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U.S. Wins Commitments for at Least $13 Billion in Aid for Iraq
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: October 24, 2003
MADRID, Oct. 24 — The United States, completing an extraordinary campaign for economic aid to a nation invaded by American forces six months ago, won commitments today for at least $13 billion over five years in aid for the reconstruction of devastated infrastructure systems in Iraq that provide water, power, health care and other services.
Roughly two-thirds of the aid appeared to be in the form of loans, however, at precisely the time that the Bush administration has been trying to beat back a drive in Congress to make its own aid appropriation in the form of loans. Administration aides have repeatedly said that Iraq needs grants and cannot afford to add to its debt burdens.
Comparing the energetic aid drive of the last two days to a kind of telethon for Iraq, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell hailed the $13 billion sum as larger than the Bush administration had expected only a few weeks ago, when he said some colleagues were questioning whether to cancel the Madrid session altogether.
"But here we are, and we've had a very successful conference," Mr. Powell said, adding that the estimate of what was pledged in Madrid was at the "low end" and could grow as soon as aid officials sorted out the commitments.
Exactly how much of the figure today was in the form of grants was not immediately clear. But it appeared that total grants between now and the end of 2004 would come to $3 billion to $4 billion. While some donors said that was close to what Iraq could realistically absorb in the first year, American officials said the country could use far more in grants right away.
Moreover, most of the loans are not to come from countries but from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, which will probably have to negotiate the terms of their aid along with a plan to reschedule and perhaps forgive at least some of Iraq's existing $120 billion in debts.
Pressed to reconcile the demand that Congress not approve loans but that loans from the international community were acceptable, American officials said they had to recognize the reality of donor finances and this did not diminish the need for Congress to provide grants.
"Sure, we prefer grants," said Treasury Secretary John W. Snow. "But what really we really are counting on here is financial support, lines of credit, money in the bank that can be drawn on to finance the rebuilding of Iraq."
As delegates left Madrid this evening, many questions remained about the sums that were pledged here. Many development officials cautioned, for example, that the nations pledging them might not live up to their promises. That happened, at least in part, with $5 billion raised for Afghanistan early last year.
Some donors apparently announced sums that they had already announced and transmitted earlier. Others included import credits, humanitarian relief, including $500,000 in rice from Vietnam, or other items not on the list of reconstruction and security needs for which the Madrid conference was called. Nor was it clear how much money would be available now or years from now.
The biggest unanswered question, many delegates said, was whether the troubled security situation in Iraq would prevent all the aid pledged from being delivered.
"Security is a problem, we don't deny it," Mr. Powell said at a news conference that closed the Madrid session. "But we are confident that security will improve in a manner that will permit reconstruction to accelerate."
Despite all these problems, the conclusion of the Madrid conference brought the financial aid picture for Iraq into far sharper focus.
The $13 billion in loans and grants pledged here, if they materialized, could be added to the $20 billion that Congress is expected to approve for Iraq's reconstruction and security needs. To make the final Madrid number look bigger than it was, conference planners repeatedly said that the gathering had raised $33 billion for Iraq, even though it was never contemplated that American contribution was part of the meeting here.
The $33 billion falls substantially short of the $55 billion that the World Bank and the United States had assessed as Iraq's needs in the next four years.
But development officials also say that $33 billion for one country over four or five years is virtually unprecedented in the modern history of aid projects, dwarfing what other impoverished or war-torn countries have received.
Mr. Powell and L. Paul Breme III, the chief American civilian official in Iraq, also said that what was pledged here could be supplemented by further pledges in coming years, and by billions of dollars in sale of Iraqi assets and perhaps $5 billion in annual oil revenues once that industry gets back on its feet.
The sums were announced at the end of a long day of speeches and presentations by envoys from more than 70 countries and organizations that took many confusing turns as it unfolded.
Accompanying the pledges, however, were heated demands and warnings from donor nations and from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other international institutions that the United States and Iraq must do a better job in disclosing how future funds are spent than they have so far.


