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Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab Giveaway!
Calling all sorcerers and sorceresses! Don't have time to concoct your own hoodoo brews? No problem! Through the generosity of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's mojo mixologist Beth Barrial, I have FOUR sets of BPAL perfume oils to give away, worth over $200 apiece.
Each set contains at least EIGHT 5ml bottles of BPAL oils, along with some other extra goodies.
To enter, you must be a subscriber to my YouTube channel, Katie Puckrik Smells. If your Blogger screen name is different from your YouTube name, please state this in your entry comment. For instance, my Blogger name is Katie Puckrik, so I'd put: "My YouTube name is KatiePuckrikSmells." This is important, because the only way I can verify the winners is through their YouTube accounts.
Enter by commenting under this post only. Any entries on my YouTube channel won't count. One entry per person, please.
Giveaway closes Saturday September 4, 2010, midnight EST. Winners will be chosen by a random drawing, and announced on this blog on Monday September 6, 2010. Only one prize per winner.
Winners, please private message me on my YouTube channel with your
mailing address. If I don't hear from you within ONE week, your prize will go to a randomly-chosen alternate winner.
Reasonable care will be taken in the packaging and mailing of your prize, but if the contents are lost, damaged, or held up by Customs, I sincerely apologize in advance that I cannot replace it.
Customs policies vary from country to country. You may be subject to import duties and taxes, which are enforced once a shipment reaches your country. Charges for customs clearance must be paid by you. Unfortunately, I have no control over these charges.
Good luck winning these spellbinding smells!
Artwork: "Flying High" by Gil Elvgren
416 comments:
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 3:11 AM
Please enter me in the drawing!ReplyDelete
My YouTube name is: deenicholsHowe
Thank you : )
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 3:44 AM
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:40 AM
Really interesting, I want to smell it all.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:49 AM
Hey Katie,ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the opportunity! Please enter me.
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Thanks so much!x
I LOVE Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab!ReplyDelete
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Thank you, Katie!
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 5:07 AM
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Thanks you and have a blessed day :)
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 5:41 AM
I'd love to enter!ReplyDelete
My Youtube username is tokyofr0 (the o in fr0 is a zero).
Thanks Katie, and thanks Beth!! :D
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it will be awesome to win this thanks for doing this =)
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:09 AM
I'd love to enter!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:19 AM
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i loved this video
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:30 AM
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:52 AM
Please enter me!ReplyDelete
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thanks for sharing this, perfume is indeed an art, one which i hope to experience more of!
I would loove to win this!!! <3ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:32 AM
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:37 AM
My youtube name is Macmebeautiful.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:00 AM
Please enter me, my youtube name is tummytingle ! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:18 AM
please enter me, my youtube name is TheBeeDreams. i love the way Beth thinks about perfume and I really wnat to try some of these amazing perfumes that she creates!ReplyDelete
I'm going to restrain from spamming and this will be my only post, but i REALLY hope I win <3
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Hello Katie,ReplyDelete
I like your last You Tube video about Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
I am going next full moon my self!
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I'm in, Katie!!! My youtube name is SabrinaBraz, thank you!ReplyDelete
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Thanks for the giveaway!
Ive heard of BPAL, almost like a legend. So nice to see the creative force behind the name. Please enter me, would adore being able to try these scents. I follow you on YouTube, my name there is StealthAudrey. Thanks!ReplyDelete
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Love interview and love her work. I have at least 50 imps :) Subscribed as: ankica81.ReplyDelete
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Katie, I want to be the one to get the set! YouTube name is TheSladkiiReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 12:40 PM
Katie, you've been my favourite harlot since back in the days of The Word! I'd love to win a set of these delightfully wicked scents!ReplyDelete
My youtube name is 1orralie
Many thanks & carry on smelling!
I love perfume and I love your channel Katie, I am such a fan and would love to win and experience these beautiful gothic fragrances!ReplyDelete
My youtube name is Jellybeanrock.
Thank you
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Thank you! - Eleonora
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 1:02 PM
Hi! I'd love to enter the contest, my youtube name is colormonochrome. =)ReplyDelete
Good video by the way, I really enjoyed it. ^_^
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I tried to comment but spelled my name wrong oops!ReplyDelete
This is my entry. My youtube name is quietfi123
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Oh my gosh, I have been wanting to explore BPAL for SOO long now - please enter me?? My youtube name is waterberry22. Thank you for hosting the giveaway! :-)ReplyDelete
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i haven't had a chance to try BPAL yet, but have been wanting to
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Yes, yes, yes! I would love a set of BPAL! Please enter me in the contest.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 3:18 PM
Hi Katie, I would love to enter. My You Tube name is chipchopp123.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 3:23 PM
I'd love to enter the contest too!ReplyDelete
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Delightful, I've always been interested in fragrances from this company. I would over the moon if I won. My account is 'sanfranfaketales'.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 3:36 PM
oooooooh! I would love to win a BPAL set! Please enter me. My YouTube username is: "uaskygal". Thx much! =]ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 3:50 PM
Enter me in Katie. ThanksReplyDelete
Hi Katie!! Thank you for holding such a great contest. I would love to win. My Youtube name is: Moonchimes. {*_*}ReplyDelete
Big hugs~Moonchime
Me too! I want to win the BPAL set :) My Youtube name is: chefronaldswifeReplyDelete
Thanks Katie <3<3
Hey Katie, I would really much like to enter!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:11 PM
Please enter me Katie!ReplyDelete
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I'd love to get a chance at these <3 I'm nohte on youtube.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:20 PM
I'd love to be entered! My youtube name is whiteweaver17 :)ReplyDelete
I have always wanted to try BPAL, but have always been overwhelmed by their website, but from everything I have heard these are my types of scents.ReplyDelete
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I am in plesae.ReplyDelete
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My youTube name is catwritr. <3 BPAL!ReplyDelete
Love the interview w/Beth!ReplyDelete
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My youTube name is dolligrl2000 Please pick ME!!! I worship you and your wonderful channel... you rock! Would love to try these scents...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:39 PM
My YouTube name is twinkbat.ReplyDelete
Great interview with Beth!
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:47 PM
Great interview! Please enter me, my youtube name is Arianna777ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 4:50 PM
Hey there!ReplyDelete
I'd love to enter, my youtube name is the same as this one- Kittenmorag.
Thank you so much for such a thoughtful, informative interview!
Thank you SO much for this contest!! My youtube name is allibeth68.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 5:09 PM
What a wonderful contest - I loved your video! Please enter me, my youtube name is ltrittipoe.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 5:14 PM
Woah, awesome giveaway! My youtube name is: robotdinosaursReplyDelete
Thanks for all the fun you bring to the world of fragrance!
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 5:19 PM
My YouTube name is: babybeach2009ReplyDelete
Love the interview with Beth.
I'm dying to try these!ReplyDelete
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YT name: SadiaChowdhury Enter me in ur giveaway.ReplyDelete
Please enter me :)ReplyDelete
Enter me!ReplyDelete
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Nice interview- i LOVE BPAL. :)
Hurray! Enter me up, Katie :) My YT name is: brinnetReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 5:51 PM
Excellent interview with Beth!ReplyDelete
Also, please enter me in the contest.
I would ADORE to be entered My youtube is lerchskat. I don't have any vids up, but I watch and subscribe!!!! my blog name is one pink sock at blogspot.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:34 PM
Enter me in please! My YouTube name is killerklown24.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:37 PM
Please enter me! My Youtube name is "metonomie."ReplyDelete
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I looooooove BPAL.ReplyDelete
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Crossing my fingers!
