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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Packers' defense struggles again against 49ers
Packers' defense allowed 494 of total offense to 49ers
GREEN BAY, Wis. — A day later, the Green Bay Packers were trying to figure out how they could have shut down the San Francisco 49ers' read-option and still allowed 494 yards of total offense in their 34-28 loss.
While it wasn't the 579 yards they allowed in their playoff loss to the 49ers, it was still a troublesome number because of the way the 49ers did it — by quarterback Colin Kaepernick hurting them through the air.
After rushing for an NFL quarterback record 181 yards and throwing for 263 in the playoff game, Kaepernick had just 22 yards rushing on seven attempts, but completed 27 of 39 passes for a career-best 412 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
"Obviously there was so much focus on Kaepernick running with the ball and the read-option, and those type of things," Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers said on Monday.
"I thought our guys did an excellent job on that yesterday and in terms of the quarterback scrambles. Now, he didn't gain significant yardage running with the ball, which we know he's capable of doing.
"When you're playing a quarterback that has those kinds of talents and can move around and has a strong arm, you've got to be able to do both. We played one phase well, we didn't play the other phase well enough."
Veteran wide receiver Anquan Boldin was on the receiving end of most of Kaepernick's completions, catching 13 passes for 208 yards and a touchdown.
Capers even put two defenders on Boldin and he still made plays, including a 10-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter. He had a 22-yard catch on third down on the 49ers' touchdown drive to start the third quarter and a 43-yard catch-and-run to set up the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.
"When you're playing a team like San Francisco, which is obviously a talented team, it comes down to your execution has to match their execution," Capers said.
"I thought our guys fought hard, but at critical times in the game — and most of these games come down to that, the third-down situations — we just didn't execute well enough.
"We just have to go to work and make sure if we're committing (multiple) people on a guy that he doesn't catch the football. The toughest series was the series after we went up and they hit the back to back big plays. That's when you want to be at your best, and we weren't at that time."
After the Packers took a 28-24 lead with 8:26 left in the game, the defense let the 49ers drive 80 yards in five plays to retake the lead at 31-28.
In addition to Boldin's 43-yard catch on that drive, running back Kendall Hunter got loose for a 23-yard run, the 49ers' longest gain on the ground during the game.
Including Kaepernick's rushes, San Francisco finished with 34 attempts for 90 yards, a 2.6-yard average.
"It wasn't like we didn't have things up and ready," Capers said. "We just didn't execute with the kind of efficiency you need."
The defense wasn't alone.
Kick returner Jeremy Ross, who fumbled a punt at his 9-yard line that led to a momentum-shifting 49ers touchdown in the playoff game, returned three of seven kickoffs.
Because of short returns, poor blocking or penalties, the Packers started those three drives at their 4 yard line, their 22 and their 9.
"It wasn't a great day for us in the kickoff return phase. Decision-making was part of it," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "I thought our kickoff return blocking unit did not do a very good job. We will do a better job of that this week."
And while the Packers' no-huddle offense scored four touchdowns, the group also had five three-and-out series and turned the ball over twice, leading to a 17-minute deficit in time of possession.
"It was kind of feast or famine," offensive coordinator Tom Clements said. "We had five three-and-outs and two turnovers and then we had four touchdown drives.
"They're an outstanding defense. Ideally you'd like to move the ball every time you have it. That's a little unrealistic, but you definitely want to minimize the number of three-and-outs you have."
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OPI's fall collection is a different take on their usual theme. Instead of focusing on one specific location (Russia, Spain, Chicago, et cetera), they're going on a coast-to-coast road trip across the States (well, I guess America is a specific place, now that I think about it). This is also a really different collection color-wise than their usual fall collections. I have mixed feelings about it, to tell you the truth... But let me post the swatches before I start rambling.
Are We There Yet? This is a really dusty light salmony-coral orange with a hint of shiny pink/gold duochrome shimmer. It reminds me of of a much lighter, less saturated Essie Brazilliant, but with less shimmer. The shimmer is extremely subtle and only comes out in bright light.
A-Taupe The Space Needle. This looks much more green toned on my skin than it does in the bottle. In the bottle it's a warm light brown, taupe really, and doesn't really look green. On my skintone (cool/pink undertones) it seems olive-based and the color does dry at least a whole shade darker than it appears in the bottle. I like this one, it's very camouflagey!
Color To Diner For. This is a murky-looking medium warm cranberry with some really cool shimmer in it. The shimmer seems almost holographic- it shifts colors a lot and it is very shiny. However, the shimmer is very fine and subtle and only really comes out in bright sunlight.
French Quarter For Your Thoughts. This is another one that seems to dry a whole shade darker than it looks in the bottle. In fact, almost every shade in the collection is like that. The color of this is a light smoky grey. In the bottle it seems to have a yellow tone to it, but on my nail it seems more neutral. Very cement looking.
Get In The Expresso Lane. 'Expresso'... I know it's supposed to be a pun (express lane, espresso brown polish), but that word bothers me! I know... irrelevant. The color is a nice one- a dark vampy neutral espresso brown with a distinct muddy/dusty/smoky look to it. Lighter than Zoya Codie.
Honk If You Love OPI. Another nice vampy fall shade- this one is a red purple creme. Too warm to be eggplant, too cool to be wine... I'm going to go with grape. Dark grape. It looks a little darker here than it does in real life; it looks distinctly purple and not black on my nails.
I Brake For Manicures. I'd certainly hope so... Because it's really tragic when you don't brake for manicures. In fact, I'd say don't mix vehicles and manicures at all! Anyway... This is not as similar to Honk If You Love OPI as it seems in my picture. It's a very dirty smoky purple. Very greyed out, dusty and faded looking. Reminds me a bit of Rescue Beauty Lounge Recherche.
I Eat Mainely Lobster. I have great memories of eating lobster in Maine, so perhaps I'm a little biased, but... This is the best of the shimmer shades. I'm really not particularly crazy about any of them, but this one is at least pretty. It's a bright coral (makes me think of My Chihuahua Bites) with duochrome pink/gold shimmer. Like the other shimmers shades, the shimmer in this one is super subtle and only comes out in sunlight. When it does, it's pretty, but otherwise it's nearly unnoticeable.
My Address Is "Hollywood". Ack. What is this? Dusty rose? Mauve-salmon? I can't even... It's just... Dare I say it? Ugly. Sorry guys. Please don't take that personally if this is a color you like. It's just not my thing. It's that sort of dated dusty rose matronly granny color that I thought we had abandoned for good in the 80s. In its defense, it does have a really pretty duochrome shimmer in it, but it's so subtle you don't really notice it. Next...
Road House Blues. Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel... This color is so hard to photograph but it's so pretty. It's a dark dusty indigo creme. It appears pure blue in my pictures, but it's actually in between blue and purple. Perhaps what one might call "blurple"? It reminds me a whole lot of OPI Sapphire In The Snow and from pictures I've seen, perhaps even the super-rare OPI Madewell To Order.
Suzi Takes The Wheel. The name of this one cracks me up. The color is interesting as well. It's a very, very grey light green... Or is it actually a green light grey? It's blue toned and closer to Rescue Beauty Lounge Diddy Mow than it is to Essie Da Bush.
Uh Oh, Roll Down The Window. Haaahahahaha! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my juvenile sense of humor can't get past this one. Seriously. Excellent name. Good color, too. Murky, smoky olive green. Darker and more blue toned than Zoya Dree.
