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Whoops. Among the embarrassing diplomacy revelations this week were not just Wikileaks. The Italian Paper La Stampa dug out, and revealed yesterday that the U.S. embassy in Rome's utterly mis-read of the election of Pope John Paul II's successor in 2005. Surely it would not be the hardliner German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, they wrote.
Wrong. How wrong? Catholic sites are having a festival looking at this.
The U.K.'s Catholic Herald looks at a telegram from Rome to Washington saying, "diplomats were 'shocked' and 'speechless' about the conclave's choice of Ratzinger."
The Herald, leaning on documents obtained by La Stampa, reports that American diplomats at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See expected the next pope would be younger, on top of modern communications, and likely to have "pastoral experience in order to show his human side and be a good communicator with new media skills."
Ratzinger -- a shy, elderly theologian who never served as a pastor, and whose a biography included brief, forced service as a teenager with Hitler Youth -- was expected to get some early votes but wash out and remain a "powerful cardinal" and a "guardian of theological orthodoxy."
At The American Catholic, Rev. John Zuhlsdorf, who blogs as Fr. Z., quotes liberally from the leaked speculations and writes that the embassy staff was ...
...bamboolzed by media reports that Ratzinger was an "autocratic despot"... On the other hand, when one of them high up in the embassy met Cardinal Ratzinger he was described as "surprisingly humble, spiritual and easy to deal with."
U.S. diplomats evidently woke up a tad after the Benedict surprise, sending a document in May that, Zuhlsdorf says, suggested that this Pope would act in continuity with his predecessor. It included the line:
... in time of crisis the Church finds refuge in European identity. They also suggested that this new Pope would battle secularism in the USA and the rest of the West, turning his attention also to developing nations...
Pope Benedict has done exactly this -- including pumping up the number of Italian cardinals, visiting Latin America and Africa, and attacking secularism at every turn including during his 1978 his visit to the USA.
Still, Zuhlsdorf argues that, given the global power of the Catholic Church,
The U.S. State Department would do well to put competent, serious people who really understand the workings of the Church in their embassy to the Holy See.
No one will argue for incompetent diplomats. But better Vaticanistas than U.S. diplomats have gotten the papal elections wrong. And isn't it the job of the cardinals who elect a pope, guided, they believe, by the holy spirit, to know what the global Church needs now, not our embassy's job?
NOTE: My original post attributed this to Wikileaks but I stand corrected thanks to Religion News Service reporting by Daniel Burke that La Stampa, despite its own misleading headline, obtained the Rome-Washington documents elsewhere, not from Wikileaks.
So, is this worth a laugh? A sign that we're out of step or fail to grasp the importance of the Catholic Church in global diplomacy? Or merely a minor footnote compared to the more serious volume of Wikileaks?
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On Sep 6, 5:18 am, Alex <axel.kow... at rub.de> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I try to import tab separated data from a filed called bla.txt.
> Import["bla.txt","TSV"] works in principle but tries to convert the
> file content into numbers.
> One of my entries is the string "1E20", which is falsely converted to
> 1e20.
> In Mathematica 5 I could say Import["bla.txt","TSV",ConversionOptions-
> >{"Numeric"->False}] , but how can I achieve this under Mathematica 6 ??
> ConversionOptions doesn't exist anymore and
> Import["bla.txt",{"TSV", "Numeric" -> False}] gives the error:
> Numeric->False is not a valid format or element specification.
> Expecting a string, list, or integer.
> Finally, Import["bla.txt", "TSV", "Numeric" -> False] is also not
> working because Import only accepts 2 arguments.
> Any help is welcomed,
> Axel
I made a blank file called bla.txt that imported an empty table using
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The rumors about new Canon camera release is answered today (10/18) by official announcement of Canon EOS-1D X. The announcement is worldwide. And I was invited by Datascrip, as Canon distributor in Indonesia, for a dinner in Jakarta tonight to have an in-hand preview of Canon EOS-1D X.
It's quite long time after the release of Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III in 2007 and Canon EOS-1D Mark IV in 2009, people wait for the successors. Canon answered it today by merging the top line-ups into Canon EOS-1D X. There will be no more EOS 1Ds Mark IV.
This juggernaut combination is interesting, to merge both ultimate photo and video capability into a single camera body. EOS-1D X is a full-frame camera with 18.1-MP resolution, inheriting image quality from EOS-1Ds Mark III. It has a drive speed of 12 frames per second, the fastest in the world at this moment, inheriting the speed from EOS-1D Mark IV.
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With the addition of East Carolina University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa in 2014, The American's basketball membership will increase to 11. The league's 11 members will play an 18-game schedule. Each team will play eight of its 10 opponents twice and the other two opponents once each in a home and home format.
Each school will play the same home and home opponents over the course of two years in the current model. The single play opponents will switch sites in 2015-16.
For the 2014-15 season the Bearcats single-game opponents will include hosting Tulane and traveling to SMU. Cincinnati will play home and home series with the eight other league foes; UCF, UConn, ECU, Houston, Memphis, USF, Temple and Tulsa.
The American Women's Basketball Championship includes all 11 teams and will be seeded 1-11. The tournament will begin on Friday with matchups between the No. 9 and No. 8 seeds, No. 10 and No. 7 seeds and No. 11 and No. 6 seeds. The winners will advance to meet the first, second and third seeds, respectively, on Saturday. Also playing on Saturday will be the No. 5 and No. 4 seeds. The top five seeds in the championship will receive byes into Saturday's quarterfinal round. The 2015 American Women's Basketball Championship will be played March 6-9 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.
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For those of you wanting/dreaming of winning the lotto (Jackpot games?), what selfless charity contributions would you do?? (If it's none, lol says so). I had thoughts that if I won the lotto, I would give large portion as an Scholarship fund for College Students? (As well as the Family House/Car contributions)
Hi Jomacinrow!
That sounds great!
There is also an organization that I really like that helps children in foster care go to college (full scholarships).
I also like charities that help the homeless and feed the poor (both in the US and overseas).
There is so much.....
That's why when someone who has won the lottery jackpot says:
"I don't know what I am going to do with all that money"....
I always think just give them time.........they will find alot of organizations that need funding in which they can contribut to............or (like most winners eventually do) create a foundation of their own!
First of all, I have always been told that "Charity begins at home first" and everyone else is second, third and so on. So once my "charity at home" is done, I will then give what I want to give to those that I feel are worth giving too! But my two top picks (no matter what) will be both Women and children shelters (one in Las Vegas and the other here in Delaware). All others will have to wait.
