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Amidst the tremedous progress being made in Congress on legislation to create a clean energy economy, today the President led by example and did his part here in the Executive branch. The President and Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today several innovative actions that will promote energy efficiency while saving Americans billions of dollars annually. This announcement highlights the fact that clean energy not only makes environmental sense, but it also makes smart economic sense. The President explained that this is why the administration has put energy at the forefront of our economic recovery, working to build a new, clean energy economy for the future:
So we've gotten a lot done on the energy front over the last six months. But even as we're changing the ways we're producing energy, we're also changing the ways we use energy. In fact, one of the fastest, easiest, and cheapest ways to make our economy stronger and cleaner is to make our economy more energy efficient. And that's something that Secretary Chu is working every single day to work through.
This announcement, which takes effect in 2012, includes major changes to energy conservation standards for household and commercial lighting. It mainly focuses on General Service Fluorescent Lamps, commonly found in residential and commercial builds, and Incandescent Reflector Lamps, commonly found in recessed and track lighting. Although these changes may not sound exciting, the President explained, the effects will be substantial:
The first step we're taking sets new efficiency standards on fluorescent and incandescent lighting. Now I know light bulbs may not seem sexy, but this simple action holds enormous promise because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is used to light our homes and our businesses. Between 2012 and 2042, these new standards will save consumers up to $4 billion a year, conserve enough electricity to power every home in America for 10 months, reduce emissions equal to the amount produced by 166 million cars each year, and eliminate the need for as many as 14 coal-fired power plants.
The President and Secretary Chu also announced that $346 million from the Recovery Act will go towards accelerating the development and use of energy efficient technologies in new and existing commercial and residential buildings. Improving building efficiency will not only create jobs, but it will also be a crucial step in reducing carbon emissions:
And if we want to make our economy run more efficiently, we've also got to make our homes and businesses run more efficiently. And that's why we're also speeding up a $346 million investment under the Recovery Act to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of energy-efficient technologies in residential and commercial buildings, which consume almost 40 percent of the energy we use and contribute to almost 40 percent of the carbon pollution we produce.
We're talking about technologies that are available right now or will soon be available -- from lighting to windows, heating to cooling, smart sensors and controls. By adopting these technologies in our homes and businesses, we can make our buildings up to 80 percent more energy efficient -- or with additions like solar panels on the roof or geothermal power from underground, even transform them into zero-energy buildings that actually produce as much energy as they consume.
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I'd ghamble on it.
What odds would you give me?
He needs someone else to hold up an end for him. And he has the keeper and the bowlers so that is one thing against him.
Also he will have an awkward first 30 minutes to his inning where he is trying to get his eye in again.
I would give you 4-1. If they had more wickets in hand I would give you 2-1.
This Australian unit is really hitting its gears under Clarke's leadership. A few guys have probably locked spots/shown what they've got already in this SA series. Hussey looks like he could play for another year or two. And the openers have both played to their potential now.
Locks in the team-
- Warner
- Cowan
- Clarke
- M. Hussey
- Wade
- Siddle
- Pattinson
- Hilf/Starc
- Lyon
Glaring deficiency at 3 and 4 atm. The robot might return to #3 sometimes.
Hard to write Ponting off, cos it'll bite you later, but having a guy that age in the team at #4 not making runs doesn't make a heap of sense. Better to be developing someone in their mid twenties. Big pressure on him to do something this series.
i hope he's smarter than lara and moves to 399 and hits a 6.
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
If he gets that far I reckon he'll declare on 334
i don't think clarke cares about 334 or 400. if it makes sense for the team to bat on, he'll bat on and pass 334
that said, i don't think clarke really believes in going past 700. who knows though. it's not like we go at 5 an over very often
If all goes to plan (not all out), I reckon his declaration will come with an hour or two left tomorrow.
This is day 1 of a 5 day test and he's already 224. He could bat all day tomorrow and still leave enough time to dismiss South Africa twice, especially if Kallis is injured and can't play. Still, he should declare with an hour to an hour and a half left tomorrow, if we can bat that long.
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Brent Lodge, 26, of Lynnwood, shows a group from Americorps proper canoe carving technique on the shores of Lake Union. Lodge was helping his uncle Saaduuts Peele teach the short workshop, for which groups come a couple times a week. Peele took two donated logs with defects in them to recycle them to a new use. "We are all connected," said Peele. "It's about honoring Mother Earth by using what we have."
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For the last month, Republicans have been trying mightily to paint the IRS's Tea Party targeting scheme as proof that the Obama administration is wielding its federal powers as a weapon against opponents. And, despite the lack of evidence, many reporters have readily embraced this storyline.
