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I understand some of you are upset over this but I assure you that it's not going to be as life-altering or site-ending as some of you are making it out to be. This is being put in place because some of you — not all of you — kind of abused the privilege.
To put some hard-line rules on this would be, in my opinion, a little counter-productive and not at all helpful at this point when we're figuring this stuff out. So if you get banned and you have no idea why, or absolutely 100% feel this is a completely wrong-headed oversight on the part of the commenting committee, then please refer to the Comment Complaint line outlined above.
This is not being done to deter negative comments about the site, the writers, or anything of that nature — you're all entitled to your opinions and many of you (okay — FOUR) have already emailed those along to me. Thanks.
I know some of you don't see it that way right now, but this is all being done for the betterment of the site in the long run. Just hang in.
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Motorola Solutions Inc. has introduced its Real-Time Crime Center software, intended to assist first responders enhance situational awareness.
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Free the forgotten bird of paradise
12 November 2009
When General Suharto, the west's man, seized power in Indonesia in the mid-1960s, he offered "a gleam of light in Asia", rejoiced Time magazine. That he had killed up to a million "communists" was of no account in the acquisition of what Richard Nixon called "the richest hoard of natural resources, the greatest prize in South-east Asia".
In November 1967, the booty was handed out at an extraordinary conference in a lakeside hotel in Geneva. The participants included the most powerful capitalists in the world, the likes of David Rockefeller, and senior executives of the major oil companies and banks, General Motors, British American Tobacco, Imperial Chemical Industries, American Express, Siemens, Goodyear, US Steel. The president of Time Incorporated, James Linen, opened the proceedings with this prophetic description of globalisation: "We are trying to create a new climate in which private enterprise and developing countries work together for the greater profit of the free world. The world of international enterprise is more than governments . . . It is a seamless web, which has been shaping the global environment at revolutionary speed."
Suharto had sent a team of mostly US-groomed economists, known as the "Berkeley Boys". On the first day, salutations were exchanged. On the second day, the Indonesian economy was carved up. This was done in a spectacular way: industry in one room, forests and fisheries in another, banking and finance in another. The ultimate prize was the mineral wealth of West Papua, almost half of a vast and remote island to the north of Australia. A US and European consortium was "awarded" the nickel and gold. The Freeport company of New Orleans got a mountain of copper. Forty-two years later, the gold and copper make more than a million dollars profit every day.
For the Indonesian elite, enrichment was assured. From 1992 to 2004, Freeport provided $33bn in direct and indirect "benefits", much of it finding its way to the Indonesian military, the real power in the land, which "protects" foreign investments in the manner of a mafia. The reward for the people of West Papua has been a rate of impoverishment double that of the rest of Indonesia, says a World Bank report. At Bintuni Bay, where BP is exploiting natural gas, 56 per cent of the people live in abject poverty. "More than 90 per cent of villages in Papua do not have basic health facilities," the report noted. In 2005, famine swept the district of Yahukimo, where virgin forests and gas deposits deliver unerring profit. The suffering of West Papuans is seldom reported; the Indonesian government bans foreign journalists and human rights organisations from the hauntingly beautiful territory known by its indigenous people as "the forgotten bird of paradise".
When the carve-up of its natural wealth took place, West Papua was not part of but merely claimed by Indonesia, whose former colonial masters, the Dutch, recognised no historical or cultural ties to Jakarta and began to prepare the territory for independence. The Indonesians were having none of it; neither were the Americans, the British and the Australians, who invented a cold-war tale that the Russians were coming. In 1962, the Dutch handed the colony to the United Nations, which promptly gave it "on trust" to Indonesia on condition that the West Papuans would vote on their future.
In 1969, an "Act of Free Choice" took place. The Indonesians hand-picked 1,026 West Papuan men and ordered them to vote for integration with Jakarta. Guns were pointed at heads. When two West Papuans escaped in a light aircraft, hoping to reach New York and alert the UN general assembly, they were detained by the Australian government after landing at nearby Manus Island. West Papuan villages wanting a genuine "act of free choice" were bombed by Indonesia's US-equipped air force.
West Papua would have slipped into oblivion had it not been for a resistance, the OPM, or Free Papua Movement, whose endurance has defied almost impossible odds. The Indonesians have been unsparing in their oppression, aided by British-made machine guns and Tactica water cannon vehicles. When Suharto was deposed in 1998, the people on the island of Biak celebrated by singing hymns of thanksgiving and raising West Papua's Morning Star flag. For this, 150 of them were murdered by the Indonesian military. In 2004, Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage were sentenced to 15 and ten years respectively for raising the flag, an immeasurable act of bravery in a territory effectively run by a Gestapo-style force known as Kopassus, which bears responsibility for much of the genocide in East Timor. The destruction of West Papuan society is also genocide.
The post-Suharto regime in Jakarta, which likes to regard itself as a respectable democracy, is vulnerable to pressure on West Papua. In Britain, the mining giant Rio Tinto, formerly a shareholder in Freeport, retains a joint-venture interest that has earned fortunes for the company. On the rare occasions that the Foreign Office is challenged about the behaviour of Jakarta in West Papua, officials drone about "respecting the territorial integrity of Indonesia", echoing decades of Foreign Office mendacious apologies for the slaughter in East Timor. And yet East Timor slipped Suharto's leash and is now free, thanks to the resilience of its people and an international network of support. The people of West Papua deserve nothing less. On 1 December, which West Papuans call their independence day, those exiled in Britain and their allies will assemble outside the Indonesian embassy in London to break the silence.


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As Yeshiva Child Sex Abuse Scandal Grows, Why Are We Afraid To Speak Out?
We in the Orthodox Jewish community claim to value children deeply. We want to have children, and we pressure our own children to get married and have children, and yet, when it comes to really ensuring those children's utmost protection from harm, somehow the silence is deafening.
As a Yeshiva University alumnus and a psychotherapist who works with abused children, I was horrified to learn that my alma mater was apparently involved in a 30-year cover-up of sexual abuse that affected hundreds of children and protected known abusers. Y.U. — an institution to which I am grateful for making me who I am today — also has refused to commit to releasing to the public details of its investigation into these abuses.
So I created a petition urging Y.U. to commit to sharing the report findings with the public. Nearly everyone I know — many alumni from Y.U. and its Stern College for Women, including rabbis, did not sign. Other than one or two brave figures, the people I worked with for years through Y.U., programs teaching Jewish children worldwide about Jewish values, wouldn't sign, nor would they do anything else I am aware of to support victims.
I am deeply saddened by this blinding lack of empathy for our fellow suffering Jews.
As a psychotherapist, I know firsthand about the long-term effects of sexual abuse on children: It impacts their self-esteem, their faith, their trust in others — especially in the community. Silence in the face of abuse conveys the message to victims that their suffering matters much less than protecting the abuser or the leaders who covered up the abuse. With each day of silence that passes, the victims feel more isolated and betrayed. What is this passivity in the face of such terrible injustice?
I have come to understand that most people in my community are blocked by fear. Most people want to do the right thing, but are afraid of being judged by others, or they don't want to "break with Y.U." While loyalty is an important value, it cannot take precedence over the safety of our children.
People invent intellectual arguments that enable them to avoid doing what's difficult. They argue that holding someone responsible for particular actions will amount to vilifying an institution they care about. But this crisis is about holding specific people accountable for criminal and reckless behaviors and cover-ups, not about indicting a beloved school.
These fear-based justifications need to be challenged. We Jews are good at challenging our own thinking in the realm of learning, but of what use is this skill to us if we can't apply it to our lives as Jews and to protecting our children?
Those who are part of Y.U.'s leadership can set things right. They can hold those who erred accountable, insist that the school's rosh yeshiva, or chancellor, Norman Lamm, resign and then they can clean house. They can publicly apologize on Lamm's behalf instead of ignoring the victims, and set up a fund for the victims' therapy costs. They can commit to making their abuse report findings public. This will demonstrate empathy, console victims and exemplify true moral leadership. (Not to mention reduce lawsuits.)
Each of us can help victims, too, by writing to Y.U. and other Jewish organizations, asking them to take a stand for all children, withholding donations until we achieve a more ethical response, and pressuring board members we know to take action. We can encourage everyone in our community to open his or her heart and connect with the victims' pain.