The formula on these was good but not perfect. Some shades were pretty streaky (the shimmers), some were a little thinner than I'd like. Otherwise, they were fairly easy to apply but not as thick and opaque as I expected. I used three coats of each shade; each one needed it. A couple had defective brushes with uneven bristles, but not as severe as they were back when India was released. Drying time was excellent, lightning fast. Another formula-related note: Lots of unmixed pigment in the camouflage creme shades. I had some streaks of pigment during application because I didn't shake them well enough.
Weird collection, right? I really don't like the shimmers- I think the pink and coral shades are boring and don't feel like fall to me. If they had more of that delicious duochrome shimmer, I might feel differently. But, they don't. Snore.
I do like the camouflage colors and the vampy purples. Smoky, murky, dirty, nasty muddy shades are some of my favorites and these are all excellent ones. They're edgy without being bright and obnoxious. Grunge colors. And vampy purple is always one of my go-to manicure shades. The only problem with them is that they're not unique. We've been seeing these colors all over lately and I'm sure there's probably a dupe for each one somewhere out there.
I like the names, I like the color selection on the creme finish shades and I like the theme... I'm disappointed by the choice of colors for the shimmer portion of the collection and I'm also a little bummed that there's nothing glittery or un-dupable here. Great names, though. Nothing too cheesy and I got a chuckle out of a few of them.
So, that's why I have mixed feelings on this collection. I like (most of) the colors and the names, but I think I expected something... different? But if you asked me, I couldn't tell you what I would have done differently! Maybe not chosen mauve-salmon-coral-cranberry shimmers, but that's a given. Oh well. Camouflage colors are cool.
(These were sent to me for review.)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
OPI Touring America Collection Fall 2011 Swatches and Review
OPI's fall collection is a different take on their usual theme. Instead of focusing on one specific location (Russia, Spain, Chicago, et cetera), they're going on a coast-to-coast road trip across the States (well, I guess America is a specific place, now that I think about it). This is also a really different collection color-wise than their usual fall collections. I have mixed feelings about it, to tell you the truth... But let me post the swatches before I start rambling.
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I love the look of Color To Diner For!ReplyDelete
I think I'll only be getting I Mainely Eat Lobster.. only because I don't have a lot of corals. This collection is booooooooring and more than a little disappointing. Thanks for the swatches!ReplyDelete
I was so excited to see this post!! I've been looking forward to this collection because of all the dark murky colors =)ReplyDelete
After seeing them all swatched, I will probably only pick up 4 of them.
Thanks for the always amazing pics!
Uff.. I don't like any of these. I don't think there's any new and exciting colors amongst.. :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2011 at 3:39 PM
So many wonderful swatches! I like most of them, can´t decide...ReplyDelete
I didn't think I was going to like these as much as I am now that I'm seeing swatches. I'm not really a vampy polish kind of girl, but I am really loving these. I like the shimmers, too. ;)ReplyDelete
hahaha Uh Oh, Roll Down The Window is great :DReplyDelete
(the color and the name ;D)
Your swatches are really great, but this collection is just... blech. I've only been a polish-aholic for six months or so, but even *I* feel like these shades have already been seen a million times over. Even within the collection itself, there's not enough of a differentiation between shades for me.ReplyDelete
Honk if You Love OPI is lovely :)ReplyDelete
Also really like the Maine-inspired one! Since I live there ;) It really looks awesome though!
i watched that whole video about the lady painting her nails at the wheel. who does that??! beautiful swatches :)ReplyDelete
I want the army green "uh-oh roll down the window" and the dark blue and the dark purple :)ReplyDelete
the others are not calling to me.
the greys are nice, but since I own some of Nubars Fortress Collection and a few other greys, I think I'm gonna pass on these.
But the army green is a must have ;) and as a long-time blue lover the dark blue as well.
I have a feeling we will see these sitting on retail shelves for a LONG time and retailers not re-ordering as these rush out their doors. I had hoped when the first bottle shots came through the swatches would perk up. Nope! I am still bored big time by this collection. As you said, cute names - the olive one will be the most popular is my guess, both for the shade and the name. But this has to be one of the real dog of OPI collections in some time.ReplyDelete
I'll proably pick A-Taupe The Space Needle, Suzi Takes The Wheel,and I Eat Mainely Lobster!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your nice swatches ;D
I like the collection but I can understand what you say about uniqueness and lack of stronger shimmer...
Anyway, I still like the overall collection!
Uh-Oh Roll Down The Window! LMAO I love that name for a green polish!ReplyDelete
But yes, it feels like a very eclectic collection, other than the names it doesn't really feel like they should be grouped together.
I love French Quarter For your thoughts and Suzi takes wheel!ReplyDelete
I see a lot of dupes but somehow I still want them all ...almost all.ReplyDelete
I've got my eye on Suzi Takes the Wheel and Road House Blues.ReplyDelete
Hi, Scrangie!ReplyDelete
I think that My Address Is Hollywood is a dupe for Essie Your Hut Or Mine... What do you think? Could you show them together if you ever have the time, please?
I also think that A-Taupe the Space Needle is more khaki than taupe... For me the reference of "taupe" is Over the Taupe ;)
(I have already compared them one beside the other...verdict: two different colours!)
I'm loving Road House Blues. And I'm so glad you mentioned My Chihuahua Bites. I've been wearing it on my toes all summer!ReplyDelete
I like the cremes but I'm not wild about any of the shimmers. I am really really disappointed that OPI is choosing not to release anymore sorbets, though. Sure, I knew that before seeing the swatches, but this seems like a good time to express my disappointment. I would love to see some sorbets in more interesting colors than pinks and oranges, too. The sorbets are some of my favorite jellies. Want.more.NOW.ReplyDelete
The must-have for me is Uh Oh, Roll Down The Window! Lemming it hard!ReplyDelete
- Mary
Thanks for the swatches - love some of these colours like A-Taupe The Space Needle, Road House Blues and Uh Oh, Roll Down The Window (yep I love the name too) it's worth it just for when someone asks what colour you are wearing! lolReplyDelete
Gorgeous swatches, even though I'm kinda "meh" on this whole collection. I'm WAY too immature for "Uh Oh, Roll Down Down the Window." The color looks amazing, but that name!! I think I'll opt for China Glaze West Side Warrior, even if it's not a dead on dupe. :-)ReplyDelete
Why is it that whenever a color involves Hollywood it is inevitably pink? I've been to Hollywood and pink is not how I would describe it. I don't really see a road trip in this collection; I see colors justifying the names to justify the collection, similar to what we saw with the Texas collection. Would you say the formula is also similar? I can see myself owning several of the creme shades, lol! Thanks for the fab swatches!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 19, 2011 at 6:58 PM
I'm SO EXCITED about Road House Blues, because it was inspired by my hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. I'll buy that for sure, even though it looks a lot like China Glaze's First Mate. I'll have to think about the others!ReplyDelete
Like the green and the blue. The rest look like stuff that I've seen before. They all look gorgeous but how much more can I have. Well loads but I'm trying not to buy more dupes.ReplyDelete
wow! Great post but I am disappointed with the colors!ReplyDelete
I don't think anything here really stands out for me. I feel bored by this collection. Roll Down the Window and Mainely Lobster are the only two I think I'd consider and even then I'm just not excited by them.ReplyDelete
Well, I'm underwhelmed. It doesn't help that OPI isn't my fave brand, but after seeing these swatches I think my fave fall collection is still Zoya's Smoke. They have the dusty look I love but with a great formula.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much! You've save me a few $$.
