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Blue Jays claim righty Gonzalez off waivers
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays claimed right-hander Edgar Gonzalez off of waivers from the Astros on Sunday.
The 30-year-old Gonzalez pitched 25 innings last year for Houston in six starts, posting a 3-1 record with a 5.04 ERA, 1.24 WHIP and 18 strikeouts.
The native of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has made 47 starts and appeared in 113 games throughout his nine-year career, posting a 17-26 record with a 5.84 ERA.
Gonzalez will report to Detroit on Tuesday for the Blue Jays' series opener.
The Blue Jays will place Dustin McGowan on the 60-day disabled list to clear a roster spot for Gonzalez, but it will not become official until Gonzalez arrives in Detroit.
McGowan, 31, has pitched in only five games at the Major League level since 2008 -- all of them in '11 -- spending the majority of his time on the disabled list nursing a series of injuries.
The former first-round pick of the Blue Jays in the 2000 First-Year Player Draft is currently recovering from shoulder surgery, but he did appear in one game for Toronto during Spring Training. There is no timetable for his return.


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The seven members of the Harvard senior class will take the ice for their final game at Bright Hockey Center Saturday.
Game On
The Harvard men's hockey team looks to improve its playoff seeding as it closes the regular season against Clarkson and St. Lawrence. The Crimson meets the Golden Knights Friday at 7 p.m. and the Saints Saturday at 7.
Game Notes (PDF)
ECAC Hockey Scoreboard
Be There
Tickets are still available for both weekend games. Friday night's game will be followed by a team autograph session with the Crimson, and Saturday's will be followed by a Senior Night ceremony.
Follow From Home
Live video of the games is available with a Crimson Central subscription on GoCrimson.com, which also provides free live statistics. WHRB-FM 95.3 and WHRB.org offer live audio with Brendan Roche and Raafi Alidina on the call.
In the News
This Week in Harvard Hockey Podcast Debuts
Inside College Hockey: Harvard Sticks With It
NCAA.com video: Harvard hockey's 12-year-old inspiration
NCAA.com: Harvard welcomes "new teammate"
Danny Biega Earns National, ECAC, Harvard Honors
More Recognition for Danny Biega, Crimson
Behind the Bench
Former Crimson captain, NCAA Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player and 13-year National Hockey League veteran Ted Donato '91 is in his seventh season as The Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey. He owns a 98-108-21 record, three ECAC title-game appearances and two NCAA tournament bids.
Last Time Out
Ryan Carroll (Hackensack, N.J.) recorded 40 saves to make two first-period goals stand up as the Crimson (7-19-1, 5-14-1 ECAC Hockey) defeated Brown, 2-1, Tuesday in the 158th installment in college hockey's oldest rivalry. Conor Morrison (London, Ont.) and Danny Biega (Montreal, Que.) scored power‑play goals, while Biega added an assist and Chris Huxley (Weymouth, Mass.) logged two helpers. Pier‑Olivier Michaud (Mont-Joli, Que.) posted an 8-2 record on faceoffs, and Alex Fallstrom (Stockholm, Sweden) was 8-3. Alex Killorn (Montreal, Que.) registered six shots on goal.
Playoff Positioning
Harvard can finish anywhere from ninth through 12th in the ECAC Hockey standings. Two wins this weekend would guarantee the Crimson 10th place or better and a playoff matchup at Clarkson, Quinnipiac or Brown.
Crimson Calendar
Harvard is 20-3-1 in February home games under Ted Donato. The Crimson is 20-9-5 in post‑Beanpot ECAC games and 40-22-9 in all post-exam league games in Donato's six-plus seasons.
Playoff Hockey
The Crimson has played in six of the last nine ECAC title games, winning league championships in 2002, '04 and '06 to bring its tournament-title count to eight. Last season, Harvard finished ninth in the regular season and pulled off a two‑game road sweep of eighth-seeded Princeton in the first round of the playoffs before falling at Cornell in the quarterfinals.
Crimson Hot
Harvard has lost just once in the last five games (3-1-1). The Crimson snapped a four-game losing skid in its last home game, overcoming three one‑goal deficits to tie No. 20 Princeton, 4-4 (Feb. 11). Harvard followed that effort with a 5-4, come-from-behind win against No. 15 Boston University in the Beanpot consolation game (Feb. 14). Alex Killorn scored twice against the Terriers, before goals by Danny Biega and Michael Del Mauro (Watchung, N.J.) tied and won the game for the Crimson in the final five minutes.
At rival Cornell (Feb. 18), Killorn added two more goals, and Biega broke a third-period tie with his power-play goal.
Pacing the Crimson
Danny Biega leads Harvard with 25 points and 15 assists, and Alex Killorn is the team's top goal‑scorer with 12. Ryan Carroll has a team‑high .915 save percentage, while Kyle Richter (Calgary, Alta.) leads Harvard in goals-against average (2.72).
He's Honored
Danny Biega has been named Inside College Hockey national Player of the Week, U.S. College Hockey Online national Third Star, ECAC Hockey MLX Skates Player of the Week and Harvard COOP Athlete of the Week this week. The defenseman registered seven points (3-4-7) in three games last week and added a goal an an assist Tuesday at Brown.
Goals, Goals, Goals
The Crimson has scored 16 goals in its last five games, one fewer than its total from the previous 10 contests.
Getting Defensive
In its last eight league games, Harvard has held its opponent to two goals or fewer six times. The Crimson limited No. 3 Yale to one goal, the lowest scoring output of the season for the nation's top offense, Feb. 4 and held No. 12 Union, which ranks third nationally in scoring offense, without a goal for more than 46 minutes.
