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Legislative Alert
House Passes Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, Cuts $2 Billion from State and Local Assistance Programs
Meredith Ward, Manager, Legislative and Media Affairs, IACP
Specifically, $750 million is proposed to cover the Urban Area Security Initiative, the State Homeland Security Program, and the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program, along with several other state, local, and tribal assistance grants, with actual funding amounts to be determined by the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
The Senate has not yet released its version of homeland security funding legislation. The IACP will continue to work with Congress to ensure that state, local, and tribal law enforcement all have adequate funding for FY 2012.
Senate Committee Approves D-Block Legislation
On June 8, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved S. 911, the Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, which IACP strongly supports.
Since 2009, the IACP has been working toward having the 700 megahertz (MHz) D-Block reallocated to public safety for an effective, nationwide, public safety wireless broadband network. S. 911, sponsored by Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and cosponsored by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) would achieve this goal.
S. 911 would provide law enforcement and other public safety agencies with an additional 10 MHz of spectrum that is necessary to support a nationwide, interoperable, wireless broadband network that will help them fulfill their mission of protecting lives in communities throughout the United States.
Law enforcement and public safety must have a minimum of 20 MHz of broadband spectrum to meet current and future needs and must have access to new technologies to perform increasingly complex duties. These technologies must have adequate and dedicated spectrum that is managed and controlled by public safety to ensure that they will be more secure and reliable than commercial broadband systems. The D-Block allocation to public safety and federal funding are essential if technology is to accommodate the critical needs of the U.S. law enforcement and public safety community.
All of the major national public safety organizations support this legislation, including the National Sheriffs' Association, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, the Major County Sheriffs' Association, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the Police Executive Research Forum, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International, the National Association of State EMS Officials, the National Criminal Justice Association, the National Emergency Management Association, the National Association of Police Organizations, the National Troopers' Coalition, and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Additionally, many state, local, and tribal government organizations support it, including the National Governors Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the Council of State Governments, the International City/County Management Association, and the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The IACP will be working toward passage of this bill in the full Senate and then, hopefully, a companion bill in the House of Representatives. The IACP requests that all IACP members contact their Senators and ask them to support S. 911. Thanks to the hard work of the IACP membership, several letters have been sent and several members have indicated they will send letters.
For more information on the D-Block legislation and to receive assistance in sending a letter to members of Congress, contact Meredith Ward at firstname.lastname@example.com.
IACP Supports Mueller Nomination
IACP President Chief Mark A. Marshall recently sent a letter to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary expressing strong support for legislation to extend the term of FBI Director Robert Mueller for an additional two-year period. President Obama reappointed Director Mueller earlier this year after his original ten-year term had expired. A legislative fix is required for Director Mueller's term to be extended for two additional years.
In the letter, President Marshall wrote, "Immediately following the September 11 attacks, Director Mueller made the critical decision to improve the FBI's cooperation, communication, and coordination with state, tribal, and local law agencies. Because of this commitment, the FBI—under Director Mueller's leadership—has been able to successfully meet the challenge of protecting our nation from the threat of terrorism while at the same time remaining a vital partner to state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in their daily efforts to protect their communities from crime and violence."
The IACP urges Congress to approve the extension legislation in a timely fashion and extend Director Mueller's term for an additional two years. ■
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Meredith Ward, "House Passes Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, Cuts $2 Billion from State and Local Assistance Programs," Legislative Alert, The Police Chief 78 (July 2011): 8.
From The Police Chief, vol. 78, no. 7, July 2011. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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The GameCube games look and play as though you were playing on a GameCube.
Component cables will improve the look as far as I know, but I haven't tried this, (haven't been able to get my hands on one yet).
if people that have gamecube games and load them up in the nintendo wii
will they see some type of graphicall enhancement on the wii?
will progressive capable gamecube games look better on the wii with component cables?? will gamecube games be capable of reading sd cards with music in them?
will the wii be able to teletransport me to a new beatifull world without hippies and where im emperor of everything?
The GameCube games look and play as though you were playing on a GameCube.
Component cables will improve the look as far as I know, but I haven't tried this, (haven't been able to get my hands on one yet).
bummer i tought they at least ran a little faster like 3,000 frames per second or better special fx
It's possible that it may run a bit smoother, but I haven't played any GC games that actually slowed down on my Wii, so I can't comment on that yet.
it could possibly load faster even tho the gamecube loaded its games fairly quickly to begin with. Ill run some testing if i can get a stop watch.
does the wii have better graphics than the gamecube or is it just a faster version of the gamecube with online capabilities,wireless motion sensing remote and sd card capabilities?
They can't add what isn't on the disc. There is absolutely no difference.
