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I would favor retaining it with limitation to digital images. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
I would favor retaining it with limitation to digital images. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
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Link to paper: Colour Content (RDA 7.17), revised July 2013
Proposal or Discussion Paper:
If this goes forward, should it be as a proposal or as a discussion paper?
If we're not yet sure whether we want to go with Option 1 or Option 2, I would think we'd want to go with a discussion paper. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
Instructions, vocabulary, or both?
Option 1 continues to present a set of instructions. Option 2 defines a vocabulary. Does CC:DA want to submit both options or just one?
I would favor sending both options. First, because I can't quite decide between the two, and second, and more importantly, because John Attig recommends it. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
Tinted and toned as colour content:
Is there agreement to the narrow definition given here? Is there any interest in expanding the definition?
I favor the narrow definition. I know that technically the photo is no longer black & white if it's tinted/toned, but it's tinted/toned on top of the underlying black & white photo. I favor not being too literal about black & white being colors. Black & white refers to a type of photography that pretty much everyone can understand, even if it actually results in a range of black, grays and white (when my niece was young she referred to black & white movies as "gray & white"). Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
Tinted and toned as production method:
Add a separate section (3.9.4) for Production Method for Tinted and/or Toned Images or leave it in Colour Content and raise the issue for JSC discussion?
I think most catalogers are going to think of tinting/toning as a matter of colour, not production method, and I definitely think that users of records will be looking for it as colour related information. I would leave it in Colour Content and raise the issue for JSC discussion. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
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Retain this with the limitation to digital images?
I would favor retaining it with limitation to digital images. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
I agree. --Dan-Lipcan (talk) 04:12, 24 July 2013 (PDT) (ARLIS/NA)
Text and background:
Should this be generalized further by removing "for a resource intended for persons with visual impairments"?
I would favor leaving the qualification, because that's when it's really important to know that information about the resource. I doubt the usefulness of requiring catalogers to record every text/background color combo used for style purposes. Steve Kelley (CC:DA) 7/23/2013
General comments about this proposal
A typo in the credit for the definition of "colour": Thurstan, not Thurston. --Robert J. Rendall (talk) 12:36, 22 July 2013 (PDT)
Typos in the first 18.104.22.168 example, both options: "black-and-white" has retained its hyphens. --Dan-Lipcan (talk) 04:02, 24 July 2013 (PDT)


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Central Concrete Supply Co. Inc, a business unit of U.S. Concrete Inc., is known for environmental initiatives such as reducing the carbon footprint of its operations. Now, the San Jose, Calif.-based producer is leading the industry in what could be the next game changer for concrete: Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
EPDs are a means of quantifying the environmental performance of building materials, similar to food nutrition labels. They disclose environmental data such as carbon emissions, water use, and embodied energy. For specifiers, EPDs represent the first tangible measurement of concrete's impact on the built environment—a potential advantage over other materials. "The concrete industry is in an enviable position: We can produce higher quality concrete that's also better for the environment," says Jeff Davis, vice president and general manager for Central Concrete.
For six years, the 35-year industry veteran has been measuring the impact of Central Concrete's products and operations, and working to share his process with the industry. In 2009, he was a founding member of the Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) a group of researchers, associations, designers, and manufacturers dedicated to bringing life cycle assessments to concrete design and construction, and devising standards for reporting carbon footprints of products and building systems.
The group has already addressed two major requirements for measuring concrete's environmental impact: standardized data and a scalable reporting process. In 2012, CLF released Product Category Rules (PCR) for concrete, which provide a road map for developing EPDs. "The heavy lifting has been done by Kathrina Simonen (CLF director and assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington) and her students," says Davis. "Now, producers have a way to present data and measure performance, and designers can trust the results."
Producers begin by conducting product Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), including factors such as raw material extraction, production, distribution, end use and disposal, and energy use. To complete this step, Central Concrete hired Climate Earth Inc., a Berkeley, Calif., consultant specializing in environmental metrics, to analyze its operations and products.
Mike Donovan, director of quality assurance and research for Central Concrete, along with Climate Earth, quantified the data and applied it to all of the producer's individual mix designs. With more than 25 years in the industry, Donovan leads Central Concrete's Quality Assurance Lab and supports U.S. Concrete's National Research Lab in San Jose.
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The NRMCA served as a program operator to oversee the process, and Athena Sustainable Materials Institute provided third-party verification of Central Concrete's EPDs to meet ISO Standard 14025 requirements.
The next challenge—educating specifiers—falls to Ryan Henkensiefken, P.E., Central Concrete's business development engineer. Formerly technical services manager of U.S. Concrete's National Research Laboratory, he helped develop the producer's low-carbon concrete mixes, and co-invented Aridus Rapid-Drying Concrete. But his love of the outdoors may be what qualifies him best for his new role.
Henkensiefken meets with specifiers, hosts seminars, and promotes EPDs through various committees. "LEED v4 is generating more interest in EPDs, but some firms hesitate to specify them until they become more widespread. Ultimately, it's up to producers to drive the process," says Henkensiefken.
To help producers respond to the inevitable demand, the CLF is ramping up educational efforts and creating more resources for producers. The NRMCA also plans to create an industry average EPD for concrete, for which producers will be asked to provide mix design data.
In October, Central Concrete became a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council-Northern California Chapter's Building Health Initiative, focusing on elevating green building as a public health benefit and promoting transparency standards for building materials.
"We are at the table with major customers of the construction industry, trying to solve the same problems," says Henkensiefken. "Producers can become part of the conversation if we make an effort to be there."
Visit www.centralconcrete.com for more on the producer.
Shelby O. Mitchell is a Berwyn, Ill.-based editor and freelance writer, and is a former editor of TCP. E-mail email@example.com.
San Jose-based ready-mix producer, Central Concrete, is the first U.S. producer to create self-declared Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for all of its mix designs. To-date, 1479 individual mix designs have been third-party verified, and the rest are undergoing the verification process.
"Creating an EPD for your first mix is the toughest to do," says Jeff Davis, vice president and general manager. "Once you develop a formula for the first one, it's a matter of crunching numbers – you can easily do hundreds, or thousands more."
Producers can follow five basic steps:
1 – Determine which concrete mixes to evaluate
2 – Conduct a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) – measure "cradle to gate" factors such as raw materials and distance of transportation to determine the product's overall environmental impact
3 – Crunch the numbers – apply values to environmental variables for each mix
4 – Declare the results – EPDs can be self-declared or verified by a third party. Third-party verification should allow the EPDs to meet the requirements of more green building rating systems. EPDs created as a category of products or as an industry average contribute to a partial credit in LEED v4. Product-specific, third-party verified EPDs should contribute to a full credit.
5 – Release the EPDs to market – based on established Product Category Rules, all third-party verified EPDs must be made available to the public.
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The techniques on this site might be useful for cutaways of buildings.
The amount that goes into these technical drawings is phenomenal. Makes our cities look easy by comparison.
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GERMANTOWN, Md. (WUSA9) -- He killed a promising teenage female recruit before turning the gun on himself Monday. But could Staff Sgt. Adam Arndt have been preying on even more teenage girls?
Here's what we do know: Police say 31-year-old Army recruiter Adam Arndt shot 17-year-old Michelle Miller to death in his Germantown townhouse, then killed himself Monday. We also know he was married to a 21-year-old recruit who friends say he met when she enlisted at the Gaithersburg recruiting center where he worked.
Now, Montgomery County police are trying to find out who else he may have been involved with.
Paul Starks of Montgomery County Police shares, "There's always that possibility when you hear about one." So, police are leaving no stone unturned in their investigation.
Starks says, "Investigators are contacting those that were in the process of entering the Army Reserves this summer and may have had professional contact with Mr. Arndt."
