the logo should contain the subtext " Este año compro mi casa" This should not attract to much attention though.
To keep it simple i will give a list of keywords of what we want and what we don't.
- Clean
- Eye catching
- Simple
- Recognizable
- Optional: Comedic ( not to obvious but something subtle)
- Corporate
- Chaotic
- Flat images
The sky is the limit, Go nuts who knows. We might like it. Just keep in mind the above mentioned and you should be ok
It must include a house . Use the logo attached to further view what im looking for
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Long after the buzz has gone, and even after the resulting hangover has cleared, a bout of binge drinking will leave your metabolism in a deeply disturbed state, which may be why binge drinkers -- even occasional ones -- are at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes (or its precursor, metabolic syndrome) than nondrinkers or those who drink more moderately.
A new study, conducted on rats, suggests that binge drinking disrupts metabolism not by poisoning the liver but by inflaming the brain's hypothalamus, which conducts the symphony of signals necessary for proper metabolic function. The research was published this week in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
Binge drinking -- defined as reaching a blood alcohol level of .08% in a period of two hours or less -- is a widespread practice among teens and young adults. But it's not uncommon in older people too. A recent survey of elderly and middle-aged adults found that 20% of men and 6% of women engage in this form of heavy drinking.
Calculate here how many drinks would constitute binge drinking for you.
While the metabolic disturbance that comes with this kind of alcohol consumption occurs in both men and women, the study found that even at alcohol consumption levels that were lower, female rats exhibited higher levels of insulin resistance. That's bad news for adolescent and young adult female humans, who are engaging in binge drinking at an accelerating rate.


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I like to play with classic recipes to see what I can, and what I cannot, get away with. I like to push the culinary envelope, if you like. Sometimes it works out really well, and sometimes it fails spectacularly and the husband and I have something to laugh about for weeks – sometimes years.
I often make pasta carbonara for my husband because, frankly, he's in love with this dish. He can't get enough. I think he's more than addicted to it. So, sometimes I change it up so he has some variety. He indulges me. He will try anything I put in front of him as long as it resembles and smells like traditional pasta carbonara in the end.
One part of this classic dish I like to mess with a lot is the béchamel sauce. I like to try different sources of dairy that I have on hand from time to time. It may be lactose-free or skim milk, 5% or 10% table cream, 18-35% table cream or whipped cream (very decadent, I know), plain almond milk, or even liquified coffee creamer (I have a post about this I'm still working the kinks out of – hang tight for that one).
Tonight, I tried (simple because I had it in the fridge and it needed to be used up) buttermilk. I wasn't too nervous about this ingredient experiment because I already had a good idea of how the buttermilk would react with the roux, so I poured it into the pot and stirred like mad like I didn't have a care in the world. And you know what? It worked out beautifully. I may never use another dairy ingredient but buttermilk in my pasta carbonara again.
The reason? Buttermilk lends a very stable thickness to a béchamel when mixed with the roux and cheese that my egg yolks agreed with. I haven't really thought out the science of it all yet, but I can report what I saw and tasted, and it looked as it should, and tasted better than cream in the end. It was a perfect storm of dairy. Honestly, I couldn't have planned this any better. Try it yourself.
Buttermilk Pasta Carbonara:
3/4 C Pasta noodles per person being fed (shape and size – your choice)
1 Tbsp Salt (for the pot)
4 Egg yolks (sit aside in a small bowl)
4-6 Pancetta slices (about 1/8″ thick, cut into small cubes)
2 Tbsp Butter (unsalted to keep sodium low)
1 C Yellow Onion (thinly sliced, and diced if you like or leave as 1″ long strands)
2 Tbsp Flour (I used all purpose)
2 C Buttermilk
1 C Parmesan cheese (finely grated so it melts fast) (I used mozzarella instead)
2 Tbsp Parsley (1 Tbsp if using dried herb instead)
Pasta & Pancetta: Start the pasta water in a large pot. When it comes to boil, add the salt, give it a quick stir, then add the pasta to cook. Meanwhile, start the pancetta in a bare small to medium non-stick pan on a lower than medium heat to cook and render off its fat.
Béchamel Sauce: In a medium to large-ish sauce pot, melt your butter and add your onions. Cook them till they become soft and translucent. Add the flour and stir constantly so it doesn't burn, but rather cooks to a lovely amber colour. When it hits that target colour, add your buttermilk and stir like mad for about 3 mins so it all combines into a thick, soft cream mixture. Take the sauce pot off the burner and add your cheese. Stir till it melts. It won't take long since the cream will be piping hot. Scoop a few tablespoons of the hot béchamel sauce into the bowl with the egg yolks and stir quickly so the yolks don't cook to a scrambled consistency as they temper. Now you're ready to add the silky egg yolks to the rest of the sauce in the sauce pot. Set this aside to tend to the pancetta and pasta.
When the pasta is al dente, strain it out from the pot to cool down a bit. Remove the pancetta from the pan and drain on some paper towel. Pour the béchamel over pasta in a serving bowl and toss to coat the noodles. Plate the pasta carbonara, topping each serving with parsley, freshly cracked black pepper and pancetta.
Yields roughly 6 servings.
Buon appetito! (My husband had two servings. I think that means he really liked it.)