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As far as I know playing a GC disc on a Wii will be the same as playing it on a GC.
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But they can do stuff like anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering to improve image quality - but as far as I know they don't do so. I don't think the jump in hardware is enough to do so without sacrificing performance.Originally Posted by registerednerd
this sounds right. But of course, it'll always improve if your using component cables (as stated in the first couple posts)Originally Posted by ilcid
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"As such, Helen herself has a beauty rating of 1.186 helens"
in the iliad helen speaks the last lament for hector. the only man in troy who showed her kindness is slain—and now, helen says, πάντες δέ με πεφρίκασιν, all men shudder at me. she doesn't speak in the iliad again. homer isn't cruel to helen; her story is cruel enough.[more inside]
Sappho's sixth and seventh poems
Although she is a literary legend, only one complete poem of Sappho's survives, along with substantial fragments of four others (the last discovered in 2004). Now two new fragments have been discovered. [more inside]
"It has been your lot to achieve that the obedience to manifold rules should not hamper poetry."
During the reign of Constantine the Great, the Roman senator and poet Publilius Optatianus Porphyrius was sent into exile for crimes unknown. He succeeded in regaining favor and his good name by composing a series of poems in praise of the emperor which looked like nothing else. His poetry was an evolution of the Greek tradition of pattern poetry, but he took it a much more complex level, as Arrigo Lora Totino explains. In an illustrated article, John Stephan Edwards goes through the poetry of Porphyrius, showing the evolution of his craft.
Nikos Kazantzakis
They think of me as a scholar, an intellectual, a pen-pusher. And I am none of them. When I write, my fingers get covered not in ink but in blood. I think I am nothing more than this: an undaunted soul. [more inside]
Elpenor - Home of the Greek Word
Elpenor - Home of the Greek Word is a site built around a bilingual anthology of all periods of Greek literature, but there's more, including ancient greek lessons, a collection of texts by non-Greeks about Greece, a gallery of Orthodox Christ icons and an online resource-guide on Byzantium. [more inside]
Seamus Heaney and the Soul of Antigone
Love that can't be withstood, Love that scatters fortunes, Love like a green fern shading The cheek of a sleeping girl. Seamus Heaney's search for the soul of Antigone. (more inside, with Christopher Logue)
Sappho: Poem of Jealousy (26 Translations)
Are you not amazed at how she evokes soul, body, hearing, tongue, sight, skin, as though they were external and belonged to someone else? And how at one and the same moment she both freezes and burns, is irrational and sane, is terrified and nearly dead, so that we observe in her not a single emotion but a whole concourse of emotions? Such things do, of course, commonly happen to people in love. Sappho's supreme excellence lies in the skill with which she selects the most striking and vehement circumstances of the passions and forges them into a coherent whole. Longinus, On the Sublime
Sappho's poem of jealousy survives only because the ancient critic Longinus quoted it as a supreme example of poetic intensity--now Ken Knabb has put up 26 translations of it in the English at the Gateway to the Vast Realms , the literature and texts section of his Bureau of Public Secrets. And wait! There's more!
Sappho's poem of jealousy survives only because the ancient critic Longinus quoted it as a supreme example of poetic intensity--now Ken Knabb has put up 26 translations of it in the English at the Gateway to the Vast Realms , the literature and texts section of his Bureau of Public Secrets. And wait! There's more!
The Independent
The Independent has a report that excavations at Herculaneum has brought forth some 850 papyri and "Among the works, which academics hope to read using the new equipment, are the lost works of Aristotle (his 30 dialogues, referred to by other authors, but lost in antiquity), scientific works by Archimedes, mathematical treatises by Euclid, philosophical work by Epicurus, masterpieces by the Greek poets Simonides and Alcaeus, erotic poems by Philodemus, lesbian erotic poetry by Sappho, the lost sections of Virgil's Juvenilia, comedies by Terence, tragedies by Seneca and works by the Roman poets Ennius, Accius, Catullus, Gallus, Macer and Varus."
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A 30-year-old Slidell man was killed in a one-car crash on Interstate 310 near Boutte shortly before 12:50 p.m. Monday.
Christopher Blanchard was driving south in the left lane of I-310 near Louisiana 3127 when, for unknown reasons, his car crossed the right lane and a grassy area along the roadside crashing into a billboard support post, according to a news release from State Police Troop B.
Blanchard, who was wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the 2002 Buick LaSabre and prounounced dead at the scene, state police said.
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This was on Route 22 east near Cokesbury Road. Natanael Rosario, 20, was driving. Formalarie learned that Rosario's license was suspended and that there was a $950 motor vehicle warrant for his arrest out of Fort Lee.
