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Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 331
Challenges: Clear Off Your Shelves
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The blade itself incites to violence – Homer
Danny Carter grew up in Chicago. His dad worked hard, but Danny got mixed up with the wrong crowd as a kid and ended up a petty thief. Seven years ago he and his partner Evan held up a pawn shop and things went dreadfully wrong. Danny has put that all in his past and had gone on to build a new life of respectability despite the fact that he did it by hiding the truth of his past mistakes. When Evan suddenly reappears in Danny's life he's unsure what to make of it. Evan is newly released from prison and ready to join up with Danny again and return to their old ways. When Danny says no, Evan refuses to accept that answer. With his past mistakes now threatening his new law abiding, responsible life, Danny has to make an impossible choice. Things soon start spinning horribly out of Danny's control.
While I found this book in the mystery section, it's really not a mystery at all. It's much more of a suspense thriller type of story. Will Danny be able to refuse Evan's request? Are they still partners or not? Just how much and what does Danny owe Evan and how many people will the threatened, hurt or killed before it's all over?
I was impressed with this first novel by Marcus Sakey. I was impressed enough that I've added the rest of his books to my TBR list. I'll be passing this one along to The Hubster to put in his 'you need to read this' stack.
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the remus paper references vmware's high availibility. (also was published in 2008 about 1.5 years ago, though dont know when it first started to be used, possibly before then)
however, incremental checkpoint precedes both. See (pulling from my bibtex for paper I helped write)
author = "J. S. Plank and J. Xu and R. H. B. Netzer",
title = "{Compressed Differences: An Algorithm for Fast
Incremental Checkpointing}",
author = {Roberto Gioiosa and Jose Carlos Sancho and Song Jiang and Fabrizio Petrini},
title = "{Transparent, Incremental Checkpointing at Kernel Level: a Foundation for Fault Tolerance for Parallel Computers}",
author = {Ashok Joshi and William Bridge and Juan Loaiza and Tirthankar Lahiri},
title = "{Checkpointing in Oracle}",
author = "Angkul Kongmunvattana and Santipong Tanchatchawal and Nian-Feng Tzeng",
title = "{Coherence-based Coordinated Checkpointing for Software Distributed Shared Memory Systems}",
as well as a paper I was a coauthor on where we continuously checkpointed a regular gnome desktop (along with its file system) and enabled you to restart it at any point in the past.
author = "Oren Laadan and Ricardo Baratto and Dan Phung and Shaya Potter and Jason Nieh",
title = {{DejaView: A Personal Virtual Computer Recorder}},


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With the introduction of the new Themes in WordPress v1.5, boring and commonplace website layouts became a thing of the past. With a few clicks, you can change your layout instantly. With a few more clicks and tweaks, you can screw up your layout instantly as well. Welcome to the exciting world of web page design.
When you encounter a screw-up in your layout, many people come running to the WordPress Forums. While the willing volunteers can do what they can to help you, there are some steps you can take to get to the solution, or at least a better idea of where the problem may lie, before you get to the Forums. A solid reference is CSS Coding Standards, part of the Core Contributor Handbook set.
It is the goal of this article to help you solve your layout design problems within the CSS file, not within the HTML or PHP files. For help on modifying those, check out Using Themes for more information.
Before beginning any of these problem-solving tips and techniques, be sure and backup your data just in case. Also, backup the files you are working on as you try different things so you have some places to go back along the way.
If you have the means, it is much quicker and safer to do your CSS testing and troubleshooting "on the fly" using (e.g.) Jesse Ruderman's Edit Styles bookmarklet or the Edit CSS extension for Firefox. When you're done making changes, copy your new (edited) code into the appropriate Wordpress theme files (after you back them up).
The Web Developer extension for Firefox can help, too.
If you are new to CSS and web page design, start with a visit to WordPress' CSS Tips, Techniques and Resources to find information on the basics of CSS and possibly answer some of your questions. At the least, you will get a basic overview of what CSS is, the impact it has on the HTML or structure of your page, and learn some jargon to help you ask a more informed question on the forums.
You will also need to know some basic terminology to help you express your problem to others. This isn't a how-to-CSS guide but more of a "what is thingamahjig called" guide.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are bits of code that influence the presentation or the look of your page's HTML code. In WordPress, the CSS styles are generally found in a file called style.css in the specific Theme folder you are using. The HTML code and CSS references that hold the structure of your page are generally found in the index.php file in your Theme folder.
The PHP files are found within your Theme folder and contain the code and references which generate your HTML page. It is here, in the final run, that you may make changes to the specific CSS selector tags, not your HTML page. For help on modifying those, check out Using Themes for more information.
CSS selectors (names) are generally grouped into three specific references: The ID, CLASS, and HTML tags.
The ID is a reference to a specific unique area on your web page. It is generally seen represented on your HTML web page as an enclosed DIV (division) block:

Title of the Page

#header { position: relative; margin:0; padding:0; height:100px; width: 100%; background: red; color: white;}
The CLASS is a reference to any element on a page that needs to look a specific way when this reference is used. For example, if you frequently want to highlight a word or two within your text (we'll use red as a highlight color in this instance), you might have a CLASS selector in your style sheet like this:
.hilite { color: red}
...this is some text about something I want in red. And some more rambling here...
If you want to "design" a specific HTML tag reference, such as a blockquote, the code within the web page may look like this:

This is a pithy and brilliant quote that I knew you would enjoy.

blockquote { position: relative; margin: 10px 50px 10px 50px; padding:5px; font-style:italic; border-left:solid blue 4px; }
For information on modifying ID, CLASS, and HTML, check out the resources at WordPress' CSS Tips, Techniques and Resources.
Important note! Certain themes have their CSS styles in more than once place, the Kubrick theme being one of them. If, after changing CSS attributes in a CSS file, you don't see the results you wish, it's possible your theme choice has some embedded CSS in one of the PHP files (usually a header file) and the embedded CSS styles are overriding the linked or imported CSS stylesheet.
In order to determine what is going right or wrong with your web page layout, you have to go to the source. This means looking under the hood.
Under the pretty hood of your web page, the nice layout you see on your Internet browser, is a whole bunch of code with strange and foreign sounding references. At first glance, it's like looking under the hood of a racing car. You know that all of that junk makes the car go, but what the heck is all that mess under the hood?
Viewing HTML
Viewing CSS
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="wordpress/wp-content/themes/default/style.css">
In WordPress, PHP is used to actually generate the HTML page. This is often complex and confusing code. To view the HTML, view a generated page, such as a sample post. To make changes in the HTML structure and CSS references, you will need to modify the appropriate PHP file. The Codex page on using themes has more information on how to view your Theme Templates and find out which Template is associated with which section on your page.
The problem-solving techniques herein describe how to change the CSS to influence the layout of the page. To make actual changes to the Themes, check out Theme Development.
Once you have lifted the hood to see the HTML and CSS, it is time to start playing Sherlock Holmes. To start, you have to know what you are looking at and where to find the basic elements to help you find the culprit.
The HTML page features all the structural code that sets up the "grid" into which your page sits. Think of it as a map with notes written all over it. The notes are actually pointers to the directions which are found within the CSS file.
Scroll down past a lot of <link rel='archives'... information until you see . Below this will be the layout "body" of your web page. From here on, every bit of information is critical to the structure and design of your page.
As you scroll through it, look for identifying ID and CLASS statements. For example, you may see the following:

My WordPress Site

by Me and Only Me

This may look confusing, but it is basically setting up sections with your content in it.
It begins with the division called "page" which sets up the look of the entire page. If you look in the CSS file for #page selector, you will see the presentation styles associated with it. It is followed by the header division which includes a heading (H1) with the title of your site. This particular layout is based upon the default Theme for WordPress v1.5 called Kubrick which includes an image in the header, set by the "headerimg" division. After that comes a division with a CLASS reference called "description" which is the place you have a subtitle or description of your site. Again, look in your CSS to find .description to find out how that area is styled.
The next two tags close the header (
) and then begins the division ID of "content" which also features a CLASS called "widecolumn", followed by another CLASS called "post". The "content" and "widecolumn" layout the overall look of the containers holding your "post".
This is an example of the parent/child relationship. And, as you will see in the next section, this is one of the major places where CSS layout problems begin!
One of the biggest problems in designing web pages is understanding where a problem occurs and whose influence might be affecting the problem. This is called the "parent/child relationship" of CSS. As you know, while parents usually have their children's best intentions at heart, children often feel intimidated and screwed up by their parents, so understanding this relationship may help you solve your problems.
A WordPress user posted a question on the forum complaining that she wanted her page to feature her header spreading fully across the page's width with the content centered on the page with a lot of space on the left and right sides. She's been poking around with the margins in her header to no avail and turned to us for help.

Header Title

Post babble here...

The CSS attributes for the margins in this example are:
#page { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 100px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:100px; } #header { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:5px;} #content { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:20px; } .post { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:5px; }
Playing detective with her codes, we found that changing the margins on the header weren't working because they were being influenced by the page margins to begin with. This is where the parent/child relationship shows up. The parent page was telling the child header what to do and it wanted to do something else.
If we changed the right and left margins of page, it eliminated the margin problems for the header. But we've created another problem. The parent page continues its influence and now all of the content is spread across the whole page width. A change needed to also happen with the left and right margins of the content so the wide margins are back in place. To make the whole family happy, the new margins looked like this:
#page { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:5px; } #header { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:5px;} #content { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 100px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:100px; } .post { margin-top:5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left:5px; }
Identifying the parent/child relation influences over your web page layout helps to solve a lot of problems, but sometimes the relationships are so complex, it's hard to figure out which section is which and who has influence over which parts.
To isolate and identify your various CSS sections, divisions, and classes, here are some simple tricks. Before you begin, be sure and make a backup of all of your main files including your CSS to make sure you have something to recover from if this gets out of control.
Once you have identified the culprit and fixed it, make sure you remove these testing features so your web page will look "normal" again.
Once you have identified the various sections or divisions within your HTML page, go into your CSS file and add the following attribute to the various divisions:
border:solid 1px color
Where the word color is, put a different color name in place for each section.
For example:
#page { margin:5px; padding:0; border: solid 1px red; } #header { margin: 10px; padding: 5px; border: solid 1px blue; } #content { margin:5px 100px 5px100px; padding:10px; border: solid 1px green; } .post { margin:5px; padding:10px; border: solid 1px yellow; }
Save the CSS file and view your page (click REFRESH or F5) in the web browser. You should now see a different colored box around each of the different sections:
This is another section that has been highlighted in a red box.
This is the rest of the text back to normal.If you don't see a colored box around your content, check again that the selector you changed is actually the correct spelling and identified in the HTML.
If the problem you are having is in the blue box, then you know where to start solving your problems. Be sure and remove the test attributes when you're done.
There are browser extensions and add-ons that offer this technique, too.
Besides putting boxes around the different sections to isolate the problem CSS or HTML, you can dramatically change the colors of the content to make the problem "jump" right out at you. By changing the text color or background color of a section, you will spot it immediately when you view the screen. Note: Be sure and make note of the original colors if you change them during testing so you can go back to them. And make frequent backups!
In the CSS file, you can change a section's font color by adding color:red or any other color to the selector's attributes such as:
H1 { font-style:bold; font-size: 125%; color: red; }
The H1 heading should jump out at you in bright red and would look like this:
To change the background color of a section, you can add background:pink to make the entire background pink.
#header { margin:5px; padding: 10px; background:pink; }
The result might look like this:
This is some text with the background color changed so you can see it.
This is the rest of the text back to normal.The entire header division will now feature a pink background. When you've identified the culprit, and made the fixes, be sure and remove any testing attributes to restore the look of your web page.
Sometimes the smallest detail can send your page out of whack. A mispelled tag (rhef instead of href), a forgotten closing tag, a missing attribute, or even the wrong attribute can send your page into a design tail spin.
Free online validators which check your HTML, XML, and CSS code may help isolate the little detail you are missing. As you scan through the code, it's easy to skip over a little stumble. Most online validators let you either type in the URI (link) to your site to initate the validation process, or may even allow you to paste in code or upload a file to have it inspected. WordPress, by default, validates its default coding, but if you are making modifications, the slightest slip can screw things up.
Different validators check for different problems, so if you can't find your solution with one validator, try another. Many validators will even recommend making some changes, but find your problem before you start creating new ones.
To help you understand more about validation and to find online validators, we've provided a list of validation resources in a Codex article called Validating a Website.
Not for the timid
NOTE: There are two Slash and Burn techniques. If you are weak of heart, check out the second one.
If you can't seem to narrow down the problem, there is a technique, sometimes called "Slash and Burn", that will help you narrow down the culprit. It requires no interuptions, concentration and thorough backups to ensure you don't destroy even the screwed up remains of your web page design. We also recommend you have familiarity with HTML and CSS.
1. Make backups of all of your files.
2. Open a post in the web browser and VIEW > SOURCE.
3. Save this source file as a text document called "junk.html" to an empty test folder on your hard drive. DO NOT CLOSE THIS FILE. It will remain open during this entire process.
4. Copy your CSS file to the same test folder.
5. If you are having problems with the graphics, copy the graphics folder or the graphics to the test folder.
6. In the junk.html source file, change the style sheet reference from something like
<link rel="style sheet" type="text/css" href="wordpress/wp-content/themes/default/style.css">
to this:
<link rel="style sheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
7. In the test folder, double click on junk.html to view the file in your browser. You should see the general layout of the page with the graphics, if appropriate. If not, double check the link reference to the style sheet.
8. In your junk.html text file, move to the point where the trouble begins. Move to the section above (a section which includes opening and closing tags such as:
babble...

babble...