Awesome interview!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 6:47 PM
Please enter me! I'm excited because your video made them sound so intriguing!ReplyDelete
My YouTube name is divadani.
Thank you!
Fan of BPAL, coming up on my one year perfume loving anniversary!ReplyDelete
My YouTube name is trisjtar :D
Thanks for recognizing them!
Yay! I love your videos... and I think you have my dream job. Thanks to you, Beth and the lab for this great giveaway!ReplyDelete
I posted a comment before but forgot to put my youtube name in it so i deleted it and now i;m posting this one!ReplyDelete
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Oooh, please enter me!ReplyDelete
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Katie, your interview rocked!ReplyDelete
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Loved the interview!
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:08 PM
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:09 PM
That was a great interview Katie! Subscribed, please enter me into the drawing. :DReplyDelete
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Hi, Katie! I really enjoyed watching your interview with Beth. Please enter me in the giveaway! My YouTube name is bluelena71.ReplyDelete
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Thanks! Awesome interview.
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Ooh, pick me, I'm askin' you with my brain!ReplyDelete
I'm strangetikigod on YouTube.
I'd like to enter, please! I'm TaliBrooke on YouTube. Thank you very much!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:20 PM
Your interview was pretty great. I loved your reactions in your BPAL encounters. :) My YouTube id is WL551. :)ReplyDelete
Please enter me! I'm readiness on youtubeReplyDelete
I want to play, too! :)ReplyDelete
youtube account name is 0obluo0
Thank you!!
And: great video of Beth and BPAL!! <3
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:25 PM
I loved the interview! I'd like to be added to the drawing, if you would. My YouTube name is 'songtoisis'. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:26 PM
Worth a shot! Great interview with Beth, by the way :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:34 PM
I'd like to enter; my youtube username is gatheringgod.ReplyDelete
Please put me in! I loved the interview, and I'm glad to have found you through the BPAL twitter :) My youtube handle is prrrplegrrrl.ReplyDelete
Thanks for running this contest!ReplyDelete
My YouTube name is Thankyoufaa.
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:35 PM
I'll play! I'm Deke17 over on YouTubeReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:35 PM
Awesome prizes! I have loved BPAL for years! Please enter me into the drawing, my YouTube name is LaMadame.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:36 PM
Awesome interview with Beth!ReplyDelete
Please enter my name too!
I'm myotisbat on YouTube!
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:36 PM
Fantastic interview. I would love to be entered.ReplyDelete
youtube username is writes83
fantastic interview! i love knowing there are so many other perfume obsessed people out there. :) & my YouTube name is DWoodrick. ♥ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:42 PM
The interview! <3ReplyDelete
Please enter me in the drawing -- my YouTube name is helarctos and I look forward to more fragrant content on your YouTube channel. (While I'm a huge BPAL fan, I also enjoy collecting other perfumes, not all of them e-tailers, and it's also a pleasure to experience perfumes vicariously through sites like yours ... which can keep me from breaking the bank ... *grins*)
Count me in, please! YT name is Venneh1120, and shipping will be international.ReplyDelete
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Loved the interview. What an interesting line- can't wait to try it. Please enter me in the drawing. My Youtube name is rhrh127. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Please enter me as well. I'm ralenth on Youtube and Blogger.ReplyDelete
Consider me entered! youtube: UnmusedReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 7:52 PM
Please could I enter the giveaway? My Youtube is angelkitty32001ReplyDelete
Many Thanks
My youtube name is goobner76.ReplyDelete
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My YouTube name is artxficial
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:01 PM
How lovely! Yes, indeed, me too please! YouTube username is just the same, 'JLostein' :) Thanks so much!ReplyDelete
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Oooh, I love BPAL! Please enter me, my youtube is tartsquid.ReplyDelete
Beth is brilliant--I loved the interview, and would love to enter the contest!ReplyDelete
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Entered. My YouTube name is baboukis1ReplyDelete
I just love the scents of Black Phoenix....ReplyDelete
Enter me, pretty please? ♥
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:23 PM
I'd love to enter. My youtube name is amandette.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:32 PM
Please enter me! My youtube name is kathrynthegreatone. Thanks! :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:33 PM
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:47 PM
Please enter me! Youtube name is the same as the one above.ReplyDelete
so awesome! My youtube name is duckduckgander. I have been wanting to try BPAL forever but I am intimidated by ALL the scents!ReplyDelete
Please enter me in the drawing! My YouTube name is missduck9. Thanks, Katie!ReplyDelete
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On YouTube, I'm "EpicGwyn." Here, I'm just craving the BPALs. :DReplyDelete
Love BPAL, and I haven't been able to indulge in so long...ReplyDelete
My YouTube name is Xiabelle
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:53 PM
I'd like to enter! My youtube name is smilecat.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 8:54 PM
Fun! Here for the drawing; my YouTube name is tehdarkangle.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousAugust 22, 2010 9:10 PM
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We have been featuring some home made capacitors this week, and [Mike] wrote in to share his with us. While rolled capacitors are nice, they can be somewhat difficult to construct and grow to unwieldy sizes as capacitance and voltages increase. His solution is to stack the layers up using plastic plates.
In this forum post he explains that using disposable plastic plates and tinfoil you're able to quickly make a capacitor, that for him was valued at around 12.2nF, using eleven layers . Applying pressure to the stack capacitance grew to about 14nF, though he is having a bit of trouble holding it with just glue.
Testing was conducted with high voltages charging the capacitor up, then its leads were shorted for a nice spark and a good pop. Definitely fun for the next family cook out, though we don't know how some left over potato salad goo would effect the end results.

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AP/Huffington Post: World Food Prize Activities Incites Occupy Protest In IowaPosted: October 17th, 2012 | Filed under: Press | Tags: Ban Ki-moon, Bayer CropScience, biotechnology, Cargill, Daniel Hillel, Des Moines, Des Moines Public Library, Dupont, Foreign Service, Frank Cordaro, Green Revolution, Iowa, Jane Slusark, Kenneth Quinn, Monsanto, Norman Borlaug, Paul Minehart, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Syngenta |
Photo taken in St. Louis 9/17/2012
World Food Prize Activities Incites Occupy Protest In Iowa
By DAVID PITT 10/17/12 07:19 PM
DES MOINES, Iowa — It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation – to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability of food to reduce world hunger.
But as the Des Moines-based foundation prepares for its 2012 award ceremony, which will be attended by dignitaries including Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, dozens of protesters hope to disrupt the activities.
Members of Occupy Des Moines plan civil disobedience efforts and expect to be arrested as they obstruct participants at the World Food Prize headquarters on Wednesday and at the Iowa Capitol on Thursday before the $250,000 prize is awarded to this year's recipient.
Organizer Frank Cordaro said he expected about 30 people to turn out Wednesday, with 10 willing to be arrested. By Wednesday afternoon, police arrested five activists on trespassing charges after they tried to enter a private event.
The group opposes what it sees as a focus on corporate agriculture motivated more by profit than food safety or protection of natural resources.
"The prize is corporate agriculture's way of branding themselves in the minds of the American people as the good guys, the people who are feeding the hungry and the best last chance the human race has to meet our basic needs," said Cordaro, 61, a former Roman Catholic priest who's been jailed numerous times for acts of civil disobedience to social issues. "The truth is the prize is owned and scripted for corporate agriculture and large corporate entities who want to make a profit first and don't really care about the planet."
The protesters say the foundation also supports organizations that promote and sell crops that include genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs. While many scientists say genetic modification has been useful in developing crops resistant to pests, drought and disease, opponents worry it could result in harm to the environment or people.