Formalarie issued him vehicle summonses for driving while his license was suspended and not maintaining his car lights. When he was unable to post the necessary bail, Rosario was arrested and taken to the Hunterdon County Jail in Flemington, police said.
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If you go down Geneva's Route Einstein, past the turning to Route Rutherford, and continue along Route Marie Curie then, just opposite the CERN hotel, you reach the CERN cafeteria.
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Not many of America's 160 minor league baseball teams can count on drawing extra fans by offering free T-shirts featuring a screened photo of one of their owners.
Sure, the Vermont Lake Monsters, Montgomery Biscuits and Pensacola Blue Wahoos have catchy nicknames.
They don't have Bill Murray.
The Class A Charleston RiverDogs will give Bill Murray T-shirts to the first 1,000 fans at Saturday night's game at Riley Park against the Augusta GreenJackets. The navy blue shirts feature Murray in a RiverDogs ballcap with a small WTAT Fox 24 logo on the back.
"We came up with the idea and the feel of the design from the pop culture inspired shirts of Mr. Murray that are pretty popular at The Joe and in general," said Noel Blaha, the RiverDogs' director of promotions. "We thought we could add the cap and brand it as a RiverDogs 'Director of Fun' shirt."
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and HOW TO COMMENT
- On August 4th, 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to retain without modification its Clean Air Act rule that limits emissions of toxic air pollutants from gasoline distribution terminals and pipeline breakout stations.
- At gasoline distribution terminals, trucks are loaded with gasoline for delivery to gasoline stations. Pipeline breakout stations are located along a gasoline pipeline and temporarily store and distribute gasoline.
- EPA issued national rule to limit emissions of toxic air pollutants from these facilities in 1994. This rule is one of 96 rules called maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards that require 174 industry sectors to eliminate 1.7 million tons of 188 toxic air pollutants. Congress listed these toxic air pollutants in the Clean Air Act.
- The 1994 MACT standards for gasoline distribution terminals and pipeline breakout stations reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants by 2,300 tons each year.
- The Clean Air Act now requires EPA to assess the risk remaining after the application of the 1994 MACT standards. These are often called residual risk assessments.
- Also at this time, EPA must review and revise the 1994 standards, as necessary, by taking into account developments in practices, processes and control technologies.
- We are proposing no further action at this time to revise the standards.
- The risk assessment found that after application of the MACT standards, the chronic cancer, non-cancer, and acute risks to humans, as well as ecological effects from these facilities are low enough that further controls are not warranted.
- The technology assessment did not identify any significant advancements in practices, processes, and control technology. Also, additional controls would achieve minimal air toxics reductions at a very high cost.
- The proposal announces EPA's decision to retain the existing standards and requests public comments on the residual risk assessment and technology review. A 60-day comment period will begin at the date of publication of this proposal in the Federal Register.
- The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate air toxics from large industrial facilities in two-phases.
- The first phase is "technology-based," where EPA develops standards for controlling the emissions of air toxics from sources in an industry group (or "source category"). These Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards are based on emissions levels that are already being achieved by the better-controlled and lower-emitting sources in an industry. EPA finalized the Gas Distribution and Pipeline Breakout Station MACT standards in December 1994.
- Within 8 years of setting the MACT standards, EPA is required to assess the remaining health risks from each source category to determine whether the MACT standards appropriately protect public health. In applying this "risk-based" approach - called residual risk - EPA must determine whether more health-protective standards are necessary.
- To decide whether additional regulation under residual risk was necessary, EPA applied the two-step decision process described in the 1989 Benzene National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. With this process EPA first determines if the risk to the individual most exposed is acceptable and then if the exposed population is protected with an ample margin of safety. This decision framework is further described in both the EPA's Residual Risk Report to Congress at https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3/reports/risk_rep.pdf), and in the Air Toxics Risk Assessment Reference Library (https://www.epa.gov/ttn/fera/risk_atoxic.html.)
- Also, every 8 years after setting the MACT standards, the Clean Air Act requires that EPA review and revise them, if necessary, to account for improvements in air pollution controls and or prevention.
- Interested parties can download the notice from EPA's web site on the Internet under recently signed rules at the following address: https://www3.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/ramain.html.
- Today's proposed action and other background information are also available either electronically in EDOCKET, EPA=s electronic public docket and comment system, or in hard copy at EPA=s Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (Docket ID No. OAR-2004-0019). The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202) 566-1742.
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Morrow speaks at CAA's March meeting
Juanita Morrow was the guest speaker at the March meeting of the Crowley Art Association.
President Isabella delaHoussaye welcomed the many members that were present. Brenda Istre, program co-chairman,
introduced the speaker.
