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NASA's administrator is a strong defender of President Donald Trump's proposals for space - including an armed force and a permanent presence on the moon - and says he wants Americans to realize how much their well-being depends on what happens far above Earth.
"Every banking transaction requires a GPS signal for timing," Jim Bridenstine said in an interview. "You lose the GPS signal and guess what you lose? You lose banking."
"If you look at what space is, it's not that much different than the ocean," added Bridenstine, who made 333 aircraft-carrier landings as a Navy pilot. "It's an international domain that has commerce that needs to be protected."
Bridenstine was in his third term representing a congressional district in Oklahoma when Trump nominated him to lead the $21 billion space agency. He was confirmed in the spring despite criticism over his lack of scientific or engineering experience and his previous statements questioning climate change science - though he said in hearings that human activity was the chief cause of global warming.
Last summer, when he was still in Congress, Bridenstine supported a measure that would have created a "space corps." It passed the House but was removed from the final defense spending bill. Then last month, Trump called for the Pentagon to develop a sixth branch of the American armed services that would protect national and commercial interests in space.
Trump's surprise announcement caught Pentagon officials and members of Congress off guard. The Defense Department already has several major programs in the works and the Air Force has contended that a new branch was not necessary for space defense. Senator Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat who once took part in a space shuttle mission, tweeted: "generals tell me they don't want" it and "now is NOT the time to rip the Air Force apart."
How to establish U.S. security in space has been debated for at least two decades. An independent commission - led by Donald Rumsfeld before he became defense secretary - reported in 2001 that "in the longer term it may be met by a military department for space."
Some 60 different agencies within the defense establishment play roles in space-related work, said Todd Harrison, director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. That may slow the realization of Trump's goal. "This isn't going to happen quickly." Harrison said.
Laura Grego, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists who works on space security, said that the idea of a space force means different things to different people - headache-inducing bureaucratic reorganization to some, federal and commercial asset protection to others, and militarization of space for still others. Congress asked the Pentagon to conduct a study on the issue, which is expected to be completed next month.
"It does seem premature to have a solution before you've seen the study that you've asked for," she said.
The Pentagon is responding to Trump's directive. "Our policy board will begin working on this issue, which has implications for intelligence operations for the Air Force, Army, Marines and Navy," said Army Lieutenant Colonel Jamie Davis, a Defense Department spokesman. "Working with Congress, this will be a deliberate process with a great deal of input from multiple stakeholders."
Bridenstine said creation of a space force wouldn't interfere with programs or funding at his agency.
Trump's ambition to modernize the way the federal government regulates commercial use of space has drawn normally far-flung agencies into one conversation. NASA, the departments of Commerce, Defense, Transportation and other agencies are all realigning their space-related activities, directed by three White House Space Policy Directives issued since December.
A Deloitte analysis from June found that regulations related to space are densely networked and can't be changed without considering lots of others, too. "With every space regulation the government must consider at least seven other regulations, on average. But it gets more complicated, as each of those seven regulations have their own citations, which also have their own citations, and so on," the Deloitte authors said.
With private companies confidently pursuing many ventures involving space commerce and travel, NASA has been casting its eyes toward the moon, Mars and beyond.
Trump "wants our return to the moon to be sustainable," Bridenstine said. "We are not going to leave the moon as we did in 1972," the date of the last U.S. landing there.
Bridenstine is also looking beyond the International Space Station, which the U.S. plans to turn over to the private sector in the next decade, to the construction of permanent infrastructure above and around the moon.
Permanent infrastructure for the moon cannot be realized without international partners, he said, pointing out the two-decade U.S.-Russian collaboration on the space station. That partnership has weathered tumultuous periods in the two countries' relations, including the tense period of sanctions that began after Moscow's annexation of Crimea.
"China is a bit of a different story," Bridenstine said. "It's possible that maybe one day they could be involved, but I don't think right now people are comfortable with that" because of issues that include intellectual property disputes and human rights.
Since 2011, Congress has prohibited NASA employees from collaborating with Chinese counterparts.
As for any future space force, Bridenstine argued that its personnel should have ranks akin to the Navy's, as in, say, Captains Kirk and Picard of "Star Trek."
"If you look at the science fiction movies, all of the space military folks, they're all admirals, which is, of course, a Navy rank," Bridenstine said.


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Breaking Bad's mid-season finale, which aired this past Sunday, was not as explosive as some of the show's finales in the past, but it was quietly stunning (quite literally). The series maneuvered everyone's favorite (or most hated) high school chemistry teacher turned meth kingpin into some of his (and the series') most serious territory yet — a great setup for what is bound to be an extremely anxiety-inducing final eight episodes next summer. Series creator Vince Gilligan recently sat down to discuss some of the finer points of Sunday night's episode, including where Walt might be headed next, as well as the final eight episodes of the series. Spoilers, of course, you are not caught up on the series — otherwise, hit the jump for more.
One of the biggest questions from Sunday's "Gliding Over All" stemmed from Walt telling Skyler "I'm out." After amassing an indeterminate amount of wealth, losing his main partner (Jesse) and, well, doing away with his other one (Mike), Walt seemed beleaguered and ready to (he surely hopes) renew his relationship with Skyler and his children. But was Walt really telling the truth about being out of the game? After all, Breaking Bad doesn't usually gloss over the gritty truths of the drug trade, so how did Walt slip its grasp so easily? But Gilligan, according to TV Line, reveals he believes Walt is sincere,
"We can either take him at his word or not — he is of course infamous for being one of the world's greatest liars — but I tend to believe, personally, that he was telling [Skyler] the truth when he told her that. We're still working out the final eight episodes [to air next summer on AMC], and my writers and I still don't know how it's all going to quite lay out…. But it's looking like he's out of the business, for sure."
For anyone concerned that Jesse also being "out" and Walt settling his debt with him means less Aaron Paul, Gilligan soothes our fears:
"He's going to have plenty to do. It would not be the same show without Jesse Pinkman on it and Aaron's wonderful contributions…. He's still got a lot of stuff to do yet."
(Like magnets, bitch! How do they work?)
Regarding the specifics of the final eight episodes, Gilligan says they are still working things out but are planning to "swing for the fences." He also dismissed talk of a movie, saying that it's not on his radar. As for the rest of the TV series though, and Hank's bathroom revelations (and where they might lead):
"That is the big question [and] the subject of great debate amongst the seven writers, myself included. Does he walk right out and shoot him…? Do you keep your cards close to the vest? Are you able to control the emotions you feel? Are you in a state of shock? How does one take it all in and process it in a mere matter of seconds?"