Here's how to open your heart: Ask yourself what blocks you from speaking up. Take some time to reconnect with how it felt to be a small, helpless child, dependent on adults for security and love — and then imagine that a trusted, powerful figure in your life (a parent or teacher you admire) violates your trust by humiliating you or sexually abusing you at an age when you are still making sense of your world sexually and otherwise. If you are able to, for a moment, feel how these people have suffered, you will be able to stand up for them.
If we — as Jews, as community leaders, as institutions — do not stand up for our victims, we will become a community that enables abuse. Pedophiles know that in communities where fear of speaking out is high, they stand a better chance of getting away with their crimes. They know that in those communities, people are more concerned with their own reputation and with the reputation of their leaders and their institutions than they are with protecting their children.
If we don't insist that abuse is intolerable in our midst, it will affect our children and grandchildren. I do not want us to become that type of community.
Stacey Klein works as a psychotherapist in New York City.


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John Muir was awestruck by the redwood canyon that now bears his name. "This is the best tree-lover's monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world," gushed the seasoned explorer in a letter to William Kent, the Western philanthropist who in 1908 secured 295 acres for a national preserve a dozen miles north of San Francisco.
That's quite an endorsement from the man who had climbed North America's most remote peaks and had already lent his name to a vast Alaskan glacier. But Muir worried that the United States was quickly despoiling its wild places. He and Kent believed preserving a pocket of old-growth forest near the Golden Gate would create a conservation touchstone for generations of travelers.
Their hunch proved right. The coast redwoods of Muir Woods National Monument, which now embraces 559 acres, aren't the oldest or the tallest, but they are hugely popular. Over 1 million people a year make the pilgrimage to gaze on the giants—250 feet tall and up to 1,200 years old—amid their rare fog-kissed ecosystem. Virgin redwoods once covered 2 million acres, from southernmost coastal Oregon to the heart of Big Sur; this grove is part of the 4 percent of old-growth forest that remains, largely in Northern California state and national parks.
To see what Muir saw, start in the valley, where redwood sorrel grows like a carpet of oversize shamrocks so adapted to partial shade that they collapse their leafy parasols in bright sunlight. Along a flat, two-mile loop trail that starts at the visitor center and crosses Redwood Creek in several spots, alligator lizards skitter and slimy banana slugs ooze between sword ferns and spiky horsetails. Listen for the thrum of diving hummingbirds or the tsee-tsee of a perfectly camouflaged brown creeper hopping up a tree. Steelhead and coho salmon are making a comeback in the creek, thanks to recent restoration work. Look for spawning salmon after rains in December or early January.
For more of a workout and a squirrel's-eye view of the forest, take the pretty Hillside Trail. Or try Fern Creek Trail beyond quiet Cathedral Grove. Adults as well as children will enjoy thumping across the fallen logs. Tell the kids that redwoods are death-defying superheroes—when one is cut down, clones shoot up from burls on its stump. Throughout the woods, these circles of redwoods, some hollowed by fire but still standing, serve as testament to persistence in the face of threats. Muir would be proud.


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Congratulations to our four prizewinners for The Weekly Blog's basketball trivia quiz: Stuart Schulman '84, David Taylor '02, and Robert Comfort, who each scored a perfect 10-for-10; and Al Kaemmerlen '62, who had nine correct responses.
Kaemmerlen, a former Tiger basketball captain, had a distinct advantage on the first question: He played in Princeton's 1961 NCAA tournament win over George Washington, scoring 16 points as the Tigers topped the Colonials 84-67 at Madison Square Garden.
Answers to the quiz are included below.
1. Princeton has won 13 NCAA tournament games, most recently in 1998. In what year did the Tigers pick up their first postseason victory? 1961, vs. George Washington
2. Princeton and Penn have tied for the Ivy League title four times (including once in a three-way tie with Yale). Which team has the upper hand in head-to-head Ivy playoff games? Princeton, 2-1
3. Which quotable coach explained his switch to zone defense by telling reporters, "It seems that as the cost of attending Princeton increases, so does the slowness of our team"? Pete Carril
4. Fill in the blank: Bill Bradley '65 made headlines at Princeton before he even played a varsity game, sinking 57 consecutive free throws for the Tiger freshman team.
5. Douglas Davis '12 was the first freshman to lead Princeton in scoring, but his 333 points fell short of the freshman high, 387. Who holds the freshman scoring record? Chris Young '02
8. With 281 3-pointers made, this player is Princeton's all-time leader by a wide margin. He's also pictured on the PAW cover at right. Brian Earl '99
9. This Princeton forward remains the only Ivy League basketball player to start NCAA tournament games in four consecutive seasons. Matt Eastwick '92
10. Dan White '65 wrote two books about Pete Carril: The Smart Take From the Strong, a book of basketball philosophy published in 1997; and a 1978 profile of the coach. What is the title of the earlier book? Play to Win


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Columns ___________________________ NUM_FREELIST_BLOCKS The number of blocks on the freelist DEGREE The number of threads per instance for scanning the table INSTANCES The number of instances across which the table is to be scanned CACHE Whether the table is to be cached in the buffer cache TABLE_LOCK Whether table locking is enabled or disabled SAMPLE_SIZE The sample size used in analyzing this table LAST_ANALYZED The date of the most recent time this table was analyzed PARTITIONED Is this table partitioned? YES or NO IOT_TYPE If index-only table,then IOT_TYPE is IOT or IOT_OVERFLOW or IOT_MAPPING else NULL OBJECT_ID_TYPE If user-defined OID,then USER-DEFINED,else if system generated OID,then SYSTEM GENERATED TABLE_TYPE_OWNER Owner of the type of the table if the table is an object table TABLE_TYPE Type of the table if the table is an object table TEMPORARY Can the current session only see data that it place in this object itself? SECONDARY Is this table object created as part of icreate for domain indexes? NESTED Is the table a nested table? BUFFER_POOL The default buffer pool to be used for table blocks ROW_MOVEMENT Whether partitioned row movement is enabled or disabled GLOBAL_STATS Are the statistics calculated without merging underlying partitions? USER_STATS Were the statistics entered directly by the user? DURATION If temporary table,then duration is sys$session or sys$transaction else NULL SKIP_CORRUPT Whether skip corrupt blocks is enabled or disabled MONITORING Should we keep track of the amount of modification? CLUSTER_OWNER Owner of the cluster,if any,to which the table belongs DEPENDENCIES Should we keep track of row level dependencies? TABLE_NAME Name of the table TABLESPACE_NAME Name of the tablespace containing the table CLUSTER_NAME Name of the cluster,if any,to which the table belongs IOT_NAME Name of the index-only table,if any,to which the overflow or mapping table entry belongs PCT_FREE Minimum percentage of free space in a block PCT_USED Minimum percentage of used space in a block INI_TRANS Initial number of transactions MAX_TRANS Maximum number of transactions INITIAL_EXTENT Size of the initial extent in bytes NEXT_EXTENT Size of secondary extents in bytes MIN_EXTENTS Minimum number of extents allowed in the segment MAX_EXTENTS Maximum number of extents allowed in the segment PCT_INCREASE Percentage increase in extent size FREELISTS Number of process freelists allocated in this segment FREELIST_GROUPS Number of freelist groups allocated in this segment LOGGING Logging attribute BACKED_UP Has table been backed up since last modification? NUM_ROWS The number of rows in the table BLOCKS The number of used blocks in the table EMPTY_BLOCKS The number of empty (never used) blocks in the table AVG_SPACE The average available free space in the table CHAIN_CNT The number of chained rows in the table AVG_ROW_LEN The average row length,including row overhead AVG_SPACE_FREELIST_BLOCKS The average freespace of all blocks on a freelist


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Olympic Gold Medal: Is the Body Language of Triumph (or Defeat) Biological?
[Below is the original script. But a few changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast.]
When watching the Olympics over the next two weeks we'll recognize the signs of a winning athlete: raised arms with closed fists shot into the air—and the loser, who stands unassuming, yet betraying deflation with a subtle slump in posture.
Recently, researchers from the University of British Columbia wanted to find out if we, whenever we win or lose, are biologically driven to display the result.
After all, similar exhibitions are recorded in monkeys, rabbits, elephants, crayfish and other species.