World Food Prize Foundation President Kenneth Quinn, a retired career diplomat and Foreign Service officer for the U.S. Government, said he's dealt with a variety of protests in his career, but he's puzzled that people would object to an organization founded by a man who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to fight hunger. Norman Borlaug was honored in 1970 for work that boosted agricultural production in what has become known as the "Green Revolution."
"I'm greatly disappointed that people would feel that his organization and his prize that he created, his goal of ending hunger in the world would somehow be worthy of disruption and civil disobedience," Quinn said.
The prize created in 1986 has grown in stature in recent years, with hundreds of scholars and agribusiness leaders gathering for several days in Des Moines for speeches and seminars. Last year, the private, nonprofit foundation moved to the former Des Moines Public Library after a $30 million renovation paid in part with donations from companies including DuPont and Cargill.
Speakers from Monsanto Co., Bayer CropScience, and Syngenta have been invited to participate in events this week.
DuPont Pioneer spokeswoman Jane Slusark said the company respects protesters' right to voice their opinions, but to fight hunger, "it's going to take all of us working together, even if we do not always agree."
Spokesmen for Monsanto and Syngenta also defended their companies' efforts to develop technologies that boost crop production. Syngenta spokesman Paul Minehart said scientists have turned to genetic modification and other biotechnologies to boost food production as the world's population increases.
"We don't have more land and we don't have more water that can be used efficiently and effectively for agriculture, so how are you going to be able to feed this growing population with limited resources?" Minehart asked. "We're trying to make sure we are providing farmers what they need to be able to get the most yield and have the most productive crops that they can."
Noting that "Dr. Borlaug believed in science," Quinn said a panel discussion on biotechnology was planned this week because food production may depend on it as climate change brings more cycles of drought and flooding.
Ironically, while the protesters and some panels will focus on biotechnology and other facets of agribusiness, the winner of this year's prize is being celebrated for low-tech work.
Israeli scientist Daniel Hillel, 81, helped develop drip irrigation methods that conserve water while allowing food to be grown in some of the world's driest climates. The system Hillel developed, called micro-irrigation, carries water through narrow plastic pipes to plants, where it trickles continuously onto the roots. Over decades, it has dramatically improved farm production and helped thousands of Jewish and Muslim farmers.
Like some of those protesting the prize, Hillel has been concerned with preserving natural resources.
"We need to learn how to manage land so that it will not degrade and do it efficiently. At the same time, we must maintain natural ecosystems without encroaching upon them without excessive deforestation and destruction of biodiversity," he told The Associated Press in a June interview when he was announced as this year's winner.
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Lancôme & Victoria Beckham Fall 2010
Victoria Beckham received rave reviews today for the gorgeous collection of dresses she showed yesterday, February 16, 2010, and the makeup was equally praise worthy. Victoria wanted minimal makeup, but with maximum impact. The result: nude lips, silvery eyes and shimmery skin.
Makeup Tutorial: For the makeup, Francelle did a modern take on 1930's Hollywood glamour (in keeping with Victoria's "Dick Tracy" inspiration for the clothes) so she paired a metallic eye with a pale, nude lip. First, Francelle swept Color Design Eyeshadow in Optic on the entire lid to the brow bone and added Color Design Eyeshadow in Crème Lustré to the lower lid. Ombre Magnetique in Silver (coming this fall 2010!) was used in the crease for a shiny, metallic finish. The new Hypnôse Drama Mascara coated the top lashes only. The skin was dusted with Ageless Minérale Powder in Translucent for a luminous complexion. Blush Subtil in Miel Glace was applied lightly to the cheekbones for an added touch of color. For the lips, Francelle first dotted them with concealer (a great trick for ensuring you get a super nude pout with staying power) then applied L'Absolu Rouge Lipstick in Rich Cashmere. The nails were short and groomed with just clear nail polish and the hair, by Didier Malige, was pulled back in messy version of a French twist.


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Firm convictions dominate news headlines these days, but because of a phenomenon called the hypercorrection effect, strongly held ideas that turn out to be factually incorrect are actually easier to amend . Brain imaging is now shedding light on how people change their minds during hypercorrection, potentially revealing the best ways for us to learn from our errors.
To understand hypercorrection, says cognitive psychologist Janet Metcalfe at Columbia University, "suppose I ask you, 'What is the capital of Canada ?' and you say 'Toronto. ' I say, 'How confident are you?' and you say, 'Very highly confident.' When I then tell you that actually the capital is Ottawa, you're very likely to remember it— not just a few minutes later but weeks later, and maybe for much longer, we think."
Scientists reason that in hypercorrection, after people discover that ideas they felt very sure about were not in fact correct, the surprise and embarrassment they feel makes them pay special attention to alternative responses about which they felt less confident . People then go on to take the corrected information to heart, learning from their errors.
"In contrast, if I asked you a question to which you gave a not-very-confident answer, like, perhaps, 'What color does amethyst turn when it is heated?' and you say, 'blue' with low confidence, when I tell you that it's actually yellow, you're not very likely to remember it," Metcalfe says.
Given this model , to learn more about what happens in the brain during hypercorrection, Metcalfe and her colleagues focused on brain regions linked to attention as well as those involved in metacognition (self- awareness of the thought process ) . The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brains of 14 volunteers while they answered nearly 600 general information questions that had single-word answers. The participants then rated their confidence on their responses.
"My favorite—'What is the last name of the Oscar award –winning actor who thanked his parents for not using birth control?' '[Dustin] Hoffman,'" Metcalfe says.
The scientists found evidence supporting their hypercorrection model. Both wrong answers and right answers lit up the anterior cingulate and medial frontal gyrus, parts of the brain linked with attention and metacognition .
"The anterior cingulate registers our surprise and maybe something that we might, roughly, call embarrassment, and so we gear up all our resources to better encode 'Ottawa,'" Metcalfe says, referring to her previous geography quiz . The region did not, however, activate as strongly for wrong answers about which subjects initially felt low confidence, suggesting that the participants would be less likely to remember corrections to such answers.
The medial frontal gyrus is involved in social processes, suggesting a role in hypercorrection is as well. "This makes a lot of sense—a lot of our knowledge comes from other people and books, and from consensus and encyclopedias, and Scientific American," Metcalfe says. "Even though in our experiments answers were delivered by a computer, those answers were written by people. So it makes total sense that accepting corrections involves your relationship with other people." Medial frontal gyrus activation patterns mirrored those of the anterior cingulate.
In addition, after people were told that an answer in which they were very confident was wrong, the fMRI showed activation in the right temporoparietal junction, an area linked with thinking about what others might know, and the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, a region linked with the avoidance of thinking about something. The former suggests that subjects recognized that others had different beliefs than them, wh ereas the latter hints they may have been suppressing their wrong answers after learning they were incorrect, Metcalfe says. The scientists detailed their findings online March 27 in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
The findings have implications for educational techniques and theory. "The broadest conclusion we might draw from these findings is that we may have the wrong attitude toward errors," says cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork at University of California, Los Angeles, who did not take part in this work. "Throughout society and our educational system, there tends to be an attitude that you don't want people making errors and mistakes during learning. These findings and related findings suggest that in order to increase the effectiveness of long-term learning and understanding, we should structure instruction and training so that likely errors and misconceptions will come up during the learning process, and use them as opportunities for learning."
He added, "when it comes to, say, job contexts such as nuclear power plants or the military or the police...we don't really want such errors to be deferred until a time and place where they may really matter, and matter greatly."


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The mission of the JGI is to provide genome sequencing, genome data acquisition, and genome analysis in support of the DOE mission needs in bioenergy, carbon cycling and biosequestration, and environmental remediation and biogeochemical processes.
