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There was one very important question during the early part of the 2000s that every girl had to answer for herself. Are you on Team Mr. Big or Team Aidan? It was a tough call for the devout fans of Sex and the City to make. We wanted our girl Carrie Bradshaw to be happy, and I think deep down that we all knew Big would eventually come around. So, what happened when I found myself face-to-face with Chris Noth, the actor that played Mr. Big to perfection, and he asked me, "Were you for Big or Aidan?"
You'll just have to read on to experience with me one of the most surreal moments of my life. Last week, I sat down with Chris to catch up about SATC, his new role as corrupt politician Peter Florrick on the hit show The Good Wife, and get all the details on his partnership with Beaulieu Vineyard's Give & Give Back Campaign. For that, Chris wants you to spread the word and nominate people in your community doing extraordinary things to fight hunger--"Hometown Hunger Heroes" if you will--on the BV Facebook page.
__Glamour: What should people know about the hunger epidemic in this country?
Chris Noth:__When they first came and approached me about this campaign, I found myself listening to the facts--which are pretty startling. I thought I was pretty well informed. I didn't know there were 16 million children going hungry, waking up hungry, and I didn't know that one in six people are deprived of food.
__Glamour: What was most shocking to you?
CN:__ I knew that hunger is a problem in this country…I didn't know that hunger was such a big problem right here in [New York City]. You look around New York, and we are surrounded by restaurants and food trucks, and we celebrate food in this city like no tomorrow. We talk about, you know, diet and that we shouldn't give our kids big things and obesity and fast food. Well, you know there are people who don't have that problem because they're not getting any food! We have so many deep problems and issues facing humanity. Seven billion people on this earth. I always get involved with the environment because once you go past the tipping point with the environment, you don't get it back. But, you can feed people. We have the capacity to feed people. We have the capacity to solve this.
__Glamour: You're such a New Yorker and so associated with New York. What is it about this city that makes you come alive?
CN:__ Well, this city's alive. It's immediate. You go out your door, and it's people, neighborhoods... It's a city of contact. And it's a walking city. That's very important to me. Being able to walk through it--you really are in it. You don't feel that way in LA. You don't feel that you're in it there.
__Glamour: Now, you know that me, all my colleagues at Glamour, and pretty much everyone reading this are big fans of Sex and the City...
CN:__ But Sex In The City is over...
__Glamour: Sadly, we know this...
CN:__ And The Good Wife is flourishing...
__Glamour: Totally. But we just wanted to let you know that we love you in both!
CN:__ Did you like Aidan or Big better?
__Glamour: I always liked Big better!
CN:__ Good answer!
__Glamour: You must still get asked that a lot, no?
CN:__ Do I get asked that? EVERY DAY! (laughing) I'm like, 'Oh God with that name. If I hear it one more time, I'm gonna explode!' No. I mean, it gets a little old.
__Glamour: Who do you relate to more--Mr. Big or Peter Florrick?
CN:__ The Good Wife covers a lot of different ground and a lot of different story lines. It's a network, and you only get 42 minutes with the commercials, and you've got this big ensemble. I'm not the star of the show, I'm actually a sort of glorified guest artist on it. So, you know, I don't think it can go as deep as the relationship I had on Sex In The City. The nuances of it. We have to kind of splash big colors on [The Good Wife] with the conflict and things like that. And I think we do a good job, but there just isn't the time to go into it the way we could with Sex In The City.
__Glamour: Neither Peter nor Big really wear emotions on their sleeve—but do you think Peter does it less because he's a politician?
CN:__ I don't know. It's hard to say. I think the writing's superb on [The Good Wife], but again, they're juggling a lot of balls, so when my story line comes up there's only so much time to do it in. And to give the impression of a complex relationship of a campaign, of a man and a woman who have a shared history and part of that history brings them together and part of it drives them apart. There's only a certain amount of time to do that. Where as Sex In The City you could spend episode after episode examining that.
__Glamour: And movie after movie.
CN:__ I don't think the movies did... Yeah, I guess the movies did. I can't remember.
__Glamour: The first one really did.
CN: Yeah, those f!@%&n' roses that she hit me over the head with. All day long. It hurt. It was like, 'Come on Sarah [Jessica Parker], stop being so method*!' (laughs)
__Glamour: Will there be a third movie?
CN:__ Well, I think we've all moved on. We've all got kids. It's like, the bloom is off the rose. My favorite time of Sex In The City was the first year and a half of it before anyone knew what it was. We could do the work and celebrate it and have a good time and not be hounded. People got out of their minds about this show. I mean that's a good thing in one sense, but in another way it kind of ruined it for us, you know? A little bit.
__Glamour: Why was that?
CN:__ Some of the focus was a little bit on the wrong stuff, you know? I think fashion was one of the things that informed it, but it wasn't about fashion. It wasn't just the relationship with Big. Really, the core of it, was the friendship between the four girls through thick or thin and the evolution of that and living in the city in today's world. And, they had marvelously good insight into how funny sex can be and real at the same time. It got kind of blown out of proportion. Success can be obviously a two way street.