They measured the spontaneous behavior in response to winning and losing at the 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 140 athletes from 37 countries.
What they found was that all winning athletes showed more expositions of pride: heads tilted back, chests puffed out, arms raised punching the air. The losers narrowed their chests, and their shoulders slumped.
But here's the interesting variable that provides evidence for possible biological underpinnings: 53 of the studied competitors were blind. And still, they displayed identical responses without having seen pride and shame expressions.
Curiously, the congenitally blind athletes revealed the greatest response to losing, but sighted Olympians showed a weaker reaction to defeat. Perhaps the latter were more conscious of trying to hide visual clues that exposed their broken confidence.
—Christie Nicholson
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Trait: In genetics, a trait refers to any genetically determined characteristic. In technical terms, a genetic trait is amenable to segregation analysis rather than quantitative analysis.
A dominant lethal trait is a trait that is expressed if present in the genome and therefore precludes having descendants. All such cases must necessarily be sporadic and must represent new mutations, not inherited ones (because a potential parent with the trait would die before being able to pass it along).
A mendelian trait is one that segregates in accordance with the laws of genetics set forth by Gregor Mendel. Sickle cell trait is a mendelian trait. It refers to the situation in which a person has one copy (and one copy only) of the gene for sickle cell but does not have sickle cell disease (which requires two copies of the sickle cell gene). If two people with sickle cell trait have children together, each of their children has a one in four chance (25%) of having sickle cell disease.
A nonpenetrant trait is a genetic trait that is in the genome but does not manifest itself in the individual. By contrast, a penetrant trait is one that manifests itself. If, for example, if 100 people have a particular genetic trait but only 80 of them express it, the penetrance of that trait is 80%.


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We are pretty used to Benjamin Von Wong pulling off really inspirational stuff. It seems that each project that he does raises the bar, and this one is no exception. Except that he raises the bar over water.
If you've ever done a shoot in a pool, you know that it is not trivial to position a camera over water. Especially when it comes to a $6,000 D4. This is where creativity trumps limitations. Ben has a detailed post about each of the steps that was taken to build this wonderful Water Demons shoot.
Ben goes through the entire sequence of the shoot, not only giving us the actual goods from the shooting day, but starting way back at the concept stage. He talks location selection, sealing it off for lights, teaming up with Jacynthe Tremblay for makeup, and Manuelle Lessard for styling, suspending a D4 over water and focusing it. The works.


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The Smoothie project is always looking for help, whatever your skills are, there are things you can do to improve the project with the other volunteers, if you feel like you could give us some of your free time, please contact us, help and working together is what has made this project so neat, advanced and precious over the years, and is very welcome.
Step by step guides
There is also a Pick and Place guide.
Firmware documentation
- Wifi ( new )
- Configuring Smoothie : Configuration and use, by module
- Motion control : All things related to gcode interpolation, motion and acceleration planning, and step generation
- Extruder : Control extruders for 3D printing
- Temperaturecontrol : Heat and cool things like hotends and heated beds
- Laser : For cutting
- Endstops : For homing
- Spindle : Control your spindle motor with G-code
- Switch : Quickly create custom G-code ⇆ Input/Output mapping without needing to write a custom module, like to control a fan
- TemperatureSwitch : Automatically turn/on a device based on a threshold temperature
- ZProbe : For probing, levelling, and automated calibration
- PCB milling : For PCB milling
- Drillingcycles : Canned drilling cycles support
- Filament-detector : Use an encoder to check filament is pushed correctly
- Player : Play files from the SD card
- Currentcontrol : Digitally control your stepper motors current
- AdvancedMotorDriver : For controlling SPI based stepper motor controllers like DRV8711 and TMC26X
- Configurator : Manipulate configuration using console commands
- Kill Button and Play LED : S/W based kill and play activity LED
- Panel : Drive smoothie directly without a host using monochrome lcd screens and click encoders
- Smoopi : New drive Smoothie using a color touch screen on rpi
- on_boot.gcode : Execute G-codes every time the board boots
- Using Smoothie : General firmware use
- Smoopi : New drive Smoothie using a color touch screen on rpi
- Troubleshooting : It doesn't work (ノo益o)ノ彡┻━┻ ! ! What to do ∩(︶▽︶)∩.
- MRI : In the very rare case smoothie code crashes
- Contributing : We need your help !
- Todo : List of the things that are being worked on in the project.
- Editing the Wiki : How to edit this documentation and improve it.
The firmware.bin file
Note, Smoothieboards come completely pre-flashed, you do not need to compile or flash the firmware, unless you want to upgrade to a newer version, or to contribute to the code.
More : Windows Drivers, Linux Drivers, Mac Drivers, New Features, Gallery, Smoothieboard Beta Guide
Hardware documentation
Available now : SmoothieBoard, the modular and awesome, smoothie-dedicated CNC controller.
- Smoothieboards : all versions of the Smoothieboard hardware
- Pinout has diagrams of all pins on the board
- Pin usage has information on the use and capability of all pins
- How to wire describes tutorials, tools and best practices for wiring and cabling work when installing your Smoothieboard in a new machine.
For users
- Powerful ( 120Mhz, 32bit ) micro-controller.
- Easy to use and configure.
- Smooth, jerk-free motion and enabling higher speeds
- Can be used for CNC milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing.
- SD-Card support for configuration and executing G-code.
- Composite USB Mass Storage + Serial interface to host.
- Free email support (✿◠‿◠)
For hackers
- Modular, event-driven design, allowing to add functionality easily without modifying the core. See the ModuleExample
- Designed to support non-Cartesian machines
- LPC1769 leaves lots of room for additional functionality.
- The mBed functions and additional libraries are available for easy and fast prototyping. But compiles off-line ( using GCC ), not dependent on the mBed online compiler
- Strict process for acceptance of new code, to keep the project at high quality
- Heavily commented code
The Smoothie firmware is free and Open-Source software developed by awesome volunteers with the help of the community. If you find this software useful, want to say thanks and encourage development, please consider a donation :
It really helps.
Developer documentation
- Todo : List of the things that are being worked on in the project. We need your help !
- HowItWorks : Walk-through the inner workings of Smoothie ( °٢° )
- ModuleExample : Basics of working with Modules in Smoothie
- Listofevents : List of all Events you can register for
- Developers-Guide : Information useful to smoothie coders
- LPC1769-pin-usage : Documents all the pins used and which are spare
- DebuggingSmoothie : Using the built-in MRI serial debugger
- Eclipse : Using Eclipse IDE to build and debug
- Github : How to submit pull requests for Smoothie
- Third Party Branches : a list of useful branches to smoothie that may be helpful to some but are not included in the main branch
- Smoothie developer IRC forum on IRC in #smoothiedev @ irc.freenode.net
- Current edge build status:
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An Indian man who died in a state-run hospital is alleged to have had his penis chewed off by rats, Asian Age newspaper reports.
Arun Sandhukha, 53, had been a pneumonia patient at SSKM Hospital in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) since December 11. According to the newspaper, his family members arrived at the hospital for a visit and found him in a pool of blood, with no medical staff in sight.
"No nurse was found at the scene and he was writhing in pain. His penis had been nibbled by rats," a victim's relative identified as Bishwanath said. The relative said that hospital staff "admitted the presence of rats in the hospital."
Later in the day, Sandhukha was pronounced dead. (Asian Age published its story on December 24, but it is not clear on what day the incident occurred.)
The horrific story is only the latest in a string of medical mishaps to capture the Indian public's attention. On December 23, a government doctor was found to be practicing medicine while inebriated, reports The Statesman.
In a more serious case, a drunk medical worker "was reported to have pulled off the oxygen mask of a three-week old baby that led to her death," reports the Malaysian National News Agency Bernama.
And in a tragedy that made international headlines, 89 people were killed when a fire swept through a Kolkata hospital on December 9. Medical staff abandoned patients as the blaze spread, and six administrators were charged with culpable homicide.


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Just over two months after launching it, and days after reducing the price, Microsoft has decided to kill the Kin phone.
Microsoft began offering the phone in mid-April on Verizon's network. The two models of the Kin were aimed at young people, with prominent social-networking ties.
But reviewers were critical of the phones from the beginning, noting that they were often difficult to use and lacked key features.
