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THE Silicon Valley crowd that assembled last week in a San Francisco airport hotel had come to hear about mobile electronic commerce, a most immediate concern for people who spend many of their waking hours thinking about whether their latest e-business solution will merit venture capital dollars.
They learned about something very different.
Instead of talking about buying Barbies online, the astrophysicist Larry Smarr came to tell them about what he calls ''the emerging planetary supercomputer.'' The Internet, he explained, is evolving into a single vast computer fashioned out of billions of interconnected processors. Then he went another step: ''The real question, from a software point of view, is: Will it become self-aware?''
To Dr. Smarr, the idea of a thinking machine that might emerge spontaneously from billions of interconnected large and small computers isn't harebrained at all. He said he was simply extrapolating a series of significant trends that, to him, are remarkably obvious. And when it comes to extrapolating trends and forecasting technological revolutions, Dr. Smarr is worth listening to.
Fifteen years ago -- prehistory in Internet terms -- Dr. Smarr persuaded the federal government to establish supercomputer centers for civilian research. That bit of brass led to the birth of technologies like the Web browser and advanced computer-graphics programs that allow scientists to see how hurricanes work and let moviegoers stare dinosaurs in the eye. Along the way, he also helped expand a network of computers that were owned by military contractors, corporations and universities into what is now called the Internet.
Now Dr. Smarr has persuaded Gov. Gray Davis of California to put him in charge of the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, a new state-financed research academy in this seaside San Diego suburb, with the goal of envisioning the future -- and making it happen. Governor Davis announced his decision to authorize Dr. Smarr's institute and two others on Thursday.Continue reading the main story
And what Dr. Smarr sees is this: the rapid emergence of a much more extensive cyberspace that will essentially mirror the physical world. He imagines bridges that are covered with a fabric of computerized sensors that will automatically tell engineers where earthquake damage has occurred. Or a world in which intelligent buildings whisper directions to visitors on the way to their destinations.
''The emerging information grid is going to be far more pervasive than the electric power grid is today,'' he said.
STILL, the idea that the Internet may transform itself into a global computational grid with a mind of its own has generally been considered far-out stuff from the pages of science fiction novels.
The idea of a thinking machine may sound outrageous, but Dr. Smarr's record has made him one of the world's most respected computer technologists. He created the research center that contributed to the development of the Internet and then invented the graphical browser -- marketed as the Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer -- that opened the Net to the masses.
As director of the computer research institute announced on Thursday, he is now in the position to test even his most far-out ideas. The institute will be established with more than $300 million in state and private funds over four years.
Based jointly at the University of California campuses at San Diego and Irvine, it will focus on engineering new types of sensors, creating an advanced digital wireless Internet and designing a new class of distributed-computing machines, which break a problem into separate pieces to speed calculations. It will also work on applying those technologies to problems in the environment and transportation, as well as to genomic medicine and new-media arts.
Several times in the past, Dr. Smarr had equally radical ideas about where computing was headed, and each time he correctly spotted the Next Big Thing.
He founded the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1985, and helped to develop a network that linked it to the nation's other four supercomputer centers.
His center also did pioneering work in scientific visualization, and one of its brightest scientists, Stefen Fangmeier, went on to become a leading graphics animator in Hollywood. There, he helped to create special effects for movies like ''Jurassic Park'' and ''The Perfect Storm.''
Yet those advances pale beside the fact that seven years ago, a small group of student and faculty researchers working at Dr. Smarr's center created the first graphical Web browser, Mosaic, igniting the World Wide Web and the electronic-commerce explosion.
The center's advances flowed directly from Dr. Smarr's passion over the last three decades: to use powerful computers to improve the quality of science. His goal in developing the supercomputer centers was to give tools to scientists that had once been available only to bomb designers and code breakers.
The Internet and the World Wide Web grew in part from his drive to build better computer tools to permit scientists to collaborate and share information.
''He fostered the kind of environment that I had always associated with Xerox Palo Alto Research Center or Bell Labs,'' said Marc Andreessen, the Netscape cofounder, referring to two widely admired information technology laboratories. ''People were free to follow their instincts. He tends to attract really, really smart people and gives them the latitude to pursue their ideas.''
But Mr. Andreessen added that while he was there, the University of Illinois shared at least one weakness with the Xerox lab in Silicon Valley: It had a hard time bringing innovations to the marketplace. Mr. Andreessen was able to start Netscape by licensing the institute's Mosaic technology, but only after overcoming the university's resistance, he said.
''What they never got at N.C.S.A., what they never had, was a culture of entrepreneurial spinoffs,'' said Mr. Andreessen, adding that the culture had since changed. ''If he can add that at the new institute, a culture that permits people to go off and start companies, then I think he will really have something.''
OVER one and a half decades at the Illinois supercomputer center, Dr. Smarr built a reputation as a scientist who helped to develop the use of computers by both elite scientists and millions of nontechnical Web surfers.
''Larry has had a huge impact,'' said Robert R. Borchers, director of the division of advanced scientific computing at the National Science Foundation. ''He's a legitimate scientist, and he's usually one step or two ahead of the trend on technology.''
Dr. Smarr's new institute will draw together more than 200 faculty members at the San Diego and Irvine campuses to re-invent the Internet using technologies like optical fiber cables, digital wireless networks and micro-electro-mechanical systems, or MEMS.
Since the end of the cold war, this part of Southern California has changed from a stronghold of the military and aerospace industries into a center for wireless, optical, semiconductor and biotechnology companies.
Dr. Smarr settled on this area -- 400 miles south of Silicon Valley -- because it was both a center for high technology and a fertile ground for what he calls ''I.P.O. capitalism.''
''Based on the electronic-commerce boom that followed the development of the Mosaic Web browser, I realized that a new model of growth was emerging,'' he said. ''I knew I had to get to a place where there was an explosive private sector.''
Among the companies that have already committed themselves to investing $140 million in Dr. Smarr's new institute, dubbed Cal-(IT)2 , are I.B.M., Sun Microsystems, Qualcomm, Boeing, Broadcom, Ericsson, Microsoft, Intersil, ST Microelectronics and Sony.
Dr. Smarr's plan is to use the institute to attack a few very difficult problems with what he calls ''mega-computers'' -- thousands or even millions of separate computers lashed together with optical fibers via the Internet.
The most dramatic challenge for the institute, considering its location in automobile-choked Southern California, is to build a prototype for an ''intelligent transportation infrastructure.'' It would use the Internet to wirelessly link sensor arrays under freeways with computers in cars. Dr. Smarr believes that it will be possible to build a giant computing grid that can control traffic more effectively.
''When your computer knows where each car is planning to go, it is a problem you can solve,'' he said.
The challenge is that a computer that large has never been built, much less programmed. Such a machine would have what Dr. Smarr calls an ''effervescent'' architecture. It would comprise millions of parts -- processors, communications links and storage units -- that come and go unpredictably.
''Larry's plan is to take the Web into the physical world,'' said Ramesh Rao, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of California at San Diego.
Many people in the computer industry believe that if such a machine is to be built, Dr. Smarr is the ideal person to lead the quest.
''He has long years of experience in the hardest part of this whole business,'' said Richard Shaffer, president of Technological Partners, a computer industry consulting firm. ''That's getting software to work together across lots and lots of processors.''
Dr. Smarr's obsessive search for more computing speed derived from his theoretical work as a student in the 1970's. Then, as a first-year graduate student at Stanford, he was trying to apply Einstein's general theory of relativity to the collision of two black holes.
At the time, the only way to get access to enough computer power to start the experiments needed to test his theories was to turn to the nation's nuclear weapons laboratories.
Dr. Smarr had gone to Stanford to study with Leonard Schiff, one of the world's leading experts in relativity theory. But Dr. Schiff died unexpectedly during Dr. Smarr's first year in graduate school. After moving to the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Smarr linked up with another group of relativity experts. He eventually received a Ph.D.
AT Texas, his adviser told him bluntly to get top-secret nuclear weapons clearance so he could go to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and ''learn from the great ones.''
For Dr. Smarr, contact with the weapons labs was what he now describes as a Promethean experience. Early on, he found that a problem that would take eight hours to run on a Digital Equipment VAX computer at the University of Texas would require just two minutes on one of the weapons laboratories' supercomputers.