9. Save the file.
10. REFRESH the web page in the web browser (F5 or click REFRESH - if you have problems and don't see a change, hold the SHIFT key then press F5 or (in FireFox) simultaneously hold down Cntrl+Shift+R).
11. You should see the removed section missing. Check below to see if this fixed the problem or if it went away. If yes, this section is your problem. If not, go to the next step.
12. If the problem is still there, move back to the junk.html file and put the cursor in the place where you deleted the section, if the cursor has moved. PASTE the cut section back in (Cntrl+V). Move to another section above or below this point and repeat steps 8 through 12.
At some point in this process, you will see the problem either fix itself or disappear. Begin with large sections and when you find the large section problem area, break it up into smaller pieces. Eventually, you will isolate the area that is causing you grief. Note the CSS references to identify the troublesome section and start making changes to the CSS file to fix it.
To use the gentle version of slash and burn, instead of deleting the sections as shown above, cut and paste them into Notepad or another text editor so they are protected in case you get distracted from the cut and paste process. ALWAYS back everything up as you go along, just in case (which happens a lot more than you might think!).
We all make mistakes. The word "typo" wasn't invented without reason. Here are some of the most common problems that creep up with CSS.
No matter how hard we try to make our web pages beautiful, it can take the viewing of the web page in a different browser to totally screw up our lovely design.
Different browsers view web pages differently. Older browsers won't recognize new CSS standards, while newer ones often "see" things differently from their brethren. The results are often not pretty, causing blinking, jumping, or missing design elements, shifting layouts, and distorted positions.
How do you know it's the browser and not your design causing the problem? You often don't. If you play with CSS a lot, you will learn to recognize the symptoms. In general, here are the clues:
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City officials said they had 34,000 tons of salt on hand for the weekend's winter storm; a splash in the bucket compared to the 290,525-ton stockpile MassDOT has on hand for this season's winter weather. By Saturday morning, as the blizzard tapered off, a city spokesman said that 1,350 tons of salt had been spread around Boston, and that more was expected.
While frozen-road-fearing motorists benefit from the traction of road salt, some watchdog groups are not thrilled with the health and environmental risks involved.
"When it rains, the salt washes off the road, and that absolutely is a concern," said Emily Long, a program assistant at the Conservation Law Foundation.
The trouble is that when snow and ice melt, much of it washes into rivers, lakes, and groundwater supplies, contributing to elevated sodium and chloride concentrations. It can also deteriorate concrete and steel structures and damage vehicles.
"For most people, high sodium concentration in tap water is just a taste issue, but for those on sodium-restricted diets, it's a health issue. Besides public health concerns, salt can also damage the environment," said Karen Wood, the non-profit advocacy group's communications director. "Once salt enters a water system, it can be difficult and expensive to remove, so preventing salt from entering water systems in the first place is key."
This winter, MassDOT began producing what it considers to be a solution in the form of a solution - a salt brine solution that is 23.3 percent salt to water.
According to Sara Lavoie, a MassDOT spokeswoman, the salty solution is cheaper than dropping salt, and more efficient.
"Increased efficiency uses less salt and sand, resulting in cost savings and reducing environmental concerns," she said, adding that sand is no better.
"Sand accumulates on roadside edges, catch basins, and drainage pipes which can lead to flow restrictions and blockages in the storm water drainage systems."
But as far as Long is concerned, brine is a sugar coated solution: "Brine is salt. It's a liquid mixture, but we're still putting salt on the roads."
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Low Glycemic No Added Sugar Frozen Peach Yogurt Recipe
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4 medium peaches, peeled and sliced
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1 cup fat-free milk
1/4 cup Fructevia, Steviva Blend or 1/16 teaspoon Steviva Brands Pure Stevia Powder
Dash salt
2 1/2 cups plain yogurt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Place peaches in a blender. Cover and process until blended; set aside. In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over milk; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved.
Remove from the heat; stir in Fructevia, Steviva Blend or Steviva Brands Pure Stevia Powder and salt until sugar dissolves. Add the yogurt, vanilla and reserved peaches.
Fill cylinder of ice cream freezer two-thirds full; freeze according to the manufacturer's directions. When ice cream is frozen, transfer to a freezer container; freeze for 2-4 hours before serving.


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Begging the boss to be fired
By kstartt
Startt Planning!
One of the most powerful ways to get a client talking about the DOL rules regarding fee transparency in ERISA plans and work toward closure and a better relationship is to ask the prospect/employee the simple question: "If you had performed as poorly over the last 10 years as your mutual fund manager against their benchmark, what would your boss do to you?"
The answer 90 percent of the the time is, "He or she would fire me."
The response back by the adviser should be, "Isn't it time we consider doing the same thing with your underperforming manager in your IRA as well?"
These new rules also encourage an income annuity as a plan option so you can also comment that if it was or is an option good enough for your employer, it should also be good enough for you, right?


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I am always searching for unique wedding place cards or escort cards. I love these zinc place cards. Very unique and slightly industrial.
We have all seen those beautiful pom poms that Martha Stewart can make. Let me tell you they are not easy to make. Especially if you have to make one for every guest or wedding favor. Check out these wedding pom poms from etsy.
I love these pom poms used as napkin decor. A lovely little detail to add to your wedding.