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Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Yemen
New York, 5 December 2013
The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks today against Yemen's Ministry of Defence that reportedly killed more than 20 people and caused many injuries.
The Secretary-General calls on all concerned to fully cooperate with the investigation announced by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi with a view to bringing the perpetrators to justice. He recalls that the Security Council has reaffirmed its readiness to consider further measures in response to any actions by individuals or parties that are aimed at disrupting the transition process.
The Secretary-General firmly believes that the only path to a stable, prosperous and democratic Yemen is through the ongoing peaceful and all-inclusive National Dialogue Conference, in accordance with the transition agreement and Security Council resolutions 2014 (2011) and 2051 (2012).
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Citation: (2005) Genetic and Behavioral Investigations into Odor Discrimination and Memory. PLoS Biol 3(11): e388. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030388
Published: October 18, 2005
Copyright: © 2005 Public Library of Science. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The smell of baking bread, the perfume of flowers, the tang of sea air—your nose can sense and distinguish between these smells and thousands more. The sense of smell—managed by the olfactory system—is a crucial tool for sensing the environment. Thousands of low molecular weight molecules bind to a vast repertoire of odor receptors on olfactory sensory neurons in the nose. These neurons extend long projections into an area of the forebrain known as the olfactory bulb, where chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) pass on information to other neurons elsewhere in the brain. In ways that are only just beginning to be understood, all this information is integrated by neural circuits in the brain so that different odors can be learned and discriminated; in addition, changes in neuron activity are responsible for remembering odors.
The neural circuits that underlie odor learning and discrimination and olfactory memory rely on neurotransmission that is mediated by ion channels (pores that allow ions to pass through the normally impermeable cell membrane) called γ-amino-3–hydroxy-5–methyl-4–isoxazoleproprionate receptors (AMPARs). Each AMPAR is comprised of multiple subunits of glutamate receptors (GluRs), which form the ion channels. Most AMPARs contain GluR-B, which controls many of their properties, including their permeability to calcium ions.
Derya Shimshek, Andreas Schaefer, and their colleagues are combining genetic studies and quantitative behavioral studies to assess how AMPARs contribute to olfactory learning, discrimination, and memory. To investigate these processes, the researchers have constructed two sets of genetically modified mice. In the first set, some neurons in the forebrain express a form of GluR-B that increases the calcium ion permeability of AMPARs. In the second set, GluR-B expression is partially reduced in the forebrain, a manipulation that also renders AMPARs calcium permeable.
In behavioral tests, in which mice were rewarded for their ability to discriminate between similar test odors, genetically altered mice showed quicker olfactory learning and increased discriminatory prowess than mice without genetic alterations in GluR-B. Thus, increased AMPAR-mediated entry of calcium ions into neurons within the forebrain, in particular within the olfactory bulb, seems to enhance olfactory learning and discrimination. By contrast, GluR-B-depleted mice showed impaired odor memory. Different GluR-B-depleted mice had different degrees of memory impairment (even though they all had similar improvements in odor learning and discrimination). This variability, the researchers suggest, could reflect regional differences in the expression of residual GluR-B produced by the genetic manipulations used to derive the mice. When the scientists investigated this idea by measuring GluR-B expression in various areas of the brains of mice whose behavior they had already tested, they found that the decreases in olfactory memory in individual GluR-B-depleted mice strongly correlated with reductions in GluR-B levels in their hippocampus and piriform cortex. Taken together with data from other groups that discounts the involvement of the hippocampus in the type of long-term olfactory memory tested here, this result strongly supports the prevalent view that the piriform cortex is important in olfactory memory.
Overall, the results presented by Shimsek and colleagues suggest that olfactory discrimination and memory in mice are achieved in mechanistically and spatially distinct ways even though the same ion channel receptor is involved. The researchers' experimental approach—combining quantitative behavioral analyses with genetic manipulations that introduce variable patterns of gene expression into the brain—should prove invaluable for dissecting the neural circuitry underlying not only olfaction but also other sensory systems in mice. And because these systems are very highly conserved, finding out about mouse olfaction should also indicate how humans sniff out good and bad smells. —Jane Bradbury


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LOS ANGELES -- On an unseasonably temperate July afternoon, general manager Ned Colletti sat in his Dodger Stadium suite before his team played the New York Mets. The heat wave that nearly melted the city a week ago had finally broken.
