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Gayle Trotter's Ideas Will Not Keep Women Safe
The Independent Women's Forum was founded in 1992 out of a coalition of conservative women organized to support Clarence Thomas in the face of allegations that he sexually harassed Anita Hill. True to those roots, one of their primary functions since then has been to undermine efforts to end sexual abuse and violence against women. Their long-standing opposition to the Violence Against Women Act no doubt contributed to the GOP finding excuses to avoid reauthorizing it. They've organized protests of campus fundraising for anti-violence organizations. So who else would you turn to if you're the gun industry and wanting someone to testify in favor of guns, with an eye towards trying to get women to buy more of your product? This is an era where Rush Limbaugh thinks it's funny to mock kids who don't want to die. All bets are off when it comes to defending guns.
IWF's Gayle Trotter testified at today's Senate hearing on gun safety, and unsurprisingly claimed that guns make women safer. She apparently seems to believe most violence against women resembles Buffy the Vampire Slayer facing down a gang of vampires:
"Guns make women safer," Trotter argued, because they eliminate the advantage violent criminals might have in size and strength. "Using a firearm with a magazine holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition, a woman would have a fighting chance even against multiple attackers."
The conservative claim, made by Trotter, that guns are an "equalizer" is about as serious a misrepresentation as you can muster when it comes to violence against women. Most violence against women is perpetrated by men the victim knows in situations that are intimate or social, where guns aren't usually out. If someone during a domestic violence incident scrambles for the gun, it's rarely going to be the person who doesn't want this situation to get more violent. It's particularly outrageous for Trotter to float this line of nonsense so soon after the headline-grabbing murder of Kasandra Perkins. Having guns in the house didn't save her, and if Jovan Belcher hadn't been able to unload nine bullets into her by simply grabbing a gun on hand, it's likely she'd still be alive.
The fact of the matter is that more guns put women in danger. The Harvard Injury Control Research Center has found that states with more guns have more female violent deaths. Their research also found that batterers who owned guns liked to use them to scare and control their victims, and would often use the gun to threaten the victim, threaten her pets or loved ones, clean them menacingly during arguments, or even fire them to scare her. The Violence Policy Center's research showed that in 1998, the year they studied, 83 women were killed by an intimate partner for every woman who used a gun in self-defense. Futures Without Violence compiled the statistics and found that guns generally make domestic violence worse, both by increasing the likelihood of murder and also by creating situations where abuse is more violent, controlling, and traumatic.
People convicted of domestic violence aren't allowed to buy guns, a sensible reaction to the realities of domestic violence and guns. Unfortunately, the private sale loophole makes it easy enough for a man who wants to stalk or control a woman to get the weapon to do so. If Trotter were truly concerned about preventing violence against women, she would be demanding an immediate closure of this loophole that allows batterers to avoid background checks when trying to buy guns. But she's too busy imagining that women might have to fend off the zombie apocalypse to worry about the real dangers that ordinary women face in this country every day.


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Mesh: Striking that just-right balance between casual and chic, metallic mesh offers a fun take on the standard lunch-date go-to, the ballet flat. That just-slip-on-and-go style (with extra breathability) is quintessentially summer.
Cork: Completely neutral, cork pairs well with everything once temps start to rise. In a chunky-heeled sandal, it complements tailored shifts in the workplace. And in thong-sandal form, it's more than patio-ready for all those summer BBQs.
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"Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness"
Amy Goodman talks to legal scholar Michelle Alexander about the new American caste system.
Legal scholar and civil rights advocate Michelle Alexander argues that although Jim Crow laws have been eliminated, the racial caste system it set up was not eradicated. It's simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system.
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Domesticactivist, I am going to check your blog for recipes. I have been reluctant making changes in my diet but I am trying to be more open to Gap, paleo while feeling depressed already mourning the food I will have to bury and forget about.
Hi, thanks for all the helpful GAPS info you have posted . Quick question, if you dont mind: I'm vegetarian & would like to do gaps, I am prepared to eat fish to make the boths - do you think fish stock/broth alone could be as effective (altho perhaps take longer) as using meat/chicken offal etc.
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domesticactivist replied to TLK879's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut IssuesWe use the Green Pastures Fermented Cod Liver Oil. Our daughter takes the Green Pastures Butter Oil/Fermented Cod Liver Oil blend. My naturopath started giving me B vitamin shots. This is a good way to supplement it because it doesn't rely on your gut for absorption.
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domesticactivist replied to TLK879's topic in Other Food Intolerance and Leaky Gut IssuesI can't believe I missed this thread! You've already gotten good advice. Our family has been on the GAPS diet for a year and it has worked wonders for each of us in different ways. I highly recommend doing the introduction GAPS diet. It really helps both with healing and with identifying foods that cause you problems, since you start out so basic and slowly introduce them. I also love all the variety of naturally probiotic foods. (In addition to Fermented Cod Liver Oil and GutPro or Bio Kult probiotics).
domesticactivist replied to BrittLoves2Run's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsWe make our own as well. Stock is always on hand and that makes it REALLY easy to whip up a variety of soups at the drop of a hat.
domesticactivist replied to BarryC's topic in Celiac Disease - Related Disorders & ResearchYup. I have ADD when I'm eating gluten, as does my daughter. My son has ADHD and extreme dyslexia when on gluten. We're all much more able to think clearly without it. The GAPS diet has also helped. You might be interested in reading the book - it's all about the gut brain connection. Studies are now starting to show links between celiac and ADHD, schizophrenia and other mental conditions. There are probably a lot more people with gluten sensitivity but not celiac (like myself), who benefit mentally from being gluten-free. A bit of googling and pubmed searches will turn up some interesting stuff! Here's a start: http://www.healthnowmedical.com/blog/2012/01/20/15-of-children-with-adhd-have-celiac-disease/
Daughter's Ttg Iga Levels Over 300 After 6 Months On Gluten Free Diet
domesticactivist replied to flowerchild04462's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)Ps is she feeling better?
Daughter's Ttg Iga Levels Over 300 After 6 Months On Gluten Free Diet
domesticactivist replied to flowerchild04462's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)Bubbas mom sainwhat I was going to. Do not put her back on gluten! An endoscopy now could be good for follow up testing purposes either to compare with a previous result or as a baseline for future testing. Has she been screened for other autoimmune diseases? Hashimoto's, liver conditions, diabetes type 1... I'm on my phone so can't pull it up more details now but I write a clear report with tests requested and reasons for them. If your dr won't run them look for another dr or order yourself online. I believe you've been careful and ate informed re: cross contamination, but some people are exquisitely sensitive. I'll pm you some resources on that later. There could be things you never dreamed we're a problem affecting her. If she is in school, btw, that could be the problem right there. Or... It could just be taking time to heal. Those are very high numbers, it could take time for them to come down significantly.