So in other words … we'll find out next year. Gilligan was also tight-lipped about Walt's cancer diagnosis, but does say that Walt's doctor's visit is no red herring — everything on the show is deliberate.
Finally, when asked about any pressure he feels about the series finale, Gilligan responded,
"There's no way to please everybody. In fact, the most dangerous thing is to try to come up with that ending that pleases the widest swath of people. Emotionally speaking, it's fucking anvils hanging over us! It's like the idea that the last batter to get struck out is to blame for the team's entire loss. So yes, the ending will be judged with more scrutiny than any of the 61 episodes that come before it."
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Chunky chips with caramelised onion & garlic
Prep: 5 mins Cook: 30 mins - 40 mins
Gordon's take on the perfect chips to serve with steak
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- Easily doubled / halved
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- fat17g
- saturates2g
- carbs69g
- sugars5g
- fibre6g
- protein9g
- salt0.07g
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- 750g Desirée potato, skin left on
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Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut the potatoes, skin left on, into fat chips. Toss with the olive oil, plenty of seasoning and the red onion, then tip onto a baking tray. Roast for 15-20 mins.
Turn oven up to 240C/fan 220C/gas 9. Roast for 15-20 mins more, turning and adding the garlic to the tray with 10 mins cooking time to go.
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4th Feb, 2013
Everyone at dinner enjoyed these chips. The insides were floury (like roast potatoes) and the thinly sliced red onion flavour permeated the dish. They went down well with my 2 year old nephew too! I would definately use this recipe again as it is quick and easy to make. Just make sure that after 15 minutes you turn the chips or they will stick to any surface.
25th May, 2011
I have never tried to make chips before as I generally dislike chips as a rule, however I quite enjoyed these due to the additional flavour from the noon and garlic. I intend to make these again but will use far more onion and will not slice it thinly as most of it burned rather than caramelised. Otherwise a nice and relatively quick meal.


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The AFP posts a story about biostatistics expert Donald Berry who says that the anti-doping tests used at the Olympics , which start this week, can be erroneous. He uses the Landis case to illustrate his point:
Donald Berry, an expert in biostatistics at the University of Texas, used the case of American cyclist Floyd Landis to point up flaws in anti-doping procedures, but cautioned that the problems he uncovered apply across the board to lab tests designed to ferret out athletes who cheat by using performance enhancing substances.
Writing in the British science journal Nature, Berry argues that the tests performed by the French national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) that condemned Landis to ignominy and barred him from competition for two years were "non-informative" and potentially subject to error.
While Berry does not have an opinion as to the cyclist's guilt or innocence, he is highly critical of what he called the "inherent flaws" in current testing practices.
Outlets from SciScoop to the Telegraph UK have picked up the sensational story with differing spins and details. Like VeloNews.
The full original article is available at Nature, for $18. We got a copy and it's not long, but respecting their rights, will not quote at length. There is this figure addressing the positivity criteria/single metabolite issue available:
"Plots show the distribution of 167 samples of the metabolites etiocholanone and 5 -androstanediol (a, b), and androsterone and 5 -androstanediol (c, d). Panels b and d show samples the French national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) designate to be 'positive' (red crosses) or 'negative' (green dots); the values from Landis's second sample from stage 17 is shown as a blue dot. Axes display delta notation, expressing isotopic composition of a sample relative to a reference compound." (source: Nature)
We think this oversimplifies by skipping two plots, being the same ones for the metabolites that were not positive at all in the Landis samples. It's a good visualization of the data of the LNDD tests in discovery, and a model we may try to follow if we ever want to type the 200+ rows of numbers into a spreadsheet of all the negative and positive tests LNDD had performed. We particularly wonder about the athlete who was declared a positive on a single metabolite when all the others were not measured at all -- what possible validation had been done on that metabolite? Did the athlete confess? Given the lack of transparency, it's unlikely we'll ever know.
There have been a number of good comments on the Berry/Nature article below, and we'll collect some of them in a post before the opening of The Games.
The CyclingNews says that Tom Boonen has learned his lesson, Ricardo Ricco has named his EPO supplier, and Kayle Leogrande will have his day in court as he sues Matt Decanio and Suzanne Sonye for slander. Leogrande is represented by Howard Jacobss. The big news in this edition is the revelation that the "welcome mat" may indeed out for Landis at Rock Racing:
Tyler Hamilton has welcomed Floyd Landis to join his American Rock Racing squad, once his ban from competition ends next year. The American tested positive for testosterone after the Tour de France in 2006. "Floyd is welcome to join us immediately," 37 year-old Hamilton said, according to Belgian publication HLN. "I know what he is going through, we can help him return to the top."
Landis is suspended until January 30, 2009 after having his Tour de France title stripped from him following a drawn-out legal battle.
Hey, if the paychecks are good enough and don't bounce, it'd be a job. We really want to see Landis go up Palomar in the Tour of California.
ESPN/AP reports on Emanuele Sella's out of competition positive for EPO. Last we knew Sella was a "he", so someone is probably confusing Sella for Marta Bastianelli.
Racejunkie notes Emanuele Sella's doping bust and cries foul for poor Gilberto Simoni, and speaking of folks who have been screwed over will Floyd Landis really "marry" Rock Racing? Only time and Floyd will tell.
Recovox News also shares the Landis to Rock Racing story prompted by Tyler Hamilton's comments. Landis is pictured below in RR regalia, probably at the Amgen Tour of California earlier this year.


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Our unalienable rights are "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" — period. Right?
Wrong says a scholar from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton who has detected a possible punctuation error in the Declaration of Independence.
In 1823, a guy named William Stone engraved what's become the "authoritative text" or our official copy of the Declaration of Independence.
Stone put a period after the word "happiness."
However, in the original parchment signed by the Founding Fathers, professor Danielle Allen said "there's a whole lot of historical evidence that probably it's a comma after pursuit of happiness, not a period."
Allen said a comma changes our understanding of what comes after "happiness."
"The whole sentence moves from the fact that we do have these individual rights through the idea that we use government to secure those rights."
Allen said most people stop reading after the period. However, the comma leads to another interpretation that puts more emphasis on the role of government in protecting those rights.
