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Amazon drones: The obstacles
Washington regulators, state lawmakers and privacy activists have a warning for Jeff Bezos's army of flying robots: Not so fast.
The Amazon founder says he wants to see his company's drones delivering tube socks, tools and toilet paper to people's doorsteps by 2015 in major cities — and it looks so simple in the introductory video the company unveiled Sunday night. But a series of obstacles could ground Bezos's drone dreams.
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Among them: persuading the safety-obsessed FAA to play along, satisfying nervous privacy advocates, and taking on the groundswell of resistance by liberal activists and civil libertarians who have successfully promoted anti-drone legislation in several cities and states.
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"Technology-wise, it's feasible," said Mike Toscano, president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, the drone industry's D.C. trade group. "The question is: Is it safe?"
On the plus side, Amazon would be offering a so-far unseen level of convenience for online shoppers. Bezos said his "octocopters" could deliver any item weighing less than 5 pounds — equal to 86 percent of the online superstore's inventory.
"This looks like science fiction," he said in the "60 Minutes" segment that launched a thousand tweets. "It's not."
But here are some of the obstacles Bezos's drones would have to fly past first:
Will the FAA allow it?
The safety question falls to the FAA, which is set to issue regulations for the smaller drones Amazon plans to use early next year. The FAA is separately planning to use test sites to help craft rules for larger drones that will share airspace with existing planes, although it declined to say whether any of them would involve drones intended for commercial delivery.
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Amazon said it was working with the the agency to develop the rules, and the FAA confirmed to POLITICO on Monday that "Jeff Bezos let our safety organization know of his plans."
The FAA has already shown reluctance to push the technological envelope too far — witness the years of debate it took for the agency to finally allow airline passengers to keep their e-readers and tablets switched on during takeoff and landing.
Amazon didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
Under current rules, the FAA allows hobbyists to fly drones, provided they stay within eyesight of the vehicle. It has also granted special permits for drone use, mostly to universities and law-enforcement agencies. But the agency says commercial use of drones is now banned, aside from one commercial operator in the Arctic.
In a speech last month, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said the Obama administration expected 7,500 small drones to appear in American skies over the next five years. But he also laid out a wide array of safety concerns: What will happen if a drone loses its link to an operator? What kind of training will pilots need? How will they be able to detect obstacles in their path?
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"We must ensure the safety and efficiency of the entire airspace, including all aircraft, people and property — both manned and unmanned — in the air and on the ground," Huerta said.
Some drone advocates worry the FAA could be too heavy-handed in regulating the smaller drones, which are expected to fly well below the skies populated by commercial aircraft.
"The question is whether a small drone weighing maybe 10 pounds really requires the same regulatory regime that's been in place for manned aviation for decades," said Brendan Schulman, a lawyer at Kramer Levin in New York who's defending the first person ever targeted by the FAA for flying a civilian drone.
Applying those same standards — medical tests for drone operators, a rigorous approval process for new devices — could drive up costs for Amazon and other companies.
Making it work
The logistics of drone delivery will be dizzying. It's easy enough to drop a package on someone's front steps, but what if the person lives in a fifth-floor apartment? Amazon wants to launch the service in large urban areas — could a drone collide with a skyscraper?
"You have to look at the environment that Amazon and other delivery services operate in," said George Novak, assistant vice president for civil aviation at the Aerospace Industries Association. "There's a lot of tall buildings, a lot of vehicles, a lot of pedestrians."
It's unclear how many drones Amazon intends to deploy. But the company has been expanding its roster of fulfillment centers to place them closer to customers, which could help make the drone service more feasible.
Toscano and AIA Vice President Ali Bahrami also raised the possibility a drone could be hacked, leading to a thief stealing a delivery.
"These things are going to have some valuable stuff on them," Bahrami said.
And the drones themselves would be a valuable target for thieves, Forbes magazine pointed out.


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If the standard boot-from-CD install method doesn't work for you (or you just
don't like it), help is now here. This document serves to provide a repository
of alternative Gentoo Linux installation techniques to those who need them.
Or, if you prefer, it serves as a place to put your wacky installation methods.
If you have an installation method that you yourself find useful, or you have
devised an amusing way of installing Gentoo, please don't hesitate to write
something up and
Download Smart BootManager available from
Either compile the package from source or just grab the binary. There are several options that can be utilized while creating your boot floppy, as seen below.
sbminst [-t theme] [-d drv] [-b backup_file] [-u backup_file] -t theme select the theme to be used, in which the theme could be: us = English theme de = German theme hu = Hungarian theme zh = Chinese theme ru = Russian theme cz = Czech theme es = Spanish theme fr = French theme pt = Portuguese theme -d drv set the drive that you want to install Smart BootManager on; for Linux: /dev/fd0 is the first floppy driver, /dev/hda is the first IDE harddisk driver. /dev/sda is the first SCSI harddisk driver. for DOS: 0 is the first floppy drive 128 is the first hard drive; -c disable CD-ROM booting feature; -b backup_file backup the data that will be overwritten for future uninstallation; -u backup_file uninstall Smart BootManager, should be used alone; -y do not ask any question or warning.
# sbminst -t us -d /dev/fd0
Now simply place the floppy in the floppy drive of the computer you'd like to boot the LiveCD on, as well as placing the LiveCD in the CD-ROM and boot the computer.
You'll be greeted with the Smart BootManager dialog. Select your CD-ROM and press ENTER to boot the LiveCD. Once booted proceed with the standard installation instructions.
Further information on Smart BootManager may be found at
Booting from the
Boot from the Knoppix CD. It generally does a really good job of hardware detection. Although, you may have to add some boot options.
By default Knoppix boots into a KDE 3.0 desktop. The first thing I did was open
a konsole and typed
Next, I
I then typed
# mkdir /mnt/gentoo
At this point, you can pick up with the standard install documentation at
# mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
Burn a LiveCD iso.
Get the latest portage snapshot from
Follow all instructions of the Gentoo Installation Handbook up to
Open a new console (Alt-F2), we will continue with the Install Doc up to running the bootstrap.sh script.
Go back to the first console (Alt-F1, without chroot) and mount a second CD on
# umount /mnt/cdrom # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2 # mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2 # cp /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2/portage-$date.tar.bz2 /mnt/gentoo/usr # cd /mnt/gentoo/usr # tar -xvjpf portage-$date.tar.bz2
Switch back to the F2 console. Now if you try to run bootstrap.sh it will fail because it won't be able to download any files. We will fetch these files somewhere else and put them in /usr/portage/distfiles (on F2 console).
You need a list of Stage1 packages: glibc, baselayout, texinfo, gettext, zlib, binutils, gcc, ncurses plus their dependencies.
(Don't forget the 2 in front of the >)# emerge -fp glibc baselayout texinfo gettext zlib binutils gcc ncurses 2> stage1.list # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cp /mnt/gentoo/stage1.list /mnt/floppy # umount /mnt/floppy
Take the floppy to the computer that has fast access. If you take a look at the
(This script is depending on the output format given by emerge which might change in the future without further notice - use with caution!)# cut -f 1 -d ' ' stage1.list > stage1.download
Now use
# wget -N -i stage1.download
Once you have obtained all the files, take them to the computer and copy them
You will need a network card on the diskless client that uses the PXE protocol to boot, like many 3com cards. You will also need a BIOS that supports booting from PXE.
Create directories: The first thing to do is to create the directories where
your diskless system will be stored. Create a directory called
# mkdir /diskless # mkdir /diskless/eta # mkdir /diskless/eta/boot
DHCP and TFTP setup: The client will get boot informations using DHCP and
download all the required files using TFTP. Just emerge DHCP and configure it
for your basic needs. Then, add the following on
For DHCPd, run
option option-150 code 150 = text ; ddns-update-style none ; host eta { hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00; fixed-address ip.add.re.ss; option option-150 "/eta/boot/grub.lst"; filename "/eta/boot/pxegrub"; }
For TFTP, emerge
INTFTPD_PATH="/diskless" INTFTPD_USER="nobody" INTFTPD_OPTS="-u ${INTFTPD_USER} -l -vvvvvv -p -c -s ${INTFTPD_PATH}"
Setup GRUB: To provide PXE booting I use GRUB. You have to compile it by
yourself to enable the PXE image compilation ... but that's quite easy. First,
get the latest version of the GRUB source code (
# tar zxvf grub-0.92.tar.gz # cd grub-0.92 # ./configure --help
(In the options you will see a list of supported network interface drivers. Select the driver compatible with your client's network card. Herein referenced as $nic)# ./configure --enable-diskless --enable-$nic # make # cd stage2 # cp pxegrub /diskless/eta/boot/pxegrub # nano -w /diskless/eta/boot/grub.lst
default 0 timeout 30 title=Diskless Gentoo root (nd) kernel /eta/bzImage ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=ip.add.re.ss:/diskless/eta
For the nfsroot option, the IP address is the one of the server and the directory is the one where your diskless client files are located (on the server).