Friends say Arndt and 17-year-old recruit Michelle Miller had some kind of romantic relationship. The star athlete's father apparently saying the Rockville High School senior seemed "a little smitten with this guy."
Arndt was married to a 21-year-old recruit when she enlisted. And you might find this disturbing, Arndt dressed up to take a Clarksburg High student to the prom last year, while he was married.
The Army is also looking into whether Arndt had any additional inappropriate relationships. Recruiters are not allowed to socialize or have personal relationships with recruits.
Tonight, this is top of mind for Montgomery County Police, says Starks, "We're reaching out, talking with people in the Army, talking with his family, her family, friends of each of them, and then anyone who may have had contact with Mr. Arndt, professionally."


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The land of spice
India's patchwork of food styles is a savory, flavorful product of its long and varied history
In addition, if you'd like to try an Indian main dish first, without fussing with spices, stores such as Sprouts offer prepackaged sauces for such delicacies as Chicken Korma. We simmered the ready-made sauce with diced chicken breast and onions — it was quick and delicious.
Homemade yogurt and homemade Indian cheese are staples of Indian cuisine. The classic spice blend Garam Masala (which means "warming spices"), often featured in the cuisine of India, is available in the spice section of supermarkets such as Vons. Curry Powder, too, can be bought there.
But like most Indians, we grind our own Garam Masala and Curry Powder with a spice mill. If you love Indian food, it's well worth the extra effort. A mortar and pestle will do the job, but I discovered — red-faced, breathless and grumpy at the end — that grinding whole spices this way is difficult and time-consuming. Invest in a spice mill from a kitchen shop.
Here are some of the most delicious dishes of India to start you on a personal adventure in cooking with India's exotic, aromatic spices.
the essentials of indian cuisine
These ingredients are commonly used in Indian cooking, but you don't need all of them to add an exotic spiciness to food.
Recipes for curries and masalas (meaning "spice blends") vary widely from family to family and region to region. Despite India's reputation for hot, spicy foods, it's not necessary to make dishes excruciatingly hot to create the delicious, exotic and healthy foods common to Northern and Southern Indian cuisine.
In India, most spices are freshly ground from the whole spice (cinnamon bark, whole cloves, etc.) right before adding to food. Many of them are "tempered" or roasted for a few minutes in a hot skillet to enhance their flavors, but it's not absolutely necessary to roast spices before using. They are wonderfully flavorful, even if you opt for pre-ground spices from the supermarket, and decide not to roast them.
Allspice: A tiny dried berry, very aromatic with the fragrance of cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. It's best to buy fresh, whole allspice and grind just enough for the recipe you're making. But ground allspice can be substituted.
Cardamom: The third most expensive spice in the world, after saffron and vanilla, black cardamom is used in curries, soups and stews, while sweeter green cardamom with its slightly fruity flavor dressed up South Asian desserts.
Chili peppers: Fresh and dried, they add a hot, fresh fruit flavor to Indian dishes. Substitute mild long Anaheim or New Mexico chilies for a medium-hot flavor, or choose jalapeño or serrano chilies for very hot flavor. Always wear rubber gloves when handling chilies, as they can be caustic and cause burning to mouths and eyes.
Chutney: There are numerous recipes for this condiment that enhances Indian foods. Chutneys combine certain fruits, nuts, herbs and spices.
Cilantro: Also known as "Chinese parsley," cilantro is the leafy green part of the coriander plant, imparting its bold, distinctive flavor to Mexican dishes as well as Indian cuisine.
Cloves: Used sparingly in Indian cuisine due to its strong, sweet aroma, it is the tiny dried flower of an evergreen tree. It's best if you grind it yourself from the whole bud as needed, but it's also available ground.
Coriander seeds: A member of the carrot family, its sweet, slightly citrusy flavor is very popular in Indian cuisine. Best ground from fresh as needed, but if you substitute ground for fresh, use half as much as called for in the recipe.
Cucumber: Widely used in cooling sauces and dips, called "raita" (pronounced "ry-tah").
Cumin seeds: A member of the parsley family, this is used whole or ground in Indian cooking to flavor oil for frying, or ground in popular Indian spice mixes or "masalas."
Curry powder: Actually a British-inspired Indian spice blend, this is available in spice sections of supermarkets. However, Indian cooks grind their own curry powders fresh at home for cooking; these are by far superior in flavor, although the commercial powder can be used in cooking Indian dishes.
Garam masala: This literally means "hot" or "warming" spice. It's available at large supermarkets but easily homemade by combining these ground spices: 1 tablespoon cumin, 2 teaspoons turmeric, 2 teaspoons ginger, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, plus 1½ teaspoons each of coriander, cardamom and black pepper; and 1/2 teaspoon each of ground cloves and nutmeg. Store in an airtight container in refrigerator. Yields a bit more than 1/4 cup garam masala.
Garlic: Fresh garlic is important in Indian cuisine, as is chopped onion.
Ginger: Fresh ginger root, grated just before use. Remaining ginger root may be stored, well-wrapped, in the freezer.
Lemon and lime: Freshly squeezed juices add a bit of tartness, flavor and vitamin C.
Lentils: Called "dal," these provide nutrition and are the healthy basis of numerous Indian dishes. Lentils come in colors including green, yellow, red and brown, and are an important part of the daily diet.
Mango: A mainstay in Indian chutneys and yogurt lassi.
Mint: Chopped fresh mint is added to yogurt raita, cooling lassis (a fruity or spicy yogurt drink), and many other Indian dishes.
Saffron: The world's most expensive spice: 75,000 flowers equal 1 pound of saffron, costing up to $5,000 per pound. Saffron adds flavor, fragrance and golden yellow color to India's cuisine. Very tiny amounts are needed per dish, making saffron affordable, though costly, and there's no substitute for it.
Tamarind: A pod that adds a touch of slightly bitter flavor, often available as a paste, but lemon or lime may be substituted if it's not readily available.
Turmeric: Important in Indian cooking and Ayurvedic medicine, turmeric adds bright yellow color as well as flavor, and has recently been scientifically proved to enhance health and well-being.
Yogurt: Plain yogurt is vital in Northern and Southern Indian cuisine, as a base for cucumber raita (a mild sauce) and many other Indian dishes. Creamy, slightly tart and refreshingly cooling after spicy foods, yogurt also enhances digestion and is beneficial in other ways to health.
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Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics have yet to lose since Rajon
Rondo suffered a torn ACL, and none of their six wins following the All-Star
point guard's injury were as impressive as Thursday's 116-95 pasting of the
rival Los Angeles Lakers.
Paul Pierce led the way with 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists for
the Celtics, who shot 53 percent from the field and led by as many as 32. Jeff
Green donated 19 points off the bench, while Jason Terry and Kevin Garnett
added 15 apiece in the rout.
The Lakers welcomed back Dwight Howard, who missed three straight games with a
shoulder injury, but the All-Star center was a virtual non-factor in totaling
nine points and nine rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
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Lands of Fagacea will be my first map, but i just started to draw and got some doubts that is making me stop and not think it nice.
As soon i get new solutions i will updating here about this map.
First big change in the shape. The area north from Tristania got a connection with the North Pole. Wanted get a "epic" ship cross between the ice for one of the Larcenia Expeditions getting oil and sending to Valdorn. Trying to get better visual after find a new style to finish shape forms.
Historic of the thread
Let me show my problens:
I am using Photoshop for this map.
[CHANGED]The Map (Updated nov, 26, 2112)
Followed to create a big map using as reference of small maps of 2400x1800 px, can edit the big map with new dimensions for a more or less detailed map[FIXED]Resolution:
nov, 26: Still dont know how to define the resolution, my map got so huge!
