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TiCN/TiNbCN Multilayer System with Enhanced Tribological Properties
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Improvement in the mechanical properties of hard coatings such monolayer (TiN, CrN, AlCN, WC-Co, TiCN) [1], has been achieved using compositional gradient WC/C layer, or multilayered type [transition metal/transition carbide]n, [transition metal/transition nitride]n, [TiCN/ZrCN]n, among others. Multilayered coatings exhibit better mechanical and chemical properties, such as hardness, adhesion, wear resistance, than those in monolayer [2, 3]. We have improved mechanical properties in a multilayered system such as [BCN/c-BN]n, n varying between 1 to 16 [4]. Improvement in the mechanical properties is of crucial importance from industrial applications point of view, especially in processes where high mechanical performance is required. In this work, we have grown superlattices based on the ternary and quaternary coatings of the type [TiCN/TiNbCN]n, maintaining constant the total thickness of the coating. The main goal is to study the crystalline and interfacial structure via electron microscopy in cross section view and correlated them with structural, morphological and mechanical properties. [TiCN/TiNbCN]n coatings were grown onto Si (100) and steel substrates by reactive r.f. magnetron sputtering technique using two alternating targets (TiC and Nb) [5-6]. The bilayer period (Λ) was varied from the micrometric (1.5 µm) to the nanometric range (15 nm), for a total thickness of 3 µm. Coatings was structurally characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy and (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Fig.1 displays a cross section TEM micrograph showing the diffraction contrast of the multilayer and its corresponding diffraction pattern; in Fig 2 we can observed a TiNC/TiNbCN interface via the high resolution TEM micrograph. Fig. 3 shows an AFM image of a surface of a multilayer showing the nano-indentation traces. Fig. 4 shows the improvement of the hardness with the increase of the bilayers number. Detailed analysis of high resolution images and their diffraction pattern on multilayer with the lowest bilayer thickness indicates an epitaxial relation between TiNC and TiNbCN layers inside each columnar crystallite, it is given by Ti-N-C(111)||Ti-Nb-CN (111) showing cube-on cube assembly. Hardness measurements were performed by using nano-indentation. The tribological properties were determinate via dynamic contact test using a Microtest MT 4001-98 tribometer and Scratch Test Microtest MTR2 system; from them, the friction coefficient and critical load for the different samples were measured. An enhancement of both hardness and elastic modulus was observed when the bilayer period (Λ) in the coatings was reduced. Sample with the smallest bilayer period (Λ = 15 nm, n = 200 bilayers) showed the lowest friction coefficient (~0.1) and the highest critical load (80 N), corresponding to 2.2 and 1.6 times better than those values for the coating with n = 1, respectively. The enhancement effects in the [TiCN/TiNbCN]n multilayer coatings can be attributed to the Hall Petch effect in multilayered coatings, in which the interfaces act as a barrier against the movement of the dislocations and the bilayers of materials having different mechanical properties generate an inhomogeneous.
- Motivation
- Experimental Details
- Film Characterization:
- XRD, TEM, nanoindentation, pin-on- disc, wear test
- Analysis of Tribological properties
- Conclusions
In conjunction with J. C. Caicedo, C. Amaya, M. E. Gómez (Thin Film Group, Department of Physics, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia), L. Yate, A. Lousa, and J. Esteve (Department de Física Aplicada i Óptica, Universitat de Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain).
This work was supported by the Center of Excellence for Novel Materials (CENM) under Colciencias/CENM contract # RC-043-2005.
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Wang Yi-yi (王蟻益), a member of the Chiayi City arts circle, is trying to revive a dying Taiwanese system of numbers used in accounting by incorporating them into his works of art, in the hope that younger generations would once again come to know this system like their forebears did.
According to Wang, the numbers had once been the accounting system of early Taiwanese society and had been used by business owners to balance their books.
The system used 10 numbers, each corresponding to its equivalent Arabic number from 0 to 9, Wang said, adding that even in modern times, some appliance stores or Chinese medicine stores still use the system.
Wang said that historical data he had studied showed that the system had been in use as recently as when the Japanese colonized Taiwan. Most older farmers and fishermen still remember the system, but Wang added that it was impossible to tell who had created it.
Farmers called the system "Taiwanese numbers" (台灣碼), but the naming seemed to be adapted by whatever industry used it. Betel nut growers called it "betel nut digits," while sugarcane growers called it "sugarcane digits," Wang said.
As the accounting method using the system of numbers was unique — with the numbers recorded at the top column of the ledger and the unit of the number in a lower column, as opposed to side by side — it was hard to change it once the record had been made, Wang said, adding that it aided accounting accuracy.
Wang said the first time he had incorporated Taiwanese numbers into his artwork was two years ago, when he designed T-shirts and business-card holders for a creativity competition.
The success of this endeavor has also seen Wang invited to other events. For instance, he was recently invited to the Hakka Cultural Exhibit Hall in Chiayi County's Sikou Township (溪口) to teach the township residents how to use the Taiwanese digits on their mailboxes.
Wang doubles as a pyrography instructor at Chiayi City community college.
Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks using a heated object such as a poker.
However, Wang has not always been moonlighting as a teacher at the community college. Before he came in contact with pyrography five years ago, while surfing the Internet, Wang worked in the insurance industry.
Saying he had liked to doodle since his youth, Wang attended arts and craft classes in high school and learned painting from the Modernist painter Tai Ming-te (戴明德) and the late, renowned painter Tsao Ken (曹根). Against this background, Wang had immediately taken a liking to pyrography because of its simple beauty.
"I started toying with the genre and gave it a few tries, and I have not been able to break away since," Wang said, adding that he started moonlighting at the community college three years ago.
Wang also accepted an invitation from the Chiayi prison to instruct inmates in the art of pyrography.
Two talented inmates pooled their resources to make a huge pyrographic artpiece of Alishan's (阿里山) trains and blossoming cherry trees that stood out because of its high level of craftsmanship. The artwork has been selected for a cross-strait arts and crafts exhibition of inmates' works, Wang said.
Wang also spreads his and his students' pyrography works abroad via Facebook, winning praise from other pyrography artists or admirers in foreign countries. This has inadvertently helped to promote Taiwan's image abroad, Wang said.