Setup NFS: NFS is quite easy to configure. The only thing you have to do is to
add a line on the
# nano -w /etc/exports # /etc/exports: NFS file systems being exported. See exports(5). /diskless/eta eta(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
Update your hosts: One important thing to do now is to modify your
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.10 eta.example.com eta 192.168.1.20 sigma.example.com sigma
You might want to reboot the server with a Gentoo LiveCD, although you can
very well continue immediately if you know how to proceed with the Gentoo
Installation Instructions from an existing installation. Follow the standard
install procedure as explained in the Gentoo Install Howto BUT with the
following differences:
When you mount the file system, do the following (where hdaX is the partition
where you created the /diskless directory). You do not need to mount any other
partitions as all of the files will reside in the
# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
Stage tarballs and chroot: This example uses a stage3 tarball. Mount
# cd /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/ # tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/stage3-*.tar.bz2 # mount -t proc /proc /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/proc # cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/etc/resolv.conf # chroot /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/ /bin/bash # env-update # source /etc/profile
Kernel configuration: When you do the
- Your network card device support
(In the kernel, *not* as a module!)- Under "Networking options" : [*] TCP/IP networking [*] IP: kernel level autoconfiguration [*] IP: DHCP support [*] IP: BOOTP support - Under "File systems --> Network File Systems" : <*> NFS file system support [*] Provide NFSv3 client support [*] Root file system on NFS
Save the kernel in your chrooted
# nano -w /etc/fstab /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0
You also need to prevent the client to run a filesystem check:
# touch /fastboot # echo "touch /fastboot" >> /etc/conf.d/local.start
# emerge nfs-utils
Bootloader. Don't install another bootloader because we already have one - pxegrub. Simply finish the install and restart the server. Start the services you'll need to boot the new client: DHCP, TFTPD, and NFS.
# /etc/init.d/dhcp start # /etc/init.d/in.tftpd start # /etc/init.d/nfs start
For the new client to boot properly, you'll need to configure the bios and the network card to use PXE as the first boot method - before CD-ROM or floppy. For help with this consult your hardware manuals or manufacturers website. The network card should get an IP address using DHCP and download the GRUB PXE image using TFTP. Then, you should see a nice black and white GRUB bootmenu where you will select the kernel to boot and press Enter. If everything is ok the kernel should boot, mount the root filesystem using NFS and provide you with a login prompt. Enjoy.
In order to install Gentoo from your existing Linux distribution you need to have chroot command installed, and have a copy of the Gentoo installation tarball or ISO you want to install. A network connection would be preferable if you want more than what's supplied in your tarball. (by the way, a tarball is just a file ending in .tbz or .tar.gz). The author used RedHat Linux 7.3 as the "host" operating system, but it is not very important. Let's get started!
We will first allocate a partition to Gentoo by resizing our existing Linux partition, mount the partition, untar the tarball that is mounted, chroot inside the psuedo-system and start building. Once the bootstrap process is done, we will do some final configuration on the system so as to make sure it boots, then we are ready to reboot and use Gentoo.
The root partition is the filesystem mounted under
# mount /dev/hdb2 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nodev,nosuid,noexec) # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hdb2 4.0G 1.9G 2.4G 82% / none 38M 0 38M 0% /dev/shm
As we can see, the partition mounted as
Parted is an utility supplied by the GNU foundation, an old and respectable
huge project whose software you are using in this very moment. There is one
tool, however, that is extremely useful for us at the moment. It's called
parted, partition editor and we can get it from
Look up on that page the type of filesystem you want to resize and see if
parted can do it. If not, you're out of luck, you will have to destroy some
partition to make space for Gentoo, and reinstall back. Go ahead by downloading
the software, install it. Here we have a problem. We want to resize our Linux
root partition, therefore we must boot from a floppy disk a minimal linux
system and use previously-compiled parted copied to a diskette in order to
Get the mininux boot/root disk (a 2.4-powered mini Linux distribution on a
floppy - free of charge) from
# mkfs.minix /dev/fd0 480 inodes 1440 blocks Firstdatazone=19 (19) Zonesize=1024 Maxsize=268966912
We will now proceed with the build of parted. If it's not already downloaded and untarred, do so now and cd into the corresponding directory. Now run the following set of commands to build the utility and copy it to your floppy disk.
# mkdir /floppy; mount -t minix /dev/fd0 /floppy && export CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -static" && ./configure && make && cp parted/parted /floppy && umount /floppy
Congratulations, you are ready to reboot and resize your partition. Do this only after taking a quick look at the parted documentation on the GNU website. The resize should take under 30 minutes for the largest hard-drives, be patient. Reboot your system with the mininux boot disk (just pop it inside), and once you are logged in, switch the disk in the drive with your utility disk we have created above and type mount /dev/fd0 /floppy to have parted under /floppy. There you go. Run parted and you will be able to resize your partition. Once this lenghty process done, we are ready to have the real fun, by installing Gentoo. Reboot back into your old Linux system for now. Drive you wish to operate on is the drive containing the partition we want to resize. For example, if we want to resize /dev/hda3, the drive is /dev/hda
# mount /dev/fd0 /floppy # cd /floppy; ./parted [drive you wish to operate on] (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hdb: 0.000-9787.148 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 2953.125 primary ntfs 3 2953.125 3133.265 primary linux-swap 2 3133.266 5633.085 primary ext3 4 5633.086 9787.148 extended 5 5633.117 6633.210 logical 6 6633.242 9787.148 logical ext3 (parted) help resize resize MINOR START END resize filesystem on partition MINOR MINOR is the partition number used by Linux. On msdos disk labels, the primary partitions number from 1-4, and logical partitions are 5 onwards. START and END are in megabytes (parted) resize 2 3133.266 4000.000
Once you have resized, boot back into your old linux as described. Then go to
# env -i HOME=$HOME TERM=$TERM chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash # /usr/sbin/env-update # source /etc/profile

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Here quiet opulence is the order of the day…and life revolves around its unique village center. Many aspire to its lifestyle. Most were born to it. Long a haven for old money, captains of industry and political scions, it is the East Coast answer to Malibu, Cannes and Lake Como all rolled into one…where mega-yachts are de rigueur, and the social calendar dictates events at such landmark resorts as The Breakers and Mar-a-Lago.
It began with the 1878 wreck of the ship Providencia, which set sail from Havana with coconuts bound for Barcelona. When the ship serendipitously washed ashore on what is now Palm Beach, early settlers planted those coconuts to launch a commercial enterprise. The palm trees flourished. The coconut business floundered. But by 1880, word of this superlative spot had spread north and the establishment of the Coconut Grove House Hotel was the early response to incipient tourism.
By the mid-1890's the railroad had arrived, and Henry M. Flagler had opened both his Royal Poinciana Hotel and oceanside Palm Beach Inn, destined to be renamed The Breakers.
100+ years of graceful evolution later, Palm Beach is now an incorporated town separated from neighboring West Palm Beach by the Intracoastal Waterway. The easternmost town in Florida, it covers about 10.4 square miles, of which only 3.9 square miles is land! It is home year 'round to 9,000 fortunate few, with an additional 20,000 who winter there "in season."
Today Palm Beach is a community with an elected Mayor and City Council, an active historic preservation society, highly active charitable organizations, 3 miles of superb public beaches, the world's finest shopping on Worth Avenue, multiple country clubs with award-winning golf and tennis facilities, The Flagler Art Museum, Four Arts Gardens, innumerable private banks lining Royal Palm Way, and the remarkable Palm Beach International Airport barely 15 minutes away.
