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A slowdown in Iran's accumulation of its most sensitive nuclear material may have helped put off the threat of a new Middle East war for now, but Tehran's expanding uranium-enrichment capacity suggests any relief could be short-lived.
By dedicating a big part of its higher-enriched uranium to make civilian reactor fuel, Iran is removing it from a stockpile that could be used to make nuclear weapons if refined further and which would otherwise have grown faster.
This may explain why Israel - assumed to be the region's only nuclear-armed state - recently signalled that an attack was not imminent, after months of speculation that it might be.
But the trend that has emerged in UN nuclear watchdog reports on Iran this year could yet be reversible, proliferation experts say: the material can be converted back to uranium gas as long as it has not been introduced into a working reactor.
Doing so "would take a bit of time, but not more than a month or two, using technology the Iranians have already demonstrated that they have mastered," a Western envoy said.
In addition, Iran's rapid installation of new centrifuges - the machines that enrich uranium by spinning at supersonic speed - in an underground site gives it the capability to rapidly increase output, analysts say.
Even so, another Vienna-based diplomat said the fact that Iran was making reactor fuel from some of its higher-grade uranium was positive in itself. "Hopefully it could help us buy some time for diplomacy," the diplomat said.
The question of when and how quickly Iran might be able to assemble a nuclear weapon if it chose to do so is hotly debated in the West because it could influence any decision by Israel to launch military strikes against the Islamic Republic.
The United States and its allies are especially watching how much uranium refined to a fissile concentration of 20 percent Iran is amassing, as this is a short technical step away from the 90 per cent level needed for nuclear weapons.
Stoking Western alarm, Iran has sharply expanded this enrichment activity - which compares to the 3.5 per cent level needed for most nuclear power plants - over the last year to about 15 kg per month.
By August, Iran had produced 190 kg of 20 per cent uranium since this work started in early 2010, nearing the amount needed for one bomb. But roughly half had been fed into conversion for making fuel for a Tehran research reactor, or was about to be.
Producing reactor fuel has always been Iran's stated purpose for refining uranium to 20 per cent fissile purity. The West fears Tehran's ultimate goal is to develop atom bomb capability, a charge it rejects.
"The conversion to oxide is relevant because it demonstrates that there is a civilian purpose for the 20 per cent product and because the time for reconversion would have to be factored into the break-out scenario," said Mark Fitzpatrick at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) think-tank.
"It would not be practical for Iran to make a dash to produce weapons starting with enriched uranium that is in oxide form," he said.
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak referred to this development last week when he said Iran had drawn back from its alleged ambition to build a nuclear bomb by using more than a third of its higher-grade uranium for civilian purposes.
As a result, he told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, an immediate crisis was avoided and it "allows contemplating delaying the moment of truth by eight to ten months", an apparent allusion to a possible Israeli military attack.
Barak - suggesting that talk of Israeli or US strikes may have deterred Iran from building up its 20 per cent stockpile further - added however that he believed Tehran was still resolved to make nuclear weapons.
In September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations that Tehran would be on the brink of nuclear weapons capability only in the spring or summer of 2013.
Netanyahu and Barak - who regard Iran as a mortal threat - ordered Israeli defence chiefs in 2010 to prepare for an attack on its nuclear sites but were rebuffed, according to a television report on Monday.
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) last month said it did not include 20 per cent uranium converted into oxide form in its nuclear bomb breakout scenarios for Iran because of the time needed to change it back.
Iran would need at least two to four months to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for one nuclear bomb and additional time to make the device itself, the US-based think-tank said.
"Iran is progressing towards a nuclear weapons-capable state," former chief UN nuclear inspector Olli Heinonen, now at Harvard University, said. "More enriched uranium is produced, and breakout times become shorter."
World powers seeking a diplomatic solution to the decade-old standoff over Iran's nuclear programme want it to halt 20 percent enrichment, close down the underground Fordow plant where it does most of this work and ship out its stockpile.
Iran has signalled it may be ready to suspend the 20 percent activity but says sanctions imposed on the major oil producer must be lifted in return, a demand the West rejects.
Tehran's move to use some higher-grade enriched uranium for civilian purposes may be a sign of a willingness to compromise, Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment think-tank said.
"The problem is that Iran has a history of making voluntary concessions and then pulling back from those concessions. They do this again and again," Hibbs said.
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Thirteen countries will have 100 percent digital TV penetration by the end of this year, with an additional 25 countries over 90 percent. However, penetration will be lower than 50 percent of TV households in 45 countries, with El Salvador the lowest (13 percent). Digital TV penetration will more than double in 68 countries between 2010 and the end of this year.
