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But from where I'm sitting, there are so many topics I can't write about safely. Here's a partial list:
- Other authors' books. I have discussed books in the past, but I don't review them. There's a very narrow range of topics in which I talk about a book because something about the book is interesting. Alternatively, I can praise a book to the rafters--no one objects to that--but this leads to a different problem:
- Writing. My writing, another author's writing, writing in general. Promantica was never intended as a "writer's" blog, and truly I would post even less frequently than I do now if I limited myself to sparkling observations about the business of writing/revising/publishing. The problem is that I mostly read books as a writer would: I enjoy them but I'm also looking underneath the hood to see how the book runs. I used to be a cranky reader, now I'm a cranky, stuffy reader. Deadly. Even when I like a book, I often like it because of technical matters that most reader can't care less about.
- Social media and the kerfuffles therein. Used to write about that, but those halcyon days are past. I don't think I even want to say why. ;-)
- Traditional vs. independent publishing. Apart from the fact that much smarter people are writing about this on a regular basis, I myself don't have much to say on this topic. And what I do have can be summarized thusly: I don't believe there's a gatekeeper any more; I see as many typos in trad-published books as in indie books but that's anecdotal evidence at best so who cares; and I just want to read good books regardless of how they get into the marketplace.
- My own books. And the pimping thereof. I'll say something on my website about them as they come out, but not here.
- My life. Because it's boring. And the few bits that aren't boring are sad, or would constitute self-promotion, or something. I don't have cute kids, my pets sleep most of the time, and my husband is delightful but shy.
Katherine Feeney is just wrong.
Here's why: Porn shuts people out. It's usually a solitary experience, and most people are disinclined to talk about it. Romances can be--and are--shared. So in a relationship where the guy is accessing porn and the woman is reading romances, he's more likely to deny his activity than she is.
Yes, both porn and romance include fantastical images/portrayals of the opposite sex--I'm just talking about a heterosexual couple--that presumably real people can't compete with. I think the instinct to compare and judge is rather more a guy's trait than a woman's. If the guy is looking at a lot of porno women, he may look at his wife and think, "She should exercise more." A woman reading about six-pack abs and bulging manhoods is less likely to view her husband as inadequate and inferior just because there's a super-sexy guy on the cover of a book.
That would be the "real-world" view of these media. How about their inherent qualities and shortcomings? Well, I don't have an absolute view on that. Some romances are poorly written and convey heroines who are TSTL and heroes who should be arrested rather than revered. Some porn, presumably, is better done with less demeaning portrayals of ... oh, who the hell knows. I don't watch any.
People matter. The ways in which people read romances, watch porn, consume butter, and use guns -- that's what matters.
And, at the end of the day, it makes about as much sense to blame the romance novel, the porn site, the gun industry, and cows for the stupid things humans do. Whatever else I believe, I wish people would make smarter choices.


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I know we're all very excited about the release of the 1940 census. I'm also equally sure that most of you have already heard that Archives.com released a link to the webpage for the new census so you can head on over and bookmark it now! Why wait until April 2nd?!?!
Anyway, the link to the Archives.com post about the webpage can be reached by clicking here. While you're there, I hope you'll not only save the bookmark, but read the brief post by Archives.com and watch the little video that is posted there. It really is very informative, and if you're a history buff that knows everything about the various censuses? Well, the video will just be food for your growing anticipation!
I've got to admit that I can be a bit flighty sometimes. I was extremely excited for the 1940 census the way it was and that was purely for it being another census to find people in! Now, yes, that's excitement enough, but would you believe that the Great Depression never once crossed my mind? Talk about not taking the census into proper perspective! Watching the little movie on Archives.com got me wondering about my ancestors. How did the Great Depression influence them? I really don't have their stories to learn from, but my eyes have now been opened a bit more in anticipation of the 1940 census. I can't wait and I know that you can't either!
Until next time, have fun tending those roots!
(Oh and if Mom, Uncle Ed or Aunt Cathy are reading, please feel free to pass on any stories about our ancestors and the Great Depression that were passed on to you!)

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Two months after arriving in town, Serilda Summers-McGee attended an event called "Say Hey!" designed to welcome minority professionals to Portland.
Say Hey! — produced by a group called Partners in Diversity — was the first time she'd seen a "critical mass of brown people" in Portland.
Since then, diversity has taken a more central role in several Portland business and educational organizations.
• The Portland Business Alliance brought Partners in Diversity under its charitable umbrella in late 2010.
• Portland State University President Wim Wiewel last fall created a vice-president level chief diversity officer position that reports directly to him. Jilma Meneses, an attorney by training, leads a six-member staff.
• United Way of the Columbia-Willamette hired Maria Rubio as its first director of diversity and inclusion in October.
Those organizations all say that supporting minorities in school, work and the community is critical to both the success of their organizations and minorities themselves.
Portland currently remains one of the whitest cities in the U.S., but that's changing.
The U.S. Census Bureau reports 78 percent of the metro area's nearly 2.2 million residents are white.
But one in five students in Oregon's K-12 schools is Hispanic, according to the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs 2010 Annual Report. And 21 percent of babies born in Oregon in 2007 were born to Hispanic mothers, according to the Oregon Center for Health Statistics.
PSU knows those students are headed for its doors.
Until last fall, the responsibility for overseeing diversity efforts was vested in a part-time adviser to the president.
PSU spokesman Scott Gallagher said the hire of Meneses was a nod to the future.
"Over the next 12 years, the number of Hispanic students who are going to be ready for college is expanding almost exponentially," Gallagher said. "We're perfectly situated to enroll those students."
Meneses said the chief diversity officer job at PSU is one of few such positions in Oregon that report to the top officer. The former Oregon Health & Science University executive jumped at the change to make a difference at Oregon's largest public university.
"It told me (Wiewel) was serious about bringing change," Meneses said.
The investment paid off on June 8 when PSU opened a Latino center on the third floor of Smith Hall. The center provides a place for Hispanic students to meet and study and resulted from a student-needs assessment.
At the Business Alliance, Partners in Diversity remains an independent organization with its own board. It will still hold quarterly "Say Hey!" events and training sessions for HR professionals. As an arm of the business alliance, it has greater access to the business community.
Summers-McGee, a former assistant dean at Reed College, became its first paid director in December.
"This is a wonderful opportunity to expand," said Summers-McGee, who is building the membership roster and adding services, such as an executive-level job bank.
PBA President Sandra McDonough said Partners shares its mission of strengthening the city's business climate. Partners helps businesses retain minority managers they work so hard to recruit.
Rubio said the local United Way chapter took its cue from United Way Worldwide, which emphasizes diversity around the globe.
Locally, United Way members and supporters didn't really know what, if anything, it was doing to promote diversity, according to surveys.
United Way now works to communicate its message internally to employees. It also adopted new goals for its programs.
It will work on issues women and minorities face in the workplace, and challenges youth face dealing with everything from anti-Muslim sentiment to bullying gay and lesbian youth.


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Outsourcing to grow
Outsourcing is usually associated with businesses cutting costs as they struggle to stay afloat, such as when Pacific Brands cut 1850 local jobs and outsourced its manufacturing overseas.
But it can also prove a valuable tool for an expanding company to help it manage its growth.
Known as business process outsourcing, the practice involves a company paying another organisation to carry out a function for it. For instance, rather than having its own pay office, a firm might decide to outsource its payroll function to a specialist.
Services that are typically outsourced include IT software and hardware management, network and server management, property maintenance, transport and logistics, recruitment, training, payroll and document management. It's likely that many small to medium enterprises are already outsourcing some business processes without ever considering it to be outsourcing, such as legal or accounting services.
David Fincher, a partner in Ernst & Young's advisory practice, says that outsourcing can bring a range of benefits, including access to new talent, a broader skill base, access to new technology, added flexibility and allowing the company to focus on its core business.
"Organisations should focus on what they're good at and what they need to be good at. Potentially anything else which isn't core or differentiating for that organisation could be delivered by someone else," he says.
An outsourcer will have far more ability to scale and to service a bigger organisation than an in-house operation will.
"If you are a growing business you don't want your support functions, your non-core functions to grow at the same rate," says Fincher.