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The DOE-JGI was created in 1997 to carry out accurate, high throughput sequencing of human DNA in support of DOE's role in the Human Genome Project (HGP). With the completion of the HGP, the JGI sequencing capacity was refocused on the sequencing and analysis of genomes of the microbes, microbial communities (metagenomes) and other organisms (fungi, plants) important to the DOE mission. Since 2000, the JGI has served as a Scientific User Facility, inviting and responding to requests from the external scientific community for sequencing of microbial, plant, and other (non-human pathogen) targets. In all cases, the aim of the JGI is to provide to the national and international scientific community both the genome-derived "parts lists" as well as high quality computational analyses that support further discovery.
The DOE-JGI publishes an annual Community Science Program solicitation for sequencing targets. This program is typically open to letters of intent until mid-March each year. NOTE: The JGI does NOT provide funding support for sequencing or other research efforts. The Community Science Program (CSP) provides the scientific community at large with access to high-throughput sequencing, as well as other capabilities, of significant scale at the DOE-JGI for projects of relevance to DOE missions. Sequencing projects are chosen based on scientific merit--judged through independent peer review--and relevance to issues in global carbon cycling, energy production, biogeochemistry, and low dose radiation responses. Criteria for participation in this program, the review process, and interactions between JGI and participants can be found in the CSP User Guide. Through this program, the Department of Energy advances sequence-based scientific research from a broad range of disciplines. Five items to note:
CSP proposals for bacterial and archaeal isolates, to be submitted as brief white papers, will be accepted on a continuous basis, and will be reviewed every three months (typically early in February, May, August, and November of each year).
CSP proposals that utilize JGI's expanding capacity for new capabilities and new technology sequencing are encouraged. This includes large-scale metagenome sequencing, transcript profiling, DNA synthesis and resequencing of organisms for which reference genomes currently exist.
JGI is collaborating with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) at PNNL on collaborative projects that make complementary and innovative use of each Lab's capabilities for science relevant to BER missions.(see: http://www.jgi.doe.gov/CSP/user_guide/index.html#annual)
Proposals requesting sequencing of eukaryotic genomes will be considered but must include demonstration of genome size and polymorphism rate and should be supported by a significant user community.
Periodically, JGI has a solicitation for new emerging technologies (Emerging Technologies Opportunity Program); for more information, see http://www.jgi.doe.gov/programs/ETOP/index.html.
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The first version of Google's Chrome OS wasn't much more than a Chrome browser window with a few apps. It felt more like a statement — "Who needs local storage?" — than an operating system you could rely on.
A year and a half later, the latest version of the Chrome OS adds some of the features of a more traditional OS: a file manager (hooray!), a desktop and the ability to use storage connected through a USB port. Google's Cloud Print system even makes it fairly easy to print.
The only thing that's missing is the ability to keep writing, working on a spreadsheet or reading email when you're offline. We used to have that capability through Google Gears, but since Google shut down that project last winter, services like GMail and Google Drive work only when you have a connection. (Google Senior Vice President of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai reportedly told the audience at All Things D this week that Google Drive offline is coming in five weeks.)
The advantages of the Chrome OS remain the same. The new Samsung Series 5 550 Chromebook I tested shuts down in less than 5 seconds and starts up again in less than 10. When you log in, there's no waiting for programs to load. You go right back to the last browser window you were working in, with all the same tabs you had open before you shut down. Jumping from window to window (that's right — now you can have more than one) is instantaneous. And while all new machines are fast, it's hard to imagine what would slow down a Chromebook over time — there's no registry to get junked up and no local software to leave debris on your hard drive. Battery life is great, too. I was able to work a full day on a single charge.
And, unlike previous incarnations, you now get a significant price break for buying a Chromebook: The machine I tried, with a 12.1-inch display, costs $449. The Samsung Series 5 13.3-inch Windows model costs about $400 more.
Chrome's new file manager is rudimentary, but its very existence is a big deal. It comes up as a browser tab that shows the different storage devices on your machine. There's Downloads, which sits on the 16GB SSD drive. You can also store files on a USB drive or a memory card. You can move files from one storage device to another, though you don't have the drag-and-drop convenience of most operating systems — you have to copy and paste them.
Printing through Google Cloud Print was simple, even though I didn't have access to an official Cloud printer. I set up cloud printing on my desktop at work (it's a setting within the Chrome browser), then the Chromebook could use any printer my desktop could access, including printers on the PCWorld network.
Chrome OS now has a desktop, though you likely won't spend much time there. There's a taskbar, where you can put shortcuts to apps you use frequently, and a status area that reports things like Wi-Fi connection status and battery life. But I couldn't find a way to put a shortcut to an app or file on the desktop itself — it's really just a pretty picture.
You can now use multiple windows in Chrome, though they're all just separate browser windows. Still, that can be helpful — you can jump from one window to another with Alt-Tab or with a special function button. Each window has something that looks like a Windows maximize button, but it operates four ways through gestures. If you click on it and drag down, the window minimizes. Drag up and it goes full screen. Drag to the left or right and the window docks on either side, taking up half the screen. It's a fun innovation.
The Chromebook still features its quirky keyboard. The biggest quirk is the lack of a Caps Lock key — that's replaced with a pretty unnecessary search button. All the search button does is open a new tab, something that's easily done with Ctrl-T. If you miss Caps Lock, you can restore it through the Chromebook's settings. Other unconventional keyboard choices work better. I like the function button for switching between windows and one for toggling between full screen and normal mode. There are also dedicated forward, back and reload buttons, which make lots of sense for a notebook built for the web. Hit Ctrl and the Search button and you'll go to an smartphone-like grid of shortcuts to your apps. And if you have a better memory than I do, you can learn the dozens of keyboard shortcuts — hit Ctrl+Alt+? for a full list.
As much as I liked the Chromebook I tested, it had one fatal flaw. I've left it to the end of this review because I hope that it's just a failing of my particular test machine and not one that's endemic to the Samsung Chromebooks. The problem: My Chromebook would regularly lose its connection to the web — kind of a big deal for a notebook built to work almost entirely online.
I noticed the problem both at work and at home. In both cases, I had other systems on the same Wi-Fi network at the same time and they never seemed to lose their connection. I tried using a mobile hotspot and experienced the same problems. In some cases when I had connection problems, the status area would report that it was trying to reconnect to my Wi-Fi network. In other instances, it would report it was firmly on my Wi-Fi network, even though the browser was unable to reach the web. When I tried surfing from my other system on the same network at the same time, I had no problem. A Samsung representative said she hadn't heard about similar problems with other test machines. I'll work with the company to troubleshoot the problem and update this story with what I find out.
All in all, the Chrome OS and Chromebooks seem to have made vast strides forward. It'll never be a good solution for people who are often away from a web connection (though it does have a built-in Verizon wireless broadband connection — you get 100MB per month free and can pay for more) or depend on sophisticated desktop software. Or for those who don't want to have their whole life wrapped up in the Google solar system of Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, etc.
But if much of what you do happens in the cloud anyway, a Chromebook has a lot of advantages — it's cheaper, fast, simple to operate and gets great battery life. Google's other OS has grown up a lot in the past year and a half. Chromebooks are already a good option for many people. If Google can add the ability to do significant work offline, all laptop buyers should give them serious consideration.


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Each week, Big Issues focuses on a newly released comic-book issue of significance. This week, it's Hawkeye #11. Written by Matt Fraction (FF, Casanova) and drawn by David Aja (The Immortal Iron Fist, Daredevil), this experimental issue uses a dog's-eye view to show the vast storytelling opportunities of superhero comics. Warning: spoilers ahead.