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HTC announced the 8X today, and Rogers just dropped me a line saying that they'll have both the 8 GB and 16 GB model available. Rogers will actually have an exclusive on the 8 GB model, though I'm having a hard time believing anyone would really be itching for less storage rather than more.
No word on price just yet, but it's looking like AT&T will be getting the HTC 8X for $199, which could very well translate to Canada as well. Now just to see if TELUS, Bell, or even WIND or Mobilicity will be offering any of the new HTC devices... Update: Bell just let me know that they'll have the device available too, though TELUS and the other carriers were conspicuously absent from the HTC press release they sent me.
Here's a quick reminder of the specs on the HTC 8X.
Full specifications:
- DISPLAY: 341ppi super LCD 2 display, with Gorilla Glass for greater durability. Optical lamination for superior sharpness & clarity plus reduced light reflection
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step : Removing the Wheel (0:27)
- Loosen the 19mm lug nuts with the vehicle on the ground
- Raise the vehicle with a floor jack
- Secure the vehicle on jack stands
- Remove the lug nuts
- Pull off the wheel
step : Removing the Brake Pads (0:49)
- Remove the 12mm bolt from the brake line bracket
- Remove the 17mm bolts from the brake caliper
- Pry the brake pads into the caliper with a flat blade screwdriver to push in the pistons
- Pull the caliper aside
- Pry the brake pads off with a flat blade screwdriver
- Remove the brake pad slides
- Clean the slides with a wire brush
- Apply anti-seize fluid or white grease to the slides
- Push the slides on with a flat blade screwdriver
step : Removing the Brake Rotor (3:06)
- Remove 14mm bolts from the brake caliper bracket
- Pull off the brake caliper bracket
- Pull the rotor off
- If the rotor will not come off, thread the lug nuts and strike the hub area of the rotor with the ball end of a ball peen hammer
step : Preparing the New Brake Pads and Rotors (6:09)
- Turn the caliper piston in with needle nose pliers
- Clean the brake pad slides with a wire brush and brake parts cleaner
- Apply grease to the caliper slides
- Apply grease to the brake pad tabs
- Clean the rotor with brake parts cleaner
step : Installing the New Brake Rotor (9:24)
- Slide the rotor on
- Thread on one lug nut to hold the rotor in place
- Put the caliper bracket back into place
- Start the 14mm bolts by hand
- Tighten the bolts to 54 foot-pounds of torque
step : Installing the New Brake Pads (10:33)
- Place brake grease on the brake pad tab
- Install the new brake pads into the bracket
- Put the caliper on
- Thread bolts by hand
- Counterhold the caliper slide with a 17mm wrench and tighten with a 12mm socket and ratchet
- Tighten bolts to 17 foot-pounds
- Tighten the brake line bracket with a 12mm bolt
step : Reattaching the Wheel (12:25)
- Slide the wheel into place
- Start the lug nuts by hand
- Tighten the lug nuts preliminarily
- Lower the vehicle to the ground
- Tighten the lug nuts to 79.6 foot-pounds in a crossing or star pattern
- Reattach the center cap
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Burger w/ Sweet Potato Fries & Milkshake
Last night I took a little walk as I left one friend to meet up with D and his buddy uptown. I often find myself speedily walking the length of Manhattan island as it begins to warm, much more pleasant than the claustrophobic subway, watching as the people and their actions change with the neighborhood. On a weeknight, the walk is the best: the crowds have diminished, a few hardy souls stumble from bars attempting to make a last effort phone call, and tourists walk aimlessly, unaware of where they should be. In the spring, as night falls cool, a brisk walk is perfect to keep the blood flowing while appreciating time that can finally be spent comfortably outdoors.
My little walk turned into a 40 block trek and for one slight moment, a total of half a block, I smelled spring. It has officially arrived in New York City. It was a brief moment, just past a pile of garbage bags that the air lightened and suddenly Dogwood mingled with early purple violets. Blossoms are out; spring has arrived.
With the weather warming, D and I begin to think about our city escapes: camping. Just when the weather turns perfect, D plans our camping destination while I plan the (cheese) farms to hit up for produce along the way. Interspersed with our camping shenanigans are the precious city BBQs. Few and far between since outdoor space is a rarity, when they do come, they are perfect: on a rooftop, in a side alleyway, in a 5 foot plot of grass next to the front stoop, on the fire escape, and if you are lucky, on the coveted balcony.
So it is with these spring thoughts that D and I whip up our own little (indoor) BBQ. It is possibly the classic New York City diner meal (next to the corned beef sandwich): a burger with french fries and a black and white milkshake. The (best) black and white milkshakes, like the black and white cookie, are only found in the tri-state area [cough] -- New York City. On a trip home to Chicago one year I entered a diner and ordered one. I received a confused look and returned it with a smitten: "vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce!?" Geesh, how can you not know?! But attempted (and tasted) in diners west and north, the best are found in the City. The black and white milkshake has the delicate pleasures of vanilla ice cream with that extra sweet richness of chocolate sauce. Like the classic hot fudge sundae or chocolate milk, you can make it as subtle or rich as desired. An even better play on this drink? The beershake-- really, it's tasty. Or, the whiskyshake, which my New Orleans friend calls "milk punch." The rest of the meal has received ink:
The Burger (made with caramelized onions and mushrooms; no cheese)
The Sweet Potato French Fries (made with salt, no cumin)
And without further ado…
Makes: 2 servings. Active Time= 5 minutes.
* 1-½ cups vanilla ice cream
* 1 Tbl chocolate sauce
* 2-½ cups milk
1) Blend all ingredients and serve immediately
Makes: 2 servings. Active Time= 5 minutes.
* 1-½ cups chocolate ice cream
* 1 cup milk
* 1 pint good porter beer
1) Blend the ice cream with the milk.
2) Add beer, stir with spoon. (Do not attempt to blend the beer as it will produce a foamshake.
Makes: 2 servings. Active Time= 5 minutes.