The night before, the Los Angeles Dodgers had snapped their six-game losing streak since of the All-Star Break. So you could say the heat on Colletti and his front office had finally cooled off, too.
The Dodgers, once again, would be buyers as they approached baseball's trade deadline on July 31, defined for the rest of the season as contenders and not underachievers, just as they should be with a core of talented young players, a Hall of Fame manager and the experience of two straight trips to the National League Championship Series.
"Right now, it's all buy," Colletti said. "I can't tell you what's going to happen in the next 10 days. But right now we're talking about acquiring pitching, maybe a touch of outfield … it's all in the add mode, not the subtract."
The past few years, being a buyer at the trade deadline meant Colletti had to become a bargain-hunter. He's become shrewd at finding useful spare parts and unwanted discards on the sale rack and crafting them into smart outfits to be worn deep into October.
While that yeoman's work endeared him to Dodgers fans and ownership, and rightly earned him a new contract in the offseason, it may not be enough this time around for a number of reasons that have nothing to do with Colletti.
This isn't just another season.
It's the season before a judge will decide who owns the Dodgers or whether Frank McCourt and his estranged wife, Jamie, will have to sell the franchise.
It's the season upon which manager Joe Torre will decide if enough's enough, and mercifully the last season in which Manny Ramirez will be forced to play left field in the National League.
But mostly it's the season that will let everyone know, finally, whether the Dodgers will continue to be buyers going forward.
You've heard the rumors about whether they might have to trade budding stars like Matt Kemp or Andre Ethier now, while their value is still high before they approach free agency. Maybe the Dodgers should just get what they can now, with the ownership situation so unsettled and no guarantee the franchise will be able or willing to pay Yankees-style prices for Kemp or Ethier when they hit the open market in a few years.
Right now, those are just rumors. Colletti vehemently denies the club has entertained such thoughts.
"Not going to happen," he said sternly, before the question was even finished.
"I have no thoughts right now to move Andre Ethier. We've watched him grow from a Double-A player to a very good player to one of the better hitters in the league. You can win a lot of games with a guy like that.
"That almost sounds weak, what I said about Andre, that I have no thoughts right now to move him. I don't mean that to be weak. I have no intention of moving a handful of players. Not just Andre. There's a handful of players that I have a lot of faith in and I've seen them produce. We're talking about a team that went to the LCS the last two years."
Last week, Colletti said much the same thing about Kemp in an interview with Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.
"I've never floated his name," Colletti told Shaikin. "He's a gifted, five-tool player. He's getting better and better. He's had a tough couple of months. It's a baseball career. It's not a baseball two months. I have no intention of moving him."
Good answers -- calming for any Dodgers fan. But then came the follow-up questions.
Are you confident Andre Ethier will be with the Dodgers for a long time? Not just through the end of his current [two-year] contract?
"Some of that's up to him," Colletti said.
Are you confident it will be up to him?
"I can't predict that far into the future and you can't read that the wrong way. I don't know that much," Colletti said. "I'm not that smart."
Actually, Colletti is that smart. Not necessarily in being able to predict the future, but in how he answered that landmine of a question in the most honest way he could.
The truth is, nobody knows how the next few years in Chavez Ravine are going to go. Not Frank McCourt, not Colletti, not Joe Torre.
Which brings us back to the present: The Dodgers are sitting six games out of first place in the NL West with under a week to go before the trade deadline and Colletti thankfully is in buying mode again.
The Dodgers, like every other club with designs on winning in October, are looking for pitching.
Colletti said the team was "deep in on" lefty Cliff Lee -- who was traded from Seattle to Texas two weeks ago -- but didn't have the major-league ready prospects the Mariners were looking for to complete the deal.
Who else is Colletti calling about?
"Everybody who has been speculated as a possible acquire, for the most part we've discussed," he said.
