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The technology and market for liquid chromatography columns continue to mature, with applications-specific columns on the rise. The chromatography columns target specific assays in the clinical diagnostics, foods, and environmental segments. Columns are supported with methods that help the nonchromatographer get results and largely avoid optimization of runs for specific instruments. This is easier for isocratic separations. Methods involving gradient elution are potentially more difficult since differences in delay volume can change gradient profiles. However, several firms provide simple computer programs and even cell phone applications to guide the transition.
An applications example is YMC-Omega from YMC (www.ymcamerica.com) for assay of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) esters. The column has a reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) surface chemistry on 10-μm silica. Ligand density is controlled to provide good resolution for all isomers, including omega-3 and 6 fatty acids. The analytical column is used to monitor fatty acids in foods and dietary supplements. Corresponding preparative columns enable large-scale purification of fatty acids with YMC's process LC.
The GlycanPac AXH-1 is a new mixed-mode phase designed for separation of anionic glycans. The conventional GlycanPac from Thermo Fisher Scientific (www.thermoscientific.com) separated by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) mode, which works well for neutrals, but Thermo's column wizard Chris Pohl reasoned that adding anion exchange selectivity could expand the separation space to include glycoanions such as sialic acids. One can adjust the mobile phase to provide a class separation (monosialic, disialic, trisialic, etc.), or, with a slower gradient and longer run time, the individual class members are resolved. Beta evaluators are very impressed.
For neutral glycans, Thermo added a new particle size to the Accucore HILIC. This column seems to have a particular sweet spot for chromatography of neutral, native glycans for LC/MS. If better detection sensitivity is required, the column also works very well with fluorescently tagged glycans.
Thermo's column chemists added two new HPLC columns to the Acclaim line, which is based on spherical silica. The Acclaim Q1 was developed for LC/MS of diquat and paraquat herbicides in environmental studies. The Acclaim SEC (size exclusion chromatography) column is optimized for water-soluble polymers in the size range of 100 Dalton to 1 megaDalton.
Recent concern about dicyandiamide (DCD) in dairy products led Bonna-Agela Technologies, Inc. (www.agela.com) to develop a QuEChERS method for assay with LC/ UV or LC/MS. Both methods use the company's Unisol 5-μm HPLC column (4.6 × 250 mm). The UV method uses rapid gradient elution and detection at 220 nm. The quantitation limit was about 0.5 μg/g. With LC/MS on a 2-mm-i.d. Unisol Amide and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM), the limit of quantitation was 2 ng DCD/g/sample. Since the toxicity profile of DCD has not been finalized, required control limits have not been set.
Previously, I summarized the features and dimensions of LC columns in charts supported by text. However, in the interest of conserving space, I've avoided discussing column dimensions since most vendors provide a wide range covering capillary to preparative, at least at the lab scale. Without exception, you can get the details online.
On the core/shell stage, Thermo introduced Accucore 4-μm, and Phenomenex (www.phenomenex.com) presented Kinetex® 5-μm particles. Both replace the totally porous 3–5 μm column packings with the core/shells. The columns must be compatible with legacy HPLCs, primarily flow, pressure, and detector dispersion.
At the 5-μm end, replacing a 5-μm column packed with 4- or 5-μm core/shell packings should be easy and entail only minor tuning of the mobile phase composition. One should expect to see moderate improvements in resolution and peak height. In the case of Accucore 4-μm, some may be concerned about replacing a 5-μm particle with a 4-μm. Would this require revalidation? Not likely, since the USP allows a 20% change in particle diameter as a minor (permitted) adjustment.
However, replacing a 3-μm totally porous particle with a 4- or 5-μm core/shell does not meet the 20% criteria. But if the method is not subject to strict regulatory validation, one can make the switch and probably see a reduction in working pressure with no loss in resolution or peak height. Columns packed with all of these packings should be compatible with legacy HPLC instruments. Indeed, one may be able to increase flow rate modestly to gain a corresponding reduction in run time. Plus, the larger core/shell particles may have advantages in directly scaling up analytical separations obtained on 1.3-, 1.7-, or 2.6-μm diameter core/shells to lab-scale prep.
For prep, Phenomenex packs Kinetex 5-μm phases in its Axia™ column hardware. Axia columns have developed a following with chromatographers separating drug candidates, intermediates, and natural products.
Supelco (www.sigmaaldrich.com) also settled on 5-μm diameter for its extension of the Ascentis® Express 5-μm core/shell phases. Surface chemistries include C18, C8, phenyl–hexyl, HILIC, Pentafluorophenyl (PFP or F5), ES-Cyano, and OH5.
Thermo added to the Accucore line with the XL series, which features a 4-μm dp. Taking advantage of Accucore's thin skin design, the XL series offers efficiency comparable to 3-μm-diam porous silica but with a lower pressure drop. In contrast to 5-μm porous particles, the efficiency is higher, as are the peak heights. The XL series includes C18 and C8 surface chemistries.
Five surface chemistries were announced to round out Thermo's original Accucore core/shell (2.6-μm-diam, 80-Å pore) product line: 1) The C30 phase provides shape selectivity for nonpolar analytes; 2) the PFP (pentafluorophenyl) phase shows strong selectivity for halocarbons; 3) for HILIC, an amide surface chemistry was developed; 4) for aromatics, Phenyl-X shows higher retention; and 5) for RPLC with highly aqueous mobile phases, the "AQ" was developed. For larger molecules, Thermo introduced the Accucore 150-C18, 150-C4, and 150-Amide-HILIC; "150" designates a 150-Å pore.
Traditional core/shell column packings have porous shells of silica that are usually further modified with various surface chemistries including C18, C8, and PFP. Imtakt USA (www.imtaktusa.com) announced a novel hybrid core/shell with a dense silica core and porous polymer on the surface. The particles are 1.5 μm in diameter, which gives slightly better efficiency and resolution compared to conventional sub-2s (1.7–1.9 μm).
HILIC is emerging as the mode of choice for assay of saccharides. Amino phases are ideal candidates due to unique selectivity of the amine–carbonyl interaction. The Asahipak NH2P series from Shodex™ (www.shodex.net) are an excellent choice since the polyvinyl alcohol particle is immune to base attack, which can provide a high background signal in the evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD) with silica particles. The amine is pentaethylenehexamine. The composite is stable over the pH range 2–13.
This year, Shodex introduced the NH2-40P 3E, which features a 4-μm particle size to improve column efficiency. These come in a 3-mm-i.d. column diameter, which is compatible with most HPLC instruments. Columns packed with 4-μm particles yield about 30% greater plate count than 5-μm particles.
COSMOSIL HILIC is a new column from Nacalai USA, Inc. (www.nacalaiusa.com). Compared to the legacy HILIC phase on 5-μm particles, the new 2.5-μm packing gives baseline separation in one-sixth of the time. The surface chemistry is triazole bonded to 2.5-μm silica particles with 120-Å pore. The particles are large enough that the column pressure does not require ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC).
Silica offers the highest efficiency of any of the column packing particles. Its major weak point is susceptibility to hydrolytic attack at a pH less than 3 or higher than 7. For decades, chromatographers have tried various end-capping strategies to extend the operating window to lower and higher pH. ACE® SuperC18™ is the latest effort by Advanced Chromatography Technologies, Ltd. (www.ace-hplc.com) to shield the silica surface from attack. The company calls it "Encapsulated Bonding Technology," or EBT™. Animation showed that the silica surface is encapsulated and thus protected from acids and bases. Further, it showed an absence of silanols. Lifetime tests at pH 1.8 and 10.7 revealed no significant loss in performance after 30 days and 2000 injections. A chromatographer can therefore use one column to exploit the full selectivity of the C18 stationary phase at a range of pH values. ACE SuperC18 is available in 2-, 3-, 5-, and 10-μm dp, 90-Å pore.