"That is a very different meaning than if you focus simply on individual rights, my pursuit of happiness, me me me," she said. "Whereas actually the story of the sentence is a story about we, about us, about what we do together."
Allen doesn't expect a punctuation change to settle any national debates about the size and scope of government. But she hopes it will give more Americans a reason to go back and reread the Declaration of Independence — all 1,337 words.


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POVERTY, unemployment and homelessness – that's the future for more and more older women according to one of the country's leading seniors' advocates.
"Ageing is becoming a scary prospect for many women," said Council on the Ageing SA chief executive Jane Mussared.
"It's time we lifted the cloak of invisibility off these women who have so far garnered little interest from state or federal government. This group of rock star women has been abandoned by policy makers at every level and on all sides of politics."
Ms Mussared said older women were victims of "lookism" – a mostly unconscious bias to youthfulness in women.
"Being an older woman is just not 'the look' that gets you a job in 2018," she said.
Women also lost out to triple jeopardy in the job market: being female, older and seeking so-called low skilled jobs.
"Studies show that around a third of older workers (many of whom are women) experience age discrimination at work, including being overlooked for promotion, missing out on training opportunities and spending twice as long as any other age group out of work – an average of 68 weeks," Ms Mussared said.
"Myths associated with employing older women include higher rates of absenteeism, higher risk of sustaining injury, lower loyalty and lack of work experience – none of which fit the evidence."
Women were also disadvantaged when it came to superannuation because they were likely to have had lower wages, time out of work and been employed part time to meet caring responsibilities.
Combined with lower levels of home ownership and little access to public housing, it brought a real possibility of homelessness.
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I really don't care about optimum builds that much since I don't whale for that kind of nonsense (or at all for that matter). Besides, the real reason is to have another Dragon to throw at those fucking AA Bowlins because two isn't enough.
I'll be happy to be wrong, but I seriously doubt we'll see any rate adjusting anytime soon, especially not on the anniversary with 3 major banners dropping soon to drain our orbs (New SS probably, legendary, and probably-valentines for February event).I was planning on saving for the legendary banner but I might once again get baited by new characters. Lyon for free will be nice (red tome I'm guessing, given Raigh's place). I'll agree the tt will probably give more Joshua since its probably a bad idea to set a precedent of more than one potential Tempest reward character per game unless they start running micro TTs or something. Good luck getting extra copies of whoever ends up being Thracia's TT character (bets are on Eyvel so she won't overlap Leif's red slot on the banner when it comes).Anyway I'm confident we'll be getting L'arachel and Myrrh on the banner. Guessing the third will be Marisa or Cormag.I somewhat hope the new CYL will remove previous winners myself, although that wouldn't stop us from having a chance at a 15th Event Camilla or whatever. Reinhardt and Bartre are our local memes now but I don't know if that can overcome regular old popularity.Also I'm going a bit nuts with my Hero Merit grinding this tt since I have a full team of bonus units. I might actually make it into the top 1000 if I keep it up. Totally worth that extra 4* promotion.


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Gary Clark Jr. exploded onto the music scene with incredible force and impact when he delivered an incendiary debut performance of his song "Bright Lights" at Eric Clapton's 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival in June 2010. Boasting a distinguished sound that fuses deep blues influences with classic hip-hop and contemporary soul, Clark is a rocking soul man for a new generation. We caught up with him this week:
We were listening to "Bright Lights" and were wondering if you love New York City, or do you find certain aspects of it cautionary or both? Tell us more about the song.
Both. The song came to me from the overwhelming experience I had in New York for the first couple of times I came up from Texas. There is not much more to say about the song other than bright lights, big city went to my head once or twice while visiting... in good ways and in bad.
How would you describe the past 10 years? From getting a day named after you in Texas to playing with legendary greats like Eric Clapton and Etta James to recently meeting Paul McCartney and Jon Bon Jovi--what has been the most surprising or revelatory about the ride so far?
The past 10 years have been very interesting. It's strange to describe the feeling but I feel like this has all been something I've thought and dreamed about since I was really young -- I remember being about five years old and thinking I wanted to be a musician. I used to answer "artist or singer or musician" when asked what I wanted to be when I grow up.
In the last 10 years, I have been fortunate enough to do what I wrote on that paper. There have been these great moments but it hasn't always been a breeze. Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival really was a moment last year where I said to myself "Well, I guess I'm doing this guitar playing stuff for real now... you asked for it... breathe... OK... let's do this... go." Meanwhile, earlier that day I got a call from the electric company telling me they were at my house shutting my lights off. Things didn't always work out the way I planned or expected but I guess I've just never wanted to do anything else so I just roll with it, good and bad simultaneously or separately. That being said, over the years I've learned to be very patient and count my blessings. I realized that it takes a great team working with you in this business and I have great people around me. It's been a cool ride and I'm very grateful.
Your Austin friends (the Electric Touch guys in particular) describe you as very chill, very real and very down to earth. They're definitely cheering you on. What excites you most about creating and playing at this juncture of your career?
Cool, I love the Electric Touch guys. I feel the same about them. Well, something that excites me at this point is going out on tour to places we've never been and feeling the love and support from the people. But there's nothing like coming home and getting the nod from the people at home that I love, respect and kick it with. Creatively I'm feeding off of this energy. I'm excited to see what comes from it.
What do you want our viewers and readers to take away from your music?
I want people to take what they want and need from my music. It's all yours. From me to you... really... keep it.
What are some of your other interests outside of music and film?
Outside of music and film, I'm not interested in much. I like to take photos, and if I wasn't a musician, I'm interested in being a camera guy for Cops or National Geographic or something... seriously.
What is something about you people might surprised to know?
Something people might not know about me is that when I'm at home by myself I put on Miles Davis records, pull out my trumpet and play along. I'm terrible, but I love it. I'm pretty sure my neighbors know. So does that still count?
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guy hanging out with musicians.
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Where do you like to hang out in New York City when you're not performing?
I like to set up camp downtown. It's easy to move around from there. Lots of interesting things to get into.
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I've been involved with Clifford Helps Kids which helps to keep music an important part in young peoples' lives. Recently I was involved in an event benefitting Keep A Child Alive in New York that work to save the lives of children with HIV and AIDS. Great causes to keep young people
Music Unites and Rolling Stone Magazine present the next installment of their ongoing In Tune series, featuring Warner Bros. recording artist Gary Clark Jr., on Wednesday, Dec. 14th at 7PM. The concert is part of Rolling Stone's RS Fest, a new pop-up and event series at New York City's Openhouse Gallery located at 201 Mulberry Street in SoHo.