Special Forces
In ECAC games this season, only Yale has gotten more from its special teams than Harvard. The Crimson has scored eight more goals than it has allowed in special-teams play. The Bulldogs are +14 in special-teams net goals, while Dartmouth and Rensselaer are tied for third at +7.
Power Surge
Harvard has scored on nine of its last 19 power plays in ECAC Hockey games, climbing to third in power-play efficiency in league games (18 for 81, 22.2 percent). The Crimson has scored at least one power-play goal in four straight league games and is one of only two teams, along with Cornell, that has not allowed an ECAC shorthanded goal.
The Killers
The Crimson has killed its ECAC opponents' last 13 power plays, dating back to the 4-4 tie against Princeton. Harvard ranks fourth in league penalty killing (65 for 77, 84.4 percent) and is tied with Dartmouth and St. Lawrence for the fewest power‑play goals against (12) in ECAC games.
Comeback Crimson
Harvard is 3-1-1 in its last five games despite trailing seven times. The Crimson was behind by a single goal each time and on four occasions tied the game within three minutes, 14 seconds.
The Bright Stuff
The Crimson is 59-35-4 (.622) at home under Ted Donato and 281-128-29 (.675) all-time at Bright Hockey Center, which opened in 1979-80.
Senior Salute
The seven members of the Harvard men's hockey Class of 2011 are: Ryan Carroll, Chris Huxley, Matt McCollem (Westford, Mass.), Michael Biega (Montreal, Que.), Michael Del Mauro, Pier-Olivier Michaud and Kyle Richter. Each of these student-athletes has excelled on and off the ice at Harvard. They helped the Crimson reach the Beanpot and ECAC Hockey title games in 2008, sweep a playoff series last season at Princeton and go 3-1-1 in the last five games to turn around this season. They have combined to earn five ECAC All-Academic honors.
Drama Kings
Three of Harvard's last four games have been decided by a tie-breaking goal in final eight minutes the third period. Nine of Harvard's 17 games in 2011 and 12 of its 27 total games have been tied in the third period. The Crimson is 4‑7‑1 in those games.
Close Calls
Harvard has lost nine games by a single goal and another game by two goals with one coming on an empty net. In 2011, six of the Crimson's seven league losses have come by one goal, and the other was a two-goal defeat. Harvard's last three wins have come by one goal. Of its 11 ECAC games in 2011, nine have been decided by one goal and another was a tie.
Elite Company
Ted Donato needs two wins to become the fourth head coach to lead Harvard to 100 victories. He is seeking to join Harvard legend Bill Cleary '56 (324 wins), Hockey Hall of Famer Ralph "Cooney" Weiland (315) and Ronn Tomassoni (140) in that exclusive club.
Lucky No. 1,300
The Crimson needs four wins to reach 1,300 in program history.
Who's Hot?
Danny Biega has 10 points (4-6-10) during a five‑game point streak and has figured in each of Harvard's last six goals. Alex Killorn (5-2-7) and Chris Huxley (1-6-7) each have seven points in the last five games. Daniel Moriarty (Bienfait, Sask.) has logged assists in three straight games and has four points (1-3-4) in the last four league contests.
Top of the [Blue] Line
Danny Biega leads ECAC Hockey defensemen in points (21) and goals (nine) in league play. Rensselaer's Nick Bailen (5-14-19) ranks second in points, while Princeton's Taylor Fedun (8-9-17) is second in goals. Biega ranks sixth nationally in defenseman scoring at 0.93 points per game. He is tied for third among defensemen in total goals and ranks third in goals per game (0.37)
Nov. 13 at Cheel Arena
Clarkson took advantage of Harvard's missed opportunities in the first period and a quick pair of goals in the second en route to a 3-1 win in Potsdam, N.Y. Allan McPherson and Nik Pokuluk scored less than three minutes apart to put the Golden Knights on top for good. Kyle Richter made 32 saves, while Michael Biega scored the Crimson's goal. Scott Freeman also tallied for Clarkson, which got 35 saves from Paul Karpowich.
Scouting the Golden Knights
Clarkson (14-16-2, 8-11-1) has lost seven of its last nine games, but its last three defeats have come at the hands of ranked teams. The Golden Knights took seventh-ranked, first‑place Union to overtime in a 4-3 loss Friday and fell to No. 14 Rensselaer, 5-1, Saturday. Clarkson can clinch home ice in the first round of the ECAC playoffs with one win or tie, one Brown loss or tie or two Quinnipiac losses this weekend.
With 23 points and 12 goals, Brandon DeFazio is Clarkson's top producer in both categories. Nick Tremblay ranks second on the team in scoring with 21 points, while Jake Morley has a team-high 15 assists. Goaltender Paul Karpowich has started 31 of the squad's 32 games and owns a .911 save percentage and 3.08 goals-against average.
Harvard vs. Clarkson Series History
The Golden Knights hold a 50-45-11 series lead since the teams' first meeting, a 2-1 Clarkson win in 1935, and are one of just two ECAC teams with a winning all-time record against the Crimson. Harvard beat Clarkson in the 1971 and 2004 ECAC championship games, and the Golden Knights downed the Crimson in the 1957 and '58 NCAA consolation games. Clarkson swept a pair of close games from Harvard in a 2007 ECAC quarterfinal series in Potsdam.
