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(1) Most shock springs are made of silicon-chromate steel (and occasionally titanium). Material quality is a huge factor in performance. Material with a better flex property makes a livelier, more responsive spring. Stronger material allows for fewer coils. Generally, spring manufacturers buy various diameter wires from a supplier and coil their own springs with a CNC machine. The machine feeds wire around a curved mandrel so that the coils rise up like a snake. These machines can pop out springs surprisingly fast.
(2) Imagine bending a rubber eraser into a U-shape. At the outside of the curve the material is stretched, and at the inside it is compressed. Bending wire into a spiral does this throughout the coil, creating a built-in tension that hurts the performance of a shock spring. Hot-coiling springs help keep the material in a natural state, but the additional equipment and processing time relegate hot-coiled springs to products that can justify the high cost.
(3) Common bike springs are cold-coiled, but other processes are used to lessen some of that built-in tension. The spring is heat-treated to reduce the tension and cooled slowly so that it doesn't become hard and brittle. Next, both ends of the spring are ground flat. To further reduce tension, the spring is shot-peened. Next, the spring is pressed (or pre-set) so that it does not change its free length during use. Fork springs are polished to reduce friction inside the fork legs (rear shocks are not polished). A steel rear spring needs a coating to prevent corrosion. Epoxy-based powder coating can survive the flexing. Titanium isn't prone to rusting and can be left raw. The fork springs are simply given a coat of oil to protect them until installation.
(4) The shape and physical dimensions of a spring play a big role in performance. Springs are not usually perfect cylinders; they are barrel-shaped. Otherwise, during compression, they could bow into the shock body, which would hurt performance. A shorter wire means that when force is applied to one side of the spring, it takes less time to transfer to the other side, and this translates to liveliness and responsiveness. Wire diameter is a critical predictor of spring stiffness, with a larger diameter being stiffer. Conversely, the larger the overall diameter of the coils themselves (the distance between the coils), the softer it will be.
(5) Hooke's law says that when a spring is compressed, the force it exerts is proportional to its change in length. A spring rate (or spring constant) is the change in the force it exerts divided by the change in distance (deflection). So spring-testing machines, simply clamp down and take those measurements. The rate is expressed in kilograms per millimeter (kg/mm) or Newton meters (Nm). The numbers are very similar, so it's important to pay attention to the unit. Luckily, the conversion is very simple: just add or subtract one-tenth and move the decimal one spot to change Newtons to kilograms or vice versa. A 5.1 kg/mm spring is a 50 Nm.
(6) A progressive-rate spring is one in which the spring rate changes throughout the compression of the spring. There are many ways to achieve it, such as varying the overall diameter, the angle of the coils or the size of the wire diameter over the length of the spring. The rate of a progressive spring is expressed in two numbers, delineating the rates at the beginning and end of the spring's compression. This gives an idea of stiffness, but doesn't predict where in the stroke the change will take place. Therefore, progressive springs can be an effective tool, because they introduce a big variable that requires very careful tuning to get right.
(7) Springs aren't perfect, so they are all slightly progressive to some extent. Unfortunately, most of that change takes place in the first part of the deflection where sag is measured. The result can be confusion and frustration for suspension tuners, because different brands of springs that claim to have the same spring rate can give different sag numbers. The moral of the story is to stick to the same spring brand when tuning your suspension.
(8) As a coil shock is compressed, some of the force is turned into rotational force that wants to twist the spring. This causes binding that can hurt performance. Since fork springs are longer, with more coils, they want to twist a lot more than shock springs. Most modern OEM forks have a built-in thrust washer to prevent binding, but OEM shocks don't. There are aftermarket needle bearing units available from Pivot Works and Factory Connection that lessen binding.
(9) The weight of a spring is important, because half of its weight is unsprung, further affecting suspension performance. A titanium spring does not have the same dimensions as a steel spring for the same application. Since Ti is lighter and stronger, fewer coils and less material can be used. The result is a significant weight savings and performance gain. However, the printed spring rate on a Ti spring is not always accurate. It's best to have a Ti shock spring tested for its actual rate before using it and finding out that what they said was a 45 N/mm was really a 42 N/mm.
(10) Theoretically, suspension springs don't wear out or lose their springiness, because they never truly reach their elastic limit. But for many reasons, it's a good idea to check race sag constantly and if you notice major changes, the spring has been over-stressed and should be replaced.


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Angel of Death
Angel of Death zine published by Doom combined the macabre and morbid with anti-authoritarianism and direct action.
Well known for its extremely graphic photos and explicit instructions concerning the making of explosives, poisons, drugs, and sabotage devices, it can be described as a cross between zines Boiled Angel, Living In a Powderkeg and the books Ecodefense, and Poor Man's James Bond.
Issues 1-3 were published in Bronx, NY from 1990-1991.
Angel of Death #1
Released May 1990. 86 pages.
Pure Fucking Death Issue
Contents include The Manifesto of Neckrolism, murder articles, autopsy photos, poetry, fire eating and fire breathing, colored fires, flamethrowers, brewing botulism, necrophilia, artwork, nightmares, exotic cuisine (dog, cat, reptile, insect, etc. recipes), cannibalism and sacrifice, primitive surgery, making C4 plastique, claymore mines, chemical poisons, poison gases, hype culture, making ricin and abrin, legal psychoactive plants, Khmer Rogue, torture techniques, making laughing gas, anti-authority collages, black magick curses.
Angel of Death #2
Released December 1990. 96 pages.
Darkness, Chaos, and the Unamerikan Way Issue.
Contents include fan mail,murder articles, Ed Gein, Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), Dr. Death, time delay fire, incendiary torches, napalm, RDX, explosive flour, grenades, tear and stink gases, DMSO, poisonous plants, assassination tips and devices, boobytraps, making your own stun gun, eye and brain surgery, care of scorpions and spiders, tips to succeeding in killing, autopsy and embalming, radiation poisoning, amputation and dissection, parasites, fatal diseases, sabotaging utilities, trashing corporations and automobiles, direct action for anarchists, reusing postage stamps, urban evasion, suicide, sadomasochism, secret ciphers, anti-authority collages, candle making, poetry.
Angel of Death #3
Released June 1991. 53 pages.
Apocalypse Now Issue
Contents include fan mail and zine reviews, murder and assorted violence articles, dust explosives, flash powder, arson by incendiaries, TNT, PETN, various other explosives, explosive paper, timed and radio detonation boobytraps, land mines, assassination techniques, flechette gun, poison gases, chemical and plant poisons, class warfare, sabotage and direct action, phone wiretapping, lockpicking, anti-authority collages, poetry, alternate highs, DMT manufacture, medical photos.

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As human beings, we don't just construct social realities and social systems, but we literally help construct the physical universe of which we are a part. Therefore, understanding the relationship between human beings and the quantum reality of the universe becomes paramount if we seek to truly understand and transform the social and structural systems of inequality that we have created for ourselves.
According to quantum mechanics, the subatomic level of reality exists in an undifferentiated state of dynamic flux until a conscious observer measures it (or looks at it), thus, giving that matter a particular form. In other words, an atom is spread out all over the place as a wave of potential until a conscious observer localizes it as an actual particle through that very act of observation.
The famous double-slit experiment actually captured this protean nature of the quantum world. The double-slit experiment essentially launched particles through a single slit, whereby each particle left a residual mark on the back wall where it landed (creating a single band pattern). However, when particles were launched through two slits, they left a residual interference pattern on the back wall (which can only be created by waves that interfere with each other). Even when particles were launched through the two slits one at a time, they still created an interference pattern. (This occurrence is impossible according to classical quantum physics.) So, in order to figure out how this interference pattern was occurring, physicists placed a measuring device by the slits to observe the particles after they were launched. Astonishingly, when the particles were launched with the measuring device in place, they actually created a residual mark of a double band pattern (which was expected in the first place). What physicists determined was that, prior to being observed, each single particle actually existed as a wave of potentials that simultaneously went through both slits at the same time; thus interfering with itself and leaving a residual interference pattern. So in essence, conscious observation then collapses the quantum wave function of particles and thus localizes them at a fixed point.