In recent days, though, several journalists have begun pushing back.The most remarked-upon example is Candy Crowley. On Sunday, Darrell Issa, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, appeared on her CNN show, State of the Union. He claimed that the committee's interviews with IRS employees in the Cincinnati branch office, which improperly singled out Tea Party groups for scrutiny, suggested that the effort "was coordinated right out of Washington headquarters" and provided excerpts of interviews that ostensibly support these allegations. But Crowley was wary. "I want to talk about how problematic it is to get excerpts, because we know that you interviewed these people probably for hours," she said. "It's hard for us to judge what's going on." She then highlighted a passage from one excerpted interview:
Congressional investigator: So is it your perspective that ultimately the responsible parties for the decisions that were reported by the IG are not in the Cincinnati office?
IRS employee #1: I don't know how to answer that question. I mean, from an agent standpoint, we didn't do anything wrong. We followed directions based on other people telling us what to do.Congressional investigator: And you ultimately followed directions from Washington; is that correct?
IRS employee #1: If direction had come down from Washington, yes.
Congressional investigator: But with respect to the particular scrutiny that was given to Tea Party applications, those directions emanated from Washington; is that right?
IRS employee #1: I believe so.
"It's totally not definitive," Crowley continued. "You know that your critics say Republicans—and you in particular—cherry-pick information that go to your foregone conclusion. So it worries us to put this kind of stuff out. Can you not put the whole transcript out?" Issa replied that he planned to make the entire transcript public and predicted that congressional investigators would prove the targeting was "coordinated in all likelihood right out of Washington headquarters." To which Crowley responded, "But as yet you don't have that direct link."
The Atlantic's Garance Franke-Ruta also deserves props for cutting through the breathless rhetoric. Last week, The Daily Caller reported that former IRS commissioner Doug Shulman had visited the Obama White House at least 157 times, a finding the Caller claimed "strongly suggests coordination by White House officials in the campaign against the president's political opponents." After taking a hard look at the Caller's source documents, Franke-Ruta discovered that the conservative news site had skipped over important context. While Shulman had been cleared to attend 157 meetings, the vast majority of those clearances were for meetings with officials involved in implementing Obama's healthcare law—an effort in which the IRS plays a major role. Moreover, Shulman apparently only attended a fraction of them. As Franke-Ruta wrote:
Indeed, of the 157 events Shulman was cleared to attend, White House records only provide time of arrival information—confirming that he actually went to them—for 11 events over the 2009-2012 period.
Poof. There goes the Caller's theory.
But the Caller is hardly the only news organization to reach for a White House connection in recent days. ABC, NBC, Fox, and The Washington Post have all tried to tie the scandal to Washington, too. Fox Anchor Jenna Lee kicked off a May 29 segment by claiming that recent revelations raised "troubling new questions about the IRS and whether the administration is using the powerful tax agency to intimidate political enemies." The camera then cut to reporter Douglas McKelway, who argued that official claims that the targeting originated in Cincinnati were "completely bogus" and asserted that Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the conservative American Center for Law and Justice, had letters that pointed "to a much higher authority." Sekulow later appeared in the segment, alongside a chyron that read, "LETTERS SHOW HIGHER-UPS AT IRS TARGETED CONSERVATIVE GROUPS." "I don't know what the Department of the Treasury, I don't know what IRS, I don't know what the White House is thinking," he said. "We've got the documents because we've been in dialogue with the IRS for a year and a half." The specific contents of the letters were never discussed, nor were they ever shown.


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Born in Philadelphia, Althea was the daughter of the late Walter N. and Grace M. Loux Grass.
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Being the music and entertainment fan that I am, I have attended countless concerts and comedy shows over the past 15 years. While the number of bands/comedians I have seen will remain unknown without digging for old ticket stubs under piles of old tax returns, notes from former high school girlfriends (don't tell my wife), baseball cards from '89, and old Nintendo 64 cartridges, there are a few specific experiences among those faded stubs that stand out. Two of these involved the famous...both with the last name "Black".
