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Ken Carson, always something of a stiff, is loosening up.
On the eve of its 50th birthday, the doll that defined boyish American urbanity is working on a comeback, proclaiming on billboards in Los Angeles and New York his love for Barbie. Critics raved about his appearance in "Toy Story 3." And in a new reality TV show, "Genuine Ken: The Search for the Great American Boyfriend," eight clean-cut real-life contestants vie to be judged worthy of Barbie: a guy with style who knows how to listen, cook, surf and spoil the material girl with displays of affection.
Mattel Inc.'s push to make Ken cool, particularly among adults, is part of a broader campaign to crank up sales of the doll as it hits the big 5-0, as the company did successfully when Barbie passed the half-century milestone two years ago. Mattel executives say they are relaxing their tight control over Barbie's and Ken's images because they missed marketing opportunities in the past by letting Ken — introduced to the world in March 1961 in red swim trunks, sandals and a yellow terry-cloth towel — turn into, well, a square.
"What we realized a few years ago was, 'Wait a second, there are people having more fun with the brand than we were,'" Stephanie Cota, Mattel's senior vice president of global marketing for girls brands, said in an interview. "Part of the journey that we've been on is figuring out how to have fun with the Barbie brand without making fun [of it]."
It's a delicate balance. Too much self-mockery could be interpreted as a signal that Mattel isn't serious about the brand. Walt Disney Co.'s Pixar Animation Studios took a poke at Ken in its Oscar-nominated "Toy Story 3," where the doll shows up wearing short shorts, an open shirt and a blue ascot while tooling around in a pink convertible, seemingly oblivious to his main purpose to serve as arm candy for Barbie.
Some saw Ken's love of fashion and his gold-and-purple "dream house" in "Toy Story 3" as a sly wink at longtime rumors of a conflicted sexuality, and an example of how the brand can appeal to multiple markets.
Barbie has long been the alpha female. Sean McGowan, a toy analyst with Needham & Co., estimated that Ken makes up less than 10% of the Barbie line's sales. He said Ken's appearance in "Toy Story 3" could have backfired.
"Ken stole the show 'cause he's a clothes magnet," McGowan said. "That's risky, but it worked. He winds up looking cool. [But] that's a fine line between parody and pushing the envelope."
Barbie, meanwhile, has been enjoying resurgence after a period of turmoil and slumping sales. About a decade ago, Mattel watched as its premier toy brand was swiftly eclipsed by MGA Entertainment Inc.'s newcomer Bratz, a line of sultry, pouty-lipped multi-ethnic dolls whose street style made Barbie seem stuck in the past.
The Barbie line, which in the late 1990s commanded as much as 85% of the fashion doll market, tumbled to about 60%, according to BMO Capital Markets toy analyst Gerrick Johnson.
Keeping Barbie and Ken in sync with the times has long presented challenges, and today's fashion doll category is more crowded than ever. Barbie (full name Barbara Millicent Roberts) has been trying to defend her shelf space against such lines as Liv, Bratz, Disney Princess, Wizards of Waverly Place, Moxie Girlz, BFC Ink and iCarly — and even Monster High dolls, also made by Mattel.
Well off their peak, Barbie sales, which include the Ken line, now account for about $1.2 billion annually at the wholesale level, analysts estimate. Mattel says Barbie is a $3-billion brand.
Last week, the El Segundo toy maker said its 2010 revenue increased 8% from the year before, largely because of strong sales of Barbie and related products. Barbie has displayed renewed strength, pulling market share away from her rivals thanks to the success of newer products aimed at slightly older girls.
"Mattel has kind of turned a corner. They are doing a lot of cool and innovative stuff," Johnson said. "They were wandering in the wilderness for a while. Barbie looked dowdy, shall we say; just missed the mark on fashion and became somewhat irrelevant."
Mattel's marketing efforts are slated to reach a crescendo Monday, Valentine's Day, when Barbie decides whether to take back Ken. According to Barbie lore, she called it quits on their relationship back in 2004, feeling that after 43 years, she needed time apart.
By producing a reality show a la "The Bachelor" and launching Facebook and Twitter accounts for Barbie and Ken, Mattel is targeting an older cohort than its core preschool and grade-school crowd.
The "Genuine Ken" reality series, which debuted last month on the online video website Hulu, was designed to appeal to 18-to-34-year-old women who fondly remember playing with their own Barbie and Ken dolls but who now watch the latest reality show vixens and villains for entertainment.
Hosted by MTV star Whitney Port, whose long blond hair and willowy figure echo classic Barbie traits, the series has been among the most popular reality shows on Hulu.
Shot primarily in Los Angeles, the series puts eight "Ken-testants" through their paces with such challenges as decorating an apartment on a budget and cooking a meal, and avoids the acid pettiness and raunch often laced throughout reality shows.
Here, wholesomeness is represented as part of the contestants' sex appeal.
"We stayed away from things that were overtly sexual. We stayed away from alcohol, from some of the things you might see in other reality programming," Cota said.
Still, "Genuine Ken" isn't going to land on kids' TV.
In one episode, the visuals shift into slow motion when the contestants jog to the beach and later rip off their shirts; the show zooms in on their well-sculpted abs. When one contestant strips naked to don a wetsuit, a turquoise "Ken" name tag appears onscreen to cover his anatomy.