Moreover, quantum superposition "holds that a physical system – such as an electron – exists partly in all its particular, theoretically possible states (or, configuration of its properties) simultaneously; but, when measured, it gives a result corresponding to only one of the possible configurations (as described in interpretation of quantum mechanics)." The more we look at elementary particles, the more we realize that there is actually no such thing as one electron or one photon on its own. A particle exists only in relationship to the state that it finds itself in, with no generic or concrete form. So, the more we examine "solid matter" in great detail, the less solid it actually becomes.
author David Icke. Most of us in contemporary Western culture have been socialized to view the world through a consumerist lens (among a plethora of other social lenses) which implies that a solid, material realm objectively exists. Furthermore, the system of capitalism creates the conditions necessary for more and more people to actively participate in practices that perpetuate the misconception that a solid, material world inexorably dictates our perceptions and belief systems. Maximized material conquest and material gain becomes the modus operandi of a capitalistic system.Now, contradictory to contemporary quantum mechanics is the traditional conception of solid matter as the "substance" of the universe. Why is this important? Because "belief that the substance of the universe is matter (or physical material) sets the precedent for people to accumulate as many material possessions and riches as possible [especially under the system of capitalism]," says UK
Further illuminating the nature of capitalism, Chris Hedges states:
"The quest by a bankrupt elite in the final days of empire to accumulate greater and greater wealth is modern society's version of primitive fetishism … When the most basic elements that sustain life are reduced to a cash product, life has no intrinsic value. The extinguishing of 'primitive' societies, those that were defined by animism and mysticism, those that celebrated ambiguity and mystery, those that respected the centrality of the human imagination, removed the only ideological counterweight to a self-devouring capitalist ideology."
Here we see some of the characteristics of neoliberal capitalism which subscribe to the notion that the world be defined in "material" terms. The ruling ideology of capitalism has sought out to extinguish any alternative thought or knowledge that understands the world in immaterial terms and replace it with the narrow ideology of materialism, consumerism, commodification. The more people who are complicit in capitalist ideology (among other forms of dominant ideologies), the stronger the possibilities become to fetishize and develop the concept of "the material." all while the expropriation of vast forms of land, wealth, resources and capital become normalized and accepted. Furthermore, once all "material" resources have become accessed (or more importantly not accessed by the majority of people), exploited and exhausted, then the majority of people become even more subjected to the harsh and misleading conditions that capitalism inflicts upon them.
So, as far as quantum mechanics is concerned, capitalism is based on the (false) assumption that an absolute "material" world actually exists "out there." Traditional criticisms of capitalism typically focus on the exploitation of labor and human bodies, as well as massive class inequalities and social injustice; however, they leave out one crucial aspect in it all: that capitalist ideology and capitalist operation mislead us about the nature of the universe (which includes the nature of ourselves since we are part of the universe, as well). With that said, we can actually use our knowledge of quantum mechanics to transform our perceptions about the world around us, thus alleviating some of the conditions that capitalism creates for us. Even Einstein alluded to the idea that we can utilize science to "potentially change the world itself" by using "rational thinking and technology to improve the conditions in which we live."(1) As Peter Dreier states:
"Einstein criticized capitalism's 'economic anarchy' and the 'oligarchy of private capital, the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by democratically organized political society.'"
If Einstein could apply his knowledge of science and the quantum reality to social injustice and systemic inequality, then there is no reason that we cannot do the same here and now.
Given the fact that the underlying premise of capitalism acts in opposition to the principles of quantum mechanics and, therefore, the nature of the universe itself (as understood through quantum mechanics), then we should not be confounded in the least when we experience the destructive consequences of a system that is based on prodigious wealth and material accumulation. This systemic discord or imbalance is bound to perpetuate the likes of environmental devastation and vast human suffering. Furthermore, one of the unspoken consequences of capitalistic operation is the alienation from one's humanity and from nature. Not only are we inundated by a social and economic matrix of domination every single day, but that very matrix detaches us from the universe (or nature) in a sense. So, we should not just look to eradicate the deleterious conditions of capitalism, but rather, we should look to understand and work in accordance with the universe, so that destructive systemic conditions do not even come into existence in the first place.
Consequently, when we look at the world through the lens of quantum mechanics, we see that the economic systems of capitalism, socialism and communism actually have more in common with each other since they all are based on material acquisition and distribution and on the assumption that our world is a fundamentally material realm. However, we can use quantum mechanics to create an entirely new way of viewing and operating inside of the world, which would require a drastic philosophical and ideological change of epic proportion. Epic change, perhaps, is a concept that we may need to start entertaining.
Lastly, as if world hunger, poverty, class inequality, sickness and disease, permanent war and ecological ruination weren't enough to present a critical case against capitalism, then consider the following. In relative terms to the rest of the entire universe, quantum mechanics shows us just how narrow, constrictive and destructive the system of capitalism actually is.
(1) Dreier, Peter. 2012. "Albert Einstein: Radical Citizen and Scientist." Truthout, June 25.
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London — A day after Queen Elizabeth II welcomed President Obama to Britain with pomp and ceremony, Prime Minister David Cameron and the American leader on Wednesday expressed agreement on the current strategy in Libya at a press conference on the final day of Mr. Obama's state visit.
As the NATO-led coalition intensifies airstrikes in Libya, Mr. Cameron said, "We should be turning up the heat" against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and "he must go."
Mr. Obama said that although the two had agreed to rule out "boots on the ground," they would "continue Libya operations until Qaddafi's attacks on the people cease." The Libya leader "must leave office," Mr. Obama said, and needs to understand "that there won't be a let-up in the pressure."
On the uprisings that have shaken the Arab world this spring, Mr. Obama said, "We are both committed to do everything we can to support people who reach for democracy and leaders who support democratic reform," adding: "We will strongly oppose use of violence against protesters."
Mr. Obama also spoke of a year of change in Afghanistan, as "we are in a position now to start a transition to an Afghan-led security process," and said he and Mr. Cameron had agreed on the need to "push for a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians."
Later on Wednesday, the president will address Parliament.
Speaking Wednesday afternoon at Lancaster House, near Buckingham Palace, both leaders praised the British-American relationship, with Mr. Cameron saying it was "a living partnership. It is essential to our security and it is essential to our prosperity."
Mr. Obama thanked the queen and the British people for showing "genuine affection and warmth" during his visit.
The queen's welcome on Tuesday, with the Scots Guards' band playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the firing of a 41-gun cannon salute that resounded across the gardens of Buckingham Palace, began a two-day visit by the president, rich in pageantry but shadowed by concerns over the Libyan stalemate, the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and deepening tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
American and British officials played down any differences, though analysts said Britain was frustrated by the Obama administration's refusal to expand its military engagement in Libya. American officials have expressed fears that cuts in military spending could hobble Britain's ability to support the United States in foreign conflicts.
On Tuesday, though, policy took a back seat to ruffles and flourishes. The queen and Mr. Obama walked onto the west terrace of the palace just after 12:30, under a bright sky with a brisk wind that ruffled the bearskin hats of the Scots Guardsmen.
After the American national anthem was played, Mr. Obama reviewed the honor guard with Prince Philip. The queen and the first lady, Michelle Obama, watched from the terrace, putting their heads together to chat like old friends.
In a rare gesture, the queen invited the Obamas to stay at Buckingham Palace. A palace aide said she gave them a tour of their six-room suite, used by Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge on the night of their wedding. "It may not be the same bed; it is the same suite," said the aide, who, by custom, asked not to be identified by name.
Mr. and Mrs. Obama met with the newlyweds, giving them a wedding present of six donated MacBook notebook computers to a Northern Ireland charity supported by Prince William.