I was in the Twin Cities about 5 years ago attending a comedy show. I had driven up from Winona with my friend Steve. We met our friend, Tom from Duluth. Another friend of ours, Britt, was not able to attend as he had decided to skip out to see President Bush speak. After the set, our sides still sore from gut-busting laughter, we were enjoying a few drinks in the bar at the club when we happened to notice two people sitting down at a restaurant table through a beveled glass partition. The comedian we had just watched was partaking in dinner. We immediately approached the security guard and asked if it would be alright if we went in to say hello. The wonderfully friendly guard very graciously said yes at which point I ran to the retail stand nearby and purchased one of the comedian's CDs knowing that it would be a great opportunity to score an autograph. We approached the comedian, Lewis Black, famous for his weekly spot on The Daily Show with John Stewart, movie appearances and HBO and Comedy Central specials, with apprehensive anticipation. We introduced ourselves and apologized for interrupting his dinner. Upon request of an autograph he immediately grabbed a marker, asked our names, grabbed our recently purchased CDs and began writing. Knowing Mr. Black's distaste for George W. Bush, as he touches on it often in his material, I thought this a prime opportunity to joke around with him. I said to him with a sly grin, "Yeah, our friend was supposed to come with us to see you but decided against it in order to go see Dubya. We told him he'd hear more of the truth at your show." Mr. Black doubled over with laughter. We then thanked him for his time and left him to his meal; all of us smiling with a wonderful feeling of fulfillment having met the edgy comic.
My second experience took place four years ago in East Troy Wisconsin at one of the best venues for concerts in the area, Alpine Valley. Tom and Britt both drove to Winona and piled into my car along with Steve. We were soon on our way to see Radiohead. Trips to Alpine Valley always included the delectable scents created as we grilled burgers in the parking lot, socializing with the colorful cast of characters parading about, and of course enjoying the tasty sounds of the band we happened to be there to see. There are two seating sections. One is a covered pavilion close to the stage and the other area is known as "lawn" although it could be described more appropriately as a virtual open precipice covered with grass. At this particular show Tom was sitting directly to my right in our pavilion seats while Britt and Steve were on the "lawn". About half way through the second set the crowd was grooving to "Paranoid Android" when I heard someone on the other side of Tom belting out some of the lyrics with a voice so potent he was heard above the hauntingly overpowering lead vocals of Thom Yorke. After a little while I noticed there was a man seated directly in front of the emphatic singer that was repeatedly looking back at our man but not looking directly at him, as if he was making sure the area was secure. My curiosity got the better of me and I couldn't help but stare directly at the mystery guest. It was none other than comedian, Tenacious D lead singer, big screen actor, Jack Black. While seeing Radiohead is indescribable, meeting Jack Black was definitely the apex of the expedition.


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I figured I'd need this place in the future, so i went ahead and made an account, here's what my guest request said, sorry if it shows up twice or something "So I have a Dell/windows vista and a simple Bamboo tablet i got for 80 or so bucks at Best Buy and I downloaded Gimp because I can't have photoshop. I've looked and looked for solutions, hopefully someone here can help, because I am so tired of this mess. I got Gimp sped up, but now It won't recognize the pressure sensitivity on my tablet, can anyone help?"
there's a couple things to try. 1. if you open your control panel you will see "tablet pc settings" and you should see "wacom tablet properties". 2. Gimp has some "brush dynamics", in the tool window, whenyou select the pencil or brush tool.
oh yeah, forgot to mention those dynamics - I tested them out, and velocity i know works, but it ignores pressure across the 4 options Thanks for the lead on the Control Panel, there were several menues there, although none had any options about pressure sensitivity or whatnot When I first installed Gimp and played around a bit, I'm pretty sure i remembered it working, it just seems to have stopped after I made it run faster (giving it more ram) because my brush was 2 seconds slower than my hand... Is there maybe something in that menu area that I could have accidentally touched?
i wonder if there are new drivers for your tablet that can be downloaded. also with mine the wacom properties in the control panel has a setting to specifically test pressure. i have am induos 3. if you got the tablet new, maybe the manual will give you a clue. if you got it second hand, maybe you can download the manual lastly, maybe uninstall/reinstall gimp
i've found some more stuff: edit>preferences>input devices>configure extended input devices edit>preferences>input devices>input controllers and make sure "directX directinput" is in the "active" column. it's best to have the latest directx restart gimp
Ok, I'll give that a shot! I noticed that when i was snooping around, but had no idea what it was, so i didn't make it active
let me know if that works. oh, i wouldn't be too worried about changing a setting to see what happens. the worse that could happen is you blow up the computer but really, change anything but write down what you do so you can change it back.
It was the directX business, thank you SO much! This will make Gimp much less frustrating, so maybe i won't have to use my friend's photoshop anymore thank you thank you thank you!!