"As you grow you want to take advantage of scale to increase the difference between your revenue and your support costs."
Fincher says there is no "right or wrong answer" on when a company should consider outsourcing. "But you need to think about the benefits of outsourcing more broadly and the applicability of each of the benefits to your organisation," he says.
Martin Conboy, president of the Australian Business Process Outsourcing Association, says SMEs can help improve their cash flow by outsourcing the chasing up of outstanding payments. "Other areas that are not core to an SME are marketing and online support, including IT, web design and SEO activities," he says.
It's best to consider outsourcing when the business is running smoothly and not to leave the decision until it's really critical, says Conboy. For instance, with IT outsourcing, a company is better not to wait until its current IT systems are struggling with its workload and so have to make a rushed decision on outsourcing.
The first port of call for a business considering outsourcing should be a trusted advisor, such as an accountant, who will be able to steer them in the right direction, says Conboy.
Business process outsourcing has grown rapidly in recent years and is now seen as a normal part of a company's operations rather than a radical alternative.
The International Data Corporation (IDC) forecasts global revenues for business process outsourcing to rise from $US147 billion in 2010 to $US191 billion in 2015.
While outsourcing has been increasingly adopted over the past 10 to 15 years, Australia lags behind the rest of the world a little. Just 34 per cent of local companies say outsourcing is a standard practice in their organisation, compared with 60 per cent globally, according to a Deloitte survey last year.
Donal Graham, a Sydney-based partner at Deloitte who leads the firm's shared services practice, says growing businesses can make good use of outsourcing.
"Medium-sized business sometimes have quite a unique opportunity because if they're a growing business they very often don't necessarily have the fixed cost investments in infrastructure or people resources that larger businesses have," says Graham. "We've certainly seen organisations that as they grow, rather than spending a lot of money building bigger technology systems, they'll actually engage with an outsourcer to provide that."
An outsourcing relationship is usually enshrined in a contract that will set out the service levels required and key performance indicators.
But Ernst & Young's David Fincher says that rather than rely on the contract, the two parties should enter into their agreement in the spirit of partnership, rather than seeing it merely as a truncation.
"The contract cannot be the basis on which the relationship is established," he says.
"The contract is just a legal construct. But if you try to manage a relationship through a contract I guarantee you'll fail. It becomes the letter of the law rather than solving problems or providing opportunity jointly."


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Jodi Arias Caught in Escape Attempt?
Aired January 22, 2013 - 20:00 ET
NANCY GRACE, HOST: Breaking news tonight, Mesa, Arizona. They meet on a work trip in Vegas and fall hard, but when the flame burns out and they break up, she moves 300 miles to chase him, even converting to Mormonism. But then 30-year-old Travis Alexander found slumped over dead in the shower of his five-bedroom home, shot, stabbed 29 times. And just hours after she stabs him to death, she`s literally humping on top of a new boyfriend while Travis`s body decomposing in a damp shower stall. Twenty-seven-year-old Arias has wild sex with Travis all day, even photographing the sex. But then just minutes after the sex, slashes his throat ear to ear. Bombshell tonight. Just revealed, Arias busted, set to run, go on the lam just before cops slap on the cuffs. We learn Arias`s grandparents` house under secret police surveillance, cops watching Arias pack and load boxes to flee. Packed, two knives and a secret .9-millimeter gun, hidden so well only found when her rental car was finally serviced. And another Mormon man falls under Arias`s spell, vowing to leave his wife and children. Oh, and Arias`s so-called artwork brings in the big bucks on eBay. You know what? That`s not right. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They didn`t trust each other. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My job is to speak for Travis right now. And everything Travis is telling me is that, Jodi did this to me. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One day he showed up and was telling us that he had broken up with Jodi. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Travis didn`t want their relationship to be public. And the next day, he got in his car and noticed that all four tires were slashed. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s no way anybody else... JODI ARIAS, CHARGED WITH MURDER: He never raped me. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How is she going to get you? Does she have a weapon? ARIAS: She had a knife. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You said she had a gun before. ARIAS: I don`t know if she had a gun. OK, let`s say for a second that I did and I say I did it. I mean... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) jealous rage? ARIAS: I wouldn`t -- I wouldn`t even say I was jealous. I mean, there may have been some jealousy there, but... UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Then what caused this? ARIAS: I think it`s -- maybe Travis was jealous. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Good evening. I`m Nancy Grace. I want to thank you for being with us. Bombshell tonight. Tonight we can reveal Arias busted, set to run, go on the lam just before cops slap on the handcuffs. Out to Jean Casarez, legal correspondent, "In Session. Jean, you`re the one that broke the story. What happened? JEAN CASAREZ, "IN SESSION" (via telephone): Nancy, we`re learning some absolutely amazing things from a police incident report that we have just gotten hold of. On July 14th, when Mesa police detectives went to Yreka to arrest Jodi Arias, they found her at her grandparents` house. They visually surveilled her from outside, and they could see inside that she was packing boxes and packing suitcases. They believed she was going to flee. They stayed there watching her. In time (ph) of that night, of July 14th, a car pulled up. She came outside to talk to a female person in the driver`s seat. They believe that was her mother. It was a lengthy conversation. It ended with Jodi going back into her grandparents` house, her mother driving off. The next day, they found a brand-new shiny rental car outside of the grandparents` house. They subsequently arrested Jodi, executed a search warrant, and found in that rental car boxes of books of Jodi Arias`s. Intermingled amongst the books were two knives. In her suitcase was a box of .9-millimeter bullets, no gun. Less than a month later, her mother was inquiring where the gun was that Jodi had hidden in the rental car. They traced the rental car at that point to San Francisco, California, and they found hidden in that car a .9- millimeter gun. GRACE: You know, Jean Casarez, this is blockbuster, bombshell evidence, and I am just wondering why the prosecution didn`t put it to the jury in their case in chief. To me, this is clear evidence of flight, and you don`t run unless you think somebody`s chasing you. Jean... CASAREZ: That`s right. They did not... GRACE: ... when a police car pulls up beside you on the interstate, do you hit the gas and take off at 90 miles an hour? No, you do not, Jean Casarez, because they`re not chasing you. But she was set to leave. In fact, she`s on secret police surveillance. Unleash the lawyers, Ken Padowitz, Miami, Holly Hughes, Darryl Cohen, Atlanta. What about it, Ken Padowitz? KEN PADOWITZ, FORMER PROSECUTOR: Well, Nancy, I think you`re absolutely correct. This is a very strong circumstantial case, and with all the evidence that they have, surely, the prosecution should put forth in front of that jury right off the bat the fact that she was attempting to leave the jurisdiction, the fact that she was attempting to flee. And I think they`ve made a major misstep, the prosecution, by not bringing this evidence up right in the beginning. GRACE: Padowitz, I agree completely. As a matter of fact, Ken, when I was still prosecuting for 10 straight years, my theory was give the jury everything you`ve got up front. Don`t hide anything. Give it all to them because you never know if you`re going to get a chance on rebuttal. And also, Holly Hughes, once they start reaching a decision in their own mind, it`s hard to change that decision with rebuttal evidence. HOLLY HUGHES, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: It absolutely is. And again, it looks like they`re grasping at straws, like, Oh, no, the defense put up such great stuff, we`re scared. So now let`s go back and mention stuff we didn`t in the first place. But let me point this out, Nancy. She wasn`t on the run because she wasn`t in custody. You`re using the word "escape," but until she is in custody, she is perfectly free... GRACE: Holly... HUGHES: ... to move about the country just like you and I. GRACE: Holly... HUGHES: Until she`s arrested, she has every right to pack up some books and drive herself anywhere she wants to go. GRACE: Darryl Cohen, when somebody robs a bank and guns down three or four people and they take off and they cross state lines driving 90 miles an hour, wouldn`t you, in the vernacular sense, describe that as on the run? DARRYL COHEN, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Nancy, I feel like I`ve been set up, but of course, that`s on the run. But she waited 10 days. She wasn`t fleeing. She had her books. She didn`t have her clothing. She was waiting. She had a rental car. She was leaving. That`s not the same. GRACE: I`m so glad she remembered to pack her knives and her .9- millimeter, along with her books. Good point! (CROSSTALK) COHEN: Spontaneous combustion. GRACE: ... remember to change her hair color, get a rental car, turn the tag upside-down, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. You know what? You can say whatever you want, but Padowitz, you know the deal. Jean, for those people just joining us -- everybody, Jean Casarez breaking the story tonight on our show that Jodi Arias busted trying to escape. Jean, when they looked through what she had, they found two knives hidden amongst all those books. And you`re telling me the .9-millimeter weapon was not -- it was hidden so well that it was only discovered when the rental car, a Chevy Cobalt, was serviced about a month later? CASAREZ: In San Francisco, California, that`s right. And the jury at this point has not heard this information. But Nancy, the defense is self- defense. So there`s going to be a rebuttal case from the prosecution. GRACE: Absolutely. CASAREZ: And if the jury learns this in a rebuttal case, that will be blockbuster. GRACE: You know, that`s always a tough decision, whether you want to give it to the jury on a silver platter in your case in chief or hold back for rebuttal. Now, the problem -- everybody, Jean, Beth both with us tonight, both of them lawyers, as well as correspondents. They know the ins and outs of the courtroom. You know, Jean, a lot of jurisdictions only let you put up rebuttal evidence that directly controverts something that was put up by the defense. So you`ve got to wait and see what the defense is going to do before the judge can rule whether this will ever come before the jury. And it`s just not right that all of us know all of these details that the jury will never know. I`m just curious, Jean, when she bought that .9- millimeter. Why was she taking it with her? What was she planning to do on the run? Another thing, Jean Casarez. Did cops, as they were secretly watching the grandparents` home -- did they see her having a conversation with her mother out in the car? CASAREZ: Yes, they did, a woman they believed was her mother. Another thing from these police incident reports, they later executed a search warrant on her mother`s home, her parents` home. They found a box of .25- millimeter bullets in that home. GRACE: Man, was that brought into the jury in the state`s case in chief? CASAREZ: Not that I know of, no. GRACE: I`m just very surprised and concerned all of this has not gone in front of the jury. But again, maybe the state`s holding it back for rebuttal. Here`s another twist on that, Jean Casarez. Can the mother be called to testify as to what her daughter told her in that car? Would she tell the truth, or would she lie to save her daughter`s skin, Jean Casarez? CASAREZ: Well, an interesting point is, it was the mother that was inquiring, and the reports do not say who she was inquiring to, but she was asking about the gun her daughter had hidden in the car. So Jodi`s mother knows information. GRACE: For those of you just joining us, breaking tonight, we learn Jodi Arias busted trying to escape just before cops slap on the handcuffs, her grandparents` home under secret surveillance by police as they watch her pack and load boxes. Jean Casarez, give it to me one more time with the timeline. CASAREZ: This is July 14th, the day before she`s arrested. Mesa police arrived in Yreka, California. They are able to locate Jodi inside her grandparents` home. Visually, they can stand outside, surveil her and see that she is packing boxes. They were concerned she was going to flee, so they stayed outside the home. The next day, a rental car was loaded with boxes and at least one suitcase of Jodi Arias. They arrest Jodi. They immediately execute search warrants at the grandparents` home, the parents` home, and that car. Inside the car, in her boxes were many books, and amongst the books, two knives. In her suitcase, a .9-millimeter box of bullets. And one more thing, Nancy. When they executed the search warrant in her bedroom of her grandparents` house, they found evidence that she had purchased a .9-millimeter gun. GRACE: Out to the lines. Sandy in Idaho. Hi, Sandy. What`s your question? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hi. I was just calling -- I just don`t understand the justice system anymore. There is so much evidence that shows us obviously she`s guilty. There`s no other suspect. There`s all this surveillance. They have all this evidence they`ve found. I don`t understand what the holdup is. She needs to be prosecuted because people like this, like in the O.J. Simpson case, so much evidence, and he got away with it. I mean, is this going to happen again? I don`t understand. I mean... GRACE: Well, I`m very concerned, Sandy in Idaho. I`m very concerned. I don`t know if you heard the questions from the jury last week. Out to you, Bonnie Druker. The questions from the jury very disturbing. In that jurisdiction, the jury is allowed to ask questions, as when I practiced law, they could ask questions. And the questions they were asking seemed to suggest that they believe his roommates could have been part of the murder, not Jodi Arias -- asking about their alibis, were they questioned? A lot of questions about the roommates. Rita Cosby, is this going to play out just like tot mom and O.J. Simpson? RITA COSBY, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER: You know what? Sadly, it could. And as you point out, the questions from the jury are, Where were the roommates? Didn`t they hear anything? Didn`t they see anything? And what`s so bizarre, Nancy, in this case, as we know, she had said from the opening statements from her defense -- and we`re going to hear a lot more in a week -- her defense attorney said she did it, but it was self- defense. But for some reason, the jury is having a hard time believing this small woman, this pretty woman, could have done this horrendous crime. It`s shocking, Nancy! (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And that was around April that you last saw him, right? ARIAS: Early April. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You haven`t been back in town since then? ARIAS: No, I haven`t at all. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But you have physically been here since you left. ARIAS: Since I moved, no, I haven`t. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jodi now admits that was a lie. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: On that horrible day, Jodi believed that Travis was going to kill her. He threatened to kill her. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Was it because of self-defense? There`s no way in hell it was. And not one person that knows Travis has come out and said, yes, he was that person. GRACE: She is claiming that he was verbally abusive. The first time we hear of any physical abuse claim by her is the incident where she slashes him, a smiley faced slash from ear to ear. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Were you here in town or were you... ARIAS: I was in Yreka, California. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: About 12 hours after Travis was murdered, she was up here in Utah and out to eat with us. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Welcome back. Bombshell. We can now reveal what we had suspected. We have evidence that Jodi Arias busted trying to escape just before cops slap on the handcuffs. She is under secret police surveillance as she loads and packs box after box to flee the jurisdiction, to go on the lam. The jury not privy to this information. What did she pack? Bullets, knives, books and a secret .9-millimeter weapon. We are taking your calls. Out to Dana in Mississippi. Hi, Dana. What`s your question? UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. Hi, Nancy. I love your show. I watch you every night. GRACE: Thank you. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, ma`am. In one of the interrogation videos, it shows Jodi stating that if she would have killed Travis, she would have done it humanely. And I was curious what she knew at that moment when she was being interrogated. Did she know how he had been murdered? GRACE: I know, I believe, Dana in Mississippi, that she had seen some of the death photos, where he was slashed from ear to ear. And once you see that, you don`t forget it. It`s like -- you know when you see a dead body if there`s been a gunshot or a stabbing. You don`t need a medical examiner to spell it out to you. Let`s go to the source, Beth Karas, at the time she says -- I`m going to pull this up -- Liz, please find the spot in the interrogation tapes where she`s caught on tape saying, If I had done it, I wouldn`t have stabbed him this way. I would have shot him. Well, hello? She was shot. That`s the part you have to look for, Liz. Beth, at the time she said that, didn`t she know or did she know? Had she -- of course, she knew because she did it. But had she been told that he was stabbed? BETH KARAS, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT, "IN SESSION": Right. She was still denying it at that point. Yes, she knew he had been stabbed and she knew there was a lot of blood because word was spreading among their circle of friends, starting with the roommate who found him. And then some of Travis`s friends were outside, so word was spreading about what the scene was like. So she knew there was a lot of blood and he had been stabbed. And when she said, If I had it in me to kill him, I would have done it humanely and quickly, it`s almost as though she`s conceding it wasn`t humane and that it was cruel. And cruelty is the aggravator the state is seeking to prove that would get her death, if the jury agrees. GRACE: Well put, Beth Karas. Let`s take a listen to Arias saying exactly that, caught on tape. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ARIAS: If I had planned to hurt him in any way, I -- you know, I`m not the brightest person, but I don`t think I could stab him. I think I would have to shoot him continuously until he was dead, if that were my intention. And again, I bring up the gloves again, that I would have to wear gloves because -- I mean, I`m not too worried about prints. I guess they`re all over anyway. But I would never stab him. If -- if -- if I had it in me anywhere to kill him, the least I could have done was to make it as humane as possible, or quick or something, you know? Not that killing is humane, so to speak. I don`t mean it that way. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I know what you mean. ARIAS: He was still alive. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ARIAS: He was very well liked and loved. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In fact, Travis was one of the nicest and kindest men I`ve ever met. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Travis left Jodi no other option (INAUDIBLE) Travis`s continual abuse. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just days after killing him, Arias allegedly posts the following message on his obituary page, with sentiments in stark contrast to those claims. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "I am so grateful for the endless hours of conversation and the amazing experiences we`ve shared." UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She never said bad things about him, really, I mean, besides that when she said the trust issue. Besides that, everything was - - he was a great guy, he inspired her, he was great. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They`re using the whole violence thing because that`s - - what else can she say? She`s already changed her story two or three times. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: "I love you, my friend, and always will." (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Now, remember, all of these postings she made after she stabbed him to death in the shower. We are taking your calls. Out to you, Matt Zarrell. Why is phone sex taking center stage in the courtroom? MATT ZARRELL, NANCY GRACE PRODUCER (via telephone): Well, the defense plans to present a recorded phone call between Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias just a couple weeks before the murder. In it, they claim that Travis Alexander, who portrays himself to be a good Mormon person, has very verbally, sexually explicit phone sex with Jodi Arias, including suggesting that he is going to tie Arias to a tree and perform anal sex on her. GRACE: Unleash the lawyers, Ken Padowitz, Miami, Holly Hughes, Atlanta. Also joining me, veteran defense attorney Darryl Cohen from Atlanta. All right. Where are the lawyers? Darryl Cohen, let me just start with you, friend. They`re claiming self-defense, but here she is 300 miles away from Travis Alexander, and she`s calling him for phone sex. Nobody`s forcing her to do anything. And I don`t know if you`ve seen the photos, the digi-cam photos of the sex marathon they had before the stabbing death. Nobody`s forcing her to do anything. There`s no evidence of physical abuse. So how are they going to get to the battered women`s syndrome at the defense? COHEN: I think it`s very easy, Nancy. We`ve got a battered women`s syndrome. Emotional battering is what obviously took place. She drove 1,000 miles to see her ex-boyfriend. They had sex, which means she thought they were having a current affair. And then he drops the bomb, I`m going to Cancun with another girl. What do you think she would do? She snapped. GRACE: That`s not battering! That`s jealousy! That`s plain old jealousy! (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When we woke up, we were kissing. And she eventually kind of grabbed me and she got on top of me. ARIAS: (INAUDIBLE) confidential for now. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That was one of the things that kind of made me stop, you know, when things were kind of getting a little heated, her expressing her religious beliefs and almost trying to bring me closer to God. ARIAS: I`ve done many things that are shameful. But this is not one of them. (END VIDEO CLIP) GRACE: Welcome back. A bombshell. Not only did we learn Jodi Arias planning to escape, set to flee just before she is brought in on murder, cops have her grandparents` home under secret surveillance as she loads and packs boxes, but we also learn yet another Mormon man smitten by Jodi Arias, set to leave his wife and children to be with Arias. What did we learn, Matt Zarrell? Another Mormon man said to be her victim? ZARRELL: Well, we spoke to a friend of both Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias who says there was this one guy after spending several hours with Arias at a convention said that when he gets home he`s going to divorce his wife to be with Arias. The guy was also a father of children. He was a devout Mormon. Said when he got home he was going to talk to his bishop. He also allegedly said, quote, "Jodi is what I need. She is gorgeous. She laughed at my jokes. She gets me. We connect." And the man was completely serious. GRACE: OK. I don`t know what mesmerizing effect Arias has on men. Joining me right now, two special guests, Jamie Simko, friend of Travis Alexander, the murder victim in this case, and Jodi Arias on trial for his murder. Also with me, Christopher Bigelow, co-author of "Mormonism for Dummies." We`re going to get to the bottom of all of this. First out to you, Jamie Simko, thank you for being with us. JAMIE SIMKO, FRIEND OF TRAVIS ALEXANDER AND JODI ARIAS: Thanks for having me. GRACE: How did you meet Jodi Arias, and what was your first impression of her? SIMKO: Well, I was also at that convention with Travis, and, yes, I just met him -- Travis and Jodi were hanging out in the food court at the MGM Grand and, yes, I just -- the first thing I saw her, I was just like, man, this girl is gorgeous. And, oh, looks like Travis is going for it, so, you know, good for him. GRACE: Could you tell me about the time that Travis, Jodi Arias, and others were hanging out in a Jacuzzi? What happened? SIMKO: Yes. We were hanging out after a business event, just kind of casually kicking back and -- GRACE: You know, I`m very jealous, Jamie Simko, because when I go out of town for work, I never get to boil in a Jacuzzi. It kind of sounds a little fun, you know, minus all the deadly STD germs floating around in it, but it does sound kind of fun. But back to you in the Jacuzzi. Let me just get that mental picture back in my head. Go ahead. Tell me about Arias in the Jacuzzi. I want to hear this. SIMKO: Yes, so me, and a friend named Chris Hughes and Travis, and a few other people were hanging out in the Jacuzzi. And this was in Marietta, California, and Jodi had come driving in from the desert area that she`d been living in at the time. And it had only been a few months that I think her and Travis were talking or dating at this point. Anyway, she comes rolling in and she pretty much just out of nowhere jumps in the Jacuzzi, she`s got her bathing suit ready and immediately sitting on Travis` lap and they`re just kind of hanging out, you know, being cute. And, yes, there was this kind of conversation that we all had and it was in reference to some other woman that Travis was talking to. And Travis and Chris were talking about her, and then Travis kind of looks over towards Jodi and he`s like, yes, but, you know what, she ain`t no Jodi. You know, so many words that he said. And, you know, he was, you know, letting Jodi know that she was extremely gorgeous, but, you know, from a relation ship standpoint, this was very early so it was before he knew that Jodi wasn`t the one for him but that was the type of seed that he had planted in her mind that maybe she was the one. GRACE: Well, maybe that time he thought she was the one. Maybe that was before she slashed his tires twice, hacked into his e-mail account and his bank account. Just thinking out loud. Tell me about the Facebook chat you had with Alexander just -- not long before he was murdered. SIMKO: Yes, I think it was just a few weeks, maybe a month before he was murdered and he had sent me a link through Facebook chat, and he said, hey, you know, check out my new blog post. I`m getting this -- my new blog going. And I read it and it was just an awesome story that he talked about his childhood. And anybody can read those now. Anyway, and then through the conversations I was like, hey, how is it going with you and Jodi? Because under my impression I thought they were still together. And the words he said to me was, oh, it`s good, but it`s just a struggle. And my interpretation of that was, coming from him, I knew he was a devout Mormon. And when he said it`s just a struggle, I mean, putting the two and two together, I knew they`d been spending personal time together a lot, traveling all over the place, and immediately went in my mind he is having sex with her and he feels guilty about it. And I feel you, bro. But I didn`t say anything. I just said, you know, I understand. GRACE: Wow. That`s interesting that he said that not long before his death. Question. What can you tell me about another Mormon gentleman that meets Arias and falls hopelessly for her and immediately decides he`s going to leave his wife and children to be with Jodi Arias? What happened? SIMKO: Well, before I say this story, I`m going to state something. I`m going to set something apart here. GRACE: OK. SIMKO: A lot of the men you`ve been interviewing on your show are also Mormons, and a lot of them are married. And, you know, a lot of them, they`re saying it but they`re not really saying it how they`d like to say it or how it really should be said. They`re saying, you know, she`s -- she was attractive or she was a cute girl. Let`s get something straight. When I first laid eyes on her, I said, wow, this girl is smoking hot. And then, once I got to know her a little bit, I`m like, not only is she smoking hot, she`s one of the nicest people I ever met in my entire life. OK? GRACE: I take it you are not Mormon? SIMKO: I`m not Mormon. GRACE: All right. That`s -- I`m just putting the pieces together. OK. Now that we have established Jodi Arias is, quote, "smoking hot," I disagree because when I see her, I see blood running down her wrists, OK? That kind of detracts from any physical attractiveness one may perceive, the whole blood, the