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Darrelle Revis is ready to make some noise as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But for one more day, he still was willing to criticize the organization that drafted him.
"I feel like I haven't gotten the truth (from the Jets)," Revis told Newsday, the New York Daily News and the New York Post on Monday. "Anybody who tells you, 'You're going to be a Jet,' but what's the truth? ... Definitely I feel like I haven't gotten the truth."
Revis said he spoke to Jets general manager John Idzik last Wednesday. Idzik told him that he wanted Revis to remain a Jet.
"I know it's a lie," Revis said, via Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News.
Revis insisted that he wanted to remain a Jet, but the team never approached him about a long-term contract. (The Jets tell a different story.) It's clear Revis has a bigger problem with Jets owner Woody Johnson and Idzik than with coach Rex Ryan.
"Woody (didn't) want to talk to me. He stayed as far away as he could. ... As a friend, I feel for Rex. He played a big part in my career. I feel for him," Revis said.
Ryan always talked up Revis as the best cornerback in the NFL. If that's the case, picking off Mark Sanchez in Week 1 should be no problem.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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This city's most beloved sports storefront stands today covered in dripping eggs and nasty graffiti.
Standing outside on the street, eyes wild, mouth running, is star employee Kobe Bryant.
He is shouting into the darkened windows about lying, backstabbing and incompetence. He is screaming at the front door for someone to come outside and prove him wrong.
By now, the rest of Los Angeles is queasily gathered behind him and wondering.
Is anybody still in there?
Does anybody still own the Lakers?
Where is Jerry Buss?
Oh, yeah, that's right, he was in San Diego County, getting arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.
Where is heir apparent Jim Buss?
Oh, yes, he was recently on the radio publicly questioning his head coach.
Where is daughter Jeanie Buss?
Oh, of course, she was on the radio defending the head coach, who also happens to be her boyfriend.
"That place is a mess," Bryant said of the Lakers on Tuesday during a radio interview with AM 570.
Gathered queasily behind him, it's hard to argue.
The family is being attacked by its adopted son, a player they have coddled and protected through one of the biggest sports scandals in this city's history.
Yet, so far, the family, does nothing.
Jerry Buss is essentially accused of lying about the teams' rebuilding effort.
Mitch Kupchak is essentially called worthless.
The entire organization is essentially cast as untrustworthy because of a supposed media leak.
Yet, so far, only darkness and silence.
If the Lakers want to maintain the respect of a community that has blindly given them their hearts, now is the time for them to turn on the lights and let the world know they're still here.
If Jerry Buss is still alive, now is the time for him to prove it.
He's done it before. His team has been under siege before, and he's always been the first one throwing himself in front of the door with some of the grandest gestures in NBA history.
Magic Johnson is mad? Buss fires a coach and begins a dynasty.
A city is bored? Buss approved the expensive acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal and the trading for draft pick Bryant.
A city is frustrated when O'Neal and Bryant can't win a title? Buss fires a coach and begins another dynasty.
OK, so the gestures haven't always been smart. Can we all finally agree that the trading of O'Neal may have cost the franchise at least one more shot at a championship? Have they won a playoff series since?
And, certainly, Buss' gestures have sometimes been overly sentimental. Can we agree that the return of Phil Jackson to oversee this depleted roster also hasn't been worth the time or money?
In the true flavor of his Hollywood image, Buss has soared and crashed and soared again.
But at least he's always leaped.
Today the Lakers are in desperate need of that leap.
Team officials said that nobody in the Buss family was doing interviews Tuesday, that they were not giving up on their rebellious superstar, but they did not want to talk about it.
That's too bad. There's some things the Laker Nation needs to hear.
However Buss wants to do it, he must figure a way to answer new and unsettling questions.
The first being, is Kobe Bryant right?
Did Buss really woo Bryant back to the team three years ago by promising he would immediately rebuild for a championship, even as he was warning Phil Jackson it would be a long-term process?
Will Buss do what it takes — can he do what it takes? — to help the Lakers compete for a championship before Bryant's contract can be terminated in two years?
The second question being, is Kobe Bryant fair?
Does Buss think Kupchak should take the fall for the Lakers' problems, and would he welcome Jerry West back to the organization as the boss?
By all accounts, the answer to that question is no. Buss, and by extension his son Jim, seem to completely support Kupchak.
Remember, it was Kupchak who loyally followed Buss' orders and traded O'Neal and never once complained. It is Kupchak who has represented the organization with calm throughout all the storms, protecting the owner while he's in Italy or at a poker table.
If Kupchak has the support of Jerry and Jim Buss, yet was still thrown under the bus by Bryant, that raises a third question.
Is the Buss family united in their stewardship of the Lakers?
There is some thought that Bryant would not dare be so publicly indignant without somebody watching his back. Could that person be Jackson, who lately has made a career of covering Bryant's back? And if that's the case, then wouldn't his girlfriend Jeanie also be in that camp?
So could the organization be split into two camps, two philosophies, Jerry and Jim versus Jeanie and Phil, the exact mess that Bryant was talking about?
Whatever their situation was before last weekend, the Buss' have been brought together now, united as the target for an angry superstar whose words are tugging at the enduring, endearing fabric they have spent their lives so carefully weaving.
Hey, Kobe, shut your yap, OK?
Jerry Buss, it's your turn.
Bill Plaschke can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. To read previous columns by Plaschke, go to latimes.com/plaschke.
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford pressed to resign after admitting to smoking crack
Updated at 3:59 p.m. ET
TORONTO City councilors called on Toronto's deputy mayor to "orchestrate a dignified" departure for Mayor Rob Ford, who was greeted by angry protesters on his first day of work after acknowledging he had smoked crack.
Deepening the crisis, Ford's long-time policy adviser Brooks Barnett resigned, continuing an exodus from his office that started in May when news reports emerged of a video showing the mayor smoking what appears to be crack. Police announced last week they had a copy of the video, which has not been released publicly.
After months of evading the question, Ford acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that he smoked crack "probably a year ago" when he was in a "drunken stupor." But he refused to step aside despite immense pressure.
Toronto Star reporter Kevin Donovan told CBS News that he wasn't surprised by the mayor's reaction.
"Mayor Ford has made it very clear this is a football game to him," said Donovan. "He's going to the very last second on the clock."
Ford arrived at City Hall just past noon on Wednesday but took a back stairway to his office to avoid a crush of media. More than 200 people protested outside City Hall.
"Hey hey! Ho ho! Rob Ford has got to go!" they chanted.
City Councilor James Pasternak said the controversy consuming Canada's largest city cannot go on day after day. He said several city councilors are asking Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly to approach Ford and "orchestrate a dignified exit from city hall."
Kelly said he would meet with Ford after the mayor meets with his brother Doug, a key councilor.
"The dialogue with the mayor continues," Kelly told The Associated Press. Kelly said he'd like to give his advice to the mayor privately before commenting publicly.
Kelly said Ford didn't tell anyone he would admit to smoking crack before he did so Tuesday.
"It came right out of the blue," said Kelly, who learned about it from a member of Ford's staff after Ford stopped on his way to his office to tell reporters. "I was like what? What have you been smoking?'"
There is no clear legal path for Ford's critics to force him out. Municipal law makes no provision for the mayor's forced removal from office unless he is convicted and jailed for a criminal offense. Police have not charged Ford.
"He has stubbornly refused to listen to everyone across the city to step down," Councilor Janet Davis. "The mayor has got to come to the conclusion himself that he has to step down."
Nelson Wiseman, a professor at the University of Toronto, said the province of Ontario could conceivably step in and put Toronto under trusteeship because municipalities are under provincial jurisdiction. He said the chances of that happening are "slim to none," though it might be possible if Ford is charged with a crime and almost all the city councilors plead for Ford to step aside in a motion.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has said she's concerned that Ford's personal issues were making it difficult for the city to carry on normally. But she said it was up to police, the courts or the mayor to take action.
City Councilor Denzil Minnan-Wong, a member of Ford's executive committee, is putting forward a motion that would ask Ford to take a leave of absence, a measure that could be voted on next Wednesday. Another councilor is putting forward a motion that could strip some of his powers.