* 1-½ cups vanilla ice cream
* 1 Tbl chocolate sauce
* 2-½ cups milk
* 4 oz preferred whisky
1) Blend all ingredients and serve immediately


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27 January 2012
While looking for a way to prevent dynamic stalling in helicopters, DLR researchers in Göttingen struck gold with humpback whales. These marine mammals are renowned for their great speed and acrobatic skills. This is due to their unusually large pectoral fins, which have characteristic bumps along the front edge. DLR researchers translated the idea of using bumps for delaying the onset of stalling to helicopter rotors, and tested it out using the Bo 105 research helicopter.
istockphoto.com/Josh Friedmann.
Photomontage of a humpback whale and the DLR helicopter Bo 105.
DLR/istockphoto.com/Josh Friedmann. Photomontage: DLR.
A computer simulation shows turbulence around a rotor blade when the airflow separates from the aerofoil. This phenomenon, referred to as a 'dynamic stall', occurs on a backward-moving main rotor blade during fast forward flight or manoeuvring.
The bumps, called Leading-Edge Vortex generators (LEVoGs), have a diameter of six millimetres and weigh only 0.04 grams.
Rubber bumps: Kai Richter (left) and Holger Mai of DLR Göttingen inspect the installation of small rubber bumps on the helicopter. 186 bumps were attached to each rotor blade.
DLR Braunschweig tested the concept using the Bo 105 research helicopter.
Modern helicopters could be significantly faster and more manoeuvrable - if aerodynamics did not impose limitations on them. Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Göttingen have now discovered and flight-tested a way to increase manoeuvrability using an idea they got from observing humpback whales.
Unwanted turbulence
Helicopters owe their special ability to vertically take off and land to their main rotor, but this also contributes to aerodynamic disadvantages. The airflow over a backward-moving main rotor blade separating from the aerofoil during fast forward flight or manoeuvring, referred to as a 'dynamic stall', creates turbulence, loss of lift and exerts large forces on the rotor. Drag increases and the rotor head control rods are subjected to large dynamic loads. "This limits the top speed of helicopters at high altitude and, in particular, their manoeuvrability," explains Kai Richter from the DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology in Göttingen. In addition, the resulting vibration compromises passenger comfort. Modern engines would be able to deliver significantly better flight performance were it not for these limitations. "Stalling is one of the most serious problems in helicopter aerodynamics – and one of the most complex," says Richter. Generating a computer simulation of a moving rotor is significantly more complicated than modelling a fixed-wing aircraft.
Acrobatic marine mammals
When looking for ways to delay the onset of stalling in helicopters, researchers at Göttingen struck gold with humpback whales - which is somewhat surprising at first glance. "These marine mammals are renowned for their great speed and acrobatic skills," says Holger Mai from the DLR Institute of Aeroelasticity. This is due to their unusually large pectoral fins, which have characteristic bumps along the front edge. "Research has shown that these bumps cause stalling to occur significantly later underwater and increase buoyancy."
DLR researchers translated the idea of using bumps for delaying the onset of stalling to helicopter rotors, and patented it as Leading-Edge Vortex Generators (LEVoGs) "Flow phenomena in water are similar to those in air; they just need to be scaled accordingly," says Mai. The artificial bumps on helicopters are smaller than those on a humpback whale; they have a diameter of six millimetres and weigh just 0.04 grams.
Experiments conducted in the wind tunnel were promising, enabling a test flight using the DLR Bo 105 research helicopter in Braunschweig to be successfully carried out, as part of the DLR SIMCOS (Advanced Simulation and Control of Dynamic Stall) project. 186 rubber LEVoGs were glued to each of the helicopter's four rotor blades.
"The pilots have already noticed a difference in the behaviour of the rotor blades," says Richter. The main objective of the initial test flight was to demonstrate the safety of this new technique. "The next step is a flight using special measuring equipment to accurately record the effects," Richter explains.
If the concept proves successful, DLR researchers hope that existing helicopters could be retrofitted at little expense. For new helicopters, contours could be milled into the front edges of existing titanium blade designs during the manufacturing process.
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You've just been Coppered!
So, I've been away hob knobbing and travelling the U.K. and Europe over the last 2 hockey seasons but, I'm back, I'm employed, and I'm interested in buying tickets again. Just picked up a pair for the 23rd as the Flames are in town and so is my dad, so it's a good opportunity to sneak out on our own for a night. As I was on the website though I discovered that there is a class distinction among teams now. I'm not sure how they did their figuring, but it looks like it has something to do with the quality of opponent visiting Rexall. I'm sure they'll still charge in the Blue half of the chart when the Leafs get to town, but really, do they deserve it?
My dad won't care if we have to shovel ice to be at the game or spend $500, just so that we can be there, but hopefully tickets won't sell out so fast that it comes down to that. Yes, my father is a Leafs fan… Any season ticket holders out there going away for Christmas?
Anyways, back to the pricing breakdown, I've been gone for 2 years so maybe this isn't a new thing. Anyone else know? And how do the teams feel that get "Coppered" so to speak? Are they insulted and try harder to earn the ticket holders respect or are they dejected and fearful of what degrading acts may befall them the next time they come to town?


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UCSF team wins $26 million grant to build brain implant
$26 million grant to develop implant
A team led by UCSF neuroscientists has won federal funding to build an implantable brain device that would record and analyze live electrical signals, then alter them to retrain the brain to recover from mental illnesses like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
The funding, announced Monday night, comes from a U.S. Department of Defense agency that is focused on improving understanding of brain disorders, including illnesses that often affect service members and veterans, and developing new engineering-based treatments.
The UCSF team - which includes scientists from UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Cornell and New York universities - will receive up to $26 million for the project. The funding is part of $100 million set aside by President Obama for his national Brain Initiative announced in April 2013.
"Our understanding of the brain is very incomplete. We need to move much faster to get to a much higher level of sophisticated understanding," said Dr. Edward Chang, a neurosurgeon who is leading the UCSF team. "We're taking a big leap forward with this project. How do you build an intelligent device that interacts with the brain? That's never been worked out before."
A second team led by neuroscientists from Massachusetts General Hospital also received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The teams will receive the grant money in stages over five years as they meet certain targets along the way.
Neuro prosthesis
Both groups are part of the agency's Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies program, which previously has supported projects using brain devices to improve memory and the functionality of prosthetic arms.