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I cover sports business with rare dips in education & local economies
Barely a week ago Gatorade came out in support of Tiger Woods in a statement: "We wish Tiger well as he recovers and look forward to seeing him back on the course soon. Our partnership with Tiger continues."
In Pictures: Inside Tiger's Business Empire
In Pictures: The World's Top Earning Athletes, 2009
Is this just the first shoe to drop? Television advertising has been a Tiger-free zone for the past 10 days according to Nielsen. Gillette was the last Woods-endorsed brand to run an ad, which appeared two days after his car accident.
You would think consulting firm
Other big Woods' sponsors like
Electronic Arts and Nike have been with Woods for more than a decade and both have strong partnerships. Electronic Arts this year released its 12th version of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour golf videogame, and each year it is one of the best-selling sports videogames on the market.
Nike announced Tiger's arrival when he turned pro in 1996 with the ad campaign of "Hello World." The Swoosh's golf business was almost nonexistent when Woods turned pro and 14 major championships later the division puts out golf apparel, balls and equipment and has annual sales of $800 million.
Gatorade signed Woods to a deal in the fall of 2007 to much fanfare. It was Woods' first U.S. beverage deal, and it was the first time Gatorade had signed a licensing deal with a celebrity. Gatorade was hoping to stem its sliding market share which had been as high as 93% in the late 1980s.
Gatorade Tiger launched in 2008 and a few months later Woods dramatically captured his third U.S. Open title in a playoff on one good leg. Then Tiger went on the shelf for eight months after knee surgery and momentum for Tiger's sports drink was lost.
Consumers never quite grasped the idea that Gatorade Tiger was supposed to improve your mental focus. Sales volumes were down an estimated 34% through October this year for Gatorade Tiger according to Beverage Digest. Gatorade's overall market share of the sports drink market continued to fall and is now at 75%. Gatorade's U.S. volume was down 18% in the first half of the year.
The lack of success of Gatorade Tiger certainly must have made it easier for PepsiCo to walk away in the same way that Buick broke up with Tiger at the end of 2008, a year before their contract was set to expire. The loss of the Gatorade deal will cost Woods an estimated $10 million a year going forward.
Is this the end of Tiger and his financial empire? Hardly. We estimate that Tiger is halfway to his first billion dollars in terms of net worth. No doubt this scandal is going to slow down his march to be the first athlete worth $1 billion, but he will get there. If you stripped away all of Woods' income this year from appearances, golf course design and endorsements (except Nike) and only totaled his prize money (including his
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"Don't play with the devil, don't step across the line, don't think you can do it and get away with it. You can't."
That's the haunting summary by director Ridley Scott of the Cormac McCarthy script "The Counselor," which he's set to tackle this summer with Michael Fassbender starring and big names like Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Jeremy Renner and Natalie Portman among those being sought and eyeing roles in the film.
"We start a week after 'Prometheus' comes out," the director told Empire. "It has a classic Cormac McCarthy darkness which makes you sick to the pit of your stomach. It's really frightening [and] there are five wonderful characters with honestly some of the best dialogue I've ever read."
Quite the compliment from a veteran director like Scott, and this is the sort of praise McCarthy has been earning throughout the bulk of his writing career. The author of such acclaimed novels as "No Country For Old Men," "The Road" and "Blood Meridian," McCarthy's first venture into screenwriting here centers on Fassbender's titular character — an attorney, whose name we never learn — who is in search of a big payday after he proposes to his girlfriend, Laura. So he hooks up with Reiner, an acquaintance with deep criminal ties, for a new business proposition: they'll take $20 million worth of cocaine from south of the border and offload it themselves, aided by the no-good Westray. As you might imagine, things do not go well for anyone involved.
Our script review provides much greater insight into the five major characters that Scott mentions (you can also check out our own casting choices there) and, with a top notch talent already circling this "bleak, beautiful" tale, it shouldn't be too long until things are finalized. Unfortunately, a summer start likely means we're still a full year or so away from seeing "The Counselor" on the big screen. In the meantime, we guess this "Prometheus" thing Scott's putting out in the summer will have to suffice.


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An ongoing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency study on natural gas drilling and its potential for groundwater contamination has gotten tentative praise so far from both industry and environmental groups.
Glenn Paulson, the EPA's science adviser, describes the project as "one of the most aggressive public outreach programs in EPA history."
The final report won't come out until late 2014. But a 275-page progress report was released in December and, for all its details, shows that the EPA doesn't plan to address one contentious issue — how often drinking water contamination might occur.
Congress ordered the EPA to study the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which entails blasting a mixture of water, sand and hazardous chemicals at underground shale to release the gas or oil captured in the rock.
As a gas rush surged in parts of the Marcellus Shale region that underlies Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and West Virginia concerns arose for the watershed that provides drinking water for 17 million people from Philadelphia to New York City.
For the study, the EPA is talking to experts from the industry, the environmental community, and universities. It's conducting its own research and using federal supercomputers to analyze the possibility of contamination.
In the report, the EPA describes what it is and isn't studying. The agency also indicates its final report won't provide a measurement of the likelihood of contamination — for example, once every 100,000 wells or once every 1,000.
The industry and many federal and state officials say fracking is safe when done properly, but environmental groups and some scientists contend the risk of contamination is too great.
Earthworks, an environmental group based in Washington, said it welcomes the EPA study but has concerns with plans not to include some probability of groundwater contamination in the final report.
The EPA had planned to do both computer simulations of water contamination and actual field tests at drilling sites. But the agency hasn't found a drilling company to partner with to test groundwater around a drilling site. That leaves the computer simulations. But the EPA said those won't be able to address the likelihood of contamination "occurring during actual field operations."
"In its inability to find a single company willing to test water quality before and after drilling and fracking, the EPA is being thwarted in perhaps the most important part of its study of fracking's impacts," Earthworks said in a statement.
"Computer simulations are not enough," Alan Septoff, a spokesman for Earthworks, said.
He said the EPA study and any future studies should consider the likelihood of water contamination.
The EPA did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The progress report says the EPA is studying the possible impact on drinking water at several stages of the fracking process: when water is drawn from reservoirs or underground sources and used for fracking; when a chemical mix is injected into the ground to break up rock; when wastewater from fracking is disposed of; how the drilling wells and wastewater-storage wells are constructed; and the potential for toxic fluids to migrate from deep underground to near-surface drinking water supplies.
The American Petroleum Institute, an industry lobby based in Washington, said in a statement that the progress report "is just the first step in a multi-year research study."
"More collaboration, continued transparency and stakeholder involvement are essential elements for any scientifically sound study, and we hope that the rest of this process remains open and any data released has the necessary context," API policy adviser Stephanie Meadows said.
Despite its concerns, Earthworks described the EPA study as a positive step.
"It represents a step towards EPA's first real scientific inquiry into the safety of fracking," the group said.
Chesapeake Energy Corp,the Oklahoma-based firm is the No. 1 driller in Ohio.
Rig Count Interactive Map by Baker Hughes, an energy services company.
Shale Sheet Fracking, a Youngstown Vindicator blog.
National Geographic's The Great Shale Rush.
The Ohio Environmental Council, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus.
Earthjustice, a national eco-group.
People's Oil and Gas Collaborative-Ohio, a grass-roots group in Northeast Ohio.
Concerned Citizens of Medina County, a grass-roots group.
No Frack Ohio, a Columbus-based grass-roots group.
Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat by ProPublica, an online journalism site.
Pipeline, blog from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Marcellus shale drilling.
Allegheny Front, environmental public radio for Western Pennsylvania.


