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A lawyer for Atlanta Public Schools told the Georgia Supreme Court that the school district probably wouldn't approve new charter schools unless they help pay off old an old pension debt.
A lawyer for Atlanta Public Schools told the Georgia Supreme Court that the school district probably wouldn't approve new charter schools unless they help pay off old an old pension debt.
Ah Ram Kim is a 17-year-old high school student learning to read English at a first-grade level with the book "The Little Red Hen."
The preschoolers who arrived at school early for free breakfast on a recent morning quietly ate granola bars and yogurt as middle school students recited part of the rosary over the public address system.
Rachel Halliburton wanted to help her mother care for Rachel's 10 younger siblings. Madison Angelos had trouble focusing in a crowded classroom and was looking for time to train physically to enlist in the military.
Gov. Jack Markell's proposed budget includes no new education cuts and some new money, garnering some positive vibes from district officials struggling with tight budgets.
One year ago, it was business as usual in Ohio's biggest school district. Longtime Superintendent Gene Harris wasn't going anywhere. The school board was busy prepping a levy for the fall ballot.
Refusing to remove a baseball cap in school or being in the hallway after the late bell rings are not offenses one might expect would land a student in the court system.
This newest Sony display milestone, model VPL-FHZ55, is Sony's first lamp-less projector using 3LCD imaging technology to achieve 4,000 lumens of color light output at WUXGA resolution (1920 x 1200), to deliver bright and vivid color reproduction.
Chicago Public Schools said that 663 employees at schools the district is closing, including teachers, teaching assistants and bus aides, don't qualify to follow students to their new schools and will be laid off.
K2's new Product Recognition Service automatically analyzes the software discovered on computers within your organization and provides relevant product details for use in license management, software optimization, and cost reduction. With the addition of PRS, one of the most complicated configuration tasks has been eliminated for many products.
The school year might be finished but there is no end in sight for shrinking enrollments at some once-booming, suburban school systems.
Understanding the need for advanced technology on a limited budget, the company's breadth of educator tools were developed, delivering tailored solutions to increase efficiency and dynamically transform the classroom.
Fremont High School's campus in gang-entrenched East Oakland is just three blocks away from International Boulevard, famous for its booming sex trade. The school is known for abysmal test scores, numerous student suspensions, and low graduation rates.
Sergent says his previous experience as both a principal and a teacher prepared him for the new position.
There are many changes coming to Cheltenham School District — new Cheltenham and Wyncote elementary schools, a new school bus transportation system and now a new superintendent.


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Geri's Garden SpaRead Morefacet: Main type: Traditional locale: en_US title: Geri's Garden Spa facet_type_id: b31d3a90-5f37-1032-bbfb-260ad5732487 html_text: A tribute to the owner's mother Geri, who during her life dreamt of a quiet haven to relax and rejuvenate, Geri's Garden Spa makes that aspiration a realization with its cozy environs and soothing services. Escape is as easy as settling in for a hot stone or mommy-to-be massage. The staff accommodates guests hiding away from the bustle of the world for a brief period by rendering, for example, the rejuvenation facial—its herbal oxygenated sprays and vitamin enrichments giving the face a radiant glow and makes reflective plastic unnecessary when riding a bicycle at night. Aromatherapy body cocoons and eucalyptus wraps, alternatively, ensconce bodies in botanicals, hot towels, and moisturizers, which make personal care comforting and enjoyable.7974 California AvenueFair Oaks, CA US
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The Paxton Bedroom Collection offers classic clean styling and design that will add a sleek modern look to any bedroom. This collection is crafted from Tropical Mahogany solid wood and Birch wood veneer with shaped modern drawer handles in a lustrous chrome finish. The nightstands are finished in a rich chocolate brown tone with highlights ranging in hue from yellow to burgundy. Each nightstand includes 1 drawer and a large open shelf for storage or display. Featuring sanded & stained solid wood drawer boxes with full extension ball bearing drawer glides and English dovetail joinery, the Paxton Nightstands not only accent the beautiful Paxton Collection, but they also shine as stand-alone bedroom pieces.