Nov. 12 at Appleton Arena
Harvard defeated St. Lawrence, 4-2, in Canton, N.Y., behind a first-period breakaway goal and late empty-netter by Eric Kroshus (Calgary, Alta.) and 41 saves from Kyle Richter. Colin Moore (Medfield, Mass.) and Alex Killorn also scored, while Danny Biega logged two assists. Nick Pitsikoulis and Peter Child found the net for the Saints, and Matt Weninger made 32 saves.
Scouting the Saints
St. Lawrence's lone win in the last four games came Feb. 18 against No. 14 Rensselaer, 5-3. The Saints (10-17-5, 6-13-1) also knocked off No. 2 Yale, 3-2, Feb. 11, but they fell to No. 7 Union, 5-2, in their last game. St. Lawrence needs two wins, two Quinnipiac losses and a Brown loss to clinch home ice in the first round of the league tournament.
Rookie Greg Carey has keyed the SLU offense, having registered team highs of 17 goals and 33 points, while Kyle Flanagan has logged 30 points and a team-leading 20 assists. Matt Weninger has started 20 games with a team‑best .909 save percentage and 2.62 goals-against average, but Robby Moss (.907, 3.11) has started seven of the last eight games.
Harvard vs. St. Lawrence Series History
The Crimson has faced only rival Cornell as often as it has St. Lawrence in the Ted Donato coaching era, with a 10-7-1 record against the Saints, including playoff-series wins in 2005 and '06. The Crimson holds a 51-38-6 all-time edge in the series. The teams first met Dec. 27, 1954, a 3-2 overtime win by Harvard.


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According to a report in Xbox World magazine, Just Cause developers Avalanche will next year release a third game in the hit swarthy harpoon simulator series.
I know. You're probably as shocked as I am. A popular video game franchise getting a sequel! Unheard of.
Just Cause is just the kind of series that needs one. Both games released to date have been fun, the second especially, but have been lacking in much purpose and/or drive to do much beyond blowing things up for a few days before getting a little bored.
Might be a case of third time's a charm!
We've contacted Square Enix for comment, and will update if we hear back.
Just Cause 3 'set for 2012' - rumour [CVG]
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Various Artists: The Groove Boutique: Volume One Selected and Mixed by Rafe Gomez
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In my humble opinion, quantized or electronic drums– combined with engineers who can't keep their fingers off the reverb knob– are the reason why jazz became smooth and damn near dead. I must admit I was a sucker for a few artists associated with smooth jazz: Four Play, Najee, and Hiroshima.... But, for the most part, smooth jazz just makes me want to go to sleep.
In the mid '90s, a large part of the jazz scene seemed to be almost under the radar. It wasn't until the emergence of acid jazz– a combination of jazz instrumentation married to down-tempo hip-hop drum loops– that the popularity of jazz began to grow again, this time in modern lounge circles.
The slow grooves and melodic instruments went well with the new yuppies of the techno-generation– 20-something college grads living large on impressive salaries. Back then I called it "martini music."
There's a connection between acid jazz and smooth jazz in the sense that they're both characterized by slow grooves and minimal drums. As a result, many smooth jazz artists jumped on the acid jazz bandwagon. I chose to ignore most of them until someone dumped this Groove Boutique CD in my mailbox some months ago.
The cover of the Groove Boutique compilation says it all. It's a picture of a wine bottle and glasses on a table overlooking a beach somewhere. The bright colors give the scene a sort of "if James Bond were gay" feel. I don't know how many times I stared at the cover without opening it.
I think I was scared, but when I finally listened to the album, I soon realized the only thing I had to be scared of was becoming too relaxed. I had to take the CD out of my car. It was a hazard to my driving. I was falling asleep at the wheel.
You see, Rafe Gomez has compiled a few older and newer songs that fall right in between the whole smooth jazz and acid jazz genres. He has interspersed well-known names like Headhunters and Soulive among lesser known artists. He even has a track of his own on the album.
As a selector, he has arranged the tracks in a pleasing way. Nothing ever jumps out. Unfortunately, he doesn't mix the songs, which for me, a child of turntables and records, is a crime if you call yourself a DJ. For what it's worth, I would recommend this album for a mid- to up-scale restaurant with an extensive wine list or martini menu. Or maybe to throw on in the background while you cook a four-course meal for a guy/girl you're trying to impress. I just can't imagine anyone listening to this album for kicks unless they were trying to sedate a nervous condition.
The long and short of it: These sorts of grooves are just plain boring. No matter how hard I try, I can listen to only about four songs before yearning to lie down.
When my buddy had a back injury a few years ago, the doctor prescribed Vicodin and Percocet, but he never finished the prescriptions. Now, on the rare occasions when he has a really stressful day and can't seem to calm himself, he digs one out of the cabinet. Groove Boutique may be my Vicodin. I think I'm going to shelve it until I face a dire emergency.
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I really enjoy "rooting" – it's such a fun and budget friendly way to create new plants. Most recently, the "rooting" process of the center plant (below) took about 2 weeks (time period varies). I planted this rooted piece into a pot that was previously home to a shamrock plant. Unfortunately, I had accidentally and quite brutally killed this sweet shamrock. There was not even the slightest ray of hope for it, it was dead as a door nail. Or so I thought…
Days (maybe even weeks) after the shamrock died and fruitless watering ceased, I decided it was time to remove the dried up remains, but decided to hang onto the soil for a future green fellow. Part of me thought I should throw out the whole thing – maybe the soil was tainted by the previous death? No, I dismissed that thought, put the newly rooted plant into the worn in soil, and watched it begin to grow…
To my surprise and delight, not only did the new plant grow strong, but what was that I saw? Clovers! Happy little clovers popping their heads out of the soil and now flourishing like never before! Call me crazy, but my thinking turns a little poetic every time I look at this creation – not losing hope, growth in surprising places, 2nd chances, strength in co-existence. I know, pretty deep for plant talk, but what a charming fluke of nature!