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domesticactivist replied to Celiac Ninja's topic in Celiac Disease - DoctorsWhether this can work depends partly on where you are, but I used midwives for both my pregnancies and deliveries at home. My midwife's husband was a naturopath which worked out great. It was about a tenth of the cost of seeing a regular doctor, and my babies and I got much better care!
Traveling Away From Gluten-Free Kid In Early Weeks
domesticactivist replied to October3's topic in Celiac Disease - Parents of Kids or Babies With Celiac DiseaseI know the feeling! I never want to leave my kids and fear for them when I'm away (or they are). When we started making our changes it was especially hard because they were going back and forth to their dad's house, and I had to trust him. But I say go on your trip! If you are looking for an excuse not to go, then by all means this is a fine excuse. But if you'll be able to have a good time, do it. His first weekend off gluten is not something that's likely to cause him big problems. If he was starting a gluten challenge and may end up in the hospital or something, my advice would be different. Since he's cutting it out and you've tried it before, and he has a competent daddy - let daddy be in charge. I'm in an unusual position, because not only am I mama, but I also have a female partner who has been primarily in charge of our dietary changes for the past year. So I know what it's like both to be the "mom" AND what it's like to be the "useless husband." So many husbands get stuck in this pattern of not being the primary caretaker and so not being fully up to speed on how to take care of the kids. The other day I overheard a mom telling her partner all the details of how to put their baby to bed, where the binky was, all that. It made me sad! When my partner's grandpa died and I had to suddenly take over everything while she traveled, then I drove up with the kids after her, believe me, she was scared I wouldn't be able to handle it. But I did!!! The weekend will be a great chance for your husband to have some awesome daddy-kid bonding time and to take care of things on his own. I say let him do it!
What The Heck Do I Do Now?
domesticactivist replied to upwitht21's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)I hope you tell all those drs exactly what made the difference! Maybe they'll eventually think to tell others What a happy surprise!
What The Heck Do I Do Now?
domesticactivist replied to upwitht21's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)Yay! Congratulations! That could definitely confuse your symptom-tracking Is it your first baby? Any idea when the baby is due? I bet your doctor will be surprised!!!
Distended Abdomen
domesticactivist replied to Dr. Jill's topic in Celiac Disease - Post Diagnosis, Recovery/Treatment(s)You mean I might have a butt someday? !!!
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domesticactivist replied to Tennis229's topic in Celiac Meeting RoomPs my add got much better gluten-free and came back worse than ever during my two month challenge. Same with my nonceliac daughter. My son's ADHD cleared up as did his extreme dyslexia. This really does affect our minds!
Recently Started gluten-free Diet
domesticactivist replied to Tennis229's topic in Celiac Meeting RoomYour post isn't too long at all welcome! I felt horrid when I first went gluten free. Part was withdrawal and part was that I tried some gluten free products that didn't sit right with me. I've gotten the vertigo (dizziness) from medications and I've also gotten it seemingly randomly. I just got it the other day, actually. I was near the end of my gluten challenge and was given a gluten free treat at a gluten-free meeting. I normally don't eat things with sugar, any grains or stuff like xanthan gum but I Thought I'm already such a mess, might as well. I started feeling weird half way through so I threw it out. I went to bed, and woke up with vertigo that didn't go away for hours. I guess my point is that if you've been eating substitute products there may be a new to you ingredient causing the vertigo. Check the labels for anything out of the ordinary!


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WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel has approved legislation that would greatly curtail when veterans deemed mentally incompetent are reported to the FBI's background check system.
The move to winnow what records get placed into the database comes even as both sides of the gun-control debate have called for strengthening the background-check system.
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs automatically submits the names of those veterans who are deemed unable to handle their own financial affairs and have a fiduciary appointed to administer their benefits.
But the House Committee on Veterans Affairs approved legislation requiring a judge's order before a veteran's name is submitted to the database. Lawmakers said veterans who are not a threat to harm themselves or others should not be denied a constitutional right to buy and possess guns.


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A source close to the situation said Monday the Eagles "probably won't" use the franchise tag this year -- today is the first day it's eligible to be applied. This more or less confirms a report by Geoff Mosher of CSNPhilly.com that the Birds won't use the tag, and specifically won't use it on corner Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
Tagging DRC would give him a one-year, $10.668 million contract for the 2013 season. That's more money than the key figure in the 2011 Kevin Kolb trade with Arizona has proved he is worth, and probably more than he will get per year on the free agent market.
DRC turns 27 in April. That 2009 Pro Bowl berth is no longer so recent. Last season, he started out as the best player on the defense -- big, fast, sharp, confident. As the defense devolved, so did Rodgers-Cromartie, to the extent that former coach Andy Reid sat him down for a "pull yourself together and play" chat toward the end of the season.
Obvious talent aside, that's not the kind of personality you build a defense around, the kind of guy you can depend on when the going gets tough, which is why Arizona made him available three years after drafting him 16th overall. (Things that seem too good to be true often are, the Daily News has learned.)
The problem with not tagging DRC is that the Eagles are expected to part with their other 2012 CB starter, the even more disappointing Nnamdi Asomugha, and they have to play somebody back there in 2013. Given that the safety position is even more of a disaster area, getting rid of DRC could mean a lot of draft and free agency resources expended on the secondary, when there are other needs to be filled, especially with the Eagles expected to transition to a 3-4 defense.
Of course, not tagging Rodgers-Cromartie doesn't mean he's gone. The Eagles can still work out a deal, they just can't be as sure of locking him up as they could be if they used the tag. Hard to say what the market will be; other teams watch tape as well. I don't think anybody is foaming at the mouth to make DRC a gazillionaire off of what he did here, in 2011 as a miscast slot corner or in 2012 as a confused mess.
It's interesting that the Arizona defensive coordinator in 2009, Billy Davis, now runs the Eagles' defense. Even more interesting that Davis was noncommital last week when reporters pressed him on whether he would like to coach DRC again.


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Isolated showers possible today
A batch of heavy rain continues to push though northeast Oklahoma this morning. These showers are showing a weakening trend as they move towards our area, but if these showers hold together we could see some of that rain pushing into northwest Arkansas later this morning.
This afternoon we'll have another opportunity for some scattered showers. The severe threat will be very low, but some of the stronger storms could produce some gusty winds and some locally have rain.
Rain chances stick around for most of this week. We will have northwest flow aloft so we could also see some overnight storm complexes pushing into the area. By the end of the week a cold front will push into the area cooling our temperatures down below seasonal averages.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote Wednesday on a $60.4 billion Superstorm Sandy disaster aid bill, saying hard-hit states need the federal aid urgently to help rebuild after the October 29 storm.
"When tragedy strikes, Americans come together to support those in need. I urge Republicans in the House of Representatives to do the same, bring this important request to a vote today, and pass it without delay for our fellow Americans," Obama said in a statement.