Too many creams in the collection for me - I really like the shimmers and glitters and glass fleck polishes better. Oh well, guess I'll be saving some money on this one.ReplyDelete
i adore Get In The Expresso Lane, Honk If You Love OPI and Road House Blues - very sexy shades!ReplyDelete
OPI is really boring lately :<ReplyDelete
I'm really not sure how I feel about this collection. I saw the bottles on display in a glass case with a sign saying when they would launch, and I looked at all the "uh oh roll down the window". I might pick up one of the corally ones just because in my area at the beauty supply they launch the first week of august so I could still wear it as a summer color although I don't really care what season it is, I'll wear whatever color whenever I want.ReplyDelete
I don't know. I'm just not very excited for this collection, unfortunately. Maybe if I see them in person something will strike me...ReplyDelete
"Suzi takes the wheel" looks like "Strangers Tides" and I never would buy "I Eat Mainely Lobster" because of the name (stupid, I know, but Lobster cooking is disgusting in my eyes).ReplyDelete
Cristina, I noticed the similarity between the two colors, but when I held the bottles together, they were a lot different! The Essie is so much more colorful and has a lot of that pretty shimmer that keeps it from being boring. The OPI one is just so dull and faded and the shimmer is inadequate!ReplyDelete
Tahillia, I would love to see more sorbets from OPI! But, like you, in colors other than orange and pink! I like orange, but I want to see some more interesting colors!
ANA, I noticed that, too! I'd say the formula is better on these than it was on Texas, but not too far off. Still on the thin side compared to other OPI polishes.
Thanks for your comments guys! Most of you feel the same way I do about the collection, interesting!
Road House reminds somewhat of China Glazes Calypso Blue. Either way I love it !ReplyDelete
Thanks for allowing us to link to your description of the OPI Touring America collection... Susan, the other of half of Finelypolishedfriends.comReplyDelete
Great swatches, just ordered UhOh Roll Down The Window, Color to Diner For & Honk If You Love OPI.ReplyDelete
Okay so today I got Road House Blues and Honk if you love OPI. I just put on RHB and I freaking love it!!ReplyDelete
Love this post! I'm headed for a manny & it's that in-between season whereby I know that in a week or 2 I'll be wanting a fall colour, as in Canada, we have very defined seasons. I wanted to know where to go post the oranges of summer.ReplyDelete
This collection is a big snorefest for me. (And I'm a relatively new polish-aholic too) I like shimmers (but not these) more than cremes anyway and a lot of these colors just don't look good on me. It's ok though because it saves me money. :) Your swatches are beautiful and if my nails looked like yours I might consider one or two of these...ReplyDelete
Hope you don't mind, but I linked to this post in my blog because your review and swatches ROCK!ReplyDelete
I try not to take it personally after reading this, but I was the one loved My Address Is "Hollywood" so much that I just went to Ebay to shop myself a decent bottel of it after trying out a mini one (I won) it).ReplyDelete
The other shades in this collection seen tempting, too... I have also The Color to Diner for in my stash, but haven't tried that one out yet.
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Remember what it was like to be a teenager in love? How it seemed like it could never possibly end? How you and your "steady" were so right together that you couldn't even imagine being apart?
Now think back to what it was like when the object of that love, your perfect soulmate, threw you over for someone else. Painful, right? Almost too painful to bear -- or at least that's how it seemed at the time.
When we get older, it's easy to look back on our lovesick youth with amusement. We wonder at how losing that long-ago sweetheart could have been so devastating. But we still remember how it felt, and with age and experience we realize that when grown-up relationships break down, the pain -- not to mention the consequences -- can be even worse. Maybe that's why Mozart's outwardly comic masterpiece, Così fan tutte, also presents as a cautionary tale -- leaving us holding on to our hearts, uncertain where the romantic winds might blow.
Over time, the mixed emotions Così evokes have led to criticism of the opera. The problem, some contend, is that sentiments the libretto states glibly are heard in music so deeply stirring that the words and the score seem at odds with each other. Perhaps that's true enough -- but in this instance, it may also be entirely appropriate.
In fact, any emotional disparity between words and music may be exactly what Mozart had in mind, as a way of making sure this unlikely story hits its mark. Deep down, Così fan tutte provides a sharp reminder of how often the true depth of our feelings is sadly contradicted by clumsy statements and predictable actions. Mozart's opera also does something even more profound: It bluntly reminds us that our most cherished relationships are often the most fragile and tenuous, and in doing so it shines a harsh light on the barest of our vulnerabilities.
Increasing the unease, the production featured here, from Aix-en-Provence, takes things a few steps further. It places the action in Eritrea during the 1930s, when the country was an Italian colony. And the two young men who contrive to seduce each other's lovers don't hide behind outlandish, "foreign" disguises. Instead, they return with blackened faces and dressed as African mercenaries -- adding racial and political tension to an already uncomfortable personal situation.
On this edition of World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone brings us Mozart's Così from the 2016 Aix-en-Provence Festival. The stars are Lenneke Ruiten, Kate Lindsey, Joël Pietro and Nahuel di Pierro, as the two couples whose suddenly tottering relationships can often leave real life romantics feeling a little queasy. The production also features the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, led by conductor Louis Langrée.


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Can any one mental snapshot encapsulate the Tanzanian experience? Thousands upon thousands of wildebeest that march in mindless unison on the annual migration through the Serengeti, perhaps? Or a family of elephants wading across the wide, muddy Rufiji/Tarangire River? What about a pride of well-fed lions sunbathing on the grassy floor of the majestic Ngorongoro Crater? Certainly, it is such images that tend to spring to mind when one thinks of Tanzania. And properly so!
Tanzania, truly, is a safari destination without peer. The statistics speak for themselves: an unparalleled one-quarter of its surface area has been set aside for conservation purposes, with the world-renowned Serengeti National Park and incomprehensibly vast Selous Game Reserve heading a rich mosaic of protected areas that collectively harbour an estimated 20 percent of Africa's large mammal population.
And yet there is more to Tanzania than just safaris. There is Mount Kilimanjaroand Meru, respectively the highest and fifth-highest peaks on the continent. And Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa, the three largest freshwater bodies in Africa. Then, of course, there is the magical 'spice island' of Zanzibar, the highlight of a vast Indian Ocean coastline studded with postcard-perfect beaches, stunning offshore diving sites, and mysterious mediaeval ruins. It doesn't stop there.
Rising from the sandy shores of Lake Tanganyika, the forested Gombe Streamand Mahale Mountains National Parks vie with each other as the best place in the world to track wild chimpanzees. Closer to the coast, the isolated massifs of the underpublicised Eastern Arc Mountains have been dubbed the 'African Galapagos' in recognition of their wealth of endemic plants and animals. And Tanzania's daunting natural variety is mirrored by a cultural diversity embracing 120 distinct tribes: from the iconic Maasai pastoralists of the Rift Valley, to the Arab-influenced Swahili of the coast, to the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers of Lake Eyasi.
So, how to define the experience offered by a country with highlights as unique and diverse as Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar, Lake Tanganyika, Serengeti and Selous? An experience that might for some entail long days hiking in sub-zero conditions on the upper slopes of Africa's most alluring peaks; for others a once-in-a-lifetime safari followed by a sojourn on an idyllic Indian Ocean beach; for others still the thrill of eyeballing habituated chimpanzees, or diving in the spectacular offshore reefs around Mafia, or backpacking through the time-warped ports and crumbling ruins of the half-forgotten south coast?
Well, the one thing that does bind Tanzania's diverse attractions is, of course, its people, who take justifiable pride in their deeply ingrained national mood of tolerance and peacefulness. Indeed, Tanzania, for all its ethnic diversity, is practically unique in Africa in having navigated a succession of modern political hurdles – the transformation from colonial dependency to independent nation, from socialist state to free-market economy, from mono-partyism to fully-fledged democracy – without ever experiencing sustained civil or ethnic unrest.