Any idea how to solve this on my Mac? :question: I am running GIMP 2.6.7 on Mac OSX 10.6.1 and am using a tablet of Dipen of Acteck and I have (according to them) the latest drivers. as you can see nothing appears thanks in advance
Wow! that fast, thank you very much, ;D I will review the link and I'll tell you later, thanks again greetings
I know this is an old post, but I found it via Google and had something to add (so I joined just to make the following statement): You have to have the default "Pen Mode" set in the control panel for Gimp to recognize the tablet. I don't know if this is specific to a version of driver or Gimp, so your mileage may vary. But it is what I had to do after following the above very thoughtful and intelligent advice I posted further instructions on my Blog about it: http://simple-webdesign.blogspot.com/20 ... wacom.html
Hey I need help. My Tablet shows up in GIMP when painting but GIMP doesn't recognise the pressure. Also it doesn't show up in the Extended Input Devices. My tablet is AIPTEK Media Tablet 14000U and this is becoming quite a big problem! Any help would be good! Thanks, Gus
BTW i have tried going into the controll panel there is no "pen and tablet" and no "pen mode" so i cant fix that issue!
Here's how you get your tablet to work on GIMP: Open GIMP On the upper toolbar, click EDIT -> PREFERENCES On the lefthand menu, click INPUT DEVICES Click CONFIGURE EXTENDED INPUT DEVICES On the lefthand menu, click PEN and change its mode to SCREEN Click SAVE in the lower righthand corner Click OK in the lower righthand corner Restart GIMP You can now customize your own Dynamics or use the premade ones . Enjoy your new pen pressure!
Gimp 2.8 relies on a version of GTK+ that doesn't support pen pressure, and other pen tablet functions. You need to wait until 3.0 or go back to 2.6, which supports these features. I don't have the exact details on hand, but that's the basic idea. Edit: Maffe beat me to it. :|


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Know Your Lore: Wrathion the Purified
While we've been busy putting Cho'gall in his place, dealing with Nefarian, and otherwise addressing Elemental Lords Al'Akir and Ragnaros, the rest of Azeroth has been busy in its own way. Players wandering through the Badlands are taken along on quests to help the red dragon Rheastrasza perform a bit of important research on the black dragons. Though at first it seems as though Rhea's work is mundane, her ultimate plans are soon revealed.
Rheastrasza is attempting to find one purified, untainted black dragon egg. And she's successful, but the egg is in immediate danger. Deathwing doesn't want this egg to exist, and he'll do anything to get rid of it. The egg has been shuffled around constantly, hidden from Deathwing's sight -- a faint shred of hope in the post-Cataclysm world.
... unfortunately, nobody bothered asking the egg's opinion on the subject.
Today's Know Your Lore contains spoilers for the rogue legendary quest line.
Rheastrasza had only the best interests of the dragonflights at heart when she captured the black dragon Nyxondra, forcing her to produce eggs for Rhea's research. If Rhea could somehow find an untainted black dragon egg, it would mean that the black flight could continue to exist free from the corruption of the Old Gods. After all, the Red Dragonflight is all about the preservation of life; to wipe out every black dragon on the face of Azeroth is an action that flies in the face of their duty. But if the Red Dragonflight could somehow find a way to preserve the black dragons, it would mean that the Black Dragonflight would continue to live on, if with a slightly different perspective.
Deathwing was corrupted by the Old Gods, turned against his winged brethren back in the days of the War of the Ancients. The rest of his flight quickly followed suit -- and the maddened, chaotic mind of black dragons became a common trait of the flight. But what if a dragon could be produced free of that corruption, free of any influence of the Old Gods? What would a black dragon be, if it were free of Deathwing and the Old God's corruption?
The Red Dragonflight took the egg that Rhea nobly sacrificed her life for and hid it away at the Vermillion Redoubt in the Twilight Highlands. There, it would be kept safe until it hatched and the black dragon could be raised far from the eyes of his maddened father. But the egg abruptly disappeared. What Rheastrasza and the others failed to realize was one minor, irrefutable fact.
Black dragons as a whole are a bunch of incorrigible bastards.
Once at the manor, it didn't take long for the egg to hatch. Calling himself Wrathion, the one and only untainted and pure black dragon of his kind thought long and hard about his future. He didn't wish to be raised by a bunch of red dragons; he didn't wish to be in the spotlight at all. In fact, the only thing he really wanted was to be left alone, free to live his own life without having to worry about being some sort of shining example to black dragon society.