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German retailer Metro <MEOG.DE> is leaning towards scrapping the expansion of its Media-Saturn chain of consumer electronics stores in China, several people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Metro signed a joint venture in 2010 with Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology <2354.TW> to bring Media-Saturn, Europe's largest chain of electricals stores, to China. There are seven test stores open in and around Shanghai.
There was a clear tendency on the Metro board towards withdrawing Media-Saturn from the country after the market proved tougher than expected, one of the sources said on Monday. No formal decision has yet been made by the joint venture, however.
Metro, which also runs cash-and-carry outlets, hypermarkets and department stores, had initially seen potential for more than 100 stores by 2015, but Chief Executive Olaf Koch played down expectations in 2012, saying in October that the market had turned out very differently to what had been expected.
Cut-throat price competition, especially from online players, has made life tough in China for a range of foreign retailers, from Tesco <TSCO.L> to Home Depot Inc <HD.N>.
Metro's ambitions were dealt a further blow when German billionaire Erich Kellerhals, who founded the Media Markt chain that is now part of Media-Saturn, said he was pulling out of the China venture.
The seven Media-Saturn stores in China had sales of 100 million euros ($130 million) in the first nine months of 2012 but are heading for a loss of more than 40 million euros for the year.
It was a tough 2012 for Metro. A profit warning in October led to downgrades from ratings agencies Moody's and Standard & Poor's, while a slump in its share price on the back of weak trading meant that it lost its place in the Dax blue-chip index in September.
Metro declined to comment on Monday.
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First Annual Discover CIU 5K & Fun Run a Success
The First Annual Discover CIU 5K & Fun Run brought together students, faculty, and staff from Columbia International University and Ben Lippen School, as well as members of the community. The Feb. 4 event was hosted by CIU Rams Athletics and organized by CIU Cross Country Coach Jud Brooker.
Over 50 people participated in the 5K. The course winds through CIU's 400-acre campus which includes seven miles of cut shady trails.
The winner was 54-year-old Geary McAlister with a time of 23:42.
Coach Brooker thanked the many volunteers who made the race a success and says visitors to the campus were impressed.
"Runners from the Columbia area thoroughly enjoyed coming onto campus for the event," Brooker said.
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Talk about a model momma: Alessandra Ambrósio delivered a son on Monday, May 7 in Florianopolis, Brazil.
Noah Phoenix Mazur joins big sister Anja Louise, 3½.
"Well, the day just arrived and we couldn't be more happy!!! Noah Phoenix was born yesterday afternoon and already stole our hearts," Ambrósio, 31, writes on her Facebook page.
"Anja is a proud big sister now and we are so thankful he is with us…"
"Welcome my son, can't wait to show u around this crazy place," fiancé Jamie Mazur, who began dating the Victoria's Secret stunner in 2005, Tweeted Monday.
The couple announced they were expecting baby No. 2 last December, and in April, revealed that they were set to welcome a boy into the family — although Ambrósio and Mazur weren't sure what they would call him just yet.
"[Choosing a name is] the hardest part! I want something that works well in both Portuguese and English," she explained at the time. "It can't be too American or my grandmother won't be able to pronounce it!"
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Painting Kitchen Doors a Different Color: Would You Do It?
It's Monday, folks, and once again I'm talking about color. I know, I know — it's been on my mind a lot lately. But spring is blooming, and color is inescapable right now. So for today's color question, I bring you this: would you ever paint your kitchen door in a different color? Preferably something bold and bright, like a shocking red or a glowing, golden yellow?I am definitely a neutrals girl who favors deliberate touches of color, so a bright door in an otherwise understated kitchen is just my style. Plus, I like to think that for the color-shy it's a good way to experiment with color without painting a whole room. If you end up deciding it's a little too out there, a door is much easier to repaint than the entire kitchen.
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Thaptw: aorist passive etafhn (epsilon, tau, alpha, phi, eta, nu)
What's the explanation for this? The aspiration seems to have changed place.
Just guessing, I would say that the tau has dissimilated because of the phi. But why the phi? Perhaps it was expecting (or making the analogy with?) another theta aorist passive (luw etc), hence the aspiration?
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Contract talks between striking clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and shippers have adjourned for the night.
The walkout has dramatically slowed activity at the nation's busiest cargo complex for the fifth day Saturday as dockworkers refuse to cross picket lines set up by union clerical workers.
A spokesman for the International Longshore and Warehouse Union said talks ran until 9:15 p.m. and were scheduled to resume Sunday morning.
The clerical workers have been without a contract for more than two years. The union contends that terminal operators have outsourced local clerical jobs out of state and overseas. The shippers deny the allegation and say they have offered lifelong job security to the 600 or so full-time clerical workers.


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Alcoa is the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and aluminum facilities, with a revenue of $21.0 billion in FY 2010.[1] Revenue in 2010 reflects an increase from the $18.4 billion generated as revenue in FY 2009.[1]
Alcoa's core business is largely dependent on world aluminum markets. World production of Aluminum in 2010 is increasing from a fall in 2008-2009. Aluminum demand is being driven up by the Chinese government's stimulus, which has single-handedly moved expected growth of aluminum markets into positive territory.[2]
As a North American supplier, Alcoa will face increasing supply coming from China. Once China has completed its infrastructure projects, it will have huge excess capacity to produce and sell steel to countries like India and Brazil, key growth markets for Alcoa. Potential overproduction means potentially lower aluminum contract prices and lower profitability for Alcoa.
Despite its recent growth, Alcoa has dangerously low margins that cannot afford to fall further. Alcoa's hefty labor expenses and cumbersome work force will make its plants more costly to run than its cheaper Chinese counterparts. The company's future success hinges largely on the recovery in demand for US aluminum markets and its ability to cut costs while building international distribution networks. [3]
Alcoa makes a variety of products from upstream and downstream operations. Of the $21.0 billion that Alcoa generated in revenue in 2010, 50% was from sales in North America.[4] Alcoa is in the process of expanding its operations abroad, namely with its current projects in Jamalco and Alumar as well as with new investments in Australia, Brazil, China, Iceland, Guinea, Russia, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[4]
The company has expanded its downstream production through several acquisitions. Alcoa has increased its production of products like aluminum extrusions, engineered products, and aerospace products. Recent expansion includes the development of a joint venture with Ma'aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, to develop a fully integrated aluminum industry.[4]
The company's primary business sectors are:
Aluminum and aluminum based chemicals are produced from alumina, which is a powdery oxide of aluminum that is refined from bauxite ore. Alcoa is the world's largest alumina producer, refining about $7.1 billion in market capitalization.[5]
Alcoa is the world's second largest producer of flat-rolled aluminum products with a 16% market share. The company is the leader in the United States with a 31% market share. Flat rolled products include aluminum sheet, tin and foil. 45% of flat-rolled products go to the canned beverage industry as rigid container sheet used to make cans. Other end markets for these products include the aerospace, automotive, and construction industries. Flat-rolled products typically make up $8 billion in revenue, representing about 30% of Alcoa's earnings
Alcoa makes both forged and extruding aluminum products that are used in the aerospace, automotive, commercial transport and industrial gas turbine markets. Several years earlier Alcoa made a timely move to refocus efforts on this division away from the struggling North American auto industry to more profitable sectors such as aerospace or industrial gas turbines.