Mr. Obama's state visit — only the second for a president since the queen took the throne (George W. Bush made one in 2003) — is meant to underline Britain's "special relationship" with the United States, even if that phrase has sometimes suggested more warmth and solidarity than actually exists between two strong-minded allies.
Mr. Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron prefer to call it an "essential relationship," a phrase road-tested in a joint op-ed article published Tuesday in The Times of London. Shared national interests, they wrote, unite the United States and Britain.
"We can honestly say that despite being two leaders from two different political traditions, we see eye to eye," Mr. Obama and Mr. Cameron wrote. "We look at the world in a similar way, share the same concerns and see the same strategic possibilities."
Some British commentators argue that Mr. Obama, the community organizer from Chicago, and Mr. Cameron, the conservative leader from a privileged background, have little natural affinity. Yet officials on both sides say the two men get along well.
Speaking with American reporters on Monday, Mr. Cameron insisted there were no substantive disagreements between him and Mr. Obama on Libya, the Middle East or Afghanistan.
Yet experts said the British had been dismayed at what they saw as America's reluctance to commit itself fully to toppling Libya's leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Some feel the United States mishandled its decision to withdraw planes from front-line missions early last month.
"The British are disappointed that the U.S. seems only to be half-committed to this battle," said Charles Grant, director of the Center for European Reform in London. "The view goes that even if the U.S. felt it had to make withdrawals, to say so in public would allow Qaddafi to relax and think that the U.S. didn't really want to get rid of him."
Britain has also parted company with the United States on Palestinian statehood, telling Israel that it might support a Palestinian declaration of independence if there were no credible peace talks. The United States opposes any unilateral declaration.
Mr. Obama hopes to persuade Mr. Cameron not to take that path, casting his latest proposal for breaking the impasse in peace talks as a viable alternative. Mr. Obama has formally endorsed Israel's pre-1967 borders, adjusted to account for Jewish settlements in the West Bank, as the starting point for negotiations over the contours of a Palestinian state.
"All that is part of investing in a credible alternative to efforts that we don't believe will resolve the conflict," said Benjamin J. Rhodes, the president's deputy national security adviser.
Sarah Lyall contributed reporting from London and David Jolly contributed from Paris.
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The Semantic Web (and Linked Data) has been an active area of research for several years. This 11th edition of the International Semantic Web conference introduces the Evaluations and Experiments Track. Its goal is to consolidate research material and to gain new scientific insights and results by providing a place for in-depth experimental studies of significant scale. It aims at promoting experimental evaluations in Semantic Web/Linked Data research trying to create a research cycle between theory and experiments as in other sciences (e.g., physics). Papers in this track can fit in different categories:
- Experimental studies comparing a spectrum of approaches to a particular problem and, through extensive experiments, providing a comprehensive perspective on the underlying phenomena or approaches.
- Analyses of experimental results providing insights on the nature or characteristics of studied phenomena, including negative results.
- Result verification focusing on verifying or refuting published results and, through the renewed analysis, help to advance the state of the art.
- Benchmarking, focusing on datasets and algorithms for comprehensible and systematic evaluation of existing and future systems.
Availability of experimental datasets is highly important (if not compulsory).
In addition, these papers will be more specifically judged on the basis of their:
- Precise description of control experimental conditions
- Reproducibility
- Applicability range (broad coverage results being better than narrow applicability).
Special attention will be paid to reproducibility. Hence, experimental settings will have to be extensively described so that the results could be independently reproduced and counter-experiments could be designed.
The experimental approach is based on systematic scientific methods used in many disciplines. http://www.experiment-resources.com/ provides a good collection of methods, experiment design strategies, and resources.
Topics of Interests
For a list of topic of interests please visit the Call for Research Papers http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/call-research-papers
Pre-submission of abstracts is a strict requirement. All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via the Conference Submission System http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iswc2012et.
All research submissions must be in English, and no longer than 12 pages. Papers that exceed this limit will be rejected without review. Submissions must be in PDF formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For details
on the LNCS style, see Springer's Author Instructions. ISWC-2012 submissions are not anonymous.
Accepted papers will be distributed to conference attendees and also published by Springer in the printed conference proceedings, as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there.
Important Dates
|June 15, 2012, 11:59pm Hawaii time
|Full Paper Submission:
|June 22, 2012, 11:59pm Hawaii time
|August 9, 2012
|Camera-ready Versions:
|September 4, 2012
|November 11-15, 2012
No extensions of the submission deadline will be granted.
Research Track Chairs
Manfred Hauswirth, DERI - National University of Galway, Ireland
Jérôme Euzenat, INRIA & LIG, France
Josiane Xavier Parreira, DERI - National University of Galway, Ireland


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New All-terrain Vehicles Arrive in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2009 – The first mine–resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles designated for southern Afghanistan arrived here Oct. 22 by air transport.
After months of government testing, the Defense Department awarded a contract in June to Oshkosh Corp. to supply an initial order valued at $1.05 billion for more than 2,000 of the vehicles, known as M-ATVs.
"This is a very different environment than Iraq, so as we came in and continued to fight the fight in Afghanistan, we realized it requires a little bit different equipment or modification than what we have," said Army Lt. Col. Richard Haggerty, the Regional Command South deputy director for acquisitions, logistics and technology.
With an independent suspension system designed for off-road mobility, the M-ATV is built specifically to navigate Afghanistan's rugged landscape.
"The M-ATV really answers some of the challenges of the terrain, high altitudes and the real unevenness of a lot of the terrain out there," Haggerty said.
The M-ATV seats four passengers and one gunner, and features an armor system with a "V" shaped hull engineered to protect occupants from enemy attack.
"It looks like a modified, huge, heavy-duty Jeep," said Anthony Deluca, the Kandahar site lead for the mine–resistant, ambush-protected, or MRAP, program. "It's got very good suspension systems, and everyone raves about how well it functions in the field."
While some original MRAP vehicles may weigh nearly 60,000 pounds, the M-ATV weighs about 25,000 pounds, including standard equipment and fuel.
"We're trying to get the soldier exactly what he needs to be successful in the battlefield," Haggerty said.
The initial eight vehicles will be used to train drivers and mechanics with units selected to receive M-ATVs.
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In the same vein as Kate and Scott's questions, why are fusion categories interesting? I know that given a "suitably nice" fusion category (which probably means adding adjectives such as "unitary," "spherical," and "pivotal"), we get a subfactor planar algebra which, in turn, gives us a subfactor. Also, I vaguely understand that these categories give us Turaev Viro TQFTs.
What else do fusion categories do? What's a good reference for the Turaev Viro stuff?


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Attempting to adjust the trajectory of their nation's development, the Indigenous Peoples of rural Belize call their Government's approach into question
With the vast majority of Belize currently under concession from oil companies, the commitment of the Government on resource extraction is undeniable. In the southern Toledo district, US Capital Energy are already at work and are reported to be just months from beginning to drill. The Indigenous Peoples, who have lived upon the land for generations, were expected to accept this as a done deal. Yet, to quietly sacrifice their land is not on their agenda. They are making a stand and forcing their Government to listen.
|Panel of speakers listen to Greg Ch'oc
In Punta Gorda, the principal town in the district, leaders from indigenous villages crowd in a community hall. They have come to listen to experts on the legal, environmental, social and economic aspects of oil development. A translator reiterates in their Que'qchi language. After a series of round table discussions are held, it is proposed that a stand against the Government is made. A vote is held and a unanimous show of hands give their support.
The participants decide to collaboratively write a declaration. A document is projected to the front of the room and the audience take turns to contribute to its content. Phrasing is debated and the use of single words questioned before finally agreed. The resulting People's Position Paper outlines the concerns of the Indigenous Peoples and states how they intend to proceed.
|Santa Theresa's Mario Chub states the People's Position
The media soon arrive with their video cameras, microphones and flash photography. One of the village members is chosen to read the statement aloud. Santa Theresa resident Mario Chub stands defiantly as he reads: "We learned first hand about the hidden consequences of oil development, including challenges to negotiating fair and equitable compensation, dealing with inevitable environmental pollution and possible human rights violations."