Though Rheastrasza and perhaps the rest of the Red Dragonflight had grand visions for Wrathion's future -- visions of a world in which the Black Dragonflight could repopulate free of the madness of Deathwing -- Wrathion's goals did not echo their sentiments. He could have been a savior of Azeroth, the new Aspect of Earth, or any other number of shining accomplishments, but Wrathion was far more interested in solitude. But first, there was the pesky matter of the Red Dragonflight trying to get him back that needed to be addressed.
Once the Red Dragonflight was warned away from any further meddling, Wrathion was then free to continue with his task -- or rather, free to assign someone else to do the dirty work for him. This is where rogues come into play. Wrathion's ultimate goal is to eliminate the last of Deathwing's family and live his life alone and unnoticed by any who would even think of looking for him. In payment for each successful elimination, Wrathion offers some surprisingly effective weapons for any rogue who completes the tasks.
The first target is a dragon disguised as a human using the name Creed. Creed disguised himself as a Gilnean and deluded a group of Gilneans into thinking they could take their land back. Not only this, but he's corrupted the humans of Gilneas with his essence, the very thing Wrathion is trying to prevent. And so capable rogues are sent in to sneak past the sentries and dispatch Creed as soon as possible. Once completed, Wrathion hands over a fine set of daggers, Fear and Vengeance. But that's not the end of Wrathion's plot.
Next, players are sent to the Dragon Soul raid to collect Shadowy Gems, faceted jewels that the Twilight's Hammer uses to control powerful elementals. Once collected, Wrathion sends rogues on to the next target, a familiar face for those who played through Wrath content: Nalice, formerly the ambassador of the Black Dragonflight to the Wyrmrest Accord.
From the Master's Cellar, Nalice is performing some sort of arcane experiments. Again, the details of these experiments are unclear at this point, but one can assume that if it has anything to do with the massive amount of power concentrated in and around Karazhan, there's nothing good to come of it. Once Nalice is defeated, Wrathion has one more target -- and one final task. His father, Deathwing, must be defeated, and the lucky rogue who manages to do so, live, and bring back a piece of Deathwing's shell is richly rewarded.
This is why the Fangs of the Father continually gain their strange appearance reminiscent of the Old Gods. Rogues aren't just building any daggers; they are building daggers infused with the essence of dragons that have been tainted by the Old Gods. Using that essence in conjunction with the daggers creates a product that is as deadly and tainted as the members of Deathwing's brood.
But Wrathion isn't all bad, for a black dragon. He could have gone out and slaughtered all the mortals who were working for Creed and for Nalice. Instead, he spares their lives, preferring to send in a rogue sneaky enough to get by all the mortal followers and strike at the heart of the corruption. Though he may be devious and conniving, Wrathion doesn't blame the mortals assisting these black dragons. He knows that they are simply under the influence of powers greater than their own and will revert back to their own destinies and their own lives when left to their own devices.
Wrathion is simply a black dragon -- not a savior, not a benevolent ruler, not an Aspect of Earth. After all is said and done, Wrathion takes his leave and presumably disappears into the sunset as the first and last of his kind. Deathwing's demise signals a new age, an age of mortals -- not an age where dragons will rise to power and glory. Thankfully, though Wrathion is as devious and cunning as any black dragon around, he seems to lack the lust for power and control that the others of his kind prized above all. In the end, this should probably be viewed as an asset.
For more information on related subjects, please look at these other Know Your Lore entries:
- Azeroth's savior and the Badlands
- The Black Dragonflight
- The Red Dragonflight
- Cataclysm's end
- Sinestra and the Night of the Dragon
- The Old Gods
While you don't need to have played the previous Warcraft games to enjoy World of Warcraft, a little history goes a long way toward making the game a lot more fun. Dig into even more of the lore and history behind the World of Warcraft in WoW Insider's Guide to Warcraft Lore.
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Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! (153 comments)
Yeah, it would be interesting to see what the dotslash crowd has to say. Wonder if it'd be anything similar to what the
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Re:Oh wow! New graphics cards! (153 comments)
Yeah, it would be interesting to see what the dotslash crowd has to say. Wonder if it'd be anything similar to what the
Re:So... (354 comments)
...it's unlikely that they won't get into the next big thing in power as long as they still have control over it.
And that is exactly what worries me, especially with everyone going off the deep end about "Bad government! Deregulate everything!" It's like the entire period of '01 to '09 just went *poof! vanish* from our collective memory in terms of actual details and just who did what.
Re:Oil dependence isn't a myth, just annoying (354 comments)
Well, here's the kicker. It's where the "Oil as a God" argument falls apart, and really is due to a faulty assumption on which said argument is based: Green energy does not completely replace oil, only as a replacement power source, e.g. our electrical grid, and (possibly, depending further advances) for transportation. I've heard & read of various research into creating synthetic fibers & plastic-esque materials based from corn silk and other "natural" materials rather than petroleum, but I don't know how far along such research is.