Several years later, as a post-doctoral researcher at Harvard, he was a regular visitor at weapons labs, flying in for a few days at a time and cadging time on supercomputers to run simulations of thermonuclear forces far more awesome than the hydrogen-bomb makers had imagined.
''It was what I called 'interstitial' living,'' he said. ''I would show up on Friday afternoons and ask, 'Hey, are you guys going to be running your bomb codes this weekend?' ''
The experience transformed him. The lab visits were like ventures into an advanced civilization with powerful tools beyond the grasp of mere mortals.
''I remember going back to Harvard and feeling like being an alien landing on a primitive planet,'' he said.
In 1983, as a junior faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Smarr did something unprecedented. He sent an unsolicited, $50 million proposal to the director of the National Science Foundation, George Keyworth. In it, he called for the creation of a supercomputer center at the university to give civilian scientists the same access to powerful computers that was enjoyed at the nation's weapons labs.
At about the same time, Sid Karin, a scientist at General Atomics, a contractor at the University of California at San Diego, sent a similar proposal to the government. Two years later, the National Science Foundation acted, setting up a nationwide network of five centers dedicated to broadening scientific access to supercomputers.
Dr. Smarr still frets over how little the nation supports both the direct and indirect benefits of the centers. ''What our society doesn't understand is how critical investment in basic science and technology is to advances in society,'' he said.
California is counting on such a spinoff effect from its three new research institutes.
Dr. Smarr draws parallels to the nation's land-grant universities of more than 100 years ago. ''This is really just back to the future,'' he said. ''Why did the citizens of the Midwest allow their tax dollars to be spent on agricultural research? Because it led directly to more economic productivity.''
And what America's agrarian economy of the 19th century found in basic scientific research, Dr. Smarr sees in the proliferation of networked microprocessors in the next decade. Not only is the power of individual computer processors growing at an exponential rate, but the number of interconnected computers and computing devices is exploding.
On Monday, at the San Francisco conference, Dr. Smarr described a networked world in which the number of personal computers would soon double, to one billion. Moreover, there will soon be three billion Internet-connected cell phones -- and, more important, as many as 16 billion Internet-connected computers embedded in everything from automobiles to toasters.
It is a world, he said, in which a world of Net-connected computers and electronic sensors ''overlay'' the real world in such a way that computer power enhances every human action. For example, he sees a time when supercomputers let scientists see hurricane damage as it occurs, as spy satellites work for the military today.
''We're talking about something very radical,'' he said. ''This is the world we're coming to. It's an enchanted world where everything has processors in it linked by the Internet.''
HE defends his vision of the future of cyberspace with the certainty of a physicist. Computer processing power is advancing so rapidly, he said, that society is likely to soon go through a revolution as dramatic as the ''phase change'' when water changes into ice.
For that reason, Dr. Smarr said he plans to hold regular conferences at Cal-(IT)2 about the consequences of scientific and technological change.
Dr. Smarr is not the only computer researcher grappling with the social consequences of wildly accelerating computer power. William Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, recently wrote an article in Wired magazine warning about the potential perils of intelligent machines. Two well-known computer researchers, Hans Moravec and Raymond Kurzweil, have also written books this year about the likelihood of the emergence of intelligent machines.
Mr. Joy's article has touched off a debate among computer scientists about the consequences of their work. Dr. Smarr said he believes that computer scientists may need to grapple with the challenges, perhaps meeting in the same way as biologists did in 1975 at the Asilomar Conference to face the ethical challenges of biotechnology.
In Dr. Smarr's Brave New Cyberspace, the answer shouldn't be long in coming.Continue reading the main story


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There's two very important features in DB2 that make implementing less restricted lighting possible. The first is automatic texture alignments in a real-time 3d viewing mode. With the clunky mapping interface of Wadauthor and other editors of the like, it became pretty easy to avoid lighting walls as well as floors/ceilings. Aligning textures was the bane of every mapper's build process. The second is being able to recklessly draw across and divide sectors till your heart's content. This allows mappers to not have to choose between complex floor/ceiling geometry and smooth, gradient lighting.
Lighting is really hard to pin down as to what's going to look good in what kind of map. My personal preference is in hellish type maps, big, bold sweeping lighting over large areas and more high contrast, tighter lighting in base type maps. This is all on the mapper as to what your taste is and what's going to look appropriate to your map, but perhaps I can lay down my process and it can be of some assistance.
What a godawful mess! I categorize a room into two sides; Pre-lighting and post-lighting. Pre-lighting is all the geometry laid out, where I'm 100% satisfied with how the room looks from a design point of view. Post-lighting, there's really no going back. After the core of the design is done, I put myself at the mercy of however I placed light textures. "The lights gonna light how the lights gonna light", which basically translates to, if I put a light in an area with some heavy duty geometry, that light isn't going to be less bright or gradient less because it isn't convenient for me to implement it. I get really reckless in this process and draw across many sectors, leaving many smaller, micro sectors, and triangle slivers. Not exactly safe passage for any perfectionist.
This is personal preference, but square lights I almost gradient out in a square pattern. I find that a lot of angles in light gradients look wonky in Doom. I do, however, adore the look of a squared gradient over a curved surface, as you can see in the top right and bottom left hand corner of the editor mode shot.
Natural, outdoor lighting I'll play around with a bit more. Outdoor areas are almost entirely 'high noon', as in no highfalutin' angular shadows or anything like that. Again, personal preference. I've seen it executed really well, but when you open that can of worms, it's going to affect the geometry you can work with and still have the effect look convincing. Another thing you might notice in the second shot is the light coming into the room is only slightly brighter than the base, indoor levels. It's more of a strong, subtraction gradient behind the columns that adds a nice bit of contrast You can also see how unworkable that room is in the post-lighting process.
The last thing I'll mention is a few rules of thumb I abide by in the lighting process:- Give the walls as much if not more attention than floors - The vertical stays in the players field of view more-so than the flat.
- 9 times out of 10, Doom's standard sector lighting mode looks better than a lighting level transfer. Unless there is a serious vertical difference in the ceiling and the light (more than 16 units), I'll almost always use standard. It may not be more "realistic" (ugh), but having the light cover more space just looks that much more aesthetically pleasing.
- If at all possible, subtract! Shadow casting can look really slick if used properly.
That's it for now - I'll get into GZDoom and mixing 3d lights with sector based lighting next time around.

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Apr. 8, 2013 - NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2013 — Mention great challenges in feeding a soaring world population, and thoughts turn to providing a bare subsistence diet for poverty-stricken people in developing countries. But an expert speaking here today at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, described a parallel and often-overlooked challenge.
"The global population will rise from 7 billion today to almost 9 billion people by 2040," Ganesh Kishore, Ph.D., said at the meeting, which continues through Thursday. "Providing enough food to prevent starvation and famine certainly will be a daunting problem. But we also have to meet the rising expectations of huge numbers of people who will be moving up into the middle class. We will have a New York City-sized population added to the middle class every second month. Their purchasing power is projected to be more than $60 trillion by 2040. Most of this growth will be in Asia. The expanding middle class will demand food that doesn't just fill the belly, but food that's appetizing, safe and nourishing, convenient to prepare and available in unlimited quantities at reasonable prices. Producing food for a middle class that will number more than 5 billion within 30 years will strain existing technology for clean water, sustainable energy and other resources."
Kishore spoke at a symposium, "The Interconnected World of Energy, Food and Water," that focused on approaches to prepare for the population boom. Kishore is a co-organizer of the symposium, along with John Finley, Ph.D., of Louisiana State University and Hessy Taft, Ph.D., of St. John's University.
"We want to foster greater awareness among scientists, the public and policy-makers about the interconnections between these three challenges," said Kishore. "Water, food and energy must be understood together — it's not just one or the other, so we have speakers addressing all of these topics. And the reason for this interconnection is that we need water to produce both energy and food — whether it is about harvesting fossil-fuel energy, producing biobased renewable energy or producing food, we need fresh water! In addition, we are competing with other demands for fresh water. It is not just about developing technology — we have to move the technology from the bench to the real world so that solutions see the light of day, which the industry speakers in the session can address. Regulatory policies have to keep pace with technology development, not just in places where the technology is developed but where the technology is deployed, and that requires science-based risk assessment capability and the creation of consumer confidence in the process."
He described how the addition of one billion people every 12-13 years itself poses challenges that require innovations, rather than simply scaling up existing technologies. And he said that opportunities go hand-in-hand with the challenges.