whole murder thing. Now, thank you for establishing on the record, Mr. Simko, that she`s smoking hot. Can we get to -- SIMKO: When I first met her, that was my first impression. I`m with you eye to eye hindsight. (LAUGHTER) GRACE: And, you know, a lot of people, and I know you didn`t -- you don`t feel this way, but a lot of people have said when they first met her they got a creepy vibe, but you know, she was all about Wicca and witchcraft on her Web site, but that`s all a whole another can of worms. I`m going to steer us back on to the road about this man I thought happily married that meets Jodi Arias and he walks away and says, I`m leaving my wife for her, after being with her for, like, two hours. What happened? SIMKO: Yes, he had spent some personal time with her. And -- GRACE: Whoa, whoa, whoa, what`s personal time? What`s that? Is it -- SIMKO: You know I don`t -- GRACE: Personal time in the Holiday Inn or is it personal time having a latte in the food court? What do you mean by personal time? SIMKO: It was -- I don`t want to say too much about the story for this man`s sake because I believe he`s still married, but it was in a car for a few hours, so -- GRACE: What is a married man doing in a car with a single woman for a couple of hours? Unless they`re out doing a surveillance with police. (CROSSTALK) GRACE: All right. Right there I have a problem. But so after two hours with her, what does this guy say? SIMKO: Well, he texts, you know, other friend in the business, Chris Hughes aside, and right out, you know, goes into a private room with him and he says, Chris, when I get home from this trip, I`m going to divorce my wife. I want to be with Jodi. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GRACE: Welcome back. We are taking your calls. And now a look inside, behind the facade Jodi Arias has painted, not only do we learn that she was busted trying to escape, trying to pack and leave just before cops arrest her on murder one, her grandparents` home under secret surveillance by police, and catch her loading boxes full of books, knives, even later a gun, a newly purchased .9 millimeter. I want to go to Dr. William Morrone, medical examiner, joining me out of Madison Heights. What do the injuries say to you, Doctor Morrone? DR. WILLIAM R. MORRONE, MEDICAL EXAMINER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, TOXICOLOGIST (via telephone): I can`t see anything other than this is a very dark alpha dominant, evil woman. This is not smoking hot. Four major points, tremendous amount of medium velocity blood splatter at the scene. Number two, chest wounds making all this splatter in the beginning, the first wound. Number three, the neck wound, ear to ear, cutting the windpipe, can only be done after he`s weakened or unconscious because he could fight back, and the absolute frosting on the cake, a gunshot wound to the head. It did not bleed and the shell casing found on top of concealed blood, that confirms the order of the fatal event. GRACE: But now we learn yet another Mormon gentleman after being with Arias alone for just two hours decides to leave his wife. And, I might add, children. Let me go back to a friend of Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias. Also joining us co-author of "Mormonism for Dummies," Christopher Bigelow. Also taking your calls. Jamie Simko, you`ve just established that you believe Jodi Arias is, quote, "smoking hot," but what I`m more -- SIMKO: Was. GRACE: More interested in is the relationship as it evolved with Travis Alexander and also this guy. Why did yet another man marry and, you know - - Jamie Simko, are you married, may I ask? SIMKO: No, I`m happily single. (LAUGHTER) GRACE: Yes, well, I was, too, at one time for many, many years until I became a happily married mother of two and, let me tell you, since you didn`t ask, once you have children, it`s a game changer, dear. Everything changes. In fact, I don`t want to even think about another man. I don`t even want to think about it. I don`t want to think about anything at all that would jeopardize my twins` lives. I don`t care what it is. It could be anything, it could be a beer before I drive. It could be -- I don`t know what it could be. No. If it would jeopardize their life or their happiness in any way, then I`m not interested. And what I`m extremely interested in is whatever, let me just say, magic that she seems to work over men that within just knowing her for two hours, sitting in a car, for Pete`s sake, unless they were sitting in the backseat, he wants to leave his wife and children. You know, after, you know, you`re married, you have arguments, you disagree, blah, blah, blah, none of it amounts to a hill of beans. But I can see you getting fed up with your spouse just over daily living. Don`t even have to really do anything wrong but ready to leave and walk out on your children to be with Arias? What was he thinking? SIMKO: You know, and that`s the thing. I can speak from experience of being in her presence. When I was around her and, I mean, I was smitten. I mean I liked her personally. I was like, OK, she`s really hot, she`s nice, and we just really connected conversationally. And one of the things that this gentleman said was -- GRACE: In other words she asked you a lot of questions about you. SIMKO: About -- sort of, I guess. I don`t know. We just -- we just hit it off, I don`t know. But what I wanted to say about this guy was that, you know, one of the things you referenced is that, you know, she laughs at my jokes, she gets me, this is what I`m missing. And what our friend Chris had said to him when he took him aside was, like, listen, dude, this is a marriage, you know. Tell me if you get with Jodi a few years down the road that you`re not going to be feeling the same exact way as you feel with your wife right now? GRACE: Yes, you know, I think it`s like cars, you just trade them in and after three years you`re ready for a new one. I mean, you feel that way some days, but then why would you risk everything, everything? You know, Caryn Stark, please tell me there`s more to men than that. This is of course not about murder. But all you have to do is laugh at their jokes and look good? That`s it? CARYN STARK, PSYCHOLOGIST: Well, it depends on the man, Nancy, but it`s very, very powerful aphrodisiac when somebody comes across. Don`t forget. This is somebody who`s a sociopath, right? She can do anything as a chameleon to manipulate the situation. She`s capable of even saying, you know, if I did it, kind of like if O.J. had written that book. Clearly psychopathic. GRACE: Yes. But there`s something about her that is mesmerizing to men. And the reason I`m interested is because I wonder how it`s going to affect this jury, 11 men, seven women. Beth Karas joining us on the case from the get-go. Beth, another fact that`s happening is that Mormonism is coming into the trial. It`s beginning to be a star of the trial itself. The fact that he was with Jodi but he was looking for the perfect Mormon wife. How is Mormonism, which is a mystery to a lot of us -- that`s why I`m about to go to Christopher Bigelow, but Beth, why is Mormonism becoming such a key factor in the trial? KARAS: Well, the defense started grilling the very first witness called by the state, Mimi Hall, Marie Hall. She was the one who was supposed to go to Cancun with Travis Alexander. They were scheduled to leave the day after the body was found, June 10th, 2008. They were questioning her about it because I believe they`re going to try to show that Travis Alexander was conflicted, and that maybe he was into -- yes, he was self-hating and that he couldn`t resist the temptation of being with Jodi and he took it out on her by being abusive to her. So it`s important to understand the tenets of Mormonism and how you`re not supposed to engage in premarital sex and he really was on the road to redemption at the time he was killed, I`m told. GRACE: With me, Christopher Bigelow, co-author of "Mormonism for Dummies." Mr. Bigelow, thank you so much for being with us. Now why would Travis Alexander have been so torn up that he was having sex with Arias while dating other women? All of them, I might add, were in the Mormon Church with him. CHRISTOPHER BIGELOW, CO-AUTHOR, "MORMONISM FOR DUMMIES": Yes, that`s a real mess. And I`m sure he was under tremendous pressure living a probably double or triple life with it. And if he wanted to get himself right with Mormonism, he would have had to confess and begin the repentance process. Premarital sexual activity would need to be confessed to his local bishop if he wanted to get himself right with Mormonism again. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GRACE: Welcome back. The trail hot and heavy on Jodi Arias for the stabbing and slashing death of her lover, Travis Alexander. Mormonism playing a major role in the trial, and with me an expert on it, co-author of "Mormonism for Dummies," Christopher Bigelow. Christopher Bigelow, there has been some talk that Travis Alexander convinced Jodi Arias that oral and anal sex is not a sin in Mormonism, but vaginal sex before marriage is a sin. Is that true? BIGELOW: That sounds like a real rationalization to me. I think most Mormons would count all of those as serious enough sins you need to clear it with a bishop. GRACE: She was baptized in the Mormon faith, so wouldn`t she know the truth of the Mormon beliefs? BIGELOW: You would think she would. Some people internalize it better than others. You have to wonder what her thoughts were about all of this irrational behavior. GRACE: Where do Mormons believe are going to -- is going to happen to them in the after life? Where do they think they go? BIGELOW: Mormonism has a really interesting concept of heaven. We believe it`s actually split into at least three different levels, so everyone doesn`t just go to heaven or hell, but it`s almost more of a graded system. The highest kingdom, we call it, of heaven is for those who are baptized Mormon and live the gospel and live a good life. Then the middle kingdom is for those that are a little iffy, and then the lowest kingdom is for those who sin and don`t repent of that. And that`s the whole point of the Mormon Church, is helping people identify their sins and repent their sins. GRACE: Right. So they don`t believe that heaven equals having your own planet? BIGELOW: Well, you`re getting into some pretty deep doctrine there, and there are those who teach that our goal in life is to become more like Heavenly Father. As his children, we want to become like our parent. And if God -- GRACE: Do you have your own planet, I guess is my question? BIGELOW: Well, you know, I`m going to go ahead and say that that`s within the possibility, realm of possibility. It`s not -- not something we love to hear stated because it sounds wacky. GRACE: Yes, a little. BIGELOW: But you know, to become -- (LAUGHTER) If you become like God -- GRACE: You get your own planet. BIGELOW: He gives you more and more responsibility, and maybe that includes a planet. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GRACE: We remember American hero, Army Specialist Wade Slack, 21, Waterville, Maine. Bronze Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Service medal. Parents Alan and Mary. Stepmother Rose, four brothers, four sisters. Wade Slack, American hero. Out to Bonnie Drucker on our team. Bonnie, what can you tell me about artwork of Jodi Arias` popping up on eBay? BONNIE DRUKER, NANCY GRACE PRODUCER: Oh, Nancy, this one takes the cake. Her artwork that is on cardboard in colored pencils is popping up on eBay. People are actually buying some of it. She has a couple of different collections, Nancy. One of them is a `50s collection with Lucille Ball and Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. And, you know, that`s what she`s selling. We understand that the money is so she could use -- so she could use the money to get better food in jail and to help -- GRACE: Hold on, just a moment. Hold on. Andy Kahan, victim advocate, city of Houston, coined the term murderabilia. Andy, people are going to pay a thousand bucks for her sketches on cardboard so she can get better food behind bars? ANDY KAHAN, DIR. OF HOUSTON MAYOR`S CRIME VICTIMS` OFFICE, MONITORING MURDERABILIA SALES (via telephone): Well, I don`t know what she`s going to do, what are you going to buy, better junk food? It`s not like outside vendors are going to be parked outside waiting for her to pick up healthier foods. But I`d tell you the looming legal issue right now, the reality is that she hasn`t been convicted of anything, so anybody can sell her artwork, her paintings, her drawings or whatever they want to do. But people who collect macabre artwork from high-profile killers are looking at her artwork right now as an investment. They`re banking on her being convicted and the theory being that she won`t be allowed to produce any so-called artwork. Arias basically, when you look at it, the old adage pops up. When you go to jail, you turn into Rembrandt and you get -- get reborn, and that`s what Jodi Arias is doing right now. GRACE: Everyone, "DR. DREW" up next. I`ll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp Eastern. And until then, good night, friend. END


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Scientist finds new way to predict heat layer troublemaker
Researchers at a recent worldwide conference on fusion power have confirmed the surprising accuracy of a new model for predicting the size of a key barrier to fusion that a top scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has developed. The model could serve as a starting point for overcoming the barrier. "This allows you to depict the size of the challenge so you can think through what needs to be done to overcome it," said physicist Robert Goldston, the Princeton University professor of astrophysical sciences and former PPPL director who developed the model.
Goldston was among physicists who presented aspects of the model in late May to the 20th Annual International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Aachen, Germany. Some 400 researchers from around the world attended the conference. Results of the model have been "eerily close" to the data, said Thomas Eich, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching, Germany, who gave an invited talk on his measurements. The agreement appears too close to have happened by chance, Eich added.
Goldston's model predicts the width of what physicists call the "scrape-off layer" in tokamaks, the most widely used fusion facilities. Such devices confine hot, electrically charged gas, or plasma, in powerful magnetic fields. But heat inevitably flows through the system and becomes separated, or scraped off, from the edge of the plasma and flows into an area called the divertor chamber.
The challenge is to prevent a thin and highly concentrated layer of heat from reaching and damaging the plate that sits at the bottom of the divertor chamber and absorbs the scrape-off flow. Such damage would halt fusion reactions, which take place when the atomic nuclei, or ions, inside the plasma merge and release energy. "If nothing was done and you took this right on the chin, it could be a knockout blow," said Goldston, who published his model in January in the journal Nuclear Fusion.
Solving this problem will be vital for future machines like ITER, the world's most powerful tokamak, which the European Union, the United States and five other countries are building in France to demonstrate fusion as a source of clean and abundant energy. The project is designed to produce 500 megawatts of fusion power in 400 second-long pulses, which will require researchers to spread the scrape-off heat as much as possible to protect the divertor plate.
Goldston's model could help guide such efforts. He began pondering the width of the heat flux during an international physics conference in South Korea in 2010. Looking at the latest scrape-off layer data based on improved measurements, he estimated—literally on an envelope—that the new widths could be produced without plasma turbulence, a factor that is typically considered but is notoriously difficult to calculate. This led him to search for a way to estimate the width of the surprisingly thin layer, and to gauge how the width would vary as conditions such as the amount of electrical current in the plasma varied.
The way plasma flows inside tokamaks provided the major clue. The ions within the charged gas gyrate swiftly along the magnetic field lines while drifting slowly across the lines. At the same time, the electrons also in the plasma travel very rapidly along the lines and carry away most of the heat. Goldston arrived at his prediction by determining how fast these subatomic particles flow into the divertor region, and how long it therefore takes them to reach it. The result "is what we call a 'heuristic' estimate, based on the key aspects of the physics, but not a detailed calculation," said Goldston.
His estimate confirmed what Goldston had suspected: the width of the scrape-off layer nearly matched the results of a calculation, made without considering turbulence, for determining how far the ions drift away from their field lines. "What's stunning is how closely the values correspond to the data, both in absolute value and in variation with the plasma current, magnetic field, machine size and input power," Goldston said. "This does not mean that turbulence plays no role, but it suggests that for the highest performance conditions, where turbulence is weakest, the motion of the ions is dominated by non-turbulent drift effects." This will be true in the case of ITER, he added, since it is designed to operate in high-performance conditions.
Researchers are developing techniques for widening the scrape-off layer. Such methods include pumping gas into the divertor region to keep some heat from reaching the plate. Physicists use deuterium, a form of hydrogen, to block the heat, and are injecting nitrogen to turn other parts of the heat into ultraviolet light. (While charged deuterium ions are already in the plasma, the deuterium gas that is injected into the divertor region to block the heat is not electrically charged.)
These strategies look promising. "We know that they will work," said Goldston. "The outstanding question is whether they will work completely enough" to mitigate the heat flux at ITER's highest power levels, without introducing so much gas that it cools the fuel. Physicists around the world are conducting experiments to understand the process better.
For Goldston, calculating the width of the scrape-off layer marks the latest research effort in a 40-year career at PPPL, which began when he was a graduate student. Along the way he helped to pioneer techniques for heating the plasma, and developed a widely used method called "Goldston scaling" for predicting how long heat is retained in a tokamak plasma.
"First, heat is injected into the plasma," Goldston said of how tokamaks operate. "Second, that heat is retained while much more heat is generated by fusion reactions. Finally, the resulting heat has to come out of the plasma. Without thinking about it, I have been following heat along this trajectory throughout my whole research career," he added. "We have made great progress on the first two steps, and now the most exciting challenge, to me, is the one that comes because of our success so far. Now we need to learn to handle the the outflow of heat from a high-power fusion energy source."
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Princeton University, advances the coupled fields of fusion energy and plasma physics. Fusion is the process that powers the sun and the stars. In the interior of stars, matter is converted into energy by the fusion, or joining, of the nuclei of light atoms to form heavier elements. At PPPL, physicists use a magnetic field to confine plasma. Scientists hope eventually to use fusion energy for the generation of electricity. http://www.pppl.gov/
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Sudbury inspires science fiction writer
Author David M. Kelly says he will be signing copies of his new release, Transformation Protocol: Joe Ballen book three, at the Sudbury Graphic-Con on June 8.
