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It's like we're in a time warp back to the 1970's. Not the muscle cars and wild times of Studio 54, just the bad parts – turmoil in the Middle East, high unemployment, food and gas prices through the roof and an occupant of the White House with no clue how to deal with any of it.
When asked about this administration's failures, President Obama quickly becomes Vinnie Barbarino with his "Who? What? Where?" routine.
Vice President Joe Biden isn't any better. In his debate Thursday, Biden took on a personality that was a cross between Bozo the Clown and Jaws with unnaturally white teeth.
We have Jimmy Carter Part II in the Oval Office with his own Walter Mondale – actually, a far more abrasive version thereof – telling the country the administration wants to raise taxes.
When it comes to the murders of our ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens and the other three Americans whose pleas for security fell on deaf or – more likely – indifferent ears, this administration quickly becomes Sgt. Schultz, seeing nothing, knowing nothing.
When asked during the debate on Thursday why those cries for security from Libya were ignored continually, Biden told the lie of campaign – that he, President Obama and the White House had no idea they had asked for more security. He said, "Well, we weren't told they wanted more security there. We did not know they wanted more security again."
This was a lie so brazen, so absurd, and so contrary to everything we knew about the events leading up to the murders, including sworn congressional testimony given just the day before, even Andrea Mitchell of NBC News had no choice but to call Biden out on it.
Deputy Obama/Biden Campaign Manager and noted liar Stephanie Cutter, after having been attacked all day for disgustingly belittling the Libyan murders herself, couldn't even bring herself to defend Biden. She claimed she somehow managed to have missed Biden's lie, which took place in the opening minutes of the debate. You know it's bad when the person paid to lie for you, the person who seems to relish making a fool of herself for your cause, can't even bring herself to do it.
But someone had to attempt to defend it. It was too big a lie to leave hanging out there unspun. Enter Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications Ben Rhodes. I know what you're thinking … "Who?" Yes, they had to go so far down the food chain to find someone willing to put a name on this one that they got a guy known only to his family and a few close friends.
He claimed the president and vice-president never were made aware of those security requests. It seems bombing a country for months and helping overthrow its government isn't enough to make the two people leading our country and diplomatic missions around the world stay engaged for very long.
The upcoming anniversary of Sept. 11 didn't seem to provoke much concern either … even though the only thing radical Islamists love more than blowing themselves up in open-air markets is anniversaries. Indeed, there seems to have been no curiosity on the part of our executive branch about the mess it created.
That is IF you believe this spin.
But think about it – how sad it is that the best spin Democrats can come up with is "We never told them and they never asked?" Let's have four more years of that inspired leadership.
They tried to blame Republicans for "cutting" embassy security, but that bill passed with overwhelming bi-partisan support. And it's up to the administration to allocate those funds to priority missions … and Libya clearly wasn't one.
The only question now is: Who will be forced to throw themselves on their swords to protect the president?
The logical choice would be the secretary of state, but that's where the president runs into a wall. Hillary Clinton already has eaten more crap for this president than a starving dog that broke into a cat's litter box. Plus, the president needs Bill Clinton, who is much more popular than he, traveling the country campaigning on his behalf. Asking her to take yet another one for the team, especially one that risks such public humiliation, would only exacerbate the existing rift between Obama and the Clintons. That, even more than the shame and scorn of his policy failures, is something President Obama can't afford.
That leaves the blame fully where it belongs – the White House. And there's no way out of it aside from running out the clock. That's what the administration is trying to do with its internal investigation. But it won't work. This isn't a sex scandal. This isn't a money scandal. This has a body count that, unlike Fast and Furious, hasn't been ignored by the mainstream media.
Where this will go and what this will mean for the election remains to be seen. The public tends to vote more on pocketbook issues than they do foreign policy disasters. But the '70s closed with a foreign policy disaster that helped swing the election, and the Obama economy rivals the Carter economy for its epic failure, so you never know.
Maybe we're in a time warp and this is the '70s … only without the bell bottoms. The ironic part is this all could have been avoided if the president or vice-president had chosen not to lie and simply said, "I can't express how sorry I am that this happened, and it didn't have to. We weren't prepared, and we'll do everything in our power to ensure it never, ever happens again."
But it's too late for that now. The spin has been spun; the lies have been told. We don't need a president who thinks he's as cool as Fonzie was, with the same inability to admit he was wrong. We need a leader. That's what was lacking in the White House at the end of the '70s, and that's what's lacking there now.


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Barack Obama may not be my number one choice for a Presidential candidate, but I hardly hold this against him:
Long before the national media spotlight began to shine on every twist and turn of his life's journey, Barack Obama had this to say about himself: "Junkie. Pothead. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. . . . I got high [to] push questions of who I was out of my mind."
....In the book, Obama acknowledges that he used cocaine as a high school student but rejected heroin. "Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though," he says.
Why did he make the admission?
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Crimson's Edge III: Waves at DaybreakGail Greene
Oil painting on Stretched canvas New
Signed on front
20" h x 20" w x 1.5" d |3 lbs. 4 oz.
Gail Greene
New Port Richey, Florida
Gail Greene's paintings rarely end up the way she started them. After an initial block in, she steps back and studies the canvas. Whether it's adding a spontaneous waterfall or painting new cliffs, she's usually tinkering with something. Her intention with art is simple – to make the viewer feel good. When she's not making art, Gail has her hands in many different pots. She's a retired realtor, currently owns and operates a pet sitting service, and loves working in the garden in her spare time. The easel, though, is where Gail lets herself get lost.
Here's more work from Gail you may enjoy
Hear what collectors say about Gail's work
Love it but wish I gotten bigger piece. I also have summerfield pieces which I enjoy.
I apologize for not responding to your post earlier. I am in the process of moving and our scheduled closing date moved up by two weeks and as left me scrambling to get all packing done. Thank you so much for your comments. I do indeed paint in a tonalism style. I'm always drawn to that style anytime I visit a museum or gallery.
Beautiful work. Is this painting a tonalism style
Received your painting "A Peaceful Moment". It is beautiful--very serene. Is this a tonalism style.? I love it.
Thank you so much for your comments. I hope the painting brings you enjoyment and pleasure. I love the challenge of painting night scenes; it's all about the light.
Beautiful painting! The pictures gave a great representation of what the piece actually looks like. Fast shipping, everything delivered as promised.
Thank you so much Linda. The painting, Between the Trees, is my impression of my grandmother's old house located in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. I have such wonderful memories of my grandmother and her old homestead. Summer Breeze is based on some photographs I took during a trip to the New England Coast. Again, thank you so much for your comments. Gail
The paintings seem to have a calming effect. Love to look at them. Beautiful work. Thank you.
Thank you so much, Mark. Both paintings that you purchased were inspired by my childhood memories. As a little girl, I always loved winter. "Warm Winter Melody" is one of my personal favorites because it reminds me of the wonderful times I spent with my father enjoying the snow. I hope they bring you much enjoyment and pleasure too.
Is going in my home in Texas to remind me of winter and how lucky I am!!!! Thanks Gail
The paintings seem to have a calming effect. Love to look at them. Beautiful work. Thank you.- L Wells
Gail did a great job! Beautiful!! Enjoy all her work!!!- reggie