They include using plant biotechnology and tools of synthetic biology to expand the food supply and providing new sources of energy, developing more efficient ways to convert sunlight into chemical energy and applying information technology to the production of food and chemical energy more efficiently. Kishore cited specific examples of progress being made in those areas. As CEO of the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund, Kishore and colleagues are promoting some of these strategies by investing in companies working in these areas. One company in which they invest, for instance, improves agricultural crops by enhancing plant breeding and genetic technologies. Another is developing ways to transform waste gases into fuels.
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Enhancing food and energy production: Issues, opportunities, and threats
Ganesh Murthy Kishore1, CEO, PhD, MLSCF, Number One, Embarcadero Center, Suite 2700, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States, 4153732053, 14155915401, firstname.lastname@example.com
Human population reached 7 billion last year and expected to grow to 9 billion over the next thirty years. This rate of addition of one billion people in twelve to thirteen years is both an enormous opportunity as well as a challenge. Innovation is essential if these opportunities are to be addressed and societal needs will not be met by simply scaling up current practices. The presentation will focus on the theme of convergence of technologies to deploy innovation in food and feedstock production, greening of the planet and provide specific examples of progress made towards developing such technologies. Specifically the theme of biology as both a product of chemical as well information technology will be embellished. Investment and deployment of innovation require transparent and predictable regulatory practices and some of the specific issues that need to be addressed in this regard will be highlighted.
Protein networks from an atlas of proteotypes
Steve Briggs1, Professor, University of California at San Diego, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, 6108 Natural Science Building, MC 0380, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, 92093, United States, (858) 534-5372, firstname.lastname@example.com
The specific state of the proteome in a given cell, tissue, or organism is known as the proteotype. The proteotype integrates constraints imposed by the genotype, the environment, and by developmental history (e.g., a leaf cell has a different proteotype than a root cell with the same genotype in the same environment). The proteotype directly determines phenotype since all molecules are made by and regulated by proteins. Thus, a complete description of the proteotype should define a phenotype at the molecular level. We have constructed an Atlas of Proteotypes that currently includes 162,777 peptides from 41,553 proteins in 65 different tissues and stages of development. In addition, we have identified and measured more than 30,000 phosphopeptides from these same samples. The 65 resultant proteotypes are revealing thousands of unanticipated regulatory relationships. The relationships between mRNA levels and protein levels are fascinating; they indicate that protein levels from some genes are regulated by transcription but that most protein levels are under post-transcriptional control. The proteotypes explain and expand upon known tissue-specific phenotypes including oil accumulation in the embryo and starch accumulation in the endosperm. Protein networks such as enzyme-substrate relationships between protein kinases and phosphoproteins are emerging from analyses of the proteotypes. The data are also being used for proteogenomics in which the peptide sequences are mapped back to the genomic DNA sequence to identify new protein coding genes and to correct existing gene models.
Food, feed, and fuel from crops under global atmospheric change: Could we have it all in 2030?
Stephen Long1, Professor, University of Illinois, Departments of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, 134 Institute for Genomic Biology, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL, 61801, United States, (217) 333-2487, firstname.lastname@example.com
Global demand for our four major food and feed crops is beginning to out-strip supply, at a time when year-on-year yield per unit area increases are stagnating and while emerging global Climate-Change'>climate change further threatens supply. Not only is the rapidly developing economy of China drawing in more imports of these crops, but the EU 27 is now a net importer of 10% of these primary food stuffs, putting yet greater pressure on world supply. Global atmospheric and Climate-Change'>climate change is likely to place further pressure on supply. It will be shown that the methods used in the Green Revolution to increase genetic yield potential are almost at their biological limits, and radically new methods particularly in improving photosynthetic efficiency are critical if we are to see further increases in yield potential. The new opportunities here will be explained, and the necessity of basing these on synthetic and systems approaches explained. Recent progress in both a theoretical engineering framework and proof of concept improvement in crop productivity will be presented. The developing risk of demand outstripping supply comes at a time when we are also looking to the land to provide more sustainable sources of energy, including biofuels from crops. This is exemplified by Germany and the USA which are the world's largest producers of biodiesel and bio-ethanol respectively, but at the cost of land that could be used for food and feed production. In the context of possible shortages the continued use of land suited to food and feed production into 2030 for bioenergy will be neither socially acceptable nor economically viable. It will be argued that the use of food crops, which have been developed to meet nutritional needs, for bioenergy is environmentally flawed, sub-optimal with respect to net greenhouse gas (GHGe) and other ecosystem services. It will be shown that, using Miscanthus, canes, agave and poplars as examples, there are many opportunities, some partially realized, to achieve very substantial quantities of bioenergy on non-agricultural land, globally. Systems based on such crops have positive greenhouse gas benefits and are without unsustainable impacts on food production. There is sufficient environmental resource and biotechnological understanding to achieve the goals of sustainable and adequate food and fuel production. But realization will depend on new policies based on a holistic view of these demands on land and other resources and a greater acceptance of biotechnology. A shift from the disaggregated and inconsistent policy development based on single issues and interests, which have characterised this arena on both sides of the Atlantic in recent years, to a holistic framework will be critical.
Innovation in agriculture: Biotechnology, genetics, genomics, and beyond
Stephen R Padgette1, Dr., Monsanto Company, Corporate Strategy Group, 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63167, United States, 314-694-2874, email@example.com
In order to meet the growing world demand for food, feed and fuel, continued technology innovation in agriculture will be required. Genetic improvement of crop plants in the past two decades primarily focused on the implementation of DNA marker technologies in plant breeding programs and on the first generation of crop biotechnology traits for improved weed and insect control. Future generations of pest control traits are being developed through the application of new technologies including protein engineering and RNAi to offer growers products with additional modes of action and ever-improving efficacy against pests. In addition, significant research efforts in crop biotechnology now focus on enhancements to complex traits such as intrinsic yield potential, nutrient utilization and abiotic stress mitigation. Increasing yields while at the same time significantly decreasing the key resources (water, land and energy) required to produce each unit of output is one of the most important challenges facing agriculture. Leveraging advanced enabling technologies such as high-throughput genome sequencing, functional genomics, and systems biology in both plant breeding and biotechnology disciplines will be required to help deliver the next generation of traits in agricultural crops. In addition, new opportunities in biological control of pests are emerging, which could provide additional sustainable solutions for crop production. Finally, the availability of high definition field mapping coupled with more predictive genotypic responses to environmental conditions, soil types, planting conditions and inputs will enable enhanced opportunities to harvest increasing proportions of yield potential for crops worldwide.
Water and food security
Theodore C Hsiao1, Professor, University of California at Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, One Shields Avenue, 133 Veihmeyer Hall, Davis, CA, 95616, United States, 530-752-0691, firstname.lastname@example.com
The continuous increase in human population and the innate desire for better living standard place relentless demand on food production. Production is maximized or optimized by having good water and mineral nutrient supplies coupled with good agronomical practices and well adapted crop cultivars. To assess food security for future scenarios, it is crucial to define possible potential productions for different climate and soil regimes. Although opinions differ on the upper limit of potential food productivity, there is no question that water supply is becoming more and more a critical factor, especially in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world, as well as in the temperate regions. Productivity of a crop is closely linked to the amount of water it consumes. The physical and physiological bases for this tight link are elaborated on. Experimental data will be presented to validate a simple quantitatively predictive relationship derived from gas transport equations. This relationship specifies the upper limit of production per unit of water consumed by a crop. Recently the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations developed a crop production model, named AquaCrop, partly based on this relationship. The model is water driven and has been validated for different climate regions for some crop species, and is suitable for the estimation of the potential yields of crops for a given climate and soil regimes. Comparisons between potential yields and reported actual yields (yield gap) will be made for some areas to assess to what extent food production can be further increased to meet the rising demands. The discussion will also include other factors affecting productivity, particularly fertilizer input, irrigation management, and Climate-Change'>climate change and elevation of atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Food and energy from the land: Turning necessity into opportunity
Lee R Lynd1, Professor, Dartmouth, Thayer School of Engineering, 14 Engineering Drive, Hanover, NH, 03755, United States, (603) 646-2231, email@example.com
New analysis will be presented supporting the proposition that bioenergy is likely to be an obligatory rather than discretionary part of a sustainable energy supply system. The underlying reasons for the broad disparity in assessments of the feasibility and desirability of large-scale bioenergy production will be considered. Thereafter, features of the Global Sustainable Bioenergy (GSB) project will be described, and the status of GSB tasks will summarized. These tasks address development of geographically-distributed pasture and energy crop productivity models, the interaction between soil fertility, food security, and bioenergy, and scenario analyses addressing "making room" for bioenergy as well as systemic approaches to food and bioenergy production that positively and synergistically impact multiple human needs. Informed by recent results of the GSB project, potential approaches to gracefully reconcile very large-scale bioenergy production with other important priorities will be discussed with a particular emphasis on the potential for bioenergy production to positively impact food security.