Tanzania has also, over the past 20 years, emerged from comparative obscurity to stand as one of Africa's most dynamic and popular travel destinations: a land whose staggering natural variety is complemented by the innate hospitality of the people who live there.
How to define the Tanzanian experience? Surprisingly easy, really. It can be encapsulated in a single word, one that visitors will hear a dozen times daily, no matter where they travel in Tanzania, or how they go about it: the smiling, heartfelt Swahili greeting of "Karibu!" – Welcome!


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The Princeton University campus is the perfect place to ride a bicycle along tree-lined paths, through Gothic archways and across scenic streets. Whether they are hurrying to class or meeting friends for lunch, Princeton students often get around campus on two wheels.
In this video, undergraduate and graduate students talk about the University's bike culture and why they enjoy cycling on campus and in surrounding suburban communities. The video also includes a bike's eye view of Princeton.
"It's gorgeous to ride anywhere on this campus, particularly in the season [when] the trees are blooming and there are flowers everywhere," said Austin Gengos, a member of the Class of 2015 and Princeton Cycling club team. The team, which is open to riders of all levels, races each spring in the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference.
While Princeton's historic campus is walkable and pedestrian-friendly, the University also encourages students, faculty and staff to bicycle as a convenient and sustainable mode of travel. More than 2,300 bikes are registered with the University and 3,658 bike spaces are available on campus, according to the Office of Transportation and Parking Services.
The League of American Bicyclists named Princeton to its fall 2012 list of "Bicycle Friendly Universities," recognizing the extensive network of pathways, plentiful bike parking and wide array of resources for cyclists.
Among those resources is the Cyclab, a student-run bicycle cooperative and do-it-yourself repair shop located in the basement of Rockefeller College. The Cyclab is open to the University community and hosts events for bikers of all interests, from the recreational rider to the competitive cyclist.
"People can come in with any sort of bike problem or bike project that they want to work on and we are a resource for them to try and … fix up their bikes and learn how to do basic bike maintenance," said volunteer mechanic David Hocker, a fourth-year graduate student in chemistry.
Fellow Cyclab volunteer Rebecca Smaha, Class of 2014, said one of her favorite experiences so far at Princeton was leading an Outdoor Action bike trip for incoming freshmen. The group spent a week last summer exploring back roads in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
"We went through some really beautiful scenery," said Smaha, who also rides with the Princeton Cycling club team. "We also had [freshmen] who maybe hadn't ridden bikes in 10 years. It was fun to see them grow more comfortable with the bikes, the trip, with each other and [with] Princeton in general."
For more information about University bike policies, safety tips and a campus bike map, visit the Transportation and Parking Services website.


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Colin took the Budweiser from the sack, twisted off the top and placed the bottle in the fire. As the fire boiled the liquid and it foamed out of the opening, Colin opened the O'Doul's.
"Here's to you, Pete" said Colin, raising his drink and taking a sip. Then as an afterthought, "Here's to you, Joe. Good luck in your next life. You've earned it."
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[This document comes from Helena Wojtczak's English Social History: Women of Nineteenth-Century Hastings and St.Leonards. An Illustrated Historical Miscellany, which the author has graciously shared with readers of the Victorian Web. Click on the title to obtain the original site, which has additional information.]The following is a selection of various court reports relating to women defendants in the mid-century, taken from the local papers. The style employed indicates that the journalists saw the misfortunes of the poor as suitable entertainment for the (more privileged) readership. Reports are verbatim unless otherwise notated.
Hastings & St Leonards News 1848Begging
Catherine Jeffrey, a fine specimen of the Irish genus, with a black velvet bonnet mounted on her head in a very extraordinary and peculiar manner, namely, backwards with the crown upwards; and gifted with a most incomprehensible "brogue;" was charged by police-constable Hayward with begging at St Leonards and White Rock, on Thursday afternoon. She was drunk at the time, and greatly annoyed several ladies; winding up her delinquencies by begging of the constable, who forthwith took care of her, and consigned her to the comforts and quiet of the lock-up.
The prisoner stated that she never came to Hastings until the previous Wednesday, but had lived in Ninfield parish for many years, and was well-known to Dr. Watts of Battle. She was a "poor ould woman" and was looking out for work.
The Mayor discharged her, with an injunction to leave the town immediately, to which she responded with "Good luck to yer honor" and trudged off, apparently very well pleased at escaping the inconveniences of a visit to the town jail.
Hastings & St Leonards News, 1848
Jemima Lee, a gipsy looking lady, dressed in true sybilline style, was brought up in custody, charged with being a rogue and a vagabond.
Miss Bossom deposed, that on Saturday last the prisoner called at her father's house and asked if they had any china or glass that wanted mending, and followed up the enquiry by offering to tell her fortune, assuring her that she would tell her "who the gentleman was." Witness did not have her fortune told, and had not been visited by the prisoner before.
The witness's sister corroborated the above.
The prisoner said she merely went to the house to see if there was any china or glass to mend, but admitted having asked "a little about fortune telling." She was a stranger to this part of the country, her native place being Gravesend, in Kent. Was no relation to the Bexhill Lees, and never visited the Hastings Races [at Bulverhythe]. Could not tell fortunes, or else she could have told her own. She had never been locked up in her life before, and hoped the mayor would "look over it that once, and she would never do it again."
A man who travelled about the country in company with the prisoner, was called in, they were both ordered to quit the town directly.
Hastings & St Leonards News 1848
Committed to Hastings Gaol for seven days to hard labour.
Hastings & St Leonards News 1848
Sleeping outCatherine Abbely, aged 34, with a child in her arms, was brought up in custody of Sergeant Ginner, who stated that on the previous night, at about half-past ten o' clock, he found the prisoner lying down on the ground with her child on Mr. Fielder's premises at the Priory; and on his interrogating her, she said that she had no lodging; on which he told her to go to the station; this she refused to do, and notwithstanding all his persuasions, persisted in remaining where she was. He then endeavoured to remove her, on which she became very abusive, and screamed "Murder", to the annoyance of the whole neighbourhood, and was very noisy and troublesome, being evidently drunk. In removing her to the station, he had to drag her a considerable distance.
The prisoner denied having been drunk, and said that she was suffering at the time from hunger, fatigue, and "trouble." The police were "such brutes and such liars" - they had used her shamefully, worse than a dog ought to be treated, much more a female. They had torn her gown, and dragged her in the mud, and Sergeant Ginner had struck her across the leg with his staff, in proof of which she exhibited a frightful bruise.
Sergeant Ginner denied having drawn his staff at all.
Mr. John Fielder, on whose premises the woman was found, stated that being unable to get rid of her himself, he went for the police, who having in vain tried to persuade her to go to the station, were under the necessity of removing her, in doing which he did not see them use any unneccessary (sic) violence.
The prisoner then committed to the town jail for ten days.
Christmas fare in the Workhouse
Elizabeth Meek was "charged with being guilty of misbehaviour in the Workhouse", she being an inmate.