"There is a fun, celebratory and campy nature to the show," said producer Michael Rourke, chief executive of Hudsun Media, which approached Mattel with the concept. Mattel immediately got on board, Rourke said.
"They were in complete agreement in the spirit in which we approached the project: It was about having fun with this great icon while also exploring what it takes to be a great boyfriend."
The winner will be given the title "Genuine Ken: The Great American Boyfriend," and Mattel will produce a Ken doll in his likeness. The show was just one aspect of Mattel's makeover of the doll named after the late Ken Handler, the son of Mattel founders Ruth and Elliot Handler.
"Will 'Genuine Ken' have a direct effect at retail? Probably not," Cota said. "But will 'Genuine Ken' continue to help keep this brand relevant or leapfrog us into the next level of relevancy? Absolutely. We can't drive sales if we don't have a product and brand property that is relevant, modern, fresh and contemporary."


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Topic Overview
What is screening for cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer screening tests can help your doctor find and treat abnormal cell changes on your cervix before they develop into cervical cancer . These tests may be done as part of a pelvic exam .
What screening tests are used?
Tests include:
- A Pap test . This test looks for changes in the cells of the cervix. Abnormal cells may be a sign of cancer.
- An HPV test. There are many types of HPV, and some of them can cause cancer. The HPV test may be used with the Pap test in women ages 30 and older. Having both a Pap test and an HPV test is called co-testing.
There is also a test called a primary HPV test. This is a newer test for women ages 25 and older. A woman who has this test doesn't need to have a Pap test.
Who should be screened?
Experts, such as the U.S Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), agree that women should begin screening at age 21 and continue until they are age 65. Women who have had a hysterectomy and no longer have a cervix don't need to have tests (unless a woman had the hysterectomy because of cervical cancer).
If you are younger than 21 and are sexually active, it's still a good idea to have regular testing for sexually transmitted infections .
How often do you need tests for cervical cancer?
These guidelines apply to women who have never had a serious abnormal Pap test result. If you don't know if you have ever had such a result, talk with your doctor.
Women 21 to 29
You start having Pap tests at age 21. Women younger than 21 shouldn't be screened, except for women who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- You have a Pap test every 3 years. Testing should not be done every year.
If any of your tests are abnormal, you may need to be tested more often.
Women 21 to 29 usually aren't tested for HPV, because they are at low risk of cervical cancer. The virus is common in younger women, and their immune system usually gets rid of it. The exception is the newer test called the primary HPV test, which can be started at age 25, and redone every 3 years.
Women 30 to 64
For women in this age group, most experts say:
- You can have Pap and HPV tests every 5 years, if:
- You had a normal Pap test.
- You had a normal HPV test.
- You can have a Pap test (without an HPV test) every 3 years, for as long as your results are normal.
The ACOG guideline includes information on the newer primary HPV test for women ages 25 to 64. footnote 1 With a normal result from the primary HPV test, a woman can continue to be screened every 3 years. Screening should stop at age 65 for a woman with a normal screening history. A woman who no longer has a cervix shouldn't have a primary HPV test.
Women 65 and older
Women ages 65 and older may no longer need to be screened for cervical cancer. Talk with your doctor about what's right for you.
Most experts say that after you turn age 65, you no longer need screening tests if:
- You've had 3 Pap tests in a row with normal results.
- OR you've had 2 combined HPV and Pap tests in a row with normal results in the past 10 years and one of those tests was in the past 5 years.
Women who have had a hysterectomy
A hysterectomy is surgery to remove the uterus , usually including the cervix. Sometimes the cervix is not removed. You and your doctor can decide on the right screening based on your medical history.
Women without a cervix
- You don't need Pap tests if your cervix was removed for reasons other than cancer.
- You may have regular Pap tests if your cervix was removed for precancerous changes. But you may not need them as often if you have no other risk factors.
- You should have regular Pap tests if your cervix was removed for cervical cancer.
Women with a cervix
- You should have regular Pap tests until age 65.
If you don't know if you still have your cervix, talk with your doctor.
What do your results mean?
Abnormal changes on your cervix may be minor or serious. Minor changes may go away on their own, especially if you are younger than 30.
If you have serious changes-which means the cells are the type that could turn into cancer-you may need more regular checkups and Pap tests. You may need treatment to remove the abnormal cells.
If you have a Pap test and an HPV test, your doctor will look at the results of both and decide what kind of follow-up tests you might need.
Experts agree that some women may need to be tested more often if they:
- Were exposed to DES (diethylstilbestrol) before birth (prenatal exposure).
- Have HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) .
- Have a history of abnormal Pap tests or cervical cancer.
- Have a weakened immune system .
Women 21 to 29
- If you had a Pap test and it was normal, you can wait 3 years to have another test.
- If you had an abnormal Pap test result, your doctor will let you know if you need follow-up tests.
- If you had a primary HPV test and your result was normal, you can wait 3 years to have another test.
- If you had an abnormal primary HPV test result, your doctor will tell you if you need follow-up tests.
Women 30 to 64
Pap test and HPV test are both normal
- The cells on your cervix look normal.