Many may recall that Hamilton Company (www.hamiltoncompany.com) was one of the first vendors of HPLC column packings. These were based on polystyrene/divinylbenzene (PS/DVB) copolymer. The beads were nearly indestructible by acid or base, but lacked the efficiency and hence resolution offered by silica particles. Usually the low efficiency was attributed to slow mass transfer and mixed mode, particularly π–π interactions.
However, our understanding of good chromatographic particle design and surface chemistry has improved greatly in the last 45 years. Hamilton figured it was time for a fresh start; after all, polymeric column particles should still be more stable to low or high pH and heating up to 100°C, especially compared to silica particles. Ligand bleed is not detectable. There are no silanols that require end-capping. Column efficiency, measured in reduced plate height, is about 4—not outstanding, but a great improvement over conventional PS/DVB columns, which were much larger. The particle size is 5 μm. The short column (50 mm) gives sub-10-min separations for complex mixtures.
ACE EXCEL™ 2-μm Ultra Robust UHPLC columns from Advanced Chromatography Technologies are designed for high durability and long life. A series of surface chemistries are available, even within RPLC. To meet the needs of high-throughput screening, Imtakt introduced Unison UK-C18 high-throughput columns, which are short (75 mm) and hence fast. The column packing is C18 bonded to 3-μm-diam silica. Imtakt's proprietary polymeric end-capping provides long life, even at low pH.
For glycopeptides, Imtakt introduced three new mixed-mode C18 phases under the Scherzo brand name for chromatography of sialylglycopeptides: Scherzo SS C18 has strong anion and cation exchange groups bonded to 3-μm silica, and Scherzo SW C18 has a lower capacity of the strong ionophores. Scherzo SM offers a mixture of weak anion and cation groups. Packed columns are available in a wide range of lengths and diameters.
"A diamond is forever" comes to mind as the chromatographers at Diamond Analytics (www.diamond-analytics.com) explained the careful, elegant synthesis of diamond core/shell particles as the basis for a C18 stationary phase. Starting with a microdiamond core, the porous shell is created layer-by-layer by immersion of the core in solutions of polyallylamine followed by nanodiamond. When the proper shell thickness is reached, the structure is cross-linked with a C18 diepoxide. This provides a robust solid particle with excellent mass transfer performance. Chromatographic efficiency of a column packed with 4-μm particles is 100,000 N/m for a reduced plate height of 2.5. The column can be run indefinitely at pH 11.3 at 120 °C, and repeatedly regenerated. Applications include separation of herbicides in less than 2 min, and tricyclic antidepressants at pH 12.
Graphite is another of the many allotropes of carbon. United Science (www.uniscicorp.com) is entering the HPLC column market with novel columns with graphitized carbon black deposited type B silica. Since other graphite phases strongly adsorb certain analytes, the surface coverage is partial. Low coverage promotes elution. The silica provides good mechanical strength. I wonder if we will soon have other bonded allotropes such as buckyballs and nanotubes for unique selectivity.
Waters (www.waters.com) extended the product range of the novel ACQUITY UPLC® SEC columns for proteins by adding a 450-Å pore particle that extends the exclusion limit to 1.5 megaDalton. The diol surface chemistry reduces nonspecific adsorption. As a result, the BEH 450 can be used with biopolymers such as IgG (~150 kDa) and thyroglobulin (660 kDa). Previously, the BEH 200 SEC and BEH 125 SEC column packings used a 1.7-μm particle, but the BEH 450 SEC is on a 2.5-μm particle. These columns support the ACQUITY® Advanced Polymer Chromatography™ System (APC™) described in the LC instrument review (http://www.americanlaboratory.com/913-Technical-Articles/136940-Pittcon-2013-Developments-in-Liquid-Chromatography/).
For 25 years, Kromasil from Akzo Nobel (www.akzonobel.com) has earned respect as an excellent series of column packings for bioprocessing. The initial concept was to focus on column packings for process scale that were generally larger than 20 μm in diameter. However, at least two factors interrupted this plan. Biochemists would like to avoid developing a new method for bioprocessing. It is preferable to scale from lab-scale analytical to bioprocessing since the impurity profiles should be identical or nearly so. Scaling in particle size is well understood. Variations in surface chemistry are less so. Thus, scaling up from the discovery lab to production scale is an anticipated route for a successful therapeutic. Kromasil 2.5 has C18, C8, and C4 phases to cover a range of polarities.
In response to the success of UHPLC, Thermo also introduced Bio columns encased in PEEK-lined stainless steel tubes. The column names carry a suffix of "RS," i.e., MABPac-RS. The columns are rated to 10,000 psi. They are particularly recommended for compatibility with the Dionex Bio-RS instrument introduced last year.
Syncronis HPLC columns were first available with only 1.7- or 5.0-μm-diam silica particles. This was a large gap for chromatographers. This year, Thermo split the difference by introducing a 3-μm particle size for the Syncronis line. The pore diameter is 100 Å for all sizes.
YMC introduced several new columns for a range of applications. YMC-BioPro Q and S 3-μm nonporous columns supplement the 5-μm columns introduced previously for ion exchange chromatography. The particles are a novel polymer with very low nonspecific adsorption. For high-speed SEC, YMC introduced BioPro Diol on a 3-μm porous particle. Available pore sizes range from 60 to 300 Å, which covers peptides to midsize proteins.
For lab-scale prep, YMC presented the LCForte semipreparative HPLC instrument for use with columns with 10–30 mm i.d. This is supported by YMC-BioPro 6-μm nonporous and 10-μm porous Q and S ion exchange columns and bulk packing for capture and polishing of biotherapeutics. Previously, the size of the column packing was either 30 or 75 μm. Users wanted more efficiency.
YMC continues to extend the range of the popular Triart series by offering new 1.9-μm particle size and phenyl and pentafluorophenyl surface chemistries. The new Triart TS-5 is a series of columns specifically optimized, packed, and QC'd for supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC). For chiral, YMC introduced four carbohydrate-coated stationary phases on 10- or 20-μm-diam particles for LC and SFC.
Sepax Technologies (www.sepax-tech.com) focused on high-throughput bioseparations with introduction of Zenix™ SEC-80 and Proteomix® ion exchangers. The Zenix series starts with 3-μm 80-Å pore silica spheres. However, the surface chemistry is novel. The surface chemistry of Zenix SEC is a neutral brush-type hydrophilic polymer called a "stand-up" monolayer. In contrast, the Zenix-C phase uses the same particle but the surface chemistry is polymerized in a "lay-down" configuration. The operating range is 100–50,000 Da for both phases. The calibration curves for both phases are similar but different. Some proteins show better resolution on one phase than the other. The question is: Which one is best for a particular application? The answer: You probably need to try both. Proteomix columns are now available on 1.7-μm spherical silica.
In 2011 and 2012 I found so many instruments and columns for SFC that it justified a separate article focused on SFC. This year, activity in instruments and columns was much lower.
As SFC develops into a major factor in chromatography, we are finding idiosyncrasies along the way: 1) SFC columns are more difficult to pack, especially when the particles are smaller than 5 μm. 2) Pyridine and other nitrogen heterocyclics are the preferred phases due to efficiency and useful selectivity. For example, ES Industries (www.esind.com) has developed a line of columns for SFC packed with 2-μm particles for analytical and 3-μm particles for prep. The prep columns have an i.d. of 10–30 mm. Phases include imidazole, pyridylamide, ethylpyridine, aminophenyl, nitro, pentafluorophenyl, and diethylamine propyl.
Only in the very early days of LC did instrumentation lead advances in column technology. Over the last 40 years, column technology has set the pace. I expect that I will be reporting on even more advances, perhaps even a breakthrough, at Pittcon 2014 in Chicago. I hope to meet you there.
Robert L. Stevenson, Ph.D., is a Consultant and Editor of Separation Science for American Laboratory/Labcompare; e-mail: email@example.com.
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Book Talk: "Gulag Town, Company Town Forced Labor and Its Legacy in Vorkuta"
March 25, 2015 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
What was the relationship between the Gulag and Soviet society? What was the legacy of Stalin's massive system of forced labor? This talk explored answers to these questions using the case of Vorkuta, one of the Soviet Union's most notorious prison camp complexes.
Mourning Lincoln: Rethinking the Aftermath of the Civil War
March 23, 2015 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Public responses to Lincoln's assassination have been well chronicled, but Martha Hodes is the first to delve into personal and private responses—of African Americans and whites, Yankees and Confederates, soldiers and civilians—investigating the story of the nation's first presidential assassination on a human scale. Black freedom, the fate of former Confederates, and the future of the nation were at stake for everyone, whether they grieved or rejoiced when they heard the news.
Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana
March 16, 2015 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
From John F. Kennedy's offering of an olive branch to Fidel Castro after the missile crisis, to Henry Kissinger's top secret quest for normalization, to Barack Obama's promise of a "new approach," authors of "Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana" William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh reveal a fifty-year record of dialogue and negotiations, both open and furtive.
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March 16, 2015 // 1:00pm — 2:00pm
Dr. Bodo Hechelhammer, chief historian of the BND, will deliver a lecture on the early years of the German intelligence service, introducing the American and German agents behind Germany's Cold War spy operation.
"Empire" and "Invitations": Geir Lundestad's Impact on Cold War Scholarship in Perspective
March 13, 2015 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Geir Lundestad has been the Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo and Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1990, retiring at the end of 2014 as director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. Geir has made an enormous scholarly contribution to the field of history and supported many scholarly endeavors in the social sciences through the Nobel Institute fellowship and symposia program inaugurated under his leadership. Please join us for a symposium honoring Professor Geir Lundestad at the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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March 09, 2015 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
After the onset of the Cold War, fierce anticolonialism emanated solely out of the black left, which paid dearly for opposing U.S. imperial policy. Meanwhile African American liberals, such as the NAACP, turned their backs on Asians and Africans determined to be free, colluded with the Truman administration's support of European empires, and received, in return a few pieces of civil rights tokens. Carol Anderson will speak about her latest book, "Bourgeois Radicals: The NAACP and the Struggle for Colonial Liberation, 1941-1960."
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March 02, 2015 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
How did the Republican Party—the progressive party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Dwight D. Eisenhower—become the reactionary party of today? Over the one hundred and sixty years of their history, Republicans have swung repeatedly from championing the middle class to protecting the rich. Their story reveals the tensions inherent in America's peculiar brand of government: how can a democracy promote individual economic opportunity at the same time it protects property?
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Bruce Hoffman speaks about his latest book, Anonymous Soldier: The Stuggle for Israel, 1917-1947, which examines the critical period in the establishment of Israel, chronicling three decades of growing anticolonial unrest that culminated in the end of British rule and the UN resolution to create two separate states.
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Nuclear Bargains Reviewed
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US government fails on climate change
(07/26/2010) Not even intense international pressure, the BP oil spill, worsening floods, or the fact that the last six months have been the warmest on record globally was enough to push US climate legislation through the Senate. In the end the legislation died without a single Republican supporting it and a number of Democrats balking. Democratic Senate leader, Harry Reid, said they would continue to push climate legislation in the fall, but analysts say success then is unlikely given up-coming elections in November.
Illegal logging declining worldwide, but still 'major problem'
(07/15/2010) A new report by the Chatham House finds that illegal logging in tropical forest nation is primarily on the decline, providing evidence that new laws and international efforts on the issue are having a positive impact. According to the report, the total global production of illegal timber has fallen by 22 percent since 2002. Yet the report also finds that nations—both producers and consumers—have a long way to go before illegal logging is an issue of the past.
Controversial changes to Brazilian forest law passes first barrier
(07/08/2010) An amendment to undermine protections in Brazil's 1965 forestry code has passed it first legislative barrier, reports the World Wide Fund for Nature-Brasil (WWF). Yesterday the amendment passed a special vote in the Congress's Special Committee on Forest Law Changes.
US pledges 136 million dollars to the environment in Indonesia
(07/01/2010) The US has pledged $136 million to environment and climate change initiatives in Indonesia over the next three years reports Reuters. Earlier in the year, Norway pledged over seven times the US amount (one billion US dollars) to fight deforestation in the Southeast Asian country.
Amazon and Atlantic Forest under threat: politicians press to dilute Brazil's forestry law
(07/01/2010) A group of Brazilian legislatures, known as the 'ruralistas', are working to change important aspects of the Brazil's landmark 1965 forestry code, undermining forest protection in the Amazon and the Mata Atlantica (also known as the Atlantic Forest) and perhaps heralding a new era of booming deforestation. The ruralistas, linked to big agribusiness and landowners, are taking aim at the part of the forestry code that requires landowners in the Amazon to retain 80 percent of their land area as legal reserves, arguing that the law threatens agricultural development.
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(06/24/2010) The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) has released a resolution urging the UN to change its definition for 'forest', before the controversial definition undermines conservation efforts, biodiversity preservation, carbon sequestration, and the nascent REDD (Reducing Emissions through Deforestation and forest Degradation).
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(06/24/2010) Not surprisingly, a US report released last week which argued that saving forests abroad will help US agricultural producers by reducing international competition has raised hackles in tropical forest counties. The report, commissioned by Avoided Deforestation Partners, a US group pushing for including tropical forest conservation in US climate policy, and the National Farmers Union, a lobbying firm, has threatened to erode support for stopping deforestation in places like Brazil. However, two rebuttals have been issued, one from international environmental organizations and the other from Brazilian NGOs, that counter findings in the US report and urge unity in stopping deforestation, not for the economic betterment of US producers, but for everyone.
Environmentalists and indigenous groups condemn plan for six dams in Peruvian Amazon
(06/21/2010) Environmentalists and indigenous groups have come together to condemn a 15 million US dollar plan for six hydroelectric dams in the Peruvian Amazon, signed last week by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Peruvian President, Alan Garcia. While the six dams would produce over 6,000 megawatts, mostly for Brazil, critics say the dams will flood tens of thousands of hectares of rainforest, devastate the lifestyles of a number of indigenous groups, and only serve big Brazilian corporations.
Saving tropical forests helps protects U.S. agriculture, argues campaign
(06/18/2010) Reducing deforestation abroad helps protect the U.S. agricultural sector by ensuring higher prices for commodities and reducing the cost of compliance with expected climate regulations, argues a new report issued by Avoided Deforestation Partners, a group pushing for the inclusion of tropical forests in domestic climate policy, and the National Farmers Union, a farming lobby group.
Voluntary carbon markets plunge in 2009
(06/14/2010) Battered by a faltering world economy and lack of progress on U.S. climate legislation, voluntary carbon markets declined by nearly every measure in 2009, according to the fourth annual State of the Voluntary Carbon Market Report issued today by Ecosystem Marketplace and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Indonesian government's promise up in smoke: fires rise by 59 percent
(06/13/2010) The Indonesian government failed to live up to its promises to reduce fires across the tropical nation last year. Instead a 2009 State Environment Report showed a 59 percent rise of fire hotspots from 19,192 in 2008 to 32,416 last year, as reported by The Jakarta Post.
Senate blocks attempt to strip EPA of power to regulate CO2 emissions
(06/10/2010) The U.S. Senate killed an effort to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
EU mandates biofuel environmental standards to protect forests, wetlands
(06/10/2010) The E.U. today moved to establish environmental standards for biofuels used in Europe, requiring biofuels to deliver "substantial reductions" in greenhouse gas emissions and not result in conversion of forests or wetlands, according to a statement from the European Commission.
Peatlands restoration wins support in effort to reduce carbon emissions
(06/10/2010) The body charged with establishing a framework for a global climate treaty will account for emissions from peatlands degradation, a source of roughly 6 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. The decision by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) lays the groundwork for new measures to protect and restore wetlands, says Wetlands International.
Indonesia identifies possible sites for forest conservation pilot project
(06/06/2010) The government of Indonesia has named four forests which could serve as pilot projects for its conservation deal with Norway, according to the Jakarta Post. The deal, including a billion US dollar donation from Norway, is meant to help Indonesia stem rampant deforestation throughout the nation, which has pushed Indonesia to become the world's third highest greenhouse gas emitter.
REDD threatens rights of 350 million local people
(06/03/2010) Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a jump start with a four billion US dollar pledge from a number of industrialized nations. Under REDD tropical forest nation will be paid to keep forests standing, however the program—as it currently stands—has provoked concern over the rights of the some 350 million people living in or adjacent to forests. The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change, a coalition of some 100 organizations from 38 countries, has released a report outlining an alternative vision of REDD that would uphold the rights of local and indigenous people while protecting forests.
Corruption could undermine REDD
(06/03/2010) With four billion US dollars pledged last week to kick-start the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), a new report by Global Witness warns that the funds could do little to stem deforestation if governance and accountability are not improved and corruption tackled. The REDD program provides funds to tropical nations to keep forests standing as a means to sequester carbon.
A total ban on primary forest logging needed to save the world, an interview with activist Glen Barry
(06/02/2010) Radical, controversial, ahead-of-his-time, brilliant, or extremist: call Dr. Glen Barry, the head of Ecological Internet, what you will, but there is no question that his environmental advocacy group has achieved major successes in the past years, even if many of these are below the radar of big conservation groups and mainstream media. "We tend to be a little different than many organizations in that we do take a deep ecology, or biocentric approach," Barry says of the organization he heads. "[Ecological Internet] is very, very concerned about the state of the planet. It is my analysis that we have passed the carrying capacity of the Earth, that in several matters we have crossed different ecosystem tipping points or are near doing so. And we really act with more urgency, and more ecological science, than I think the average campaign organization."
New protected areas in Brazil contribute to major drop in Amazon deforestation rate
(06/01/2010) Protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon are proving highly effective in reducing forest loss in Earth's largest rainforest, reports a new study based on analysis of deforestation trends in and around indigenous territories, parks, military holdings, and sustainable use reserves. The research, published in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that 37 percent of the recent decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon can be attributed to newly established protected areas. Brazil designated some 709,000 square kilometers (274,000 sq mi) of Amazon forest — an area larger than the state of Texas — between 2002 and 2009 under its Amazon Protected Areas Program (ARPA). Meanwhile deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by nearly three-quarters between 2004 and 2009.
Indonesia announces moratorium on granting new forest concessions
(05/28/2010) With one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, the world's third largest greenhouse gas emissions due mostly to forest loss, and with a rich biodiversity that is fighting to survive amid large-scale habitat loss, Indonesia today announced a deal that may be the beginning of stopping forest loss in the Southeast Asian country. Indonesia announced a two year moratorium on granting new concessions of rainforest and peat forest for clearing in Oslo, Norway, however concessions already granted to companies will not be stopped. The announcement came as Indonesia received 1 billion US dollars from Norway to help the country stop deforestation.
Norway to provide Indonesia with $1 billion to protect rainforests
(05/19/2010) Norway will provide up to $1 billion to Indonesia to help reduce deforestation and forest degradation, reports The Jakarta Post.
Elephants march in London, trumpeting conservation
(05/17/2010) Although urban Britain is not the native habitat of the Asian elephant, the well-loved pachyderm has invaded London for the summer. Raising awareness and funds for the threatened Asian elephant, 250 fiberglass statues by different artists are being displayed all over London. At the end of the summer the elephants will be auctioned off. All the proceeds from the art parade will go to Elephant Family, a conservation organization whose mission is to save the Asian Elephant from extinction.
Nestle caves to activist pressure on palm oil
(05/17/2010) After a two month campaign against Nestle for its use of palm oil linked to rainforest destruction spearheaded by Greenpeace, the food giant has given in to activists' demands. The Swiss-based company announced today in Malaysia that it will partner with the Forest Trust, an international non-profit organization, to rid its supply chain of any sources involved in the destruction of rainforests. "Nestle's actions will focus on the systematic identification and exclusion of companies owning or managing high risk plantations or farms linked to deforestation," a press release from the company reads, adding that "Nestle wants to ensure that its products have no deforestation footprint."
Climate change devastating lizards worldwide: 20 percent estimated to face extinction
(05/13/2010) Lizards have evolved a variety of methods to escape predators: some will drop their tail if caught, many have coloring and patterning that blends in with their environment, a few have the ability to change their colors as their background changes, while a lot of them depend on bursts of speed to skitter away, but how does a lizard escape climate change? According to a new study in Science they don't. The study finds that lizards are suffering local extinctions worldwide due exclusively to warmer temperatures. The researchers conclude that climate change could push 20 percent of the world's lizards to extinction within 70 years.
Activists lock themselves in Cargill headquarters as new report alleges illegal deforestation
(05/05/2010) Following a damning report from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) alleging illegal clearing of rainforest in Indonesia by agriculture-giant Cargill, activists have infiltrated Cargill headquarters in Wayzata, Minnesota and refuse to come out until the CEO agrees to meet with them. According to local reports, five activists are locked inside a staircase, while others are protesting outside the building.
US emissions from coal could be stopped in 20 years
(05/03/2010) A new study in Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) concludes that the US could stop all emissions from coal-fired plants within 20 years time using only existing technologies and some that will be ready within the next decade. Such an accomplishment would go a long way toward lowering the US's carbon emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change, according to the researchers.
World failing on every environmental issue: an op-ed for Earth Day
(04/22/2010) The biodiversity crisis, the climate crisis, the deforestation crisis: we are living in an age when environmental issues have moved from regional problems to global ones. A generation or two before ours and one might speak of saving the beauty of Northern California; conserving a single species—say the white rhino—from extinction; or preserving an ecological region like the Amazon. That was a different age. Today we speak of preserving world biodiversity, of saving the 'lungs of the planet', of mitigating global climate change. No longer are humans over-reaching in just one region, but we are overreaching the whole planet, stretching ecological systems to a breaking point. While we are aware of the issues that threaten the well-being of life on this planet, including our own, how are we progressing on solutions?