Sustaining water resources in agriculture
Hessy Taft1, Adjunct Professor, St. John's University, 65 Central Park West, New York, New York, 10023, United States, 212-874-2235, email@example.com
Exponential population growth in a world with uneven distribution of global freshwater will sharply increase water demands. Rising global temperatures exacerbate violent storms and prolonged drought. Salinization occurs at coastal deltas from rising sea levels and in groundwater from over pumping. The World Bank estimates that 25-30% freshwater is lost, costing the global economy $14billion annually. This paper highlights novel technologies developed to augment our finite freshwater systems and presents potential remediation to relieve agricultural stress. Improving water management in agriculture rests on implementing sustainable irrigation techniques and developing crop modifications that help tolerate water stress. Innovative techniques permit desalination that preserves membranes and is less energy intensive. Recycling highly purified sewage water is powerful tool for replenishing groundwater. Although growing crops for biofuels is incompatible with global demands for freshwater and food, recent studies on cellulosic biomass and microalgae cultivation hold promise as economically viable alternative energy sources.
Outlook for energy: A view to 2040
Tim Barckholtz1, 1545 Route 22 East, Annandale, NJ, 08801, United States, 908-730-2848, firstname.lastname@example.com
Ensuring reliable and affordable energy supplies to support human progress, safely and with minimum impact on the environment, is a challenge facing companies, governments, and societies around the world. The scale and nature of this challenge is visible in ExxonMobil's Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040, our long-term forecast of global energy supply and demand trends.
What do we see over the next 30 years? As the Outlook details, the answer often varies significantly by region, reflecting diverse economic and demographic trends as well as the evolution of technology and government policies. Everywhere though, we see energy being used more efficiently and energy supplies continuing to diversify as new technologies and sources emerge.
The Outlook for Energy covers energy-demand sectors (transportation, power generation, industrial and residential) as well as energy-supply sources (oil, gas, coal, nuclear, and renewables). The talk will summarize the key conclusions of the Outlook.
Nexus between food, water, and energy
Sonny Ramaswamy1, USDA, 305-A Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC20250, United States, 202-720-4423, firstname.lastname@example.com
The Earth's population is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050, and we will need to meet human needs while minimally impacting the environment. The "9 Billion Problem" has implications for the way we support research, education, and outreach at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The science, policies, and regulations must align with the global challenges, including food security, hunger, food safety, nutrition, childhood obesity, sustainable energy, water, and Climate-Change'>climate change.
The nexus between food, water, energy and health is critical to how we deploy resources to address the same. The increase in population will contribute to escalating scarcity of land, water, energy, and food. As we develop solutions to provide food and energy, we impact our water supply. Additionally, with increasing wealth, consumers in developing countries are consuming greater quantities of protein, particularly animal protein, production of which requires high quality feed grains requiring energy and water for their production. The food animal industry is also competing with the energy industry for meeting its need of grain and biomass. And, yet, as we've seen with the recent droughts, without adequate water, both food and energy production are impacted.
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State and South Shore election officials are expecting low voter turnout for the U.S. Senate special election Tuesday.
State and South Shore election officials are expecting low voter turnout for the U.S. Senate special election Tuesday.
"The absentee ballots tell me it will be light," said Quincy City Clerk Joseph P. Shea.
Shea said only 680 absentee ballots have been requested. Last fall for the presidential election, about 2,800 absentee ballots were processed in Quincy, Shea said.
He expects about 30 percent of the city's 64,730 registered voters to go to the polls Tuesday to choose between Republican Gabriel Gomez, a former Navy SEAL from Cohasset, and Democrat Ed Markey, a congressman from Malden.
The election will fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of John Kerry, who became U.S. secretary of state.
State officials, concerned about a paltry turnout, are blaming a range of distractions for expected voter inaction.
"With many people focused on the Bruins playing in the Stanley Cup Final, the Bulger trial, and the end of the school year, the special election has a lot of competition for attention," Massachusetts Secretary of State William F. Galvin said in a statement.
Braintree Town Clerk Joseph Powers predicted less than 30 percent of the town's 25,244 voters would cast a ballot in the special election.
On Friday, Powers said he saw a small uptick in requests for absentee ballots.
"We have seen a steady flow of absentee balloting, probably 300 to 325," he said.
The U.S. Senate special election in January 2010 that sent Scott Brown to Washington had a turnout of about 35 percent, Powers said.
Voters who planned to cast an absentee ballot in Tuesday's election needed to apply at their local election office by noon today. The polls will be open throughout the state Tuesday from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
A new poll of 600 Massachusetts voters showed Markey opening up a double-digit percentage point lead over Gomez.
The UMass Lowell-Boston Herald poll results, released Thursday, found 56 percent favored Markey, compared with 36 percent supporting Gomez. Seven percent were undecided.
Of those polled who said they plan to vote for Markey, 76 percent said it was a firm choice, compared with 67 percent for Gomez.
The poll also found Markey leading Gomez in all gender, age, education, income and ethnic categories.
Markey's favorability rating stands at 48 percent, compared to 34 percent for Gomez.
The Republican candidate is spending the last day of the campaign in Southeastern Massachusetts, with no fewer than seven area stops planned. He was to start the day greeting commuters at the Braintree MBTA station and end it watching the Bruins game at The Fours in Quincy Center. He planned to appear in Quincy with Brown and state Republican Party Chairwoman Kirsten Hughes, a Quincy city councilor.
Markey's final area campaign stop was Friday in Quincy at the 1000 Southern Artery housing for the elderly complex. He made two appearances Saturday with Vice President Joe Biden. Markey's campaign also featured events with President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and other leading Democrats.
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After reading her Q&A I have to admit I love her even more. After Rob Tannenbaum baited her with "warning" about feminism, she didn't succumb to the usual misunderstood feminism-bashing that too many female stars have been doing lately:
The show takes place in 1956. Were you surprised by the differences between sexuality then and now?I'm not going to comment on whether Masters of Sex truly is a feminist show and I'm sure Caplan is an imperfect human being (like all human beings) so I won't necessarily put her up on a pedestal as a beacon of feminism based on one line... but I will say that making feminism not a dirty word is a great goal and I applaud her for owning the word, when so many others are afraid to do so.
Yes. It's strange to realize how much of my modern outlook on female sexuality was informed by a woman and a team of scientists I had not heard of. The world saw female sexuality as problematic and nowhere near as important as male sexuality. It's funny to think about [William] Masters [played by Michael Sheen] as a feminist icon, but he sort of is. It's certainly not what he set out to do, but the science, the truth, set a lot of women free.
Then again, a lot of the public reaction to your show has amounted to "OMG, boobies!" Maybe we aren't as sophisticated today as we think.
Big-time. It's glaringly obvious to me. Just the word "sex" makes people uncomfortable in America. I thought we might go through a period of people saying, "Oh, my God, this is exploiting women, look at all these breasts! It's just smut and porn." But people quickly figured out that it really is a feminist show and not just an excuse to show a bunch of titties.
Careful. If you say it's a feminist show, some people won't watch.
But it's a feminist show with lots of boobies, so it's a win-win! And I've taken it upon myself to make "feminism" not a dirty word.


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Hong Kong's Celestial Pictures has licensed more than 100 Shaw Brothers martial arts movies to India's new online video portal BoxTV.
The multi-year agreement will see the titles made available in India on digital VoD for the first time.
All the films will come with English dubbed tracks and supported with English subtitles. Titles include Blood Brothers, Buddha's Palm, Return to the 36th Chamber, The Brave Archer, Perils of The Sentimental Swordsman and The Dragon Missile.
Kristen Tong, head of legal and business affairs at Celestial Pictures said: "This distribution deal provides our content with great exposure on a new digital platform."
