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Editor's Note: Mike Godwin is Senior Policy Advisor for the Global Internet Policy Project of Internews, an international non-profit media development organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, the ability to connect and the means to make their voices heard.
Leave it to the National Security Agency and the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court to put the "spook" back in "spooky." In recent weeks, the general public has learned what many of us specialists have long known, which is that vast swaths of the communications of ordinary citizens have been swept into intrusive dragnets, and, the legal framework for all this snooping is itself the product of a secret body of law generated by a secret special court. Yet these revelations of how much the US government has been spying on its population shouldn't be so shocking given that the underlying law – the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – has been in place since 1978.
If the digital era has empowered ordinary citizens to do and say more online, it's also made us more vulnerable to privacy intrusions of all kinds – and digital technologies empower governments at least as much as they empower the rest of us. But that is precisely the silver lining to the NSA story. It has alerted the public that the law and policy shaping the Internet have significance for all of us, not just for lawmakers.
It wasn't always clear that cyberpolicy would loom quite so large in our daily lives. When I started practicing "Internet law" in 1990, traditional legal scholars doubted there was enough legal matter in cyberspace to even cause concern.. At the same time, technologists often talked glibly about how tools like ubiquitous personal computers would make the need for resolving legal and policy issues a thing of the past; everybody would be empowered to participate in public dialogue, a kind of direct democracy leaving lawmakers and bureaucrats in the dust of irrelevance.
Both assumptions were wrong. Cyberpolicy is more relevant than ever, because cyberspace has rapidly become a central staging area for political participation in the modern era. For proof look no further than to Italy and the United States. Inboth countries in 2012, repressive legislation led Wikimedian activists to protest by temporarily shutting down access to Wikipedia. It also led to new dialogues between governments, internet companies and civil society organizations. In both instances, legislators withdrew the proposed laws.
The NSA brouhaha and the Wikipedia blackouts have underlined the ongoing tensions modern governments face: how can governments safeguard security, intellectual property, and other rights of citizens while fully protecting online privacy and freedom of expression? To one degree or another, this is a drama that is now playing out in countries around the world.
In fact, we are at a pivotal moment in which many developing countries are hashing out their internet and communications policies. While many nations are committed to online freedom – or at least say they are – quite a few are working to rein in free expression or to impose ubiquitous surveillance that exceeds even the NSA's ambitions. Both new nations and old ones are rushing to update their laws for the digital era; there is a narrow window of opportunity to shape the digital future before these internet policy regimes are set into law. So this is precisely the time for policy activists in emerging and transitional nations to focus on building the legal framework under which freedom of expression – both traditional and online – can play its proper role in a democratic society.
In developing and transitional democracies, it has become apparent that if you don't have a strong consensus about what it means to have free media, it doesn't matter how slick your digital tools are. Notwithstanding the so-called "Twitter revolutions," this is a hard fact that activists in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and East Asia are learning the hard way these days. We know social media and encryption are not the answer to every free speech and privacy problem. While governments often give lip service to a free press, freedom of speech, and political engagement, they may also simultaneously pass laws and enact policies that undermine those very values.
These policy threats can take many forms. Two critical examples: (1) sometimes a new government, feeling its own fragility, wants to build a widespread surveillance infrastructure into the country's internet services; and (2) sometimes politicians and wealthy citizens realize that newly empowered Internet users can use digital platforms and tools to criticize the powers-that-be, so they deploy defamation laws and court cases to chilling effect.
For better or worse, the hard work of policy development doesn't lend itself to street protests or tweets alone – and most policy problems can't be solved by staging a Wikipedia blackout in the absence of deep engagement in a sustained multi-stakeholder approach. It turns out that cyberpolicy advocacy is less like programming a computer or stringing a wire than building a marriage: it hinges on creating and maintaining trusted relationships and transparent dialogue. What it really takes is face-to-face meetings between citizen advocates and policymakers, reasoning together, and creating a shared understanding of what freedom and privacy should mean on the internet, regardless of the tools we happen to be using.
In my work with Internews' Global Internet Policy Project, I help strengthen the ability of civil society organizations to work towards humane, progressive internet policy in their countries. In policy discussions, these ordinary citizens and brave activists and lawyers are learning how to make their voices heard by their governments as well as by the institutional stakeholders who have traditionally had a monopoly on government's ears. I have seen firsthand that what emerges from a mature process of policy advocacy is dialogue and colloquy in which all stakeholders -- including government ministries, internet activists, journalists, bloggers, civil society groups, telcom and internet service providers — recognize the value of other points of view and find solutions.
A.J. Liebling famously said, "Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." The key fact of the modern digital era is that, increasingly, everyone owns one. The citizens who capture violence in the street with a camera-enabled phone are practicing journalism. So are the bloggers who publish with only a laptop and a Tumblr account. And when I lived in downtown Oakland during the 2011 Occupy Oakland protests, I knew that people who were live-tweeting police movements and crowd actions were honoring the noblest tradition of journalism: to bear witness.
The rising tide of citizen journalism and a plethora of citizen voices makes many governments uncomfortable, especially those with a tradition of muzzling the press. Controlling your critics is easier with censorship, with the introduction of online media restrictions, and limited broadcast licences. and broadcasters. So when everyone is, effectively, a newspaper or radio station or reporter, a newer, more fragile, or simply nervous government may find reason to panic.
Here civil society plays an essential role in media policy: it's to stop governments from panicking and adopting repressive policies that undermine privacy and that squelch a free media of all kinds, (including any built by a blogger with a Facebook or WordPress account). To nurture good internet policy, public protests or legal actions may be the start of the dialog, but they can't be the end of it. Instead, advocates of an open and free internet need to learn how to keep governments calm in the face of rapid digital democratization. In effect, they must become their own kind of institutional resource for ensuring free expression and privacy online. In the process, civil society groups can legitimize the whole process of engagement, so that their governments see them as resources and partners, not just adversaries. .
Success will mean that internet governance is not just for the governors anymore, and that internet policy is not just for policymakers. And it will underscore the plain reality that journalism is not just for journalists any more. In today's digital democracies, where each of us could play any of these roles, the most valuable help we can offer those who are advocating for good policy on our behalf is the recognition that we each have a direct personal stake in freedom of the press, which nowadays is as universal and individual as freedom of speech.
This means activists have to look beyond digital technologies and protest tactics to secure long-term policy frameworks that protect online expression and privacy. The sooner we achieve international social consensus about this, the sooner we will understand how to manage the complex blend of individual privileges and responsibilities that come with life in the digital age.


