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In November of 1992, a group of distinguished scientists and Dana Foundation members convened at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to discuss the need to increase public understanding of brain-related diseases, disorders and research. Hosted by Nobel laureate, James D. Watson, Ph.D., the group laid the groundwork for the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and set down a vision for their organization, including their goals, strategy, and tools.
Alliance vice-chairman and Nobel laureate James D. Watson at the press conference announcing the formation of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives in April 1993.
Although such a vision may seem unrealistic and utopian, we are at an extraordinarily exciting time in the history of neuroscience. The advances in research during the past decade have taken us further than we had imagined. We have expanded our understanding of the basic mechanisms of how the brain works, and are at a point where we can harness the healing potential of that knowledge.
We have already begun to devise strategies, new technologies, and treatments to combat a range of neurological diseases and disorders. By setting therapeutic goals, and applying what we know, we will develop effective treatments - and, in some instances, cures.
For all that has been learned in neuroscience recently, we are learning how much we do not know. That creates the urgency to continue basic research that looks at the broader questions of how living things work. This will help to formulate the complex questions that lead to scientific discovery.
The coordinated work of thousands of basic and clinical scientists in multiple disciplines, ranging from molecular structure and drug design to genomics, brain imaging, cognitive science, and clinical investigation, has given us a pool of information that we can now use to build into therapeutic applications for all neurological diseases and disorders. As scientists, we will continue to move forward not just as individuals, exploring our particular areas of interest, but also in concert with colleagues in all areas of science, mining opportunities to collaborate across disciplines.
Public confidence in science is essential if we are to be successful in our mission. To this end we recognize that dialogue between researchers and the public will be essential in considering the ethical and social consequences of advances in brain research.
The Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and the European Dana Alliance for the Brain represent a community of neuroscientists willing to commit to ambitious goals, as seen in 1992 in Cold Spring Harbor, New York where an American research agenda was set forth and again in 1997 when the newly formed European group followed suit with its own goals and objectives. Both groups now are moving the goalposts to capitalize on the gains that have been made. We are setting new goals to guide what can be achieved in the near term, and project even further into the future. By allowing ourselves to imagine what benefit this new era in neuroscience is likely to bring, we can speed progress toward achieving our goals.
(Clockwise from top left) Francis S. Collins, W. Maxwell Cowan, Fred Plum, and Guy M. McKhann make remarks at the Alliance press conference in April 1993.
In Alzheimer's disease, a small piece of the protein, amyloid, accumulates and is toxic to nerve cells. The mechanism of this accumulation has been worked out biochemically and in genetic studies in animals. Using these animal models, new therapeutic drugs and a potentially powerful vaccine are being developed to prevent the accumulation of this toxic material or enhance its removal. These new therapies, which will be tried in humans in the near future, offer realistic hope that this disease process can be effectively treated.
Drugs that act on dopamine pathways in the brain have had significant success in treating the motor abnormalities of Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately, this therapeutic benefit wears off for many patients after 5-10 years. New drugs are being developed to prolong the action of dopamine-based treatments and to slow the selective loss of nerve cells that causes this disease. For those in whom drug therapies fail, surgical approaches, such as deep brain stimulation, are likely to be of benefit. Newer forms of brain imaging have made it possible to determine if these treatments are rescuing nerve cells and restoring their circuits back toward normal.
Heart disease and stroke can be strikingly reduced when people stop smoking, keep their cholesterol levels low, and maintain normal weight by diet and exercise, and detect and treat any occurrence of diabetes. For those with strokes, rapid evaluation and treatment can lead to dramatic improvement and less disability. New treatments will be developed to further reduce the acute impact of stroke on normal brain cells. New rehabilitation techniques, based on understanding how the brain adjusts itself following injury, will result in further improvement.
Although the genes for these diseases have eluded researchers over the past decade, the sequencing of the human genome will reveal several of the genes for these conditions. New imaging techniques, along with new knowledge about the actions of these genes in the brain, will make it possible to see how certain brain circuits go awry in these disorders of mood and thought. This will provide the basis for better diagnosis of patients, more effective use of today's medications, and the development of entirely new agents for treatment.
Understanding the genetic roots of epilepsy and the neural mechanisms that cause seizures will provide opportunities for preventive diagnosis and targeted therapies. Advances in electronic and surgical therapies promise to provide valuable treatment options.
For the first time, we have drugs that can modify the course of this disease. New drugs, aimed at altering the body's immune responses, will continue to decrease the number and severity of attacks of multiple sclerosis. New approaches will be taken to stop the longer-term progression caused by the breakdown of nerve fibers.
Many types of brain tumors, especially those that are malignant or have spread from cancer outside the brain, are difficult to treat. Imaging techniques, focused-radiation treatments, different forms of delivery of drugs to the tumor, and the identification of genetic markers that will assist diagnosis, should provide the basis for development of innovative therapies.
Treatments are being evaluated which decrease the amount of injured tissue immediately after an injury. Other agents are aimed at promoting the rewiring of nerve fibers. Techniques that encourage cellular regeneration in the brain to replace dead and damaged neurons will advance from animal models to human clinical trials. Electronic prostheses are being developed that use microchip technology to control neural circuits and return movement to paralyzed limbs.
Pain, as a medical condition, need no longer be woefully undertreated. Research into the causation of pain and the neural mechanisms that drive it will give neuroscientists the tools they need to develop more effective and more highly targeted therapies for pain relief.
Researchers have identified the neural circuits involved in every known drug of abuse, and have cloned major receptors for these drugs. Advances in brain imaging, by identifying the neurobiological mechanisms that turn a normal brain into an addicted brain, will enable us to develop therapies that can either reverse or compensate for these changes.
Good mental health is a prerequisite for a good quality of life. Stress, anxiety, and depression not only damage peoples' lives, they can also have a devastating impact on society. As we come to understand the body's response to stress and the brain circuits implicated in anxiety and depression, we will be able to develop more effective ways to prevent them, and better treatments to lessen their impact.
The complete sequence of all the genes that comprise the human genome will soon be available. This means that we will be able, within the next 10 to 15 years, to determine which genes are active in each region of the brain under different functional states, and at every stage in life - from early embryonic life, through infancy, adolescence, and throughout adulthood. It will be possible to identify which genes are altered so that their protein products are either missing or functioning abnormally in a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. Already this approach has enabled scientists to establish the genetic basis of such disorders as Huntington's disease, the spinocerebellar ataxias, muscular dystrophy, and fragile-x mental retardation.
The whole process of gene discovery and its use in clinical diagnosis promises to transform neurology and psychiatry and represents one of the greatest challenges to neuroscience. Fortunately the availability of microarrays or "gene chips" should greatly accelerate this endeavor and provide a powerful new tool both for diagnosis and for the design of new therapies.
The brain passes through specific stages of development from conception until death, and through different stages and areas of vulnerability and growth that can either be enhanced or impaired. To improve treatment for developmental disorders such as autism, attention deficit disorder, and learning disabilities, neuroscience will build a more detailed picture of brain development. Because the brain also has unique problems associated with other stages of development such as adolescence and aging, understanding how the brain changes during these periods will enable us to develop innovative treatments.
By harnessing the power of neuroplasticity - the ability of the brain to remodel and adjust itself - neuroscientists will advance treatments for degenerative neurological diseases and offer ways to improve brain function in both healthy and disease states. In the next ten years, cell replacement therapies and the promotion of new brain cell formation will lead to new treatments for stroke, spinal cord injury, and Parkinson's disease.
How does the brain work? Neuroscientists are at the point where they can ask - and begin to answer - the big questions. What are the mechanisms and underlying neural circuits that allow us to form memories, pay attention, feel and express our emotions, make decisions, use language, and foster creativity? Efforts to develop a "unified field theory" of the brain will offer great opportunities to maximize human potential.
Dana Foundation director and Alliance member Steven E. Hyman at the August 2000 meeting to revisit the Alliance's mission and goals.