Officially launched in February 2013, BoxTV currently offers full length movies and television content, with consumers paying a monthly subscription fee
Pandurang Nayak, business head at BoxTV, said: "This is in line with our unique push to get the best of world cinema in a legal and high-quality experience for internet and mobile users in India."
In Asia, Celestial Pictures has previously signed similar digital VOD deals in Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia.


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By Rob Glidden
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Southington officials are proud of the town's accomplishments over the last year and hope that 2013 will bring more progress, but a tough economy is expected to bring difficulties.
"There's a whole slate of items we're looking at," said Town Council Chairman John Dobbins. "It's going to be more difficult to maintain our services than it has in the past because of what's happening in Hartford and Washington."
The past twelve months saw many milestones for the town, including the completion of the artificial turf field, the passing of a substantial referendum for road repairs and the opening of the new North Center municipal building.
"It's a terrific and very busy time with lots of change," said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph Erardi. "I'm really pleased with the community partnership that resulted in our new facility. I hope to continue with an emphasis on these partnerships as well as character and citizenship in our schools."
The early months of a new year represent the start of the annual budget process. Officials of the town's various boards expect significant challenges, especially since the state will also be putting together a two-year budget.
"The biggest unknown is the state of Connecticut," said Board of Education Chairman Brian Goralski. "Last year, we were confident we would have the same funding as the year before. Now this is the first year of a new budget and we will have to go through our process with the state funding aspect being unknown."
The town charter dictates that the budget process ends in May. However, difficult negotiations at the state level often drag that process until late summer or even early autumn, well after the new fiscal year begins on July 1. Southington officials routinely finish their budget while still being uncertain about exactly how much revenue is coming from the state.
"The delays in state budgeting, along with the significant cuts that we expect, will make it a very difficult budget year," said Town Manager Garry Brumback, who said that despite fiscal troubles, the town would still make efforts to continue modernizing the way residents are served.
"We want to continue to provide the best value in customer service for the residents," he continued. "In particular, we have to keep an eye on those road repairs and leverage technology to provide more transparency."
There was a lot of good news for Southington in 2012, but also some more difficult news. In particular, the $85 million middle school projects approved at a 2011 referendum has been beset by several costly problems, including PCB contamination and cost overruns from the architect and project manager.
The Middle Schools Building Committee approved nearly $10 million worth of "value-engineering" reductions to try and balance out these expenses, but the officials still concluded that about $89.7 million would be needed to finish the project. In December, a new referendum for $4.7 million was scheduled for March 19.
"If the Southington community continues to support education, the middle schools project will be a major focus," Goralski said. "No matter what happens, it will be a priority for the Board of Education."
One upside to the updated proposal is that it will actually cost Southington taxpayers less, despite the higher overall number. The reason for the savings is that the updated proposal is actually eligible for more state reimbursement than the original plan. The state was prepared to reimburse 52 percent of the $85 million plan, but the proposed square footage was outside the state's guidelines and cost the town some potential funds. The $89.7 million plan, with its reduced square footage, is eligible for 56 percent reimbursement from the state.
In addition to that, the middle school will be eligible for additional funding from the Open Choice program because the students participating in that program will be of middle-school age when the buildings are completed. This is expected to represent another 2 percent reimbursement. The final impact to Southington taxpayers is expected to be somewhere between $38.5 million and $39.4 million, depending on the exact amount of Open Choice funding the town receives. The original $85 million plan left taxpayers paying for $40 million.
Erardi, who hosted a number of public information sessions to help residents learn about the middle schools project in 2011, intends to do the same for this new referendum.
"My role is to work even harder to get the appropriate word out," he said. "The 'more and less' idea sounds like an oxymoron, but it is accurate. We need to get that message out there to one person at a time."
Hanging over the entire discussion is the question of whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will approve the town's current remediation plan for the PCBs. Officials are hoping that the agency will allow the town to avoid dealing with the contaminated "wall vapor barriers" deep inside the walls of the buildings. Officials expect to hear the agency's decision before the March referendum, which could have major consequences for the project.
"I hope the public will realize we have been thorough," Dobbins said. "But if the EPA tells us that we need to take down those barriers, we'll have to back to square one. Hopefully, there will be a solution that allows us to work around that."
Board of Finance Chairman John Leary said that town infrastructure had been neglected in the past and focusing on it now was a major priority. However, Southington's ongoing troubles with contaminated buildings and properties make this very difficult.
"We have to maintain our infrastructure," Leary said. "Renovating roads and schools is part of that. We're committed to those things but then we get hit with unknown costs like the PCBs at the middle schools and the water pollution issues. This is where the Board of Finance will have a tough time."
For more on the water pollution issues, see story on page 3.
The Board of Finance will also examine the town budget closely and determine how best to move Southington forward while avoiding a huge financial burden to residents. Leary said the BOF had the advantage of looking at the town's needs as a whole, although this can make its job daunting.
"The main issue is competing initiatives," he said. "We know about additional building costs at the middle schools and the Board of Education also wants to expand kindergarten. We have some improvements to the parks that we want to do. The list is long and most of these things are good. But how can we prioritize and balance in an economy like this? That will be a real challenge."
Economic development is also a key part of Southington's overall financial health. Planning & Zoning Chairman Michael DelSanto has been pleased with the gains made in certain areas of town, particularly the growing Shop-Rite plaza. He said the commission would continue to update its bylaws, primarily through the Continuous Improvement subcommittee chaired by Commissioner Steve Kalkowski.
"It's meant to look at our regulations and determine which are outdated and need some tweaking," DelSanto said. "There's always something that comes up at those meetings and we all say 'that's still a law?" The committee's done a ton of work over the past year and we will continue to refer more to [Kalkowski]."
West Street also got a touch of good news when it was revealed that the Connecticut Online Computer Center (COCC) plans to occupy the large building that once housed The Hartford. This street has been a major priority for the zoning board over the years, although difficult economic conditions stymied its growth. Still, a subcommittee dedicated to West Street continues to plan for its future.
"It's good for us to put pen to paper, but putting shovel to dirt is a different story," DelSanto said.


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when scoring for brass and woodwinds in a standard full orchestra, (3 or more flutes clarinets, trumpets, trombones, etc...)
is it OK to use one separate staff for each player, or is it imperative to put players I and II together on one staff and player III on another. also when making parts, does each player have a stand, or do players I and II share.
I am scoring an orchestral piece where all three players in a section might have very distinct parts and it might get very confusing for two of them to share one sheet of music. I just want to know if i MUST combine players into a part, or if i can give each his own.
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Readjustment is the process of transition from military service back to civilian life, of understanding what is expected in civilian life and how that differs from the military experience. It is a time in which a veteran is adapting or changing that which was learned in military service to the conditions and environments of civilian life. This is a stressful time. Currently, America is at war. Being at war compounds the stress of readjustment.
Whether deployed to a war zone or operating in support of a war zone, the following stress related reactions are commonly experienced by veterans as they return to school, employment, friends and family.
Use UW Bothell resources to adjust to the university environment and enhance study skills:
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Attend a UW Bothell Student-Veterans Association (SVA) meeting
It is important to remember that readjustment is an experience, not a diagnosis or a mental health condition. Common mental health problems that veterans may experience include post-traumatic stress (PTSD), mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), depression, and alcohol and drug abuse. In addition these problems may be associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, get help and call: Suicide Prevention at 800.273.8255.
For information on these health problems and other concerns:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Alcohol and Drug Abuse
"Returning from the War Zone a Guide for Military Personnel." VA National Center for PTSD, June 2009.
"Returning Veterans." U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.


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Beaufort County Council won't spend $2.5 million to buy the Beaufort Commerce Park.
Council members called the Monday decision a "clear signal" to five banks holding a mortgage on the land.
Even the council members who advocate buying the park as a future industrial development tool agreed that the price tag is too high in light of recent property appraisals.
"We now have two appraisals well below $2.5 million," said Councilman Gerald Dawson, who previously supported the purchase.
"Previously, we didn't have anything to go on except what the banks are owed," said Vice Chairman Paul Sommerville, who made a motion to let the offer "die a natural death" by rejecting a proposed ordinance that had already passed two readings.
"This (motion) kills it and we're back to square one," said Councilman Bill McBride.