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- 23"W x 17"D x 26"H
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In Nogales Arizona, the latest news on the US/Mexico border is… robotic.
The National Center for Border Security and Immigration has a new virtual border patrol agent.
Meet the AVATAR, or Automated Virtual Agent for Truth Assessments in Real-Time.
(Sound of AVATAR greeting: "Hello, I am AVATAR")
He's bilingual, friendly, professional, and a computer.
His face smiles at you from a touch-screen kiosk.
Travelers who frequently cross the border can apply for something called the Trusted Travelers program.
Despite a wet monsoon season, Flagstaff is still in a drought.
The low water level has the city water department waiting for next spring.
Brad Hill, Director of Utilities for the City of Flagstaff reports that Upper Lake Mary is currently at 23% of its full capacity.
Hill says the 5-year-average at this time of year is 49%.
Lake Mary supplies about half of Flagstaff's water supply, the other half coming from aquifers.
Hill says the lake isn't filling because the forests soak up the water.
The last time you visited the Grand Canyon, what did you take away?
Photographs? An appreciation of natural beauty?
Certainly memories.
Composer Erik DeLuca is taking away sound.
As the Park's most recent artist in residence, DeLuca's using the sounds of the Grand Canyon to create music.
What do you hear when you go to the Grand Canyon?
Recent park visitors said, "You could hear the wind rustling."
"It's a nice peaceful silence."
"A gentle breeze and/or silence."
But to Erik DeLuca, the canyon is by no means quiet.
Flagstaff officials fired up a new solar panel installation on Tuesday.
The city has installed 2,000 solar panels spanning 4.3 acres, and has plans for more.
A celebratory crowd gathered to flip the switch on a new solar installation.
The array, out at the Wildcat Hill Wastewater Treatment Plant will provide 21% of the facility's needs.
The city is working with an energy developer to offset the high energy costs of running the plant.
This is the first of three planned installations.
As students head back to school, yellow buses are going to become a common sight again. But this fall, buses won't be ferrying just students.
North Country Healthcare has just launched a new mobile clinic in a bus.
The clinic will bring primary healthcare to elementary schools in Flagstaff.
Arizona Public Radio's Sierra Eckert has this story…
A bright orange Frelightner bus sits outside Killip Elementary school in Flagstaff.
But, it's not full of backpacks and lunchboxes.
It's a mobile health clinic.
Developers have proposed setting up a sledding and tubing area on the south side of McMillan Mesa.
But on Tuesday, the Flagstaff city council voted to postpone a decision on leasing the land to the developers.
Cries of "Read it! Read it" from members of the public who gathered at City Hall have sent the Flagstaff City Council back to the books.
Their summer reading?
A proposal that would lease city property to developers of a SnoPark.
As much of Northern Arizona holds its breath waiting for rain, residents in the Timberline neighborhood are not as hopeful.
This summer's monsoon season could bring more devastating floods.
Coconino County and the Forest Service have plans to build channels to keep mud and floodwaters from damaging homes.
But, these plans depend on approval of all homeowners, and not everyone is falling in line.
After the 2010 Schultz Fire burned 15,000 hillside acres northeast of Flagstaff, residents in Timberline are all too familiar with summer flooding.
You are twice as likely to die from a gunshot in Arizona as in New York City or in Los Angeles.
According to recent research from the Violence Policy Center, Arizona's gun death rate is among the highest in the nation.
The Center reports Arizona has a rate of 13 gun deaths for every hundred thousand people.
That may not sound like a lot, but Houston's rate is 13. And Chicago's is 15
Among states, Arizona ranks 15th highest in per capita gun deaths.


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2014 Delta Aquarids Forecast
This year the Delta Aquarids will peak 28-29 July. This year's peak occurs during a new moon, which means dark skies for optimal viewing. Begin looking for these faint meteors after midnight.