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China became the largest digital TV household nation in 2010; more than doubling to 289 million digital TV homes (27.5 percent of the world's total) by end-2014. The USA will retain second place, with third-placed India adding 59 million digital homes to take its total to 96 million by December 2014. Brazil will nearly quadruple its total to reach to 36 million by the end of this year.
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Home > Press > Ulster Scientists Probe Dental Erosion
Scientists at the University of Ulster and King's College London are collaborating on a pioneering dental study.
They have been awarded Ł100k by the Leverhulme Trust to explore new evidence of how soft drink beverages cause dental erosion. The condition is a major national health concern, and it is hoped the study will lead to improved prevention and treatment.
The two-year study grant has been awarded to materials scientist and lecturer Dr Patrick Lemoine (pictured) and Professor Brian Meenan, an expert in biomedical materials.
They are members of the Nanotechnology and Integrated BioEngineering Centre (NIBEC) on the Jordanstown campus. They will work with Dr Sanjukta Deb from Kings College London's Dental Institute.
Prof. Brian Meenan said: "This award from the Leverhulme presents us with an excellent opportunity to establish a formal collaboration of on-going mutual benefit with colleagues at King's Dental Institute."
Dental erosion is the damage of dental enamel caused by the acidity of carbonated drinks and fruit juices.
"These drinks can act like a descaling solution that you might use to clean your kettle or acid rain that attacks the stonework of ancient limestone buildings, says Dr Lemoine, the principal investigator of the project.
Teeth have in-built shock absorbers, to protect them against a lifetime of impacts, when we chew and grind our teeth. The internal anti-impact component is 'dentine'. However, recent research shows that a small amount of soft tissue that occurs within the enamel also plays a similar role.
Dr Lemoine adds "This soft material is made up of proteins and water. It is small in content but very finely dispersed within the enamel and in effect represents the glue that binds the mineral crystals within this material.
"The idea behind the project is a simple one. Acidic ions in these soft drinks can interact with the proteins, modify their folding and structure and change their shock-absorbing capability.
"This is a new way to look at dental erosion. In effect, we are looking at effects on the mortar between the stones rather than the stones themselves. This novel approach has probably not been considered to date because these proteins represent only a very small fraction of the enamel material."
Among benefits that could spring from the project are the development of improved soft drink beverages, teeth whitening agents and dental restorative materials. And the rewards might not just be confined to teeth.
The toolkit to be used in the study consists of sophisticated atomic force microscopy techniques that can also be used to investigate issues such as protein misfolding that are relevant to several diseases.
Dr Lemoine says: "Proteins play many important roles in the body. Their function is often crucially dependent on their shape, on how they fold.
"Any change in that structure can bring biological havoc, for instance in diseases, such as Alzheimer, Parkinson, cataract, arthritis and prion diseases. Hence, any inroads into the mechanisms of protein misfolding could represent a big potential impact in our understanding and treatment of such conditions."
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I spend a lot of time running on my own. Often the times I go out don't match up with running friends, or it may be a spur of the moment thing to go for a quick half-hour around the block after sitting at my desk all morning.
But when I do get my act together to meet up with a mate for a run, I always enjoy it and vow to run in company more often.
There are plenty of benefits to having a regular running partner - not least that, in my experience, it makes you lift your game.
One of my running mates - let's call him Adrian, because that's his name - has two speeds: full-on and stop. He always goes out hard, every time.
When we run together I routinely cut 10 per cent off my average time over our favourite 10km trail run, courtesy of Adrian dragging me along and cajoling me when I'm flagging.
It's also good to have someone to have a beer with afterwards.
Then the other big benefit is accountability. If you've committed to going out to do some hill repeats with a friend at a given time then you'd better be there. You can make excuses to yourself but it's much harder to stand up a mate on a running "date".
Here are some of the other considerations when looking for a running partner:
PACE YOURSELF: You should choose someone who runs at the same pace as you over a given distance - or who is maybe just a touch faster, which will pull you along. Running with a partner who is substantially slower than you can be very irritating and may mean you won't get the best out of your workouts.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING: Some of us like to train early, punching out the kilometres before dawn, while others are just not "morning people". Your ideal partner should share your body clock settings. If lunchtime running suits you, find someone who has the same ideas; if you're a 5am type, likewise.
ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE: There's no point hooking up with someone for a regular run if they turn every session into a moan-fest. Running is hard enough without having your partner treating you like their personal therapist. You want someone beside you who is positive and encouraging about the run - and everything else.
TALK THE TALK: Sometimes it's good to talk. Other times is good to cut the chat and just concentrate on form, breathing (and, maybe, not throwing up, depending how hard you're going). Having a partner who knows the difference and who won't be offended if you are not in the mood to chat is vital.
SHARE GOALS: If you're training for an ultra-marathon and you try hooking up with a casual fitness jogger then it's not going to be a match made in heaven. Try to find someone with the same training goals as you, regardless of whether those goals are The North Face 100 or losing five kilos.
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My buddy and I have been going to Harbor Freight for well over a year now. We kinda make each other aware of "must haves" at HFT. I started out slow and small, gradually adding tools as I went along and eventually buying more expensive items that I NEED. Well one day we came upon this vise. It was like love at first sight. I wanted to grab it right away but I knew I had to wait. I read all the reviews and even checked other stores that have the same exact thing under a different name. And do you know what I found? The big box stores were charging way more than HFT and especially if you use the coveted 20% off. So, as in most cases my friend caved first. When I went to check out his HFT grinder I also got a good look at his vise in his garage. Later he sent me photos of it in action. But I still knew I had to wait. Well after recieving a HFT gift card for Christmas I knew the time had come. I went to one of the HFT's in my area with my 20% and a freebie .These things were so in demand. I saw a guy so eagerly trying to get one in his hands that it fell out and hit the floor. Nothing happened to the vise but I think it dented the floor! Well, there were no other ones there so I went to the one on the other side of town. When I went in there, there were none on the shelves! I almost had a heart attack. I found a HFT employee and asked him to check the back. 2 minutes and out he came. It was like I was 8 years old on Christmas day. I got this baby home and anchored it right on my toolbench I built 20 years ago. Now as I look at it and occasionally use it I wonder HOW DID I EVER LIVE WITHOUT THIS! This vise is versatile, well made, and ohh yeah did I say you cant find it anywhere else cheaper. My garage is now more a workshop with All the great tools Ive gotten from HFT. I gotta tell you, you put this in your garage and your wife, neighbors, everyone will hold you in high regard, whether or not you shave with a $10 shaver.
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This vise is made from cast. Their are two types of cast, one better than the other. This is made of the inferior grade. Most of the vises here at Harbor Freight...Read complete review
This vise is made from cast. Their are two types of cast, one better than the other. This is made of the inferior grade. Most of the vises here at Harbor Freight are. This vise is made in the same factory in Asia as the Irwin brand vises. With that being said; both model lines are junk. The main probelem with these low grade cast vises is that they are prone to cracking from being dropped during manufacturing or shipping. A good drop in the right place on these vises will produce a hairline crack, that will over time grow and render your vise useless.The bright side is that Irwin warranties their vises for life against manufacturer defects. If the vise cracks like mine and so many others have, you are out of luck with harbor freight unlesss you bring it back within 90 days.Purchase the Irwin branded vise from [@]. (they are about the same price) And not only do you get the lifetime warranty but you can return the vise in-store at[@]. No need to ship the heavy ($$$$) vise back to Irwin. Home dpot is set up to do the warrenty claims for Irwin.In the end you have a good value in a versitle vise that is still junk. But that junk is warrantied for life. And here is a tip about vieses in general: Don't put a cheater bar on any vise to gain leverage no matter how temping it may be. There is already great physical demands put on a vise under normal use. A vise is engineered with a certain length handle as so the user can't overload the vise by demands higher than what the vise was designed for. Bear that in mind nest time you reach for a bar to put on anything.
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This is simple and easy to use. It is fairly quick to mount to a solid surface. I love the pipe holder and the flat jaw. I use both sides quite regularly for welding and cutting. I show this one off to my friends and am glad I finally got one.
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By Richmond Restorations
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Great vise for the money, versatile and handy for clamping both flat & round stock.I'm confident it will provide many years of good service...
By Chili Pepper Man
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If anyone would have told me that this deal was in fact a deal. I would have replied, yea right. This vice is awesome. It's huge and extremely well built.Deals like this don't come around every day. If you were straddling the fence on whether or not to buy it. I recommend that you jump off the fence and grab one of these while you can.
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By just me
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Great sale price so bought it. Traded 1st in due to striped base threads. No problem replacement at store 2 days later. Always wanted this type swivel vise. Love it!
excellent value
By jake
from dunnellon florida
nicely finished
Great Vice. Glad I found this one at a good price
By Kurt
from VA
Very nice quality. I did find some metal shavings inside the vice screw assembly which might have caused problems later. Might want to check for that.