Mrs Meek brought in some
pieces of plum-pudding on a plate which she placed on a chair in the
women's day room. A child of Mrs Quinnell's endeavoured to take a
piece, and knocked it on the floor. Mrs Meek slapped the child, and
"words arose." Mrs Meek swore and threw the largest piece of pudding
at Mrs Quinnell's face, who returned it likewise. The pudding was
thrown five or six times, then Mrs Meek "dabbed" it in Mrs Quinnell's
A fight ensued. Mrs Meek
tore off Mrs Quinnell's cap, and pulled her hair. The matron broke
up the brawl. Prisoner threw the onus
on Mrs Quinnell; "she stigmatised the witness as 'hypocryps,' and
complained loudly of the violent temper of the matron, who acted towards
some of the paupers with great partiality, and was frequently in the
habit of calling prisoner a 'dirty gipsy' and a 'lazy wench' which
latter epithet prisoner contended was exceedingly improper to apply
to a married woman." Earl Waldegrave sentenced
Mrs Meek to fourteen days imprisonment.
A fight ensued. Mrs Meek tore off Mrs Quinnell's cap, and pulled her hair. The matron broke up the brawl.
Prisoner threw the onus on Mrs Quinnell; "she stigmatised the witness as 'hypocryps,' and complained loudly of the violent temper of the matron, who acted towards some of the paupers with great partiality, and was frequently in the habit of calling prisoner a 'dirty gipsy' and a 'lazy wench' which latter epithet prisoner contended was exceedingly improper to apply to a married woman."
Earl Waldegrave sentenced Mrs Meek to fourteen days imprisonment.
Hastings & St Leonards News, 1852
Police-constable Jones said that on Saturday evening he found the prisoner lying flat on her back on the pavement in front of the Pelham arcade, with about 150 persons round her. She was in a most helpless state of intoxication, and it required a stretcher to convey her to the watchhouse.
Discharged, with a caution.
Hastings & St Leonards News 1855
Police constable Jones said - I was standing at my door yesterday in All Saints' street, when I saw the prisoner knock at every door, one after another, and ask for alms.
Prisoner admitted the charge.
Sent to prison for fourteen days.
Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1860
In consequence of the frequent complaints of tradesmen in Robertson street, orders were issued to the police to report any person so acting; and proceedings were taken against the present defendant, as a warning to others.
Sergeant Jones proved the offence, which was stoutly denied by Miss Levina.
Fined 5s and costs (11s); in default twenty-one days imprisonment. A week allowed for payment.
Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1861
Ann Welling, a gray-haired widow woman, having a boy of seven years old with her, had been found by police-constable James Jones, drunk and asleep, in the doorway of 40 High Street, at a quarter to twelve on Saturday night.
The above promised to leave the town immediately, and so were discharged.
Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1861
Police-constable Donnett found prisoner lying in the roadway opposite grand Parade, about 6 o' clock insensibly drunk, and with a mob of 200 persons assembled round her. He was obliged to get a donkey-chair to take her to the station-house.
Prisoner, according to her own account, had met with some of those "good people" who are everlastingly giving "ale" or "spirits" to the wandering mendicants they meet with.
Superintendent Glenister said the woman was a professional beggar.
The Mayor thought it was an aggravated case, and inflicted a fine of 20s. In default of payment, prisoner was sent to become a compulsory guest with Mr. Sanders, of Lewes, [prison] for 21 days.
Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1861
Strange lodgings
Police-constable Henry Gain said he found prisoner asleep under the lamp opposite the stables at the top of High street, at half past three that morning. She could give no account of herself beyond stating that she had only just sat down there, and he took her into custody.
Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1865
A troublesome woman.
Police-constable James Dobson said that at twenty minutes to three o' clock that morning he saw prisoner in John street, making a great noise, and swearing, whilst she sat on a step. The language she made use of was "audacious". She was drunk. Witness had previously cautioned the woman.
Prisoner (a native of Ireland) was very vehement in her protestations of sorrow &c;, she whined out numerous petitions for forgiveness. She charged the constable with drinking at a public-house, and with ill-treating her.
Inquiry was made into the charge, but the woman could not tell at what time the dereliction of duty took place, not intelligibly give any details.
The constable denied the charge in toto.
Superintendent Glenister said the officer was a steady man who had been in the force a long time, and there had never been a complaint against him.
(To prisoner) You have been drunk for two days.
Prisoner partially admitted the statement. She had been in the Union [workhouse] since the autumn, but came out on Saturday. She would go back directly if the Mayor would set her free.
It appeared there had been complaints respecting prisoner's disturbance from residents of High street, &c. The Mayor gave prisoner a suitable admonition, and in default of payment of a fine of 10s, sent her to prison for twenty-one days.
Hastings & St Leonards Observer 1869
Prisoner said a "drop of drink" which she had had given her has "overcome" her. She was very sorry. Fined 5s and costs; in default, five days' imprisonment.
Hastings & St Leonards News, 1848
Georgiana Stevens [aged 15] made her sixth appearance before the magistrates charged with stealing a plate and cloth on the previous afternoon. She stated that the articles had been given to her by "Gaudie", the shrimp boy, to carry home for him. This renowned individual, on making his appearance, denied having given any such commission to the obliging young lady, upon which the latter soundly told him that he was drunk at the time; to which "Gaudie" made a positive denial, pleading that he was only asleep, having chosen for his sofa one of those comfortable pieces of furniture which adorn our stade, and go by the name of capstans. Miss Georgiana then owned that he "wasn't quite drunk" and on being asked how she could be aware of his inebriety while he was asleep, said that when he woke up he walked "staggery".
A witness was then called, who stated that while in the Fishmarket on the previous afternoon, he saw the shrimp-boy asleep on a capstan, and saw some young men come along who moved a dish and a cloth from one side of the capstan to the other, telling the prisoner, who was close by, not to meddle with it, which she speedily disobeyed, and he gave chase; on being caught, she said that she was going to take care of the articles, and on being told to take them back, at first refused, but afterwards did so.
The prisoner, as usual, was full of solicitations and promises, curtseying and begging pardon, declaring her innocence, and promising "honor bright" never to do so any more.
The evidence being incomplete, the "little nuisance" was discharged, and the somniferous "Gaudie" admonished to find a more suitable time and place for his slumbers in future.
May 28th. Georgiana Stevens Disobeys orders -talking to boys in the street ordered that her allowance shold be reduct to Bread and water for three days onely.
June 4th. Georgiana Stevens Charged with Breaking windows ordered that her allowance should be reduct to Bread and water for 3 days onely.
June10th. Georgiana Stevens Charged with breaking a pot, ordered that her allowance should be reduct to Bread and water for 2 days only. [A fortnight later she broke a water pitcher and incurred the same penalty.]
[Georgiana was committed to 14 days' hard labour as a Rogue and Vagabond on September nineteenth, the same on October 15th.]
September 22nd, Georgiana Stevens charged with Disorderly conduct Fasting in [fastening in] the Matron upstairs and com downstairs in order to maker har eskape ordered that har allowance should be reducte to one pound of Bread per diem for 3 days.
Hastings Gaol in 1823, drawn by W G Moses.
Hastings & St Leonards News, 1851
Georgiana Stevens, 16, pleaded Guilty to a charge of stealing on November 28th, 1851, a quantity of white rags, value 1s., the property of John Sargent.
Considerable interest was felt in the case of this unhappy girl, who, for the last four years, has been the terror of the shopkeepers throughout the borough, owing to her incorrigible and adroit pilfering habits. The prisoner's mother appeared in Court, in tears, declaring that she found it impossible to do anything with her unfortunate offspring.