Mrs. Morrow began her presentation by distributing a hand-out on her subject "Painting Faces". This related to faces in fine art portraits. She explained her interest in this aspect of fine art. Her motivation to learn portrait painting was to preserve likenesses of her family for future generations. She first studied with Mark Gill, a successful self taught portrait painter.
Tony Bernard was her next teacher who gave her different aspects of portrait painting. She was influenced by painters Helen Van Wyke, John Singer Sargent and John Howard Sanden. Mrs. Morrow will present an exhibit of 19 portraits of Acadiana women who have contributed to the arts in Southwest Louisiana.
This exhibit will be on display in The Gallery throughout the month of April with a Gala to be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 6 – 8 p.m. The public is invited to see this exciting show.
During the workshop Mrs. Morrow said that when beginning to paint a portrait one must first have an accurate drawing of the face, measuring each feature including the eyes, nose, mouth, chin, ears and hair. Then study the colors of the face mapping out areas of lights and darks.
She uses a very good photograph, enlarges it and then copies it in black and white. This gives the areas of lights and darks clearly. She then discussed body tone, highlights, body shadow, reflective light and cast shadows. Through each she listed oil paint colors she uses.
She talked about doing the background and how important this is to the portrait colors. Following the discussion she showed two beautiful portraits she has painted. Others are also exhibited in The Gallery.
During the business meeting reports were made by the officers and committee chairmen. Brenda Istre said the next meeting will be held on Monday, April 13 and will be a field trip to Janelle's Art Studio in Lafayette.
Members are to meet at The Gallery, have a brief business meeting and travel to Janelle's for 1:30 p.m.
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Renting an individual villa at La Manga Club is a great way to relax and enjoy yourself in one of the world's most famous sports resorts, located on the Costa Calida, Spain. Not only will you have the top class leisure facilities at your disposal, but also the comforts of home and the luxuries of a top villa to return to after a busy day swimming, golfing, mountain biking or playing almost any sport imaginable.
The La Manga Club is one of the world's finest leisure resorts, and has a range of top sports facilities. You can take your pick from indoor options, which include squash, swimming, a gym and a health and fitness centre, or those looking to enjoy the weather outdoors can opt to go horse riding, mountain biking, play tennis, go paragliding or enjoy a spot of fishing. A huge variety of water sports are also on offer within the 1400 acre resort, including wind surfing, sailing, jet skiing and fishing. If you fancy a more relaxing day you can simply chill out by the pool or head for the beach.
Some great golf courses are a huge draw for the region, with no less than three championship courses within the resort, one of which has previously hosted the Spanish Open. You can even get golf coaching to brush up on your skills, or stick to the pitch and putt or crazy golf if you prefer.
There is also plenty to do outside of the resort, including hiking or mountain biking in the surrounding Murcian hills and taking in the scenery, which provides spectacular views of the Mar Menor.
Entertainment in the resort is unrivalled, with a number of bars, restaurants, and the La Manga Hyatt regency casino all vying for your attention.
The local village of Los Belones has some great restaurants where you can enjoy the local cuisine, and there are several other neighbouring villages where you can experience traditional Spanish life. The city of Murcia is also an excellent place to visit, and offers some great shopping and historic landmarks.
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The state Department of Environmental Protection said the streamlined process will allow property owners to rebuild more efficiently by cutting down the time needed for reviews and reducing fees and other costs. Commissioner Bob Martin said in a statement that the rules eliminate "unnecessary red tape that would needlessly impede the important work ahead."
But a state environmental advocate contends the rule changes weaken oversight and environmental protection along the coast.
The emergency order that was filed Wednesday makes amendments to the Coastal Area Facility Review Act, or CAFRA, which regulates development in coastal areas, and the Waterfront Development Act.
The emergency rules make a number of changes, including allowing property owners to relocate their buildings sideways or away from water on their lots without a new permit as long as the expansion is no more than 400 square feet.
The rules also allow the elevation of a bulkhead, dock or pier as part of a repair or replacement without a permit as long as the reconstruction is finished within the existing footprint and not over wetlands.
Marinas will be allowed to move docks, wharfs and piers within their existing leased areas and construct or install boat pump-out facilities without extra permits under the emergency rules.
The state environmental department also said that the streamlined rules would strengthen the state's coastline in the face of future storms by allowing beach and dune maintenance at levels set by federal project designs through municipal permits and allowing the placement of sand fencing for dunes without an additional permit, among other changes.
The rules will also hasten dredging projects following a storm when the governor has declared a state of emergency by replacing individual permits with general permits for dredging of man-made lagoons and marinas and for removal of sand and gravel in the water caused by bulkhead damage.