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The honor student, who moved to Colorado last year to study psychiatric disorders, dropped out in June. In recent months, he purchased four weapons and allegedly booby-trapped his apartment with various incendiary and chemical devices. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports.
Updated Friday 9:25 p.m. ET: James Eagan Holmes, suspected of carrying out the Colorado movie theater shooting while wearing an outfit of black ballistic gear, was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate student in neuroscience who started buying his four weapons legally in May, about the time his grades fell and he began the process of dropping out of school.
A law enforcement official confirmed that Holmes had two handguns, a shotgun and a semi-automatic rifle, had his hair brightly colored red or orange, and told police that he was the Joker, the fictional villain in earlier Batman comics and films. Holmes is not cooperating with authorities, other than to divulge that his apartment was rigged with explosives. He is represented by an attorney.
One difficulty for investigators is that the explosives in the apartment of the only suspect in this shooting are making it difficult to get to his computer, any writings or other information that could explain motive, why he apparently committed this mass killing. Police called it a "vexing problem." Police would say nothing about a possible motive or what Holmes' demeanor has been. Police have suspended for the night their attempts to enter his apartment.
In the past 60 days, police said, Holmes bought more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, at gun shops and over the Internet.
The shooter reportedly never said a word while shooting 71 people and killing 12 in a sold-out show for Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises.' NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
The 24-year-old from San Diego, known to friends as Jimmy, was a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado Medical School campus in Aurora, a university spokesman told NBC News.
"The University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus can confirm that Mr. James Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the University of Colorado Denver's graduate program in neurosciences," the university statement said. "Mr. Holmes enrolled at the university in June 2011."
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The Washington Post reported that a neuroscience faculty member at Colorado who said he taught Holmes said he immediately thought of Holmes when he heard that a student was accused of the shooting. The faculty member said Holmes was "very quiet, strangely quiet in class" and seemed "socially off."
Holmes did very poorly on his comprehensive exams last semester, the instructor told the Post, and the school was considering placing him on academic probation, but was not considering expulsion.
Aurora, Colo., police say they are working on disarming "flammable or explosive material" in the home of James Holmes, the suspected movie theater shooter, and NBC's Pete Williams has more details on the shooter's apartment.
The university website listed one of his courses as the Biological Basis of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders. He was listed on the class website as making a presentation in the spring on MicroRNA biomarkers.
The University of California, Riverside, confirmed that a student named James Eagan Holmes, with the same date of birth, graduated with a bachelor's degree in neuroscience in 2010. He graduated in four years, attending from the fall of 2006 to spring 2010. Public records show that the Holmes living in Aurora had a previous address at a Riverside dormitory.
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A student who lived across the hall from Holmes at Cal-Riverside, who asked not to be named, said Holmes completed the honors program and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key honor societies.
"I always thought that he was a little strange. I could never put my finger on it, but something told me to not get too close to him, female instincts I guess," the female student told NBC News. "I had tons of classes with him and lived across from him in the Honors dorms. He was a very smart guy though. He was a little bit of a weird guy, but we were honors students, so weird people were kind of common."
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Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said Holmes, born Dec. 13, 1987, is the man who is believed to have killed at least 12 people early Friday at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. At least 58 other people were injured, nearly all of them by bullets but a few in other ways in the chaos, Oates said.
Holmes has not yet been charged with any crime and will appear in court on Monday.
"We are confident that he acted alone," Oates said. He said he had no way to know yet how many rounds were fired, but it was "many, many." CNN said the gunman had a magazine that would have contained more than 100 rounds.
Holmes was arrested without any resistance at his white Hyundai car in the theater parking lot, parked just outside the theater's back door.
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He was wearing a black ballistic or bullet-resistant helmet, a ballistic tactical vest with pockets, ballistic leggings, throat and groin protectors, a gas mask and ballistic tactical gloves, Oates said.
Weapon purchases started in May
In addition to two canisters, perhaps holding teargas, four weapons were found at the scene, Oates said.
- Two were .40-caliber handguns, made by Glock. At least one of those was used, the police chief said. Holmes had purchased more than 3,000 rounds of .40-caliber ammunition, Oates said.
- One shotgun, a Remington Model 870, one of the most popular models. Pump action, single barrel, 12 gauge, with 300 rounds.
- And one Smith & Wesson AR-15 type rifle, .223 caliber, called by some an "assault rifle." These weapons can accommodate large ammunition clips, and Holmes had one "drum clip" that would have carried more than 100 rounds, Oates said. With that clip, he could have fired 50 to 60 rounds in a minute, even if the rifle was considered semi-automatic, not automatic, Oates said. He had 3,000 rounds of ammunition for this rifle.
Officials told NBC News that all four were purchased legally, beginning in May, from two national chain stores: Gander Mountain Guns and Bass Pro Shops.
Bass Pro Shops released a statement saying that employees at a Denver store followed all laws when they sold two weapons to Holmes. "We want to offer our deepest sympathies to the victims and their families," said Larry Whiteley, manager of communications for the company. "This is an unspeakable tragedy, and we join with all Americans in offering our prayerful support. Based on the records we have reviewed, personnel in our Denver store correctly and fully followed all Federal requirements with respect to the sale of one shotgun and one handgun to the individual identified in this incident. Background checks, as required by Federal law, were properly conducted, and he was approved. Again, our hearts go out to the victims and their families. We also offer our support and appreciation to the law enforcement and emergency response professionals and all others who responded to give aid to these innocent victims."
CNN spoke with the CEO of TacticalGear.com, which said it sold Holmes a Blackhawk urban assault vest for $107, along with a triple pistol magazine, an M16 magazine pouch and a silver knife.
The only previous police record for Holmes is a speeding ticket in October 2011, the chief said.
NBC's Pete Williams reports the Colorado gunman identified as James Holmes carried two pistols, a rifle, and a shotgun into the midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises," and said authorities are looking into how he was able to get in through the theater's emergency exit.
Family statement
Holmes' family, who live in Rancho Penasquitos, a well-to-do suburban community in the northeastern part of San Diego, issued a statement through the San Diego Police Department.