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Wednesday, 7 August 2013
#300seconds talk on health professionals and social media
What is #300seconds about? Getting more women to speak about digital and tech issues. I was one of the 12 speakers at the 1st event in May 2013. The event was hosted in the Facebook London offices.
Speaking to digital experts was challenging.I decided to focus on some of the non-technical issues around the healthcare and social media. Thanks for watching.
Things I mention:
'Trust is the God particle' - Fugeli 2001
The Digital Doctor conference
The story behind Regina Holiday's painting 'Office Hours'
danah boyd on privacy, control and context
Please think about signing up to speak at the next #300seconds event in September.
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El 15/09/2011, a las 21:31, Holm, Jeanne M (1760) escribió: [...] > • Opportunity for leadership! Select 2-3 areas for near-term focus and seek leaders to help on each (such as policy, accessibility, or list of resources) I'm all for a general Open Data one. We could start with something many are asking me for: a curated list of resources as examples of what people have done already. This would be similar the the Use cases and Case Studies that other groups have been developing over the last several years. See SWEO ones as an example [1]. We had a technical piece into place to do something like this (thanks to Martin Alvarez (CTIC/W3C.es) at [2]. It was never released nor properly reviewed, although it was going to also serve as an example for the group eating its own dog food [3]. Alternatively, I could host this at WF wiki [4], but I'd need a crash course on Semantic Media Wiki and some help. I volunteer to lead this in any case. Anyway, I would like the cases to be described with more detail. I would us to come up with a simple taxonomy that would allows us to collect information doing desk research and contacting people involved in those projects. I'm always asked to show evidence about the benefits of Open Data and I would love these cases to serve as examples of the social and economic benefits. Some could be apps, services, some could be reports, surveys. Some high level questions that I'd like to see answered: What is the cost of running initiative X? How many people are now employed in X because of Open Data? How the life of people of X has been improved because of Open Data? Haw did it cost to develop app X? What software does it use? Is it Open Source? Outside Open Data circles there's little knowledge about what it is about. I would initially focus on two things: * Applications and services that show social and economic benefits of Open Data + think of a showroom, classified by topic, with detailed info (well beyond URL and author), so people non-familar with this can get an idea, others interested in doing the same or a similar thing, too. * Studies, reports and the like on the benefits of Open Data I could go in more detail but would like to hear first the opinion of the group and people willing to help if any. Best, Josema. [1] http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/sweo/public/UseCases/ [2] http://www.w3.org/egov/IG/UseCases/ [3] http://www.w3.org/egov/IG/UseCases/doc/how-does-it-work [4] http://wiki.webfoundation.org/ -- Jose M. Alonso Program Manager, Open Data World Wide Web Foundation email: firstname.lastname@example.com twitter: @josemalonso skype: josema.alonso http://www.webfoundation.orgReceived on Friday, 16 September 2011 12:24:26 UTC
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ASTM D3763 High-Speed Puncture Properties of Plastics
Since the 1950s, plastics have become a major industry – one that affects all aspects of our lives – providing improved packaging, creating new textiles, and permitting the production of new products and cutting-edge technologies. Due in part to its unique capability to be manufactured to meet very specific, functional needs, plastic is the most used material in the world. Its versatility allows it and its composites to be used in everything from car parts to doll parts; from drink bottles to the refrigerators they are stored in.
Increased demand has resulted in the need for more demanding acceptance criteria with respect to the mechanical and chemical properties of plastic materials. Due to some of the new structural uses of these materials, it is essential to know how they will behave when subjected to dynamic conditions – i.e., impacts. Dynamic failures of materials are different than those found when testing at slower, steadier speeds. This is especially true of plastics where many variables can affect the material. The way the polymers are used to make a specific material form/lie in the material; whether resins used are filled or unfilled; color additives; and forming processes all affect the strength and durability of not only the end material but the end product as well. Testing per ASTM D3763 allows both the material engineer and the design engineer to test materials for desired properties such as strength, ductility, toughness, and energy absorption.
For this test, we used a CEAST 9350 with optional High Energy system, instrumented with a 15.6 kN tup, a ½-inch hemispherical tup insert, DAS 16000 and Visual Impact software, along with a pneumatic clamping fixture designed in accordance to ASTM D3763. Impact velocity was set at 4.4 m/s. Time range for data acquisition was set to 30 milliseconds. ASTM D3763 states that the specimen shall be centered and clamped between the two plates of the support fixture in such a way as to provide uniform clamping pressure to prevent slippage during testing. The available energy used for the test should be such that the velocity slowdown is no more than 20% from the beginning of the test to the point of peak (maximum) load. It has been noted that when the available impact energy is at least three times more than the energy at peak load, the velocity slowdown is less than 20%.
These tests should be conducted under the standard laboratory atmosphere of 23(± 2) degrees Celsius, and 50% relative humidity. By changing the conditioning and testing temperature and testing in a controlled manner at any given impact velocity, the temperature at which the material transitions from a ductile to brittle failure mode can be established for most plastics.
This test configuration is well suited for determining the performance characteristics of plastic materials under impact conditions. Both plastic suppliers and their customers may use test results to verify product performance. Environmental chamber use allows both parties to get an understanding of how the material may perform in colder or warmer applications.
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The UCLA student behind the now-famous racist video rant and the subsequent "I have no idea why I posted that" apology announced in a statement to The Daily Bruin that she will be leaving the school immediately.
"In an attempt to produce a humorous YouTube video, I have offended the UCLA community and the entire Asian culture," Wallace writes in her apology letter. "I am truly sorry for the hurtful words I said and the pain it caused to anyone who watched the video. Especially in the wake of the ongoing disaster in Japan, I would do anything to take back my insensitive words."
She goes on to say that, as a result of "my mistake," her family has been harassed, her personal information has been published online, and she has received several death threats. "Accordingly," she concludes, "for personal safety reasons, I have chosen to no longer attend classes at UCLA."
Her statement was published only a few short hours after UCLA's Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Janina Montero announced that the school would not be pursuing disciplinary action.
Follow Up of the Day: Alexandra Wallace Leaves UCLA [The Daily What]


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Mighty River Power has built a new binary geothermal power plant to add to its list of energy assets
Ngatamariki is a new binary geothermal power plant about 17km north east of Taupo. The plant runs four OEC (Ormat Energy Converter) turbine units, generating 84MW of power – enough electricity to power 80,000 homes.
In 2013, Mighty River Power was awarded the geothermal project of the year at The World GeoPower Markets Award Ceremony, part of the annual 2013 World GeoPower Markets conference in Amsterdam.
WSP Opus played a significant part in this project, fulfilling key roles including Lead Civil Engineer, Construction Programme Manager and Lead Landscape Architect. We were responsible for design and construction supervision of the haul and access road network, as well as geotechnical engineering, structural and seismic assessment and design, project management, construction supervision, surveying and quality control.
There are currently three production wells between 3,400m and 3,800m deep, and the geothermal fluid at the bottom of the wells is 290 degrees Celsius. This fluid is used to super-heat pentane and the pentane drives the turbines. The pentane is then cooled and recirculated for constant reuse.
The current cooling system comprises four 15m high structures, covers a combined area of over 2.5 rugby fields, and has a combined length of 300m. The generated electricity is fed to the National Grid via 8.5km of transmission line at an output of 220,000 volts. Ngatamariki has been designed to allow for future expansion to six OEC units.
There are four reinjection wells of similar depth to the production wells, to return the geothermal fluid back into the geothermal reservoir to replenish it. There are also 21 sentinel and monitoring wells, of depths up to 1,500m. The total combined depth of all the wells is about 40km.
From initial earthworks to handover, the Ngatamariki project was completed in 21 months, with more than 1 million person-hours at the site. And with the commissioning of Ngatamariki, Mighty River Power's total geothermal generation was boosted to 40% of its total generating capacity.


