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With escalating marine traffic and potentially significant prospects of oil and gas development, the Arctic is faced with an increasing risk of petroleum pollution. Oil spills are one of the most serious threats to marine ecosystems, and thus they also affect northern communities' livelihoods. Drilling accidents like the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico (2010) and the Marathassa oil spill in English Bay, Vancouver (2015) have highlighted the need for better preparedness for such events. Furthermore, decision-makers in government, industry and indigenous organizations face knowledge, policy and capacity gaps with respect to oil spill mitigation, especially for ice-covered, sub-zero temperature marine waters.
One of the approaches to mitigating oil in marine waters is through biodegradation, whereby naturally present microorganisms biodegrade oils and reduce the negative impacts of the spill. While this phenomenon has been observed in more southerly latitudes, the extent and success of using biodegradation to treat oil in the Arctic marine setting is fairly new and requires further study. Genomics is the study of organism DNA and genetic mapping. By using genomics to study the groups of microorganisms that biodegrade oil, and investigating their associated active genes under various Arctic conditions, we can build capacity for developing cross-cutting spill mitigation strategies and preparation measures among local, regional, national and international levels of governance.
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GENICE is a Genome Canada $10.6 M, 4-year project led by Drs. Casey Hubert (University of Calgary) and Gary Stern (University of Manitoba). Officially announced December 8, 2016 by Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan, the Large-Scale Applied Research Project will make use of the upcoming Churchill Marine Observatory and its Oil in Sea Ice Mesocosms.
GENICE is structured into six central activities:
- Activity 1 – Project Management- led by Drs. Casey Hubert (University of Calgary) and Gary Stern (University of Manitoba)
- Activity 2 – Environmental Sampling and Experimental Design - led by Drs. Gary Stern and David Barber (U of M)
- Activity 3 – Genomics and Bioinformatics - led by Drs. Casey Hubert and Marc Strous (University of Calgary)
- Activity 4 – Sea Ice Environments - led by Drs. David Barber (U of M) and Charles Greer (McGill University)
- Activity 5 – Benthic Environments - led by Drs. Casey Hubert and Stephen Larter (U of C)
- Activity 6 – Environmental, Ethical, Economic, Legal and Social Aspects(GE3LS) - led by Drs. Maribeth Murray (University of Calgary) and John Sinclair (University of Manitoba)
Project outcomes will lead to informed and appropriately scaled plans for coastal and ocean management, spill mitigation strategies, improved risk management, and decreased environmental, social, economic and regulatory uncertainties associated with potential spills. Through the GE3LS component of the project, GENICE will bring together scientists, residents of northern communities, indigenous organizations, government departments, regulatory agencies, non-governmental and private sector groups to contribute their needs and knowledge to the project and also to enact GENICE deliverables.


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Presentation: Evolutionary Architecture and Micro-Services - A Match Enabled by Continuous Delivery
While micro-services are all the rage, they need to be approached with caution. Using the techniques of evolutionary architecture, coupled with continuous delivery, allows for the micro-services architecture and its companion data architecture to evolve. This talk explores the relationship between these three concepts, focusing on how they all support each other in the creation of complex systems.
Covering innovative topics
Wednesday, 4 March
Architecture Improvements
Next gen architecture, Arch over the full lifecycle, Bleeding edge tech in legacy, Cognitive biases in architecture, Evolving Architecture.
Big Data Frameworks, Architectures, and Data Science
As big data tools and architectures continue to evolve, how do you architect and select technologies that work now but are also future-proof?
DevOps and Continuous Delivery: Code Beyond the Dev Team
As infrastructure becomes as malleable as code, a unified approach from reqs to ops is needed to deliver promised breakthroughs.
Engineering Culture
The best teams and companies talk about how to create amazing engineering cultures.
Java - Not Dead Yet
Java is evolving to meet developer and business needs, from lambdas in Java 8 to built-in support for money types rumoured for Java 9.
Mind Matters at Work
How theories from neuroscience and psychology can help us better understand IT professionals and discover what really motivates them.
Thursday, 5 March
Docker, containers and application portability
People building stuff for and with containers showing why application portability is important, and what can be done with expanding ecosystems.
Evolving agile
Reflecting on and learning from successes and failures in applying agile approaches since the creation of the Agile Manifesto and exploring ways of applying agile practices to increase business value.
HTML and JS Today
The state of the art in web technologies. What is important to know and why?
Internet of Things
What software devs need to know to design and build for instrumented environments and reactive things, what new issues and questions it raises.
Modern CS in the Real World
How modern CS helps you tackle today's problems.
Reactive Architecture
How to create reactive systems is more than simply learning a framework. Thinking in a reactive way helps you to design responsive architectures.
The Go Language
The Go Language - Concurrency, Performance, Systems Programming.
Friday, 6 March
Architectures You've Always Wondered About
Get a rare look behind the scenes and get to see the architectures of the most well-known sites with the least known architectures.
Low latency trading
The 'race to zero' continues. Join us to learn about the latest tecniques being deployed to optimise order routing and execution.
Open source in finance
Financial services have changed from OS as cost-saving to a competitive weapon. See open source projects that are disrupting the finance industry.
Product Mastery
Come have fun with fellow PMs and BAs as you learn about Value Management. We'll even tell you dark tales of Snarks, Hippos and other obstacles.
Taming Microservices
Tackling the challenges of microservices in practice.
Taming Mobile
Mobile is no longer the Next Big Thing but a requirement for your business. Hear from those who have implemented successful mobile systems.