In other words, just about every guy who's been mentioned in a trade rumor the past few months.
It is Colletti's job to evaluate these players, to weigh the benefit of acquiring them against the risk of giving up a top prospect or taking on an additional salary. Taking on additional salary isn't always considered a counterweight for buyers at the trade deadline but it has been for the Dodgers in recent years.
Two years ago, Colletti had to give up highly regarded catching prospect Carlos Santana in the trade to acquire third baseman Casey Blake from the Indians because the Cleveland Indians paid the remaining part of Blake's $6.1 million salary.
Though he has a background in public relations with the Chicago Cubs, it is not Colletti's job to worry about the public perception of those types of moves and whatever they might signal to fans.
"So do you do it [take on salary in a trade] to make a statement or do you do it to improve your club?" he asked rhetorically.
Couldn't it be both?
"I'd rather do it to improve the club," he said. "I'm results-oriented. Baseball, like every sport, is measured by wins and losses. You could craft the greatest message of all time but if you don't win another game, nobody cares. You could win every game and not say a word and everybody's happy.
"It's more important that we improve the club than anything else."
ESPNLosAngeles.com's Tony Jackson reported last week that McCourt has green-lighted Colletti to take on more additional salary at the trade deadline this year than in previous seasons.
Colletti also admits that, "I'm more open-minded than I have been in the past in terms of prospects."
Though Colletti said that his sense of urgency is always heightened, outwardly it certainly looks and sounds as if the Dodgers are operating with more of it this season than in the past.
This isn't just another season.
It is the season when the Dodgers begin to either affirm or dispel all the questions that have hung over the franchise since the McCourts filed for divorce last year.
None of those questions were raised by anything Colletti did or said. None of them should be his responsibility. None of that matters.
He's the buyer, and it's time for the Dodgers to invest.
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Safety Zone Awareness: Protecting Your Hunting Privilege
New Jersey hunters enjoy many types of hunting, numerous days afield and generous bag limits. But development and other human encroachment on the forests and fields of the Garden State has changed both wildlife habitat and land suitable for hunting, such that SAFETY ZONE awareness is even more critical for hunters.
What is a SAFETY ZONE?
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Remember, failure to hunt safely and responsibly is inexcusable. Always be a responsible hunter. Always be aware of your surroundings, the target and what may lie beyond the target. The principles of good conduct learned at your hunter education course are called into practice every time you hunt.
Take special care hunting on "high visibility" property, habitat where our adaptable wildlife species—especially white-tailed deer—are flourishing. Here, hunter conduct will be watched closely; the image we portray can have a great impact on the tolerance for our sport. Hunting these Special Areas carries added responsibility for you, as a hunter, to exercise restraint and make superior judgment decisions.
Hunting Opportunities on New Jersey's National Wildlife Refuges: 2015–16 Hunting Seasons
Hunting on national wildlife refuges is not permitted unless specifically opened as listed below. No Sunday hunting on national wildlife refuges.
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No refuge permit is required. Special hunting conditions apply. Contact refuge office for information.
Great Swamp NWR
241 Pleasant Plains Rd., Basking Ridge, NJ 07920-9615
(973) 425-1222 ext. 155; www.fws.gov/refuge/great_swamp/
In addition to required state licenses and permits, hunters must obtain a Refuge permit for $26 ($13 for holders of a Senior, Golden Age, Access, or Golden Access pass and youths with a valid New Jersey youth hunting license).
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR
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What is this, what does it do? Can I have one for my birthday?
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May 15th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Looks like some kind of giant solenoid.
louis Says:
May 15th, 2009 at 9:05 am
Nuclear Fission Reaction?
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No its nuclear fussion!
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This Japanese fusion research device consists of intertwined coils of superconducting material, and is designed to contain a 100-million-degree nuclear fusion plasma. The research aims to solve the many engineering challenges that must be overcome in order for fusion reactors to produce more energy than they consume.
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May 15th, 2009 at 9:20 am
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May 15th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Yes! Its the 'Large Helical Device'.