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Legislators tour through Jay and Newport
by Joseph Gresser
copyright the Chronicle 2-6-13
NEWPORT — A passel of state representatives on a bus tour of the Northeast Kingdom heard firsthand about the issues that will have to be addressed to help the area adjust to $500-million-worth of planned development. One problem the area won't have to address is an influx of 10,000 new jobs.
Bill Stenger, co-owner of Jay Peak Resort and one of the main forces behind the new investment, told the legislators that although there will be 10,000 jobs created in response to the investment, the total of direct jobs in Orleans County will be between 1,500 and 2,000.
The rest of the 10,000 figure will be a consequence of the economic activity created by the new business, and will ripple through the state and out into New England, Mr. Stenger explained.
He was the first witness to testify before a combined meeting of the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee and the Transportation Committee, supplemented by one or two members of the House Education Committee.
The legislators arrived for lunch at the North Country Career Center after taking a tour of Jay Peak and hearing the plans for economic development in the Northeast Kingdom proposed by Mr. Stenger and his partners. They were accompanied on their journey by a group of high-ranking officials from the state agencies of Commerce and Community Development, and Transportation.
When they got to the Career Center the delegation found a crowd of around 90 people, including educators, local officials, business owners and interested citizens had already assembled.
Representative Bill Botzow of Pownal, chairman of the commerce committee, opened the meeting and gave Representative Mike Marcotte of Coventry, his vice-chairman, an opportunity to say a few words.
"I want to thank the legislators for coming up here. We're really proud of what we have here," Representative Marcotte said.
He said of the work that must be done in connection with planned development, "they're great challenges to have, but they're challenges we have to meet."
Mr. Stenger, who was the first witness, told the representatives that it was the "quality and character of the community" that inspired his plans. Capital, he said, was the key to development, and the federal EB-5 visa program, which allows foreigners to get residency status in the U.S. in exchange for a job-creating investment, has provided an ideal source of capital.
He said the program has allowed Jay Peak to realize good ideas without the necessity of having a mortgage.
When the program got to the point where it needed to be renewed by Congress, Mr. Stenger said, he sat down with Senator Patrick Leahy, who was one of those behind the law, and Governor Peter Shumlin to think of what might be done if the law was extended.
They decided that it would make sense to bring in good new businesses and give them the opportunity to grow in the Northeast Kingdom.
When the bill reauthorizing the program was signed in September it opened a three-year window, Mr. Stenger said.
In those three years two new business, AnC Bio and Menck Windows, will have to be up and running. Other ideas, such as a hotel and convention center in Newport and a redeveloped block in the city, will have to be substantially complete, he said.
He said that he and his partners have been working closely with educators around the area to make sure that people have the skills needed when it comes time to hire workers.
The issues that will need to be addressed as the current plans come to fruition include transportation, health care, housing, and education and training.
"All those elements are represented in this room," Mr. Stenger said of those seated behind him.
"Keep our eye on us, because it's been a long time since this part of Vermont has been a leader. We're going to do great work," he concluded.
Before leaving the witness table Mr. Stenger, smiling broadly, said he was glad that whoever put together a list of projects for the Agency of Transportation included rebuilding Route 242, the road that serves Jay Peak. "It made my day."
Mr. Stenger was followed by superintendents Robert Kern of the North Country Supervisory Union, Chris Masson of the Essex North Supervisory Union, and Stephen Urgenson of the Orleans Central Supervisory Union.
Mr. Kern said that many of the schools in the area are old and need work if they are to accommodate an increased population of students. He asked the legislators to consider providing help for school renovation, noting that Morgan has repeatedly voted down bonds because its voters feel they cannot pay for renovations on their own.
He also suggested that the state needs to provide demographic information to allow schools to make informed decisions about needs they will have to meet quickly.
Mr. Kern said he has no way of knowing how many new workers will be arriving or how many children they will bring with them.
Mr. Masson pleaded for consideration of spreading the development into the Canaan area. The number of jobs in the community has dropped precipitously since Ethan Allen moved much of its production to its Orleans plant, he said.
Mr. Urgenson asked for a better communications infrastructure in the Northeast Kingdom. Faster communications and better cell phone coverage will result in greater creativity, he argued.
Representing higher education, Penne Ciaraldi of Community College of Vermont, Ann Nygard of Lyndon State College, and Cindy Robillard of the Department of Labor outlined their efforts to create a partnership to develop job training programs in the Northeast Kingdom.
Ms. Nygard said educators have to build a "cradle to career pathway" for students.
Eileen Illuzzi, interim director of the Career Center, told how her school has worked to anticipate career opportunities. She said the career center established its hospitality program three years earlier after a visit to Jay Peak.
"Hospitality is not a career choice, we need to make it a destination career," she said.
She said the career center is "all about options." Even students who decide not to complete a two-year career program may have gained something.
Ms. Illuzzi told the story of a student who hoped to go to medical school. When she fainted at the sight of blood during a visit to an operating room, it gave her a chance to reconsider her path, Ms. Illuzzi said.
The Menck Window company, a German firm, may want to consider working with the career center to create an apprenticeship program, Ms. Illuzzi said, something that accords with their national style.
Patricia Sears of the Newport City Renaissance Corporation gave a ringing endorsement of the city.
"This is Newport's time, this is Vermont's time, this is our time," she declared.
She talked about opportunities that can be created by a planned foreign trade zone, which if approved by the federal government would greatly expand the possibilities of international trade in the area.
"We're all on the path to awesome," Ms. Sears announced.
Doug Morton of the Northeastern Vermont Development Association said his organization has conducted a number of studies of transportation needs in Orleans and Caledonia counties. The studies could use revision, he acknowledged, but the basic information is still sound.
After the scheduled testimony, Mr. Botzow asked if any individuals wished to offer their opinions. Nick Ecker-Racz of Glover stepped forward to tell the legislators that he thinks that an improved public transportation system ought to be part of their thinking. He also warned against programs that involved excess regulation.
Finally Mr. Ecker-Racz cautioned the representatives that increased wealth in the community will inevitably result in an influx of drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Programs should be put in place beginning in elementary school to guard against the problem.
Eleanor Leger of Charleston said she thinks that good local businesses will thrive in the new environment. She expressed excitement about the proposed free trade zone, which she said could aid her business, Eden Ice Cider, which gets many of its bottling supplies from South America.
Reed Ogden of Barton warned against too eager acceptance of a Walmart scheduled for construction in Derby. Studies, he said, show that every Walmart employee costs taxpayers $1,000 in support services due to the company's low wages and benefits. He acknowledged that the data behind that study was eight years old.
Mr. Ogden pointed to a community-sponsored for-profit store established in Saranac Lake, New York, as an example of an alternative way for people to buy the goods they need at a price they can afford.
Finally, Newport Mayor Paul Monette told the legislators that his city welcomes all the development. He said that transportation was the only problem he could see.
He said that a bottleneck at the bottom of Main Street could be eliminated by building a roundabout. Or a new bridge, which he suggested might have to go through the spot where Representative Marcotte's store now stands, could serve as a bypass for traffic.
In concluding the meeting Mr. Botzow offered a kind of benediction.
"I think the future is bright," he said. "I hope in five, ten or 20 years we look back and say 'we did it right.'"
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Three men were arrested in connection with a series of robberies and carjackings that occurred over a four-hour span Tuesday night across Baltimore County and the city, ending when the men crashed their vehicle near the Domino Sugars factory while fleeing police.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III and Baltimore County Chief James W. Johnson, who announced the arrests at a joint news conference Wednesday afternoon, called the robberies a "mini-crime spree" and said police worked together to catch the suspects, who had open warrants and criminal records.
It all started about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at a gas station at Forest Park Avenue and Cooks Lane in Gwynn Oak. There, a man who was pumping gas was forced at gunpoint into his vehicle, a 1996 green Lincoln Town Car, and driven into the city, where the men stole some of his clothing and other belongings and left him, police said.
The Town Car became their getaway vehicle, police said.
At 7 p.m., in the 5300 block of Dogwood Road in Woodlawn, a female employee at the Millstream Inn strip club was forced into her vehicle, robbed of belongings, and her car was stolen, Johnson said. It's not clear what happened to her car, though it was later recovered by police.
Fifty minutes after that robbery, in Windsor Mill, a man was walking across a parking lot at the Windsor Inn restaurant when, police believe, the three suspects approached him and displayed a handgun. The victim grabbed at the gun, and the victims fled, Johnson said.
The men then moved into the city, Bealefeld said. At 8:30 p.m., two victims were walking in the 2500 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway near Coppin State University in West Baltimore when the green Lincoln pulled up and one of the men stole a woman's purse and other belongings.
The car then traveled to Northeast Baltimore to the 4500 block of Loch Raven Blvd., where they forced several people into a gas station and robbed seven people, including some Morgan State University students.
A short time later, police believe, the men attempted to rob a man at Reisterstown Road and Gwynns Falls, and in the process shot him at least twice — in his leg and eye. He was taken to a local hospital and was listed in serious condition.
"By then, the green Lincoln had become fairly famous," Bealefeld said.
Police broadcast a description of the vehicle, and detectives with the Violent Crime Impact Section spotted it in West Baltimore driving on Fayette Street, Bealefeld said. They followed the vehicle to Key Highway in South Baltimore and attempted to close in, Bealefeld said, but the vehicle accelerated and one of the men threw a .40-caliber handgun out of the sunroof.
The men lost control of the vehicle in Locust Point and crashed, and police were able to arrest them. After getting a search warrant for the car, police found evidence linking the men to several of the robberies. The gun, Bealefeld said, had been taken in a burglary in Northeast Baltimore in April 2010.
Bealefeld said there didn't appear to be any specific impetus for such a rapid series of crimes. "Just bad guys with guns," Bealefeld said. Their names were not disclosed as police continued to investigate and show photo lineups to victims.
"Last night's series of robberies punctuates that a few people are committing most of our violent crime in the Baltimore metropolitan area," Johnson said. "We've worked hard in Baltimore County and the city to build a partnership and relationships that reduce crime and make citizens in the metropolitan area safe."
Johnson said that this week, the two jurisdictions would be using grant funds from the governor's office to serve warrants on people wanted for robberies. "We have open paper on these guys," Bealefeld said of the suspects arrested in the robberies. "Using the collective resources that we have … we can get these robbers off the street."