The UCSF group is charged with developing a neuro-prosthetic device that would allow scientists for the first time to record electrical activity from multiple parts of the brain simultaneously and at a very fine resolution. Currently, technology doesn't exist to record that much information, or to process it in a way that is meaningful to scientists.
A recording device alone would be profoundly useful toward improving understanding of how the brain operates on a network level - like building a "Hubble telescope" for studying the brain, said Dr. Vikaas Sohal, a UCSF psychiatrist who's part of the brain device team.
"We build these devices and are able to see something no one has ever seen before," Sohal said. "By doing that, we're almost guaranteed to discover something new and important."
For neuropsychiatric disorders like depression, scientists have a fair understanding of what parts of the brain are affected by illness, Sohal said. In patients with depression, for example, advanced imaging equipment has shown which areas are over-activated and which ones are under-activated. But doctors don't know how those regions are communicating, or what they're saying.
"It's like a TV show where all you have are snapshots. We know who the actors are, but we don't know what they're saying to each other, and we don't know who the villains are or who the heroes are," Sohal said. "That's very analogous to where we are right now with the brain."
What is known
Decades of research have uncovered biological mechanisms behind mental illnesses, such as the role of hormones or genetic factors, and doctors have become competent at describing and diagnosing conditions by their symptoms.
But treatments, even as they've improved dramatically in recent decades, are imprecise and not always effective, neuroscientists say. Drugs can improve symptoms, but they often come with troublesome side effects. Therapy can help many patients, but it's expensive and can take years. And roughly 10 to 20 percent of patients get little or no benefit from drugs or therapy.
Plus, the treatments, even when they work well, aren't cures.
The brain device that the UCSF team hopes to develop would be designed to retrain the brain - teaching it to "unlearn" electrical activity that causes problems, Chang said. The idea is to build a device that would record signals and find patterns associated with mental illness, and then emit new signals to permanently alter those patterns.
"We're not interested in creating people who are dependent on these devices," Chang said. "What we're talking about is retraining the brain circuits, so you're getting at the core of the problem."
Brain activity
Such a device would have to be far more powerful than anything that exists today. It will need to be capable of recording and processing vast quantities of data, and separating the data that matters from the "white noise" of activity that is humming around the brain.
Doctors now use a technique called deep brain stimulation to record activity from one region of the brain, then manually shoot new electrical signals to that same region. They are able to improve symptoms of some neurological conditions like Parkinson's disease and epilepsy with the devices, but they haven't worked well on patients with mental illnesses.
Still, deep brain stimulation proves that scientists are able to interact with the brain and effect change. It suggests a more advanced device isn't just a fantasy, said Jose Carmena, co-director, with Chang, of the Center for Neural Engineering and Prostheses at UC Berkeley and UCSF.
"It's an extremely ambitious project. It's a man-on-the-moon kind of project," said Carmena, one of several UC Berkeley scientists who will work on the device. "But deep brain stimulation has been happening more than a decade now. We just need to make it better."
Erin Allday is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Looking Back At 2012, Ahead To 2013
January 1, 2013 - 9:19pm,
by Joshua Kucera
A year ago, The Bug Pit predicted that the two most likely conflicts
in the Caucasus and Central Asia would be between Azerbaijan and
Armenia, or in Tajikistan. The region did escape full-blown conflict
in 2012, but those two situations did get significantly tenser:
Azerbaijan/Armenia over Baku's pardoning of Ramil Safarov, and
Tajikistan during heavy fighting in Khorog over the summer. If we look
ahead at 2013, those would still seem to be the most likely conflicts,
in the still unlikely event that one were to break out in the region.
(The third most likely conflict scenario from a year ago, an
interstate conflict between Uzbekistan and either Kyrgyzstan or
Tajikistan, didn't come to pass, and 2012 did seem to see a decrease
in the number of border skirmishes, troop movements, etc. that raised
tension in 2011.)
A year ago, there seemed to be some possibility of civil unrest, or
worse, in Georgia over the hotly contested elections there in the fall
of 2012. That didn't come to pass and there, too, conflict seems less
likely than it was a year ago, given that the country proved it could
carry out a peaceful transition of political power, and that the
potentially erratic President MIkheil Saakashvili will be kept in
check by an opposition government.
So what will be the issues to watch in 2013 on The Bug Pit's beat?
Armenia and Azerbaijan, as always; Azerbaijani analyst Razi Nurullayev
tweeted that because both countries are holding presidential elections
in 2013, "Armenia & Azerbaijan will prefer war rhetoric this year & no
bilateral negotiations expected on high level." As always, though, the
state of high tension on the line of contact in Nagorno Karabakh,
Azerbaijan's rapid military buildup and war rhetoric create conditions
where a miscalculation or accident could spiral out of control.
And while the risk of conflict in Georgia is diminished, the country
could be going through some geopolitical tumult, as Prime Minister
Bidzina Ivanishvili's hope of maintaining good relations with the U.S.
and NATO while improving ties with Russia is likely to be tested this
year (most likely by the Kremlin). That could provide some fireworks.
The International Crisis Group, as it did last year, lists "Central
Asia" among its "10 Conflicts To Watch in 2013." Under that rubric it
includes Tajikistan, a succession crisis in Uzbekistan, socioeconomic
tension in Kazakhstan and the ethnic divide in Kyrgyzstan. I wouldn't
go as far as ICG in predicting that these could lead to a conflict,
but they are all obviously troubling dynamics.
In Central Asia, the major theme of 2013 will be bracing for 2014,
when U.S. and coalition forces start to withdraw from Afghanistan. No
one quite knows what that is going to look like, but states in the
region are worrying about instability from the south. Most of them
don't have the wherewithal to deal with external threats, however, a
vacuum that Russia is trying to fill with the Collective Security
Treaty Organization. With 2014 looming, this is the year for the CSTO
to prove that it is a legitimate tool to deal with insecurity rather
than, as it's seemed thus far, mainly a talk shop.
In 2012, the region dodged some bullets (literal as well as
figurative), most notably in Tajikistan and between Armenia and
Azerbaijan. Does that prove that these situations, while tense, can
bend without breaking? Or were the events of 2012 instead an addition
to the instability, setting the stage eventually for some catalyst to
start a full-on conflict? Let's hope 2013 isn't the year we find out.