Fast Facts
About the Meteor Shower
The Delta Aquarids are active beginning in mid-July and are visible until late-August. These faint meteors are difficult to spot, and if there is a moon you will not be able to view them. If the moon has set, your best chance to see the Delta Aquarids is when meteor rates rise during the shower's peak at the end of July.
If you are unable to view the Delta Aquarids during their peak, look for them again during the Perseids in August: You will know that you have spotted a Delta Aquarid if the meteor is coming from the direction of the constellation Aquarius -- its radiant will be in the southern part of the sky. The Perseid radiant is in the northern part of the sky.
Viewing Tips
The Delta Aquarids are best viewed in the Southern Hemisphere and southern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Find an area well away from city or street lights. Come prepared with a sleeping bag, blanket or lawn chair. Lie flat on your back and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible. However, looking halfway between the horizon and the zenith, and 45 degrees from the constellation of Aquarius will improve your chances of viewing the Delta Aquarids. In less than 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors. Be patient -- the show will last until dawn, so you have plenty of time to catch a glimpse.
Where Do Meteors Come From?
Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from broken asteroids. When comets come around the sun, the dust they emit gradually spreads into a dusty trail around their orbits. Every year the Earth passes through these debris trails, which allows the bits to collide with our atmosphere where they disintegrate to create fiery and colorful streaks in the sky.
The Comet
The pieces of space debris that interact with our atmosphere to create the Delta Aquarids are suspected to originate from comet 96P/Machholz. This short period comet orbits the sun about once every five years.
Comet Machholz was discovered by Donald Machholz in 1986. Comet Machholz's nucleus is 6.4 km ( about 4 miles) across (this is a little more than half the size of the object hypothesized to have led to the demise of the dinosaurs).
The Radiant
Their radiant -- the point in the sky from which the Delta Aquarids appear to come from -- is the constellation Aquarius. The third brightest star within this constellation is called Delta. This star and the constellation is also where we get the name for the shower: Delta Aquarids.
Note: The constellation for which a meteor shower is named only serves to aid viewers in determining which shower they are viewing on a given night. The constellation is not the source of the meteors. The name of a star (Delta) is part of this shower's name in order to help distinguish it from another meteor shower, the Eta Aquarids, which peak in May.
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Sony-FIFA Partnership Marketing Program: The Value of Sponsorship
Mark Jeffery; Saurabh Mishra
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On April 6, 2005, Sony Corporation announced the signing of a global partnership program contract with the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the organizer of the FIFA World Cup. The contract, which represented the first global marketing and communications platform for the Sony Group, would run from 2007 to 2014 with a contract value (excluding services and product leases) of 33.0 billion yen (approximately $305 million). This was a very significant marketing investment for Sony, since the cost of event sponsorship with advertising was typically two or three times the cost of the sponsorship rights; hence, Sony was potentially investing a billion dollars or more on FIFA-related marketing campaigns over the next several years. Many Sony senior executives were questioning the return on investment (ROI) of the FIFA sponsorship opportunity.
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To define key metrics and articulate a methodology for campaign measurement pre- and post-campaign to quantify ROI. To design a new Sony marketing campaign to activate the FIFA sponsorship opportunity, define metrics for measurement, and learn to use a balanced scorecard approach. Since the FIFA sponsorship is a brand campaign, nonfinancial metrics are primarily used. The key to success is to have a clearly defined sponsorship marketing strategy and business objectives.
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MacBook disk drive getting really angry at me
Okay. Now, this was rather stupid of me, but last year I had left a copy of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 in my MacBook's disk drive. It was jostled around in there for a couple weeks, and when one day I actually had to put something IN my disk drive, it got really angry at me. Like, UBER angry. I pressed the eject button, and it made noises like it was ejecting, but then it sucked the disk back in. This repeated until I got so fed up with the darn thing that I took a knife and put it under the disk, pushing it up and letting it eject.