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By Biker Dave
from Texas
This vice has worked out great. I use it for light work and have a larger one for the heavy stuff. Could not be happier with the vice. A great product at a great price.
Better than expected
By James
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Cheap, foreign made as expected but seems a little more sturdy than expected. Bought for small home shop use. So far pressed bearings into a lawn mower spindle and u-joints in a truck drive shaft. Numerous items held while cutting........
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By rustymoove
from Greeley, colorado
Great for pipe work. also do some gunsmithing and this vice comes in handy with th jaw heads that swivel. Will be using this sturdy vice for a long time.
By ASC2078
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If you are looking for a good 5" bench vice, look no further. This is as good as it gets for the money. One would have to move up to an industrial vice, costing hundreds more, to do any better. I looked at some other brands that were not as nice, for twice the price. HF had them on sale which made it even better. I really like mine and I would recommend it to anyone. I especially like that this vice is totally adjustable in all directions. The clamp/jaw portion will rotate completely and the whole unit will rotate on the base. One should easily be able to position it for any purpose. When the clamp/jaw portion is rotated, there is a slot in the shaft where one can see the thread rod that tightens the jaws. This makes for easy lubrication of the threads. Speaking of lubrication, one suggestion that I would make when you mount it, is to grease and/or oil every moving part on it. After lubricating mine, it worked much smoother. Mine had a few metal shavings left inside from manufacture. You will also want to remove any of those that you might see. The only odd thing that I noted on mine, was the angle gauge behind the jaws. There is a gauge to set the rotation angle, but no mark on the jaw housing to line it up to. That is a very minor thing that is easily corrected by adding your own center mark.I hope this is helpful.
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Today, global travel search site Skyscanner, released the second of its three part The Future of Travel 2024 report, revealing how future flight passengers will be able to enjoy a stress-free and speedy check-in followed by a relaxing and personalized flight. Part two of the report, "Travel Journeys," reveals that by 2024 airports will be uplifting, intelligent spaces, providing passengers a sense of well-being, and airplanes will evolve into cyber hubs to suit travelers' business or leisure needs. In conjunction with the report, Skyscanner surveyed consumer sentiment on the current travel experience and what would be most beneficial to travelers in the future; the results of the survey pair with the reports' predictions of future consumer travel desires.
"With U.S. airlines forecasted to accommodate 1 billion passengers by 20241, airports and airlines will need to adapt to the expectations of the future traveling consumer," said Skyscanner CEO and co-founder Gareth Williams. "The travelers of the future will eagerly anticipate their arrival at an airport that has been transformed into a luxury, travel haven."
Trends Shaping the Future of Travel Journeys
The report identifies three primary areas that will see dramatic changes in how consumers fly and navigate through airports in the 2020s.
The Airport of the Future: Landside and Seamless Departure
- Consumers will take control as remote bag drop-offs, mobile check-ins and wait-time monitoring will eliminate check-in desks and queues to create greater efficiencies. These are some of the features ranked highest in terms of benefit in a survey released by Skyscanner focusing on the consumer travel experience.
- Digital bag tags will store boarding pass and destination information, harnessing the Internet of Things to create seamless transportation through the airport.
- Facial and retinal recognition software, molecular bag scanners and biometric data IDs will streamline the security process giving precious time back to the future traveler. According to survey results, 41% of respondents think most about security when leaving for the airport.
The Airport of the Future: Airside Aerovilles
- Future airports will host intelligently designed Aerovilles, delivering magic moments through art, multimedia displays, outdoor areas and amenities like exercises classes and rooftop pools.
- Passengers will enjoy a smoother path to their departure gate assisted by way-finding projection systems and virtual reality overlays.
- Phygital, a mixture of digital and retail techniques, will transform the shopping experience using tactile feedback technology to let passengers smell, feel and see product before purchasing by motion or voice.
Flights of the Future
- Reimagined aircrafts will become relaxing cyber hubs with segmented areas to cater to those who want to relax, dine or mingle with other passengers. Survey respondents ranked a "relaxing cabin" as the priority choice for a potential segmented flight experience.
- Morphing seats will offer custom levels of comfort and provide a combination mobile living room and virtual office, pre-loaded with personalized multimedia and next generation connectivity.
- The physical effects of flying will be reduced as airplanes adopt smart-lighting to reduce jetlag, dirt repelling and self-healing furnishings and sonic disrupters to reduce sound bleed.