- You don't have HPV.
- You can wait 5 years to have another combined Pap and HPV test.
- Your doctor will still want you to have physical exams. Ask how often you should come in.
Pap test is normal, but HPV is abnormal
- The Pap test shows no abnormal changes to your cells.
- The HPV test is positive, which means you have HPV.
- Your body's immune system could get rid of HPV on its own.
- You will likely have another Pap and HPV test in 1 year.
- If you have one of the most high-risk types of HPV, your doctor may recommend a colposcopy . In this test, your doctor uses a lighted magnifying tool (colposcope) to get a closer look at the cervix.
Pap test is abnormal, but HPV test is normal
- You have abnormal cell changes on your cervix.
- You don't have HPV.
- Your doctor may suggest a colposcopy to learn more about your abnormal cells.
Pap test and HPV are both abnormal
- You have abnormal cell changes on your cervix.
- You have HPV.
- Your doctor will suggest a colposcopy.
- Abnormal Pap and HPV test results don't mean that you have cervical cancer. But, depending on the type of cell changes, you will likely have treatment to remove the cells.
Pap test result isn't clear
Sometimes the results of the Pap aren't clear. There might not be enough cells to test. Or the cells may show very small changes that aren't certain. If this happens:
- Your doctor will tell you when to have another Pap test-if you have a normal HPV test or if you didn't have an HPV test.
- You may have a colposcopy if you are 30 or older and have a positive (abnormal) HPV test.
Primary HPV test is abnormal
- Your primary HPV test is positive, which means you have HPV.
- Your doctor will tell you what follow-up tests you will need. If the follow-up test results are normal, then you will likely need another screening test in 1 year.
- If you have one of the most high-risk types of HPV, your doctor may recommend a colposcopy (and possibly a biopsy).
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- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2016). Cervical cancer screening and prevention. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 157. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 127(1): 185-187. DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001256. Accessed January 4, 2016.
Other Works Consulted
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013). Cervical Cancer Screening With the HPV Test and the Pap Test in Women Ages 30 and Older. Accessed Sept. 17, 2013: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/hpv/pdf/HPV_Testing_2012_English.pdf.
- Sawaya GF, et al. (2015). Cervical cancer screening in average-risk women: Best practice advice from the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 162(12): 851-859. DOI: 10.7326/M14-2426. Accessed June 19, 2015.
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AGHIA PARASKEVI, Greece, June 23 (UPI) -- Former staff of Greek state broadcaster ERT, which was shut down this month, refused to leave its premises and issued pirate broadcasts.
The country's coalition government shut down ERT June 11 in response to pressure by foreign lenders to cut back on the size of the Greek public sector, ekathimerini.com reported Sunday.
Hundreds of workers of Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. fired as a result of the shutdown occupied ERT's headquarters in Aghia Paraskevi.
The employees issued pirate broadcasts Friday and Saturday despite the Finance Ministry's call on them "to evacuate the premises ... to allow for the unhindered and immediate implementation of the Council of State's decision."
The court ruling that called for the closure also called for its signal to be restored, ekathimerini.com said.
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Winners of the 2002 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology
Announced during the 10th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology:
Experimental: Chad Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry; Northwestern University and Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology & Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, Northwestern University
Professor Mirkin was cited for opening up new possibilities for the fabrication of molecular machine systems by selectively functionalizing nanoparticles and surfaces, particularly with DNA, enabling the self-assembly of new structures which move us closer to the goal of molecular manufacturing.
Theory: Don Brenner, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Professor Brenner was cited for fundamental advances in our ability to model molecular machine systems, and for the design and analysis of components likely to be important in future molecular manufacturing systems.
More information in this smalltimes.com article and this UPI article.
Finalists for the 2002 Feynman Prizes
The following five individuals or teams were selected as Finalists for the 2002 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, Theoretical:
The following five individuals or teams were selected as Finalists for the 2002 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology, Experimental:
2002 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theoretical and Experimental Molecular Nanotechnology
Two prizes in the amount of $5,000 each will be awarded to the researchers whose recent work has most advanced the development of molecular nanotechnology. This year again separate prizes will be awarded for theoretical work and for experimental work. The prizes will be given at the 10th Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, to be held October 11-13, 2002, in Bethesda, Maryland.
This prize is in honor of Richard P. Feynman who, in 1959, gave a visionary talk at Caltech in which he said "The problems of chemistry and biology can be greatly helped if our ability to see what we are doing, and to do things on an atomic level, is ultimately developeda development which I think cannot be avoided."
Relevant Research Areas
Research areas considered relevant to molecular nanotechnology and molecular manufacturing include but are not limited to:
Special consideration will be given to submissions clearly leading toward the construction of a general-purpose molecular assembler. Applicants wishing further information on the field of the prize are referred to the book Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation (Wiley Interscience, 1992).
Selection Committee for the 2002 Prize
A committee of previous Feynman Prize winners has been asked to select this year's honorees. Invitees are:
Previous Feynman Prize winners
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The Foresight Institute Feynman Prize 2002 will be the most recent in a series of annually awarded prizes for accomplishment in molecular nanotechnology. Both the annual Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology and the Feynman Grand Prize are sponsored by the Foresight Institute to encourage and accelerate the development of molecular nanotechnology. Both are named in honor of Nobel laureate physicist Richard Feynman. However, these prizes differ in focus, frequency of award, and scale.