But now, my MacBook has learned from its mistakes. Now I have my brand new copy of Spore stuck in the disk drive, and it DOES NOT want to let go. I don't want to knife up my copy of Spore, so its like it is holding a hostage. Has anyone had experiences like this, and can you tell me what you did? I wouldn't want to take Mr. Mac to the repair shop.
P.S. - I've done all the stuff with Disk Utility and Unix, but to no avail. :(
I assume you have just one disk in there (I hope)
Restart and hold down the main mouse button, that is the standard way to eject stubborn disks
I tried that, but it just sucked it back in.
Did you get a change to grab it before that greedy mac took hold of it again
No, he won't let it slip out far enough. :(
Something in there must be blocking it.
You may have to take it in for repair or if you are brake
get the drive off and remove its lid and blow away anything in there that looks like it is blocking the eject. It may also be the case that the drive just needs positioning correctly
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Girlfriend hit over head with wine bottle, Leicester Crown Court hears
Posted: April 03, 2014|
An angry man kicked and punched his girlfriend after hitting her on the head with a wine bottle.
Oliver Briscoe (35) lost his temper because he had an issue about her drinking.
The frightened victim, who had blood pouring from her head, locked herself in the bathroom, but Briscoe broke the lock and got in, taking her mobile phone from her.
The woman tried to flee and, after a scuffle at the front door, escaped to a neighbour's house, wearing just her pyjamas.
Briscoe, of Station Road, Kegworth, admitted causing actual bodily harm to his then girlfriend, on October 26 last year.
He was given a 12-month jail sentence, suspended for a year, and ordered to do 180 hours of unpaid work.
He also admitted common assault upon the same woman, two months earlier, when he briefly grabbed her by the throat during an argument.
Victoria Rose, prosecuting, said the two were in a 10-month relationship, described by the victim as "fiery" up until the bottle attack.
She said the woman was a heavy drinker and Briscoe did not like it when she drank.
On October 26, she had consumed a bottle-and-a-half of wine and was watching TV.
Miss Rose said: "The defendant walked in and found a bottle of wine in her handbag.
"He hit her on the back of the head with it, kicked her in the back and punched her face several times."
She suffered cuts and swelling to her head and face and bruises to her arms, legs and back.
After she fled in fear to a neighbour's house, Briscoe began drinking and was himself intoxicated on arrest.
Judge Michael Pert QC said: "I accept you're ashamed of what you did.
"Men who beat up woman are despicable.
"It's inexcusable."
Kevin Saunders, mitigating, said: "He drank afterwards and didn't attack her when he was drunk.
"He's remorseful and ashamed and had attempted to wash her injuries in the bathroom.
"He can't understand why he used violence but he was in despair and frustrated over what their relationship had become.
"He knew she had a problem with alcohol, but thought he could offer her help and support.
"But when he found he wasn't able to nurture that relationship. He felt he'd failed."


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Analyst webinar: Matt Aslett, 451 Research: Choosing a Next-Gen Database
Choosing a Next-Gen Database: The new world order of NoSQL, NewSQL & MySQL
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His team needed to at least be able to show the defense in practice for the purposes of preparation, but Coach Cal never actually intended to use it in games. For that reason, zone installation was a quick process.
"I told them stand around and put your arms up," Calipari said, recalling his approach. "And if someone goes by you, kind of switch."
Two decades later, Calipari has softened a bit on his anti-zone stance.
Fielding the tallest team in the country, according to kenpom.com, Calipari has turned to a 2-3 zone in spots as a way to capitalize on his personnel.
"It's really good," James Young said. "It's active. We have our hands up. Coach tells us to communicate a lot so I think it's more effective than our man, really."
Calipari doesn't quite agree with that, but he does admit it has value as a change of pace. That's why he has committed himself to becoming a better teacher of zone, soliciting the help of Rob Murphy, whose Eastern Michigan team has visited Rupp Arena each of the last two seasons.
"Well, Rob at Eastern Michigan was the one who came in and really, you know, gave me the breakdowns and the drill work because you can't just do - you've got to break it down, you've got to do it, you've gotta give them an idea what they have to do and then I would call him," Calipari said.