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Doctorals departments and programs
Research: a major French priority
France devotes more than 2% of its GDP (about €40 billion) to public and private research. The nation is home to some 70,000 doctoral candidates, a third of whom are from outside France, and more than 200,000 scholars and researchers, about half of whom work in public universities, schools, or other institutions.
Prestigious prizes for France's leading researchers
In 2008, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of the Institut Pasteur received the Nobel prize in medicine for their work leading to the discovery of the retrovirus responsible for AIDS. Also in 2008, Jean-Marie Le Clezio received the Nobel prize for literature. Recent Nobel prizes for physics and chemistry have been bestowed upon Frenchmen Georges Charpak, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Albert Fert, and Yves Chauvin.
Eleven of the 52 Fields medals awarded in mathematics every four years since 1936 have been won by French citizens. Cédric Villiani and Ngo Bao-Chau won in 2010, following awards to Laurent Lafforgue in 2002 and Wendelin Werner in 2006.
The Abel prize in mathematics, created in 2003, already has three French laureates: Jean-Pierre Serre, Jacques Tits, and Misha Gromov.
Doctoral training
In more than 300 French doctoral departments 62,000 faculty members of professorial rank provide training in research in close cooperation with more than 1,200 research laboratories.
Training takes place within a research team or unit (UR) affiliated with a doctoral department and under the supervision of a dissertation director. Most doctoral departments are found in universities. They organize research teams along thematic lines.
Some 10,000 doctoral dissertations are defended each year in France. The number of foreign recipients of French doctorates, like their proportion of the pool of doctoral candidates, has risen steadily in recent years.
Any student holding a master's degree or the equivalent may apply to a doctoral program. After an average of 3 years of study and successful defense of a dissertation, candidates receive a doctoral degree.
Most candidates are required to secure financing for their research as a condition for admission to a doctoral program.
Doctoral departments
Doctoral departments within institutions of higher education provide a home for the research teams in which doctoral candidates are trained.
- Doctoral departments provide candidates with advanced scientific training, prepare them for a career in research, and expose them to the diversity of research occupations.
- Doctoral departments support candidates as they prepare and defend their dissertation.
Doctoral candidates who are employed by their host institution benefit from new measures (visas and residency provisions) designed to encourage international students to seek doctoral training in France.


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1 - Winner - Schneiderman
2 – Rice
3- Coffey
4- Brodsky
Schneiderman is starting to pull away with his strong campaign operation, union support, troops on the ground and professional TV ads. He seems to have a progressive stand on issues and is leading the endorsements game. Rice loses despite having many of the political county organizations. She has not caught fire – though the district attorney of Nassau, she is the only woman in the race who can't seem to get steam behind her. Her TV ads are decent, but she has not inspired the electorate. Sean Coffey has probably come the furthest, a complete unknown before the race, but he has some money and has spent it well. However he has a small campaign troop and will finish third. Richard Brodsky has endorsements from his Assembly colleagues but it means very little – in fact it might even hurt him. Eric Dinallo is the only Italian in the race, and that will be his base vote but not nearly enough to compete.
State Senate
Stavisky wins, but not with a majority. Sasson finishes second after spending a million dollars of his own lottery winnings. Wherever he goes, people love him and he has a good ground campaign, but has not gotten out the message that he needs to get people to come to the booth and vote for him. People have been voting for Stavisky for as long as people have been voting, so we see no change here. Finishing at a distant third is Jim Messer, whose real publicity comes from the speculation that people who worked in his company might have been crooks.
Huntley will win. She has the church ladies, and they vote. Nunes's message of gay marriage and "maybe I will be running for Tom White's seat" does not resonate with people in the district.
State Assembly
Miller should beat out Comaianni but Miller is new to the job and very green, so if anyone is going to take his seat they've got a better shot at doing it now rather than later.
Moya beats Monserrate handily in this low voter turnout district. The old guard will go with Hiram but that won't be nearly enough to overcome all his negative publicity, and Moya is a fresh young face that the younger voters and women will love.
Braunstein beats out former Assemblyman John Duane in a surprisingly close race. Braunstein has all of the endorsements and the money but is unknown. Duane has hit the mailboxes with some decent literature and the old crowd may remember him. Finishing third is Forcina, who will take the Whitestone Italian vote. Steve Behar will finish out of money, still not having learned how to run a campaign.
In the battle for Congress in the Queens/Manhattan congressional seat where lots of money is being spent one would expect the incumbent to pull it out, but Saujani is an attractive candidate who has run hard and early. Could this be a vote-the-bums-out race?


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Some understanding can only be achieved via emotive experience of the whole.
Horizon separates earth and sky, shoreline divides land and sea, light differentiates night and day, the Manai'a individuates.
Some understanding can only be achieved via rational reductionism.
The Manai'a has foot, fin, and feather to explore land, sea, and sky; heart to feel; and mind to deconstruct.
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Re: copying a variable
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg92324] Re: copying a variable
- From: "Szabolcs HorvÃt" <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:20:48 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello Ramiro, Have you considered representing trees simply by Mathematica expressions instead of making DownValue definitions like this? All Mathematica expressions are already trees. Creating data structures using definitions is not suited to Mathematica, and is generally a very bad idea. Just represent your data structure with an expression. Do you see any disadvantage in doing this? On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 14:19, ramiro <ramiro.barrantes at uvm.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for answering, let me try to explain again in a bit more detail. I > have a tree object, which contains definitions about ancestors, children, > root, especial values, etc. Let's call that tree, and I put data in it as > definitions: > > tree["children", nodeX] = children of node X > tree["ancestor", nodeY] = ancestor of node Y > tree["root"] = root of tree > > However, I would like to do operations on this tree that change its > topology, and return a new tree, for example reroot > > reroot[treeX,newRoot] = "a new tree just like treeX but with the root in > newRoot" > > Therefore, I would like to have a "copy" of treeX with all its definitions > inside this reRoot function, and thus I would return a new tree very > similar to the old one, with a new root, but the definitions of the old tree > would remain unchanged.. > > The example I wrote was just meant to illustrate the problem, but I hope the > context I just mentioned might help explain the problem better. > > Thanks, > ramiro > > > Szabolcs Horvát wrote: >> >> ramiro wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> This must be very simple. Consider the following code: >>> >>> k[1] = 2; >>> sub[x_] := With[{z = x}, z[1] = 4; z] >>> r = sub[k]; >>> r[1] >>> k[1] >>> The output is >>> 4 >>> 4 >>> >>> I would like to have the assignment inside the function (on z) don't >>> affect the parameter (x). I would like to copy x so that whatever >>> assignment I do on z doesn't affect it, in other words, I would like to >>> return _a copy_ of x. So that the output should be: >>> >>> 4 >>> 2 >>> >> >> I don't understand your question fully. What is the purpose of having two >> symbols with the same definition? Why couldn't you just do r[1] = 4 instead >> of r = sub[k]? >> >> Are you trying to transfer the other definitions associated with k to r, >> so that if k[2]=Pi was defined then after evaluating r = sub[k], r[2]=Pi >> would be automatically defined too? >> >> I suspect that there might be better solutions to your *actual* problem >> than copying definitions ... But if you really want to do this, you could >> try something like DownValues[r] = DownValues[k] /. k :> r for copying ... >> Be warned that this is very bug prone and is very likely to cause trouble >> with non-trivial definitions. > >


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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Posted by Rot at 9:25 AM
Labels: atmosphere, flickr.com, ghosts, pomonobo productions
4 comments:
- Sara said...
these are really, *really* neat. Like jellyfish!
- October 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Chris 'Frog Queen' Davis said...
That is super cool. I would love to walk into a room like that.
- October 13, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Unknown said...
Nice spirits pretty scry..I just want to share this link http://www.thatsmyface.com/f/masks that can create a super-realistic mask of anyone from just a photo. Imagine going as yourself, your boss, your favorite celebrity or worst enemy to a Halloween party?!
- October 14, 2010 at 2:52 AM
- bran said...
holy crap i've made it to pumpkinrot! i can die now :X
- October 14, 2010 at 9:56 PM
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"No matter how difficult life can get and no matter what challenges we have, we always can choose whether or not we win," Elder Reed Hallows said. "Like Jarem, I plan to win," he added of his older brother.
Several nights ago, I awoke around 4 o'clock in the morning with a song in my head. This was a song I had been thinking about for quite some time — several years, in fact — when I found out our dear friend Jarem Hallows was diagnosed with cancer. I wrote about Jarem and his family last April, and we all hoped and prayed that he would soon be "flying the W" as his favorite sports team, the Chicago Cubs, does after a victory.
I quietly slid out of bed, and walked into our music room where I softly sang into my phone the tune and lyrics that were playing in my mind:
All your love/All your life/Helping others do it right/
Passing through the vale of tears/Like a soldier without fear
I wrote until the inspiration stopped, then climbed back into bed. On a whim, I decided to log on to social media where I saw the post from his wife, my friend Camilla, that Jarem had passed away only hours before. I shook my husband awake and told him the news while we held each other and cried. Jarem didn't need to leave this earth to earn the title of "angel." He was one of the best I've ever known, and the same goes for Camilla and their five beautiful children.
Jarem's younger brother, Elder Reed Hallows, is currently serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Puerto Rico — the same place Jarem served — and is an exceptional man, like his older brother. My husband, Brad, and I had the privilege of traveling to Puerto Rico with Reed last year with the service group Light Up Puerto Rico that Jarem put together after the island was hit by two hurricanes.
Reed was able to call home and talk with Jarem before he passed, a beautiful blessing I'm sure he'll remember all his life. His mother, Lisa Hallows, posted a snippet of Reed's email home on Facebook after he talked with Jarem that has stuck with me:
"Jarem said he had beaten cancer and that cancer hadn't beaten him. That's kind of hard to understand, considering that he passed away not shortly after. But as I have been pondering and thinking about his words I know that what he said is so true. His cancer, his trial, was something that could have easily turned him against God, something that could have easily changed anyone to have feelings of resentment, anger or feelings of being cheated. Rather than feel or believe any of that, Jarem used this experience of fighting cancer to strengthen his faith, reliance, and relationship with God."
Praying for His embrace/And to pass through this with grace/
All while drinking from that bitter cup and never giving in …
Jarem didn't become bitter while he endured this unimaginable trial that eventually took him home to his Heavenly Father. He became better, as did we, as we watched him pass through his personal vale of tears with grace. He expressed time and again that he loved his Savior, and he loved him enough to trust him. His faith was unshakable, his goodness remarkable, and his life an example of someone who, like the Savior in Gethsemane, told his Father, "not my will, but thine, be done."
I call that a win.
"No matter how difficult life can get and no matter what challenges we have, we always can choose whether or not we win," Reed wrote. "Like Jarem, I plan to win."
Jarem, thank you for showing me what true faith and trust in God look like. Thank you for always making my boys feel loved and safe, whenever they were with you. Thank you for the friendship and the memories we will cherish forever.
I can just see him/As you approach his throne/
Wrap you in his arms of peace,/A winner's welcome home
Fly the W, my friend.