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Another Blow to Global Warming AlarmismThursday, July 28th, 2011 11:39 am by Neal
The facts just keep piling up against the Global Warming alarmists, but don't wait on the EPA to let facts get in the way of their anti-fossil-fuels agenda.
This lastest news comes from NASA, New NASA Data Blow Gaping Hole In Global Warming Alarmism:
NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth's atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing. The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.
Study co-author Dr. Roy Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and U.S. Science Team Leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer flying on NASA's Aqua satellite, reports that real-world data from NASA's Terra satellite contradict multiple assumptions fed into alarmist computer models.
"The satellite observations suggest there is much more energy lost to space during and after warming than the climate models show," Spencer said in a July 26 University of Alabama press release. "There is a huge discrepancy between the data and the forecasts that is especially big over the oceans."
In addition to finding that far less heat is being trapped than alarmist computer models have predicted, the NASA satellite data show the atmosphere begins shedding heat into space long before United Nations computer models predicted.
The new findings are extremely important and should dramatically alter the global warming debate.


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Hofmeister, Sebastian (1476-1533)
Sebastian Hofmeister, born 1476 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, a Barefoot Friar, took his doctor's degree in Paris, and early advocated and promoted the Reformation in Schaffhausen. He took part in both of the Zürich disputations in 1523, in the second as chairman. Like Zwingli he wavered on the question of baptism in early 1525. Conrad Grebel tried to win both Hofmeister and his colleague Dr. Sebastian Meyer, pastor in Schaffhausen, to Anabaptism by personal discussion in Hofmeister's home in late January or early February 1525, when he spent the two months of February and March in the city (Bender). Johannes Brötli tells in a letter of March 1525 to the brethren in Zollikon how he, Reublin, and Grebel were guests of the two doctors one evening, and declared that "Doctor Sebastian agrees with us in the matter of baptism." Felix Manz also visited Hofmeister in Schaffhausen. The attempts were, however, not ultimately successful. Hubmaier states in his book (1526), Der alten und neuen Lehrer Urteil . . . that Hofmeister had written him, "We were not ashamed to testify openly before the council of Schaffhausen, that our brother Zwingli strays from the goal and does not walk in accordance with the truth of the Gospel if he wants the infants to be baptized" (Bächtold). In his testimony as a witness in the Anabaptist trial of 1525 Hofmeister said that he rebuked Grebel and showed him by proofs from the Scripture that he erred and was mistaken (Egli). In Schaffhausen the Catholic party won the upper hand in the peasant revolts of 1524-1525. Hofmeister was considered a fomenter of disturbances. In August 1525 the council sent him to the University of Basel to be examined on his (Catholic) orthodoxy. On 10 August 1525 the council wrote to the university that Hofmeister had often preached from the pulpit that the Mass was an invention of the devil, and that infant baptism was not valid (Bächtold).
Hofmeister was not questioned in Basel and was not permitted to return to his home town. He found reception in Zürich. There he conducted the disputation with the Anabaptists of 6-8 November 1525. He was considered an exceptional debater. In 1528 he was called to Bern and given the assignment to introduce the Reformation in Zofingen. On 19 April 1531, he was again in Bern as a debater in the disputation with Hans Pfistermeyer of Aarau, probably having been appointed by the council. He and the other preachers succeeded in bringing about Pfistermeyer's recantation. Hofmeister's influence at the disputation of Zofingen, 1-9 July 1532, was no doubt also outstanding. Since the records of this debate merely name the preachers and Anabaptists, the personal position of individuals cannot be ascertained (see Kaspar Grossmann). Hofmeister died in Zofingen, 26 September 1533.
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Bender, Harold Stauffer. Conrad Grebel, c. 1498-1526: the founder of the Swiss Brethren sometimes called Anabaptists. Goshen, Ind.: Mennonite Historical Society, 1950.
Bloesch article in Herzog, J. J. and Albert Hauck, Realencyclopedie für Protestantische Theologie and Kirche. 3. ed. Leipzig: J. H. Hinrichs, 1896-1913: VIII, 241 f.
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Kirchhofer, M. Seb. Wagner genannt Hofmeister. Zürich, 1808.
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These days it can feel like half the internet is made up of video game reviews. That wasn't always the case—after the video-game crash of the 1980s, there were so few video game publications that one of the most important games of all time was barely reviewed at all.
In the video above, cat-owning video-game historian Frank Cifaldi (last seen trying to run down the actual release date of Super Mario Bros.) takes us through his massive collection of late-20th century video game publications. At around the 3:45 mark, he shares the first and only English-language review of Super Mario Bros. from publication Computer Entertainer / Video Game Update. I like that the reviewer mentions the fact that you can pause the game. Features!
The clip was produced as a promotional short for Outerlands, a new documentary series from a bunch of the people previously behind The 1UP Show. They're currently running a Kickstarter to fund their first run of shows—if you like this kind of thing, it's worth heading over and checking out their pitch.


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My home is in Reno, Nevada, and it feels like a small town.
Between the Sierra Nevada and the Carson Range (the Great Basin, as it's known), is high desert with four distinct seasons and crisp and clean air almost all year. Fall's arrival has brought the first splash of autumn color to the leaves of the mountains and city.
California's Pacific Coast weather comes to us, rising from the sea and crossing the steep peaks of the mountains, usually taking two days for San Francisco rain to reach us. Even though the Sierras are a barrier between Reno and much of the world, I see reflections of the greater world and connections to what is happening everywhere, reflections and connections of different kinds of violence that are contributing to my autumnal sense of melancholy.