Superhero comics are predictable and repetitive. The stories all tend to be variations on the standard "good guy vs. bad guy" narrative, and while those conflicts have become more complex in the past 30 years, at the end of the day there's going to be one person in costume punching another person in costume. As revolutionary as Watchmen is in its exploration of superhero psychology and the real-world impact costumed vigilantes would have, it's still a comic book about a group of superheroes trying to stop a madman's catastrophic plan. And for every Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns, there are hundreds of traditional superhero comics sitting in 25-cent bins.
Despite being predictable and repetitive, superhero comics are often entertaining. I don't go to the theater to see the newest Fast And Furious sequel because I'm expecting something new. I go because I'm expecting to see what I already know amplified to new levels of stunt-car insanity. Marvel and DC superheroes have developed a massive, rich mythology, and the best creators explore that mythology to find different angles to approach the characters. There are many reasons why Marvel Now! has proven a bigger creative success than DC's New 52, including a stronger editorial focus and consistent creative teams made up of writers and artists who want to work together, but what really differentiates these two re-launches is that Marvel has kept its history while DC's has mostly been erased. The basic superhero narrative doesn't change but the characters do, and the evolution of those heroes is the reason to keep coming back to their titles.
The ongoing comics that were folded into the Marvel Now! initiative (Daredevil, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Wolverine And The X-Men) were already taking inspiration from the past to propel their characters into the future, and by tapping into established Marvel mythology, new titles like FF, Captain America, and All New X-Men have become must-reads. These are all comics that deliver "good guy vs. bad guy" every month, but by reminding readers where these characters started, they create a real sense that the Marvel heroes are growing with time. Few heroes have undergone quite as dramatic a metamorphosis as Clint "Hawkeye" Barton, who has grown from child circus roadie to adult criminal, Avenger, and now urban Robin Hood. The tone of Hawkeye is unlike any other superhero comic on the stands, with writer Matt Fraction taking advantage of his various artists' individual strengths to tell stories that are heavily influenced by classic black-and-white horror films (Francesco Francavilla's #10), '60s spy thrillers (Javier Pulido's #4-5), and gritty '70s action movies (David Aja's issues). The results are exhilarating and consistently surprising, but Hawkeye #11 reaches a new pinnacle of excellence by completely breaking away from superhero conventions to experiment with the medium.
Told entirely from the point of view of Lucky (a.k.a. "Pizza Dog"), the one-eyed canine Clint rescued in the first issue of Hawkeye, "Pizza Is My Business" is the most untraditional superhero comic of the year. There's minimal dialogue except for key words that Lucky recognizes ("help," "up," "good boy"), and the majority of information is presented through icons depicting how Lucky interprets the world through sight and smell. The use of iconography and incorporation of architectural design in page layouts immediately calls to mind the work of Chris Ware, but it's a combination of influences that makes this book so distinct. Aja's usual realistic, David Mazzucchelli-inspired style is combined with Ware's design sense and storytelling techniques plus the animated animal expression found in Sunday comic strips like Peanuts and Mutts, creating a tribute to different forms of graphic storytelling.
The comic-book medium has a unique relationship with its audience in that the reader is the person that ultimately completes the story by connecting the static images. The snapshots come together to create a complete narrative in the reader's mind, but the bridges between those pictures are unique to each reader. There's massive potential for experimentation with the connection between words and images, but superhero books have largely steered clear of the kind of avant-garde storytelling that has characterized alternative comics. Hawkeye #11 suggests that it's time to change that as it creates a story that requires a level of personal interpretation that has more in common with poetry and jazz than it does superhero comics. (Naturally, Aja's playlist for #11 contains songs by jazz luminaries Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Chet Baker.)
The story doesn't break from the detective mold too heavily—Lucky meets a beautiful bitch that leads him to a case, he tries to solve it, sleeps with the female, then discovers and fights the perpetrators—but the execution is incredibly imaginative and visually striking. Instead of the hard-boiled narration that would be found in a more traditional detective story, the reader is invited into Lucky's mind through yellow pictograms and simplified diagrams. Each yellow icon represents a distinct olfactory or visual characteristic that Lucky associates with the different people that he encounters: Clint and Kate "Hawkeye" Bishop both receive archer icons, but Lucky associates coffee, leather, and dog food with Clint while Kate is connected to tea, pizza, makeup and a mystery smell that Lucky will pick up again later in the issue. When Lucky leaves Clint's apartment and explores the building, the inhabitants behind each closed door receive their own individual picture web, providing brief glimpses into each person's living situation without ever actually showing them.
The way Fraction, Aja, and colorist Matt Hollingsworth depict Lucky's vision is ingenious, placing the yellow icons over a white-and-blue outline of the environment that reinforces the fact that dogs are color blind. When the focus shifts outside of Lucky's perspective, that blue-and-white outline is filled in, with the two different points of view bleeding into each other in Clint's apartment to show the level of comfort Lucky has in his owner's home. Hollingsworth is an invaluable member of the Hawkeye creative team, giving the book a limited color palette that has kept the visuals consistent across different artists. (Francesco Francavilla colored his own issue, staying consistent with the palette established by Hollingsworth but amplifying it for his chiaroscuro style.) Violet and yellow are the primary hues, and the complementary colors give the book a stylized, high contrast look that stands out from the textured, realistic coloring used in most superhero comics today.
The yellow icons are how Lucky perceives the immediate world around him, but the visuals become even more creative when the reader sees how Lucky goes about his detective work. After sniffing the ground around the dead body on Clint's rooftop, Lucky picks up on three distinct scents: Clint, Clint's neighbor Gil (the deceased), and a mysterious third party who shares a question-mark icon with Kate. The page shows a bird's-eye view of the roof drawn in the blue-and-white of Lucky's vision, with each person's path of movement indicated by a number attached to a list of icons. The lack of text and the simplified visual elements make the reader's imagination work even harder to put all the pieces together, creating a wonderfully immersive reading experience.
The words that Fraction chooses to include reveal a lot about the world Lucky inhabits; the fact that he recognizes "Avenger" and "ex-wife" shows what Clint likes to talk about in his apartment. He also recognizes choice Polish phrases spoken by his former owners, showing how aspects of Lucky's old life linger. Fraction may not contribute much in the way of dialogue, but there's no lack of significant story developments this issue. He introduces a homeless man outside the building that could be Clint's brother Barney judging by the Clint icon and approximately equal sign Lucky associates with the man. Fraction also reveals that there's a tenant in the building who is still loyal to Clint's track suit-wearing enemies. The relationship between Clint and Kate also takes a major turn in the final pages, setting up a new status quo for Clint as he finds himself completely alone after recent events.
An experimental splash page from Young Avengers #4 received a lot of attention for thinking outside the superhero-comic box, but Hawkeye #11 goes even further to show how bold design can revitalize a superhero comic. In order to keep sales up, Marvel and DC have consistently turned to events like crossovers and relaunches, but Marvel has found a way to turn each issue of Hawkeye into an event in and of itself. That's partly due to its delayed shipping schedule, which leaves readers clamoring for the next issue with a fervor that can't be matched by titles on an accelerated schedule, like Avengers and All New X-Men. It takes a while for a new issue of Hawkeye to hit stands, but the wait is always worth it.
Hawkeye #11 is a sophisticated comic book about a crime-solving dog that loves pizza, and it combines drama, intrigue, and humor in a package that challenges the reader. Lucky may be an animal, but he's given more character in this one issue than a lot of human superheroes. He has the thirst for adventure and sense of duty of a costumed do-gooder, but is also forced to endure the everyday obstacles of an ordinary civilian. Fraction hasn't lost sight of the human side of Clint as he places him in increasingly intense situations, and he applies that same introspective character development to Lucky.