"Our hearts go out to those who were involved in this tragedy and to the family and friends of those involved," the statement said. "We ask that the media respect our privacy during this difficult time. Our family is cooperating with authorities in San Diego, California, and Aurora, Colorado. We are still trying to process this information and we appreciate that people will respect our privacy." A man believed to be Holmes' father, James, was seen leaving with luggage, escorted by police. The Associated Press said the father is a manager at a software company, and his mother a nurse.
A neighbor, Tom Mai, told reporters on the block that Holmes was a shy, well-mannered kid, clean cut and responsible, who was very active in the church. The Associated Press reported that the family attended a Presbyterian church and threw a quiet Christmas party for neighbors. Holmes had trouble finding work after college, Mai said, and then went off to graduate school.
Rooting for the villain?
Holmes attended Westview High School in San Diego, graduating in 2006, the Poway Unified School District confirmed. Classmates showed yearbooks with his photo on cross country and soccer teams.
NBC 7 San Diego spoke with a classmate, Sumit Shah, who said he went to school with Holmes. "He was pretty shy, but once he got comfortable with you, he was the funniest, smartest guy… He always had something witty to say." He continued, "The guy I knew in high school, I don't understand how that could be the same guy…He was shy and little quiet, but he was never aggressive or mean. He always had really good grades. He seemed pretty normal."
A woman who said she knew him in high school told NBC News that Holmes was a good person, but oddly always rooted for the villains in superhero movies.
"He was a nice guy. Who very much wanted to be liked and wanted," the woman said. "He was a very, very smart guy. I honestly can not believe he could do this. I know, I know, everyone says that. But it is truly devastating to me.
"He did not have many friends for someone who wanted to be liked," she said. "He loved all the villains in superhero stuff, which I did point out as odd. Most people enjoy the hero!"
Her cousin, who knew Holmes and played soccer with him, offered this assessment by email: "Jimmy was kind to those who knew him. It was hard to get to know him, but once you did, you realized he was funny and accepting of everyone's faults. He loved video games. But I would say he did not like the shooting games. He preferred others, guitar hero. He was always quiet on the soccer field, but was committed to the team. Which is someone you want on your side even if they aren't the best. The last time I talked to Jimmy, he didn't really seem to be in a good place. But that was years ago. But nothing out of the ordinary, just you know the 20's trials and tribulations. What he did was horrible, but I will always know him as Jimmy Holmes, not this person he is being portrayed as. Just so devastating, maybe if I tried to keep in contact or something. Just hope and pray that the families that were involved know that everyone is thinking of them. I just am thinking of Jimmy also."
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- Families, friends anxiously await word of missing moviegoers
- Waking up to sickenly familiar horror
- Tragedy in Colorado: 'We've had our share
'Quiet and easy-going'
Public records indicate that Holmes lived in the Aurora building where police have found explosives, at 1690 Paris St., Apt. 10. The building is reserved for students, faculty and staff from the medical campus.
The Denver Post reported that Holmes, in an apartment rental application he last year, described himself as "quiet and easy-going." A pharmacy student who lives in the building told The Post he called 911 around 12:30 a.m. Friday (2:30 a.m. ET) because there was a song blaring from the stereo inside apartment 10, where Holmes lived. The student, who wanted to be identified only as Ben, said he couldn't make out the song but that it seemed to be the same one playing on repeat. He also said Holmes kept to himself and wouldn't acknowledge people when they passed in the hall and said hello. "No one knew him. No one," he told The Post.
Melvin Evans, who was a bouncer at a karaoke bar near Holmes' apartment, said he recalled Holmes as a patron from checking IDs. He said Holmes would stroll into the Zephyr Lounge, sit quietly in a corner booth and have a Budweiser, but never joined in the singing. "He would just sit by himself. He wouldn't talk to anybody," Evans said. "He was really, really mellow, really calm. You wouldn't even look twice at him, if you passed him on the street."
Officials said Holmes was not on any watch list that would have alerted authorities that he was dangerous, officials said. The incident was not believed to have any connection to international terrorism, they added.
An earlier report that the car Holmes was driving had Tennessee plates turned out to be incorrect, officials said.
'He looked so calm'
Police said the gunman entered through an exit door and appeared at the front of the theater in Aurora and released a canister, thought to be tear gas, that let out a hissing sound. He apparently had bought a ticket, propped open a door, and gone to his car for his gear.
The gunman then started shooting into the crowd, sparking pandemonium.
"He looked so calm when he did it," an eyewitness told NBC affiliate KUSA. "It was like scary. He waited for both the bombs to explode before he did anything. Then, after both of them exploded, he began to shoot."
"He had no specific target. He just started letting loose," the witness added.
Witnesses told reporters that the gunfire erupted during a shootout scene in the "The Dark Knight Rises."
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After being captured by police, Holmes told authorities he had explosive materials in his apartment, KUSA reported.
Local and federal officials searched Holmes' apartment building, which was evacuated soon after the shooting.
Oates, the police chief, said the apartment had been booby-trapped with sophisticated explosives or flammable material. Officers were trying to determine how to defuse the devices.
Contributors to this report include staff from NBC News: Ian Johnston, Brinley Bruton, Sevil Omer, Suzanne Choney, Rosa Golijan, Joe Myxter, Petra Cahill, Kari Huus, Dick Belsky, Lauren McCullough, Michael Brunker, Jason White, Bob Sullivan, Maggie Fox, Roland Jones, Carissa Ray, Alex Johnson, Gael Fashingbauer-Cooper, Will Femia, John Schoen, Allison Linn, Reena Joy Flores, Becky Bratu, Martin Wolk. The Associated Press and Reuters also contributed.
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- Mass murderers often not mentally ill, but seeking revenge, experts say
- Woman who died in rampage narrowly escaped being shot last month
- Security at movie theaters comes into focus in wake of shootings
- People with same name as suspect hounded on social media
- Witnesses react online to 'Dark Knight' theater shooting
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OKLAHOMA CITY – EMBARK's Board of Trustees awarded a contract Friday with Herzog Transit Services, Inc. for the start-up, operation and maintenance of the seven-vehicle Oklahoma City Streetcar system that's expected to begin passenger service in late 2018. The $131 million MAPS 3 project started construction in January.