To root a plant:
- Simply pluck off a nice size piece of a healthy plant
- Put it in enough water to cover the bottom inch or two of the stem (I like to use a clear container so I can easily monitor the growth)
- Once you spot some significant roots remove it from the water
- Plant it in some soil in an appropriately sized pot (requires some knowledge/research of the plant's potential)
- Provide appropriate amounts of sunlight and water as needed (again, a little knowledge/research here as well)
To revive a dead plant:
- Plant a new plant in the same soil
- Don't expect the old plant to grow back
- Have a stroke of luck! : )


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Are academics useless? That's what many in the journalism and think-tank world seem to think. At least, that is, when they're not cherry-picking our hard-won data sets, calling us bleary-eyed at ungodly hours for a quote or misconstruing the finely nuanced points of our journal articles to make a political argument.
I'm kidding. Sort of.
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Last Sunday, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof blasted the academy for being so cloistered in the ivory tower that its influence over policy was minimal. "Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors," he lamented, "but most of them just don't matter in today's great debates."
Ouch. The CEO of Foreign Policy magazine and the president of the Council on Foreign Relations subsequently tweeted their support for Kristof's thesis, while a plethora of academics—including yours truly—have pushed back hard against his claims, most of us arguing that scholars are actually more engaged in the public arena than in the past—we're tweeting, blogging, writing op-eds and essays and doing our TV duty like never before. All while trying to secure tenure so we never have to do an honest day's work again (joking, boss!).
Full disclosure: I have some sympathy for Kristof's argument. Any normal person who's tried to leaf through an academic journal will chuckle at headlines like "Pre-Birth Factors, Post-Birth Factors, and Voting: Evidence from Swedish Adoption Data" or "Freedom, Form, and Formlessness: Euripides' Bacchae and Plato's Republic." (Here's another winner: "Administrative Unit Proliferation." Such clickbait!)
But when it comes to my little patch of academe, international relations, I think Kristof has it mostly wrong. And I think I'm in a unique position to shed some light on why the three tribes that dominate the discussion of foreign affairs—academics, Beltway types and money folks—don't always get along.
One of the perks of teaching at a policy school is mixing with all three tribes. As a professor, I'm intimately familiar with the tribe of academia. I've also worked in government, traveled frequently to Washington and even have non-resident fellow status at Brookings. Through hard work, I've come to know the mix of journalists, columnists, think-tankers and " formers" that make up the Beltway tribe all too well. And the more one writes about the state of the global economy—my usual focus—the more one encounters the consultants, traders and market analysts that make up the money folk. Since the global financial crisis, as the significance of international economics has become more recognized, this tribe has inserted itself into the foreign policy debate.
I've had the opportunity to see all three groups try to interpret world affairs, with mixed results. None of these tribes are a monolithic group – indeed, at times, the internecine squabbles are far fiercer than the intertribal warfare. That said, there are certain tropes that mark each of these tribes as a distinct community. And the truth is that each tribe has justified reasons for scorning the other two. All of these tribes have their genuine strengths when it comes to foreign policy analysis, but none of them possess a monopoly of wisdom. Indeed, their blind spots are massive – and most of the time, they lack the self-awareness to know that they exist.
First, the strengths. Since it is their primary reason for existence, it should not be surprising that the Beltway folk bring some serious assets to the foreign policy table. The economist Friedrich von Hayek coined the term " local knowledge" to refer to the expertise gained from being on the ground close to a situation. The Beltway tribe has local knowledge of the policymaking process in Washington, a not inconsiderable advantage. Academics and market analysts can talk about the obvious strategic benefits of, say, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It is the Beltway types, however, who know about the minutiae of the negotiations, about the struggle to get trade promotion authority through the Senate, about the implications of taking Max Baucus out of the equation. I cannot recall an instance in which I knew more about the arcana of a particular policy more than my think-tanker colleagues who focused on it.
The Beltway folk's other comparative advantage is that they are the group most likely to gain a policymaker's ear. President Obama's predilection for wooing foreign affairs columnists is a known fact, but he's hardly an anomaly in this regard. Most policy principals engage with the Beltway tribe to "work the refs"—but the dialogue cuts both ways. If D.C. insiders form a consensus about a particular course of action, policymakers have no choice but to acknowledge and respond to it. Even if the Beltway consensus is wrong – and we'll get to that – the consensus is a political fact of life that alters the calculus of the people making the decisions.


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Threadless has finally released their much anticipated iPhone cases. The popular tee company hinted at the cases a week ago at the start of their Facebook Fandemonium campaign. A week later, they delivered. Threadless has partnered with the popular Mac and iPod accessory developer, Griffin Technology.
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By Thomas L. Friedman
ISTANBUL — Having witnessed the Egyptian uprising in Tahrir Square in Cairo in 2011, I was eager to compare it with the protests by Turkish youths here in Taksim Square in 2013. They are very different. The Egyptians wanted to oust President Hosni Mubarak. Theirs was an act of "revolution." The Turks are engaged in an act of "revulsion." They aren't (yet) trying to throw out their democratically elected Islamist prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. What they're doing is calling him out. Their message is simple: "Get out of our faces, stop choking our democracy and stop acting like such a pompous, overbearing, modern-day Sultan."