"In the near future, airports will be an intrinsic part of the vacation experience, a place that we enjoy spending time in," forecasts Melissa Weigel, Senior Multimedia Director at Moment Factory, multimedia environment design studio. "Airports will be about giving people a better sense of wellbeing during travel."
The third part of the report, "Destinations & Hotels," will be released in Fall 2014 and will focus on the new experiences that await the future traveler, from the latest vacation hot spots to underwater and space hotels.
"Advances like these in technology, together with shifts in economic and political power, and fluctuations in culture and climate, will ultimately redefine the travel industry," predicts Filip Filipov, Skyscanner's Head of B2B. "Future passengers will receive a more customized experience that will evolve into an enjoyable and inspiring travel journey from start to finish."
To read the full report, visit www.skyscanner2024.com. To contribute to the conversation use #FutureofTravel
Research methodology
The Future of Travel 2014 is the work of a team of 56 editors, researchers and futures networkers, across key international cities. This team built a detailed picture of the next 10 years, looking at how breakthrough technologies and exciting new destinations will shape the global travel industry in the 2020s. This team explored the travel technologies and behaviors to come, by plugging into the know-how of a range of world-renowned experts, including Futurist Daniel Burrus, author of Technotrends: How to Use Technology to Go Beyond Your Competition, and Travel Futurologist Dr. Ian Yeoman.
The report also drew on the background lessons provided by digital strategist Daljit Singh; Microsoft's UK Chief Envisioning Officer Dave Coplin; Google Creative Lab Executive Creative Director Steve Vranakis; Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University; and Martin Raymond, Co-founder of The Future Laboratory and author of CreATE, The Tomorrow People, and The Trend Forecaster's Handbook. The report used The Future Laboratory's online network, LS:N Global, to supplement research, as well as findings from The Future Laboratory's annual series of Futures reports on travel, technology, food and hospitality.
From Skyscanner, the following experts were called on for their insights, expertise, and where possible, quoted directly in the report: Margaret Rice-Jones, Chairman; Gareth Williams, CEO and Co-Founder; Alistair Hann, CTO; Filip Filipov, Head of B2B; Nik Gupta, Director of Hotels; and Dug Campbell, Product Marketing Manager.
Survey Methodology
Skyscanner analyzed the findings of a survey conducted by Decipher in June 2014 of a sample of 1001 consumers representative of U.S. census on age, gender and region who had flown in the past year.
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Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site offering an unbiased, comprehensive and free flight search service as well as instant online comparisons for hotels and car hire. Having launched in 2003, it is now helping 25 million unique visitors each month to find the best deals, through powerful technology we have built across our website and mobile app.
With more than 400 employees spanning 35 nationalities across six global offices – Edinburgh, Glasgow, Singapore, Beijing, Miami, Barcelona, Skyscanner places great emphasis on its global coverage, with search available in over 30 languages.
Skyscanner's highly-rated free mobile apps are available on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Windows 8 devices and have been downloaded over 30 million times.
For more information, visit www.skyscanner.com .
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Donna Reuter heads to her hometown of Spokane for the Northwest Old Time Fiddlers Regionals April 13 after winning first place in state last weekend.
Reuter, of Hood River, won the adult division (ages 37-59) at the Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers Competition in Salem.
Reuter (pronounced "roy-ter") also took third in duets. She was joined by Pam McNamara on bass.
The state win earns Reuter a trip to the Nationals in Weiser, Idaho, July 17-23. The state organization will pay her entry fee.
Reuter will get to play in the special "Certified" Division for the state and regional champions and compete for titles including the "fanciest fiddler," "best-dressed," "most entertaining."
Reuter has placed in the top four at Weiser four times, and while this was her first win in Oregon, she was 1976 Washington State Junior Champion. Her father, Bud Johnson, and grandfather also played fiddle.
"I didn't imagine I would win when I'm at this age," joked Reuter. "I thought I was over-the-hill." Reuter works as bookkeeper for her husband's company, Fritz Reuter Construction, but she'll be playing a lot more fiddle in the coming weeks.
"I make an effort before competition to practice every day. I normally practice only once a week," she said Thursday at Hood River Valley Adult Center, where she and pianist Diane Allen played a mix of folk and classical tunes during lunch.
Asked what making music means to her, Reuter said, "It's like a different language that I use to communicate with people.
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I nearly started watering like a sprinkler
Terrific performance: David Cameron gave a tingler of a speech
He was introduced by a female voice, its tone that of an Asda manager announcing a biscuits sale in aisle three. Bing bong. 'Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron.'