This September in Reno has been colored with tragedy. First there was a shooting in Carson City on September 6. A gunman entered an IHOP in Carson—30 miles south of Reno—with an AK-47, targeted National Guardsmen, shot eight people, then killed himself. Three of the eight people who were wounded have since died. Some people who knew the shooter remarked that he was a gentle person and a nice man, but schizophrenia distorted his mind and actions with disastrous results.
The Reno Air Show scheduled for September 16 through September 18 ended tragically after a plane crashed into the viewing stands. The death toll kept rising—from three deaths the first day to 11 at last report. Many people from all over the U.S. love Reno's Air Show and come to see the vintage planes in action. For all the Renoites and air show fans, this has been a sad time.
Last weekend topped off the list of tragedies with two rival motorcycle gangs—the Hells Angels and Los Vagos—shooting at each other in the Nugget Casino in Sparks. The leader of the Hells Angels' San Jose club was killed in the gun fight. Motorcycle riders from everywhere come to Reno to have a good time during the Street Vibrations annual celebration of motorcycles, food, gambling, and rock and roll, but the two gangs' hatred got the best of them—or the worst of them, you might say.
These September tragedies have been expressions of different kinds of violence—violence caused by insanity, by accident, and by hating somebody just… because.
Sadly, these incidents of violence are happening everywhere, not just in Nevada. They are repetitive patterns. There are other, more pernicious, patterns of violence that make the news with numbers and statistics, but without the names and faces of victims or perpetrators.
Economic Violence
Endemic unemployment is an ongoing form of economic violence that hurts Reno and the whole state. Nevada has had high levels of unemployment since the crash of 2008. After reaching and sustaining levels of almost 15 percent unemployment through December 2010, that number finally dropped to 13.4 percent in August 2011. It's still too high.
Economic violence is systemic violence against working people, perpetrated through the actions of individuals, groups, and organizations that want to make a profit above all else. The diminishing financial picture for millions of Nevadans and people worldwide hurts our neighborhoods and cities; our communities and societies.
Not a Random Accident
Although this economic recession or depression may seem like the Air Show plane's accidental crash into the stands, there have been real people behind it—people whose actions were motivated by the quest for greed and power.
A recent study of stockbroker behavior by a Swiss university is only moderately shocking. "…Stockbrokers [behave] as though their neighbor had the same car, 'and they took after it with a baseball bat so they could look better themselves,'" one of the researchers told German news magazine Der Spiegel. Sounds like the gang killings in the casino to me—or is it the IHOP shooter? Traders and bankers are in it for the money and power. Period.
To top off the dismal unemployment data, another part of the picture is that employers are discriminating against the unemployed in a pattern that is torqued even further against people of color, especially African Americans. What kind of deliberate violence is this? That it is tolerated and condoned is pathological, for sure. Because the Civil Rights Act of 1964 doesn't include the unemployed that gives employers the right to discriminate? That's where I begin to be shocked. I want a system of government and governance that can foster and support the wellbeing of our people, nation, and world.
Good Governance, Anyone?
Unfortunately, according to some studies, politicians have many of the same pathologies as stockbrokers. The Huffington Post deepened the analysis of the study mentioned in Der Spiegel and likened stockbroker behavior to that of politicians, stating that both groups "display many traits characteristic of psychopathic personality, including a willingness to take risks and an interest in wielding power."
The challenges we face are daunting and good governance could help. But, given the profile of psychopathology in politicians, is it any wonder that the U.S. Congress is playing a game of brinkmanship? We are caught in a zero-sum game that negates the people, communities, small towns, cities, and states of much needed support to turn the economy away from all kinds of violence.
While we're caught in the zero-sum game of our dismal, internal politics in the U.S., the world continues to move and evolve. Outside the borders of our nation, some of our world neighbors' actions are designed to hurt us just like the rival gang members hurt each other.
If our economic system is driven by individuals with a psychopathic personality and our government is guided by politicians who "have the characteristics of psychopaths without the criminal intent," I can see that my melancholic September is caused by more than just the turning of the season and the tragedies of Western Nevada.
What is going on in my community and in our communities is a reflection or fractal of what is going on in the larger systems we are part of and the greater world we share. As I've lived through this September, I have tried to remember that we are all connected; that what happens in one small corner of the world is part of the whole.
Still, I would like to see us here in Reno, Nevada; in the U.S.; and in the world move away from psychopathology and toward wellness.
Call me a dreamer.
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- Prince William and Kate Middleton attended the wedding of a close friend in England on Saturday, and stole the show.