Adult nerve cells cannot replicate themselves to replace cells lost due to disease or injury. Technologies that use the ability of neural stem cells (the progenitors of neurons) to differentiate into new neurons have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of neurological disorders. Transplants of neural stem cells, currently being done on animal models, will rapidly reach human clinical trial status. How to control the development of these cells, direct them to the right place, and cause them to make the appropriate connections are all active areas of research.
By using the nervous system's own repair mechanisms - in some cases, regenerating new neurons and in others restoring the wiring - the brain has the potential to "fix" itself. The ability to enhance these processes provides hope for recovery after spinal cord injury or head injuries.
Many conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and ALS are the result of degeneration in specific populations of nerve cells in particular regions of the brain. Our present treatments, which modify the symptoms in a disease like Parkinson's disease, do not alter this progressive loss of nerve cells. Techniques that draw on our knowledge of the mechanisms of cell death are likely to offer methods to prevent neurodegeneration and, in this way, stop the progression of these diseases.
It is possible to either enhance or block the action of specific genes in the brains of experimental animals. Mutated human genes that cause neurological diseases such as Huntington's and ALS, are being used in animal models to assist in the development of new therapies to prevent neurodegeneration. Such techniques have also provided valuable information about normal processes such as development of the brain, learning, and the formation of new memories. These technologies provide an approach to the study of normal and abnormal brain processes more powerful than there has ever been available before, and in time, may be used clinically in the treatment of many brain disorders.
There have been remarkable advances in imaging both the structure and the function of the brain. By developing techniques that image brain functions as quickly and accurately as the brain does, we can achieve "real-time" imaging of brain functions. These technologies will allow neuroscientists to see exactly which parts of the brain are involved as we think, learn, and experience emotions.
In time it may be possible to bypass injured pathways in the brain. Using multi-electrode array implants and micro-computer devices - which monitor activity in the brain and translate it into signals to the spinal cord, motor nerves, or directly to muscles - we expect to be able to offer the injured hope for functional recovery.
Advances in structural biology, genomics, and computational chemistry are enabling scientists to generate unprecedented numbers of new drugs, many of which promise to be of considerable value in clinical practice. The development of new, rapid screening procedures, using "gene chips" and other high through-put technologies, will reduce the time between the discovery of a new drug and its clinical evaluation, in some cases, from years to just a few months.
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Plextor Expands M6e Range With M.2 Form Factor SSD
Packed into the M6e M.2 PCIe is a multi-core Marvell PCIe 9183 controller, an onboard DDR DRAM cache, and Toshiba Toggle NAND flash memory, with Plextor's own in-house produced custom firmware providing efficiency.
With the release of Intel's new chipset, a greater number of motherboards will have PCIe M.2 slots. Installing a Plextor M6e M.2 in this slot provides users with a fast storage option that bypasses the 6 Gbps limit of the SATA Rev 3.0 interface and takes up minimal valuable case space.
Along with the M6e M.2 PCIe Gen2 x2 SSD, Plextor will also launch three M.2 SATA SSDs: the M6G 2280 (80.0 mm × 22.0 mm), M6G 2260 (60.0 mm × 22.0 mm) and M6G 2242 (42.0 mm × 22.0 mm).
A full 5-year warranty, Plextor's Zero-Failure Zero-Error mass testing standard resulting in a MTBF calculated at 2.4 million hours, and testing/burning-in of every individual unit ensures reliability.
Launching in May 2014, the M6e M.2 will be available in 128 GB, 256 GB, and 512 GB capacities.

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You'd have to be living in a cave somewhere to have missed the fact of how much the music industry, among many other creative fields have changed these days. The older concepts of getting a record deal with a "major label" have certainly shifted, and the idea of going in a much more independent direction with your music has really take hold of most of us! It's not to say there aren't any major "deals" to be had out there, but the record labels, or what's left of them, must be much more selective about who they sign and put money behind, since the buying public has also so radically changed from what it was before.
In the end, it still all really boils down to talent, and if you've got it, just how you are prepared to proceed with "making it" in your career. In the days when I was starting out, it was hard for me to chart a clear course for my actions, so I would rather take the more natural approach of "let's see what happens" as I kept on weaving in and out of being a sideman "hired gun", a studio player and a solo artist. Add to that, being a columnist, an author of 12 books and an entrepreneur who started Hot Licks, and you've a recipe for having a very scattered career and schedule! I always did believe though, in "spreading" myself around, so that the perception of the public was that I was a truly well-rounded artist who was not putting all his "eggs in one basket!" In this manner, I recorded solo albums for 5 different labels, wrote books for around 6 different publishers, wrote for 3 or 4 different magazines, ad of course played for countless different artists.
These days, I find myself with my own independent record label, booking tours and gigs on my own, producing my daughter Lexie's second album, and just generally doing all kinds of things soloistically. It has really become an accepted thing for the younger generation, but for us older players who went through the decades on the 50s, 60s and 70s, when the "big deal" was what we still shot for, the new reality of 2010 is something totally new and different to embrace.
There are blessings in this new order of things however…such as the fact that we can much more easily track record sales, downloads and more thanks to everything going digital…it's easier to mix and record now than ever before, and one can promote themselves on entities such as Facebook, Myspace and of course, our own websites. This gives bands and solo artists far more control than before, and allows us the chance to really stay on the "pulse" of the music scene, and how we fit into it. I love for example, that I can use the internet to actually track radio airplay of my records, something that was only a mystery just a few years back!
So try to stay on top of the "changing face" of the industry, but above all, and through all the changes, stay true to your talent, and try to avoid the syndrome that so many fall into…that of feeling like they must keep following trends, only to end up always one step behind!


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Why Won't the Media 'Roaches' Leave Poor Gwyneth Alone?
Pity poor Gwyneth Paltrow. If being the wife of a rock star, a movie star and a writer of death-cult newsletters weren't hard enough, she's also forced to deal with the stupid "roaches" in the media at Manhattan charity galas.
Former Billboard writer and senior editor Chuck Taylor recently attended a charity event where poor Gwyneth was forced at gunpoint into be the guest of honor and wrote about the experience on his blog.
The press gathered on a balcony above the setting for the $375-a-plate dinner as Paltrow entered amid the typical madness and mania that accompanies any celeb standing in front of camera crews. If you've never seen it, you'd almost pity the star (until, of course, you remember that this is a responsibility of their choice to be in the public eye), as photogs shout out, "Gwyneth, look here." "Look to the right." "Smile." "Turn your head." "You look great." "Hey, Gwyneth, turn around." "Look over your shoulder." "Can you smile again?" It's truly bombast like nothing else in the entertainment business, and you wonder how these folks manage to look relaxed and smile ever so sweetly.
Then again, you consider that an actress like Paltrow makes $10 million per picture... and empathy evaporates. Deal with it. For that reason, it was astonishing to hear the disgruntled comments from the press on the elevator, as we were hurried back to the lobby, that Miss Gwyneth was overheard telling her publicist, "I'm done. Get the roaches out of here," referring to those very photographers that deliver her pictures to the wire services, newspapers and weekly celebrity magazines, helping her maintain any semblance of relevance.
Poor Gwyneth. She's like the Harriet Tubman of modern celebrities, just out there doing everything she can to liberate the masses with colon-cleanses, butt-toning exercises and tasty chicken-roasting recipes. So why do you media "roaches" insist on strapping Her Goopiness to a muddy stump and lashing her with your stinging whips, because that's exactly what you're doing every time you take Gwyneth's picture at a charity event, okay! Leave Gwyneth alone!


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By By Andrew Drwiega, International Bureau Chief/Consultant | April 1, 2013
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With helicopter numbers expected to multiply rapidly in India over the next few years, both in the civil sector and the military, there is a corresponding rise for synthetic training, something that is just now coming to the fore.
A joint venture organization established in January 2008 between Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) and CAE, the Canadian simulation and integrated training provider, now seems ideally placed to take advantage of this growth.
