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By Geoffrey West
Editor's note: Geoffrey West is a Distinguished Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Complex Systems. This essay is adapted from WEF's new report, Outlook on the Global Agenda. The views expressed are his own.
From global warming to homelessness, from debt crises to energy shortages, from insufficient water to outbreaks of disease, name any problem that concerns humanity and the city is the crucible where you will find it bubbling away.
But cities – and megacities in particular – whose emergence was recognized this week by the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Councils as one of the most significant trends for 2014, also represent our best hope for finding solutions to these enormous challenges since they are the cauldrons of innovation, ideas and wealth creation. Thus, an urgent challenge of the 21st century is to understand cities, and by extension megacities – those urban areas with populations exceeding 15 million.
Looking back over 150 years to megacities of the past, such as London or New York, it is clear they suffered from much the same negative image often associated with megacities of today. Think of the Dickensian image of London: a city pervaded by crime, pollution, disease and destitution. Still, these cities were highly mobile, highly evolving diverse societies, offering huge opportunities ultimately resulting in their modern manifestation as drivers of the world's economy. Much the same could be speculated about megacities emerging today in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world.
Recently, my colleagues and I have been developing a "Science of Cities" to try to understand quantitatively how their socio-economic and infrastructural dynamics and organization work. We found some surprising results. By analyzing data representing a broad spectrum of urban metrics of cities across the world, we found that they all scale in a remarkably similar fashion. This means that if you know the population of a city within some urban system anywhere in the world, you can predict with 80 to 90 percent accuracy its average income, number of AIDS cases, patents, crime rate, petrol stations, length of roads, etc. So, despite history, geography and culture, there are extraordinary systematic regularities and constraints that transcend the individuality of cities.
More from CNN: Detroit 'the used to be city'
Why is this? We believe these "laws" reflect the commonality and similarity of people and social networks the world over: the connection is us. All cities share the same effective "DNA" because they're made up of people; cities are fundamentally social networks, complex adaptive systems that behave similarly regardless of geography, political system or economic model.
How does this extend to megacities? The Survey on the Global Agenda showed that across the globe, people recognize their importance, but the jury is out on their future. Will they continue to grow indefinitely without significant improvement of social conditions or will they follow the trajectories of London and New York and develop into major economic engines and modern metropolises? Cities take decades to change, but as we look around the world there are lessons that underscore the importance of really understanding what makes them tick.
China, for example, has embarked on the daunting task of constructing new cities to urbanize 250 million rural residents. Perhaps out of expediency, these cities are being built without deep understanding of the complexity of cities and its connection to socio-economic success. Indeed, we are told that many of these new cities, like classic suburbs, are soulless ghost towns with little sense of community. Cities have an organic quality; they evolve and physically grow out of interactions between people. The great cities of the world facilitate human interaction, creating that indefinable buzz and soul of the city, the wellspring of its innovation and excitement that is a major contributor to its resilience and success economically and socially.
In the United States, Detroit shows us how neglecting diversity can lead to losing that buzz. Detroit was narrowly focused on the automobile industry, which indeed spun off other associated but highly dependent industries, which led to temporary boom. However, because of its lack of business diversity, Detroit was unable to adapt when the aging automobile industry hit tough times.
Cities are quintessential complex adaptive systems constrained by underlying social and infrastructural networks. Diversity is crucial for their resilience, because all of their benefits, successes and problems are highly coupled, interacting – and continually changing.
Detroits new emergency mgr Kevin Orr should hire Geoffrey West to get Detroit f u n c t io n ing properly. And i can't add "again" because Detroit has never f u n c t ioned properly! First and formost, Detroit has been abused by politicians repeatedly for decades!
How true. I have a feeling Detroit will rise again.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
Me too @ Terry, Now that they elected Mike Duggan as Mayor! Dave Bing just isn't mayor material and i can't think of a single positive thing hes done for Detroit. Well with the exception of no scandals. Oh and no pilfering of money.
HONG KONG – one, once thriveing and flourishing megacity, that Western Societies because of political infightings, false politics and wrong desicions lost to Chinese – what also meant success for the Chinese Communists party – and failure for Washington DC politics – needs to be given back to GREAT BRITAIN.
I think there should be a knowledge area to create new words to describe stuff. I don't like any of the words in existence, to describe how beautiful my wife is.
No.1: Democrats deliberately destroyed American Auto City – Detroit – for the benefits of j-a-p-a-n-e-s-e auto manufacturers (mazda, honda, suzuki, toyota, ...); No.2: They sold Hong Kong to Chinese, to harm Great Britain – regardless that this was against NATO alliance; No.3: Ms.Hillary damaged US foreign policy on the purpose to harm USA interests.
The one thing I find hard to understand, is how the federal and state governments within the USA, sat on their behinds and did absolutely nothing, while 1000's of CEO's of US corporations were "giving" all our US jobs to Asia, on a silver platter, and without even a fight!!!!!!!! What were they thinking??????? I guess they were NOT thinking. period. And now that over 50 million jobs have been siphoned off to Asia, in over 200 industries, and there is a huge unemployment situation in USA, now a few politicians are starting to wake up to their new reality, which is a wiped out middle class, hugely reduced tax revenues, and entire cities, like Detroit, on the brink of extinction.......... 😦
So very, very true @ Daniel! And if they were thinking it was only about theirselves! Time for some serious changes in DC! Term limits and age caps on Congressional leaders! Stop ALL foreign financial aid, and an audit of the Federal Reserve while we're at it!
It's insane, how cities become megacities. What is the quality of life in a huge concrete jungle?
Lol @ j.vonhettlingen, i can't tell you how many times i've asked myself that very same question. Ive lived my entire life in the great upnorth, and moved here a few years back and am still asking myself that same question. Thank goodness my kids were grown before i moved here! Lmao
Most people only go to cities, because that's where the jobs are. many would reject that, if they could make a living elsewhere.
Too true @ Rick, but im thinking still it was to big a price to pay! And the culture shock i went thru...good grief! I might never recover from it lol!
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Upload LCD Watch
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The inventive and simple to read Kisai Upload watch from Tokyoflash Japan has an LCD display that looks like a cryptic arrangement of lines and blocks. Tilt your wrist and the digital time can be read clearly at a glance.
Kisai Upload has USB memory in the form of a replaceable MicroSD card so that you can securely store data on your wrist. The watch also features date, alarm, LED backlighting and is available in eight different colors.
A Limited Edition Watch Design with Time, Date, Alarm & LED Backlight
The "always on" LCD display presents the time digitally in hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second. Tilt the watch away from you at an angle and the time display becomes easily readable. The concept is the same as that used in road markings where words are stretched but can be read from a low angle. The digital time from a different perspective.
Push the lower button and the date will be displayed; you can set the date in one of three different formats. Push the upper button to activate the colored LED backlight, a great function for night time.
A USB Memory Watch with a Replaceable MicroSD Card
Kisai Upload comes with a 2GB MicroSD card which can be replaced with any capacity card available. To transfer data to and from the watch, just connect to your computer with the USB cable provided. This saves carrying multiple USB drives and means you always know your data is secure on your wrist. To replace the MicroSD card, simply unscrew the case back and slide in the new card.
A USB Rechargeable Stainless Steel Wrist Watch With An Adjustable Strap
Made from high quality stainless steel with a brushed finish, Kisai Upload is a USB rechargeable watch. To recharge, connect to your computer with the USB cable provided. One full charge will take 3.5 hours and each charge should last 3-4 months. There are more than 300 charges in one battery and the standard LIR2032 battery is replaceable. Kisai Upload also has an adjustable strap.
Each part of Kisai Upload has been individually designed and manufactured, including the case, strap and uniquely programmed display. Like all watches from Tokyoflash Japan it is limited edition which means that it is guaranteed to be an original design that not many other people own.
- Displays the time and date
- Alarm mode
- LCD "always on" display
- LED backlight for night time
- Removable memory for storing data
- 2GB MicroSD card included
- 2 USB cables & spare USB caps included
- Stainless steel case, & buckle
- Adjustable stainless steel strap
- Minimum wrist size: 100 mm (approx.)
- Maximum wrist size: 220 mm (approx.)
- Case Dimensions: 36 mm x 52 mm x 13 mm
- Weight: 160 grams
- Water resistance: 3ATM
- Battery: LIR2032 rechargeable & replaceable battery
- Japanese and English instructions
- One year warranty
Concept to Reality
Kisai Upload originated as a concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio Blog in July 2011. It was voted as one of the most popular concepts by fans on the blog and was developed based on feedback provided. Kisai Upload is now reality. Find out more about the original concept on the Tokyoflash Design Studio BLOG.