She looked lovely in royal blue dress and an enormous hat; he was dapper in a tailcoat. Since they actually showed up together — usually they arrive separately to avoid being photographed side by side — the buzz is that an engagement is "next." A source calls their appearance as a couple "unusual and very significant." If it doesn't seem that way, it's because the tabloids always Photoshop them together and have been planning their wedding for about a year. [People, Daily Mail]
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took Zahara and Pax to the thermal baths in Budapest, and then to — you guessed it — McDonald's. [X17 Online]
- Zahara's smile is awesome, btw. [Just Jared]
- Cameron Diaz went out with Matthew Morrison! Oh. And Joanna Garcia. [Radar Online]
- Emma Stone hit the Saturday Night Live after-party with rumored boyfriend Kieran Culkin. Also at the party? Blake Lively, Jon Hamm and John Mayer, who recently said he doesn't do parties anymore, right? [Just Jared]
- Lady Gaga's commitment to divadom means that she will get her hair and makeup touched up in while she's in a pub so that when she emerges everything is just so. [The Sun]
- Rumor: Christina Aguilera and Benji Madden have a thang going on. [Perez]
- The Russell Brand-Katy Perry marriage will last, says a fortune-telling parrot. [Daily Mail]
- OMG TIGER WEDDING CRASHER. [The Sun]
- Mel Gibson is "furious" that he's been cut from the cast of The Hangover 2. And since Zach Galifianakis was the one who said, "I'm in a deep protest right now with a movie I'm working on" about a week ago, he should probably watch out for angry voicemails from Mel. [News.com.au, TV Guide]
- Meanwhile, Playboy has offered Mel's ex, Oksana Grigorieva, $75k to pose nude. [TMZ]
- While you were lying on the couch yesterday, Reese Witherspoon and her daughter were in a parent-child triathlon. [Just Jared]
- Robert Downey Jr. wants another kid, and tells Playboy: "I think we should probably try to have a girl, because I don't want another male entity to have to compete; I don't want [my 17-year-old son] Indio to feel there's another boy in my life. But I don't know what we'd have to do [to have a girl]. Do we have to put it in a spoon and hang it upside-down?" [People]
- Barack Obama/Jay-Z collabo??!?! [Page Six]
- Jennifer Lopez's manager, Benny Medina is "constantly" on set with J.Lo during the filming of American Idol, and rumor has it he's offering his opinion. [Page Six]
- Jack and Rose — er, Leo and Kate — had lunch! Their hearts will go on! [Page Six]
- Jane Lynch posed with a gaggle of pink-Speedo wearing boy toys for More magazine. [People]
- Seth Meyers takes the subway every day and claims: "the D is sexy. It's like a nightclub in the middle of the day and the morning. It's awesome! There's a really hard door policy." [Gatecrasher]
- Simon Cowell and his fiancée are on the rocks; his mom says: "I think [the engagement] was too quick. This might give them the break they need to think it through. Marriage is a very, very big step." [Digital Spy]
- Last week we heard that Kat Von D & Jesse James had broken up; today the word is they were seen at an "intimate lunch" on Saturday and totally kissed. [People]
- Behold: Cruella de Vil and Molly Ringwald. [Just Jared]
- There was some kind of "scuffle" at the Real Housewives of Orange County wrap party, which involved drink throwing and smack talk. [E!]
- Bryce Dallas Howard is psychic. No, really. [Contact Music]
- There are few things left in this world that are truly sacred, but when the Beach Boys are lipsynching then shit has gotten really bad. [Digital Spy]
- The Scissor Sisters have canceled shows in Europe due to funding issues. [AP]


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The Real News Network: Mexican Farmers Protest the Entrance of GMO CornPosted: February 25th, 2013 | Filed under: Video | Tags: activists, Andalusia Knoll, Assembly of Environmentally Affected People, Bowman, Christiane Rasguado, Clarence Thomas, Deyanira Navarrete, Fancisco Jimènez Murillo, Farmers, Felipe Calderón, Gerardo Garcia, gmo, GMO Corn, John G. Roberts, Luìs Pineda, Maria Guadalupe Benitez, Mexico, Mexico City, National Union of Autonomous Regional Peasant Organizations, Patent Exhaustion, Peña Nieto, Peter Rosset, president, Rats, Right to Patent Life, Roundup Ready, soybean, Supreme Court, The Real News Network, UNORCA, Vernon Hugh Bowman, yield |
NARRATOR: This week, the United States Supreme Court is hearing a symbolic case concerning a small farmer's lawsuit against agribusiness giant Monsanto concerning their pesticide-resistant soybean seeds.
Since its introduction of genetically modified crops, Monsanto has generated a sea of controversy among small farmers across the U.S., and the company is now trying to expand south into Mexico. After years of trying to penetrate the Mexican market, Monsanto, Dupont, and Dow had a breakthrough when outgoing Mexican president Felipe Calderón granted them the right to cultivate GMO corn in various northern Mexican states.
Protesting the influx of genetically modified crops in their country, activists, farmers, and academics all across Mexico have been mobilizing to urge the new Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto to reject these permissions. In early February, UNORCA, the National Union of Autonomous Regional Peasant Organizations, held a week-long fest with 50 campesino farmers from all over the country participating in Mexico City.
FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ MURILLO, MEXICO CITY COORDINATOR, UNORCA (SUBTITLED TRANSL.): So we believe that the only relation that we have left, us the growers, with mother nature is specifically with the natural seeds. And we have to remember something. Mexico has 60 distinct varieties of corn that we have cared for over the last 10,000 years, and with this the world has been nourished. We will fight to the end. This is a struggle that we have started for life, the healthy life of our country.
NARRATOR: At the conclusion of their fast, thousands of people marched in central Mexico, uniting their voices against the introduction of GMO corn and urging President Peña Nieto to take a stand against these crops.
LUÃS PINEDA, UNORCA MORELOS (SUBTITLED TRANSL.): What does Peña Nieto do? Peña Nieto lies to the people. Look at how he is now inventing things. This will result in sickness. They conducted studies at the Autonomous University and also conducted studies in France with rats consuming GMO corn to see what results it would yield. The results in France were that the rats had tumors. The rats had cancer. What will happen with Mexican citizens here? We can't take it anymore. Leave, Monsanto! This is what we ask, all of us Mexicans who eat tortillas made with native maize.
NARRATOR: A delegation of hundreds of farmers from the northern states where the GMO corn will be planted traveled a whole day to arrive at the march.
GERARDO GARCIA, UNORCA DURANGO: I believe [corn] is the plant and seed that is most consumed in our country, our native seed, native to Mexico. It is important to have movements and peaceful protests like this in support of food sovereignty, and healthy production of corn that can nourish all of our families.