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A set of clean simplistic weather icons. Fully vector. For your convenience we added SVG's and a Adobe Photoshop PSD with some free layer styles and Smart Objects. The icons can be used in print and digital.
The layer styles include color gradients as baby blue, pink, aqua, purple, orange, green and more. The layer styles are also available as an Photoshop ASL file which you can import in Photoshop. There is a tiny readme.txt file with some additional information.
There are three extra icons, they did not make the list, but we added them anyway.
They are standard graphic file formats. Programs like Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Pixelmator, Graphic Converter are able to work with them.
Great for GUI design.
The icons:
- Alfred the Snowman (it's his icon set)
- Bit Rainy
- Cloud – Moon
- Cloud
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Half Moon
- Half Sun
- Lightning
- Quarter Moon
- Radar
- Rainbow
- Rainy
- Rain – Lightning
- Snow
- Sun
- Thermostat
- Three Quarter Moon
- Umbrella
- Winterhat


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Because he was curious, and
Because he was curious, and he had to cross the road to get to the place he wanted to go. Some might say he had no choice, but I would argue that he could have stayed put and chose not to. And then of course, there's the theory that he was pushed. That's also possible, and in that case, he made a good decision - if you are pushed into the middle of the road, it's better to keep walking till you get to the other side where you can pause awhile and then decide what you want to do with yourself.
Chickens, over great periods
Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically disposed to cross roads.
Charles Darwin
"To get to the other side"
"To get to the other side"
.. Partner otherside of the
.. Partner otherside of the road.
Whoever made up this question
Whoever made up this question must have had an incredible curiosity towards chickens.
Because that's the only kind
Because that's the only kind of trip the Establishment would let it take.


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Christmas pie
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal488
- fat28g
- saturates12g
- carbs39g
- sugars0g
- fibre2g
- protein23g
- salt1.4g
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- knob butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 1 onion, finely chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 500g sausagemeat or skinned sausages
- grated zest of 1 lemon
Oval in shape with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile…
- 100g fresh white breadcrumbs
- 85g ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped
A relative of the peach, nectarine, plum and cherry, apricots are fragrant, with a soft, velvety…
- 50g chestnut, canned or vacuum-packed, chopped
'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...' that kitsch old Nat King Cole song perfectly…
- 2 tsp chopped fresh or 1tsp dried thyme
This popular herb grows in Europe, especially the Mediterranean, and is a member of the mint…
- 100g cranberries, fresh or frozen
A tart, ruby-red coloured berry which grows wild on shrubs throughout northern Europe and North…
- 500g boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 500g pack ready-made shortcrust pastry
- beaten egg, to glaze
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Heat 1 tbsp oil and the butter in a frying pan, then add the onion and fry for 5 mins until softened. Cool slightly. Tip the sausagemeat, lemon zest, breadcrumbs, apricots, chestnuts and thyme into a bowl. Add the onion and cranberries, and mix everything together with your hands, adding plenty of pepper and a little salt.
Cut each chicken breast into three fillets lengthwise and season all over with salt and pepper. Heat the remaining oil in the frying pan, and fry the chicken fillets quickly until browned, about 6-8 mins.
Roll out two-thirds of the pastry to line a 20-23cm springform or deep loose-based tart tin. Press in half the sausage mix and spread to level. Then add the chicken pieces in one layer and cover with the rest of the sausage. Press down lightly.
Roll out the remaining pastry. Brush the edges of the pastry with beaten egg and cover with the pastry lid. Pinch the edges to seal, then trim. Brush the top of the pie with egg, then roll out the trimmings to make holly leaf shapes and berries. Decorate the pie and brush again with egg.
Set the tin on a baking sheet and bake for 50-60 mins, then cool in the tin for 15 mins. Remove and leave to cool completely. Serve with a winter salad and pickles.


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Is the 'Great Senior Sell-Off' Coming?
Daily Real Estate News | Monday, April 01, 2013
About 1.5 to 2 million homes belonging to seniors will come on the market by the end of this decade, predicts Arthur C. Nelson, professor of urban planning at the University of Utah. Nelson says he sees a momentum growing among baby boomers to put their homes up for sale and downsize.
"This is the decade of the shakeout, where the boomers will begin turning 65 and we'll begin to see how they influence the housing market," Nelson told The Chicago Tribune. Nelson cites other research that shows when people hit their late 60s they tend to start selling off their homes at a much faster rate.
The baby boomer generation began reaching age 65 in 2011 and will continue until 2029.
"As they enter their late 60s, they'll begin to unload their homes in cumulatively higher rates," Nelson says. "I'm calling it the Great Senior Sell-Off."
But Nelson says he's concerned there may not be enough buyers for the homes.
About 80 percent of seniors are home owners when they reach 65—the highest home ownership rate among any age group. But Nelson notes that about 4 percent of senior home owners move each year and about 60 percent of them then opt to move into rentals. As such, Nelson predicts a surge in construction of apartments for more affluent renters.
Source: "Get Ready for Great Senior Sell-Off," The Chicago Tribune (March 29, 2013)


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I would like to share with you 3 incredible websites that are Great Reads. Each of these are written by women and are all supportive in different ways.
First, let me introduce you to Lori. She is a hard working Momma with a few challenges to overcome daily. She writes about parenting, Autism and throws in some amazing DIY posts as well. Her about page describes her as "a single mom and blogger" and has "spent the last year learning about nutrition, exercise, home-school, and ABA therapy". Her site is named Ms Mom Fix-it.
Second up is It's All About You Boo. Nadalie authors a super helpful and educational site that is dedicated to inspiring and assisting writers everywhere. I recently did an interview with her. She is a super organized and totally amazing woman. Check her out and take her up on her free resources.
Last, but most certainly not least, is Besties and Babies. This is such a comforting site for momma bloggers that is packed full of advice. They are developing a unique community of like minded women bloggers and writers to support each other. Here is one of the most recent articles to check out.