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Well said Raven62, well said.
A $1 actually given beats all those you plan on giving when you win a jackpot.
A "did" beats a "gonna" every time.
Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any.
There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
If you don't normally give to charity and have no plans to do so in the future, saying you'll give if and when you win a lottery jackpot is a nicer way to put it.
* you don't need to buy more tickets, just buy a winning ticket *
Bad idea. Most of that money's wasted. It's like wanting to start an Americ-corp like program. It's a good idea, but it costs way too much for any person to do.
I'm not really sure. Anything I'd donate money to would have to prove that the money's worth giving.
I volunteer time nowadays since I'm not rich. But If I ever win, I know I'd give quite a pretty penny... Just not sure how.
St Judes Hospital
Hershey Medical for Pediatric and Premature Birth children
Step Up! (Which is a program for single parents aiding with getting back into the job market and adult education programs)
Local Animal shelter
Local Special Olympics
Something that I would love to give is of my time to causes, Helping to Build houses for low income, Helping in disaster areas ...You cant put a price on giving of one times to help ...and that doesnt cost a dime yet time is soo precious when trying to make ends meet.
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I HAVEN'T donated to a charity in ten years but i'm the one donating from my heart as i see fit in todays society. I always feel good when i do.
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I already do make my (two) donations every year to the women and children's shelter here in Delaware. I've been doing this for the last 8 yrs. First one is at Thanksgiving with two completely cooked turkeys that are done by the grocery stores with all the trimmings. That's enough to feed twenty people. All I know is that the shelter always looks for me around Thanksgiving, because none of the staff will have to do all that cooking for all the women and children that might be there at that time of year. And believe me it's always full and that's a shame in it's self. And I also donate clothes every year at the start of every school year, so the children that do go to school that are at the shelter can walk into school holding their heads high on that first day of school in new clothes. And if I have the extra money I'll get shoes too but I have been falling a little short on that the last 3 yrs. Believe me I'd love to do more and that's EXACTLY what I'll do if and when I win the Lottery! As we all know in life all it takes is one person to make a difference in someone eles's life at any given time. And I sure hope that what I do does make a difference and puts a smile on those children's faces during that difficult time in their lives. That's what I meant by what I said in my previous posting and shame on me for not explaining it that way.
But I didn't expect someone to blatantly come out and say what they said the way they said it either, but they did! I guess there will be always one!
Give a very large sum to your local police force. Even if you don't like cops etc. Its always good to have them on "your" side now that you have large sums of money.
+1 .... depending on how corrupt the local force is
Childrens Hospital of Michigan
St. Judes
Toys for Tots
Disabled Veterans
Humane Society
I would donate to the Brothers of the Left and Right Pocket.....
Then I would agree with sully16 list....
theres only a ferw charities that I truly support (as in, I give to them even now although in a much smaller amount than what a lotto win would enable)
- make a wish foundation
- SNAP (a local mobile/ low cost spay/neuter organization)
- St Judes Hospital
-Local animal shelters and no kill shelters
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Dialogue about the development and structure of the Center had begun several years earlier and had involved Miami Dade College faculty and staff, members of the board of Miami Book Fair International, special advisors from the book industry and selected members of the community. Building on the success of Miami Book Fair International over the years, and the tremendously positive response of the community, the idea of a literary center was conceived to help advance the College's vast and diverse literary traditions in a more consistent format throughout the year at multiple locations.
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Cockpit speaker shared by Stereo And VHF ?
Okay. I know enough NOT to simply wire both the stereo and the VHF to the same remote speaker in the cockpit. (Could ruin both radios.) And, yes, it's been dealt with previously in this forum http://www.sailnet.com/forums/electr...hf-stereo.html.
Still, with two speakers going, some Channel 16 receptions are inaudible because music continues to play.
What I'm looking for is a priority switch for a single cockpit speaker: Play FM music from Input B until a VHF signal (above a certain squelch level) comes in on Input A, in which case immediately override Input B music.
My question: does anybody make such a switch? Or an external speaker that performs the same function?
I'm in the process of revamping my stereo system and I was wondering the same thing. I have never run across such a device. I was thinking of building my own. It should be pretty simple. Maybe I should go into business.
I wonder if their is a Bluetooth solution ala cars??
You need an automatic speaker switch. Such switches detect which source is active, and give priority to one source if both are simultaneously providing a signal, letting only one signal through to the speakers at a time. The ones I've seen need external power, so you would have to find one that runs on 12v. As I recall, the basic units aren't terribly expensive; maybe $50-$100, but it has been several years since I looked into such things. Check with your local Radio Shack or Frys, they may have them.
Why not just get a handheld VHF? Maybe even a lot less expensive than a switchover speaker system.
I wholeheartedly support the handheld. I got one last year and have been amazed how much I use it. I hardly ever use my cabin VHF set any more.
Its so useful when approaching Marina etc etc. You can be talking to them and still be steering in the cockpit.
I have a handheld and do use it. Still...
- doesn't address hearing Channel 16 broadcasts over the music, and
- with a handheld turned on all the time for monitoring, remembering to recharge/replace batteries is now yet another item on the checklist.
Years ago I picked up a very cheap gizmo for my answering machine that switched it off when an extension telephone was picked up. You'd think the radio industry would come up with a similar device.
And, yes, I've checked Radio Shack and a mail-order marine-audio shop with no joy.
If you can't hear a nearby handheld VHF over your stereo, how are you going to hear a crew member warning you about a hazard, or the horn of another small boat, or your engine about to tear itself apart, et cetera?? Maybe you should consider turning down the music a bit and listening to your boat and crew?
You can always install a VHF with a remote mic.
Re: Cockpit speaker shared by Stereo And VHF ?
I know this thread is old. I didn't find to much infomation about this kind of auto switch on the net at first I either, until I found this site: Bypass External VHF Radio Speaker and Hear VHF through Stereo Speakers
I have ordered this one and hope it will do what I want.