I followed the instructions in http://www.cartographersguild.com/tutorials-how/2596-[award-winner]-bitmapped-images-technical-side-things-explained.html and used 1280x 1024 in beggin, but after the progress map got much more bigger.
Now i dont know if this map need to follow a standard or something
So i lost the resolution of all my brushes making me use they as 30~45 px
Getting better resolution and reducing the File size
I Created a standard re-drawing my icons following a standard of dimensions, like using 20 px for trees, 35 for towns and montains. Drawing with small dimensions help to not lost the resolution when i use it bigger.[FIXED]Bigger is in the original size, after scanner and make the vectors, and the small is the 30 px
Is it normal? i am felling something wrong and need orientation
I saw some ppl using this feature in GIMP very well but still not found a way in Photoshop, so i give up to try and started use it manualy[ABORTED]The other question is about brushes, i tried find something it here, but i gues it is so specific that is making hard to find one thread saying about. I will show my montains, looks like one is one montain over the other and not one covering the other. I want that one montain hide the lines of the other montain, is it possible?
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I have never been able to clear a snorkel that has water in it. I dont seem to have the lung power to push the valve open, and water seems to just leak in. I have tried several brands and have the same issue. Do you have any suggestions, or should I go with a snorkel that does not have a purge valve?
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Testimony :: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Chairman - Helsinki Commission
Today's hearing provides a timely opportunity to review human rights developments in Greece as well as implementation of other commitments undertaken by the Hellenic Republic as an original participating State of the 55-nation Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), including those on combating terrorism.
Greece led Europe in the number of anti-American attacks in 1999: there were 20 terrorist attacks against American targets in 12 months, and 52 anti-American protests in that period. All this before 9/11. And not one–not one– arrest was made.
Over the past 25 years the terrorist organization 17 November has killed 23 people including a CIA Athens station chief and several other Americans. It has also fired mortars on the Athens branches of major multinational corporations (Proctor & Gamble, American Express, BP, Alico, Nationalen Nederlanden, IBM, Citibank, McDonald's, General Motors, Chase Manhattan Bank, Midland Bank, and Banque National de Paris). To date not a single member of the organization has been arrested.
By the grim standards of modern terrorism, some might be tempted to dismiss 17 November as a modest threat. It should have been put out of business long ago. But it has reportedly recruited new, younger assassins and greatly expanded its range of weapons and explosives. Its success has encouraged copycat activities, with more than 100 bombings in Athens in 2000 by a plethora of groups.
Despite scores of attacks - many with eyewitnesses - there have been no arrests. No suspects have even been identified. Many Western countries have faced radical leftists, but Greece stands out for its inability to make meaningful progress in combating domestic terrorists.
Few Greeks believe police failure is an accident. Repeatedly, key information about investigations is leaked to the tabloid newspapers. In the fall of 2001, six months of hard work by some of Scotland Yard's best investigators - sent to Greece after the murder of the British defense attaché in June - was exposed in two Athens dailies. Time and again, witnesses who have given police "secret" testimony have received threatening phone calls or seen their cars firebombed by way of warning.
Now, as a former Olympian, I am concerned about the possibility of terrorism recurring in Athens during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and raised these concerns last year in meetings with Greek officials. I urge the Government of Greece to make demonstrable progress in rooting out domestic terrorist groups, including 17 November, that have operated for decades with impunity.


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A recent trip to the Aloha State included a non-stop exploration of the local food scene. In this second of three posts, I look back at our favorite gastro memories from "The Garden Isle," where we enjoyed a porky burger, primo poke, and, of course, shaved ice.
Hawaii's heritage hogs are showcased at this easy-to-miss roadside restaurant inside an unassuming mini mall. Though it's not on the menu, the namesake burger – made with half Kauaian beef and half local pork ground together – is the top choice here. A close second is the Kauai-Cubano, which bookends Kalua pork, ham, house-made pickles, Swiss cheese, and onion-mustard between a soft, yet hearty, roll. Both go down well with a refreshing glass of the homemade ginger-lemonade.
This Hanalei institution deserves the considerable attention heaped upon it. For a more casual happy hour or a relaxed lunch, sit out on the lanai; grab a seat at the sushi bar if you're super serious about your sashimi; dine inside the restaurant if you want to be in the shade. The beer battered fish tacos (made with the catch of the day) and the spicy tuna ahi poke (it's not on the menu, but it's available) are your two best bets, though you can't go wrong with the sushi.
Good shave ice is impossible to beat on a hot Hawaiian day and this stand makes a superlative version. Get a "root beer float" by asking for a scoop of vanilla at the bottom, root beer syrup, and a snowcap of condensed milk on top. My favorite featured a hidden globe of coconut ice cream at the core with lilikoi and mango syrups drenching the finely razored ice (seen above).
You could drive by this shop a thousand times without looking at it twice, but you'd be making a mistake. This mini-mart stocks a wide variety of simple, freshly made Asian foods packaged to go. The rice-packed yuba and the fried chicken were both standouts and only cost $5 total, making it the meal deal of the trip.
The stereo at this slapdash pizzeria bangs out the requisite reggae tunes non-stop, while the half-stoned hippie hipsters behind the counter turn out surprisingly quality pies. The crust here is made with coconut water and comes topped with everything from locally sourced Kalua pork and Maui onions to more unexpected items, such as sauerkraut and beets. Friendly warning: your pizza will probably take at least 30 minutes to make, so bring along your vacation reading or take the time to walk around the nearby shops.


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Put your prediction for the semi final games and finals here as well as your big upset prediction.
My big upset is Texas over K State. I think KU is lucky that Texas moved up to the 7 seed.I've got Kansas and ISU in one Semi with OSU and Texas in the other.ISU loses to Okie State in the Final.
"There are five real good recruits in the state. We got three of them. One couldnt get into school, and the other went to (the University of) Iowa...which is about the same thing." - Coach Johnny Orr
I too have Texas beating KSU. My final is Baylor over ISU.
Originally Posted by SC Cy
I too have Texas beating KSU. My final is Baylor over ISU.
I'm fairly sure the OP is talking about men's not woman's.
If it is Baylor and ISU, I don't see Baylor winning.
I'm worried...will leave it at that. Team really needs to show up and play with a chip on their shoulder. Tired of going out in the first round, but it very well could happen again.
I hope it is ISU and KState. I just think it will be especially sweet to beat the mildcats head to head in the big game.
I honestly think it will be OSU vs Kansas mostly because we haven't won a game in the Big 12 tourney in how many years?
My predictions:
1st Round:
(7) Texas 74, (10) TCU 55: Texas is 5-3 with Kabongo back in the lineup. TCU's only Big 12 victories are ironically not against the bottom teams, but Kansas and Oklahoma. TCU puts up a decent fight, but Texas will be too much.
(8) West Virginia 68, (9) Texas Tech 54: Looking back, I still can't believe we lost to Texas Tech. They're looking awful right now. West Virginia, despite having their worst season in years, still swept Texas Tech in the regular season. It shouldn't be any different in the Big 12 tournament.
(5) Iowa State 81, (4) Oklahoma 74: Offensively, this could be a fun game to watch. We have a great offense, and when we are hitting threes, we are nearly unstoppable. However our defense is pretty bad so Oklahoma will keep up with us. As long as we get a few stops, we will win.
(1) Kansas 86, (8) West Virginia 62: The Jayhawks put the Mountaineers out of their misery and dominate to set up a third meeting with Iowa State in the semifinals.
(2) Kansas State 68, (7) Texas 64: The Longhorns were swept by K-State in the regular season, but they were without Myck Kabongo for the first game, and Kabongo was only in his fourth game back in the second one. This one could be an upset if Texas can get clicking on offense, but I think that Kansas State will neutralize Kabongo and hold them off in this one.