NARRATOR: Mexico has one of the highest per capita consumption rates of corn in the world. In 2005, Mexico occupied the fourth place for maize production. But this has since dropped to seventh place, largely due to importation of corn from the U.S. that has driven the crop's prices down in Mexico.
DEYANIRA NAVARRETE, ASSEMBLY OF ENVIRONMNETALLY AFFECTED PEOPLE (SUBTITLED TRANSL.): We have distribution problems, because here in Mexico it seems that we produce enough corn and beans, yet many corn farmers do not have a way of distributing their products to cities and centers of consumption and it's not moving. Current policies merely increase foreign imports every year. So now they say: you know what, not enough corn is arriving to Mexico City; we must increase production by increasing the external supply. And a solution they are questioning is to increase the production of genetically modified corn instead of relying on the local ancestral knowledge of indigenous communities.
NARRATOR: In the United States, 86 percent of corn is grown from Monsanto genetically modified seed. And since its introduction, seed prices have grown 259 percent. For already impoverished small farmers in Mexico, this increase in prices will have devastating effects. Mexican President Peña Nieto has declared a war on poverty and hunger. Protesters decried this initiative as hypocritical, believing that GMO corn will increase hunger and poverty.
MARIA GUADALUPE BENITEZ, PROTESTER FROM MORELOS (SUBTITLED TRANSL.): [GMO corn] is going to cause more hunger because we don't even know how it grows because it is different. The people who are used to cultivating one type of corn are angered because they are paid a very low price. Therefore hunger will just continue. Peña Nieto says things just so people in other countries will believe him without knowing the truth.
NARRATOR: Monsanto commonly sues farmers who have not purchased their seeds but have GM seeds present in their fields due to contamination or cross-pollination. Hugh Bowman, a seventy-five-year-old soybean farmer from Indiana is countersuing Montsanto in the Supreme Court after they sued him for over $84,000 for planting and reusing seeds from GMO soybeans, which he purchased at a grain elevator. It appears that many of the justices, including Clarence Thomas, who was formerly a lawyer for Monsanto, are in favor of the corporation's position. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked, quote, why in the world would anybody spend any money to try to improve the seed if as soon as they sold the first one, anybody could grow more and have as many of those seeds as they want?
The result of this lawsuit could have very strong repercussions in Mexico if GMO crops are introduced.
PETER ROSSET, LA VÃA CAMPESINA ADVISER: Well, I have to say, I was just reading the transcript of the hearings today, and I was somewhat disappointed that the attorney who was challenging Monsanto didn't actually call into question the right to patent life, but was really only arguing about something called patent exhaustion doctrine, which is whether or not the second or third generation would still be the property of the patenting company. It's kind of nibbling around the edges, because as far as I'm concerned and farmer, indigenous peoples' organizations are concerned, there should never be any law that allows property rights over living things. And that we would like to see that challenged.
Of course, if Bowman loses and Monsanto wins, it means that any GMO seed that's found because of contamination, because of accidental planting, whatever, in a farmer's field means that Monsanto or any other company who owns that patent could sue those farmers and recover damages from them. Of course, that's very bad. But it doesn't really get at the larger issues around GMOs and around patents on life.
NARRATOR: In the coming days, the Supreme Court will make their decision on the Bowman v. Monsanto case. Mexicans say they will continue to mobilize to prevent the introduction of genetically modified corn in their country.
Andalusia Knoll with Christiane Rasguado for The Real News Network in Mexico City.
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Addison "add1sun" Berry is the Drupal project's documentation team lead, as well as a developer, themer, cat herder, and generally awesome person. :)
I met Addi at the very first Lullabot workshop in Washington, DC in October 2006. Addi really stood out from the crowd with her obvious desire to help other people learn; if the person next to her looked bewildered about what was going on at the front of the room, she'd stop what she was working on and help them. She'd ask really great questions that would help frame difficult material in a way that new users could understand. And obviously, the good first impressions stuck; she's now helping to teach Lullabot workshops as part of the team. :)
A few months later as we were preparing Drupal 5 for release, I posted to the Drupal Dojo group about some "low-hanging fruit" code style clean-up patches that needed to be written. I tried to make the post as clear as possible what needed to be done, but wasn't ultimately sure if we'd get anyone to bite. Lo and behold within a week or so, this "add1sun" person had gone nuts and finished off about half of them. :) But rolling patches wasn't enough; she also created a how-to video to show other people what she'd learned, which remains one of our most invaluable resources for getting new contributors started.
While Addi was officially made the Drupal Documentation Team Lead back in October 2008, she had been coordinating larger documentation team efforts for quite some time before that. In Drupalcon Szeged, and again in Drupalcon DC, she helped identify a number of tasks for new folks to work on, and mobilized a small army to tackle tasks such as incorporating comments into documentation, filling in missing documentation gaps, and more. Addi excels at turning people who want to help but don't know where to start into completely immersed, rock-star contributors. And now that she has received funding from the Knight Foundation to make Drupal documentation rock, she'll be able to spread this message all over the world.
See the theme here? Addi rocks! ;)
What I think makes Addi's story even more remarkable is that she does not come from any kind of technical background; her educational background is in anthropology, and her job prior to Lullabot was stamping papers in a federal court. She taught herself HTML, CSS, PHP, and Drupal. She went up an enormous learning curve at a frenetic pace and has managed to turn herself into a superstar contributor in a very short period of time. She's a true symbol for everyone out there that anyone who puts their mind to it can not only overcome the Drupal learning curve, but can excel at bringing others up along with them as well.
You rock, Addi! :)
If you'd like, you can read more about Addi at Virginia DeBolt's interview on BlogHer.
yay addi! Should do a
yay addi!