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Traveler's Apology: We're on the road. However, so far there is decent coverage and links on this news at Blue Mass Group.
The surprise is that the unanimous decision included a mention that the combined legislature is constitutionally required to vote on such amendment petitions. This is a strict interpretation of the state constitution's Article 48. Everyone agrees that its spongy wording requires that any final action on a petition must be by vote. The decision includes:
The members of the joint session have a constitutional duty to vote, by the yeas and nays, on the merits of all pending initiative amendments before recessing on January 2, 2007. With respect to legislative action on proposals for constitutional amendments introduced to the General Court by initiative petition, the language of art. 48 is not ambiguous.That may change future such ConCon actions. However, the decision also noted that there could be no court-imposed legal remedy for inaction.
The suit was theater by our POTUS-envying outgoing governor. We rather doubt that he scored any points in his stagger toward Washington with this one. Instead, it serves to remind potential voters of Willard Mitt Romney's inability to lead in marriage equality for any side.
This was the expected result and likely seals this poison petition's nasty fate. Itty boo, Mitt.
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The Secret Beyond Matter
Stories for Thinking Children 1
Maqsud and the Kitten
There was a big surprise waiting for Maqsud when he came home from school. His father had bought him a little kitten. Maqsud would spend the time left over after doing his homework playing with his cute little kitten. One night, when he was in bed, he was surprised to see the kitten leave the bedroom and find the milk dish in the pitch-dark living room.
"How did you find your milk dish so easily in this darkness?" Maqsud asked, astonished.
"We don't need a lot of light to see, Maqsud," the kitten purred. "Our eyes have been made different from those of humans. The pupils of our eyes grow very big so that they can take in as much light in the dark as possible. And we cats have a layer in our eyes that humans don't have; it is right behind the retina and reflects light back. So, light passes through our retinas twice. That is why we can see so well in the dark and also why our eyes are so shiny. Allah has created us with all the abilities we need to survive in all kinds of conditions. It is certainly impossible, as the theory of evolution claims, that we could have evolved these abilities by chance over the course of time. Allah has created cats and all other living things perfectly all at once."
Maqsud thought for a moment: "We human beings know that even if you fall from a high place you always land on your four feet. How do you manage that?"
"You're right," said the kitten. "We cats love to climb around in high trees. Allah has given us this special ability to protect us from getting hurt in a fall. When we fall, we use our tail for balance, change the center of gravity of our body and land on our feet. This protective ability shows the endless compassion and mercy of Allah."
Maqsud gently picked the little kitten up and put it on his lap. Every day, when he saw one of these cute little creatures, he thought what wonderful proofs they were of Allah's superior creative power. And so, the love and tenderness he felt towards cats grew even more. And the kitten showed that it loved Maqsud by purring whenever he stroked its fur.
[Moses] said, "[He of Whom I speak is] the Lord of the East and the West and everything between them [as you would know] if you used your intellect." (Surat ash-Shu'ara': 28)
Do you not see that Allah has made everything on the Earth subservient to you and the ships running upon the sea by His command? He holds back the heaven, preventing it from falling to the Earth—except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to mankind, Most Merciful. (Surat al-Hajj: 65)


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KINDLY NOTE: THE CORRECT ADDRESS TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL IS cfp AT apachecon DOT com
1-5 November 2010 — Westin Peachtree in Atlanta
Technical Tracks: Call For Participation
All submissions must be received by Friday, 28 May 2010 at midnight Pacific Time.
The official conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) returns to Atlanta this November, with dozens of technical, business, and community-focused sessions at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
Over the past decade, the ASF has gone from strength to strength, developing and shepherding nearly 150 Top-Level Projects and new initiatives in the Apache Incubator and Labs. This year's ApacheCon celebrates how Apache technologies have sparked creativity, challenged processes, streamlined development, improved collaboration, launched businesses, bolstered economies, and improved lives.
We are proud of our achievements and recognize that the global Apache community –both developers and users– are responsible for the success and popularity of our products.
The ApacheCon Planning Team are soliciting 50-minute technical presentations for the next conference, which will focus on the theme "Servers, the Cloud, and Innovation".
We are particularly interested in highly-relevant, professionally-directed presentations that demonstrate specific probrlems and real-world solutions. Part of the technical program has already been planned; we welcome proposals based on the following Apache Projects and related technical areas:
– Cassandra/NoSQL
– Content Technologies
– (Java) Enterprise Development
– Felix/OSGi
– Geronimo
– Hadoop + friends/Cloud Computing
– Lucene, Mahout + friends/Search
– Tomcat
– Tuscany
Submissions are open to anyone with relevant expertise:
Please keep in mind that whilst we encourage submissions that the highlight the use of specific Apache solutions, we are unable to accept marketing/commercially-oriented presentations.
Other proposals, such as panels, or those longer than 50 minutes in duration have been considered in the past. You are welcome to submit an alternate presentation, however, such sessions are accepted under exceptional circumstances. Please be as descriptive as possible, including names/bios of proposed panelists and any related details.
All accepted speakers (not co-presenters) qualify for general conference admission and a minimum of two nights lodging at the conference hotel. Additional hotel nights and travel assistance are possible, depending on the number of presentations given and type of assistance needed.
To submit a presentation proposal, please send an email to cfp AT apachecon DOT com containing the following information in plaintext (no attachments, please):
1. Your full name, title, and organization
2. Contact information, including your address
3. The name of your proposed session (keep your title simple and relevant to the topic)
4. The technical category of the intended presentation (Cassandra/NoSQL; Content Technologies; (Java) Enterprise Development; Felix/OSGi; Geronimo; Hadoop + friends/Cloud Computing; Lucene, Mahout + friends/Search; Tomcat; or Tuscany)
5. The classification for each presentation (Servers, Cloud, or Innovation) – some presentations may have more than one theme (e.g., a next-generation server can be classified both as "Servers" and "Innovation"
6. The intended audience level (beginner, intermediate, advanced)
7. A 75-200 word overview of your presentation
8. A 100-200-word speaker bio that includes prior conference speaking or related experience
9. Feedback or references (with contact information) on presentations given within the last three years
To be considered, proposals must be received by Friday, 28 May 2010 at midnight Pacific Time. Please email any questions regarding proposal submissions to cfp AT apachecon DOT com.
23 April 2010: Call For Participation Open
28 May 2010: Call For Participation Closes
11 June 2010: Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification
1-5 November 2010: ApacheCon NA 2010
We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!
For the ApacheCon Planning team,
Sally Khudairi, Program Lead