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I am so challenged by patterns and fabric instructions. I wanted to make a padded fabric book cover for my young flute teacher who is 31 tomorrow and whose husband has invited us to afternoon tea, I knew that I had two shades of lovely flute fabric and I turned... Continue reading
Posted Jul 17, 2016 at MyFabricatedNest
And it feels sooooooo alienating! Kind people have addressed sympathy cards to me using my hyphenated name and introduced me to strangers using what they think I prefer, and I'm only now working up the strength to tell you all that I was wrong, wrong, wrong. For me at least.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2016 at Magpie's Nest
Perhaps it's my father's death; perhaps it's the news of a potential looming shoulder operation in a long line of years of bodily crumbling and chronic pain, but I feel the gloomy, heavy weight of isolation of attempting a PhD at my age and stage quite keenly at the moment.... Continue reading
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Is it just me that's been hiding in an academic sinkhole somewhere? I only discovered this fabulous 'sidenote' style today in a paper that I was reading published in 2014. Is it a citation style amongst the plethora that I referred to in a previous blog post? Is it an... Continue reading
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I have a dummy! I'm so excited. My whittler whittled his last whittle today and when I looked on my cleaned sewing table, there was a dummy, prone. Many moons ago, before my father became really ill, we had worked out a design for an Australian Girl Doll doll's cothes... Continue reading
Posted Jul 1, 2016 at MadMagpiesNest
We cleared out Dad's room at the aged care home two days after he died. I kept Mum busy in her room by including her in a phone conversation about funeral arrangements, but her concentration span is very short and thankfully my daughter was there to distract her hoarder Nanna... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2016 at ThePhDNeophyte
Dear Followers and Visitors. Some Dear Soul Busybody has reported to Facebook that 'MadMagpiesNest' is not the active sales place it purports to be! I am a home-based craftsperson NOT a shop! Steer me towards a category for that please dear Facebook! After months of being preoccupied and involved with... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2016 at MadMagpiesNest
Regrets. I've had a few, and this is one of them. What's in a Facebook name change? Plenty! Far too much! It's driving me insane. Shakespeare was wrong, wrong, wrong, just plain wrong. A rose by any other name does not smell as sweet. In fact it may be as... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2016 at Magpie's Nest
Future-proofing citation data is not just for neophytes like me. It's for all academics working out there. My question is, and it's asked with the genuine innocence of a child, "How did we end up with so many different academic styles?". Truly people, this is absolutely ridiculous. @johank76 pointed to... Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2016 at ThePhDNeophyte
In my online blog Persona of 'the Mad Magpie in the Nest', I have performed a search strategy this week, simply looking for the social media footprints of academic staff in my forest, both at my specific mother-ship university and in my PhD field. Like Hansel and Gretel, I have... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2016 at ThePhDNeophyte
It is 3.41 pm. I'm lying here in bed, Autumn sun is light-fingering it's way through the lace curtains on to the doona. I'm holding the iPad mini with one hand and typing with my tight hand wondering what my physio might say about the torn tendon and my shoulder... Continue reading
Posted May 24, 2016 at Magpie's Nest
Of course I 'Feel like a Goose'! It's not so much that I'm a techno-dinosaur, but more that I'm a TwitterNeophyte. L-platter. How do I explain? These online identities are so exhausting and you lot who got it right first off - congratulations! I'm an English teacher! I had to... Continue reading
Posted May 23, 2016 at ThePhDNeophyte
This fledgling now has two magpies in the attic and is involved in selling the ancestral magpie nest, which involves clearing it out because none of we chicks lives within cooee of the main nest anymore. I have observed that at this point in time the world divides itself into... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2016 at The Magpie In the Attic
This 'sketch' and the Vlog I made in the last post reminds me that I am feeling every bit of the six odd decades that I have survived. My face and voice records a life lived with bouts of poor health, two encounters with different cancers, a burst colon, some... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2016 at ThePhDNeophyte
This blog is so very aptly named 'The Phd Neophyte". Even with the support of the Facebook PhD Owls behind me, we are all at various stages on our Phd journey. And at this stage of my particular journey and on my blog I have a decision to make. How... Continue reading
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Posted Mar 22, 2016 at Magpie's Nest
In the tradition of Reflective Learning and the contemporary educational foray into online-networking, in my physical isolation as a rural part-time newbie PhD student at the age of 63 and two months, I officially began the start of my PhD yesterday. I am deeply indebted to my membership of the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2016 at ThePhDNeophyte
Apparently even the UN is grappling with the problem of what on earth we humans will do if robots take away our entire reason for being - our paid work. Quelle horreur! Yes, folks, they're worried that we're all in such a capitalist economic rut that no one can fix... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2016 at Magpie's Nest
February 1st marked the official opening of my online store. You can pop in via the link on the left or via the link here. If you look in the albums at the side you can see some of the outfits I've gifted. And those I've put in the shop.... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2016 at MadMagpiesNest
The Mad Magpie in this Nest flies far and wide searching for delectable, high quality fabrics and beautiful, eye-catching designs to dress the Australian Girl Doll. Keywords for this Magpie are quality, luxury, individual design, vintage fabrics, funky accessories, unusual haberdashery items and anything that glitters or strikes an unusual... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2016 at MadMagpiesNest
Look for 'Mr Finch' on Facebook or Google him. He's an exceptional textile artist and I find him inspirational. Two or more years ago I saw his idea for using old brass ashtrays to make pincushions so I bought the bits and pieces and threw them in the cupboard. Of... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2016 at MyFabricatedNest
Spandex leggings and raglan sleeved tops are easy and fun for girls to move in. Fashionable and funky colours teamed with tutus so a girl can twirl and leap and pose and climb. There's a choice, Shabby or Not. Precious is for those girls who have to worry about where... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2016 at MadMagpiesNest
Emily and Jasmine share a musical-themed Opera House-winged summer dress, but Emily gets to keep it! Jasmine doesn't mind because she knows that there are similar ones on the cutting table! Tutus at the moment and leggings. #australiangirldoll #australiangirldollmadmagpiesnest #madmagpiesnest My Quality Assurance Team member Felicity, photographed her sister's doll... Continue reading
Posted Jan 27, 2016 at MadMagpiesNest
'Wonderflex Yarn Craft Centre', Malvern Rd, Malvern. Melbourne. Victoria. I have never seen such variety in wool and needles! Here I am knitting an Aran jumper for the Australian Girl doll and having made enough mistakes to understand the pattern I decide I need to go up a size in... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2016 at Magpie's Nest
It is not necessary and not a rule that we all have to channel our interests and enthusiasms into one tunnel. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" we are relentlessly asked almost from birth, it seems. Who made those rules? And who says that we have... Continue reading
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Arizona Fall League Recap: 11/15
Justin Wilson made his last start of the AFL season, as the Mesa Solar Sox tied 5-5:
-Andrew Lambo (.302) started in right field, batting sixth. Lambo went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
-Jordy Mercer (.274) started at shortstop, batting ninth. Mercer went 2-for-4 with a solo homer (1) and two runs scored. Mercer also had an error, his eighth of the season.