Should do a spotlight on yourself some day, you'll notice how awkward it is :P
Addi rocks!
She really does an amazing job and never loses her temper. I admire her patience.
she´s doing great...
she´s doing great...
Addi sure rocks! She's proven
Addi sure rocks! She's proven to be a huge example for others (including me) with her everlasting patiente with newcomers and her huge motivation in improving our beloved Drupal.
Bottoms up!
I stumbled across this somehow and just had to post...
// I gotta agree //
Addison is down-right just one of the coolest people on the planet.
I met her in San Diego at the first doc sprint and me being the Drupal community newbie trying to get his hands wet, she had all the patience explaining stuff without giving me the odd look. (almost like that coder girl that maintains 7, forget her name... anyway)
Plus besides her being the *cough* Drupal rock star that she is ;-) (< big emphasis on that there smiley smurk,) the part I love best is she is just the most awesome down-to-earth person there is.
Such a great attitude and inspirationally motivating.
Truly, what makes Drupal so great. Rock on.
I respect people who work
I respect people who work hard.
Add1sun gives a lot of time an energy to documentation. Good documentation is a priceless thing.
Thank you, words really don't describe how hard work and motivation make Drupal the leading CMS.


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Germany has made both national and international commitments to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by more than half by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. To this end, the German government has launched a comprehensive climate package. What are its key elements? How does carbon pricing work? And how much will all of this cost? Here are the answers to these and other important questions.
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Just made a bug report in MantisBT regarding the A1200 graphic bugs.
@Dynamic_Computing https://www.amiga.org/developer/bugreports/signup_page.php@amigakit Hey, learn how to do certificate handling already - the certificate for amiga.org is only valid for forum.amiga.org.
I appreciate the link, Kolla, but it is broken.
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Jenni Rivera Death Lawsuit -- Victims' Families SUE Over Plane Crash
Jenni Rivera Crash Victims' Families SUE Jet a 'Bucket of Bolts'
Family members of the people who perished alongside Mexican singer Jenni Rivera in a gruesome plane crash last month have just filed a lawsuit -- blaming the plane's owners for negligence ... and they're also going after Jenni's company for money -- calling the plane "a bucket of bolts."
Relatives of Arturo Rivera (Jenni's publicist), Jacobo "Jacob" Yebale (her makeup artist), Jorge Armando Sanchez Vasquez (her stylist), and Mario Macias Pacheco (her lawyer) have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Starwood Management, the owner of the Learjet that was carrying Jenni and her entourage when it crashed into the mountains of Northern Mexico, killing everyone on board.
According to the lawsuit, the families claim Starwood negligently allowed the plane to take off that fateful day -- among other things, they say the 78-year-old pilot was not licensed to fly "passengers for hire." They also say the pilot didn't have an instrument flight rule license, something that was necessary at 35,000 feet.
The families are also suing Jenni Rivera's company for the same negligence. They want unspecified damages.
As we reported the DEA has been investigating Starwood Management and its planes for a while now, and even seized two of the company's planes early last year.
Jenni's plane -- a 1969 Learjet 25 -- had reportedly logged 43 years worth of flights and been previously damaged in an accident back in 2005. An exec at Starwood said the plane was perfectly maintained.


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NVIDIA today unveiled a range of NVIDIA® Quadro® professional graphics products that offer unprecedented workstation performance and capabilities for professionals in manufacturing, engineering, medical, architectural, and media and entertainment companies.
Built on the ultra-efficient processing power of the NVIDIA Kepler™ architecture — the world's fastest, most efficient GPU architecture — the new lineup includes:
- NVIDIA Quadro K4000 – A high-end card that delivers blazing-fast performance for graphics-intensive applications. Has 3GB of onboard memory, multi-monitor support and stereo capability in a single-slot configuration.
- NVIDIA Quadro K2000 – A midrange card that offers outstanding performance with a broad range of professional applications. Comes with 2GB of onboard memory to hold large models and multi-monitor support for enhanced desktop productivity.
- NVIDIA Quadro K2000D – A variant of the Quadro K2000, with native support for two dual-link DVI display connectors for interfacing with ultra-high-resolution medical imaging displays.
- NVIDIA Quadro K600 – An entry-level card with great performance and certifications for leading professional applications. Equipped with 1GB of onboard memory, comes in a low-profile design for maximum usage flexibility.
"With NVIDIA Kepler GPUs, we can create fully ray-trace rendered images of a bike before we actually build it," said Nick Schoeps, senior engineer at MotoCzysz, a Portland, Ore., engineering firm that designs, builds and races custom electric motorcycles. "Previously we'd rely only on still renders or low-fidelity motion during design reviews. With Quadro Kepler, we can work with highest quality settings always on. That's a huge advantage and something we hadn't been able to do before."
The new cards expand the Quadro technology family — which includes Quadro K5000, Quadro K5000 for Mac, and the complete Quadro mobile workstation product lineup — to deliver an unmatched professional application experience, enhanced visual workspace and proven Quadro compatibility and reliability. Features include:
- Next-generation streaming multiprocessor engine (SMX), delivering up to 50 percent faster visualization performance and twice the compute horsepower of previous-generation products.
- Larger, faster onboard GPU memory to let designers and animators work with larger models and richer scenes while maintaining smooth interactivity during design, visualization and simulation.
- Exclusive NVIDIA FXAA (fast approximate anti-aliasing) and NVIDIA TXAA (temporal anti-aliasing) technologies that deliver stunning movie-style image quality and realism while maintaining a fully interactive experience compared to traditional approaches.