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Geneva/Nairobi, 16 September 2010 – International efforts to protect the ozone layer—the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays—are a success and have stopped additional ozone losses and contributed to mitigating the greenhouse effect, according to a new report.
The executive summary of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2010 provides new information about the effects of climate change on the ozone layer, as well as the impact of ozone changes on the Earth's climate.
The report was written and reviewed by some 300 scientists and launched on the UN International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. It is the first comprehensive update in four years.
The report reaffirms that the Montreal Protocol is working. "It has protected the stratospheric ozone layer from much higher levels of depletion by phasing out production and consumption of ozone depleting substances."
Given that many substances that deplete the ozone layer are also potent greenhouse gases, the report says that the Montreal Protocol has "provided substantial co-benefits by reducing climate change." In 2010, the reduction of ozone depleting substances as a result of the Montreal Protocol, expressed in CO2-equivalent emissions (about 10 Gigatonnes per year), were five times larger than those targeted by the first commitment period (2008-2012) of the Kyoto Protocol, the greenhouse emissions reduction treaty.
The report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says that an important remaining scientific challenge is to project future ozone abundance based on an understanding of the complex linkages between ozone and climate change.
Changes in climate are expected to have an increasing influence on stratospheric ozone in the coming decades, it says. "These changes derive principally from the emissions of long-lived greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, associated with human activities."
Key findings on the ozone layer:
Over the past decade, global ozone and ozone in the Arctic and Antarctic regions is no longer decreasing but is not yet increasing.
As a result of the phase-out of ozone depleting substances under the Montreal Protocol, the ozone layer outside the Polar regions is projected to recover to its pre-1980 levels some time before the middle of this century. The recovery might be speeded up by greenhouse gas-induced cooling of the upper stratosphere.
In contrast, the springtime ozone hole over the Antarctic is expected to recover much later.
The impact of the Antarctic ozone hole on surface climate is becoming evident, leading to
important changes in surface temperature and wind patterns.
It is reaffirmed that at mid-latitudes, surface UV radiation has been about constant over the
last decade.
In Antarctica large UV levels continue to be seen when the springtime ozone hole is large.
Key findings on ozone depleting substances and substitutes:
Many ozone depleting chemicals, such as CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), once present in products such as refrigerators and spray cans, have been phased out. Demand for replacement substances called HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) and HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) has increased. Many of these are powerful greenhouse gases.
Total emissions of HCFCs are projected to begin to decline in the coming decade due to measures agreed under the Montreal Protocol in 2007. But they are currently increasing faster than four years ago. The most abundant one, HCFC-22, increased more than 50% faster in 2007-2008 than in 2003-2004.
Abundances and emissions of HFCs are increasing at about 8% per year. HFC-23 is a byproduct of HCFC-22 production. Although it has no impact on the ozone layer it is more than 14,000 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas than CO2.
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director said: "This represents a further potential area for action within the overall climate change challenge. An international group of modellers working with UNEP recently concluded that current commitments and pledges linked with the Copenhagen Accord are unlikely to keep a global temperature rise to under 2°C by 2050. The gap between scientific reality and ambition is estimated to average around 4.7 Gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent per year--a gap that needs to be urgently bridged over the next decade or so if the 2°C target is to be met."
Commenting on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, he added: "Today's report underlines that action to protect the ozone layer has not only been a success, but continues to deliver multiple benefits to economies including on efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals. The contribution to combating climate change is one, but so are the direct benefits to public health. For without the Montreal Protocol and its associated Vienna Convention atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting substances could have increased tenfold by 2050. This in turn could have led to up to 20 million more cases of skin cancer and 130 million more cases of eye cataracts, not to speak of damage to human immune systems, wildlife and agriculture."
"The ozone-hole issue demonstrates the importance of long-term atmospheric monitoring and research, without which ozone destruction would have continued unabated and might not have been detected until more serious damage was evident," said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud. "The Montreal Protocol is an outstanding example of collaboration among scientists and decision-makers that has resulted in the successful mitigation of a serious environmental and societal threat.''
"Human activities will continue to change the composition of the atmosphere. WMO's Global Atmosphere Watch programme will therefore continue its crucial monitoring, research and assessment activities to provide scientific data needed to understand and ultimately predict environmental changes on both regional and global scales," said Mr Jarraud.
The Scientific Assessment Panel will present the Executive Summary of the new report at the next annual Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, to be held in Kampala, Uganda, from 8 to 12 November 2010.
The full body of the report will be available in early 2011.
The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 16 September marks the signature date, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
For more information, please contact:
At WMO:
Carine Richard-Van Maele, Chief, Communications and Public Affairs, Tel: +(41 22) 730 8315; +(41 79) 406 47 30 (cell); e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Clare Nullis, Press Officer, Communications and Public Affairs, Tel: +(41 22) 730 8478; e-mail: email@example.com
WMO website: www.wmo.int
At UNEP:
Nick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson/Head of Media, Tel: +254 207 62 30 84, +254 (0) 733 632755 (cell); e-mail email@example.com
Relevant links include http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/ozone/index.html and www.unep.org/ozone/


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INDIANAPOLIS – INDYCAR announced today that the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule will remain at 15 races. INDYCAR was exploring a potential replacement event after it announced June 13 that its inaugural race in China, scheduled for August 19, had been cancelled.
"After carefully considering all possible options for an additional race, we felt it was in our best interest to keep our schedule at its current 15-event lineup," said Randy Bernard, CEO of INDYCAR. "We want to make sure that when we add events to our roster they have long-term potential and are given every opportunity to be successfully promoted. The more we explored, the more we felt like we were rushing what could be good, long-lasting opportunities for the sport.
"I thank all of the promoters who entertained the possibility of hosting the IZOD IndyCar Series this season. It certainly validated what we already knew – there's a lot of interest from venues across North America in hosting our sport."
Series entitlement sponsor IZOD, a Heritage Brand in the PVH Corp. portfolio, supports the decision to cap the 2012 schedule at 15 events.
"As the entitlement partner of the series, we agree that it is in the best interest of the series to focus on a long-term strategy for the future schedule instead of a quick fix for this year," said Mike Kelly, Executive Vice President of the PVH Marketing Group.
The 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series season finale will be held September 15 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. Officials announced today that the race distance will be extended to 500 miles. Auto Club Speedway last played host to a 500-mile Indy car race in 2002, which was won by Jimmy Vasser.
"We wanted to do something special to enhance the excitement to the season finale and renew the tradition of 500-mile open-wheel races in Southern California," said Bernard. "We think it's something our fans will enjoy and adds another element to what is already shaping up to be an exciting championship battle."
From Amy Konrath at INDYCAR