(3) Oklahoma State 87, (6) Baylor 85(OT): Probably the best game of the quarterfinals. The Bears absolutely have to win this game to have any shot at making the NCAA tournament. The Cowboys are probably the hottest team in the Big 12 right now. Pierre Jackson does what he has to do to keep Baylor in it, but Marcus Smart is too much for the Bears to handle, and the Cowboys eek one out in overtime.
(5) Iowa State 86, (1) Kansas 83: It's tough to beat the same team three times, especially a team that has pushed you to overtime twice and really should have beaten you both times. I believe that we will come out with a bunch of energy, and we get our revenge on Kansas by stopping them in the Big 12 tournament.
(3) Oklahoma State 67, (2) Kansas State 62: The Cowboys and Wildcats split their games this season, and both of the games were close, so this game should be no different. Marcus Smart plays well in winning time, and the Cowboys join the Cyclones in the finals.
(3) Oklahoma State 86, (5) Iowa State 82: The Cowboys are just way too hot, and if their players are on, they'll beat the Cyclones in this game. The Cyclones put up a great fight, but they just don't have enough defense to beat Oklahoma State.
Favorite Teams:
Kansas City Chiefs: 9-7, Next Game: Offseason
Iowa State Cyclones Basketball: 15-4(5-2), Next Game: vs. TCU
Chicago Cubs: 73-89, #WeGotMaddon
I think Okie State will take it.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
Originally Posted by isuno1fan
I'm worried...will leave it at that. Team really needs to show up and play with a chip on their shoulder. Tired of going out in the first round, but it very well could happen again.
I'd be surprised if you weren't worried.
Anyway, I'm feeling good about Thursday and everything is gravy after that. Just want another shot at Kansas.
Originally Posted by jaretac
I'm fairly sure the OP is talking about men's not woman's.
If it is Baylor and ISU, I don't see Baylor winning.
Baylor my have the most talented team in the Big 12. I understand they are poorly coached but you know BU will be playing with a great sense of urgency. I can see them bowing out early to OSU but I can also see them go on a run.
8.WVU over 9.Tech
7.Texas over 10.TCU
5.ISU over 4.OU
1.KU over 8.WVU
2.K-State over 7.Texas
6.Baylor over 3.OSU
5.ISU over 1.KU
2.K-State over 6.Baylor
2.K-State over 5.ISU
I know a lot of people see how hot Baylor has been, but what is it CW always says? Baylor is Baylor is Baylor. I could see them winning one game, but I would be surprised if they make significant noise in the tourney.
9. Texas Tech over 8. West Virginia
7. Texas over 10. TCU
1. Kansas over 9. Texas Tech
5. Iowa State over 4. Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma State over 6. Baylor
7. Texas over 2. Kansas State
5. Iowa State over 1. Kansas
3. Oklahoma State over 7. Texas
5. Iowa State over 3. Oklahoma State
I'm drinking that sweet, sweet cardinal and gold Kool-Aid.
TCU cutting down the nets come Saturday night.
Originally Posted by Drive4cy
TCU cutting down the nets come Saturday night.
Bill Self will fake cry.
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Qualls announced her bid on Thursday, saying she can continue helping Cincinnati move forward. She was accompanied by Democratic incumbent Mark Mallory, who isn't eligible to run again after his second four-year term.
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The mystery of college acceptance
The annual ritual of high school seniors trying to claim a spot at a University of California campus, like at other colleges, tends to play out a bit like a courtship.
In March, each of the nine UC campuses that have undergraduate programs decide which high school seniors they like the best and make their proposals.
This week it was the students' turn to decide which suitor to accept. For all UC schools, Wednesday was the deadline for students to file their SIR or Statement of Intent to Register.
Over the next several weeks, the incoming freshman class will be finalized as universities turn to wait-listed students to fill open seats.
UC San Diego this spring admitted 24,792 students — but it only expects to have a freshmen class of around 4,800 when the fall semester begins.
History shows that around 22 percent of those receiving acceptance letters will ultimately select UC San Diego. Many students apply and end up being accepted at several universities.
"We don't want to come in low, we don't want to come in high. We create a wait list to help us manage to that number," said Penny Rue, vice chancellor for student affairs at UC San Diego. "We hope that will help us bring in just the right size class."
There have been years when UC San Diego guessed wrong.
In 2011, the university came up short, partly because UCLA accepted an extra 800 students. That year, UCSD admitted a total of 18,976 students in order to meet an enrollment goal of 3,770. It ended up being below its enrollment goal by 326 students, even after admitting 444 students from the wait list.
In 2006, the university enrolled 4,589 students, exceeding its enrollment goal of 4,100.
"We just had to manage a little stress around the seams in terms of residence halls and classroom space," Rue recalled.
Many find the process of the application courtship inscrutable. Students with good grades and test scores wind up wondering why they get rejected by a college when a classmate with a comparable record got in.
Even Scott Barnett, who may know a bit more about public education than the average parent because he sits on the San Diego Unified school board, has had a difficult time figuring out what colleges look at when deciding who gets in and who doesn't. His daughter, Tess, a senior at University City High School with a 4.6 GPA was accepted at UC San Diego, rejected by UC Berkeley and wait listed by UCLA.
"Of course, you want your kids to get accepted to every university they apply to," Barnett said. "UCSD is a great school and she may end up going there even if she gets into UCLA. But there seems to not be a clarity. The process is a mystery as to what really goes into making these decisions."
This year, UC San Diego received 67,392 applications for its freshman slots, the third highest number in the system behind UCLA, which received 80,472 and Berkeley, which received 67,658.
Since 2012, UC San Diego has used a "holistic" approach to its undergraduate admission, a process that allows each applicant to be evaluated on a number of factors, including not only test scores and grades but low socioeconomic status, the quality of their high school and whether a student would be the first in their family to attend college.
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11 Sep 2013:
Arsenic in Vietnam Groundwater
Slowly Moving Toward Hanoi, Study Says
As the population and water needs of Hanoi mushroom, the capital city of Vietnam is slowly drawing poisonous arsenic into the aquifer that supplies its drinking water,
say researchers from the U.S. and Vietnam
. Water contaminated with arsenic has moved more than a mile
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The Red River
closer to the aquifer over the last 40 to 60 years, the researchers report in
, due to the city's increasing water demand; municipal pumping in Hanoi doubled between 2000 and 2010. The good news, says lead researcher Alexander van Geen of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is the contaminated groundwater "is not moving as fast as we had feared it might." This will give Hanoi officials time, perhaps decades, to determine how to best deal with the problem. The study also determined why arsenic is leaching into the groundwater: As water containing arsenic mixes with high levels of organic carbon from the Red River and other surrounding aquifers, the chemistry changes and arsenic dissolves in the water.
19 Aug 2013:
Future Flood Losses
Could Increase Ten Times by 2050
The rapid growth of the world's coastal cities, coupled with sea level rise and land subsidence, could mean that flood losses in major metropolitan areas could rise from
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Stephane Hallegatte, et al/
Cities facing increased risk
$6 billion in 2005 to
more than $60 billion in 2050
, according to a new study. Reporting
in the journal
Nature Climate Change
, researchers said sea level increases of 8 to 16 inches by 2050 could cause $60 billion to $63 billion in damages in
136 of the world's coastal cities.
That figure assumes the cities will undertake some flood control measures. Cities whose infrastructure and buildings are now most at risk — including New York; New Orleans; Miami; Guangzhou, China; and Osaka, Japan — will be joined in four decades by
other rapidly growing cities,
such as Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Interview: Scientists, Aid Experts
Prepare for a Warmer Future
Harvard University recently sponsored a conference that brought together two groups — climate scientists and humanitarian relief workers — that will undoubtedly be collaborating more closely in the future
Jennifer Leaning
as natural disasters intensify in a warming world. The woman who was instrumental in opening a dialogue between these two factions was
Jennifer Leaning
, the director of the
FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
at the Harvard School of Public Health. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Leaning says the meeting underscored the huge challenges the aid community will face in a world of more extreme weather and rising seas. But at this point, she says, climate science cannot offer the specific predictions about timing or locations of climate upheaval that the aid community is seeking. "The humanitarians found that the questions they were asking were not the ones that the climate scientists were prepared to answer," says Leaning.