The Recorder recapitulated the misdoings of the prisoner, and commented on the many proofs of her incorrigible penchant for stealing. She had been nineteen times apprehended, and three times sent to Lewes [prison], while this was her second conviction for felony. The ordinary discipline of the gaol appeared to have no effect upon her, as she completely set it at defiance. He had made careful inquiries as to the character of her offences, and the result had been entirely unfavourable to the prisoner, and a very painful result was now unavoidable. After giving the prisoner a severe lecture, the learned Recorder sentenced her to seven years' transportation, at the same time signifying his intention of doing his utmost to obtain admission for her into some public institution, where some corrective discipline specially applicable to her case might be carried out. In the absence of proved insanity, this was the only way in which he could deal with such a case.
The prisoner was committed for trial on November 30th, 1851; and, while in prison, conducted herself in a most outrageous manner. Once she broke out of her cell, and three times she concealed herself so as to cause great anxiety and difficulty in finding her whereabouts, having on one occasion made an ascent up the chimney. She was repeatedly breaking windows, and damaging such articles as came within her reach, even such materials as the stove and the hinge of the door. Bread and water for three days formed the punishment for these misdeeds on each occasion. During her presence in Court this day, although looking rather scared at first, the prisoner shewed great indifference, apparently taking an agreeable kind of interest in the proceedings going forward.
[She was sent to Millbank Penitentiary for seven years.]
[Excerpt from the gaol keeper's journal from J. Manwaring Baines, Historic Hastings, Parsons, 1955.
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Diesel fuel is more efficient than gasoline because it contains 10 percent more energy per gallon than gasoline. But there are a few kinds of diesel fuel. Just as gasoline is rated by its octane, diesel fuel is rated by its cetane, which indicates how easy it is to ignite and how fast it burns.
Diesel fuel is safer than gasoline because its vapors don't explode or ignite as easily as gasoline vapors.
When the exhaust from conventional diesel fuel was found to cause cancer, clean diesel engines were developed. Although thousands of conventional diesel fuel-burning vehicles are still on the road, public pressure and environmental organizations have prodded individual states and the federal government to enact legislation and fund replacement programs to take them out of use as quickly as possible.
Standard diesel fuelStandard diesel fuel (sometimes called diesel oil) comes in two grades: Diesel #1 (or 1-D) and Diesel #2 (or 2-D). The higher the cetane number, the more volatile the fuel. Most diesel vehicles use fuel with a rating of 40 to 55. You won't have to worry about which type to use because all diesel automakers specify Diesel #2 for normal driving conditions. Truckers use Diesel #2 to carry heavy loads for long distances at sustained speeds because it's less volatile than Diesel #1 and provides greater fuel economy.
Diesel fuel also is measured by its viscosity. Like any oil, diesel fuel gets thicker and cloudier at lower temperatures. Under extreme conditions, it can become a gel and refuse to flow at all. Diesel #1 flows more easily than Diesel #2, so it's more efficient at lower temperatures. The two types of oil can be blended, and most service stations offer diesel fuel blended for local weather conditions.
If you plan to drive in very cold weather, choose diesel fuel rated at least 10 degrees lower than the coldest temperatures you expect to encounter. Consult your owner's manual for specifics.
Because emissions from conventional diesel fuel have been found to be extremely toxic to humans and other living things, until safer forms of this fuel are developed, be careful not to inhale the fumes while pumping it into your fuel tank. (The same goes for gasoline!)
Biodiesel fuelsBiodiesel fuels derived from agricultural materials have the potential to provide a clean-burning alternative to dwindling sources of petroleum.
Rudolph Diesel's first engine was designed to run on peanut oil, and Henry Ford envisioned plant-based fuel as the primary fuel for transportation and partnered with Standard Oil to develop biofuel production and distribution. However, currently the only type of biodiesel fuel that can be used in vehicles in the United States and Canada without violating manufacturer's warranties is B5, a blend of 5 percent biodiesel and 95 percent regular diesel. Most diesel engines run just fine on blends of up to 30 percent biodiesel.


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Boston, MA – The Baltimore Orioles scored seven runs in the third inning to take advantage of an early injury to Boston starter Aaron Cook, as they cruised to an 8-2 win over the Red Sox in the second of three games at Fenway Park.
Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer and Adam Jones added a two-run shot for Baltimore, which has won four in a row and six of its last seven. Jason Hammel (4-1) struck out eight while allowing just two runs on four hits and a walk over 6 2/3 strong innings.
"He was good. He pounded the strike zone with good stuff," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of his starter.
Cook (0-1) was tagged for seven runs -- six earned -- on eight hits over just 2 2/3 innings after being injured in the second for the Red Sox, who have dropped four straight.
Asked about his team's early-season struggles, DH David Ortiz stated, "We just need to start playing better. Period."
With Davis charging home from third on a passed ball in the second, Cook attempted to block the plate by sliding knee-first. Davis' left cleat spiked Cook's knee in the ensuring collision.
Cook received stitches from the training staff and returned to pitch, but was clearly injured. He recorded just three outs from that point forward, while surrendering six hits and a walk.
Robert Andino lined out to open the top of the third, but then eight consecutive Orioles reached base, beginning with Endy Chavez's single and a walk to J.J. Hardy.
Chavez was caught stealing third for the second out, but Hardy moved to second on the play and scored on a base hit by Nick Markakis.
Jones then smothered a hanging curveball, blasting it over the Green Monster, out of the stadium and into the parking lot.
Chris Davis and Wilson Betemit followed with singles, spelling the end of Cook's afternoon.
Reliever Clayton Mortensen then served up an 88 mile-per-hour fastball to Reynolds, who launched a three-run moonshot down the line in left for an 8-0 Baltimore lead.
After six shutdown innings, the Red Sox finally got to Hammel in the seventh. Ryan Sweeney brought home Adrian Gonzalez with a two-out double off the wall, forcing Hammel's exit after 115 pitches.
Cody Ross plated Sweeney with a base hit off Darren O'Day and moved to third on Jarrod Saltalamacchia's double, but both were stranded when Marlon Byrd struck out.
Boston put runners on the corners in the eighth but failed to score, and Kevin Gregg tossed a 1-2-3 ninth to preserve the win.
Game Notes
It was Cook's first start with the Red Sox, after signing a minor league contract in the offseason and making the team...Baltimore took Friday's test, 6-4, in 13 innings...The probables for Sunday's finale are Clay Buchholz (3-1) for Boston against Tommy Hunter (2-1).


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Monday, January 18, 2010
Winter's Beauty
This month's Gardening Gone Wild Picture This contest is to showcase winter's beauty. I would have loved to enter this contest with a photo that shows some beautiful snowy or frosty scene in my garden, but that's just not gonna happen here I think (although I certainly got my share of freezing weather this month, no such luck with the snow). I had almost resigned myself to not entering when I realized that this amaryllis says winter's beauty for U.S. southerners as much as snow or ice does for northerners. So this is my entry.
A little bit about this amaryllis - it was supposed to be of the variety Apple Blossom. But this strong orange color tells me I got duped by the big box again! Don't get me wrong though, I think this variety is quite beautiful. Anyone know which one it is?
This post was written by Jean McWeeney for my blog Dig, Grow, Compost, Blog. Copyright 2009. Please contact me for permission to copy, reproduce, scrape, etc.
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Jean, there's only one word to describe this orange amaryllis....HOT!ReplyDelete
Don't fret about not having any snow photos. One can live a perfectly wonderful life without snow:)
I'm behind on reading blogs and will have to go look for your GBBD post.
Mine is kind of orange like that one too! LOVE IT.... Great shot!ReplyDelete
I can't wait to see what blooms next in your garden.
- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Oh I love that color, Jean, much better than Apple Blossom! You are spot on with that as a vision of winter's beauty. Good luck with the contest. :-)ReplyDelete
Amaryllis works as a sign of winter beauty for me, too, Jean, and you took a lovely photo of this one,ReplyDelete
I wonder if it's 'Red Lion'? Think it has a bit of orange in it, but that's judging by one I bought at the big box store so who knows what the real name is!
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Maybe it is "Red Lion"? Good luck in the contest!ReplyDelete
My records show the name being Nagano Amaryllis! I wonder if we have the same bulb! LOVE IT!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by... lets make it a regular thing this spring - K?!
Lovely perspective, light and shadows in your photo Jean! Good Luck!ReplyDelete
I like how the backlighting reveals the texture of the petals. Very nice!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2010 at 11:43 AM
I think you have a good surprise.ReplyDelete
I don't know which kind it is, but it's a beautiful picture!ReplyDelete
I love the way the beads of pollen(?)are highlighted against the petals.ReplyDelete
Jean, beautiful photo! I love how the light seems to penetrate the blossom.ReplyDelete
Whatever it is, it is welcome beauty. Consider yourself lucky you have no snow 'cause ours just looks worn, ragged and tired right now. Need a thaw or more snow.ReplyDelete
Jean, this is the kind of winter beauty we Northerners appreciate, too! I love this hot color. I have another amaryllis just starting to bud, and I'm sure it's supposed to be another "Appleblossom," but the box it came in doesn't have a name anywhere. I may be in for a surprise, too:)ReplyDelete
Very nice. The backlighting definitely adds to the picture.ReplyDelete
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By 2050, the world will host nine billion people—and that's if population growth slows in much of the developing world. Today, at least one billion people are chronically malnourished or starving. Simply to maintain that sad state of affairs would require the clearing (read: deforestation) of 900 million additional hectares of land, according to Pedro Sanchez, director of the Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program at The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
The bad news beyond the impacts on people, plants and animals of that kind of deforestation: There isn't that much land available. At most, we might be able to add 100 million hectares to the 4.3 billion already under cultivation worldwide.
"Agriculture is the main driver of most ecological problems on the planet," said economist Jeffrey Sachs, Scientific American columnist and Earth Institute director. "We are literally eating away the other species on the planet."
Sachs made his remarks yesterday at a symposium hosted by the institute on how to improve agriculture to address the mounting challenge of feeding the world while combating climate change and stopping the wholesale loss of biodiversity, among other interrelated issues.
Agriculture—thanks to deforestation, nitrous oxide from fields, methane from cattle and rice paddies—is responsible for one third of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity, making emissions from transporting food, known as "food miles," a "rounding error," said ecologist Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of Minnesota. Pasture has become the dominant ecosystem on the planet, he added, and humans directly employ some 40 percent of the surface of the planet. "Very little of that is urban."
In addition, agriculture accounts for at least 85 percent of human water consumption—a growing concern as aquifers diminish and hydrology changes in the face of climate change. And, by Sanchez's rough calculation, humans now use some 171 million tons of nitrogen as fertilizer every year, much of which ends up polluting lakes, rivers, streams and even the ocean. "Fifty-four percent of that is fertilizer—the Haber-Bosch process; 11 percent is atmospheric deposition—the plus side of pollution; 18 percent is in situ fixation," or nitrogen-fixing cover crops, like legumes, Sanchez said.
And it's not like so-called organic agriculture is helping with that: Nitrate leaching into waterways can come from manure, as in the Netherlands or overuse of fertilizer, as in Iowa. The result is the same: dead zones.
So how can agriculture be intensified to feed a growing population while addressing environmental concerns? Simply put, yields on existing lands must increase.
That's what Norman Borlaug and his colleagues achieved in the 1960s and 1970s with the Green Revolution that staved off famine for millions. Yet, "there can be no permanent progress in the battle against hunger until the agencies that fight for increased food production and those that fight for population control unite in a common effort," Borlaug said in his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970. "[Man] is using his powers for increasing the rate and amount of food production. But he is not yet using adequately his potential for decreasing the rate of human reproduction. The result is that the rate of population increase exceeds the rate of increase in food production in some areas."
That demographic contradiction is nowhere more true than in many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, where a population of 800 million must subsist on local yields of one ton per hectare—one third of yields in the rest of the developing world and one ninth those of the U.S., Europe, Australia and other parts of the developed world. Yet, "we already grow enough food to feed the world, we've been doing that for decades," noted ecologist Catherine Badgley of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (U.M.), who led a study assessing whether organic agriculture practices alone might adequately meet global nutritional requirements. "We need to address accessibility."
Global markets for food, however, spectacularly failed in 2008 as countries shut down exports in the face of rising grain prices. "International food markets are deeply wounded and faith in them has collapsed. Global institutions failed to keep food moving," Sachs said. Add to that the looming specter of growing crops for biofuel, which reduce available land for food, feed and fiber production, he said: "Biofuel is going to be an unmitigated disaster, that's as true in an African village as it is in Iowa." Norman Borlaug agreed in a warning he had issued in the 1980s to agricultural economist Mark E. Downing of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Genetically modified varieties—currently illegal in most of Africa, according to political scientist Robert Paarlberg of Wellesley College—might boost yields. Such biotechnology is "critical for achieving the ecological intensification required to meet human food demand on a global scale," argues agronomist Ken Cassman of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. At the same time, genetic modification is not a panacea, despite claims for drought tolerance and the like from companies such as Monsanto. "Anything you do to reduce the water that plants transpire will reduce yield," he added.
Perhaps, fortunately, there is still a lot of room for improvement by more conventional means: the targeted application of fertilizer and the like. The Earth Institute's Millennium Village of Sauri in Kenya has tripled yields even in the face of a crippling drought gripping the region, and Malawi doubled yields through fertilizer subsidies in just four years. "If we want to increase production, it's better to have small to medium-size farms," argued U.M. ecologist Ivette Perfecto. "Precision agriculture is already done by [such] farmers."
At the same time, the collapse of agriculture in the "bread basket" of eastern Europe, such as Ukraine, leaves room to "triple food production in that region pretty easily," IonE's Foley said.
And, ultimately, a little change in diet might do a world of good. Global demand for beef is an inefficient way to get protein, possibly unhealthy, and a major driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. "Beef is costly per kilogram ingested of both mass and protein but also probably unhealthy," Sachs said. "We should not take dietary choices as a given but rather as something that needs to be evaluated," at least if we want a fighting chance to avoid the grim fate Thomas Malthus predicted.
"Sustainability is still an unsolved problem, it is the same problem Malthus identified about 200 years ago," Sachs added. "How we feed the planet, slow population growth, and thereby raise living standards is still an open question."
Editor's Note: We used Twitter to cover the conference live. Follow me @ dbiello or us @ sciam. And thanks to Jon Foley, whose presentation headline, "Another Inconvenient Truth," I have borrowed.
Another Inconvenient Truth: The World's Growing Population Poses a Malthusian Dilemma
Solving climate change, the Sixth Great Extinction and population growth... at the same time
By 2050, the world will host nine billion people—and that's if population growth slows in much of the developing world. Today, at least one billion people are chronically malnourished or starving. Simply to maintain that sad state of affairs would require the clearing (read: deforestation) of 900 million additional hectares of land, according to Pedro Sanchez, director of the Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program at The Earth Institute at Columbia University.


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Microsoft has published code to temporarily blunt attacks against a software vulnerability exploited by Duqu, an advanced piece of malicious software still being closely analyzed by security researchers.
Microsoft is working on a patch for the vulnerability in the Win32k TrueType font parsing engine, a component of various Windows operating systems. An attacker could exploit it to load malicious code on a computer in kernel mode.