The quirky, acronym named HATSOFF is located in an area of the city of Bangaluru in southern India that is dominated by the state-run aerospace giant HAL. HATSOFF, the Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying to give it its full name, was established to offer an India-based home synthetic training center for pilots of three of the most popular types of aircraft flown in India: the Bell 412, Eurocopter's Dauphin and, of course, HAL's Dhruv.
Two of the key people behind the center are CEO Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Ajit Hari Gadre and chief of training Capt. Neti Krishna. Gadre is a 37-year veteran of the Indian Army who retired as Additional Director General of Army Aviation, a post that came with the responsibility for managing the operations, training, maintenance and logistics for Indian Army Aviation. He has more than 5,000 hours as a helicopter pilot and is a qualified flying instructor.
Krishna is an ex-Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot with more than 6,000 hours and experience spread between 17 helicopter types. He participated in the design and the development of the Dhruv helicopter and is an examiner on the aircraft type.
Once the training center concept was agreed, building began in 2009 with the three cockpit simulators that are in operation today being delivered in quick succession: the Bell 412 in June 2010, the Dhruv in May 2011, and lastly the Dauphin in December 2011. The expectation is for the military Dhruv cockpit to be delivered around March 2014.
HATSOFF provides full mission simulation certified to Level D (the only facility in India that currently allows this). It is certified both by EASA (Level 2) and the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Level 3.
Although synthetic training is growing in India, the number of aircraft of each type in India did not yet warrant a dedicated training device. Krishna's estimate is that there are 28 Bell 412s; 42 Eurocopter Dauphin N3s; and 12 civil Dhruvs (with 60 conventional military Dhruvs). Hence the reason that HATSOFF has one roll-on, roll-off (RORO) "mothership" docking station fed by three cockpit simulators.
When not in the docking station, each cockpit can be used as a fixed training device, allowing students associated accreditation. The process of changing cockpits takes around three hours. "In a month," says Krishna, "we operate the following training pattern: Weeks 1 and 2, Dhruv; Week 3, Bell 412; Week 4, Dauphin. This pattern gives visibility to our customers so that they can plan their training cycles." He estimates that there are currently around 400 pilots for Bell 412s in India, 600 for Dauphin N3s and 100 (civil) pilots for Dhruvs (although the military numbers will be increasing substantially).
"The military already trains with us on the civil Dhruv but the scope of their training will increase once the military simulator is delivered," stated Capt. Krishna. "One major difference is that the light combat helicopter has the flight crew seated front and back whereas the standard Dhruv is side-by-side, therefore there will need to be some integration modifications before the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be able to train here."
The total training package on offer includes type rating/conversion, recurrent and continuity training, together with crewman operational role training including under slung load carrying, winching and hill operations.
"We have every civil operator in the country training with us," said Krishna. "As far as services, they have the Army and IAF while the Navy are still deciding what training requirement they expect in the future. The Bell and Dauphin cockpits are almost exclusively used by civil operators."
According to Gadre, the DGCA mandates that every pilot needs to carry out 10 hours of simulator training every two years. Estimating the amount of business is therefore relatively simple. "We calculate the number of helicopters, multiply by three (the number of pilots per cockpit), then times that by two years. We also undertake crewman training for operational rolls including under slung loads and winching."
Said Gadre: "India's mountains can reach up very high (over 20,000 feet near the Siachen Glacier)—so when pilots change rolls and have to fly into the hills, particularly an offshore pilot, they need to be retrained."
The military can benefit from a cockpit that is partially NVG compatible, so helipad landings and takeoffs are practiced together with nap-of-the earth flying. "We will again be able to do more when the military training begins," added Krishna. "The simulator will become a valuable tool for them. The armed forces using simulators for helicopter pilot training is a concept that has come only in the last three or four years. Prior to this everything had to be learned in the aircraft. We could never be allowed to make a mistake, which of course you can do in a simulator." The military version will also include weapons firing—which the military will be keen to practice and cut down on expensive real-firing.
A key factor that adds realism to the training is CAE's Medallion-6000 image generator, which is high-resolution sharp, together with its liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) projectors. But the heart of the system is the huge database, the largest in the world according to Krishna. "We can show the marsh area of Gujarat, the desert of Rajasthan, the plains of Punjab—all of course very sensitive areas," explained Krishna. Kashmir is also included from the low-altitude hills right up to the Siachen Glacier where the Army still regularly flies. It is basically a database of the border country with Pakistan, which is why it is so appealing to the military. There is also a database for the Bangaluru area for local pilots.
In terms of landing areas, there are three high-resolution airfields and nine helipads which begin at sea level and progress up to 20,000 feet, differing in location such as confined area, table top, desert, on a mountain spur—all offering different challenges for pilots to experience.
Weather is also simulated: updraft, downdraft, wind shear and turbulence. There are also around seven types of oil rig, starting with a simple landing area to encourage students to increase their confidence before stepping up in the complexity of the rig. "We also have rooftop landing pads which are a relative recent addition to the challenge for pilots in India," adds Krishna.
Each training flight can be recorded and played back on a four-screen LCD monitor in any one of the eight multi-media classrooms, although demand only requires four to be used at the moment. These are backed up by additional briefing rooms, meaning that there is plenty of additional capacity.
Residential pilots when not training have their own air conditioned room with a study area, together with their own dining hall, a small gym, entertainment room and even an outdoor area.
Gadre said that the first year of operation was modest as all their potential helicopter operator customers were contracted to other centers in foreign countries, from Dubai to the United States. "We invited them to come and see this facility and were impressed. We then began winning business when contracts came up for renewal."
The growth in business has been at a rate of around 100 percent for the last three years which was helped by the widening military contact, but the rate will normalize at around 40 percent for the next few years as the number of Indian customers using the facility hits a zenith for the number of pilots per type, flattening out as the simulator time available reaches saturation point.
The management team already has expansion plans built into their calculations, in that there is space for a new simulator docking station next to the current one. "We will start the planning process when we pass 70 percent of our max capacity, which is expected to be reached around 2015," said Gadre. He added that all of the crucial equipment is on UPS, connected to both the regular power supply and the center's own generator, and already has the capacity to support another simulator "mothership."
However, the real increase in demand will come when the Dhruv family of helicopters spread out throughout the Indian military and pilots then correspondingly need the training the center offers.
Krishna said that the management is aware of the dangers of the Indian helicopter market slowing due to financial restrictions: "We are conscious of the fact that this growth rate is due to an increase in demand, but unless the helicopter industry in India expands at the rate currently predicted—1,000 helicopters in the next five years—then we won't max out and we will have to attract pilots from the international market. We have already started looking to attract pilots from southeast Asia. We are competitive in terms of rates, and we are closer than the traditional training centers in Europe and America so our advantage is that India is a much cheaper place to train."
The target markets include Indonesia (operating Bell 412s), Malaysia (EC365s), Thailand and Japan. "We will cast our net wide," said Gadre. "It has been tough getting customers whose pilots wanted to travel further afield, but the cost element is one that is key and becoming more so. Pawan Hans, the national helicopter company, has saved around one third of their budget by coming to us. Many of their pilots at first did not imagine that such a facility would be available in India."
Preliminary discussions with helicopter OEMs have been held to examine their attitude to helicopter sales and subsequent training. While many OEMs are trying to expand their business portfolio to include training, Krishna says that it is not just the simulator that needs qualification, but the tuition also requires certification by the DGCA.
"We like to think we can be a logical partner as our infrastructure can incorporate any new cockpit," explained Krishna. "Once the numbers for a type—say Bell 429s and AW109s—start rising then we can fit another cockpit simulator at our facility." There does need to be a critical number of helicopters in country of each type for this to happen. Krishna added that should another facility be required anywhere else in India, then HATSOFF has already demonstrated its prowess in this field: "We have the expertise and could provide sound advice and maybe run even run it in a BOMT (build, operate, maintain and train) model."
Training involves a separate set of skills, he warned; it is not the same as running an aircraft company. "As we have already learned by experience and we are now confident that we can provide BOMT to any of the OEMs."