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"Forgetting Fukushima makes it more likely that such a nuclear disaster could happen elsewhere," said Mrs Tatsuko Okawara, one of the hundreds of thousands of victims of the Fukushima accident that began on 11 March 2011.
Though she is right, the world still seems to forget.
The nuclear industry is trying its hardest to make us forget by downplaying the impacts of the accident, ignoring the fact that the Fukushima reactors are still not under control and claiming that lessons have been learned. Nothing is further from the truth.
So business continues as usual and in many countries the same mistakes are being made that played a role in Fukushima. These are systemic failures linked to the nuclear sector, such as a lack of independent regulators, no accountability, putting profits before the protection of people, insufficient emergency planning and the continued belief in a nuclear safety paradigm that has been proven wrong.
A truly independent nuclear regulator is a rarity as most are closely connected to the sector that they should control. And at the same time, decisions are made on the basis of politics and economics, rather than people and their safety.
The nuclear industry still benefits from a liability system that shields them from carrying responsibility for the risks and damages they create. Big companies harvest large profits, while the moment things go wrong, it is the society and people who need to deal with the losses and damages. Those who are paying for Fukushima are the many thousands of citizens who lost their livelihoods; whose communities and families have been broken up; whose children cannot play outside because radiation levels are too high. The people who are paying are the Japanese people whose tax money is being used to deal with the crippled Fukushima reactors and clean up of the contaminated areas.
We were led to believe that the probability of a severe nuclear accident like Chernobyl was virtually insignificant. But looking at the real world, the evidence shows the frequency of reactor meltdowns is approximately once in every decade. Still, the nuclear sector uses the same probability assessments and procedures that were proven entirely wrong. Regulators continue to hesitate to properly act to reduce reactor risks, because stricter regulations would make the nuclear industry unprofitable.
The world is still running more than 400 inherently dangerous nuclear reactors and continues to build dozens more. Millions of people are at risk because, as Fukushima has shown, the radioactive contamination does not stop at a distance of 10 or 20 kilometres, which is the border of the officially designated evacuation zones. And still, nobody is prepared to handle a large-scale nuclear accident when people may need to be evacuated even hundred kilometres away from the nuclear power plant.
Nuclear energy is not a necessary evil, because affordable, safer and cleaner energy solutions exist. They are only a matter of political choice.
That's why we must not forget Fukushima. We must listen to those who suffer from the accident. We must remember, learn and act to build a better world.
Dr. Rianne Teule is a Campaigns Director & nuclear expert at Greenpeace Belgium.
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Just curious, could you elaborate more on this comment?
"Nuclear energy is not a necessary evil, because affordable, safer and cleaner ener...
Just curious, could you elaborate more on this comment?
"Nuclear energy is not a necessary evil, because affordable, safer and cleaner energy solutions exist. They are only a matter of political choice."
Because no matter how i calculate, to set up one renewable plant (wind turbine, CSP, PV, etc.) that can provide as much annual output as a nuclear plant, would require much larger scale on land mass, and even more money with current technologies.
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Well in fact, if you look for example at Energy Revolution scenario (a blueprint for technology mix that can supply global energy needs by renewable s...
Well in fact, if you look for example at Energy Revolution scenario (a blueprint for technology mix that can supply global energy needs by renewable sources in 2050), the area needed for solar and wind farms to achieve that is less than 1 % of land's surface. That's actually less than the roads and buildings occupy in many industrialized countries.
I also wonder how you calculate the space occupied by nuclear power plants. Did you include large areas affected by uranium mining? How did you account for Fukushima and Chernobyl exclusion zones that will remain contaminated for generations – and for future reactor accidents that are inevitable if we continue or even expand nuclear power? And how did you take into account the need to store highly radioactive waste for hundreds of thousands of years?
When it comes to costs, it's actually difficult to find a technology that would be more expensive than nuclear reactors. A single new reactor today costs more than 10 billion dollars, and as we can see in UK and elsewhere, investors will only put their money to it if they are guaranteed that they will be able to sell its electricity for at least 15 (US dollar) cents per kilowatthour.
Well generating costs for wind today are on average 8 cents (and as low as 3 cents at good locations), and even previously forbiddingly expensive solar photovoltaic can do cheaper than that (the most recent commercial contract for solar plant in Texas was for 5 cents per kilowatthour). And while nuclear energy has managed to become more and more expensive in time, the opposite applies to modern renewable energy technologies – year by year, they can deliver at less and less costs.
This is not propaganda or wishful thinking. This is the reality that also investors follow with their money. So while in 2013, four nuclear reactors were connected to the grid with combined capacity of 4,000 MW, in the very same year, more than 80,000 MW of new wind and solar plants were added. And to make a comparison in real terms, these newly installed renewable energy capacities will generate as much electricity as twenty large reactors on an annual basis.
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Dear Jan,
First please let me introduce myself, I am one of the CSP advocate in Asia w/ about 5 years of onsite experiences while had som...
Dear Jan,
First please let me introduce myself, I am one of the CSP advocate in Asia w/ about 5 years of onsite experiences while had some international patents regard this energy generation. The Energy Revolution you mentioned is a goal that I wanted to help achieve also.
You see, from an engineer point of view, it is not how nuclear reactor design that went wrong and created that radioactive poof we all saw on TV. When Tokyo Electric did not shut the core down as they should, that sounded more like a human error that against SOP than inherit danger or faulty design of nuclear reactor as most media said.
As we all know that life is always a give and take, when it comes to providing sustainable, stable, high output electricity, there are very few sensible alternatives from nuclear plants;
Coal fire like UK and Germany? thanks, my sister had childhood asthma which disappeared after we moved away from one coal power plant.
LNG/LPG power plant? Less than 20 hours ago something happened in much less scale that was occupied about 1/4 of CNN time. Though at this moment it is very inappropriate to associate that tragic event to this power generation, that is just as inappropriate to associate other operating civilian commercial nuclear power plants with Chernobyl disaster, (which is known as a weapon grade plutonium brewing facility) would you agree?
CSP, well, lets just say that CSP is regional limited, personally I wont even attempt to set one up in Canada or Seattle,
PV, I had strong prejudice against it once I figured out how much environmental unfriendly toxin were used in silicon based modules were produced, however that subject is outside of this discussion. Its cost may start to flux a bit since now Chinese PV products are no longer on shelves. Thin-membrane type, still a bit iffy on efficiency, and stiff on production cost. Maybe in 3~5 years there would be a breakthrough on production technique, but we are all living here, today.
Wind turbine, though many countries used them, more people realized they were not as efficient nor durable as advertised. From wind farm near Palm Springs, CA to Inner Mongolia, China, they just do not have what it takes to provide a steady output. Yes I do know about battery packs, and I understand IEC 61400 is coming up with a new revision, but it is just not yet ready for our power need, otherwise Germany would less frustrating about their natural gas pipeline getting cut off, wouldn't they? (well, they can and had purchase electricity from France when wind stop blowing....)
There are other renewable energy, not all of them "clean energy" but some renewable are cleaner than others.
However, to choosing nuclear power plant as current electricity provider, is because it is not as dangerous nor as evil as media like us to think. Evacuation zone? yes there is. Radioactive contamination? Bet you they are out there! But guess what? It is worst with coal fire power, coal mining actually killed more people than uranium mining, and in event of nuclear disaster, it gives more time for most people to get to safety than LNG/LPG storage explosion....and now it is monitored under much more cautious eyes by people like you and I. We will scream and protest and call our representatives whenever there are any foul play and demanding answers for questions whether hypothetical or real, wont we?
I am actually taking my family to visit local nuclear reactor this coming month just to know more about nuclear power plant, its spent fuel rod, and waste management. It is 21st century and we are no longer in cold war, maybe we should all start to learn more about things scares us when we were kids, well, that's just my opinion.
Back to did I calculate needed land mass for evacuation zone, no i did not, reason? Since the only two cities had been nuked in human history are occupied by quite a large number of people and the population are not turning into glow in the dark figures or mutants, the effect of radioactive poison may be less than what media wanted us to believe.
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Thanks to Greenpeace for that video, it is an important video, though it is heart-breaking to watch it. It is so VERY unusual for Japanese people to s...
Thanks to Greenpeace for that video, it is an important video, though it is heart-breaking to watch it. It is so VERY unusual for Japanese people to speak so openely e.g. about having been deceived, it shows how horrible their situation is, to make them speak out like that. As one Japanese woman in the vid says: soul-destroying. My heart goes out to them and I would like to do more than just listen to them via internet-vid. I feel that is the only weak point of this blog entry and the video: that there is no campaign or petition combined with it. I feel there should have been a campaign or petition with it. Apart from that, thanks to Greenpeace for your work!