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Don't Be Such a Millennial
Take back the term "millennial." Tips for revolutionizing the workplace through hard work and humility.
By Kathryn Knight Randolph
August 26, 2011
Earlier this month, CNN contributor and national columnist Ruben Navarrette, Jr. wrote an opinion piece on millennials in the job market, saying, "millennials are tech-savvy, highly educated and have incredibly high self-esteem even if they haven't done much to deserve it." And he's not alone.
Needless to say, Navarette's assessment was a bit controversial to both millennials and non-millennials. But is he correct in some respects?
Millennials, falling between ages 18 and 30, bring a great deal to the workplace. They know their away around every social media outlet. They inspire a creativity that surpasses "thinking outside of the box" because using such a clichéd term to define it is insufficient. And they are self-starters – just look at Zuckerberg and the many other millenials like him in the Silicon Valley.
But like Zuckerberg, some millennials can come off seeming a little entitled. Whether you're a millennial or not, or an entitled millennial or not, we've got some sage advice for not acting like Navarette's "high self-esteem" millennial in the job market and in the workplace.
The perfect job. Naverrette points out that the unemployment rate for millennials is currently at 14%, compared to the national rate of 9.2%. There are a variety of reasons for this. First, millennials are competing against men and women who have been laid off and are therefore more experienced.
Second, because of the recession, many companies have downsized. In addition to laying off some of the more experienced employees, corporations are limiting hiring for the time being.
Third, millennials are holding out for the perfect job. They want the job they dreamed of in college – in the big city, with the perfect pay and plenty of paid days off. And while the perfect job is out there, it might not be the perfect time to go after it.
We're living in one of those times where "beggars can't be choosers." If you don't want to live in Mom and Dad's basement for the next year, you may have to suck it up and take a job that isn't glamorous for now. Even if you're just waitressing or serving as a barista at your local coffee shop until that perfect job comes along, you at least have your foot outside of the basement door.
The entitlement. Naverrette states that, "…when they [millennials] do land their dream job, they have some pretty tough requirements in terms of what they want from the experience, such as career advancement. With millennials, you didn't do them any favors by offering them a job; they think they did you a favor by taking it."
In my few years in the workforce, I have heard plenty of younger co-millennials declare, "If I don't get my three-month raise, I'm quitting." Yes, some crazy companies out there just give raises based on three or six-month terms of employment. But at this time, consider yourself lucky if you even get an annual raise – or keep your job, for that matter.
The reality is that most companies don't give raises just because you've worked there for three, six or twelve months. You have to actually work for that raise or bonus, i.e. your performance determines your pay increases.
In the workplace, you should have no sense of entitlement. Employees that garner attention from their bosses and qualify for performance-based raises keep their heads down, work hard and make it clear that they care about doing well by asking their boss questions like:
• How am I doing
• What can I be doing better?
• How can someone in my position work to advance here?
The attitude. In addition to hearing my co-millennials complain about raises, I've heard some say, "I'm not doing that task. It's not part of my job description." And it seems Navarrette has heard the same: "There was the chef who reported that young workers in his kitchen give him strange looks when he asks them "to do something like wash both the inside and outside of a pot or pan or to merely complete a job the best they can." They're more apt to say: "That's not my job!""
No matter where you work, you're on a team. Remember all of the clichéd sayings your high school sports team emblazoned on t-shirts? There's no "I" in TEAM. "Team" means Together Everyone Achieves More! Well, the same applies to the workplace.
There will be times when you have to do a co-worker's task or job. Whether it's because they're a slacker or don't have time, it doesn't matter. You have to help the rest of your team pick up the pieces.
Like your high school sports team, there are star players and then there are those that ride the bench. Be the star player that humbles themselves by working hard, maintaining a good attitude and doing everything you can to ensure that you're an easy person to work with. At the end of the day and at the culmination of your work experience at that company, you want your co-workers to have the best things to say about you. After all, they'll be providing the references for your next job.
While many of Navarrette's conclusions about millennials, in a broad sense, were wrong, some were right. It's up to millennials to take that term back in the job market and workplace. The term, "millennials," can evolve to mean something entirely different: hard workers, creative thinkers and workplace revolutionaries.


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Dempsey snatches draw for Spurs
Clint Dempsey struck two minutes into injury time for Tottenham to secure a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at White Hart Lane.
Robin van Persie had put the league leaders on course for a vital win when he scored his sixth goal against Spurs, but after a sustained period of pressure, Dempsey delivered Andre Villas-Boas' men a thrilling equaliser with less than 60 seconds of the match remaining.
The American, who had missed a gilt-edged chance earlier in the second half, got on the end of Aaron Lennon's pull-back and slotted home after David De Gea had gone walkabout.
The draw means United are now just five points ahead of Manchester City after Roberto Mancini's men after their win over Fulham on Saturday.
United barely had a touch in the first 10 minutes, but De Gea remained untested. Scott Parker raided the United midfield to win the ball and drive at goal, but he could only curl over the bar.
The visitors took the lead as Danny Welbeck found Tom Cleverley and he whipped in a perfect cross for Van Persie, who lost Kyle Walker and nodded past Hugo Lloris.
Spurs flew out of the blocks after the re-start. Jermain Defoe drifted in from the right flank and shot just wide of De Gea's goal and Gareth Bale curled an audacious shot just over.
Dempsey should have equalised in the 52nd minute when he picked up Mousa Dembele's pass following a mazy run by the Belgian, but De Gea saved with his legs.
Sir Alex Ferguson then aimed his ire at Chris Foy after the referee failed to award United a penalty when Wayne Rooney, who had come on after 60 minutes, went down in the Spurs box.
And with two minutes and four seconds of the three added minutes gone, Dempsey popped up in the box and stabbed home after De Gea had flapped at a cross.


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Having concluded a successful standout season at St. Francis High, but still searching for a future gridiron destination, the wait and worry has subsided for Jared Lebowitz, replaced by the fulfillment of a longtime dream.
The 2012 All-Area Football Player of the Year gave his verbal commitment to accept a scholarship and play for UNLV on Thursday and was headed to visit the campus on Friday morning.