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Scenic Rim Adventure Park is a four-wheel-drive and camping experience on a 680 acre property located in the picturesque Scenic Rim region. The park offers guests the opportunity to get back to nature enjoying and exploring the outdoors.
Their park has 14 campsites throughout the entire property, some appropriate for large groups and others more secluded and intimate. Hot showers with toilets within walking distance of each campsite.
Outdoor recreational activities are varied on site with over 20 kilometres of off-road four wheel driving tracks suitable from stock standard through to highly modified vehicles. A lot of the tracks are also suited for mountain bikes. Then scattered around the park you will find children's play areas, remote control toy car tracks, spider walls, a maze, bush walking, a wide range of wildlife where koalas are regularly seen and to top it off enjoy the evening around your own campfire gazing at the fantastic night skies on a clear evening .
Open seven days a week with registration between 7am to 6pm daily.
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|Single day visit per Four Wheel Drive vehicle on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Includes GST. Please check their website for midweek charges.
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Perl::Critic::Policy::TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitProlongedStrictureOverride - Don't turn off strict for large blocks of code.
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
Every agrees that "use strict" is the first step to writing maintainable code in Perl. However, sometimes "strict" is a little too strict. In those cases, you can turn it off briefly with a "no strict" directive. This policy checks that "no strict" is only in effect for a small number of statements.
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Today we are taking a step forward and pulling back the curtain with a preview of the next iteration of FEMA.gov to give you the opportunity to take a tour of the new site, and to "kick the tires" as the saying goes.
When we began the process of our redesign, we started with the goal of creating a site that is more user-friendly, with up-to-date information, and easier to navigate. To reach this goal, some of the changes we made are: re-organizing the main content sections; adding drop-down menus; and integrating the "search" function to a greater extent within the website.
As we move forward through this process, there are a few important points to note:
- First, in an effort to provide options and ease users into how the new site functions, the new re-designed site will be available while the old FEMA.gov site remains active. This will provide individuals the opportunity to be able to access information in the manner they are most comfortable and assist with easing them into a transition to the new site.
- Second, we want to let you know that through this re-design process we have been updating much of the content that you will find on FEMA.gov. As we continue to work, we still have some pages that are being brought up-to-date. So please understand that content continues to flow and is being updated as quickly as possible.
- Finally, like many projects of this magnitude, we anticipate that there will be some technical bugs in the system and we will work to address them as expeditiously as possible.
In the end, it is important for us to know what you, the user, thinks about the new site. Let us know what you think – the good, the bad, and everything in between. Click around the site and email us your thoughts: email@example.com So once we've kicked the tires of the new site, what's next?
Once we complete the work on the site and we are comfortable that it is working and functioning in a way that you have come to expect, we'll take down the current site and replace it with the new version of the site. A point to note for some of our users who regularly link to some of FEMA's content. When the new site goes live, links that you have bookmarked or links to our content may no longer work. So, as we move forward in the process, we will be asking web site owners, bloggers, etc, to assist us by making sure if you have links to FEMA.gov from your sites that you update links to our site.
Keep watching this space and we'll keep you updated and let you know when you should start changing the links. Thanks again for visiting the new, improved, and easier-to-navigate FEMA.gov!


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from Norway´s territorial waters.
Thanks to its extensive reserves of petroleum, natural gas and hydropower, Norway now has the fourth highest per capita income in the world. And the billions just keep rolling into the Norwegian coffers.
The next "big thing" for these Arctic Arabs will be the extensive utilisation of the fossil riches that lie buried under the cold waters of the northernmost areas. But, because there are others who also are competing for access to these abundant energy resources, Mr. Stoltenberg and his fellow socialists have adopted a clever PR strategy, part of which is to invite foreign leaders and celebrities to the Arctic areas in order to give them a chance to "witness" global warming - and get the right kind of photo opportunities for the media. ("Progressive" liberal and leftist media always publish these photos showing how concerned the visitors - and the hosts - are about the urgent need to "fight global warming").
The latest climate change tourist in Tromso was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who before the trip had this to say about her discussions with her Norwegian colleague:
This morning we spent time on issues in the Arctic, which we certainly will follow up when we get to the Arctic. We touched upon climate change mitigation through supporting initiatives that actually bring difference. The world failed to get to one all-encompassing global deal on climate change a couple of years ago, but we are making progress on some individual projects such as fighting short-lived pollutants that have a dramatic effect in particular in the Arctic. We discussed that with the minister of the environment present, preparation for Rio+20, and other similar issues.
However, in addition to those usual phrases on climate change, the Secretary also was quite clear about where her real interests were - she was there primarily to claim a stake for the US in the scramble for the Arctic riches:
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton boarded a research ship on Saturday to tour the Arctic, where big powers are vying for vast deposits of oil, gas and minerals that are becoming available as the polar ice recedes.
The top U.S. diplomat took the unusual step of visiting Tromso, a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle, to dramatize U.S. interests in a once inaccessible region whose resources are up for grabs as the sea ice melts with climate change.
"From a strategic standpoint, the Arctic has an increasing geopolitical importance as countries vie to protect their rights and extend their influence," Clinton told reporters in Oslo before making the nearly two-hour flight north to Tromso.The Norwegians know that they need an ally against Russia, their main competitor in the Arctic waters, which is why they are prepared to give a piece of the cake to US companies. This was the real agenda during Hillary Clinton´s visit to Norway. All the talk about climate change and global warming was just window dressing.