Still, it's ridiculous to assume that a collapse is imminent with the advent of a new technology; I'd guess and hope that a change-over would be done more incrementally to see how it would work out. As for the oil barons' financial well being?... Suck it up. Whatever happened to free-market capitalism, and may the best player win, survival of the fittest, etc? If you can't see anything above the edge of the oil barrel in which you live, can't innovate with a new business model to keep up with changing demand, who's fault is that?
Re:So... (354 comments)
Yeah, special interest groups wouldn't have any impact on this at all. Especially now that corporate contributions to political smear- I mean, opinion films has been lifted, I'm sure all the oil, natural gas, and coal groups will be glad to jump on it's back- I mean, aboard.
Just to play Devil's advocate... (319 comments)
...how many *significant* recalls have there been for vehicles within, oh, just the past four years? The past two? Just 2009? How about the most recent one, gas pedals on certain Toyotas sticking? It's bad enough if something like that causes a wreck here on Earth, but in space, there's no such thing as "a crash you walk away from."
Re:How is this a good idea? (319 comments)
Yeah, but where does that stop? What if the program puts such a cheap value on the participating astronauts that they become as expendable as the impact probes we shot at the moon? What if Airmen stop signing up? What then? Conscription? Random short-stick lottery from qualifying candidates? As far as your other examples go, cars and so forth, a lot has to do with, yes, private sector interests that will pay just enough to reasonably limit their liability, and not a penny more, politics, and a general public that's been numbed to a point of indifference. Using certain things about our society that are pretty f***ed up as an example and justification to let our space program be f***ed up is just a bad can of worms to open. Allowing standards to slacken instead of being raised, that's not progress; that's the disgusting slob still at the bar some time in the A.M. drunkenly screaming, "WHADYA MEAN, LAST CALL?! BULL****!!!" I, for one, do not want us to be that guy.
Slashcrap? In my articles? (262 comments)
Seriously, what's next? Articles on how you can determine how socialist-leaning someone is by reading their scalp?
Re:Well (240 comments)
Can the US Gov hold patents? Is that legal?
If anything, I'd say it will either be unencumbered by patents (some open license format) in the best case, or IBM will get some kind of limited patent as part of their "cut."
Re:What will they be called? (242 comments)
The weird practice that there be a different English word for every nation's astronauts just reflects the strange place the space program resides in: a political and cultural bauble, not an essential activity for the future of the human race. It's sad.
Sad, but not surprising. Look at how we, as a culture, have treated so-called "big science." As soon as the [elitist snob]unwashed masses[/es], and particularly politicians, think that Fermi, or our various other big research labs, can come up with a solution for something, or create a fancy new toy for the Pentagon, they're willing to invest, but only the minimum, and feel it their right to demand a solution ASAP. They fail, however, to understand that such research labs need funding of a significant amount for significant periods, and aren't really "quick-fix" institutions, but rather places to advance our broader scope of understanding of the Universe. I remember seeing a PBS special, "The Atom Smashers," that covered a period just before CERN opened their V.L.A, and how Fermi was striving to find the Higgs-Boson before such a heavyweight contender entered they playing field. Part of the film featured a public forum of sorts, to educate people on "big science" research, which from the looks of it was conducted at least in the 1980s, perhaps later. The people asking questions seemed to be utterly confused as to just what the scientists there did, and I got the impression of a distinct impatience that they weren't producing immediately viable results. The more the scientist conducting the Q&A session tried to answer and relate the relevance of their research, the more it just dissolved into contentious questioning of the worth of such research. As long as this anti-intellectual attitude remains the cultural norm, things like space travel and major physics labs, etc, will remain just as you said: a cultural bauble.
Wow, really did not mean to go on like that, but it needed to be said.
Re:First call center in space scheduled for 2021 (242 comments)
Bush also didn't inherit an enormous national debt from a previous administration, did he? No, I do believe he started out with a surplus... The sad thing is, somehow, the far right has managed to cloud the issue by calling into question the surplus, and, what's worse, spread the untrue and utterly ludicrous notion that Bush reduced spending. They mysteriously pull a few cherry-picked and sometimes completely fictitious numbers out of their hat, and *WHRRRR-CHUGA-CHUGA-CHUGA-CHUGA* there goes the spin machine, hard at work.