Read the interview
13 Aug 2013:
Too Many Urban Beehives
May Do More Harm Than Good, Experts Say
A surge in urban beekeeping
may be doing more harm than good to honeybee populations
, according to UK scientists. As
the number of rooftop hives increases in cities worldwide
— including London, where there are
Matthias Walendy
A Berlin beekeeper
now 10 hives per square kilometer — two researchers from the University of Sussex warn that too many hives can be detrimental.
Writing in
The Biologist
, the magazine of the Society of Biology, they suggest that inexperienced beekeepers can create conditions in which there isn't enough food for their insects. "If there are too many colonies in an area, then the food supply will be insufficient," Francis Ratnieks, a professor at the university's Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, told the BBC. "This will mean that colonies do not thrive, and may also affect other species that also visit flowers."
09 Aug 2013:
Mapping of Monarch Butterfly
Migration Yields Clues About Decline
A comprehensive mapping of the
North American migration patterns of the iconic monarch butterfly
could help preserve a species
threatened by loss of habitat and food sources
, a team of international
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A monarch butterfly
researchers says. In a study conducted across 17 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, from southern Texas to Alberta, biologists from Canada, the U.S., and Australia tracked the northward migration of the monarchs, documenting five generations in a single breeding season. By analyzing a chemical signature found on the adult butterflies' wings that reveals their specific birthplace, scientists were able to track the different generations of butterflies as they migrated north to the U.S. Midwest, from which many butterflies then traveled to Alberta. According to Tyler Flockhart, a Ph. D. student at the University of Guelph in Canada and lead author of the study
published in the
Proceedings of the Royal Society B
, the decline in milkweed and a surge in genetically modified crops might be affecting monarch survival.
08 Aug 2013:
Conventional Hybrids Better
For Climate than EVs in Most U.S. States
Conventional gas-powered hybrid vehicles are still better for the climate than all-electric cars in most U.S. states, in part because these states still rely heavily on fossil fuels to produce electricity,
according to a new report
. In 39 states, high-efficiency hybrids, such as the
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Climate Central
Most climate-friendly cars, by state
Toyota Prius, produce fewer carbon emissions during their lifecycle than the least-polluting electric cars, an analysis by Climate Central found. Although an increased reliance on cleaner energy sources in some parts of the country doubled the number of states (32) where driving electric cars would be more environmentally friendly, that advantage disappeared when analysts also considered the high emissions associated with building the batteries and other components for the EVs. In 11 states, the best all-electric cars are better for the environment than gas-powered hybrids, even when manufacturing is taken into account. In 26 states, plug-in hybrid cars are the most climate-friendly vehicles, the analysis found.
11 Jul 2013:
'Peak Oil' Concerns Overstated
As Demand Will Fall, Study Predicts
Researchers say concerns that humanity will inevitably reach a moment of "peak oil," which would be followed by a crippling decline in supplies, are unwarranted
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Stanford University
Oil demand, 1990-2100
for oil is approaching its own peak
. Writing
in the journal
Environmental Science & Technology
, researchers from Stanford University and the University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC) say that dire projections of peak oil mistakenly assume that an increasingly wealthy planet will continue to rely heavily on oil. On the contrary, they say, the link between economic growth and oil is breaking down as a result of increased energy efficiency, lower prices for alternative fuel sources, urbanization, and limits on consumption by the wealthy. While the researchers project surging global demand for airline travel and various forms of freight transportation, there will be less reliance on oil, with conventional oil demand declining after 2035.
13 Jun 2013:
Population Could Be 11 Billion
By End of the Century, UN Report Says
A new
United Nations report
projects that the world population
could reach nearly 11 billion by 2100
, about 8 percent more than predicted just two years ago. The projected increase largely stems from the fact that the fertility rate in Africa has declined more slowly than expected, with demographers now forecasting that the number of people on the continent could nearly quadruple this century, from from about 1.1 billion today to about 4.2 billion. "The fertility decline in Africa has slowed down or stalled to a larger extent than we previously predicted, and as a result the African population will go up," said Adrian Raftery, a professor of statistics and sociology at the University of Washington, who helped develop the statistical method used in the report. The total world population passed 7 billion in 2011. According to the new report, 8 of the top 10 increases in national populations by 2100 will occur in Africa, led by Nigeria, where the number of people is expected to jump from 184 million to 914 million.
02 Apr 2013:
Air Pollution Linked to
1.2 Million Chinese Deaths in 2010
Air pollution contributed to the premature deaths of more than 1.2 million people in China in 2010, or about 40 percent of early deaths worldwide caused by dirty air, according to a newly released analysis. The findings, based on data from a study on the distribution and causes of death globally, categorized "ambient particulate matter pollution" as the fourth-leading factor in premature deaths in China, behind dietary risks, high blood pressure, and smoking. Worldwide, air pollution was the seventh-leading cause of premature death, contributing to 3.2 million deaths, according to the study. While the study was
published in
The Lancet
, a UK-based medical journal, the summary of China statistics was reported at a forum in Beijing,
New York Times
. The findings come as public outrage grows in China as residents of many cities endure choking air far in excess of safe levels.
22 Mar 2013:
Expansion of Chinese City Poses
Environmental and Safety Risks, Critics Say
An ambitious plan to expand the western Chinese city of Lanzhou into a regional industrial hub is raising concerns over what critics call lax government oversight of the environmental and safety impacts, including worries that it will siphon huge amounts of water from
an already parched region
and devastate nearby mountains. Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province, is a city of 3.6 million and a gateway to Tibet and the Xinjiang region. It is known as one of the most polluted cities in China, and now the government is working to expand the city's footprint by at least 70 percent,
according to Caixin Online
. That expansion involves the flattening of mountaintops, and the additional 1 million people and increased industrial activity will draw water from the already polluted and over-stressed Yellow River. Opponents of the plan say buildings will also be constructed on loose soil that will be vulnerable to collapse. "It was a rash decision to begin construction on the new city before receiving environmental approvals or seeking opinions from the Lanzhou public," said Zhao Zhong, a local activist.
20 Mar 2013:
High-Speed Trains Provide
Environmental, Social Benefits, Study Says
Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life, reduce air pollution and traffic congestion, and provide a "safety valve" for crowded cities, especially in the developing world, according to a study by Chinese and U.S. economists. The study was based on China's rapidly expanding high-speed rail network, but the researchers said the benefits experienced there
would be similar for California's proposed high-speed rail system
. Bullet train systems connecting China's largest cities to nearby smaller cities have made these "second tier" cities more attractive for workers and alleviated traffic congestion and pollution in megacities, according to the study, carried out by economists at Tsinghua University and the University of California, Los Angeles. The study found that the trains created a new category of exurbs within 60 to 470 miles of urban centers such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, helping keep people from moving to already crowded megacities. The study was
published in the online version of the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
27 Feb 2013:
Oxfam Ranks Food Giants on
Sourcing and Environmental Policies
The group Oxfam has published an online scorecard assessing the agricultural sourcing of the world's biggest food and beverage companies, rating them on factors that include water resource management, climate
awareness, and transparency. Using publicly available information, the "
Behind the Brands
" campaign rates the 10 companies with the largest overall revenues — including Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever, Mars, and General Mills — on their awareness and responsiveness to these issues and supply chain management. According to Oxfam's analysis, Europe-based companies Nestlé and Unilever earned the highest scores overall, receiving good marks for water management and workers' rights. Seven of the 10 companies
received the lowest possible score for land management
. Associated British Foods, Kellogg's, and General Mills received the lowest overall scores. Oxfam says the scoreboard will be updated regularly.