Got milk: 3 percent of greenhouse gases from milk production
(04/21/2010) Just less than 3 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions come from the production of milk, according to a new study by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). Covering dairy producing animals from small nomadic herds to massive industrialized dairy operations, the FAO study factors in the production, processing, and transportation of milk as well as the fertilizer, pesticides, and feed used in the dairy industry. The total rises 4 percent if using dairy animals for meat is included.
Paper company loses green certification after rainforest destruction in Indonesia
(04/18/2010) The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a global certifier of sustainably managed forest, has dropped another Indonesian company for the destruction of rainforests. Asia Paper Resources International Limited (APRIL), has had its certification suspended due to evidence of conversion of rainforests for acacia plantations, the destruction of 'High Conservation Value Forest', draining peatlands, as well as continuing conflicts with local communities. The decision was made by the Rainforest Alliances Smartwood, an accreditation program with the FSC.
Nestle shareholder meeting interrupted by Greenpeace orangutans
(04/15/2010) Nestle's shareholder meeting turned raucous today, as Greenpeace protesters were arrested in full-orangutan outfits outside the meeting and inside Greenpeace activists—in a scene out of a spy movie—propelled down from the ceiling and dropped a giant banner and a shower of leaflets above the shareholders' heads. "Nestlé's chair, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, was explaining how well the company had performed over the last fiscal year when noises were heard up in the roof and leaflets began raining down, not at all unlike a shower of cash," describes a Greenpeace blog entry today.
Cochabamba Climate Conference: the Coca Contradiction
(04/11/2010) In the high stakes game of geopolitics, the small and economically disadvantaged Andean nation of Bolivia has little clout. Now, however, the country's indigenous president Evo Morales wants to establish more of a significant voice on the world stage. Recently, he has turned himself into something of a spokesperson on the issue of climate change. Decrying the failure of world leaders to come to a satisfactory agreement on global warming, he is intent on shaming the Global North into addressing climate change. Whatever Bolivia lacks in terms of political and economic muscle, Morales would like to offset through skilled use of moral persuasion.
Unilever backtracks: may purchase palm oil from Sinar Mas
(04/07/2010) The world's biggest buyer of palm oil, Unilever, says it will again purchase palm oil from PT SMART, a subsidiary of Indonesian company Sinar Mas, if allegations about deforestation and peatland destruction prove untrue, or if Sinar Mas shows it is addressing the issue. Last December, the food and cosmetic giant, Unilever, suspended its $32.6 million contract with Sinar Mas after an independent audit—spurred by a 2008 Greenpeace report—showed that the Indonesian company was involved in the illegal destruction of rainforests and peatlands. Yet the company now seems to be signaling that the contract is back on the table even as it touts its sustainability efforts to the public.
Brazilian cattle giants move toward zero deforestation in the Amazon
(04/07/2010) Brazilian cattle companies are making progress in their effort to map their supply-chains in the Amazon but are still falling short of their commitment to zero deforestation in the region, reports Greenpeace after a meeting at the Brazilian Association of Meat Exporters (ABIEC) in Sao Paulo.
Chaos and the Accord: Climate Change, Tropical Forests and REDD+ after Copenhagen
(04/06/2010) The Copenhagen Accord, forged at COP15 upended international efforts to confront climate change. Never before have 115 Heads of State gathered together at one time, let alone for the singular purpose of crafting a new climate change agreement. Even though the new Accord is still in intensive care, two things are already clear. First, we have entered an entirely new world. And second, tropical forests have the greatest potential to breathe life into the new agreement.
What happened to China?: the nation's environmental woes and its future
(04/01/2010) China has long been an example of what not to do to achieve environmentally sustainability. Ranking 133rd out of 146 countries in 2005 for environmental performance, China faces major environmental problems including severe air and water pollution, deforestation, water-issues, desertification, extinction, and overpopulation. A new article in Science discusses the complex issues that have led to China's environmental woes, and where the nation can go to from here.
Global deforestation slows
(03/25/2010) Global forest loss has diminished since the 1990s but still remains "alarmingly high", according to a preliminary version of a new assessment from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The report, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010), shows that global forest loss slowed to around 13 million hectares per year during the 2000s, down from about 16 million hectares per year in the 1990s. It finds that net deforestation declined from about 8.3 million hectares per year in the 1990s to about 5.2 million hectares per year in the 2000s, a result of large-scale reforestation and afforestation projects, as well as natural forest recovery in some countries and slowing deforestation in the Amazon.
Nestle fiasco continues: Indonesian oil palm planters threaten boycott too
(03/23/2010) Candy and food giant Nestle is finding itself between a rock and a hard place. The online campaign against Nestle continues: today protesters once again posted thousands of negative messages on the company's Facebook page, most demanding that Nestle cut out palm oil linked to deforestation from its products. At the same time, a new problem has cropped up for Nestle: Indonesian oil palm planters are threatening to boycott Nestle products. Proving that the issues surrounding oil palm and deforestation are nothing if not complex: Facebook protestors say they will boycott Nestle if it doesn't cut out all links to Sinar Mas, a company that Greenpeace has linked to deforestation, whereas the Indonesia Palm Oil Growers Association are preparing a boycott if Nestle stops buying from Sinar Mas, according to the Jakarta Post.
El Niño in Venezuela: Hugo Chávez's "Katrina" Moment?
(03/22/2010) Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has been in power for more than ten years, during which time he has deflected numerous electoral challenges, a recall effort, a coup d'etat and even an oil lock out. A politically adroit statesman, he has demonstrated enormous staying power throughout all these political crises. Yet, Chávez's luck may have finally run out: a devastating El Niño-linked drought has recently ravaged Venezuela and the government has been forced to undertake conservation measures for water and electricity. Hardly amused, some are holding Chávez responsible for the energy crunch and the drought could exact a heavy toll on the Venezuelan president in September's legislative elections.
A new world?: Social media protest against Nestle may have longstanding ramifications
(03/20/2010) The online protest over Nestle's use of palm oil linked to deforestation in Indonesia continues unabated over the weekend. One only needed to check-in on the Nestle's Facebook fan page to see that anger and frustration over the company's palm oil sourcing policies, as well as its attempts to censor a Greenpeace video (and comments online), has sparked a social media protest that is noteworthy for its vehemence, its length, and its bringing to light the issue of palm oil and deforestation to a broader public.
Video: Nestle's attempt to censor Greenpeace palm oil ad backfires
(03/19/2010) In a bold online video, the environmental group Greenpeace cleverly links candy-giant Nestle to oil palm-related deforestation and the deaths of orangutans. Clearly angered over the video, Nestle struck back by having it banned from YouTube and replaced with this statement: "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Société des Produits Nestlé S.A." However Nestle's reaction to the video only spread it far and wide (see the ad below): social network sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit were all flooded with the ad as well as rising criticism against Nestle—one of the world's largest food producers—including calls for boycotts.
Scientists: new study does not disprove climate change threat to Amazon
(03/19/2010) Recently, Boston University issued a press release on a scientific study regarding the Amazon's resilience to drought. The press release claimed that the study had debunked the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) theory that climate change could turn approximately 40 percent of the Amazon into savanna due to declining rainfall. The story was picked up both by mass media, environmental news sites (including mongabay.com), and climate deniers' blogs. However, nineteen of the world's top Amazonian experts have issued a written response stating that the press release from Boston University was "misleading and inaccurate".
Analysis shows Borneo can say 'no' to coal power
(03/17/2010) Plans for a coal power plant in the Malaysian state of Sabah in northern Borneo have run into stiff opposition. Environmentalists say the coal plant could damage extensive coral reef systems, pollute water supplies, open rainforests to mining, and contribute to global climate change, undercutting Sabah's image as a 'green' destination. The federal government contends that the coal plant is necessary to fix Sabah's energy problems. However, a recent energy audit by the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) at the University of California Berkeley shows that pollution-intensive coal doesn't have to be in Sabah's future.
Indonesia opens protected rainforests to mining and other developments
(03/16/2010) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued new regulations, which will allow underground mining in protected areas, according to the Jakarta Post. The new rules will also allow power plants, renewable energy, and transportation such as toll roads in protected forests.
Amazon confusion: new research shows forest is resilient to drought, but is this the whole picture?
(03/15/2010) A drought that happens once in a hundred years had little negative or positive effect on the Amazon rainforest according to a NASA funded study in Geophysical Research Letters. "We found no big differences in the greenness level of these forests between drought and non-drought years, which suggests that these forests may be more tolerant of droughts than we previously thought," said Arindam Samanta, the study's lead author from Boston University.
Consumption habits cause rich countries to outsource emissions
(03/08/2010) Over a third of the greenhouse gas emissions related to the consumption of goods in wealthy nations actually occur in developing countries, according to a new analysis by researchers with the Carnegie Institution. Annually, each person if the United States outsources 2.5 tons of carbon due to consumption habits, most frequently in China. In Europe the figure of 'outsourced' emissions rises to 4 tons per person.
Why seed dispersers matter, an interview with Pierre-Michel Forget, chair of the FSD International Symposium
(03/07/2010) There are few areas of research in tropical biology more exciting and more important than seed dispersal. Seed dispersal—the process by which seeds are spread from parent trees to new sprouting ground—underpins the ecology of forests worldwide. In temperate forests, seeds are often spread by wind and water, though sometimes by animals such as squirrels and birds. But in the tropics the emphasis is far heavier on the latter, as Dr. Pierre-Michel Forget explains to mongabay.com. "[In rainforests] a majority of plants, trees, lianas, epiphytes, and herbs, are dispersed by fruit-eating animals. […] As seed size varies from tiny seeds less than one millimetres to several centimetres in length or diameter, then, a variety of animals is required to disperse such a continuum and variety of seed size, the smaller being transported by ants and dung beetles, the larger swallowed by cassowary, tapir and elephant, for instance."
Massive methane leak in Arctic could trigger abrupt warming
(03/04/2010) Methane, a greenhouse gas 30 times more potent than carbon, is spewing from what was believed to be an impermeable barrier in Siberia in amounts equal to methane releases from the world's oceans. The discovery has lead researchers to fear the possibility of abrupt climate warming. According to the study published in Science, subsea permafrost below the East Siberian Arctic Shelf has become compromised, leaking vast amounts of methane into the atmosphere.
How that cork in your wine bottle helps forests and biodiversity, an interview with Patrick Spencer
(03/01/2010) Next time you're in the supermarket looking to buy a nice bottle of wine: think cork. Although it's not widely known, the cork industry is helping to sustain one of the world's most biodiverse forests, including a number of endangered species such as the Iberian lynx and the Barbary deer. Spreading across 6.6 million acres in southern Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy) and northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia) oak cork trees Quercus suber are actually preserved and protected by the industry.
Where two worlds collide: visiting Tabin Wildlife Reserve
(02/21/2010) The vehicle stopped on the way into Tabin Wildlife Reserve as a troupe of pig-tailed macaques began making their way across the road. In a flash a domestic dog, which may or may not have been 'ownerless', ambushed the group. Chaos erupted as the big predator fell upon the community. As quickly as it began it was all over and the dog was rushing over with an infant monkey in its mouth, leaving the macaques' screeching out their helplessness. As my uncustomary welcome to Tabin Wildlife Reserve shows: the park is a meeting of two worlds. On the left side of the road leading into the reserve is a massive oil palm plantation, on the right is the rainforest and the many species the reserve protects. Tabin, therefore, gives the visitor a unique up-close view of the debate raging in Borneo and throughout much of Southeast Asia over conservation and environment versus oil palm plantations.
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Data centers (DC) are changing as the demands for data, storage and network connectivity grow. This growth is driven by cloud deployments, media applications, mobile connections, storage growth and greater network bandwidth demands. These new DC need the ability to increase bandwidth and bring up new services quickly to meet the demands of their clients without the complexity associated with traditional network architectures. Flex System™ Interconnect Fabric is designed to meet client needs by providing a simple Ethernet fabric cluster that accelerates deployment, simplifies management, supports dynamic scalability and increases reliability, availability and security in medium-to-large POD deployments.
Flex System Interconnect Fabric provides a DC architecture solution designed to offer greater efficiency and automation in network environments. The Flex System Interconnect Fabric offers a solid foundation of compute, network, storage and software resources in a Flex System POD. The solution components include; the RackSwitch™ G8264CS and Flex System SI4093 System Interconnect Modules for DC Ethernet and Fibre Channel (FC) network access and fabric interconnect. Clients can also leverage Switch Center for easier network configuration and management, Flex System compute nodes and internal and external storage nodes for compute and storage resources capabilities and the Flex System chassis.
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Commencement, Law School Deans, Law Schools
Alumni Object To Commencement Speaker Whose Collar Isn't Popped Nearly Enough
Isn't it a bit early for a commencement speaker controversy?
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, UVA Law
How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? UVA Law Edition
Do you attend a public law school? You can probably look up how much your professors and dean earn.
Making the Move: Why it's Better to Use a Legal Recruiter
Some lawyers are best-served beavering away in the firm where they have worked since law school. For most legal careers, though, there come inflection points where a change of job can open a whole new world of opportunity. Recognizing whether your career has reached such an inflection point, and then knowing whom to trust to help […]
Job Searches, Law Schools, U.S. News, UVA Law
In Defense of Law Schools Hiring Their Own Graduates
Why are law-school-funded job programs a good thing? Let us count the ways.
Law Schools, Rudeness, UVA Law
PSA: Don't Take Out Your Frustrations On Support Staff
Taking out your frustrations on those with no power is never cool…
Bar Exams, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Police, Racism, Reader Polls, Small Law Firms, UVA Law
An Update on Johnathan Perkins: Did He Get His Law Degree?
The recent alleged misadventures of certain UVA Law School students — students accused of breaking and entering, students accused of bothering bikers (to be fair, some bikers are obnoxious and deserve what they get) — have caused commentators to wonder: Whatever happened to Johnathan Perkins? We have an update, based on a statement from the dean of the law school….
Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Minority Issues, Racism, UVA Law
Is Johnathan Perkins, aka the UVA Law Fabulist, Going to Graduate?
Today is Commencement at UVA Law School. Congratulations to all of the UVA students who will soon become UVA alumni. You've worked hard for your law degrees, and you deserve commendation. (Hopefully you have jobs lined up. Or at least other talents that can help you make a living — and pay back your student […]
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What To Do With The UVA Law Student Who Cried Wolf?