The six-year contract with Herzog Transit Services, Inc. of Irving, Texaswill provide turn-key operations, vehicle maintenance and facility maintenance for the streetcar system. The firm will provide all required operations and maintenance functions, from preparing detailed operating procedures and readying the system for start-up, to providing all necessary day-to-day streetcar operations functions, including scheduling, training, and maintenance of the 4.8 miles of revenue track, .4 miles of non-revenue track and all streetcar assets; including the streetcar fleet, track and switches, power systems, overhead catenary system (OCS), support vehicles and its 22 passenger platforms.
"Herzog's extensive passenger-rail experience contributed to their selection," says Jason Ferbrache, EMBARK administrator. "Their partnership brings the expertise needed to introduce urban rail service to Oklahoma City."
Herzog Transit Services. Inc. operates 13 other rail-based passenger projects in the U.S., including the Kansas City Streetcar that began operations mid-2016. Herzog Transit Services, Inc. was selected as the preferred proposer by the EMBARK selection committee in 2016. Negotiations have been underway since December 21, 2016.
"The procurement process was rigorous and thorough. I would like to commend EMBARK and the City of Oklahoma City on a job well done," says Scott Perry, President/CEO of Herzog Transit Services, Inc. "We look forward to becoming a part of the community and helping move Oklahoma City."
The fixed-price operations and maintenance agreement include startup activities as well as operations and maintenance. The first 12-months base cost is $570,000 for year 1 startup. The contract cost for the first full year of revenue service is $3.2 million with gradual annual increases to $3.7 million in the sixth year, contingent on meeting certain performance standards.
"Our contract with Herzog includes pricing options for hours of operations and service levels. We have designed a scenario that best fits our current transit operations," adds Ferbrache. "The flexibility of this contract allows us to balance hours for weekend service and special event service within the cost of operations. And should funding become available, we can also add service."
The anticipated schedule for the OKC Streetcar will be Monday through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 12 a.m. and Friday and Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. The schedule also allows for 1,200 service hours outside of that schedule for special events such as all Thunder home games, the Arts Festival and other highly attended events which may occur on Sundays.
About the MAPS 3 Streetcar Project
Locally funded by the 2009 MAPS 3 Program, the Oklahoma City streetcar is a $131 million capital project that kicked-off construction in January, 2017. To learn more about the construction of this MAPS3 project, visit https://www.okc.gov/government/maps-3/projects/modern-streetcar-transit .
The OKC Streetcar system will join EMBARK's family of transit services and will operate as two lines – the B Line (Bricktown line) and the D Line (Downtown line). Each line will operate its own schedule. Both lines are co-mingled with traffic, and serve 22 curbside platforms. Visit http://embarkok.com/learn/services/okcstreetcar for the latest development of service and schedule information.
About EMBARK
EMBARK is the business unit of the Central Oklahoma Transportation & Parking Authority (COTPA) – a public trust administered by the City of Oklahoma City. EMBARK is responsible for providing safe, efficient and convenient public transportation and downtown parking solutions to the greater Oklahoma City area.
EMBARK is the 2016 North America Outstanding Public Transit System of the Year.
To learn more about EMBARK, view bus schedules and routes, or rideshare options, visit www.embarkok.com or call (405) 235-RIDE (7433) for personal assistance from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To learn more about Spokies Bike Share, visit www.spokiesokc.com.
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The Atlantis Famous Sunday Buffet Lunch is now also available on Wednesdays at a reduced rate of $70.00*.
The old Atlantis Hotel, for a period of over 50 years, provided the most famous Sunday Lunch Buffet in Barbados. Tourists and locals alike flocked in droves to this iconic event.
The old Atlantis Hotel is no more. In its place is a spanking new hotel - The Atlantis Historic Inn.
the buffet is the same!
For Bds $70.00 (+ 10% service charge & 2.5% Tourism Product Development Levy), you can have what is easily one of the best Bajan buffets in the island.
Children (5 to 12 yo) Bds $40.00
Be prepared to enjoy a wide selection of local dishes. Don't be afraid to choose something you've never had before. Everything is delicious.
Included are:
Pickled Green Banana Salad
Pumpkin Fritters
Fried Plantain
Cod Spring Rolls
Oil Down (ask what it is!)
Chili and Tomato Seafood Stew
Madras Curry Goat
Honey and Pineapple Roasted Chicken
Whole Baked Dolphin (not the same fish as Flipper!)
Fried Flying Fish
Three Cheese Macaroni Pie
Rice and peas
Yam and Sweet Potato Gratin
Steamed Okra Cou Cou
Coconut Bread
Cassava Pone
.......all dishes that a Bajan is knows well and that a visitor will enjoy.
In addition, there are other dishes that a visitor will be familiar with should he/she wish to be conservative.
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Dear ScaLapack users,
some time ago I have implemented a function for re-distributing a
matrix on the processes grid following the usual two-dimension
block-cyclic distribution scheme. This is an obvious step to use
ScaLapack diagonalization routines that I need.
I am using the word "re-distribute" because the matrices I am
dealing with, are already
distributed among the processes. They are distributed following a
pattern induced by the parallel algorithm I have implemented to build
I did implement the function for re-distributing the matrices to
be quite general, and
apparently it turned to be also quite efficient. Indeed the function
takes as an input a
set of blocks each one with its own dimension and position within the
matrix, and it does
not make any assumption about how the matrix is initially distributed.
However, now that I am involved in a different research project
where I need to use again
such a function, I would like to know in a first instance if a
similar function in ScaLapack or
somewhere else already exists, in order for me to make comparisons.
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STANFORD, Calif. (AP) Dwight Powell scored a career-high 29 points in helping Stanford beat Denver 71-58 Sunday.
Powell helped the Cardinal (6-3) dominate in the paint, where Stanford outscored the Pioneers 34-14.
Royce O'Neale scored 17 points for the Pioneers (1-5), who lost their fourth straight.
Stanford, which started a 13-day break for finals after the game, never trailed. The Cardinal built an early 21-6 advantage and Denver, which has not scored more than 68 points in a contest this season, never got closer than 10 the rest of the way.
Chris Udofia added 10 points for the Pioneers, who have not beaten Stanford since 1972 and have lost five straight. Jalen Love and Cam Griffin each added 10 points.
Powell, who scored 19 in the first half, made his first six shots in helping the Cardinal to a 35-19 halftime lead.


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Canberra Jews rally to support Israel
"More hummus, less Hamas," read one placard held by a smiling woman at Sunday's rally of support for Israel.