Murphy was a longtime assistant at Syracuse under Jim Boeheim, the coach perhaps best known for zone. In fact, UK's zone has caught Boeheim's attention.
"Jim Boeheim and I talked and I said, 'You know I played your zone?' " Calipari said. "He said, 'I watch it.' He said, 'You should play more zone.' And he says, 'Every time your team gives up a 3, you go back man-to-man.' And he said, 'But if the other team makes three 3s in your man, you don't go zone.' "
Much of that can be chalked up to ribbing between two friendly coaches, but the zone has been effective in spurts since Calipari began going to it more frequently.
"In the beginning, it was kind of shaky, a little kind of gaps and stuff," Young said. "But as we practice it more, there's not as many gaps and we're communicating in it more."
The first game -- a win at Missouri -- in which No. 18/16 UK (20-6, 10-3 Southeastern Conference) used zone extensively came immediately after a road loss to the Wildcats' next opponent, LSU (16-9, 7-6 SEC). UK was blistered for a season-high-tying 87 points in the Jan. 28 defeat.
"Just the intensity and the fight just wasn't there," Julius Randle said. "It was embarrassing, but that's why we get another chance to play."
The Cats trailed by double digits for most of that icy night in Baton Rouge, La., as Johnny O'Bryant posted 29 points and nine rebounds. UK rallied in the final minutes with a flurry of 3-pointers, but don't let the 87-82 final convince you LSU was anything other than dominant.
"Johnny O'Bryant was really good, but he wasn't the only guy that outplayed us," Calipari said. "They outrebounded us. They outcoached us. They outran us. They got is in transition defense. They got us every which way to lose."
Randle and Young both conceded they are thinking about payback ahead of Saturday's 4 p.m. ET tip in Rupp Arena, but neither was about to offer anything in the way of bulletin-board material.
"I don't like to do too much talking," said Randle, who was held to six points on 3-of-11 shooting in the first LSU matchup. "We'll see what happens once we get on the court."
There will be similar intrigue regarding how often Calipari turns to the zone, which has evolved beyond a standard 2-3 in the last week. UK most often deploys the zone out of dead balls and it begins with a sort of 1-1-3 look when opponents cross mid-court.
"It's more like a tandem, like one guy up top and a guy under him," Young said. "When they get it toward the corner or anything, then we go back to our normal 2-3 zone. It's just to throw the offense off."
Calipari debuted the tweaked zone in a loss to Florida last Saturday in which UK defended as well as it has all season for the first 29 minutes. The Cats used it again in a Tuesday win at Ole Miss, holding the Rebels to 38.7-percent shooting.
Jarrod Polson drew praise from Calipari for his activity in the zone, but the real standout is Aaron Harrison.
"I'll tell you who is the best zone player I've seen is Aaron," Calipari said. "He's like; I'm calling him 'The Cat' now. The team is laughing their butt - I show them on the tape, man, he's like a cat."
Coach Cal fielded multiple questions about the zone on Friday at his regular pregame media availability, questions surely fueled in part by a rapidly growing group of zone advocates among the fan base. Calipari, however, doesn't want it to be forgotten the zone has been far from flawless.
"It's funny, people that want us to play zone it's kind of like coaching a kid and being positive 80 percent of the time and he only remembers that you get on him," Calipari said. "So the zone people out there see every stop and don't realize that Mississippi was getting back in the game because they made four straight baskets in a row (vs. the zone)."
It's in those moments that Calipari remembers why he's so staunchly relied on man-to-man defense throughout his career. Fittingly, it was a former player of his at UMass who reminded him of the same thing.
"(Auburn head coach) Tony Barbee said this to me: 'You're good in zone, Coach, but when you switch everything (in man-to-man), it's a one-on-one game. There is nothing else we can do,' " Calipari said. "When you play zone, you know they're always going to be able to get off a 3 at any point, now if they're making them, you lose."