"I think the banks need some kind of clarity that we're not going to buy that property for $2.5 million," Sommerville said. "Also, I think we ought to clear the deck if somebody else is interested in the land, a municipality or whoever."
The approximately 165-acre property near Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is owned by the Lowcountry Economic Network, which bought the land in 2006.
The network is the county's industry-recruitment arm in a public/private partnership, and bought the park for eventual resale to prospective businesses.
But the LEN said last year it can't afford to pay the mortgage on the commerce park and asked the county to buy the land for $2.5 million.
S.C. Bank and Trust filed a foreclosure action last month on behalf of five banks that financed the network's purchase. The filing indicates $2.58 million was due April 5 and requests the property be sold at auction to satisfy the debt.
The property was appraised at $3.4 million in 2007, but critics of the purchase have said that value isn't accurate in the current economy.
"Going through the appraisal process certainly showed that the property is not worth $2.5 million," said Councilman Jerry Stewart, who has advocated the park purchase.
"Like any other land purchase, the county can walk away from table," Stewart said.
"If the county doesn't go forward with purchase, the bank will go forward with sale and the county or anybody else can come forward and buy it from bank," he said.
The council's Finance and Governmental committees, meeting jointly, reviewed two more recent appraisals Monday.
County Administrator Gary Kubic told committee members the appraisals cost about $3,500 each.
An appraisal by R.L. Murphy & Associates Inc. of Mount Pleasant, dated March 23, values the commerce park property at $2 million.
A second appraisal by Charleston Appraisal Service Inc., dated April 12, estimates the value at $1.64 million.
Finance Committee Chairman Stu Rodman said the Monday action doesn't preclude future negotiations to buy the commerce park but indicates that the $2.5 million asking price is not a good deal for the county.
"Moving forward, we're waiting for the network to give us some indication of where we're going from here," Rodman said.
The Beaufort Commerce Park is touted as "shovel ready," with infrastructure in place for potential industrial development.
Jody McInerney of Charleston Appraisal Services told council members via a conference call he used a "sales comparison approach" in estimating a fair market value.
However, "in the current economic environment we're not sure prices achieved in comparable sales would be achieved…. We discounted for current economic conditions," McInerney said.
"We estimated a fee simple value and then discounted it by 12 percent for five years," he said.
McInerney said a "deed restriction" on the property preserves the use as an industrial park.
"In most circumstances it would be a benefit because there are more allowed uses, but history has shown that there's really no demand for industrial property in that area," he said.
A listing agent who tried to sell the property for a year said he showed it to only one potential buyer, McInerney said.
Ray Murphy of R.L. Murphy & Associates, also by conference call, told council members that prices were very low in industrial parks surrounding Beaufort County.
"Some of those counties give it away," Murphy said.
The appraisal from Murphy & Associates discounted the estimated fair market value at 10 percent because of the economic recession.
"The difference between the $1.6 million and the $2 million was the discount rate of 10 percent vs. 12 percent," Rodman said.


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Six men and two women sit down to a simple dinner around a rectangular table in a glassed-in upstairs room at Osteria la Buca. It's 7:30 on a Tuesday night in spring, and the sun is just barely sinking into the city haze, leaving Melrose Avenue awash in dirty pink and gold light. The guests — all strangers — have arrived to take part in a new dinner series called the Salon at Osteria la Buca. They have been picked by the restaurant to participate based upon recommendations from previous guests and RSVP letters they composed outlining their professional accomplishments and personal philosophies.
They are fed a family-style dinner. It consists of homemade pasta and meatballs, salad with Parmesan, warm bread with rosemary and olive oil, tiramisu and unlimited red wine. The idea is to create a relaxed space for the free exchange of ideas, whether they be political, philosophical or romantic. There is no end game and no set time for the dinner to conclude. How long the conversation goes, and where it travels, depends entirely on the guests (and how much wine they choose to drink). It's invitation only, but the cost of the dinner is picked up by the restaurant.
"We had this idea of putting people from different industries together in the same room and seeing what they could make of it," says Stephen Sakulsky, who came up with the idea alongside the restaurant's owner, Graham Snyder. "L.A. gets such a bad rap for anti-intellectualism."
Most famous salons, including the literary and art salon that Gertrude Stein held at 27 rue de Fleurus in Paris, and the Hollywood A-lister salon that the once all-powerful talent agent Sue Mengers held at her Beverly Hills home, were defined by a charismatic host who curated fascinating guests and guided conversation. In the absence of such a leader, the Salon at Osteria la Buca plays out a bit more like a game of Clue, with guests introducing themselves and stating what they would do to make Los Angeles a better place.
Nerves are jangled at the most recent dinner, the second, but a pre-game old-fashioned cocktail soon calms everyone down. The group includes conservative L.A. mayoral candidate Kevin James (who came in third in the race); Joe Moller, the feisty head of Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk; Mike Dow, a writer for the TV Land sitcom "Happily Divorced," which stars Fran Drescher (Drescher was a former salon guest and extended her invitation to Dow); DJ Casey Alva, who has worked in the music industry for 20 years; freelance film producer Jocelyn Webber; architect Ben Luddy, who owns a design practice called Scout Regalia; and a businessman who requested anonymity due to the delicate nature of the business he conducts.
Moller kicks off the conversation by suggesting a cellphone siesta from 6 to 7:30 p.m. every day in Los Angeles.
"Everyone would just come home and go off the grid," he says, absent-mindedly taking his iPhone out of his pocket to snap a picture of the salad.
"I'm not trying to change the world; I'm just trying to make people happy through music," says Alva who wears a dapper bow tie and sits at the head of the table.
"I've always had this idea that if you charged a flat rate for taxi cabs from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., it would change the landscape of the city and how it operates," says Dow.
The attention soon switches to James, who says that he tried to make L.A. a better place by running for mayor.
"In politics we're never ones to shy away from stealing good ideas," James says. "If I had known about that taxi cab one, I would have used it in the debates."
As the carafes of wine on the table reach half mast, the conversation flows more smoothly, and for the most part it veers away from small talk, which is refreshing.
Alva discusses the perils of being openly gay while in Singapore; Webber laments the lack of money available for the makers of short films; James talks about why he decided to endorse Eric Garcetti over Wendy Greuel; Dow explains the importance of execution and follow-through when it comes to writing in Hollywood; and Luddy gets excited about CicLAvia and the promise of a burgeoning bike culture in the city.
"My company designed these cruisers — they're like the slow food of bikes," he says as coffee and dessert is brought in.
"For a culture so defined by the hood ornaments on our cars — to move away from that and engage in cycling is a huge sociological shift," says Moller.
James nods, "When it comes to public transportation, connectivity is our great problem."
Around 11 p.m., the group begins to disperse, shaking hands and putting napkins on top of empty plates. Phones come out of pockets as guests check in on the details of daily life that they had left at the restaurant door. Taking time out for thoughtful discussion had been a relief, but it was the food, after all, that made the conversation possible, and the table itself that served as the consummate host.


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - Hitting 50 percent (30-60) from the floor, Clayton State University men's basketball upset No. 14 Georgia College & State University 77-66 Wednesday night at the Centennial Center in the quarterfinals of the Marvin Vanover Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Basketball Tournament, sponsored by Geico.
Clayton keeps its season alive at 16-12 advancing to the semifinals, facing USC Aiken Saturday, March 6 at 8 p.m. in the USCA Convocation Center. The 22-5 Bobcats' hopes of a PBC Tournament title come to a close, as now the No. 2 team in the region waits for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Guard Timothy Downs led the Laker charge with 17 points, adding six rebounds. He got help from Jaquas Dobbs with 14 points, Brandon Robinson with 12 and Robert Murry at 11.
For the Bobcats, senior guard Graham Martin (Marietta, Ga.) had his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-best 10 boards, while senior guard Ty Rowland (Lilburn, Ga.) had 15 points, five rebounds and four assists. Senior guard Jake Rios (Bozeman, Mt.) led the squad with 17 points, hitting 4-of-6 from downtown.
The Bobcats struggled from the field, hitting just 31.7 percent (20-63) from the floor, including a paltry 29.4 percent (10-34) in the first half. The Lakers shot 52.8 percent (19-36) in that same half, jumping out to a 45-29 halftime lead.
The Lakers won in bench points (21-16), points off turnovers (17-7) and in the paint (46-16). Georgia College tried to get back in it via the three-point shot, but hit just 10-of-37 (.270) on the game.