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Device makers such as Lenovo, Google and others may have to delay introductions of new smartphones and other products because the partial U.S. government shutdown halted certifications that the gadgets don't cause interference.
Computers, mobile phones, gaming systems, TVs and wireless medical devices that emit radio waves need to pass a review by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC clears about 16,000 electronic devices annually, according to figures presented last month to U.S. lawmakers by Jessica Rosenworcel, an FCC commissioner.
That output is now at zero, and it "could be something that's a real drag on the digital economy the longer it goes on," Rosenworcel, a Democrat, said in an interview.
The FCC furloughed 98 percent of its staff and closed most of its operations Oct. 1 as agencies shut down with Congress unable to agree on spending. Lawmakers yesterday discussed a proposal to defuse a parallel disagreement on the U.S. debt ceiling that didn't include language to reopen the government.
The agency may become backed up once it resumes operations, creating the potential for delays in the introduction of devices from Google, Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., HTC Corp. and LG Electronics Inc., Washington law firm Hogan Lovells said in an Oct. 9 note.
"Increasingly it's going to have an impact on the widely known and available consumer products, depending on how long the shutdown lasts," Michele Farquhar, a Washington-based partner with Hogan Lovells, said in an interview.
No Comment or No Impact Yet, Companies Say
Shari Yoder Doherty, a spokeswoman for Mountain View, California-based Google, declined to comment, as did William Moss, a spokesman for the company's phone-making Motorola Mobility unit. Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Apple, declined to comment.
Some Asia-based electronic-device manufacturers said the shutdown so far hasn't hindered their U.S. business. "There is no indication of major impact on Sony's operation from the U.S. FCC shutdown so far," Tokyo-based Sony Corp. spokeswoman Misato Suzuki said in an e-mail.
"ZTE's business in the U.S. isn't affected," said David Dai, spokesman for Shenzhen-based ZTE Corp., China's second largest maker of equipment for phone networks.
Angela Lee, a Hong Kong-based spokeswoman for Lenovo Group., the world's largest PC maker with more wireless-enabled tablets and smartphones in production, said there has been no impact yet on approvals for new devices. "Moreover, Lenovo has a strong and growing business in the federal sector, and we have not seen any impacts due to the shutdown at this time," Lee said in an e-mail. [Lenovo, which does not yet sell smartphones in the U.S., operates its executive headquarters in Morrisville, N.C.]
Scott Sykes, spokesman for Shenzhen-based Huawei Technologies Co., China's largest maker of equipment for phone networks, declined to comment on the impact of the shutdown.
Devices Sitting
Companies rely on private test laboratories for much of the certification and need the FCC for final approval, said Farquhar, a former wireless bureau chief for the agency. Products that need approval include smartphones, tablet computers and laptops, she said.
"The longer the shutdown continues, the greater the risk that new devices will sit in warehouses and shipping containers unassembled or pending final design approval," Hogan Lovells said in its note.
Companies have accelerated electronic product introductions in recent years, with applications at the FCC increasing by 400 percent over the past 10 years, according to Rosenworcel's testimony to Senate appropriators.
Products typically are planned a year in advance, and devices intended for sale during the fourth quarter that includes Christmas sales normally clear the FCC's process by June or July, Bruce Franca, a former official in the agency's Office of Engineering and Technology that vets electronics, said in an interview.


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Medical malpractice is a niche area of the general civil law field of negligence. It can be a complex area of law. One of the questions that arises from a more practical point of view is whether an ineffective treatment by a doctor constitutes malpractice?
The medical field has changed radically over the years. It wasn't that long ago patients believed their doctors could do no wrong. The commercialization of the medical care industry has changed that as much of the doctor-patient relationship has been interrupted. This has resulted in a rise in the number of medical malpractice cases being filed across the country.
So, does the result of a treatment mean that the doctor made a legal mistake? Well, anyone that watches medical dramas like House or ER probably knows the answer to that. It is no. Medicine has come a long way, but it is not a cure all for every health situation. Diagnosis can be difficult and so can treatments. The fact a treatment does not work is not per se an indication that malpractice has occurred. If it was, the medical field would be frozen into inaction because of a fear of being sued.
How then do we tell if a physician committed a legal wrong? The answer is in the process. Every condition presented to a medical professional calls for a minimum level of care that should be formed. In this case, the care would include everything from steps of diagnosis to actual treatment. This minimum level is known by the name "standard of care". So long as a doctor meets the minimum standard of care, he or she cannot be found to have committed malpractice regardless of whether the patient is cured or not.
The standard of care in any case is determined by expert testimony. The experts are doctors in the area who can testify as to what the minimum level of care should have been in the particular case. The defendant and plaintiff each designate an expert for this purpose. You will no doubt be shocked to learn that each tends to present a very different view of what the minimum is and whether the defendant doctor met it. How are these differences dealt with in court? A jury of individuals who have no medical training at all decide!
Thomas Ajava writes for MetairieWrongfulDeathLawyer.com – your online resource for finding a Metairie wrongful death lawyer to assist with your case.


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From Conservapedia
The term Catholic has a number of related meanings:
- originally it comes from a Greek word meaning universal (katholika) - and thus, referred to the non-Jewish or gentile church as a whole, as opposed to a particular local church. This is the sense in which it is used in the historic creeds ("one holy, catholic and apostolic church") - and in this sense Protestants, Eastern Orthodox it also refers to the Eastern Catholic churches, which form part of the Roman Catholic Church, yet follow Eastern rather than Roman traditions in liturgy and other matters.[Citation Needed]
- Russian Orthodox, Ukrainian Orthodox, Maronite, and Coptic churches consider themselves to be part of the catholic church.
- In Western societies the term has evolved, however, to refer to the Roman Catholic Church specifically.
- it can also be used to refer to splinter groups which have broken away from the Roman Catholic Church. It is used in particular to refer to those groups which while breaking away maintain much of the Roman Catholic church's traditions - as opposed to Protestant churches, which rejected much of the Roman Catholic Church's position when they split from it
- it also refers to a tendency in Anglicanism (Anglo-Catholicism), which sees the Anglican church as nearer to the Roman Catholic Church than to Protestantism, and thus adopts many of the Roman Catholic church's tradition. A similar tendency also exists in the Lutheran churches.


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Accountability to Forecasts of Doom
Activists are always making exaggerated statements on current problems and extrapolate these into forecasts of doom. One thing activists really, really hate is when people come back later and hold them accountable for these forecasts. You can see it as NASA officials squirm and fire off condescension at skeptics who have the temerity to actually check their global warming forecasts against actual temperatures.
If I had a newspaper, I'd have a special regular feature where I dig back 10-20 years in my archives to find such forecasts of doom and check them against reality (actually, if I had a paper, I would not allow activist's press releases to show up virtually unedited as "news" stories, but that is another matter). Heck, I could have a regular feature just reality-checking old Paul Ehrlich forecasts.
Well, I don't have a newspaper, but I do have a blog, and this is a new feature I am working on. I am still trying to play with various search engines and news libraries (such as the NY Times) to see if I can come up with some kind of query format that efficiently digs up such predictions that are at least 10 years old. I am still a little stumped on this, but I am working on it.
But, as a sort of beta-test of the feature, one such comparison fell into my lap today. I remember my feminist wife reading a book published in 1994 called "Failing at Fairness." This work was a big, big deal at the time. Media such as the NY Times fawned on it. I will let a 1994 review on the Society for Women Engineers' site summarize the book:
Failing at Fairness: How American Schools Cheat Girls eloquently describes the results of years of research into sexism in schools. The study began as an examination of gender bias in textbooks, and evolved into a decade of painstaking classroom observation uncovering a "hidden curriculum" in classroom interaction. Authors Myra and David Sadker present a compelling tale of gender bias in education at all levels.
Taken at face value, the book more than proves the point of the subtitle: our schools cheat girls out of an education equal to that received by boys. The authors do an excellent job of pointing out some of the more subtle ways of favoring boys over girls. However, so many descriptions of incidents of sexism -- blatant, subtle, by old teachers, young teachers, male teachers, female teachers, and even by one of the Sadkers' own "trained" researchers -- are included that it can seem like overkill at
times. In addition, the wealth of statistics can be overwhelming, and yes, even slightly depressing.
One of the more horrifying aspects of Failing at Fairness is the discussion about standardized tests, their historical deliberate design as culturally biased for exclusionary purposes, and the dive in the scores received by girls as they progress through their education.
Current standardized test administrators claim to be more sensitive to cultural prejudices in today's tests, although minority students still score less than white students (at least on the SAT). Also, the book states quite plainly, "Regardless of ethnic or racial background, all American girls share a common bond: a gender gap in test performance that leaves them behind the boys." The prevailing opinion of the discussion group is that the tests are still exclusionary; they are not measuring achievement, but are rather reflecting the way students are taught.
I don't doubt that they found their share of anecdotal issues. I am sure I could find them today. But their overall premise that girls were getting hosed by primary education and that standardized tests were structured to exclude girls from college education made no sense even at the time the book was published:
The chart is from Mark Perry, and he shows a similar picture for bachelor's degrees, where women blew past men in 1981, and in PHDs, where women passed men in 2006. People would laugh at this book today, as most discussion is about under-performance of boys.
I don't know the authors, but I would interpret this as the classic inability of activists to declare victory. I am fairly certain that their hypothesis was far more correct in 1969 than in 1994. But society really went through a step-change in the 1970s vis a vis attitudes about females. The previous generation of women's activists did great work to make these issues plain and help lead change in societal attitudes.
But activists have a really hard time declaring victory. From a quite personal standpoint, declaring victory as an activist is exactly the same as walking into your boss and telling him that the company really doesn't need your job position. Money, prestige, academic advancement, and attention, and (self-esteem, for certain types of people) are all tied to there being a major problem. If there is no longer a big problem, then all this stuff goes away.