This will be Kelly's third year at Graphic-Con. So, very appropriately, he's launching the third book in his Joe Ballen sci-fi thriller series.
"I go to many events during the year – a mix of comicons and book fairs, and the Graphic-Con crowd is the best," Kelly said in a release.
He said he finds there is more enthusiasm for books here than at other events. "And even if people aren't so much into reading, they still stop by the table to say 'hi,' which is very much appreciated."
Kelly — originally from Yorkshire, England — says he draws plenty of inspiration from his adopted home town, from the rocky landscape of the Sudbury basin and its shatter cones through to the city's cutting-edge scientific research.
"There's so much amazing science happening in Sudbury," says Kelly, "whether it's the neutrino observatory, the re-greening projects, or the research into space mining. It's a great place to be for a sci-fi writer."
And in fact, the beginning of the new book features a nod to Sudbury's mining research. When we first meet the lead character, Joe Ballen, he's back on Earth while virtually overseeing an asteroid-mining operation, assisted by a team of excavation robots with serious attitude issues.
Transformation Protocol is available in paperback or e-book versions on Amazon, and you can also buy the e-book from the Apple store, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo. More information is available at www.davidmkelly.net.
About David M. Kelly
David M. Kelly is the author of the Joe Ballen sci-fi thriller series and the short story collection Dead Reckoning And Other Stories. He has been published in Canadian science fiction magazine Neo-opsis and writes about science, space, and technology at www.davidmkelly.net.


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A student obtaining a score of 5 in an Advanced Placement Examination in History will automatically receive two course credits, and a student scoring 4 will receive one course credit in History. A student can receive no more than three course credits from AP exams.
What Course Should I Take to Find Out If I Like History?
The short answer: any course that interests you. Very few of our courses have prerequisites, although you will certainly find the 200 and 300-level courses more challenging than the introductory surveys and topics courses.
Students are often introduced to the History major through History 101: Introduction to Historical Study, which focuses on a selected problem in order to demonstrate techniques of historical research, criticism of sources, and awareness of differing interpretations. Some of the topics taught in recent years include: Western Travelers to China, Hitler and the Nazi State, The Sixties, Slavery in the Americas, the Civil Rights Movement, and Crime & Punishment in Historical Perspective.
As a History Major, How Easy Is It To Study Abroad?
We encourage all students to pursue a semester or a year of off-campus study. In the past, History students have attended programs where they can see a wider world for themselves and observe the way in which the past shapes the present in places such as Rio de Janeiro, Prague, Nairobi, Tokyo, Barcelona, and Galway.
If you are planning to study off-campus, please consult with your adviser and the Office of Off-Campus Study. Together, they can help you to identify programs and courses that match your interests and needs. You will need to plan ahead. Applications for off-campus study are due by March 1 of the year before you study off-campus. For more information, see the Off-Campus Study website.
One important consideration: Junior Independent Study should normally be completed at Wooster. It serves, in important ways, as preparation for the Senior Independent Study.
What If I Want to Double Major?
Many of our students are double majors, combining their interest in history with work in languages, literature, anthropology, economics, urban studies or more. As a double major, you are required to complete all of the requirements for both majors, with the exception that, subject to the approval of both departments, a joint Senior I.S. project may be done on a topic that incorporates materials and approaches from both disciplines and fulfills the requirements of both departments. As a double major, you must complete Junior I.S. in both departments. See the Catalogue for further details.
What Other Majors Include An Important Component of History?
The Department of History contributes courses to many programs on campus, such as Africana Studies, Archaeology, Urban Studies, and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies. It participates directly in the interdisciplinary program in International Relations. As a student in International Relations, you may make History your home department if you are interested in doing coursework in History and writing a Senior I.S. that draws extensively on historical methods.
I'm Interested in Teaching History in High School After College.
What Should I Do?
Many of our students complete some kind of teacher certification along with the History Major, through the Teacher Education Program in the Department of Education.
Note: there are many requirements for certification. Students interested in teacher certification should consult with a faculty member in the Department of Education as early as possible in their college career.
I'm Interested in Law School. What Should I Do To Prepare?
History majors have gone on to many of the nation's premier law schools. See the suggestions on the Pre-Law web page and talk to one of the Pre-Law Advisors.
I Love History, But I'm Planning On Going to Medical School? What Can I Do?
The History Major will not, in itself, prepare you for medical school, but it is excellent training for future doctors. And medical schools are especially interested in applicants who can think outside of the sciences. History majors have higher rates of acceptance to medical school than Chemistry majors. If you are planning on a career in medicine, look to the Pre-Health web page and talk to a Pre-Health Advisor soon.


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A roundup of quirky news reported this week by GateHouse newspapers.
Rare blue lobster caught
HINGHAM, Mass. -- Jack Daily has seen a lot of lobsters during his 30 years in the seafood restaurant business, but none like the ''sky blue'' one a fisherman brought in the other day.''I have never seen one this blue,'' Daily said. '' It's very, very rare,'' said Daily, 64, owner of the Hingham Lobster Pound. It's one in two million, to be exact. That's how often you can expect to see a lobster with blue pigmentation. Edward Figueiredo of Cohasset caught the crustacean Saturday in one of his traps off the coast of Hingham. ''When it's in the water, it doesn't look as blue, but when it comes out, it's like a translucent blue,'' Daily said. Dr. Michael Tlusty, director of research at New England Aquarium, said the blue color comes from a single carotenoid pigment, astaxanthin. The pigment is normally red, but a genetic defect causes an extra amount of protein to be produced and that, in turn, causes the blue color. The lobster Figueiredo caught, which is probably about 7 years old, will turn red if it is boiled, Tlusty said. Do the Papelbon! BOSTON -- Forget Red Sox Fever. Forget "Saturday Night Fever." Forget about "Dancing with the Stars." It's Red Sox Dance Fever. Move over, John Travolta, it's Red Sox relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon leaving the mound and taking center stage. After the Red Sox topped the Cleveland Indians in the seventh game of the American League Championship series before nail-biting home fans Sunday night, No. 58 strutted his stuff with the Papelbon dance. Experts aren't sure if it's a two-step, a clog dance or the Highland Fling. Heading into the World Series, no one cares. Whatever the name of the dance, the fun-loving right-hander fired up Red Sox Nation and has taken the Papelbon dance craze to a frantic fevered pitch. Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Natick showed Red Sox fans the art of the Papelbon dance this week, and Nancy Kelley Dance Studio, also in Natick, offered to teach the entire Red Sox team the dance. Who would steal a big purple toilet? STUTTGART, Ark. -- They had high hopes, and with good reason. Names were pouring in for the fundraiser — names, which meant money for Relay For Life. That was until the purple toilet — which was being set in individual's yards, who, in return, could pay money to have it removed — came up missing. "The big purple toilet is missing," said Kathy Morris, co-chairwoman for the Stuttgart Relay For Life. "And I don't know what to do about it." The toilet had only made a few trips around town before it came up stolen. Stuttgart residents had even gone to the point of already reserving the toilet to have placed in a family members or friends yard, she said. This was a popular fundraiser a few years ago, Morris said, and they were relying on it to bring in some much-needed funds. The purple toilet was donated. The group does not want to use an old toilet and is hoping to possibly have another donated. Man tries to castrate himself SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An alleged sex offender who said he was feeling an urge to offend again took a fillet knife to his testicles in an attempt to castrate himself Sunday night. The 59-year-old man, who lives in the 1600 block of Seven Pines Road, was bleeding profusely when police and paramedics arrived. However, he is expected to survive. The man successfully removed one testicle and flushed it down the toilet, and the other testicle was severely injured. He then called a friend for help. Authorities were called about 8:15 p.m. Sunday, and the man was rushed to the hospital. The man told authorities he was feeling the urge to touch and hurt children. He was not trying to take his life, the man reportedly said, but was trying to stem the urge. If his grades start to suffer, we know why LITTLETON, Mass. -- Getting a head start on Halloween pranks, Travis Dube, 17, stood on the Littleton Common waving at traffic in a marijuana leaf costume. He wanted to express his belief that marijuana should be legalized. Dube, a senior at Littleton High School, said a friend picked up the costume for him, including the large plastic pot leaf and the sign saying, "Legalize." But as he waved to motorists with a big smile, some of whom honked and yelled their approval, Dube wanted to be sure it was known that he would not be wearing the costume in the high school Halloween parade. "I'm not going to wear this to the school parade, knowing it is well against school rules," he said. He will, however, don it for a raft of parties that accompany the fall holiday. GateHouse News Service


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Luisa Pereira from IPATIMUP and a group of contributors have developing an internet tool to predict of an individual affiliation to a major population group, based on information from a small set of autosomal STRs. The application can found here: http://cracs.fc.up.pt/popaffiliator
To calculate the assignment of an individual to a major population group (Asia, Eurasia, sub-Saharan Africa) the values in the form bellow should be provided. The range for the allele size was restricted to the ones published in the Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet DataBase.