That doesn't mean Calipari discounts the value of zone altogether. In fact, it's been a boost to a Kentucky team beginning to find its stride.
"But it's a good changeup," Calipari said, "it's a good defense for us, it's been good and we've worked on it every day which, you know, it's not something I've done in the past but we're working at it and trying to give these guys the best opportunity they can to win."


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Nuclear Non-Proliferation
By Nick Touran, June 2009
What is nuclear non-proliferation?
Nuclear non-proliferation is the effort to eliminate the spread of nuclear weapon technology. Nuclear-weapon nations and their allies don't want any other nations or entities to get the technology, and those threatened by or otherwise hostile to these nations often want to have it. Meanwhile, mothers across the world want no one to have nuclear weapons.
To reach their goal, people working for non-proliferation must secure and monitor existing nuclear weapons and weapon material, they must monitor facilities conceivably able to produce weapon material and minimize the construction of such facilities, and they must perform political gymnastics to minimize the allure of nuclear weapons to the world.
How is nuclear power tied to nuclear non-proliferation?
The two practical materials with which one can fabricate nuclear weapons are plutonium and highly-enriched uranium. Certainly the precision explosives and fabrication of weapons is difficult, but obtaining material is the major hurdle. As they currently operate, most nuclear reactors are proliferation concerns for two corresponding reasons:
- Nuclear reactors produce plutonium as they operate, which would conceivably be extracted and used for weapons.
- The enrichment plants required to fuel reactors can be operated in such a way to produce weapon material.
Thus, any country with a nuclear reactor and a plutonium chemist or an enrichment plant can "easily" develop nuclear weapons. However, both items have many subtleties to complicate their discussion.
What can be done to stop proliferation?
So, can we expand nuclear power without risking proliferation? Certainly not without being careful. Currently, the IAEA (the UN nuclear watchdog) routinely inspects nuclear facilities around the world to verify that only peaceful work is being done. They inventory all special material very carefully. If a facility doesn't allow inspectors in or shows signs of militarization, the political world decides what to do. The IAEA is not inspecting Iran's facilities nor North Korea's. Sanctions have been issued, but we have not seen any drastic action on these sensitive issues. This method of non-proliferation is called something along the lines of "safeguards and verification."
One rather harsh non-proliferation action, called Operation Opera, occurred when the Israeli Air Force bombed a nearly-completed nuclear reactor in Iraq back in 1981. This was widely condemned by the international community.
Besides inspections and political action, there are inherent changes to the nuclear power status-quo that can help with non-proliferation. The most mainstream change is the establishment of an international fuel bank, where weapon states enrich and fabricate nuclear fuel and then sell it through an internationally-controlled middleman who guarantees its delivery to non-weapon user-states. This would keep enrichment facilities out of the hands of new users of nuclear power. User-nations would benefit from not requiring the expensive front-end infrastructure of fuel fabrication, but they would probably be slightly worried about their energy supplies in any politically turbulent times. This idea has come under the names GNEP and, more recently, the international nuclear fuel bank.
Another option is to use a thorium fuel cycle, based on natural thorium minerals rather than natural uranium. This would (at least at first) still require enrichment or some other supply of fissile material, but it has the benefit of not producing plutonium. It produces U-233 which could also be used in weapons, though not as easily as plutonium.
This is the topic of much research and brainstorming, and therefore is always changing. Have a non-proliferation idea? Send it to us or post in in the forum.
Can we get rid of all nuclear weapons forever?
Technically, of course, yes we can. We can just burn the material in nuclear reactors and convert it to electricity (we actually do this. About 10% of US electricity comes from dismantled Soviet weapons). Realistically, however, the issue is that of Pandora's box. We now know that using 1940s technology, nuclear weapons can be made. Even if we could somehow convince every country to destroy their weapons (good luck keeping them from hiding just a few of them in some dark mountain cavern, for old time's sake), we cannot forget the concept. So rather than fighting for the eradication of nuclear weapons altogether, try rallying for the reduction of our stockpiles from tens of thousands to about ten.