-Tony Sanchez (.215) started at catcher, batting eighth. Sanchez went 0-for-4, and was 0-for-1 against base stealers.
-Justin Wilson (4.41) pitched 3.1 innings, allowing two runs on six hits, with a walk and three strikeouts. Wilson threw 69 pitches, with 46 strikes.
-Brian Leach (0.00) pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout. Leach threw 10 pitches, with seven strikes.
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I've got a quick question about flightsuits. I've recently found that perfect flightsuit. You know, that one that you've been looking for so long and fits perfectly... well, it's in dark blue.. that won't undye out. So, now I'm on the hunt for a new one that I might possibly purchase on the net. My question is how to tell the if a suit is the correct size when the information they give says 42T or 44 or 38. Honestly, I've got no idea what those numbers are trying to tell me.
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Tillamook State Forest Run; 4-23-11 (Sat)
Tillamook State Forest Run; 4-23-11 (Sat)
On Saturday 4-23-11 @ 9:00 am we are going to have a meet-in-greet and then a trail run over to the Tillamook State Forest. We are going into the Trask OHV area and drive some roads and do some trail scouting. It will be mostly a scenic gravel road day, with a few side trails, and to see if we can locate the Murphy Camp rock crawl area. (Assuming the snow has melted by then) Stock vehicles and newer Wrangle owners are welcomed, too. If youre interested stop by the meet-in-greet and meet the fellow wrangler owners from Washington and Oregon. We will leave for the trail at 9:30 am.
Meet-in-Greet; 9:00 am 9:30 am
Trail Run; 9:30 am - ?
Meet at the Glencoe North Plains Chevron, Exit 57 off US 26.
Chevron Market Express
10025 NW Glencoe Road
North Plains, Or 97133
Sat run 04-23-11
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WOW what a GREAT day! Sun and no wind. We were able to find the Murphy Camp rock crawl area. From there we scouted a 4x4 trail and as you can see by the pictures some Jeeps found mud to play in. Dust on the roads what was up with that.
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While driving to Bloomington Saturday for the Indiana University men's basketball game, a catchy commercial caught
my attention. At first, it sounded like any other commercial using a holiday tune with changed words to market a product,
but then I heard the "singer" say something about getting an OWI around Christmas time and to call him. Then I
started to pay attention.
I am pretty sure the commercial was "sung" by John Tompkins, an Indianapolis attorney. That's the name I quickly typed into my phone so I could recall and write about it. I have to give Tompkins credit: his commercial caught my attention and I remember it, much more than your standard "I'm an attorney. You have rights. I'll fight for you," commercials you hear on the radio or see on TV.
Unfortunately I only heard it once and I haven't heard it since. I heard it on a sports talk radio station, so maybe it only plays on those stations. I admit I only listen to them when my husband is in the car. I'm not even sure if this is a new commercial, as a quick Internet search turned up a mention of this or a similar ad by Tompkins from several years ago.
Have you heard the commercial? What do you think about it? Is it more clever than the California attorney who offered deeply discounted representation on DUI cases on Cyber Monday?


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After graduating RIT this May with a BS in Information Technology, I moved out to rural Livingston County; some 30+ miles away from Interlock and downtown Rochester. Partially because of the distance to the local repeaters, and partially to impress the ladies, I picked up an Arrow Antenna dual-band (VHF/UHF) j-pole style antenna from our friend Steve KC2YTC along with a used 30' antenna mast. Installation entailed mounting the mast to the side of my house, installing the antenna, soldering the PL-259 connector to a coax cable (LMR-400 from hamfest) and running it down to my Yaesu FT-8800 that sits in my office. This ended up being a great little antenna and now I'm back talking with my friends on the Rochester repeaters. Special thanks to Chris N2CDO for help soldering the PL-259 connectors on the coax.
N0BDW is back on the air!
For all you Hams out there, check in to the Monroe County ARES/RACES net on 146.61 / 444.45 (N2MPE) repeater on Thursday nights at 9pm EST and you'll likely hear me there.
I'm also volunteering with Livonia Fire/EMS, so for the public safety scanning enthusiasts listen for 298[X] (EMS) or 25[X] (fire) on Livingston County Fire/EMS dispatch (46.16).


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ok, Ive been hitting the pavement in recent weeks, doing around a 6 mile circuit. Up at 7am for about 45 mins, and then once again in the evening so now about 12 miles a day.
Now am soooo bored of the tunes on my ipod, theres only so many times you can listen to S-Club7 lol
so, whats on your ipod, what do you run or workout too? giz a list am so bored of the random selection my ipod makes.
Jay-Z, Eminem, 2pac, 50 cent, Lil Wayne..to random RnB and crappy pop, even been running to some dance tunes, not my cuppa tea! but share with me what you work to....Will Young's and Xfactor wankers not accepted lol


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Borderline Personality Disorder in Children and Teens
Adolescence is a time when there is increased emergence of psychiatric diagnoses such as mood
disorders, substance abuse, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia. Personality Disorders include:
* Borderline Personality Disorder
* Narcissistic Personality Disorder
* Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
* Paranoid Personality Disorder
* Schizoid Personality Disorder
* Schizotypal Personality Disorder
* Antisocial Personality Disorder
* Histrionic Personality Disorder
* Avoidant Personality Disorder
* Dependent Personality Disorder
This session focuses on
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD).
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
is a combination of disruptive behavioral problems,
mood and anxiety symptoms, and cognitive symptoms. Some researchers use the term
describe this clinical picture because of the resemblance to BPD in adults, but others propose that the
Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder
be used.
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized primarily by:
· Extreme "black and white" thinking (i.e., believing that something is one of only two possible
things, and ignoring any possible "in-betweens")
· Turbulent relationships
· Instability in mood, interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior
· This instability often disrupts family and work-life, long-term planning, and the individual's
sense of self
· The majority of those diagnosed with this disorder appear to have been individuals abused or
traumatized during childhood
When a child with a genetic propensity toward BPD is raised in a stressful environment (i.e., seriously
dysfunctional family, emotional neglect from parents, exposure to sexual and/or physical abuse), BPD
often manifests itself. BPD involves a chemical imbalance in the brain, but will worsen or
be triggered in a hostile environment.
Borderline Personality Disorder is an illness of young people, and usually begins in adolescence or
youth. Symptoms of BPD are usually present by late adolescence. The initial diagnosis of this disorder
is rarely made in patients older than 40 years.