Purple tie. Black suit. His own special lectern (they had wheeled away the white placky job and given him a wooden one). No whoopy-doopy waving or gameshow grins. Grim-faced, he just whispered 'thank you' twice.
It began downbeat. The first 24 lines included the following words: grave, uncertainty, fear, insolvent, danger, terror, broken, difficult, painful, decline, challenge.
Like certain composers of the Germanic persuasion, he was getting in some early Sturm, Drang und Gloom.
Then: 'We can make sure Britain is on the rise. Every battle we fight, every plan we make, every decision we take is to achieve that end.'
The phrasing could have been pinched from that song, Every Breath You Take, by the Police.
Having taken the trouble to build what Nigella might call the base of the cheesecake, Mr Cameron proceeded to give a tingler of a speech.
It was both conversational and unusually philosophical and it took a long overdue tilt at the bogus egalitarianism of 'the Left-wing Establishment'. Prime Minister, some of us have been banging on about this for yonks. Welcome aboard.
'I'm not here to defend privilege,' said this Etonian Mark Antony. 'I'm here to spread it.'
The antis will complain that there was too much schmaltz about personal sorrows. A detailed passage about his father being born 'with no heels on his feet' certainly came close to disability bingo. But it has been Labour which has repeatedly made Mr Cameron's family background a political card. Yesterday he played it back in spades.
Personal life: Mr Cameron made references to his dead son Ivan and to his late father
Anyway, he popped any air of piety when he said his late dad reckoned 'the glass was always half full – usually with something alcoholic in it'. Laughter.
The speech was sufficiently rodded with steel (on welfare, education and Squire Hamza, now of New York parish) to withstand the bile of the distant Right. And there was enough emollience, not least in its ciggy-voiced delivery and some stuff about the Health Service, to assure the Left. Unlike Ed Miliband's effort last week, this was an authentically Centrist speech.
At one point he thwacked the podium. At another he choked up when he talked about the London Paralympics.
'When I used to push my son Ivan around in his wheelchair, I always thought some people saw the wheelchair, not the boy. Today, more would see the boy – and that's because of what happened here this summer.'
Nearly started watering like a Wimbledon sprinkler myself at that point. You know what we luvvies are like.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had earlier told the Tories: 'You're lucky to have David Cameron.' Now, as Mr Cameron started motoring, you could sense the hall thinking 'Bloomberg's right'.
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He took some lumps out of Ed Miliband – a passage explaining to Mr Miliband that earnings belong to workers, not to the Inland Revenue, brought cheers.
The personal attacks on Mr Miliband were, however, minor. More than an ad hominem rant, this speech was a clear, intellectual explanation of how the Right is the friend of the less well-off. Mr Cameron sounded genuinely angry that Left-wing hardliners are wrecking chances for the poor.
The Tory movement – and this week it has at times felt more like a movement than a polyester-trousered hierarchy – listened like whippets waiting for the word 'walkies'. Every sentence was chewed. Most were swallowed.
Okay, they did not clap with much enthusiasm when he stood by his Good Samaritan view of foreign aid. But they roared at his rebuttal of naysayers on public sector reform. He used the word 'no' three times in quick succession. Almost Thatcherite.
In his peroration he started whiplashing from side to side. 'Let's build an aspiration nation!' he cried, frowning, eyes narrowing, chin lifting like a Porsche's rear aerofoil.
Terrific performance. Bloody good speech.