He compounds their decision for a participial role for all communities in proceedings, stating with certainty that this is "the beginning of a conversation which will ensure that throughout the oil development process, our communities are treated with fairness; dignity and their legal and human rights are honoured."
The unprecedented event is plastered across the news. The Mayan people are having their views heard by millions across the country, demanding that their human rights are respected throughout their country's ill-conceived pursuit of wealth through oil. In the national debate on this contentious issue, their message is loud and clear.
|Amandala Page 3, the widest read newspaper in Belize, 11/03/2011
For the Mayan people whose lives are built upon lands that are an oil hot spot, extraction has irreversible social and cultural implications. For it to go ahead, they will have to sacrifice huge areas of their traditional land. Land where generations of their people have felled trees for buildings, hunted for food and sought natural medicines. The erosion of their culture will be inevitable as machines, foreigners, industrial infrastructure and pollution are brought into their rural villages. Should there be any of the inevitable mistakes and mishaps that are so common in oil extraction projects across the world, the consequences would be of catastrophic proportion.
Greg Ch'oc from Sarstoon Temash Institute of Indigenous Management (SATIIM) stated that "an oil spill would not only be an ecological disaster, but an act of genocide. For the Mayan people, their land is integral to their way of life." Of Mayan background himself, Greg pioneers the rights of his indigenous people. At the event in Punta Gorda, facilitated by SATIIM, Ch'oc speaks to his fellow people: "If we do not fight for our share, we'll forever be worse than where we are right now... If we lose the land and lose the river and lose the wildlife, then what do we get? We end up losing everything."
Whilst discussions take place amongst indigenous community members, Government officials stand outside the venue handing out leaflets to participants and passers by. Entitled 'Facts about oil exploration', the leaflet advertises all of the supposed benefits of oil extraction. Lee McLoughlin, from the organisation Ya'axché Conservation Trust, shakes his head in disbelief. "The irony is" he says "is that it has come from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment. I would like to know on what basis the Deputy Prime Minister, who is Minister of this department, claims that oil development is beneficial for the environment of Belize".
The leaflet features the case study of Spanish Lookout as an example of a successful oil extraction project. Given that minutes earlier, Leonard Reimer, former member of the resident's Petroleum Board at Spanish Lookout, was advising event participants of his regret of going ahead with oil exploration, its timing is almost comical. Reimer had just explained that the company failed to meet any of the agreed conditions of the contract intended to benefit his community. He explains that the money they received as compensation "was not near what the damage was". Members of his community were compelled to move away as they feared the pollution caused would affect their health. Meanwhile the oil company demanded that the biggest proportion of the money the community received be invested into new roads that could cater for their heavy machinery.
Despite dissatisfaction and protest, the leaders of the nation have dollar signs in their eyes as they consider the potential value of the oil buried underneath the feet of some of their people. In February, Prime Minister Barrow stated that US Capital Energy "is no more than 6 to 9 months away from actually beginning to drill, and certainly when they reach that point, drill they will". Outcry ensued as numerous organisations in Belize declared such action illegal.
Today, the certainty with which Barrow stated that "that remains the position of the Government and that position will not change" is being questioned. As Ch'oc explains "The battleground is in Toledo, what happens in Toledo will determine what happens in the rest of the country." The Indigenous Peoples are taking matters into their own hands to play a pivotal role in the future of their nation. They know their rights and they will not go down without a fight.


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Byers, DC. (2001). Better Health through Foot Reflexology (10th edition). St. Petersburg, FL: Ingham.
Crane, B. (1997). Reflexology: The Definitive Practitioner's Manual. MA: Element Books, Inc. The Definitive Practitioner's Manual.
Gillanders, A. (1996). The Joy of Reflexology: Healing Techniques for the Hands and Feet to Reduce Stress and Reclaims Life. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co.
Kolster, B. (2000). Foot Reflexology with Video. Cologne, Germany: Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft.
Kolster, B and Waskowiak, A. (2006). The Reflexology Atlas. Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press.
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Kunz, B. and Kunz, K. (2006). Hand Reflexology. London: Dorling Kindersley Limited.
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Segers, J. (2007). Reflexology for Cats. Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
Tibshraeny-Morten, L. (2008). Moving the Energy: Reflexology and Meridian Therapy. Seminole, FL: JLM Publishing Incorporated.
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UPDATE x 2: ROH posted the following video of the incident…
UPDATE: Last week it was announced that Lisa Marie Varon (Victoria/Tara) would be appearing at the ROH Glory by Honor XII event for an autograph signing.
It should be noted that ROH ran an angle last night where Maria Kanellis appeared at Varon's restaurant, the Squared Circle, where they had an altercation. The feeling is that she will be added to the card, which takes place in Chicago on October 26th.
More on the story as it develops.
ORIGINAL: ROH sent out the following press release last week:
A Special Glory by Honor XII Autograph Signing!
On October 26th Ring of Honor returns to The Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Ridge, IL for Glory by Honor XII! One of our premier events, this year's installment features an 8-Man Elimination Clash between the ROH champions and a team of ROH All-Stars, Steen vs. Bennett, London vs. Strong, and a whole lot more to come!
In addition to the matches, ROHWrestling.com has also learned that we will have a very special guest joining us for an autograph signing! She has been around the world and competed against the very best women in the wrestling world, and now the one and only Lisa Varon is coming to Ring of Honor! Specific details will be available shortly but we can tell you that she will be available prior to the start of the event to meet with the ROH faithful in Chicago Ridge!
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NC Dems' interim director given long-term title
GREENSBORO, NC (AP) — The North Carolina Democratic Party has chosen as its executive director the woman who'd been serving in the role on an interim basis.
During a meeting Sunday in Greensboro, the party's Executive Council made Casey Mann the permanent executive director. She was previously the party's state director and is a veteran campaign worker.
Mann took over the party's day-to-day operations when Chairman Randy Voller dismissed Robert Dempsey last month. Voller has not given a public explanation for Dempsey's dismissal.
Mann is a close ally of Voller's and takes the job as North Carolina Democrats look to rebound from poor electoral showings in 2010 and 2012.
Voller recently backed off trying to hire civil rights activist Benjamin Chavis for the job, as many party members opposed the idea.
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Large iPad School and University Deployments
iPad Pilots in Higher Education
Recent Updates
$1 million federal stimulus grant for iPods and iPads for Utah High School
$1M gift buys each student an iPad at Fla. school (1,300 iPads)
(Android) Seton Hall University Pilots Android tablets
(Updated) JetStar adds 3000 iPads
100 iPads for Pittsburgh school district
16% of potential UK tablet buyers would only buy an iPad - survey
1:1 iPad Pilot at Cape Elizabeth Schools(ME)
300 3rd and 4th graders in Indiana get iPads
300 Kindergarteners getting iPad 2s this fall in Auburn, Maine
4 new case studies @Apple.com: healthcare, used cars, jewelry and shipping
4 of 5 US doctors to buy iPad this year? Nope.