"The right thing to do is for council to take a clear position," Minnan-Wong said. "I remain concerned that there's more information that's going to come out. I'm troubled by that and that it will hurt this city even further."
Voters may have the final word on Ford's future. He has said he plans to run in the October 2014 mayoral election.
Police said they obtained the video in the course of a drug investigation into Ford's friend and occasional driver, Alexander Lisi.
The mayor has called on police to release the tape, but police said they are prohibited from doing so because it is evidence before the courts. Police said the video will come out when Lisi goes to trial on drug and extortion charges. Lisi is accused of threatening two gang members who had been trying to sell the video to the media.
A judge is expected to make a decision early next week on whether to allow the release of remaining portions of a document that revealed Ford's ties and covert meetings with Lisi, an alleged drug dealer.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair has also said police have a second tape, but he has declined to discuss what's on it.


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That the Obama Administration is trying to kill coal in the United States to please its greenie base is not news, but it won't make a lick of difference to the trend of soaring global coal use, as my pal Robert Bryce points out in the Los Angeles Times today:
Prohibiting new coal-fired power plants may please President Obama's domestic supporters, but it would leave global coal demand and CO2 emissions almost unchanged. Indeed, over the last decade, even if CO2 emissions in the U.S. had fallen to zero, global emissions still would have increased.
Consider Vietnam, where electricity use increased by 227% from 2001 to 2010. Its coal demand jumped by 175% during the same period, and it had the world's fastest percentage growth in CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, China has about 650,000 megawatts of coal-fired electricity generation capacity (more than twice the capacity in the U.S.), and it plans to build an additional 273,000 megawatts of coal-fired capacity.
If you want to get an idea of how fast China, India, and other developing countries are expanding their use of coal, check out Frank Clemente's invaluable site www.energy-facts.org, and in particular, some of the charts in this post about coal:
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Alaali needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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I want the logo to be simple but give an idea about the website which are about students. Bahraini students who are studying in Jordan. however I don't want the logo to be complex because I may use it in the future for business cards and stamps.
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Stop four of Secretary Kerry's Europe trip landed him in Rome and culminated with an announcement of $60 million in non-lethal assistance to strengthen the organizational capacity of the Syrian Opposition Coalition (SOC). With this announcement, the United States is now providing more than $115 million in non-lethal support for the civilian opposition. As liberated areas across Syria struggle to rebuild their communities without the support of the central government, this additional assistance will enable the SOC to help enhance the capacity of local councils and communities so they can expand the delivery of basic goods and essential services, fulfill administrative functions, and extend the rule of law.
Significantly, the Secretary also announced that the United States would extend the provision of food rations and medical kits to the opposition, including the Supreme Military Council, in order to feed those in need and to tend to the sick and wounded.
In Secretary Kerry's words: "We do this because we need to stand on the side of those in this fight who want to see Syria rise again in unity and see a democracy and human rights and justice."
Standing in solidarity side-by-side with the Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi and Syrian Opposition Council Chairman Moaz al-Khatib, Secretary Kerry noted that the international community stands with a united voice in its commitment to helping the Syrian people achieve their goals.
"The United States and all the countries represented here believe the Syrian Opposition Coalition can successfully lead the way to a peaceful transition, but they cannot do it alone. They need more support from all of us, and they need Bashar al-Assad to make a different set of decisions."
While in Italy, Secretary Kerry attended a dinner with EU and NATO member foreign ministers and met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics, and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius. He had the opportunity to meet with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and other government ministers and attend an event commemorating the 2013 Italian Year of Culture with Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi.
In a statement, Secretary Kerry also thanked Pope Benedict, who left the Holy See on February 28, for his leadership. He shared good wishes to the Pope on behalf of the American people.
You can follow his travel on www.state.gov.
Lynn C. in Maryland writes:
Thank you for the attention to Syria. Perhaps we can go farther and give ammunition to the best people we can find in the opposition. It is crazy to enable Al Qaeda by abandoning a peaceful opposition, one that was forced to war reluctantly. Having been in the Civil Rights Movement, I am in awe of the courage of the Syrian demonstrators who went out unarmed to protest while facing live ammunition for nearly a year. If we really do believe in freedom, we must find some way to give intelligent aid based on principle. I am just a private citizen so I don't know what the defensive weapons given to Assad by the Russians are but feel that was unfair. Again, thanks for all you're doing and good luck!
Mari in the U.S.A. writes:
@ Lynn, by pursuing a policy of insisting upon yet another "regime change" in defiance of the UN Charter, the Obama administration is "enabling Al Qaeda," regardless of which grouplet receives the weapons through proxy states like Qatar. Moaz al-Katib, head of the Syrian National Coalition, made that abundantly clear a few days ago.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Mari,
It is the Syrian people and the opposition coalition that are insisting upon "regime change", which is their right. That the US and others supports their efforts is not in violation of any UN charter, but in defense of the Declaration of Human Rights that forms a core part of that charter.
Al quaida is drawn to conflict like flies are to a dung heap...the best way to marginalize any influence of al Quaida in the outcome is to put an end to Assad's regime and help the Syrian people rebuild their country and establish a representitive system of government.
I think the US could do a lot more to save lives frankly than it has or proposes to do.
Since a "political transition" will not occur without the physical removal of Assad from power and surrender of his forces to the idea of peace, we could start by making Assad homeless, cratering a few runways to ground his airforce, demolishing scud launchers, artilliry batteries, and securing chemical weapons sites all the while we're pouring taxpayer dollars into humanitarian aid.
I'm sure we'll have a fair amount of help from Nato and the "freinds of Syria" if that decision is made.
It is in fact the line of reasoning that you express that "enables Al quaida" in hoping the Obama admin. will not take action against Assad, or support the Syrian opposition.
That may not be your intent, but that would be the result if you were making the decisions...which fortunately you are not.
Marshall C. in North Carolina writes:
Secretary Kerri: Your pledge of non-lethal aid to the Syrian rebels is fine. But it's quite inadequate. Those fighting the Assad regime need weapons, as you well know. The Russians and Iranians continue to supply Assad with lethal weapons used to inflict death on the rebels and on the Syrian civilian population. The US needs to support the rebels with arms and ammunition.
Mari in the U.S.A. writes:
@ Eric, it would be helpful if you would describe the methodology you used to discover what the Syrian people want.
Article 2, paragraph 7, of the Charter of the United Nations establishes that nothing contained in the Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the Charter. That means that no member nation must submit to "regime change" when demanded by outside forces. It means that the past 12 years of invasions and proxy warfare conducted by Great Britain and the US were in violation of the UN Charter.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Mari,
Logic would dictate that if Article 2, chapter 7 were the end all , be all to determining non-intervention as the only option available to international actors on the world stage, there would be no need for the UN Security Council, the "Responsibility to Protect", the Human Rights Council, or any number of other bodies within the UN that make determinations that affect the domestic affairs of nation states and members within the family of nations.
Thus you are engaging in nothing more than a deliberate mismanagement of the truth for political purpose by drawing the following conclusions:
"That means that no member nation must submit to "regime change" when demanded by outside forces. It means that the past 12 years of invasions and proxy warfare conducted by Great Britain and the US were in violation of the UN Charter."
Look, if you want to play "international lawyer" with me, that's ok...you wouldn't be the first.
You have access to the internet, as well as the means to do research into the history and causology of the Syrian conflict just as much as I do.
My methodology is exceedingly simplistic, I watch, I listen, and I learn.
The Syrian people want many things, it is not a homogeny...just as a 12 year old will want different things than an adult, everyone has an agenda. But some desires are common human incentives like; "life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness" and that isn't something unique to Americans, as the Arab Spring has proven beyond any shadow of doubt or debate.
I do not pretend to speak for the Syrian people as to what "they want", for as I said;
"It is the Syrian people and the opposition coalition that are insisting upon "regime change", which is their right."
This doesn't involve "wanting"...the people asked for reform and got bullets instead, a boy was tortured and murdered then left on his parents doorstep by Assad's security forces...Protests and burials were met with more bullets and tanks, people responded with barricades and rocks, the regime responds with bullets , tanks, and artillary, and when finally the people started shooting back, Assad's forces resopnded with all of the above and bombs and scuds too...and are still losing this fight...why?