What's interesting to note is the record of debt between the two major parties, going back all the way to the Kennedy-Johnson era. Neither party has been stellar, but it does seem an awful lot that during the periods of the so-called "fiscal conservatives" have actually been some of the highest debt periods our nation has had. Care to explain that?
This is all off-topic anyway. This is an article about freaking India and their space program, ergo, the wrong place to start a squabble over US politics.
Re:Right of free speech + right of association (1070 comments)
No Corporations and Unions are different from Political Parties and Individuals in a specific way.
I believe you meant "No
That said, I agree.
Re:Wow, you can't get better sources than WND? (689 comments)
To add to ubernostrum's reply, and further drive the point home, the paper explicitly cites...
Those who subscribe to conspiracy theories may create serious risks, including risks of violence...
I'm pretty sure preventing threats to the US public like violent acts such as, say, a McVeigh-style bomb attack, preventing cold-blooded murder, etc, are responsibilities of the government.
Re:Why fear terrorists... (689 comments)
...I really never thought I'd live to see the day when someone praised Moore and Limbaugh in the same sentence.
As far as Limbaugh goes, I forgot when the spirit of the 1st amendment was so people could encourage things like this...
The dream end of [Operation Chaos] is that this keeps up to the convention, and that we have a recreation of Chicago 1968 with burning cars, protests, fire, and literal riots and all of that, that is the objective here.
Yeah, great use of those 1st amendment rights, Oxy-Rush. If you wonder why on earth bad ideas like the one in TFA get started, look no further than the talking heads and stuffed shirts on conservative KRWA radio, and the Teabag-grabbers still incoherently screeching, "DEATH PANELS, DEATH PANELS!" or, "KENYAN NATIONAL, KENYAN NATIONAL!!" long after the myth has been debunked. If the OP is to be believed, this wanders uncomfortably close to artificially shaping public opinion, and may be a step in the wrong direction. On the other hand, how does this administration deal with a an angry mob intent on tar-and-feathering them for the crimes (yes, crimes. Not a typo) that the previous administration committed? As far as I see it, debunking myths and lies is, at least, a noble cause. It's just the methodology that's dubious.
Re:How much of this is really SENSITIVE? (175 comments)
I don't think this is so much corporate espionage, as it is personal data of either customers, clients, or even the company's own employees, falling into the wrong hands. Like identity thieves or black-hat hackers sifting for credit card numbers or other usable financial information, payroll/account details that could possibly include bank account numbers, etc. How many people these days use direct deposit? And some companies that handle medical/rx must abide by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), which requires certain "Personal Info" to be released only internally, or only to third parties directly involved with a given person's health care. There are companies that need this, either by law, or just as a good common sense measure, and if not for the entire organization, then at least some departments should look into it.
Re:Does anyone beiieve this number? (175 comments)
In what office jobs I've held (mostly inbound customer service), I've never encountered an encryption program deployed company-wide to make sure data stays secure. I did see a lot of company propag-, I mean, materials referencing the need for encryption and good data protection practices. In other words, a lot of hot air.
Re:Terminator III for Mumification? (262 comments)
The above post makes me wish for two things:
1) that I had saved a mod point
2) there was mod for -1 Unfunny or outright destruction of laughter
3) there was a way to physically punish people over the internet for grammatical abuse like "an robot."
I died inside a little. Urrghh.
Re:Wait, what? (275 comments)
No. Just no. Not like that. Never like that. GB2Basement
Re:Automatic window tinting (148 comments)
Photoelectrochromic windows and the like have been around for quite awhile. Using OLED's for that effect would be pointless IMO. Wrong tool for the job.
How would that work? OLEDs emit light, they don't block light.
Hrmmm... New idea! If these can be put on a flexible transparent screen, programmable t-shirts! Create and upload your own graphics! Even animations! Next step, programmable, & touch-interactive clothing...
Re:Good Morning. (234 comments)
Seriously...that's like...dividing by the product of dividing by zero. That's like the universe saying Candlejack. I can't th
Re:A simple cure - if you can't beat 'em... (234 comments)
As the sole subject of the corporate entity, you are Chief accounting officer, Chief administrative officer, Chief analytics officer, Chief brand officer, Chief channel officer, Chief compliance officer, Chief communications officer, Chief data officer, Chief executive officer, Chief financial officer, Chief information officer, Chief information security officer, Chief knowledge officer, Chief learning officer, Chief legal officer, Chief marketing officer, Chief networking officer, Chief operating officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief risk officer, Chief science officer, Chief strategy officer, Chief technical officer, Chief visionary officer, Chief human resources officer, Board of Directors + Chairman of the Board, all rolled into one. The decisions are all coming from the same place. If you have multiple personality disorder, well, then you have an excuse to worry, since there could be a hostile takeover. Unless, of course, you're the personality taking over, in which case, have a blast, take no prisoners, etc... I'll just be over here...far, far away, over here.