Which countries have nuclear weapons?
Weapon states are listed here with the date of their first test in parenthesis.
- United States of America (1945)
- Russia (1949)
- United Kingdom (1952)
- France (1960)
- China (1964)
- Israel (*suspected)
- India (1974)
- Pakistan (1998)
- North Korea (2006)
* Israel has never actually admitted having nuclear weapons, but is widely accused of having many [bbc].
Several other NATO countries control nuclear weapons produced by weapon-states under the non-proliferation treaty (NPT). Detailed discussion is found on Wikipedia's List of nuclear weapons states.
Other aspects of non-proliferation
Besides stopping the production of weapons from nuclear reactor technology, non-proliferation also covers some security issues such as portal monitoring. Many folks are employed building detector systems that can scan a passing truck or shipping container and alert the user if special nuclear material is contained inside without opening it. We at whatisnuclear.com appreciate this massive effort, but concede that if someone were really to put forth the effort to build a nuclear weapon, they probably wouldn't ship it FedEx.
Yet another aspect is that of the dirty bomb. Thousands of dangerously radioactive materials exist across the world, in hospitals, laboratories, and industries. If these were attached to a standard bomb and set off in a populated area, the dispersed radiation could cause serious havoc and even radiation poisoning. We have people working on inventorying, tracking, and detecting these materials as well.


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Emmy-Nominated Movie Stars Pulling Double Duty: The Women
There was a time when downsizing for television meant a movie star's big-screen career was over. That's not the case these days, as top-notch talent pulls double duty.
Miniseries or TV movies usually attract celebrity names, such as this year's picks Alfre Woodard ("Steel Magnolias") and double-whammy Matt Damon and Michael Douglas ("Behind the Candelabra"). Lately, though, seasoned movie stars have been willing to take on television's rigorous schedule — and put out a movie or two on the side as well.
It seems hardly fair that such high-caliber stars are taking up the plum TV roles — but then again, we TV fans benefit. Here are a few from the pool of female nominees for the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, and a peek at current and upcoming film projects. (Click here for the men.)
Vera Farmiga ("Bates Motel" and "The Conjuring"): The actress generated critical buzz in the indie film "Down to the Bone" (2004), and audiences took special note of her perceptive portrayals in "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), "The Departed" (2006), and "Up in the Air" (2009). Farmiga, who started on stage, has done her share of television stints: Her first series was the short-lived "Roar," co-created by 1970s teen idol Shaun Cassidy and Ron Koslow, and starring the late Heath Ledger.
As a paranormal-seeking clairvoyant in "The Conjuring," she seems happy to be in a horror show, but her "Bates Motel" character, Norma Louise Bates, actually appealed to her maternal instincts. "Seriously, if I'm going to step away for 18 hours a day, there better be some sort of a paycheck or spiritual salary being offered. And 'Bates Motel' surprised me. [The role] made me reflect so deeply on the love I feel for my children," she told Deadline. "Also, I was craving all that cable serial television has to offer, which is the risk and the wackiness, the unorthodox." Not to mention a shot at Lead Actress in a Drama Series.Below, a trailer from her latest film, "The Conjuring."
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Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
She recently finished filming "A Most Wanted Man," based on the John le Carré novel and starring Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Now she's a part of another kind of history, as Netflix marks its transition from service to player with "House of Cards." Like Farmiga, TV is familiar territory: She already has daytime Emmys from the soap "Santa Barbara," and now she has the nomination for Lead Actress in a Drama. Either way, it's good to see her back.