What I find interesting is that it demonstrates that the extreme engineering requirements of high energy physics can produce objects which are more beautiful than most product design, and without any deliberate aesthetic intent.
More here: http://www.lhd.nifs.ac.jp/en/
John Says:
May 27th, 2009 at 12:07 am
It's a purely functional expression of mathematics based upon the natural world. Two things we already know to be beautiful in their superficial simplicity and fascinating in their deep complexities.
When everything is in its place for a reason and based around nature you inevitably end up with something inspiring, i think.
robert Says:
May 28th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Oddly reminiscent of a nightmare I once had, except it was all in constant motion!!!
robert Says:
May 30th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Actually, the Japanese Large Helical Device…
Dave Says:
June 11th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Looks like an air conditioning system designed by H. R. Geiger…
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June 18th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
That is beautiful!


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Based on reports that have emerged over the past few weeks, it looks like California is back in the running as a location for Tesla's Gigfactory — a massive facility that will build the advanced lithium-ion batteries needed to get the electric carmaker to the next level.
Nevada, Texas, New Mexico — these were the states that appeared to be in a better position to become the Gigafactory's home than California.
But there's been some chatter about Elon Musk and his company potentially taking over an old U.S. Navy facility near San Francisco. And now, according to the Los Angeles Times' Marc Lifsher, the Northern California city of Stockton could also be a candidate.
It's "shaping up as a leading in-state contender," Lifsher wrote.
The arrival of a $5-billion new-economy manufacturing hub, along with its projected 6,000-plus jobs, would be just what the doctor ordered for Stockton. The city, about an hour's drive northeast of Tesla's Fremont, Calif. assembly line, went bankrupt in 2012.
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Moffett Federal Airfield? The old Moffett field? The blimp hangars?
Have they consulted the Google brothers?
Ya, but what about the carbon footprint of this place? Will liberals allow it?
And CA will bankrupt Tesla Battery Factory.
Elon, you're making a huge mistake....................
The pollutants left behind manufacturing will never be allowed to be disposed of in Cali so why build there?
The recent rumor is that its almost certainly in Nevada. They've started breaking ground there already. Nevada plant is close to their CA plant and lithium mines. Right to Work and low taxes and regulation. They likely put the other sites in other states on the back burner for future expansion if needed
But what fish, bird, bug, plant or Native American religious site will be irreparably harmed? The EPA will surely find a way to get their two cents worth in.
Good luck getting thru the environmental permit/code maze.
A bankrupt idea for a bankrupt state.
crony capitalism, the policy of failed states where everyone is punished but the favored few.
"Elon, Hank Rearden's on line two!" lol
So why don't they just use their previous plant?
The TSLA manufacturing plant is already in California. So is Space X and Solar City.
Tesla manufactures the Model S in Fremont, California, in an assembly plant formerly operated by NUMMI, a defunct joint venture of Toyota and General Motors, now called Tesla Factory. Tesla purchased a stake in the site in May 2010 for US$42 million, and opened the facility in October 2010.
The fact that they are considering sites in OTHER STATES just shows you how prohibitive manufacturing in California has become.
He must Love paying taxes to irresponsible wastrels.
California was once a pretty nice place to live, I was born there.
Not now, and maybe not ever again.
At some point the California legislature will take everything he has for the good of the 'people'............................
If it happens, it will be a crony capitalist deal on the most favorable terms imaginable.
Tesla wouldn't even exist without the phony electric car credits mandated by California.
Manufacturers that don't sell electric cars pay Musk for the privilege to sell regular cars in Cali.
Sorry, you are confused. Here in California if you label anything green (or marijuana) the normal EPA Nazi's don't care. You could be poring hydrochloric acid into the water supply of a community or erecting hundreds of endangered bird species killing windmills but if you call yourself "green" or "natural", well then my friend, you get a pass
They outgrew it with the rise in demand for their product.
Sounds scary to me. The enviros will never allow it.