4 Reasons Why School Tablet Rollouts Can Stumble - Or Fail
500 lawyers at NYC law firm Proskauer using iPads
70% of hospitals plan to deploy iPad by end of 2011: survey
A "few thousand" iPads used by workers in the Magic Kingdom
A ton of new K-12 schools adding iPads
Air France deploys iPads to Pilots
Air Nigeria flts from London to South Africa to let passengers use iPads
Alaska Airlines deploys iPads to 1,000 pilots as flight manual replacement
Alaska Airlines plans to outfit its pilots with iPads
All Cuyuna Range 5th-, 6th-graders to get iPads
American Airlines joins Alaska in testing paperless cockpit (i.e. iPads for flt manuals)
Amerigroup iPad Pilot
Apple adds Unisys as government, enterprise reseller
Apple's iPad enters Singapore classrooms
Apple, Teach for America, ask you to donate iPad to inner-city student
Apple: 2,300 School Districts use iPads in US, incl 600 with 1:1 iPad:student programs
Apple: 600 school districts have 1:1 iPads in classroom programs
Archbishop McCarthy HS (Florida) deploying 1,200 iPads
Arizona Christian University will be offering iPad 2s to incoming freshmen this fall
Arizona school district up to 190 iPads in pre-algebra, econ and govt classes
Army Partners With Google, Apple On Secure Tablets
Ashridge MBAs gets iPads as part of the course
Australian military agency approves ipads for government use
Banks, Tech Firms and Hospitals the Top 3 Adopters of iPad: Survey
Barclays Bank buys 8,500 iPads for staff
Bay Area HS deploys 320 iPads
Beauty Salons use iPads to help clients change hairstyles
Berklee College of Music student recruiters use iPad, FileMaker Go
Best Buy says it is testing iPad and other tablets as floor sales tool
Bethel University offers iPads to online students
Big pharma companies gobbling up iPads for sales teams
Biotech firm doing mobile BI on iPad
Bloomberg: SAP up to 10,000 iPads internally, aims for 17,000
Bonhoeffer College pilots iPads (Netherlands)
Briar Cliff to supply freshmen students with Apple iPads
Briarwood Christian School (Birmingham, Alabama) deploys 1,200 iPads
British Airways distributes 2,000 iPads with customer svce app
Brown Mackie College System of Schools Announces Conversion to E-textbooks and iPad for Students
Budget airline Scoot Pte puts planes on diet using iPads
Canberra govt. trialing iPads for civil servants
Carfax moving from laptops/BlackBerries to iPads and iPhones
Cathedral Catholic High School iPad Rollout to 1810
Catholic Schools Debut iPad Program As School Begins
Center Point-Urbana to pilot 120 iPads
Charleston County School District in South Carolina
Charlotte-Mecklenberg school district (North Carolina) to spend ~$5 million on iPads next year
Chicago area hospitals add iPads
Chicago State University has suspended its iPad program
Chinese high school gives free iPads to senior students
Cisco Systems has 8,144 iPads internally, most via BYOD
City of Chilliwack, British Columbia
Clark County School District is testing iPad pilot program
Clark County to purchase additional 5 Mil. worth of iPads and netbooks
Computerworld: Apple's iPad finds a place in the enterprise
Conceptus recently deployed 200 iPads to its sales and service personnel across the country.
Connecticut community college goes iPad
Delta testing iPads for paperless cockpit
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) starts 1,000 iPad pilot
Disney giving park employees iPads as part of FastPass system
Does IBM Have the Largest Apple Deployment in the World?
Emporia State University (Kansas) Instructional Design faculty get iPads
Encinitas Union School District rolls out 1200 iPads to students
Endo Pharmaceuticals trialing 45-50 iPads for sales team (from tipster)
Etihad Airways trains aircraft engineers with 200 ipads and specially-built app
ETSU medical school students learn anatomy with iPads
FAA expanding use of tablets and iPads
First ever iPad-powered mass transit kiosks on Charleston trolleys
First Large Scale Higher Ed Android Tablet Pilot at University of Southern Mississippi
First US high school to deploy iPad to all students
Florida Technical College providing Apple iPad 2 tablets to new students and faculty
Florida Technical College Providing iPad 2 to Students, Faculty
Forrestville Valley School District Gets 800 iPad2's
Fortune 50's use of mobile apps by Appconomy
Franklin County schools jump on the iWagon with fleet of new iPads
Freed-Hardeman University expands iPad initiative
Garden City schools (USD 457) Considering 1:1 iPad initiative for 2,000 Students
Geisel School of Medicine (Dartmouth) provides iPads to incoming students
Genentech has 7,000 iPads (via AppNation conference)
General Mills deploys 200 SAP-equipped iPads to salespeople
Google Map of 120+ New K-12/Higher-Ed iPad Rollouts for Fall 2012
Grupo BBVA bank deploying iPads and iPhones to employees with apps, MDM
Healthcare in Arms Race for iPad (WSJ.com)
Hood College adds juniors, seniors and faculty to existing iPad program
Houston Public Library Provides iPads for Tots
How IT shops are coping with tablet mania (mentions Rehabcare, Tellabs, Active Interest Media, Conceptus)
How the Austin Convention Center saved $50,000 by deploying iPads and Filemaker Go
Hult International Business School deploys 2300 iPads
Hyundai gave away 2,000 iPads to buyers of 2011 Equus sedan
I-Pad pilot program at Northeast Mississippi Community College
Iese Business School in Barcelona, running iPad pilot with 60 EMBA participants
Illinois School District to lease 650 iPads
Infoworld: 8 piles of paper replaced by iPads
Interior executives test iPads in bid to boost productivity
Iowa's Buena Vista U Rolls Out iPad Pilot
iPad Pilot in DC City Government Office
iPad Required at Kansas State Salina for Pilots
iPad Revolution for Weill Cornell Medical Students
iPads = 22% of new enterprise device activations, says mobile management software provider, Good Technology
iPads and eTextbooks come to Morrisville State College
iPads for Classrooms of Autistic Preschoolers in Florida
iPads help Tennessee residents renew driver's license
iPads used to help teach journalism, Shakespeare
J P Morgan Gives Bankers iPads
Killer App: Army Tests Smartphones for Combat (WSJ)
KLA-Tencor CEO rewards 5,400 employees with iPads
Korea Telecom actually gave 32,000 iPads to employees
Lake County School District Purchases 716 iPads
Legacy Academy Charter School 1 - 1 iPad 2 Program
Level 3 Communications deploys 1,300 iPads to all No. American salespeople
Lodi Unified tests out iPad's power in the classroom
Lombard schools expand use of iPads (70)
London to deploy 14,000 iPad-controlled smart street lights over the next four years
Long Island University has now deployed 6,000 iPads to students and faculty
Longfield Academy (Kent, UK) giving iPads to 1,400 students
Louisiana State University pilots iPad
Manufacturer Terex using 200 ipads
Marietta school board to consider buying 60 iPad tablet computers
Marylhurst University online iPad program
Masters students at Northern Kentucky University
McAllen Independent School District Deploys 5,000 iPads
McDaniel College courses using iPads as learning tool
Medical device maker rolls out 30 iPad 2s
Medtronic deploys 4,500 iPads
Minnesota Boy Scouts troop enabling BYOD for scouts
MIT Admissions Committee switches to iPad (15, to save paper)
Monte Vista School (CA) testing 500 iPads today, aiming school-wide by fall 2011
Monterey College of Law expands iPad Pilot to all Faculty
Moore College of Art & Design adds iPads in foundation courses
Moore College To Distribute iPads to New BFA Students.