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Dell Inspiron 700M - Taking the Widescreen Display to Ultraportables
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I'm starting the 700m Users Community up.
Check it out, a great resource for 700m owners to collaborate and take full advantage of their notebooks. Reply -
holygrail - Sunday, July 03, 2005 - link
This is a great computer. But be aware. The microphone port is broken. This is a problem on all inspiron 700m's (google for it). Dell ignores the problem. Maybe that they don't want to recall all their computers.
They replaced my motherboard and wanted to tell me, that i have software-problems. They still don't believe (or don't want to believe) me, that this is a hardware problem. I can't count the hours i waited on the hold, when i wanted to contact a dell customer care, or dell support. Reply -
mrminator - Monday, May 16, 2005 - link
These laptops are defective. The 700m audio input is not functional. Try recording something using your 700m and you're screwed. If you own a 700m check it out. I'd call Dell and complain, these units are defective and Dell continues to sell them. They are the bottom of the heap. Reply -
pg22 - Saturday, January 15, 2005 - link
Hi josanna
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kaytwo - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - link
Fujitsu called, they want their P5000/P7000 design back. Well they probably don't, seeing as they do it better in the first place, with longer battery life, more 'multimedia' features, etc. In laptops, you really do get what you pay for. Reply -
segagenesis - Sunday, December 12, 2004 - link
I use a Inspiron D600 at my job. I am unsure of what to expect from interchangeability from notebook parts but wouldnt it be asking a bit much to have ultraportables use the same stuff as standard notebooks? The D series parts will work in thier SX small form factors though... Reply -
ElFenix - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link
dell's new policy of not using d-bay devices on the 700m and 9200 is piss poor. i realize that the neutral gray of the other notebooks doesn't work with the black from the new ones, but they could at least have made the form factor the same for those of us who don't care about the looks and already have a substantial investment in d-bay devices. Reply -
Losttek - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link
"Measuring at 8.5" x 11.7" x 1.5" thick, the DV1000 is the smallest multimedia notebook that we have seen to date, making it very unique."
I thought you were suppose to be reviewing the 700m. Might want to proofread your articles next time. Reply -
kuljc - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link
well if you get the extended battery, you'll be geting around 4 hours of normal usage out of this thing. Which is plenty of time. Reply -
bob661 - Saturday, December 11, 2004 - link
This at the bottom of the barrel as far as battery life is concerned which is one of the main reasons you buy ultra-ports in the first place. That HP kicks ass. Reply