"$85K for a car that,with a stiff tailwind,might be able to go 200 miles on a charge and then must stop for hours for another charge? Gimme a break.For much less than half that I have a diesel that can go 700 miles (at 70mph) between charges and then can stop at any one of 30,000 recharging stations for a 5 minute recharge.Then I'm off for another 700 miles. "
On one level, I am with you. My driving needs mandate a range and refueling time that the Tesla doesn't meet. That said, here in the Bay Area, Teslas are all over the place, because for the hoy paloy that buy them, they offer luxury transportation to and from the office. They are replacing the BMW's and Merc's here for a lot of execs. I live in an East Bay "bedroom community,"and I could drive downtown right now and see at least one or two of them on the streets, and that's when the menfolk have already driven theirs to SF or the Silicon Valley to work. BTW, the fit and finish on the Tesla is as good as or better than any car you can buy today and they are all aluminum. When will you see the US automakers switch to aluminum to save weight? Probably never!
Imagine the massive pollution these batteries will cause.
See Canada city of Sudbury wasteland that has a battery company polluting everything.
Toyota Prius pollution.
How hybrid cars pollute
Hummer beats a hybrid when it comes to 'going green.
States do favorable tax deals all the time to attract industry. Alabama did for Boeing and Mercedes. South Carolina did for BMW. Georgia did for Kia.
Tax abatments for industry is one thing.
Fake electric car credits and cap and trade is something else.
Pretty sure they are real credits... As with all tax credits, they are done to drive behavior. Mortgage tax credit, child care tax credit, energy efficient electric water heaters, windows, etc. etc. etc. Nothing new here.
Is that in Nine Mile Point, CA?
My comments may not apply to some but they certainly apply to me.At least 90% of my miles are driven at 70mph and my typical trip (which I make often) is 70 miles.However,it's not unusual for me to drive I-90/I-91 and I-95 to NYC...a trip of about 200 miles.
To me buying an $85K car mainly for a 10 mile round trip to the office is silly.
Who collected the data for that slick chart?
And how was it collected? Data recorders or surveys?
I agree if that's the way Californians want to have their laws, so be it.
But $130 million of Tesla's income in 2013 was "greenmail" payments from other companies that sell non-electric vehicles in California.
From Census Bureau Travel and Demographics Study
I never looked at it like that...but, that sounds par for the course out there. Such a pretty state, too.
Thanks. Can I then assume the data are derived from survey questions, yes?
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Impulse noise detection is a critical issue when removing impulse noise and impulse/Gaussian mixed noise. In this paper, we propose a new detection mechanism for universal noise and a universal noise-filtering framework based on the nonlocal means (NL-means). The operation is carried out in two stages, i.e., detection followed by filtering. For detection, first, we propose the robust outlyingness ratio (ROR) for measuring how impulselike each pixel is, and then all the pixels are divided into four clusters according to the ROR values. Second, different decision rules are used to detect the impulse noise based on the absolute deviation to the median in each cluster. In order to make the detection results more accurate and more robust, the from-coarse-to-fine strategy and the iterative framework are used. In addition, the detection procedure consists of two stages, i.e., the coarse and fine detection stages. For filtering, the NL-means are extended to the impulse noise by introducing a reference image. Then, a universal denoising framework is proposed by combining the new detection mechanism with the NL-means (ROR-NLM). Finally, extensive simulation results show that the proposed noise detector is superior to most existing detectors, and the ROR-NLM produces excellent results and outperforms most existing filters for different noise models. Unlike most of the other impulse noise filters, the proposed ROR-NLM also achieves high peak signal-to-noise ratio and great image quality by efficiently removing impulse/Gaussian mixed noise.
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D.G. Khan Cement Co., Pakistan's second-biggest producer of the building material, posted a second-quarter profit after cement prices increased on demand for flood reconstruction.
Net income was 163.8 million rupees ($1.9 million) in the three months ended Dec. 31, compared with a loss of 115 million rupees a year earlier, the cement maker said today in a statement to the Karachi Stock Exchange. Sales rose 37 percent to 4.8 billion rupees.
Pakistan's cement sales are rising as the nation rebuilds after the worst floods in its 63-year history swept away 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles) of roads and 1,000 bridges last year. Demand for cement may gain 16 percent in the year ending in June, analysts including Farhan Bashir Khan at Invest Capital & Securities Ltd. in Karachi have said.