"Immense relief," said Lebowitz of his feelings on committing. "I probably lost 20 pounds of relief off my shoulders.
"It's just what I've worked for and sacrificed for since I've known what a Division I scholarship is. It's what I consider to be the pinnacle of my life [so far]."
Lebowitz, who transferred to St. Francis from Vermont prior to his junior season, has called football an "obsession" since he first took up the sport in the fourth grade and earning a Division I scholarship has been a goal of his since then. Thus, Thursday was a proud day for him and everyone that's supported him all the way from his home state to his current residence of Pasadena.
"It was just a great feeling," Lebowitz said. "It's so great to finally tell them that I made it.
"My mom, especially, I don't know if she had a speech prepared or what, but I didn't talk for 20 minutes after I told her. She was just telling me how proud she was."
Lebowitz heads to Las Vegas to be a part of a UNLV squad that struggled in 2012 under coach Bobby Hauck, finishing with a 2-11 record. Hauck made the recent hire of Timm Rosenbach, a former NFL quarterback and veteran college coach, who had previously shown interest in Lebowitz as Rosenbach had previously been headed to Weber State.
"It happened kind of fast, actually," said Lebowitz of the process that brought him to UNLV. "[Rosenbach] brought me to their attention. I sprung up on their board.
"They were looking for a guy and I popped up in their radar."
The Rebels had four quarterbacks on their 2012 roster with eligibility remaining, including starter Nick Sherry, who was a redshirt freshman. Lebowitz will also join a roster that includes offensive lineman Patrick Carroll, a redshirt freshman who played at St. Francis, as well, garnering All-Mission League and All-Area honors three seasons in a row.
"I was talking to him and he loved it there," Lebowitz said.
Lebowitz began his St. Francis days just after Carroll, left, though Lebowitz' tight end this year was John Carroll, Patrick's younger brother. Lebowitz earned All-Area Football Player of the Year honors, along with first-team All-Mission League and All-CIF Southern Section Western Division. He threw for 2,560 yards and 23 touchdowns to just seven interceptions in 11 games as a senior. For his St. Francis career, he threw for 4,794 yards and 44 touchdowns in two seasons, which concluded a four-year varsity career that began at South Burlington High and saw 44 straight varsity starts.
While that starting streak might very well conclude in his freshman season, Lebowitz now knows his playing days will continue, with his Division I dream now a reality.


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The Prospect Heights Library is teaming up with LifeSource and Culver's to help replenish dangerously low blood supplies. Donate a pint of blood during critical demand this summer season and you will receive a coupon valid for one free pint of Culver's fresh frozen custard, and find out your blood type for free! Please bring a proper photo ID, list of your current medications, a list of places visited outside the U.S. in the last three years, and a friend to donate with you! Come out and support a great cause by donating blood to help save a life! For more information on Donor preparation please visit www.lifesource.org. Appointments are preferred and taken first -walk ins are welcome.Google maps
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OXFORD, Ind. - A house and garage were destroyed by fire early today (Fri) in Benton County, Indiana. No injury was reported in Oxford. The fire broke out around 12:45 am in the 400-block of E. Benton Street.
Firefighters reported 18 five people were living in the home. A woman inside woke up to the smoke and fire in a back bedroom. She quickly woke up her parents and grabbed her two children. All five made it out safely.
Firefighters from Oxford, Fowler and Boswell all responded to the scene.
A pickup truck and aerosol cans only helped fuel the fire. The fire forced a main part of town to be shut down to traffic. Firefighters fought the second floor fire from the roof of the porch, using a chainsaw at times. The heat only created more problems but firefighters were able to eventually get the upper hand.
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European Commission
Brussels, 5 December 2012
Declaration on the Launch of the Global Alliance against child sexual abuse online
We, the Ministers of Justice and of Interior of countries worldwide participating in the Global Alliance against child sexual abuse online are:
AWARE that child sexual abuse online includes the distribution, trade, possession, and viewing of child pornography via the Internet, and the resulting, continuing harm to the victims depicted,
CONCERNED that child sexual abuse online, a substantial problem worldwide, is a crime that is ubiquitous and knows no borders; that child pornography images circulate easily across jurisdictions, and efforts to reduce such circulation have failed to produce satisfactory results to date; that child pornography offenders are increasingly operating in international online groups that use sophisticated technologies and security protocols to frustrate the efforts of law enforcement to investigate their crimes; and that different laws and policies across jurisdictions also have created law enforcement vulnerabilities that these international offenders are exploiting,
RECOGNISING that these crimes have a truly worldwide dimension, must be addressed as such, and require a genuinely global effort to combat them, prosecute offenders, protect victims and prevent new crimes; that these efforts require specific commitments from national authorities and need to be complementary and to support existing international initiatives,
ACKNOWLEDGING the Guiding Principles of the Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse online attached to the present Declaration,
1. Announce our commitment to pursue the shared policy targets of the Global Alliance:
2. In that spirit, we will aim to reach the following operational goals of the Global Alliance:
3: In order to achieve these shared policy targets and operational goals, we intend:
4. We call upon governments in other countries around the world to join the Global Alliance.
Declaration endorsed by Ministers of Justice and of Interior of the 27 EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and 21 countries outside the EU: Albania, Australia, Cambodia, Croatia, Georgia, Ghana, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Serbia, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and Vietnam.
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As we do every week, let's take a swing around the NFL, looking at a bunch of random things ...
So, what's been up?
1. The 49ers defense got game. Serious game. Four of the past five games, they've allowed fewer than six points. Of course, the only irregularity is the ugly, 26-3 loss to the Giants in Week 6, but other than that, they've been nearly perfect. It's no surprise that halfway through the season, they are ranked No. 1 in total defense. That's a point I brought up to Niners star linebacker Patrick Willis, while we talked on the phone during his campaign to raise awareness for Duracell's ProCamps scholarship donations, which can be done by using the #TrustYourPower hashtag. Willis had no idea where his group was ranked. "That goes to show you," Willis told me, "We don't go into our defensive meeting rooms and have coach say, 'This is where we are statistics-wise and all that.' Nah, we don't even talk about that." What they do have is goals. Simple goals each week. Like holding the opponent to 17 points or fewer. And having a certain number of three-and-outs. Oh, and Willis said they just want to destroy all of those goals.