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Did anyone get this? The initial reviews were horrendous but I had heard early patches went well and I was bored so I tried it.
Ships are a neat addition to the survival genre because your ship is automatically your territory to build on. You don't need to find some perfect spot to set up, you just operate out of your ship. They can do noob island non-PvP safe zones (with a low max level so people can't just live there) thanks to this as well. No one can build or place anything but a campfire in the whole noobie area so to store stuff or whatever else, you're naturally driven towards a raft or sloop so you can put down boxes, crafting stations and a bed there on the deck of your ship.
At first I didn't get how to move the ships around and I was worried it was overly complicated. I first used a raft that had no rudder (or I didn't know how to use it?) and basically seemed to be at the mercy of the wind direction. Once I got my sloop and clicked the steering wheel though everything made sense. I aligned the sails with the wind direction and used the rudder to adjust direction of movement... and it felt awesome... reminded me of the first time I got travel powers on City of Heroes except better. This alone will keep me playing this for a while.
The food is weirdly complicated. Vegetable, Meat, Fruit and Fish are all separate "vitamin" bars, plus you have a hunger state. When you get hungry you can't just eat whatever. If you try to live on fruit you'll get... fruit poisoning?... seriously. You have to keep all four vitamin bars within an acceptable range. Too low and you die, too high and you're poisoned (=you die slowly with your vision fucked up). You can't even over eat, that also kills you. Hasn't been a problem so far. Mostly I have problems with fresh water, not food.
Temperature is a thing but not a big deal in temperate / tropical areas. Temparate will get cold enough at the coldest part of the night to kill you in noobie clothes if you're soaking wet. Tropical will get hot enough to kill you naked at the top of the day, but obviously it's not hard to find water to jump in usually. There are polar areas though where obviously you need some solution to the cold problem.
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The Connection Keeps Us Going
I stood, straddling the Vespa, letting it run stationary beneath me. I focused my mind away from the way I was feeling, away from the loneliness, away from the frustrations. I forced myself to focus on the noise and commotion surrounding me, to focus back on the ride. And as my attention focused on everything going on around me, everything going on inside of me began to recede.
I maneuvered slowly through the parking lot and pulled out into the road. I leaned into the left turn and my connection with the Vespa took hold. I felt the revolutions of the engine build, the gears shift. This is what endures.
5 comments:
- Combatscoot said...
If it weren't for being able to ride, I think I would not be sane right now. Something about getting on the bike and taking-off down the road with the wind all around me flushes away all the mental fuzz that hangs-on after a panic attack. It all goes away instantly.
- Steve Williams said...
John's right about what riding can do. I seek out the Vespa as a way to clear away fog, stress, and anxiety. It allows me to bring my spirit back into my body or something.
I hadn't looked at your site in awhile. Glad to see your adventures continuing and your photography is inspiring.
Steve Williams
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- Unknown said...
Your blog was the first blog I read and I always looked for it as inspiration for the writing and the photography. I have discovered through the interest generated by yours, other great blogs, like Steve's Scooter in the Sticks, but always check to see if you had any new postings.
Hope you start blogging again soon to keep us up on your riding and personal reflections.
I never thought about blogging myself, but it's hard not to toy with the idea after reading such interesting and insightful blogs. I've been riding a Vespa GT200 since October 2006 in Northern New Jersey and loving every minute of it.
- ohchicken said...
belated comment, but i just wanted to say that i am loving this blog and dailycoyote as well. (arrived via dooce...)
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Opposition: New Kenya Vote
"We want new elections not a recount because they have already messed up the register significantly,� Nyongo said, referring to the list of voters. "We want an independent mediator to ensure that an independent electoral commission is in place under the supervision of international mediators and a commission that will competently run the elections.�
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Kenya's opposition party leaders will tell a top US diplomat that fresh elections, not a recount, are the only way to resolve the country's crisis following last week's disputed vote, a senior party leader told The Black Star News today.
In a telephone interview from Nairobi, Prof. Anyang Nyong'o, secretary general of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which says it unseated the incumbent Mwai Kibaki last Thursday, said new elections should be held within three months.
"We want new elections not a recount because they have already messed up the register significantly," Nyong'o said, referring to the list of voters. "We want an independent mediator to ensure that an independent electoral commission is in place under the supervision of international mediators and a commission that will competently run the elections."
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jendayi Frazer arrives in Nairobi tomorrow to try and help the opposition party led by Raila Odinga and Kibaki defuse the crisis.
Riots and protests erupted when Kibaki hastily had himself sworn in last Sunday; an estimated 300 people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced.
Nyong'o said after the U.S. realized it had been misled it "did the honorable thing" and retracted the congratulations initially sent to Kibaki by the State Department. He said at that time Kibaki should have done the right thing and recounced his swearing in. The only president known to be on record congratulating Kibaki is Uganda's Yoweri Museveni; ironically, the opposition in Uganda in 2006 accused him of stealing elections there.