__Glamour: If you could have anyone from Sex and The City guest star on The Good Wife, do you have a first choice?
CN:__ Well, I love all the girls. I did a movie called Lovelace and Sarah Jessica [Parker] is in it, but I didn't have a scene with her. Kristin [Davis], I just saw in the Broadway play, Gore Vidal's The Best Man. She did just a stand up job in this one. I don't see much of Kim [Cattrall]. I think she's in London a lot. Cynthia, I see at different events. On the original Law and Order that I was on, one of the first episodes was with Cynthia Nixon. So, we're all in the same world. But you know, people go, 'Do you all hang out?' No, we've all got kids, we've all got lives. And there was a friendship there. I feel very close to Sarah, but I haven't seen her.
__Glamour: Did you watch Sarah on Glee? She was great.
CN:__ I'm a little behind on my TV watching. Ask me about Downton Abbey or Mad Men, and I can tell you.
__Glamour: Did you watch anything to prepare for your character on The Good Wife--look to any news making politicians and things like that?
CN:__ No, no. But I've been reading politics my whole life, so I don' need to look at these guys to get an idea of it. I've read copiously about JFK's time and LBJ's time in office, and the history of the Vietnam war. And I wish I wouldn't, but I read The New York Times every day. So, I know what's going on, but I'm not gonna go, 'I'm gonna steal that little bit from Mitt Romney or President Obama.'
Glamour: Now that you're married and have a chlld, has that affected the roles you look at to take?
CN: Actually, yes, because the idea of traveling for a long time is less palatable, and I used to love that. The first movie I did was in Indonesia and was supposed to be a two month shoot--I ended up there nine months. I can't do that now. My son would kill me. He's at that age now where he misses me. So, yeah, I'm trying to juggle that whole thing!
And, here I am with Chris Noth, Mr. Big himself! I still cannot believe this was real and not Photoshopped together!
Now you tell me! Were you cheering on Mr. Big or Aidan? And do you watch The Good Wife? Let's continue dishing about anything and everything Chris Noth below! What did he reveal that surprised you the most?
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Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Newman
Despite its lushly shimmering sets and costumes, The Hudsucker Proxy is cold and businesslike at heart. Actually, the problem with this latest offering from the gifted Coen brothers (director Joel and producer Ethan) is that it has no heart. Instead it is a methodical dissection of the populist comedies made by Frank Capra and Preston Sturges in the '30s and '40s.
The setting here is an Oz-like New York City in 1958, where a midwestern galoot (Robbins) arrives hoping to make it big with his invention, the hula hoop. He is plucked almost immediately from the mailroom of the giant Hudsucker Industries and named president, the dupe in a stock manipulation scheme cooked up by greedy board members. Smelling a story, a hotshot reporter (Leigh) gets herself hired as Robbins's secretary. She, of course, falls in love with him, just as Jean Arthur did with Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Barbara Stanwyck did with Cooper in Meet John Doe, both movies from which Hudsucker steals shamelessly.
The goings-on here matter not a whit, since the Coens so patently don't care about their characters. Robbins is appealing but sweats to stir up the froth. Leigh, an actress who has shown real comic flair elsewhere, is way sour, bashing through every scene as if doing a bad imitation of Katharine Hepburn circa Bringing Up Baby. And Newman, as the board's ringleader, seems at sea, attempting to play a character in a movie concerned only with archetypes. (PG)
Picks and Pans Review: The Hudsucker Proxy
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•originally published 04/04/1994 AT 01:00 AM EDT

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MacBooster helps you speed up your OS X by RAM release, login optimization, and performance boost.
MacBooster is an easy-to-use yet powerful system utility for Mac OS users. Similar to Windows PCs, Mac computers also suffer from slow response, over occupied hard disks, difficulties in uninstalling apps, and other system issues. MacBooster can help users solve these issues with a simple one-click. It clears out junk files in the system, removes threats from the Internet, identifies big or duplicated files that take up large portion of hard disk, and helps you uninstall unwanted apps that won't easily go away. It is the ultimate tool you will need to keep your Mac machines running well. According to our online user survey, a large number of Mac users are bothered by a variety of system issues that may affect their system performance. Such issues include: hard disks taken up by binaries, cache files, log files and useless language files, RAM occupied by various 3rd party applications, difficult to uninstall apps, large or duplicate files filling the hard disk, and so on. MacBooster is designed to help Mac users with fixing such issues. It consists of a strong cleaning tool to clear out all of the unnecessary files that slow down system performance. It also includes a number of practical tools including a duplicate files finder, large and old files cleaner, an uninstaller, memory optimizer and startup applications organizer. Key Features: 1. Cleans unused binaries, cache files, log files, and language files to free up more disk space. 2. Swipes browsing history to protect users' privacy. 3. Finds and remove Mac viruses or malware. 4. Finds and remove duplicate files. 5. Removes useless large and old files. 6. Uninstalls apps that are hard to get rid of. 7. Re-organizes the apps that launch along with system startup to boost startup speed. 8. RAM cleaning and release.