"These rules will allow for new construction, dredging as well as other projects without permitting, public input, or proper review. We are concerned that we may end up with more problems later," said Jeff Tittel, the director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. "It is not about building better or smarter, it is about trying to rebuild the past and maybe elevate it."
The state department of environmental protection said in a news release the streamlined process applies to "projects occurring largely on the same footprint or involve minimal additional environmental impacts" and that they "will not compromise protection of coastal resources and will help ensure the rebuilding of a more resilient New Jersey coastline."
The emergency rules are in effect for 60 days. A public comment period will be open for 30 days and a public hearing will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. on May 22 at the Long Branch Municipal Building in Long Branch.


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RETURNING South Africa to its pre-Marikana investment status will need much more than resolutions taken by delegates at the African National Congress's (ANC's) Mangaung conference, and will depend on the government's ability to implement investor-friendly policies.
This is according to business representatives and analysts who spoke to Business Day last week.
South Africa's image has taken a serious knock this year, with violent and disruptive strikes across sectors, the continuing effect of a slowdown in global demand, and ratings downgrades, among other factors.
"It is only when we have things like a stable economy, investor-friendly policies and strong commitment to free and open trade, that the government can position South Africa as an attractive destination for global investors," says BDO South Africa business development director Russell Fox.
The ANC conference took several decisions, including the rejection of wholesale nationalisation in favour of "strategic state involvement". Delegates also decided to regulate, rather than ban labour brokers, and the government would also consider tax breaks for employers who hire young job-seekers, in order to tackle unemployment.
However, ratings agency Moody's said that while the ANC's policy platform was more investor and business friendly, there was still uncertainty over the details.
Recent strikes in the mining and transport sectors cost the economy billions of rand and also affected investor and business confidence.
Companies consider several factors before investing in a country, including politics, economic performance, sovereign ratings, and the management of fiscal and monetary policy.
Investec Group economist Annabel Bishop said another important element for companies was their ability to price in risk. "To improve this ability, government needs to improve policy uncertainty and engender firm leadership in an environment of improved property rights, regulatory efficiency, reduced state intervention and open markets," Ms Bishop said.
"Indeed, South Africa's image as an attractive foreign direct investment destination needs to improve to raise long-term investments to above 1% of GDP (gross domestic product) and consequently benefit the rand."
A United Nations Conference on Trade and Development study shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) to South Africa fell 43.6% in the first half of the year compared with the same period last year, but that most of it was attributable to the depressed global economic environment.
Special policy adviser to Business Unity South Africa (Busa) Professor Raymond Parsons noted that the country attracted less investment due to global, and domestic events such as the strikes.
However, despite this, "foreign interest in our bonds and shares on a short-term basis has been positive".
"But it should be clear that to the extent that South Africa continues to attract short-term capital flows, their influence on the rand so far has outweighed any weakness in FDI," Prof Parsons said.
South African government bonds became more attractive to investors after their inclusion in US investment bank Citigroup's influential World Government Bond index in October. This could not have come at a better time for South Africa. The inclusion boosted investment flows which the country desperately needs given the large shortfall on its current account.
Reserve Bank data shows that nonresidents increased their holdings of domestic bonds by R22.8bn in the third quarter of this year and by a further R3.1bn in October.
"These are mainly long-run investors, especially those benchmarked to the World Government Bond index. But also given such strong inflows into long-term investment bond funds and in particular emerging markets ones globally, money is flowing into South Africa … even if people are moving from being overweight to more neutral weight, given the domestic situation," says Nomura International emerging markets economist Peter Attard Montalto.
Total net purchases of local bonds by nonresidents soared to a record R81.1bn in the 10 months to October, compared with net purchases of R42bn last year.
Despite these inflows, Mr Attard Montalto suggested South Africa had probably underperformed its peers slightly. Stronger growth in countries such as Poland and Turkey, which did not have "the same structural and policy issues", had them doing better in terms of bond flows.
The government can also improve South Africa's image by addressing "highly publicised incidences of fraud and corruption", according to Mr Fox. South Africa dropped from 64th place to 69th out of 176 countries in Transparency International's worldwide corruption perceptions index, suggesting that corruption slightly worsened this year compared with last year.
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I am not a red person even at Christmas time. My tastes always align with a lighter palette usually highlighted with a touch of blue. That's why it was no surprise that I fell hard for this gorgeous wreath from the pages of Traditional Home.