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The exploit can be delivered by a malicious Microsoft Word document, researchers found. The document could be sent to a target via an e-mail attachment; opening the document would launch the attack.
Researchers from the Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS) in Hungary located an installer file for Duqu and discovered it used the previously unknown Windows vulnerability.
Microsoft's workarounds are a few lines of code that run at an administrative command prompt. Microsoft warned that installing the workarounds may mean that some applications that rely on embedded font technology may not display properly. The workarounds apply to Microsoft's XP, Vista and 7 operating systems as well as to various Windows Server products. The company has also published a quick fix that can be downloaded and applied.
Microsoft is due to release its monthly patches on Tuesday, but it doesn't appear the company will fix the Duqu vulnerability in time. Microsoft also occasionally releases "out-of-cycle" patches for major vulnerabilities, but it typically does not forecast if it will do so.
Microsoft could take weeks to engineer a patch, said Costin G. Raiu, director of the global research and analysis team for Kaspersky Lab.
"Fixing the vulnerability will require modifying the kernel code, which is something very delicate and risky," Rau said. "Testing the modification and patches will take a lot of time."
Creating an out-of-cyle patch could take at least two weeks, Raiu said. It is more likely the patch will be ready next month, unless the bug is reverse-engineered and more malware starts using it, he said.
Duqu has been likened to Stuxnet, although reports have differed over whether the two pieces of malware are related.
Stuxnet demonstrated a certain level of sophistication on the part of its creators, as it installed itself in Windows by exploiting four zero-day vulnerabilities -- ones that are exploited before the vendor is aware of it and able to develop a patch.
Duqu is also viewed as advanced, since exploitation of a kernel-level problem would enable it to better evade antivirus software. Duqu is believed to have been created for targeted attacks against organizations.
"We are aware of targeted attacks that try to use the reported vulnerability; overall, we see low customer impact at this time," Microsoft said in an advisory posted late Thursday.
Despite Microsoft's downplaying of the risk, infections have been detected worldwide, including France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ukraine, India, Iran, Sudan and Vietnam, according to security vendor Symantec. Other incidents have occurred in Austria, Hungary, Indonesia and the U.K.
Chester Wisniewski, a senior security advisor at security vendor Sophos in Canada, wrote on a company blog that it's "pretty serious bug."
"I expect Microsoft won't waste too much time getting a fix out for this one," he wrote.
(IDG News Service correspondent Lucian Constantin contributed to this story.)
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In the 45th episode of the Functional Nerds, Patrick Hester & John Anealio sit down to chat with Mark Stevenson, author of An Optimist's Tour of the Future, a new book available from Avery.
With Mark, we discuss: the future, humor, science, comedy, critical thinking, the world, global warming, stand up comedy, space, the ley nerd, space ports, technology, nanotechnology and answering the question – What's next?
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Republicans still aren't ready to talk taxes. But President Obama is.
Senior administration officials have telegraphed that a series of concrete tax proposals will play a key role in Obama's 2014 budget proposal, which is due out Wednesday.
The White House has also signaled that Obama will propose cuts to entitlement spending. Overall, officials say, his proposed spending cuts and revenue increases would reduce deficits by $1.8 trillion. Of that, $1.2 trillion would replace the forced budget cuts that went into effect on March 1.
The president's budget, which comes after the Senate and House have each passed separate and very different 2014 budget frameworks, is not expected to be enacted.
In fact, it has already drawn fire from the right and the left: Republicans, who agreed to roughly $600 billion in revenue increases in the fiscal cliff deal at the start of the year, have signaled they'll reject his tax proposals, at least not without far more significant spending cuts. And some Democrats and entitlement advocacy groups have blasted a measure he will propose that would result in smaller-than-promised Social Security benefits.
But the plan lays the marker for what Obama will seek in tax increases when he negotiates with Congress later this year.
Some of the tax measures Obama will unveil formally on Wednesday will resemble his previous proposals, and in most cases, they will be aimed at the wealthy.
Impose new limit on tax-deferred retirement accounts: Among his new tax measures, Obama will propose setting a $3 million limit on an individual's savings balance across IRAs and other tax-preferred retirement accounts.
A $3 million balance could finance an annuity of $205,000 per year in retirement, according to senior administration officials, who added that the proposal could raise an estimated $9 billion over a decade.
It's unclear how the proposal would be implemented. For instance, what would happen if a balance exceeds $3 million for a short while, but then falls below $3 million?
But in theory, "the logic of such a proposal makes sense: We want to encourage people to save for retirement but that should not be open-ended. Rich folks don't need government subsidies to encourage and enable them to save for retirement," said Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center.
Add new tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products: To fund expanded access to pre-K education, an idea floated in the president's State of the Union address, Obama will propose a new federal tax on cigarette and other tobacco products.
CNN: Obama to propose changes to Medicare and Social Security
It won't be the first time. In 2009, he signed into law a federal tax increase on cigarettes to help pay for an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which provides health care for 8 million children.
Change how inflation is measured: Obama has already gotten a torrent of criticism from the left for supporting a switch to chained CPI, which is a new way to measure inflation that will reduce projected federal spending by slowing the growth in federal benefits that are annually adjusted for cost of living.
But chained CPI would also raise more revenue, since many parts of the tax code are adjusted for inflation every year, including income tax brackets, the standard deduction, phase-out levels for tax credits and contribution limits to 401(k)s.
In President Obama's fiscal cliff negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner, he supported a switch to chained CPI, which the White House estimated would raise about $100 billion in revenue alone.
The Tax Policy Center estimates that by 2020, the use of chained CPI could mean an average tax increase of $311 among the nearly 81 percent of households that would see a tax increase.
Cap value of itemized deductions: The president again will call for limiting the value of itemized deductions and exclusions for high-income households.
Normally a taxpayer multiplies her top tax rate by the amount of a deduction to calculate the taxes saved. But Obama would cap that rate at 28%, which is below the top two income tax rates. So someone in the 39.6% bracket today would save $39.60 on a $100 deduction. Under Obama's proposal, she would save $28.
Raise tax rate on investment fund manager income: Managers of private equity, venture capital and hedge funds are taxed 20% on the portion of their compensation known as carried interest, essentially paying the long-term capital gain rate.
Obama would like carried interest to be treated as ordinary income, which means those managers would pay a rate as high as 39.6%, or more than 2.5 times the rate they pay now.
Close 'loopholes': Any number of proposals may fall under this favorite catch-all phrase of politicians.
Often topping the president's loophole list are tax breaks that benefit oil and gas companies. So it will come as no surprise if he once again calls for their repeal or modification.
-- CNN chief White House correspondent Jessica Yellin contributed to this report.


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MailBait runs quietly in the background on the web as long as you let it, signing up the address you provided for mailing lists and newsletters (most of which will require confirmation before they add you to their subscriber list) over and over, working through thousands of registrations. I let it run for about 15 minutes and it leveled a freshly created email address with well over 50 subscription sign ups, all right in the inbox, with only a handful routed automatically to spam. Keep in mind that your browser data and IP address is passed through and included in the signups (and visible to the recipient), so it's by no means anonymous, unless of course you take measures to hide yourself.
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The "faja" (band) used to made this belt was handmade in a wooden loom by artisans in Otavalo, Ecuador. They are known for their beautiful handcrafts, especially textiles.
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History shows that indigenous people from Los Andes and ethnic groups from all around the world, have used the traditional "faja" (band) as part of their clothing. The "faja" band could be used only as a decorative element, or for showing status, mythical or medical purposes.
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