More Fortune 500 companies piloting iPad 2
Morrisville State College Pilots Electronic Textbooks in the Classroom
Napa County (CA) to roll out iPads and iPhones to employees
Nashville, Tennessee-area schools embrace iPads
National Museum of Australia using iPads for exhibitions
NBC gives iPads to 70 traveling execs
Needham middle school to start iPad program
New Apple.com profiles: energy drink maker, car seller, and police department
New iPads in Edison schools
New Trier taps iPad pilot program for 600 Students
New York Times: More Schools Embracing iPad as a Learning Tool
NFL teams may replace playbooks with iPads
Nine Hottest Android Tablets Competing with iPad for Kids, Schools
NIST seeks help in testing iPad, iPhone security for government use
North Carolina School District rolls out 7,000 iPads to students and staff
North Carolina town goes paperless, embraces iPads
Notre Dame Study on Pros and Cons of iPads on Classroom
NYC taxi cabs to test iPads
NYT: General Electric deploys 2,000 iPads
NYT: More Businesses enable BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Ohio State Business students receive iPads
Oregon uses iPads for statewide voting
Ottawa government iPad pilot for paper reduction
Ottawa Hospital expands iPad Deployment
Pentagon deploys iPad pilots in a most-secure way
Philadelphia school district to deploy iPads to kindergarteners
Piper Jaffrey survey: schools may have more iPads than PCs in 5 years
Pittsburgh Public Schools consider buying 6,000 iPads
Qantas tests iPad 2 as in-flight entertainment
Queensland Health
Regis College Distributes iPads to Graduate Students
Retailers embrace iPad: Burberry, Converse, Puma, Sephora, JC Penney, Nordstrom, Things Remembered
Rhode Island Association of School Principals iPad Workshops
Robert Morris University Veterans Given Free iPads
Rochester, MN middle schools adding 275 iPads
Royal Caribbean to deploy iPads to every room of 6 cruiseliners
San Diego Unified now up to 25,000 iPads, says Apple CFO
San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District to deploy 26,000 iPads in fall
Sancta Maria College (Ireland) embraces the iPad
SAP deployment up to 3,500 iPads, says CIO
SAP iPad deployment update: 8,946
SAP up to 5,700 iPads (thx CIO Oliver Bussmann)
Schools still spurn iPad for notepad (Toronto Sun column)
Sears to deploy 5,000 iPads and 11,000 iPod Touches to track inventory and customer orders
Silicon Valley school district rolls out 1,000 iPads
Small town Ohio school district deploys 124 iPads
Southern Arkansas University Honors College will provide iPads for incoming students
Spring 2012 update to iPad at work profiles: Winery, Theater, Law firm and more
St. Mary's University of Minnesota Providing iPads to all online graduate students
Standard issue for Singapore military recruits: rifle, and now, iPad 2
State of Wisconsin buying 1,400 iPads using $ won from Microsoft lawsuit
Stevenson High School add 750 iPads for Students
Sydney suburban (Australia) govt and schools push for iPad
Tablet Growth in Enterprise Ready to Erupt (Survey by Techtarget)
Tampa Bay Buccaneeers NFL football team using iPads to replace playbooks
Teach For America deploys more than 9,000 donated iPads (via Apple)
TechCrunch: do iPads really make airliners more fuel-efficient?
Tennessee Board of Regents mobility initiative includes 500 iPads
Tennessee Police fight crime using iPads
Tennessee school requires iPad for class
Texas Health and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center deploy iPads and apps
Tinkerer builds iPad-controlled Batmobile
Tommy Hilfiger Europe using "hundreds" of iPads to host its fashion collections
Top 100 iPad Rollouts by Enterprises and Schools (updated Sept 10, 2012)
Top 50 iPad Deployments (updated Jan 2, 2012)
Touro's Graduate School of Health Sciences Provides iPads to Students
Tower School's 1:1 Program Brings the iPad 2 to the Elementary Classroom
Township High School District 214 adds 850 iPads
Two Recent Conferences Discuss iPads in Higher Education
U of Arizona – Tucson College of Medicine initiates 'ArizonaMed iPad Pilot Project'
United Airlines issuing 11,000 iPads to pilots - latest to deploy 'paperless cockpit'
Universal School (Tardeo, India) Deploys iPads to all Primary students
University of Kentucky iPad initiative at Patterson School
University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate Program in Life Sciences provides iPads to students
University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development using 1,268 iPads
University of Minnesota medical students using the iPad for medical education
University of St. Thomas Pilots iPad in Health Care MBA program
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US Air Force Special Operations reconsiders, opens bid for 2,725 iPads or other equivalent tablets
US Air Force to buy as many as 18,000 iPad 2s
US Gov incl. ATF, Congress, VA all adopting iPads
US Marines replace flight maps in Afghanistan with iPads
USA Today: Zeeland (Michigan) school district gives 1,800 iPads to every high school student
USD 457 approves iPad initiative for Garden City High School (est. 2,500 iPads)
USDA to Use iPad For Survey Work in 2011
Utah's largest credit union switches from laptops to iPads
Valdius Pharmaceuticals deploys iPads, CRM app to salesforce
Verizon rolling out 3,800 iPad 2s to employees
Villanova eMBA students receive iPads
Virginia Beach Schools to purchase 1210 iPads
Virginia legislature gives 15 iPads to politicians
Voting by iPad in Oregon
Webb School in Tennessee leases 1,000 iPads from Apple for students
West Florida schools adopt iPad
Willow Creek (MN)to add 275 iPads to middle school classrooms
Yale School of Medicine Gives iPad 2s to its Students
Yale School of Medicine provides ipads to incoming students
Yelp uses beer keg-embedded iPads
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New study reveals that lack of experience with advanced systems could put motorists at risk.
ORLANDO, Fla., (May 2, 2014) – Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) offer a significant opportunity to reduce collisions, improve traffic flow and enhance driver convenience. However, motorists may not fully understand the operation and limitations of these technologies. AAA's research found that the assumptive gap poses a risk for distracted drivers. Although the adaptive cruise control and autonomous braking systems performed as described in the owner's manuals, motorists unfamiliar with these devices may not be prepared for instances when the technology does not engage. The AAA research was conducted with the Automotive Research Center of the Auto Club of Southern California.
"There are significant benefits to this technology, but these systems have limitations, and multi-tasking drivers could be caught off guard by relying too heavily on safety features," says John Nielsen, managing director, AAA Automotive Engineering and Repair. "The benefits of these systems could easily be outweighed if motorists are not familiar with their operation or lessen focus behind the wheel. Technology is not a substitute for an alert, engaged driver."
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's New Car Assessment Program highlights crash-avoidance technologies "to help consumers buy a safer car." These systems can alert a driver to a potential crash, adjust the vehicle's pace to maintain a pre-set speed, and even brake independently to avoid a collision. Automakers are ramping up ADAS deployment to maximize safety benefits, increasing motorist exposure to autonomous systems.
To better understand how adaptive cruise control and autonomous braking function, AAA conducted test-track simulations consisting of a variety of typical commuting scenarios. Overall, the simulations demonstrated that adaptive cruise control did a good job of maintaining a specified following distance when traveling behind slower-moving vehicles in a highway setting. However, autonomous braking systems did not always recognize obstacles, provide a warning signal or engage the brakes to slow or stop the vehicle. AAA's research team also observed that:
- Adaptive cruise control systems performed best when following more closely than AAA's recommended three-second rule.
- Tracking a vehicle at highway speeds while navigating a mild curve was unexpectedly difficult, but improved when following distance was reduced.
- The ability to recognize obstacles varied between vehicles. The owner's manuals for these vehicles warn that the systems may not recognize or react to motorcycles, a stopped vehicle, traffic cones or other obstructions.
Automakers have noted system limitations in owner's manuals; but there are many indications that motorists often do not fully read the manual. Television commercials highlight capabilities without any indication of system limitations, and that input is the primary source of motorist knowledge about what these systems can do. AAA suggests safety gaps could be reduced if:
- Automakers enhance communication to make clear and obvious the limitations of these systems.
- Motorists become thoroughly familiar with all the technology in their car including advanced driver assistance systems before operating the vehicle.
Additional information regarding AAA's tests of adaptive cruise control and autonomous braking is available on the AAA NewsRoom.
As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides more than 54 million members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. AAA's Automotive Engineering team conducts proprietary research to better understand consumer implications of automotive technology, design and functionality. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA clubs can be visited on the Internet at AAA.com.


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Right now in São Paulo, Sandra Cinto is putting the finishing touches on ink and acrylic drawings on very large canvases. On Sunday she arrives in D.C., canvases in tow, and on Monday she begins the process of unrolling, stretching, and mounting them in our café before she begins drawing directly on the walls around them. When she's done and One Day, After the Rain opens on May 19, I have a feeling that entering the café will feel like entering a deluge–undulating waves, sheets of rain, refreshing and invigorating.