12 March, 2014 at 17:26
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And don't forget the US sailors who were there and now suffer ill effects...
And don't forget the US sailors who were there and now suffer ill effects...
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A really great write Dr. Teule, and Jan too, ...and a very powerful video, ...most excellent. "This is not propaganda or wishful thinking."...
A really great write Dr. Teule, and Jan too, ...and a very powerful video, ...most excellent. "This is not propaganda or wishful thinking." No indeed it isn't. It is clear thinking by you Jan and Dr. Teule. And thank you for holding that perfect truth in your open hand.
Sharing this with my wonderful friends at Greenpeace Brazil - https://www.facebook.com/groups/greenpeacegroup/, Kenyans Supporting Greenpeace - https://www.facebook.com/groups/390891524348733/, and my own Facebook page, ...and writing:
Three years on, the radiation and suffering continues. California is now 18% solar. Why all the mess and catastrophic consequences. Billions being spent on what could ultimately kill us. Another great Greenpeace campaign and massive effort, ...and thanks very much Dr. Rianne Teule and Jan Beranek
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It is so terrible
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As Japan moves forward to restart its nuclear powerplants the Fukushima lesson will effectively be forgotten.
In 2004 the Chuetsu earthqu...
As Japan moves forward to restart its nuclear powerplants the Fukushima lesson will effectively be forgotten.
In 2004 the Chuetsu earthquake caused damages to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa npp that crippled the plant for nearly two years. That lesson has been ignored, hence we had Fukushima.
If the Fukushima lesson will be ignored too and npps restarted Japan must be ready for a third accident, possibly worse than Fukushima.
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After CNN iReport article ( http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1045751 ) someone else is reacting to advise about the new Technology by WOW Technology In...
After CNN iReport article ( http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1045751 ) someone else is reacting to advise about the new Technology by WOW Technology Inc. that is able to offer a SUPER decontamination performance for removing radioactive isotopes from water without generating any sludge.
It is the Bouletin of French ministery for Foreign affairs:
This Technology would allow a better cooling for those metdown rectors at Fukushima Daiichi and prevent additional problems.
I hope that news will be spreaded all around the world.
as it is a great news and a glimmer of hope.
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Crazy Kelly Bensimon Creates Important PSA in Her Living Room
Bensimon, a Real Housewife of New York City who is not dead, has been acting a bit kooky this season, and she's now created a homemade after school special-style PSA to explain it all away. See, she was bullied!
Yes, she was a victim of terrible, terrible bullying, presumably at the hands of all the other mean old Housewives. That's why she's been doing strange fever-dances and yelling at trees all season long. We realize that by posting this we're just feeding into her masochistic desire for attention, but we feel you could all benefit from the video's healing message: Never gang up on a person who's having "an episode" because they'll later make a PSA about it and you'll probably have to watch it. The more you knowwwwwww.


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The Raiders have signed top draft pick Khalil Mack to an $18.7 million, four-year contract.
The deal signed Thursday also includes a club option for a fifth year.
Mack was chosen fifth overall in last week's draft and is expected to be an immediate impact pass rusher at linebacker on Oakland's rebuilt defense.
In 48 college games at Buffalo, Mack recorded 28½ sacks, a major college-record 16 forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, four interceptions and 21 passes defensed.
Mack will take part in his first practices in the NFL this weekend at the Raiders' three-day rookie minicamp beginning Friday.


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Yotsuba Model
Working a closing shift at Forbidden Planet, wandering the asiles, when I noticed on our shelves a fantastic new Yotsuba model kit from Kotobukiya I hadn't seen before…
Dressed in her usual outfit for a day of adventure, she wears an orange and white long-sleeved shirt, olive shorts, and orange and white shoes. Yotsuba is comprised of 120 pre-colored plastic pieces eliminating the need for painting, and 15 points of articulation and multiple interchangeable face parts with a wide array of different expressions provide for an amazing number of display options! The energetic girl stands nearly 5 ½ inches tall and comes with some really fun accessories like a kazoo, camera, bubble wand, and stuffed teddy bear.
A must have for any fan.


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Now that Emma is a little older, it is now my goal to be able to feed her from what I've fixed for our own dinner. Modified of course. I think this will help her to be an adventurous eater, and so I'm not cooking macaroni and cheese or chicken strips along with every meal in the future.
In this recipe, I start by making the broth from scratch, but if you'd prefer, you can just use store-bought chicken stock. Starting from scratch is a lot easier and quicker than you might think - it is just boiling chicken in water with a bunch of vegetables for about 20 minutes. The entire thing can be made in 30 minutes.
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
3 split chicken breast halves, bone-in (about 3 pounds)
For the stock :
8 cups of water
1 small white onion, quartered
1 carrot cut into chunks
1 head of garlic, cut in half exposing the cloves
1 small bunch of fresh parsley
2 tablespoons of sea salt (more or less, per your taste)
1/2 teaspoon of pepper (more or less, per your taste)
4 carrots, diced
2 tablespoons of fresh parsley
1 cup of frozen peas
1/2 bag of egg noodles
salt and pepper to taste
If you're making the stock in advance, strain and discard the bones, skin, vegetables and herbs, then put the stock in freezer containers.
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We've reached that point in the winter where I am REA-DY for spring- it's close right? We're almost there? I think it's more wishful thinking than reality at this point but I'm so thankful that our Virginia winters are pretty mild comparatively. But I can't wait for days when it's light out when I get off of work, when we can take our puppy on nice long walks in the park, and go strawberry picking in Charlottesville. Bring on spring!
But for now, I'm glad there is an abundance of citrus available-- it will somewhat tide me over until spring and summer produce gets here. I think I've said this before here, but I am a sucker to resist those gigantic bags of lemons and limes when they are so cheap at Costco during the winter. One of my favorite things to make is this Lime Bundt Cake with Lime Glaze. I found this recipe years and years ago to make for Easter one year. It is a cream cheese based pound cake with lots of lime juice and zest. I never liked the glaze that went with the original recipe though, so I replaced it with a buttermilk glaze that I usually make on for my favorite lemon pound cake. It's creamy and sweet and tangy, and I just swapped the lemon juice for lime.
Lime Bundt Cake with Lime Glaze
For the Cake:
3 1/4 cups cake flour
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
18 Tbs. (2 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 cups granulated sugar
6 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 Tbs. fresh lime juice
2 tsp. finely grated lime zest
Bring all of the ingredients to room temperature.
Position a rack in the lower third of an oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a large bundt pan and tap out the excess flour.
To make the cake, sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat the butter and cream cheese on medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 30 seconds. Gradually add the granulated sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Increase the speed to medium-high and add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in the vanilla and lime juice.
Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in three additions. Beat each addition until just incorporated, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the lime zest.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, spreading the batter so the sides are higher than the center. Bake until the cake is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and let the cake cool upright in the pan for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, remove the cake from the cake pan and cool completely on wire rack. After the cake has cooled, drizzle with lime glaze.
Adapted from Williams-Sonoma
For the Lime Glaze
2-3 Tbs. lime juice
1 Tbs. buttermilk*
2 cups powdered sugar
Whisk 2 Tbs. lime juice, buttermilk, and powdered sugar until smooth, adding more lime juice gradually, if needed. It should be thick but pourable. Pour glaze evenly over top of cooled cake.
Adapted from librariane.blogspot.com via Cook's Illustrated
*Instead of buying buttermilk, I make this substitution: Take a 1 cup measuring cup. Pour 1 tablespoon of white vinegar in the bottom. Fill the rest of the measuring cup with milk. Pour the mixture into a small tupperware or jar and shake. Allow the mixture to to curdle for 5-10 minutes and you have a perfect buttermilk substitute! Refrigerate leftovers as you would any dairy product.


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Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man with the voice for radio, was detained Monday night by Los Angeles police at a Hollywood hotel, according to authorities.
Officer Catherine Massey told the Associated Press Williams and his daughter got into a heated argument Monday night at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood. Massey said officers took the pair to the Hollywood police station, calmed them down, talked to them and let them go in less than hour.
She described the case as a minor disturbance.
Williams was in LA for television appearances. Earlier Monday, he met with the Lakers.
Late last month, Williams was standing off Interstate 71 in Columbus when he caught the eye of a videographer. The video was posted on YouTube -- then came the television appearances and job offers.