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"Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead"
I. The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption:[1] but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them:[2] the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies.[3] And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day.[4] Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledges none.
II. At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed:[5] and all the dead shall be raised up, with the selfsame bodies, and none other (although with different qualities), which shall be united again to their souls forever.[6]
III. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonor: the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honor; and be made conformable to His own glorious body.[7]
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[1] GEN 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. ACT 13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption.
[2] LUK 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. ECC 12:7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
[3] HEB 12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. 2CO 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. PHI 1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better. ACT 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. EPH 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.
[4] LUK 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ACT 1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. JUD 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. 1PE 3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison.
[5] 1TH 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 1CO 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
[6] JOB 19:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. 1CO 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
[7] ACT 24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. JOH 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. 1CO 15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. PHI 3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
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For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success came in signature yellow envelopes hand-delivered by a courier. Now the Western Union telegram is officially a thing of the past.
The company formed in April 1856 to exploit the hot technology of the telegraph to send cross-country messages in less than a day. It is now focusing its attention on money transfers and other financial services, and delivered its final telegram on Friday.
"The decision was a hard decision because we're fully aware of our heritage," said Victor Chayet, a spokesman for the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based company. "But it's the final transition from a communications company to a financial services company."
Several telegraph companies that eventually combined to become Western Union were founded in 1851. Western Union built its first transcontinental telegraph line in 1861.
"At the time it was as incredible and astonishing as the computer when it first came out," said Tom Noel, a history professor at the University of Colorado at Denver. "For people who could barely understand it, here you had the magic of the electric force traveling by wire across the country."
In 1994, Western Union Financial Services was acquired by First Financial Management Corp. which First Data Corp. bought for $7 billion the following year. Last week, First Data said it would spin Western Union off as a separate company.
Telegrams reached their peak popularity in the 1920s and 1930s when it was cheaper to send a telegram than to place a long-distance telephone call. People would save money by using the word "stop" instead of periods to end sentences because punctuation was extra while the four character word was free.
Telegrams were used to announce the first flight in 1903 and the start of World War I. During World War II, the sight of a Western Union courier was feared because the War Department, the precursor to the Department of Defense, used the company to notify families of the death of their loved ones serving in the military, Chayet said.
With long-distance rates dropping and different technologies for communicating evolving — including the Internet — Western Union phased out couriers in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
By last year, only 20,000 telegrams were sent at about $10 a message, mostly from companies using the service for formal notifications, Chayet said.
Last week, the last 10 telegrams included birthday wishes, condolences on the death of a loved one, notification of an emergency, and several people trying to be the last to send a telegram.
"Recent generations didn't receive telegrams and didn't know you could send them," Chayet said.
Samuel Morse, inventor of the Morse Code, sent the first telegram from Washington to Baltimore on May 26, 1844, to his partner Alfred Vail to usher in the telegram era that displaced the Pony Express. It read "WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT?"
"If he only knew," Chayet said of the myriad of choices today, which includes text message on cell phones, the Internet and virtually free long-distance calling rates.
"It definitely was an anachronism," Noel said. "It's amazing it survived this long."