Alcoa is also developing aluminum products to be used for oil exploration and extraction that are more versatile and faster to produce than traditional alternatives made from steel.[6]
This sector produces both hard and soft alloy extrusions, architectural extrusions and vinyl siding. Over 50% of the products from this sector go to the building and construction markets. This sector has the lowest profit margins of the entire company and is currently being restructured by Alcoa to address this.
Alcoa announced a 20% increase in income from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2011 when compared to the fourth quarter of 2010.[7] Net income for the first quarter totaled $308 million, as compared to approximately $250 million for the final quarter of 2010.[7] These figures reflect the highest levels of quarterly incomes since the second quarter of 2008.[7] Revenues similarly increased for the quarter, totaling $6.0 billion - a 5% increase from the previous quarter and a 22% increase in year ago results.[7]
These gains were driven, primarily, by more favorable pricing for Alcoa's products and increasing demand for aluminum in target markets.[7] Demand for aluminum increased by 13% in 2010 and trends thus far show a 12% growth rate in 2011.[7] Third-party pricing increased by 7% for aluminum and 15% for alumina when compared to the previous quarter.[7] End markets, namely the automotive industry and commercial transportation, also showed growth for the quarter.[7]
Alcoa announces a net income of $258 million for the fourth quarter of 2010.[8] These earnings reflect Alcoa's highest growth since the third quarter of FY2008.[8] Revenue similarly increased to $5.7 billion, a 7 percent increase from the previous quarter and a 4 percent increase when compared to year-ago figures.[8] Alcoa finished the quarter off with a 13.8 percent margin for its business operations.[8]
Alcoa's annual earnings were similarly positive across the board. Alcoa announced revenue of $21.0 billion for FY2010, a 14 percent increase from FY2009.[8] Earnings and growth were driven primarily by higher prices in the aluminum market; these earnings were offset, however, by higher energy and material costs.[8]
Alcoa supplies several end markets with a wide variety of products. The following industries make up some of the more important markets.
Alcoa provides several products used in the manufacturing of aircraft which include airfoils for jet engines, alloys for the fuselage, wings, landing gear and wings. The upswing in this market due to increased production from both Boeing Company (BA) and Airbus (EADS) bode well for future sales. Alcoa is a large supplier to both companies and recently agreed on a $2 billion deal with Airbus. Alcoa is also focusing on research and development in an effort to decrease the weight and costs of its products in order to compete with the use of carbon alloys and other materials in planes.
Alcoa provides several engineered automotive components such as wheels, suspensions and electronics as well as full vehicle body structures and advanced electrical systems. Because of an increased global emphasis on the weight reduction and fuel efficiency of automobiles, aluminum use in this sector has increased greatly over the past 15 years. However, recent struggles by the Big 3 Auto Woes, Ford Motor Company (F), General Motors (GM) and Daimler Chrysler (DCX) has caused them to both decrease auto production as well as decrease the use of aluminum as a manufacturing component in favor of cheaper steel. Because of this, Alcoa is aiming to expand its presence in China in order to take advantage of the growing market shares of Toyota Motor (TM), Nissan Motor (NSANY), Honda Motor Company (HMC) and Hyundai. Alcoa opened its first office in China in 1993 and currently operates 17 manufacturing facilities there.
While the company is able to insulate its aluminum production from alumina market price fluctuations, Alcoa's alumina sales are still subject to market rates. The price of alumina is related to the global refining capacity of alumina and global primary aluminum capacity. If global alumina refining capacity becomes much greater than primary aluminum production capacity, there could be an oversupply of alumina and a consequent drop in prices.
Alcoa's primary aluminum sale profit margins are affected by the company's position on the metal's production cost curve. Energy, transportation and raw material make up the main costs of primary aluminum production, a lower margin between these costs and the price of aluminum means lower profits. An ongoing concern for Alcoa has been the increasing price and growing scarcity of energy for its smelters in the United States. Drivers for primary aluminum prices include the global production capacity of the metal, as well as economic development. With new supply growth in China and elsewhere around the globe, the aluminum market may reach a surplus, putting downward pressure on prices. However, aluminum consumption in economically developed countries has proven to be sustainable for very long periods of time. As more countries, including China, become developed economies, aluminum demand will remain strong. Alcoa has a very positive outlook on the future of the aluminum industry, and therefore has ambitious expansion goals.
The cost of aluminum production for Alcoa is relatively high because of the company's energy costs. To put this in perspective, energy costs represent 65% of Alcoa's refining costs and 70% of its smelting costs.
Alcoa supplies around 25% of its own energy, has another 25% of the supply linked to long term contracts and buys around 50% of the energy used by the company at spot energy prices. Because most of Alcoa's smelting operations are located in the United States, where energy prices are higher on average than elsewhere, Alcoa is at a cost disadvantage compared with other global aluminum producers. However, in spite of the high energy cost, Aloca smelting operations in the United States have an uninterrupted supply of energy.
To address this problem Alcoa opened a smelting facility in Iceland using geothermal energy, which is highly reliable, and for obvious reasons difficult to divert to other uses.
China plays a large role in the global demand of both aluminum and alumina. The country's rapid economic growth has fueled the need for aluminum and has therefore increased demand for alumina. Because alumina production in China is costly due to high energy prices and low quality bauxite reserves, alumina imports have been very important. The world's spot alumina prices are therefore driven mainly by Chinese demand. An increase in Chinese domestic production of alumina could have a negative impact on alumina producers. While the country is the world's largest aluminum producer and a net exporter of the metal, cost pressures could change this and move the country back into a net importer position.
The aluminum industry is cyclical meaning that spot aluminum prices rise and fall due to speculation and supply imbalances. Alcoa in particular is exposed to these price fluctuations because 60% of the primary aluminum produced by the company is sold externally at these spot prices. A global oversupply of aluminum could hurt the company's profit margins as the spot price of aluminum would fall. Moreover, because the company is expanding its primary aluminum production, it is leaving itself even more exposed to aluminum price volatility.
Alcoa is a dominant player in the aluminum industry. Several new aluminum industry players have recently emerged in Russia, China, India and the Middle East. These companies have been gaining global market share. Alcoa's response to this has been an aggressive acquisitional business strategy. What separates Alcoa from the other major aluminum companies around the world is its integrated business strategy and ambitious plans for expansion.