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Telkom South Africa optimistic about ADSL growth
Telkom is on its way to meet its ADSL target of at least 700,000 subscribers by 2011
Current estimates indicate that Telkom is on its way to meeting its target of ADSL customers equating to 15-20% of Telkom's fixed access lines by 2010/2011.
This view was expressed by Alphonzo Samuels, Group Executive for Wholesale Sales and Marketing Operations who said that in most developed countries, broadband penetration ranges from 25% to 50% of fixed lines.
Samuels continued: "Considering our current penetration of just over 7%, we are clearly still in the infancy stage of the broadband maturity curve, with plenty of room to grow."
He said that his confidence is borne out by the latest demand trends in the marketplace, adding: "Our traditional ADSL customer base has been the high LSM groups. While the demand among these groups is still there, it is now also spreading to the middle to lower LSM levels."
Samuels believes that the demand among these "non-traditional" customers is mainly influenced by both the growing use of the Internet in the education system and the value proposition that ADSL offers.
"With outcomes-based education, parents are forced to assist their children with research and, increasingly, schools expect the internet to be used as a research resource. This creates a momentum for ADSL," said Samuels.
Growth is also expected to be stimulated by the commoditisation of ADSL, the Do Broadband offering, the Self-Install Option, ADSL port automation and wholesale services.
Added Samuels: "At this point, we are only selling high-speed internet and have yet to move into value-added services like IPTV, video-on-demand and interactive gaming - these services will stimulate demand for ADSL, especially in the younger market."
He said that young people in particular fully understand the benefits of triple-play and they will be the ones who will push Telkom's customer base to allow the Company to meet its targets.
He pointed out, however, that successfully climbing the ADSL growth curve is not without its challenges, saying that the main challenge is to try to build ahead of demand.
"Demand is starting to come from areas not historically pre-provisioned for ADSL, notably the traditional Black, Coloured and Indian 'townships'. Although there has been some penetration in townships, this has mainly been around shopping centres and business parks," explained Samuels. The demand is also coming from the residential areas, where the Company does not have pre-existing infrastructure in place.
"An important step forward in matching supply with demand has been the creation of Telkom's Broadband Register. Where there is demand but no infrastructure, the intelligence goes into the Broadband Register, which is fed into our build programme so that we are able to prioritise more effectively and efficiently," said Samuels.
He explained that the build programme itself consists of two technology options. Where there is sufficient demand, we use fibre to the node, which puts an ADSL point of presence closer to customers. On the other hand, if there is sufficient demand but customers are outside the cable footprint, Telkom will deploy WiMAX technology.
"We will continue to seek various strategies aimed at increasing customer satisfaction in our efforts at seeking increased ADSL penetration," concluded Samuels.
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The Monthly GNU Column
Brave GNU World
This column looks into projects and current affairs in the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the FSF. In this issue,we focus on communication programs for mobile telephones.
Several free software projects have appeared in the past few years to provide support for mobile applications. In this month's Brave Gnu World, we look at Gnokii, MyGnokii, Gammu. Gammu+, and Wammu. Gnokii Gnokii [5] is certainly one of the bestknown free software projects for communicating with mobile phones. It was launched in February 1999 as a merger between two projects aimed at bringing the functionality of the "Nokia Cellular Data Suite (CDS)" to other platforms .
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Mirantis Joins Hands with SUSE To Offer RHEL Support; Red Hat Not Happy
Competitors get in the game with RHEL without Red Hat
Linux on Windows 10 Poses a Security Risk
Security researchers have already notified Microsoft; some fixes are available
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The company is collaborating with Google and Intel to use Kubernetes as an engine for Fuel
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The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be available as a snap package
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Customers can take a free test drive of SLES for HPC on the Azure Cloud
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San Francisco-based chip company announces their first fully open source chip platform.
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The whole distro gets rebuilt on glibc 2.3
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Ubuntu Vendor tries to solve app packaging and distribution problem across distributions.
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Founder of ownCloud launches the Nextcloud project.
HP Enterprise Unveils a Futuristic Computer
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GEMS Akademia International School is a co-educational, K-12 school situated at Thakurpukur, Kolkata (India) with residential, weekly cum day boarding and day scholastic programmes. GEMS Akademia International School invites application for academic and non-academic posts. Interested candidates may send their applications with CV and a passport size photograph (non-returnable) to:
The Principal, GEMS Akademia International School, Bakrahat Road, Thakurpukur, P.O. Rasapunja, Kolkata - 700 104 or, e-mail it to email@example.com
All applicants must have a minimum of three years of experience in the relevant field and should have good communication skills in English.
We currently invite applications for the following posts:
Teaching Staff:
For Pre-Primary Section: Montessori Trained or TTC Teachers & Helper Teachers (minimum class XII passed & preferably trained)
For Primary Section: B.Ed. (all subjects), Graduate
For Secondary Section: Honours Graduate/Post Graduate, B.Ed. (all subjects)
For Foreign languages: French, Spanish and German
For Dance (Western and Indian classical); Music, Instrumental (synthesizer, piano, violin, guitar & drum); Art/Drawing/Sculpture
For Physical Education, Training/Coaching (Cricket, Football, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Billiard, Chess, Martial Arts, Basketball, Gymnastics, Hockey, Yoga & Swimming) - Ex-Service coaches may also apply
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House Parents/Warden, Librarian, Doctor, Nurse, Administrative Officer, Estate Manager, Bursar/Chief Accountant, Accounts Assistant, Front Office Assistant, HR Assistant, Physics, Chemistry and Biology Lab Assistants.