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Have you stayed up late wrapping presents or dancing at a holiday party only to look in the mirror the next morning to find that your face was dripping off your head? Puffiness, ashen complexion, matching luggage under the eyes—we look like phantasmal creatures when we don't get enough sleep. But why?
Puffy eyes, according to Dr. Michael Roizen, chair of the Wellness Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, are equivalent to swollen ankles. It's an accumulation of body fluids. When we sleep, we "distribute water in the body" that we haven't peed out during the day. If we don't sleep (on our backs or sides) the water pools beneath our eyes and makes us look like we got punched in the face.
Sleeping also allows our skin to reboot by tightening up. Stress, which is linked with lack of sleep, is what really beats you up with the ugly stick, as it has a huge effect on your skin. When you're tired and stressed you lose collagen, which makes your face baggy, and produce less melanin, which makes your face Crypt Keeper-y. And it all leads to wrinkles.
But ugly faces aside, chronic stress and fatigue damage you so deep that your "cells are biologically 10 to 15 years older." So if you're 30 and constantly tired, you will look and feel 45. And not like a Demi Moore 45, but a Steve Buscemi 45.
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Hiwot Ayalew wins the women's race at Campaccio (© Giancarlo Colombo)
Albert Rop and Hiwot Ayalew took the honours at the 57th Campaccio cross-country race in San Giorgio su Legnano, an IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting, on Monday (6).
Rop crossed the finish-line in 28:19 in the men's 10km race, beating world cross-country champion Japhet Korir by three seconds and 2011 world cross-country champion Imane Merga by six seconds.
Rop, who set a Bahraini record and Asian junior record of 12:51.96 for 5000m last summer, started pushing hard in the early stages of the race, going through the first kilometre in 2:49, followed by Merga and 8:03 steeplechase runner Jairus Birech. They formed the leading quartet together with Italian 3000m steeplechase champion Jamel Chatbi.
They went through 2km in 5:49, closely followed by Korir, Kenneth Kipkemoi and world 3000m steeplechase silver medallist Conseslus Kipruto, who clawed his way back after a conservative start.
At 3km, Birech, Rop, Korir, Merga and Kipkemoi surged away from Kipruto, opening up a five-second gap over the Diamond Race winner.
Kipruto closed the gap, catching up with the five-man leading group at the 5km mark which was reached in 14:21. But by 8km, Kipruto's effort to catch up with the leading pack took its toll and the teenager was dropped by six seconds, 22:54 to 23:00.
Rop pushed the pace, running at the front from the start of the last lap and pulling away from Merga and Korir. The 19-year-old then kicked away in the back straight with 300 metres to go.
He romped home in 28:19, three seconds ahead of Korir, the youngest ever senior's men world cross-country champion at the age of 19 last March in Bydgoszcz and winner of the recent IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in Antrim last Saturday.
"It was a hard race against strong rivals," said Rop, who finished runner-up at the IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in Brussels last month. "I tried to push at the start of the race but I could not break away from my rivals.
"In the middle of the race I saved my energy for the final sprint before pushing on the last lap," he added. "I am planning to run indoors with the goal to run at the IAAF World Championships in Sopot."
Rop follows in the footsteps of other athletics super stars to have won the Campaccio race, like Haile Gebrselassie (1994),Paul Tergat (1997), Kenenisa Bekele (2002 and 2004), Eliud Kipcoge (2009) and Edwin Soi (2012).
"I am proud to add my name to the long list of stars who have made the history of the Campaccio," said Rop.
Ayalew just too good
Six women pulled away from the start of the race; 2009 world 10,000m champion Linet Masai, world cross-country silver medallist Hiwot Ayalew, 2010 Asian Games 5000m champion Mimi Belete, Ethiopian teenager Senberi Teferi and Kenyans Josephine Chepkoech and Goretti Chepkoech.
After clocking 3:30 for the first kilometre, Masai continued to run at the front ahead of Belete, Ayalew, Teferi and Chepkoech and they passed the 2km mark in 6:47, eight seconds ahead of world steeplechase champion Milcah Chemos, who was in seventh.
The leading group was whittled down to just four runners – Masai, Ayalew, Belete and Teferi – and they went through 3km in 9:47.
During the last lap, Ayalew, Masai and Teferi surged away from Belete. With 16 minutes on the clock, Ayalew pushed the pace, pulling away from Teferi and Masai and continued to increase her gap in the final stages to seven seconds, romping home in 18:59.
World junior bronze medallist Teferi finished runner-up in 19:06, three seconds ahead of Masai. Belete was a distant fourth in 19:17, beating Chepkoech (19:41) and Chemos (20:23).
Ayalew,23, emerged in 2012 when she set a 3000m steeplechase PB of 9:09.61 at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo and finished fifth at the Olympic Games in London. Last year she finished one place higher at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow.
Younger sister of 2009 world 10,000m bronze medallist Wude Ayalew, this winter she has won the Atapuerca meeting for the second consecutive year, beating Masai.
"I dedicate my win to my husband who is a marathon runner," said Ayalew, who began running at school in 2009 and quickly fell in love with the sport. "It was a hard race against strong rivals on a very tough course. I'm working to improve my personal best in the 3000m steeplechase next summer."
Diego Sampaolo for the IAAF
Men (10km)
1 Albert Rop (BRN) 28:19
2 Japhet Korir (KEN) 28:22
3 Imane Merga (ETH) 28:25
4 Kenneth Kipkemoi (KEN) 28:30
5 Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 28:47
6 Jairus Birech (KEN) 29:04
7 Jamel Chatbi (ITA) 29:53
8 Chris Barnicle (USA) 29:53
9 Michele Fontana (ITA) 30:04
10 Gian Marco Buttazzo (ITA) 30:32
Women (6km)
1 Hiwot Ayalew (ETH) 18:59
2 Senberi Teferi (ETH) 19:06
3 Linet Masai (KEN) 19:09
4 Mimi Belete (BRN) 19:17
5 Josephine Chepkoech (KEN) 19:41
6 Milcah Chemos (KEN) 20:23
7 Goretti Chepkoech (KEN) 20:33
8 Fatna Maraoui (ITA) 20:36
9 Laila Soufiane (ITA) 20:39
10 Giulia Francario (ITA) 20:43


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A few weeks ago the fabulous 'Salt of Portugal' recommended a great book for those who want to learn a little bit of Portugal's history. Their post reminded me of the fascinating and rather usual timeline on the lower level of the fabulous Modern Collection at the Gulbenkian museum. The timeline depicts Portuguese 20th century politics, history and economics through its art, literature, design and architecture. Well worth a visit if you are in Lisboa, especially if you want to understand this country a little better. If you can't make it here's a quick snapshot from our visit earlier this year.
The exhibition story begins in 1908 with the Lisboa Regicide – the murder of King Carlos and Prince Royal, and is quickly followed by the 5 October 1910 revolution. However I did spot they had included Parque Eduardo VII which actually was created at the end of the 19th century. Still who can blame them it is a rather splendid park, and didn't acquire its current name until after Edward VII's visit in 1902.
I seemed to spend most of my time looking at the 1920s and 1930s, partly because that period between wars has always fascinated me, but mostly because photographs of a building had caught my eye. We had seen it from the outside the day before near our friend's hotel, and had been intrigued by its design.
Cineteatro Capitólio was designed by Luis Cristino da Silva. The doors first opened in 1931, and have recently re-opened following a major refurbishment. The building is considered a major landmark, but if it hadn't been for our lovely friends we would never have found it! If you click on my third picture above you will discover that there is an enormous space inside (20metres high) topped by a terrace. The upper floor was, and I presume still is, accessed by escalators, and were the first to be installed in Lisbon.
The next four decades are dominated by the dictatorship; a period of great contradictions for Portugal. There was economic growth and some amazing architecture but at the same time the country became increasingly isolated and there was censorship, poverty, illiteracy, a high rate of infant mortality, increased emigration and secret police to enforce policy.
Towards the end of the dictatorship there were also wars as Europe's last colonial empire became involved in conflicts throughout Africa. The war only ended with the revolution of 25 April 1974.
After the revolution and end of the colonial war half million people returned to mainland Portugal. Not always an easy process, and for a while the docks were full of belongings. Over the next two decades Portugal began its journey to re-engage with Europe first with joining the EU in 1986 and then hosting Expo in 1998. It is however the photograph from 2013 that truly demonstrates how far Portugal has come. A huge demonstration on the streets, not a revolution but a protest over the dramatic economic events that struck the world. Might not seem significant, but only 30 years earlier this kind of protest was against the law.
I do hope I managed to get across just how fascinating this exhibition is. I thought it a brilliant way to connect the country's political, social, creative and intellectual elements, and only wish we had begun our tour of the Modern Collection here. There is rather a lot to take in!