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|Lindsay Lohan has been in China ever since ringing in the New Year in New York City, but she has taken to her official Twitter account to ask for the safe return of her laptop. On Monday evening, she was honored with the Sohu Fashion Achievement Award and on Tuesday, she went to the airport and her laptop was taken. Sad, but we're guessing that nothing good is going to come from that.
As you may have already heard, Lindsay is writing her memoirs. In addition, whenever a celebrity's laptop comes up missing, we always hear reports of an impending sex tape's release. Could that be the case for Lindsay with her missing computer?
Either way, she took to her Twitter account to offer up a reward for her laptop's return. She tweeted, "It was great to be in China and I want to thank everyone for their hospitality, however someone has stolen my computer at the airport…offering a reward for anyone who can retrieve and rtn it, bummer to go home w/o it. xo L".
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- State officials may increase tolls and close maintenance facilities as they consider ways to make more money from the Ohio Turnpike.
Ohio Department of Transportation deputy director Jim Riley said Monday that a study is in the works to figure out how to "unlock the value" of the 241-mile toll road across northern Ohio,
A state-financed, $2.85 million study of the future of the road is in the works.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/V3QfM3 ) reports that Riley's briefing to the Ohio Turnpike Commission did not include a specific recommendation for increasing tolls. Ohio has some of the lowest toll rates in the region for trucks and passenger vehicles.
The presentation also said that two of the eight turnpike maintenance compounds could be eliminated to save money.
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Revision as of 09:45, 30 November 2012The Inner Hebrides are part of Scotland, a series of islands to the west of the Scottish Highlands. ContentsIslandsNorthernThe northern Inner Hebrides are made up of:
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Towns and villagesOther destinationsUnderstandTalkGet inRoadThe northern Inner Hebrides of Skye and the Small Isles are reached by two roads that branch off the A82 Inverness to Fort William road. The A87 is the further north, and travels to Kyle of Lochalsh and the now toll-free bridge to Skye. Further south, the A830 "Road to the Isles" travels from Fort William to Mallaig where Calmac ferries sail to Armadale on Skye and the four Small Isles Further south again, the A85 connects the A82 with Oban, the terminal for Calmac ferries to Mull. The southernmost entry point to the Inner Hebrides is the A83, which serves Kennacraig, the Calmac ferry terminal for Islay. The Isle of Jura can be reached by local ferry from Port Askaig on Islay. RailKyle of Lochalsh, Mallaig and Oban are accessible by scheduled ScotRail passenger trains. A number of trains run from Glasgow Queen Street to Mallaig and Oban via the West Highland Railway. The Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston to Fort William also runs over the line. Connections for Mallaig are usually available in Fort William. A number of trains connect Inverness and the Kyle of Lochalsh. Inverness has train services from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and London. BusScottish Citylink connect Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness with Fort William, Oban, Kennacraig, Kyle of Lochalsh and various points on Skye. Additional local buses serve the larger islands; for more information contact Traveline Scotland. YachtThe Inner Hebrides are a popular destination for sailers, with many sheltered ports and inlets offering beautiful and tranquil achorage. Get aroundWith the possible exception of Skye (which is easily reached by the Skye bridge), the Inner Hebrides are undoubtedly most easily explored on foot and by public transport, since ferry charges for cars are high and few islands are large enough to justify bringing a vehicle. In addition to the buses and trains detailed in the 'Get In' section above, a number of local buses serve the larger islands. Very few buses run on Sundays, and most operate a schedule around school times and days. It is highly advisable to check travel times in advance. Traveline Scotland can provide point to point multi-modal transport advice, although some may find bus timetables from island websites more useful. SeeItinerariesDoEat
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Two heavyweights are lining up to do battle in the NBA's Western Conference Finals. The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder had the two best records in the NBA this season. They won a combined 72% of their regular season games over the past four seasons and each earned a trip to the NBA Finals during the past two years. They feature star power in newly-crowned MVP Kevin Durant, as well as Russell Westbrook, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker.
The series kicks off Monday night and fans are clamoring for tickets. If the series reaches six games as expected, the Thunder will host the Spurs in what is the most expensive playoff ticket to date with a median price on the secondary market of $514, according to ticket re-seller Vivid Seats. It is almost double the priciest ticket of the second round, which featured the Miami Heat visiting the Brooklyn Nets for game 4 of their series where tickets were $274.
The three potential Thunder home games in the series all rank among the top five highest-priced tickets for the conference finals (see full list below). The Thunder are always a hot ticket. They had the highest median price on the secondary market for the second half of the 2013-14 season at $185, according to Vivid Seats, ahead of big market teams in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The Thunder have sold out every home game at Chesapeake Energy Arena since February 2011 and have 4,000 people on its season ticket waiting list.
The Spurs and Thunder are among seven NBA teams that are the only pro sports franchise in their respective cities within the four major U.S. sports leagues. The NFL and NHL both have two U.S. franchises where they exist alone and MLB has none. It is a model that has served the NBA well with building strong fan bases, as the only game in town in these cities. Take the Portland Trail Blazers, who sold out an NBA-record 814 straight games between 1977 and 1995.
Fans are a little less excited about the Miami Heat-Indiana Paces series, which the Pacers captured the opener on Sunday. The first two games of the series hosted by the Pacers rank as the most affordable conference final tickets (the Pacers also had the cheapest tickets for the second round of the playoffs at $47 against Washington Wizards). Two issues are keeping Pacers' prices down. Their regular season list prices were among the lowest in the NBA at an average of $31.62, according to Team Marketing Report. The Pacers also lost 13 of their final 23 games and went into the playoffs with a lot of question marks about how long a run they'd have despite the best record in the Eastern Conference.
NBA execs are likely a little disappointed with the big market teams being shut out of the conference finals, although they have the two biggest stars in the game still alive in Durant and LeBron James. The NBA's final four all rank outside the 15 biggest markets in the U.S., but these squads are must-see TV in their home markets. Their local TV ratings this season rank as the four highest in the NBA, led by the Thunder for a second straight year with a rating of 8.8 (the Spurs led the previous three seasons).
NBA Conference Finals Median Ticket Prices
1. Spurs @ Thunder - Game 6 (If necessary): $514
2. Thunder @ Spurs - Game 5 (If necessary): $440
3. Pacers @ Heat - Game 6 (If necessary): $414
4. Spurs @ Thunder - Game 6: $350
5. Spurs @ Thunder - Game 5: $325
6. Heat @ Pacers - Game 7 (If necessary): $301
7. Pacers @ Heat - Game 3: $300
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Dr Dave De Sylvia STAFF (4.5)...SowingSeason STAFF (4.7)I'll tell you how it haunts me...BrxxnAngxlRxsnxr (5)A dark, theatrical masterpiece from start to finish....GreyShadow (5)Merciless. The sorrow speaks the truth....
Morningstar98 (4.5)Sing the Sorrow is a fine example of AFI's talent and musical genius....Paul Moniuszko (3.5)...Will Robinson (4)...pupucower (4.5)Firstly, this is not another one of those extremely biased reviews of a hardcore fanatic. ...
While this is a great album, I don't personally think it deserves a 5. then again, your music tastes probably differ from mine a lot.
Album Rating: 3.5Finally someone reviews this album! ugh... Agree with above. Good album but not a 5 for me personally.
Um please dont post more than two or even one reviews a day. but review is not too bad.This Message Edited On 11.25.07
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Album Rating: 5.0I adore the album. 2 songs keep it from a 5, Paper Airplanes and Dancing Through Sunday.This Message Edited On 11.25.07
"Dancing Through Sunday is Screamo at its finest." I doubt that. I really do. I haven't heard this album for like five years and I hated it then so I doubt I'd like it now. Good review though, I guess, but it doesn't say anything about what they actually sound like.
Album Rating: 3.5Paper Airplanes is the best song. Opening Riff is sex.
The Art of Drowning and Black Sails in the Sunset are better albums than this one.
Album Rating: 4.5"and i still thought Sum 41 and Greenday had musical talent" They do have a lot of musical talent, just as much as AFI. Especially Greenday, they play some classic pop-punk right there.
Album Rating: 4.5Green Day are sellouts, and Sum was cool, but their new album is really terrible.
AFI, Green Day, and Sum 41 are all horrible.
Im not. They were just mentioned so i said what i think of them.
Oh. Hell if i know.
i agree with fort23, not too many reviews at once, quality not quantity. last person who i saw doing this quit the site after a day so ill wait before i comment
Album Rating: 3.5I really love some of the songs on here, but a 5 is somewhat of a stretch in my opinion.
Album Rating: 4.5I agree with Spat, this album is awesome. Just short of classic for me, though every single song on this album rocks hard. Silver and Cold was the song that got me into AFI as well.
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffThis album is spectacular. Never gets old.
When you give the album a 5 and then admit to being a fanboy, it's already too late to say that you'll try not to be one on the review... I know a lot of people love this band, but to me he sounds like an angry chipmunk.
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MANILA - The Aquino administration is expected to allow the peso to appreciate some more against the US dollar, albeit at a slower pace, to P39.2 by year-end given that the strength is driven largely by strong economic fundamentals, the Nomura Group said.
Based on the latest country visit of its regional economists, Nomura said it sees the Philippine economy growing by 6.4 percent this year and that its bullish outlook is well-founded.
"Our conviction to be long PHP was also reaffirmed following our meetings, but the pace of PHP appreciation was likely to be restrained. We hold onto our short USD/PHP recommendation and maintain our year-end forecast of 39.2," Nomura said.
The Japanese financial group said one of the reasons the peso would continue to climb was due to the "solid" growth of the Philippine economy, robust current account surplus, continued momentum in reform and liberalization, better governance and political will to increase foreign direct investment.
Moreover, the low inflation environment has led to limited appreciation of the peso on a real trade weighted basis. This translates to policy makers "likely" to be more accommodative to nominal peso appreciation, but gradually. In addition, monetary authorities are likely to have increased tolerance for appreciation because of strengthening productivity growth.
"Productivity should pick up from the government's reform/liberalization/better governance drive, which will raise broad investment," Nomura said.
The capital inflows have a diverse mix and are considered relatively healthy. Even though portfolio inflows in January mostly went to the stock market, this was not unique to the Philippines as this was the same case with the rest of the region. The size of this net portfolio inflow is still "small" compared with OFW remittances and the receipts from business process outsourcing, which average at around $2.8 billion in recent months.
Sharp asset price gains in high-end property sector
Instead of installing capital controls, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) may shift more toward macro-prudential controls on the real estate sector, mainly the high-end segment.
"The high-end property sector is seeing relatively sharp asset price gains and may soon be addressed through additional controls such as reducing banks' maximum exposure to property, adjusting loan-to-value ratios, limiting single ownership, etc," Nomura said.
The BSP has already limited onshore bank non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) trading and access of foreigners to the special deposit accounts (SDAs). With these in place, the central bank is unlikely to be hurrying in implementing more foreign exchange-related measures, as authorities still see nothing wrong yet with the inflows.
Nomura also said the BSP is "adamant" that it would not use interest rate policy to manage capital inflows and macro-prudential measures would not be "heavy handed."
The Japanese financial group said that even if the Philippine economy grows within the target of 6-7 percent this year, the BSP told Nomura economists that it still sees inflation would remain benign, at around 3-4 percent for 2013 and still well within its target of 3-5 percent.
BSP had said some of the reasons for the low inflation environment were the decision not to raise power tariffs nationwide, good harvests and healthy stockpile of rice, which would help keep food prices steady.
Because of these, the BSP may keep its interest rates where they are now.
However, Nomura disagrees with this assessment and thinks that inflation would pick up to 4.6 percent this year, which would push the central bank to hike its policy rates by 50 basis points.
Nomura said the BSP is using the favorable economic condition to rationalize its monetary policy framework by cutting the rate of the SDAs to 3 percent. BSP Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. recently announced that the central bank would implement the interest rate corridor scheme -- with a lower bound SDA rate of 3 percent and an upper bound overnight lending rate of 5.5 percent.
"The BSP is considering whether to make it a symmetric corridor, where the ceiling and floors and adjusted by the same amount, or asymmetric (like Turkey) where, for example if BSP wanted to signal its moving to a bias to tighten monetary policy it could do so by only lifting the ceiling (or lifting the ceiling by more than the floor)," Nomura said.