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Apple delayed the release of iTunes 11, due to 'wanting to get it right' before they released it. Origianlly shown at the iPhone 5 launch this fall, they had a scheduled release date of October, but ended up pushing it until November. Late November -- 11/29/12, in fact.
Now that I've finally had some time to play around with it, I can say it's certainly a welcome change. My initial thoughts are that it appears more modern, performs quicker, and has fine visual nuances that are pleasing to the senses. Specifically the Album view -- it's similar to making an Album cover look like a CD booklet w/ matching colors. It's the small things like this that set Apple apart from the competition.
Beyond these new visual features, iTunes 11 also features some enhancements such as 'Up Next', where you can quickly queue songs to the 'Up next list' and also make them immediately 'play next'. I've long wished for a way to quickly make a playlist on the fly w/o having to make a formal Playlist.
The Mini Player is new, too. It's smaller, but adds more controls. You can access it next to the iTunes playback bar, next to the full-screen button. This is handy to get access to your tunes when you don't need or want the full iTunes player up and running.
Redeeming gift cards is easier too -- it can use your Mac's camera to read the barcode, so the days of entering those little codes are gone, at least for some of us.
So far, I've only had time to play around with the new iTunes 11, but so far I like it. As with any new revision, I'm sure there will be bugs -- it's par for the course, especially when you get several million people w/ different scenarios testing. I'd keep an eye out for a new quick release in the coming weeks -- even though Apple said they waited until they got it right, it's probably not right yet.
Sadly, I may not end up using the new iTunes very often.
Here's why:
- Spotify. I use Spotify for streaming my music. My personal library has gigabytes of music, but guess what -- Spotify has Millions and Millions of songs. 8 times out of 10, I can think of a song and it's on Spotify. If Apple had this ability (I'm not talking about iTunes Match -- I have that too, but that's just for streaming your own personal library), then it would once again be the de facto standard for me.
- iCloud. Now that Apple has iCloud, I rarely have a need to connect any of my iOS devices to my Mac. I just don't. I keep it all on iCloud backup -- and hope for the best.
- Podcasts. I used to sync podcasts to my iTunes daily, but with the app store, I no longer have to do that extra step. I prefer Stitcher, but find myself using Downcast more often, because it features a 'skip ahead' ability so i can setup an interval to skip ahead -- required for commercial skipping.
All in all, the new iTunes 11 looks great, but I have a feeling this is just a beginning of changes to come for iTunes.
CNet had a nice overview of what is GONE in the new iTunes 11, so if you seem confused about your favorite option -- check this out.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Morgan Stanley, Intel Corp. and Capital One Financial Corp. made big moves during U.S. trading Friday, while Apple Inc. and Monster Beverage Corp. were among top trending tickers.
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$AAPL: Apple AAPL, -0.13% closed 3.9% lower for the week but managed to finish with its foot on the $500 mark. The stock has been under pressure on lingering uncertainties over the popularity of iPhone 5 and to some extent, the staying power of the company in the long run. Read: Apple bruised by iPhone's boom-bust cycle
"Any tech company worth its salt wants to lock users in.... Consumer device users are fickle, leading to the travails of Nintendo, Sony, Motorola, Nokia, and RIM. Apple may be in a better position because it is a multi-sided platform," said Steven Milunovich at UBS.
"The iPhone isn't a phone, it is a portable computer that brings consumers and developers together through iOS. The use of iCloud, purchase of apps, and existence of Apple families makes switching inconvenient. The company's success is creating a new generation of users such that iOS is the new Windows," he said.
@simplyShervin: $AAPL stock dropping because of "what if" analysts. "What if" the Apple logo is actually an Asian pear?
@wizardrycon: $AAPL this is torture... Can we break out of this 500 pin (Upward hopefully)??
$MNST: Monster Beverage MNST, -0.97% shares slumped on chatter that Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn may have a short position in the stock. Greenlight declined to comment on the speculation when contacted by MarketWatch, but StreetInsider.com pointed out that rumors linking Einhorn to various shorts tend to be wrong.
Still, Meena Krishnamsetty, editor of Insider Monkey and a MarketWatch contributor, believes the move is possible. "He usually shorts stocks that have sky-high PE ratios and high growth expectations. The only problem is that Monster lost more than a third of its value since June," she said.
Separately, three Democratic lawmakers on Thursday sent letters to 14 energy-drink companies, including Monster, requesting information on ingredients and study results showing risks and benefits to children, according to media reports.
@CalConfidence: crushed like Adderal on a foldaway desk in middle school lunch cafeterias during assembly's about drug use. $MNST
@JFinDallas: $MNST being einhorned...
$GM: General Motors Co. GM, +0.73% shares fall 0.7% after the Treasury Department announced that it will go ahead with its plan to sell its 300 million shares of GM and fully exit within the next 12 to 15 months. GM received $49.5 billion in financial aid from the government in 2009 as part of its bankruptcy reorganization.
$RIMM : Research In Motion US:RIMM CA:RIM was trending on Twitter after it was upgraded by Jefferies & Co. to a buy rating from hold previously.
"RIM will enable corporate email on iPhones and Android devices. This change we believe is unknown or not well understood but is important," Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote in a note, adding: "We see May and August quarter results well above Street due to $600 BlackBerry 10 average selling price and guaranteed volumes from carriers."
Misek also raised his price target on U.S.-listed shares of the BlackBerry maker to $19.50 from $13.
$GE: General Electric Co. GE, +1.23% attracted attention after reporting fourth-quarter earnings that rose on the back of an improved profit generated by GE Capital, the blue-chip conglomerate's financial arm. GE's Q4 profit rises 7.5%.
Shares of Life Technologies Corp. LIFE, +6.49% jumped 11%. The biotechnology company said it hired Deutsche Bank Securities and Moelis & Co. to assist in a strategic review. The Life Technologies board, however, hasn't decided on a specific course of action, it added.
State Street Corp. STT, +1.23% shares rose 5.9%, rallying after the Boston-based bank reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 23% from a year earlier, to $470 million, or $1 a share. Revenue also increased, up 5.8% to $2.45 billion. Read: State Street reports strong quarterly earnings.
Morgan Stanley MS, +0.86% shares gained 7.9% after results showed the investment bank swinging to a fourth-quarter profit and posting strong revenue. See: Morgan Stanley swings to profit on strong revenue.
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, -0.02% shares slid 10% on doubts about the outlook for the chip sector, following the release of financial results by larger rival Intel late Thursday.
Capital One COF, -0.17% shares declined 7.5%. Late Thursday, fourth-quarter results missed analysts' estimates on higher loan-loss provisions and expenses. Capital One earned $843 million, or $1.41 a share, up from $407 million or 88 cents a share a year ago, as net revenue climbed 39% to $5.62 billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had, on average, projected earnings of $1.58 a share on revenue of $5.8 billion. Capital One Q4 profit misses outlook
Intel INTC, -0.12% shares closed down 6.3%. After Thursday's bell, the chip maker and Dow component reported fourth-quarter earnings fell 24% from a year earlier, which beat Wall Street's downbeat forecasts. However, Intel's forecast was slightly below analysts' consensus view. Read: Intel down as outlook remains cloudy.


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Its significance is in refuting the idea that one should attain paranormal powers. It points to the actual goal of Buddhism in attaining liberation in this body. That's why "walking upon the earth", a most ordinary activity, is supernatural.jeeprs wrote:What do you think is the significance of 'supernatural' in this quotation?
That is, only a handful of esoteric oriented Christians would consider God as one's own mind, not mainstream Christian churches. But this is going to a "comparative religion" area that is not for this forum.Substitute the word Juingong with 'God' and any Christian would say the same. ... That seems to be the kind of 'God' that many people pray to and atheists deny. But the mystical understanding of 'God' is completely different to that.