Note: The béchamel (by way of the buttermilk and cheese), pancetta and pasta (by way of the salted water) will all be plenty salty, so there should be no need to add more to this dish as you cook or plate it.


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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Milestones: 1997
A unanimous Supreme Court in
Robinson v. Shell Oil
, adopts EEOC's position (advanced as
amicus curiae
) that the Title VII prohibition against retaliation protects former as well as current employees.
The Supreme Court in
Walters and EEOC v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises
approves EEOC's "payroll method" of counting employees to determine if an employer has the requisite number of employees to be subject to Title VII coverage.
EEOC resolves a lawsuit against Publix Super Markets where the agency had alleged that the company discriminated against women in job assignments and promotions. EEOC secures future promotional opportunities for women and $63.5 million in back pay to current and former female employees in four southern states.
EEOC settles a lawsuit against Martin Marietta Corporation for age based layoffs. The company agrees to rehire 450 claimants who had been unlawfully laid off and pays $13 million to approximately 2,000 claimants.
EEOC issues a policy guidance stating that employer-employee agreements that mandate binding arbitration of discrimination claims as a condition of employment violate federal fair employment laws. EEOC issues this statement as an increasing number of employers are requiring as a condition of employment that applicants and employees give up their right to go to court on discrimination claims.
EEOC for the first time in its history utilizes negotiated rulemaking and invites twenty experts representing management, labor and employees to negotiate and develop a rule on waivers of age discrimination claims related to retirement and severance benefits under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990.
EEOC issues guidance stating that an individual's right to file a charge with EEOC cannot be waived. Additionally the guidance makes clear an individual's right to testify, assist, or participate in an EEOC proceeding cannot be waived.
EEOC creates a home page on the Internet to provide the public with greater access to information about the agency and the laws which it enforces. Addresses and phone numbers of field offices, the text of the laws enforced by the agency, enforcement guidance, fact sheets, press releases and the biographies of Commissioners and the General Counsel are placed on the home page. The address is
EEOC resolves approximately 106,000 charges -- the most in any one year.
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Destination X, TNA's March PPV offering on the 11th, is fast approaching and the locker room is abuzz with anticipation for a couple reasons. First is the Instant Classic (pun intended) that will be Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe. A definite must-see match for wrestling fans and one that will, I think, set a new standard for title matches in TNA.
Second and most awaited, for me anyway, is AJ Styles vs Rhino in the first ever Elevation X match. For those of you under a rock, the Elevation X is a scaffold match with an X crossing above the ring and is definitely one of the most dangerous matches I can think of. Yes, there are other stipulations that may be more intimidating or scarier sounding, but believe me when I tell you that they don't compare to standing atop that scaffold looking down into the ring and cement floor below. I have spent a good portion of my career airborne, jumping from corner posts and top ropes as well as the odd balcony. But this is on a WAY other level. The possibility of serious injury is VERY, VERY high. AJ and Rhino are literally taking their lives in their hands when they get to the top of the structure. Not only is the thing so high, but take into consideration that the surface of the scaffolding is a plastic-like substance and a little bit of sweat will turn that sucker into a 20-foot-high skating rink with no boards or nets. I, for one,wouldn't sign up for this one.
Is anyone else weirded out by Bob Backlund?? I mean don't get me wrong, he's a really nice guy and really nice to talk to one on one, but wow, creepy much??
James Storm's time seems to quickly be running out. The return, although not yet fully healthy, of Chris Harris spells doom for the former Most Wanted Cowboy. He can't run forever.
Is it just me or has Showtime Eric Young gotten screwed more than any other virgin alive? And how long till we get to see him slap Robert Roode out for being such a douche? If I were him I'd give Tracy such a spanking. (Take that how you will.)
I think all TNA fans who like the product and want to see the show continue to improve need to email Spike TV and implore (beg) them for a two-hour time slot Thursdays. It's the last piece of the puzzle right now and will lead to better matches and more time for talent to get themselves over.
As always I appreciate any feedback, question or concerns and will take them either at firstname.lastname@example.com or at www.myspace.com/canadiandevine. As well anyone looking to book myself, Kazarian, Matt Bentley or Raven or the entirety of Serotonin can email above or to firstname.lastname@example.com.
In the mean time and in between time, that's it. Another edition of Devine Intervention.
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2305 Balsamroot DR is a $475,000 property on a 2.00 acre lot located in Hood River, OR.
Pine Crest is the Northwest premier luxury homesite location for building your dream home. 85 acres w/40% dedicated to green space. 2+ acre lots w/roads, all utilities including Natural Gas pipe, flexible 6k sqft building envelope on each lot, double fiber optic lines. Panoramic views of Mt Hood & Hood River valley. Under an hour to PDX International, skiing, and downtown Portland! Wineries, breweries, art & windsurfing at your feet!
|Exterior Features
HOA - Yes
Lot Description - Road Frontage - Yes
Video Virtual Tour 1 - Yes
Lot Description - Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions - Yes
Road Surface - Gravel
Utilities - Electricity Connected
Utilities - Underground Utilities
Utilities - Phone Connected
View - Yes
|Land Type
Lot Description - Orchard
Lot Description - Private
Topography - Rolling Slope
Topography - Sloped
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Single Family Residence
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hood river
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may street
|Middle School
wy east
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hood river vall
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