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Fatal tropical storm Debby churns off Gulf Coast
Tornado spawned by storm kills 1 in Florida
Slow-moving tropical storm Debby's outer bands lashed Florida with rain and kicked up rough surf off Alabama on Sunday, prompting storm warnings for those states and causing at least one death.
The death in Florida was blamed on a tornado spawned by the storm, while a man went missing in the Gulf of Mexico at an Alabama beach.
Coastal Alabama and parts of Florida, including the Panhandle, were under tropical storm warnings. Underscoring the storm's unpredictable nature, forecasters discontinued a tropical storm warning for Louisiana after forecast models indicated Debby wasn't likely to turn west.
Debby already has dumped heavy rain on parts of Florida and spawned some isolated tornadoes, causing damage to homes and knocking down power lines. High winds forced the closure of an interstate bridge that spans Tampa Bay and links St. Petersburg with areas to the southeast. Residents in several counties near the crook of Florida's elbow were urged to leave low-lying neighborhoods because of the threat of flooding.
Debby was essentially stationary about 185 kilometres south-southwest of Apalachicola, Fla., on Sunday evening. While storm tracks are difficult to discern days in advance, a forecast map predicted that the storm would meander north as the week unfolds.
Debby's top sustained winds were at about 95 km/h.
Contradictory computer models
Chris Landsea, a meteorologist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center, said forecasters rely on computer models which were contradictory until Sunday.
"They came into a bit more of an agreement that the westward turn is less likely," he said.
Landsea said every storm is different and has different characteristics, "and in this case it's a very unpredictable storm." He said Debby could become a hurricane.
A major concern will be flooding from heavy rainfall. The storm is moving slowly, allowing its clouds more time to unload rain. A public advisory said parts of northern Florida could receive 25 to 38 centimetres of rain, with some areas getting as much as 25.
The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that several tornadoes moved through the area southeast of Tampa, damaging homes.
Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Nell Hays said a woman was found dead in a house in Venus that was destroyed in the storm. A child found in the same house was taken to the hospital. No further information was available on the child's condition or either person's age.
"This is quite common with this type of storm," senior hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart with the National Hurricane Center said of the twisters. "They tend to not be very large or long-lived, which can be difficult to detect on radar. So people need to keep an eye on the sky."
Man missing in Alabama
Authorities urged residents to leave low-lying neighborhoods in Franklin, Taylor and Wakulla counties because of flooding. Shelters were open in the area.
In Orange Beach, Ala., a 32-year-old man went missing Sunday in rough surf kicked up by the storm, said Coast Guard Lt. J.G. Torry James. Further information wasn't immediately available.
Near the mouth of the Mississippi southeast of New Orleans, Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said officials were making preparations to protect the main highway from tidal flooding. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal also declared a state of emergency to make it easier to send supplies and workers to areas that may need it.
However, despite warnings in the Panhandle, Debby hadn't totally dampened vacations.
Thousands were on the beach at Pensacola Beach, Fla., on Sunday morning. Many used their phones to take photos of huge waves crashing into the concrete supports of a fishing pier. There wasn't any rain yet; just gusty winds and dark, fast-moving clouds.
Few people were in the water. Red flags warned tourists to stay out of the surf, and lifeguards cruised the sand on all-terrain vehicles, blowing whistles at anyone who got near the waves.
Workers from rental companies used pickup trucks to gather chairs and umbrellas as a precaution against an unusually high tide.
As of Sunday morning, 23 per cent of oil and gas production in the region had been suspended, according to a government hurricane response team. Employees have been evacuated from 13 drilling rigs and 61 production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm was not expected to result in higher oil and gas prices.
"It's largely a non-event for oil," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service.
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Dresden, 15 January 2010 - Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (LKCA), a Linde Group subsidiary, and BASF signed today a cooperation agreement to jointly market licenses and plants for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gases.
Within this cooperation BASF will be responsible for the chemical processes for capturing CO2, while LKCA will provide engineering and design as well as the construction of the facilities. The cooperation will focus mainly on the Middle East region, where the demand for purified CO2 is increasing, for example to raise yields in crude oil production (by means of enhanced oil recovery) and in urea production.
"In a situation where energy production around the world relies predominantly on fossil materials and where this share is expected to increase further, we will concentrate precisely on these energy sources in our cooperation," said Dr. Andreas Northemann, head of the gas treatment business in BASF's Intermediates division, and added: "By pooling the two companies' expertise we can provide our customers with integrated engineering solutions and even complete CO2 capture plants." "Through this cooperation we will contribute to capturing and transporting climate-damaging CO2 in a controlled manner for recycling in purified form or final sequestration," said LKCA Managing Director Jörg Linsenmaier.
LKCA, one of the world's major chemical and gas plant engineering companies, has extensive expertise especially in the field of planning and building plants that separate and then compress CO2 from flue gases.
BASF has vast experience in capturing CO2 from gas flows. The company markets its amine-based gas treatment technology under the brand name aMDEA®. For many years this BASF process has been used successfully around the world in more than 220 gas scrubbing facilities, as they are known, mainly in natural gas and syngas facilities.
About LKCA
Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH, a subsidiary of The Linde Group is one of the leading companies worldwide in the design, delivery and turnkey construction of chemical, gas, biotechnological and pharmaceutical plants. Commissioned by private and national clients, its engineers and managers successfully carry out projects of various sizes. It realises Linde processes as well as licensed and customer-owned processes. Chemical plants for recovery and processing of CO2 for the energy and petrochemical sector play an increasing role in the portfolio of the company. In the future field of CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) LKCA is building pilot and demonstration plants for international energy companies.
For more information please refer to our website http://www.linde-kca.com.
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with almost 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In the 2008 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 12.7 billion. The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards sustainable earnings-based growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services.
Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com
About BASF's Intermediates division
The BASF Group's Intermediates division develops, produces and markets around the world a comprehensive portfolio of more than 600 intermediates. The most important of the division's product groups include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties. Among other applications, intermediates are used as starting materials for coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, textile fibers, detergents and crop protectants. Innovative intermediates from BASF help to improve the properties of final products and the efficiency of production processes. The ISO 9001:2000-certified Intermediates division operates plants at production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Around the globe, 2,655 employees of the division generated sales of about EUR 2.5 billion to third parties in 2008.
For more information, go to http://www.basf.de/intermediates.
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BASF is the world's leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals as well as oil and gas. As a reliable partner BASF helps its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of more than EUR 62 billion in 2008 and had approximately 97,000 employees as of the end of the year.
Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at http://www.basf.com.
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A psychiatrist who once practiced at an office on Route 447 in Smithfield Township was taken to jail Friday after being charged with soliciting sex from someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy.
The boy was actually Det. Brian Webbe posing as a teenager.
Michael Nathaniel Kessler, 43, was arrested at his house in Cresco Friday morning by detectives from the Monroe County District Attorney's Office.
An investigation began in May when a woman called state police and told them she believed her 13-year-old son was being contacted by an adult on Facebook. She told police that the contact was suspicious. State police handed the case over to Monroe County detectives.
Webbe assumed the online identity of the child and soon heard from an adult using the name Marc Taylor. He later deduced that Marc Taylor was really Michael Kessler.
Earlier this month, Webbe said Kessler contacted him on Facebook and began a sexual conversation, according to court papers. He also offered to send him pornographic videos and allegedly sent a link to a pornographic video that showed adults having sex.
That same day, Kessler allegedly sent links to more porn videos and told Webbe he wanted to perform oral sex on Webbe (still posing as the teenager), according to police. Kessler also sent Webbe a picture of a nude male and claimed it was a photo of himself.
On June 18, police say Kessler sent Webbe another porn video and told him he wanted to re-enact the video with Webbe.
Webbe contacted Facebook, the American Registry of Internet Numbers and PenTeleData, an Internet service provider. They confirmed that the Facebook messages were sent from Kessler's house in Cresco, according to court papers.
Police raided Kessler's Barrett Township home Friday morning. After seizing a laptop and cellphone, they took Kessler into custody. He is charged with several felonies, including unlawful contact with a minor, and solicitation and attempt to possess child pornography.
He was taken to jail and bail was set at $50,000. Kessler is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing June 27.
A psychiatrist who once practiced at an office on Route 447 in Smithfield Township was taken to jail Friday after being charged with soliciting sex from someone he thought was a 13-year-old boy.


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Be it resolved
By Frank Hyland
Specifically what bothered me, it is now clear, is that putting two "talking heads" on – one from the Left, one from the Right – and allowing them to rebut each other is merely the first step in the process that I want. There is in the field of Philosophy a concept known as a "dialectic," which explains how ideas progress. For those who aren't steeped in philosophy (and that includes your humble writer) the dialectic tells us that the standard route is: "Thesis; Antithesis; Synthesis." So, 1) I make a claim. 2) Your response is, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, Hyland." You and I then 3) talk back and forth until we arrive at some sort of resolution of the two views. The moderator, if any, is supposed to aid the process.
Those who've already made up their mind on an issue likely are satisfied with the present format that includes only parts 1) and 2). Why not? If they believe that they already know the "right" answer, they have no need for 3). The problem is (for me, at least) that later in the day, tomorrow, next week, next month, and on and on into the foreseeable future, I'll be "treated" to the same two talking heads, holding the same opinions, taking the same positions and continuing to talk over each other endlessly just the way they did last year and the year before that. As much as I hate TV commercials (the reason God gave guys remotes), they break up the monotony of the Lefty versus the Righty talking over each other and yelling at each other, as I scream, "Stopppppppppppppppppppp!!!!!" at both of them.
It's not enough for me (and for many others, I hope) even if an Anchor or Commentator tries to countermand the outrageous statement by Senator Obfuscate that the "Bush tax cuts were designed to help the rich" by saying, "You're wrong." Those who take that position (The tax cuts helped the rich) publicly are either so woefully ignorant of the truth that they make the case for euthanasia or they're lying. In both cases, they are trying to build public opinion the way that a stalagmite is built – a drop at a time. They believe (and they may be correct) that if they can repeat that drivel 7,491 times between now and November, they'll win. So until they're stopped in their tracks by facts, they won't ever crawl back under that big flat rock where they live in slimy total darkness between election campaigns.
So what the anchors and moderators must begin to do is to treat the speaker who's gone off the deep end like a tent stake rather than inviting them back again and again and again. To use the example of refuting the statement that the Bush tax cuts were for the rich, it is a simple matter to point out that the top 1% of taxpayers fork over more than a third of tax revenues while the bottom 50% pay roughly 3%, and the very bottom earners pay nothing and still get money from the IRS. The planned $145 billion stimulus that seems to be all the rage these days is another example. Per Senator Obfuscate, it would be unfair to not give money to people simply because they pay no income taxes. So Walterino Gnorby, who makes $16,000 per year, will get something like $800. The prevailing theory, the hope, is that Walterino will go out and spend the money quickly. On what, you ask? Good question. Probably the basic necessities – food, shelter, gasoline, Starbuck's, an X-Box...
To be fair, there is in economics something known as the "multiplier." So part of Walterine's dollar paid to the local supermarket stays in the community as wages, and gets spent at other local places etc. It finally peters out, though. Contrast that with the much-despised "Trickle Down" phenomenon. Give as a rebate to a more well-off person a larger amount of taxes she has paid and chances are that most or all of it will end up in one of her accounts (Bank, S&L, Brokerage). That money is loaned repeatedly to people who pay it back with interest, making money for the bank and the more well-off account holder. Those who borrow then use the money to open a small store, a house-painting business, a day-care center, etc. Even Senator Obfuscate will grudgingly admit that it is those small businesses that are the primary "engine" of the US economy. It may seem logical at first to say that it's "better" or fairer to give $800 to a lot of folks making low wages. If your goal, though, is to light a spark under the US economy and to sustain the fired-up activity through a hotter labor market, then the more well-off person is your choice. If your goal is to shamelessly buy votes so that you can continue to obfuscate, then you'll opt for the less-well-off crowd. Walterino will stay at the job paying $16K annually and hope for more $800 "gifts" from Senator Obfuscate.
As for TV, will anchors and moderators insist that talking heads stick to the facts and back up their positions with verifiable data? Probably not. If they can get folks to continue to tune in for yet another rant 'n' rave, with commercials every few minutes, this will go on and on and on. Now where the heck did I put the remote?
Frank Hyland is a staff writer for the New Media Alliance, Inc. The New Media Alliance is a non-profit (501c3) national coalition of writers, journalists and grass-roots media outlets.