Because of a simple premis the civil rights movement in America coined decades ago;
"They got the guns, but we got the numbers."
And in Syria's case, 70-100 thousand dead people to attest to the strength and believe in their "insistance" upon "regime change".
We in America go through "regime change" every 4 years, 8 if the incumbant president is lucky to retain his home away from home.
We do this peacefully and by the vote.
Would it suprise you that the Syrian people would want that kind of power to create predictable change in their own country?
To have a voice in the matter?
To "insist" on that, and expect the help of other democracies to stand in solidaritry with them in their darkest hours?
I look at the ways and means of this nation's approach to conflict, whether directed against us as not; as to what assesment (as historical evaluation), would the State Dept.'s of the year 2113 be in regards to;
A) The decision to use force in international cooperative governance on humanitarian grounds to permanently resolve indemic and pervasive conflict, end bloodshead, and create a secure space for civil restoration, nation building, and good self-governance that is peaceful and sustainable.
B) Terrorism as a late entry into the dustbin of history.
C) The developmental and evolutionary Diplomatic process and legal framework in international fora that facilitated the above mentioned efforts and initiatives on a global scale.
D) Public imput into AB&C above as it has effected outcome(s).
E) Thinking outside the box:-) A study in the evolution of America's diplomatic and foreign policies in the post 9/11 era.
F) What more could have been done to end conflict faster with a minimal cost in civilian lives.
G) What influence and efforts of hostile governments and non-government org's (to the US and NATO effort), had in affecting policy outcomes in resolving conflict; and it's response on the international level.
Last but not least;
H) WMD's and their abolishment; Patterns of global insecurity and their effecive countermeasures.


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I love living in London. Even though the tube is dirty and crowded, people don't talk to each other, its expensive, grubby and the transport system is so ineffective that all it takes is a few snowflakes to bring the entire city to a halt.
I still love it though. There is so much to do. It's a hub of inspiration if you just take time to explore and notice more.
A few weeks ago I went to The Wellcome Collection High Society. All about drugs. High Society examines the history of drugs from their plant origins, their use as medicines and to today's international drugs market estimated by the UN to be worth £200 billion a year.
It's fascinating that very few people live their lives without using some form of mood altering substance, whether its gin, cocaine or a cup of coffee. Drugs are used across the world for recreation, religious, medical, scientific experimental reasons or just pure entertainment. They offer an escape from daily life or an enhanced understanding of what it means to be human. Many are addictive. What is an addiction though? A failure of willpower, a physical disease or a coping strategy for problems beyond the individual's control?
The perceived wisdom about drugs varies from culture to culture; a Religious sacrament in one culture can be a public health problem in another. There is a close link between social interaction and use of drugs, the fundamental dynamic of a group interacting with a behaviour altering substance draws many parallels, for example a social glass of wine after work, to more formal group rituals as explored in Tribe.
Although most drugs, rightly or wrongly are tested on animals, drugs that alter your consciousness can only be fully described by human subjects and its intriguing that we are still unable to explain why each persons experience is so different.
Our perception of drugs over time have also changed. Opium originated in central Europe and for centuries was the most effective painkiller and main ingredient in many patented medicines. Even compare smoking adverts and health warnings from the 1950s compared to now, the difference is staggering. Santa was a smoker!
The Wellcome Collection is a fascinating place, with a great coffee shop for the caffeine addicts amongst us.
The subject of drugs and addiction is out of my normal frame of reference, discounting drinking too much wine on a weekend. But that was the whole point in going. I don't know yet what connections this new experience will influence. But I do know that if you want to have good ideas you have to open yourself to more experiences, break existing patterns and dare to notice more.
We know that good ideas come from a series of connections, or hunches over time that combine in new ways. So whether you take drugs to feel, see and notice more or not, I challenge you to make the most of what your environment has to offer. I dare you to get out there and start noticing more today.
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There's a few interesting additions to the Electric Scotland website named in the latest newsletter at http://www.electricscotland.org/showthread.php/2462-Newsletter-9th-December-2011 - Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language, History of the Burgh and Parish Schools of Scotland, and a new book, Chronicles of Gretna Green. All are free to access.
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are tools that combine cartography, statistical analysis, and database technologies for use in informing decisions. The field of GIS involves learning software, computer hardware, dataset applications, and data collection. The result is a broad-scale ability to conduct research and answer questions using geospatial data. Satellite remote sensing (RS) is the continually growing field of geospatial observation that utilizes electromagnetic sensors on satellites and aircrafts to analyze phenomena on land, in the oceans, and in the atmosphere. GIS and remote sensing are used in combination to address a virtually unlimited number of applications.
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What Was Tuesday's Biggest NFL Move? — Sports Survey of the Day
A few pretty big off-season moves involving to high-profile NFL players happened on Tuesday, but which one was the biggest?
The Philadelphia Eagles released cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, just two years into the five-year, $60 million contract he signed in 2011. His time in Philly has been very disappointing, and they weren't able to restructure his 2013 deal, where he was scheduled to make $15 million ($4 million guaranteed).
Another big move—one just about no one saw coming—was the Bills' release of quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. Though Fitzpatrick saw some success, his time in Buffalo was very up and down.
Mike Wallace disappointed Steeler Nation by signing with the Miami Dolphins for five years and $60 million. The Dolphins broke the news of the deal on Twitter. The Steelers reportedly had an offer on the table, but Wallace chose to go with Miami.


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It's a roller is affixed to the front of the chair to help you ease into it. Brilliant! [ChairBlog]


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
I am writing this from work ...I was going to blog yesterday, had some recipes tried and photographed, and was all set to apologize for blogging only once a week lately. But yesterday we had the worst wind and rain storm I have ever seen! Now our power is out again, and may be for some days or even weeks, because there was so much damage!
On top of that, an even worse storm is predicted for Thursday and another after that! Evidently, we are getting the tail-end of the terrible storms hitting the Philippines. We get it about 2 days after they do-- not as bad, but it was really scary yesterday. We live in a very forested area, as you can see from the photos in my snowstorm post. Branches were flying past (one big one almost hit the dining area window!) and hitting the roof, and the end of our driveway was almost flooded (fortunately, it stopped raining overnight). (I hope the reports of upcoming storms are exaggerated!)
There is debris and tree branches all over the yard and the entire driveway. DH walked down the our powerline and there are three big trees that smashed our powerlines, broke the glass covers on them, etc.. There were two big trees down on our little road, but we could get around them. There are two trees hanging on power lines on the hill down to the ferry, but people are driving under them since there is no power. There were trees on lines and lines down on the road we drive on to get "downtown". We have heard of other extensive damage all over the island, and on Hornby Island, where my daughter lives.
The Hornby ferry did only a few runs yesterday, and I believe the Denman Ferry, which can almost always make it, stopped for a while. My 14-year-old grandaughter, who goes to Jr. High from Hornby on two ferries and a bus to Courtenay, stayed in Courtenay with a friend last night. She's coming home today, though, because the power to her school is off. Parts of Courtenay and other outlying areas are without power still, so the Islands will be last on the list!
My daughter who lives north of Courtenay had part of their metal roof come loose!
So, I'll be documenting some more power outage meals! One problem this time is keeping food cold. The last time, I had to keep food from freezing outside when the fridge got too warm. But this time we are having unseasonably warm temperatures from this tropical storm hitting us.
We had a great meal last night, which I took photos of, but I can't resize them here. I made "Breast of Tofu" in a sauce from veggie broth, white wine, marinated artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, thyme and basil, and then melted soy mozza over the top! With leftover re-steamed basmati rice, and stir-fried broccoli and garlic (all done on our little butane burner), it was a feast!
I also had made a new version of my old Christmas favorite, "Chinese Chewies", from my first cookbook, but with pecans, dried cranberries, and gluten-free flour! I made them just before the power went out.
So, stay tuned and stay warm!
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Wow more storms, that is so crazy, and i bet very scary. i hope soon all is better.