Last month, Cinto opened another installation, Encontro das Águas (Encounter of Waters) at Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. Watch the pavilion transform into an unbridled seascape in the time-lapse video below.
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Dow Snaps Losing Streak, Nasdaq Falls for 5th Week
FOX Business: The Power to Prosper
The blue chips managed to tack on gains for the first time in seven weeks, while the Nasdaq added to its longest streak in nearly three years, as traders reacted to relatively upbeat news from Greece and mixed economic data.
Today's Markets
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 42.8 points, or 0.36%, to 12,004, the S&P 500 climbed 3.9 points, or 0.3%, to 1,272 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 7.2 points, or 0.28%, to 2,616. The FOX 50 traded higher by 2.3 points to 893.
For the week, the Dow was up 0.4%, the broad S&P 500 inched 0.04% higher and the Nasdaq shed 1%.
European sovereign debt concerns have taken the spotlight, along with U.S. economic data, in the last several sessions amid concerns Greece might have to restructure or default on its debt. Such an event, analysts say, could reverberate in debt markets in the euro zone and potentially even abroad.
In the short-term, aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund would help the country make payments on its bonds, staving off a debt event. There have been debates, however, among possible lenders over the specifications of such a deal.
In what Wall Street has seen a stabilizing move, Germany and France said Friday morning they would back a new aid package for Greece based on the so-called "Vienna Initiative," which was created in 2009 to help Central European banks moderate exposure during the financial crisis.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou also replaced his finance minister in the hopes a shake-up would restore some faith in the beleaguered government.
Still, many market participants who closely follow the events in Greece, particularly those who focus on European markets, struck a cautious tone.
"With so many false dawns regarding European debt, it is clear that no one is exactly over-enthusiastic about taking on large amounts of risk over the weekend," wrote David Jones, chief market strategist at IG Index, a London-based trading firm, in a research note.
Indeed, in a late-day move, Moody's put Italy's sovereign debt on review for a possible downgrade, citing economic concerns and the country's high debt level.
The euro bounced higher by 0.73% against the U.S. dollar and the greenback slumped 0.64% against a basket of world currencies.
Consumer sentiment fell more than expected in early June. The Reuters/University of Michigan gauge of consumer sentiment fell to 71.8 fom 74.3. Economists expected a reading of 74 for the month. The survey found individuals had a significantly dimmer outlook on the economy over the next year.
Fresh data from a private research group suggest economic growth will pick up over the next few months. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rebounded by 0.8% after falling 0.4% the prior month.
On the corporate front, Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) posted a nearly 10% drop in its fiscal-fist quarter earnings, announced layoffs and said its current-quarter and full-year profits would come in well below Wall Street's expectations. The BlackBerry maker has seen increased competition from companies like Apple (NYSE:AAPL), which makes the popular iPhone and iPad. Shares plummeted more than 20% on the news -- the biggest one-day decline since 2008.
Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) unveiled plans to acquire ING's online banking unit in a cash and stock deal valued at $9 billion.
Crude was down 6.3% on the week -- the biggest weekly fall since early May -- as traders worried the slowing pace of economic recovery would crimp worldwide demand for oil.
On the day, light, sweet crude dropped $1.94, or 2%, to $93.01 a barrel. Wholesale RBOB gasoline was down slightly to $2.95 a gallon.
Gasoline prices on the consumer level continue inching lower. A gallon of regular gas costs $3.68 on average nationwide, down from $3.93 last month, but well higher than the $2.71 drivers paid last year, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report.
In metals, gold was up $9.20, or 0.6%, to $1,539 a troy ounce. Silver gained 19 cents, or 0.53%, to $35.75 a troy ounce.
Corporate News
Bankrate (NYSE:RATE) made its New York Stock Exchange debut under the ticker "RATE." Shares ended the day higher by roughly 2%.
Foreign Markets
The English FTSE 100 gained 0.28% to 5,715, the French CAC 40 jumped 0.83% to 3,824 and the German DAX gained 0.76% to 7,164.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 was down 0.64% to 9,351 and the Chinese Hang Seng plummeted 1.2% to 21,695.


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Rocky Mountain Institute has created an animated map of US oil imports from 1973 to the present using google maps. The map uses data from the Energy Information Agency's to show oil flows from exporting countries in terms of volume and dollars.
Click on the image to see the interactive map on RMI's website.


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In the early days of photography, it was only natural for the medium to adopt the still life as a key mode of expression in its bid to surpass the realism of painting. And as this exhibit shows (as does a complementary exhibit of 20th century works), the still life was destined to become one of the most enduring of all photographic modes, as the evolving capabilities of printing and camera technique allowed photographers to plumb the depths of representational and abstract expression.
During the 19th century, of course, abstraction was an almost accidental byproduct of the Pictorial instinct of early photographers, who sought mainly to meet or exceed the beauty of painterly representation through carefully composed arrangements of floral, domestic, and other everyday objects. Thus, the many anonymous examples gathered here seek to transcend the sepia-toned limitations of the early albumen- and salt-print techniques with artfully lit sprays and arrangements of flowers, capturing their complex textural details as evocatively as possible.
However, the timelessness of floral still lifes in this exhibit coexists with several fascinating period studies that bring many timely particulars of the mid-1800s into view. For example, images from a Parisian toy factory display a variety of toy soldiers, dolls, and even the toy-fabricating machinery itself. Other images range from religious reliquaries to Roman ornaments and even the ornately decorated sarcophagus of Victor Hugo in the Pantheon. Not surprisingly, there are images of dead game birds carefully mounted for the camera--a popular motif of still-life painting that extends back to the Dutch Masters--along with several images of pistols, rifles and other weapons of the day, such as cannonballs, spears and daggers, arrayed as if to create an historical tableau or simply to establish pride of ownership of these finely filigreed instruments of destruction.
Equally interesting are still lifes of architectural details of some of the great public works of Paris and France--for example, the urns of Versailles, decorative elements pertaining to the 19th-century rebuilding program in Marseilles, as well as models of some of the capitals of the then-new Louvre. As for many of the photographers themselves, their names are among the most important of the 19th-century--most notably Henri Le Secq, Edmond Lebel, Charles Negre, Adolphe Terris, Alphonse Jeanrenaud, Edouard Baldus as well as Auguste Salzmann, who brought a stark, almost modernist presence and simplicity to the still lifes of his Jerusalem series of reliquaries.
In all, these are wonderful examples of key early photographers (and earnest amateurs) and their evolving mastery of light, composition, and the printing techniques at their command. The quality of these images--in most cases, richly detailed and very sharp--connect us to their time and place with exceeding grace and command, evoking in us a rare sense of wonder.
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As you may know, I have been teaching BIO101 (and also the BIO102 Lab) to non-traditional students in an adult education program for about twelve years now. Every now and then I muse about it publicly on the blog (see this, this, this, this, this, this and this for a few short posts about various aspects of it - from the use of videos, to the use of a classroom blog, to the importance of Open Access so students can read primary literature). The quality of students in this program has steadily risen over the years, but I am still highly constrained with time: I have eight 4-hour meetings with the students over eight weeks. In this period I have to teach them all of biology they need for their non-science majors, plus leave enough time for each student to give a presentation (on the science of their favourite plant and animal) and for two exams. Thus I have to strip the lectures to the bare bones, and hope that those bare bones are what non-science majors really need to know: concepts rather than factoids, relationship with the rest of their lives rather than relationship with the other sciences. Thus I follow my lectures with videos and classroom discussions, and their homework consists of finding cool biology videos or articles and posting the links on the classroom blog for all to see. A couple of times I used malaria as a thread that connected all the topics - from cell biology to ecology to physiology to evolution. I think that worked well but it is hard to do. They also write a final paper on some aspect of physiology.