BPD can be diagnosed later in life, but does not emerge later in life. BPD typically starts sometime
before the mid 20's. BPD might come to clinical attention later in life, but most individuals had some
of their BPD symptoms as teenagers.
Like any other medical illness, BPD can evolve with time. Symptoms might worsen over time or even
change (e.g., cutting as a teenager might give way to depression or migraines or hyper-sexuality as an
BPD is biological in origin (e.g., like bipolar disorder). BPD can present differently with age. We all
change how we act somewhat as we age. Our core personality or manner of interacting, however, does
not change very much. By definition, BPD tends to be a lifelong behavior/collection of traits. BPD can
wax and wane with intensity, but it is always present as a mode of interacting with others.
Virtually every study of BPD has revealed that the diagnosis is more common in females than in
males (female-to-male ratios are as high as 4:1).
It is normal to feel vulnerable, so most people have experienced some of the symptoms on this list.
The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is made only when someone has had many of these
symptoms to a severe degree, over a long period.
Unstable, intense and difficult
Poor self-image
Self-destructive, impulsive
Suicidal threats or attempts
Extreme mood reactions,
including intense,
inappropriate anger
Feeling empty or alone
Fear of abandonment
Short-lived psychotic-like
distortions of perception or
belief, especially under stress
Some behavioral symptoms include:
rapid increase in dissociation and black-white thinking
increased aggressivity
undertones of "I don't want to deal with this"
aggressivity in everyday interactions between mother and children (although, if you just look at
surface, the mother is doing almost "perfectly" most of what she is supposed to do as
screaming rages "I hate you …I hate you ..." (although child sometimes searches out mom for
physical proximity)
very conflicting messages from mother to child (e.g. mother responds to the "I hate you"
by kissing the child and saying, "Now you can't hate me because I kissed you")
Individuals with BPD show a wide range of impulsive behaviors, particularly those that are self-
destructive. Borderline patients present to psychiatrists with repetitive suicidal attempts. These
patients are often seen in the emergency room, coming in with an overdose or a slashed wrist
following a disappointment or a quarrel.
Typically, borderline patients have serious problems with boundaries. They become quickly involved
with people, and quickly disappointed with them. They make great demands on other people, and
easily become frightened of being abandoned by them. Their emotional life is a kind of roller-coaster.
There is no specific or universal method of treatment for BPD. At times, drugs can take the edge off
impulsive symptoms (e.g., low dose neuroleptics). However, no psychopharmacological agent has any
specific effect on the underlying borderline pathology. In spite of the association between impulsivity
and low serotonin activity, specific serotonin reuptake inhibitors (such as fluoxetine) rarely produce a
dramatic improvement.
The mainstay of treatment for BPD has always been, and continues to be psychotherapy. However,
because of their impulsivity, about two thirds of borderline patients drop out of treatment within a
few months. Those patients who stay in therapy will usually improve slowly over time.
A patient with BPD may be continuously suicidal for months or years. Moreover, many of the same
problems that patients have with other people arise in their relationships with helping professionals.
Most of the work in psychotherapy consists of helping patients to be less impulsive, and to exercise
better judgment in their management of their personal lives.
The problems in this disorder are related to the person's habitual ways of relating to others and
coping with obstacles. People with this disorder tend either to idealize the therapist or to become
frustrated easily. They have exaggerated reactions to disappointment. Therefore, it may be difficult
for them to sustain a relationship with a mental health professional. This disorder tests the skill of
therapists, who have to use a combination of techniques to be effective.
It's not enough for a person with this disorder to learn coping strategies on an intellectual level. The
person has to learn how to tolerate the emotional discomfort that is common in relationships and to
manage their intense emotions more successfully.
A form of treatment called dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) tries to take the special problems of
borderline personality disorder into account, using a combination of psychotherapy techniques,
education, and both individual and group psychotherapy to support the patient's progress.
At first, treatment aims at helping the person endure feeling isolated, depressed or anxious without
resorting to self-destructive behavior. To accomplish this, hospitalization sometimes is necessary.
Outside the hospital, a person with borderline personality disorder may need additional support,
such as day-treatment programs, residential treatment, or group, couples or family therapy.
As with psychotherapy, there is no single medication that is clearly helpful in borderline personality
disorder. Instead, medication is usually used to treat symptoms as they emerge.
Antidepressants, such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) can be used for
depression and anxiety. There is also some evidence that this group of drugs reduce anger. SSRIs
include fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil) and citalopram (Celexa).
Sometimes, a mood stabilizer is added or used by itself. These include lithium (Lithobid and other
brand names), divalproex sodium (Depakote) or topiramate (Topamax). Antipsychotic medication,
such as risperidone (Risperdal) or olanzapine (Zyprexa), may be tried if the person's thinking is
People with borderline personality disorder are more likely than average to
commit suicide. They should discuss self-destructive impulses with their
health care professionals and make specific plans for what to do to get help
when these thoughts or impulses arise.
Mark Hutten answers the question:
What is the difference between
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
and a
Personality Disorder


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hay palatability and test results
Posted 13 April 2009 - 10:10 AM
for example, in grass hay, will animals generally regect hay less than 82 rfv or 78 or what - and is the adf or the ndf or wsc a better indicator?
same question on alfalfa - what #'s can one ascribe to animal regection or acceptance
please don't tell me nice green sweet smelling hay - we are past that! I need some real indicators that are objective.
Posted 13 April 2009 - 06:24 PM
what are the best indicators of hay palatability on a forage analysis.
for example, in grass hay, will animals generally regect hay less than 82 rfv or 78 or what - and is the adf or the ndf or wsc a better indicator?
same question on alfalfa - what #'s can one ascribe to animal regection or acceptance
please don't tell me nice green sweet smelling hay - we are past that! I need some real indicators that are objective.
What's wrong with green and sweet smelling?
A little salt can make any hay more palatable if that's what you want.
I thought hay was dried grass fed to an animal.
Don't be fooled by the numbers. That's why the world is in the economic mess it is.
Too many educated idiots!
Posted 14 April 2009 - 06:44 AM
Posted 15 April 2009 - 01:24 PM
I have seen cattle relish and devour hay that has turned black and had a *different* smell when a lush green pasture was the alternative. Why? I have not the foggiest idea.
Young Gary Bates has a good thought. Should work for the individual who is feeding a few animals. Probably be too labor intensive to pay with a 3,000 cow milking herd. If you see Gary tell him hello for me.