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Sen. Mitch McConnell held a campaign event this morning at the Jefferson County Sportsmen Club, where he once again touted his endorsement from the NRA and criticized the Obama Administration's gun control policies.
I'm quite pleased to say that McConnell's campaign decided to respect the First Amendment at his Second Amendment event today, as his campaign decided not to dispatch law enforcement to bar me from the event, and even allowed me to ask the senator a question for the first time since last July. Progress!
At the rally, attended by roughly 60 supporters, the NRA's Chris Cox blasted President Obama and Attorney General as gun grabbers who hated the Second Amendment, saying McConnell was an even better advocate for gun rights than Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, and that he would fight the United Nations Small Arms Treaty.
He then turned the mic over to McConnell, who spoke for only 53 seconds to the crowd.
Shortly after his speech, McConnell addressed the media with his wife Elaine Chao at his side, ripping state House Democrats for a "cover up" of the John Arnold scandal, saying that he stood up against Sen. Bob Packwood in the 1990s even though he was a Republican. McConnell then opened the floor for questions, and I asked the first (and last) question, referencing his campaign's tweet this week claiming (along with Grumpy Cat) that AG Holder was for tracking bracelets on guns.
Since this claim is 100 percent false — Holder did no such thing — I asked McConnell if he stood by this claim:
LEO: Your campaign tweeted out this week that Eric Holder is advocating tracking bracelets for guns. Do you stand by that claim?
McConnell: What I'm here to talk to you about, in addition to what we did in there, was what I just had to say. Anybody interested in any follow up on the statement that I just made?
After two seconds of silence, McConnell said "OK, well thanks a lot," turned around and walked away from reporters. That's obviously not the first time he's laid out ground rules for what topics reporters are allowed and not allowed to ask him, but it seemed odd to me — and the other reporters present — that questions about the Second Amendment are somehow not relevant at an campaign event that was supposed to tout his Second Amendment credentials.
I asked Cox if he agreed with the McConnell's campaign's contention that Holder is for gun tracking bracelets, who went into an indictment of Holder's tenure without addressing the specific question. After I followed up to ask about the tracking bracelet claim, Cox said, "You can talk to the Justice Department about that." The AG's office corrected multiple false media reports this week by saying that he has never advocated for such a thing.
The McConnell campaign's tweet about Holder's support for tracking bracelets — from the frowny mouth of Grumpy Cat… so hip — remains on their Twitter account.


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Webinar: Safety and Assessmen of ECG and ABPM in Clinical Trials featuring Dr. Michael Klepper
Tuesday, April 23 2013
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Title: Dr. Michael Klepper Presents: Safety Assessment of Electrocardiographic and Blood
Pressure Data in Clinical Trials
Live Webcast: April 23, 2013 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Dr. Michael Klepper, global expert and consultant in the field of pharmacovigilance and drug
safety for over 25 years, will review how raw ECG and Ambulatory Blood Pressure data is collected
at the study site and converted into a meaningful "story" of the risk profile of an investigational
drug. This complimentary webinar will also discuss the different types of analysis and the
determinants of a clinically significant drug effect.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the benefits of collecting ECG and ABPM data in clinical trials
- Define and explain standard ECG and ABPM parameters
- Interpret clinical significance by identifying and categorizing safety findings
- Determine risk minimization strategies
Michael J. Klepper, MD
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As a global expert and consultant in the field of pharmacovigilance and drug safety for more than
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Dr. Klepper is former President and CEO of Integrated Safety Systems®, Inc. (ISS) and former Vice
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Dr. Klepper is a frequent speaker and trainer at many industry seminars and forums, including
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Dr. Klepper received board certification in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine and is Past
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- Summary of Clinical Safety (SCS)/Integrated Summary of Safety (ISS)
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Item title reads - A Great Welcome! Wonderful scenes of enthusiasm marked Queen Mary's visit to the East End. London.
M/S of police holding back crowds. M/S of Queen Mary who gets out of a car and shakes hands with the mayor and a woman waiting to greet her. She enters building with a woman and a little girl. M/S of the royal car driving through the crowds. M/S of a small child being held by its parents and waving a Union Jack out of the window. M/S of the car again, L/S as lots of people wave and cheer.