Quiet scenes showing Lucky eating leftover pepperoni pizza in an alley, comforting his grieving owner, and flirting with the neighbor's dog provide the emotion that adds depth to the innovative visuals, proving that any character can be a captivating lead with the right creative team. Hawkeye #11 isn't the future of superhero comics because of its graphic design (it would be horrible if every superhero title was blueprints and icons), but in the way that design works to depict the singular point of view of the central character. By experimenting with the medium, the creative team have succeeded in building a superhero comic that is anything but predictable and repetitive, and the entire industry would benefit by breaking from the established boundaries of the genre.


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Costa-Gavras's tense political drama opens in an unspecified South American country (though clearly intended to be Chile) in the throes of a military coup. American activist Charles Horman (John Shea), who has been a thorn in the side of the country's military ever since his arrival, suddenly disappears. In trying to find out what has happened, his wife Beth (Sissy Spacek) is stonewalled, not only by the ruling junta but by the American consulate. His father, staunchly patriotic Ed Horman (Jack Lemmon), joins Beth in her search. Ed and his daughter-in-law have never seen eye to eye politically, and he refuses to entertain the notion that his son's disappearance might be part of a larger conspiracy or cover-up. But as the days grow into weeks, Ed comes to the shattering conclusion that he and his family have been betrayed by the American government, on behalf of the friendly South American dictator who holds his people in a grip of iron. Adapted by Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart from a book by Thomas Hauser, Missing was inspired by the true story of the late Charles Horman. In spite of (or perhaps because of) condemnation from certain high-ranking officials in the Reagan administration, the film went on to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Actress.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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In our review of the new iPad, we noted that the bottom left side ran warm, but with all of the controversy and hype surrounding this subject we decided to take a closer look. We also wanted to see if the third-gen iPad was any hotter than its competitors. As it turns out, Apple's latest tablet does run hotter, but is it really a big deal?
When we test laptops, we measure how hot they get after streaming a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes. We consider anything over 95 degrees Fahrenheit to be uncomfortable, and anything higher than 100 degrees to be cause for concern. An overly hot device can mean trouble for two reasons: If the components inside aren't being cooled properly, then that could lead to decreased performance, as well as premature failure. Secondly, if the heat isn't being dispersed properly, it can be uncomfortable--or even dangerous--to put that device in your lap.
To get the bottom of all this, we tested the new iPad in three scenarios: streaming video, playing games, and web surfing, to see how hot it got during each task. We also tested the Motorola Xyboard 10.1, another LTE device, as well as the Wi-Fi only iPad 2 and ASUS Transformer Prime.
For the tests, we set the screen brightness for each tablet at 100 percent. We then turned off Wi-Fi on the new iPad and the Xyboard. After each test, we measured the temperature of each tablet on its four corners as well as the center, and averaged the results.
Streaming Video
For the first test, we streamed a high-def YouTube video (someone playing "Shogun 2-Total War") at full screen for 15 minutes.
The warmest spot on the new iPad was the bottom left corner, which reached 92 degrees Fahrenheit. The hottest spot on the Motorola Xyboard, also its bottom left, measured 89 degrees.
Game Play
Next, we played "Riptide GP" for 15 minutes on all three tablets, to see how the tablets fared on a more graphics-intensive task.
Again, the new iPad was the hottest, reaching 100 degrees in the bottom left corner. Still, the iPad had company: The ASUS Transformer Prime hit 98 degrees in its top right corner.
Web Surfing
We then used our web surfing test, which visits 50 popular web sites in sequence.
Here too, the new iPad ran the warmest, with its bottom left and center topping out at 94 degrees. The Motorola Xyboard was the next hottest, at 90 degrees in its bottom left corner.
But, Does it Feel Hot?
For the record, Apple said that the new iPad runs "within its thermal specifications." Yes, the device runs hotter than the tablet competition. But while we could feel the difference, we'd say that the third-gen iPad was only slightly uncomfortable to hold during extended periods--and mostly just in one location.


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Today we have the latest firmware flash file for the Tecno Spark 5 KD7s. Well, the device itself came out of the box with Android 10.0 and powered by a MediaTek MT6761 Helio A22 processor. To install the firmware flash file, we need a software called SP Flash tool which can be helpful to flash the stock ROM on your device. The method is simple and easy. We have also added video and step by step tutorial to make things easier to flash the official flash file.
This process is helpful if you have bricked your device, lag, or shuttering performance, to fix Bluetooth and WiFi issues, to unroot or bypass the FRP lock. So without further wasting our time, let's understand what is stock firmware flash file.
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Why We Need Stock Firmware?
Stock Firmware or a Stock ROM is official software that is designed by the OEM manufacturer for a particular device. This file is required to fix any software-related issue on your Tecno Spark 5. If you are facing any problem with your device, your final attempt will be to re-install the stock ROM. This way, you can restore your device back to stock ROM. This guide will be more useful to those users who always want to try rooting, installing mods, or custom ROM.
Advantages of Stock ROM:
Here are the answers to why you need to download and save the Tecno Spark 5 KD7s Stock ROM flash file on your computer.
- If your device is dead, you can unbrick using the Stock ROM file
- You can fix or repair the IMEI on your device using DB files from Stock ROM
- Remove any malware or Adwares from Tecno Spark 5
- You can fix the boot loop issue on Tecno Spark 5
- Fix Unfortunately, the app has stopped error on Tecno Spark 5
- Fix Network related issue
- Patch Boot image to Root using Magisk: Mediatek Guide or Spreadtrum Guide
- You can unroot Tecno Spark 5
- To Reset or Remove FRP on your device: Mediatek FRP Guide or Spreadtrum FRP Guide
- Restore Tecno Spark 5 back to Factory State
Firmware Details:
- Device Name: Tecno Spark 5 KD7s
- ROM Type: Stock ROM
- Gapps File: Included
- Tool Supported: SP Flash Tool
- Processor: MediaTek MT6761 Helio A22
- Android Version: Android 10
How to Install Tecno Spark 5 KD7s Flash File
Before installing the Stock ROM on your Tecno Spark 5, you should download the firmware flash file. Then download and install the USB Drivers and flash tool on the PC as well. Once you're done with these, you can proceed to the steps below. But let's take a quick look at the Stock Firmware importance and firmware details below.
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- Supported device: Tecno Spark 5
- Make sure to charge your device more than 50%
- You need a PC or Laptop with a USB cable.
- Take a complete backup using any method given below
- Download Drivers and Tools: VCOM drivers, SP Flash Tool, and Tecno USB Drivers
Download Firmware Files:
|Software Details
|Download Link
|Flash File Name: KD7S-H6210D-Q-ZAVC-200421V073.zip
File Size: 2 GB
Android Version: 10.0
|Download Link
Instructions to Install: via SP Flash tool
Now, without wasting any more time, let's jump into the firmware installation steps below:
- Make sure you follow and download all the required files and flash tools on your PC.
- Open the flash tool exe file to open the SP Flash Tool User Interface
- Once your load the SP Flash tool UI, Tap on the Download option
- In the download tab, you have to load both the download agent and the scatter text file in the scatter-loading section.
- You will find the scatter text file inside the ROM package for most cases, if not, you can create a scatter text file on your own.
- Once you load the file, click the Download button
- To start the upgrade process of stock ROM on your Tecno Spark 5, you need to turn off your device and hold the Volume Down and Volume Up key together and Connect your Phone to PC/Laptop using USB Cable (Keep the Volume Down and Volume Up button until your computer detects the phone.)
