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Explainer: 8.7 ideas in earthquake prediction
Earthquakes are notoriously difficult, if not impossible, to predict. "You are dealing with a very complex physical system that behaves very differently in many places," says David Schwartz, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Hazards Project. Seismologist Andy Michael, with the agency's Western Earthquake Hazards Team, says some earthquakes may rupture without any early warning signs, rendering the science of earthquake prediction futile. Nevertheless, researchers are trying to improve earthquake probability forecasts and working toward, maybe one day, prediction and prevention. Click the "Next" arrow above to learn about eight of their ideas.
Probability forecasts, state-of-the-art
The color-coded map of California shown here is an example of the state-of-the-art in earthquake forecasting. Areas shaded red have the highest probability an earthquake will occur within the next 30 years. The forecasts are generated from scientific data on factors such as how the faults move and the average time between big temblors. It provides information that planners, engineers and response people can use to make decisions, Schwartz says. The assessment behind this graphic found a 99.7 percent chance a magnitude 6.7 quake or larger will strike California by the year 2037.
Are rumblings a harbinger of looming disaster?
In 1989, two months before the magnitude 7.1 Loma Prieta earthquake rocked the Bay Area in northern California, seismic activity increased to eight times normal levels in regions adjacent to the fault that ruptured. In retrospect, researchers noticed similar patterns prior to major temblors elsewhere in California. And in 2002, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck a week before a magnitude 7.9 quake on a section of the Denali Fault that hadn't ruptured for some 450 years. "There is an appreciation that some of these moderate events could be an indication that a fault system is beginning to reach some sort of failure," Schwartz says. "But you can't quantify it any more than that."
First earthquake waves may provide early warning
Earthquakes send out two main types of waves — P and S — and key differences in how quickly they travel could buy people a few seconds to take action, such as crawling under a desk or shutting off a gas line. Some scientists believe the faster-moving Ps, or pressure, waves contain information about the slower-moving but more damaging S's, or secondary, waves. Sensors set up to detect the P's can sound alarms warning of the S's to come. "The key there is observing an earthquake has happened and telling how big it is very quickly and, I think, there is still some legitimate debate about how accurately one can do that," says seismologist Michael. Nevertheless, the USGS is keeping its eyes on a system deployed in Japan where a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in 2007 damaged this road leading to the world's largest nuclear power plant.
Aftershock forecasts posted online
When a major earthquake strikes, residents should brace themselves for aftershocks. But when and where will they occur? California residents can go online to get a 24-hour aftershock forecast such as the one shown
. It uses a color code to indicate the probability that any given area of the state will experience shaking strong enough to knock objects off a table. The forecast is updated hourly. Blue areas have about a one in a million chance of such an aftershock. Red areas are a less than one in 10 chance.
Crustal deformation studied for signs of pending quakes
Does the earth's crust deform prior to a major earthquake? "I would have to put that under a hypothesis at this point," says Michael. "And I think the evidence, so far, is against it." But researchers are using satellites and GPS receivers in the hopes they'll detect a change in the earth's surface in the days, weeks, or months before a major earthquake. One effort, called the Plate Boundary Observatory, has installed several hundred GPS recorders, such as this one near Mt. Hood, Ore., throughout the western U.S. to monitor crustal strain. Another effort called InSAR (Interferomatetric Satellite Aperture Radar) monitors millimeter-scale ground movements from space. If the technique is proven successful, Schwartz says it might provide a bridge between "decades-long forecasts and instantaneous prediction."
Can animals predict earthquakes?
Cal Orey, a California-based author and journalist shown here with her dog Simon, is one of many people who believe their pets pick up on some sort of cues that an earthquake is imminent and start to act strangely. Most seismologists who have looked into the issue, however, have found nothing tangible to support the notion. Schwartz says he's heard plenty of anecdotes, however, and can't 100 percent rule out the possibility. "If there is something there, we just don't know how to get our hands around it," he says.
Can earthquakes be safely triggered?
Some scientists suspect water pressure from the reservoir behind the dam in the background of this image triggered the May 2008 magnitude 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. Dam reservoirs have triggered other, smaller earthquakes, including a 6.4 earthquake in India in 1967. As well, waste fluids pumped into a well at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado triggered a series of quakes in the 1960s. Given that humans have accidentally triggered quakes, could they intentionally trigger a quake, too, perhaps in hopes of preventing a larger quake from striking in the future? "There's a pretty high liability associated with fooling around like that," Schwartz says. Nor is anyone trying to do it, Michael adds.
Get prepared, then live life
With no way to prevent earthquakes and scant hope scientists will be able to reliably forecast earthquake activity beyond probabilities parsed in decades, the best steps people can take today is to prepare for the big one and then get on with life. That means making sure buildings and bridges and pipelines are built to code to withstand the violent shaking from a worst-case scenario earthquake, such as 1989 Loma Prieta quake shown here. "If you get people prepared, they can honestly put it out of their minds because when it happens — or if it happens — they'll be ready for it," Schwartz says. Many experts say cities have lots of preparation left to do.
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May 13, 2013
Has the Bilderberg meeting become too mainstream for some of the world's richest elite? From Warren Buffet and Monsanto-linked Bill Gates to Oprah and Jeb Bush, the local media has begun reporting on a closed doors meeting between billionaires and politicians at the gated beach island of Kiawah, South Carolina.
The Bilderberg group, which consists of a larger group of the world's top leaders and billionaires, is reportedly set to take place near Watford this year in the United Kingdom. Called 'The Masters of the Univserse' by an Asia Times article, and deemed to be a meeting of 130 top military, business, and political figures by WikiLeaks, the Bilderberg group and its attendees have been getting much more press than usual these past years thanks to activists who have been protesting the meetings.
Even Russia Today went and covered the Bilderberg group protests and the meeting itself, reporting that the group could be deciding major events to come in their yearly meetings. From which candidates to run for the next political election, to military action — any number of major decisions are likely being made during the Bilderberg group meetings that are conducted entirely in secret. In fact, heavily armed security ensures that no one even gets close enough to take a peek.