In the mornings, I take the dog on a long walk around our neighborhood. It is one of those simple pleasures that helps me to start the day off on the right foot. During the Christmas season, my walks are even more pleasurable as I love to see how my neighbors have decorated for the season. I am amazed at the diversity of ideas for something as simple as the Christmas wreath. I like to make my own wreath with fresh evergreens from my garden. I usually use a combination of magnolia, boxwood and cypress and collect pinecones that look like roses from my neighbor's hemlock tree. I like my wreath to be fluffy and a little unruly so that it reflects its handmade status.
Here are just a few of my favorite Pinterest images of wreaths that are inspiring my decorating choices this season followed by my own Christmas wreath.
I love a Christmas wreath hung prominently indoors. It brings that needed touch of nature inside and fills the house with the scent of evergreens.
Here's the wreath I created yesterday from tidbits from my garden, a blue burlap ribbon and silver bell garland from World Market.
Merry Christmas, come on in!


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UPDATE #8 - January 23, 1998
PART 1: Upcoming Events!
We have some fun things coming up. Maybe you can squeeze them into your lesson planner! Chat with Mina Cappuccio who is planning a test on the propulsion airframe integration for the high speed civil transport- the airliner of the future! January 26, 1998 from 12 - 1 PM Pacific time. Read her bio at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/team/cappuccio.html To attend chats you register by filling out a form online to ensure a reservation. (So far there's been plenty of room in our chats!) To register go to http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/chats/#chatting On Thursday, January 29, 1998 10 - 11:30 PM Pacific a live lecture and Web chat with the "Aerodynamics in Sports Technology" Project Research Team http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ltc/special/cislunar/ On Thursday, February 5, 1998 at 9-10:30 AM Pacific We are planning a live event with Brent Wellman. There will be real media (streaming video and audio) over the Internet and Brent will demonstrate some discrepant events about generating lift with odd shaped airfoils. These tricks can be easily duplicated in your classroom!This broadcast will last 45 minutes and be followed by a Web chat. Check Special Events early next week for a link to information about attending this one time live event. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/events
Has your class been doing some airplane drawings or flying paper planes lately? Send us photos, jpegs or gifs. We can post them on the Aerospace Team Web site in the Kids' Corner under the Student Gallery. Rumor has it that kids like to see their work on the web. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/kids/
[Editor's Note: Robyn Gottheiner is a high school intern at Ames Research Center and as part of her experience she interviewed Mina Cappuccio, Aerospace Engineer. Robyn made a Web page about Wind Tunnels at http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/teachers/windtunnels.html]
Robyn Gottheiner
January 23, 1998
As a senior at Palo Alto High School, I had the option of taking a class called Science Research. This class places students with a mentor who works in a field that interests the student. I chose to study at NASA with Susan Lee who works on the Aerospace Team Online Web Site.
One opportunity Susan provided me with was to visit with Mina Cappuccio. Mina deals with models of high speed planes, and she tests them in the wind tunnels.
My visit with Mina turned into an amazing educational experience. Not only did I learn about such terms as Reynolds Number and what functions each Wind Tunnel specializes in, but I got the chance to see two of the many wind tunnels at Ames!
The wind tunnels at NASA have always intrigued me. As a child I would always stare at the huge building with amazement as I passed by on Highway 101. I would fantasize about what went on inside these wind tunnels. I pictured researchers in big space suits calculating information as they watched some mind-blowing spectacle.
Well, to tell you the truth, I wasn't too far off (except for the space suits!). As we entered the 11 by 11 foot Transonic Wind Tunnel, Mina unlocked the safety door that leads to the main floor. (Transonic means that the air inside the tunnel can travel at speeds that range from high subsonic to low supersonic speeds.) The huge room had a large cylinder-shaped object that stretched the whole length of the room. Mina explained that the tunnel went in a circular shape, and that we were only looking at a small portion of the Wind Tunnel. I didn't understand why this huge facility was called "11 by 11 foot". But quickly, it was brought to my attention that this dimension referred to the height and width of the tunnel where the model is placed (this piece of the tunnel is called the "test section"). So, basically, the model of the airplane that they are testing has to fit in an 11 by 11 foot area.
The reason they chose this dimension for this Transonic Wind Tunnel is so the researchers can study the model at Mach numbers between 0.4 -1.5, at a Reynolds Number of 1.26 -9.4 x 106 per foot. I learned that each Wind Tunnel specializes in different Mach and Reynolds Number ranges, densities, pressures, forces, and many other conditions. So, the model is placed in a sturdy holder that is downstream from the model (this is so the holder doesn't interfere with the airflow around the model). The standing air is pushed through the circuit using a very large compressor with the model in the test section of the circuit.