Prof. Nyong'o said three months is a realistic timeline considering that's how long it took for the presidential election run off in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a country with even more logistical and organizational obstacles.
The ODM official also said an Odinga government's priority would include constitutional reform "to make this country much more democratic and much more dynamic." He said since independence in 1963 Kenya has only known authoritarian rule under Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel arap Moi and now Mwai Kibaki; these are the only presidents that have ruled.
"We are proposing a much more devolved government with powers of the presidency dispersed to various institutions within the executive and much more effective balance of power between the three branches of government, something that has not happened because of the highly authoritarian constitution," Nyong'o said.
The party official also wanted to set the record straight in terms of what kind of economic policy the country would pursue and addressed the periodic reference to Odinga in some Western media as a former Marxist.
"But of course anybody who had opposed U.S. imperialism in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia is described as a former Marxist," he said. "But I don't think Mr. Odinga is a former Marxist. Mr. Odinga is a social democrat—and he's a patriot, as I am." Prof. Nyong'o said Odinga was also a businessman with several investments in the country. Odinga also has a company that sells cylinders all over East Africa and had just invested in a major agro-chemical plant in Kisumu, in Kenya.
"Social democracy is not opposed to capitalist development that recognizes the basic needs of the ordinary person," he added.
"Even his father the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was both a progressive and a capitalist," Nyong'o said. The elder Odinga had been a hero of Kenyan independence and a past vice president before a falling out with the late Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president. He also wrote the classic, "Not Yet Uhuru."
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Rick Perry's environmental record is as straightforward as it gets. Under his leadership, the state has consistently ranked as the worst in the nation when it comes to carbon emissions. Yet Perry has taken on the natural gas industry when it comes to fracking and he has even incentivised green energy initiatives. He just tries to keep the federal government out of anything that happens in Texas. So without further ado, here are a few of the tenets that make up Perry's energy and environmental platform.
Climate change
Don't get confused by the knowledge that Perry is a former Democrat who led Al Gore's presidential campaign back in 1988. Perry is no Al Gore. In fact, as Politico reported a few years back, Perry has strong feelings about Gore's scientific arguments for taking on man-made climate change. "I certainly got religion. I think he's gone to hell," said Perry back in 2009, to a group in Dallas that wanted to know what happened between he and Gore. These feelings haven't flip-flopped. While other Republicans like Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty and Newt Gingrich have had to a flip-flop dance between admitting they believe in science and telling anti-science voters that they deny the scientific evidence that climate change is affected by human activities, Perry has held a consistent line. As governor that line has been to consistently resist federal policies aimed at combating climate change, which brings me to my next point.
In 2010, Perry jumped at the opportunity to sign a pledge sponsored by right-wing groups to oppose any "climate tax" bills that came from Washington. While this was mainly a reaction to the proposed cap-and-trade bills making their way through Washington, it was hardly Perry's first rodeo. Beyond praying that cap-and-trade never happens, Perry has kept Texas out of the Western Climate Initiative, which was championed by Republican presidential contender Jon Huntsman (R-Utah) and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Calif.). This is something that neither Romney nor Pawlenty can say for their states. Now this isn't to say that Perry has done nothing to reduce emissions. Under his watch, Texas has instituted the TERP program, which provides some incentives for individuals, businesses and local governments to reduce their carbon footprints.
While this may seem like a step in the green direction, it would be hard for Texas to get any dirtier. In fact, under Perry, Texas has consistently been the nation's largest emitter of carbon emissions. Perry, who is on record saying he may be in favor of Texas leaving the United States, would have an interesting situation on his hands if his wish were granted. If Perry were to be the president of the Texas Republic, "it would be the world's eighth-largest emitter of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, just behind Canada," according to the Energy Information Administration.
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Rick Perry is not alone among governors and senators in wanting states to grab a share of the oil revenues that are generated by offshore drilling. Perry joined other governors of the Western Governors Association in declaring that the system for several mineral tax revenues is inconsistent for onshore mineral development and offshore development. "The federal government does not share directly with the coastal states a meaningful portion of the revenues from the OCS, but it does share 50 percent of the revenues with the state for the development of onshore federal mineral resources within the state's borders," said the organization about 10 years ago. Perry wants to drill offshore and be able to grab some of the cash for doing so in an effort to offset the effects of drilling off his own shores. As you can imagine, he was also opposed to President Barack Obama's de facto moratorium on offshore drilling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Perry does have a bit of a green in his record. In fact, as governor, Perry was instrumental in 2009 in passing a $5,000 incentive for the purchase of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. He has favored legislation to get television manufacturers to recycle their outdated sets in a responsible way. Politico reported that he would ride George W. Bush's coattails when it comes to a renewable energy standard within his own state. "Like George W. Bush before him, Perry also likes to showcase his state's renewable energy mandates, which in his case have already been met even though the targets stretch out to 2025." That same report reveals that, "Like his national party's leaders, Perry also regularly touts an 'all of the above' energy strategy that includes promoting carbon capture and storage, West Texas wind turbines, bio-refineries and nuclear power." Whether or not these policies are actually green is a matter of perspective, but they are worth noting. And while these sort of green initiatives certainly don't overshadow Perry's support of the huge fossil fuel industry in Texas, they do show he's somewhat opened-minded. (Well, at least open minded enough to take on the natural gas industry.)