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Fostering of "Unity-in-Diversity"
Comenius as Mestizo
John Francis Burke '79
living in the United States for the past two decades or more
has experienced
the increasing multicultural transformation
of the country. A nation whose historic racial/ethnic cultural
divide has been largely along black-white lines now is characterized
by a kaleidoscope of cultures and creeds. Whereas in We Hold
These Truths (1960), the natural law thinker John Courtney Murray, S.J.,
confidently contended that it was possible to effect a civil dialogue
between Catholics, Jews, Protestants, and secularists over the
moral foundations of a democracy, today this task has become much
more daunting as Muslims and practitioners of non-Western religions
have become important players in any discourse regarding the nation's
moral compass.
of the 2000 census, Latinos have become the nation's
largest minority group and in some cities constitute or soon
will constitute
(San Antonio the former; Houston the latter) an absolute majority
of the population. In an increasing number of cities, Spanish
billboards are beginning to dot the landscape; and in some media
Spanish-speaking radio stations top the ratings charts. On the
religious front, the rising tide of Latinos has swelled the ranks
of Catholics and Pentecostals in the United States. Moreover,
the sheer number of Latino immigrants continuing to stream into
United States, our geographic proximity to Mexico, Central America,
and the Caribbean, and the spread of Univision, Telemundo, and
other U.S.-based Spanish-language media suggest this "Latinoization" of
America will continue to grow, from Los Angeles to las Carolinas,
from Laredo to Nueva York.
trends have not bypassed the Lehigh Valley. Although this region
has historically been associated
with a multiplicity of
European nationalities and cultures, especially German, the
number of Latinos has been rising steadily over the past two
in Allentown and Bethlehem, at least 20% of each city's
population is Latino. The number is significantly higher
in terms of school-age population, because the average age of
comparison to non-Latinos is significantly younger: a portent
of the future. Latino politicians are beginning only now to
gain access
to school boards and city councils. The local television
station, Channel 69, broadcasts a Spanish television-news program
these developments, the question is not whether we must deal
with multiple cultures in 21st-century America,
how? In my
research on multiculturalism, I have observed that partisans
in the multicultural debate either insist that some uniform
vision of being "American" should be shared
or revel in the uniqueness of each cultural community without
much regard for what
unites us a political people. Indeed, when culture is conceptualized
as a "possession," one is left with either
the undifferentiated identity of the "melting pot" or
the relativist identities of separate cultural enclaves.
if we think of culture as a relationship between people—a
gift to be realized and shared—then we can envision
a moral political community that neither assimilates
nor separates cultural
when I do presentations on multiculturalism, I render my own
cultural heritage by displaying the "Irish
hex," a
Pennsylvania German hex sign with a large green shamrock
superimposed on the stylized birds and flowers. This
captures the world that
I, an Irish-American in the very German-American culture
of eastern Pennsylvania, grew up in. But if I were
to be accurate today, that
hex sign would have to be redrawn to reflect the impact
that Latino culture has had on my life over the past
two decades in Texas.
point is each of us has a cultural "hex sign" whose
attributes are constantly changing as we interact
with other cultures. Seeking "unity in diversity" offers
a much more constructive approach than either imposing
a monoculture or rending our communities
apart in a separatist fashion.
my recent book, Mestizo Democracy: The Politics of Crossing
Borders (2002), I
offer a constructive
for moving
beyond the assimilation-separatist impasse. I argue
that the Mexican-American
and Latino experience with mestizaje—the mixing
of cultures without the dominance of any one—offers
a basis for articulating a political theory of "unity-in-diversity." The
heritage of mestizaje conveys a "border mentality," which
accents the ebb and flow of cultures across boundaries
with mutual enrichment
being the outcome, in contrast to the "frontier
mentality," which
sees alien cultures outside the common experience
of an expanding civilization as elements to be exterminated.
Indeed, in contrast
to the "unity-in-uniformity" posed by
assimilation or the "sheer diversity" posed
by separatism, a mestizo democracy offers a vision
of unity through the intersection of
our differences that culminates neither in a tyrannical
single cultural identity nor in an anarchy of separate
ones. Ironically,
rather than the growing "Latino presence" posing
a threat (as nativists would have it), it suggests
a spirit of mixing
cultures that is vital for cultivating and embracing
a multicultural democracy.
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Amos Comenius
Panorthosia, 1644
Chapter II, part 11