Earlier this week, Verizon dropped the price of the low-end Kin from US$49 to $29 and the high-end version from $99 to $49. A price drop so close to launch is typically an indication that the phones aren't selling well.
Microsoft has apparently decided to pin its future mobile efforts on Windows Phone 7, the revamp to its ailing Windows Mobile operating system that is due out on phones later this year.
"We have made the decision to focus on the Windows Phone 7 launch and will not ship Kin in Europe this fall as planned," Microsoft said in a statement. "Additionally, we are integrating our Kin team with the Windows Phone 7 team, incorporating valuable ideas and technologies from Kin into future Windows Phone releases. We will continue to work with Verizon in the U.S. to sell current Kin phones."
Matt Rosoff, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, had heard just a few days ago that Microsoft was preparing a big software update to the Kin phones. However, he said he's more surprised that Microsoft launched the Kin phones in the first place than that it killed them now.
The phone had many poor reviews and probably weak sales, he said. Although it had one feature that was often praised, it lacked a number of features considered standard on smartphones today, including an app store.
A number of users who wrote reviews on the Verizon site complained that the phones didn't even come with a calendar.
However, many people, including Rosoff, praised Kin Studio. That's a feature that lets a Kin user log into their account on a computer and see a timeline of activity on the phone, including photos, videos and text messages. The feature backs up all content on the phone.
Folding the Kin team into the Windows Phone 7 team is something Microsoft should have done long ago, Rosoff said. "It's surprising that they didn't take a look at this Kin team and say, 'what they're doing is interesting but it needs to be put into the mainstream mobile platform,'" he said.
One reason that Microsoft continued down the Kin development path is that it may have had deals with Verizon or Sharp, the phone maker, that it couldn't get out of, he said.
Cnet and Gizmodo first reported the news.
The decision to halt further development of the Kin is probably related to recent changes at the top of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices group. It recently announced that Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices division, would leave the company later this year, after 22 years at Microsoft. While Bach oversaw the successful Xbox business, the company's mobile efforts have been widely criticized. Windows Mobile has been steadily losing market share to more popular competitors like Apple's iPhone.
"I think that this is part of the legacy of Ballmer's review of the mobile business," Rosoff said. Rather than replace Bach, Microsoft has put Ballmer in charge of the division. In the past when Ballmer has taken over other segments of the company, he has similarly reviewed the business, often cutting projects, Rosoff said.
The Kin phones have their roots in software from Danger, the company that made the Sidekick phones and was acquired by Microsoft. Microsoft positioned the Kin phones as more consumer-centric devices, compared to Windows Phone 7, which will hit the market later this year.


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Who was the most impressive driver throughout the Korean Grand Prix weekend?
See below for my pick of the best drivers in the Korean Grand Prix.
Review each driver's race weekend in detail below and vote for who you thought was the most impressive driver.
For your consideration
Here are some of the drivers who impressed me during the Korean Grand Prix weekend:
Sebastian Vettel – Notched up his tenth win of the year after breaking free of Hamilton on the first lap.
Lewis Hamilton – A welcome return to form, he was especially impressive in qualifying to put something other than a Red Bull on pole for the first time this year.
Jaime Alguersuari – Matched the best result of his race after chasing down the tyre-troubled Nico Rosberg.
Sebastien Buemi – Like his team mate, enjoyed a great race with the updated STR6, delayed only by being hit at the first corner.
Heikki Kovalainen – Finished ahead of both Saubers and was reeling Bruno Senna in at the end to boot.
Compare all the drivers
Review what happened to each driver over the race weekend and compare their performances with their team mates using the links below:
Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
McLaren: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa
Mercedes: Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher
Renault: Bruno Senna and Vitaly Petrov
Williams: Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado
Force India: Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta
Sauber: Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus: Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen
HRT: Daniel Ricciardo and Vitantonio Liuzzi
Virgin: Timo Glock and Jerome d'Ambrosio
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Blast probe finds female DNA on bomb fragment, sources say
(CNN) -- Investigators have found traces of a woman's DNA on a fragment of one of the pressure cooker bombs used in the Boston Marathon bombings, law enforcement sources told CNN.
But, they cautioned, that doesn't necessarily mean a woman might have conspired with brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who authorities say were behind the April 15 attack that killed three and injured more than 260. The brothers also allegedly killed a police officer.
The DNA could have come from any woman who touched any of the items used to make the bomb, one of the sources said Monday.
The FBI did take DNA samples at the Rhode Island family home of Tsarnaev's widow, Katherine Russell, on Monday in an effort to see if the genetic material belonged to Russell or the couple's 3-year-old daughter.
But one of the officials said that even if Russell's DNA matches that from the bomb fragment, it doesn't necessarily mean she participated in the bomb's construction.
Through her attorney, Russell has denied any knowledge of her husband's involvement in the bombings and has said she is cooperating with the investigation.
The DNA could also be from one of the victims, Lawrence Kobilinsky, a DNA expert at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, told CNN's Erin Burnett on Monday.
The development adds yet another thread to an investigation that has stretched from Boston to Rhode Island to Russia as authorities try to unravel why the Tsarnaev brothers allegedly targeted the marathon, and if anyone helped them along the way.
The elder Tsarnaev died April 19 after a firefight with police. The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Tuesday that its investigators have determined Tsarnaev's cause of death, but can't release that information until his remains have been retrieved and a death certificate filed.
His 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar is being held at a federal Bureau of Prisons medical center in Devens, Maryland, on a charge of using a weapon of mass destruction. He faces a possible death penalty if convicted.
On Monday, a federal judge appointed prominent defense lawyer Judy Clarke to represent him.
Clarke has represented Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber; Eric Rudolph, the 1996 Atlanta Olympics bomber, and Jared Lee Loughner, who pleaded guilty in the Tucson, Arizona, shooting that killed six and left then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords seriously wounded.
Also Monday, news emerged that federal agents are looking into possible links between Tamerlan Tsarnaev and a Canadian jihadist killed by Russian troops in 2012, a source being briefed on the investigation said.
William Plotnikov and six others died in a firefight with Russian forces in the southwestern republic of Dagestan in July 2012 -- while Tsarnaev was visiting the region, the source said. The 23-year-old Plotnikov was born in Russia, but his family moved to Canada when he was a teenager.
Tsarnaev flew out of Dagestan two days after Plotnikov's body was prepared for burial, according to the source. Investigators are looking into the possibility he left because of Plotnikov's death, the source said.
Like Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Plotnikov was once a boxer.
Investigators also are looking into whether Tsarnaev had any contact with another militant named Mahmoud Mansur Nidal, who was killed by Russian forces in May 2012 during a gun battle in Dagestan's capital, the source said.
The FBI conducted an investigation -- including an interview with Tamerlan Tsarnaev -- after Russia expressed concerns in 2011 about his possible radicalization.
The Russians also raised questions about Tsarnaev's mother, Zubeidat Tsarnaev, according to several sources. Her name was subsequently added to a terrorism database along with her son's, an intelligence official said last week.
Russian authorities intercepted a phone call in early 2011 from one of the Tsarnaev brothers in the United States to their mother in Dagestan that included a vague discussion of jihad, an official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN over the weekend.
That information didn't make its way to the FBI, and the agency has said its investigators found nothing in 2011 to justify further investigation. The case was closed after several months.
On Monday, Zubeidat Tsarnaev told CNN's Nick Paton Walsh that she plans to come to the United States if she can see her son, despite pending shoplifting charges against her in Massachusetts. She has expressed doubts about the bombing and her sons' role in it.
Also Monday, a U.S. government official told CNN that FBI agents have interviewed the man identified as "Misha," an elusive figure whose name has surfaced in the Boston bombing investigation.
Investigators spoke with the man in Rhode Island after reports surfaced suggesting that members of the suspected bombers' family blame a "Misha" for radicalizing Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
The man, whose real name is Mikhail Allakhverdov, denies ever encouraging a violent take on Islam and says he was not Tamerlan's teacher, according to a New York Review of Books writer who says he interviewed the man.
Allakhverdov insisted he had "nothing to do with radicalization," and said he was cooperating with the FBI, reporter Christian Caryl told CNN on Monday.
CNN has made repeated efforts to speak with Allakhverdov, but has so far been unsuccessful.