The Bobcats started out well, owning a 20-14 lead with 11:16 left in the first half. Clayton took over there, going on a 31-9 run for the remainder of the first stanza. The Bobcats whittled away at a second-half advantage that reached a height of 20, getting it down to as low as seven, but could reach no closer.
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Spicy Rice and Corn CasseroleThis spicy rice dish combines boxed Zatarain's yellow rice, Mexican corn, jalapenos and pepper jack cheese making it flavorful and a perfect side for just about any beef, pork, or chicken dish. If you don't have Zatarain's products in your area, there are several other brands of yellow rice, any of which would be an appropriate substitute.
A perfect take along dish for that potluck, family reunion, or even as a funeral food dish, though you'll likely want to double it (that's what I do!). You can also substitute your favorite Campbell's cream soups, use a combination of them, and even add in some shredded, cooked chicken or lightly sauteed shrimp to make it a main dish meal.
Here's how to make it.
Adapted from the Sweet Potato Queen's Cookbook
Recipe: Spicy Rice and Corn Casserole©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 20 min |Cook time: 20 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 1 (8 ounce) box of yellow rice (like Zatarain's New Orleans Style)
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) of unsalted butter, divided
- 1 (11 ounce) can of Mexican corn, undrained
- 1 (10-3/4 ounce) can of Campbell's Cream of Celery Soup
- 2 tablespoons of chopped jalapenos
- Kosher salt, only if needed, to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon of freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
- Pinch of Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), or to taste
- 1 overflowing cup of shredded pepper jack cheese, divided
Prepared the rice according to the package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Butter or spray a 1-1/2 quart baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Combine the cooked rice, the remaining butter, corn, cream of celery soup, jalapenos, salt, pepper and Creole/Cajun seasoning; stir in 3/4 cup of the shredded cheese, reserving the remaining 1/4 cup. Transfer mixture to the baking dish. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for about 20 minutes.
Cook's Notes: If you don't have Zatarain's products in your area, there are several other brands of yellow rice, any of which would be an appropriate substitute. Double for a potluck, church supper or as a funeral food dish.
Variation: Can also add in 2 cups of chopped or shredded chicken, or 1 pound of peeled and deveined shrimp, lightly sauteed in butter first, to make this a main dish meal. Okay to use other cream soups or a combination of them and your favorite cheese.
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Table of contents | How to obtain this publication
Pages: 218
What are a country's achievements in innovation, and how does this relate to economic performance?
What are the major features, strengths and weaknesses, of its innovation system? How can government foster innovation?
The OECD Reviews of Innovation Policy offer a comprehensive assessment of the innovation system of individual OECD member and non-member countries, focusing on the role of government. They provide concrete recommendations on how to improve policies which impact on innovation performance, including R&D policies. Each review identifies good practices from which other countries can learn.
Over the last decade, Chile – a small, open economy with a traditionally strong resource-based production – has been the most successful Latin American country in reducing the gap in income per capita vis-à-vis the advanced countries. To complete this catching up, Chile needs to further strengthen some of the institutional pillars of an efficient market-oriented economy, notably its innovation system.
A growing political awareness of the importance of innovation for the country's future has recently translated into two bold decisions: the creation of an Innovation Council for Competitiveness entrusted with the mission of proposing guidelines for a long-term national innovation strategy; and the introduction of a specific mining tax to increase resources available to implement this strategy. This report assesses the current status of Chile's innovation system and policies, and identifies where improvements are most needed in order to make the most efficient use of this additional public investment.
Overall Assessment and Recommendations (included in English and French)
Chapter 1. Towards More Innovation-Driven Growth
Chapter 2. Chile's Innovation Performance in an International Perspective
Chapter 3. Innovation Actors in Chile
Chapter 4. The Role of Government
How to obtain this publication
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Inspired by Mustard--and Merlot
One of my great finds was Melissa Clark's In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite. ($27.50) I've made up many of the dishes from this book (and you'll be seeing more recipes from it on the blog), but one that immediately stood out as a "cook me NOW!" selection was this one for chicken parts roasted in the oven on a bed of country bread with garlic, thyme, and mustard. These are some of my all-time favorite flavors, and the prospect of having bread made crispy with mustard and chicken drippings was too good to pass up.
As soon as I read the recipe, I knew that Merlot would be perfect with the dish. So I bought the ingredients, flung them into a heavy roasting pan, turned on the oven, and searched through the wine closet for a Merlot.
The bottle that I found was a 2007 Chateau Souverain Merlot Alexander Valley (suggested retail $17; available for $12-$19). This excellent QPR wine will make you remember what is great and good about Merlot. It's one of the best examples of the grape that I've had recently, with luscious blueberry, huckleberry, and plum aromas and flavors. There are hints of ground coffee in the midpalate and the aftertaste has a distinctive note of cedar.
Those rich, fruit elements, the dark coffee notes, and the cedary spice all went beautifully with the robust chicken and its mellow mustard and garlic flavors. It was the perfect, comforting pairing for a cold winter's night.
Full Disclosure: I purchased the cookbook, but received a sample of the wine for review.
5 comments:
- Susan said...
I got the cookbook for Christmas and just recently read through it, wondering which recipe to try first. That chicken recipe sounds delicious and I will definitely try it--maybe with a merlot! Thanks for your great wine and food posts. I look forward to reading them.
- cristol86 said...
Another great post about good food and fine wine. I enjoy reading your posts, as usual;) You give me great cooking and drinking ideas!
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- Jack@Bermans said...
What's an "excellent QPR wine"? Did you choose the recipe and then pick the wine, or vice versa?
- Renee said...
Sounds yummy! I just did the same thing and bought four new cookbooks and my tastebuds are going crazy waiting to try all my new finds. Thanks for the merlot suggestion, it is hard to find a good one these days even though I know they are out there! Thanks for the post I always enjoy your suggestions and your wine prices!
- Ms. Meza said...
We recently had this Merlot as well and were truly blown away with the quality at this price. I am a wine merchant and this is a Merlot that I freely recommend to people knowing that it will be enjoyable for them. great find!


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…Days Before President Obama Holds Key Meeting on Immigration Reform
Hundreds of Immigrant Students from Across the Country to Hold "Dream" Graduation Ceremony at U.S. Capitol Steps
Mirroring Solidarity Events Across the U.S., Immigrant Students Clad in Caps and Gowns will be Joined by Key Legislators to Call for Swift Passage of the DREAM Act
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With the Capitol Dome behind them, hundreds of students/youth from all over the country, along with education, faith, business, immigrant and civil rights leaders and members of Congress will participate in a National DREAM Graduation ceremony, hosted by the United We Dream Coalition (UWD). Clad in caps and gowns, immigrant students from Texas, New York, California, Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois and beyond will call for swift passage of the DREAM Act-legislation that would correct a flaw in our immigration laws by providing a path to legal status for young people brought to this country at a young age.
Solidarity events are being held from coast to coast on the 23rd. A list of the events is available at http://www.dreamactivist.org/dream-graduations-coast-coast/
WHAT: DREAM Graduation Ceremony highlighting the achievements of our nation's undocumented youth and the vast support for passage of the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 23, 2009; 12 p.m., ET
WHERE: Lower Senate Park
Louisiana Ave NW & D St NW, Washington, DC 20001
WHO: Youth, Education, Faith, Labor, Business, Immigrant and Civil Rights leader
VISUALS: Diverse group of immigrant youth in caps and gowns will hold an emotional ceremony steps away from the Capitol Dome.
CONTACT: Tolu Olubunmi 202-216-0261 ext.407(o); 240-505-5921(c)
Daniela Alulema (Spanish media) 646-472-9565 (c)
Sookyung Oh (Asian American and Pacific Islander media) 267-334-5918(c)
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that a plan by St. Luke's Health System to buy Saltzer Medical Group can move forward for now.
The Idaho Statesman reports that U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn Winmill on Thursday denied a request for a preliminary injunction by Saint Alphonsus Health System and Treasure Valley Hospital.
The two entities filed a federal lawsuit in November seeking to halt the deal, contending it would allow St. Luke's to dominate the market in Nampa and block referrals to St. Alphonsus.
But Winmill ruled the acquisition can proceed because it wouldn't cause irreparable harm to St. Luke's competitors before the lawsuit can be decided at a trial this summer.