Fracking disclosure
Rick Perry was one of the first governors to refuse to let the natural gas industry do hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking) in his state without disclosing the toxic chemicals it uses to do so. In fact, while Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal championed such a policy, Perry did so knowing he would remain governor. (Freudenthal did so in the twilight of his second term in office, when he was governing from a lame duck position.) Nonetheless, Perry put his signature on a bill in July 2011 that required some disclosure of the chemicals used in the fracking process, making that information available to the public. Critics will say Perry's support was just an effort to undermine federal regulation of fracking, and that may be true. But without Perry's approval, zero disclosure would continue to be the norm in the Lone Star state.
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Poverty Can Trump a Winning Hand of Genes – "When psychologists first started studying twins, they found identical twins much more likely to have similar IQs than fraternal ones. They concluded that IQ was highly "heritable"—that is, due to genetic differences. But those were all high SES twins. Erik Turkheimer of the University of Virginia and his colleagues discovered that the picture was very different for poor, low-SES twins. For these children, there was very little difference between identical and fraternal twins: IQ was hardly heritable at all…. Richer children have similarly good educational opportunities, so genetic differences among them become more apparent…. But for poor children, haphazard differences in educational opportunity swamp genetic differences."
Shy male birds keep closer 'friends' – "Shy male great tits have fewer 'friends' but build stronger bonds than bolder birds, researchers have found." – speaking of birds: Warblers begin migrating after interbreeding.
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Pornography addiction leads to same brain activity as alcoholism or drug abuse, study shows – "Cambridge University scientists reveal changes in brain for compulsive porn users which don't occur in those with no such habit."
Redneck Psychiatrists – "Schizophrenia is more common in men than women – about 1.4 to 1. It's more common in the lowest SES groups, although that may be downward drift. Schizophrenia is considerably more common among people of African ancestry…. Schizophrenia seems to be more common among people that grew up in cities – about twice as common." – from greg cochran.
Stronger Sexual Impulses, Not Weaker Self-Control, May Explain Why Men Cheat More Than Women, Study Reveals
Painful and extreme rituals enhance social cohesion and charity – "The study of 86 males in Mauritius found both observers and performers of the Kavadi were more charitable than those who only participated in the collective prayers. The researchers also found that higher levels of pain were positively associated with larger donations and a more inclusive self-identity."
DNA Double Take – chimeras! and other neat stuff.
Why parents think your partner isn't good enough – "[P]arents tend to give more resources to children whose partners provide less support, and that this leads to a conflict over mate choice…. 'Parents are equally related to all of their children, whereas children value themselves more than their siblings — so each child wants to get more than their fair share of parental resources.' This means that the children are willing to settle for a mate who is less caring than their parents would ideally like."
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The City of Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect or suspects responsible for the homicide that occurred in the 1100 of Addison Street.
On Friday, February 28, 2014 at approximately 11:48 a.m., the Berkeley Police Department received a welfare check request from a community member. The reporting party was concerned because they had not seen their friend, the resident of an apartment on the 1100 block of Addison St., for several days. Officers obtained access to the apartment, and subsequently discovered the resident, 54-year-old Sylvan Fuselier, deceased in the apartment. Further investigation of the scene determined that Fuselier had been murdered.
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Investigators believe the reward in this case may be helpful in obtaining information about the suspect in this case. BPD is urging anyone with information regarding this case to please contact our Homicide Detail at (510)-981-5741 or the non-emergency line at (510) 981-5900. If a caller wishes to remain anonymous he/she can call the Bay Area Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).


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These servers are having a strange problem downloading files more than a few megabytes in size. For example, if I try to wget or FTP a copy of the Linux kernel from kernel.org, the first ~1-2MB will download at 600+K/s, and then throughput will drop off a cliff to 1K/s.
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Varkala is a town in the Indian state of Kerala, about 50km north of Trivandrum and is home of the popular Papanasam Beach. Also, the Samadhi of Kerala's saint Sree Narayana Guru is situated in this town and hence has become a place of pilgrimage.
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If you're looking for beaches and are fed up with the crowds and prices at Kovalam, then its well worth checking out Varkala. The best times to go, are of course in the season, when the beach extends out all around the cliff face for 500 meters.
The beaches around this area are excellent and if you're looking for a cheap holiday Varkala should definitely be on your list. In the off season its really mellow and relaxed, swim and sleep and chill out. Only in December does it get really busy and prices start rocketing till January/February, when it starts to quieten down.
The main season starts from Dec 1st- March 31st, with December & early January experiencing the biggest rush. If you want to go out of season, then you can stay very cheaply and of course avoid the crowd. Varkala is quite a new place to hang out in India and has only been developed as a tourist destination in the last years. Slowly even the north of Varkala Beach gets developed for tourists. There is a promenade built from the Department of Tourism, which allows a scenic walk for about 1.5h towards north, passing Odayam and Edava until Kappil.
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The town of Varkala is about 5km inland, centered around the train station, and can be reached via autorickshaw for Rs.40
The resort area lies along two cliffs, north and south, overlooking the beach areas. The main Papanasam beach is between these, while less crowded Black Beach is to the north. This entire area is easily accessible by walking the fine sidewalk along the cliff edges.