But what's going on with the latest confab between power and money over on Kiawah Island?
As of right now, it seems like this closed doors event is sort of a mini Bilderberg group meeting of sorts. One local CBS affiliate, one of the only news sources to be covering this since it's a local issue, says that around 20 highly expensive jets were lined up at the Charleston International Airport on Johns Island, and that Bill Gates and others were at the Sanctuary Hotel on Kiawah Island. The attendee list, according to the CBS report, includes Jeb Bush, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bill and Melinda Gates, Dan Gilbert (owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers), Warren Buffet, Oprah, and others.
The island is an ideal spot for anyone seeking to avoid the activists that follow the Bilderberg group due to the fact that the island itself is actually a beach slash golf course enclosed with gated security. The population of the island is only a bit above 1,000, and is primarily a private resort for the rich. According to the local CBS affiliate, security has been high throughout the week and the public is not allowed near the hotel.
As for what they're doing here on this mini Bilderberg-styled escapade, the mayor offers a hilariously ridiculous statement to the CBS affiliate WBTW:
"We wish them luck with what they're doing," Mayor Charles Lipuma said. "If they want to play golf, they couldn't have picked a better weekend. We are glad we could offer them great weather."
The mayor is just so thrilled he could offer them up some great weather, who cares about what they're actually doing. How sweet. CBS says that the meet concerns the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which apparently is hosting the Bilderberg-styled event that violates fundamental laws regarding the creation of policy behind closed doors.
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Thanks for the clear up Mikey, I really didn't know what was going on in the comic, but just picked up my first (older) issue last week, and decided to take a look on Dark Horse's site to see what was going on now. Sounds like an interesting storyline though....do you regularly read this comic? If so, what do you think of it?
The Flash - SEE ABOVE COMMENTS ON GEOFF JOHNS. I never thought anyone would top Waid's run, but I LOVE what Geoff has done for Wally. It's an absolute fantastic book and my second favorite (behind GL) at the moment.
This is one book I've been thinking about picking up. I've always been kind of a fan of the Flash, but never really had the chance to read the comic as much as I would have liked growing up. Glad to hear that it is recommended, might have to swing by the comic shop this weekend and pick up a couple of past issues to see what its like.
As you can see, I'm more of a Marvel guy. Spidey is and always has been my favorite character. But DC is putting out some quality books now.
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If you have followed my personal story with possibly having psoriatic arthritis you know I had x-rays taken a few weeks ago. Recently the rheumatologist's office finally returned my e-mails and calls regarding x-ray results for my hands, hip, and back. I'm relieved to report that there are no signs of psoriatic arthritis in those joints. While the rheumatologist admitted that she could not properly diagnose me since I am already taking medications that would presumably treat psoriatic arthritis (such as Enbrel) I'm relieved to know there is no damage to my joints. I'm still puzzled, however, by the soreness and pain in my hip joint. I hoped something would show up to explain that pain for the past five years.
For now I am still left wondering if I have psoriatic arthritis or not, but at least I can move forward with a few more data points for reference.
However, I did get a positive diagnosis from my primary care physician on the fever and sore throat I experienced recently: strep throat infection. The first day of my fever I knew I was in trouble. The fever spiked around 103.5F and brought a level of muscle aches and chills that left me uncomfortable lying down, sitting, standing, or walking. My kids and wife feared how bad my symptoms might become. Thankfully with some Tylenol, antibiotics, and time my symptoms did calm down. Unfortunately, I needed to stop taking my psoriasis meds (Enbrel and Neoral/Cyclosporine) for about two weeks.
As the symptoms from the infection disappeared a nasty drug induced allergic rash exploded all over my skin. At first I thought I might be experiencing an outbreak due to the strep infection so I didn't stop the antibiotic course. But a second visit to my primary care physician, and a later visit to my dermatologist, confirmed the antibiotic brought out the rash. I didn't want to use steroid shots or pills for fear of a major psoriasis backlash so I resorted to returning to my systemic psoriasis medications and a medium strength topical steroid.
To this day the rash hasn't disappeared. The intense sleepless nights up scratching sores and popping antihistamine pills have passed, but the rash coverage is such I have difficulty finding spots to inject the Enbrel needle. I'm not sure how I contracted the strep infection, nor am I certain if my immune suppression therapies contributed to it. I also wonder if a heavy workload and lack of sleep led to a break down in my health. At least the rash is slowly fading and I did not break out with guttate psoriasis as I've done with a strep infection in the past.
Having psoriasis just seems to complicate other health concerns and even brings on new ones.
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Letter, Amos A. Lawrence to Revd. Edw. E. Hale
Author: Lawrence, Amos Adams
Date: February 25, 1855
Amos Lawrence, writing from Boston to Edward Everett Hale, a Worcester, Massachusetts resident, expressed concern about the manner in which Worcester leaders in the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company were doing business. Specifically, Lawrence was upset about Hale's and Eli Thayer's use of Emigrant Aid Company funds to make a loan to George Washington Brown, the editor of the Herald of Freedom.
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: New England Emigrant Aid Company Collection, #624, Box 1, Folder 4
Item Number: 100403 Number of images: 2
Keywords: Brown, George W. (George Washington), 1820-1915; Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909; Herald of Freedom; Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886; Massachusetts; Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company; New England Emigrant Aid Company; Newspapers; Thayer, Eli, 1819-1899; Webb, Thomas H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1801-1866; Worcester, Massachusetts
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Sunday's minor league recap. Daytona did not play as they had a scheduled day off.