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The Turks took to the streets, initially, to protect one of Istanbul's few green spaces, Gezi Park, from being bulldozed for an Erdogan project. They took to the streets because the prime minister — who has dominated Turkish politics for the last 11 years and still has strong support with the more religious half of Turkey — has stifled dissent. Erdogan has used tax laws and other means to intimidate the press and opponents into silence — CNN Turk, at first, refused to cover the protests, opting instead to air a show on penguins — and the formal parliamentary opposition is feckless. So in a move that has intriguing implications, Turkish youths used Twitter as their own news and communications network and Gezi Park and Taksim Square as their own parliament to become the real opposition.
In doing so, they sent a message to Erdogan: In today's flat world, nobody gets to have one-way conversations anymore. Leaders are now in a two-way conversation with their citizens. Erdogan, who is surrounded by yes-men, got this lesson the hard way. On June 7, he declared that those who try to "lecture us" about the Taksim crackdown, "what did they do about the Wall Street incidents? Tear gas, the death of 17 people happened there. What was the reaction?" In an hour, the American Embassy in Turkey issued a statement in English and Turkish via Twitter rebutting Erdogan: "No U.S. deaths resulted from police actions in #OWS," a reference to Occupy Wall Street. No wonder Erdogan denounced Twitter as society's "worst menace."
Three Turks in America responded to the events in Istanbul by starting a funding campaign on Indiegogo.com that bought a full-page ad in The New York Times supporting the protests. According to Forbes, they received donations "from 50 countries at a clip of over $2,500 per hour over its first day, crossing its $53,800 goal in about 21 hours."
What's sad is that Erdogan's arrogance, autocratic impulses and, lately, use of anti-Semitic tropes, are soiling what has been an outstanding record of leadership. His Islamist party has greatly improved health care, raised incomes, built roads and bridges, improved governance and pushed the Army out of politics. But success has gone to his head. He has been lecturing, or trying to restrict, Turks on where and when they can drink alcohol, how many children each woman should have (3), the need to ban abortions, the need to ban Caesarean sections and even what docudramas they should watch. The Turkish daily Zaman on Monday published a poll showing that 54.4 percent of Turks "thought the government was interfering in their lifestyle."
While the parents were cowed, the kids lost their fear. I walked with protesters on the streets of Istanbul on Saturday when the police, armed with fire hoses and tear gas, cleared Gezi Park. The pavement literally shook with the energy of young people telling Erdogan to back off. Or as Ilke, 30, an aerospace engineer standing next to me remarked — before we were scattered by tear gas — "They are trying to make rules about religion and to force them on everyone. Democracy is not just about what the majority wants. It's also what the minority wants. Democracy is not just about elections."
Erdogan (like Russia's Vladimir Putin) confuses "being in power with having power," argued Dov Seidman, whose company, LRN, advises C.E.O.'s on governance and who is the author of the book "How." "There are essentially just two kinds of authority: formal authority and moral authority," he added. "And moral authority is now so much more important than formal authority" in today's interconnected world, "where power is shifting to individuals who can easily connect and combine their power exponentially for good or ill."
You don't get moral authority just from being elected or born, said Seidman: "Moral authority is something you have to continue to earn by how you behave, by how you build trust with your people. … Every time you exercise formal authority — by calling out the police — you deplete it. Every time you exercise moral authority, leading by example, treating people with respect, you strengthen it."
Any leader who wants to lead just "by commanding power over people should think again," he added. "In this age, the only way to effectively lead is to generate power through people," said Seidman, because you have connected with them "in a way that earned their trust and enlisted them in a shared vision."
Can Erdogan learn these lessons? Turkey's near-term stability and his legacy hang on the answer.
A version of this op-ed appeared in print on June 19, 2013, on page A27 of the New York edition with the headline: Postcard From Turkey.


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NASA has selected a proposal from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to build the first space-based instrument to monitor major air pollutants across the North American continent hourly during daytime. The instrument, to be completed in 2017 at a cost of not more than $90 million, will share a ride on a commercial satellite as a hosted payload to an orbit about 22,000 miles above Earth's equator.
The competitively selected proposal, Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), is led by principal investigator Kelly Chance of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. The investigation will for the first time make accurate observations of tropospheric pollution concentrations of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde, and aerosols with high resolution and frequency over North America.
"NASA is excited to make this initial step into using commercially available space on geostationary communication satellites to engage in cutting edge science," said John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "We expect to see significant advances in air quality research with TEMPO. The vantage point of geostationary orbit offers the potential for many new opportunities in other areas of Earth system science."
The TEMPO team has extensive experience in measuring the components of air quality from low-Earth orbit. Chance is on the science teams of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument now in orbit on NASA's Aura satellite and two European air quality space sensors. The team includes partnerships with Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., in Boulder, Colo.; NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park, N.C.; and several U.S. universities and research organizations.
TEMPO was chosen from 14 proposals submitted to NASA's Earth Venture Instrument program. Earth Venture missions, part of the Earth System Science Pathfinder program, are small, targeted science investigations that complement NASA's larger research missions. In 2007, the National Research Council recommended NASA undertake this type of regularly solicited, quick-turnaround project. The first Earth Venture selection was awarded in 2010 for five airborne investigations. The second was for a full satellite mission, the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, announced earlier this year. Today's announcement is the first Earth Venture Instruments award.