"Well, we try not to hope," Willis told me, when I asked what kind of performance he hopes for every week. "We try to go out there and make it happen. We have a goal we're shooting for, goals we have to meet, whether it's a particular player or plays or whatnot that we have to stop and all that. For us as a defense, we know we have those goals, and we want to reach all those goals. But I mean, if we can blow them out the water, we want to do that. If we can keep a team to zero points, we want to do that. We're not settling. If a team scores 17 points, it's cool? No. We're not about that. We don't want them to score any points. We just go out there with the mindset on defense that we don't want to allow anything."
2. It could be worse for Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Instead of constantly being measured against Peyton Manning, he could be compared to JaMarcus Russell or something. So, it's not all bad. What keeps me coming back, though, is how much he sounds like Peyton. Sorry, I can't help it, but he does. And that's a good thing. No one manages his own situation better than Manning. Forget the fact, for a moment, that Luck has lived up to the hype. He also deals with it so well. Heading into a strangely under-the-radar, yet completely compelling showdown featuring two No. 1 picks in Luck and Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill, Luck is ready. Sure, it's cool that both teams would be on the precipice of the playoffs if they started today. But... eh. Luck noted that, "This is the biggest game to date and that's how we'll approach it because it is." But he's also quite level-headed. "Who cares if the playoffs started today?" Luck said. "They don't. It doesn't matter what your record is now. It matters what it is after that last week. ... It's great that people say nice things about us, great if people said bad things about us, whatever. It's part of playing this game. We are just worried about trying to win football games."
3. Things have gotten incredibly serious in Arizona. The quarterback-deficient Cardinals, are headed in the wrong direction. Once the NFL's darlings thanks to a 4-0 start that included a win over the Patriots on the road, they are now reeling. Losers of four straight. No quarterback play. On the heels of a beat-down by the 49ers. So, all bad stuff. Yet to me, coach Ken Whisenhunt is making the right call again. Seems this happens a lot. Before we slam this team, let's consider just how insanely impossible it was to even get to 4-0 given their schedule and their weaknesses. Yet, that's where they were. It all makes me think that it's not quite time to cancel their season just yet. Anyway, what I liked was how Whisenhunt broke character. He's not really a stern, screaming and yelling guy. He doesn't curse out his players. Usually, he doesn't need to. But, according to The Arizona Republic this week, Whisenhunt went off. He asked for more effort in a fiery address. "He called out some guys in the training room that we need on the field," Darnell Dockett told the paper. "Hopefully the message got to some guys. ... We're going to need some guys to suck it up to win this game and then they've got a whole week off. Hopefully that message rings a bell to a lot of players." Think that woke up a bunch of guys? Think some may be a bit nervous about their jobs now? Me too. I don't know if the Cardinals will beat the Packers in Lambeau. Gonna be tough. But I bet they bring it.
4. I get that I'm supposed to be outraged by Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall calling for a moment of silence before his press conference this week. No, he didn't do it in honor of those affected by Hurricane Sandy... though that would have been nice. Instead, he took a moment of silence for the way they played last week while beating the lowly Panthers, 23-22. OK, so I was offended. Just not for the reason you think. See, I don't really care that Marshall doesn't understand the difference between a real tragedy and a fake one. I think it's pretty ridiculous, but I haven't gotten all worked up about it. Some people just don't get it. Whatever. What I do think is wrong is not taking pride in the win. The Bears played terribly last week. They should've lost to Cam Newton and company. To turn in that performance at home was abysmal. But they won. It's a W. In the NFL, and in every sport but college football, they all count the same. The only reason you should ever be upset is if you lose. There's no room for a description about how pretty it was in the standings -- same as on my golf scorecard. Marshall should be thrilled. It's easy to win when you play great. It's much harder when you play terrible. If the Bears are going to have a special season -- and I think they are -- you need to have games like that. Marshall should have been celebrating.
5. Through seven games, no quarterback has thrown more interceptions than Cowboys QB Tony Romo. Unbelievably, that even includes Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, who has made a living of it. Dallas is 3-4 heading into tonight with the Atlanta Falcons, and Romo has become the team's symbol. Not inconsistent and talented Dez Bryant, but Romo. He's the one who helped the Cowboys dig a deep hole last week, and he's the one who helped them climb out of it. He giveth, and he taketh away. Why does the team flash brilliance and look like they are playing fantastically, only to stumble? Because Romo does. Yet the Cowboys belief in Romo hasn't wavered, which COO Stephen Jones said this week. Jones described his confidence level in Romo as "high." A reporter mentioned that the Joneses had called Romo their QB of the future and were in contract negotiations with him. "Still feel that way," Stephen Jones said. Let's take that at face value. That Dallas really does believe, as Jones said, that Romo "is not the problem." Who is? All reasonable analysis says that the Jones are confident in coach Jason Garrett, as well. That may be true. But with the time management issues in Baltimore, the lack of situational football awareness and a below-.500 mark, Garrett is in focus. Jerry Jones, in particular, is slowly starting to become frustrated by him. It's early, the Cowboys can still come back, and the playoffs are in reach as the schedule opens up. But from my view, Garrett is the one to watch if it all falls apart, more so than Romo.
6. The honeymoon is over in Buffalo for pass-rusher Mario Williams. The play of the $100-million man has been lackluster so far, and then his odd claims of a wrist injury didn't help. You'd think things were heading in the right direction when he had surgery on his wrist to relieve discomfort, especially because he's not going to miss a game. But... according to a report this week, Williams texted -- not called -- the Bills with the news he was having surgery on his wrist. Yikes. Not what you want to do for a team that invested so much in you, only to have you play far below expectations. Buffalo and it's U-G-L-Y defense needs much more from Williams. Maybe that starts this week against the Houston Texans (though I'd be surprised if it does). But what stood out to me this week was the reaction. I thought Chan Gailey, the even-keeled coach, struck the right chord. He's clearly pissed, and he didn't mind showing it. Gailey was asked about Williams and his return to Houston. The shrug of an answer he gave made me raise my eyebrows. His response was, "You have to ask him about that. We do not talk about that. Not something I have had a conversation about with him." Um... OK. A brush off from Gailey is something. The other side of this thing is, I don't blame Gailey and the Bills brass for thinking, "What the heck?" They did the research, spent the money, then haven't gotten what they've needed from him... and Williams hasn't been as accountable as they need him to be. I'm just saying, it needs to start now.