12 Feb 2013:
Norwegian Retrofit Seeks
To Create 'Energy-Positive' Office Buildings
Two office buildings in Norway are being retrofitted so they
will generate more power than they use
when the project is completed next year. The three- and four-story buildings, in the town of Sandvika, near Oslo, will generate geothermal and solar energy on site, making the buildings "energy positive," according to the project's backers. The retrofit will use a heat-retaining black façade, top-quality insulation to reduce energy use by up to 90 percent, and an interior design that will allow air to circulate without fans. "We believe this is the first time in the world that a normal office block is being renovated to such strict standards," Svein Brandtzaeg, chief executive of Norsk Hydro, one of the project's partners, told Reuters. According to the UN Environment Programme, the building industry has the greatest potential of any economic sector for large cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
29 Jan 2013:
Continued Beijing Air Pollution
Triggers Online Call for Clean Air Act
As Beijing residents continue to endure choking air pollution that far exceeds safe levels, an online poll
has found overwhelming support for new clean air legislation
. Ten hours after real estate mogul Pan Shiyi
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Haze over Beijing, January 2013
posted the poll on the popular social media platform Sina Weibo, 99 percent of respondents (more than 32,000 people) agreed that the government should enact a Clean Air Act, with many users offering specific measures to curb pollution, including car-free days, stricter auto emissions standards, and public health protections. The dangerous cloud of pollution that has hung over Beijing for about a month now covers roughly 1.3 million square kilometers, according to the government-run Xinhua news agency. In Beijing this week, visibility fell to 500 meters, and some city natives called it the "worst fog ever,"
according to
China Daily
28 Jan 2013:
Megacities Alter Weather
Across Long Distances, Study Says
Heat generated in major metropolitan areas is altering the character of the jet stream and other atmospheric systems, at times affecting the weather
thousands of miles away
, a new study says. Writing
in the journal
Nature Climate Change
, a team of scientists reports that so-called "waste heat" produced from buildings, cars, and other sources is altering weather patterns and increasing winter temperatures across large areas of North America and northern Asia by as much as 1 degree C (1.8 degrees F). In parts of Europe, however, the changes to atmospheric circulation are causing temperatures to fall by as much as 1 degree C., the study found. "Although much of this waste heat is concentrated in large cities, it can change atmospheric patterns in a way that raises or lowers temperatures across considerable distances," said Aixue Hu, a scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and one of the lead authors of the study. According to the study, this phenomenon is different than the so-called "heat island effect," in which cities are warmer than surrounding areas as a result of heat collected and re-radiated by pavement, buildings, and other urban features.
31 Dec 2012:
Network of Smartphone-Based
Sensors Track Air Pollution Levels
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed
a network of smartphone-based air pollution monitors
that allow individuals to track
CitiSense device
pollution levels in real time and feed a central database of air quality trends citywide throughout the day. The so-called CitySense devices are equipped with sensors that measure ozone, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide, and a digital app that illustrates the color-coded results based on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's air quality ratings. During a four-week test, in which the phones were distributed to 30 volunteers, the system showed hotspots of elevated pollution that shifted over the course of the day. Ultimately, the developers hope to deploy hundreds of devices in order to generate a public database on air quality levels. "We want more data and better data, which we can provide to the public," said William Griswold, a computer science professor at UC San Diego. "We are making the invisible visible."
07 Dec 2012:
Populations of Large, Old Trees
Are Dying Off Worldwide, Report Says
Populations of large, old trees, which provide critical ecosystem services,
are declining across the planet
and could eventually disappear altogether in some regions, according to a report by three leading ecologists.
Writing in the journal
, the scientists say the loss of large trees is occurring in all kinds of forests and at all altitudes, from Yosemite National Park in the U.S., to African savannahs, to Amazon rainforests and northern boreal forests. The losses are being driven by numerous factors, including land clearing, agricultural expansion, human-designed fire regimes, logging, invasive species, and climate change. "We are talking about the loss of the biggest living organisms on the planet, of the largest flowering plants on the planet, of organisms that play a key role in regulating and enriching our world," said
Bill Laurance
, a scientist at James Cook University in Australia, who coauthored the report.
05 Dec 2012:
African Lion Populations
Plummet as Habitat Disappears, Study Says
More than two-thirds of Africa's lions have disappeared over the last 50 years as the continent's once-vast savannah regions have been lost to human
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A lion in South Africa
development, a new study has found. Using high-resolution satellite images from Google Earth and human population data, Duke University researchers calculated that
about 75 percent of the original savannah has been lost since 1960
, driven by land-use changes and deforestation. On the entire continent, they found, there are now just 67 remaining pockets of savannah suitable for lion habitat; only 10 of those areas would be considered lion "strongholds." Overall, lion populations have dropped from 100,000 to roughly 32,000 in just five decades, according to the study
published in the journal
Biodiversity and Conservation
. Continued habitat loss projected over the coming decades could put these populations at increased risk, the study said.
Interview: Designing Green Cities
To Meet 21st Century Challenges
Landscape architect Martha Schwartz is a passionate believer in the role that landscape can play in urban sustainability. Great landscape design, she says, can
Martha Schwartz Partners
Martha Schwartz
moderate extreme heat, recycle water, reduce energy use, lower carbon emissions, and attract people to urban areas. Following these principles, her London-based firm,
Martha Schwartz Partners
, has designed such projects as Dublin's Grand Canal Square; Exchange Square, in Manchester, England; and Abu Dhabi's Corniche beachfront area. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Schwartz, a professor at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, talks about the importance of incorporating cultural values in urban design, explains why the design of streets and parking lots is as important as the design of parks, and discusses why the U.S. lags behind many other nations in the greening of its cities.
Read the interview
04 Dec 2012:
Air Quality Improvements
Continue to Yield Health Benefits
While the rate of improvement of U.S. air quality has slowed during the last decade, even those small improvements have had a beneficial effect on life expectancy,
according to new research
. In a study of 545 counties across the U.S., researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that a slight decrease of fine particulate matter of 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter — known as PM2.5 — from 2000 to 2007 was associated with an average increase in life expectancy of 0.35 years. During that period, researchers say, concentrations of PM2.5 decreased by 10 micrograms per cubic meter. While that improvement in air quality was far less significant than the pollution reductions observed between 1980 and 2000, the new findings suggest that continued improvements have additional health benefits. "It appears that further reductions in air pollution levels would continue to benefit public health," said Harvard researcher Andrew Correia, lead author of the study published in
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Scientists Develop Standardized
Analysis of City Pollution Emissions
A team of Israeli researchers has developed a method
to track pollution over the world's mega-cities
, a satellite-based process they say could help hold nations accountable for their pollution and promote cleaner
Smog over Beijing
industrial practices. Using data collected by three NASA satellite systems, the researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) collected pollution trends for 189 cities with populations exceeding 2 million. According to Pinhas Alpert, head of TAU's Porter School of Environmental Study, the research represents the first standardized global analysis of the smog levels in the atmosphere over the world's largest cities. Based on the data, collected from 2002 to 2010, cities in Northeast China, India, the Middle East, and Central Africa saw the steepest rise in aerosol concentrations, with an average increase of 34 percent. The greatest improvements occurred in Houston, with a 31 percent decrease in aerosol concentrations; Curitiba, Brazil, a 26 percent decrease; and Stockholm, a 23 percent decrease.