The TEMPO investigation will provide an instrument by September 2017 that NASA will seek to deploy on an appropriate satellite in geostationary orbit. Investigation costs will be capped at $90 million, excluding the launch vehicle and integration to the selected satellite platform. Numerous commercial communication satellites are expected to be suitable for the TEMPO instrument in the 2017 time frame.
After being deployed on a geostationary satellite, TEMPO will observe Earth's atmosphere in ultraviolet and visible wavelengths to determine concentrations of many key atmospheric pollutants. From geostationary orbit, these observations can be made several times each day when North America is facing the sun instead of once per day, which is the case with current satellites orbiting a few hundred miles above the surface. Other space agencies are planning similar observations over Europe and Asia after TEMPO is in orbit, allowing for the formation of a constellation of geostationary air quality satellites.
NASA is planning to announce two new Earth Venture calls for proposals in 2013 and make awards at regular intervals for investigations using cutting-edge instrumentation carried on airborne platforms, on small space missions, or as secondary instruments or hosted payloads on larger platforms. Langley manages the Earth System Science Pathfinder program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The missions in this program provide an innovative approach to address Earth science research with periodic windows of opportunity to accommodate new scientific priorities.


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The Hendrick Motorsports Gulfstream G150 flew off the runway after "braking issues" during the landing at the airport in Key West last night. On the plane were Rick Hendrick, his wife Linda, and two other people. Though all of the passengers were hospitalized, none of the injuries were serious.
This accident occurred almost exactly seven years after another Hendrick Motorsports plane crash that killed 10 people, including Hendrick's son, brother, and two nieces.


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- To conclude work of the Infrastructure Equity PEG, and prepare for public engagement for the Comprehensive Plan Update.
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Presenter: Andree Tremoulet, facilitator
Interactive Map Exercise (90 minutes)
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And how better to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast this year than with donuts of your most beloved characters? You can do the frying while your kids help creatively decorate the likes of Belle, Lumiere, and Mrs. Potts! These themed donuts would be great to serve at a birthday or tea party — and no matter the character they are sure to be delicious. Happy baking!
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Makes: 12
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- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 1/4 teaspoons yeast
- 3 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups bread flour
- 1 1/2 sticks (6 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
Glaze Ingredients
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- Gel food coloring
- Fondant*
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According to a report by Fox13, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne was busted at Salt Lake City International Airport with a loaded Glock 23 in his carry-on bag. Wait, what?
Fox13 reports that Byrne was stopped at security with the handgun and according to the Sheriff's Office logs [PDF], he was booked late Wednesday night for carrying a concealed weapon. Reports say the weapon was fully loaded with 12 bullets. Byrne denied knowing the gun was in his bag, which of course sounds very fishy, but even the officials say they don't think there was any criminal intent. [Fox13 via BI]


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[June 03, 2014]
Summer Reading Program
The Summer Reading Program is a popular
annual event at the library, and this year's theme is "Paws to
READ!" Sign-up week is June 2 through 7 with animal games to play,
but you may also sign up after this week. The fun continues until
the end of the program on July 26. In addition to children setting
their reading goal for the summer, we will offer Story Times for
children 6 months through 7 years old, Art/Craft classes for 8 to 12
year olds, and Thursday Events for the whole family. All offerings
are free of charge, but children must sign up to participate in any
activities. Information packets will be distributed to all of the
in-town schools this month with details, or stop by and pick up one
if your children are not yet in school. Call the Youth Services
Department with any questions at 732-5732.
The Lincoln Public Library
located at 725 Pekin St., with adult nonfiction and
reference materials in the historic Carnegie Building. The Annex directly behind
houses adult fiction and the
Youth Services Department.
All library events are free and
open to the public. Online, visit
Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesdays
and Thursdays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
217-732-8878 for adult services and 217-732-5732 for youth services.
The Teen Summer Reading Program
registration begins June 9, and the program continues through July
19. Come in to register and begin reading and recording on your
reading logs. Turn them in for a weekly prize drawing, and the
Grand Prize drawing at the end of the program. We will also have a
"Pimp Your Paws" pizza party for teens on Friday, June 27th
at 6 pm! Get first dibs on the newest summer titles, decorate a
pair of flip flops (provided), and enjoy free pizza and pop! Call
732-5732 to register.
Story Time
Little Listeners Lapsit Story Time is
for children 6 months through 2 years old, and Beginning Readers
is for 3 and 4 year olds. Choose a class on Tuesdays or Wednesdays
at 10 am. Ready Readers Story time is for 5 to 7 year
olds and you can choose a class on Mondays or Tuesdays at 2 pm.
This is a one time sign-up for the 7 week session.
Call 732-5732 to register.
Art/Craft Classes
For 8 to 12 year olds we offer Art/Craft Class
on Thursdays at 2 pm. Parents register children for each
class they would like to attend starting 1 week prior to event.
Call 732-5732 to register.
Art/Craft for June:
June 12 – Just Hanging Around (door knob hanger)
June 19 – Initially Yours (seashell letter)
June 26 – Paw Prints on Your Heart (wall hanger)
Thursday Events
Our family oriented entertainment during the
Summer Reading Program is each Thursday morning at 10am. As space
is limited, register for each event you would like to attend
starting 1 week prior to event. Call 732-5732 to register.
Thursday Events for June:
June 12 – Outdoor Petting Zoo
June 19 – Magic With Richard Landry
June 26 – Elsenpeter Marionettes, "Beauty and the Beast"
The Library will be closed the following
date: July 4 – Independence Day
Fix-It Lincoln – The Library now offers
a new collection of books on maintenance, repair, and upkeep. The
books include topics such as automobiles, homes, lawns, health care,
musical instruments, boats, and much more. Funding for this grant
was awarded by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to
the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library.