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Wisdom Keepers
This is a portfolio that has grown more than any other over the past several years. Living where I do I'm very fortunate to have ample access to lots and lots of trees under a variety of different conditions. Tree and forest scenes can be quite chaotic, so it's pretty exciting when the potential for a photograph reveals itself.Read More


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|Jun 02, 2011
An alternative to antibiotics
|(Nanowerk News) Antibiotics are among the greatest achievements of medical science. But lately the former multi-purpose weapon fails in the battle against infectious diseases. Bacteria are increasingly developing resistance to antibiotics. Researchers have now found a therapeutic equivalent which could replace penicillin and related phamaceuticals.
|More and more pathogens are becoming immune to antibiotics. Some bacteria can no longer be combated. The World Health Organization WHO is warning about resistance to drugs which were once so potent. The WHO's director-general Margaret Chan has pointed out that if measures are not taken quickly, it may soon not be possible to treat many frequently occurring infections.
|Figures released by the WHO show that in 2010 nearly half-a-million people were infected with a strain of tuberculosis which is resistant to many antibiotics – one third of those infected died. The Organization states that the growing spread of resistant pathogens is attributable to the indiscriminate use of penicillin and other antibiotics.
|Here it can be clearly seen that the antimicrobial peptides have prevented the growth of bacteria, in this case Streptococcus mutans, which causes tooth decay. (© Fraunhofer IZI)
|Research scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI in Leipzig have found an alternative to the established antibiotics. In the future, antimicrobial peptides will take up the battle against pathogens. "We have already identified 20 of these short chains of amino acids which kill numerous microbes, including enterococci, yeasts and molds, as well as human pathogenic bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans, which is found in the human oral cavity and causes tooth decay. Even the multi-resistant hospital bug Staphylococcus aureus is not immune, and in our tests its growth was considerably inhibited," says Dr. Andreas Schubert, group manager at Fraunhofer IZI.
|From familiar fungicidal and bactericidal peptides the research scientists produced sequence variations and tested them in vitro on various microbes. Putrefactive bacteria, for example, were incubated for an hour with the artificially produced antimicrobial peptides. As the new peptides contain cationic amino acid residues, they can bond with the negatively charged bacterial membrane and penetrate it. In their tests the research scientists compared the survivability of the pathogens with an untreated control. The experts focused on peptides with a length of less than 20 amino acids.
|"Antibiotic peptides unlock their microbicidal effect within a few minutes. They also work at a concentration of less than 1 µM, compared with conventional antibiotics which require a concentration of 10 µM," states Schubert, summarizing the test results. "The spectrum of efficacy of the tested peptides includes not only bacteria and molds but also lipid-enveloped viruses. Another key factor is that the peptides identified in our tests do not harm healthy body cells," the scientist explains.
|The food sector could also benefit from the antimicrobial peptides given that the bacterial contamination of food products costs the industry billions every year. Fresh lettuce and other salad greens, for example, are badly contaminated by yeasts and molds. The shelf-life of foodstuffs could be improved by adding antimicrobial peptides during the production process. "This is a definite possibility because the short-chain peptides tested during the project do not exhibit any allergological risk on being added to foodstuffs," says Schubert. Magdeburg-based company ÖHMI Analytic GmbH is the project partner in the development of peptides for salad greens. The research scientist is convinced that many possible applications exist, including in machinery manufacture – for instance to keep hydraulic fluids free of microbes. As a next step the expert and his team are going to test the antimicrobial peptides in vivo on infection models.
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Cute Mouse!
My kid asked me about different design of mouse as he's used to having small plain colored mouse only. He told me that it would be nice to have some of the designs in his color book or the same with his pencil cases or toys. I actually wanted a different mouse for them as I also bought them a Mickey and Winnie The Pooh mouse pad several months back.
It's sometimes refreshing to do their homeworks in the computer with some cute characters around them while using the computers. I searched some designs in the affordable gadget store cdrking.com and saw this one together with other equally nice and cute disney and winnie the pooh designs. This one sells at PhP180.00 only.


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Streaming continues its dominance as Netflix breaks HBO's 17-year Emmys streak
Both traditional and streaming distributors are no longer able to find a "core" audience, but the proliferation of streaming has allowed for more niche programming, appealing to "hard-core" audiences.
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When Netflix snapped HBO's 17-year streak as Emmy nominations leader, more than bragging rights switched hands. It represented the breathtaking change in how audiences get and watch TV and the threat to traditional TV networks from streaming services.
Especially one like Netflix, whose multibillion-dollar investment in programming allowed it to rocket Thursday to 112 nominations just five years after launching its first original series, "House of Cards." That's double the total of nods it earned in 2016 and just ahead of HBO's 108 nods (down two from 2017).
Another streamed series, Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," earned 20 nominations and a chance to defend its title as best drama series at the 70th Primetime Emmy ceremony airing Sept. 17 on NBC.
HBO still boasts the year's most-nominated series, "Game of Thrones" (22 nods) and "Westworld" (20), while Netflix fielded "The Crown" (13 nods) and "Stranger Things (12).
"The more distribution platforms, the more content's getting created, the more people are going to be working.... It's good news for us in the industry," said Maury McIntyre, TV academy president. It's also good news for viewers, he said, who will "always be able to find something they're going to like."
"It all about niche broadcasting now. You can make a show and find an audience. It may not be a core audience, but it can be a hard-core audience," he said.
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, saluted "our creative partners on their unprecedented success today" in a statement noting that the nominations were gained across a wide variety of categories, including scripted, documentary, and comedy specials.
Netflix's deep-pockets approach has lured a number of TV's biggest creative stars, including Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy, away from traditional outlets.
Broadcast networks are taking the hardest blow, with their ratings as well as awards diminishing as viewers search out the more distinctive – and edgy – programming on unregulated cable and streaming outlets. Police procedurals and the current network rage for sitcom revivals certainly failed to impress Emmy voters.
The short-lived revival of "Roseanne," canceled because of star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet, drew only one major nomination, a supporting actress nod for Laurie Metcalf. Another revival, "Will & Grace," got Emmy love for nominees Megan Mullally and Molly Shannon but the main stars and series itself were snubbed.
In the drama and comedies series categories, NBC drama "This Is Us" and ABC sitcom "black-ish" are the sole network contenders. NBC topped the broadcast tally with 78 nominations, fueled by 21 bids for "Saturday Night Live," still on a satiric tear against the Trump administration.
Donald Glover's "Atlanta" was the top comedy series nominee with 16 bids, poised to take advantage of the absence this time around of a three-time winner "Veep." ''Atlanta" will face newcomers including "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," ''GLOW," and "Barry." Others in the category include "black-ish," ''Silicon Valley," ''Curb Your Enthusiasm," and "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."
The newbie comedies aced out long-time Emmy favorite "Modern Family," a five-time winner and perennial nominee since it debuted in 2009 on ABC.
"Killing Eve" star Sandra Oh became the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for lead acting honors in a drama series. Ms. Oh had earned five supporting bids for "Grey's Anatomy."
"I feel tremendous gratitude and joy with this nomination" and am "thrilled" for the show's cast and crew, Oh said in a statement. She added a postscript: "I think my mother at this moment may actually be satisfied".
The TV industry has made recent strides toward inclusion, with Mr. Glover and Sterling K. Brown of "This Is Us" winning top acting awards last year and both nominated again. Only one nominations category is all-white, and in three categories minority actors account for more than half the nominees.
Among the notable first-time nominees: Issa Rae for "Insecure," Darren Criss, Ricky Martin, and Penelope Cruz for "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story," Tiffany Haddish for "Saturday Night Live," Letitia Wright for "Black Mirror," and John Legend for "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert."
If Mr. Legend wins, he'll join the rarified club of "EGOT" performers who've won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
HBO's fantasy dragons-and-swords saga is a two-time best drama winner that sat out the last year's awards because of its production schedule. Although it's up for top series honors, it drew only three supporting actor bids for cast members Lena Headey, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Peter Dinklage.
"The Handmaid's Tale," the dystopian sci-fi series based on Margaret Atwood's novel, drew 20 bids, including one for last year's best actress winner, Elisabeth Moss, and supporting bids for Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Yvonne Strahovski, and Joseph Fiennes.
Other drama series contenders are "Westworld" and "The Americans," nominated for its final season and with nods for stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.
Competing with Ms. Moss, Oh, and Ms. Russell for lead drama actress are Claire Foy for "The Crown," Tatiana Maslany of "Orphan Black," and Evan Rachel Wood of "Westworld."
Mr. Rhys and Mr. Brown will be up against Brown's castmate Milo Ventimiglia, along with Jason Bateman for "Ozark" and Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright for "Westworld." Brown is also nominated for comedy series guest actor for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
Glover's competitors for best comedy series actor are Ted Danson for "The Good Place," Larry David for "Curb Your Enthusiasm," William H. Macy for "Shameless," Anthony Anderson for "black-ish," and Bill Hader for "Barry."
This story was reported by The Associated Press.