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BC Code Club: Notes from MarcEdit Session at SFU Library
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Vancouver Accessibility Meetup Notes
Accessiblity Meetup
Eric Molendyk from Tetra Society
- non profit org, one of the disabilities foundation
- assist people with disabilities achieve independent and fulfilling lives using assistive devices
- connect technologists and engineers who volunteer their time to help those with disabilities do what they want to do
- examples: custom holders of electronic devices, computer setups, wiring devices to work with other devices (e.g. smartphone control of powerchairs), wheelchair baby carrier, tetralights (safety bar of LED lights that attach to mobility devices)
- important that when designing physical items for wheelchair users, nothing sticks out, because liable to be damaged
Joanna Briggs from Simply Accessible
- assessment of websites, mobile apps, kiosks, anything digital
- digital accessibility guidelines: WCAG 2.0 (AODA, Air Carrier Access Act), BBC Mobile Accessibility Guidelines, Section 508
- there is no "typical" behaviour, because difference depending on individuals
- assistive technology include screen readers, zoom, voice recognition, keyboards (custom layout, high contrast), switches, eye tracking
- sometimes aspects or "features" can conflict e.g. high contrast is good for people with low vision, but can be problem with people with reading disabilities
no one has the same setup
- ways to determine accessibility: expert review (manual code review), assistive technology testing, automated testing, usability sessions with real people
- example: pop-up with small x to close an email subscription of a specific site (no semantic link, missing text equivalent, lower contrast, floating when CSS background images disappear, esc key doesn't dismiss, focus not isolated to pop-up modal)
- most important issues to tackle: keyboards, images, forms, document structure
Steph Kirkland from Vocal Eye
- describe live theatre and shows
- listeners get a handheld device to listen; describers get microphone with transmitter
- describers are trained to observe, analyze, and describe in such a way that serves the audience; background in theatre and writing
- describers put in about 25 hours to write the script, paid by fee charge to theatre
- challenge to get the word out to very niche, frequently isolated; how for theatres to accept, get funding
- theatre buddies by meeting with disabled and escorting disabled listener to the theatre
- can now offer training, can be used for classrooms and other contexts
- ticket access program with reserved seating and low ticket prices
- bringing different communities
- allow more participation
- working with small, community theatres ways to provide increased accessibility and number of disabled attendees
- after show touch sessions
- tend to use sympathetic voice, non-intrusive though not overly dramatic, nor robotic
- describer will see show at least 3 times, sometimes get review video; have learned to describe less than more
Meetup Discussion
What do people want?
* diversity of arts, physical, digital space
* assistive technology demos; see how people use it
* daily life challenges
* look at ways of filling the gaps
* mix of presentation and social time
* slack channel?
* aiming for approximately once a month (9-10 times a year)
Accessibility Needs
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* CART transcription
* copies of presenter slides, notes
Code4LibBC Day 2: Moving forward with Code4libBC Breakout Notes
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Code4LibBC Day 2: Lightning Talks Part 1
XML Databases and Document Stores, Michael Joyce, SFU
- EXIST for storing XML
- indexing and searhcing provided by Lucene
- doesn't include analysis, but can used Stanford named entity recognizer
- MASHUP of over 200 books mapped using statistical tagger and dbpedia, great for getting people started
- similarity matching to find similar content
Demo of MIK (the Move to Islandora Kit), Mark Jordan, SFU
- built at SFU in migrate digital collections to Islandora
- built in modular way, and flexible
- doesn't move to Islandora, just prepares content
- can have contentdm or csv/excel, prepares batch packages that Islandroa expects
- can run as many times as you want to get it right before loading to Islandora
- despite the name, will let you use it in other contexts e.g. move to Hydra
- parse into MODS or DC, which is what Islandora exists, but could be written to do others
- post-write hook scripts, allows scripts to be run in the background
- modules can be used e.g. metadata manipulator
- need to write config file, but not more complex than most
- metadata mapping file can also add metadata that wasn't in incoming data
- backend tool written in PHP
- hope to get people get interested to contribute different toolchanges e.g. Dspace
Making moves: Migrating from CONTENTdm to Islandora, Hillary Webb, ECUAD
- BC ELN started Arca, IR for all post-secondary schools
- migrated from ContentDM to Islandora
- created custom displays to display custom metadata
- had to manually regenerate derivatives, but would want to script it in the future
- most issues left over has to do with display e.g. list vs. grid per collection
Open Collections Future – Linked Data APIs, Stefan Khan-Kernahan, UBC
- very little data is linked at this point
- want to propose that authors have persistent digital identifier through ORCID to build profiles, use ORCID to markup and import citations
- can add schema and do something similar to call number
- show related articles currently based on search but if use ID, can build richer ways to show related articles e.g. same person, others that they've collaborated with
- can build citation and reference lists
PDL Report, Caroline Daniels, KPU
- Provincial Digital Library, but didn't really consult anybody.
- put some money to BC ELN to build Arca
- next step is to build discovery layer on top of Arca and other digital collections
- had a meeting, will get report in ~2 weeks
- larger symposium next to BCLA; and will likely be other smaller groups
- the ministries have said there is no money to do this
- come up with some solutions and they might be able to find money
- a task group is forming to see what we might do
- digital collections environmental scan done by Mike Conroy
- the focus is to benefit the whole province
Batch Record Editing Processes Breakout Group Notes
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Code4LibBC Day 1: Lightning Talks Part 2
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Code4LibBC Day 1: Lightning Talks Part 1
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Beloit City Councilor Eric Newnham appears as an extra in the new Transformers movie
Eric Newnham went from the Beloit City Hall forum to a Hollywood movie set.