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Approximately 300 pencil-pushers at the embattled Canadian Wheat Board head office in downtown Winnipeg are about to get their walking papers.
"This is a huge blow to the corporate community of Winnipeg," Winnipeg Centre MP and all around awesome dude Pat Fucking Martin, told Metro News. "It just hollows out the central business district."
The Wheat Board, which loses its monopoly on western wheat and barley exports on Aug. 1, has been on the federal Conservative chopping block for years. While many grain farmers support the single-desk system, free-market conservatives and entrepreneurial grain farmers have been looking to get out from under the thumb of the Board and start making some big deals.
The Wheat Board head office is located just north of the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street. Perhaps most famous as the site where the WHA's Winnipeg Jets signed Bobby "The Golden Jet" Hull to an unprecedented $1 million contract in June 1972, the intersection was also once the site of a robust western Canadian grain trade. Portage and Main was also home, until recently, to a robust western Canadian media conglomerate, which recently hit on hard times itself.
Martin believes the CWB will have to relocate to smaller premises once the evisceration layoffs are complete following the fall harvest.
"Recently it has been nothing but good news for downtown," says Martin, who clearly doesn't read the Winnipeg Sun. "But it always seems like one step forward and two steps back."
No word yet on where these pencil-pushers will find gainful employment. Perhaps they'll be able to pick up part of the lucrative squeegee industry that downtown Winnipeg is renowned for, which ranks second only to Crime as the top economic driver in the area.


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Rep. Marsha BlackburnMarsha BlackburnWeek ahead in tech: FCC privacy rules on the ropes Trump meets with broadband CEO, Texas gov on infrastructure GOP rep: ObamaCare debate like trying get kids 'through bathtime' MORE (R-Tenn.) on Friday penned an open letter to President Obama saying a new campaign ad that equates voting for Obama with a sexual act is offensive, and asked that the ad be removed.
"As a father of two beautiful girls, how could you possibly have allowed this to be aired?" Blackburn asked. "Did you approve this? Did someone on your campaign staff actually think this was a good idea?
Blackburn's letter is a reaction to an ad for Obama starring Lena Dunham, the creator of HBO TV show "Girls." In the ad, Dunham says her "first time" voting was for Obama, and suggests that other voters' "first times" be with him, too.
"My first time voting was amazing," she says. "First I was a girl, now I was a woman. I went to the polling station, I pulled back the curtain, I voted for Barack ObamaBarack ObamaTrump climate move risks unraveling Paris commitments White House staff to skip correspondents' dinner Overnight Energy: Trump signs climate order | Greens vow to fight back MORE."
"Mr. President, are you and your Democrat colleagues so focused on sex and reproductive rights that you really think that is the single motivator for women?" Blackburn asked in her letter. "Are you not aware that women in 2012 are focused on jobs, the economy, economic opportunity? Women are running companies, serving as the human resource director of companies and helping employees solve problems."
The "first time" Web video has drawn plenty of Republican criticism since it was released on Thursday. Blackburn said she finds it "ironic" that Obama had time to approve the ad, but has yet to explain how four U.S. officials were killed in Bengazi, Libya.
"Did you know before you put your head on the pillow that evening that you had an Ambassador and staff that were in danger?" she asked. "Did you know it was a terrorist attack? When you hob-nobbed in Las Vegas, did you know it was not a video?"
Blackburn also demanded that Obama retract his comments in an interview with Rolling Stone, in which he implied that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is a "bulls*****r."
"Sir, you need to reign (sic) in the inappropriate behavior, retract your Rolling Stone comments and get this First Time ad off the air," she said. "You should be conducting yourself like the American people expect their President to conduct himself."