The rule of thumb of how much an animal can consume being a factor of NDF has validity.
The best expert on how much of what forage an animal will eat is the animal.
I offer a bale maybe two to a new customer to try. If their animals like my hay come back. If you do not come back then I assume the animals did not like my hay enough better than a less costly alternative from down the road.
Posted 15 April 2009 - 03:16 PM
Yes, we do sell a lot of 160 rfv orchard/alfalfa that is beautiful 2nd or 3rd cutting hay and it will have no rejection problems, but the hay most horses need(very little work - too much grain) is around 10-11% protein and probably 80-90 rfv. The problem is that when you get in that medium grade timothy or timothy/alfalfa or orchard/alfalfa hay, the difference between good feeding hay adn "they just don't eat it very well" or "they waste too much hay" is very slight.
Posted 18 April 2009 - 04:41 PM
I will say one thing if a donkey likes the hay it is a strange grazing animal that does not like the hay also.
That said. I have delivered hay to a *high society lady-* with a few magnificent horses that are little used. She complained her hay her horses would not tough some 12% CP Coastal Bermudagrass hay. I swapped out her hay including the bales she broke open. The second batch of hay was again 12% CP bermudagrass hay and her pets ate that hay no problem.
When I left her place I delivered her rejected hay to a fellow with some Texas Bred Thoroughbred mares. They did not have any problem with the hay. Sold the entire rejected load, but did not charge for the broken bales.
That *sweet lady* can stomp her feet, hold her breath until she turns blue but she still will not get any more hay, from me.
As for the problem of the horse owning public liking to feed poor hay and make up for it with grain and sweet cubes, we can try to educate them but it will be difficult.
I tend to look at TDN over RFV or RFQ ratings. I have an advantage in that most of my hay stays in the county. I cut, rake, bale, & put the hay in the barn my self. This gives me the advantage of maximum Quality Assurance.
I have the luxury of not cutting more hay in one day than I can bale in one day. We have maybe 3 hours of baling during the day and maybe 5 hours if I went back to night baling.
I cut close to local noon for a reasonably good nonstructural carbohydrates, and still have enough time for the hay to cure down so the plant will have little or no respiration over night. I figure I pick up 4% sugar by the time I cut and loose 2% of that sugar during the first day's curing. This also gives me an animal acceptance advantage.
Baling I start as the humidity, at the windrow, goes below 70% and get have things running when the humidity is 65%. This first hay will bale at between 20% & 18% moisture. I have an on the go moisture tester to keep track of the baling moisture. As the moisture goes down I get off and adjust the bale weight and length. They tell me haw will start shattering leaves as the humidity, still at the windrow, goes down close to 50%. At this time the hay is baling at 14% to 12% moisture.
I emphasize humidity at the windrow because it is not unheard of for the ground to still be wet with dew when the humidity at eye level, on the back porch, or the weather station to be 55%.
The first bales of the day, those at 20 to 18% moisture end up on the top tier of the stack in the barn, or in the last stack picked up, using a NH 1003 bale wagon. All in the name of QA.
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Washington Post columnist and ABC News analyst George F. Will falsely claimed that that Social Security's outlays will exceed income starting in 2011. In fact, Social Security's outlays are projected to begin exceeding its revenues in 2018, not 2011, according to the 2004 report of the Social Security trustees.
In his March 13 nationally syndicated column [1], Will wrote: "Republicans of the 'starve the beast' inclination -- those who aim to slow government's activism by reducing government's revenue -- might relish the thought of Social Security's rendezvous with 2011. At that tipping point, the Social Security surplus begins to shrink." While Will was correct to note that the annual surpluses -- the difference between revenues and payouts -- will begin to decline in 2011, he went on to claim falsely that "between 2011 and 2016, Social Security outlays will exceed revenue by $32 billion, and the sums will rapidly increase during the cascading retirements of baby boomers." In fact, according to projections in the Social Security trustees' 2004 report [2], annual surpluses will increase each year through 2010. Beginning in 2011, the annual surpluses will begin to shrink, but revenues will continue to exceed outlays, albeit by declining margins, until 2018.
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provide a high standard of training for paraprofessionals to Community Health Representatives to ensure that the Community Health Representatives provide quality health care, health promotion, and disease prevention services to the Indian communities served by such Program,
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(Pub. L. 94–437, title I, § 107, as added Pub. L. 100–713, title I, § 107, Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4788; amended Pub. L. 102–573, title I, § 105, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4535.)
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Jeep Add A Trunk?
Are these worth buying? If they are, where is the best place to get one? Thanks, Scooby
they are if you have a soft top and want to lock stuff in your trunk
keep in mind that
1. if the seat is down or out it becomes useless
2. if you need to put something in the trunk that needs to stand up or be higher than the rear fender wells it will take like half an hour to take it off/ put it back on afterwards
3.it makes it harder to put stuff in and out of ur trunk
but otoh if you dont have a hard top w/ full doors or a tuffy console you will not be able to leave ANYTHING of value in your jeep
its 180 and free shipping at northridge 4x4 but idk what it is elsewhere
Find one used if you want one. they pop up decently often, and can be had cheap. I think I paid 50 bucks for mine, L.N.I.B, with shipping.
As stated, with a hard top on, just take it out. Its really only for the soft top, and to be honest, really only for when you have the top off, or something of somewhat decent value to lock up. Its ony about 1 foot deep, and maybe a foot and a half wide. Its deffinatly nice for summer, decently secure, but just like the console, you can always just rip the top open.
Im happy with mine in summer, comes out in winter, but I don't know that I would pay 200 bucks for one :) If you don't keep anything in your Jeep, save your cash. If you just want to keep something "Out of sight, out of mind," find one used.
EDIT: As stated above, it really doesn't work too well if the rear seat is removed, or folded up. It is bolted down, but without the seat there its not too much of a deterent. To be honest, I never even got the bolts for mine, keep forgetting. I just use it to keep my air compressor and jumper cables out of sight with the top down.
The factory Jeep one's not as secure as some due to its plastic construction; however, it does go in with four thumbscrews on the inside, it works with the seat out and it has two release levers that allow you to flip it up and use it as a beer holder :D
I painted mine all black. I also bought it used for $50.
When you put the top down on a soft top there is a nice little area below the folded top that is enclosed with the seats in. if you lock the rear door someone has to lift up the top to even see if there is anything back there. I haven't ever lost anything back there with the door locked. Nobody seems to ever think to lift up the top and see what is hiding beneath and there is about the same amount of room a insta-trunk would give. I know it is not secure but i have never lost anything this way.