- Support for up to four displays from a single card, enabling desktop workspace expansion for higher productivity and dramatically simplified deployment of display walls and immersive display environments.
- NVIEW® Desktop Management Software to boost personal productivity with multi-display setups through intuitive window management, virtual desktops and application management.
- Scale-up computation using the second generation NVIDIA Maximus™ platform, which pairs the Quadro card with an NVIDIA Tesla® K20 GPU compute card.
- Easily scale applications to higher resolution using NVIDIA Mosaic technology, which combines up to 16 displays as a single large display.
"NVIDIA Quadro with Kepler architecture offers no-compromise workflow acceleration for customers with exacting computing and graphics demands," said Sandeep Gupte, senior director of the Professional Solutions Group at NVIDIA. "Kepler offers a future-safe GPU solution, whether professionals are integrating more realism and physics into their manufacturing designs or dealing with the complex demands of 4K workflows in broadcast and film."
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In manufacturing and AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) industries, professionals can work with complete assemblies and visualize more of their designs, with more realism, across a larger display surface. Architects can now harness the compute power of Quadro GPUs to showcase their vision to clients with amazing realism, using physically accurate rendering techniques.
In media and entertainment, content creators can enjoy fast performance and features that enable them to tell dramatic visual stories without interrupting their creative flow. Film editors and animators can work with more interactive visual effects to create richer scenes with more textures and smooth interactivity.
"Our Kepler-based Quadro card driving the Premiere Pro Mercury Playback Engine blew away our Final Cut performance," said Anthony Safarik, editorial supervisor at Stargate Studios, an award-winning production company in South Pasadena, Calif. "With the Quadro K5000 and Adobe Premiere Pro, we eliminated an hour of upfront rendering and another 20 minutes of rendering the linear effect on top of that. That's substantial time savings, especially when a roomful of producers, directors and visual effects supervisors are standing over your shoulder."
Availability and Pricing
Available now, the new NVIDIA Quadro products have estimated U.S. retail pricing as follows: Quadro K4000, $1,269; Quadro K2000 and Quadro K2000D, $599; Quadro K600, $199.
Certifications and Support
More than 150 leading software vendors certify and support Quadro-powered workstations, which have earned the reputation as the industry's most recommended and best tuned professional graphics solutions. The world's leading workstation original equipment manufacturers — including HP, Dell, Lenovo and Fujitsu, plus systems integrators such as BOXX Technologies and Supermicro — will offer new Quadro-powered workstations.
"HP Workstation customers are professionals at the top of their game, running mission-critical applications that require the best in performance, reliability and innovation," said Jeff Wood, vice president of worldwide marketing, Commercial Solutions Business Unit, HP. "As the workstation industry leader, our graphics-intensive customers demand the type of high-end performance that the NVIDIA Kepler architecture provides."
"Dell Precision workstations are Dell's highest-performing systems with industry-leading dependability and smart design," said Efrain Rovira, executive director, Dell Precision Workstations. "We are pleased to offer NVIDIA's new range of Quadro professional graphics and provide our engineering and design customers even faster graphics performance to enhance their creative workflows."
"Lenovo's ThinkStation workstations embody power and innovation," said Rob Herman, director of Product and Vertical Marketing, Lenovo. "With GPUs running on NVIDIA's Kepler architecture, our customers across product design, medical research, architecture and more can now get their jobs done faster and better than ever before."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Institute of Medicine recommended Friday that soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan undergo annual screening for post-traumatic stress disorder and that federal agencies conduct more research to determine how well the various treatments for PTSD are working.
Of the 2.6 million service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it's estimated that 13 percent to 20 percent have symptoms of PTSD.
Federal agencies have increasingly dedicated more resources to screen and treat soldiers, but considerable gaps remain, according to the Institute of Medicine, an independent group of experts that advises the federal government on medical issues. Its recommendations often make their way into laws drafted by Congress and policies implemented by federal agencies.
Barely more than half of those diagnosed with PTSD actually get treatment, often because many soldiers worry it could jeopardize their careers. Also, when soldiers do get care, they're not tracked to determine which treatments are successful in the long-term.
The Defense Department provides medical care to active members of the military and the Department of Veterans Affairs cares for those who no longer serve. Sandro Galea, the chairman of the Institute of Medicine panel, said both departments offer many programs for PTSD.
"But treatment isn't reaching everyone who needs it, and the departments aren't tracking which treatments are being used or evaluating how well they work in the long term," said Galea, a professor and chair of the epidemiology department at Columbia University. "In addition, DOD has no information on the effectiveness of its programs to prevent PTSD."
The report concludes only the first phase of the Institute of Medicine study. The panel, which advises the government, is hoping to release a second report in 2014 that will provide more specifics about the number of service members and vets who have PTSD and the outcomes and costs of their treatments.
Nick Colgin, who served for 15 months in Afghanistan as a combat medic until April 2008, suffered a traumatic brain injury after a rocket-propelled grenade slammed into his Humvee. While he showed symptoms of PTSD upon his return to civilian life, he waited to get treatment until just last month.
"I just didn't want anyone to know I had that issue. I didn't want to know myself," said Colgin, 27, now living in New York City and working with the advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Jason Hansman, the group's membership director, said the stigma of seeking treatment is even more prevalent among those on active-duty.
"A lot of people believe their career will end if they seek treatment," Hansman said.
In a recent speech to mental health provides, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said commanding officers must make it understood that seeking help for the stresses of war should be seen as a sign of strength rather than as a sign of weakness.
PTSD is triggered by a specific traumatic event, such as being in combat or witnessing death. The symptoms of the illness include a numbing of emotions, difficulty concentrating and exaggerated startled responses to events.