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What Obama's Going To Say Today About Finance Reform
President Obama's going to be in New York City today, talking about finance reform. Politico posted some parts of the speech that have already been given to the press.
There's going to be a little bit of I told you so:
I take no satisfaction in noting that my comments have largely been borne out by the events that followed.
Some Wall Street-Main Street linkage:
Some on Wall Street forgot that behind every dollar traded or leveraged, there is family looking to buy a house, pay for an education, open a business, or save for retirement. What happens here has real consequences across our country.
And a call for support of the House and Senate finance-reform bills:
Both bills represent significant improvement on the flawed rules we have in place today, despite the furious efforts of industry lobbyists to shape them to their special interests. I am sure that many of those lobbyists work for some of you. But I am here today because I want to urge you to join us, instead of fighting us in this effort. I am here because I believe that these reforms are, in the end, not only in the best interest of our country, but in the best interest of our financial sector.
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July 27
Cheap travel in New Mexico?
How can I save money while travelling around Santa Fe and parts of northern New Mexico? Creative answers welcome! [more inside]
May 8
Vacation for Two in Santa Fe, NM Area
My wife and I are headed to Santa Fe for vacation the last week of August and are looking for lodging, outdoor activity, art, and food recomendations! [more inside]
January 7
New Mexico Driving Advice re: Tomorrow's "Storm"?
Tomorrow night around 6pm, I am driving with my mom from Albuquerque to Santa Fe. My parents are watching the Weather Channel and FREAKING OUT that they think a coming storm is going to make our 1 hour drive impossible or *horribly dangerous.* Is this true? [more inside]
April 29, 2015
Very specific driving advice needed, ABQ to Smyer TX and back
My wife and I will be in eastern NM/NW TX from Friday to Sunday for a funeral. We will have a Mustang convertible, a tight time schedule, and a first-timers perspective to the area. We need some good advice. [more inside]
December 19, 2014
Truth or Consequences
I am taking my partner on a long weekend trip to Truth or Consequences, NM as a Christmas gift. I don't know the area at all, so I'm looking for suggestions on what not to miss while we're there. [more inside]
June 21, 2014
ISO cheap things to do in Albuquerque without a car
I am taking a short train trip from CA to Albuquerque next weekend for a few days. I'm on a very tight budget and I won't be able to afford a car. How can I get around and what should I see? [more inside]
March 25, 2014
romantic, outdoorsy, 7 day trip to Santa Fe/New Mexico, ideas?
Wife and I are planning to visit Albuquerque, NM this May. We will rent a car, and be there for one week. Where should we go? We've never been to the region. [more inside]
November 27, 2013
Help me find the NM secret sandstone caves
I'm in northern New Mexico for a few days and would like to visit the caves discussed here. [more inside]
October 30, 2013
Green Tortoise to Burning Man
Attending Burning Man was been on my bucket list for decades - mostly for the epic scale of the art, and the experience of creating a city in the wilderness - but the logistics & cost of trying to organize a trip form Hawai`i have always deterred me. Next year I'm thinking of foregoing "radical self reliance" in favor of letting Green Tortoise take care of the basics. I do, however, have a few reservations, and I was wondering if people here had any experiences they could share. [more inside]
July 29, 2013
Where to stay in Santa Fe?
How walkable is downtown Santa Fe? We'll be there for 3 days and are trying to decide whether we should restrict our hotel search near the Plaza or consider the cluster on Cerillos about 15 minutes away. [more inside]
April 23, 2013
Help Me Get A Feel For Albuquerque NM
My husband and I will be in Albuquerque for a very short stay this spring. We have discussed the possibility of relocating there, and would like to get the best feel for the town that we can on our limited visit (2 nights and a day). Can anyone suggest some things to see and do? [more inside]
May 10, 2012
Sign me up, Santa Fe?