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Just thought i'd ask while i'm here, Why do glass firms have marks on one thing and not on another?
... there were many reasons for not marking British glass ...
Bernard mentioned US glass makers possibly copying UK glass makers.
... they [Walsh] appear to have had an excellent understanding of the US market. I believe they accepted that the better of their designs would be copied, and that there was no way of protecting them. An example is Opaline Brocade, which was copied by Northwood within a year of its launch by Walsh. Incidentally it happened equally in the other direction, for example, the famous Edward Bolton "Grace Darling" boat is an almost exact copy of the Hobbs 101 Yacht Celery. This had a major impact on Walsh in that I believe it explains why so few of their registered designs were marked (almost an open invitation to copy), and also their marketing approach to the US, which appears to have been to send over a large shipment to their agents, and then start all over again with completely new designs. I can find no other obvious business reason for the constant and amazing innovative drive at the Walsh glassworks. ...
You wrote: Bernard mentioned US glass makers possibly copying UK glass makers. I did not use the word "possibly", I stated it as a fact. Please disagree with me, or correct an error, but I would be grateful not to be misquoted, as I generally choose my words very carefully.
because it would have been an open invitation to US glassworks to copy exported glass had it been readily identifiable as such (litigation between US glassworks was costly and unpredictable â the Atlantic made it impossible),
Glen â Plagiarism by British glassworks is certainly not a reason for not marking British glass
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The Dark Knight Rises trailer 3 is here! The Avengers is the belle of the ball in theaters right now, but Chris Nolan's finale to the Batman trilogy is far from forgotten - and will surely be in the forefront again (for better or worse) after people get a look at the new footage.
After three trailers we have some of the answers that fans have been wondering and/or worrying about - plus new questions to wonder and/or worry about. Scroll down to the comments for the discussion.
The best word to describe this third Dark Knight Rises trailer would probably be "crescendo." Starting from Selina Kyle's (Anne Hathaway) ominous whispered threat to Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) about coming storms - to the final shot of The Bat hovercraft soaring and barrel-rolling across the skies of Gotham, this trailer attempts to showcase just how epic this third and final film is going to be.
Admittedly, however, this is clearly a trailer that is meant for a big screen - the final scene of The Bat hovercraft seemingly taking advantage of the film's impressive IMAX format (along with many other scenes glimpsed in the trailer).
Here are a couple of things of note, in terms of questions that have been answered:
- Catwoman seems like a cynical crook-for-hire, but one who eventually takes up Batman's cause. I have a feeling the new footage will assuage a lot of doubt about Anne Hathaway getting the role.
- The audio on Bane's (Tom Hardy) vocals has definitely been cleaned up and clarified. While it'll be easier to understand, there is something lost in the effect the ravaged, scratchy version had.
- The movie seems to be a combination of the Batman comic book storylines "Knightfall", "Knightquest", and "No Man's Land". Click any of those titles to learn more about the respective stories.
As for new questions and worries:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard's characters - for the moment - seem to be no more than what they are: a local Gotham cop and Bruce Wayne's girlfriend, respectively. Rumors have long been flying about one or both of them having secret identities of their own - but Nolan is playing that close to the vest for now (or, scary thought, not playing that game at all).
- Looking at the story structure, it seems like there will be a significant portion of this film in which there is no Batman, just Bruce Wayne. Don't know how fans will feel about that.
- Side characters like Joseph Gordon-Levitt's cop character and other supporting players like Commissioner Gordon, Miranda Tate and Catwoman may not serve as suitable substitutions for Batman in a "Batman movie."
As we discuss on this week's Screen Rant Podcast, Dark Knight Rises in some ways has it harder than, say, The Amazing Spider-Man. Nolan and Co. have HUGE expectations to live up to - critically, financially, publicly - and even if he does a really good job, anything short of goosebump-inducing awe will be considered a disappointment. By contrast, if Spider-Man is even marginally entertaining, it'll be deemed a pleasant surprise.
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MICO Inc., North Mankato, Minn., a designer and manufacturer of hydraulic components, controls and brake systems, announced today that it has opened a new facility in Shakopee, Minn., to house its new Electrohydraulics (EH) group. The new group will focus on the growing market potential for electronic controls in combination with hydraulic brakes.
MICO has been actively designing and producing electrohydraulic systems for several years. Now, the company says it is dedicating a team of engineers to the development of electrohydraulic technologies on an exclusive basis. The group is responsible for the design of ABS, traction control and electronic stability control systems for large commercial and military vehicles.
"As more and more of our traditional brake customers are requesting electrohydraulic systems, we have recognized how critical this trend is to the future of off-highway vehicle design," said MICO EH Group director Manfred Maiers. "In addition to our expansion into complex innovations like regenerative braking, we'll continue to enhance our existing electrohydraulic technology and provide the specific customer solutions for which we're best known."
The EH Group facility includes office, warehouse and laboratory space, allowing for on-site design, testing and verification. Manufacturing of MICO electrohydraulic components will continue to take place at the company's headquarters in North Mankato, Minn.
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They're unbeaten, but are Falcons the NFL's best?
USA TODAY Sports' view of the strength of all 32 teams entering Week 10. Last week's rankings in parentheses.
1. Atlanta Falcons
Halfway to 16-0, and the rest of their schedule doesn't feature a team currently with a winning record. (1st)
2. San Francisco 49ers
Momentum will be tested as they come off a stretch that included one game in a 23-day span. (3rd)
3. Chicago Bears
Who needs offense? Chicago's defense and special teams have scored eight TDs — three fewer than the Jaguars' total. (6th)
4. Houston Texans
They've done a nice job protecting the ball, a trait that will be tested Sunday night by the opportunistic Bears. (4th)
5. Green Bay Packers
He and his mates are getting beaten up — hello, bye week — but QB Aaron Rodgers has 22 touchdown passes (and five wins) in his last six starts. (5th)
T6. New England Patriots
They didn't rest on their laurels in the bye week, adding talented corner Aqib Talib to a secondary in need of help. (7th)
T6. New York Giants
Maddening inconsistency persists, but fortunately they play in a division of teams with much larger issues. (2nd)
8. Pittsburgh Steelers
So much for their inability to play well on the road. If Troy Polamalu and the backfield get healthy, watch out. (10th)
9. Denver Broncos
On a day when Peyton Manning was merely human, Von Miller stepped up with a three-sack day in Cincy. (8th)
10. Baltimore Ravens
If only they exclusively played divisional games. Baltimore has won 11 in a row against AFC North foes. (9th)
11. Seattle Seahawks
The normally staunch run defense has been shredded for more than 500 yards over the last three weeks. (11th)
12. Detroit Lions
Back at .500 after a nice outing from WR Calvin Johnson and a breakout game for RB Mikel Leshoure. But the schedule doesn't let up in the second half. (12th)
13. Indianapolis Colts
Five wins and 2,404 passing yards through eight games. Those numbers apply to Andrew Luck and Peyton Manning. (22nd)
GOING BALD:Colts show their support for stricken coach
14. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Rookie Doug Martin is dialed in, averaging more than 200 yards from scrimmage in his last three outings. (18th)
15. San Diego Chargers
Three of their next seven games to be played on the East Coast, probably not welcome news for a team susceptible to wild swings. (19th)
16. Dallas Cowboys
Don't bury them just yet. Dallas is scheduled to play one more opponent who presently owns a winning record. (14th)
JERRY FIRE JERRY?:Not really going to happen
17. New Orleans Saints
Two games against the Falcons this month will provide a further barometer of where New Orleans really rates. (20th)
18. Minnesota Vikings
There's grumbling up north because struggling QB Christian Ponder has been held below 100 passing yards twice in the last three weeks. (13th)
19. Philadelphia Eagles
They can still do damage with five NFC East games upcoming but might have to do so without 80% of the starting O-line. (16th)
20. Miami Dolphins
It might be time to saddle up Reggie Bush and ride him a little harder. He has had 20 touches in a game once since Week 2. (15th)
21. Cincinnati Bengals
Apparently, Marvin Lewis' message needs more time to sink in with Andy Dalton and Rey Maualuga. (21st)
22. St. Louis Rams
The offense should get a boost Sunday with the expected return of slot man Danny Amendola. (24th)
23. Arizona Cardinals
They have allowed an increasing number of points five weeks in a row, with a trip to Atlanta looming after the bye. (23rd)
T24. New York Jets
In a season that's quickly going off the rails, much of the team spent the bye week in the dark, courtesy of superstorm Sandy. (28th)
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T24. Washington Redskins
The bloom is off the rose after downcast Mike Shanahan lamented his team's defeat in a "must-win" game vs. the Panthers. (17th)
26. Carolina Panthers
RGIII 2.0? A ridiculous notion, but Cam Newton sent a reminder of why he was everyone's favorite young QB three months ago. (29th)
27. Oakland Raiders
A team that hasn't been able to run the ball all season (and now has no healthy backs) suddenly can't stop it, either. (25th)
28. Buffalo Bills
GM Buddy Nix says Chan Gailey's job is safe, but he won't give struggling QB Ryan Fitzpatrick the same assurance. (27th)
29. Tennessee Titans
Ugly Sunday. Bears fans overran LP Field, and owner Bud Adams threatened to overhaul the franchise if play doesn't improve. (26th)
30. Cleveland Browns
The new Browns are 7-21 against the old Browns, with the Ravens running their winning streak vs. Cleveland to 10. (30th)
31. Jacksonville Jaguars
Probably not too early to ask if they'll enlist a replacement for Blaine Gabbert atop the 2013 draft. (31st)
32. Kansas City Chiefs
Yes, a national TV audience must endure another week of watching them, albeit with a new defensive coordinator. (32nd)
Power rankings are voted on by editors and writers from USA TODAY Sports' NFL desk. Comments by Nate Davis.