The AZL Cubs won a big one on Sunday beating the Athletics 5-2. Duane Underwood started and pitched the first 2.1 innings giving up two hits and allowing no runs. Juan Paniagua got the win striking out three over the next 1.2 innings. After Carl Lang gave up one run in his inning Anthony Prieto pitched the next two, followed by Carlos Martinez-Pumarino who finished this one off giving up a run, but striking out three in two innings. Ben Carhart had another nice night at the plated going 3-for-5 with an RBI. Trevor Gretzky got his average over .300 as he went 3-for-4 with a run scored in this one. Carlos Penalver and Jeff Baez each had two hits a piece with Baez knocking in one run. Shawon Dunston had a double and an RBI in the Cubs win. With the win the Cubs are now only one game in back of the Athletics for the division lead.
After winning the division on Saturday, Boise came back Sunday and lost 5-1 to Vancouver. Felix Pena got the start and took the loss allowing four runs on five hits over 4.1 innings. He also walked three and struck out five. Su-Min Jung and Tyler Bremer combined to pitch the final 3.2 innings on Sunday. The Hawks had a few highlights at the plate, however. Jeimer Candelario ended the night 2-for-3 and Darien Martin also had two hits. Stephen Bruno had yet another hit in this one and also drove in the Cubs lone run. Gioskar Amaya and Marco Hernandez each a hit in the Boise loss.
Peoria was all over Wisconsin from the get go, eventually winning 10-3. Jeffry Antigua was outstanding on Sunday pitching seven strong innings allowing no runs on three hits, while striking out seven. Pete Levitt pitched the final two frames allowing three unearned runs in the ninth inning. Dustin Geiger led the way offensively going 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Jorge Soler go into the fun as well going 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.. Jacob Rogers also had two hits, including his first home run with Peoria. The top of the order did their job as well, as Zeke DeVoss and Pin-Chieh Chen each had two hits. DeVoss added a run and an RBI and Chen scored four runs and drove one in as well. Oliver Zapata and Sergio Burruel each had hits with Zapata adding an RBI in the Chiefs victory.
Tennessee scored one in the bottom of the eighth to win the game 4-3. Eric Jokisch was pretty good in this one giving up three runs on eight hits in seven innings. He also walked one and struck out four, his ERA now sits at 2.97. Trey McNutt continued to pitch well out of the bullpen pitching the final two innings and getting the win. Jae-Hoon Ha was outstanding at the plate going 3-for-4 with a double, triple, RBI, and a runs scored. Elliot Soto was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Rubi Silva had a hit and an RBI of his own. Matt Szczur also contributed with hit and a run scored in the Smokies victory.
Iowa scored one in the ninth, but it wasn't enough losing 4-3 to Oklahoma City. Chris Rusin got the start and pitched good, but took the loss. He pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on four hits, while walking one and striking out seven. Blake Parker tossed the final two innings allowing one run and striking out two. James Adduci, Blake Lalli, and Matt Tolbert all were 2-for-4 with Adduci knocking in a run and Lalli scoring two. Brian Esposito had a double and an RBI and Adrian Cardenas pinch hit with an RBI single in the Cubs loss.
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Suppose we are given a series that diverges. That's right, diverges. We may interest ourselves in the limiting function(s) of its behavior.
For instance, given the power series:$$\frac{1}{1+x} = 1 - x + x^2 - x^3 + \dots$$
I am interested in finding the sum of the coefficients for $x^n$ and $x^{n+1}$ as $n$ approaches infinity. This should be fairly obvious as to what it is, but is there some way that we could do this for a general alternating series that essentially converges to two values, or more importantly, for 3 or more values (i.e. not exactly an alternating series, but one that cycles through a set of values at infinity)?
I guess that this can somehow be accomplished similar to finding the limiting behavior for a convergent series. I thought that I knew how to do this, but I forgot what I thought was an easy way.
I really would like to know if it's possible to apply a function to the values at the limit. If it is, of course, I'd like to know how to do this. This may allow us to determine what the values actually are by using multiple functions.


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The company's ClareHome is said to be the first home system to be managed from the cloud and run on a Mac.
We've seen Mac-based home control before (hello Savant!). However, Clare Controls is adding a slight twist to claim a different first in the world of home automation.
The company just launched ClareHome, which is said to be the first home control system that is both managed from the cloud and runs on a Mac. Managed is the key word here, rather than hosted. That means if the web goes down, the system still works.
Also, because it uses a cloud-based portal, your dealer/installer can easily configure, fix and monitor your home system, cutting out the need for pricey service calls. It also means that, yes, even you can tweak that system, to create and customize interfaces.
Another bonus is that the system uses a little something called AppModules. AppModules allow the homeowner to easily add functionality to the ClareHome system in the areas of audio, video, security, lighting control, and much more. It also allows you to customize the system through dealer requests. For instance, if you're looking to add a little something to the system, you can message your dealer right through the cloud (of course). The dealer could then quickly configure your request and send it back through to cloud for download. This type of setup also makes it very easy to add components, without the need for a house call.
"Clare Controls was founded on two key principles: putting the user in control or the user experience and improving dealer efficiency," said Brett Price, CEO and founder of Clare Controls. "The advanced technologies in our ClareHome system revolutionize and simplify the process of operating and altering the functions of a home automation system—for both dealers and end-users."
As far as actually accessing the cloud and the system, ClareHome taps into the power of Apple's iPad, iPhone and the iPod touch as the system's main method of control.
Clare Controls plans to officially launch ClareHome at next month's CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis, Ind. The show runs from September 7-10, 2011.
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(CNN) -- Between 200 and 300 women and children who were fleeing fighting in South Sudan drowned when an overloaded ferry overturned on a river, a South Sudanese army spokesman said Tuesday.
The accident happened Saturday on the White Nile River near Malakal in the northeast of the country, said Col. Philip Aguer of the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
Aguer said he was aware of only two survivors, both crew members. The passengers were all civilians.
South Sudan erupted into violence December 15 when rebels loyal to ousted Vice President Riek Machar tried to stage a coup. Since then, militia members loyal to Machar have battled government forces.
Talks begin in hopes of halting descent 'into collapse'
Representatives of South Sudan's government and rebels have been meeting for talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, but there has been no cease-fire reached.