Numerous small shops line the cliff-top, selling both local and touristy attire.
The only fancy restaurant available at Papanasam/Varkala is in the Taj Garden Retreat. Almost all hotels and resorts have room service. There are lots of restaurants at the cliff. Most of them and places-to-eat in the cliff are seasonal and spring up during the tourist season (beginning in late November). Try the fresh fish or seafood from any number of the cliff-top restaurants. Seafood is caught by local fishermen and displayed in front of many restaurants. Select your food, have it prepared in the tandoor and enjoy the sunset while you dine.
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GNS Racing RX-38.435 @ 157.45There are many obstacles a racer must face when building a strip warrior, the biggest being finances. Everybody knows building a drag caris expensive and the faster you want to go, the more it's going to cost you.
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For Outlaw racer Carlos Gonzalez, money is always an issue. Gonzalez wanted to build an Outlaw racer that was quick and competitive but still within his budget.
Having an extensive knowledge of rotary engine dynamics, Gonzalez knew his future racer was going to be a Wankel-no piston power here. Instead of purchasing a third-generation RX-7 and blowing most of his money on the chassis, Gonzalez decided go with a cheaper RX-3 platform. The front-engine, rear-drive configuration, combined with its overall lightness made the "3" a perfect candidate.
He found a pristine Mazda RX-3, which he purchased for only $3,500, compared with the $15,000 he'd have to spend for an RX-7. Gonzalez started work on the chassis; a welder by trade, Gonzalez installed a four-link rear end complete with a 9-inch drag spool and Strange axles to replace the weak stock drivetrain.
To keep the front wheels from lifting too far off the ground, Gonzalez also added a wheelie bar to increase traction to the rear wheels. To enhance safety and stiffen the chassis, a 10-point chrome-moly roll cage was incorporated. With all the chassis fabrication performed, the car was sent to Frank Mossimino for sheetmetal massaging. Mossimino straightened the metal and sprayed the "3" with a five-color paint scheme anyone can admire.
Gonzalez knew the 12A engine from the RX-3 wasn't going to cut it, so he decided to purchase a stronger and more potent 1993 13B twin-turbo engine.
The low-compression rotors proved favorable to Gonzalez; he planned on turbocharging the engine with a single Turbonetics T70 series turbo. To extract maximum power from the 13B, Gonzalez disassembled the engine and performed a street port on the rotor housings and polished the intake ports.
A large capacity Moroso oil pan was added to the mix to keep things cool. The most interesting note on the powerplant is the lack of an intercooler, which means Gonzalez is probably running alcohol. What also caught our eye is the lack of electronic engine management, as the RX-3 runs a mechanical fuel injection system set up by Gonzalez himself. The Turbonetics T70 hairdryer feeds directly into the intake and is safeguarded by a Turbonetics Godzilla blow-off valve. A GReddy Type-C wastegate ensures the rotary reaches maximum boost pressure quickly with no boost spikes.
A McLeod Industries dual-disc clutch and a G-Force 2000 sequential transmission harness the rotary power. The five-speed sequential tranny allows Gonzalez to quickly go through the gears without missing a shift. Contact to the pavement is handled by Holeshot F/X Phoenix aluminum, wrapped with Mickey Thompson 24x4x15-inch gumballs out back and 15x3x31 skinnies up front.
The simple engine and chassis combination has been good for 8.435 timeslips at more than 157 mph. Gonzalez has done more than just compete; he won the 2001 NHRA Modified Class Championship, proving cost-effective cars can still win in the big leagues.
In 2002, he plans to look into a nitrous system. But with the two power adders, he would have to add some weight to the Mazda. We're confident Gonzalez has a few tricks up his sleeves to make the Mazda even faster. Outlaw racers watch out, because the "3" is here and ready to play.


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Currently there is a significant research effort being made in gasoline spark/ignition (SI) engines to understand and reduce cycle-to-cycle variations. One of the phenomena that presents this cycle-to-cycle variation is combustion knock, which also happens to have a very stochastic behavior in modern SI engines. Conversely, the CFR octane rating engine presents much more repeatable combustion knock activity. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of fuel composition on the cycle to cycle variation of the pressure and timing of end gas autoignition. The variation of cylinder conditions at the timing of end-gas autoignition (knock point) for a wide selection of cycle ensembles have been analyzed for several constant RON 98 fuels on the CFR engine, as well as in a modern single-cylinder gasoline direct injection (GDI) SI engine operated at RON-like intake conditions.


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The county is located in the northwestern part of the state, in the Appalachian foothills. It currently encompasses 614 square miles. The county contains rich mineral deposits. Today a large portion of the county is part of the William B. Bankhead National Forest. The county seat is located in Double Springs. The county gained notoriety during the Civil War due to its reluctance to support the Confederacy.
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To make a Croquembouche (French word that means crunch to the mouth), you need to first make proffiteroles. I use the recipe for chocolate eclairs with custard cream that is on the "Taste.com.au" website. However, instead of piping long lengths, I use spoons to make small balls that will puff up to approx twice their size once cooked.