21 Nov 2012:
Solar-Equipped 'iShacks' Offer
Cheap, Sustainable Housing in South Africa
South African researchers say they have developed a low-cost and sustainable housing alternative to the flimsy corrugated iron shacks found in the country's growing settlements. Developed by an interdisciplinary
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Hope Project/iShack
An iShack
at Stellenbosch University's TsamaHUB center
, the so-called iShack is insulated with inexpensive, natural materials such as mud and cardboard boxes and has a sloped roof for harvesting rainwater. A photovoltaic cell on the roof provides the energy for motion-sensitive exterior lighting, interior lighting, and a cellphone charger. So far, a mother and her three children
are living in a prototype iShack
in Ekanini, an informal settlement of 8,000 residents in Cape Town that lacks access to electricity and an adequate water supply. Project developers also taught six residents in the community how to install and maintain the solar power system in hopes they can use the skills for future entrepreneurial ventures. Researchers look to apply the iShack's design to upgrade settlements in other regions.
19 Nov 2012:
Breeding Birds in UK
Have Declined 20 Percent Since 1960s
The population of breeding birds in the UK
has plummeted by 21 percent since 1966
, losing more than 44 million birds in less than a half-century, according to the newly released
State of the UK's Birds 2012
report. According to experts, the number of house sparrows has
State of the UK's Birds 2012
The yellow wagtail
dropped from 30 million in 1966, when the first reliable bird-monitoring surveys were conducted, to about 10 million today — a loss of about 50 sparrows every hour. Once-abundant populations of the willow tit have all but disappeared in most regions of the UK, while numbers of the lesser spotted woodpecker and Arctic skua are now too few to number. Populations of farmland bird species are now half of what they were in 1970, according to the report, which draws on information from numerous bird surveys and databases. Land use changes and coastal water management have likely been key factors in these declines, as some species have had increasing difficulty finding suitable places to nest or forage, experts say.
In New York, The Rising Threat Of
Flooding Was Predicted for Years
While climate experts hesitate to say Hurricane Sandy was caused by climate change, scientists for years have predicted that such devastating events would become increasingly common as sea levels rise and ocean
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temperatures become warmer. For more than a decade, reports have warned that climate change will likely trigger more intense hurricanes and more frequent and
severe flooding in low-lying areas
, such as occurred in New York and New Jersey. And with sea levels projected to rise by as much as six inches per decade by mid-century and
as much as several feet by 2100,
experts say
New York City's flood zone will continue to expand
. In Sandy's wake,
New York officials are starting to discuss projects that might withstand such surges
, including building a levee system or barriers.
17 Oct 2012:
Elevated Levels of CO2
May Impair Cognitive Abilities, Study Says
Elevated levels of carbon dioxide in indoor settings
can have a detrimental effect on decision-making abilities and work performance
, according to a new study. In a series of tests, U.S. researchers exposed 22 healthy adults to different levels of carbon dioxide concentrations (600 parts-per-million, 1,000 ppm, and 2,500 ppm) in an office-like room. Under each condition, the participants were asked to take a computer-based test that measured their decision-making abilities. According to the findings,
published in the journal
Environmental Health Perspectives
, the participants' performance declined notably on six of nine tests when CO2 levels were increased to 1,000 ppm; performance declined substantially on seven of the tests when levels were bumped to 2,500 ppm. Earlier research has associated increased student absences and poorer performance with higher CO2 levels, said William Fisk, a researcher at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and co-author of the study. "But we never thought CO2 was actually responsible," he said. "We assumed it was a proxy for other [pollutants]."
26 Sep 2012:
Self-Driving Vehicles
Approved for California Roadways
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a law that
will allow self-driving vehicles on the state's public roadways
by next year. While fully automated vehicle technology may be years away, the California law establishes safety and performance regulations for testing these cars next year — provided that the driver is ready to take control of the vehicle if needed. Several companies, including Google,
are developing self-driving cars
that utilize a series of sensors — including GPS, cameras, lasers, and radar — as well as data from other vehicles to learn what is around the vehicle and guide its navigation. Developers say the innovative technology has the potential to improve safety, reduce congestion, and improve fuel efficiency. "We're looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality," said Brown, who drove to the signing ceremony at Google's Mountain View headquarters in the passenger seat of a vehicle that steered itself.
24 Sep 2012:
Air Pollution in Europe
Shortening Lives of Urban Dwellers
Air pollution in Europe
is shortening lifespans by an average of eight months
and by as much as two years in the most polluted cities and regions, according to a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). While the European Union has cut emissions of many harmful pollutants over the last decade, the report finds that nearly a third of urban dwellers
are still exposed to harmful levels of airborne particulate matter
, tiny pollutants small enough to penetrate the respiratory system and cause serious health ailments. About 21 percent of city dwellers are exposed to particulate matter above EU health standards. And 17 percent were exposed to higher levels of ozone, which can cause respiratory problems. "In many countries, air pollutant concentrations are still above the legal and recommended limits that are set to protect the health of European citizens," said Jacqueline McGlade, executive director of the EEA. According to the report, humans living in industrial regions of Eastern Europe face the highest exposure to harmful pollutants.
18 Sep 2012:
Explosive Urban Growth
To Put Major Strain on Biodiversity
The world's urban areas
will expand by more than 1.2 million square kilometers by 2030
, nearly tripling the area of urban development that existed worldwide in 2000, according to a new study. That development surge, researchers say, will coincide with construction of new roads, buildings, and energy and water systems, causing considerable habitat loss in critical biodiversity hotspots — including many regions that were relatively undisturbed by development only a decade ago. Writing in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
, researchers from Yale, Texas A&M, and Boston University predicted that nearly half of that urban expansion will occur in Asia, particularly in China and India. Urban growth will occur fastest in Africa, they say, with a projected six-fold increase in land development compared with 2000. "Given the long life and near irreversibility of infrastructure investments, it will be critical for current urbanization-related policies to consider their lasting impacts," said Karen Seto, an associate professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and lead author of the study.
30 Aug 2012:
Better Use of Fertilizer, Water
Can Feed Growing Population, Study Says
A new study suggests that the the world can meet the surging demand for food in the coming decades without rampant deforestation
if farmers make better use of fertilizer and water resources
. In an analysis of management practices and yield data for 17 major crops worldwide, researchers from McGill University in Montreal and the University of Minnesota estimated that yields for most crops can be increased 45 to 70 percent on lands already used for agriculture through more efficient fertilizer application and irrigation.
Writing in the journal
, the scientists found that the deployment of best-practice farming
could boost global yields of corn, wheat, and rice by 64 percent, 71 percent, and 47 percent
, respectively. In some parts of the world, including the U.S., China, and Western Europe, the study found that far more fertilizer is used than necessary, with much of it ultimately washing into waterways. Through more efficient use of that fertilizer, nutrients could be made available for use in Eastern Europe and Western Africa without adversely affecting communities in the U.S. and China.
24 Aug 2012:
Drought Conditions Trigger
Smallest Gulf 'Dead Zone' in Years
U.S. scientists say the nation's worst drought in five decades has had at least one positive effect:
the smallest so-called "dead zone" seen in the Gulf of Mexico in years
. In a 1,200-mile research cruise conducted in the
Algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico
waters of the gulf this month, scientists from Texas A&M University found only 1,580 square miles of oxygen-depleted, or hypoxic, water in the gulf, compared with 3,400 square miles last August. The hypoxic zone is created when algal blooms, caused by large amounts of fertilizer and nutrients washing into the gulf, remove oxygen from the water and suffocate marine life. According to the researchers, hypoxia was found only in the waters near the Mississippi River delta, which accounts for nearly 90 percent of all freshwater runoff in the gulf; no hypoxia was observed off the Texas coast. "What has happened is that the drought has caused very little fresh-water runoff and nutrient load into the gulf, and that means a smaller region for marine life to be impacted," said Steve DiMarco, an oceanographer at Texas A&M.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Justin Verlander struck out 11 in a four-hitter to send the Detroit Tigers back to the AL championship series, beating the Oakland Athletics 6-0 in the decisive Game 5 of their division series Thursday night.