- Wed Dec 13, 05:03:00 AM PST
At first your troubles seemed a bit exciting. As things carry on they seem more problematic. You're still in Canada; I'm sure we'll see each other through. Your family is in my prayers.
- Thu Dec 14, 12:34:00 PM PST
That sounds really frightening !
Please stay safe.
I really hope that you are going to have a break soon from all those power outage and strange weather.
- Thu Dec 14, 01:43:00 PM PST
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The 2013 college football season came to a close last Monday, as Florida State defeated Auburn, 34-31, in the Vizio BCS National Championship game. Ole Miss finished the 2013 season with an 8-5 record, capped by a 25-17 win over Georgia Tech in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.
Ole Miss and head coach Hugh Freeze open the 2014 season in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against Boise State and first-year head coach Bryan Harsin at Atlanta's Georgia Dome on Aug. 28. Other key upcoming dates between now and the season opener include National Signing Day on Feb. 5 and the Grove Bowl on April 5. Here are a few way-to-early top 25's and where the Rebels are ranked:
Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs), Bleacher Report: 17th
If Ole Miss can patch up its offensive line, it could be scary. That's an enormous if, with more than half of the group moving on, but it doesn't hurt to have gifted left tackle Laremy Tunsil locked in for at least two more seasons. Yes, the unbelievable crop of youth will be a year older, and the defense won't lose much. Offensively, Donte Moncrief will have to be replaced at wideout, but Laquon Treadwell is poised to pick up the slack, and then some. Can Bo Wallace be more "Good Bo" than "Bad Bo" next season? If yes, then this could be the year Ole Miss surges.
Clay Travis (@ClayTravisBGID), Fox Sports: 17th
QB Bo Wallace returns for his senior season to lead an offense that should be very explosive. But it's the defense that might well have Rebel fans on their feet screaming, "Hotty Toddy." With a forgiving schedule -- Vanderbilt and Tennessee as the SEC East opponents, and Alabama and Auburn both coming to Oxford -- could this be the year the Rebels finally contend for the SEC West?
Martin Rickman (@martinrickman), Sports Illustrated: 19th
All those blue-chip recruits from National Signing Day 2013 are a year older, a year wiser and a year stronger. Early playing time was invaluable to those guys, and even in a tough season, Ole Miss impressed with wins over LSU and Texas. The schedule doesn't get any easier in '14, but the Rebels should be ready.
Why this ranking could be flawed: Dr. Bo could be mistaken for a real doctor and asked to help assist a birth in a limo, like that one The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode. Rattled after another Egg Bowl loss, coach Hugh Freeze could start to see eggs everywhere, a phobia that hampers his game-planning ability.
Mark Schlabach (@Mark_Schlabach), ESPN.com: 20th
After going 8-5 this past season, Rebels coach Hugh Freeze can look forward to talented freshmen such as defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche, safety Tony Conner and receiver Laquon Treadwell being older and wiser in 2014. Unfortunately, Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Texas A&M aren't leaving the SEC West anytime soon. Ole Miss will have to replace three starting offensive linemen as well as junior receiver Donte Moncrief, who announced he's turning pro. Quarterback Bo Wallace is coming back for his senior season, after throwing for 3,346 yards with 18 touchdowns this past season. The Rebels might lose only two defensive starters: end Cameron Whigham and linebacker Mike Marry. Ole Miss opens the season against Boise State in Atlanta and they'll play Alabama and Auburn at home. The Rebels will play difficult SEC road games at Texas A&M and LSU.
Jerry Hinnen (@JerryHinnen), CBSSports.com: 24th
The Rebels didn't quite live up to their billing in 2013, but if Hugh Freeze can coax some further improvement from Bo Wallace, a defense that returns up to 10 starters and is absolutely loaded with developing stars -- end Robert Nkemdiche and safety Tony Conner among them -- could lead Ole Miss back into the SEC west's top half.


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Katie's Take
If you are fighting the dreaded battle of the bulge, it may have less to do with your willpower to hit the gym and eat low fat foods and more to do with your hormones. Marjorie Nolan Cohn, National Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and author of The Belly Fat Fix, says the secret to maintaining a health weight may be in balancing your hormones by giving yourself a hunger hormone makeover.
"Hormones play a role not only in weight gain but in our inability to lose weight once we're already overweight or obese," Nolan Cohn says.
There are two different types of hormones at play here: one that makes you feel hungry and one that makes you feel satiated.
Ghrelin is a hunger-stimulating hormone that also controls metabolism and thirst. But if you are hoping to take matters into your own hands and completely "shut off" this hormone and its effects, Nolan Cohn says that you are out of luck; but that you can be creative with it.
"The only way to shut it off and tune it down is to actually eat," she revealed.
"We know through science and research that ghrelin peaks about three times a day; at 8am, 12pm, and 6pm, and then there's a smaller peak around 3pm which coincides perfectly with the evolutionary times of meals."
What you can do is eat generally ghrelin-suppressing foods such as lean beef, fat-free or non-fat plain Greek yogurt, or white fish. These allow you to eat a lot while only absorbing a minimum amount of calories. And don't think you have to eliminate the carbs. Nolan-Cohn says that sweet potatoes and rolled oats are also good as suppressing ghrelin because they are high in fiber and resistant starch that can slow down digestion and keep you feeling full for longer.
The hormone, leptin, on the other hand is responsible for alerting you when you're stomach is full.
"When someone is at a healthy weight, their ghrelin and leptin are balanced perfect," Nolan Cohn explains.
"The problem is when we become overweight, our body actually becomes leptin resistant."
So if you are hoping to use this "hunger hormone makeover" to lose weight, Nolan Cohn recommends eating on grehlin's schedule for starters; having meals at those three peak hours, with a mid-day snack. She also advises against over-exercising, which can work against you by sending a starvation signal to the ghrelin producing cells, making you want to eat more.
Nolan Cohn anticipates further new and exciting research coming from the hormone balance that everyone can adapt into their own life.
"The ghrelin/leptin balance was really discovered only six or seven years ago, so it really is now that we discover what it is in real life," Nolan Cohn said.


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Rooney aware of Ferguson demands
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney knows he has to be at the top of his game or risk the wrath of manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
The England forward admits that he put on seven pounds during the off-season but explained the hard work he puts in during training makes the excess weight easy to shift.
"As a striker I need to work hard all the time. I need to be sharp, which means my fitness has to be right to play well. If it isn't, it shows," he told the Mirror, who are serialising his latest autobiography.
"It would probably be different if I were a full-back. I could hide a bit, make fewer runs into the opposition half and get away with it. As a centre-forward for Manchester United, there's no place to hide. I've got to work as hard as I can, otherwise the manager will haul me off the pitch or drop me for the next game.
"There's no room for failure or second best at this club."
Rooney found that out late last year after he was dropped for a match against Blackburn at Old Trafford. Ferguson was unhappy after it came to light Rooney had been out socialising after a game.
"I'm happy at Manchester United, despite the downs that sometimes take place at a football club," he continued.
"Like when we stuff Wigan 5-0 on Boxing Day. I go out for dinner with a few of the lads, and our other halves, to a hotel. The next day, the manager pulls me up and tells me he's not happy and doesn't feel I've trained properly.
"He fines me, but there's worse to come. I'm dropped for the next game, on New Year's Eve, against Blackburn.
"At a lot of clubs, people wouldn't bat an eyelid at players having a night out six days before a game. But that's the difference at Manchester United and a mark of the high standards the manager demands. It's a big deal, another lesson learned."


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Rangers put Derek Lowe on waivers, sign Mark Teahen to minor league deal
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Arlington, Texas – The Texas Rangers announced today that the club has placed right-handed pitcher Derek Lowe on waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. The team has also signed infielder/outfielder Mark Teahen (pronounced TEA-en) to a minor league contract.
Lowe was designated for assignment on Monday, May 20, when Josh Lindblom was added to the active roster to start that night's contest. Lowe was signed by Texas to a minor league contract on March 6 and made the team's Opening Day roster. In 9 relief appearances with the Rangers, Lowe allowed 13 runs/earned runs over 13.0 innings.