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WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States called on North Korea on Saturday to release an elderly U.S. military veteran held in custody since last month and who Pyongyang has accused of killing civilians during the Korean War 60 years ago.
Merrill E. Newman, an 85-year old former special forces officer, is in good health, his family said in a statement after getting an update on his condition from Swedish diplomats who had visited him in the North Korean capital over the weekend.
"He has received the medications that we sent him and medical personnel are checking on his health several times a day. Merrill reports that he is being well treated and that the food is good," the family said. Sweden's North Korean embassy gives consular help to the United States, which has no mission there.
The family, based in California, called on North Korea to release Newman, who has a heart rhythm disorder, as an act of compassion, taking into account his health and his age.
"All of us want this ordeal to end and for the 85 year-old head of our extended family to be with us once more."
Swedish embassy officials were granted access on Saturday to visit Newman, the U.S. State Department said, the first access by Western officials to him since his arrest.
Newman was detained at the end of a trip to communist North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The DPRK has no diplomatic relations with the United States which fought alongside South Korea in the 1950-53 war.
"Given Mr. Newman's advanced age and health conditions, we urge the DPRK to release Mr. Newman so he may return home and reunite with his family," a State Department official said in a statement.
The White House also urged Newman's release in a brief statement.
On Saturday, North Korea showcased Newman as a criminal, showing a video of him making a full confession and apology as if the battles of the Korean War were still raging.
The state KCNA news agency said Newman had been a mastermind of clandestine operations and confessed to being "guilty of a long list of indelible crimes against DPRK government and Korean people".
In the patchy video, Newman appears composed and is shown reading aloud from a handwritten statement dated November 9, 2013, in a wood-paneled meeting room. At the end, he bows and places a fingerprint on the document.
"I realize that I cannot be forgiven for my offensives (offenses) but I beg for pardon on my knees by apologizing for my offensives (offenses) sincerely toward the DPRK government and the Korean people and I want not punish me (I wish not to be punished)," Newman was quoted as saying by KCNA.
One of the world's most isolated states, North Korea nourishes memories of the 1950-53 war with South Korea and the United States to keep its impoverished people distracted and the family of founder Kim Il Sung in power. His grandson, Kim Jong Un, is North Korea's current ruler.
It remains technically in a state of war with the South and with the United States because the war ended with a truce, not a peace treaty.
Newman, who lives in a retirement community in Palo Alto, California, was pulled off an Air Koryo flight in North Korea minutes before it was due to depart for Beijing on October 26.
His wife, Lee Newman, told CNN that her husband went to North Korea to "put some closure" on his time during the U.S. military. It was "an important part of his life", she said.
In Pasadena, California, a yellow ribbon was attached to the front door of Jeff Newman, Merrill Newman's son, as a symbol the family was waiting for his return home.
During the war, Merrill Newman trained a group of partisan fighters known as the 'Kuwol Regiment', or 'Kuwolsan' in Korean, according to a former member of that regiment.
It was one of many groups of anti-communist partisans under the command of the U.S. Army 8240th Unit, nicknamed the 'White Tigers', which co-ordinated some of the most daring missions of the Korean War, embedding undercover agents deep in enemy territory and spying on and disrupting North Korean wartime operations, according to documented histories of the regiment.
"He is a criminal as he masterminded espionage and subversive activities against the DPRK and in this course he was involved in killings of service personnel of the Korean People's Army and innocent civilians," KCNA said.
Newman, in his statement carried by KCNA, said he trained men in guerrilla warfare against the North, including how to sabotage communications and transport lines.
Public documents in South Korea and the United States show U.S. officers worked as advisers to groups of anti-communist partisans during the Korean War. The conflict pitted the Communist North, backed by China and the Soviet Union, against the republican South, backed by the United States.
KCNA gave no indication of what might happen to Newman.
After the war, Newman worked as a manufacturing and business executive before retiring in 1984, according to a biography of him in a February 2012 newsletter from Channing House, his retirement home.
North Korea is also holding another American, Christian missionary Kenneth Bae of Korean decent, arrested last year and sentenced in May to 15 years of hard labor on charges of committing hostile acts against the state. The White House also expressed concern for Bae and renewed its call for his release on Saturday.
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Luminosity helps you improve your recall and learn more efficiently. This app uses clinically proven tools designed by neuroscientists to clarify and speed up your thinking power, improve your problem-solving and better your concentration and memory. (iTunes, free)
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According to research done at Oxford and Cambridge (among others), games like sudoku can keep your brain functioning up to 14 years younger and even help prevent certain types of mental illness and Alzheimers. EA's version has a beautiful interface for both Apple devices and Amazon Kindle to help you improve your mental agility while playing one of the most fun (and at times frustrating) games on the market. (EA, $1)
This targeted training program works your spatial and working memoir, focus and other concentration skills. They've also recently added N-back, a continuous performance task that's proven to increase your fluid intelligence. In fact, it was mentioned in Wired's article on software that makes you smarter. (Google Play, free)
Named one of the 500 best apps in the world by The London Times, this offering from Total Eclipse features a series of mini games guided by Sprocket the Robot and created to test your cognitive abilities in logic, language, math and memory. And just to prove learning games don't have to be boring, all the artwork is hand-painted by artists with influences ranging from Victorian Steampunk to Mayan art. (iTunes, free)
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USA: OP-ED: Earth Day 2013 - A Conversation on Climate
"We all contribute to climate change, and we must all be part of the solution
What started as a day of national environmental recognition has evolved into a global campaign to protect our environment. Earth Day is now celebrated in more than 192 countries across the world.
Environmental problems in our country and abroad have changed since the first Earth Day. Today, we face severe energy challenges that pose a great threat to our global environment, international security and the worldwide economy.
Some of President Obama's top priorities are to end our addiction to foreign oil, double renewable energy generation by 2020, double energy productivity by 2030, and confront global climate change.
EPA is taking a number of sensible steps to address climate change through standards that reduce carbon pollution from the largest sources. These standards will prevent harmful pollution from our power plants, and cars and trucks, while saving consumers money at the pump and building a strong, clean-energy economy.
Internally EPA is also doing its part to reduce energy, water and fuel use, along with associated emissions, at its facilities—including the regional office in Atlanta and satellite locations throughout the Southeast. Our agency-wide goals are to reduce energy consumption by 30 percent by 2015 and greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020.
In February, EPA released its Draft Climate Change Adaptation Plan, which examines the ways our programs are vulnerable to a changing climate and how the agency can adapt to continue meeting its mission of protecting human health and the environment.
Earth Day is a great time to reflect on individual actions to help protect the environment. Driving a car, using electricity to light and heat your home, and throwing away garbage all lead to greenhouse gas emissions.
You may wonder what you can do to address the energy challenges we face and slow the pace of climate change. You can reduce emissions through simple actions like changing a light bulb, powering down electronics, using less water, and recycling.
Use EPA's personal greenhouse gas emissions calculator on EPA's climate change website, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange, to estimate your household's annual emissions and find ways you can cut emissions. There is even a calculator for kids at http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids
Detailed information and resources are also available for state and local governments interested in reducing greenhouse gas emissions at: http://www.epa.gov/statelocalclimate
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If the jump from 16 to 24-bit depth mainly has to do with the dynamic range of sound, and isn't likely to be perceived due to the dynamic range already allowed by 16-bit, why is the jump from 8 to 16-bit sound so instantly noticeable, even on very poor speakers?
I remember listening to a bunch of 8- and 16-bit clips back when I first got a sound card on my PC.
The jump from 8 to 16 bit is immediately noticeable because the usual way to deal with quantization error, the error between the exact value of the analog signal and the digital value, is dithering which means "converting" this error into floor noise. At 8 bit, this floor noise is some 48 dB bellow the signal if no noise shaping is applied, it is easily audible, that's 30 something dB if you are listening at normal volume, ie the volume of a quiet room which is never totally quiet, thus easily audible.
Now, if you shift to 16 bit, the noise floor is 96 dB below the main signal, which means the noise doesn't even reach audibility threshold if you listen at normal volumes, and if it somehow does, the noise floor of the 16 bit file remains buried in the noise floor of the room.
24 bit is about lowering the noise floor to -144 dB, ie lowering an already inaudible noise floor, thus absolutely inaudible.
I think naike was getting at the fact that a lot of DAWs and sound applications can internally process the sound at higher bit-depths than what hardware supports (32-bit for Foobar, 48-bit for Pro Tools, etc.). Even in professional studios, most hardware sound cards and DACs only support up to 24-bit.
As other posters have commented, 16-bit has a ton of dynamic range if used properly, so what is the benefit of higher bit-rates? Dynamic accuracy. Less interpolation. Even if we're talking about rock music that only uses the top 10% of available dynamic range, that 10% represents 6,553.6 values in a 16-bit system and 1,677,721.6 values in a 24-bit system. This is the same benefit seen with an increased sampling rate. Not only does an increased sampling rate result in higher representable frequencies, it results in more accuracy in the audible range due to a decreased need for interpolation because of the additional samples.
You are speaking of accuracy, but what is it? In my opinion, you are speaking of the ability if distinguish a low level signal in when it's played at the same time as a high level one, let 0dB be the highest volume played, it corresponds to a 96 dB with 16 bit.
Suppose you have a 1st sin wave playing - 6 dB (if you considered 16 bit, the signal has an amplitude of (2^16)/2=32768) and a 2nd sin wave representing a low level detail playing at -84 dB (amplitude of 4). Does it matter if the amplitude is changed from 4 to 3 or 5?
Not that much, because this secondary signal is already 78 dB softer than the main signal, Saying that there are more value in 24 bit is accurate, but it doesn't bring anything to the auditor, all those minute variation are basically inaudible. With noise shaping we can basically reproduce secondary, tertiary, quaternary... signals that are up to 90 dB softer than the main signal, anything softer would be inaudible.