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Cruise ships are only required to notify authorities if more than 2 percent of their passengers fall violently ill. Cruise lines don't like to acknowledge such events, but some of these leviathans bunk over 6,000 people and that means 120 passengers have to be barfing onto the lower decks before somebody calls the CDC.
You always hear about cruise ships running aground, running out of gas, running into icebergs or running into Carnival fun bouts of ship-wide diarrhea and gastric upheaval, stomach cramps, dehydration and finally those pesky, massive burials at sea. OK, I made that last part up. Mostly they dump the still-living off at hospitals in ports along the way.
I noticed that the capacity of the top two Royal Caribbean Cruise ships was 12,442 which coincidentally, is exactly the population of Grand County and I thought to myself, why the heck not? I mean, how often is it that a whole county would get to go on vacation at the same time? I know right now you're thinking one of two things: Either this is the stupidest thing you've ever read, or that's the last thing in the world I'd ever do.
Four passengers to a vehicle means we could move everybody in just 3,135 cars and one doubled-up motorcycle. About the third week in April we'd head off to San Diego where we would board a couple of Holland America goliaths for a 30 day float to Rarotonga, Bora Bora and Nuku Hiva, returning at the tail end of mud season. Or maybe not.
It was a year ago that the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Italy. The captain was doing a showoff pass-in-review for Giglio islanders. Normal shipping lanes are five miles from the island but the Concordia struck a reef a scant 2,600 feet off shore. He claims the photo-op was ordered by Costa Cruises, the Concordia owners. Costa Cruises denies this but admits they had ordered similar deviations in the past.
Teenagers, listen up! The captain admits to driving distracted on a phone call when the Concordia struck a jagged rock 26 feet below the water line, ripping a gash more than half the length of a football field. The substructure flooded within minutes, submerging the ship's generators and gigantic engines. Power and communications were lost almost immediately. The ship abruptly listed 20 degrees, throwing people to their knees.
The Concordia carried 4,229 passengers and crew, almost twice as many as the Titanic. Chaos on the Concordia was profound. About 700 new passengers had no evacuation training, tilted decks made loading the lifeboats awkward and slow, the captain was nowhere to be found, and some of the crew sent passengers back to their cabins.
Captain Francesco Schettino claims he was frantically inspecting his listing ship when he slipped and slid down the hull, incredibly landing unharmed in one of the few lifeboats that did get away. He says he's wrongfully being accused of the deaths of 32 passengers; in fact, his skillful steering after the impact saved thousands of lives that night. Prosecutors will determine in the next few weeks whether he will face charges that could lead to 20 years in prison
The Concordia salvage will be completed by June of this year. It is the largest salvage operation in maritime history costing an anticipated $400 million. Sensitive to one of Italy's most scenic coastlines, they intend to patch the hole, fill the ship with air chambers and pump out the water. The plan is to float it off to an Italian shipyard where it will then be scrapped.
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hoi.polloi wrote:Patience, fbenario! It seems to me alainpaul just wants to help spread the word, unless I sit corrected later.
nonhocapito wrote:In case anyone's interested, I'm on facebook too... I needed to browse pages of facebook to do the basic research on the vicsims and scammers (no, I didn't have my own page). Here:
atheist wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h02HCrCbu4I
40 seconds and if not fake...a big eye opener
atheist wrote: That would be a good proof for the bombing aspect... and then again if its a fake - it would be still incriminating evidence. so i don get the purpose of this video. And sry if this is a repost.
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New Online Marketplace Offers Image Buyers Unparalleled Diversity of High-Quality Photography From Both Pros and Flickr Users Alike
New York, NY -- November 15, 2007 –– PhotoShelter is pleased to announce that it has begun transacting image sales on The PhotoShelter Collection, the first online marketplace to provide the benefits of a commercial agency and a wholly transparent sales system to pro, amateur and hobbyist photographers alike. The PhotoShelter Collection will now offer image buyers access to the widest and most eclectic array of commercial imagery that is quality-sorted, keyworded, priced, licensed and ready for instant purchasing.
PhotoShelter's open-but-edited marketplace allows photographers to keep 70% of all transactions and set their own prices. Attracting the highest quality work from the widest range of photographers, The PhotoShelter Collection gives buyers what the company calls 'edited diversity': an ever-growing collection of the freshest imagery available online in a single, edited location. As a result, buyers no longer need to explore numerous unconventional resources in a scattershot search for unrealized talent and new inspiration. With new images added daily, The PhotoShelter Collection is available for viewing at www.photoshelter.com.
Since an initial launch to photographers on September 15, over 5,000 photographers have uploaded more than 225,000 images to The PhotoShelter Collection in the first eight weeks. "The overwhelming response from photographers in support of The PhotoShelter Collection is a clear signal of the shift from mega agencies to an open platform for creatives," said Allen Murabayashi, CEO of PhotoShelter. "We're very excited to show image buyers what the world looks like through the eyes of what will surely become the most diverse group of contributors, both amateur and pro, in the stock photography space."
Beyond offering an unprecedented catalogue of user-contributed images, The PhotoShelter Collection has taken several steps toward simplifying the purchasing process. All photos sold through The PhotoShelter Collection are intelligently keyworded and searchable by both aesthetic and quality, helping the buyer target images by content as well as stylistic genre. Every image displayed is available as a high-res comp download and priced for immediate licensing (either as royalty-free or rights-managed), enabling the buyer to procure images with a credit card or corporate account – and without negotiating directly with photographers. The PhotoShelter staff of photo editors also constantly culls through The PhotoShelter Collection for trends and emerging talent as part of the monthly 'Showroom' online exhibit.
"I'm very excited to see a photography collection that is dedicated to providing such gorgeous, original and cool imagery," said Marni Beardsley, Director of Art Buying for Wieden + Kennedy. "It feels like I am browsing through an eclectic mix of fine art from a wide variety of emerging artists rather than visiting a stock site."
PhotoShelter has recruited a team of experienced photo editors who scrutinize every image submitted to The PhotoShelter Collection in consideration of both technical and creative quality standards. Their collective experience comes from working at national magazines like Time, InStyle, Details, The New Yorker among others, as well as at photo agencies including Getty, Corbis and WireImage. "The diligence and talent of our editorial team is as much a part of our product as the technology or the images themselves," said Meagan Ziegler-Haynes, PhotoShelter's Director of Photography. "Their discerning vision is what transforms hundreds of thousands of user contributed images into a concentrated, organized and highly usable collection of very hip photography."
"I have wanted to put my work into the stock photography market for some time but found the existing options to be unattractive from both a business and a creative side," said photographer Gus Powell. "PhotoShelter takes advantage of D.I.Y. skills that are a part of most photographers, and then adds the right amount of industry and technical savvy. The process of submitting material is simple; the photographer friendly contract is short and sweet; and the growing collection is a mixture of the expected and unexpected."