The violence has displaced more than 350,000 people, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, and sparked a humanitarian crisis.
The U.N. agency appealed Monday for $61 million to help it provide food assistance to those in need.
Even before the violence broke out last month, some 4.4 million people were expected to face food insecurity this year, an agency news release said. Now many more are at risk of hunger.
"It is essential that security and stability return to South Sudan immediately so that displaced people can return to their homes, fields, herds and fishing grounds," said Sue Lautze, the U.N. agency's representative in South Sudan.
"Timing is everything; there are fish in the rivers now, pastoralists are trying to protect their herds and the planting season for maize, groundnut and sorghum starts in March."
South Sudan seceded from Sudan in 2011 after decades of war, making it the world's youngest nation.
Read: Key South Sudan town in dispute as warring sides prepare for peace talks
Read: South Sudan: What's going on?
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The tiny car that won over Europeans with its cute looks and very high mileage is finally coming to America, just not in the way you might expect it to.
The 60-mpg, two-seat coupes are made by a European company called smart, but the DaimlerChrysler division is not the one selling them here anytime soon. True, they will be sold in Canada starting in September, but not so in the United States.
Instead, smart USA is betting Americans won't want the small smarts, at least not yet, and has taken a different strategy: a smart SUV, available here in 2006. The first press release touts not the mileage but that it's "loaded with adrenaline — both off road as well as on."
While that might run counter to smart's origins as a nifty, thrifty machine, it also has left the door open for third-party importers to bring the small smarts into the United States.
And that's exactly what several importers plan to do.
Importers' hurdles
The most ambitious plan was conceived by a German entrepreneur, an auto conversion specialist and an electric-vehicle company.
Thomas Heidemann threw himself, and $5 million, into his import venture after selling his construction business in Germany. His goal: Selling 15,000 smarts a year in large U.S. cities.
Two years later, he's learned that it's not easy getting a foreign car modified for approval by U.S. agencies. But with the help of a G&K Automotive Conversion, a California company, he's finally gotten approval from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and is awaiting emission results from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Heidemann, of course, thinks smart has the wrong strategy. "I never would do an SUV because there are so many of them already," he says. Besides, "the times are changing, you see that with hybrid cars, with smaller cars" like the popular MINI Cooper.
Heidemann's company, smart-automobile, Inc., signed a deal to sell the cars through ZAP, a California company that until now had specialized in all-electric vehicles. ZAP has agreed to pay $10 million for exclusive rights to distribute the car for 10 years and is now lining up dealers.
"The response has been incredible," says Alex Campbell, a ZAP spokesman. "When people found out that we were in this deal, they have been contacting us wanting to buy them right away."
Pricing should run between $12,000 for the cheapest model, and just over $20,000 for a convertible with all the available extras, Heidemann says. That's a markup of a few thousand dollars over the price in Europe, where Heidemann has been buying them from dealers.
Each dealer will have a service department, he adds, and vehicles will be warrantied by smart-automobile. Specifics are being worked out, but a basic warranty should be around 36 months.
Some 200 are in a California warehouse, he adds, ready to ship once the federal green light is given. Ironically, California won't be one of the first states to see the cars, since its car certification process is even more stringent than U.S. standards.
But is it safe?
A potentially bigger obstacle for Heidemann is convincing Americans that the smart cars — just over eight feet long — are safe.
In Europe's five-star crash rating system, the smarts get three stars.
Since introducing smarts in 1998, the carmaker itself has spent time and advertising money convincing Europeans on safety, touting a frame design it likens to a walnut, with high-strength steel beams reinforcing key areas.
Smart also likes to show off a 30-mph crash test between a smart coupe and a Mercedes sedan twice as big. "The passenger cell survived the collision almost unscathed," says spokeswoman Julia Knittel.
Other safety features on the manual transmission smarts include braking and stability technology usually found only on high-end luxury cars. And on hills, a start assist keeps the brakes on for just under a second to allow time for the feet to adjust.
But he adds that as long as the imports meet with federal approval "they're not unsafe."
"On the other hand," he says, "they are small and lightweight and cannot protect you" as well as a larger car. "Fatalities are much higher with small, lightweight vehicles."
The institute, a group funded by insurers that crash tests cars, hasn't tested the smarts and probably wouldn't unless they were sold in large quantities.
"I don't expect them to be less safe than other small cars," Lund says, "it's just that they face the same limitations."
Parent's plans
Smart USA, which is run out of the Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters in Montvale, N.J., won't have to worry about the size issue with its SUV, dubbed the formore.
The company hopes to sell 30,000 a year in the United States, and product manager Mark Ramsey says the first should be available in the third quarter of 2006. No price has been set yet.
As for the small smarts, Ramsey says the company is flattered by the importers. "It speaks very well for the car and the brand in general," he says, while adding that his concern about third-party imports is how they'd be serviced and warrantied.
And Ramsey doesn't discount the possibility that the company might sell the small smarts, known in Europe as fortwos, through Mercedes dealers in America some day. "We are definitely looking at the next generation of the fortwo to come to the United States," he says.
Canadians get diesel versions
Up north, meanwhile, Canadian drivers will get two-seater smart cars starting in September. In fact, they'll have two models to chose from that get around 70 mpg because they're diesels, not gasoline-powered.
The models use what's called common rail diesel, a technology that's cleaner than older diesel engines. The top speed is 75 mph and prices start around $12,100 for the coupe and $15,170 for the cabriolet.
So what about heading north and bringing a diesel-powered smart back over the border? JoAnne Caza, a Mercedes-Benz spokesperson in Canada, says don't even think about it. "It is not possible since the Canadian car is not certified for sale in the USA," she says.
Heidemann, for his part, is optimistic the first smarts in the United States will be ready for purchase "in four or five weeks."
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"I Know" (分かってる, Wakatteru) is chapter 644 of the original Naruto manga.