- When the phone connects, your device will start upgrading the stock firmware
- You need to wait for a few minutes to complete the upgrade process.
- Once the flashing process completes, you will find a green button which means a successful upgrade.
- That's it! You can reboot your Tecno Spark 5
Follow our full-depth video guide below:
Video Guide to Install Stock ROM via SP Flash Tool
That's it, guys. We hope that you've installed the Stock Firmware on your Tecno Spark 5 KD7s device successfully. Feel free to ask in the comments below for any queries.


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Sal Magluta, the last of the cocaine cowboys, was resentenced Thursday to 195 years in a federal prison. There will be an appeal.
I think The Sal Magluta - Willie Falcon case is one of the most fascinating cocaine cases in South Florida's history. I have been following the case since it was first brought ten years ago, through the trials, appeals and ancillary actions.
He was acquitted of the most serious charges against him, ordering murders of prospective witnesses. His conviction for bribing a juror in his first trial was later overturned on appeal. Thus, his only convictions were for non-violent money laundering crimes, each of which carry a 20 year sentence. The judge stacked the sentences.
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Wikiquote:Transwiki/American History Primary Sources French and Indian War
1753 We would fain hope these people are only French traders, and they have no other view but trade. I hope there is no great army of French among the [Great] lakes."
Governor Robert Dinwiddie, on learning that some French were seen in western Pennsylvania during the winter of 1752-1753.
"You and the French are like two edges of a pair of shears, and we are the cloth that is cut to pieces between them."
Remarks of a Native American to an Englishman
"They pretended to have an undoubted right to the river from a discovery made by one LaSalle sixty years ago, and the rise of this expedition is to prevent our settling on the river or waters of it....
"He told me the country belong'd to them, that no English man had a right to trade upon them waters, & that he had orders to make every person prisoner that attempted it on the Ohio or on the waters of it."
Major George Washington, report of his meeting with the French officer in command of forces in the Northwest.
"The volley fired by this young Virginian in the forests of America has set the world in flames."
A British writer, on George Washington's attack on French and Indian troops near Fort Duquesne (latter Pittsburgh), starting the French and Indian War.
While General Braddock was in Maryland, colonists were "treated as slaves, and as arrogance unchecked knows no bounds, the military soon silenced the civil power, property became dependent on the moderation of a licentious soldiery, triumphing over the sanction of laws, and the authority of magistracy."
Daniel Dulany of Maryland.
"The English soldiers... were struck with such a panic that they behaved with more cowardice than it is possible to conceive.... They broke and ran like sheep pursued by dogs....
"The Virginia troops showed a good deal of bravery, and were nearly all killed.... I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat and two horses shot under me."
From 22-year old George Washington to his mother during the French and Indian War. British Gen. Braddock was ambushed by the French and Indians.
"Indians are the only match for Indians, and without them [on our side] we shall ever fight on unequal terms."
Colonel George Washington, on the need for Indian troops to work alongside the British and Americans. The Indian Scouts remained a unit of the United States Army until 1948.
1758 "Militia, you will find, sir, will never answer your expectations, no dependence is to be placed upon them; They are obstinate and perverse, they are egged on by the Officers, who lead them to acts of disobedience, and when they are ordered to certain posts for the security of stores, or the protection of the Inhabitants, will, on a sudden, resolve to leave them, and the united vigilance of their officers cannot prevent them."
Col. George Washington, on the unreliability of colonial militia troops.
"I must confess that in this country, we must comply and learn the art of war from enemy Indians or anything else who have seen the country and war carried on in it."
British Brigadier General John Forbes, preparing for the advance into western Pennsylvania to take Fort Duquesne from the French.
American troops are "in general the dirtiest, most contemptible cowardly dogs that you can conceive. They fall down dead in their own dirt and desert by battalions, officers and all. Such rascals as those are rather an encumbrance than any real strength to an army."
British General James Wolfe.
"The present war teaches us that disputes arising in America may be an occasion of embroiling nations who have no concerns there. If the French remain in Canada and Louisiana, fix the boundaries as you will between us and them, we must border on each other for 1,500 miles. The people that inhabit the frontiers are generally the refuse of both nations, often of the worst morals and the least discretion; remote from the eye, the prudence, and the restraint of government. Injuries are therefore frequently, in some part or other of so long a frontier, committed on both sides, resentment provoked, the colonies first engaged, and then the mother countries.... The flames of war, once kindled, often spread far and wide, and the mischief is infinite.
"Happy it proved to both nations that the Dutch were prevailed on finally to cede the New Netherlands (now the province of New York) to us in the peace of 1674; a peace that has ever since continued between us, but must have been frequently disturbed if they had retained the possession of that country, bordering several hundred miles on our colonies of Pennsylvania westward, Connecticut and the Massachusetts eastward."
Benjamin Franklin, urging Great Britain to take possession of Canada following its conquest by British and American troops, in his pamphlet, Great Britain's Interest in Her Colonies".
He had to deal with "the insulting rudeness of an Assembly-man who, picked up from a dunghill, thinks himself raised to a Being of Superior nature."
British Colonel Henry Bouquet, on Pennsylvania politicians.


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ZAATARI, Jordan — Her eyes welling up with tears, Angelina Jolie said she heard "horrific" and "heartbreaking" accounts from Syrian refugees she met Tuesday during a visit to a camp in Jordan that has provided shelter for those fleeing the civil war in the neighboring country.
The Hollywood star, who is also the U.N. refugee agency's special envoy, spoke after meeting a group of women refugees at the Zaatari camp, which hosts about 30,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict.
"I am very concerned, the world is very concerned," Jolie said during a high-profile visit U.N. refugee agency's special envoy aimed at focusing international attention on the plight of Syrian refugees and attracting more funding to help them. "What is very heartbreaking is when Syrian people ask you why you think no one is able to find a solution for them."
Jolie met separately with the Syrian refugee women as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh toured the sprawling tent city. She also went to the border late Monday and met with Syrian refugees as they crossed into Jordan.
"What they described on the ground, hearing it from them is so horrific," she said, adding that the children's stories were especially moving, including some who said they had witnessed people being pulled apart "like chickens."
"When you meet so many innocent people and civilians, the people of Syria are asking who is on their side. `Who is going to help us as the months go on?" she added.
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled the chaos as an uprising against President Bashar Assad has become increasingly violent, with activists saying at least 23,000 people have died since the conflict began in March 2011.
According to Guterres, Jordan alone has taken in some 200,000 Syrians — the largest number in the region. Both the U.N. refugee agency and Jordan said the figure reflects actual numbers of Syrians housed in the kingdom as opposed to a smaller figure of those Syrian refugees who have registered with the UNHCR or who are awaiting registration.
"This mission that we are sharing has a key objective. It is to draw attention to the international community to express a much more stronger solidarity with Syrian refugees and the host countries that have kept their borders open to all those fleeing the conflict," Guterres said.
The refugee chief acknowledged the sheer numbers are taking a toll on Jordan's economy and resources, stressing that the "camp needs massive international funding" and that its conditions were "still not acceptable."
UNHCR says it has so far only received a little over $9 million in aid for a regional appeal it has made for the Syrian refugees.
Despite hardships faced by Zaatari residents, including insufficient supplies of electricity and water, persistent dust and delayed schooling at the camp, Jolie said at least the refugees have found some measure of safety.
"I'm grateful to Jordan and all the border countries for keeping their borders open, for saving these people's lives," she told reporters gathered under a Bedouin tent. "They are dying in Syria. If they were unable escape with their families, many of the people here, many of people I met today would in fact be dead. It's an extraordinary thing that they are doing."