Yet six carloads of federal police, and a healthy number of secret service and security staff, marked the grimmer reality of what the conflict in the Jewish state means – even in distant Canberra.
About 50 people gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Yarralumla to call for peace and to support the nation's right to self-defence.
Similar rallies were held in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
Militants in the Gaza Strip fired hundreds of rockets into Israel last week, while Israel has bombed the territory and is amassing ground troops on the border.
The crowd at Sunday's rally wore red to highlight the constant danger under which many Israelis live, especially those in the south near the strip.
Israel's ambassador to Australia, Yuval Rotem, explained that a "code red" alert marked an impending attack.
"Code red is also a new state of mind, because there's a new generation of Israelis who are now brought up ... with the knowledge that, when they hear the siren ... indicating the rockets are coming in, they have only 15 seconds to flee for their own life," he said.
"It's a very difficult concept for people over here in Australia to understand."
Federal Labor MP Mike Kelly addressed the rally to condemn Hamas, the party that rules the Palestinian territories, as a terrorist organisation.
He said Hamas was uninterested in peace, and wanted to destroy the Jewish state and all Jews.
Dr Kelly said the Palestinian regime had scuttled elections and had "a shocking record of maiming, of torturing, of human rights abuses, of denying people due process, of summary and extrajudicial executions".
Anybody who's interested in social progression ... should in no way be supporting an organisation like [Hamas], which has an extremist, Islamist, mediaeval mindset.
"People are dragged away in the middle of the night and shot through their legs. This is their standard operating procedure ...
"Anybody who's interested in social progression, in social democracy, should in no way be supporting an organisation like this, which has an extremist, Islamist, mediaeval mindset."
Dr Kelly, who is the parliamentary secretary for defence, said Israel was acting within international law and had the right to defend itself.
He also praised the care with which its military was trying to avoid civilian casualties.
Markus Mannheim edits The Public Sector Informant and writes regularly about government.


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Consider two countable families of objects, given as unions of finite subfamilies:
$F^k = \bigcup_{n \in \mathbb{N}} F^k_n$, k = 1,2.
Let there be a bijection $f: F^1 \rightarrow F^2$ such that $x \in F^1_n \Leftrightarrow f(x) \in F^2_n$ for all n $\in \mathbb{N}$.
This means: The two families have the same counting functions $f^1(n) = f^2(n)$ for all n $\in \mathbb{N}$ with $f^k(n) = |F^k_n|$.
This may be by sheer accident, or it may be because the two families are in some sense essentially the same.
Can the notions of "by accident" and "essentially the same" be distinguished in this context, and how?
"Essentially the same" might mean: "there is a computable bijection" and "by accident" might mean: "there is no computable bijection". Or might category theoretical notions lead further?
Are there known examples of two families as above that have the same counting functions by accident (in the meaning just mentioned or another one)?
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This is a PM that I sent to kyonpalm a while back that I haven't received a response on. If anyone else on the team could help me out, it would be much appreciated:
Hey, I had to create this new account because on my original account (username Gruzky), I had updated the email address and I actually deleted the email address I had updated to before I had reactivated my account. Even though I can still login as Gruzky, I can't post at all and I couldn't even send a PM so I had to create this account.
I would actually like to keep this username (otter87) if possible, idk if it's possible to change the username of the gruzky account and delete this one? Anyway, any info you need for me to prove the Gruzky username belongs to me I can provide. I have the password and the email address that it was updated to.
edit - would like to have THIS account deleted and the old account renamed that way I can save my previous post history.
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Okay done. I swapped your old username and new username and validated your new username (otter87) with the correct Email address.
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Stem Cell Therapy for Twentymile Bend, FL
How Stem Cells Work in the Body
Paracrine Signaling
Stem cells hone in on the injured cells releasing small microvesicles. These microvesicles are cries for help, called paracrine signaling, referred to as the nursing effect in the textbooks.
They begin to read those microvesicles that are coming out, then they begin to feed that cell whatever it needs to heal. It can transfer protein growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, and even microRNA to help repair that cell to salvage that cell and restore it to health.
This is what mitosis might look like when cells divide and replicate their cells. Stems in the body can perform this when called upon to do so by damaged cells in the body every 4 to 5 days. That's how often cells can replicate themselves at the age of 53, but with a newborn their cells can double every single day.
Knowing that stem cells are the most potent and powerful in the youngest of people led many doctors down this very unsavory path of embryonic stem cell research. With good reason, that was unfunded during the Bush Administration and mostly has gone nowhere in the United States. Still, it did lead doctors and researchers to find noncontroversial sources of abundant, powerful young stem cells that can now be given to anyone and, namely, out of the umbilical cord following a healthy baby delivery. Let's talk about how this process works.


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Gulf kingdom sets up ministerial committee to consider move, according to local media
Saudi Arabia has set up a ministerial committee to consider allowing women's sports clubs, al-Watan daily newspaper reported on Saturday, despite opposition to female exercise from religious conservatives.
Abdullah al-Zamil, a senior official from the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, the top Saudi sporting body, said the committee was being formed to end the "chaos" surrounding women's sports clubs which are effectively unregulated, Watan reported.
"The mission of the committee is focused on building a system for these clubs," the newspaper, owned by a member of the Saudi royal family, reported Zamil as saying.
In the austere desert kingdom, powerful clerics have long argued against women playing sports or doing physical exercise, forcing female gyms to be designated as expensive "health centres".
A member of the top clerical body in 2009 said girls should not play sports lest they lose their virginity by tearing their hymens. State-run girls schools are banned from doing sports, but private girls schools are allowed to offer sports classes.
The General Presidency of Youth Welfare only regulates male clubs and its head was recently quoted saying he would not endorse Saudi women athletes at the 2012 Olympics.
Human Rights Watch has called on the International Olympic Committee to bar the kingdom from the London games unless it fields a woman athlete.
The most likely woman candidate to compete under the Saudi flag, equestrian Dalma Malhas, represented the kingdom at the junior Olympics in Singapore in 2010, but without official support or recognition.
Saudi women are barred from driving and need the permission of a close male relative to work, travel or open a bank account, but King Abdullah last year said they could vote in municipal elections, the country's only public polls.
Saudi Arabia's only female deputy minister, Noura al-Fayez, has written to HRW saying there is a plan to introduce physical education at girls' state schools.