CNN's Deborah Feyerick, Bill Mears, Susan Candiotti, Ashleigh Banfield, Paula Newton, Drew Griffin, Dave Alsup, Carol Cratty, Brian Todd, Ben Brumfield, Josh Levs and Barbara Starr contributed to this report.


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Supposedly June 1908, but possibly from 1910 or later. A view of the block from what is now Britomart Place (left) to Commerce Street beside the Northern Steamship Company building. Ref 1W-1451, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library.
Back on 6 March, on the way to a meeting in Mechanics Bay area, I took the scenic route from Queen Street -- along Quay Street East. All of this is reclaimed land, just water and mud (if you were lucky) back in the 1840s to early 1870s. Thus, the Auckland Harbour Board dominated here, and leased parcels of land to individuals and businesses up to the tangle of late 20th century municipal amalgamation.
First stop -- the Northern Steamship Company Building, with a category 1 registration from NZ Historic Places Trust. The notes on the NZHPT site don't include architect or builder (they were completed back in 2001, before Papers Past hit its stride with inclusion of the Auckland Star), so here's the August 1898 proud announcement of the original (two storey) development:
The Northern Steamship Company, with a view to concentrate their increasing business so that the manager may exercise more complete supervision, have commenced the erection of a new set of offices in Quay-street, immediately opposite the Company's jetty. The plans were prepared by Mr A. P. Wilson, architect, and the work will be carried out by Mr J. T. Julian.
The block will be built on two of the Harbour Board's allotments which extend from Quay-street to Station Road, a distance of 85ft, while the frontage will measure 66ft. As the land is reclaimed, the foundations will be piled. The building will be of brick, with a stone base. The middle portion of the ground floor will be occupied by the public counter, while on one side will be the manager's office and board room, and on the other the offices of the superintending engineer and ship's husband. In the rear the accountant's room, typist's room, and fireproof strong room will be placed and behind these, and partitioned off by a brick wall, will be a store 40ft by 63ft abutting on Station Road. The first floor will have two stairways, and will be divided off in a similar manner to the ground floor, the back portion being used as a store-room, and the front providing accommodation for extra clerks, patternroom, lavatories, etc. The flooring joists will be of steel, supported on cast iron columns. In the middle of the iron roofing will be eight, large skylights, affording ample light to the upper storey. The main entrance will be situated in the middle of the building, and at the back will be side entrances. The facade will be divided into five bays, two storeys in with a flagstaff in the centre. The middle cornice will be inscribed "Northern Steamship Company, 1898." The back elevation, fronting Station Road, will be divided into four bays, with a large entablature and pediment in the middle.
Auckland Star 13 August 1898
July, 1903. Northern Steamship Company building at left. Ref. 1-W1062, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library.
Architect Arthur Pollard Wilson (1851-1937) is also credited with the original 1899 Strand Arcade (also built by J T Julian) which was destroyed by fire in 1909; the Naval & Family Hotel in Karangahape Road, and the A H Nathan warehouse in Customs Street.
From Auckland Weekly News, 26 May 1899, AWNS-18990526-8-2, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library.
As for the company:
Prior to 1881 the people of Auckland had no regularly organised well-equipped steam service to connect the numerous ports and coastal districts of the province with the capital. There were a number of boats owned by various private persons, and in their way and day these served the community in a manner calling for considerable thankfulness. But the joint causes of settlement and industry required more extensive, more systematic help, and a businesslike attempt to supply this was made by the syndicate, which afterwards developed into the Northern Steamship Company.
A start was made by buying six steamers—namely, the "Argyle," "McGregor," "Rowena," "Douglas," "Staffa" and "Iona." The "Wellington," "Clansman," "Gairloch" and "Glenelg" were added soon afterwards, but still, in 1888, when Mr. Ranson took the management, only nine steamers were employed by the company, which now (1901) has a fleet of twenty-eight steamers, the aggregate tonnage of which exceeds 5000 tons. In achieving the strong position which it now occupies, the company has had to face many drawbacks and difficulties.
From 1881 to 1890, no dividend was paid on the large investment of capital, and even at the end of that period only a modest 21/2 per cent. That, however, was the turning point in the affairs of the company. In 1891, 5 per cent, was declared, from 1892 to 1896, 6 per cent., and since then 7 per cent. This, though satisfactory, is not a large return on the capital invested, in view of the risks connected with an extensive inter-coastal trade. Still the main point is that the Northern Steamship Company is now an unqualified success. Its large, well-officered, well-manned, well-equipped fleet is one of the institutions of the country; and a tourist taking voyages over the routes its steamers cover would see many of the most interesting and beautiful parts of New Zealand.
Cyclopedia of New Zealand (1902), from NZETC
1910. Left is the Union Fish Company Building, then owned by United Repairing, and next to it the Northern Steamship Co Building. In the middle of the image, it looks like the 1905 telephone box design. Ref. 4-1318, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library.
From Auckland Weekly News, 26 May 1899, AWNS-18990526-8-1, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library
I have one gripe, though -- the placement of a lovely pair of aluminium interpretive panels, provided by the old Auckland Regional Council, were (on the day I visited) obscured behind a cafe table and a sun umbrella (see images). Hard to view, let alone photograph.
Around the back, the third storey added in the 1920s is very obvious by the brickwork, although the design remained true to Wilson's original.
Next, stuck between two modern facades, the Union Fish Company Building. That was the name of a bar and restaurant which occupied the building from 1981 to early 1990s -- it doesn't really reflect the building's history, and folks coming along in the future will think it had something to do with a company like Sanford's, or fish canning or something. The "United Repairing" building would have been better (that subsidiary of the Northern Steamship Company was there for 40 years, from 1910 to 1950). The Union Steamship Company was there from 1954 to 1972. But, no ... it is now saddled, forever, with the name of a long-gone restaurant.
The building originated from the firm of W A Ryan & Co, agents for the American Oldsmobiles in 1906 (one of the agents predating AB Donald). Just months after completion in 1906, Ryan's new two-storey brick building was completely gutted by fire, including £8000 of plant, and up to £15,000 worth of motor vehicles. If the facade did survive the fire, it was a miracle. Apparently, only the brick shell remained.
Ryan sold his lease (all the block was leased from the Auckland Harbour Board at that time) to the Northern Steamship Company in 1908, apparently deciding that he'd had enough. From then on, various owners, until Auckland City Council took it over in 1991.
There is uncertainty as to the architect. NZHPT theorised (2001) that the architect was R Norman Shaw.
The facade consists of alternating red and buff brick courses. The three centred arch and window surrounds are of red brick, alternating with keystone which are connected by a continuous hood moulding.
The upper floor is divided into bays by vertical members some of which once extended to include a gable/pediment detail.
This (now removed) gable detail, the banded brickwork, the keystone and hood moulding details are all features of the Queen Anne style used by the English architect R Norman Shaw (1831-1912). Some of his work was published in the Builder.
While Auckland City Council had it that it was likely R M Watt.
The building's brick and stone design, constructed in the British Free Style, may be attributed to R. M. Watt, who designed the Ponsonby Fire Station.
After another modern facade, the New Zealand Laundry building or Quay Buildings. Laundry companies in Auckland started out in the late 19th century, employing women in factory-style conditions to service the increasing hospitality trade from pubs and hotels. Robert de Montalk is credited with this building's original design (1906), but it was modified in the 1920s by later owners (Robertson & Spedding from 1920, Gilmore Oil Co from 1930, Radio Ltd (later Radio [1936] Ltd, then Ulimate Eleco, 1955) from 1935, Olsen Properties 1969, Council from 1991. Many firms had offices here over the years, according to the postal directories.
Part of the Britomart Precinct branding, this poster slapped on the front of the building has to be one of the most prominent interpretive signs I've seen. "Not so far from here on this very spot in September 1840 Captain Hobson arrived at Britomart Point ..." Really? He'd have had wet shoes and clothes up to the neck at least, then, because "this very spot" was under water then, still part of Commercial Bay, all pre-reclamation. Point Britomart was to the east of this sign, about 50 metres or so away at least. "Not so far", but not really "on this very spot".
The former Wharf Police Building, but mainly the Colonial Sugar Refining Company building from 1903 to 1960.
July 1904, when the block had only the two bookends: CSR building on the left, then nothing until the Northern Steamship Co building. Ref 1-W1141, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library
Must say this is neatly done. Would be nice if more buildings had this wayfinder feature.