One thing keeping Alcoa from improving its profit margins is the company's relatively high position on the aluminum production cost curve. Unlike Alcan, which has a very favorable cost position due to a technological production advantage and a reliance on cheaper energy sources, Alcoa is faced with production inefficiencies and high energy costs. Furthermore, Alcan is better positioned to absorb aluminum price fluctuations and is more internationally diversified, meaning that they make more sales outside of the United States than Alcoa does. This helps to explain why Alcan's stocks have recently outperformed Alcoa's.
Competitors are mostly interested in the profit they make, as long as it is more than Alcoa's. Because Alcoa is a dominant player in the aluminum industry other companies have to compete with them in order to succeed. They, like Alcoa, are very conservation oriented.


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The Winter Solstice is this Saturday, marking a headlong plunge into winter. Two weeks ago, we shared winter temperature trends for the U.S. and your region. This week, we're diving into another part of the climate equation - winter precipitation trends.
While every region of the country has seen a rise in winter temperatures since 1970, precipitation trends paint a more varied picture. Some regions have seen an increase in winter precipitation, while others have seen a decrease.
The biggest changes in winter precipitation trends since 1970 come from opposite corners of the country - the Southeast and the Northwest. The Southeast is down .182" per decade, with Georgia and South Carolina showing the starkest drying trend. The Northwest is down .136" per decade, with the largest decreases along the immediate coast and the crest of the Cascade Mountains. Lighter snowpack in the Cascades is bad news for skiers, as well as the region's hydropower generators, which account for 40 percent of the nation's hydropower generation.
The Northeast and the Northern Rockies round out the list of regions experiencing a decrease in winter precipitation, though the trends there are minimal compared to other areas.
Meanwhile, a large chunk of land from California to Ohio has seen an uptick in winter precipitation since 1970. The largest regional increases are across the West at .081" per decade and the Ohio Valley at .067" per decade. Within those areas, northern California has had the biggest local increase, though Californians might have a hard time believing it this year as 2013 is on target to be one of the state's driest years on record.
Though the Southwest is getting drier annually, it bucks that trend in the winter. Since 1970, the Southwest has experienced a rise in winter precipitation at .037" per decade. The Upper Midwest (+.03") and South (+.05") are also trending upward with winter precipitation.
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Image: Western Blobfish, Psychrolutes occidentalis
A psychrolutid fish, most likely a Western Blobfish, Psychrolutes occidentalis, photographed by an ROV, at a depth of approximately 1220 m, 70 km off Barrow Island, North West Shelf, Western Australia.
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Thank you to Dr Joseph Nelson for identifying the fish.
The species was described by Dr Ron Fricke in 1990. When asked for comments about this page, Ron replied: " Interesting photograph. This represents a new depth record (the species was originally described from 350-740 m depth). But I agree with the identification as Psychrolutes occidentalis Fricke, 1990. Very nice photographic quality for an ROV picture, but the Psychrolutes wouldn't move much anyway; they are supposed to be sluggish and slow moving, as they have soft, mostly catilaginous, decalcified bones."
The fish looks similar to the Smooth-head Blobfish, Psycholutes marcidus, which occurs off eastern Australia. The famous Mr Blobby, Psychrolutes sp., may in fact be a Smooth-head Blobfish.
Fricke, R. 1990. A new species of psychrolutid fish from Western Australia. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 36(4): 404-409.
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This is definitely the best drawing ever made in RMD, like seriously, this is so beautiful . Words cannot express, i always go back to this photo whenever i log in to RMD every 6 months or so, just blows my mind every time!!!!
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That's a long title and it's going to get tedious as the weeks go on.
The question is:
Week 1: New Year's. Did your family have any New Year's traditions? How was the New Year celebrated during your childhood? Have you kept these traditions in the present day?
The answer is no. It wasn't. I don't know anyone who celebrated New Year's Day, certainly not in my extended family.
So we've had to make our own traditions. My husband and I used to do the NYE thing when we were younger. These are from 1988. we had a great spot at Taronga Zoo, which is on the harbour at Mosman:
As you can see, the fireworks were not as spectacular twenty years ago as they are today. Cameras didn't take great pictures in low light either. These were scanned from prints. Actually the photos are from the Bicentennial celebrations on Australia Day, 26 January 1988, but you get the idea. I think this was the first year the Bridge was used for fireworks.
We still like the fireworks but we don't go in to the city to see them in person any more. It's all too much hassle. It took us nearly an hour just to get out of the Taronga Zoo car park that night in 1988. We'd had to camp all day to get a good spot, and that was even after buying two of the restricted number of tickets for Zoo Friends. We had the Zoo to entertain us but once we'd picked a spot we had to stay there.
These days we watch them on TV. Up until this year we had a tradition of getting takeaway Thai food, but this year we had leftover risotto. We drink champagne, or sparkling shiraz, and watch movies, interrupting them for the kids fireworks at 9 and the big ones at 12.
The TV is much bigger, and with a much better picture, than the one we would have watched in 1988. All the more reason to stay at home. We prefer watching movies at home these days too. A sign of age, or of better technology? Perhaps both.
I don't really make New Year's Resolutions, but I do think about what I've achieved in the last year and what is ahead of me this year. Perhaps it's time to formalise this process and write things down.


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I'm using OpenCL with APP SDK. I have n command queues and m stages. All queues should be in the same stage at the same time. Therefore i need some sort of queue synchronisation between the stages. First, i tried this:
This works. See the application trace (h**p://picload.org/image/ordiadd/soll.jpeg), created with CodeXL. But I prefer a version without main thread blocking. So i tried using events:Code :void sync_queues(cl_command_queue *queues, int queue_count) { int k; for(k = 0; k < queue_count; k++) { clFinish(queues[k]); } }
This works too, but after the first call the queues behave in a stange fashion. There aren't working in parallel. You can see my problem in the application trace (h**p://picload.org/image/ordialw/ist.jpeg).Code :void sync_queues(cl_command_queue *queues, int queue_count) { int k; cl_event event_a, event_b; if(queue_count < 2) { return; } clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList(queues[0], 0, 0, &event_a); for(k = 1; k < queue_count; k++) { clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList(queues[k], 1, &event_a, &event_b); event_a = event_b; } clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList(queues[0], 1, &event_a, 0); }
So, what I am doing wrong? Are there a better way to synchronize queues?
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edit: ok, second code won't work with with every n, but should work with n=2


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Well, Apple certainly pissed off our friends at NVIDIA yesterday when they claimed the quad-core graphics in the A5X processor found in the new iPad offers 4 times the graphical prowess of the 12-core GPU in NVIDIA's Tegra 3 platform. Since Apple failed to produce any benchmarking data on which they're basing their claims, NVIDIA is taking matters into their own hands by purchasing an iPad when it goes on sale next Friday to put the two GPUs to the test.