Through a fist bump, father and son begin to meld the chakra of Yin and Yang Kurama together, and while the Shinobi Alliance members look on in desperation, Minato and Naruto employ their strategy. To everyone's shock, their Version 1 mantles soon reappear and while Sakura notes that she thought the shroud had disappeared, Katsuyu informs her that she had noticed it while healing the shinobi and realised that the shroud had only diminished, and Hinata noticing this time it wasn't only Naruto's chakra. As Jūgo, who had made his way back to Sasuke's side, notes that the situation was getting hopeless and that Sasuke needed to have him reverse summon them, Naruto calls for the two to come before him so he could distribute his chakra to them as well. While garnering praise from Hashirama for the sheer volume comparable to his own, Obito deems this a futile effort and while sealing himself away in the substance, as the tree fires the Tailed Beast Balls. As the dust settles, everyone is revealed to have survived the attack, much to Obito and the Alliance's shock. While Tobirama praises Minato, coming to their aid for the second time during the battle, it is explained that by melding Yin and Yang Kurama's chakra, Minato was in turn connected to the other shinobi on the battlefield. This allowed him to teleport them outside of the barrier. Explaining the concept based off how shadow clones operated, a stumped Naruto is surprised that Tobirama knew so much about the Shadow Clone Technique, causing Tobirama to irritably exclaim that it was another technique he had invented. Naruto's later echoing of his father's sentiments, causes Yin-Kurama to note that the young jinchūriki must have had a curious upbringing to be treating a tailed beast as a comrade. Minato takes the opportunity to tell Naruto that he wished to speak to him, but Naruto dismisses him, noting that men could say all they wanted to each other with a mere glance. Allaying his father's misgivings, Naruto happily notes that both his and his mother's feelings had already been conveyed to him.


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Apple Pie Bread Pudding
- Category: Desserts
- Servings: 15
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- 1 long loaf white bread (toasted and cubed)
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 can (14-ounce) sweet condensed milk
- 1 cup dried cranberries (soak in ½ cup sugar and ½ cup warm water until re-hydrated)
- 1 can (10-ounce) pineapple tidbits, including juice
- 2 cans apple pie filling (cut apples in small bite-size pieces)
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons vanilla
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 sticks butter
- (Optional: caramel syrup, Cool Whip or vanilla ice cream)
Mix ingredients (except butter) and place in two greased 9-by-13-inch pans, loosely placed so bread will have a crunchy texture. Melt butter and drizzle on top of pudding in each pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30–40 minutes, until brown. Serve hot, with choice of topping (optional).


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Saturday, December 11, 2010
The jury's still out on the favorite recipe so far. The adults really liked Esther Shemtob's Hamin and the kids are split between this one and Ayala Cohen's. I'll keep at it till we find one that gets unanimously high reviews. Please help me by posting your recipes in the comments section below. If you don't have a real recipe, just list the ingredients and I'll figure the rest out.
Sarah Stampler's Meat Chulent
Sarah's version includes beer and barbecue sauce but a few members of my family wouldn't touch it if they had even the slightest suspicion that the chulent had beer in it. My husband and I are finding the barbecue sauce flavor a bit strong for our tastes. I left those two ingredients out, but feel free to add them in if you like. One last comment: Sarah says that it's really important to cook this chulent in a pot on the stove (with a blech, for Shabbos), and not in a crock pot. I used to be dead set against crock pots, too, but lately I find that the even cooking is really a pleasure. On the stove, it's easy to go wrong if you leave the flame slightly too low or high. So, I'd say that you can feel free to switch this recipe to a crock pot if that's your preference.
2 cups pearl barley
About ten whole garlic cloves
3 Idaho potatoes, cubed
1-2 pounds of flanken
some chopped fresh cilantro (I used just a little bit; I must admit it was scary!)
2 onions chopped
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2-3 tablespoons ketchup
2 teaspoons salt
2 cups very sweet red wine (I used Kedem Cream Malaga)
Combine all of the ingredients in a large pot, in the order listed above. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and then reduce to low. Leave the chulent simmering on low until Shabbos morning, or until you're ready to eat, at least 24 hours if possible. This chulent is especially good on Friday afternoon / night, too, when it's a bit less cooked. Serve hot.
Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 by Rivki Locker
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- Anonymous12 December, 2010 18:51
heres my "recipe"ReplyDelete
(i dunno amounts )
peel and cut potatoes in big pieces.
put oil in bottom of big pot and sautee potatoes for a few mins, mixing ocasionaly.
add lots of paprika and mix.
add meat, or chicken, beans (soaked), barley, white corn, and water. spice with: red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, tomato sauce and honey or ketchup, salt.
when the water boils, add a raw veggie kishka, wrapped in foil, and when its fully cooked, open the foil.
let boil for a few hours before shabbos, and make sure it still has enough water, when putting on blech. on shabbos morning put right on top of fire, and open the cover a little, let most of the liquid steam out, for some crispy potatoes, and a golden ambar color.
- Anonymous12 December, 2010 18:54
heres another one, "maudeh":ReplyDelete
boil meat in salty water for 2 hours. reserve liquid, cool, and dice meat.
cut potatoes in 1 inch squares, and fy in batches till golden.
put meat in bottom of pot, put potatoes on top. sprinkle salt and jamaican pepper, and (optional), put fresh peas, or sliced eggplants on top of all.
put water of meat half way up, and cook.
Thank you, thank you Ley for these recipes. I can't wait to try them over the next couple of weeks. They are both so different than any of the other recipes out there. Thanks so much for sharing!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous16 December, 2010 16:26
Turkey chulent is so much healthier than beef chulent.ReplyDelete
I am not a fan of chulent and only eat the kishke or kugel in it.
I do know for a tasty chulent, fry up the meat and onions before doing anything else. That gives it flavor galore.