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The Pac-12 men's basketball tournament begins Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, capping perhaps the league's worst regular-season showing in a quarter century.
How bad is it?
The tournament winner will earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. But as of now, the Pac-12 does not appear to have a second team assured of an invitation -- not even Washington, which won the regular-season title.
If the worst scenario played out and the conference got only its guaranteed bid, the Pac-12 would become the first of the six power leagues to be shut out of the at-large field since the tournament expanded to 48 teams in 1980.
"It's changed. You used to feel like if you were in the top four in the Pac-10, you were in," said Cal coach Mike Montgomery, whose team finished second. "Now I don't feel quite as confident in that anymore."
The downturn began two years ago, when the conference sent just two teams to the NCAAs. This season, it got worse.
The Pac-12 has been absent from the AP Top 25 poll for 14 consecutive weeks and has a 1-29 record in nonconference games against teams ranked in the top 50 of Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) computer rankings.
"The rest of the country thinks it's awful, thinks it's a one-bid league," said ESPN college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb. (Gottlieb's brother, Gregg, is director of basketball for Cal.)
What happened to the league that received six NCAA bids in 2009 for a third straight year?
The most frequently cited explanation is the loss of underclass talent to the NBA. In 2008 and 2009, the conference produced a whopping 13 first-round picks, including Stanford's Brook and Robin Lopez and Cal's Ryan Anderson. Last spring, seven more underclassmen left for the NBA, and four of them were among the first 16 draft selections.
But other leagues have been hit hard by draft defections, too, and survived.
"I don't buy it," said ESPN analyst and former UCLA forward Sean Farnham. "Look at Kansas. (Coach) Bill Self lost three players (to the draft) and they're the Big 12 champs. You can overcome that."
There is not a single culprit. Several components factor into the equation.
Bad TV exposure
The conference hitched its wagon years ago to Fox over ESPN, and the loss of exposure nationally is huge, Montgomery said.
"When I go home, I turn on ESPN. That's what everybody watches," Montgomery said. "People don't watch Fox unless there's the game they want to see."
Montgomery pointed to a West Coast Conference game on ESPN a couple weeks ago and the accompanying dialogue on "SportsCenter" leading to tipoff. "We never have anybody talking about us," he said, "because we don't have any mediums for people to talk about us."
Among the people not talking about the conference: potential recruits.
The Pac-12 Network will begin operation in August, promising that every men's basketball game will be aired in some fashion. But it's unclear how widespread the reach will be outside the league's footprint.
Turnover and turmoil
The Pac-12's best team is composed of players who became disgruntled and left for other conferences.
Many fans know about the thriving quartet of ex-UCLA players: Matt Carlino (now at Brigham Young), Mike Moser and Chace Stanback (UNLV) and former Archbishop Mitty star Drew Gordon (New Mexico).
Add to that former Washington sharpshooter Elston Turner, who leads Texas A&M in scoring, and ex-Washington State guard Xavier Thames, who starts for No. 21 San Diego State. And Arizona probably could use center Jeff Withey, who averages 24 minutes per game for Kansas.
But the turnover isn't confined to players. Arizona experienced several years of tumult related to former coach Lute Olson's health issues, while NCAA violations waylaid USC and led to the ouster of coach Tim Floyd.
Half the teams in the conference have changed coaches in the past three years.
"They've lost a couple really good coaches," Farnham said. "Losing Tony Bennett hurts. He had Washington State in a good flow ... The turnover hurts the consistency."
The UCLA issue
For much of the country, the Pac-12 begins and ends with UCLA. The Bruins own 11 national championships and, when they're good, they shine a spotlight on the rest of the conference.
"UCLA is a barometer, there's no question about that," Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. "The perception of our league is determined a lot on how strong they are."
Right now, the Bruins are in turmoil.
Picked to win the Pac-12, they are 18-13 and seeded fifth for the conference tournament. Last week, the Bruins were rocked by a Sports Illustrated story suggesting coach Ben Howland has lost control of the program since three straight Final Four appearances ending in 2008.
Howland kicked star forward Reeves Nelson off the team in December, but 11 other Bruins have either left early for the NBA, transferred or been dismissed since the end of the 2008 season.
Pipeline problems
California has always been the Pac-12's lifeline, producing many of the best players in league history -- from Bill Walton and Reggie Miller to Jason Kidd and Gary Payton.
But based on one measure, the well of elite players is nearly bone dry: California did not produce any McDonald's All-Americans in either 2010 or 2011.
"It doesn't seem like (the talent) is as widespread as it was at one time," said Washington coach Lorenzo Romar, who grew up in Southern California.
Coaches throughout the West are at a loss to explain the dearth of high-end talent, but the impact is obvious to all.