The probabilities are computed using a machine learning model built as described in:
Pereira et al (2010) PopAffiliator: online calculator for individual affiliation to a major population group based on 17 autosomal STR genotype profile. Int J Legal Med. DOI 10.1007/s00414-010-0472-2. (in press)
AbstractBecause of their sensitivity and high level of discrimination, short tandem repeat (STR) maker systems are currently the method of choice in routine forensic casework and data banking, usually in multiplexes up to 15–17 loci. Constraints related to sample amount and quality, frequently encountered in forensic casework, will not allow to change this picture in the near future, notwithstanding the technological developments. In this study, we present a free online calculator named PopAffiliator (http://cracs.fc.up.pt/popaffiliator) for individual population affiliation in the three main population groups, Eurasian, East Asian and sub-Saharan African, based on genotype profiles for the common set of STRs used in forensics. This calculator performs affiliation based on a model constructed using machine learning techniques. The model was constructed using a data set of approximately fifteen thousand individuals collected for this work. The accuracy of individual population affiliation is approximately 86%, showing that the common set of STRs routinely used in forensics provide a considerable amount of information for population assignment, in addition to being excellent for individual identification.
Keywords: Online calculator, genotype, profile, autosomal STRs, individual affiliation
Conclusion: So the paper concludes that …our confirmation of an 86% accuracy of individual population affiliation for the common 17 STR genotype profiles shows that this well-known forensic set of STRs has also a considerable amount of information for population assignment, besides being excellent for individual identification. We believe that our online calculator will be a valuable tool in helping forensic researchers to predict population affiliation in a specific forensic casework. However, researchers should always be aware that this information is just a first indication, which should be confirmed by other genetic and nongenetic evidence if the population affiliation is really essential to resolve a case. This is especially true for populations that result from a high miscegenation between population groups, such as populations from the Near East or America, for which, in any case, most individuals will have a real mixed ancestry.


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TOPAZ RESTAURANT … the jewel of Istanbul is one of my favorite places for lunch or dinner. Its serene and inspiring atmosphere, with a spectacular view of the Bosporus and the Dolmabahce Mosque was created by renowned International designer Koray Ozgen.
Chef Alparsian, who has a reputation for "gastronomic boldness", uses the freshest and most seasonal ingredients in his modern interpretations of classic Mediterranean and Ottoman recipes. His rich and diversified menu reflects the wonderful fruits, vegetables, spices, meats and seafood that Turkey produces. Well-known International chefs, from Michelin starred restaurants around the world, are often invited to guest chef, and it's an unexpected treat when one is on hand to add extra surprises to the menu. With over 225 wines in its cellar, the sommelier gave us an impressive education in pairing exquisite food with exceptional, but not necessarily expensive wines. Its current "Enjoy the Taste of Turkey" is show casing the best dishes from different regions in Turkey.
Great Bar! Great food! Great people watching scene!
Website: www.topazistanbul.com
If you can imagine the opulence of staying in a palace, once the home of Ottoman Sultans, and being able to arrive by limousine, yacht or helicopter (it's the only hotel inTurkey to have a private dock and a helipad), chances are, and you too have experienced its splendor. The hotel's fascinating and legendary history is documented in photographs that line the corridor connecting the original palace to the hotel, the crystal chandelier is breathtaking, and the original hammam, is now used for events.
Cilar Ilhan, Public Relations Director graciously extends an invite to join her at the Ciragan's BBQ restaurant which sits on the edge of the Bosporus Straits. The night is balmy; the views are inspiring and the selection of meats, fish, and seafood cooked to order or served raw is overwhelming. Long tables are laden with an appetizing array of Turkish appetizers, dozens of colorful salads and decadent deserts. Plump chickens, ducks and a whole lamb are turning on spits; souvlaki is being sliced and stuffed into hot pita bread, and chafing dishes are piled high with grilled vegetables. I move from station to station, piling my plate with delicacies. It is indeed a memorable feast … fit for a Sultan.
Website http://www.kempinski.com/en/istanbul/ciragan-palace/welcome/
Not to be Missed
The Ciragan Palace Kempinski Istanbul, the only Ottoman Imperial Palace and Hotel by the Bosporus, celebrates Christmas 2011 and New Year's 2012 with special two and four day packages that include:
Accommodations, daily breakfast, VIP amenities, Christmas or New Year's Eve dinner, Brunch and a couple's massage.
For more information and to book:
There are two Four Seasons Hotels in Istanbul, and I accept Marketing Director Sibel Benli's gracious invitation to experience the spa at the Four Seasons on the Bosporus. After checking in at the reception desk, I change into a fluffy robe, and wait for my therapists to claim my body and begin my renewal journey. I am a big fan of the traditional Turkish hammam … a bathing, scrubbing and massage ritual that increases circulation, exfoliates dead cells and re-hydrates the skin with nourishing oils. The hamman was originally a place in the souk where villagers gathered for their weekly scrub, to exchange gossip, conduct business and arrange marriages. Today, the modern hammam is a luxurious environment within the spa, with rituals that embody all aspects of wellness. The Four Seasons Spa is unique in offering a selection of different hammam experiences. Serenity, Purity and Cleansing, are embodied in all aspects of the spa . . . from the music and fragrance that wafts through the air to the caring well- trained hands that anoint my body with delicious natural products that stimulate my senses. For my "Atik Pasha Surrender" massage, the epitome of Imperial Indulgence, two Four Seasons spa experts massage my body in unison. My anti-aging Diamond lifting facial incorporates Shiatsu techniques with micro-facial lifting and aromatherapy. I can feel the ingredients penetrating my pores as the intense hydration works wonders on my sun drenched skin.
The spa menu of rituals and treatments is most impressive: "Lavish Moments" includes a body masque … the "Marine Mineral Facial" uses Sodashi plant essences and a marine algae mask. Perhaps on my next visit, I will book the "Jojoba Bead Polish" or the "Vitamin C, Green Tea and Rose Hip Oil Scrub". The benefits of this rewarding experience linger on.
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"The EU fish Market 2014" report confirms the EU's position as a major consumption market and the largest importer of seafood products, making up 24% of the total value of world trade.
The report, available in four languages, provides for the first time a complete overview of consumption, trade and production of fish and aquaculture in the EU. The extensive report contains information on how much and what type of fish is consumed in the EU, where it comes from and how much is caught in the wild or produced from aquaculture.
Despite the EU market's global strength following a strong period of growth in consumption in the last decade, consumption dropped by 5% between 2008 and 2010 and has since remained stable.
Three out of four fish consumed in the EU comes from wild fishing whilst consumption of farmed products decreased by 5% in 2011.
EU self-sufficiency for seafood - the ratio of EU production to total estimated consumption - remained stable at around 45% between 2008 and 2011.
Trade between EU countries is very significant and plays an essential role in the EU's fishery trade. Its value is comparable to that of imports coming from outside the EU.
Shrimp is now the leading species imported in terms of value, ahead of salmon and cod whilst tuna, cod, salmon and pollack are now the main species consumed in the EU.
The report can be found online here:
The EU Fish Market report is one of the services of the European Market Observatory for Fishery and Aquaculture (EUMOFA) which provides market analysis and data that are updated daily.
EUMOFA is available in 4 languages: English, French, German and Spanish.
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