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On 31st May 1688, Simon How or Howell (the Old Bailey records record both names) was sentenced to death. When we inquire why, we find this note in the records
Simon How , of the Parish of Stepney , in the County of Middlesex, was Indicted for Runing from his Colours, he being entertained as a Soldier in the Regiment of the Right Honourable the Lord Dartmouth; in which Regiment he continued for about the space of two Years and upward, and Received the Kingspay ; But in February last sented himself, and was taken in Rosemary Lane, The Prisoner did not deny his going away, said he was poor, and had Money oweing him f the Company, he being a Suttler, or Seller of drink to them. So upon the whole, the Evidence being plain against him that he Received the Kings pay, though not positive of his Receiving the Press Money he was found Guilty , &c.
How was sentenced to death for desertion. There are a couple of things of interest to note here. The first is the date- 1688. In 1688 James II was deposed by William III, he was deposed because of what his opponents saw as his Catholic tyranny. William was the stadtholder of Holland- and in November of 1688 mounted the last successful invasion of England. What is interesting about this note in the Old Bailey records is a simple thing- it is what it does not say rather than what it does say. We often presume that armies in the advance of war are made of ideological zealots and that desertion is an ideological action. That isn't true. How deserted because he was poor and the Company owed money to him that they would not pay, one presumes he thought that there were better markets for the drink he was selling- including markets who would redeem their debts. Ideology seems to have played no part- and James's courts were zealous in prosecuting people for political treason- this seems to have played no part in How's desertion and demonstrates that it is wrong to assume that desertion or indeed participation from and in an army are always ideological actions.
The second thing that is interesting here is How's job. We all often assume that armies are made up of people who are provided for by the state- the British army in Iraq are provided with everything they need (sometimes to a lower degree than they or we might wish!) by the state. Private contractors contract with the MoD to provide them with other services. The world of the pre-modern army was completely different. Firstly this army did not exist for a long time- James's army had been built up over the previous couple of years- it was not the permanent organisation that modern armies are and so didn't have the permanent logistical aparatus or contractual provision that modern armies have. Secondly this army was more like a marching market- behind it came a great deal of people who provided services from sex to drink. Some soldiers like How got involved in the trades and sold on to other men. Whenever we think of pre-modern armies, we are wrong to assume that they look like and behave like modern armies- despite having the same name, they were completely different organisms.
The case of Simon How therefore provides us with a lot of evidence to challenge what we think today about armies. His case suggests that we should not assume that armies are ideologically disposed to fight for their cause- and his case was not uncommon (my favourite is a soldier who in the English civil war fought for the Irish Catholic Rebels, the royal army in Ireland, the Scottish Presbyterians, the royal army in England and finally the New Model Army of Oliver Cromwell). There is a last thing that it reminds us of- that pre-modern justice was a blunt and yet very cruel instrument. How fled the army because there was a reasonable chance that noone would find him- once he was found though, death was his reward for being unable to sustain himself as a soldier.


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MQSeries::Message -- OO interface to MQSeries messages
use MQSeries qw(:functions);
use MQSeries::Message;
# Create a vanilla MQSeries::Message object for getting messages
my $getmsg = MQSeries::Message->new();
# Create a message for putting strings, which requires the
# MQMD.Format field to be specified. This is essential for
# character codeset conversion.
my $putmsg = MQSeries::Message->new
MsgDesc =>
Format => MQSeries::MQFMT_STRING,
# Create a reply message, copying the CorrelId from the MsgId of a
# request. This reply is also a string.
my $request = MQSeries::Message->new();
# Assume we get the message via an MQSeries::Queue object...
my $reply = MQSeries::Message->new
MsgDesc =>
Format => MQSeries::MQFMT_STRING,
CorrelId => $request->MsgDesc("MsgId"),
See MQSeries::Queue SYNOPSIS section as well.
The MQSeries::Message object is an OO mechanism for creating MQSeries messages, and putting and getting them onto MQSeries queues, with an interface which is much simpler than the full MQI.
This module is used together with MQSeries::QueueManager, MQSeries::Queue and MQSeries::Properties. These objects provide a subset of the MQI, with a simpler interface.
The arguments to the constructor are a hash, with the following key/value pairs (there are no required keys):
Key Value
=== =====
Data Scalar
BufferLength Positive Integer
MsgDesc MQI MsgDesc hash (MQMD structure)
Carp CODE reference
- Data
When creating a message to be put into a queue, the Data should be specified. This must be a simple scalar value. Other subclasses of MQSeries::Message support the direct encoding of complex data structure, for example perl references can be sent and retreived as MQSeries messages using the MQSeries::Message::Storable module.
The Data method will set the Data portion of the message if it is passed any defined value, and will simply return the data otherwise. Thus, to clear any existing Data from a message, one would pass the empty string:
$message = MQSeries::Message->new( Data => "foo" ); $message->Data(""); # Clears Data value entirely
In order to query the Data value, the method must be called with no further arguments;
$data = $message->Data(); # Returns Data unmolested
- Buffer
This method will return the raw, converted buffer when one exists. This is really only relevant for a message type which uses a PutConvert and/or GetConvert method to translate the raw buffer returned from MQGET().
- BufferLength
This sets the BufferLength of the messages to be extracted using MQGET. The default is 32K, and if the messages to be received from the queue are expected to be larger, this must be set appropriately.
- MsgDesc
The value of this key is a hash reference which sets the key/values of the MsgDesc structure. See the "MQSeries Application Programming Reference" documentation for the possible keys and values of the MQMD structure.
Also, see the examples section for specific usage of this feature. This is one area of the API which is not easily hidden; you have to know what you are doing.
- Carp
This key specifies a code reference to a routine to replace all of the carp() calls in the API, allowing the user of the API to trap and handle all of the error message generated internally, or simply redirect how they get logged.
For example, one might want everything to be logged via syslog:
sub MyLogger { my ($message) = @_; foreach my $line (split(/\n+/, $message)) { syslog("err", $line); } }
Then, one tells the object to use this routine:
my $message = MQSeries::Message->new( Carp => \&MyLogger ) || die "Unable to create message.\n";
The default, as one might guess, is Carp::carp();
This method is used to set or query the value of the Data structure. If an argument is specified, then the given data is assigned as the Data value for this object. If no argument is given, then the current Data value is returned.
The Data can be any arbitrary perl data structure, however, it must be convertible to a scalar by means of the PutConvert and GetConvert hooks in MQSeries::QueueManager and MQSeries::Queue objects. See the documentation for those classes for more details.
If the GetConvert and PutConvert hooks are not used, then the data must be a simple scalar value.
This method is used to set or query the current BufferLength used when extracting messages. If given an argument, the BufferLength is set to the given value. If the given value is not a positive integer, then an error is generated, and a false value returned.
With no argument, the current BufferLength is returned.
This method can be used to query the MsgDesc data structure. If no argument is given, then the entire MsgDesc hash is returned. If a single argument is given, then this is interpreted as a specific key, and the value of that key in the MsgDesc hash is returned.
Return the message properties for the message. This method is only supported if the module has been compiled with the MQ v7 libraries and the connected queue manager is running MQ v7.
Whenever a message is retrieved using MQGET, a message handle is specified for the message properties, and stored with the Message object.
For example, to retrieve a hash reference with the message properties matching 'perl.MQSeries.%' after a successful MQGET on MQ v7, do:
my $rc = $queue->Get(Message => $msg, ...);
my $props = $msg->Properties()->GetProperties(Name => 'perl.MQSeries.%');
See the documentation of the MQSeries::Properties class for the available methods.
Most methods return a true or false value indicating success of failure, and internally, they will call the carp subroutine (either Carp::carp, or something user-defined) with a text message indicating the cause of the failure.
This class is designed to be subclassed, and follows all the usual rules (see the "perltoot" documentation provided with the core perl distribution). In particular, the PutConvert and GetConvert arguments usually supplied to either the MQSeries::QueueManager or MQSeries::Queue constructors are not necessary if you implement a subclass of MQSeries::Message with methods of the same name.
See the MQSeries::Message::Storable documentation for an example of one such class.
See also the section "CONVERSION PRECEDENCE" in the MQSeries::QueueManager documentation.
MQSeries(3), MQSeries::QueueManager(3), MQSeries::Queue(3), MQSeries::Properties(3), MQSeries::Message::Storable(3), MQSeries::Message::Event(3)