Thanks, Chaya. I used to take the time to fry the onions first and I've gotten lazy lately. But I think I will have to try that again. You're right, it makes a huge difference in flavor. (Do you want to hear something ironic? I'm not a major chulent fan either. Lots of weeks I actually skip it or have just a few spoonfuls!)ReplyDelete
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recipe: peanut butter cookie dough balls
I thought I'd share this recipe after showing it on Instagram last week and thought I'd share the how-to here on the blog. The recipe is adapted from this, I made some minor changes.
You'll need:
2/3 cp walnuts
2/3 cp almonds
2/3 cp oats
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp sea salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cp dark chocolate or carob chips
1/4 cp agave nectar
1 tbs creamy peanut butter
Add dry ingredients (except chocolate) to food processer and blend until everything is finely chopped. All the peanut butter, vanilla and peanut butter and combine and then add the chocolate. Form into balls and freeze for about 1/2 hr to firm.
I'm sure you could make all sorts of variations of this, including adding protein powder or honey as well as ground flax seed.
The whole family loves these and it's a great, fast alternative to other sweet things. I find this very helpful because I have such a sweet tooth, I crave chocolate & sweet things constantly!
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I make a similar version of these, but I've never tried adding chocolate chips. Yum!ReplyDelete
I really like these photos and looks very yummy ; )ReplyDelete
I will definitely be making these - yum! Thanks for sharing, Jennifer. I'm with you... always have a sweet tooth!ReplyDelete
this looks SOOOOOoooo yummy! I'm going to try this later in the week :)ReplyDelete
I pinned it earlier today http://pinterest.com/pin/277886239477643676/ and it's gotten lots of hits so far, I hope that sends some new readers to your blog!
!!! this is genius! definitely have to try these! anything with peanut butter is my favorite. thank you so much for sharing :)ReplyDelete
These sound delicious, and maybe having this healthier option will help me curb my endless snacking!ReplyDelete
i saw this post and immediately checked the cupboard for ingredients. they're chilling in the freezer right now, and i can't wait!ReplyDelete
ooooooo, thank you...I've been so craving something sweet recently.ReplyDelete
I am making these bad boys - we eat too much processed chocolate at work, i need a healthy alternative. these are perfect!ReplyDelete
Definitely will be giving these ago especially as there is no baking!ReplyDelete
these look amazing! I bookmarked it for after I get my popped out filling replaced.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 13, 2012
Could you replace the agave with honey?ReplyDelete
These look so yummy! Pined it! Cant wait to make them, I have a sneaking suspicion my boyfriend is going to love them as well! Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Delicious!! And pretty simple! i love it!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to try these!ReplyDelete
I've been on a raw kick lately so these will be great! I made something similar recently with dried cherries, carob powder, almond butter, agave nectar, and a little bit of sea salt. They were addictive!ReplyDelete
Just made these and they are delicious. My only suggestion would be to double or triple this if you have a family.ReplyDelete
- MarissaOctober 23, 2012
I just made this and it came out fantastic!! I ate most of them within five minutes. The only thing different that I did was add 2 tablespoons of pb instead of one. I'm going to make these more often. They were so yummy I felt like I was eating something bad or something.ReplyDelete
Pretty simple! i love it!ReplyDelete
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I created an assembly for SharePoint 2010, which is deployed into the GAC. It contains SPWebCollection.Add method. When the "STS#1" is used as template, there is no exception, the site is created successfully.
newSite = subSites.Add(siteUrl, siteTitle, siteDescription, 1033, "STS#1", true, false);
However when I use a custom site template, there is an error: "That assembly does not allow partially trusted callers."
newSite = subSites.Add(siteUrl, siteTitle, siteDescription, 1033, WorkspaceTemplate, true, false);
As this is a shared/hosted environment, it's not allowed to change the trustlevel.
Any help is much appreciated.
Regards, Andre


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What if the symmetry-obsessed, muted-palette-loving director took on The Dark Knight? More importantly, who would Jason Schwartzman play? Behold Alfred Pennyworth, the Life Nocturnal.
The LA Times' Sean Hartter's has dreamt up three very different Batman movies by Matthew Vaughn, Todd Philips and Wes Anderson. Here's the rundown on the faux-Anderson's version, Alfred Pennyworth, the Life Nocturnal:
Hey Gotham City, why so serious? Bill Murray stars in this quirky, existential Wes Anderson film about the aging manservant who keeps an eye on the demons and delusions of a billionaire recluse named Bruce Wayne (Luke Wilson) who likes to wear a cape and pretend he is a masked vigilante. The film also stars as Danny Glover as Jim Gordon, Gweneth Paltrow as Selina Kyle, Jason Schwartzman as Dick Grayson and Owen Wilson as Harvey Dent. Gene Hackman makes a cameo appearance as the ghost of Thomas Wayne.
Matthew Vaughn's "Batman: Mad City.
Todd Phillips' "Dude, Where's My Batmobile?"
To read the rest of these fake recaps, check out Hero Complex.


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OAKLAND, Calif. — Even with a runner on second and an open base at first, Coco Crisp fully expected Boston closer Koji Uehara to come right after him.
For the second straight game, Oakland's speedy leadoff hitter guessed right.
Crisp singled in Alberto Callaspo with one out in the 10th inning and the Athletics beat the Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday to extend their winning streak to five games.
"I was taking the approach they were going to come right after me," said Crisp, who also drove in the game-winning run during Friday's 4-3 win. "I didn't want to wait around for the splitter so I was hoping that he would come in to what I was looking for, and he did. Another lucky guess."
Off the hook
It's the second game-ending hit for Crisp this season and seventh of his career. It also took Oakland off the hook after Boston's Dustin Pedroia scored the tying run in the eighth following a controvesial call that resulted in the ejection of A's manager Bob Melvin.
Boston put runners on the corners with two outs when Oakland reliever Luke Gregerson appeared to strike out Mike Napoli. Napoli argued that he fouled the ball off the dirt, and home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott agreed although television replays appeared to indicate otherwise.
The umpiring crew met to discuss the play before upholding the original call.