After squandering two chances to clinch the series, including blowing a two-run ninth-inning lead in Game 4, Verlander became Detroit's ultimate closer.
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Garfield County will research who actually owns an interior subdivision road and other common areas in Rifle Village South where soils erosion is threatening homes.
The county will also consider a petition from property owners in the subdivision to have the road added to the county's official road system.
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Until then, the road and drainage ditch that has led to the problem remains in legal limbo. That has left affected homeowners in limbo as well.
Janet Ketelsleger, who has lost part of her backyard to a sinkhole as a result of the unstable soils alongside the road, pleaded with the commissioners to fix the problem.
"It's not fair, nor reasonable to make property owners be responsible for a drainage problem that the county allowed to happen," Ketelsleger said. "I appeal to you to accept that small section of road into the county road system."
That would remove the legal barrier for the county to proceed in fixing the problem, she said.
Ketelsleger was accompanied by two other property owners in the neighborhood, Ronald Jacobs and Lee Alleman.
"Erosion has always been an issue there, and decisions were made by the county to allow the development to occur there," Jacobs said. "As long as that piece of property is unclaimed, nobody can fix it."
Though maintaining the problem is not the county's to fix, commissioners directed the county attorney and road and bridge department to look into the issue.
That will include research to determine who last owned the roads and other common areas where the problems have occurred.
But just because the road is listed as "public" for subdivision access purposes, doesn't mean it's a county road, Martin said.
Rifle Village South was originally developed by Larry Bradley in the 1960s, and a local improvement district was formed to pay for streets when homes were finally built in the 1980s and '90s.
However, the common areas of the subdivision have since disappeared from the county's tax rolls, and the ownership is unclear.
Ketelsleger points to a letter sent by county officials to subdivision residents in 1987, indicating they knew of the unstable soils in the area, which they said could lead to sinkholes.
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Was just reading that there is interest in Eustachy coming to Lincoln... not as interesting now that we don't play them anymore, but would be interested to see if he could get Nebraska to be more competititve in the Big 10
Cyclone For Life
I doubt Doc will be out, but if he was it'd be awesome to see LE kick everyone's *** in the Big 10.
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
Coed's are not hot enough at Nebraska for Larry
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject" - Winston Churchill
Doc will be out... Very wide speculation on this from OWH and other Nebraska news sites. Doc was lucky to get this year. I'm guessing with them switching from Big 12 to Big 10 was the reason.
But yes... Unlike what clones21 said, he will be gone.
Obviously this is the job Fred was waiting for when he took the ISU job. After all, Fred's grandpa was kNU's head BB coach. He will be there in a heartbeat when the kNU job opens up.
"There are five real good recruits in the state. We got three of them. One couldnt get into school, and the other went to (the University of) Iowa...which is about the same thing." - Coach Johnny Orr
My guess it will be an MVC coach like a Paul Lusk or Gregg Marshall or Maryland assistant Scott Spinelli who was an assistant under former coach Barry Collier...
Originally Posted by Clones21
I doubt Doc will be out, but if he was it'd be awesome to see LE kick everyone's *** in the Big 10.
Because that will happen.
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Originally Posted by VikesFan4Ever28
You have almost 5 crap tons.
I don't want to even slightly root for Kneebraska though
Originally Posted by CynadoAlley
I don't want to even slightly root for Kneebraska though
This. A better scenario would be KNU offers LE the job and he tells them "thanks, but no thanks".
If his team performs well in the post-season, I see him getting a much better offer.
I'd hope LE doesn't land in Lincoln, first of all because there's no way in hell I'd ever want Husker bball(or any sport) to be sucessfull, and second of all because that is a coaching graveyard. Collier and Sadler are both solid coaches but basketball will never matter there, not even with their new facilitiy.
Originally Posted by CynadoAlley
I don't want to even slightly root for Kneebraska though
I'd rather cheer for Nebby than Iowa.
Originally Posted by Hawkeye11en1
Because that will happen.
Don't doubt Eustachy.
I could cheer for Nebraska in basketball if LE was there, primarily because I'd be their only fan. I'd almost like to cheer for them, because then you're cheering against all the Nebraska football fans who are busy cheering for Creighton.
Would this be a promotion?
Yeah well, ya know, that's just, like uh, your opinion, man.
I think Larry would go to kNU. Hard to start winning there though.
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Pilates barre, a fusion workout of Pilates, dance, and yoga, has been heralded by celebrities, models, and chiropractors alike for its ability to create lean, long muscles, reduce stress, and improve posture. I consider myself relativity in shape (though, admittedly, my athletic career peaked in high school) and I love to dance, so I figured I'd have no trouble dropping in for a class to see what all the hype was about… but this is not a class to be taken lightly.
The Barre Work
Unsure of what to expect, I walked into a room of girls pliéing at the ballet barre in a mirrored room. I don't know whether it was my underdeveloped leg muscles or my brand new yoga mat that gave me away, but the instructor immediately asked if it was my first class and positioned me at the barre next to one of the more experienced girls. I began to mimic her movements, feeling a little bit self-conscious but not really challenged at first. What felt like hundreds of squats later, however, my legs were shaking uncontrollably and the announcement of the switch to the mat was a welcome relief.
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I never thought I'd be grateful to be told to hold the plank position for as long as I could, but anything besides squats sounded wildly appealing at the time. On the mats we worked with medicine balls, Pilates rings, and blocks in a series of core exercises as the instructor counted off to the beat of the music. The lights were gradually dimmed as the class came to an end with some deep stretching and "introspection" time (all I could think about was how happy I was that I live in a ground-level apartment).
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My overall opinion on the experience: this class is for you if you'd like to explore 500 different forms of cruel and unusual punishment to a Ke$ha soundtrack. Was it rewarding when it was over? Absolutely. I've never felt so satisfyingly exhausted after any other one-hour workout. But go in prepared to really work it out.
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Born and raised in Dallas County, Traci has worked with Commissioner Cantrell for thirty years. She began her career within the county government in 1987 when Commissioner Cantrell was first elected to public office as a Justice of the Peace. Now working in the Commissioner's office, she plays an integral role coordinating between the cities of District 2 and various county departments. Her deep experience and knowledge make her a vital resource regarding major transportation projects, parks and trails, and constituent services.
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Kristi, a Dallas area native, began her career in 1989, when Commissioner Cantrell was serving as Justice of the Peace. Today she offers the constituents of District 2 strong experience in county government and infrastructure and is vitally involved with the Commissioner's efforts regarding information technology. Her work in Dallas County's involvement with the Conference of Urban County's TechShare program has made her a go-to resource for this statewide cooperative program that saves the taxpayers millions of dollars. The proud mother of two grown sons, Kristi is also working toward her degree in Criminal Justice.
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HILLCREST HEIGHTS, Md. (WUSA) -- A shooting in Hillcrest Heights Wednesday evening has left one man dead and investigators searching for his killer.
According to Prince George's County Police, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 3900 block of 23rd Parkway around 7:00 p.m. Once police arrived at the scene they found a man lying outside an apartment building who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
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I just finished Moonwalking with Einstein, To End All Wars, the graphical memoir Stitches, Emperor of all Maladies and Bill Bryson's book Shakespeare. (It could be argued I read too much)
I just started a book on science consultants for the movie industry which sounds really really interesting, but unfortunately it was obviously published as someone's dissertation so it's kinda an awkward read. I'm going to stick with it, though, because it sounds fascinating.
I also just purchased The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation which promises to be good.
Have I mentioned I read too much?