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Below are some pictures of my precious purple sweet potatoes. My friend said it cost 3 euro per kg in Chinatown, I thought that was pretty cheap, since the orange ones were selling for 2,20 euro per kg in Colruyt. The colour of the bao dough was a nice shade of pastel purple. The dough weighed nearly 1 kg in total, 975g to be exact! :D
This is how I shaped the rose buns. I hope the step-by-step pictures are self-explanatory. You can refer to the dough recipe from my purple sweet potato bao with kaya fillings recipe. Just divide the dough into 20 equal portions of 50g each, and divide the red bean paste fillings into portions of 25g each (from 1 can of 510g of red bean paste). And while you are shaping the dough, leave the remaining dough covered with clingwrap in the fridge to prevent over-proofing. Proof the shaped rose buns covered for 30-40 min in a warm place, then finally steam them in a preheated steamer on HIGH heat for 12 min.
I think my rose buns were not tightly wrapped together and I should have rolled the edges of the petals thinner, that was why the roses were kind of out of shape. But still, it was a good lesson learnt in pleating rose buns!
I am submitting this post to Aspiring Bakers #31 - Bao Ho-Chiak (May 2013) organized by none other than myself, Miss B of Everybody Eats Well in Flanders.
I am also submitting this post to YeastSpotting.


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CHICAGO -- Transitioning into her new role as a "private citizen" and ratcheting up speculation about her future presidential aspirations, Hillary Clinton stepped back into the spotlight Thursday to begin explaining how she would apply the lessons she learned as secretary of State to make an impact around the world, focusing particularly on increasing opportunities for women, something she called the "great unfinished business of the 21st century."
Kicking off the Clinton Global Initiative "America Meeting" in the Windy City, Clinton told the crowd in her hometown that after visiting 112 countries during her four-year post at the State Department, she will focus on three areas in the immediate future.
She told the nearly 1,000-person crowd she will focus on "three broad areas that have been close to my heart my entire adult life: early childhood development, opportunities for women and girls, and economic development that creates jobs and gives more people in more places the chance to live up to their God-given potential."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks about holding onto the core belief of the American dream while speaking Thursday in Chicago.
Speculation about another White House run for Clinton has already reached a fever pitch and her every move is scrutinized by observers for signals about her intentions. And she remains highly popular among Democrats although her overall approval numbers have slipped somewhat.
While politics was largely left out of Clinton's speech Thursday, the crowd applauded her as she proclaimed: "When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits, this also should be a no brainer. When women participate in peacemaking and peacekeeping, we are all safer and all secure. And, when women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society."
Since stepping down as the highest-ranking cabinet official in President Barack Obama's administration Feb. 1, Clinton has kept a rather low profile so she could relax after the grueling demands of the State Department. This appears to be changing.
Clinton spoke for the first time at CGI America, an organization founded by her husband and former President Bill Clinton to emphasize "solutions that promote economic recovery in the United States."
She joined Twitter on Monday and tweeted Thursday morning to say she received an "incredible" welcome to the social media site.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative America meeting in Chicago, Ill., on June 13.
And in another sign that Clinton will start being more publically involved, the foundation set up after the 42nd president left the White House has recently been renamed the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
"We are so excited and thrilled to have this be a full partnership between the three of us," Clinton told the crowd today. "I traveled the world quite extensively over the last 4 years and one of the lessons I took away is that this model of partnerships and commitments is at the heart at what we need to do to meet the challenges of the 21st century."
On Friday, Clinton announced during her speech, CGI will be launching a new partnership with a goal to help parents, teachers and communities how to learn and apply the latest brain research to help early childhood learning.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will give the closing address at the Chicago conference Friday evening.
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In this one-day introduction to the Responsive Classroom approach you'll learn how Responsive Classroom practices help teachers to foster positive community, integrate academics with the teaching of social and emotional skills, and create the conditions for positive student behavior.
- Hear about the characteristics of teacher language that promote respectful, kind, and positive classroom communities
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You will also have an opportunity to discuss ideas with colleagues, experience Responsive Classroom strategies as an adult learner, and see video of Responsive Classroom teachers implementing the strategies with students in grades K–8.
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Greetings,Does anyone know what might be causing this?About halfway through a large (30x40inch) print, the carriage will stop and clean? for a moment then makes one or two passes before stopping again.... then towards the end of the print it speeds up again. Printing takes a very long time. I've had this printer since May of last year.Printing highest settings on matte canvas. Using a Mac Dual G5 2gb of RamWondering if anyone else is experiencing this issueTime to pull the heads for cleaning?Andrew[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166231\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I also had this experience recently, after six months of relatively trouble-free operation. The print head carriage would stop, then wiggle back & forth a few times, then stop, and finally printing would resume. The whole thing substantially lengthened print times. I finally noticed a few bands across the width of the print where the gloss enhancer was not applied, visible in glancing light. Doing a head-cleaning cycle on the grey/gloss enhancer print head helped slightly. The printer utility indicated all was well. I finally replaced the grey/gloss enhancer print head, and now all is well. The banding is gone, and the speed is back to normal.I suspect (but certainly can't prove) that HP's mapping/substitution algorithm for failed print head nozzles gradually slows down printing, and eventually impinges on quality as the output of failed nozzles can't be covered by substitutes. It would be nice if the printer reported how many of the 1,056 nozzles per print head have failed, so you could make a rational decision on when to replace the relatively cheap (~$50) head rather than waiting for print times to stretch into hours.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166236\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Also watch the GE head for remapped nozzles as it too can slow down the printer as frequent checks can be required.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166263\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
This is quite correct. It can also be the Optical drop detector becoming dirty. Also watch the GE head for remapped nozzles as it too can slow down the printer as frequent checks can be required.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166263\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Hey Neil-Can you elaborate a bit on how one might watch for remapped nozzles? I too had printhead issues and HP wound up sending me a complete replacement set. How can one evaluate a printhead's health beyond an overall pass/fail or extremely slow printing?-Ron H.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166273\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
In my case, I only print on matte media so I don't use GE,... But the GE head was for the first to fail...just replaced it a couple of months ago.Where and how do you clean the Optical drop detector?Thanks[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166274\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
In the instruction or users guide there is a poorly documented procedure for cleaning the optical drop detector pane. You will often find hair and other lint from matte media stuck to the gummy ink residue. Also , be aware that you need to watch out for ink build up inside the ink cartridge bays, as they can sometimes reduce electrical contact efficiency.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=166276\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]