Leaving the past for a bit, and heading further east, I came upon this: "Pelagic-Chevron", by Bill Hayes.
Across the road, the 1946 Auckland Electric Power Board Quay Street substation, actually on Plumer Street. When built, this was a crucial part of central Auckland's power supply needs right from the start. Built during a period of rationed power supply post-war, this building was part of the AEPB's redevelopment strategy. Its importance was enhanced in 1958 by the laying of a gas-filled 110,000-volt cable carrying power from Penrose substation to Quay Street substation, "the installation of which was believed to be the greatest project of its kind yet undertaken in New Zealand," according to Jennifer King in A History of the Auckland Electric Power Board 1922-1972. In 1960, "the three biggest three-phase transformers in New Zealand, estimated to be capable of handling Auckland's electricity distribution efficiently until 1975, were placed in the Quay Street substation," following the laying of the cable. In 1984, an oil-filled circuit breaker on one of the station's main incoming transformers blew up, creating a "fireball" and causing the black-out of two thirds of the central city. In 1998, failure of the two cables between Quay Street and Penrose were part of the pattern of cable failures which lead to severe power loss over the months of February and March.
From this point, Quay Street gradually becomes Tamaki Drive. There is a definite point, where one becomes the other (at the end of The Strand), but when I did the walk once from Downtown to Mission Bay, to my mind -- from here on, I was eatsward bound.
I spotted this building in the distance, from across the railyards, 73 The Strand. In 1917, three of auctioneer G W Binney's children leased the sire from the Harbour Board: Mary Binney, Edwin Haselden Binney, and Frank Gordon Binney. In 1919, the lease was transferred to the firm of Abraham & Williams, of which E H Binney was managing director. The building was used as a wool store. Wright Stevenson & Co took over the lease in 1927 (according to the Fletcher Trust archive site, Wrights had an interest in Abraham & Williams from 1922), and Abraham & Williams was liquidated in 1950, three years after Binney's death.
A catering company had the lease from 1970, then Strand Storage from 1986, then James Kirkpatrick Ltd from 1992. The Melanesian Mission Trust Board took over in 1996. As a former wool store, the building is an interesting piece of history -- and coming up to its century.
From the NZ Railways Magazine, 1 June 1927, via NZETC.
Here's a landmark which should be on some heritage listing somewhere: the 1927 Strand Bridge.
Ref 1-W792, Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Library
At the time, it was described as the largest of its kind in the country, spanning eleven sets of rails, and providing a 66 foot roadway in exchange for the dangerous level crossing it replaced. The turntable in front is 70 feet (now disused and filled in). The bridge was associated with work constructing the Beach Road main Auckland Railway Station, as well as development of the south-eastern rail line deviation, which became part of the main trunk.
The bridge is still holding up well today. But there is no plaque upon it to commemorate its place in our rail history. Pity.
Another part of that 1927-1929 development -- what looks like a former railway signal box.
It is apparently leased out as offices at present. Hopefully someone might come along and recognise it as part of a group of heritage landmarks at the (temporarily) reopened Strand railway station.
Update: Stephen (from comments below) has pointed out that Mainline Steam helped with the opening of the old Auckland signal box on 18 February 2010 as offices by providing Ja1275 free of charge for Datamine's corporate event (the current occupiers). Photos here.


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A Jew-Hating Elmo In Central Park
Here is a picture of a man in an Elmo suit being carted away from Central Park Zoo in an ambulance yesterday. Visitors complained that he'd been wandering the park, screaming obscene anti-semitic rants.
Gothamist points out that Elmo has had a long history of terrorizing tourists in Central Park with anti-semitic rants, some of which which were thankfully captured on video. Our favorite is this video to the left, from April where Elmo's rant about how he works for John Gotti sends kids and parents scattering, before he is confronted by a magician in a heart-patterned overcoat.
This is what Sesame Street would be like if it happened in the real New York City, instead of some miniature wonderland of Love and Acceptance. Elmo's a ranting lunatic, Big Bird gets gassed by Animal Control for being a flight risk to passenger jets approaching JFK, and the billionaire mayor Count von Count sadistically announces at a press conference that he's banning the sale of sugary drinks over 14 ounces… 15 ounces… 16 ounces!


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fish-wayf • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: No, even if you married a cold fish, she isn't a fishwife. She is\, however, if she is either 1. a woman who sells fish or 2. a woman who uses coarse, vulgar language.
Notes: The plural of this Good Word is 'semiregular': fishwives. It is regular because, like similar nouns, life : lives, hoof : hooves, the [f] becomes [v] in the plural. However, not all nouns that end on [f] change it to [v] in the plural, e.g. fife : fifes, roof : roofs, and the Toronto Maple Leafs are not the Maple Leaves. So the plural of today's word is regular and irregular at the same time.
In Play: Back in the days of Billingsgate, women who sold fish acquired the reputation of using abusive language. I suppose smelling fish all day could have that effect on anyone. In fact, women who sell fish are not called fishwives anymore, but the reputation of their name carries forward: "When I told her that her son would be working for mine someday, she turned and left, swearing like a fishwife."
Word History: The historical question raised by this Good Word is: why did female fish-peddlars have to be married? In fact, they didn't. In Old English, wif meant simply "woman". Woman, in fact, derives from Old English wifman "a woman person" (as opposed to a wæpen-man "weapon person" = a man). So, the original meaning of fishwife was simply "fish woman", paralleling German Weib and Dutch wijf, which also mean simply "woman". (Today's Good Word comes from a woman person by the name of Rachel Keller, otherwise known as Pooky Zoo in the Alpha Agora.)
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Black&White+One Quilt Challenge
Quilters were invited to interpret the Tenth Triennial Gathering theme, All Anew, in a 40" square quilt, using only black and white fabric plus one additional color. Here you'll find the quilts entered into the challenge. Each photo includes a caption written by the quilter.Read More
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Developing treatments that slow, if not halt, the neuronal loss and cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has proven to be a challenge. Among the scientists who have taken on that challenge are researchers at the University of Florida's McKnight Brain Institute in Gainesville, using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model.
The scientists are investigating passive immunotherapy, one of the most promising approaches to blocking the amyloid-β42 (Aβ42) peptide, the main component of the amyloid plaques that damage the brain cells of patients with AD.
Monoclonal antibodies, the cornerstone of immunotherapy, do not easily penetrate the tightly packed cells of the blood-brain barrier. As alternatives to full antibodies, the University of Florida scientists generated transgenic flies expressing two anti-Aβ single chain variable fragments (scFv), known as scFv9 and scFv42.2.
Drosophila flies genetically modified to express human Aβ42 also co-expressed either scFv9 or scFv42.2. Each treatment reduced the loss of photoreceptor neurons due to Aβ42 toxicity and improved the insects' eye morphology. In addition, the flies' mushroom bodies, the brain structures involved in olfactory learning and memory, were protected.
Administering both scFv9 and scFv42.2 to the flies produced a synergistic protective activity, which suggests that both scFvs can simultaneously target different Aβ42 epitopes, the scientists said. This is the first time that two antibodies targeting different regions of Aβ42 have shown synergistic activities, thanks to the experimental flexibility of Drosophila.
In addition to immunotherapy, the scientists investigated the protective effects of a laboratory engineered secreted Heat shock protein 70 (secHsp70) on flies whose brain cells were accumulating Aβ42 extracellularly. Hsp70 is a chaperone that prevents and reverts protein misfolding but is primarily located inside the cell. In flies treated with extracellular secHsp70, the eyes were perfectly organized, cell death was reduced, calyces in the mushroom bodies were preserved, and locomotor function was improved.
The researchers determined that secHsp70 interacted directly with Aβ42 without affecting Aβ42 accumulation and aggregation in the flies' brains. Thus, the protective activity of secHsp70 may be mediated by stable binding to toxic Aβ42 species. This study is a new approach to broadly target amyloids outside the cell and block their ability to attack the surrounding neurons, the scientists said.