Jolie, who has six children with Brad Pitt, also expressed concern for the alarming numbers of children who are reported dead, wounded or unaccompanied after their parents were killed.
"It's impossible to imagine any mother standing by and not stepping up and doing something to prevent this," she said. "We encourage the international community to support the people here until one day they go back home."
The UNHCR in April promoted Jolie from serving as its goodwill ambassador to special envoy due to her exceptional work for the agency.
Jordan opened the Zaatari facility for Syrians in July after long delaying a decision on whether to set up refugee camps, possibly to avoid Assad's autocratic regime by showing images at his doorstep of civilians fleeing his military onslaught.
Jolie was also to visit Syrian refugees and meet authorities in Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq during the rest of her trip to the region.
In Geneva, the UNHCR said Tuesday that while the agency has 253,106 people registered or awaiting registration as Syrian refugees, the real number is likely far higher since tens of thousands are believed to have not yet registered. Some are getting help from family or friends, while some are afraid to register for fear of possible consequences from Assad's regime. Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards said that figure includes 85,197 in Jordan, 78,431 in Turkey, 66,915 in Lebanon and 22,563 in Iraq as of this week.
Diplomatic efforts have so far failed to stop the bloodshed in Syria, but the new U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi plans to travel to Syria this week in a bid to revive them. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Brahimi will sit down with President Bashar Assad during an upcoming visit, although the date has not been announced.
"First and foremost, the violence must stop by both sides, regardless of their political grievances or problems may be. That is not acceptable," Bah said at a news conference in the Swiss capital of Bern.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. — A court-martial got underway Monday for the first female U.S. Army soldier to flee to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war.
Army Pfc. Kimberly Rivera is charged with desertion and could face up to five years in prison and a dishonorable discharge if convicted, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported.
Rivera was assigned to Fort Carson's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and served in Iraq in 2006. She has said that, while there, she became disillusioned with the U.S. mission in Iraq.
During a two-week leave in the U.S. in 2007, Rivera crossed the Canadian border after she was ordered to serve another tour in Iraq. She applied for refugee status but was denied.
Rivera then applied for permanent residency, but Canadian immigration officials rejected that application, too. Authorities also rejected her requests to stay on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
Rivera was first ordered to leave Canada or face deportation in 2009, but she appealed that decision. The mother of four faced another deportation order issued in 2012.
She was arrested at the U.S. border and taken into military custody.
Roughly 19,000 people signed an online petition in Canada protesting Rivera's deportation order, and rallies were held in a number of Canadian cities calling on the government to let her stay in the country.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the U.S. veterans organization Veterans for Peace also protested the deportation order.
In 2012, the War Resisters Support Campaign, a Canadian activist group, estimated there were about 200 Iraq war resisters in Canada. It said two other Iraq war resisters who were deported, Robin Long and Clifford Cornell, faced lengthy jail sentences upon their return.
Long was given a dishonorable discharge in 2008 and sentenced to 15 months in a military prison after pleading guilty to charges of desertion.
The lower house of Canada's Parliament passed a motion in 2009 in favor of allowing U.S. military deserters to stay, but the Conservative Party government was not persuaded.
During the Vietnam War, as many as 90,000 Americans won refuge in Canada, most of them to avoid the military draft. Many were given permanent residence status that led to Canadian citizenship, but the majority went home after President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty in the late 1970s.
Many Canadian politicians say the situation is different now because Iraq war deserters like Rivera enlisted in the U.S. military voluntarily.
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Rory McIlroy starts foundation to help children
Rory McIlroy wants to help children around the world through a foundation and on his golf bag.
McIlroy on Thursday announced he has started The Rory Foundation. Among the first projects is to bring attention to children by putting the name of charities on his bag when possible. The world's No. 1 player starts his season next week in Abu Dhabi.
The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland is geared toward work like this. Two years ago, he went to earthquake-ravaged Haiti the week before the U.S. Open to try to raise the spirits of children. He then won his first major at Congressional, setting a U.S. Open record at 16-under 268.
''When I was younger my parents sacrificed everything to allow me to play the game I love,'' McIlroy said. ''Having that support from my family gave me the opportunity to chase my dreams. But I know that every child is not so fortunate. My aim is that The Rory Foundation will support children's charities big and small, around the world, that try to give kids that helping hand.''
He starts with ''The 6 Bags Project,'' in which he will display the name of a children's charity in each of the first six tournaments he plays. During the tournament, the bag will be auctioned through www.roryfoundation.com, with the money going to that charity.
The Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children will be on the bag at Abu Dhabi.
''This association with Rory will not only have a significant impact on children and young people who look up to Rory and are inspired by him, but will also help to maintain Rory's very important links to Northern Ireland and he moves increasingly into a global circuit,'' said Gillian Cleery, the CEO of the charity.
McIlroy said he would have Boys & Girls Club of Tucson for the Match Play Championship in Arizona; Child Protection Team of Palm Beaches for the Honda Classic, First Tee Miami-Dade Amateur Golf Association for the Cadillac Championship and Chinquapin School for the Houston Open.
Still be to decide is a children's charity near Augusta, Georgia, for the Masters.
In the case of the Houston Open, McIlroy contacted tournament director Steve Timms, who provided him a list of options from which McIlroy chose a charity. The Chinquapin School is for students who excel from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. The students serve as standard-bearers at the tournament.
''It's going to be awesome,'' Timms said. ''I thought it was one of the most novel things I've ever encountered. ... Notwithstanding the money he raises, because we don't know how much that will be, it creates such an awareness with the No. 1 player in the world at this time showcasing the (charity).''
More innovative fundraisers are in the works.
''I had a childhood - a great childhood - and if The Rory Foundation can help one child achieve a better quality of life, then job done,'' McIlroy said.


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You can't put SSDs on the Raspberry Pi 3, but a competitive board coming soon will have that option.
The new MinnowMax Turbot Dual-E board will have an m.2 slot in which SSDs can be inserted. It's being made by ADI Engineering and will be released in the third quarter, according to a message on Twitter.
The board's price wasn't immediately available.
High-capacity SSD chips up to 512GB can be found on sites like NewEgg. But the MinnowMax board's SSD storage capacity will ultimately depend on the device's hardware specifications.
Storage can be a headache on boards like Raspberry Pi 3. A majority of boards have SD card slots, and only external drives can be attached. That limits their portability.
A lot of data is generated especially by devices with cameras, like drones and surveillance systems. SSDs could provide the high-capacity storage to hold data locally.
The MinnowMax Turbot Dual-E will have Intel's dual-core Atom E3826 running at 1.46GHz or quad-core Atom E3845 running at 1.91GHz. A Wi-Fi chip can be slotted into the m.2 slot.
These chips are mainly targeted at developers of embedded devices, allowing boards to be used in a variety of gadgets, smart home devices, robots, drones and industrial Internet of Things devices.
The first MinnowBoard was introduced as Intel's first open-source PC in 2013. ADI Engineering took the MinnowBoard schematics and started making its own variants. ADI already sells a MinnowBoard Turbot that doesn't have a slot for SSDs.
The new developer board will have integrated graphics, 2GB of DDR3 memory, an HDMI port, two Ethernet ports and a micro-SD slot. It will also have a USB 2.0 port and a USB 3.0 port, both of which can be hosts for port expansion.
The new developer board will support Linux, and might also be able to run Windows 10 IoT Core. The older MinnowBoard Max, with an Atom E3826 CPU, already supports Windows 10 IoT Core, so the new board already meets some basic requirements to support the OS.