The institute recommended therapies supported by robust evidence, such as working with patients to change their thinking and emotional responses to stress. But the committee's analysis of other innovative treatments, including yoga, acupuncture and animal-assisted therapy, is hampered by a lack of evidence on their effectiveness.
Galea said that the two departments have been under quite a bit of pressure to get programs up and running to deal with the growing number of vets with PTSD.
"There hasn't been as much premium placed on tracking than there has been on implementing treatment," Galea said.
The panel praised the two departments for issuing joint guidelines for managing PTSD, but it's unknown whether their providers adhere to the guidelines. The panel said that primary care doctors within the VA screen Iraq and Afghanistan veterans annually for symptoms of PTSD, and it recommends that the Defense Department do the same.
The panel said it is hopeful that the departments will make more use of therapy through videoconferences that will allow patients in remote locations to get care.
The panel also called for more research to shed light on the brain's defense mechanisms for stress, identify factors that can influence the timing and severity of symptoms and identify signs that could help lead to earlier diagnosis and more precise drug treatments.
The report said that the VA treated more than 438,000 veterans for PTSD in 2010, showing evidence of the widespread scope of the problem. Similar numbers are not available for the Defense Department.
Cynthia O. Smith, a DOD spokeswoman, said the department has already taken steps to address some of the issues raised in the report.
"The department recognizes the need for continued improvements," Smith said.
The VA said it would review the report and noted that it recently announced it was adding 1,600 clinicians and 300 support workers to its mental health staff.
"We have already made strong progress, but we need to do more," the department said in a written response to the report.
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Hey everybody, happy Monday! Today let's talk about MEAT. Marinated, chewy, delicious meat! I've talked about my protein challenges before; I'm not a huge meat eater. Despite being raised on a steady diet of beef and chicken growing up in the Midwest, in my teenage years and onwards there was something about meat that just didn't appeal to me. As I work towards weight loss, one of my biggest challenges is fitting in enough protein, as I often order vegetarian at restaurants and cook without meat. Enter an awesome solution: jerky! Before I tasted amazing artisanal jerky, I thought every kind of jerky was the same, that it all had that kind of dog-foody, fake beef smell and weird rubbery texture. Thankfully I now know better, and my mind has been blown by Perky Jerky. I first tried a sample pack at FitBloggin' and was impressed with how tender their turkey jerky was, and even cooler, it has a kick of a little energy boosting ingredient called "guarana", something you usually see in energy drinks. I reached out and asked to try some and they've been kind enough today to offer one winner a kit of their amazingly delicious Turkey Jerky, valued at $30. Now that you know what you can win, let's get in to the good stuff – the taste!
The Hot & Bothered jerky was definitely my favorite of the batch because of the amazing heat. With the first bite you can tell it's going to be spicy, but not so bad that it's painful. After the first garlicky bite, you can feel the heat start to creep up your tongue, a nice slow burn, as we chili-freaks like to call it. The spice was intense enough but not too much to make you lose the flavor. I really enjoyed the amount of heat in this one, which leads me to my next favorite, the Sweet n' Spicy Turkey Jerky. When I first tried turkey jerky, I didn't know what to expect. In my mind, you wouldn't see turkey as a meat that would taste good dried, but you almost can't tell the difference between turkey and beef jerky. The Sweet n' Spicy has a delicious jalapeno tang, followed by an almost honey-like BBQ taste. It was sooo good and perhaps the "safer" choice for those of you who may not like the idea of an awesome, pepper-punchin' jerky like Hot & Bothered. Did I mention all of these big bags have around only 100-180 calories per serving? Yeah, awesome.
One of the best parts of this jerky (besides the taste) is that the nutritional stats are awesome. The original Turkey Perky Jerky has only 100 calories for the whole bag, which is awesome for people like me that can't conceive of stopping at one serving. The most caloric flavor is the sweet n' spicy beef jerky, but even so, two servings will only cost you 180 calories. With upwards of 20 grams of protein, that's hardly something to worry about. Sodium is a bit high, but you know that will happen with dehydrated meats and jerky in general, so just consume more water to prevent the dreaded bloat. (If I got bloated off this I'd totally make fun of my "jerky jowls" – see, a silver lining in every cloud, right?!) So now that you know Perky Jerky gets the Double Chin Diary stamp of approval, let's get to winnin'! Ask Lady Luck to pay you a visit by leaving a comment on this post with the flavor you'd most like to try.You MUST leave a comment to be entered to win. That's all ya gotta do, but if you want more chances, you can do the things below!
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Tattoos don't have the same stigma as they once did but we're still a bit away from having body art painted on the sleeves of politicians or on the necks of princesses. I wish they were though. These photoshopped images of famous people covered in tattoos are so great that I wish it was real life. How hilarious would it be to see Spock covered in ink? Or to have the regal Jackie O tatted up? It would be awesome.
Shopped Tattoos by artist Cheyenne Randall has a whole bunch of images showing tattoos on famous people and they're all fantastic. Some people look pretty ridiculous (ahem, JFK, Princess D) while others look completely natural (like Spock above). There were a few that worked surprisingly well (Audrey Hepburn). It's fun to imagine old celebrities having tattoos if they grew up in a different era.
Here are a few of our favorites. You can see more here.
Jackie O and JFK look like rock stars. Kate Middleton and Prince William look like hipsters:
There's Barack Obama and Princess Diana:
Seeing Walter White with ink actually isn't that surprising. Lucille Ball looks like a stunner:
Kelly Kapowski. Audrey Hepburn looks good in anything anywhere, basically:
Bruce Lee and Michael Jordan: