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Smart cards and other such devices with limited memory capacity function as hosts for services on a distributed computing network. The information to be deployed in the distributed computing system to provide access to those services is separated into two categories. One category consists of the information that is generic to all instances of the service. The second category constitutes that information which is specific to one instance of the application which provides a service. The specific information is stored on the smart card, whereas the generic information is stored elsewhere on the distributed computing network, for example on a server. In addition to the specific information, the card stores the address at which the generic information can be located on the network. When a card is inserted in a terminal connected to the network, the terminal retrieves the specific deployment information, along with the address for the generic information. The generic information is then retrieved, validated by the card, and combined with the specific information to construct a service bundle. This service bundle is then uploaded to an appropriate location on the network, to thereby advertise the availability of the service, as well as provide all of the necessary information to access the service.
1. A method for providing services on a distributed computing network, comprising the steps of:
connecting a first device containing an application associated with a service to a distributed computing network;
reading from said first device a first set of information, that is published on the network to provide clients with access to the service, and an address, said address being associated with a second set of information that is published on the network to provide clients with access to the service;
using said address to read said second set of information from a second device connected to the network; and
publishing a service bundle on said network that contains at least some of the information from each of said first and second sets of information.
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11. A method for providing services via a smart card on a distributed computing network, comprising the steps of:
placing a smart card containing an application that is associated with a service in communication with a first device on the network;
reading an address from the smart card;
using said address to obtain a proxy for said application from a second device on the network; and
executing said proxy on said first device to thereby enable said first device to operate as a gateway which receives calls for said application from clients on the network and converts said calls into commands that are transmitted to the card for processing by said application.
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14. A portable service provider that is connectable to a distributed computing network, said portable service provider including a memory having stored therein:
an application program that provides services to clients via said network;
a first set of information that is published on the network and that contains data which is specific to the implementation of the application on said service provider, to provide clients with access to the service provided by said application program; and
an address for a location on the network at which is stored a second set of information that is published on the network and that contains data which is generic to multiple implementations of the application, to provide clients with access to said service.
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18. A distributed computing network, comprising:
a first device that publishes information that enables clients on said network to access services available via said network;
a second device that stores a first portion of said information; and
a third device that communicates with a portable service provider containing an application that provides services via said network, said third device being operable to retrieve a second portion of said information from said portable service provider, read an address stored in said portable service provider that identifies a location at which said first portion of said information is stored, retrieve said first portion of said information stored at said address, and provide said first and second portions of said information to said first device for publication on the network.
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25. A distributed computing network, comprising:
a first device that stores a proxy for an application stored on a portable service provider; and
a second device that communicates with a portable service provider, and that is operable to read an address stored in said portable service provider that identifies a location at which said proxy is stored, retrieve said proxy stored at said address, and execute said proxy to function as a gateway which receives calls for said application from clients on the network and converts said calls into commands that are transmitted to said portable service provider for processing by said application.
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The present invention is directed to distributed computing, and more particularly to an information deployment mechanism that enables smart cards and other devices with limited amounts of available memory to operate as service providers in a distributed computing environment.
With the increasing power and decreasing size of successive generations of microprocessor chips, the ability to provide distributed computing on a wide-scale basis is becoming a practical reality. Generally speaking, distributed computing, or more generally ubiquitous computing, refers to an environment in which programs make calls to remote address spaces that are outside of the particular address space within which the programs are executing. The address space to which the call is made may be located on a different machine from the one on which the calling program resides. As one example, a vehicular navigation program that is executing on a microprocessor within an automobile may make a call to a remote traffic reporting service, to obtain information about traffic congestion that can be displayed to the driver of the automobile.
To facilitate the implementation of a distributed computing environment, various frameworks have been developed. One example of such a framework that is adapted to the Java programming language is known as the Jini technology, developed by Sun Microsystems. In a framework of this type, processing resources provide services that can be employed by clients. The processing resources may be located anywhere on a communications network. The particular location of the service provider, as well as the network that is employed to deliver the services, can be transparent to the client. Thus, in the example given above, the navigation program located in a particular automobile functions as a client of a traffic reporting service. The particular location of the traffic reporting service and the type of network used to provide its information to the client, e.g. a cellular telephone system, need not be known to the client. These implementation details are abstracted by the distributed computing framework.
In general, it is desirable for a distributed computing system to implement an open architecture, whereby new services and new clients can be dynamically added to the system. In such an arrangement, the clients do not have prior knowledge about the services, particularly the message structure of calls that need to be made to access the services. To support such a dynamic, open environment, distributed computing frameworks such as the Jini technology provide a mechanism whereby, when a device which offers one or more services is connected to the network, it advertises the availability of its services, and uploads objects which implement the interfaces necessary to access those services. For example, if a printer is connected to the network, it may upload its printer driver and its interface. It may also upload attributes about the service, such as whether it supports a given page description language or color printing.
When a client desires to use a service, it can check the attributes to make sure the functions it needs are supported. If so, the stored object is copied to the device where the client resides. In the preceding example, therefore, the printer driver and the interfaces are downloaded. Thereafter, the client can employ one of the downloaded interfaces to make the appropriate calls to the desired service. This type of distributed computing infrastructure relies upon code mobility to enable clients to employ services on the network without pre-installing or loading drivers or other software associated with those services. Whenever a new service is to be made available on a network, the service deploys the necessary data, e.g. the appropriate interfaces, that enable remotely located clients having no prior knowledge of the service to use it.
It is desirable to be able to use a variety of different type of devices as hosts for services in a distributed computing system. One device of particular interest is a smart card, i.e. a card containing a microprocessor and associated memory. In the case of a smart card which supports the Java programming language, for instance, applets stored on the card can be designated as personal services. Due to the security that is inherently associated with a smart card, it provides a particularly suitable platform for services where data is only to be accessed by trusted entities. One example of such a service is an electronic purse application. In an online purchasing transaction, a vendor can operate as a client of the electronic purse service, to obtain funds for a completed transaction. Because of the security provided by a smart card, assurance can be provided that only authorized vendors will have access to the funds in the electronic purse. The portability of the smart card readily lends itself to use in a distributed computing environment, so that the issuer of the card, e.g. a bank, can authorize access to funds in the electronic purse from wherever the owner may be located.
One difficulty associated with the use of smart cards as service providers in a distributed computing environment, however, relates to the information that must be deployed within the distributed computing framework to enable clients to access the service. Specifically, smart cards have a limited amount of memory that is available to store the application programs that implement the services. As a result, there may not be sufficient memory capacity to also store the information that needs to be deployed throughout the distributed computing environment to enable clients to access the service. For instance, a given service may have a number of different interfaces associated with it, to accommodate different types of clients. If a given smart card contains multiple applications that provide various services, it may not be possible to store all of the interfaces associated with these services, that need to be uploaded to the distributed computing infrastructure, in the limited amount of memory that is available on the card. Similar limitations are also associated with other portable types of devices having a relatively small amount of internal memory capacity, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and cellular phones.
A second concern associated with the use of smart cards is the fact that many terminals that receive smart cards are specific to one application on the smart card. For instance, an automated teller machine may have knowledge about a banking application on the card, but does not know how to access other applications that might also be on the card, such as a phone/address book, etc. Hence, even if the machine is connected to a distributed computing network, it cannot be used to provide services associated with these other applications via such a network.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide devices having limited amounts of available memory, such as smart cards, personal digital assistants, and the like, with the ability to function as hosts for services within a distributed computing environment.
In accordance with the present invention, these objectives are achieved by separating the information to be deployed in a distributed computing system into two categories. One category consists of the information that is generic to all instances of the service. The second category constitutes that information which is specific to one instance of the application which provides a service. The specific information is stored on a portable device such as a smart card, PDA, or the like, whereas the generic information is stored elsewhere on the distributed computing network, for example on a server. In addition to the specific information, the portable device stores the address at which the generic information can be located on the network. When the portable device is connected to the distributed computing network, e.g. a smart card is inserted in a terminal connected to the network, the terminal retrieves the specific deployment information, along with the address for the generic information. The generic information is then retrieved, and combined with the specific information to construct a service bundle. This service bundle is then uploaded to an appropriate location on the network, to thereby advertise the availability of the service, as well as provide all of the necessary information to access the service.
As a further feature of the invention, a terminal or other device on the network functions as a gateway for the smart card application. When the generic information for the service bundle is retrieved for publication on the network, additional information is retrieved which enables the gateway to communicate with the application on the smart card. As a result, the terminal need not be tailored to specific applications. Rather, the information needed for any given application is retrieved as needed.
Further features of the invention, as well as the advantages provided thereby, are described in detail hereinafter with reference to specific embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
To facilitate an understanding of the present invention, it is described hereinafter with specific reference to examples in which a smart card functions as the platform for hosting services provided within a distributed computing system. Further in this regard, occasional reference is made to specific examples associated with application programs written in an object-oriented programming language, such as Java, and distributed computing frameworks for such applications, such as the Jini Network Technology. It will be appreciated, however, that these examples are presented merely for illustrative purposes, and should not be viewed as limiting the scope of the invention. Rather, the principles which underlie the invention can be applied to a variety of different types of devices in addition to smart cards, such as personal digital assistants, cellular telephones, networkable appliances, and the like. Similarly, distributed computing systems other than those adapted to object-oriented programming techniques can be used to implement the features of the invention.
A general overview of a distributed computing infrastructure, in which the present invention can be implemented, is illustrated in
When a client has prior knowledge of a particular service, the client may contain all information necessary to access the service. Typically, this information comprises an interface that describes the entry points for the application that provides the service. In an object-oriented environment, for example, the interface comprises a list of available methods that can be invoked from the application.
To facilitate an environment in which new services can be dynamically added to a distributed computing network, a framework is provided that enables the services to advertise their availability whenever their host device is connected to the network. One such framework is provided by the Jini technology developed by Sun Microsystems. This technology provides an infrastructure having directory facilities 16 with which devices and services register. When a device 10 which hosts one or more services is connected to the network, it locates the directory facilities and, for each of its services, uploads a service bundle 18 that implements the services' interfaces. To use a service, a client locates it using the directory facilities. The service's bundle 18 is copied from the directory facilities server 16 to the device 12 on which the client resides. Hence, the directory facilities server functions as an intermediary, to connect a client with a desired service. Compatibility between clients and services is ensured in this type of environment, since each service deploys all of the information that is needed to interact with it, via the service bundle 18. When the host device is disconnected from the network, its service bundle 18 is removed from the server, so that clients do not attempt to access services that are no longer available.
The present invention is particularly directed to the use of devices having limited amounts of memory as hosts for services in a distributed computing system. Examples of such devices include smart cards, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular telephones, and the like.
To utilize the services provided by an application 22 on a host device, such as a smart card, the clients make appropriate calls to the application. In the context of an object-oriented program, for example, these calls are typically made by invoking methods on the application. One technique for performing remote method invocation to an application stored on a smart card is described in copending, commonly assigned application Ser. No. 09/740,986, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. As described in detail therein, in order to access the services provided by an application, the client needs to be aware of the particular methods that can be invoked. Typically, this awareness is provided by means of an interface, which provides a definition of the various methods that can be invoked, as well as the arguments or parameters associated with each method. In the technique described in the foregoing application, a card applet proxy functions to convert requests to invoke methods on the applet into low-level communication messages that can be understood by the smart card. For a client to be able to access the services of an application on a smart card, therefore, it must be programmed with the interface and the proxy, or otherwise be able to obtain the interface and the proxy. In the context of a distributed computing system, the clients are able to obtain the interface, attribute information and, if needed, the proxy by means of a service bundle 18 which is uploaded to a directory facilities server 16 by the application that provides the desired service.
If this information that is to be deployed on the distributed computing network is completely stored within the smart card 20, it can consume a significant amount of memory which could be used for other purposes. For instance, multi-application cards, which are capable of hosting multiple different types of services, are envisioned. However, if each application is required to store all of the deployment information, as well as the implementation of the application itself, the number of applications that can be stored on the card is constrained, due to the limited amount of memory available on the card. To overcome this constraint, the present invention functions to reduce the amount of information that needs to be stored on the card, and thereby frees some of the memory for other uses. This reduction in on-card storage requirements is achieved by dividing the information to be deployed into different categories. One category of deployment information comprises that information which is generic to all of the cards that host a particular type, or class, of service. The other category of information comprises that information which is specific to a particular card.
Referring to
In accordance with the present invention, these two different categories of information are stored at separate locations. The specific information 28 that relates to a particular instance of the application is stored on the card itself. However, the generic information 26 is stored off the card, at a location that is accessible via the distributed computing network. Referring to
In operation, when a card 22 is inserted in a terminal 24, the card and the terminal first proceed through a typical initialization procedure, wherein the card is powered up and the terminal obtains information necessary to communicate with the card. Thereafter, the terminal interrogates the card to determine services that are hosted by the card. For each such service, the card provides the specific deployment information 28 (step 34), and the URL 32 which identifies the location of the generic deployment information (step 36). Using the URL 32, the terminal 24 locates the generic information 26 on the deployment server 30 (step 38), and downloads this information (step 40). The generic information 26 and the specific information 28 are then combined in the terminal 24, and uploaded to the directory facilities 16 as a service bundle 18 a (step 42).
As part of this process, the smart card can validate the generic information that is received from a remote server before it is added to the service bundle that is published on the network. For example, prior to storing the generic information 26 on the server 30, it can be encrypted or digitally signed, using a private or public key. When the information is subsequently retrieved from the server in response to the URL 32 provided by a card, the card can check the digital signature and/or decrypt the file, using a private key stored in its memory. Once the information has been validated in this manner, it can then be combined with the specific information 28 to form the service bundle 18 a.
One of the items of information that can be obtained from the service provisioning server is a proxy that converts procedure calls or remote method invokation calls from the client into commands that are appropriate for communicating with the card 20. In addition to uploading this proxy to the facilities directory server 16 as part of the service bundle 18 a, the terminal 24 can function as a gateway host, i.e. it enables access to the card application 22 from the network. Referring to
Hence, the gateway bridges the platform of the smart card and the distributed computing technology. Since it receives the proxy and any other information necessary to interact with the application from the service provisioning server, it need not be tailored to any specific application. As such, it facilitates an open environment that enables new applications, and hence new services, to be dynamically added to the network.
The terminal 24 may contain all of the information necessary to interrogate the card 20, to determine its available services. As additional services become available, however, it may not be possible to provide each terminal with the necessary interrogation capabilities. In this case, these capabilities can likewise be stored on a separate server accessible via the network 14, and downloaded as needed. For example, when a card is first inserted into the terminal, the initialization process identifies the type of card that has been inserted, for example its manufacturer and/or issuer. Based upon this information, the terminal can access a server associated with that type of card, and request the information that enables it to interact with the card, and obtain the deployment data. This information could be stored on the service provisioning server 30, or on a separate server that is associated with the particular type of card.
From the foregoing, it can be seen that the present invention provides a mechanism by which smart cards and other types of devices having limited memory capabilities can be successfully employed as hosts for services on a distributed computing network. This capability is achieved by minimizing the amount of deployment information that needs to be stored on the device itself. By separating the deployment information into device and generic categories, much of the information can be stored at a location that is accessible via the network, but off the device itself. By combining the generic and specific information, the terminal is able to upload a service bundle that meets all of the requirements for providing services within the framework of the distributed computing network. Furthermore, by downloading data for communicating with an application on the device, the terminal can operate as a gateway for the application in an open development environment.
It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other forms, without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. For example, while specific embodiments of the invention have been described with reference to its implementation in a smart card, it will be appreciated that a variety of different types of devices which have limited memory capacity can benefit from the principles which underlie the invention. Similarly, while the smart card is shown as being physically connected to the network by means of a terminal, wireless communications can also be utilized to connect a portable service provider to the network. The foregoing description is therefore considered in all respects to be illustrative, and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims, and all changes that come within the meaning and range of equivalence thereof are intended to be embraced therein.
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NBA playoffs see record ratings
Apr 19, 2011, 12:36 PM EDT
Here is another reason that the momentum-killing lockout is going to be such a disaster.
The opening weekend of the NBA playoffs got the highest first-weekend ratings ever on TNT, according to Sports Media Watch. That follows on the footsteps of regular season ratings that were the highest since the Jordan era.
TNT averaged a 2.8 U.S. rating and 4.542 million viewers for NBA Playoff coverage on Sunday, up 27% in ratings and 36% in viewership from last year (2.2, 3.336M), and the most-viewed opening day of the playoffs ever on Turner Sports.
In particular, Sunday's Knicks/Celtics Game 1 drew a 3.6 U.S. rating and 5.989 million viewers, up 44% in ratings and 53% in viewership from last year (SA/DAL G1: 2.5, 3.925M), and up 64% and 86%, respectively, from 2009 (MIA/ATL G1: 2.2, 3.228M).
The Celtics' win drew more viewers than every single first round playoff game — on broadcast or cable — last season.
The lockout will kill this. Just flat out kill it. And while I'd say the owners and players are aware of the damage, that is different than saying either side is willing to budge off their respective positions to avoid it.
- fouldwimmerlaik - Apr 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Undoubtedly the entire world is enthralled with the Lakers, much as I am, which is leading to the upsurge in ratings. Oh my, just the word "upsurge" makes me think of Kobe. Anyway, I am sure it is the Lakers quest for a three-peat that fuels the ratings. I know I watch them constantly. Between playoff games, I am also watching replays of Lakers games from the last two seasons. My parents have an old VHS videotape machine in their basement and I have recorded all of the Lakers' games on it for the last seven years. I am sure that is helping the ratings each time I watch one of those.
So, the NBA can thank the Lakers for all of the ratings!!!!!
- louistaylored - Apr 19, 2011 at 6:57 PM
uhhhh yeah buddy, no, fouldwimmerlaik I love the Lakers as much as or even more than the next guy but the obvious reason the NBA's rating has gone up is the Miami Heat and their Big 3 of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh. Plain and simple, but I'd like to add that the Carmelo trade to NY really added a lot of fuel to the fire. The Lakers are always gonna remain near the top of the most viewed teams because of its storied past and Kobe Bryant, who along with LeBron is the face of the NBA. But dont get ahead of yourself man, people wanna see the Heat no matter if they're rooting for or against them
- goldkj - Apr 19, 2011 at 8:03 PM
I don't know if I can handle another Dick Stockton & Chris Webber broadcast. Those two were brutal last night.
- philtration - Apr 19, 2011 at 10:10 PM
I watched the local Chicago broadcast with Neil Funk and Stacy King instead.
Much better!
Dick Stockton & Chris Webber suck but so do most of the national guys.
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The following grilled beef salad has as many versions as there are cooks in Thailand. The success of the dish depends upon starting with good-quality tenderloin and achieving a balance of hot, sour, and salty. Before serving, be sure to sample the salad and adjust the amount of chili, lime, fish sauce and, if desired, sugar to your taste.
YIELD: Serves 6 as part of a rice based meal
Prepare grill (or preheat broiler).
Halve tenderloin horizontally to form 2 approximately 1-inch-thick pieces. Rub both sides of each piece with black pepper, pressing it into meat.
Grill beef on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals 5 to 8 minutes on each side for medium-rare. (Alternatively, broil beef on oiled rack of a broiler pan about 3 to 5 inches from heat 6 to 7 minutes on each side for medium-rare.) Transfer beef to a cutting board and cool 30 minutes. If desired, chill beef, loosely wrapped, at least 2 hours and up to 1 day to facilitate thin slicing. But beef across grain into very thin slices.
In a large bowl stir together lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and chilies until combined will (sugar should be dissolved if using).
Add beef, shallots, scallions, coriander, and mint and toss will. Score cucumber lengthwise with tines of a fork and cut crosswise into thin slices.
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Mozambique Forest Figures
Forest Cover
Total forest area
: 19,262,000 ha
% of land area
: 24.6%
Primary forest cover
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Deforestation Rates, 2000-2005
Annual change in forest cover
: -50,000 ha
Annual deforestation rate
: -0.3%
Change in defor. rate since '90s
: 2.6%
Total forest loss since 1990
: -750,000 ha
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Primary forest loss since 1990
Forest Classification
: 100%
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: 17.5%
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: 2.3%
Social services
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Multiple purpose
: 80.2%
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Total area
: 19,262,000 ha
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Modified natural
: 19,224,000 ha
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Production plantation
: 38,000 ha
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: 0.2%
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Wood removal 2005
Industrial roundwood
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Wood fuel
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More forest statistics for Mozambique
After emerging from 16 years of brutal civil war, Mozambique stands at a crossroads between conservation and development—although when done properly, both are possible. While one of the world's poorest countries, Mozambique has tremendous potential for eco-tourism with its beautiful beaches, safari life, and Lake Malawi diving opportunities. Foreign investors are financing the construction of a number of hotels.
While forest covers nearly a quarter of the country, Mozambique has little tropical forest coverage. Nevertheless, deforestation rates are quite low—only 3.7 percent of the country's forest cover was lost between 1990 and 2005—and have not increased significantly in the past five years. As of 2003, 5.7 percent of the country was under some form of protection, although poaching is a problem in some areas. Mozambique's large protected area is Limpopo National Park, which is part of the larger Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, consisting of Limpopo, Kruger National Park in South Africa, and Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe.
In the early to mid-2000s, an American internet executive committed more than $30 million to rebuilding Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique as an ecotourism destination. Greg Carr, former chairman of Prodigy Internet and Boston Technology, planned to reintroduce animals from elsewhere in Africa
Mozambique has 685 species of birds, 195 mammals, 228 reptiles, 59 amphibians, and nearly 5,700 species of plants.
In 2005, Mozambique launched a "Small Grants Programme" with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This provides grants of up to US$50,000 and other support to community-based groups and non-governmental organizations for activities that address land degradation, biodiversity, and climate-change issues at the local level.
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Mozambique loses almost 10,000 elephants in just five years
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1,215 rhinos butchered in South Africa in 2014
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One-two punch: farming, global warming destroying unique East African forests
(12/03/2014) Lush mountains speckle East Africa's grasslands and desert, from Mozambique to Ethiopia. These isolated habitats are home to a plethora of species, and are considered by scientists to be some of the most biodiverse regions in the world. However, their forests are being cut down for farmland and are threatened by global warming, putting at risk multitudes of species that have nowhere else to go.
Of bluefin and pufferfish: 310 species added to IUCN Red List
(11/17/2014) Today, 22,413 species are threatened with extinction, according to the most recent update of the IUCN Red List. This is a rise of 310 species from the last update in the summer. The update includes the Pacific bluefin tuna, the Chinese pufferfish, and Chapman's pygmy chameleon, among others.
Joint force uses Google Earth to find elephant poaching camps in Mozambique, captures poachers in raid
(09/30/2014) On Monday, September 22, two ivory poachers were arrested in Mozambique during a late-night raid near Niassa National Reserve. The arrest followed on the heels of nearly two-dozen reported kills in the reserve in just the first two weeks of the month.
WCS-led raids lead to six arrests near Mozambique's largest reserve
(09/12/2014) A joint force of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and government authorities are in the midst of carrying out a series of raids against poachers in Mozambique aimed at halting the illegal killing of elephants in Niassa National Reserve, the country's largest protected area. Six men, thought to be responsible for killing 39 elephants in 2014, were arrested in an early morning bust in the town of Marrupa, just south of the park.
Google Earth spurs discovery of a 'new' chameleon species
(08/17/2014) Google Earth has spurred the discovery of another new species. In this case, the creature is a pygmy chameleon, one of four previously unknown
chameleon species described from the remote 'sky islands' in Mozambique. The Mount Mabu pygmy chameleon was discovered after Google Earth images of a tract of forest led Julian Bayliss to launch a scientific expedition to the region.
China failing to take effective action against timber smugglers
(08/12/2014) Voluntary guidelines established by the Chinese government won't be enough to curb rampant timber smuggling by Chinese companies, putting 'responsible' actors at risk of having their reputations tarnished, argues a new campaign by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
U.S should sanction Mozambique for its role in elephant, rhino poaching, urges NGOs
(07/03/2014) Two prominent NGOs U.S should sanction Mozambique for its role in elephant, rhino poaching, urges NGOsare petitioning the U.S government to slap Mozambique with trade sanctions due to the country's role in regional poaching. The groups contend that Mozambique has done little to combat both its own poaching epidemic or stop its nationals from spilling over the border to kill rhinos and elephants in South Africa and Tanzania.
Illegal logging surges in Mozambique
(02/25/2014) Illegal logging has spiked over the past five years in Mozambique, finds a new report by researchers at the University of Eduardo Mondlane.
Over 1,000 rhinos killed by poachers in South Africa last year
(01/17/2014) In another sign that Africa's poaching crisis has gotten completely out of control, South Africa lost 1,004 rhinos to poachers last year. According to the numbers released today by the South African Department of Environmental Affairs, 2013 was the worst year yet for rhino poaching in the country with nearly 3 rhinos killed every day.
Sky islands: exploring East Africa's last frontier
(12/04/2013) The montane rainforests of East Africa are little-known to the global public. The Amazon and Congo loom much larger in our minds, while the savannas of East Africa remain the iconic ecosystems for the region. However these ancient, biodiverse forests—sitting on the tops of mountains rising from the African savanna—are home to some remarkable species, many found only in a single forest. A team of international scientists—Michele Menegon, Fabio Pupin, and Simon Loader—have made it their mission to document the little-known reptiles and amphibians in these so-called sky islands, many of which are highly imperiled.
Lions rising: community conservation making a difference for Africa's kings in Mozambique
(09/17/2013) Everyone knows that tigers, pandas, and blue whales are threatened with extinction—but lions!? Researchers were shocked to recently discover that lion populations have fallen precipitously: down to around 30,000 animals across the African continent. While 30,000 may sound like a lot, this is a nearly 70 percent decline since 1960. In addition, lion populations are increasingly fragmented with a number of populations having vanished altogether. However, there is hope: one place where lion populations are actually on the rise is Niassa National Reserve in Mozambique. Here, lion populations have risen by around 60 percent in just seven years. In part this is due to the effort of Colleen and Keith Begg.
Chewbacca bat, beetle with explosive farts among oddities spotted on Mozambique expedition
(06/04/2013) The 'Chewbaka' bat, a cave-dwelling frog, and a diminutive elephant shrew were among hundreds of species documented during a one-month survey of a park that was ravaged during Mozambique's 17-year civil war. The findings suggest that biodiversity in Gorongosa National Park in Central Mozambique is well on the road towards recovery, opening a new chapter for the 4,000-square-kilometer protected area.
Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique
(05/30/2013) If you fly over the Great African Rift Valley from its northernmost point in Ethiopia, over the great national parks of Kenya and Tanzania, and follow it south to the very end, you will arrive at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique. Plateaus on the eastern and western sides of the park flank the lush valley in the center. Dramatic limestone cliffs, unexplored caves, wetlands, vast grasslands, rivers, lakes, and a patchwork of savanna and forest contribute to the incredible diversity of this park. What makes this place truly unique, however, is Mount Gorongosa—a towering massif that overlooks the valley below.
Rhinos now extinct in Mozambique's Limpopo National Park
(04/25/2013) Poachers have likely killed off the last rhinos in Mozambique's Limpopo National Park, according to a park official.
Forgotten lions: shedding light on the fate of lions in unprotected areas
(03/18/2013) African lions (
Panthera leo
) living outside of protected areas like national parks or reserves also happen to be studied much less than those residing within protected areas, to the detriment of lion conservation initiatives. In response to this trend, a group of researchers surveyed an understudied, unprotected region in northwestern Mozambique called the Tete Province, whose geography and proximity to two national parks suggests a presence of lions.
Report: nearly half the timber from Mozambique to China is illegal
(02/07/2013) Forty-eight percent of the timber making its way from Mozambique's forests to Chinese companies was harvested illegally, according to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), which blames the problem on widespread corruption and poor governance. The illegal logging cost Mozambique, the world's fourth least-developed country in the world according to the UN, $29 million in tax revenue, says the report.
'Exporting deforestation': China is the kingpin of illegal logging
(11/29/2012) Runaway economic growth comes with costs: in the case of China's economic engine, one of them has been the world's forests. According to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), China has become the number one importer of illegal wood products from around the world. Illegal logging—which threatens biodiversity, emits carbon, impoverishes local communities, and is often coupled with other crimes—has come under heavy pressure in recent years from the U.S., the EU, and Australia. Each of these has implemented, or will soon implement, new laws that make importing and selling illegal wood products domestic crimes. However, China's unwillingness to tackle its vast appetite for illegal timber means the trade continues to decimate forests worldwide.
Photos: Mozambique creates Africa's biggest marine protected area
(11/13/2012) Last week, the East African nation of Mozambique announced it was protecting 10,411 square kilometers (4,020 square miles) of coastal marine waters, making the new Marine Protected Area (MPA) the biggest on the continent. The protected area, dubbed the Primeiras and Segundas Archipelago ("First" and "Second" islands), includes ten islands as well as mangrove forests, rich coral reefs, and seagrass ecosystems.
Ten African nations pledge to transform their economies to take nature into account
(06/11/2012) Last month ten African nations, led by Botswana, pledged to incorporate "natural capital" into their economies. Natural capital, which seeks to measure the economic worth of the services provided by ecosystems and biodiversity—for example pollination, clean water, and carbon—is a nascent, but growing, method to curtail environmental damage and ensure more sustainable development. Dubbed the Gaborone Declaration, the pledge was signed by Botswana, Liberia, Namibia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania following a two day summit.
Fertilizer trees boost yields in Africa
(10/16/2011) Fertilizer trees—which fix nitrogen in the soil—have improved crops yields in five African countries, according to a new study in the International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. In some cases yields have doubled with the simple addition of nitrogen-soaking trees. The research found that fertilizer trees could play a role in alleviating hunger on the continent while improving environmental conditions.
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Transformers may be filling the nation's movie theaters, but real-life robots from all over the world are convening in Atlanta to showcase their futuristic ability to help humans -- and to bend it like Beckham.
From Iran to Ireland, Germany to Greece, nearly 300 teams from 37 countries are participating at RoboCup 2007 at the Georgia Institute of Technology, competing in events from search-and-rescue operations to robotic soccer games. The ultimate goal of the RoboCup project is to develop a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that will beat the human champion World Cup team by 2050.
"This is truly an international event," said Tucker Balch, an associate professor at the Georgia Tech College of Computing and general chairman of RoboCup 2007 Atlanta. "Each country, and even each university, has a different approach to [creating the winning soccer team]. When we all get together and see what works and what doesn't work, we all learn together and progress."
The competition features research robotics, meaning the more than 1,700 participants from universities, high schools, middle schools and elementary schools are showcasing new technology. Balch said soccer is the game of choice because it's one of the most international games and it's easy to recognize the robot's goal.
"Soccer is simple and everybody gets it," Balch said. "But soccer is also complicated because it involves one team against another team. There are lots of subtleties and many opportunities for creating better and better teams."
Real-time perception, artificial intelligence, multirobot collaboration and design principles of autonomous machines are just some of the technologies at work in a single game.
"It's driving many technologies forward all at once, even though on the surface it appears to he a simple game," Balch said.
RoboCup soccer features robots of all shapes and sizes, including teams of four-legged Sony AIBO robotic dogs and teen-size humanoids. Forget the remote control -- these robots function independently, using multirobot cooperation to jointly execute their game plan.
"That's a technology we hope to see in search and rescue and in the military," Balch said.
Such real-world applications have already been a product of the 10-year-old competition. For example, the algorithm responsible for the lightning pace of the computer vision necessary to track the soccer ball down the field -- 30-to-60 times per second -- has been applied to robotic military vehicles to quickly identify the terrain.
While the RoboCup soccer teams feature all the intensity -- and entertainment -- of international sports, the competition also shows the practical way robots will be used in the future. For example, the RoboCup Rescue competition puts robots in a specially constructed house-size disaster site, where they find and map the location of mannequin "victims." The search-and-rescue competition also has a virtual component, which simulates a disaster area the size of a city block. In this event, the robots work as teams to locate victims in a virtual environment filled with complex hazards and obstacles.


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Legendary 1875 PR 64 Cameo Three-Dollar Gold1875 PR 64 Cameo NGC. Of all the acclaimed issues in the three-dollar gold series, only the unique 1870-S surpasses the proof-only 1875 for notoriety, this being the first issue from the series to surpass the $100,000 barrier, nearly a quarter century ago. The officially listed mintage of 20 proofs is thought to be slightly understated on the 1875, since the number of pieces extant is estimated at about 30 coins. These appear to have originated from two distinct dies.
The specimen offered here is from what experts speculate to be the first die utilized. It exhibits a faint die scratch through the F in OF and a partially filled lower loop of the first S in STATES. In addition, the bow on the wreath is fully detailed, unlike the second variety. The surfaces exhibit full, watery brilliance and contrast that must be considered minimal, in spite of the "Cameo" designation it received. Wispy hairlines are scattered throughout, the most noticeable located just in front of Liberty's nose and another below her chin. These, however, are both short and relatively unobtrusive. Notable for its high quality and completeness, the Donald H. Carter collection of proof three-dollar gold pieces which we sold in January contained three 1876s, another well known proof-only issue, but did not include the even more famous 1875. Population: 1 in 64, none finer (2/98). (NGC ID# 28AH, PCGS# 8039)
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is now available from AT&T. Priced at $399.99 after instant rebate and with a new two-year service agreement, the Android 4.1 slate offers a compact size with all the computing power of premium Android tablet. The Note 8.0 features an 8-inch HD display, 1.6GHz quad-core processing, and the Note line's trademark S Pen stylus.
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700 Alma Investments, LLC filed as a Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC) in the State of Texas on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 and is approximately eleven years old, as recorded in documents filed with Texas Secretary of State. The filing is currently active as of the last data refresh which occured on Monday, July 6, 2015. A corporate filing is called a foreign filing when an existing corporate entity files in a state other than the state they originally filed in. This does not necessarily mean that they are from outside the United States.
Susan Reese serves as the Director and has interests in other corporate entities including 2100 Management, Inc., Madison Pacific Development Company, Inc. and thirteen more corporations. Susan's past corporate affiliations include Madison Metroplex Holdings, Inc., Waikea, Inc. and seven others.
Salman Rabie is the Director of 700 Alma Investments, LLC.
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TomTom has made its iPhone 4 app even more useful through an array of new features
TomTom has released a new update to its Navigation app for iPhone 4 and iPod Touch which takes full advantage of the retina-display and G4 processors.
Probably its most prominant new feature is Navigate-to-photo which uses the geo-tagging on a photo so the TomTom can navigate you back to where the photo was taken. It's a technology thats been around for some time, but by integrating it into TomTom it becomes a neat way of getting back to a newly discovered pub, park or shop.
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The rest of the update mainly consists of optimisations for the iPhone 4 and new iPod Touch, this means you'll see higher quality graphics, faster loading maps and and improved smoothness when using the app. Of course like all TomTom's it also comes with the usual array of features such as IQ Routes, HD Traffic and the rather useful Advanced Lane Guidance which makes sure you'll never make a wrong turning again.
At £42 it is definitely considered a bespoke app for iOS 4, however considering how much the bog standard TomTom unit costs, this still works out as a bargain, well if you have an iPhone that is.
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Interim deal with Iran extended until July 10, U.S. says (Haaretz)
Talks with Iran to extend beyond deadline, top EU says (Reuters)
David Cameron will be landing in Israel on Wednesday for the British prime minister's first visit since taking office in 2010.
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to the Jewish state. Otherwise why wont Catholics demand The Catholic
state of the Vatican city also receive 3.2billion dollars in aid as well
or the Buddhist state or the Muslim state of whereve. Legally this will
have wonderful possibilities as far as American aid goes. Why should my
money go to a Jewish state? If its a Jewish state let Jews pay.
Jewish state doesn't mean Judaistic state, just like Palestinian state
doesn't mean Musllim state. Both "Jewish" and
"Palestinian" refer to nations, not religions. If Palestinian
state is OK, then Jewish state is OK. It is not for you to decide if
Jews are religion, nation, or both.
Palestinian state tells nationality
Hague, has spoken of "terrible consequences to fear". Hague
added: "It would bring a great deal of international pressure on
Israel, including at the United Nations, and there would be many moves
for the Palestinians to seek greater recognition at the UN, which would
command a huge amount of international support."
Wouldn't that show more unity?
when you pick the country that financially supports israel, and the
country that created it, to be the peace mediators, and expect the
palestinians to accept the 1 sided deals that come their way. how about
adding 2 more states that support the palestinian cause to balance
things out. maybe if israel faces ultimatums rather than frowney faces
when they wipe their behinds with international law, maybe then, they
would stop the land grabs, and take peace seriously rather than see it
as a potential for expansion with no repercussions from the
palestinians, because what i see, is the PA renounced all violence,
followed every single guideline they were asked to follow, and yet
israel has still not followed a single one of them. total disregard,
masked completely by the american zionist politicians such as obama and
camron who tuck all of israel;s wrong doings under the rug by grinning
and complimenting them whenever they screw up.
he knows how to butter up the Knesset members. Obviously he is getting
something back for this show of devotion. Nothing new.
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The woman appears to have no idea of how relationships work in the real world. She's so self absorbed, she's like a child. If she wants. she gets. It's all me, me, me in Pwiceyworld.
This one is just the latest convenient penis but, in her shallow little world, she has no idea how adult relationships work. It's all about getting hitched and pregnant asap and how much money she can make out of the brief reunion. If it doesn't work out, she doesn't give a crap because she can then sell the split to the highest bidder and move on to the next brain dead fake tanned moron.
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The increased strength of concrete slabs resulting from the compressive membrane action produced by in plane restraint at the slab perimeter is very sensitive to the stiffness of that restraint. Even when there is no perimeter restraint the benefits are worth considering. This is especially so where complete failure mechanisms occur well within the slab perimeter, as is the case for interior bays of suspended slabs and for ground-bearing slabs. An upper bound plastic yield line analysis is used in this paper to identify the mechanics of an isotropic slab yielding under an interior (non-edge) concentrated load. Monitoring the neutral axis variation illustrates that at low stiffnesses there is a qualitative change in the mode of failure from collapse at a peak value of load to punching at the transition to catenary action. The pattern of load-deflection behaviour is described for mechanisms having restraint stiffnesses ranging from zero to infinite.
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Encouragement for women to walk in God's will for their life. I will be sharing a few songs.
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Full Gospel Businessmen/women Fellowship Meeting. There will be a couple of testimonies of what God can do when you let Him be your Lord and I will be sharing three songs.
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Full Gospel Businessmen/women Fellowship. Hollywood producer Bruce Marchiano shares about his life before and after receiving Jesus as his Lord and Savior.
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Sharron Prichard will be speaking. Her specialty is transforming broken hearts. I will be sharing music with my friend Lee Ponzo. Men are welcome. Come be blessed!
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Lee Miller: A Romanian Rhapsody
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Romanian Cultural Centre has the pleasure to present the photo exhibition Lee Miller: A Romanian Rhapsody by one of the most remarkable female icons of the 20th century. Surrealist photographer, Lee Miller (1907-1977) is often best remembered for her fash
AboutIn the summer of 1938 together with the artist Roland Penrose she travelled through Romania by road in Miller's large American Packard car. Their journey began in Athens, and led to Bucharest where they met the noted musician and anthropologist Hari Brauner and his partner Lena Constante, a puppeteer and stage designer. Driven by her surrealist passion, Lee Miller was fascinated by the wonderful rituals of Romania capturing through her lenses customs such as Calusarii, Paparuda or Caloian. The exhibition includes rarely seen and un-shown photographs of 1930s Romania, a record of the last moments of an innocent world. After '46 Lee Miller went back, determined to find out if her friends had survived the war. Her images subtly reflect the turbulence of the post-war years and capture the nation poised for major political and social change. Beautifully illustrated, Lee Miller's images reflect the scars of irreparable damage, a world of hardship and unremitting toil, but also of great beauty and uniquely strong cultural values to be found today woven into the fabric of Romania. ABOUT LEE MILLER In 1927 Lee Miller was accidentally discovered in New Yorkby Condé Nast, the owner of Vogue magazine. Her portrait immediately appeared on the front cover of Vogue and Edward Steichen's photographs gave her super-model status. She learned photography in Paris from Man Ray, the American Surrealist artist and leader of Avant Garde photography. She was his lover, assistant and favourite model and became a photographer in her own right. It was surrealism and its underlying principles of peace, freedom and justice that defined the rest of her life. Exhibition organised in partnership with The Lee Miller Archives a small privately run archive which is dedicated to conserving and publishing the work of Lee Miller. It is located in Farley Farm House a farm house near Chiddingly, East Sussex which has been converted into a museum, celebrating the lives and work of its former Surrealist occupants, the photographer Lee Miller and artist Roland Penrose. This exhibition is curated by Dr Adrian-Silvan Ionescu, Director of the Institute of Art History in Bucharest, with the collaboration of John Sorensen, executive director of The Enescu Project, New York . Special thanks to Ioana Popescu, of the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, and Paula Popoiu of Muzeul National Al Satului Dimitri Gusti for their assistance in identifying the locations and events shown in Lee Miller's images.
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Stressing that it was acting in the interest of cricket lovers in India, the Supreme Court Friday allowed this year's IPL tournament to be held with the participation of all eight teams — including Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, the two linked to the alleged corruption scandal — but shunted out BCCI president N Srinivasan from all affairs of the board. (Also Read: Dhoni didn't lie, says BCCI)
A bench of Justices A K Patnaik and F M I Kalifulla replaced Srinivasan with former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar as the interim president for managing the affairs of the seventh edition of the IPL, starting April 16 in the UAE, until the court delivers its judgement in the IPL betting and spot-fixing case.
Functions of the president involving other board affairs would be discharged by the most senior vice president, Shivlal Yadav.
"We also direct that till we deliver the judgment, none of the employees of India Cements Ltd or its associate companies (except for cricket players or commentators) will perform any of the duties assigned to them by the BCCI and the interim president, Sunil Gavaskar, will have power to engage the services of such persons on whom he has confidence for work in connection with the IPL 2014," the bench said.
Srinivasan is the managing director of India Cements that owns CSK.
His son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan had been indicted for betting in IPL 2013 by the SC-appointed probe panel, prompting the bench to give Srinivasan an ultimatum to step down or risk being removed.
However, as Srinivasan volunteered to step aside, the bench moved to replace him with Gavaskar and Yadav.
On the issue of continuance of chief IPL operator Sundar Raman despite corruption charges against him, the bench left it to Gavaskar to decide whether he could continue.
The bench, which had Thursday proposed that IPL-7 can be allowed if CSK and RR were prohibited from participating in view of the corruption charges, had a change of heart Friday.
"We are not going to stop any team from playing in the IPL. We are not going to stop any player from playing as well. We will say IPL will go on as scheduled in the interest of cricket lovers in India," the bench said.
The court said it was passing orders "to ensure that all those who love cricket continue to watch cricket in IPL 2014 and the matches are played by the players in accordance with the IPL rules".
The court also said it was not going to express "any prima facie opinion" against Srinivasan for his removal as BCCI president at this stage and set the next hearing …continued »


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The show's producers revealed the massive finale voting push in a statement released in the hours before Tuesday's show -- but it did not say who was getting the lion's share of the fans' votes.
"Due to a record amount of activity, some viewers reported experiencing difficulties registering their votes for the 'Dancing with the Stars' finale, which affected each finalist equally," read the statement. "The issue was promptly addressed and voting lines remained open online until 11 a.m. ET on abc.com."
Both Palins, mother and daughter, have denied any organized vote-getting tactics.
Sarah Palin was in the audience cheering on her daugher during Monday night's performances. On Tuesday, she was in Phoenix signing her new book.
"She's had the journey of, you know the challenge and the improvement and the work ethic," Sarah Palin told ABC News' John Berman after her book event. "This has been all about work ethic and perseverance and, you know-- No, I couldn't be prouder. She's happy. She's very happy."
Just as online audience voting closed this morning, Joy Behar predicted on ABC's "The View" that if Palin wins the competition, "there is going to be a scandal."
Judge Carrie Ann Inaba told the Wall Street Journal that Palin's continued presence in the competition was a "shocker."
"My theory is that she represents the every day girl, and the interesting part of the show is that you've got this girl next door who's obviously not a celebrity and not a performer out here running neck and neck with an R&B singer, a guy who's got his own TV show, and Jennifer Grey, and I feel that people are living vicariously through her. They're like, I get it, she's like me," she said. "But still, it's a shocker."
Despite Palin's huge vote support, some fans are upset. Very upset. Last week, a Wisconsin man shot his TV with a gun, saying he was fed up with Palin's subpar dancing skills and politics.
On Monday, however, Palin roared out for her first dance, a jive, earning straight 9s.
"You were, last time, a gorilla and now a thrilla," judge Len Goodman told her, referring to a past episode in which she and her partner danced in gorilla suits. "Vast improvement. Well done."
Later, Palin earned two 8s and a 9 for her freestyle performance to a song from the musical "Chicago" that she began while dancing in a cage.
"I have to give you credit for aiming so high," judge Bruno Tonioli told her, echoing the other judges. "You did very very well, but not quite at the level that this song required."
Grey, who consistently has been among the top scorers, earned two perfect 30s. For her second dance, she picked a song from "Dirty Dancing" -- "Do You Love Me."
On his first dance, Massey matched Palin with three 9s.
"That feels unbelievably, unbelievably amazing," Massey said.
He pulled four judges' points ahead of Palin with his second dance, earning two 10s and a 9.
Read on for a closer look at the three finalists vying for the mirror ball trophy Tuesday.
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Contractor repairing damaged Main Street awning
Even on a beautiful spring Thursday night, Nashville, Tenn., resident Derek Lawson thought a stretch of Downtown Evansville Main Street looked dark, hopeless and deserted.
Never mind the glow from Peephole Bar & Grill, or the fresh paint on the side of Salad World across the street. It was the aging Plexiglas and rusted steel canopy that gave storefronts along the stretch of Main an ominous feel.
The gaping hole in the canopy over the Peephole didn't help, Lawson said.
"I'm actually surprised this is your Downtown and you keep this piece of junk up," Lawson said of the canopy. "It looks like they tried to make it nice with all these trees and the brick and then, boom — decay."
The canopy, which intermittently stretches on both sides of Main from Second to Third streets, was installed in 1973. The sloping shelter provided refuge for pedestrians from weather when Main Street was a walkway. The street reopened to vehicle traffic in 2002 and life slowly returned to its storefronts. The opening of the Ford Center last fall brought the largest crowds Main Street had seen in more than 30 years.
Shortly after the opening of the Ford Center, the City Traffic Engineering Department commissioned the installation of new sidewalks. The project should have been finished by early fall but was plagued by bad weather.
City Traffic Engineer Pat Keepes said the sidewalk project cost about $300,000, was funded with TIF money and wrapped up in December. A casualty of the project occurred when a device used to break up the old concrete shattered a canopy panel, creating a hole that looked like a broken window from a burned-out building. The hole sat for months, but as of Friday, the contractor planned to fix it in the next week, Keepes said.
"It's my understanding that all they were waiting for were some supplies and they would get it fixed," Keepes said.
The repair of the broken canopy panel was worked out between the contractor and the owner of the building where the canopy sits, which is Steve Alsop of Peephole. He said the contractor contacted him and promised to fix the hole in the next couple of days.
The condition of the canopy was left to business owners long ago. City Department of Metropolitan Development Deputy Director Jane Reel said the Evansville Redevelopment Commission had suggested the canopy be replaced by canvas awnings. Some parts of the canopy were taken down, but buildings such as the former Straus men's clothing store still are vacant. And in the meantime, the canopy will polarize Main Street, a contrast to the crisp cleanliness of freshly poured sidewalks and $127.5 million arena, Lawson said.
"Why would you ever, ever spend so much on a street, with the bricks and the lights and the signs, and then keep that?" he asked.
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27th November 2009
HIV diagnoses for gay and bisexual men levelling off 29
3:34 PM — Figures released today show that the number of gay and bisexual men being diagnosed with HIV in the UK has fallen slightly in the last year. HIV charities say this does not mean fewer men are coming forward for testing.
26th November 2009
Advertiser promotion: New sperm and egg donor website launches 3
1:01 PM — A brand new worldwide donor connection website has launched. Pride Angel is the first website of its kind to aim towards the gay and lesbian community and was founded by a lesbian couple who have first-hand experience of known donor conception.
24th November 2009
New HIV infections down globally but diagnoses rise for gay men in the UK 29
5:16 PM — The UNAIDS 2009 AIDS Epidemic Update, released today, shows that new HIV infections are down by 17 per cent over the last eight years around the world. But in the last eight years, there has been a 74 per cent rise in new diagnoses of infections of gay men in the UK.
23rd November 2009
MPs asked to support gay men's HIV campaign 5
6:17 PM — The National AIDS Trust is asking members of parliament to sign an Early Day Motion to show their support for helping protect young gay men from HIV.
Mother fights for NHS treatment of trans daughter 6
1:09 PM — The mother of a 14-year-old trans girl is fighting to get her hormone treatment on the NHS. Carole Smith, 41, said that her child needed hormone treatment to prevent her from entering puberty as a boy.
19th November 2009
NHS 'a world pioneer' in treating intersex babies 15
5:57 PM — British doctors are becoming "world pioneers" in treating children and adults who are born with ambiguous genitals, it has been reported. The NHS treats such babies on the assumption that they should not automatically be operated on.
Video: Gordon Brown records message for World AIDS Day 4
4:15 PM — Prime minister Gordon Brown has recorded a video message for World AIDS Day. In the message, Brown paid tribute to the gay community in the 1980s, which he said had "led the way" on HIV and AIDS campaigning.
18th November 2009
Exclusive: HIV film 'dangerous and misleading' 468
12:32 PM — A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous. HIV charities and health experts have told PinkNews.co.uk that the ideas the film promotes are "pseudo-science" and could damage the public health.
17th November 2009
Elton John says young people are 'complacent' about HIV 3
11:45 AM — Elton John has said that young people are putting themselves at risk of HIV infection by not having safe sex. Speaking at a charity gala for his AIDS charity last night, he warned that the latest generation are "complacent" about the dangers.
11th November 2009
Doctors: Gay marriage and military ban 'bad for health' 9
4:44 PM — The American Medical Association voted yesterday to oppose bans on gay marriage and out gay personnel in the military, saying that they were bad for health.
10th November 2009
Survey to find out more about over-50s and HIV 3
4:25 PM — Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust and Age Concern are carrying out a survey into the experiences of people with HIV who are over 50.
5th November 2009
Compulsory sex education to include gay relationships and HIV 48
4:10 PM — The government announced today that sex education will become compulsory for all schools, including lessons on gay relationships and sexually transmitted infections such as HIV.
3rd November 2009
Scotland to give lesbians equal IVF rights 11
7:33 PM — Lesbian couples in Scotland will soon be given equal rights to fertility treatment on the NHS. Following legal action by one lesbian couple, the government has set up an advisory group which is expected to recommend early next year that lesbians should be routinely allowed access to NHS fertility services.
2nd November 2009
Comment: The way forward for HIV prevention 57
6:45 PM — Earlier this year, Gary Leigh wrote an article for PinkNews.co.uk attacking the HIV prevention centre for not doing enough to tackle the threat of HIV. His article provoked anger from some HIV charities, while dividing opinion among our readers.
Obama lifts ban on HIV-positive people entering the US 4
3:40 PM — US president Barack Obama has lifted the ban on HIV-positive people entering the country. The 22-year-old law was one of the most restrictive immigration policies in the world for people with HIV.
29th October 2009
Kenya to conduct census of gays 9
6:15 PM — Kenya is to conduct a census of gay people in an attempt to control the spread of HIV. The confidential survey will be carried out by the National AIDS/STD Control Programme, starting in January or February next year.
28th October 2009
Gay men could be subject to five-year ban on blood donation 85
6:55 PM — A public meeting yesterday discussed the possibility of a five-year deferral for gay and bisexual men donating blood, rather than a lifetime ban.
27th October 2009
Public meeting to be held today on gay blood ban 44
11:11 AM — A public consultation is to be held today in London on the ban on gay men donating blood. A protest held by the National Union of Students is scheduled for 1pm.
19th October 2009
New Zealand study finds half of gay and bi students have self-harmed 4
7:28 PM — A study of gay and bisexual teenagers in New Zealand has suggested that half of them have deliberately harmed themselves in the past year.
8th October 2009
Trans woman goes to court after being denied breast implants 20
1:27 PM — A trans woman who was denied breast enlargement surgery is taking her primary care trust to court. The patient, known only as 'C', has been living as a woman for ten years and has undergone hormone treatment, although she has not had any other surgery.


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This weekend, I heard one friend say "You're a good idea" to another, and it just stuck with me.
I thought it was such a cute phrase, and one that I'd never heard before.
I found myself wanting to create art to go with it, just to commemorate it.
This is what I came up with, though I'm not sure it really does the phrase justice.


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The UM-Flint Student Research Conference (SRC) provides the opportunity for UM-Flint undergraduate and graduate students to share their faculty-mentored research, scholarship, and creative activities. This conference showcases multi-disciplinary research from the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and applied sciences. Students present their scholarly work either in 15-minute oral presentations, hour-long poster sessions, demonstrations, or performances. Additionally, student presenters have the opportunity to have their manuscripts published in the annual conference proceedings.
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Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche on Display At The Met
The Christmas tree and Neapolitan Baroque crèche at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, a long-standing yuletide tradition in New York, is now on view for the holiday season through January 8, 2012. The brightly lit, 20-foot blue spruce—with a collection of 18th-century Neapolitan angels and cherubs hovering among its boughs and groups of realistic crèche figures flanking the Nativity scene at its base—once again delights holiday visitors in the Museum's Medieval Sculpture Hall. Set in front of the 18th-century Spanish choir screen from the Cathedral of Valladolid, with recorded Christmas music in the background and daily lighting ceremonies, the installation reflects the spirit of the holiday season.
This exhibit of the crèche is made possible by gifts to The Christmas Tree Fund and the Loretta Hines Howard Fund.
The annual Christmas display has evolved through the generosity, enthusiasm, and dedication of the late Loretta Hines Howard, who began collecting crèche figures in 1925. Soon after, Mrs. Howard conceived the idea of presenting the elaborate Nativity scene within a Christmas tree, angels swirling upward to the crowning star.
This unusual combination was first presented to the public in 1957, with the Metropolitan's first exhibition of Mrs. Howard's collection. Since 1964, more than two hundred 18th-century Neapolitan crèche figures have been given to the Museum by Loretta Hines Howard, and they have been displayed each holiday season for more than 40 years. Linn Howard, Mrs. Howard's daughter, worked with her mother for many years on the annual installation. Following her mother's death in 1982, she has continued to create new settings for the figures she adds to the collection. Andrea Selby, Linn Howard's daughter, follows the tradition passed down by her mother and grandmother and joins in the creation of the display each year.
The towering tree is adorned with cherubs and some 50 gracefully suspended angels. The landscape at the base displays the figures and scenery of the Neapolitan Christmas crib. This display mingles three basic elements that are traditional to 18th-century Naples: the Nativity, with adoring shepherds and their flocks; the procession of the three Magi and their exotically dressed retinue of Asians and Africans; and, most distinctively, a crowd of colorful townspeople and peasants representing lifelike characters with intriguing facial expressions. The theatrical scene is enhanced by a charming assortment of animals—sheep, goats, horses, a camel, and an elephant—and by background pieces that create a dramatic setting for the Nativity, including the ruins of a Roman temple, several quaint houses, and a typical Italian fountain with a lion's-mask waterspout.
The popular Christmas custom of restaging the Nativity is traditionally credited to Saint Francis of Assisi. The employment of man-made figures to reenact the hallowed events reached its height of complexity and artistic excellence in 18th-century Naples, where local families, often assisted by professional stage directors, vied to outdo each other in presenting elaborate and theatrical crèche displays. The high artistic estimation of the genre is evidenced in works of the finest sculptors of the period—including Giuseppe Sammartino and his pupils Salvatore di Franco, Giuseppe Gori, and Angelo Viva—who were called on to model the terracotta heads and shoulders of the extraordinary crèche figures. The Howard collection includes numerous works attributed to these as well as to other prominent artists.
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Ballots going out Nov. 5 for farm election
Vote gives local farmers a voice
On Nov. 5 — the day before the national vote that will select the U.S. president — there's another big federal ballot going on, a huge one indeed for producers of cotton, soybeans, corn or cattle or horses.
The Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency will be mailing out ballots to farmers and ranchers for the 2012 county committee elections. And in DeSoto County, there's an election for a seat on the panel that serves Local Administrative Area 2.
This area includes Hernando and Southaven and the Nesbit, Love and Bright communities, said Darryl Waller, Senatobia-based executive director of the DeSoto-Tate FSA office.
"The election of agricultural producers to FSA county committees is important to all farmers and ranchers, whether beginning or long-established with large or small operations," Waller said. "It's crucial that every eligible producer participate in these elections because these committees are the link between the agricultural community and the USDA and its programs."
Waller said that for DeSoto incumbent committee member Robert Miller, a lifelong resident of DeSoto and member of a partnership that farms in DeSoto and Tate, was the only nominee who met the Aug. 1 deadline. "They raise corn, soybeans, wheat and grain sorghum," said Waller. Write-in votes will be accepted, said the FSA official, adding that "such candidates must meet all eligibility criteria to hold the office."
Ballots must be returned by Dec. 3; they will be counted on Dec. 5 starting at 9 a.m. at the new Tate-DeSoto County FSA Office at 502 North Robinson Street in Senatobia.
County committees are crucial, helping "to ensure FSA programs serve the needs of local producers," said Waller. "They provide local input on commodity price support loans and payments; conservation programs; incentive, indemnity and disaster payments for some commodities; plus emergency programs and payment eligibility.
"... It means a local producer who appeals an FSA program decision will be heard by his peers on the committee, and the committee can request different programs if they feel the county meets criteria sent down from Washington."
For questions on voting or candidate eligibility, contact the DeSoto-Tate FSA office at 662-560-9001 Ext. 2.
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