We're considering moving to Santa Fe. Tell us what we should know and where we should live. [more inside]
April 21, 2012
Taos on the Cheap
We're in Taos, NM with more free time than money. What are some fun things to do here that are free or cheap? (Any cheap eats suggestions also appreciated.)
February 22, 2012
What's a dog to do in Santa Fe?
Is Santa Fe a dog-friendly destination? [more inside]
December 22, 2011
Need some advice about Albuquerque, NM
Moving from MS to NM in a couple of weeks, and I want to lessen my culture shock... help? [more inside]
August 16, 2011
Things to do in New Mexico when you're working?
Things to do in New Mexico? [more inside]
August 13, 2011
Heading to New Mexico to look for Aliens, what do we do with the rest of our time?
My sister and I have been talking about a roadtrip to Roswell, for years and in a few weeks we're finally doing it. Now that our flights are booked we realize there's a lot more to do in New Mexico. Where do we start? [more inside]
April 21, 2011
Sante Fe in August
Sante Fe, NM in August: Yea or Nay? [more inside]
January 19, 2011
My old love (and me) in New Mexico...
Would it be better to plan a New Mexico vacation for spring break (let's say late March), or in late July/early August? [more inside]
January 3, 2011
I suspect this trip would be much easier if we were going to New Mexico instead.
I'm heading to Arizona for 3-4 days of unfettered roaming with my boyfriend. We are a strange pair of humans, and up for anything that sounds interesting. We're renting a car, and don't mind driving ridiculous distances for a small payoff. We'll need to find 3 places to sleep during the course of this little trip, as well. Any ideas, the more outlandish the better? We almost never get to travel together, so here's hoping for some strange fun if we can get it! [more inside]


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The European Commission is proposing (PDF) a labeling scheme aimed at influencing consumers to buy more energy efficient and better performing tires. The scheme is proposed to enter into effect by the end of 2012.
The labeling scheme will allow consumers to compare tires by using a system which grades the tires on fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise emitted.
Expected fuel savings from the increased use of fuel efficient tires are estimated between 2.4 and 6.6 million tons of oil equivalent in 2020 depending on the speed of market transformation. As much as 20 percent of the energy needed to operate a car is tire-related, according to some industry estimates.
In addition, CO2 savings due to increased use of fuel efficient tires are expected to range from 1.5 million tons to 4 million tons per year depending on the speed of market transformation towards fuel efficient tires. This is equivalent to removing 500,000 to 1.3 million passenger cars from EU roads per year.
In August, ExxonMobil announced the completion of a manufacturing facility that will provide new capacity for the production of a new tire material technology, Exxcore DVA, that the company says can improve vehicle fuel efficiency from improved tire inflation pressure retention. The company said that if all vehicle tires on the road in the U.S. had an IPR of 1.5 percent — which the company says Exxcore DVA can help achieve — it would represent a potential annual fuel savings of over 700 million gallons and a reduction in greenhouse gases of over 6 million tons per year.
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Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Back on Earth, Peter and Valentine forge an intellectual alliance and attempt to change the course of history.
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"Ender's Game" not only manages to have a strong message, but it is also a joy to read. The plot is enthralling, the characters are complex and realistic, and the descriptions of the battleroom fill your head with fantastic images that make you wish your school had been like this, without the burden of saving humanity. The subplot involving Valentine and Peter is superb and cannot fail to inflame every reader's megalomaniacal side. Though the book is about children, it never condescends and gives kids the credit for the intelligent creatures they are (a big plus for teenage readers). The characters are exceptionally bright, but they are still identified as five- to twelve-year olds, not as mini-adults. It's no wonder that so many gifted young readers have made the statement, "I am Ender." I hope "Ender's Game" is able to make the rare crossover from lowly sci-fi to recognized, so-called "legitimate" literature.
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Ender Wiggin is a special boy. He is the youngest (6 yrs old when the story starts) of a family of child geniuses (Peter being the eldest, then Valentine). This story is set in the future where aliens (called Buggers because of their physical and mental traits) have tried to invade the earth twice. Twice the Earth defeated them, but at great cost. The government is scrambling to make sure this never happens again by training the next set of star fleet commanders from childhood.
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