I won mine, never installed it - sitting on the front porch
Frank's Jeep had one in it on purchase - it's on the front porch, too :rolleyes:
....they didn't fit our Jeep'n style, but it may work well for others :)
Off topic, but when does rausch close for the season Texapple? I have been considering make a run before the snow really hits, if you and your husband and AD are game? Maybe get penguin_in_a_cj to stop paintballing every weekend, and come out with one of his... more street worthy.. jeeps :)
Look at the one i linked at the top, it is taller than the factory one( all the way to top of the tailgate) and it has a steel back to it so you can fold the back seat down :) Its very nice
I would be interested if you have one (black) for sale. You can email me at:firstname.lastname@example.com
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This is the best trunk I know of.
thats pretty nice there tob, what brand is that and what do they run?
They're close to $200 from quadratec
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Charming smile, clear and piercing eyes, Pr Nocera embodies the relaxed university professor teaching in the greatest North American Universities. If Daniel Nocera's name means nothing to you it is that either you never read the science pages of your newspaper… or were in a deep coma. Because for some weeks, his "artificial leaf" has been much written and talked about.
Nature as the source of inspiration
Pr. Nocera and his team from the MIT (Massachussetts Institute of Technology) have developed an innovative "bio-inspired" technology allowing to artificially mimic photosynthesis and thus produce a cheap and sustainable source of energy, both flexible and portable. Up to now, if scientists were able to explain the various stages of natural photosynthesis[1] but they did not know how to split water into oxygen and hydrogen without using electrolysis, a process that demands an important source of energy. Without another source of energy (photovoltaic panels, wind turbine, fossil or nuclear, etc.) manufactures to supply the necessary electricity, it was impossible to reproduce photosynthesis. It is possible to produce and store the energy, but only at very large scales… Considering the financial efficiency of the operation, the actual method is rather disappointing. The discovery of Pr Nocera is to succeed reproducing the photosynthesis without using electrolysis.
A sustainable, cheap and more portable energy in less than five years?
According to the advocates of this solution, in order to generate electricity you only need to take the "artificial leaf", made of a silicon solar cell and catalytic materials, throw it in a plain water container (even polluted) then expose it to the sun, to separate the oxygen from the hydrogen (which makes the water molecule) according to the process of photosynthesis. A process[2] which allows not only to produce hydrogen but also to store it before using it as an energy source in a fuel cell (unlike electricity which is difficult to store).
Until now, researchers did not know how to cause this chemical reaction without using electrolysis; an energy consuming process. But Pr Nocera's "leaf" only needs sunlight to create electricity. In addition, up to now, such processes involved corrosive solutions as well as the use of rare and expensive catalytic materials (such as platinum). While the "artificial leaf" uses cheap and abundant materials found in nature, such as silica, cobalt, or nickel… Even if issues relating to collection and storage need to be improved, this innovative technique could produce sustainable and cheap energy for the whole world. Many laboratories around the world are working intensively on these questions and Pr Nocera has announced rapid progress, he is betting that the process could be commercialized in four to five years.
With a mischievous glimmer in his golden eye, Pr Nocera describes himself as follows "I am like a preacher, I travel the world to spread the good word ... I hope to convince scientists around the world to commit to this research." But make no mistakes "Preacher Nocera" is a visionary. This respected professor of chemistry has the "Henry Dreyfus chair Professor of Energy" at MIT has just published the results of his remarkable experiments in Science magazine[3] on September 29th.
His Research is funded in part by the Indian billionaire Mr. Tata, who has signed an agreement to build a small power plant (the size of a refrigerator) in the next 18 months, hoping to then commercialize the process. Tata Motors car owner shares Daniel Nocera's vision, the energy of the future must be sustainable and accessible to the poor around the world. This is also why the work of Professor Nocera is revolutionary: it brings hope for people in poor or emerging countries.
Encounter with a Humanistic researcher
Admittedly, chemists are not like the alchemists of former days; no one is trying to turn lead into gold. That being said, those modern time alchemists have succeeded in turning oil into black gold! Without a doubt, the prospect of producing low cost, low emission energy that would benefit all of humanity is a dream. Will the chemists of the 21st century be successful in turning "the artificial leaf" into sustainable energy, into pure gold while contributing to their benefactor's wealth and the happiness of mankind? "Our goal is that every house in India and Africa will soon have its own power plant" Dixit le Pr Nocera. A non-conformist approach that has been emulated. So that is the great challenge scientists are ready to embrace with an increasing number following Pr Nocera's footsteps.
Daniel Nocera was in Paris last week, I interviewed him after his lecture entitled "The artificial leaf" which was part of the symposium on bio-inspired technologies organized by "Fondation Ecologie d'Avenir" at the CNAM. It was an interview with a humanistic researcher with contagious enthusiasm and motivated by a communicable passion beautifully summed up by the greek philosopher Aristotle: "Progress is only valid if it is shared by all". In « nocerian » language it means it is high time to think differently to find solutions. It is also time to share with the entire world to re-establish some balance between rich and poor countries.
Pr Nocera's research has helped develop a catalyst for the reduction of water into ambient oxygen using cobalt salts and phosphate. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences USA since 2009 and has received (among other distinctions) the « MIT School of Science Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching » (2005) and the American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (2009). Biography
Located in Cambridge, MA, Sun Catalytix is an energy storage and renewable fuels technology company founded to commercialize groundbreaking science from the research lab of Professor Daniel Nocera at MIT. With Nature as our inspiration, we seek to combine sunlight and water to provide affordable, highly distributed renewable energy.
Pr Nocera's research has helped develop a catalyst for the reduction of water into ambient oxygen using cobalt salts and phosphate. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences USA since 2009 and has received (among other distinctions) the « MIT School of Science Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching » (2005) and the American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry (2009). Biography
Located in Cambridge, MA, Sun Catalytix is an energy storage and renewable fuels technology company founded to commercialize groundbreaking science from the research lab of Professor Daniel Nocera at MIT. With Nature as our inspiration, we seek to combine sunlight and water to provide affordable, highly distributed renewable energy.
Véronique Anger: Do you think you have a chance to win the next Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
Daniel Nocera: Me? ... Oh no! I do not really worry about that, because the real prize that would be meaningful to me is to be successful in helping poor people to get energy. Science does not deal with the poor and that is what really matters to me: make science work for the poor.