The buyer launch announcement was made to a supportive audience of art directors and photo editors on November 7th in New York City at a reception co-hosted by several regarded figures in the photo buying community including Blender Magazine photo director Amy Hoppy, Wieden + Kennedy's Marni Beardsley and James J. Williams III, artist, photographer, critic and curator with the Thorstein Foundation. Also on the host committee were Leslie Dela Vega (Time magazine), Mike Joyce (Stereotype Design co.), Sean Carmody (Sean Carmody Studio), Laurel Ptak (iheartphotograph.com), and Kirk James (Cinco Designs). The event included a special exhibition of images available for sale on PhotoShelter by established and emerging photographers from around the world, and selected by the host committee, including Joel Barhamand, Amelia Bauer, Diego Fernandez, Justin Hollar, Alexei Kondrachov, Moeshe Menagen, Landon Nordeman, Gus Powell, Jennifer Sargent, Hillary Duffy, Caleb Condit and Will Steacy.
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Series Features Trista Sutter (�The Bachelorette�), Supermodel Rachel Hunter,
Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield, Joey McIntyre (Formerly of New Kids on the Block),
John O�Hurley (�Seinfeld�) and Soap Star Kelly Monaco (�General Hospital�), All Paired with Professional Ballroom Dancing Partners for a Live, Knockout Competition
What do a reality show star, a supermodel, a boxing champ, an actor, a singer and a soap star have in common? They�re all embarking on an intense competition, learning to ballroom dance in front of the nation and be critiqued by both viewers and judges alike!
�Dancing with the Stars� is a totally unique and original series that pairs a celebrity with a professional dance partner as they train and then compete in front of a studio audience in a televised dance competition. They will be judged by a panel of experts and also by viewers at home, with one couple being eliminated each week. �Dancing with the Stars� debuts WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), live!
�Dancing with the Stars� has broad appeal, offering viewers dazzling costumes, dancing, celebrity gossip, behind-the-scenes training and contemporary music performed by a live 15-piece band. The format has already been an international hit in several countries.
The following pairs will compete:
Trista Sutter and Louis van Amstel � As the star of the romantic reality series, �The Bachelorette,� Trista is no stranger to televised competition: She met and married her husband of 17 months on television. Trista comes to the competition with some dance experience, having performed with the Miami Heat dancers at NBA games. She admits that hip-hop dancing is very different from ballroom-style dancing. Luckily her dance partner, Louis van Amstel, is a legend in the dance world, particularly in the style of Latin dance. He holds several titles, including the United States Professional Latin Champion and World Professional Show Dance Champion, and he directed and produced �Latin Fusion� on Broadway.
Rachel Hunter and Jonathan Roberts � Since 1989, when she posed for the cover of Sports Illustrated, Rachel Hunter has become one of the world�s most recognizable faces. She has posed for hundreds of magazines, including Vogue and Elle, and has represented such cosmetic lines as Revlon, Covergirl and Pantene. Recently she�s moved into the acting arena with appearances on �Suddenly Susan� and �The Drew Carey Show,� and in one of last year�s most popular music videos, �Stacey�s Mom,� by the Fountains of Wayne. She will be led by Jonathan Roberts, who brings ten years of dance experience to the competition. Jonathan is the 2004 USA Rising Star Latin Champion and the twice-undefeated USA Pro-Am 10 Dance Champion. He continues to compete and represent the USA in several Pro-Am competitions.
Evander Holyfield and Edyta Sliwinska � Evander Holyfield became the Heavyweight Champion of the world in 1990 and has won the title four times. As a professional boxer, he has faced numerous legends in the ring, including George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Riddick Bowe, Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson. His dance partner is Edyta Sliwinska, who took first place in both the 2001 International Grand Ballroom Competition and the 2001 Holiday Ball. Edyta is currently dating her dance partner and another competitor, Alec Mazo (Kelly Monaco�s dance partner).
Joey McIntyre and Ashly Delgrosso � As a former member of the one of the original boy bands, New Kids on the Block, Joey McIntyre grew up dancing and singing -- but never ballroom! As an adult he transitioned into acting and recently starred on Broadway, first in �Tick Tick Boom� and then in �Wicked.� He has also appeared on ABC�s �Boston Legal.� His dance partner is Ashly Delgrosso, who has danced for her entire life. With her former dance partner and ex-husband, she has won several Amateur Ten Dance titles.
John O�Hurley and Charlotte Jorgensen � Best known for his role as charismatic catalogue king J. Peterman on the hit series �Seinfeld,� John is an all-around entertainer. In addition to his numerous television credits, he has many stage credits. He also runs a busy company and performs comedy. His partner, Danish beauty Charlotte Jorgensen, has been dancing since the age of ten. She has held several titles, including 1999 U.S. Open Champion and 1998 Japanese Open International Ballroom Champion. Charlotte was Richard Gere�s dance instructor as he prepared for the film �Shall We Dance.�
Kelly Monaco and Alec Mazo � Currently starring on the ABC Daytime drama �General Hospital,� Kelly gained national attention when she was featured in the May 1997 edition of Playboy magazine. Her partner, Alec Mazo, began dancing at age five in his native Russia. He was the Emerald Ball Latin Champion and placed first in the 2001 International Grand Ball and the 2001 Holiday Ball. He also runs the largest and most successful dance studio in Southern California. Alec recently began competing professionally with his girlfriend of four years, Edyta Sliwinska, who is partnered with Evander Holyfield for this competition.
In addition to learning precise movements and maneuvering in extravagant costumes, the pairs must maintain their focus, grace and composure during extremely high-pressured competition. Will they remain compatible during the process?
The couples have already embarked on intense training in preparation for the first live show. During the live shows, judges will give a score based on several factors, including technical execution. But the judges� scores alone do not decide a couple�s fate. Viewers at home can call in and vote for their favorites. The scores from viewers are combined with the judges� for an ultimate score that determines each couple�s ranking. At the end of the evening, the couple with the lowest score is eliminated (although no couple will be eliminated in the first show). When the final two couples remain, the ultimate dance-off will determine who wins the trophy.
�Dancing with the Stars� is the American version of the international smash hit series, �Strictly Come Dancing.� This version is produced in America by BBC Worldwide. Richard Hopkins (UK) and Conrad Green (USA) are executive producers. Izzie Pick is supervising producer. Alex Rudzinski directs.


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- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar
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- Speaker: Dmytro Pesin, University of Utah
- Abstract: Weyl semimetals are three-dimensional crystalline systems where pairs of bands touch at points in momentum
space, termed Weyl nodes, that are characterized by a deinotnite topological charge: the chirality. Consequently,
they exhibit the Adler-Bell-Jackiw anomaly, which in this condensed matter realization implies that application of parallel electric (E) and magnetic (B) inotelds pumps electrons between nodes of opposite chirality at a rate proportional to E*B. We argue that this pumping is measurable via nonlocal transport experiments, in the limit of weak internode scattering. Speciinotcally, we show that as a consequence of the anomaly, applying a local magnetic inoteld parallel to an injected current induces a valley imbalance that diffuses over long distances. A probe magnetic inoteld can then convert this imbalance into a measurable voltage drop far from source and drain. Such nonlocal transport vanishes when the injected current and magnetic inoteld are orthogonal, and therefore serves as a test of the chiral anomaly. Since the nodes are analogous to valley degrees of freedom in semiconductors, this suggests that valley currents in Weyl semimetals can be controlled using electric inotelds, which has potential practical aEuro~valleytronicaEuroTM applications.
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Tissue flap surgery is a way to rebuild the
shape of a breast using skin, fat, and muscle from another part of the body. It
is usually done after part or all of the breast is removed (mastectomy) because of cancer. It may also be done for
women who have problems with breast development.
Tissue flap
surgery is also called autologous tissue reconstruction. "Autologous" means the
tissue used in the surgery comes from your own body.
reconstruction usually takes more than one surgery. The first surgery may be
done during the same surgery as mastectomy, or it may be done later as a
separate procedure. The nipple and the brown area around it (areola) are
created at a later time.
Tissue flap surgery is done by a
plastic surgeon. The breast surgeon who does your
mastectomy can refer you to a plastic surgeon with special training in breast
You will meet with the plastic surgeon before your
mastectomy to discuss the best procedure for you. The surgeon can show you
pictures of other women who had the surgery you are considering. Ask to see
both the best and worst results so you can get a better idea of what can
happen. You can also ask to talk to women who have had the surgery.
If you are not comfortable with the surgeon or the recommended treatment,
you can see another surgeon to get a
second opinion.
Tissue flap surgery
may be done in two ways:
There are different types of tissue flap surgery, named
for the area of the body where the tissue is taken.
Tissue flap surgery is done using
general anesthesia, so you sleep during the procedure.
Depending on the procedure, the surgery may take several hours to complete, and
you may need a
blood transfusion.