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Very quickly, and to get this out of the way: the Online Left is babbling about supposedly-cut Texas firefighting budgets, mostly because they lack the research skills – or possibly, the native intelligence – to tell the difference between a $109 million Forest Service/Wildfire Fighting budget in 2010/2011, and a $196 million Forest Service/Wildfire Fighting budget for 2012/2013 (the 2012 fiscal year started at the beginning of this month). Fortunately, Battleswarm Blog can both think and do research – as seen here and here – which means that I don't have to do any of the heavy lifting this time. Bottom line: never, ever stop just because you got the answer that you wanted.
[UPDATE: Via WILLisms, via @bdomenech, comes another reading error from the netroots. Turns out that some of the n-dimensional geniuses over on that side of the blogosphere looked at last year's Forest Service budget and inexplicably failed to notice that it included a one-time new equipment allocation: which caused them to mistake this year's budget as a reduction. What makes it particularly funny is that the allocation was due to stimulus funds… which meant that in their haste to go negative, the netroots completely messed up the opportunity to make a positive argument about their policy positions. And they wonder why nobody respects them…]
But. Since we're talking about supposed derelictions of duty, how about we talk about some of the stuff that the federal government is doing? – Or, more accurately, what the federal government is not doing.
For example: the federal government is not letting volunteers help.
Firefighting-trained volunteers from around the state converged on Bastrop and Smithville Tuesday to lend a hand to the beleaguered local firefighters battling the Bastrop County Complex Fire — only to be sent away as federal officials arrived at the scene and took command, apparently because local officials never made a formal request for volunteers.
"We were at the station getting set up into strike teams, and this guy came up and said that the U.S. Forest Service had 'assumed control of the situation, and that 'If you don't have a vehicle that squirts water, go home,'" said Gordon Greer of Kirbyville, who drove all night Monday to arrive in the town beset by the worst wildfire in Texas history.
And the federal government is not letting critical federal firefighting resources be used… because of a contract dispute.
Nearly half of the federal government's firefighting air tankers are siting idle at a California airport, grounded by the Obama administration in a contract dispute just weeks before wildfires swept through Texas killing a mother and her child, and destroying 100,000 acres.
The U.S. Forest Service terminated the contract with Aero Union five weeks ago to operate seven P-3 Orions that are critical to the agency's firefighting mission, leaving the federal government with 11 tankers under contract to help battle more than 50 large uncontained wildfires now burning nationwide.
And, of course, the federal government is not precisely rushing to provide assistance to
a state that won't vote for Obama next year anyway Texas:
Gov. Rick Perry is again criticizing the Obama Administration for ignoring his appeal for a federal disaster declaration for Texas, where wildfires continue burning out of control over wide areas.
That quote is from April, by the way. You see, the wildfire problem is a known one that's been going on for a while, which is why the special session of the legislature pumped up next year's budget for wildfires (not that you'd know that, if you were relying on the Online Left for information). On the other hand, back in 2007 when California had a similar problem, George Bush was just as partisan… yes, yes, of course I'm kidding. President Bush was a better man than that:
The Bush administration's disaster assistance chief promised no repeat of the Hurricane Katrina experience Wednesday, saying "this is a new FEMA" as Washington weighed options to help California wildfire victims.
Bush, who mobilized the federal disaster relief establishment Tuesday, has scheduled a visit to California Thursday.
To make the trip, Bush is canceling a previously scheduled trip to St. Louis, where he was to deliver remarks on the budget and headline a fundraiser for the national Republican Party.
But you knew that already. For that matter, so does the Online Left: which is why they were and are so desperate to rush out an attack here.
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He is survived by his 2 children, Dawn (Jason) Cox and Brian McCauley both of Janesville; 3 grandchildren: McCauley, Kennedy, and Keeley Cox; brother, Robert (Mai-Lynn) McCauley of McColl, SC; the mother of his children, Marlene Geronimi of Janesville; an uncle, Richard (Mary Jo) McCauley of Beloit; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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Ad hominem
An argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument against the man"), is a logical fallacy consisting of denigrating one's opponent or otherwise introducing irrelevant premises about one's opponent, instead of dealing with the flaws in the form and function of the opponent's argument. Note that the statement made in an ad hominem argument does not have to be false for this type of fallacy to have been committed; it just has to be irrelevant to the topic of the debate.
Classical structure
Classically, this fallacy is aimed at casting doubt on what a person is saying because of (imputed) flaws in the person's character, or circumstances peculiar to the person, that are unrelated to the matter at hand. Its usual structure is:
- A makes claim X.
- A has a flaw in his character, or else his circumstances mean that X somehow serves a special interest of A, etc.
- Therefore, X is false.[1][2]
Why Ad Hominem is Objectionable
The ad hominem is objectionable and usually fallacious practice because:
- It is an appeal to emotion rather than to fact.[3]
- It introduces an irrelevant consideration.[4]
That is, it has no bearing on the truth value of the other person's assertion.
Forms of Ad Hominem
The ad hominem fallacy can take several forms, the most common of which are personal abuse[4] and the introduction of an irrelevant circumstance.[4] Some debaters use the ad hominem attack pre-emptively, a technique known as poisoning the well.[5]
Example: Atheist scientist A might present arguments that there is no God. Opponent C might respond by stating that A is fat and should be able to use science to control his weight. This would be an example of the ad hominem fallacy.
In a special form of ad hominem that is closely akin to special pleading, a debater attempts to deflect criticism of himself by asserting that his opponent has the identical character flaw. This form is called tu quoque (Latin, "thou too") or "Whataboutism" (as in "What about [my opponent's identical character flaw]?"). The proverbial expression of this fallacy is "It takes one to know one" or "The pot calling the kettle black"[6]
Example: A liberal states that people should not vote for the Republican candidate because he is a racist. A conservative replies with "well you are also a racist so your argument doesn't count!". In this case, while the liberal may in fact be a racist, this doesn't preclude them from voting against a racist candidate.
The statement
- 'Richard Wagner was an opera composer much admired by the Nazis'
might be considered an ad hominem attack on Wagner's music. It is true, and in some contexts might be a relevant comment. But if someone says it in order to suggest that Wagner was a bad composer, then it's an ad hominem attack, because whether some bad people liked his music is not a relevant comment on the quality of his music. Additionally, the Nazis' misdeeds had nothing to do with their ability to critique opera. However, even if a tone-deaf person, who is not a good judge of music, said he liked Wagner, it would still be an ad hominem attack to conclude Wagner is bad.
When ad hominem isn't ad hominem
- The ad hominem attack is usually fallacious, and becomes reasonable only when the consideration being advanced is directly relevant to whether the other person is generally truthful or reliable, or whether he is telling the truth in this instance, or whether he is engaged in a logical fallacy of his own. The usual case occurs when the other person is engaging in special pleading.[2] Exposure of special pleading is a valid counterargument—so long as the accusation itself is valid. Technically, this is not an example of ad hominem, because it is an attack on the specific argument and/or the evidence advanced to support it.
- In the modern legal system, most judges allow the prosecutor to attack the credibility of those who testify on the stand; such witness impeachment can call into question the character, impartiality, honesty, or competence of a witness. Again, however, this is not technically an ad hominem argument.
Other meanings of ad hominem
American Heritage Dictionary says:
- The expression now also has a looser use in referring to any personal attack, whether or not it is part of an argument, as in "It isn't in the best interests of the nation for the press to attack him in this personal, ad hominem way." [1]
See also
- Argumentum ad populum
- Journalistic malpractice
- Slander and gossip
- Special pleading
- Typo flame
- Yellow journalism
- ↑ The Nizkor Project, Fallacy: Ad Hominem (retrieved April 9, 2007)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lander University, Department of Philosophy, Philosophy 103, Introduction to Logic: Argumentum ad Hominem. (Retrieved April 9, 2007)
- ↑ Definition of ad hominem from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006 (retrieved April 9, 2007)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 S. Morris Engel, With Good Reason: An Introduction to Informal Fallacies, 5th ed., St. Martin's Press, 1994, pp. 198-206. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from The Fallacy Files
- ↑ Engel, op. cit., pp. 206-209. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from The Fallacy Files
- ↑ Nigel Warburton, Thinking from A to Z, 2nd. ed., "Politician's Answer", pp. 103-104. Retrieved April 9, 2007, from The Fallacy Files


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At Thursday's education-themed Apple event at the Guggenheim museum, Apple executives Phil Schiller and Roger Rosen were on hand to introduce iBooks 2, which heads the first of two education initiatives unveiled by the company.