Another new development is that the administration has realized that most of the faculty have been with the school for many years. We are experienced, and apparently we know what we are doing. Thus they recently gave us much more freedom to design our own syllabus instead of following a pre-defined one, as long as the ultimate goals of the class remain the same. I am not exactly sure when am I teaching the BIO101 lectures again (late Fall, Spring?) but I want to start rethinking my class early. I am also worried that, since I am not actively doing research in the lab and thus not following the literature as closely, that some of the things I teach are now out-dated. Not that anyone can possibly keep up with all the advances in all the areas of Biology which is so huge, but at least big updates that affect teaching of introductory courses are stuff I need to know.
I need to catch up and upgrade my lecture notes. And what better way than crowdsource! So, over the new few weeks, I will re-post my old lecture notes (note that they are just intros - discussions and videos etc. follow them in the classroom) and will ask you to fact-check me. If I got something wrong or something is out of date, let me know (but don't push just your own preferred hypothesis if a question is not yet settled - give me the entire controversy explanation instead). If something is glaringly missing, let me know. If something can be said in a nicer language - edit my sentences. If you are aware of cool images, articles, blog-posts, videos, podcasts, visualizations, animations, games, etc. that can be used to explain these basic concepts, let me know. And at the end, once we do this with all the lectures, let's discuss the overall syllabus - is there a better way to organize all this material for such a fast-paced class.
Today, we continue into biology proper - the basic structure of a (mainly animal) cell. See the previous lectures:
Biology and the Scientific Method.
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Second lecture notes from my BIO101 class (originally from May 08, 2006). As always, in this post and the others in the series, I need comments - is everything kosher? Any suggestions for improvement?
BIO 101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 1 - Part 2
The Cell
All living organisms are composed of one or more cells - the cell is the unit of organization of Life.
Most cells are very small. Exceptions? Ostrich egg is the largest animal cell. There are some algae (like Caulerpa) with even larger cells. A nerve cell in a hind leg of a giraffe may be as long as 3m, but is very thin. There are some important differences between animal, plant and microbial cells, but ss this is a BIO101 speed course, we do not have time to cover all the nuances, so we'll focus on the animal cell for the most part.
Basic Structure of the Cell
A cell is a small packet or bag of liquid. The liquid is cytoplasm (or cytosol), which is essentially salty water with various organic molecules suspended in it.
The cytoplasm is contained within a cell membrane. Cell membrane is a phospholypid bi-layer - this means that it is composed of two layers of tightly packed molecules of fat. The molecules that make the membrane are polar, thus one end of the molecule repels water while the other one attracts it: this prevents many substances from passing through the membrane - their passage is thus controlled and facilitated by proteins. Within the membrane, proteins are embedded into the bi-lipid layer and are more or less free to move around within the membrane. These proteins are important for the communication between the inside and outside of the cell.
You can see a good image here.
On the outside of the membrane, some cells may have additional structures. For instance, many bacterial and plant cells have thick cell walls that confer more rigidity to the cell as well as better defense against mechanical, chemical or biological insults.
Some cells also have hair-like cilia on the surface (e.g., a Protist called Silver Slipper), or long whip-like flagella at one end (e.g., sperm cells). Both of these structures allow the cell to move utilizing its own energy.
Inside every cell, there is hereditary material - DNA. Exceptions? Red blood cells of mammals which have a membrane and cytoplasm, but no hereditary material.
Differences between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes:
Prokaryotes (bacteria, archaea) have a cell membrane and cytoplasm and no other organelles.
Eukaryotes (plants, animals, fungi, protista) have a number of different cell organelles.
Later in the course, when we cover diversity, you will see that this division is arbitrary and somewhat out-dated, but we'll temporarily use it here as it helps with the organization of the topic.
The nuclear material in Prokaryotes is a single, circular strand of DNA (though there are exceptions).
The nuclear material in Eukaryotes is organized in multiple chromosomes contained within a nucleus.
Cell Organelles
As a rule, Eukaryotic cells have organelles. Some Prokaryotic cells may have some of the organelles, or some internal organization, though, so use this only as a "rule of thumb". Organelles are sub-cellular structures that provide internal compartmentalization and other functions.
Internal compartmentalization - it is important for a complex cell to a) place all the chemicals involved in a particular biochemical reaction in close proximity to each other, enclosed in a smaller space, and b) separate from each other chemicals that would otherwise react with each other, yet it is important for the cell they do not.
Thus, organelles are for the most part internal structures that accomplish this: providing separate spaces within a cell, so different chemical reactions can occur in different places without any cross-reactions. The cell, as it synthesizes the molecules, transports each into the appropriate compartment. This is called spatial compartmentalization as the biochemical reactions are separated in space. Cells also use temporal compartmentalization by producing different chemicals at different times (e.g., time of day, time of year, or stage of life), so some biochemical processes may, for example, occur only during the day and others only during the night, and the two do not interfere with each other. This is more energy-efficient (no need to keep producing all the chemicals all the time) and also helps in coordinating and synchronizing biological processes between the cells in a tissue.
Nucleus is a large membrane-bound organelle. Its function is to sequester the DNA from the rest of the cell. The nuclear membrane (or nuclear envelope), which is also a phospholipid bi-layer, selectively allows molecules to pass between the nucleus and cytoplasm. Inside the nucleus, DNA is organized in chromosomes. A chromosome is a tightly coiled and wound strand of DNA packaged with various proteins (e.g,. histones).
Smooth endoplasmic reticulum is a system of membranes and is involved in carbohydrate and lipid synthesis.
Rough endoplasmic reticulum is a system of membranes that possesses ribosomes. Proteins are synthesized in the rough ER.
Golgi apparatus stores and packages various molecules. When a molecule is needed elsewhere in the cell, a portion of the Golgi membrane closes off and forms a vesicle that can be transported around the cell.
Some Eukaryotic organelles contain a little bit of their own DNA: the mitochondria and the chloroplasts. These two organelles used to be inter-cellular parasites, i.e., different species of bacteria that, over time, became an integral part of a cell.
Chloroplasts are found in plant cells. Photosynthesis is the process that occurs in them.
Mitochondria are found in all Eukaryotic cells. Breakdown of glucose begins in the cytoplasm and ends in the mitochondria, where the final products of the breakdown are ATP, water, CO2 and heat. This process requires oxygen - that is why we breath: to provide the oxygen for the mitochondria and to get rid of carbon dioxide produced in the mitochondria.
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the energy currency of the living world. Every cellular process that requires energy gets it from ATP. Thus, mitochondria are sometimes referred to as "factories of the cell".
The final portion of the process of glucose digestion (the Krebs cycle) is, like any process, not 100% efficient. Errors happen and not every atom of every glucose molecule ends up where it should: in ATP, water or CO2. The result of this inefficiency is production of heat and production of highly reactive small molecules called free radicals (e.g., hydrogen peroxide, H2O2). Free radicals tend to quickly react with whatever molecule they first encounter upon leaving the mitochondria. Such reactions damage those molecules, be they proteins, lipids, sugars or nucleic acids. The inter-cellular damage caused by free radicals is one aspect of the process of aging.
Some animals - birds and mammals - have harnessed the heat production by the mitochondria to keep a stable internal temperature. The efficiency of the mitochondrial "machine" is held low under the control of hormones like thyroid hormones. As a result, there is a greater production of free radicals, so warm-blooded animals evolved particularly good mechanisms for neutralizing free radicals and for repairing the damage. If a person keeps a constant low temperature or constant low-grade fever, the first thing the physician will check is the function of the thyroid gland.
The cytoskeleton, composed of filaments and microtubules, anchors the organelles and gives a cell its shape. Microtubules move organelles, including vesicles, within a cell. They are essential for making sure that the right molecules end up in the right compartments within the cell. They also move the membrane-embedded proteins around where they are needed.
Previously in this series:
Biology and the Scientific Method
Images: they come from the textbook I used before, I think. These posts are several years old I and I lost the image sources in the meantime - help me by letting me know if you know the sources so I can properly acknowledge them.