When you wake up from
surgery, you will have bandages over the surgery sites, and you may wear a
special bra that holds your bandages in place. You will also have drainage
tubes to collect fluid and keep it from building up around the surgery
You will stay in the hospital about 5 days so your doctor
can be sure there is good blood supply to the skin over the reconstruction. A
physical therapist may show you exercises while you
are still in the hospital. These can help keep your shoulder from getting
Most woman have soreness, redness, and swelling in the
breast and the area where the tissue was taken. The swelling may last for
several weeks. You may need pain medicine for a week or two. Your doctor may
also prescribe
antibiotics to help prevent infection.
You may be able to go back to work or your normal routine in 3 to 6
weeks. Most women need to avoid strenuous activity for several weeks.
Tissue flap surgery is usually done to
restore the appearance of a breast after mastectomy. It may also be done for
women who have problems with breast development.
reconstruction may help a woman feel better about her appearance. Some women
say it helps them feel better about their bodies, more alive,
feminine, and sexual—and happier about life.
Most women who have tissue flap
surgery are happy with the results. Compared to breast reconstruction with
implants, tissue flap procedures require a longer surgery and recovery time but
result in a more natural-looking breast.
Breast reconstruction
cannot restore normal feeling to your breast, but with time, some feeling may
Many of the risks associated with breast
reconstruction are the same as those with any surgery: infection, poor wound
healing, bleeding, or a reaction to the anesthesia used in surgery.
Other risks associated with tissue flap surgery include:
Some women are at higher risk for problems, so tissue flap
surgery may not be a good choice for them. This includes women who:
If you will need to have
radiation therapy after mastectomy for breast cancer,
your surgeon may want you to wait and have reconstruction after your treatment.
Radiation can affect the success of tissue flap surgery.
If you
can choose when to have surgery, be sure to discuss the pros and cons of having
it at the same time as mastectomy and the pros and cons of waiting until later.
Some women want to get started with reconstruction right away. Others may feel
overwhelmed by a cancer diagnosis, so they put off the decision to have
reconstruction until they feel ready to deal with it. Be sure you understand
your options.
Getting a breast implant is easier and quicker to
recover from than tissue flap surgery. Some women choose to get a breast
implant first and have tissue flap surgery later, when they feel stronger or
have more time. For more information on breast implants, see:
It is important to know that your breasts will look
different after surgery. Your new breast may feel firmer and look rounder or
flatter than your other breast. Some women have surgery on the other breast to
make them look as much alike as possible.
Breast reconstruction
can be a long process. It may take several months for your breast to heal. And
it may be a year before you can see the final result.
incisions will leave scars on your breasts and wherever the tissue was taken.
These will fade with time. The surgeon will try to make incisions that leave as
few scars as possible.
Federal law requires insurance companies
that cover mastectomy for breast cancer to also cover breast reconstruction.
Check with your insurance company to find out what your costs will be.
Complete the surgery information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you prepare for this surgery.
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A slightly-smaller percentage of American families plan to buy a tablet during the holiday sales season than last year, a market research company reported today.
According to Dallas-based Parks Associates, 29% of 2,500 U.S. households surveyed said that a tablet was on their to-get gift lists, down from 32% in the same period of 2012.
But tablets remain the hot-ticket item in consumer electronics, said John Barrett, director consumer analytics at Parks -- and Apple's iPad is still the top preferred brand, repeating its position of 2012 and 2011. Amazon, which sells the Kindle, and Samsung were again in second and third place, choice-wise, while Microsoft debuted this year in the fourth spot.
Microsoft sells its own line of tablets, dubbed Surface, in several configurations, including the lower-priced Surface 2 that runs Windows RT and the more expensive Surface Pro 2, powered by Windows 8.1.
Tablets may be tops -- they're the sole item on the lists of households that plan only one consumer electronics purchase, as well as on those for families that believe they'll buy multiple devices -- but there's an undercurrent that could be long-term trouble for sellers, including Apple.
"There are some underlying dynamics, primarily a competitive tension between tablets and laptops," said Barrett in an interview. "The question is, 'Will the tablet carve out a lasting presence in the home?'"
Barrett said that Parks' data showed consumers are often undecided between tablets and more traditional personal computer laptops because, while each has strengths, each is also a compromise.
"What happens with some consumers is that they go into the store, not sure about what they want," Barrett said. "At the end of the day, those who are undecided pick a laptop." They do so, he said, because they see a notebook as more useful, albeit less convenient.
"We ask consumers about usefulness by asking them how painful it would be without a specific device," said Barrett. "Tablets don't rank as high as other devices."
Of the people polled by Parks, 69% and 61% agreed it would be "very difficult" to give up their smartphone or laptop, respectively, but only 43% said the same about their tablet.
Ideally, consumers want a true 2-in-1, a device that works equally well as a tablet one moment and a notebook the next. But they're not willing to pay a premium price to have one.
"If they can buy it for the same price as a notebook or tablet, that really changes things," said Barrett, even as he acknowledged that that's not the case now. "But I think we'll get to that point eventually."
This desire for devices that blend tablets and notebook traits should be encouraging to traditional PC makers. "There's an indication that tablets are serving a purpose right now, but there also seems to be an opportunity for PC makers, like Dell, to get a little fire back if they can capture that segment," said Barrett of 2-in-1s. "They don't want to give up quite yet."
That's not to say that tablets aren't attractive, or that they don't affect sales of traditional personal computers, particularly laptops. "They do divert a lot of would-be buyers from the laptop to the tablet category," said Barrett.
He also echoed numerous analysts who have tracked the dramatic changes in the technology and consumer electronics industries over the last two years.
"It's simply amazing how the consumer electronics space has changed," said Barrett. "Who would have thought that cell phone makers, like Nokia and Ericsson, once the leading players, would be struggling? Meanwhile, Apple is doing so well in desktops, notebooks and tablets. There's been a lot of change and it hasn't been kind to some players -- Dell is one, I think.
"The world's been turned upside down," he concluded.
Parks Associates polled 2,500 U.S. households with broadband access to the Internet in the fourth quarter for its holiday purchasing plan report.
U.S. households are slightly less likely to gift a tablet this year than in 2012. (Image: Parks Associates.)
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Trainwreck is not exactly weighing on a plot, but it's damn funny!
So this is how comedy movies ought to be. Okay not exactly slow paced, and rummaging at a snail's pace for a plot. But I am talking about the humour. A1!
Amy Schumer is excellent with her slapstick witty comebacks. Her one-liners and her prime comic timing crack you up and you burst out into fits of laughter at times. Bill Hader complements her beautifully. Both are excellent comedians and have been placed beautifully in the flick that see a lot of cameos by the renowned.
Judd chooses a quirky storyline to punch in huge sports figures like Lebron, John Cena, Amar'e Stoudemire. Also, he doesn't leave out the entire cast of SNL. So it's like watching SNL do a bit, only that lasts 125 mins. Also, there are quite brilliant cameos by famous actors like Daniel Radcliffe, Marisa Tomei, Matthew Broderick etc. each one of them imparted an excellent humorous bit to nail.
The drama doesn't exactly tingle your nerves but it wasn't supposed to in the first place. The story whatever little we had in the baggage was basically the most cliched one. Also quite predictable as you see everything coming. But the characters and the cast of the flick furbish it quite superbly.
So the bottom-line: A comedy movie that tries to walk on a sports backdrop and on comic ventures of the famous.


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August 7, 2013
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SafeZone introductory training "Becoming an Ally" is from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 16, in Town Hall at the Leadership Studies Building.
Individuals are trained to become SafeZone allies, providing "safe zones" where individuals affected by homophobia, hateful acts and sexual violence can safely go for support and assistance. By placing the SafeZone symbol on their office door, desk, or backpack, SafeZone allies signify that their space is a safe place to talk about issues which impact people who have been affected by any type of hateful or homophobic act, or who have been affected by sexual violence, sexual harassment, or any criminal or distressing situation.
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Using Your DMM and Scope Wisely
Nov 1, 1999 12:00 PM, By John A. DeDad, Editorial Director
Here's a primer on symbology, terminology, connections, and operation for modern digital multimeters and oscilloscopes.
Your troubleshooting skills should be getting better and better. Why? Because you have so many more sophisticated tools at your disposal. However, it takes a knowledgeable individual to properly operate these powerful devices; and knowing basic symbols and terminology is astep in the right direction. More importantly, you should know how to properly connect and operate these test tools in a variety of situations to maximize your efficiency. Let's go through a quick primer to keep you up to speed.
