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Arena Profile: Inimai Chettiar
Inimai M. Chettiar is the Director of the Brennan Center's Justice Program.The Justice Program works to secure our nation's promise of "equal justice for all" by creating a justice system that is economically and rationally sound, in line with the principles of justice, and without racial disparity. Its two specific goals are ending unnecessary incarceration and making cost-effective investments in communities that will lead us all into a more prosperous future.
Ms. Chettiar has expertise in using economic analysis and social science data to advance reforms that would end mass incarceration and encourage investments in communities of color that will benefit the nation as a whole. She has published scholarship on criminal law reform, racial inequalities, and economic and fiscal policy. In 2011, she was selected by the Center for American Progress to serve as a Leadership Fellow in recognition of her leadership on racial justice issues.
Ms. Chettiar comes to the Brennan Center from the American Civil Liberties Union, where she was a lead architect of the organization's Initiative to End Overincarceration. She created and led the ACLU's legislative program to reduce prison populations in states across the country, working with bipartisan legislators to enact laws to reduce costly prison populations. Before the ACLU, Chettiar was an attorney at NYU Law School's Institute for Policy Integrity. There, she led litigation and policy projects that used cost-benefit and economic analysis to reform criminal justice, civil rights, economic justice, and public health laws. She was a Litigation Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where she served as leading pro bono counsel on death penalty and voting rights matters. Chettiar also served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Lawrence M. McKenna at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Her reform efforts and publications have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Nation, The Atlantic, Colorlines, The Daily Kos, The Hill, Politico, Business Insider, Reuters, NBC.com, NPR, and The Huffington Post.
She has a B.A. cum laude in political science and psychology from Georgetown University and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Chicago School of Law, where she served as Comment Editor of The Law Review. She is a Member of the American Correctional Association, the U.S. Department of Justice Pretrial Justice Task Force, and the American Law Institute Model Penal Code Committee, which drafts model criminal codes for enactment in states.
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The election has made us all wake up to the fact that the demographics of our country are undeniably changing.
The American population is becoming more diverse. But demographics are not destiny, and neither party should believe that support from any ethnic or racial group is a done deal. Republicans would be well served to recognize that the concept of what it means to be "American" is expanding to include more of the American people - regardless of their race, class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or political perspective.
Diversity is one of this country's greatest strengths, both culturally and economically, giving us our global competitive edge. Similarly, Democrats should also recognize that a more diverse America does not automatically create more Democrats. Winning the votes of all Americans means listening to all their concerns in a meaningful way and incorporating those concerns into the party's platform.See more
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A Vote For American Ideals
When the American people reelected President Barack Obama, they signaled that their vision of the United States is one of inclusion, optimism, and an understanding of the legitimate role of government in helping the country achieve prosperity. Americans do not dream small or think narrowly. This vision of our country manifests itself economically - through an understanding that government investment leads to long term benefits for the whole nation - and socially - as we understand that our differences make us stronger as we all strive together toward the same American Dream.
Throughout their campaign, President Obama and Vice President Biden repeatedly asserted the need for "investments in America" and described how "investing in the middle class will grow the economy." They offered an investment theory of policymaking - spending some money now in order to reap greater economic rewards later – in sharp contrast to Romney's theory of cutting spending at all costs.
The majority of voters cast their ballots for wise government investment. They rejected Romney's theory of bone-deep cuts because they understand that zero investment means zero reward. Our entire economy - from Wall Street to the grocery store down the block - is built on investments. A store owner needs to first invest in his business – renting retail space, buying inventory, and hiring employees - before he can make a profit. Government has a similar role to play when it comes to our nation's prosperity; the way to save the economy - and the country - is not to blindly cut government costs, but to implement policies that wisely invest government dollars to produce long-term benefits for the entire nation.
Believing the fairytale that that economic solutions only involve cutting costs - instead of analyzing costs and benefits together - leaves us with policies that stunt the country's growth and compromise our democratic ideals. It leads to underfunded public education, crumbling infrastructure, mass incarceration of large segments of our labor force, and unnecessary foreclosures that destroy whole neighborhoods. The reelection of Obama signals a shift in voter consciousness away from this destructive theory of government policymaking and toward a productive and rational position.
The results of the election are also an affirmation of a vibrant and inclusive definition of what it means to be "American." As the president recognized in his victory speech, this country was built by immigrants – by a minority seeking to escape oppression and find prosperity in a new land. This nation has grown into a superpower precisely because it is built on diversity, and the innovation and progress it creates.
The demographic coalition that voted for Obama is a complex mix. Obama won the votes of youth, women, African Americans, Latinos, Asians, gay and lesbian Americans, Jews, Christians, the wealthy, the unemployed, and union workers. They voted for a leader whose policies will help all of us achieve the American Dream.
They also voted for a black man with an ethnic name, an immigrant Muslim father, a white Christian mother, and an Asian sister. For many of us who look like the President or have names like his, our "Americanness" is continually questioned despite our rightful birth in this country. The continuing Presidency of Barack Obama serves to reinforce the legitimacy of all of us as Americans - regardless of our class, gender, ethnic origin, skin tone, sexual orientation, or religion.
This year's election was not just about policies and politics. It was about a recommitment to our founding American ideals – inclusion, equality, and the drive that ensures we never stop working toward them.See more
What were the campaigns' biggest mistakes?
In the pivotal week before the election, the attention of the media and the public focused almost exclusively on Hurricane Sandy. In the wake of this coverage, Mitt Romney seemed to disappear from the national scene while politicians from both sides of the aisle praised the federal response to the storm.
If Obama does not win despite this and other recent events giving him a bump in the polls, it will be because he has failed to communicate to Americans how his plan to grow the middle class will continue to help the country's economic recovery. The economy – and jobs – is the biggest issue in this election. Obama's economic plan seems counterintuitive to many Americans – progressives and conservatives alike – who believe in the fairy tale of trickle-down economics. It was therefore critical that he explain to voters his exact plan, how it would work, and how it has worked. Obama also has not explained to voters that recessions due to financial collapses historically take much longer to recover from than standard cyclical recessions. Without this understanding, voters are unable to fully understand the differences between the candidates' economic plans and are left voting for the popular myth. Even if the President is reelected, he needs to rapidly get comfortable communicating specifics about his economic recovery plan so that he gains the full support of the American public.See more
Can the media handle election night?
The media is notorious for blundering, exaggerating, and misconstruing. We can expect the press to continue this tradition. They over-predicted the impact of Hurricane Irene last year, leading many to ignore their warnings about the dangers of Hurricane Sandy, and they misreported rampant looting in the aftermath of Sandy. This kind of hyperbolic reporting has also fueled much of the unnecessary public fear that has led to mass incarceration, and created serious confusion over results of past elections and effects of major legislation. When reporting the news involves making a prediction - be it of the weather or of political outcomes - we should expect a reasonable margin of error.
But the media also has a responsibility to report events accurately and without sensationalism. Facts should be reported as facts and their implications drawn cautiously. Predictions should be couched in terminology that clearly indicates they are opinions. But since accuracy doesn't do well for ratings, we should not expect sensationalism to end. Voters, lawmakers, and candidates should do our homework by scrutinizing press reports, especially at times like tomorrow when the stakes are so high.
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Lessons Of Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has taught us many things. We have seen the power of Americans to come together during tragedies, and realized our financial hubs' increased vulnerability to extreme weather events.
Sandy has also shown us that we are much safer from each other than we may think. Post-Sandy, there were about a a dozen isolated arrests in New York City for looting – all described by the NYPD as "minor" and "nonviolent." This is in sharp contrast to the 1977 blackout, which saw 4,500 arrests, 35 blocks of Broadway destroyed, and hundreds of stores looted and set ablaze.
The FBI's yearly crime report released on Monday confirms this continuing nationwide trend of dropping crime rates. Drug, property, and violent crime are all declining. According to the FBI, violent crime decreased by four percent last year and is down 20 percent since 2001. Streets are much safer than they were in 1977, 1987, or even 1997. In 1981, there were 731 robberies in New York's Central Park, while last year there were only 18.
However, with media headlines like "Looters Pray on Sandy's Hardest Hit," (ABC) and "Anarchy Along the Jersey Shore and on Long Island in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy," (Men's News Daily), readers would think roving gangs were terrorizing the City, burning and breaking into stretches of businesses and homes.
Unfortunately, there is no advantage in reporting the absence of large-scale looting or a continuing crime decline. It is far catchier to use headlines that prey on public fear. As Scott Knowles, a history professor at Drexel University explains: "One of the really great myths of disasters is that looting is common. American history has almost no examples of large-scale civil disturbance or looting after disasters." This myth doesn't end with looting. The great myth is that our country is wildly dangerousness with murderers, rapists, and robbers waiting in the shadows to do us harm.
The week before Sandy, the press similarly misinterpreted a new U.S. Department of Justice crime study. The study confirmed that violent crime steadily decreased by 72 percent since 1993. It found a very small increase in "simple assaults," defined as "attacks without a weapon resulting in either no injury or minor injury." If you ever yelled at someone over a parking space or spit on a person, you committed an assault. (For more, read an analysis of the study.)
The press reported DOJ's study through headlines like: " Violent Crime Rises Sharply, Reversing Trend," (USA Today); "U.S. Violent Crime Up for First Time In Years," (CNN.com); and, the most incendiary of the lot, "Obama DOJ: Growth in Violent Crimes Against Whites," (Judicial Watch). The FBI report should temporarily put this nonsense to rest.
Sensational crime reporting is a venerable journalistic tradition. But lawmakers and the interested public have a responsibility to probe more deeply. Too often, headlines become the basis for policy. This phenomenon has led the U.S. to incarcerate more of its population than any country. Politicians have cowered away from efforts to end this irrationality for fear of being branded as "soft on crime" (just ask Michael Dukakis).
The reality is that we are far safer now than we have been in decades. And the crime rate has continued to fall while many states have reduced their prison populations. We don't need mass incarceration to keep us safe. When it comes to crime and public safety, lawmakers are long overdue to set aside superficial understanding and emotionalism and replace them with cold, hard facts.See more
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Non-glare nanotextured multifunctional glass repels water and dust
A scanning electron micrograph of a cross-section of the MIT nanotextured glass (Photo: Hyungryul Choi and Kyoo-Chul Park)
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A drop of water spreading into a thin layer on a normal glass surface in order to reduce the total energy of the system (top), and a drop of water repelled from a nanotextured glass surface (bottom)(Image: Brian Dodson)
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Glass has a unique look - despite its clarity you can tell there is a material there by the way it reflects light, and that it isn't plastic or crystal. Glass, however, carries problems, like glare, fogging, and collects dirt. A group of MIT researchers has found a new way to create arrays of conical micron-scale surface nanotextures to produce glass that is self-cleaning, non-glare, and non-fogging. The researchers believe the nanotextured surface can be made at low enough cost to be applied to optical devices, the screens of smartphones and televisions, solar panels, car windshields and even windows in buildings.
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Wilhelm Groth
Wilhelm Groth (9 January 1904 in Hamburg – 20 February 1977 in Bonn) was a German physical chemist. During World War II, he worked on the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club; his main activity was the development of centrifuges for the enrichment of uranium. After the war, he was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Hamburg. In 1950, he became director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Bonn. He was a principal in the 1956 shipment of three centrifuges for uranium enrichment to Brazil.
From 1922 to 1927, Groth studied at the Technische Hochschule München (today, the Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München), the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), and the University of Tübingen (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen). He received his doctorate in 1927 under Walther Gerlach at Tübingen. His thesis was on the determination of electromechanical equivalents.[1][2]
In 1927, Groth became a teaching assistant at the Technische Hochschule Hannover, today the University of Hanover (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover).[1]
In 1932, Groth became an assistant to Otto Stern and Paul Harteck at the Institut für Physikalische Chemie (Institute for Physical Chemistry) at the University of Hamburg. He completed his Habilitation at Hamburg at the end of 1938, following complicated negotiations with Hamburg district leadership of the Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Dozentenbund (NSDDB, National Socialist German University Lecturers League ).[1][3]
Shortly after the discovery of nuclear fission in December 1938/January 1939, the Uranverein, i.e., the German nuclear energy project, had an initial start in April before being formed a second time under the Heereswaffenamt (HWA, Army Ordnance Office) in September.
Paul Harteck was director of the physical chemistry department at the University of Hamburg and an advisor to the Heereswaffenamt (HWA, Army Ordnance Office). On 24 April 1939, along with his teaching assistant Wilhelm Groth, Harteck made contact with the Reichskriegsministerium (RKM, Reich Ministry of War) to alert them to the potential of military applications of nuclear chain reactions and point out its political significance. Two days earlier, on 22 April 1939, after hearing a colloquium paper by Wilhelm Hanle on the use of uranium fission in a Uranmaschine (uranium machine, i.e., nuclear reactor), Georg Joos, along with Hanle, notified Wilhelm Dames, at the Reichserziehungsministerium (REM, Reich Ministry of Education), of potential military applications of nuclear energy. The communication was given to Abraham Esau, head of the physics section of the Reichsforschungsrat (RFR, Reich Research Council) at the REM. On 29 April, a group, organized by Esau, met at the REM to discuss the potential of a sustained nuclear chain reaction. The group included the physicists Walther Bothe, Robert Döpel, Hans Geiger, Wolfgang Gentner (probably sent by Walther Bothe), Wilhelm Hanle, Gerhard Hoffmann, and Georg Joos; Peter Debye was invited, but he did not attend. After this, informal work began at the Georg-August University of Göttingen by Joos, Hanle, and their colleague Reinhold Mannfopff; the group of physicists was known informally as the first Uranverein (Uranium Club) and formally as Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kernphysik. The group's work was discontinued in August 1939, when the three were called to military training.[4][5][6][7][8]
The second Uranverein began after the Heereswaffenamt squeezed out the Reichsforschungsrat of the Reichserziehungsministerium and started the formal German nuclear energy project under military auspices. The second Uranverein was formed on 1 September 1939, the day World War II began, and it had its first meeting on 16 September 1939. The meeting was organized by Kurt Diebner, advisor to the HWA, and held in Berlin. The invitees included Walther Bothe, Siegfried Flügge, Hans Geiger, Otto Hahn, Paul Harteck, Gerhard Hoffmann, Josef Mattauch, and Georg Stetter. A second meeting was held soon thereafter and included Klaus Clusius, Robert Döpel, Werner Heisenberg, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker. Also at this time, the Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut für Physik (KWIP, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics, after World War II the Max Planck Institute for Physics), in Berlin-Dahlem, was placed under HWA authority, with Diebner as the administrative director, and the military control of the nuclear research commenced.[6][7][9]
As a principal in the Uranverein, Harteck brought many of his colleagues at Hamburg into the project's activities; this included Groth. At the end of 1939, Groth tested simultaneously with Rudolf Fleischmann the Clusius-Dickel isotope separation process on uranium hexafluoride, with negative results. In the autumn of 1941, Groth, Harteck, and Albert Suhr began the construction of an ultracentrifuge for the enrichment of uranium-235. The construction was done under the auspices of an Heereswaffenamt contract let by Kurt Diebner. The Anschütz & Co. G.m.b.H., a gyroscope firm in Kiel, was a participant in the project; at Anschütz, Konrad Beyerle was in charge of centrifuge research and development. In 1943, enrichment to 5% was achieved, however, technical difficulties hindered large-scale production. The Anschütz corporation told Groth that for mass production they would require many more mechanics and engineers.[1][10][11] In 1945 Groth was captured by T-Force, a British Army unit established to locate German scientists. The officer who captured Groth was Brian Urquhart.[12]
After 1945, Groth was appointed nichtplanmäßiger Professor (supernumerary professor) of physical chemistry at Hamburg University, with permission of the British occupation government; from 1948, he was an ausserordentlicher Professor (extraordinarius professor) there. From 1950, occupying the new created Lehrstuhl für physikalische Chemie (chair of physical chemistry), he was head of the Department of Physical Chemistry and an ordentlicher Professor (ordinarius professor) at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. He was a motivating force behind the building and the design of the Institut für Physikalische Chemie (Institute for Physical Chemistry), and when it was completed at the end of 1954 he became its director. He was Rektor (Rector) of the University from 1956 to 1966.[1][13]
Founded in 1956, Groth was one of the founding fathers of the Kernforschungsanlage Jülich (today, the Jülich Research Centre (Forschungszentrum Jülich), and he was the second chairman (Vorsitzender) of its Scientific Council. Between 1961 and 1969, he established the Institut für Physikalische Chemie (Institute for Physical Chemistry) there.[14]
In 1953, Admiral Alvaro Alberto, the first president of Brazil's National Research Council, met with Wilhelm Groth, Otto Hahn, and Paul Harteck, at the Institute of Physics in Hamburg. An agreement was made to ship three centrifuges for uranium enrichment, along with supporting equipment, to Brazil. The shipment was to include components from 14 German companies. Initially, the shipment was thwarted by orders of James Conant, U.S. High Commissioner to Germany. The shipment, however, was finally made to in 1956, under the auspices of the University of São Paulo in Brazil.[15][16][17]
- 1970 – Großes Verdienstkreuz (Great Cross of Merit) of the Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)[14]
Internal reports[edit]
The following reports were published in Kernphysikalische Forschungsberichte (Research Reports in Nuclear Physics), an internal publication of the German Uranverein. The reports were classified Top Secret, they had very limited distribution, and the authors were not allowed to keep copies. The reports were confiscated under the Allied Operation Alsos and sent to the United States Atomic Energy Commission for evaluation. In 1971, the reports were declassified and returned to Germany. The reports are available at the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center and the American Institute of Physics.[18][19]
- Wilhelm Groth Stand der Arbeiten zur Trennung der Isotope 235U und 238U G-33 (5 June 1940)
- Wilhelm Groth Stand der Arbeiten zur Herstellung einer Ultrazentrifuge G-82 (14 December 1941)
- Wilhelm Groth Stand der Arbeiten zur Trennung der Isotope des Präparats 38 G-83 (December 1941)[20]
- Wilhelm Groth Trennung der Uranisotope nach dem Ultrazentrifugenverfahren. I. Anreichereung der Xenonisotope in einer einstufigen Ultrazentrifuge G-146 (27 June 1942)
- Wilhelm Groth Die Trennung der Uranisotope nach dem Trennohr- und dem Ultrazentrifugenverfahren G-147 (23 March 1942)
- Wilhelm Groth and Albert Suhr Trennung der Uranisotope nach dem Ultrazentrifugenverfahren G-149 (17 August 1942)
Books by Groth[edit]
- Konrad Beyerle, Wilhelm Groth, Paul Harteck, and Johannes Jensen Über Gaszentrifugen: Anreicherung der Xenon-, Krypton- und der Selen-Isotope nach dem Zentrifugenverfahren (Chemie, 1950); cited in Walker, 1993, 278.
- Hentschel, Klaus (Editor) and Ann M. Hentschel (Editorial Assistant and Translator) Physics and National Socialism: An Anthology of Primary Sources (Birkhäuser, 1996)
- Macrakis, Kristie Surviving the Swastika: Scientific Research in Nazi Germany (Oxford, 1993)
- Walker, Mark German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power 1939–1949 (Cambridge, 1993) ISBN 0-521-43804-7
- Warneck, Peter and Hanns von Weyssenhoff Zum 100. Geburtstag von Wilhelm Groth, Bunsen-Magazin Volume 6, Number 2, 36-37 (2004)
- ^ a b c d e Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix F; see the entry for Groth.
- ^ The title of Wilhelm Groth's thesis for his doctorate is: Eine neue Methode zur Bestimmung des elektromechanischen Äquivalents, as cited in Warneck and von Weyssenhoff, 2004, 36.
- ^ Walker, 1993, 196.
- ^ Horst Kant Werner Heisenberg and the German Uranium Project / Otto Hahn and the Declarations of Mainau and Göttingen, Preprint 203 (Max-Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 2002) footnote #8 on p. 3.
- ^ Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, 363-364 and Appendix F; see the entries for Esau, Harteck and Joos. See also the entry for the KWIP in Appendix A and the entry for the HWA in Appendix B.
- ^ a b Macrakis, 1993, 164-169.
- ^ a b Jagdish Mehra and Helmut Rechenberg The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Volume 6. The Completion of Quantum Mechanics 1926-1941. Part 2. The Conceptual Completion and Extension of Quantum Mechanics 1932-1941. Epilogue: Aspects of the Further Development of Quantum Theory 1942-1999. (Springer, 2001), pp. 1011-1011.
- ^ Walker, 1993, 17-18.
- ^ Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, 363-364 and Appendix F; see the entries for Diebner and Döpel. See also the entry for the KWIP in Appendix A and the entry for the HWA in Appendix B.
- ^ Wilhelm Groth Stand der Arbeiten zur Herstellung einer Ultrazentrifuge G-82 (14 December 1941)
- ^ Walker, 1993, 33, 82, 148.
- ^ T Force, The Race for Nazi War Secrets, 1945 by Sean Longden. Published by Constable & Robinson, September 2009
- ^ Warneck and von Weyssenhoff, 2004, 36-37.
- ^ a b Warneck and von Weyssenhoff, 2004, 37.
- ^ Norman Gall Atoms for Brazil, dangers for all. Published jointly by Foreign Policy (23) and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (June 1976).
- ^ Jean Krasno Non-proliferation: Brazil's secret nuclear program, ORBIS, Summer, 1994.
- ^ WMD Insights – July/August 2006: Brazilian Nuclear Debate Highlights Parallels and Contrasts with Iran.
- ^ Hentschel and Hentschel, 1996, Appendix E; see the entry for Kernphysikalische Forschungsberichte.
- ^ Walker, 1993, 268-274.
- ^ Präparat 38, 38-Oxyd, and 38 were the cover names for uranium oxide; see Deutsches Museum.
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Minneapolis, Twin Cities Minnesota (PRWEB) August 31, 2014
Dawdling home sales and a respite in apartment construction triggered a substantial decline in August homebuilding in neighborhoods across the Twin Cities. Levels of permits and home sales aren't daunting most Minneapolis home builders. The latest housing market index from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) shows a positive upward trend; August's increase in home builder confidence from 53 to 55 is the peak level seen in seven months.
"Today, families looking to buy premium Minneapolis apartment or condos will find a lack of new supply and an increase in demand," comments Jenna Thuening, owner of Home Destination. "Less than 200 condominiums are currently listed for sale in downtown and the northeast side of the Mississippi River. At the existing pace of metro home sales, that represents a to 2.4 months supply of available inventory, which may be one reason why Minneapolis home builders demonstrates continued confidence in the metro's real-estate market."
The latest Keystone Report for the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC), reveals that there were 413 building permits granted for a total of 532 units during four equivalent weeks in the month of August 2014. Across the Twin Cities 3,213 permits have been issued Year-To-Date, coming to a sum of 6,117 units.
Apartment construction comprises the largest sector contributing to the recovery in the Minneapolis – St. Paul, Minnesota real estate market in the first half of 2014. Making up a slice of nearly half of all new residential homes constructed in the Twin Cities, the report shows that apartment figures for August have dropped to closer around the quarter of all units built. The declines reflect the nature of construction activity, which can be precarious from one month to another due to its dependence on how many apartment buildings have been permitted.
So far in 2014, levels of new construction activity have been highest in Minneapolis, which is contributed to the high demand for single-family apartment living. As a summary of August's construction numbers becomes available, the City of Minneapolis was heads above other residential neighborhoods for having the most units built across the Twin Cities metro - tallying 83 units. Second place goes to Maple Grove's 40 units, Blaine ranks third at 32, Woodbury comes in fourth at 26. And Lakeville follows in fifth place with 21 units.
BATC's Five-Year Comparisons of Building Permits Issued for Twin Cities Residential Construction:
Total permit value is a good barometer that indicates how many dollars are supporting residential construction since it combines both apartments and single family homes into one figure.
Nationally, new home sales declined 2.4 percent compared with last year, according to the National Association of Home Builders. Some housing experts attribute the slowdown in home sales to low levels of available housing inventory. Confined by fewer options, some perspective Twin Cities homebuyers end up waiting to find the home they want to buy. Some guess that the accelerated pace of home prices in comparison to income increases leave other buyers on hold till they can afford to buy a new home.
"While there are signs of broader improvement in the economy, locally, underemployment and resultant lower wages keep buyers hesitant," said Shawn Nelson, this year's president of the BATC and president of New Spaces, a home renovation firm in Burnsville. "It's clear that multifamily construction has kept overall permit numbers somewhat volatile this year".
Predicting how the homebuilding industry will finish out the year, NAHD stated: "Expectations for the next six months increased by two points to 65, the highest since August 2013 and the index for traffic rose three points to 42, the highest since December 2013." Sentiment expressed by Twin Cities home builders coincides with the national optimism.
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Another November, another hard-fought election, but at the Mark Taper Forum "November" means laughs about a U.S. president running for re-election.
Starring Ed Begley Jr. as a rather craven chief executive named Charles H.P. Smith, "November" is a farce written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet. Smith is the type of politician who sees the annual pardoning of a Thanksgiving turkey as a potential fundraising scheme, but Mamet is careful not to make Smith a Republican or Democrat.


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Updated: 03/25/2010 - We've seen it happen in schools all across the country, and Thursday it happened in eastern Carolina...an intruder with a gun. Thankfully it was just a drill.
Updated: 03/25/2010 - We've seen it happen in schools all across the country, and Thursday it happened in eastern Carolina...an intruder with a gun. Thankfully it was just a drill.
Updated: 03/24/2010 - Sherena Dunn told officers she was preparing to take her trash out Monday night at her home on Buxton Street when three men met her outside and forced her back inside.
Posted: 03/18/2010 - A new drop off site to help victims of the Haiti earthquake has been set up in Kinston.
Updated: 03/18/2010 - The crash happened Thursday morning on Wheat Swamp Road near North Lenoir High School.
Updated: 03/18/2010 - Several counties in Eastern Carolina are considered "at risk" for losing millions of dollars in funding, simply if people don't fill out their 2010 Census forms.
Updated: 03/16/2010 - Internet sweepstakes cafes are popping up all over eastern Carolina and they're raising concerns and prompting some municipalities to take action.
Posted: 03/15/2010 - The Lenoir County Sheriffs Office arrested 38-year-old Xavier Salgado of Kinston and 23-year-old Michael Strickland of Deep Run after deputies got a tip they might be running the drugs from Goldsboro to Kinston.
Updated: 03/12/2010 - The Family Restaurant in Pink Hill was severely damaged by fire Friday morning, according to officials.
Posted: 03/11/2010 - Most of the money will go toward replacing bridges.
Posted: 03/11/2010 - The railroad will connect the site of Spirit Aerosystems at the Global Transpark in Kinston to the port in Morehead City.
Updated: 03/09/2010 - An SBI spokeswoman confirms there is an ongoing investigation involving Stantonsburg Police Chief John Hunt.
Posted: 03/08/2010 - The Highway Patrol says 31-year-old Tavares Wade was killed in Lenoir County, north of La Grange.
Updated: 03/08/2010 - Goldsboro Police say Lanier and a tow truck collided late Saturday night.
Updated: 03/08/2010 - The Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention says a juvenile who escaped from Dobbs Youth Development Center in Kinston in now back in custody.
Updated: 03/04/2010 - 26 year old Heather Gagnon, a 2nd grade teacher at Moss Hill Elementary died Tuesday.
Updated: 03/04/2010 - Figures released Thursday show crime and violence in North Carolina schools dropped in the 2008-09 school year.
Updated: 03/04/2010 - Lawmen have not charged a man who parked his pick-up truck on Highway 70 West in Lenoir County Wednesday. They are calling the incident a "medical situation" at this time.
Updated: 03/03/2010 - Road conditions are starting to improve after heavy snow fell overnight.
Updated: 03/01/2010 - Kinston authorities are investigating three house fires on the same street that happened within two hours Monday morning. Two of the homes were vacant and one also caught fire five weeks ago.
Updated: 02/25/2010 - Greene County authorities have now released the name of a 87-year-old woman who was trapped in her home Wednesday.
Updated: 02/24/2010 - DOT officials, county and city leaders from across the east met at the GTP in Kinston Wednesday to discuss transportation reform.
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Posted: 02/18/2010 - The governor says recent excessive rain and flooding has hampered farmers and their crops.
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About that parent: Harvard-educated Solomon Golomb is a professor of mathematics and electrical engineering at the University of Southern California. When Los Angeles magazine published a story on L.A.'s smartest people, Golomb was the cover model. He's contributed to the fields of astronomy, data encryption and games — he's an expert in polyominoes, a puzzle that formed the basis of Tetris, the computer and video game.
"He's the person from whom I got my interest in being interested in lots of things," his daughter said.
Beatrice entered USC as a 16-year-old prodigy, defying expectations and rules. She enrolled in a quantum mechanics class without taking the prerequisite math and physics courses — and earned an A. The university requires students to choose a major by their sophomore year, yet Beatrice was still undeclared in her senior year.
Summoned to an administrator's office, she was asked to defend herself. Her plea, Golomb recalls, went like this: "Actually, undeclared is the most difficult major of all. Why, look at the statistics. Thousands of freshmen enter undeclared, and none have yet succeeded in graduating with this degree. However, my record is unimpeachable."
The argument failed — forced to choose, Golomb decided to major in physics — but the confrontation planted a seed. Why not try medicine? the administrator suggested.
After leaving USC, Golomb enrolled in a joint Ph.D-M.D. program at UC San Diego. Her father's alma mater tried to woo her, too, but San Diego had something Harvard lacked. "At the time, La Jolla Farms stables were across the street from the medical school," recalled Golomb, a skilled equestrian. "You have to keep your priorities straight."
Her early interest in neural networks, computer systems modeled on the human brain, led her to Francis Crick, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist then based at La Jolla's Salk Institute. He mentored the young scholar; she returned the favor by teaching Crick and his wife, Odile Speed, to ride horses.
Crick might have been the institute's brightest star, but he was not the only scientific luminary. At Salk, Golomb met and fell in love with Terrence Sejnowski, one of only 10 living persons elected to all three national academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineers and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
After completing her medical residency in Los Angeles, Golomb returned to San Diego, winning a spot on the UC San Diego faculty and marrying Sejnowski.
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Chocolate may seem a trivial topic for scientific research, but this seductive substance has been avidly studied. The American Chemical Society, meeting this week in San Diego, will devote a panel to the health benefits of chocolate and cocoa.
Dark chocolate, in particular, is a favorite of the lab coat set. Recent studies indicate that it can reduce cholesterol (University of Illinois, 2008); help the elderly score higher on cognitive tests (University of Oxford, 2009); and contains more cell-shielding antioxidants than the juices of "superfruits" (this report came from, ahem, the industry-supported Hershey Center for Health and Nutrition, 2011).


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One of the most influential thrillers, Jonathan Demme's Silence of the Lambs—along with its lead characters— has become a touchstone of popular culture. As such, it's been chosen by Salem Press as one of the lead volumes in its Critical Insights: Film series (an extension of Salem's well known CI series in literature).
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Senator Barack Obama will host a "Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert" (LA GO Concert) at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Monday, December 10th.
The "Los Angeles Generation Obama Concert" will feature performances by Ne-Yo and The Goo Goo Dolls.
"The Los Angeles Generation Obama concert will expand our grassroots base in Southern California and help translate our enthusiasm into an organization ready to educate voters about why Senator Obama is the best candidate to bring change they can believe in," organizers said in a statement.
Special guests include: Eric Balfour; Jessica Biel; Mehcad Brooks; Taye Diggs; Jermaine Dupri; Jennifer Esposito; Bryan Greenberg; Scarlett Johansson; Anthony Kiedis; Matthew Lillard; Enrique Murciano; Kal Penn; Ryan Reynolds; Nicole Scherzinger; Kate Walsh; Will.i.am; and Olivia Wilde.
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Barbara Lawton steps down from state arts board
After nearly a decade of serving as the chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board, Barbara Lawton has decided to step down.
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Five singers declared winners in local Met Opera auditions
Five singers were selected by judges to advance to the next round at Saturday's Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim, mezzo-soprano Corrie Stallings, soprano Caitlin Ruby Miller, tenor Ian D. Koziar and tenor Joe Shadday will compete at the Upper Midwest Regional in St. Paul, Minn. The five vocalists also won $2,000 each. »Read Full Article
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Walt Whitman may have rightly claimed that his poetry contains multitudes, but Emily Dickinson can stake an equally valid claim to being America's greatest poet.
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The latter album benefited from the fact that it was released the week of Record Store Day, an annual worldwide celebration of independently owned music stores marked by concerts, cookouts, parades and special releases like the Foo Fighters' vinyl-only covers album, Medium Rare. This year Record Store Day led to a 220% week-over-week increase in LP sales; 14 new vinyl album releases sold more than 1,000 copies in the week. Those sales weren't limited to aging hippies who've never powered up a computer: Roughly nine of every ten LPs sold included a digital download code for the same album.
"It's easy to assume that people who do vinyl only do vinyl," says Mike Jbara, chief of WEA, Warner's U.S. retail sales and marketing company. "But the most successful formats in physical retail are the ones that come with a digital download."
For independent record stores, which sell 71% of all LPs, vinyl is becoming a lifeline even as megastores like Tower Records and HMV have gone the way of the 8-track. David Shebiro, owner of Rebel Rebel Records in Manhattan's West Village, reckons 60% of his sales are of the vinyl variety, up from about 10% in the late 1990s. He believes the main reason behind vinyl's comeback is a desire to conjure up the magic of buying music–a feeling that's been lost in the era of immediate gratification offered by Apple and Amazon.
"There used to be this anticipation when you bought a record," he says. "You'd take it back with you on the subway and rip open the packaging, and you couldn't wait to get home and play it. That magic of anticipation has gone with downloading."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the market for special edition vinyl releases remains strong–and the recordings run the gamut. There are boxed sets like Slayer's 11-record collection ($140) and the Rolling Stones' 13-record compilation ($310), both released last year. Others are narrower in scope but similar in price, like the White Stripes' Under Great White Northern Lights, a boxed set that includes two LPs, two DVDs and a 208-page coffee table book with photos of the band's Canadian tour ($255).
Shebiro worries that a frothy market for vinyl may have record companies a little too excited. While the bulk of LPs now come with download codes, he says, labels sometimes omit digital access for superstar releases because they think consumers will still pony up for MP3 separately. He also worries that the labels will raise wholesale prices on vinyl, which will either squeeze his margins or drive the retail price beyond its current average of $18, thereby alienating potential buyers.
According to Jbara, though, there are no changes in the works. "I'm not aware of any event that has us fundamentally rethinking the pricing around vinyl," he says.
One reason LPs may have trouble overtaking CDs in the near term: Vinyl is notoriously hard to care for. "There are technical aspects you have to be aware of if you want to preserve a record," says Leavell. "If you're going to have that big collection, you better make sure it's temperature controlled and always played with a stylus that isn't worn out." Another: CD players continue to be a staple in cars and computers.
But those hardware bases are on the decline: Witness the MacBook Air, which contains no CD drive, and the increasing availability of Bluetooth MP3 players and satellite radio in cars. Cassettes and their random manglings at the hands of devious tape players seemed to be facts of life a generation ago. Perhaps a generation from now the world will be largely devoid of skipping CDs and cracked jewel cases.
Decades, centuries, millennia from now, when only cockroaches are left, which format will remain? "The cockroaches, I think they'll prefer listening to vinyl," says Cohen. "They'll probably use the CDs as mirrors to doll themselves up."
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With plenty of heralded players returning, the defense should be a strength for the Western Illinois football team yet again this fall.
The Leathernecks have four seniors, including Preseason All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First Teamer Martinez Davis in the secondary.
The linebacking group also returners three starters, including All-Conference Honorable Mention Kevin Kintzel.
With the middle and back two-thirds of the defense looking tough, the defensive front wants to remind everyone that they'll be a tough group to handle this fall as well.
"The defensive line unit, I think, is a lot stronger because of the year we had," defensive end Chip Holtschlag said. "Guys like Gino (Durley), Jeremy Curry, me and Eddy (Holtschlag) have a lot of years on us."
That experience should lead an improved defensive line that was fourth in the Missouri Valley in sacks last year.
"We have a lot of depth too and Coach Moose (defensive line coach Brian Mohnsen) is a good line coach," Eddy Holtschlag said. "The past few years we've gotten better as a line and Coach Moose is the best coach the defensive line has had as a unit."
Depth and experience are the key to the team, especially in defensive coordinator Brian Ward's system.
"Experience is a huge factor in this system," Eddy Holtschlag said. "Being a leader, you tell the younger kids to take their best reps, it will help further down the road.
"This is our fourth year and third in this defense and it's tremendous to teach them what we've learned."
This is the third year Ward's system has been in place, and the Leatherneck linemen are starting to get the hang of playing this style of football.
"I think we're a lot more organized as a unit," Eddy Holtschlag said. "We're a lot like the other groups on the team, the specialists, offensive and defensive units, we've got a lot of experience and depth and were all getting the hang of the schemes we're using."
That will depth will come in handy as the group plays in the extremely physical Missouri Valley, a conference known for power football.
Throw in a pair of Big Ten opponents in Northwestern and Wisconsin, and the Western Illinois linemen know their physicality and depth will be put to the test.
"It's a tough conference, it's hard to be super conditioned with all the numbers, but the depth will help everyone get ready for the bigger games," Chip Holtschlag said. "We can sub out knowing that someone you trust is going in there."
Page 2 of 2 - That trust was born in the offseason, as the Leatherneck players put in extra work this summer so they could hit the ground running when fall camp opened last week.
"Summer was a big help, we kind of shook off the rust," Chip Holtschlag said. "We were able to focus on the keep concepts coming into practice, now we can go a lot faster and be more aggressive.
"It's really been pedal to the metal."
Last year, the Leathernecks had the second-ranked defense in the Missouri Valley and with the line coming into form, the squad sees no reason the group can't outperform last year's effort.
"I think we can be twice as better," Eddy Holtschlag said. "We probably have the best coaches in the league, we only lost a couple players, we have Martinez back, so there's no reason we can't be a lot better and get that first spot."
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NEW DELHI: The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India today said its exports in the ongoing fiscal may decline as global markets continue to be sluggish.
"Export will not be better in this fiscal. It will remain more or less the same as last year or may be even worse. Situation in many global markets has not improved yet," Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) Chairman R C Bhargava told reporters on the sidelines of Hero Mindmine Summit here.


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Bird-inspired drones may be able to perch on power lines to recharge
By Ben Coxworth
June 23, 2014
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are currently being considered for many applications, although one factor that a lot of people tend to gloss over is the aircrafts' limited battery range – being able to stay airborne for only 10 to 30 minutes at a time definitely limits their usefulness. Researchers at MIT, however, are developing a possible solution. They're working on a fixed-wing UAV that can perch on power lines and use their emitted magnetic fields to recharge its battery, before continuing on its way.
While multi-rotor UAVs are certainly more adept at perching on things, fixed-wing models tend to be faster and more energy-efficient, thus making them better-suited to a variety of scenarios. The main challenge lies in finding a way of allowing them to halt their forward momentum, stall out, and hook onto a power line.
The MIT team studied birds such as pigeons and eagles in order to find the answer.
They noted how the birds flare their wings and tail, adjust the orientation of their body to a high angle of attack, and assess the trajectory needed in order to perch. These factors and others were used to create a computer model that would allow fixed-wing UAVs to do the same things, using only their own on-board sensors and other electronics for guidance.
As a result, the team has so far developed a foam-bodied miniature glider that is consistently able to hook onto a string adjacent to a power line, when launched toward it in a lab. The UAV is even able to locate the power line by detecting the magnetic fields coming from it, and can compensate for light winds when doing so.
In previous experiments at MIT, UAVs were assisted by a series of wall-mounted cameras and a separate computer, that relayed commands to the aircraft.
Perching fixed-wing UAVs (although not ones that use power lines to recharge) are also being developed by the University of Illinois, EPFL, UC San Diego and AeroVironment.
More information on the MIT UAV is available in the video below.
Source: MIT via IEEE Spectrum
Though the idea of induction charging has merit, I think you may need to look at perching somewhat from a different perspective. It seems that the stall angles and landing are starting to work, but how did you plan on releasing and continuing flight? Perhaps a timed hook, that retracts upon full charge, but if the plane is hanging tail down. What happens when it's released? Death spiral? Hanging from near the end of the tail, and now it's facing straight down, possibly able to recuperate if distance is enough, otherwise another death spiral.
How about fly in parallel up to the underside of the cable. With a spring loaded V on the top of the plane, once it hooks, plane hangs for the recharge time, Once it's done hooks release, it drops a few feet, and starts to fly off once again.
Think of the inflight refuelling possibly it does not even need to touch the cables simply follow along close enough to feed of the electromagnetic flow from trailing wires above the power lines?Bob Flint
Ha!!!!....finally...what Tesla has said all along.......about feeding off the electro-magnetics for power....
Now imagine....using the same principle for homes.....
Anyway good idea.ASHDIL
The darn things will be migrating before we know it.Mel Tisdale
@ Bob Flint
I, too, was thinking that hanging might be more practicable than perching, but mainly because it would be easier to engage a hook from underneath the wire than something to make the UAV sit on top of it.rocketride
What is shown may somehow work for single strand power lines but what happens when there are multiple strand power lines. The electromagentic field will be broadcast much wider and how does the drone figure out where each strand is and not foul on the other strands.tigerprincess
@ASHDIL You mean "perching homes" ? 8^)warren52nz
The power lines in my area use the top wire as a ground and the lower wire would be the likely target depending on the strength of the magnetic fields. Wouldn't it be easier to have the plane fly under the line with a hook on top. A hook attached to a controlled line feed to brake the forward momentum and then pull the plane back up closer to the line. If the hook could rotate with the plane hanging beneath it, the plane could always turn into the wind. When the plane is ready to take off, have it release the hook and start the motor. A light weight plane should only take a few feet of drop before regaining flight speed. The biggest problem with any such system would be the velocity of the wind and surrounding obstacles. High or gusty winds could make the system unusable. Having the propeller stop and fold just before landing would also help prevent it from hitting the power line. I think my idea would work better than what is described in this article. Now if I could just get my hands on some MIT research money.Bob
I didn't see "perching", as abird might. It looked like it was stalling and catching the wire on a hook under the nose. This seems perfectly workable. To detach, just rev up the propellor and the drone lifts off the wire, maneuvers into clear space where it can gain forward momentum and aerodynamic lift so it can fly away. It's common to see RC planes hover pointed vertical, supported by the thrust of their single propellor. At air shows, you can even see piloted stunt biplanes do this trick.Satweavers
Hi warren52nz, No Friend, I mean feeding off the magnetic field from power lines to power lights, etc. in one's home. ... wirelessly..I am not an electrical engineer but have come across this in literature. The Magnetic field around these power lines can be converted to electricity and transmitted wirelessly. I've seen a guy light up a florescent tube under a pylon without connecting to the pylon itself!!!!....I submit this may only be possible by close proximity but a thought nonetheless. CheersASHDIL


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Westbridge Announces California Approval of EPA Registered Biopesticide, Botector®, for the Prevention of Gray Mold and Other Diseases in Grapes and Berries
Botector® is an effective organic plant protection product that works through natural competition for space and nutrients to prevent the gray mold pathogen, Botrytis cinerea, from colonizing on the flower or berry surface. It is ideal for use in Integrated Pest Management, there is no development of pathogen resistance and it is safe for humans, animals and beneficial insects.
Vista, CA (PRWEB) October 04, 2013
Westbridge Agricultural Products announced today that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has approved Botector® as an organic biological product for the prevention of gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) in grape and berry production, as well as Anthracnose, Phomopsis, and Rhizopus rots on berries.
Developed by bio-ferm GmbH of Tulln, Austria, and exclusively marketed in the United States by Westbridge Agricultural Products of Vista, California, Botector® is a highly effective biocontrol product that works by natural competition for space and nutrients. Gray mold, caused by the fungus Botrytis cinerea, is a common disease that seriously impacts grapes and berries. It can be responsible for crop losses of more than 50% and negatively affect the quality of grapes and berries.
Botector® consists of two strains of Aureobasidium pullulans, which are naturally-occurring, ubiquitous microorganisms. These highly efficient microorganisms aggressively colonize and block the gray mold pathogen from infecting the flower or berry surface, preventing the pathogen's growth. Since Botector® acts as a competitive antagonist and does not directly affect the metabolism of the pathogen, there is no risk of developing resistance, even with frequent applications.
Botector® has proven efficacy in more than four years of research and commercial trials under a variety of growing conditions. It has shown no negative impact upon fruit quality or the wine fermentation process and is safe for use around bees and beneficial insects. Control is achieved by applying the product alone or in combination with other products in a program of Integrated Pest Management. Botector® is exempt from Maximum Residue Limits (MRL's), so there is no Pre-Harvest Interval (PHI), making it an ideal product to use when pesticide residues are a concern. It is approved for use in organic grape and berry production by the EPA and Washington State Department of Agriculture's Organic Food Program.
Since 1982, Westbridge Agricultural Products has been a leading manufacturer and distributor of liquid organic fertilizers and specialty products. From its TRIGGRR® and Organic BioLink® to Earthtrend® Sustainables and SUNBurst® products, Westbridge provides a portfolio of high quality inputs that provide solutions to growers facing challenges in disease control, pest resistance and nutrient management.
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Friday Night Movies
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If you're anything like me, you've been watching the Olympics pretty much every waking hour. As with the Super Bowl, I get an extra kick out of watching some of the commercials. My favorite TV spots this time around are for the upcoming Wreck It, Ralph! movie. It probably helps that I have the sense of humor of a 12-year-old. Check out the clip below.
This Week's DVD Goodies:
Fireman Sam: Heroic Rescue Adventures
Franklin: School Days with Franklin
Looney Tunes Show: There Goes the Neighborhood
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Royal Pony Wedding
The Look-Who's-Turning-25! Parents' Pick (Blu-Ray Edition):
Adventures in Babysitting (25th Anniversary Edition)
Full Metal Jacket (25th Anniversary Edition)
Spaceballs (25th Anniversary Edition)
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The myriad problems with and underlying logic for reconciliation
Yesterday, in Cairo, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (of Fatah) and Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal signed a pact that committed the two groups to a unity government, with an independent prime minister (Abbas remains president), and elections within a year. They are going to start implementing the pact next week. "We will have one authority and one decision," Meshal said. "We need to achieve the common goal: a Palestinian state with full sovereignty on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as the capital, no settlers, and we will not give up the right of return."
That would be a problematic statement even if it were true, since the 2008 talks between Abbas and then-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert—much-cited as laying something very close to the groundwork for a workable deal—would, after all, have kept nearly all of Jerusalem in Israel, made land-swaps based on the '67 borders that nonetheless altered them, and, most importantly, resolved the right-of-return issue at a relatively small price to Israel. However, Meshaal's statement was actually about the most conciliatory (to Israel) thing to come from Hamas in recent days. "Our common enemy is Israel," also Meshaal said at the ceremony. "Israel must be fought through force and diplomacy." Ismail Haniyeh, who is Hamas's leader in the actual Gaza Strip, has asked the Fatah-controlled Palestine Liberation Organization—technically, the group that negotiates with Israel—to rescind its recognition of Israel. Haniyeh also of course condemned the killing of Osama Bin Laden this week. Mere hours before the signing, Hamas executed someone for allegedly collaborating with Israel in obvious defiance of the rule that executions receive presidential (e.g., Abbas's) approval. And P.A. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad? The man whose West Bank state-building was the cause of so many plaudits from Western observers and so much legitimacy in the international eye? Don't look for him to be involved in the unity government.
It bears repeating, because, as Jerusalem Post's David Horovitz eloquently bemoaned, too many (ahem) appear to have forgotten it: Hamas is an Iran-funded group ideologically and religiously dedicated—on a rhetorical level, indisputably; and on every other level, pretty clearly—not to peace with Israel but to its replacement and even destruction.
That doesn't mean Israel should pretend this deal hasn't happened. It doesn't mean there isn't at least the chance that the deal could have the effect of pulling Hamas toward a more moderate position, although it seems to me more likely that it will have the effect of pulling Fatah to a more radical place. And it certainly doesn't mean Israel can't use creative diplomacy to convey to the world that, to paraphrase Prime Minister Netanyahu, Fatah chose peace with Hamas over peace with Israel. And maybe, as contributing editor Nathan Thrall suggests in today's Times, the Palestinians' diplomatic reset could also occasion an Israeli one?
Anyway, Shlomo Brom does an excellent job explaining how Israel and the United States could simply force Hamas to go along with the continued track of the peace process if it turns out Hamas is acting primarily out of weakness; the problem being that, with its parent organization the Muslim Brotherhood newly resurgent in Egypt, that is likely not the case. Either way, you could argue, as Aaron David Miller does, that the deal represents a boon to Bibi and the rest of the Israeli right, who now have clearer proof than ever that the other side is fundamentally illegitimate.
Anyway, at the very least it is worth taking a deep breath and seeing just how long the deal lasts. Signs are that there is trouble in paradise: Abbas and Meshaal never actually shared the podium at yesterday's signing ceremony and in fact bickered beforehand; the outgoing Shin Bet head argued that true reconciliation in the next couple of years is quite unlikely; and even many Palestinians in the territories are skeptical.
However, with the collapse of Hamas's main base in Damascus; a new, much more Islamist-friendly Egyptian regime on Gaza's border; Abbas's continued crisis of legitimacy; and, yes, the stagnant peace process—or just the general remote chances for peace, if you prefer—for which a fair-minded person would have to place a good deal of blame on Israel; the logic for some sort of unity, at least until September's U.N. General Assembly rolls around, feels pretty strong.
Palestinian Factions Sign Pact to End Rift [NYT]
Hamas and Fatah Plan to Begin Implementing Unity Pact Next Week [Haaretz]
Hamas to PLO: Rescind Recognition of Israel [Ynet]
Popular Palestinian Premier Could Be on Way Out [The Statesman]
Where Is The Outrage? [JI Daily/JPost]
'Abbas and Meshaal Fought Over Speech' [Ynet]
Hurting Moderates, Helping Militants [NYT]
West Bank and Gaza Allow Themselves Only a Measure of Hope [NYT]
The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation Agreement [INSS Insight]
Circus of the Dancing Bears [FP]
Earlier: Diplomats' Report: Deal Could Prove Useful
Hamas Mourns OBL, Throwing Deal into Doubt
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Tree House CapersTree House Capers (1986) Season 2 Episode 215- Popples Cartoon Episode Guide by Dave Koch
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- DiC Entertainment, Madhouse, Ltd.
- Distributed by: Lexington Broadcasting System.
- Cartoon Characters: Bonnie, Billy, Mike, Potato Chip, Penny, Puzzle, Punkster, Putter, PC, Pancake, Party, Punkity, Prize, Puffball.
- Voice Actors: Valri Bromfield, Donna Christie, Jeannie Elias, Maurice LaMarche, Danny Mann, Sharon Noble, Louise Vallance, Noam Zylberman, Len Carlson; Full Voice Cast ...
- First Aired on December 13, 1986.
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The cardinal rule of marketing is to market services wherever people are. As this data shows, people are on YouTube. There are a lot of ways that business owners can use YouTube without going to extremes on production costs.
A well-produced slideshow with copyright-free music or animation tools from certain sites let marketers create content without having anyone worry about their makeup or lighting. Taking the time and effort to promote a business on YouTube can pay off by getting the brand out to a new audience.


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Registration for the Radiology Business Management Association 2013 Radiology Summit Is Now Open
RBMA announces that the 45th annual Radiology Summit featuring a wide scope of radiology business related sessions will be held May 19-22, 2013, at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Fairfax, VA (PRWEB) March 04, 2013
The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), an industry leader in providing members with applied business information and intelligence applicable in any radiology setting, has opened registration for the 45th annual Radiology Summit at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Just as Spencer Penrose set out to make The Broadmoor a world-class resort, RBMA began with a mission to offer high-quality radiology business education not found elsewhere. When the two join together this spring, be prepared for three days of excellence that only two top-notch organizations can generate.
The Radiology Summit will open with a morning golf tournament at the Broadmoor Golf Club — Mountain Course. The Exhibit Hall Grand Opening will take place Sunday evening after a reception for new members and first time conference attendees.
On Monday morning, May 20, 2013, John Sileo, CSP, will deliver the keynote address, "Spies, Hackers and "Online Attackers: Bulletproofing Your Privacy and Profits in the Digital Age." Sponsored by Physicians Business Network (PBN) this session will offer valuable information on protecting digital property and using technological innovations to your benefit.
The conference will continue with four additional general sessions: "The Captive LLC: Gaining Strategic Hospital Alignment While Retaining Independence," with Edward R. Gaines III, JD, CCP, and David A. Myrice, CPA, MBA; "RBMA Live! — Radiology in the Post Election Era: Now What?" hosted by Bob Still with invited guests Tom Greeson, JD; Patricia Kroken, FACMPE, CRA, FRBMA; and Joseph White, CPA, MBA, CMPE; "The Magic of the Mouse: Bringing the Florida Theme Park Experience to Your Patients," with Scott Brown; and "Five Minute Forecasts on the Future of Imaging" provided by experts in the field.
Registrants will have the choice to attend over 15 concurrent sessions as well as learning labs and roundtable sessions.
The Radiology Summit will offer a full exhibit hall with over 80 companies showcasing industry products and services. RBMA sponsors are among the companies exhibiting at the Radiology Summit. Through sponsor support RBMA is able to offer the quality education members expect from a trusted organization.
The Radiology Business Management Association is a national not-for-profit association that provides members with applied business information and intelligence applicable in any radiology setting. Established in 1968 in recognition of the need for resources for radiology management professionals, RBMA has approximately 2,400 members involved in various management capacities in private practices, academic radiology groups, imaging centers and radiology departments. The RBMA continues to be recognized as the leader for radiology-specific educational programs, products and services.
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Niall Horan suffered a bit of a wardrobe malfunction yesterday, but thankfully for his blushes it was on the privacy of a golf course but rather annoyingly for us we didn't get to see his bum.
Niall Horan's trousers split during a day of golf with Marvin Humes. Copyright [Twitter/JLS]
The One Direction hottie tweeted the details last night after he joined JLS' Marvin Humes for a round of golf.
[Related story: One Direction gear up for Olympics closing ceremony]
[Related story: Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards are moving in together]
Niall tweeted: "Just played golf with marv! Great laugh! I split my trousers right down the middle on the first hole, tie'n my shoe laces hahaha! #fool"
Aww, bless, why didn't he Twitpic that though?
The blonde beauty didn't seem too upset though as he followed up his trouser tweet with a congratulatory message to Ireland's latest Olympics gold winner, Katie Taylor.
Niall shared his embarrassing indictment on Twitter. Copyright [Twitter/Niall Horan]
He wrote: "Came off the golf course to find the one and only katie taylor had just won GOLD ! Incredible! What a great fighter![sic]
We hope Niall ensures his leg wear is a little looser for his next big work event, the MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September.
He'll reunite with his rumoured romance, US X Factor judge, Demi Lovato at the event as the duo have reportedly spent months flirting and chatting on Skype.
It's nice to see them keeping things in the X Factor family!


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Am i the only one who finds this MACHINE terrifying?
I've only been on it twice, and both times were enough to traumatize me for life. I find that I am the only one that screams & clings on for dear life when im on this thing.
The first time i rode it i actually got under the seat & screamed till it was over...... which my friends found quite amusing. It is by far the scariest ride i have ever been on....and i've tackled the biggest of rollercoasters.
Even standing in line....i hear no screams. Is it just me?