Personally, I have a hard time believing that a 12-core GPU from the industry-leaders in graphics could be bested by a quad-core GPU. Perhaps Apple was simply sitting there running various benchmarks until they were able to find one or two that supported these lofty performance claims. Alas, we'll have to wait and see what nVidia fires back at Apple, hopefully later this month.
We'll be prodding our contacts at NVIDIA to share their information as soon as they have it finalized. Meanwhile, we'll keep enjoying our Tegra 3 games, which match and sometimes surpass the quality of those found in current consoles.


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Three men accused of removing items from a residence were arrested Thursday by the Sheriff's Office Property Crimes Unit.
DUNNELLON — Three men reportedly seen removing items from a residence were arrested Thursday by the Sheriff's Office Property Crimes Unit. The men were charged with burglary and petty theft.
Detectives were notified that three men took items from a residence in the 4100 block of Southwest 189th Avenue. There, they saw a lock used to secure a shed was broken. Inside the shed were roofing materials, a stainless steel refrigerator and other items.
In the meantime, Deputies Josh Parker and Larry McCardle had found James L. Lemanski, Randy A. Campbell and Geraldo Reyes not far away and detained them.
Lemanski told detectives that shingles and tar paper in the back of his truck were purchased by a friend who works for a company. The detective called the friend, who said he didn't sell anything to Lemanski and hung up the phone.
The friend then called Lemanski and the detective answered. When he identified himself, the friend hung up.
Officials contacted the homeowner, who said no one should be on his property.
The three men were taken to a district office for interviews. Campbell and Lemanski admitted committing the burglary. Reyes denied any involvement.
Reyes, 50; Lemanski, 32; and Campbell, 50, were charged and taken to the Marion County Jail.
Since formation of the Property Crimes, Fugitive Apprehension and Tactical Investigations units last Friday, they have responded to three incidents involving burglaries, arrested several people and recovered property.
Capt. Lee Sullivan, head of the units, said the 23 people under his command are on a system where when something occurs, they can respond quickly.
"The inception of this unit was to suppress crime. We want to be pro-active, not re-active," Sullivan said.
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CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy finally broke up their intense fitness preparation on Monday by participating in short-sided games for much for the club's training session.
After spending the first week focusing primarily on fitness work, the session represented an opportunity for head coach Bruce Arena to evaluate his players in a new way.
"It's just a start, we had five weeks before we open so we have plenty of time, but it was good to get the guys out in a regular training session today," said Arena. "It's a group of young players, but it was good to see how some of the responded to the training and look at their habits as well as things they do well and not do well so we can build on that."
Midfielder Michael Stephens was overjoyed to take part in actual on-field work.
"Finally, we cut up the monotony of running around in a circle. We took the balls out and I thought that we had a good first day. I thought that everyone was pretty sharp," said Stephens. "On the first day, it is usually pretty frantic, but it was generally very good. You can kind of see all the new guys and how they are on the ball as well as how everyone came back from the offseason. It's a lot more fun than just straight running."
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* Arena told reporters on Monday that Juninho will "probably" be at Galaxy training on Wednesday. Juninho is currently in Brazil awaiting his visa.
*The Galaxy dealt with windy conditions today that seem to cause a greater problem for the assembled media than the players. Stephens had this to say on the conditions: "Today was windy which is a surprise for L.A. because we're used to it being sunny and calm every day. It was nice until we did the wind sprints after practice because I think these 15 or 20 mph wind gusts made it hard to run on one side of the field."
*One of the players who impressed in practice on Monday was Brazilian defender Leonardo who has recovered from the knee injuries that have plagued him over the past two years. LAGalaxy.com writer Larry Morgan spoke to Leonardo to discuss his recovery.


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This is a lesson about the categorization of the three domains of life on Earth and how they relate to the study of astrobiology. Learners will explore, compare, discuss, and explain the basic differences between organisms assigned to the... (View More) eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaeal domains. Topics in astrobiology are explored through projects, vocabulary reinforcement, and drawing assignments. Includes teacher notes, learning objectives, and assessment of prior knowledge and preconceptions. This is Lesson 1 in Exploring Deep-Subsurface Life. Earth Analogues for Possible Life on Mars: Lessons and Activities. (View Less)
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HOME SWEET HOME: U.S. home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes.
HOME TOWNS: The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in November compared with the same month a year ago. That's the largest year-over-year gain in six years. All but one of the cities in the index posted annual gains.
STRONGER FOUNDATION: Price increases should help fuel the housing recovery. They encourage more people to buy before prices rise further. Higher prices also build homeowners' wealth, which can spur more spending and economic growth.


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DEC Takes Measures to Control Disease Outbreak at Rome Fish Hatchery
A portion of the fish being reared at the Rome State Fish Hatchery have been suffering from a severe outbreak of furunculosis, a bacterial fish disease, for the past several months, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today. In an effort to eliminate the disease from the hatchery, 131,000 brown trout and brook trout were destroyed earlier this week.
"DEC does not stock sick fish into the wild and, unfortunately, this was the only way to address this disease outbreak at the Rome Fish Hatchery," said DEC Commissioner Joe Martens. "Our Fish Culture staff takes great pride in the fish that they produce and this was not an easy decision for us to make. The DEC fish hatchery system produces 2.4 million catchable size brook, brown, and rainbow trout for spring stocking each year, and lethal measures are only considered after all other attempts at disease control are exhausted."
Fish health concerns at the hatchery began in November of 2011, when large numbers of brown trout fry succumbed to a number of diseases. The loss left DEC facing a shortage of brown trout that would be stocked in the spring of 2013 as catchable-size yearlings. Neighboring states were contacted to see if surplus fish were available to help alleviate DEC's shortage, and 175,000 fingerling brown trout were imported from the State of Virginia to the Rome Hatchery in the spring of 2012. These fish had been tested before being brought into the hatchery and were determined to be disease-free.
Furunculosis was first diagnosed at the Rome Hatchery in late June 2012, when samples from the Virginia brown trout tested positive. Within a month, the furunculosis infection was severe and had spread to Adirondack and mixed-strain brook trout - both known to be susceptible to this disease. It is not known if the disease came in with the Virginia fish or had some other origin. The disease, combined with a number of secondary infections, led to high mortality despite repeated therapeutic treatments. Most of the Virginia brown trout did not survive, and by early September only 47,000 remained. Heavy mortality was also seen in brook trout, which numbered 84,000 by early September. These brook trout were intended for stocking this fall in the Adirondacks, constituting almost 25 percent of DEC normal stocking into Adirondack lakes and ponds.