7. Those Falcons wide receivers ... they're pretty good. No denying that. Both Julio Jones and Roddy White are in the top 20 in receiving, with White having 591 receiving yards and Jones having 499. Both big-play guys, it has been heaven for quarterback Matt Ryan. Everyone knows they are going to go deep, they can't run the ball well enough so you can protect against it... and they still throw it over your head. I asked White yesterday how in the world that happens? "When we do get expected coverage, and we have the play call, we do a good job of just hitting it," White told me. "We haven't missed a lot of them this year, which is really good." OK, fair point. What was also cool about Jones and White? They work together. I was impressed with the insightful Jones during our conversation, listening to him detail the battle to figure out double-coverage. He discussed how he works with White to diagnose what a defense is doing. But in the next breath, Jones responded, "I don't care, personally," who is covering him. Let him explain. "I get doubled (a lot)," Jones told me. "One game, I can recall I got doubled the whole game -- versus Denver. They kept doubling me. We went into halftime, me and Roddy talked. We were saying, 'They're going to start doubling you,' since he was getting some catches. But we came out the locker room, and they were still doubling me. Week-in and week-out, both of us come to play. We're both like No. 1 receivers. Him or me -- it depends on whatever the defense wants to do. We can take over the game. Last week was my week, I had a lot of one-on-ones, they were rolling to him, and I took advantage. We're ready for anything, because we don't know. Both of us come to play."
8. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger gets criticized a lot. Sometimes, rightfully so. His history, let's say, is not great. But on the field, criticism is hard to come by. And in the locker room, I've really grown to appreciate Roethlisberger because he says what he thinks. Sometimes, people don't like it. Sometimes, I don't like it. But you gotta respect it. That was the case this week when Big Ben was asked about the 2004 QB class. He said, "When we get done playing, I want them to say that's the greatest quarterback class of all time. Philip Rivers, myself, Eli, Matt Schaub, so of course you root for the other guys." First of all, hilarious that he left off J.P. Losman. An accidental slight? Maybe. But I laughed. Then, Roethlisberger defended his words when someone said brought up the celebrated 1983 class. "I think the championships in ours is a little more than theirs." What a crazy thing to say, right? Except... it's not that crazy. It's about winning. Big Ben has two Super Bowl rings. Eli Manning has two. Matt Schaub... we'll see how many he has after this year. Yes, 1983 was awesome. Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, John Elway... But, especially if Schaub and the Texans win a title, I like what Roethlisberger is saying. It's not like he or Eli or Schaub is a game-manager. All are slingers. At the least, he made me think. Is he right?
Manning have one thing in common: winning. Kimberly Jones profiles the pair with a duel on tap. More ...
9. There are a lot of issues going on with Sunday's Giants-Steelers game, and having a football game in the middle of a recovery from major storm flooding obviously makes you consider all of them. The fact that no resources for recovery will be lost to put this game on is a good thing. So, I'm kinda with running back Ahmad Bradshaw on this one. He told reporters, "We feel like we can spark New York. What we do, what we've done. I think we can also help everybody in New York and New Jersey that's going through this." I want to do this without actually comparing the tragedies of 9/11 and superstorm Sandy. They are not similar. But perhaps the role of sports can play similar-ish roles. I was in New York for 9/11 and the Mets and the Yankees had such key contributions when it came to healing. They honored the firemen and policemen, they put the spotlight on first-responders, they gave New York something to smile about. Maybe the Giants can do the same for NY/NJ. I hope so. Either way, I'm glad the game will be played. For three hours, fans can take their mind off reality and enjoy a game.Follow Ian Rapoport on Twitter @RapSheet.


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Originally recorded in 1961, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers' Roots & Herbs was first released in 1970 and then reissued on CD in 1999. Like many titles in the Blue Note catalog, this fine Blakey outing was initially shelved by Alfred Lion for unknown reasons; thankfully, considering Blakey's large array of available Blue Note albums, this wasn't necessarily a crisis. But now that it's out once again with a 24-bit digital makeover, Roots & Herbs is definitely a welcome addition to the drum master's CD catalog. Having already been a magnet for such talented hard bop players and writers as Hank Mobley, Benny Golson, Clifford Brown, Horace Silver (who helped form the original group), and Kenny Dorham, the Messengers' lineup of 1961 featured one of Blakey's best rosters: In addition to trumpeter Lee Morgan, who would alternate in the early '60s with Freddie Hubbard, the band featured tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianists Walter Davis, Jr. and Bobby Timmons, and bassist Jymie Merritt. Feeding off six early compositions by Shorter (the CD also includes three alternate takes), all the players reel off topnotch solos atop Blakey's fluidly galvanizing swing beat. Highlights include "Ping Pong," "Look at Birdie," and "Master Mind," compositions that, in their fetchingly askew way, nicely foreshadow the wealth of ideas to come from Shorter's pen throughout the '60s. ~ Stephen Cook


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The national movement against prison gerrymandering began when the founders of the Prison Policy Initiative discovered that the sheer size of the prison population was combining with an outdated Census Bureau rule to seriously distort how political decisions are made in this country. In a series of reports about the 2000 Census, we put numbers on the problem of prison-based gerrymandering, suggested solutions, and sparked a national movement.
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"There are many ways to hijack political power. One of them is to draw state or city legislative districts around large prisons — and pretend that the inmates are legitimate constituents."—Brent Staples
The clearest example of prison gerrymandering comes from the City of Anamosa, Iowa where a large prison was almost an entire city council district. Council districts are supposed to contain the same number of people, but basing districts on non-voting non-resident prison populations gives a handful of residents the same political power as thousands of residents elsewhere in the city.
50 State Guide to Fixing Prison-Based Gerrymandering
by Peter Wagner, Aleks Kajstura, Elena Lavarreda, Christian de Ocejo, and Sheila Vennell O'Rourke
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