"Every other conference, when you're talking about the Player of the Year, has marquee players," Farnham said. "But the Pac-12 doesn't have that."
How long will it take for the conference to end its three-year slump and rejoin the ranks of the elite?
"I was optimistic that this would be a turnaround year," Gottlieb said. "You'd think next year becomes a year they could improve."
The Pac-12 has experienced a dip in NCAA Tournament bids in recent years (numbers reflect automatic and at-large berths):
2007: 6
2008: 6
2009: 6
2010: 2
2011: 4
2012: 2 *
* Projected
Performance of Pac-12 teams this season has fallen to alarmingly low numbers:
0: Wins vs. top-25 teams (AP poll)
1: Wins vs. top-50 opponents (NCAA power ratings)
3: Wins vs. Mountain West teams
11: Losses vs. Mountain West teams
14: Weeks without a team ranked in the AP top-25 poll
37: Ranking of top team (Cal) in NCAA power ratings
Recent departures to other conferences have included, from left, UCLA's Drew Gordon (New Mexico) and Matt Carlino (BYU), Arizona's Jeff Withey (Kansas), Washington State's Xavier Thames (San Diego State) and coach Tony Bennett (Virginia).


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Health Care Hero
August 14th, 2013
Huda Al-Hafidh, DDS, director of Dental Services at JPS Health Network, has won the Hispanic Health Care Heroes Award for her dedication to the children of Tarrant County. She will be honored at an award presentation on Thursday, Aug. 15, at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.
The Heroes Award is presented by the Hispanic Wellness Coalition, the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and United Healthcare to recognize "distinguished individuals and organizations that provide health care and education to the Latino community."
Al-Hafidh, widely known as Dr. Huda, has spent the last two decades at JPS improving the dental health of a generation of school children. She initiated community partnerships with Title I schools in Fort Worth, taking dentistry into the classroom to provide preventive care and identify children in need of affordable treatment for decay or infection. The program grew to include school districts HEB, Grapevine-Colleyville, White Settlement, Everman, Birdville, Keller and Crowley. The effort is in its fifteenth year and provides services to more than 20,000 children annually.
"Oral health affects children's daily performance in school and their overall quality of life," said Dr. Huda. "I promised myself when I took my oath that I would advocate for oral health as passionately as anyone advocates for general medical health."
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AHMEDABAD: The stage for the nearly 10-day-old politically motivated drama aimed at "replacing chief minister Narendrabhai Modi" in Gujarat" seems to have been shifted to New Delhi following the summoning of former chief minister Keshubhai Patel, Auda chairman Surendra Patel, Kashiram Rana and Rajendrasinh Rana.
Former chief minister Suresh Mehta, in-charge of recent Lok Sabha elections who met the BJP high command in New Delhi, preferred to keep mum about the discussion he had with them. However, according to political sources, Mr Mehta held the anti-incumbency responsible for the poor show in the Lok Sabha elections.


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Take a sneak peek at the new NIST.gov and let us know what you think!(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
Richard Kautz of NIST discovered why an array of 5,000 Josephson junctions shows no voltage steps at all—chaos theory. The junction response became chaotic when the external microwave frequency approached the resonance frequency of the Josephson junction. Kautz showed that stable, chaos-free voltages require a microwave frequency that is larger than the resonance frequency of the junction.
NIST and its German counterpart, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), developed the first quantum voltage demonstration chip. The 1-volt chip has 1,474 Josephson junctions made of lead-indium-gold alloy electrodes. This array is not fully practical, because it often switches spontaneously between voltage levels, and the junctions cannot be thermally cycled, which occurs when the chip is taken in and out of liquid helium at 4 K.
NIST made the world's first practical, stable and easy to use 1-volt standard, which had 1,484 junctions made of niobium and lead-indium-gold alloy superconducting electrodes and niobium oxide barriers. Each junction was 15 micrometers by 40 micrometers in size. The silicon chip was relatively large at 6.35 millimeters by 12.7 millimeters. This type of series-array microchip became the workhorse of voltage calibration around the world, with more than 50 systems operating in national, industrial, and military laboratories.
NIST made the world's first 10-volt chip, with 14,184 junctions. Each junction had one niobium electrode, a niobium-oxide barrier, and lead-indium-gold as the second electrode. The original photograph of oscilloscope traces shows the first time in the world that a Josephson device (or any other device) generated a stable quantized voltage above 10 volts, as measured by Clark Hamilton on Jan. 6, 1988. The photo is a double exposure showing the current-volt loop and superimposed step (short vertical line at lower left) at about 10.8 volts.
NIST researchers designed a waveguide holder and "spring-finger board" to deliver microwaves to the early volt standard chips. The chips are mounted in a brass holder. A pocket in the holder aligns the chip to a slot in the waveguide that delivers microwave power. The finger board presses down on the chip to hold it in place.
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Deputies of the opposition fight with deputies of majority party during the opening of the newly elected Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv on Dec. 12. Activists from Ukraine's feminist group Femen staged a topless anti-corruption protest on Wednesday outside the ex-Soviet country's newly-elected parliament as a fight erupted between lawmakers inside. Ukraine's parliament has seen several physical confrontations in recent years amid bitter confrontation between opposition and pro-government camps.