Under the current replay system, balls and strikes are not reviewable.
Gregerson, who had celebrated the apparent strikeout, bounced his next pitch in front of home plate. The ball ricocheted off the chest protector of catcher Stephen Vogt and rolled toward the mound as Dustin Pedroia scored from third.
The A's have won the first three games of this four-game series by a total of four runs.
Callaspo drew a leadoff walk against reliever Edward Mujica (2-3) in the 10th and was sacrificed to second. Uehara replaced Mujica before Crisp lined his first pitch into right field. Boston right fielder Brock Holt made a strong throw but Callaspo slid home with the game-winner.
Inept offense
Boston was shut out for the first seven innings before Pedroia scored on a wild pitch in the eighth.
The Red Sox missed a chance to take the lead in the top of the 10th when Oakland reliever Dan Otero struck out David Ortiz with two on and two out.
"We've had situations get away from us in terms of men in scoring position," Boston manager John Farrell said. "We've got to continue to build opportunities. Whether or not we cash in on those, that's what we got to continue to focus on"
Boston starter Rubby De La Rosa nearly matched Chavez in his first career appearance against the A's.
De La Rosa, who struck out four and walked four, retired the first six batters before Vogt's triple off the extended wall in right-center.
Vogt scored on Alberto Callaspo's sacrifice fly despite a stellar play by Holt, who had made a diving catch on Callaspo's sinking liner in the gap in right-center then threw home.


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Ours is a world of water. The oceans cover seven tenths of the Earth's surface. They regulate global climate, function as reservoirs of heat and carbon, even provide us with most of the oxygen we breathe. But it was only with the coming of the satellite age that we gained an accurate global view of the seas that surround us.
Transporting energy across the globe
The oceans absorb and store heat much more effectively than land or ice surfaces, and work like heat engines within our climate system. They take in half of all inbound solar energy at the equator and transport it along in currents towards the poles.
Europeans have the Gulf Stream to thank for saving them from Arctic-style winters, while the recurrent Tropical Pacific El Niño oscillations not only dramatically alters regional weather patterns in Asia and the Americas but has a wider global impact.
Measuring sea surface temperature from space to an accuracy of a fraction of a degree – using such instruments as the AATSR (Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer) aboard ESA's Envisat – is the most accurate means of discerning the extent of global warming.
Ocean current circulation can be tracked too, because their temperature differs from the waters around them. And as zones of warmer water stand a few centimetres higher in the ocean, Radar Altimeter measurements of sea surface height can also map currents to a high level of precision.
Heat energy drives water away from the equator, but salt drives them back again. Deepwater currents return cold waters back from the poles, sinking beneath warmer water due to their lower salinity. ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is set to measure ocean salinity for the first time to discover if global warming is altering this vital mechanism.
Phytoplankton – the grass of the sea
The sea was the first place life on Earth thrived – and it thrives there still. Microscopic marine phytoplankton floating in the top hundred metres of ocean waters are individually insignificant but are collectively the most influential organisms on Earth.
As 'primary producers' they form the base of the marine food chain, while up on land we could not live without them: despite forming less than 1% of global biomass phytoplankton perform half of all photosynthesis, breathing out oxygen into the atmosphere. They also absorb a large amount of the surplus carbon dioxide generated by human activity, mitigating the greenhouse effect.
Despite their tiny size, they can be observed from space: as well as tracking pollution and oil slicks, the MERIS spectrometer on Envisat was set to monitor global phytoplankton distribution by detecting chlorophyll pigments in seawater. By knowing their numbers more precisely researchers can improve the accuracy of climate change models.
Wind and waves
The sea surface is ever changing, but space-based radar scatterometers provide us with global maps of wind speed and wave height for the first time. Besides increasing safety at sea – 90% of world trade crosses the oceans - more than a decade of data from ERS scatterometers can be used to investigate the possibility that maximum wave heights are increasing due to global warming.
The future
The oceans are where our future will be determined. As the planet's reservoirs of heat, oceanic cold deep waters also have dissolved within them most of the planet's carbon. If increasing temperature causes them to release this carbon, then the process of global warming will be greatly hastened.
And as the world warms, so sea level has been increasing, a fact confirmed by satellite altimeter data for the last ten years. An accelerated sea level rise coupled with melting of polar ice could change the very face of our planet – but continued satellite monitoring will give us early warning of things to come.


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This question is inspired by this and this. But it is not a duplicate, read on. Please don't close it: I choose to be anonymous just not to be identified.
About to be on the job market, disenchanted with academia, bored by the teaching load in grad school, I have to make ends meet (by, say, finding a job somewhere). I've seen math people finding non-math jobs. But they seem to know some math that can be ``applied'', e.g. stochastic process or combinatorics. Trained as an algebraic geometer, I don't have a strong background on those stuff or anything that helps job hunting ---- knowing things about the Weil conjecture doesn't seem to be a plus. I don't think I will enjoy a teaching job in college much either.
I would guess I'm not the only one in this situation.
Question: Can anyone here give some career suggestions?
(P.S. I'm in US now but not a US citizen, so National Security Agency or similar jobs appear in answers to similar posts are really not in my list.)


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Color commentary: Davis eyes political irony
During a late-September lecture at the University of Virginia, photographer Tim Davis spent quite a bit of time discussing an image of a giant statue of upside-down blue pants towering over a parking lot in an unspecified Chinese city (presumably the pants-producing Mecca of China). The shot was not Davis's strongest, but his passion for it illustrates what moves him artistically: colorful mundane moments and objects-often tinged with absurdity-that allude to larger cultural/economic/political issues.
Although the pants-statue image is from a more recent body of work, Davis currently has 14 photographs from an earlier project, "My Life in Politics," on view at UVA's Ruffin Gallery. Published as a book under the same title in 2006, the series examines aspects of American politics in the everyday-in malls, on the sides of buildings, in fast food restaurants-with a particular eye to how serious issues get co-opted for profit and entertainment.