In early September, hatchery personnel removed heavily infected lots of fish from the Rome Hatchery. Brook trout intended for fall stocking would not be able to be stocked in accordance with sound management practice and DEC regulations. Given their disease status and the long-term best interest of the state's hatchery program, it was decided to eradicate the disease from the hatchery as soon as possible. Targeted lots included the Adirondack and mixed-strain brook trout and the Virginia brown trout - roughly 131,000 fish in total. The fish were humanely destroyed using carbon dioxide on September 10 and September 11.
A hatchery mitigation plan has been drafted outlining measures to be taken to clean up the hatchery, including restrictions on transfers of fish in and out of Rome Hatchery, biosecurity measures, and a testing plan to determine if and when remaining lots are free of infection.
Due to pre-existing shortages and the furunculosis outbreak, it is expected that 224 lakes and ponds in the Adirondacks will be stocked with brook trout - 102 less than originally planned. Many of the ponds not stocked will still have holdover fish from previous years' stockings and continue to provide excellent angling. There will also be fewer brown trout yearlings to stock in the spring of 2013 than usual, but final inventories will not be conducted until early next year.


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Girl sustains serious injuries in head-on Kingston crashBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
December 27. 2012 12:48PM
KINGSTON - An 8-year-old girl who may have suffered internal injuries was one of four sent to the hospital after a head-on collision on Route 111 this morning.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded at 9:36 a.m. after a minivan and a Suburban crashed near 59 Exeter Road - Route 111 - according to Fire Chief Bill Seaman.
Seaman said two ambulances from Kingston and one from East Kingston transported the four patients to Exeter Hospital. He said paramedics from the hospital intercepted one of the ambulances, which is standard procedure with serious injuries.
As a result of her injuries, the 8-year-old may be transported to a hospital in Boston, Mass., Seaman said.
He said three people were transported from the minivan, while one was riding in the SUV. He adding airbags deployed in both vehicles and he believes all the occupants were wearing seat belts.
'Many of them were out of the vehicles when we arrived,' Seaman said, who added firefighters extricated the remaining passengers.
Seaman said the identities of the occupants have not been released at this time.
He said local crews were assisted at the scene by Brentwood firefighters. He said Route 111 was closed for about an hour until firefighters cleared the area at 10:26 a.m.
The accident is under investigation by Kingston police, who were assisted at the scene by East Kingston.
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Quantum mechanics is, mathematically, quite simple. But it has implications that require people to think differently about the world. One particularly hard-to-grasp idea is that, on the surface, some knowledge precludes obtaining other knowledge. This is a consequence of how we obtain it.
In an innovative experiment, researchers from Austria have demonstrated how to recover that lost information. Before you get the wrong impression, though, this is completely in agreement with the rules of quantum mechanics—it is simply a very clever way of playing with quantum states.
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Before looking at the experiment, note what makes this interesting. The keywords that turn up in these sorts of articles are superposition states and measurement. Imagine that we have 100 electrons, sitting in a magnetic field. Their individual magnetic fields are all, thanks to the applied field, pointing in the same direction. Now, we turn on a microwave for a specific period of time. Chosen correctly, all 100 electrons flip their fields so that they point in exactly the opposite direction. If we make a measurement, all electrons report the same spin. If we cut the time of the microwave pulse in half, however, something very strange happens: all the electrons end up with their fields pointing in both directions at once. This is called a superposition state.
Once we make a measurement, though, we find half the electrons have their fields pointing in one direction and half have their fields pointing in the opposite direction—the superposition state vanishes. You might immediately think it was never there in the first place: we simply put in half the energy, so only half the electrons responded.
But this is incorrect. We know that we get superposition states because we've looked. We can create a situation where, if the electrons were not in superposition state, we observe one result, and if they're in a superposition state, we observe something different. Even though we know it is a superposition state, every measurement on a single electron reports that its field is either pointing with the applied field or against the applied field.
This behavior tells us that, when we make a measurement, we destroy the superposition state and place the electron in a single pure state. We can't tell anything about the superposition state other than that it included the state that we measured.
Why should we care?
This property of quantum mechanics has made quantum computing a little bit more difficult. If everything goes well, at the end of a calculation, a qubit (quantum bit) will be in a superposition of the right answer and the wrong answer. Although the probability of the right answer should be much higher than that of the wrong answer, there is always a chance of getting the wrong answer. In very fast quantum computers, we would just run the calculation a few times and take the most frequent answer as the correct answer. But what if your computer is slow?
The ideal situation is to be able to take a measurement, then reconstruct the original superposition state so that repeated measurements could be used (ensuring that the most probable state can be determined). However, for a single particle, that is impossible. To overcome this problem, researchers have done the obvious: they spread their qubit over three particles. Even with three particles, however, measuring all three then taking a majority vote on the answer may not be good enough.
So the researchers decided to be clever. In their scheme, the qubit is encoded between two states of an ionized calcium atom. To provide redundancy, the qubit is then entangled with two other qubits. (You can think of this as creating two mirror images of the quantum state of the qubit in two other particles. This isn't a technically correct description, but it should help you get the point). Now, we have our three qubits, each of which encodes a single quantum bit of information.
But, unlike our electron in the magnetic field where there are only two possible states, the calcium ion has many, many states available to it. The researchers make use of a total of four states. One state corresponds to a logical zero, while a second corresponds to a logical one. (I'll call the other two states the measurement state and the hidden state.)
One laser connects the measurement state to the logical one state, while a second laser connects the logical one state to the hidden state. To measure a state, we turn on the first laser. The qubit falls into either the logical one or logical zero, based on the probabilities of the superposition state. If it ends up in logical one, the laser light is scattered by the ion and is detected. Hence a pulse on the photodetector indicates a logic one, while the absence of light signals a logical zero. That is the measurement process.
The second laser simply changes the definition of the qubit. Initially, a qubit is a superposition of the logical one and logical zero states. After the laser pulse, the qubit is a superposition between the hidden state and the logical zero state. In this case, the qubit cannot be evaluated by the measurement process.
The researchers take advantage of this by placing two of the three qubits into the hidden state, then measuring the remaining qubit to get an answer (logical one or zero). Then, after the measurement process, the hidden qubits are returned to their original states (a superposition of logical one and zero) and re-entangled with the original qubit. In doing so, the qubit is placed back in its original superposition state.
By repeating this process, the researchers can measure the state as many times as required to ensure that they know which logical state was the most frequent. Indeed, through multiple measurements, the researcher can obtain the relative probabilities of logical one and logical zero of the original superposition state.
In terms of advances for practical quantum computers, this may not mean a huge amount. However, it demonstrates a technique that will be critical for a working quantum computer. So in this sense, it is a very important step. But the issue may be with the implementation; the work was done with trapped ions, and it's hard to believe that trapped ions, floating in a vacuum, are the future of quantum computing.
Physical Review Letters, 2013, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.070403
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The president of the Humane Society of the United States said he's seeking a spot on Tyson Foods Inc.'s board of directors.