What do all those symbols mean? You'll find numerous electrical symbols on your digital multimeter (DMM) or oscilloscope (scope). Many of them are internationally accepted. In the original article, Table 1 lists the symbols most commonly found on DMMs, along with an explanation of each. Table 2 (in the original article) does the same for scopes. Make sure you're completely knowledgeable of these symbols and functions before you set out to analyze a system or pinpoint that trouble spot.
Here's a more detailed explanation of the most commonly found (and misunderstood) terms.
• AC coupling: a mode of signal transmission that passes the dynamic AC signal component to both inputs of a scope but blocks the DC component. You'll find this useful when you want to view an AC signal that's normally riding on a DC signal.
• Attenuation: the decrease in amplitude of a signal.
• Bandwidth: the range of frequencies a test tool can display accurately with no more than a manufactured-specified amount of attenuation of the original signal.
• Average: a technique to obtain the average value of a repetitive signal.
• BNC: a coaxial-type connector used for the inputs of your test tool.
• DC coupling: a mode of signal transmission that passes both AC and DC signal components to both inputs of a test tool.
• Digital storage capability: Because of the design of digital oscilloscopes, these test tools do not display signals at the moment they're acquired. Instead, digital oscilloscopes store these signals in memory and then send them to the display.
• Dual trace: a feature that allows a test tool to display two separate live waveforms at the same time.
• Duty cycle: the ratio of a waveform with respect to the total waveform period. This is usually measured in percent.
• Frequency: the number of times a waveform repeats in 1 sec, measured in Hertz (Hz), where one Hz is one cycle per second.
• Maximum peak: the highest voltage value of a waveform.
• Minimum peak: the lowest voltage value of a waveform.
• Percentage of pulse width: the ratio of signal on-time to its total cycle time, as measured in percent.
• Root mean square (rms): the conversion of AC voltages to the effective DC value.
• Sampling rate: the number of samples taken from a signal every second.
• Time base: the time defined per horizontal division on a test tool display, expressed in seconds per division.
• Trace: the displayed waveform showing the voltage variations of the input signal as a function of time.
• Trigger level: the voltage level that a waveform must reach before a test tool will read it.
"Isolated" and "grounded," what's the difference? All manufacturers use the term "isolated" (and sometimes "electrically floating") to denote a measurement where you connect your test tool's common (COM) to a voltage different from earth ground.
They use the term "grounded" to denote a measurement where you do connect the COM to an earth ground potential. Knowing this difference is important for your safety and the life of your test instrument.
Do not use an isolated test connection, as shown in Fig. 1 (of the original article) while taking measurements on an AC or DC circuit of several hundred volts to ground. Instead, use the differential three-lead connection system, as shown in Fig. 2 (of the original article) for dual input measurements.
On almost all handheld scopes, you should connect the A-channel to the higher voltage (in relation to ground) and the B-channel to the other. If both test points are equal in voltage to ground, it makes no difference. Regardless, you should connect the A-channel to the signal (voltage) designated as the phase or zero-crossing reference (such as for the trigger sweep). Then set both of your test tool's channels to the same input attenuation, AC or DC setting, and V/cm levels.
Safety first. Every manufacturer includes specific cautions and warnings to encourage safe use of its test instrument. Usually, a caution points out a condition and/or action that may damage your test tool. A warning, on the other hand, actually calls out a condition and/or action that may pose a hazard to you.
You'll find cautions and warnings throughout a user manual. And where absolutely necessary, you'll find them marked on the specific test tool.
Here are some other helpful safety tips:
• Don't exceed the working voltage of the input channel probes to ground. (Check your instrument manual to find this value.)
• Use available accessories to safely make differential measurements if your instrument doesn't have differential input capability or sufficient voltage rating.
Sidebar: Know the difference between DMMs
All digital multimeters (DMMs) are not the same. Yes, they're calibrated to give an rms indication for the measured signal. However, the difference between them is the method of calculation. There are three commonly used methods:
Peak method: Here, the meter reads the peak of the signal and then divides the result by 1.414 (the square root of 2) to get the rms value.
Averaging method: With this approach, the meter determines the average value of the rectified signal. For a clean sinusoidal signal, this average value is related to the rms value by the constant k, which is equal to 1.1. The meter uses this value k to scale all the waveforms it measures.
True rms: The meter measures the heating that will result if the voltage is impressed across a resistive load. One method to detect the true rms value is using a thermal detector to measure a heating value. However, modern DMMs use a digital calculation of the rms value by squaring the signal on a sample-by-sample basis, averaging over a period, and then taking the square root of the result.
All these methods give the same result for a clean, undistorted, sinusoidal signal. But, they can give different answers for distorted signals, and significant distortion levels are not uncommon.
Sidebar: Oscilloscope — an effective PQ analysis tool
You can use an oscilloscope to do real-time testing. Without doing a detailed harmonic analysis, you can tell what's going on just by looking at the voltage and current waveforms. You can get voltage and current magnitudes, look for obvious waveform distortion, or detect major signal variations.
A scope with data storage capability is valuable in many applications because you can save the waveform for future analysis. Scopes in this category very often have waveform analysis capability, which includes energy calculation and spectrum analysis.
Also, you can usually get a DSO with communications capability so you can upload the waveform data to a PC for additional analysis with a software package.


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Clearcut of state-owned Finnish old growth forest.
Without healthy forests, Earth cannot sustain life. They absorb a massive amount of greenhouse gasses and are home to hundreds of millions of people and two-thirds of the known terrestrial species, including the largest share of threatened species.However, 72 percent of Indonesia's forest landscapes and 15 percent of the Amazon's have already been lost forever. Now the Congo's forests face the same threat. While the causes vary from region to region, they all have one thing in common: human activity.Agri-business is responsible for massive rainforest destruction as forests are burned to make way for cattle ranches, or cleared for palm oil or soya plantations. Agricultural products are used in Europe to make toothpaste, chocolate and animal feed.Industrial logging for timber, pulp and paper is devastating much of the world's rainforests to make the disposable wood products we find in our European stores - paper for our glossy magazines, toilet paper and packaging.The mass destruction of rainforests is responsible for up to a fifth of the world's greenhouse gas emissions - more than every plane, car, truck, ship and train on the planet combined.With so many of the world's forests already destroyed, we urgently need to protect what is left. Greenpeace is campaigning for zero deforestation, globally, by 2020. Greenpeace's European unit campaigns for:- policies to eliminate Europe's deforestation footprint- a moratorium on destructive activities in the last intact forest landscapes- a meaningful, international financial mechanism to reduce deforestation in developing countries
Italy will take over the six-month presidency of the council of the European Union in July 2014. During these months, a number of important environmental and energy issues will be at the heart of European politics.
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By Jocelyn VerVelde, Sports Information Coordinator
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Despite opening up aggressively on offense, it just was not enough as the Tennessee Tech volleyball team lost the Ohio Valley Conference match with Eastern Kentucky, 3-0.
Tech was led by junior Ellen Conti who put down 11 kills and added 7 digs. Sophomore Cody Dodd and junior Madison Keyes added eight kills each, while hitting .429 and .227, respectively. Senior Ashleigh Hancock dished out 38 assists and junior Courtney Smith cleaned up the backcourt by tallying 20 digs.
Eastern Kentucky saw outside hitter Ashley Edmond put down a match-high 22 kills, on a .383 hitting percentage. Setter Abbey Cvelbar tallied 37 assists and libero Dena Ott registered 24 digs.
Tallying 17 kills in the opening set, the Golden Eagles looked poised to take charge. However the Colonels had other plans. While the Colonels put down two less kills in set one, their blistering .351 hitting percentage out-shown the Golden Eagles impressive .267 percentage. A late replay on what looked to be a Dodd service ace, which would have made the score 23-23, led to a re-serve by the 6-4 sophomore, in which the Colonels executed their offense and put away a kill to make the score 24-22 instead. Eastern Kentucky took the opening set, 25-23.
Both sets' two and three, the Golden Eagles found themselves in a hole. However, in both sets their fight caught them back up.
Down 10-2 in set two, Tech was able to close the gap by generating offense. Out-hitting the opponent, 15 kills to 13, a balanced offense led by Hancock put the pressure on the Colonels late in the set. However it was not enough as the Golden Eagles made untimely errors to drop the set 25-21.
In set three, the Colonels stepped on the gas early and never let up. Unable to find a way to put the ball way, the Golden Eagles only put away nine kills in the set and were never able to close the gap closer than six points. The Colonels found an offensive rhythm in the closing set, putting away 17 kills on a .429 hitting percentage, and took the set and the match on a 25-17 set three.
The Golden Eagles travel to SIU Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois next weekend. They will challege SIUE on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. CT and EIU on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m.


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