She says that one can call it god, father, mother, etc. It doesn't matter, because it's just a name. She is not talking about mashing up religious doctrines.But she herself says in that passage I quoted, that it might be thought of as God. She doesn't have a problem with that, even if you do.
This discussion is taking place in the Zen forum. I happily acknowledge the contextual nature of terminology. As you say, context is very important. And, as far as I'm concerned, the entire topic has meaning only in a Buddhist context. Other contexts (philosophies, religions, literature, etc.) are irrelevant. And that's why bringing in Western mysticism and equating it with Zen - as done in Ford's article - is disregarding the context.'The true nature', 'big mind', 'buddha nature', these are concepts from within a religious tradition, namely, Buddhism. I don't see how you can keep quoting them, referring to them, and saying 'this is what they mean', without acknowledging that elementary fact.


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The government can do much in the way of deregulation in order to boost the commercial market
Building regulations have been front page news over the past month as the mainstream and technical press have reported (and often misreported) on policy U-turn after policy U-turn. The coverage of changes to planning, suggesting that permission is no longer needed to extend your home by up to 8m, has been ill-informed, with little or no reference to the need to still seek building control approval. As a result, I expect to see a rise in unauthorised extensions built by people who believe permission is no longer required. The view is shared by Local Authority Building Control (LABC), which has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a press release on this.
Paul Everall, LABC chief executive says: 'Changes in planning laws have not removed the requirement for property owners to follow building regulations which ensure buildings are safe and sustainable. Building regulations are separate from planning permission and
our primary concern is that safety in and around
buildings is maintained.
'There still needs to be an awareness that building regulations will still apply to many of these extensions and where the property owner is looking to make structural changes to an existing property.'
Architects, I'm sure, are aware there has been no relaxation of the need to make a building control application, and should ensure clients realise this. Indeed, the reverse could be true as the coalition wrestles with the issue of consequential improvements (CI). Flagged in the consultation as linked to the take-up of their Green Deal policy, CI presents the coalition with a conflict between their desire to be the 'greenest ever' government and the need for additional regulation. There can be little doubt a mixed message would arise if DCLG chose now to introduce mandatory CI to extensions (the so-called 'conservatory tax'), given the Treasury's commitment to 'get Britain building' its way out of recession.
I fully expect the government to delay any decision from the planned October update to the January milestone for the draft ADs to be published. But the government can still do much in the way of deregulation in order to boost the commercial market. In particular, the repeal of Local Acts such as Section 20 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act of 1939.
For those unfamiliar with the Act, it applies to buildings of excess height (25m+) or cubical extent (>7,100m3), dating back to a time when the fire service considered buildings of this size problematic. As a result, the Act requires higher standards than those in Part B, including the provision of sprinklers in office buildings. Since the Act only applies within the original London County Council boundaries, there is currently the bizarre situation where a warehouse in Hackney would require sprinklers whereas an otherwise identical building on the opposite side of the road in Waltham Forest would not.
These requirements add significant costs to developments which DCLG now accepts cannot be justified. These include not only the cost of extra work, but also that of the application for section 20 approval, with some local authorities charging as much as £2,000 to process an application. The repeals also affect many areas outside London, named in the draft order published in January. It makes clear that conditions imposed under the Local Acts would not be enforceable after the repeal date, so projects on site could be affected. Great care must be taken that sprinklers are not still required as part of a fire-engineered design, or to satisfy insurance or operational requirements, before deciding they are no longer needed.
In short, architects must keep a close eye on the potential changes in the next six months as the timing of applications to meet or beat them could add or subtract significant project costs.
Geoff Wilkinson is managing director of approved inspectors Wilkinson Construction
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The latest effort to create an expert-curated wiki-style information source is being announced this morning, with a goal that may dwarf many previous ones: providing information on all 1.8 million species on Earth that we're currently aware of. Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Life (EoL), a massive project with the goal of providing both scientists and the public a glimpse into this planet's biodiversity. There are a number of reasons to think that this project may be successful despite its scale, but it faces many of the same difficulties that other efforts of this sort have faced.
We'll start with the advantages. The EoL effort was kicked off by one of the foremost biologists in business, E. O. Wilson of Harvard. Wilson received a TED prize and, in his acceptance speech, called for the creation of a database containing information on every species on Earth. Members of the web branding and marketing firm Avenue A|Razorfish were in the audience and agreed to work with Wilson towards this goal. Work for the EoL kicked off last year.
The EoL has been able to attract what appears to be an unprecedented level of support, both scientifically and financially. Key institutions in the project include the Field Museum, Harvard, the Smithsonian, and the Marine Biological Lab at Woods Hole. At least 10 museums and libraries have committed to digitizing their collections as a contribution to the EoL. Their steering committee, advisory board, and institutional council include an international all-star lineup of biologists. In short, the EoL has no shortage of expertise and institutional resources. On the money end, the effort is being backed to the tune of $12.5 million coming from two of the biggest charities in the US: the MacArthur and Sloan Foundations.
All the money and experts in the world, however, can't keep the EoL from facing the same suite of problems as other wiki-like efforts: integrating and validating information from diverse sources, presenting vast amounts of data to users in a functional manner, and gaining the momentum required to keep the efforts from going stale.
The institutional support, however, can certainly help with the first of these issues. Most major research institutions have been working on digitizing their internal resources, which means that much of the backing information needed to get EoL started is already available in electronic form. Presumably, this data is largely accurate as well. As long as the institutions commit to ensuring that their internal resources remain accessible to the EoL moving forward, the encyclopedia should contain broader and more detailed information as it becomes available.
The scope of information contained in the encyclopedia has presented a serious challenge to other efforts at gathering comprehensive scientific datasets. Balancing ease of navigation, readability, and access to all available data has resulted in some awkward compromises (for an example, see the Mouse Genome Informatics site). Here, the partnership with an experienced web firm appears to have paid off, at least based on the two sample pages that are currently displayed. Unfortunately, those pages are not currently functional, so it's difficult to say if the structure works well in practice.
The final issue, whether the EoL can build the sort of momentum (in terms of usage and contributions) that Wikipedia has, is the most difficult to evaluate at this point. The EoL has certainly attracted all the right people and institutions, but how that works out as things progress will be the key test. It's entirely possible that some of the people involved will treat their positions as honorary titles, and institutions will interpret their role as providing access to resources rather than helping to integrate them.
Money may prove to be a challenge as well; the contributions from the two foundations are meant as seed money. The EoL will be expected to attract the funds necessary for long-term operation on its own. The big names involved will help in obtaining money from private foundations, but the effort is coming at a time when government science funding is generally at or below inflation, which may limit the cash available in the future.
So, will it work? The high profile and significant support for this effort would lead me to say yes. Many of my remaining doubts about its success appear in the questions on the project's FAQ page. Unfortunately, the answers to them appear maddeningly vague, suggesting that, although the EoL recognizes many of the difficulties it will face, it hasn't determined a clear way of solving them.


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Charles Tillman and an aging Chicago Bears defense held the Cincinnati Bengals at bay long enough for Jay Cutler to get coach Marc Trestman's offense in gear in Sunday's 24-21 season-opening victory.
Peanut Tillman had two first-half interceptions in his matchup with Bengals all-world wide receiver A.J. Green. Tillman battled dehydration that kept him off the field for portions of the game.
How the Bears' defense would look without Brian Urlacher was a big question mark entering the season. The answer: Rely on stud veteran defensive backs who force turnovers.
Tillman had an interception that set up the Bears' first touchdown. Later in the half, the ball found the cornerback again as he snatched a bobbled pass off Green's hands, ending a promising Bengals drive.
A forced fumble by cornerback Tim Jennings (following a ghastly Cutler interception) set up the Bears' final go-ahead score -- a 19-yard pass from Cutler to Brandon Marshall.
Green was the star of the first half with two touchdowns, putting the Bengals up 14-10.
But the Bears' defense kept them in striking range. And strike the offense did.
Coming out of the half, Cutler got Chciago in gear by spreading the ball around in a fairly balanced offense.