President Wayne Pacelle announced his candidacy for a seat on the meat processing company's board on Tuesday.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon Friday to end a peaceful sit-in by hundreds of people trying to prevent trees from being uprooted in an Istanbul park. The dawn raid ignited a furious anti-government protest that took over the city's main square and spread to other cities.
In a victory for the protesters, an Istanbul court later ordered the temporary suspension of the project to uproot the trees. But demonstrators around the country kept up protests denouncing what they called a heavy-handed crackdown and a government seen as displaying increasingly authoritarian tendencies.
Police took action on the fourth day of the sit-in against a government plan to revamp Taksim square. Officers clashed with angry demonstrators in surrounding areas, firing tear gas canisters and pushing people back with water cannon. A cloud of smoke from the gas filled the square and scattered protests continued into the night.
In solidarity with protesters in Istanbul, some 5,000 people gathered at a park in the capital, Ankara, swelling into a busy street nearby. They chanted anti-government slogans and called on Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign. Police used tear gas to push back a group that tried to march toward the Parliament building.
Protests were also held in a dozen other cities, including one that drew thousands in the third-largest city of Izmir, reports said.
The Istanbul protesters were demanding the square's Gezi Park be protected from plans that include the construction of a shopping mall. Many also aired grievances against Erdogan, whose style has become increasingly uncompromising during his government's third successive term.
Last week, the government enacted a law restricting the sale and advertising of alcohol, a move that has alarmed secular Turks.
Earlier this week, the government went ahead with a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a disputed third bridge across the Bosporus Strait that some say will destroy the few remaining green areas of the sprawling city. It also named the bridge after a controversial Ottoman sultan believed to have ordered a massacre of a minority Shiite Muslim group, instead of choosing a more unifying figure.
Protesters in Gezi Park held up a large poster Friday with a caricature depicting Erdogan as an Ottoman sultan with a caption that read: "The people won't yield to you."
Protester Serdar Sanman accused Erdogan of "trying to install his dictatorship."
Erdogan's Islamic-rooted, conservative government has a strong support base in the mainly Muslim but secular country, and many of the protesters appeared to be from more secular-leaning sections of society.
In Ankara, demonstrators held up posters reading: "Don't Interfere in my Lifestyle" and "Resist the Dictator." Many drank beer and other alcoholic beverages during the protest in defiance of the alcohol restrictions, raising their drinks as they chanted "Cheers Tayyip!" They lined the pavement with empty beer and liquor bottles and cans.
Erdogan this week dismissed the Istanbul protesters' demands, saying the government would go ahead with the renovation plans "no matter what they do." The forestry minister said more trees would be planted than those uprooted at Gezi.
The dawn raid was the latest in a series of aggressive crackdown on protests. Human rights activists frequently accuse Turkish police of using inordinate force to break up protests and of excessively using tear gas and pepper spray against protesters.
Interior Minister Muammer Guler said that authorities would investigate the reports of disproportionate use of force. Still, he defended the crackdown, saying officers were carrying out their duties against an illegal occupation of the park.
In Istanbul, several protesters were injured when a wall they climbed on collapsed during a police chase, and at least two people — including a journalist — were hit in the head by tear gas canisters. Two opposition legislators were among several hospitalized after being affected by the gas, the private Dogan news agency reported.
Istanbul Gov. Huseyin Avni Mutlu said 12 people were treated in hospitals for injuries and least 13 people were detained.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the U.S. was concerned about the number of people injured as police dispersed protesters.
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There was very little coverage of the protests on television channels in Turkey, reflecting the environment of self-censorship by the media, which has, among other things, been pressured into dismissing staff too critical of the government.
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Amnesty International also deplored what it called Turkish police brutality and said some officers should be brought to justice.
Demonstrators affected by tear gas sought shelter at a luxury hotel at Taksim and were tended by guests. Police removed tents and the demonstrators' belongings and mounted barricades around the park.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said 15 demonstrators were detained in Ankara.
"The people are demonstrating against the government's intolerance toward demonstrations," said Metin Feyzioglu, who heads Turkey's lawyers' association, during the protest in Ankara. "The government must display understanding and immediately stop the violence against the demonstrators."
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We Are Seasoned Do-It-Yourselfers
Thanks to my good friends Mike Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, and Shane Rosenthal from The White Horse Inn, I was introduced to Harold Senkbeil. Dr. Senkbeil is a confessional Lutheran theologian who for many years served as Associate Professor in the Pastoral Ministry and Missions Department of Concordia Theological Seminary. He's the author of many books including the one I'm reading right now entitled Dying to Live: The Power of Forgiveness. You'll be hearing more from me about Senkbeil, but this section on page 170 that I read last night is too good not to share right away.
Speaking specifically to Christians, he writes:
Our Heavenly Father attaches no strings to His love. His love for us doesn't depend on our love for others. Our relationship with the Father was established long ago, in the body and blood of His Son. Jesus Christ erased all our sins and shouldered all our sorrows. Already now we have a solid relationship with our heavenly Father; there's no need to fret about it. That relationship doesn't depend on our love for Him, but on His love for us. It hinges on the Gospel of God, not the Law of God…Again, the Old Adam betrays us. Our sinful nature would much rather hear Law than Gospel. The sinful nature is a seasoned do-it-yourselfer. We'd rather know what we should do, yet God insists on telling us who we are. The best way to tell you what to do as a Christian is to tell you who you are in Christ. The sinful nature likes to think it can earn (and keep) God's favor. Our Old Adam prefers to base security with God the Father on His Law rather than His Gospel.
What Senkbeil gets at in this section is the fact that we are, without question, a society of doers. Ever since the Enlightenment, we've been told in a thousand different ways that accomplishment precedes acceptance; that achievement precedes approval. And since we all long for affirmation and validation, we set out to prove our worth by working. Unwittingly, Christians in this cultural context have absorbed this mentality and taken it into their relationship with God and their understanding of the Christian life. As it was with Martha in Luke 10:38-42, so it is with us: we just have to be doing something. We can't sit still. Achieving, not receiving, has become the mark of spiritual maturity. With this in mind, Martin Luther wrote, "To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing." The hardest thing to do even as believers in Christ is to simply sit down and receive something, which is why Mike Horton titled one of the chapters in his book The Gospel-Driven Life, "Don't Just Do Something Sit There."
As I mentioned a few posts ago, preachers these days are expected to provide a practical "to-do" list, rather than announce, "It is finished." They are expected to do something more than placard before their congregations eyes Christ's finished work, preaching a full absolution solely on the basis of the complete righteousness of Another. It's important to remember that the application that defines Christians is the application of Christ's work to them, not their work for Christ.
John Piper once asked, "How do you glorify a water fountain? Come thirsty and drink!" Jesus is not glorified by our "doing" things for him. He is glorified by our resting in, and receiving, what he's done for us.


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