3M Cloud – This is our new e-book
database, which is an addition to our existing Library On The Go
database. Thousands of titles are available, with more being added
weekly, and can be searched via our online catalog. You will need a
PIN number to get started. Stop by our Circulation Department for
the easy instructions to get started.
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Zinio – Electronic magazines have
arrived! We have a selection of over 95 titles, and more will be
added. Create your account with Zinio from our website and start
reading. Stop by the Circulation Desk for more information.
Going on a trip? – The Circulation Staff
can put a hold on any outstanding requests you may have so you will
get them when you return. Just stop by and let the staff know your
travel dates.
E-mails and text messages – Our new
computer program allows patrons to receive texts and/or e-mails for
notification of reserved items and overdue notices. If you are
interested in this service, please talk to a member of our
Circulation Staff.
PIN Numbers – Don't forget to take
advantage of a PIN number (password) for your account. With a PIN,
you can search the entire POLARIS system, see what items you have
out, and request and renew books from home.
Gift Certificates – Need a gift idea?
You can purchase a one year Library card for an individual or
complete family that lives out of the library district. We will
provide a gift certificate for presenting, and the recipient can
bring it in, along with a photo ID and proof of address to receive
their own Library Card.
Book Clubs - The Annex Building
Circulation Desk collects reading lists for all the Book Clubs in
the area. So if you can't remember what you read or what you are
supposed to read, we have you covered. Drop off your lists at the
Circulation Desk, or e-mail April Jensen, Circulation Manager, at
Our website has links to many free services,
such as Library On The Go, WorldCat, Khan Academy, the
improved World Book Web, and our Ask A Librarian
service, as well as various downloadable forms. Check
out what's new!
Lincoln Public Library District is located at
725 Pekin Street, with adult non-fiction and reference materials in
the historic Carnegie Building. The Annex Building, located
directly behind the Carnegie Building, houses adult fiction and the
Youth Services Department. All library events are free and open to
the public. You can also visit us at
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A Salford University business lecturer who was accused in an email of fiddling his travel expenses has won a £10,000 libel payout.
Dr Tom McMaster, an amateur sailor, decided to travel to a conference in Ireland on his own boat, and attempted to claim £180 in expenses for the trip.
However, the University's finance department rejected the request, and when Dr McMaster questioned the decision he was met with a rather snooty email from finance director Ray Corner.
"Attempted fraud"
Mr Corner's message read; "Clearly the original claim was an attempted fraud and appropriately rejected.
"Those who submitted and certified it should be ashamed of themselves."
The good doctor demanded an apology – especially as the email had been sent to four other people – but the finance boss was having none of it.
Approaching the High Court for damages against this "unrepentant and unapologetic stance" from Mr Corner, Dr McMaster succeeded in reaching a settlement with the University resulting in his £10,000 windfall.


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The impossible goal of pursuing perfection: Dolly September review
'The ultimate guide to being yourself' is about self-acceptance. It offers girls three lessons in how to be themselves: Fall in love with you; Quit Faking It and Get inspired, not obsessed. The first encourages girls to recognise and love themselves for their unique traits. This is well and good. But I don't think we can 'fall in love' with ourselves. We can value our innate dignity and worth, and work to resist pressure to conform to an idealised norm, but 'falling in love' is a bit over the top. I don't think we are meant to be 'head over heels' with ourselves – telling girls they should be setting up impossible expectations. I do like the advice to girls to start a gratitude journal and list five things they are grateful for every day, as expressing gratitude is a proven way to improve mental health. 'Be your own therapist' also advises girls to organise their thoughts, reflect, be more positive and relieve stress by keeping a journal. I don't quite agree with the conclusion though: "There's nothing more empowering than knowing that no matter what life throws at you, you can cope with it." This puts too much pressure on an individual girl. As I move around the country speaking in schools, I hear shocking stories, including from girls who have suffered sexual abuse and other forms of violence, depression, anxiety, cutting – which has increased by 90 percent in 10 years in older adolescent girls and 60% in girls 12-14 – and eating disorders. Sometimes they won't get through without significant professional intervention and other support. Read full article.
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Researchers at North Dakota State University develop antenna-less on-metal RFID tag; HID Global introduces IronTag UHF transponder for tracking metal assets; Atlantic City, Michigan resorts add UHF RFID uniform-tracking systems; University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust implements AeroScout RTLS; Savi teams with SGS on tracking services, intros new software; Unique Micro Designs offers sample quantities of RFID tags.