This is what happened Wednesday, the first day of the national legislature's new session, in Kyiv's Verkhovna Rada parliament building. Those are national lawmakers.Yes, scuffles are nothing new for the Ukrainian parliament, as this slideshow demonstrates. Given that former prime minister was sentenced to seven years in prison, on charges that the European Union said were politically motivated; and that the recent election was marred by violence, protests and allegations of fraud, maybe it's not shocking that lawmakers are unhappy with one another.


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Netflix tests new price tiers for video service
Published: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 10:03 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at 10:03 a.m.
Netflix is testing new price plans for streaming video as it tries to lure more viewers.
Among the plans being tested are a $6.99-a-month plan that allows only one video stream to be watched at once, and a $9.99-a-month plan that allows three streams at one time, whether on a TV, tablet or computer.
A Netflix spokesman says not everyone will see the test prices and they may never roll out to all customers.
Netflix's standard $7.99-a-month plan allows users to watch video on up to 2 screens at once, including TVs and mobile devices. An $11.99-a-month service allows up to four shows at once. Netflix announced that plan in April.
The Los Gatos, Calif.-based company still offers a DVD-by-mail subscription plan starting at $7.99 a month, though it is trying to move away from the business in favor of delivering video over the Internet.
Netflix subscribers have shown they can be fickle about price changes. The company's stock plummeted by more than 80 percent from highs reached in 2011 after the company imposed pricing changes that triggered a customer backlash.
Netflix's stock has since made up all those declines and set a new all-time high earlier this month. On Tuesday, its shares fell $1.89 to $365.10 in morning trading.
Introducing original content, such as the shows "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black," helped Netflix gain new customers this year. Netflix added 1.3 million U.S. subscribers in the third quarter and ended September with 31.1 million.
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Turks and Caicos Islands
Population: 44,819 (est.)
Language(s): English
Capital: Cockburn Town
Interesting Facts:
- The US$ is the official currency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
- The majority of the population of the Turks and Caicos Islands are Christian. As of 2001 they were 35.8% Baptists, 11.7% Members of the Church of God, 11.4% Catholics, 10% Anglicans, 9.3% Methodists, 6% Seventh-Day Adventists, 1.8% Jehovah's Witnesses and 14% other.
- Turks and Caicos Islands features a relatively dry and sunny marine tropicalclimate with relatively consistent temperatures throughout the course of the year.
- Summertime temperatures rarely exceed 33 °C (91 °F) and winter nighttime temperatures rarely fall below 18 °C (64 °F).
- Initially, the economy of the Turks and Caicos Islands relied on the export of salt and conch meat. Over the years, various exports maintained the local economy. Guano, cotton, sisal, fish, lobster and sponges have been replaced by tourism and a financial services industry. Fish and seafood are still lucrative exports.
- In the last 300 years, the country has been under the control of the Spanish, French, and is now British.
- The Turks islands name is derived from the Turks Head Cactus (Melocactus intortus), which is capped with a spiny structure resembling a Turkish Fez hat.
- The Caicos islands name is derived from the Lucayan word 'cayo hico', meaning string of islands. Lucyans were the original inhabitants of the islands.
The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies. They are known primarily for tourism and as an offshore financial centre.
The Turks and Caicos Islands lie southeast of Mayaguana in the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola. Cockburn Town, the capital since 1766, is situated on Grand Turk Island about 1,042 kilometres (647 mi) east-southeast of Miami in the United States. The islands have a total land area of 430 square kilometres (170 sq mi). The islands are geographically contiguous to the Bahamas, but are politically a separate entity.
The total population is about 45,000, of whom approximately 22,500 live on Providenciales in the Caicos Islands.
In August 2009, the United Kingdom suspended the Turks and Caicos Islands' self-government after allegations of ministerial corruption. The prerogative of the ministerial government and the House of Assembly were vested in the islands' governor, Gordon Wetherell, and his successor, Ric Todd, pending the report of a Commission of Inquiry and the drafting of a new Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Home rule was restored in the islands after the November 2012 elections.
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"They're a rotten crowd," I shouted across the lawn. "You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." (8.44-45)
Finally, right before Gatsby dies, Nick realizes that all the people he's been hanging around with are no good. Gee, took you long enough, Nick.
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I couldn't forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made […]. (9.145)
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Acetabularia calyculus
Patch of the umbrella alga, Acetabularia calyculus. Photo by L. Holly Sweat, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce.
Species Name:
Acetabularia calyculus JVF Lamouroux 1812
Common Name:
Umbrella Alga
Species Description:
Owing to the unique shape of their disks, species belonging to the genus Acetabularia are also called umbrella algae. Unlike other algal genera, each individual in this group of green algae is one large cell with a single nucleus. These cells can occur individually or in large clusters. Acetabularia calyculus is one of a few species within this genus found in and around the
Indian River Lagoon. The thallus, or body, is goblet-shaped and bright green in color (Littler & Littler 2000; Littler et al. 2008). Each individual is attached to the substratum via a holdfast at the base, leading to a long, slender axis or stalk, and up to a single disk. The stalk is calcified and thickens in diameter toward the base (see "Age, Size, Lifespan" below), bearing several complex branchlets in immature specimens, which are evidenced only by scars after maturity. The solitary disc at the top of each stalk is cup-shaped or occasionally flattened and divided into 22-30 rays. Upon close inspection, the outer margins appear distinctly notched.