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THE FEDERAL AVIATION Administration is investigating why two airplanes came too close to each other over New York City last week.
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 747 arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport came close to a Shuttle America Embraer E170 departing from LaGuardia Airport at around 2.40pm on June 13, the FAA said in a statement today.
The planes were about a half-mile apart horizontally and 200 feet vertically, the FAA said. The required separation is 3 miles horizontally or a thousand feet vertically.
The FAA said the aircraft were "turning away from each other at the point where they lost the required separation." Both aircraft landed safely.
Delta declined to give details, including the number of passengers on board, pending the FAA investigation. The Shuttle America jet was operating as a Delta Connection flight and is equipped for 69 people. The Delta 747 can hold 376 passengers.
Jason Rabinowitz, editor of the aviation news website NYC Aviation, reviewed air traffic control audio and radar tracking data and concluded the pilots and controllers acted professionally in an unusual sets of circumstances brought on by strong winds.
"The traffic controllers did a very good job," he told The Associated Press, noting that traffic is extremely heavy at the two airports.
It was handled very well. … They did take immediate action to prevent anything from happening in very unusual circumstances.
The close call happened because the Delta jet and an American Airways flight preparing to land on a parallel runway broke off their approaches to JFK almost simultaneously, he said.
The American flight was instructed by the control tower to make a right turn and attempt another landing. When the Delta pilot seconds later said he needed to circle, the tower told him to make a left, Rabinowitz said.
That left turn put the Delta jet closer to departing traffic from LaGuardia. The Delta pilot then turned right hard, but 747s aren't "the most nimble aircraft in the sky," Rabinowitz wrote, and that allowed the Delta and Shuttle America airplanes to wind up too close to each other.
Rabinowitz said there was a moment the two aircraft were at nearly the same altitude and headed for each other, but the controllers and both pilots were aware of the conflicting traffic and both jets were turning away from each other.
The Delta flight originated in Narita, Japan; the Shuttle America was heading for Jacksonville, Florida. Rabinowitz said he doubted passengers were aware of the situation.
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(CNN) -- Astounding. Risky. Quitter. And that's what fellow conservatives had to say Sunday about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her decision to step down with 18 months left in her term.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will step down this month.
Democrats left it to Republican and conservative voices to assess what Friday's unexpected announcement by Palin means for her and a possible run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination. For example, Vice President Joe Biden called it a personal decision, offering no analysis of why she did it.
By contrast, those on the political right acknowledged that they didn't know what to make of it.
Karl Rove, the "architect" of George W. Bush's successful presidential campaigns, said the resignation left many of Palin's fellow Republicans "a little perplexed."
"It's a risky strategy," Rove told "Fox News Sunday."
"Astounding," was the pronouncement by Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and conservative columnist George Will said Palin was declaring herself a quitter.
Palin, who was Sen. John McCain's vice presidential candidate in the 2008 election, said she already knew she would not seek a second term and decided against being a lame duck governor for the next 18 months.
She also complained that too much time and too many taxpayer dollars were going toward fighting ethics investigations and that the mainstream media were continuing with unfair attacks on her and her family.
Some analysts believe that Palin will seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination and that her resignation is intended to free her to prepare.
Rove, whom Bush dubbed "the Architect" for managing his successful presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004, said stepping down now won't lessen the media spotlight on Palin. In fact, he said, leaving the governor's office takes away her platform for controlling her agenda and message.
"The media, if she wants to run for president, is going to be following her for the next 3½ years," said Rove, who called the move unclear and therefore a potentially harmful strategy for a politician. "Effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp. ... It's not clear what she's doing and why." iReport.com: Share thoughts on Palin stepping down
Grassley told the CBS program "Face the Nation" that he had "no insight into why she did it."
"I would think, if you want to run for president -- and I'm not sure that's got anything to do with what she's doing -- that the forum of a governorship would be a better forum than just being a private citizen," the veteran senator said.
Will told the ABC program "This Week" that he had "no idea why she did this."
"The one that rings most hollow is, she doesn't want to put Alaska through the terror of [her] being a lame-duck governor," Will said. "If she is just weary of it, one can understand that. Still, she made a contract with [voters] to serve out her term. And she said, in her own words, she now is a quitter."
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska criticized Palin's decision as abandoning the state's voters. Palin defeated Murkowski's father the gubernatorial election in 2006.
But Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, also on the Fox program, said Sunday that Murkowski's statement disappointed him because it failed to recognize all that Palin has accomplished in her 2½ years in office.
"She doesn't need a title to effect change and bring some hope to people who need it," said Parnell, a Republican who stands to become governor when Palin steps down this month. iReport.com: Conservative says Palin decision "not a smart move"
Palin had no public appearances Sunday, but she encouraged her followers via Twitter to ignore the pundits.
"Critics are spinning, so hang in there as they feed false info on the right decision made as I enter last yr in office to not run again," her Twitter message said.
In an Independence Day message to supporters, Palin said she was leaving office for a "higher calling."
"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country," Palin said in a statement attributed to her on her Facebook page. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make. But every American understands what it takes to make a decision because it's right for all, including your family."
Palin said her administration had "accomplished more during this one term than most governors do in two."
"We have accomplished so much, and there's much more to do, but my family and I determined after prayerful consideration that sacrificing my title helps Alaska most," she said. "And once I decided not to run for re-election, my decision was that much easier. I've never been one to waste time or resources." iReport.com: "No solid explanation" from Palin
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, noted that Palin will remain in the media spotlight regardless of whether she is governor.
"The challenge that she's going to have is that there will be people who will say, 'Look, if they chased you out of this, it won't get any easier at other levels,' " Huckabee said. "It could be a brilliant strategy. The point is, we don't know."
Huckabee called a presidential campaign "brutal" and said a Republican primary will ratchet up the pressure on Palin.
"When your opponents within your own team spend millions of dollars to redefine you, it's very, very difficult," Huckabee said.
CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Shirley Hung contributed to this story.
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