VA: Your scientific discourse is quite unusual. Why are you so involved in helping the poor, are you an altruist?
DN: It's selfish. Most people think that I am a nice person and I want to help poor and actually, poor people are helping me. In France, in Europe, as elsewhere in America we find it difficult to embrace a new technology slowly because you've invested in a lot of other energy technologies. It is difficult to replace for both economic and political reasons. We have already invested too much in these technologies. The poor people don't have anything, so they can adopt things more quickly and can teach the world how to be. So, I only say that I don't help poor people, poor people help me! They can even help the world, show the world how to work. The other reason is what I just said: they don't have an energy infrastructure so it's easy to penetrate to get into the market because I'm not battling a one established market. You do not have to fight against the oil or nuclear power lobbies to establish yourself on the energy market.
It is like when the snow falls, it is pure, there is no prints in it yet, but when you start walking on it, there is a path, and then all of a sudden people start following the same path. There is no "legacy" which forces the poor people to follow in everybody's footsteps… I want to show the path of « solar energy » for the future.
VA: Do you think solar energy will be the main energy used in the future?
DN: I think solar energy is the energy of the future. I really do, but photovoltaic energy is not sufficient, simply because the Photovoltaic only works when the sun shines. You need an efficient storage technology to be able to use solar power whenever you need energy, that is to say, even without sunshine. I do not even want to use photovoltaic because the artificial leaf is integrated directly with the photovoltaic so I do not even need photovoltaic cells anymore. I am sure that solar energy will pave the way in the end, and you know why? Because solar energy and photosynthesis began more than 2 billion years ago. Humans have tried something different in the last 150 years, so we are just going to go back to what worked for two billion years, because the hundred year fossil fuel is not working so well.
VA: What do you think of President Obama's decision to invest $ 200 billion in a smart grid across the United States?
DN: That bothers me, and that is what I am trying to say. Mr. Obama wants to invest in a smart grid because America has already invested a lot of resources in the electricity distribution networks. But you know that this solution is very dangerous. The smart grid is not a secure system and it is possible to hack into computers, and bring down computer networks and power distribution etc...So if you want to ensure energy security and distribute electricity in every home, you need to install your own power station, America does not need a smart grid for that. So I would prefer that we do not have smart grid, if we opt for this solution nonetheless, I would like it to be a really "smart" and "safe" network. However, solar and other renewable energies could not be grafted onto the existing infrastructure as it is too unstable. If the smart grid was really intelligent, the energy of the future would be solar.
VA: I believe Mr. Tata; the Indian billionaire owner of Tata Motor is very interested in your project. Has he invested in your research? How long do you think it will take to commercialize your technology?
DN: I do not speak in the name of Mr. Tata, who runs a large conglomerate, but you certainly saw what he said in that Economist article : we really have to start paying attention to the rising middle class of the world. We share the same vision. Mr. Tata also shares my vision that sunlight plus water is simple and that is the way of the future. The way to provide sustainable and affordable energy to the poor.
Mr. Tata has committed to invest in the construction of a small power plant that will use our solution. For now, the "artificial leaf» technology is still experimental. Fossil fuel is still cheap; it is thus difficult to penetrate the market. In any case, I work hard for that! I try to inspire the scientific community around the world so that it will work hard too, and it is happening quickly. I hope that commercial production will be possible in 4-5 years.
VA: Will you present the "artificial leaf" technology everywhere in the world?
DN: Yes, everywhere. I want to share my work with scientists around the world. I feel like I am almost a "preacher". I want people to get up in the morning and think in different way, about how to do science.
VA: What did you think of the public who attended your conference this morning at the CNAM?
DN: I am glad we had this conference. I was really very impressed that some of the people I met in the audience were people from the nuclear industry… That sends to me a really good message about France that you would have people like that coming to a conference like this looking to the future. I think that is a good sign for your country. Your scientists demonstrated their curiosity by listening to my presentation and talking to me afterward. They keep their eyes and their mind wide open to find out what are the newest things new science happening.
It's always good to listen to other people. Martha Heitzmann[4] the director for Areva Research and Innovation Department even came to visit me. I feel very positive about the future, I think the world is moving very quickly, as quickly as it can move, but I can move quicker with the poor that I can with this world…
[1] Photosynthesis is a chemical process that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight (Wikipedia).
[2] Hydrogen and oxygen bubbles produced by photosynthesis are placed in a fuel cell in which the reverse reaction takes place: hydrogen and oxygen recombine to produce water and electricity.
[3] Wireless Solar Water Splitting Using Silicon-Based Semiconductors and Earth-Abundant Catalysts (Steven Y. Reece, Jonathan A. Hamel, Kimberly Sung, Thomas D. Jarvi, Arthur J. Esswein,Joep J. H. Pijpers and Daniel G. Nocera. Science 29 September 2011: 1209816. Published online 29 September 2011[DOI:10.1126/science.1209816]. In Science magazine : http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/10/04/science.1209816.abstract?sid=09b14da0-ef9c-4c1b-9a8f-d52c7ae1e311
[4] Martha Heitzmann has left the direction of the Air Liquide Group Research and Development to join Areva, in March 2011 as Director of Research and Innovation. She is also a member of the Boards of Directors of the CNRS, CEA and AREVA Med and member of the Scientific and Ethics committee.
By Véronique Anger-de Friberg (October 14, 2011)
[4] Martha Heitzmann has left the direction of the Air Liquide Group Research and Development to join Areva, in March 2011 as Director of Research and Innovation. She is also a member of the Boards of Directors of the CNRS, CEA and AREVA Med and member of the Scientific and Ethics committee.
By Véronique Anger-de Friberg (October 14, 2011)
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To go further:
- « The artificial leafe » (video)
- « Dan Nocera : personalized energy » (video)
- « Tata signs up MIT energy guru for power from water » (livemint.com. The Wall Street Journal. March 23, 2011).


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BAMAKO – President Francois Hollande received a rapturous welcome in Mali on Saturday as he promised that France would stay as long as necessary to continue the fight against Islamist rebels in the north.
As troops worked to secure Kidal, the last bastion of radicals who occupied the vast desert north for 10 months before the French Army's surprise intervention, Hollande told Malians it is time for Africans to take the lead but France will not abandon them.
Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traore, thanked him for the French troops' "efficiency," which he said had allowed the north to be freed from "barbarity and obscurantism."
Hollande and Traore toured Timbuktu's 700-year-old mud mosque of Djingareyber and the Ahmed Baba library for ancient manuscripts.


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