Potentially Misidentified Species:
Several species of umbrella algae appear quite similar at first glance and often can only be positively identified at the microscopic level. In the IRL, A. calyculus could be mistaken for A. crenulata, A. c.f. farlowii, or A. schenckii (Littler et al. 2008). Both A. crenulata and A. schenckii are often whitish-green in color, setting them apart from the bright green color of A. calyculus. The remaining species, A. c.f. farlowii, is similar in color and appearance, with 20-42 rounded rays dividing each disk. Under the microscope, this species can be distinguished from A. calyculus based on structural differences such as the shape of corona (ring) at the center of the disk (Littler et al. 2008).
Regional Occurrence:
The range of P. pavonica extends throughout the world in warm temperate to tropical locales, including: North Carolina to Florida in the United States; the Gulf of Mexico; throughout the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic (Taylor 1979; Littler & Littler 2000; Littler et al. 2008); and the Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas (Orlando-Bonaca et al. 2008). Clusters are commonly attached to shell fragments and rocks from the lower intertidal zone down to 20 m (Taylor 1979), in seagrass beds and coral reefs, on tidal flats, and attached to mangrove prop roots (Littler & Littler 2000).
Indian River Lagoon (IRL) Distribution:
In the Indian River Lagoon, A. calyculus is found from the Haulover Canal in Brevard County south throughout Martin County, growing in shallow waters down to 5 m (Littler et al. 2008). Most individuals and clusters are attached to pebbles or shell fragments around tidal flats and spoil islands, either on sandy bottoms or in seagrass beds, and on prop roots of the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle (Littler & Littler 2000; Littler et al. 2008).
Age, Size, Lifespan:
A. calyculus can occur as solitary individuals or as clusters spanning several centimeters (e.g. Littler & Littler 2000). The stipe or stalk of each individual thickens toward the base from 200 to 420 μm in diameter, grows 1-7 cm tall and bears a single disk measuring 4-7 mm in diameter (Taylor 1979; Littler & Littler 2000; Littler et al. 2008).
Little information exists concerning factors that affect age and lifespan of A. calyculus. However, as mentioned below, individuals need about six months to develop after fertilization into a mature, reproducing plant (Puiseux-Dao 1970; Braga 1980). This time span is likely altered by factors such as light and nutrient availability (Braga 1980), salinity and temperature, and grazing by herbivores.
Reproduction & Embryology:
Sexual reproduction is one method of propagation in A. calyculus. Mature 'plants' release gamete-filled cysts from the rays of the umbrella-shaped reproductive cap into the water column. Cyst production varies among species and in A. calyculus, approximately 80 spherical, bright green cysts measuring 80 to 160 μm in diameter are released from each ray (Littler & Littler 2000; Littler et al. 2008). These cysts include a small cap that opens when the gametes are ready to be released (Puiseux-Dao 1970). Each cyst supplies gametes of only one sex that combine to form the zygote. After settling to the benthos, a new individual begins to develop by producing a growing stalk, followed eventually by whorls of branched hairs and a new reproductive cap (Braga 1980). Under ideal conditions, this entire process of sexual reproduction from initial germination to mature adult lasts approximately six months (Puiseux-Dao 1970; Braga 1980).
Species of the genus Acetabularia can also reproduce asexually through either cysts, which release motile, flagellated reproductive cells called zoospores; or through regeneration from sections of the parent plant (Puiseux-Dao 1970). Although the latter form of reproduction is considered to be rare, the groundbreaking work done by Hämmerling in 1931 showed that even anucleate (without a nucleus) cuttings taken from the parent were able to regenerate and maintain anatomical features that were characteristic of the particular species for up to several weeks. These findings, together with the unique unicellular nature of the genus, have spurred a biological and physiological interest in Acetabularia that has continued for nearly 70 years (e.g. Brachet & Bonatto 1970; Woodcock 1997).
Temperature & Salinity:
Little information is available concerning the temperature and salinity tolerances of A. calyculus. However, the natural range and habitats of the species suggests it prefers and/or requires warm waters. In addition, clusters can be found in estuaries where conditions are often quite variable, subjecting the species to salinities from brackish to hypersaline (e.g. Braga 1980).
Trophic Mode:
Like most other species of algae and plants, A. calyculus is autotrophic, converting energy from the sun into usable food during a process called photosynthesis.
Information regarding the common grazers of A. calyculus is scarce, but it is likely that the species is fed upon by a variety of organisms, including : urchins, hermit crabs, sea turtles, and herbivorous fishes.
Associated Species:
Although no obligate associations have been documented between A. calyculus and other species, the alga is commonly found with other organisms occupying the same habitats. For extensive lists of these species, please visit the Tidal Flat, Mangrove and Seagrass habitat pages of this inventory.