The researchers sit in a room near by, where they watch the model on many video screens and calculate really important information for improving the plane (or whatever the company is building). It is necessary for the technicians and researchers to be in a separate room because of safety precautions. If there was a crack or mishap in the tunnel, people could potentially be sucked into the Wind Tunnel. This is why these tests in the Wind Tunnel tend to be limited to people involved in each experiment.
After seeing the 11 by 11 foot Transonic Wind Tunnel, Mina took me to see the 9 by 7 foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel (Supersonic means that the air travels at speeds faster than sound). The area the model sits in this tunnel is obviously much smaller than the previous tunnel. This Wind Tunnel also deals with higher Mach Numbers, lower Reynolds Numbers, a different range of pressures, and many other conditions. Mina explained that this, as well as other Wind Tunnels in the NASA facility, were temporarily out of use because they were being equipped with high tech computers for data, and the actual tunnels were being repaired too. She said that they were originally built in the 1950's and that NASA hoped to reopen these Wind Tunnels for tests within the next few years.
Because the Wind Tunnels are being repaired, this means that Mina and other researchers have to travel to other places to test in Wind Tunnels. I was surprised to learn that there are tons of other Wind Tunnels all throughout the country. But, the biggest in the world is right at NASA Ames in Mountain View!
Even though I didn't visit the biggest Wind Tunnel, I still feel privileged to have had the opportunity of seeing two smaller tunnels. I learned a huge amount about the purpose of Wind Tunnels and how they help technology. I hope that I have been able to relay some of the exciting and educational information that I encountered in this adventure.
As I continue to work with NASA until the end of the school year, I am learning one really big lesson. The basics that students are taught in school, like Physics and Math, are the keys to all the interesting technological work at NASA and all over the world. I have been able to value what I learn in school, because I know almost all the theories and calculations will be applied in whatever I do later in life.
By Fanny Zuniga
January 14, 1998 This week the test team and I are busy trying to solve a new mystery. The balance has been calibrated and it looks good. But when we plugged the balance into our computer we didn't get a very good signal. There are some electrical components between the balance and the computer (like amplifiers and signal conditioners) and we don't know where the problem is yet. The big worry is that we can't do a final check of the balance with our computer until we've solved this problem. Some of our team members from Boeing are showing up here this week, so with the extra help we should still be able to start our test on time. We are supposed to start putting our model in the tunnel on January 20. At that point the model, balance, instrumentation, and software have to be ready. On another front, the software group chose this week to make a major upgrade to the wind tunnel software. This means the people who were working on my test's particular software are busy. Some of the calculations I want in our software may not be available until after our test starts. Also, we found those accelerometers I mentioned before, but now we can't find the cables and power supplies. If it isn't one thing, it's another. Lastly, we are also refining our plans and preparations for using those techniques I mentioned before which help us understand how the air flows around the model. You may recall I mentioned one way we were going to do this is with colored oil that flows on our wings while the tunnel runs. The problem with oil is that we can only get a picture of the airflow for a few conditions because it takes so much effort and time. The other methods of "flow visualization" we will use are tuft photos and Pressure Sensitive Paint, so I want to describe them for you. This week we decided when in the test we would use these different methods. The first method is to put really fine threads, or tufts, all over the model. These tufts are so fine that they don't change the airflow on the model, but they do show which way the air is going. We take a picture in Ultraviolet light (UV, or Black Light) because the tufts are florescent. We have to use high powered UV strobe lights so that we can "freeze" the tufts because they tend to wiggle a bit (the airflow in our tunnel is not perfectly steady) and we don't want a blurry image. So all we have to do is mount special UV strobe lights above a clear window in the top of the test section and take pictures. What's neat about this is we don't have to stop the tunnel and reapply oil for each condition we want to study, if the airflow changes at a new model attitude or tunnel speed, we just take another picture. It takes time to stick the tufts on the model and install the cameras, but after that we can get a lot of information without slowing down our test too much. The other method we plan to use is to paint the model with Pressure Sensitive Paint, or PSP. This is a neat method of recording pressures on the surface of the wings. Basically, we use a special paint that glows in UV light. How bright it glows depends on the air pressure. We take video images of the painted model using UV lights in the top of the test section, and then process the images with a computer. PSP is a lot like using the tufts, it takes time to paint the model and install the cameras, but after that we don't have to stop the tunnel and repaint it for each condition like we do with the oil. After it is applied, the paint for PSP only lasts for a few weeks before it ages and quits working. We are using one more method to understand the aerodynamics of our model. You see, one problem we have is that the wings bend, or deform, slightly under high lift loads. What this means is that the shape of our model will actually change slightly with different loads and conditions. This means it is hard to compare Lift and Drag from one condition to another because the model itself has changed. We use a neat video system, mounted in a side window of the tunnel, which records images of some reflective spots on the wing tip and then computes how much the wing is bending and twisting. So, the big decision we had to make this week was when we would conduct the oil flow study, and when we would paint the model for PSP. Yes, we are still refining our run schedule! We decided to put both of these activities near the end of the test. Basically, we want to put things that are either risky or time consuming near the back of the test so that we can assure we collect our most important data (like Lift and Drag force measurements) first. As I mentioned, the oil flow photos are time consuming. As for PSP, since the paint doesn't last very long we have to paint inside the tunnel in the middle of our test. The tradeoff here is that after we paint the model we have to change the model back to some configurations we will have already tested. If we painted the model during the first week, say, then we could get PSP information anytime during the test until the paint got old. Then we'd have to repaint it which takes more time.