However, on the decisive drive, Cutler went back to his security blanket, hitting Marshall three times on the drive for 63 yards and the winning score.
Trestman probably will hope his offense clicks earlier in upcoming weeks, so as not to rely on an opportunistic defense. But in his first NFL game with the head job, Trestman will take the win.
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Our pick of the best bike forks.1) 20" Classic Flat Twisted Spring Fork 1" | 2) Manitou M30 Mountain Bike Fork 26" | 3) DNM DW-32 Mountain Bike Fork 27.5" | 4) QILEFU Mountain Bike Full Carbon Fibre Bicycle Hard Front Fork Disc Brake | 5) SR SUNTOUR Mountain Bike Disc Fork XCT 26" | 6) 2016 Advanced Mountain AM TG1 Light Alluminum Mountain Bike fork | 7) FORK OR8 700 RD CRMO-DISC 1-1/8 BK | 8) EXotic Rigid Alu MTB Bike Fork IS Disc Specific 46.5 | 9) UPANBIKE 26 inch Mountain Bike Suspension Fork | 10) RST Aerial 26 Mountain Bike Disc Remote Lock Fork | 11) Manitou M-THIRTY M30 Mountain Bike Bicycle Cycling Fork | 12) Sunlite Spring Replica Fork, 26" | 13) Sunlite Deluxe Springer Replica Fork | 14) Nashbar Disc/V-Brake Compatible Cyclocross/Touring/Hybrid Bike Fork | 15) Manitou Mastodon Comp Fat Bike Fork | 16) Economy 26 Inch Fat Bike Disc Brake ATB Mountain Bike Fork | 17) GUB GX-32 AM FR Downhill Mountain Bike Air Fork | 18) Manitou Circus Expert Dirt Jump Fork 26" | 19) Ritchey Comp Alloy Steerer Road Bike Fork | 20) Lixada Ultra-light 26" Mountain Bike Oil/Spring Front Fork | 21) 20" Suspension 1" Threaded Fork | 22) Nashbar Carbon Road Bike Fork | 23) RST Aerial 29 Mountain Bike Disc Hydraulic Lock Fork | 24) 20" Bent Spring Fork 1" | 25) SR Suntour XCR32 Lo-Coil Suspension Fork 26" | 26) RockShox Pike RCT3 Solo Air 130 Boost Fork | 27) UPANBIKE 26 inch Mountain Bike Suspension Fork | 28) SR Suntour XCM Suspension Fork 26" |
What to Think About When Buying a Fork
Mountain biking is a very diverse sport and there are suspension forks designed for every type of bike: cross-country bikes generally offer 80 to 120mm of suspension travel, trail bikes range from 120 to 140mm, enduro and all-mountain bikes have between 150 to 170mm, and gravity/downhill rigs go from 180 to 210mm.
The first question is, how much travel will work best for you? All other things being equal, the further your fork can move, the more smoothly it can absorb impacts. But longer-legged forks have to be heavier to cope with the extra leverage and bigger impacts.
An extra 10mm of travel will tip head and seat angles back by roughly one degree, which makes steering slower and more stable. Running too long a fork can also overstress your frame and void the warranty, so always check what the recommended travel is for your bike before upgrading. In general, it's best to replace your existing suspension fork with one with that offers a similar amount of suspension.
That said, many forks have travel-adjust features. These either let you drop the travel in small steps to tweak the bike's geometry and handling to taste, or crush it down dramatically to give a shorter, stiffer fork.
The next question is budget. Sadly, there aren't many budget forks that deliver a smooth suspension stroke and stiff, screw-through axle structure without weighing a ton. Damping circuits are also simpler on cheaper models, which means less control in high impact or multiple-hit situations.
There's a clear progression in standards of control and consistency up to around £400 / US$670, but after that the waters get a lot murkier and it's time to be honest about yourself and your riding. The overall performance and reliability of basic forks has definitely improved though.
The more travel you have, the harder it is to control – which makes damping control paramount. You should at least get adjustable rebound damping so the fork returns smoothly to its natural ride height, rather than bouncing back up with a clang. More advanced forks also have compression damping to help the spring slow down and absorb the impacts.
Top-end forks split compression damping into two separate circuits – low speed for controlling loads such as braking, cornering or movement under pedalling, or high speed for controlling sudden large loads such as square-edged rocks or landings.
Having lots of damping adjustment is only useful if you know what you're doing with it and have the time to tune it correctly though, so be honest rather than pretending that you'll become a pro suspension fork tuner overnight.
If you're likely to plug the fork in, do the minimum setup tweaking and then ride it day in, day out without servicing it then you'll want a simple but totally reliable unit. If you clean and care as much as you ride, then you can get something a bit more needy.
If you're a real fork fettler who'll spend hours with a shock pump and a safe cracker's level of dial turning dexterity to find your suspension sweet spot then it's worth having a full range of adjustments to exploit.
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The Sam Houston State University Junior Fellows will honor Hollywood leading man and Huntsville native Dana Andrews during their fourth annual "Legends of Hollywood Film Festival" on Sept. 15.
The festival will be held at the Walker Education Center and will include a reception, an introduction by Andrews's biographer Carl Rollyson and Andrews's daughter Susan Andrews, a showing of the film "Where the Sidewalk Ends," and a dinner. Andrews also is the star of "The Best Years of Our Lives" and "Laura."
The reception will begin at 5 p.m., followed by introductions at 5:30 p.m. and the screening, which will begin at 6 p.m.
"We see this as a unique opportunity to continue promoting classic films in Huntsville while also highlighting local history," said Junior Fellow Santiago Casas. "We are especially excited this year, with the opportunity to bring Dana Andrews' family and Dr. Rollyson to Sam Houston State University and to Huntsville."
The Junior Fellows are also bringing Andrews's niece Angela Fabry and other family members to the festival, which will feature Rollyson as the guest speaker.
Rollyson, the author of 40 books, has just released the first major biography of Andrews, Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews.
Almost a third of the book is devoted to Andrews's time in Huntsville, making the read enjoyable for Hollywood fans and local history buffs alike, according to Junior Fellows adviser Mike Yawn.
A limited supply of books will be available for purchase, and Rollyson will sign books following the film.
Although the Junior Fellows have hosted film festivals previously, this one has new twists and, in many respects, is a culmination of their work over the years. While the festival is the local highlight, the Junior Fellows are drawing on relationships they've built in the community and region to put on a three-day, four-city book tour for Rollyson that will involve seven distinct events, Yawn said.
"So many people and organizations in the area have offered us opportunities, and we wanted to include them in this opportunity if we could," Junior Fellow Melva Gomez said. "We approached different organizations with which we've worked in the past to see if they were interested in working together. Things just fell in place."
The fellows' tour will include escorting Rollyson to two SHSU classes; a luncheon hosted by former SHSU Professor Bonnie Thorne at Huntsville's First Baptist Church, where Andrews' father was pastor from 1924-1929; booking Rollyson and Andrews at Houston's Brazos Bookstore for a book signing on Friday evening; and a tour and luncheon with the Madison County Museum to bring the Andrews family to Madisonville, where the family lived for several years in the 1930s, as part of the city's 100th birthday celebration.
Also among these events, on Sept. 13, will be a special tour of the Bush Presidential Library in College Station, after which the library will host a public screening of "Laura" and a book signing by Rollyson in the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center.
"The Junior Fellows have been attending events here for several years," said Tracy Paine, events coordinator for the Bush Presidential Library. "I get excited when I see their enthusiasm and willingness to make the most out of the opportunities they have as students. It's a pleasure to partner with them on the 'Laura' screening and the Rollyson book signing."
For the six Junior Fellows, it's a rewarding, and a busy, week.
"This is what our adviser calls a 'stretch assignment,'" said Junior Fellow Annel Gonzalez. "It's an opportunity to promote and deepen our appreciation for the arts, to refine event-planning skills, to maintain relationships we have made in Huntsville, College Station and Houston, and to carry out our mission of promoting education, public service, and professional development."