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Researchers at North Dakota State University Develop Antenna-less On-metal RFID Tag
A research team at the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE), at North Dakota State University (NDSU), has announced that it has developed a passive EPC Gen 2 ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tag for metal containers that uses the container to which it is attached as an antenna. The patent-pending technology could be utilized to help companies track a variety of metal objects—such as barrels of oil and cargo containers—the center reports, and would allow for an inexpensive and manufacturable product-tracking solution. The tags developed by CNSE are less than 3 millimeters (0.1 inch) thick, and are placed directly onto metal, or could be recessed into an object's surface. "Most RFID tags that are to be used on metal objects are made by placing an antenna on a spacer, making them between 0.5 and 3 cm [0.2 inch and 1.2 inches] thick, depending on the type of tag," said Cherish Bauer-Reich, a research engineer, in a prepared statement. "The tags we've developed actually use the metal container as an antenna, rather than having to make and place another antenna on top of the container." The antenna-less concept is not new, and several other companies have worked to developed similar tags. In 2006, a QinetiQ teamed up with Crown Holdings to develop metal containers, such as soft-drink cans, with built-in EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID tags that used the can's metal surface as an antenna (see QinetiQ and Crown Develop Item Containers With Antenna-less RFID Tags). QinetiQ's RFID chip is at the heart of technology now being employed in tags manufactured by Omni-ID, which was spun out from QinetiQ in February 2007. In addition, Impinj and Murata Manufacturing Co. have worked to develop a tag that uses a printed circuit board's ground plane as a tag antenna (see Put RFID in Your Product, Not on It); a manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCBs), in fact, was testing Murata's MagicStrap solution (see Schneider Electric Lays Groundwork for Tracking Circuit Boards via RFID). The CNSE research team includes Bauer-Reich, along with Michael Reich, an NDSU senior research engineer, and Layne Berge, an undergraduate electrical engineering student. The group's research will be presented at the 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT-2012), to be held on Mar. 5-7, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. The research presentation, titled "Low-profile, high-permeability antenna-less RFID tags for use on metal objects," is scheduled for Mar. 5. The antenna-less RFID tag technology developed at CNSE was created with support under Grant Number N00189-10-C-Z055, awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Office of Naval Research. The patent-pending technology is available for licensing and partnering opportunities through the NDSU Research Foundation.
HID Global Introduces IronTag UHF Transponder for Tracking Metal Assets
HID Global has announced the addition of the IronTag 176 to its ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID transponder portfolio. The new tag, HID Global reports, is well suited for tracking a variety of metal assets—such as aircraft parts—that may be subjected to demanding conditions, because the transponder is designed to tolerate the harsh conditions of manufacturing and processing, as well as vehicle and equipment operation. The IronTag 176 is compliant with the EPC Gen 2 and ISO 18000-6C standards, and is compatible with the Air Transport Association's ATA Spec 2000, covering the data to be included regarding automatic data-capture devices, including RFID tags, as well as the structure of that information. It is also compliant with SAE International's SAE AS5678 specification, which spells out requirements regarding a tag's ability to withstand specific variations in temperature, air pressure, vibration, shock and other environmental factors. The IronTag, HID indicates, is waterproof and resistant to shock, vibration and chemical exposure, and can withstand temperatures ranging from -40 degrees to +356 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 degrees to +180 degrees to Celsius). Measuring just 2.1 inches by 0.9 inch by 0.27 inch (53 millimeters by 23 millimeters by 7 millimeters), it provides a read range of up to 13 feet (4 meters) when mounted on metal. The contactless chip provides a 512-bit user memory, in addition to 96-bit EPC and 64-bit TID. IronTag 176 transponders are available immediately, the company reports.
Atlantic City, Michigan Resorts Add UHF RFID Uniform-Tracking System
Revel and the Odawa Casino Resort (OCR) have chosen InvoTech Systems' GIMS RFID-based tracking system for managing uniforms. Both Revel's and OCR's implementations include Fujitsu Frontech North America rubber-encapsulated labels that can be sewn into each uniform, and each tag has a unique ID number linked in the GIMS software to the particular type of item, as well as its laundering history. The solutions also include Impinj Speedway Revolution readers, along with AN720 and AN480 antennas from Motorola Solutions, for tracking uniforms' locations. According to InvoTech, the solution will provide Revel, a $2.4 billion lifestyle resort on the Atlantic City Boardwalk, with 24-hour automated uniform distribution and control for thousands of valuable garments worn by 5,800 resort staff members. The GIMS solution interfaces with White Conveyors' automated U-Pick-It uniform-delivery system. AJ Conveyor and Laundry Systems will oversee the project, including the system's planning and installation. Revel, which is slated to open in the spring of this year, will be a 47-story, 1,500-room resort. "To supply the volume of uniforms required by Revel's staff, InvoTech's GIMS system will communicate with UHF-RFID readers installed over each of the 11 U-Pick-It System uniform delivery doors," said Jeff Welles, InvoTech Systems' VP, in a prepared statement. "This enables staff to get their clean uniforms quickly by just swiping an ID card to be on the job faster. We will also install a UHF-RFID bulk reading station for automatically processing uniforms going to and from the laundry to ensure all garments are instantly counted and tracked without hand sorting or counting to save the property money." OCR, a $140 million resort in Petoskey, Mich., owned and operated by the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, had installed an earlier version of GIMS in 2007 with bar-code labels attached to the uniforms, which were manually scanned for real-time inventory tracking. With the upgrade, uniforms now have UHF-RFID tags attached that automate the inventory process. In a prepared statement, Melissa Richards, OCR's director of human resources, said the solution helps control costs, noting, "Since our wardrobe department does not generate revenue, and uniforms are often lost traveling to and from the laundry, tight inventory control is essential." InvoTech installed UHF RFID readers near doors at which uniform carts travel to and from the laundry trucks for hands-free accounting. The company also placed readers over the doors of the property's automated White Conveyors U-Pick-It System that delivers uniforms to employees. The solution tracks when workers take delivery of their garments, in order to maintain an accurate inventory of all uniforms. InvoTech Systems' solutions are already installed at a variety of hotels and casinos, from Las Vegas to Macau, including the Fallsview Casino Resort, located in Niagara Falls, Canada, which is tracking tens of thousands of garments comprising employee uniforms (see Resort Uses RFID to Track Uniforms).
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