Teahen, 31, will work out at the Rangers complex in Surprise, Ariz. Today and report to Triple-A Round Rock in Memphis on Friday. Teahen has spent the season in the Diamondbacks organization, batting .211 (15-71) with no homers and 5 RBI in 22 games for Triple-A Reno. He was on the Aces disabled list from May 4-11 with a left shoulder strain. The disabled list stint came following a May 1 trade to Cincinnati for a player to be named later, after which he was returned to the Diamondbacks due to injury. He was released by Arizona on Monday, May 20, and his last game came with Reno on April 30 vs. Las Vegas.
Teahen has a career .264 average with 67 home runs and 332 RBI in 831 games with Kansas City (2005-09), Chicago-AL (2010-11) and Toronto (2011). His best year came with the Royals in 2006, when he set career highs with a .290 average, 18 home runs, and 69 RBI in 109 games. Teahen's last big league game came with the Blue Jays on September 28, 2011 at Chicago-AL.


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Agilent Technologies Announces MMIC Tool Bar Personality for United Monolithic Semiconductors' pHEMT Processes
SANTA CLARA, Calif. –(Business Wire)– Sep 30, 2009 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the availability of an add-on process design kit (PDK) with enhanced, foundry-certified features for United Monolithic Semiconductors's (UMS) popular pHEMT processes (PH25, PH15, PPH25 and PPH15). Providing the most complete MMIC design flow available using Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) platform, the new MMIC tool bar personality completely revamps layout functions, adds many design automation and routing capabilities, and helps streamline the MMIC design process. The add-on PDK is available now from UMS.
The new MMIC tool bar personality enables the full set of ADS layout editing commands customized for UMS PDKs, including several single-button commands for converting a trace to transmission-line elements, automatic via insertion, invoking a 3-D layout viewer, and launching the ADS desktop design rule checker — just to name a few. These capabilities improve design efficiency by enhancing the design verification and synchronization between the ADS schematic and layout environment. Along with the industry-proven 3-D planar EM technology, MMIC designers can now enjoy the MMIC design flow ADS provides.
"We are excited to provide this add-on PDK to use with Agilent's ADS MMIC design platform," said Eric Leclerc, manager of UMS's foundry business department. "This enhanced PDK will largely improve the design experience for both our internal MMIC designers and external customers. Such upgrades will also ensure that ADS users of UMS kits have a complete front-to-back end design flow. We intend to bring this feature to other technologies in the near future."
"This add-on PDK further strengthens our collaboration with UMS, one in which we will work to continuously bring value to our common customers through advanced PDK development," said Avery Chung, foundry program manager of Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "Our recent investment in PDK development has been well received by our common customers. Furthermore, with ADS 2009, users will be able to extract X-parameter* models of their PDK designs either directly from ADS or through Agilent instrumentation, providing them with an accurate and complete unified behavioral modeling capability and further simplifying the design process."
Agilent customers can find the latest UMS ADS PDK list at: www.agilent.com/find/eesof-foundry-ums.
ADS is a powerful electronic design automation software platform and the industry's most widely recognized MMIC design platform. It offers complete design integration to designers of products such as cellular phones, wireless networks, radar and satellite communications systems, and high-speed digital serial links. As a leading solution for high-frequency design, ADS supports system and RF design engineers developing all types of RF designs — from simple designs to the most complex and from RF/microwave modules to integrated MMICs for communications and aerospace/defense applications. For more information about ADS, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-ads.
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Agilent EEsof EDA is the technology leader and industry's leading supplier of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software for microwave, RF, high-frequency, high-speed, RF system, electronic system level (ESL), circuit, 3-D electromagnetic, physical design and device-modeling applications. Agilent EEsof EDA offers personal, value-priced products as well as enterprise-level solutions that save money, improve design flows and simplify EDA vendor relationships. Agilent EEsof EDA software is compatible with and is used to design the company's test and measurement equipment. Additional information about all Agilent EDA software offerings is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof.
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Travels With Teo: Linux Netbook Hits the Road
Road Trip! Recording the Sand Creek Fiddler's Jam
A couple of months ago the nice ZaReason people sent me their Teo Ubuntu netbook to review. I was favorably impressed and gave it a positive review. Then they let me take it on my vacation, so little Teo traveled 2500 miles with us. This was the ultimate portability, performance, and battery test. How did Teo do? Splendidly.
Ruggedness, Nice Keyboard
I never did get up the nerve to test the Teo's toughness. It is billed as a tough netbook, so in the interests of a thorough review I should have knocked it around a bit. But I just couldn't do that. It feels solid and the fit and finish feel good. I stopped at a couple of stores to do a quick comparison with other netbooks, and the Teo compares favorably for overall feel and handling. They all have sharp bright screens, but few have a keyboard as nice as the Teo's. Many of them have flimsy feeling, mushy keyboards with shallow keys. I can touch-type comfortably on the Teo, but the others don't give good tactile cues.
Battery Life
The Teo came with the stock Ubuntu 10.04. I never did figure out how reliable the little Gnome battery meter was. The best battery life I could get, according to the battery meter, was 6.5 hours. I turned off compositing, and turned on all the power-savers. I left the screen at full brightness, configured to dim after a minute of inactivity. Figure 1 should give you an idea of the relative brightness of the Teo and my Thinkpad T61.
The screen has a matte finish rather than a glossy finish. I prefer the matte finish because it doesn't glare or reflect. In a dark room it's too bright at full brightness, so I tone it down a notch.
Recording the Sand Creek Fiddler's Jam
Every June we journey to the far reaches of eastern Montana for the annual Sand Creek Fiddler's Jam. Traveling with the Teo was a lot more comfortable than lugging the Thinkpad along. I stuffed the Teo in my shoulder bag and carried it everywhere I went. Battery life was good enough that I left the power cord at home and charged up at night.
Figure 2 shows the Teo in action at the Jam. I recorded the entire evening using an Audio Technica stereo microphone and Audacity, over six hours' worth of music, on a single battery charge. The Sand Creek Jam takes place in an old one-room schoolhouse with old electric wiring, so I was happy to not need a plugin. Power management has come a long way in Linux; I had all the power-saving settings set for maximum frugality, so the screen was dimmed most of the evening. But all it took was a touch on the touchpad to light up the screen so I could check the recording.
The Teo was just small enough to fit on the old red high chair, which was the perfect height to serve as a recording console.
The speakers, like any laptop speakers, are nothing to get excited about. The built-in mic works, but you'd have to be desperate to want to use it. But the onboard sound chip is pretty good, so you can plug in headphones for better-quality playback, and an external microphone for good-quality recording. I recorded the Jam as 16/44.1 WAV files, which the Teo's Atom processor handled without a hiccup. That is a good CPU test because audio recording and editing are CPU-intensive. I also tried a bit of basic editing in Audacity, like trimming out cruft, fixing defects, and exporting to various audio formats, and it handled everything capably. This would make a great little portable recording studio.
Teo on the Ranch
Our hosts have a big ranch, so I took the Teo on some of our rambles around the place. I'm not sure what good a netbook would do out in the middle of nowhere, but if I ever do need one it is easy to carry and looks cute posed on the big combine.
And on the dump rake.
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- 1. Road Trip! Recording the Sand Creek Fiddler's Jam
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On July 23, 2013, nine organizations that have completed MFF-funded small grant projects attended a lessons learned workshop in Hanoi, together with representatives of the projects' beneficiary groups. What emerged from the workshop were stories of conflicts. Some conflicts inspired to the grantees to find innovative solutions, others condemned the projects to failure.
Projects struggled with three kinds of conflict: economic vs. environmental, individual vs. community, and new vs. traditional.
Most conservation projects have to deal with the first kind of conflict because almost by definition conservation means delaying consumption in the short term even if it means greater benefits in the long term. The projects addressed this conflict in different ways. Xuan Thuy National Park negotiated a benefit sharing agreement with hundreds women that legalizes and regulates their access to the park's core zone to collect clams and other high-value aquatic products. Grantees in Lang Co, Thua Thien Hue and An Hoa Lagoon, Quang Nam supported shrimp, crab, and fish production under a mangrove canopy that may be less profitable in the short term but offers lower risk, greater diversity, and increased resilience in the long term.
Inevitably, things are more complicated than they first appear.