Festival tickets must be reserved in advance and are $20 each, which includes the reception, the film, the dinner, and the speaker's presentations.
"This is our first year to hold the festival in the Walker Education Center," said Junior Fellow Will Phillips. "It is a large venue, and we hope that people will come out and enjoy the film, the speaker, the history, and the dinner."
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Schieffer in middle seat at last debate
You can't envy Bob Schieffer.
The veteran journalist and host of CBS's "Face The Nation" has moderated presidential debates before, in 2004 and 2008, but never amid so much tension, confusion over the rules and scrutiny.
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When Schieffer takes the stage for Monday night's third and final debate between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, he will do so with two candidates who have shown no qualms about riding roughshod over their moderators and disobeying the very ground rules their own campaigns agreed to honor. During the debate, his role will be uncertain because his predecessors have provided little clarity about how the job is supposed to be done. And after the debate, he can expect to be greeted by an onslaught of partisan pundits who have cried bias on all of the previous moderators this year, sometimes before the debates even began.
"In 2012, there is no way for any moderator to walk through these briar patches without getting stuck," Jim Lehrer, the moderator of this year's first presidential debate, told POLITICO. "As good as Schieffer is, somebody isn't going to like him, and they'll beat him up."
"Partisan feelings and emotions reach thermonuclear temperatures in these debates, and if your candidate isn't doing well, blame the umpire," said Tom Brokaw, the former "NBC Nightly News" anchor and the moderator of the 2008 town hall debate. "Bob's richly deserved reputation for fairness, intelligence and professionalism will serve him well, but not even that will immunize him from attacks of some kind."
Monday's 90-minute foreign policy faceoff comes on the heels of the most contentious debate this year, with Obama and Romney talking over moderator Candy Crowley in a manner that many observers, especially women, described as "bullying." In their final meeting, both candidates will be eager as ever to dominate the conversation, and the rules may once again be stretched or disregarded altogether — which does not bode well for Schieffer, who like his close friend Lehrer has a reputation for being fair and balanced, but also nonconfrontational.
"I will say the same thing about Bob that I said about Jim: If anyone is qualified to do this without antagonizing anybody, it's Bob. But sometimes people need to be antagonized a little," Ted Koppel, the former "Nightline" anchor, told POLITICO. "The fact of the matter is the moderator represents the viewing public — 60, 65, 70 million people. They didn't tune in to watch the candidates run roughshod over the rules campaigns agreed to."
In a "memorandum of understanding" signed by both campaigns, the candidates agreed to two minutes for initial answers and promised not to direct questions at each another. In the town hall debate, those rules were quickly thrown out the window as both candidates ignored Crowley's efforts to keep time, and as Romney put question after question directly to the president.
Lehrer described dealing with the candidates' aggressiveness as a "form of hell."
"That aggressiveness is new, that sense of, 'I've got more to say, and to hell with the rules,'" said Lehrer, who has moderated more presidential debates than anyone. "I was surprised by that. I didn't expect it. No pair of candidates has ever done that before."


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LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the $125,000 settlement of a national origin harassment lawsuit it had filed against Simon Property Group, Inc., which identifies itself as the largest real estate company in the United States. The EEOC had charged that Latino janitors working for the company were subjected to daily verbal attacks because of their national origin. Simon Property Group owns and/or manages various shopping malls throughout the country, including the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the site where the EEOC said the abuse occurred.
According to the EEOC's suit, a housekeeping shift leader, who was white, had harassed a class of Latino janitors on a daily basis beginning in 2005, subjecting them to verbal abuse, including slurs. Over a dozen Latino janitors submitted a written petition that same year complaining about the shift leader, but they perceived that nothing was done to stop the harassment. The EEOC alleged that the harassment continued for another year, until the supervisor was finally terminated for other reasons.
The EEOC originally filed suit against the company in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (EEOC v. Simon Property Group, Inc., Case No. 2:09-cv-01178), alleging that the conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The parties entered into a two-year consent decree providing monetary relief for at least five harassment victims along with injunctive relief designed to prevent and appropriately deal with future instances of harassment. The consent decree also requires that Simon Property retain a consultant to monitor and track complaints in Nevada; provide anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training for staff; and report compliance efforts to the EEOC.
"We commend Simon Property for reinforcing measures to prevent future instances of harassment and discrimination," said Anna Y. Park, regional attorney for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, which has jurisdiction over southern Nevada. "National origin discrimination issues are on the rise and we are committed to vigorously enforcing federal laws to ensure workplaces free of harassment and discrimination."
Adriana Lopez, acting director for the EEOC's Las Vegas Local Office, added, "We encourage workers to report harassment as they did here in this case. We equally encourage employers to take proactive steps to stop harassment and to take swift action when it does occur."
According to its website, Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group is an S&P 500 company with ownership or property interest in 392 properties throughout North America, Europe and Asia, generating annual retail sales in excess of $60 billion in the United States.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Tentative theme week schedule
August-1980's week
September-Rock movies week
October-Black Sabbath week
November-Oh, Canada week
I won't be doing a theme week in December because I actually will spend the first ten days of the month doing my countdown of the top ten metal albums of 1986. After that I don't know. I have been thinking as to whether or not I will continue blogging after this year, but I am not sure about that right now. I like to lay a schedule down like this as it keeps me on track to some extent. Hope you enjoy the theme weeks.


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Building great adult programs
For Immediate Release
Tue, 03/04/2014
Dan Freeman
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CHICAGO — ALA Editions announces an exciting new workshop, Building Great Adult Programs with Amy Alessio. This workshop will last 90 minutes and take place at 2:30 p.m. Eastern/1:30 p.m. Central on Wednesday, June 18, 2014.
Adults are core patrons for any public library, and book programs are among the most popular library programs. In this workshop, Amy Alessio will show you how to improve the book programs you already have for adults or build new ones from scratch. She'll cover programs for both high and low-tech users and a variety of themes and library settings.
Topics include:
- understanding popular current book and programming trends;
- adjusting ideas to different library settings and online platforms;
- theme ideas for book events with accompanying booklists;
- steps for putting together presentations and programs quickly.
About the Instructor
Amy J. Alessio is the teen coordinator at Schaumburg Township District Library in Illinois. She writes and edits fiction and nonfiction, including the book "A Year of Programs for Teens," co-authored with Kim Patton. She also reviews young adult literature and mysteries for Crimespree Magazine and Teenreads.com. Alessio served two terms on the YALSA Board of Directors and was honored in 2006 with the Illinois Library Association Davis Cup Award for librarians serving youth. She is passionate about cookbooks and writes about them on her blog.
Registration for this ALA Editions Workshop is available on the ALA Store. You can purchase registration at both individual and group rates.
ALA Editions Workshops are designed to give you and your staff the opportunity to participate in a hands‐on learning experience that will help you make the best technology decisions for your library.
ALA Editions publishes resources used worldwide by tens of thousands of library and information professionals to improve programs, build on best practices, develop leadership, and for personal professional development. ALA authors and developers are leaders in their fields, and their content is published in a growing range of print and electronic formats. Contact ALA Editions at (800) 545-2433 ext. 5418 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Green Leaf BBQ is excited to present a new online store – we're even MORE excited to add more unique product. We've tried hard to locate quality spices and sauces. We carry complete lines of Weber, Traeger & Big Green Egg.
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Remember that our store is client driven — if you'd like to see something here, make a suggestion & we'll try to make it happen.
Here at Green Leaf BBQ, we're always looking for someone doing something extraordinary. We've found that in Blue Star Seasoning as they continue to surprise with their seasoning's unwavering versatility. Our friends Julie Bussemer and Nanette Fisher who own Blue Star, carry on the tradition that began when the recipe was created in the 1950's. Made in Stockton California, Julie & Nanette's operation produces high quality and fresh seasonings, that are truly "a great replacement for salt and pepper", as Julie says. If salt and pepper aren't the hallmarks for culinary versatility, I don't know what are.