Winmill also said the acquisition can be unwound if Saint Alphonsus prevails in the trial.


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In the midst of all the preparation for the great Hackerspace events that 091 Labs have coming up in the next week (I'll be giving a talk on photography and constructing your own camera that you must attend), I want to write down a quick word about the security of your passwords.
Whether it is a desktop or laptop, when you use a computer at the Labs you are using a public machine. We will have old members and new members and the occasional outright stranger dropping in on the Labs to attend our workshops in the coming week. Every one of these folk has as much of an expectation to use these computers as you do. :]
I need to point out that takes a determined person under five minutes to log onto a machine, locate saved sessions and passwords, and record what they find. But thankfully I do not suggest or believe that any member of 091 Labs would act so maliciously.
Instead my biggest concern is potential embarrassment from stemming from inadvertent access to personal or otherwise sensitive information. I have logged into a given computer to find private email accounts left open, Facebook and Twitter account accessible and instant messaging clients left running. I have come home from the Labs at night to find that two people had logged into their Gmail accounts on my laptop over the course of the day.
Two good things for you to do:
- Do not save your passwords on an 091 Labs machine. If available, use your browser's private browsing mode. If you can't, remember to clear your history at the end of the session.
- Use your own computer. That seems to be the majority action right now.
So everyone be careful and have some fun in the coming week!


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2013-14 • Senior | Game-by-Game Stats
Started all 34 for the Billikens … finished third on the team in scoring with 10.3 ppg … led the team in blocked shots with 41, the 10th-most in a single season at SLU … his 88 career blocked shots are eighth all-time at SLU … pulled down 5.7 rpg, which was second on the squad … dating back to his freshman year, started 104 consecutive games … finished third on the Billikens with 67 assists … turned in a career-high 23 points in the home overtime victory against George Mason … it was his 3-pointer in the final minute of regulation against the Patriots that helped send it into overtime … had a double-double with 22 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the NCAA Tournament victory against NC State … scored 19 points in the win against Yale … brought down a game-high 11 rebounds in the victory against St. Bonaventure … scored 15 points and added nine rebounds in the win against Indiana State … scored 15 points against Wisconsin at the Cancun Challenge … in back-to-back wins against George Mason and Saint Joseph's, was a perfect 12-of-12 from the line in the two games … ended up with 17 points in the win at SJU … had six points and nine rebounds in the road game at VCU … blocked a career-high four shots against North Carolina A&T.
2012-13 • Junior | Game-by-Game Stats
One of three Billikens to start all 35 games … averaged 7.0 ppg and 3.4 rpg … tied for third on the squad with 29 3-pointers made … hit all seven shots from the field (including three treys) and was 3-for-3 from the line en route to a career-high-tying 20 points against La Salle in the regular-season finale … scored seven points and pulled down eight rebounds in the A-10 Championship game against VCU … scored 12 points against Southern Illinois and hit 13 at Washington … scored 20 points against UMass and pulled down seven rebounds … recorded his first-career double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds at Temple … hit three treys en route to 17 points in the win against Dayton … scored 11 points and contributed six rebounds in the victory against Saint Joseph's.
2011-12 • Sophomore | Game-by-Game Stats
One of three Billikens to start every game ... scored 5.2 ppg and chipped in 2.9 rpg ... finished third on the squad with 34 3-pointers made ... blocked 17 shots to rank third on the team ... recorded five points against both Memphis and Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament ... scored eight points against Xavier in the A-10 semifinals ... turned in seven points and blocked three shots in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Tournament against La Salle ... scored 11 points, thanks in part to three 3-pointers, in the win at Duquesne ... brought down a career-best 11 rebounds in the win against Fordham ... chipped in eight points in the win at Saint Joseph's ... recorded 14 points and brought down eight rebounds in a season-high 32 minutes in the victory at Xavier ... recorded 11 points against George Washington ... recorded a season-high 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor against Alabama State ... scored eight points in just nine minutes of action against Villanova in the ESPN 76 Classic ... turned in eight points, a block and a steal in the victory against Washington.
2010-11 • Freshman | Game-by-Game Stats
Averaged 6.7 ppg and 3.5 rpg while playing in all but one game for the Billikens ... drew 18 starting assignments ... was third on the squad with 20 blocks, the seventh-most by a freshman at SLU ... preseason A-10 All-Rookie selection ... scored seven points and dished out three assists in the A-10 Tournament matchup against Rhode Island ... scored 14 points and tied a career-high with three blocks at Dayton ... pumped in 10 points at Chicago State and was a rebound shy of his first double-double with nine boards ... posted 12 points and three blocks versus Charlotte ... had a perfect shooting performance against Xavier, nailing all five shots from the floor - including 4-of-4 from 3-point range, and four free throws en route to 18 points ... drilled 10 points against Massachusetts ... scored nine points and added seven rebounds against Dayton ... pumped in nine points against Missouri State ... turned in a career-high 19 points against Georgia on 6-of-11 shooting from the floor, 5-of-8 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe ... pumped in 16 points against Rockhurst on 6-of-9 shooting ... also corralled nine rebounds against the Hawks.
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My mother, her cousin, and best friend at the 1932 Olympics. Taken by my father, Edward Montaño.
- Monty Montaño
Saturday, August 4, 2012
My mother, her cousin, and best friend at the 1932 Olympics. Taken by my father, Edward Montaño.
- Monty Montaño
41 comments
I miss the old days when people dressed up to be in public.
Where there was no such thing as glamour…it was just simply how they dressed…with pride.
I totally agree with you. The style back then was impeccable. I like how people dressed up even only when they were around the house.
I'm so glad for the above two comments. Perhaps we should 'be the change we want to see'!
A good-looking and stylish family, this.
It is not to late to start dressing with pride :) Maybe it becomes fashionable again to dress up pretty even at home
I agree, i see a few women here and there dressing with pride and it inspires me.
I saw a woman in the supermarket today in her pyjamas.
It was 11am.
The Lovelorn
Such a great photo, love the Olympics!
I agree, this photo is so cool!
Great photo! I really like the look of the woman on the right!
Love the ladies hats!
Handsome men in three piece suits – Yes, please
Very interesting vintage picture
Beautiful picture, girl in the right looks really nice!
Amazing! Loving everything about this picture
I adore vintage photos, especially when they are topical. The headwear is incredible.
I love black and white photos as well as b/w movies from the 30′ to the 50′s. My husband and I watch as many american "films noirs" as we possibly can and we love the artistry of the photography with all the lights and shadows that adds to the feeling of the photo/movie.
About this photo : I'm envious of the easiness with which people dressed everyday without forgetting their hats and gloves. All these accessories gave an elegance to the gesture (men removing their hats, women their gloves, etc…) I should have lived in that era !
Great photo!
1932 in LA… perfect time for the pic
So beautiful pic!
Nice photo and classic photo
Amazing photo! They are all so elegant! Ladies are beautiful!
everything about this picture is awesome, i really love the way people dressed back then and i love vintage pics!
i love everything about this picture
These women look so elegant and love the hats. Very classy photo
What an incredible photo to have…
What a touching picture. So nice !
How great! If only they were still like that. NYC for olympics!
Such elegant and sophisticated dressing in the 30′s – amazing photo!
Love the fact the Olympics is here in London!
Love old photos! People dress so much better back then…
wow…i love old pictures.. :)
The Olympics have certainly changed. I doubt that you would have seen people with their national colours painted on them, walking around topless at the 1932 Olympics. Similarly, I don't think you're likely to see men in full suits with cravats at the 2012 Olympics.
What an incredible memory to have captured
I love the way that people used to dress up for events! So different from the way they look at the events now :)
Thanks all for your flattering comments. I neglected to identify my mother as the woman on the right. Her cousin is the man on the left, Sam Valadez and her best friend, Chiquita is in the middle. All were professional entertainers at Padua HIlls in Claremont, California. I have a few more taken throughout the '30s. All evoke the impeccable style of the era.
Amazing photograph, really enjoy seeing the details of the era
Those WERE the days….love the style and wish we were wearing those fashions now…how cool to have photos of your family at the Olympics! One in a million….
Great Photo, back then jeans was not a wardrobe stabple, smart dress ruled.Its amazing how things change, even Royality were dressed down at London 2012. Im trying to move away from jeans to Chinos as a smarter alternative .
Such style and sophistication!