When cooled, I fill with custard cream. For this, I just make a really thick custard (like you would for vanilla slice). Then I whip 300ml cream until really thick. Then I combine the two and beat until light and fluffy. You can use the custard cream recipe with the eclair recipe, but I find the cream doesn't whip as well once the custard is added, so you need to whip the cream seperately and make the custard thicker (probably double the custard powder in the recipe), but that is just my opinion. Feel free to experiment until you get a thickness you like.
Then you need to make toffee. I make mine green, as I decorate it as a Christmas tree, however most places make it plain golden brown toffee and decorate with sugared flowers. If you google "croquembouche", you can see images of how people decorate them. I just use a normal toffee recipe used for toffee apples, as you want a thin layer of toffee that will set hard. Again, if you google "croquembouche", it will also give you recipes for the toffee and the proffiteroles along with instructions on how to put them together.
I was going to buy the croquembouche tin, but it is so expensive. I may just buy an orange witches hat (traffic cone), and pile the proffiteroles around the outside of it (after covering the cone in cling wrap first of course). This way I can remove the cone from the croquembouche and pull out the cling wrap when serving.
I will try to get a photo to attach here when I set everything up for the morning tea (December 03rd).
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Gold coins are a big love at Christmas for me
I look forward to seeing eggnog on the shelf, also maybe mint hot cocoa. I know there are others but I can't think of them right now.
and what are proffiteroles? I know I could just look it up, lol.
We don't buy too many store-bought treats for Christmas.
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The operator of a ride at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh that injured five people when it started to move as riders were exiting has been arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon, the Wake County sheriff said tonight.
Sheriff Donnie Harrison said the ride had been tampered with after an inspection that was carried out Monday, and he expected that there would be more arrests.
Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, 46, of Georgia is facing three felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury, the sheriff said.
"After inspection of the ride, we determined that it had been tampered with and critical safety devices were compromised," Harrison said.
Three people remained hospitalized tonight in good to critical condition after the "Vortex" ride malfunction Thursday night, according to authorities.
After the incident, attendance at the fair was significantly lower than it was last year. There were 82,163 people at the fair Friday, down from 92,418 people on the fair's second Friday last year.
The Vortex ride will not reopen at this year's fair, officials told ABC station WTVD-TV in Raleigh-Durham.
The first call to 911 came around 9:17 p.m. after the ride restarted, Wake Harrison said Thursday night, citing preliminary information.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing passengers thrown off the ride while others were holding on.
"There were actually some people that were still, I think, strapped in and holding on, really hanging on for their lives," Max Byrn, 13, told ABC News Radio. "But they were falling like raindrops. It was really crazy."
The "Vortex" is a pendulum ride that flips passengers upside down as it heads toward the sky.
Ambulances initially rushed five victims, ranging in ages from 14 to 39, to a nearby hospital, Debbie Laughery, vice president for public relations at WakeMed Health and Hospitals, told ABC News.
Two of the injured were released overnight, Laughery said.
Harrison said some of the victims were from the same family, but he wasn't sure of the exact relationship. The other injured person was the ride's operator, Harrison said.
No information was given on the kinds of injuries sustained.
Fair officials and Department of Labor officials are working to determine the cause of the accident, fair spokesman Brian Long said in a news release. A switch problem had been fixed Monday, officials said, but they didn't know yet whether it was related to the accident.
The accident occurred shortly before the fair was shutting down for the night.
Max said he had just gotten off the ride and turned around when he heard screaming. The teen said the ride was upside down when people began falling.
"People were screaming and a lot of people were in pain. Family members actually ran away, like they couldn't bear to look at it. They were dropping about 30 feet high up in the air," he told ABC News Radio.
Max said one person landed head first on the ground and "was completely knocked unconscious" from the fall.
Eyewitness Caleb Norris said, "We could see at least three people just laying there non-responsive."
Police questioned 35 to 40 people at the scene, authorities said.
Sheriff Harrison said everyone is working hard to make sure all the rides at the fair are safe.
"As sad as it is, we want people to come out and have fun," he said. "It'll be safe. We'll do everything we can to make it safe for the families that come and the main thing is to keep those that got hurt tonight in our prayers."
A ride operator at the fair died in 2002 when he was struck by the ride while it was still in operation, The Associated Press reported.
The North Carolina Labor Department told ABC News the Vortex is supposed to be inspected for safety three times during the annual fair.
"They will be looking at the diagnostics, all the safety systems and any piece of that ride to determine if it was indeed a malfunction of the ride," Labor Department spokeswoman Dolores Quesenberry said.
The fair is expected to reopen today as scheduled, Long said in the press release. The fair is scheduled to end Sunday, according to its website.
"The ride was manufactured by Technical Park International of Italy. This is the first time this Vortex ride has been at the N.C. State Fair," according to the release. "There are two Vortex rides on the fairgrounds. The other Vortex, located on the new midway, has been on site for many years and is manufactured by Fabbri of Italy."
The association that represents carnival operators told ABC News that Americans took more than 1 billion rides a year and that each year 13,000 people were injured and visited an emergency room.
That's a higher rate than at theme parks, which see 1.7 billion riders and just 9,200 injuries.


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