"Everyone claims that their seasoning is all purpose, that isn't just a claim, they actually do it", says Mark Brunello in Rocklin Ca. "We use it on potatoes, chicken, ribs…everything", he says. We agree, and because of this versatility, Blue Star Seasoning is one that we continually recommend to our customers. This seasoning combines the traditional garlic, salt, pepper base with some secret ingredients. "The difference between this rub and other similar rubs, is that the Blue Star ingredients are in nice balance…not too salty.
Mark is the guy who introduced us to Blue Star several years ago. We just had to add it to the store after tasting Mark's rib eye steak with Blue Star.
Consider Blue Star Seasonings next time you need something different. Visit our store or website for purchasing options: greenleafbbq.com
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I have 3 kinds of basil this year Italian, lemon, and Thai all growing in my garden. Some are in the veggie bed and I have others in containers. If you have no space you can even grow some inside on a sunny window sill.
If you don't have a garden you should be able to get locally grown basil at your farmers market, or local natural foods store at this time of the year. You can get fresh herbs in the winter, but they are expensive and they don't taste as good to me.
Pesto is fragrant mixture of herbs and nuts ground into a thick paste with olive oil. And there are dozens of variations.
Traditional Basil Pesto
- 2 cups basil leaves
- 2 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup pine nuts
- 1/4 – 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (optional – add salt to taste if you are leaving out or use a vegan substitute)
Put basil, garlic, ¼ cup olive oil, nuts, and cheese if using into a food processor. Process the pesto using the pulse setting, so you can still have a few small chunks of nuts for texture. Add more oil if the mixture is too thick. Taste and add more garlic, salt, or cheese until you love what you have and can't wait to eat it.
What to do with it?
- Toss with pasta and top with fresh ground pepper
- Spread on a pizza crust instead of red sauce
- Put in mashed potatoes
- Add into a soup (minestrone is great for this)
- Mix into your scrambled tofu in the morning
- Blend with silken tofu for a perfect dairy free dip
Ok, so I've sold you on trying to make pesto, but you don't have any pine nuts? Or maybe your basil didn't do so good this year. Now it's time to get creative. First off you can substitute any nuts for the pine nuts. I used almonds in mine. Why not try pistachios or walnuts?
Use the recipe above for general proportions, but realize you will have to taste as you go even more since some herbs have a stronger taste than others. You'll begin to notice how the oils of the bruised herbs smell mingled with the smell of the nut you chose. And then you'll know if you need to add more of another ingredient.
- A few combinations to try:
- Arugula (Rocket) and Pistachio
- Oregano and Walnut
- Sage with Pine nuts and a little lemon juice
- Mint and Almond
- Rosemary and hazelnut
- Tarragon and no nuts at all
If you need more ideas take a look at this post on the gardenWeb herb forum.
Save your new creation for a winter surprise! Oil an ice cube tray and put your freshly made pesto into the slots. Once the cubes are frozen, remove them from the try and place into a freezer bag. Now in January they'll be waiting to go into your steaming pot of minestrone!
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Aston Villa have announced the signing of winger Ahmed Elmohamady from Hull.
The Egyptian, who has put pen to paper on a three-year deal, left Hull's training camp in Portugal on Monday after Villa triggered his release clause in his contract.
He becomes the third new signing at Villa Park this summer following the arrivals of John Terry and Sam Johnstone from Chelsea and Manchester United respectively.
Elmohamady told the club's official website: "I am delighted to be here at Aston Villa.
"Aston Villa is a great club and I am thrilled to join - it's one of the very biggest clubs in England and its history and tradition is there for all to see. It's a great time to join too as we look for promotion to the Premier League.
"I will give absolutely everything to help us achieve that goal. I know, first hand, what it takes to win promotion and I want that feeling again."
It is the third time Steve Bruce has signed the 29-year-old having also acquired him while manager at Hull and Sunderland. Elmohamady was an integral part of Bruce's previous two promotion-winning teams at Hull.
Elmohamady initially joined the Tigers on loan from Sunderland in August 2012 and went on to make 218 appearances for the club, scoring 12 goals.
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Cork International Choral Festival on in Cork City Hall
The Cork International Choral Festival is held annually over the five days preceding the first Monday in May. Cork welcomes choirs from across the world for a programme of Gala concerts, Schools Concerts, National and International Competitions, and world-class performances, as thousands of participants bring the city to life for a celebration of choral music in all its many forms.
One of Europe's premier international choral festivals, Cork is noted for its high standards, eclectic and wide-ranging programme, and the friendliness of its welcome. Festival events and performances centre around Cork's City Hall (capacity 1,000), one of the most attractive and acoustically superb venues in Ireland.


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Throughout the month of October, we'll be giving readers gear for the Annual Meeting. Each day will be a different trivia question, so check back in daily for your chance to win. To answer the trivia question, you will need to leave your answer as a comment here on this blog. All the comments will be held for moderation. A commenter to answer the question correctly will be chosen at random to win the t-shirt shown here. There will be one prize-winner each day. Once you win, you will be ineligible to win again during this blog series.
Today's trivia question:
If you want to purchase a fitted t-shirt with this year's Annual Meeting logo on it that is "made in the USA" (see photo to the right), what is the URL of that webpage? And, how much does the t-shirt cost if you were to purchase a size S-xL?
The AAA Annual Meeting will be held this year in San Francisco from November 14-18. If you have not done so already, be sure to register for the meeting and workshops, and book your hotel. You only have 10 days left to book your hotel at the discounted rate – don't delay, book today!


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Rust never sleeps, and neither does the Pentagon. The Department of Defense's Armed with Science blog reminds us of this with a fresh post that offers sobering new statistics on the state of metallic decay in the United States.
"When reflecting on things that impact the national economy, most of us tend to think of outsourcing, the stock market, tax policy, etc." But, Armed With Science asks: "Did you think of corrosion? You should."
True that. More than three percent of the gross national product is spent de-corrosifying our infrastructure each year, the post notes. Since the DoD worries that that percentage won't impress you, it hastens to add that this costs every person in the country around $1,000 on an annual basis. We're talking about $300 billion here.
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The government defines corrosion as "the deterioration of a material or its properties due to a reaction of that material with its chemical environment." The meeting of metals with oxygen in the presence of water or moist air, creating rust, is the most commonly known form of corrosion. But there are plenty of others.
The Pentagon itself spends something in the neighborhood of $23 billion per annum to combat the problem. "Weapon systems are routinely out of commission due to corrosion deficiencies," the DoD observes. "For example, corrosion has been identified as the reason for more than 50 percent of the maintenance needed on KC-135 aircraft."
So—get this—the Defense Department has an entire agency that does nothing but try to figure out ways to fight corrosive gunk.
The DoD Corrosion Office "directs multiple thrusts in corrosion research and development, training, outreach, and policy, using existing organizations and talent within government, industry, and academia to implement its mission." And if you go over to that site, you can find out about the state of this crusade in every branch of our Armed Forces in excruciating detail.
For example, here's a study on the state of corrosion for the United States Air Force in Europe, a 30-year case history of polyurethane thick film coatings in civil engineering applications, a report on wash intervals of Navy P3 sensors, a review of the application of aluminum coatings for the corrosion protection of magnesium by cold spray, and last but not least, an analysis of a "Zeolite coating system for corrosion control to eliminate hexavalent chromium from DoD applications."
Plus, the site has a generous supply of really gross infrastructure corrosion pictures (don't look at these if you are a nervous homeowner).
On a more fun note, we definitely recommend checking out the DoD's assortment of corrosion prevention training online games. These include Inspect and Protect: A Cathodic Protection Game and Protocol 424: an e-Learning Corrosion Game
And the gung-ho, corrosion must die-die-die inspirational video podcast can be found here. "By understanding corrosion and what can be done about it, YOU can be part of the solution," declares Dan Dunmire of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, pointing at his audience.
"I like that a lot!" Dunmire adds.
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