Although the photographs are content-rich with sharp observations about activism, mass-market consumerism, machismo, and patriotism, Davis's attention to aesthetics holds equal sway. His sense of color and composition rivets the eye, engaging it long enough for the viewer to notice and, with luck, consider the intellectual nuances of the images.
For example, "Drug Warriors" shows two young women protesters standing at a cash machine, hand-drawn placards at their sides. The photograph is a geometric sea of squares and rectangles in red, white, black, and blue. The red-dyed hair and cap of one of the activists, who gives the camera a Mona Lisa-like smile, is the same as the red in the bank's logo, and the blue of a brochure in the other activist's pocket is echoed by the monitor's screen on the money-dispenser.
Davis is also drawn to marks that mediate his subjects' original content. He attends to the creases running across the crotches of an assembly of celebrity cardboard cutouts, a glaring white price tag stuck on a colorful box of soldier-filled plastic globes, the gouges and scars on a worn portrait of George Washington, and the eraser swipes that obscure "Getting Arrested" on a blackboard. In each case, the marks carry meaning, but there is also a pleasure in the layering itself.
Davis noted in his lecture that he likes the idea of "something you hate intellectually but love visually." The photographs in "My Life in Politics," rife with gallows humor, show this inclination again and again.
Photographs from Tim Davis's "My Life in Politics" are on show through September 23 at the University of Virginia's Ruffin Gallery. 179 Culbreth Road. 924-6213,
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While the narration is never explicitly identified as fitting a particular frame of reference, like an online journal or therapy session, the mode of address distinguishes it from a more objective narration like the police report tone of Dragnet. ,


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Here is my entry for the 7th Edition of Smile for the Camera - A Carnival of Images, with the theme Oh! Baby, which will be hosted by FootnoteMaven on Shades of the Departed.
There's not really much to sleuth in this photograph, although there is an easily spotted clue there to my Dutch heritage. That's me on the left - none to pleased about something - with my friend Tapua Mushunje and his mum, Christina, on the verandah of our house in Nyanga (Zimbabwe). It must have been taken in late 1961 or early 1962. I have no idea what happened to Tapua.


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3 stars (out of 4)
On her 2008 album, "Hard Candy," Madonna let her A-list producers steer. Timbaland and the Neptunes were hired to give her some club-banging hits, but all they really did was bury her personality. It continued a decade-long string of relatively uneventful Madonna releases, as Rihanna, Katy Perry, Beyonce and Lady Gaga surpassed her on the charts.
"MDNA" (Interscope), her first studio album since then, is a different story. It finds Madonna once again in charge and apparently motivated, cowriting and coproducing every track – and this time, the cocredits aren't just cosmetic. It's her best album since "Ray of Light" in 1998, an album that balanced introspection and pop dazzle in collaboration with U.K. electronic artist William Orbit. Not coincidentally, Orbit returns for the first time in a decade to play a key role on the new album.
Orbit splits most of the production with Italian DJ Marco "Benny" Benassi and French techno maven Martin Solveig. Benassi and Solveig focus on the dancefloor, and they service the machine while recycling Madonna-isms from decades past.
Benassi's "Girl Gone Wild" starts with a confession: "I detest all my sins… I want so badly to be good." The singer was flirting with the naughty Catholic girl imagery in the '80s, and she doesn't take it anywhere new here, unless the vocoder-soaked vocals count as progress. The disappointing Solveig-produced single "Give Me All Your Luvin' " turns on a silly cheerleader-style chorus (Toni Basil got there first, 30 years ago), and brief cameos from Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. "Every record sounds the same, you got to step into my world," Madonna sings, without giving us a single compelling reason why.
The Madonna-by-numbers up-tempo romps ("Addicted," "Turn up the Radio") dominate the first half of the album, but she excels on the Orbit tracks. "Gang Bang" is a slice of Tarantino-like Grind House spectacle, with Madonna as an abused lover-turned-avenger. The ominous, minimalist soundscape, flavored by whipcracks and screeching tires, makes for top-tier club drama. On "I'm a Sinner," which blurs Saturday night grime and Sunday morning grace, her voice projects both vulnerability and defiance.
Like few Madonna albums in the last decade, the album has an emotional center, informed by the latest upheaval in her personal life. In 1998 for "Ray of Light," it was the birth of her first child that colored that album's more open tone. On "MDNA," it's the dissolution of her marriage to movie director Guy Ritchie.
"Love Spent" – the rare disco track to prominently feature a banjo -- addresses the divorce: "Love me like your money … I want you to take me like you took your money." The Spanish-flavored ballad "Masterpiece" meditates on what might have been. Madonna takes some shots at her ex, but the overall tone set by the last quarter of the album is one of sadness – and when was the last time we could say that about Madonna's music?
"Falling Free" ends the album on a bereft note. "We're both free to go," Madonna sings. Unlike anything in her catalog, it's a woozy, almost psychedelic slice of chamber pop. At points, Madonna sounds like she's channeling the '60s Brit-folk ballads of Sandy Denny or Anne Briggs. It's a contemplative wind-up to an album that starts in the disco and finishes at home, in solitude.


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Searching for a Cause
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Imagine a company that uses technology to help power more than 20,000 nonprofits, charities, religious organizations and schools. That's the premise of GoodSearch, a Yahoo!-powered search engine that donates about 50 percent of gross revenue received from online advertisers to nonprofits nationwide. Just by searching the net via www.goodsearch.com, users raise money for their preselected organization. "Search engines generated $6 billion in revenue last year, and that's the revenue that we share with the nonprofits," says Ken Ramberg, 41, who launched the Los Angeles company last November with his sister, JJ, 35.
Blogs and message boards are abuzz with talk of GoodSearch, which makes it possible to view, in real time, the amount of money raised for individual organizations. Says Ramberg, "GoodSearch is really the perfect conversion of [using] technology to effortlessly help a wide variety of causes."