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Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen share a bed in new 'Scary Movie 5' trailer
Anyone clicking on the video below knows exactly what to expect, so there's really no reason to preface it with anything other than to say that the new trailer for "Scary Movie 5" features faded stars Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen in bed together. Is this a good career move?
Watch it here:
In the film, series vet Simon Rex is joined by Ashley Tisdale, Snoop Dogg (er, Lion), Mac Miller, Sarah Hyland and a host of other familiar faces for requisite spoofs of some of the scariest projects of recent years: "Paranormal Activity," "Evil Dead," "Mama" and "Honey Boo Boo." There's also a shout-out to the original "Day the Earth Stood Still," and the trailer features Danny Elfman's score from Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
"Scary Movie 5" hits theaters April 15.
This is the first "Scary Movie" without Anna Faris. Will her presence be missed?


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WEDNESDAY morning in Washington DC. The Mystics, one of the better teams in the Women's National Basketball Association, were playing at home at an unsociable hour. It's not quite the packed house that worships Michael Jordan, but the crowd was larger than for an average Saturday at Pittodrie for a league whose play-offs - which began on Thursday - will barely rate a mention above baseball and gridiron's pre-season.
In DC for a game last summer, I was impressed by the numbers watching. And the crowd was almost exclusively female. "It's because we're near Baltimore," said a fellow scribe. "There's a large lesbian community there - they come down en masse to watch the games."
While the LPGA have been more closely associated with the gay community than perhaps any sporting body, women's golf, bewilderingly, has gone to great lengths to avoid alluding to the sexuality of performers or fans. But nine of the WNBA's 16 teams have undertaken overt marketing to their most vocal supporters, ranging from Gay Pride nights to advertising in 'alternative lifestyle' publications. The pink dollar still equals 100 cents.
Yet concern remains over tainting the wholesome image fostered by the league's big brother, the NBA. Subtlety has been the trademark of WNBA efforts, which have failed to please all. The Lesbians for Liberty group held a kiss-in at Madison Square Garden, complaining that their presence had been ignored in favour of more 'family-friendly' targets. Ironically, their ire was directed at a New York Liberty side overseen by a gay general manager, and who feature the league's only openly 'outed' player.
"The majority of players are gay, as are a lot of the management and people who work with women's basketball," claims Valerie Still, who played in Washington last year. "When you try to hide that, you're saying there's something wrong."
Few have been prepared to be open about their homosexuality while active competitors, and none has come through unscathed. In tennis, Martina Navratilova and Billie-Jean King suffered at the hands of bigots, and Justin Fashanu's brave excursion within the macho environment of football presaged a decline to suicide.
More recent cases, such as Australian rugby league star Ian Roberts and French tennis icon Amlie Mauresmo, proved simpler. After initial oohs and aahs, the issue faded. Still, most gay athletes, fearful of discrimination and loss of sponsorship, have chosen to wait until their best days have passed. Innuendo is incessant, as Carl Lewis found to his distaste.
"I can't control what people think, but I date women," proclaimed New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza, who was forced to speak when a newspaper insinuated that he was gay. His enigmatic response highlighted the question of whether conservative America is ready for its first gay sporting star. "In this day and age, it's irrelevant," Piazza said. "I don't think it would be a problem at all."
But Allen Iverson, the pin-up boy for the inner-city school of basketball, proclaimed thus in an unreleased CD: "Come to me with faggot tendencies, you'll be sleeping where the maggots be..." Condemnation was swift, but even NBA liberals doubt whether locker-rooms are ready for gay brethren.
"If you look at our league, minorities aren't very well represented," noted Briton John Amaechi, of Utah Jazz, who received threats after espousing supposedly-non-traditional values on his personal website. "There's hardly any Hispanic players, no Asian-Americans, so that there's no openly gay players is no real surprise.
"It would be like an alien dropping down from space. There'd be fear, then panic: they just wouldn't know how to handle it."


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