Before introducing the app, which is now available from the iOS App Store, Schiller outlined the problems with modern textbooks: They aren't portable, durable, interactive, searchable, or updatable. In his words, "The iPad stacks up better."
More specifically, it stacks up better with iBooks 2, which brings fullscreen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, and videos to students and teachers. Apple vice president of productivity software Roger Rosner took to the stage to demonstrate the app's new features for textbooks, which include a revised index for easier search, page thumbnails, virtual study cards, interactive multiple choice questions for section and book quizzes, and new portrait and landscape views.
When in landscape mode, textbooks flow from one page to the next, with embedded interactive content—3D models, videos, and charts. Students can tap and zoom on any content. When in portrait, the content splits: on each page, any interactive content is shifted to the left-hand side, with the text isolated in a Safari Reader-like layout.
To search through the book, students can swipe from page to page, browse thumbnails, or search for terms and page numbers using iBooks 2's search features. Highlighting is also easy enough: Swipe to highlight, then tap to change the highlight color. You can add notes, as well, and any highlights and notes can be automatically converted into new Study Cards; you can use these to study your highlighted notes, or even use them as flash cards with glossary terms and definitions, with a built-in shuffle mode. The typical end-of-book quizzes have also undergone an overhaul: Quizzes have multiple-choice questions with illustrated answers, and immediate feedback for the user.
Students can find new-and-improved digital textbooks for iBooks 2 in the iBookstore, which has received a new Textbooks category. Currently, just eight textbooks are available (from publishers McGraw Hill and Pearson), with more slated to arrive. Textbook previews include screenshots and grade level. The textbooks themselves are currently only supported on the iPad.
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SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate today voted in favor of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's measure that would allow Chicago to start using cameras to ticket speeders in so-called safety zones.
"This is clearly a request of the city, a request of the mayor, something that will result in the savings of lives, nothing more important than that," said Senate President John Cullerton, who sponsored the measure.
The proposal has been narrowed since it was first unveiled last week, and Cullerton acknowledged more changes are likely as he works with House Speaker Michael Madigan to address concerns that the legislation is too broad. But the initial tweaks were enough for many lawmakers, who voted 32-24 to send the legislation to the House.
Under the bill, the city would be allowed to set up cameras in "safety zones" within one-eighth of a mile of the property line of schools and public parks. Drivers going more than five miles per hour over the speed limit would receive tickets of up to $100.
Those exceeding the speed limit by one to five miles per hour would get warnings, said Chris Mather, the mayor's spokeswoman.
The cameras would issue tickets between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. around schools on school days and one hour before a park opens and one hour after it closes, though some lawmakers want those time frames narrowed.
While painted as a safety measure, critics contend it's more about generating revenue.
"People in this state are sick and tired of being nickel and dimed to death," said Sen. Dan Duffy, R-Lake Barrington, who called the cameras a "blatant revenue grab by the city of Chicago."
In Chicago, Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein defended the city's speeding camera effort, saying it's about the safety of pedestrians.
His comments came after Ald. Margaret Laurino, 39th, noted a Tribune analysis that concluded the cameras would be allowed in about half the city under legislation being considered by the state Legislature.
"At the end of the day, it's really about people's lives," Klein said. "It's not just about the people that die. Whey your child is hit by a car, it's earth shattering for you. I'm thankful that we have a mayor and aldermen that recognize the importance of safety at all levels."
The cameras would first be targeted for areas near schools and parks that already have red-light cameras, where the technology can be enhanced to snare speeders on camera. But, as written, it also would allow for mobile cameras to be spread throughout much of the city.
"I've been watching videos of people whizzing through red lights at 50 mph and hitting buses," Klein said. "Our cameras capture amazing footage. You know that they are not paying attention. And so I think it is appropriate to use technology to counter that."
Laurino, who chairs the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee that likely would have to approve use of the speeding cameras, said she hoped they would not be used to issue tickets for minor violations, like driving 1 mph more than the speed limit
"The perception could not necessarily be a good one if it's perceived that it's just out to raise revenue, when actually what our intent should be is safety," Laurino said. She spoke before the Senate approved the bill.
Klein, who had the same job in Washington, D.C. before Emanuel recruited him, said he understood that camera enforcement can be disconcerting.
"Fact is, I got a red-light ticket in Washington, D.C., but I think we have to look out for the greater good, and I think that I would much rather get a ticket, or be aware because of tickets, than run over a child," Klein said.


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Takashi Murakami, (born Feb. 1, 1962, Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese artist and entrepreneur widely recognized for his ability to adapt the aesthetics of Japanese traditional art to operate within the context of popular culture.
Murakami studied Japanese painting at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986 and a Ph.D. in 1993. After completing his studies, he increasingly displayed his works in solo and group exhibitions, making his European debut in 1995 in "
TransCulture," held at the 46th Venice Biennale. The following year Murakami's paintings and sculptures were featured most notably at the second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art at the Queensland Art Gallery in Australia.
Trained in traditional Japanese art, Murakami saw similarities between the flat composition of Japanese painting and the simplified aesthetics of anime and manga (Japanese comics). His style, which emphasized two-dimensional forms and bold, striking imagery, gave birth to an artistic movement known as Superflat hich not only acknowledged but glorified the interaction between the commercial and art worlds. After curating an exhibition in 2002 at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art in Paris, Murakami collaborated in 2003 with Marc Jacobs, artistic director of the Louis Vuitton fashion house, to produce fashion accessories. He earned celebrity status in May 2003 when his Miss Ko2 (pronounced "ko ko")—a life-size fibreglass sculpture of a large-breasted blonde waitress in a petite uniform—was auctioned in New York City for $567,500; the price set a record for a work by a contemporary Japanese artist.
By 2005 Murakami had been dubbed the Japanese Warhol and had reached a new level of success in his career as artist, curator, product designer, theorist, and entrepreneur. At the Japan Society Gallery in New York City, he curated the exhibition "
Little Boy: The Arts of Japan's Exploding Subculture." Featuring the work of young Japanese artists, the show examined the otaku ("geek") movement propelling anime and manga—two industries at the heart of Japanese popular culture. Also in 2005 Murakami displayed his monumental sculpture Tongari-Kun—Mr. Pointy & the Four Guards in Tokyo's fashionable Roppongi Hills development. This colourful, meticulously crafted work, modeled on a Buddha statue, was the fourth edition of a piece that had charmed many viewers outside Rockefeller Center New York City, in 2003.
Murakami also proved himself a significant force in the promotion of Japanese art and artists. In 2001 he founded an art production company, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., with offices in both Japan and Brooklyn, N.Y. Through the company Murakami helped many young artists gain international exposure—by mounting exhibits, by producing and selling merchandise, and by organizing a biannual art festival and convention in Tokyo. In 2007 ©MURAKAMI was mounted at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and it subsequently traveled to a number of other major museums, including the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in 2009. This retrospective exhibit of Murakami's artistic activity included not only paintings, sculpture, film, and installation works but also Kaikai Kiki merchandise and fashion products for Louis Vuitton.
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The 2017 B.C. wildfire season has surpassed the record for area burned set in 1958, wildfire officials say.
Chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said in his daily update call Wednesday that the latest estimate is mostly as a result of mapping work, and is subject to change.
"And of course we're only halfway through August, so we expect that to increase," Skrepnek said. "One silver lining to the weather that we're seeing right now is that we're not expecting the return of that massive high pressure … with high temperatures."
But with no rain expected for southern B.C. and winds expected to pick up towards this weekend, he said it is likely the area burned will continue to increase at least in the short term.
To compound the dry conditions, Williams Lake RCMP had four youths in custody Wednesday, suspected of setting multiple fires in the Lexington subdivision of the city. The arrests came as Williams Lake's evacuation alert was lifted after weeks of stand-by and an evacuation of the community.
Alexis Creek RCMP are also investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a mobile home 40 km west of the community. The fire did not spread beyond the residence.
Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said the federal and provincial governments are working on a compensation program for farmers and ranchers affected by the fire. The program is to assist with damage to farm operations and loss of grazing land as fires have swept across the ranching territory of the Cariboo-Chilcotin.
"We felt it was extremely important to let farmers and ranchers know that this is underway, to give them some peace of mind," Popham said.