The Beloit City Councilor and owner of Denali's restaurant can be seen as an extra in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." The third film in this blockbuster series opened nationwide Wednesday in 2-D and 3-D.
"I'm thrilled to be a tiny piece of this amazing production," Newnham said. "Everyone should see the film. They're really going to love it."
Newnham is inviting the community to see the film along with himself at a special showing of "Transformers" Friday at 7 p.m. at the Marcus Theatres in Menomonee Falls.
The Beloit native and his fellow extras will receive the star treatment as they will be arriving in limousines wearing their costumes before entering the theater on a red carpet. They are expected to arrive between 6 and 6:30 p.m.
"It should be pretty fun," he said. "I hope people attend. It's good for Beloit as well. It's generating a lot of excitement."
For instance, he said TV crews from Madison and Milwaukee are expected to line the red carpet.
Newnham has had to wait about a whole year for the big premiere.
In order to try out to be an extra, he had to wait in line along with thousands of others on the streets of downtown Milwaukee last June on a blistering hot day.
Newnham, who was selected as one of 25 men and 25 women, filmed his scenes in and around the Milwaukee Art Museum on two just as blistering hot, long days last July. He was careful not to disclose too many details, but he said he plays a business executive in a non-speaking role who can be seen in shots in and around the museum.
"People were constantly moving," Newnham said of his experience on set. "I can't say enough of how impressed I was with the crew. They were just so professional. Every little attention to detail was addressed and to the most minute detail. Everyone was professional and obviously focused on creating an amazing movie."
Naturally since it was a movie set, Newnham got to see up close and personal stars like Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, as well as director Michael Bay.
"They were everyday folks," Newnham said of the stars, whom he said their privacy he respected. "Everyone was very nice."
Often he would be seated at just a few tables away from some of the stars at the breakfasts and lunches they shared together in an air-conditioned tent, and another time he had a close encounter with LaBeouf when the two were at breakfast by themselves.
Playing an extra in "Transformers," however, wasn't Newnham's first brush with fame.
An acting major at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., he had the opportunities to play a minor, speaking role in "Karate Kid Part II" and a principal role in a TV movie. He got offered these roles while on spring break his senior year of high school in Los Angeles, but he had to turn down the roles because he didn't want to drop out of Beloit Memorial High School.
"I wish I would've taken (those roles), but my life has been very exciting and interesting, so I'm perfectly happy," Newnham said.
Newnham, who has also taken acting classes at Beloit College, continues to stay involved in the film industry by working on a film with one of his friends. Called "Integration," the film tells the story of his friend's grandmother's experience in a Russian concentration camp.
Due to the impact and excitement generated over films, Newnham also hopes Wisconsin's film tax credits get reinstated. He believes films shot in Wisconsin can bring lots of tourism dollars and encourage people to visit or re-visit the area.
Meanwhile, he encourages people who can't make Friday's showing in Menomonee Falls to see "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" here at Beloit's Luxury 10 Cinemas.


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Profits Are Progressive
Is profit a dirty word? Would the world be better off without them?
Is profit a dirty word? Would the world be better off without them?
International trade operates under the same general principles as domestic trade.
The marginal utility of human work does not diminish, as the number of workers increases. As the size of a market grows, the value of firms and workers within it rises.
When Congress creates a special privilege for some Americans, it must of necessity come at the expense of other Americans.
What actually makes for a more just society experiencing greater opportunity, improved conditions and rising standards of living for virtually all over the long run? In a nutshell, three words: freedom, competition and trade. These are Adam Smith's "open sesame" to alleviate poverty, privilege, and inequity in society.
As Ludwig von Mises explained, an enterprise or activity is either guided by the pursuit of profit or it is not: Make profits by satisfying consumers better than the market supply-side rivals or meet the legislative mandate of the government bureau or agency by following the rules and procedures specified in your job description.
The Federal debt has now crossed the $19 trillion mark. When George W. Bush entered the White House in 2001, Uncle Sam's debt stood at $5 trillion. When President Bush left office in January of 2009, it had increased to $10 trillion. Now into seven years of Barack Obama's presidency, the Federal debt has almost doubled again.
Carl Menger is a towering figure, not only for the development of his variation on the "marginalist" theme, but for originating a still unique and distinct and highly relevant approach to economic and social analysis that still rightly bears the name, the "Austrian School."