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Almodovar, LR & DL Ballantine. 1983. Checklist of benthic marine macroalgae plus additional species records from Puerto Rico. Carib. J. 19: 7-20.
Brachet, J & S Bonotto, (Eds.). 1970. Biology of Acetabularia. Academic Press. New York, NY. USA. 300 pp.
Braga, YY. 1980. Growth of Acetabularia calyculus in three different media. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 3: 157-161.
Hämmerling. J. 1931. Entwicklung und Formbildungsvermögen von Acetabularia mediterranea. Biol. Zentralbl. 51: 633-647.
Littler, DS & MM Littler. 2000. Caribbean Reef Plants. Offshore Graphics. Washington, DC. USA. 542 pp.
Littler, DS, Littler, MM & MD Hanisak. 2008. Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon: A Floristic Inventory and Field Guide. Offshore Graphics. Washington, DC. USA. 286 pp.
Puiseux-Dao, S. 1970. Acetabularia and Cell Biology. Springer-Verlag. New York, NY. USA. 162 pp.
Scott, FJ & GR Russ. Effects of grazing on species composition of the epilithic algal community on coral reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 39: 293-304.
Sohrabipour, J & R Rabiei. 2007. The checklist of green algae of the Iranian coastal lines of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Iran. J. Bot. 13: 146-149.
Taylor, WR. 1979. Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas. University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor, MI. USA. 870 pp.
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"Follow four animals as they make friends, play games, need to go to the toilet, contemplate the world and finally rock out at a grand dance contest. Lo-fi technological wizardry turns ordinary everyday toys into magical superstars with the aid of a video camera, comedy and punk rock. Fun-packed performance for children and their families.
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He's a one-man electronic band, playing broken-hearted modern music, with wit and style (and a few props). He recently appeared on the new ITV music show 'Earshot', playing a one-day tour of London. That's right, multiple shows in one town on the same day!
Live he plays an electro-pop cover of Van Halen's 'Jump' that features voice samples from Ivor Cutler. And his single 'Sh*t Dope' samples the '80s Children's TV programme Choc-a-bloc. Expect dodgy samples, carboot sale keyboards, kids toys, plastic guitar solos, dodgy singing, pathos aplenty and sellotape.
After releasing three albums and performing both nationally and internationally Kid Carpet has begun making theatre, composing music for others and has also presented a television programme for the BBC.
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Belafonte is alleged to have personally phoned a journalist at Britain's Sunday Mirror last week to tell him the couple's union is over and that Brown plans to return to Britain without him. Brown has remained mum over the report, reports the Daily Star.
However, she sent a clear message to fans on Sunday night when she and Belafonte were seen dining at a plush Japanese restaurant near their home in Los Angeles. They left the Katsuya eaterie hand-in-hand but Belafonte looked grim-faced as he led his wife to their waiting car.


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Warfarin and Vaginal Cream Drug Interaction Warning
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning stating that women taking the prescription blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin) should consult their doctor or pharmacist before using over-the-counter vaginal creams containing the antifungal drug miconazole because of an increased risk of bleeding or bruising. Miconazole is an active ingredient in many over-the-counter creams and suppositories used to treat vaginal yeast infections.
Doctors were already aware of adverse reactions between warfarin and systemically administered miconazole. This warning urges women to beware of creams and suppositories as well.
The warning was issued in response to two reports of abnormal blood clotting tests in women taking the anticoagulant warfarin who used vaginal miconazole. In addition to the abnormal blood-clotting test, one of the two women also developed bruises, bleeding gums, and a nosebleed. Two journal articles also warned of a possible interaction between warfarin and vaginal miconazole.
The FDA warning will appear on miconazole-containing product labels and consumer brochures.
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Royal Opera House Music Director Antonio Pappano recently hosted an Insights event to introduce the music of Puccini's Manon Lescaut. The opera opens on 17 June, with Antonio at the podium for all seven performances.
Antonio picks out different themes in the piece and works through extracts with singers Benjamin Hulett (Edmondo) and Duncan Rock (Lescaut), and pianist Richard Hetherington.
He describes how Puccini uses different musical devices to create a picture of youth and ebullience in the prelude, going on to look at the searching, sorrowful intermezzo between Acts Two and Three.
'The story [of Manon Lescaut] is very clear. It speaks a lot about our world today and the emptiness and superficiality of it. I'm not saying it's Puccini's Anna Nicole, but there are certain things in common.'
Watch the trailer for Jonathan Kent's new production:
Manon Lescaut runs from 17 June-7 July. Limited tickets are available. The production will be screened live in cinemas across the world on 24 June. Find a screening near you.
The production is generously supported by Rolex, with generous philanthropic support from Mrs Susan A Olde OBE, Lord and Lady Laidlaw, Mrs Philip Kan, Marina Kulishova, Mrs Trevor Swete, Quentin Holland, Mercedes T. Bass, Bruce Kovner, the American Friends of Covent Garden and The Manon Lescaut Production Syndicate.