UPDATE (4 PM): The dean of UVA Law School, Paul G. Mahoney, has issued a statement about the application of the University of Virginia's Honor System to the Johnathan Perkins incident. We have reprinted it after the jump. White law students lie all the time and nobody makes a big deal about it, but now […]
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A Law Student Plays the Race Card — and Gets Busted, Big Time
It's time for more race-related drama from UVA Law School. Back in February, Elie wrote about a UVA Law party that featured Confederate flag decor. Now I will tell you about a 3L's fabricated tale of racial harassment by university police. (Yes, Lat's writing this story. So you can relax, UVA folks — at least […]


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"Gardening Tips" is a column about all things flora written by Bob Beyfuss of the Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Delaware County Deputies arrested Nick Malaxos, 67 of Margaretville on April 8 for one count of issuing a bad check a class "B" misdemeanor in violation of the New York State Penal Law. He was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of Roxbury Town Court on April 23 at 7 p.m.
Time to Start Seeds
Although there is still very much winter weather outdoors, by now many of you are extremely anxious to get started on this season's garden. It is still much too cold and the soil is too wet to even consider tillage of the garden right now.
My column on coyotes a few weeks ago provoked quite a bit of email as well as some beautiful pictures. Thanks for sending them to me! People seem to be pretty divided on whether these local residents are helpful or harmful. A student reporter in the Hudson Valley area sent me the following questions, which I forwarded to Dr. Paul Curtis, Cornell University Cooperative Extension Wildlife specialist. I think his answers are worth sharing with you.
Marie E. Laine, 90, a resident of Dry Brook Road, Arkville, died at her residence on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014.
Marie was born February 9, 1924 in Queens, the daughter of Nicholas and Viola (Schmitt) Mappas. She married Joseph A. Laine Jr. on March 31, 1956 at Deer Park.
Marie enjoyed bowling, knitting, and crocheting.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph A. Laine and three nieces, Barbara Schmittzeh and Donna Wacher, both of Florida, and Carol Berry of Long Island.
Snow, Snow and More Snow!
Another blizzard has descended upon much of the Northeastern United States with perhaps a foot or more snow predicted locally and the prospects of a third storm coming this weekend. Most residents of the Catskill Mountain/Hudson Valley region are pretty experienced at dealing with winter but February is a trying month by itself and this weather only makes things seem worse.
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Unemployment drops in D.C. Metropolitan area for November
While the number isn't statistically significant, it is promising that the area reduced unemployment in the face of the government shutdown and other uncertainties in the economy.
Virginia follows 45 other states that saw a decrease in unemployment for the month of November.
The entire Metro area looked good for the month as Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, D.C. all saw declines in unemployment.
The Loudoun unemployment rate for October was 4.3 percent. Figures are not yet available from the Bureau of Labor for each county in Virginia.
Another important aspect to the unemployment discussion is the fact that long-term unemployment insurance was cut off for 1.3 million of the nation's unemployed Dec. 28.
According to the Congressional Ways and Means Committee almost 10,000 Virginians lost this kind of aid immediately. In addition, more than 30,000 are likely to lose their benefits at some point in the first six months of 2014.
The insurance policy helped job seekers who were unemployed for longer than 27 weeks.
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Monthly Archive for December, 2011
Houston atheist: Christmas isn't just for Christians
By Curt W. Loose Guest contributor I'm an atheist, and I celebrate Christmas. I do most of the traditional things. I've put up a tree or two. I sometimes exchange gifts. I go to parties in a Santa hat, and eat and drink too much. I take in the lights—I love the lights! I even […] [Read More]
Despite all of our other traditions, Christmas is still about Christ's birth
By Lisa Johnson Guest Contributor A lot is said about how commercialized Christmas is. Crazed shoppers camp out overnight to get the latest electronic gizmo, then trample (or Taser®-blast) one another in the store aisles. People spend beyond their means to give extravagant presents. Stores put out Christmas merchandise in August, nativities feature everything from […] [Read More]
Houston Free Will Baptists respond to church's interracial marriage ban
After a small rural Kentucky church voted against interracial couples and then reversed their decision following national controversy, the pastor of a Houston-area church belonging to the same denomination—Free Will Baptists—has condemned their ban, explained a bit about church structure and defended his church's outreach to all people. Here's what Pastor Randy Puckett, of Eagle […] [Read More]


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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Will Look Like Superman at Michigan's NASCAR Race
As difficult as saving the world can be, Superman never had to worry about anyone rubbing his bumper at 200 mph.
As difficult as saving the world can be, Superman never had to worry about anyone rubbing his bumper at 200 mph.
After a heartbreaking penalty last week robbed him of a win in Dover, Jimmie Johnson got his vengeance Sunday by winning the Party in the Poconos 400.
Or did he?
"It doesn't make up for much," Johnson said
Before, during and after Kyle Busch won Saturday's National Rifle Association 500 in Fort Worth, Tex., there was debate around the organization's sponsorship of the Sprint Cup event. Some critics felt that the NRA's sponsorship of the race brought the ongoing debate on gun control into the sports world
Driver Denny Hamlin will miss at least six weeks of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit after suffering fractured vertebra in a crash on the last lap of Sunday's race at Fontana, California.
Sprint Cup teams have to make a number of adjustments this week as they head back to the west coast for the first and only race at Auto Club Speedway this season.
They're making their second cross-country trip in 3 weeks time, which is certainly no fun for the folks driving the haulers
Contenders emerge early in the NASCAR season. Make no doubt about it, Kasey Kahne is a contender.
After finishing second last week at Las Vegas, when it seemed as though he had the fastest car on the track, Kahne was able to avenge his runner up finish with a victory in Tennessee
In all sports, I love conflict. I especially love it in NASCAR. And no place is prone to cause more conflict than Bristol Motor Speedway.
I've been there. The atmosphere is unbelievable. It's rare in this new NASCAR world full of mile-and-a-half tracks where most fans can only see portions of the racetrack that a spectator can get a full, unabridged view of a speedway
I think NASCAR is getting exactly what they wanted.
Who's going to get lucky in Vegas? If you want Lady Luck to smile on your car, they've got to be willing to roll the dice with a late race gamble, but even then, they might just crap out. One thing is for sure: if you want to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, you've got to go all-in


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Curated by Elgin natives Sara Krikau and Erin Rehberg, ETDF brings "big city" dance to Elgin by showcasing works by local and national choreographers. The presentation includes a mix of genres including media, performance art, and traditional ballet and modern dance performed by professional and student artists alike.
Elgin Ties Dance is an Elgin based collaboration between choreographers, Erin Rehberg of CORE PROJECT CHICAGO, and Sara Krikau of Veritydance New York. Natives of Elgin, Erin and Sara crossed paths in 2012. Naturally, sharing the same vision and passion to see dance thrive and spark new art in Elgin, they started working together to form the Elgin Ties Dance Festival.


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The Houston Rockets have agreed to terms with newly acquired guard James Harden ona five-year, $80 million contract extension. Harden, the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year last season, was traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday with Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward for Kevin Martin, 2012 first-round pick Jeremy Lamb and several draft picks. According to reports, the Thunder sought to trade Harden, 23, after last season's run to the NBA Finals when a contract agreement couldn't be reached. He was eligible for a maximum four-year, $60 million deal with Oklahoma City, but sources told CBSSports.com that the Thunder offered about $55 million.
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The Galley: Pass!
Had dinner on a recommendation and wish I would have passed. Food came out cold, very average at best, and horrible service. So many other places to go in Placencia for a great meal!
Favorite Dish: ~Had the curry shrimp, grilled lobster. Both arrived cold and were very chewy. Waiter forgot salads for the table, and we only saw him once for drink orders. Had to physically go to the bar towards the end of the meal to get another drink. Also had to hunt him down to get the check!
The Galley: Best Food in Placencia
My wife and I enjoyed "The Galley" twice during our honeymoon in Placencia. We ate at a ton of places, but just never found one to compare to The Galley. We are both vegan, and Cleveland (the proprietor) took great care of us. My favorite dish was a vegetable curry. yummmm! Another great enjoyment was watching the neighborhood kids play soccer on the field in front of the restaurant.
We also fell in love with his special homemade salsa which came straight out of his garden. We had to take some home!
Don't miss the Galley if you are ever in Placencia, Belize. It is one of a kind!
Favorite Dish: Curry Dishes. Fried Plantains. Special Homemade hot sauce.
The Galley Restaurant: The Galley is cool
The Galley is located right behind the football field, across the street from the Purple Space Monkey. It is a grand old house with a porch, which is where the tables are. They have wonderful entrees, especially great shrimp and steaks, and fantastic fruit milkshakes. Try the soursop, craboo or mango milkshakes. Try the deep fried shrimp, which are huge! The proprietor is a little daffy older lady who's sweet and funny. She'll feed you even later at night. The crowd is eclectic and there are only six tables outside, and when the football lights go out it's dark, but a very cool place.
Favorite Dish: Great deep fried shrimp with rice and a mango milkshake. It's just great and inexpensive.
The Galley Restaurant: Soft jazz
Individual service. The lady in charge came out and asked us whether we would eat salads. When we said that we would, she said that many tourists refused to eat fresh vegetables, and that she was tired to serving them to have them ignored.
Favorite Dish: I had conch steak and my husband had steamed shrimp- when we asked if we could have it steamed instead of fried (as on the menu) they were glad to comply Fresh salad was served when we assured her we would eat it, and grapefruit juice. US$24 for two
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"The Galley Restaurant and Bar should not be missed by jazz lovers or those who enjoy good food. Cleveland and Julia Berry fix a fine T-Bone (US$8), as well as Creole style lobster (US$12.50). Try their famous 'Seaweed Drink' - similar to egg nog with a pleasing flavor and a shot of brandy for good measure. Locals giggle and say, "It's good for de back mon!" by which they mean it improves a man's performance of his husbandly duties. Who can say?"
.The Galley and Tentacles are where the action is at night. Unfortunately, when we were there Tentacles was not open.
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Australians have been targeted with a Breaking Bad-themed crypto ransomware.
Australians have been targeted with a Breaking Bad-themed crypto ransomware.
Microsoft is out to kill passwords by providing an option to log in to its upcoming Windows 10 OS, applications and Web services via fingerprint, face or iris detection.
Lenovo's been caught going a bit too far in its quest for bloatware money, and the results have put its users at risk. The company has been preloading Superfish, a "visual search" tool that includes adware that fakes the encryption certificates for e...
"Where's Andrea?" That was the question on the lips of attendees at this week's No Such Con security conference.
Melbourne start-up, CoinJar, has confirmed it will commence trials for its bitcoin EFTPOS card next week.
The 2014 World Cup has just wrapped up in Brazil and Argentina were not the only losers according to security vendor Trend Micro.
Trend Micro has launched an initiative to help protect users from potential security threats during the FIFA World Cup that begins on 12 June.
Searching for football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be risky, according to McAfee.
Trend Micro has launched free Heartbleed scanners for PC and Android devices.
McAfee has released a free version of its mobile security app.
Trend Micro has released a new version of its cloud-based Mobile Security app that can now provide more protection for iPad and iPhone users. The new version for the iOS 7 platform has added protection to scan downloads from the App Store, and can al...
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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After 'Psycho,' a shower of violence in movies
FILE - In this 1960 file photo, actress Janet Leigh appears as Marion Crane in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho." Hitchcock's "Psycho" is a film that 52 years after its shocking premiere still hasn't released audiences from its subversive thrall. The film, which Hitchcock called "a fun picture," was revolutionary in its violence, its sexiness, its sympathy to the perspective of the criminal mind, and, perhaps above all, its technique. (AP Photo/File)
NEW YORK (AP) — For his first professional acting job, a 22-year-old Anthony Hopkins took a train from South Wales to Manchester. With time to kill on a rainy day, he dropped off his bags and headed to the movies, where a long queue wound outside the cinema.
"It was packed," Hopkins recalls. "I sat down and I didn't know what the hell I was in for. I had heard stories about it. When it got to the shower scene, I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life."
The movie was, of course, Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," a film that 52 years after its shocking premiere still hasn't released audiences from its subversive thrall. The film, which Hitchcock called "a fun picture," was revolutionary in its violence, its sexiness, its sympathy to the perspective of the criminal mind — and, perhaps above all, its technique.
"What if someone really good made a horror picture?" wonders the British director, played by Hopkins, in the new film "Hitchcock."
Directed by Sacha Gervasi, it depicts the making of "Psycho" with a keen focus on Hitchcock's relationship — and profession indebtedness — to his wife Alma Reville (played by Helen Mirren).
It is only the latest example of the undying fascination with "Psycho," a film that ushered in a new darkness in American movies, one with a playful sense of irony toward violence but also a serious treatment of that which had previously been considered mere "schlock." Though Hitchcock made a dozen films that could easily be labeled masterpieces, none seized audiences with the same power as "Psycho."
Made for just $800,000 at the end of Hitchcock's contract with Paramount (which distributed the film but left Hitchcock to finance it himself), "Psycho," based on Robert Bloch's novel, went on to gross $32 million — the biggest hit of his career. The director famously handed out manuals to theaters with explicit directions not to let anyone in after the movie began. Though most critics dismissed the film then, some finally began to consider Hitchcock an artist of the highest order — most notably Robin Wood, who called "Psycho" ''perhaps the most terrifying film ever made."
This publicity film image released by Fox Searchlight shows Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock in "Hitchcock." The new film "Hitchcock," which is set during the making of the "Psycho," is only the latest expression of never-ending obsession of Hitchcock's most influential masterpiece. (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Suzanne Tenner, File)
"We are (taken) forward and downward into the darkness of ourselves," wrote Wood. "'Psycho' begins with the normal and draws us steadily deeper and deeper into the abnormal."


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i create a psd but i can't understand how to create preview screenshot 900px900px , because my one page template size 1400px5400px. please help
resize or make a crop?
Your screenshot doesn't have to be exactly 900×900px. It just can't be larger, so you can resize your image to 500×900px, 900×389px – anything you want
if you really want to make it 900×900, do this:
1. hit cmd-N (or on windows control-N) to create a new document.
2. enter the sizes: 900×900 into the width/height fields
3. open the image in a separate window and hit cmd-A (or ctrl-A) to select everything. make sure everything is merged down to one layer! now copy it into your clipboard by hitting cmd-C
4. go to the other window with the blank 900×900 document, hit cmd-V!
5. now the only thing you have to do is resize the pasted image to make it fit. you can also just use this to crop out the most significant part of your graphic
6. save – done!
thanks for providing great information
You can also use the 'Save for Web and Devices' function under FILE > .
Enter the Width as 900 px
The height will adjust itself accordingly.
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