Mui Ca Mau National Park paid a local person VND300,000/month to join community-led patrols to stop illegal mangrove cutting to make charcoal. But given the high profits from charcoal production, this payment has proved insufficient to stop him continuing to cut mangroves. Moreover, when the MFF grant terminates, the park will have to finance these patrols from its own resources (which it has promised to do). Another option is to provide low interest loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy to charcoal makes to invest in new livelihoods. In Lang Co, the mangroves have been allocated to the local community but not the land, which is under the control of the Chan May Lang Co Economic Zone, which at the start of the project planned to convert the mangrove forest into a golf course.
The second kind of conflict is illustrated by the story of Nguyen Xuan Vinh, a restaurant owner who planted two hectares of mangroves in Lang Co. But who do these belong to? Since the mangroves are allocated to the village, can other families access Vinh's mangroves? Does Vinh, a relatively wealthy man, have an obligation to the village? If not, conflict could ensure. According to the Center for Community Research and Development (CCRD), the grantee, Vinh has agreed to return the mangroves to the village to manage after five years. CCRD promised to monitor this agreement.
A story from An Hoa Lagoon showed how local authorities are scared of touching sensitive land issues. Nguyen Thi Nguyet, head of the women's mangrove conservation club, said that although families inherit mangroves area from their parents, the land is still under local government management. The Commune People's Committee was therefore very hesitant to allow 10 families to establish crab banks in the mangroves because they wanted to check that the mangroves were not under dispute among households. As a result, the crab bank was delayed and later failed because the crab seeds were dispersed in April when the water temperature was too high for the seeds to survive.
The third kind of conflict was highlighted by the Quang Tri Center for Environmental Monitoring and Technology in Gio Linh District. The small grant project built on a Sida-funded project that tried to reduce solid waste pollution by establishing a landfill in one village where people from surrounding villages could dump their trash and by arranging for garbage trucks to take household waste to the landfill. However, almost all the villagers are fishermen who believe that bringing trash from other villages brings bad luck. As a result, rather than establish a central landfill, MFF financed the installation of trash cans in the target village and arranged for the Commune People's Committee to contract with an urban company to collect waste every 10 days. Each local household pays VND10,000/month to the company.
These examples show how what doesn't work is just as interesting and important as what does and the need to ensure that grantees and beneficiaries can meet in a relaxed environment to share project successes and failures.
Ms. Le Thi Thanh Thuy - Programme Assistant - IUCN Viet Nam


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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Lemon Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing
As I've said many, many times, cupcakes always manage to put a smile on my face. They're not the best desserts in the world by any means, but these individually wrapped packs of sweetness always do the trick for me. They put anyone near them in a light, blissful, childish mood - something most of us could use more of.
I like to play around with recipes and mix and match depending on my mood of the day. These matched a lemon/chocolate type of day and the combination of both was just perfect. A tall glass of cold milk in one hand, a frosted cupcake in the other and the world is pretty much as perfect as it's ever going to be.
Lemon Cupcakes with Chocolate Icing
Makes 6 cupcakes
3/4 cups of all purpose flour
1 teaspoon of salt (use kosher)
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
1/2 stick of room temperature butter
1/2 cup and 1 tablespoon of packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon of lemon curd
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Chocolate Icing
Frosts 15 cupcakes
1 stick of butter
1 3/4 cups of confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons of dark chocolate, melted and cooled
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a small bowl, mix the flour, salt, lemon zest and baking powder.
In a separate bowl, add the sugar and butter. Using a mixer, beat the sugar and butter until the mixture is homogeneous (about 3 minutes). Add the eggs, one by one, beating until just incorporated. Add the lemon juice, vanilla extract and lemon curd and beat until just incorporated. Slowly add the flour mixture. Once the mixture is just homogeneous, scoop one ice cream scoop of batter into a cupcake-lined muffin time. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Leave to cool on a cooling rack while you make the icing.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler, transfer to a bowl and let cool. Cream the butter with an electric mixer. Add the confectioners' sugar little by little. Mix for 3-4 minutes until the mixture is smooth. Fold in the cooled chocolate and mix until the chocolate is entirely incorporated. Ice the cupcakes as you please. Enjoy!
31 comments:
- Megan said...
How yummy looking and pretty!!
- March 7, 2010 at 8:52 PM
- Foodie with Little Thyme! said...
- March 7, 2010 at 10:08 PM
- Memória said...
I love cupcakes!! YUM!
- March 7, 2010 at 11:37 PM
- Nina Timm said...
Citrus and orange have always been a winning combo for me. These cupcakes look divine!!
- March 8, 2010 at 5:03 AM
- HoneyB said...
I think cupcakes are the perfect individual sized treat to have!
- March 8, 2010 at 5:05 AM
- Trissa said...
Interesting combination of lemon and chocolate - would have never thought about it but it sure looks delicous - lovely picture - the first one - YUM!
- March 8, 2010 at 5:55 AM
- Nic :) said...
Am loving your blog!
I have opened a cupcake forum, and it's so quiet, i need lovely people like you to help me liven it up a bit?
Would love to see you there and chatting
- March 8, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Nic :) said...
Am loving your blog!
I have opened a cupcake forum, and it's so quiet, i need lovely people like you to help me liven it up a bit?
Would love to see you there and chatting
- March 8, 2010 at 9:16 AM
- Caviar and Codfish said...
Lemon and chocolate isn't a flavor combo that I would normally put together, but I'm totally craving it right now. Oh, cupcakes, you are so happy-making. :)
- March 8, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Miss Meat and Potatoes said...
Wow. Just drooled a little...
- March 8, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Deborah said...
First of all, I love that this recipe only makes 6 cupcakes. Perfect for small households like mine! Lemon is probably my favorite flavor, so these would definitely hit the spot for me.
- March 8, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- Joie de vivre said...
You're killin' me. These look amazing.
- March 8, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- Junglefrog said...
I love those flavors! And they look amazing too
- March 9, 2010 at 4:48 AM
- CookiePie said...
So pretty, and I love the lemon-chocolate combo!
- March 9, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- AppleC said...
Cupcakes always put a smile on my face too. Those lemon cupcakes with chocolate icing? ... my smile wouldn't go away for weeks.
- March 9, 2010 at 2:23 PM
- Choclette said...
Now I've been thinking for some time that lemon cupcakes with chocolate icing would be good to try - now you've convinced me!
- March 9, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- Chele said...
Cute cupcakes Hun ;0)
- March 10, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Maya said...
Great combination of flavours!!
- March 11, 2010 at 7:08 AM
- Barbara said...
Interesting combo of lemon and chocolate!
Think I'm going for the post below with salted caramel on top. Nothing is better than chocolate and caramel!
- March 11, 2010 at 8:43 AM
- ARUNA said...
i wud say that's yummmmmm!
- March 11, 2010 at 10:37 AM
- Sari said...
I haven't baked cupcakes in a while, and lemon flavour is my favourite one! I could do with one right now!
- March 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- lostpastremembered said...
I have to say I love chocolate and orange but have never thought of chocolate and lemon.. thought provoking recipe! It sounds great!
- March 13, 2010 at 5:42 PM
- Shari said...
Citrus makes cakes test so fresh! These are charmingly beautiful.
- March 14, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- Pixie said...
I'd have never thought to put chocolate icing on lemon cupcakes. I've only seen them with vanilla icing, but these look delicious.
- March 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Stella said...
I've never iced any of my lemon baked goods with chocolate, but I always like the way it looks and sounds. Hmm?
- March 18, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Barbara said...
A great sounding combination of flavors! Many thanks for this recipe.
- March 18, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Cocoa said...
hhmmm...while i was reading your blog, i feel a little bit hungry for your descriptions and pictures shown are really amazing,,,
- March 18, 2010 at 10:51 PM
- Olciaky said...
- March 24, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- OLGUIS said...
they look so good.
Nice Cooking Blog.
- March 28, 2010 at 12:43 AM
- Jamie said...
I was always hesitant about the chocolate-lemon combo until I made a lemon-chocolate marble cake and it was fantastic. I could so go for these cupcakes now!
- March 28, 2010 at 5:34 AM
- Unique Chocolate Gifts said...
Yummy!!!!.....those cupcakes are great. I will try this one. Good job!
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